United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Bobby Helms, singer, “Jingle Bell Rock”, “My Special Angel”, “Fraulein” Jordan Hulls, basketball player Douglas Hofstadter, cognitive scientist Elaine Irwin Mellencamp, model Jared Jeffries, basketball player, Retired David Starr Jordan, former president of Indiana University and Stanford University Kraig Kinser, an ARCA driver Sheldon Kinser, Indy car driver Steve Kinser, race car driver Alfred Kinsey, founder of Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction Amelia Laskey, ornithologist Brad Leftwich, musician Ross Lockridge Jr., novelist, author of Raintree County Austin Lucas, singer-songwriter Sara Lund, musician Cory Martin, shot putter Sean May, former NBA basketball player John Mellencamp, musician Maurice Mierau, writer Denny Miller, actor Carrie Newcomer, musician Thubten Jigme Norbu, brother of Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama Elinor Ostrom, Nobel Prize–winner, political scientist Jeff Overton, PGA Tour golfer Angelo Pizzo, screenwriter and producer of Hoosiers and Rudy Kevin Pritchard, NBA front office executive Scott Rolen, former Major League Baseball player David Lee Roth, lead singer of band Van Halen Alfred Ryors, former president of Indiana University Jeff Sagarin, statistician for sports, contributor to USA Today Ronnie Schneider, ATP tennis player Frithjof Schuon, philosopher and mystic György Sebők, pianist János Starker, cellist John Strohm, singer, guitarist, and lawyer Sarkes Tarzian, engineer, inventor, and broadcaster Jill Bolte Taylor, neuroanatomist Herman B Wells, former president and chancellor of Indiana University Camilla Williams, opera singer Andrew Wylie, first president of Indiana University Max Zorn, mathematician Points of interest The Bloomington Playwrights Project – produces only new plays by American playwrights Indiana University Bloomington Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction (Bloomington) Lake Lemon - located approximately 10 miles northeast of Bloomington. Upland Brewing Company – the largest microbrewery in the state of Indiana. Captain Janeway Birthplace Statue - Bloomington, Indiana is the birthplace of fictional Captain Kathryn Janeway, from the show Star Trek: Voyager. Sister cities Bloomington has the following sister cities: Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba Posoltega, Chinandega, Nicaragua See also List of public art in Bloomington, Indiana References External links City of Bloomington, Indiana website Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce Tourism Website Cities in Indiana Cities in Monroe County, Indiana County seats in Indiana Bloomington metropolitan area, Indiana 1818 establishments in Indiana