history novel The Man with the Iron Heart by Harry Turtledove. Notable people Harold Achor, Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court Jermaine Allensworth, athlete Lowell Amos, convicted "Black Widower" murderer Melvin E. Biddle, World War II Medal of Honor recipient Don Brandon, Hall of Fame baseball coach from Anderson University Jann Browne, Country music singer Gary Burton, jazz vibraphonist Bob Carey, Indy car driver Everett Case, nicknamed "Gray Fox", basketball coach notable for tenure at North Carolina State University, 1946–1964 Buck Crouse, MLB catcher James Davis, politician, Secretary of Labor Winfield T. Durbin, politician, former Governor of Indiana Cory Edwards, producer of Hoodwinked!; created internet series Krogzilla on Smosh's Shut Up Cartoons channel Carl Erskine, MLB pitcher for Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers; member of 1955 World Series champion Dodgers Gordon Gordon, crime novelist Krystal Harris, singer Charles L. Henry, politician, congressman, coiner of term "interurban" Orville Hodge, embezzler Gary Hoover, American businessperson, author, entrepreneur Robert Kessler, 1st Team All-American and 2x First-team Big Ten basketball player for Purdue University from 1933 to 1936 James Kilgore, Symbionese Liberation Army member John William Lambert, inventor of first successful U.S. gasoline automobile Adam Lind, MLB player for Washington Nationals, Seattle Mariners Matt Lutz, actor Von Mansfield, NFL defensive back Brittany Mason, Model Mack Mattingly, politician, Georgia senator Gary McGhee, professional basketball player Jon McLaughlin, singer Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, author Phill Niblock, composer and filmmaker Bruce Nickells, harness racing driver and trainer. Sandi Patty, singer Amber Portwood, TV personality James Rebhorn, actor Robert L. Rock, Mayor of Anderson, Lieutenant Governor of Indiana Kris Roe (The Ataris), singer Fred Mustard Stewart, author Kevin Stein, Poet Laureate of Illinois Max Terhune, actor Ray Tolbert, basketball player for Indiana's 1981 NCAA championship team Albert Henry Vestal, majority whip of House of Representatives, 1923–1931 Len Walston, singer-songwriter and music producer Louis J. Weichmann, witness for the prosecution in the trial of the alleged conspirators involved in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln Bob Wilkerson, basketball player for Indiana's undefeated 1976 NCAA championship team Jumping Johnny Wilson References External links City website Anderson Public Library The Herald Bulletin Cities in Indiana Cities in Madison County, Indiana County seats in Indiana Indianapolis metropolitan area