Editing Peru, Indiana (section)

==Notable people==
* [[Mary Newbury Adams]], suffragist and education advocate<ref>{{cite web | last =  Knight | first =  R. Cecilia | title = Adams, Mary Newbury (or Newberry) | publisher = University of Iowa | url = http://uipress.lib.uiowa.edu/bdi/DetailsPage.aspx?id=3 | access-date = January 15, 2018}}</ref>
* [[Richard Antrim]], Medal of Honor recipient
* [[Alfred Bergman]], former five-sport letterman at [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish|Notre Dame]]
* [[Dutch Bergman|Arthur Bergman]], football player and coach
* [[Arthur G. Elvin]], engineer, businessman, and the former mayor of 2 New York cities<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=1934-10-13 |title=A. G. ELVIN IS DEAD; INVENTED RAIL AIDS; Began Work at 16 in Indiana as Machinist in Railroad Shop -- Served Many Lines. LED IN PNEUMATIC DEVICES Formerly Headed Own Concern Here -- Had Been Mayor of Plandome, L. I. |language=en-US |page=13 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1934/10/13/archives/-6-elnilq-is-dead-invented-rail-aids-began-work-at-16-in-indiana-as.html |access-date=2022-08-23 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
* [[Frank Fetter]], economist
* [[Albert Fredrick Ottomar Germann]] (1886–1976) and [[Frank Erhart Emmanuel Germann]] (1887–1974), physical chemists<ref>{{Cite book |title=Parallel Lives: Two Hoosier Chemists from Peru |last=Fleck |first=George |publisher=The Impress Group |year=2016 |isbn=9781532326172 |location=Williamsburg, Massachusetts |pages=1–62}}</ref>
* [[Bob Gibbs]], Former Congressman from Ohio
* [[Emmett Kelly]], circus clown, [[Ringling Brothers Circus]], [[International Circus Hall of Fame]], actor
* [[Kyle Macy]], former basketball player and coach; raised in Peru
* [[Keith O'Conner Murphy]], singer and songwriter, member of the [[Rockabilly Hall of Fame]]<ref>''Peru Daily Tribune'', June 30, 2012, front page</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rockabillyhall.com/KeithOConnerMurphy.html |title=Keith O'Connor Murphy |publisher=Rockabillyhall.com |access-date=April 30, 2013}}</ref> 
* [[Ole Olsen (comedian)|Ole Olsen]], comedian and member of [[Olsen and Johnson]]
* [[B. J. Penn (U.S. Navy)|B. J. Penn]], briefly served as United States Secretary of the Navy in 2009
* [[Cole Porter]], songwriter; born in Peru<ref>{{cite news |access-date=September 21, 2011| title=Cole Porter Is Dead; Songwriter Was 72|newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |year=1964|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/98/11/29/specials/porter-obit.html?scp=1&sq=cole%20porter%20obit&st=cse}}</ref>
* [[Ralph Richeson]], actor <ref name=thr>{{cite news|first=Mike|last=Barnes|title='Deadwood' Actor Ralph Richeson Dies at 63 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ralph-richeson-dead-deadwood-actor-835086 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=October 28, 2015 |access-date=November 21, 2015}}</ref>
* [[Emil Schram]], president of the [[New York Stock Exchange]]
* [[Amy Shuman]], played women's professional baseball
* [[G. David Thompson]] (1899–1965), investment banker, industrialist, and modern art collector<ref name=MetMuseum>{{cite web |title=Thompson, G. David |url=http://www.metmuseum.org/research/leonard-lauder-research-center/programs-and-resources/index-of-cubist-art-collectors/thompson |website=MetMuseum |access-date=September 25, 2015}}</ref>
* [[Robert Edward Weaver]], artist, professor emeritus Herron School of Art, Indianapolis
* [[Nancy Wilson-Pajic]], artist, named Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French Ministry of Culture
* [[John Ross Woodring]], newspaper editor
* [[Carol Lou Woodward]], pianist