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==Notable people== {{See also|Category: People from Harrison County, Indiana|List of people from the Louisville metropolitan area}}[[File:James Best Frontier Return of Jubal Dolan.JPG|thumb|right|150px|James Best]] [[William Taylor Zenor]] β born in 1846 near Corydon. Practiced law in Corydon and Leavenworth. Judge, third judicial circuit (1885β1897). Indiana representative in US House of Representatives (1897β1907). Buried in Corydon. [[James Best]] β born in 1926 in Kentucky; at the age of three he went to an orphanage, then was adopted and was raised in Corydon. After his Army service he became a movie and television actor. Best known as [[Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane]] on ''[[The Dukes of Hazzard]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bio for James Best |url=http://jamesbest.com/biography.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009233838/http://www.jamesbest.com/biography.htm |archive-date=October 9, 2012 |access-date=January 21, 2012}}</ref> [[Arville Funk]] β born in Harrison County in 1929 and attended school in Corydon. He taught high school history for 10 years starting in 1955. Practiced law in Corydon. He was active with Indiana historical and genealogical societies, and wrote about Indiana history. He is buried in Corydon.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Indiana Authors and their Books, 1917β1966 |publisher=Wabash College |year=1974 |editor-last=Thompson |editor-first=Donald E. |location=Crawfordsville, Indiana |page=225}}</ref> [[Frank O'Bannon]] β born in 1930 in Corydon. After an Air Force stint he was state senator, lieutenant governor, and then governor (1997β2003). Buried in Corydon.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Indiana Governor Frank O'Bannon (1930β2003) |url=http://www.in.gov/history/2707.htm |access-date=January 21, 2012 |publisher=Indiana Historical Bureau |archive-date=November 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120203946/https://www.in.gov/history/2707.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
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