Lebanon, murdered in Indianapolis in 1965 when she was 16 Ray Long, editor of Cosmopolitan from 1919 to 1931, was born in Lebanon Ami McKay, novelist, playwright and journalist. Rick Mount, 1966 Indiana "Mr. Basketball" award recipient, 3x All-American Purdue player, member of 1972 ABA championship Indiana Pacers team William Perigo, basketball head coach at Western Michigan University and University of Michigan Drew Powell, actor, is best known for his role as Hoss Cartwright on the PAX series Ponderosa and as Butch Gilzean on FOX's "Gotham", and for his guest roles on Malcolm in the Middle and Leverage Allen Saunders, cartoonist and writer, Mary Worth G. Thomas Tanselle, textual critic, bibliographer, and book collector, especially known for his work on Herman Melville Craig Terrill, former Purdue and Seattle Seahawks football player Herman B Wells, former President of Indiana University, attended Lebanon High School and worked as teller at his father's bank in Lebanon for several years References External links City website History of Lebanon, Indiana Cities in Indiana Cities in Boone County, Indiana County seats in Indiana Indianapolis metropolitan area