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==Notable people== * [[Kirtley Baker]] (1869β1927) β Major League Baseball player. * [[Stephen Bechtel Sr.]] (1900β1989) β former president of [[Bechtel Corporation]] * [[Elmer Davis]] (1890β1958) β Director of the [[Office of War Information]] in World War II; [[Peabody Award]] recipient. * [[Elias Selah Holliday]] (1842β1936) β served 4 terms in the [[United States House of Representatives]]. * [[Jesse Lynch Holman]] (1774β1842) β helped plat the town of Aurora in 1819. Appointed by [[President Andrew Jackson]] to the U.S. District Court for the District of Indiana. * [[William S. Holman]] (1822β1897) β born in Aurora at [[Veraestau]], the home built by his father, [[Jesse Lynch Holman]]. He was elected to 10 terms in the [[United States House of Representatives]]. * [[Lonnie Mack]] (1941β2016) β influential rock guitar soloing pioneer, was born and raised in the area, and is buried in Aurora. * [[Anna Meyer]] (Born 1928) β at age 15, one of the youngest players to sign a contract with the [[All-American Girls Professional Baseball League]]. * [[Harry Emerson Rowbottom]] (1884β1934) β served 3 terms in the [[United States House of Representatives]] from Indiana's 1st congressional district. * [[John Q. Tufts]] (1840β1902) β born in Aurora in 1840, his family moved to Iowa in 1852. He was elected as a Republican to represent Iowa's 2nd congressional district in the [[United States House of Representatives]].
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