This is a list of notable current and former faculty members, alumni, and non-graduating attendees of Indiana University Bloomington in Bloomington, Indiana.

Presidents of Indiana University

Academics

Arts and humanities

Business

Law, politics, and government

Heads of state and government

• Michael D. Higgins (M.A. 1967), President of Ireland (2011–present) • Selim Hoss (Ph.D. 1961), Prime Minister of Lebanon (1976–1980, 1987–1990, 1998–2000)

Supreme Court justices

• Sherman Minton (B.A. 1913, LL.B. 1915), Supreme Court justice (1949–1956) • Wiley Blount Rutledge (attended), Supreme Court justice (1943–1949)

U.S. Senators

• Birch Bayh (LL.B. 1960), U.S. senator (D-Indiana, 1963–1981) • Evan Bayh (B.S. 1978), U.S. senator (D-Indiana, 1999–2011) • Vance Hartke (J.D. 1948), U.S. senator (D-Indiana, 1959–1977) • William E. Jenner (B.A. 1930, LL.B. 1932), U.S. senator (R-Indiana, 1944–1945, 1947–1959) • Newell Sanders (B.S. 1873), U.S. senator (R-Tennessee, 1912–1913)

U.S. Representatives

• Jim Banks (B.A. 2004), U.S. representative (R-Indiana, 2017–present) • John H. Foster (B.A. 1882), U.S. representative (R-Indiana, 1905–1909) • Katie Hall (M.S. 1968), U.S. representative (D-Indiana, 1982–1985) • Charles A. Halleck (B.A. 1922, LL.B. 1924), U.S. representative (R-Indiana, 1935–1969) • Lee H. Hamilton (J.D. 1956), U.S. representative (D-Indiana, 1965–1999) • Elwood Hillis (B.S. 1949, J.D. 1952), U.S. representative (D-Indiana, 1971–1987) • Frank McCloskey (B.A. 1968, J.D. 1971), U.S. representative (D-Indiana, 1983–1995) • Francis B. Posey (LL.B. 1869), U.S. representative (R-Indiana, 1889) • J. Edward Roush (LL.B. 1949), U.S. representative (D-Indiana, 1959–1969, 1971–1977) • Jill Long Thompson (M.B.A. 1978, Ph.D. 1984), U.S. representative (D-Indiana, 1989–1995) • Simeon K. Wolfe (LL.B. 1850), U.S. representative (D-Indiana, 1873–1875)

Governors, other state officials and mayors

• Curtis Hill (B.S. 1983, J.D. 1987), Indiana Attorney General (2017–2021) • Joe Hogsett (B.A. 1978, J.D. 1981), Mayor of Indianapolis (2016–present) • Thomas M. Honan (1899), Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives (1908–1910) and Indiana Attorney General (1911–1915) • Laura Kelly (M.S.), Governor of Kansas (2019–present) • Mark Kohler (M.A. 1984), Secretary of the State of Connecticut (2022–2023) • Mindy McAlindon, member of the Arkansas House of Representatives • Arthur C. Mellette (B.A. 1863, M.A. 1864, LL.B. 1866), Governor of South Dakota (1889–1893) • Richard M. Milburn (attended), Indiana Attorney General (January 1915–November 1915) • Elise Nieshalla (M.A. 2000), Indiana State Auditor (2023–present) • Frank O'Bannon (B.A. 1952, J.D. 1957), Governor of Indiana (1997–2003) • William L. Taylor (B.A. 1877), Indiana Attorney General (1898–1903) • Jonathan Weinzapfel (B.A. 1988), Mayor of Evansville (2004–2011) • Edgar Whitcomb (attended), Governor of Indiana (1969–1973) • Greg Zoeller (J.D. 1982), Indiana Attorney General (2009–2017)

Cabinet members, chairpersons/administrators and advisers

• Jerry Abramson (B.S. 1968), White House Director of Intergovernmental Affairs (2014–2017) • Otis Bowen (B.A. 1939), Secretary of Health and Human Services (1985–1989) • Leroy Edgar Burney (B.S. 1928, M.D. 1930), Surgeon General of the United States (1956–1961) • Robert Gates (M.A. 1966), Secretary of Defense (2006–2011) • Paul H. O'Neill (M.P.A. 1966), Secretary of the Treasury (2001–2002) • Rod Paige (M.Ed. 1962, Ed.D. 1970), Secretary of Education (2001–2005) • Jill Ruckelshaus (B.A. 1958), Assistant to the President for Women's Affairs (1974)

Diplomats

• Feisal al-Istrabadi (B.A. 1986, J.D. 1988), Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative of Iraq to the United Nations (2004–2007) • Victor Jackovich (B.A. 1970, M.A. 1971), U.S. ambassador to Slovenia (1995–1998), U.S. ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina (1993–1995) • Paul V. McNutt (B.A. 1913), United States Ambassador to the Philippines (1946–1947) • Richard Miles (M.A. 1964), Chargé d'affaires in Kyrgyzstan (2015), Chargé d'affaires in Turkmenistan (2008–2009), U.S. ambassador to Georgia (2002–2005), U.S. ambassador to Bulgaria (1999–2002), U.S. ambassador to Azerbaijan (1992–1993)

Judges and attorneys

• Linda Dunikoski (B.A. 1988), Senior Assistant District Attorney of Cobb County Georgia • Christopher M. Goff (J.D. 1996), Associate Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court (2017–present) • Mark Massa (B.A. 1983), Associate Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court (2012–present) • Loretta Rush (J.D. 1983), Chief Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court (2014–present), Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court (2012–present) • Geoffrey G. Slaughter (B.A. 1985, M.B.A. 1989, J.D. 1989), Associate Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court (2016–present) • James Johnston Thornton, lawyer, Military Reconstruction judge, land developer

Other

• Michael Badnarik (attended), Libertarian Party presidential nominee (2004) • Ghoulem Berrah (M.S. 1961, Ph.D. 1963), Special Assistant to President Félix Houphouët-Boigny (1965–1993) • James B. Bullard (Ph.D. 1990), President of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (2008–present) • Deepender Singh Hooda (M.B.A. 2003), Member of Parliament Rajya Sabha (2020–present) • Charles Kennedy (attended), Leader of the Liberal Democrats (1999–2006), Member of Parliament for Ross, Skye and Lochaber (1983–2015) • Mike Schreiner (M.A. 1994), Leader of the Green Party of Ontario (2009–present) • Salman Shah (Ph.D. 1984), caretaker Finance Minister of Pakistan (2007–2008) • Dandara Touré (M.P.H.), Minister for the Promotion of Women, Children and the Family (2012) • Wendell Willkie (B.A. 1913, LL.B. 1916), Republican Party presidential nominee (1940)

Music

Science and technology

Sports

Other

Notable faculty

Former notable faculty

Current notable faculty