The following are some notable people from the American state of Maryland, listed by their field of endeavor. This list may not include Federal officials and members of the United States Congress who live in Maryland but are not actual natives.

Politicians, jurists, and statesmen

Official photo of Speaker Nancy Pelosi in 2019

* Spiro T. Agnew, former Governor of Maryland and Vice President of the United States * John R. Bolton, 25th

United States Ambassador to the United Nations The United States ambassador to the United Nations is the leader of the U.S. delegation, the U.S. Mission to the United Nations. The position is formally known as the permanent representative of the United States of America to the United Nations ...

Charles Joseph Bonaparte Charles Joseph Bonaparte (; June 9, 1851June 28, 1921) was an American lawyer and political activist for progressive and liberal causes. Originally from Baltimore, Maryland, he served in the cabinet of the 26th U.S. president, Theodore Roosevelt ...

, former Attorney General of the United States; founder of the FBI; grand-nephew of French emperor Napoleon I * Anthony Brown, United States Congressman, former Lieutenant Governor of Maryland * Charles Carroll of Carrollton, lawyer, politician, and signer of the Declaration of Independence *

John Lee Carroll John Lee Carroll (September 30, 1830 – February 27, 1911), a member of the United States Democratic Party, was the 37th Governor of Maryland from 1876 to 1880. Early life Carroll was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Col. Charles Carr ...

, 37th Governor of Maryland * Samuel Chase, United States Supreme Court Justice * Frank J. Christensen, labor leader *

Joan Claybrook Joan Buckler Claybrook (born June 12, 1937) is an American lawyer and lobbyist who was president of Public Citizen from 1982 to 2009.Snyder, Jim (December, 2008)Claybrook steps down at Public Citizen group. '' The Hill'' She also served in the C ...

, President of Public Citizen; head of the NHTSA in the

Carter administration Jimmy Carter's tenure as the 39th president of the United States began with his inauguration on January 20, 1977, and ended on January 20, 1981. A Democrat from Georgia, Carter took office after defeating incumbent Republican President ...

J. Joseph Curran Jr. J. Joseph Curran Jr. (born July 7, 1931) is an American lawyer and the longest serving elected Attorney General (1987 to 2007) in Maryland history, and previously the fourth Lieutenant Governor of Maryland from 1983 to 1987. His son-in-law, Mar ...

, state Attorney General and former Lieutenant Governor * Frederick Douglass, abolitionist * Doug Duncan, county executive * Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., former governor of Maryland and member of the U.S. House of Representatives *

Christopher Emery Christopher Beauregard Emery (born August 1, 1957) is an American author and former government official. He was a White House Usher during the Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and Clinton administrations. Emery later served as the chief informati ...

, Assistant White House Chief Usher * John Hanson, ninth president of the Continental Congress; first elected under the Articles of Confederation *

Ellen Lipton Hollander Ellen Frances Lipton Hollander (born May 24, 1949) is a Senior status, Senior United States federal judge, United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. Early life and education Born Ellen Frances ...

, United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland *

Steny Hoyer Steny Hamilton Hoyer (born June 14, 1939) is an American politician and attorney serving as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for since 1981 and as House majority leader, House Majority Leader since 2019. A Democrat ...

, current and former House Majority Leader, U.S. House of Representatives * Sarah T. Hughes, federal judge who administered the presidential oath of office to Lyndon B. Johnson * Brett Kavanaugh, Associate Justice of the

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* Philip Barton Key, U.S. representative and U.S. district judge * Allan H. Kittleman, former

Maryland State Senator The Maryland Senate, sometimes referred to as the Maryland State Senate, is the upper house of the General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maryland. Composed of 47 senators elected from an equal number of constituent single-m ...

and county executive for

Howard County, Maryland Howard County is located in the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2010 census, the population was 287,085. As of the 2020 census its population rose to 328,200. Its county seat is Ellicott City. Howard County is included in the Baltimore-Colu ...

Ernest Lyon Ernest A. Lyon (October 22, 1860 – July 17, 1938) was an African-American minister, educator and diplomat. Early life and education Lyon was born on October 22, 1860, in on the coast of Belize, British Honduras to Emmanuel Lyon and Ann ...

, former

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and founder of Maryland Industrial and Agricultural Institute for Colored Youths * Thurgood Marshall, first African-American Supreme Court Justice in the history of the United States * Kweisi Mfume, Congressman and former

NAACP The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is a civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans by a group including W. E.&nb ...

leader *

J. William Middendorf John William Middendorf II (born September 22, 1924) is a former Republican United States diplomat and Secretary of the Navy. Education and military service John William Middendorf II received a Bachelor of Naval Science (BNS) degree from Col ...

, United States diplomat, Secretary of the Navy * Charles E. Miller, politician, businessman, and philanthropist * David Nolan, activist and politician *

John A. Olszewski Jr. John Anthony Olszewski Jr. ( ; born September 10, 1982) is an American politician and the current Baltimore County Executive. He previously served two terms in the Maryland House of Delegates representing District 6. Early life and education Ols ...

, Baltimore County Executive and former Maryland State Delegate * Katie O'Malley, State District Judge and wife of Martin O'Malley * Martin J. O'Malley, former governor of Maryland and 2016 candidate for President of the United States * William Paca, signer of the Declaration of Independence *

Nancy Pelosi Nancy Patricia Pelosi (; ; born March 26, 1940) is an American politician who has served as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives since 2019 and previously from 2007 to 2011. She has represented in the United States House of ...

, current and former

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* Edgar Allan Poe, Maryland attorney general (1911–1915) *

John P. Poe Sr. John Prentiss Poe (August 22, 1836 – October 14, 1909) was Attorney General of the State of Maryland from 1891 to 1895. He also served in the Maryland Senate from 1890 to 1891. Early life John Prentiss Poe was born on August 22, 1836, in Balt ...

, Attorney General of Maryland (1891–1895) *

Neilson Poe Judge Neilson Poe (August 11, 1809 - January 4, 1884) was an American judge for the City of Baltimore's orphan's court, (now referred to as a probate court). He was initially appointed to the court by Maryland Governor John Lee Carroll in 1878 ...

, Judge for Baltimore City and grandfather of Poe brothers *

Kevin B. Quinn Kevin B. Quinn (born ) is the chief executive officer of TransLink. Prior to his current role, he served as CEO and administrator of the Maryland Transit Administration from 2017 to 2021. Education Quinn graduated from Goucher College with ...

, Chief Executive Officer and Administrator of the Maryland Transit Administration * William Donald Schaefer, former Governor * Sargent Shriver, politician, former vice presidential candidate *

Michael S. Steele Michael Stephen Steele (born October 19, 1958) is an American political commentator, attorney, and Republican Party politician. Steele served as the seventh lieutenant governor of Maryland from 2003 to 2007; he was the first African-American ...

, Lieutenant Governor of Maryland (2003–2007) * Roger Taney, Chief Justice of the United States * Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, (

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) former Lieutenant Governor of Maryland and oldest daughter of Robert F. Kennedy * Jeffrey Zients, Director of the National Economic Council under President Barack Obama * Dawn Zimmer, mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey

Architects

Otto Eugene Adams Otto Eugene Adams (Sr.) (November 1, 1889 – January 31, 1968), the architect, was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on November 1, 1889, to a family with Baltimore and German ancestry.

* George Archer *

Richard Snowden Andrews Richard Snowden Andrews (October 29, 1830 – January 5, 1903) was an American architect and a Confederate artillery commander and diplomat during the American Civil War. Early life As recorded on the 1850 U.S. Census, Andrews was born in the ...

Ephraim Francis Baldwin Ephraim Francis Baldwin (October 4, 1837 – January 20, 1916) was an American architect, best known for his work for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and for the Roman Catholic Church. Personal life Although born in Troy, New York, Baldwin li ...

Henry F. Brauns Henry F. Brauns (October 4, 1845 – May 7, 1917) was an architect based in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He was a son of Ferdinand L. (consul general of the Kingdoms of Saxony, Württemberg, Bavaria and Prussia) and Henrietta Brauns (born Focke) and ...

* William Buckland * Wright Butler * Charles L. Carson *

Albert Cassell Albert Irvin Cassell (1895–1969) was a prominent mid-twentieth-century African-American architect in Washington, D.C., whose work shaped many academic communities in the United States. He designed buildings for Howard University in Washingto ...

Charles E. Cassell Charles Emmett Cassell (April 26, 1838 – August 29, 1916) was a Baltimore, Maryland-based architect. Biography He was born in Portsmouth, Virginia and trained as a naval architect. He received a degree in engineering from the University of Vi ...

* Thomas Dixon * George A. Frederick *

Jackson C. Gott Jackson C. Gott (1829–1909) was an American architect. Gott was born in Baltimore County, practiced in and around Baltimore all his life, and was named a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects in 1889. Work Buildings designed b ...

Nathaniel Henry Hutton Major Nathaniel Henry Hutton (Washington, D.C. November 18, 1833–Baltimore, Maryland, May 8, 1907) was an American architect and civil engineer. He worked as a surveyor in the American West in the 1850s before participating in the Union Army de ...

William Rich Hutton William Rich Hutton (March 21, 1826 – December 11, 1901) was a surveyor and artist who became an architect and civil engineer in Maryland and New York in the latter half of the 19th century. His sketches of the pueblo of Los Angeles and diary ...

* Edmund George Lind *

J. Crawford Neilson James Crawford Neilson (October 14, 1816 – December 21, 1900), or J. Crawford Neilson, was a Baltimore, Maryland-based architect. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1816. After the death of his father in 1822 the family moved to England ...

* John Rudolph Niernsee *

Edward L. Palmer Jr. Edward Livingston Palmer Jr. (May 26, 1877 – May 13, 1952) was an American architect from Baltimore, Maryland, credited with the design and development of several planned neighborhoods such as Homeland, Roland Park, Guilford, Wawaset Park, an ...

* Theodore Wells Pietsch, architect of Stieff Silver Company Factory (Baltimore) * Bruce Price * Howard Van Doren Shaw (died in Baltimore) * Gideon Shryock *

Mathias Shryock Mathias or Matthias Shryock (born near Frederick, Maryland, 1774 – died in Lexington, Kentucky, 1833) was an early American architect and building contractor. Life and career Shryock was born in Maryland, where he married in 1798, but mo ...

(born in Frederick, Maryland) * Joseph Evans Sperry *

Philip E. Thomas Philip Evan Thomas (November 11, 1776 – September 1, 1861) was the first president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) from 1827 to 1836. He has been referred to as "The Father of American Railways". The Thomas Viaduct bridge in Relay, Mar ...

, first president of the

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was the first common carrier railroad and the oldest railroad in the United States, with its first section opening in 1830. Merchants from Baltimore, which had benefited to some extent from the construction of ...

* John Appleton Wilson *

James Bosley Noel Wyatt James Bosley Noel Wyatt (1847–1926) was an American architect and co-founder of the Wyatt & Nolting architectural partnership. Education Wyatt attended Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the Ecole des Beaux Arts. ...

Scientists and inventors

Beatrice Aitchison Beatrice Aitchison (July 18, 1908 – September 22, 1997) was an American mathematician, statistician, and transportation economist who directed the Transport Economics Division of the United States Department of Commerce,. Biography on p.8-12 ...

, mathematician,

statistician A statistician is a person who works with theoretical or applied statistics. The profession exists in both the private and public sectors. It is common to combine statistical knowledge with expertise in other subjects, and statisticians may wor ...

, topologist, and transportation economist * Hattie Alexander,

pediatrician Pediatrics ( also spelled ''paediatrics'' or ''pædiatrics'') is the branch of medicine that involves the medical care of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. In the United Kingdom, paediatrics covers many of their youth until the ...

and

microbiologist A microbiologist (from Ancient Greek, Greek ) is a scientist who studies microscopic life forms and processes. This includes study of the growth, interactions and characteristics of Microorganism, microscopic organisms such as bacteria, algae, f ...

, developed first effective remedies for '' Haemophilus influenzae'' * Shirley Montag Almon, economist noted for the Almon lag model * Richard R. Arnold, NASA astronaut, high school biology teacher * Benjamin Banneker, surveyor, astronomer, mathematician and almanac author *

Brady Barr Brady Robert Barr (born 4 January 1963) is a herpetologist and host of Nat Geo WILD's ''Dangerous Encounters with Brady Barr''. He began employment with National Geographic in 1997. Barr has also been the host for two other series, ''Reptile Wi ...

, herpetologist *

Ruth Bleier Ruth Harriet Bleier (November 17, 1923 – January 4, 1988) was an American neurophysiologist who is also one of the first feminist scholars to explore how gender biases have shaped biology. Her career consisted of combining her academic intere ...

, neurophysiologist and feminist scholar * Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google *

John H. Brodie John Hartley Brodie (May 6, 1969Birth certificate of John Hartley Brodie: May 6, 1969 at Worcester, Massachusetts, USA – January 28, 2006), was an American theoretical physicist specializing in string theory. Diagnosed with bipolar disorder afte ...

, physicist * Ben Carson, former neurosurgeon, politician, and

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presidential candidate * Rachel Carson, environmentalist *

Teresa Cohen Teresa Cohen (February 14, 1892 – August 10, 1992) was an American mathematician. Biography on p.128-130 of thSupplementary MaterialaAMS/ref> Early life and education She was born in Baltimore, Maryland to Rebecca Sinsheimer and Benjamin Cohe ...

, mathematician * Robert Curbeam,

astronaut An astronaut (from the Ancient Greek (), meaning 'star', and (), meaning 'sailor') is a person trained, equipped, and deployed by a human spaceflight program to serve as a commander or crew member aboard a spacecraft. Although generally r ...

, engineer, and US naval officer * George Dantzig, mathematical scientist *

George Delahunty George B. Delahunty (born May 5, 1952) is an American physiologist and endocrinologist. He was a long-time professor at Goucher College, working there from 1979 to 2018. Delahunty was the Lilian Welsh Professor of Biology and a co-founder of the ...

, physiologist, endocrinologist, and professor at Goucher College * Olive Dennis, railroad engineer and first female member of the American Railway Engineering Association *

Wendell E. Dunn Jr. Wendell Earl Dunn Jr. (August 30, 1922 – December 24, 2007) was an American chemical engineer, metallurgist, and inventor. His technologies for high temperature chlorination, gold, tantalum and titanium extraction are still widely used. E ...

, chemical engineer, metallurgist, and inventor *

Roger L. Easton Roger Lee Easton, Sr. (April 30, 1921 – May 8, 2014) was an American physicist and state representative who was the principal inventor and designer of the Global Positioning System, along with Ivan A. Getting and Bradford Parkinson. Career I ...

, principal inventor of

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* Charles Fefferman, mathematician * Henry Gantt, mechanical engineer * Solomon Golomb, mathematician who invented

pentominoes Derived from the Greek word for ' 5', and "domino", a pentomino (or 5-omino) is a polyomino of order 5, that is, a polygon in the plane made of 5 equal-sized squares connected edge-to-edge. When rotations and reflections are not considered to ...

* Michael Griffin, NASA administrator *

Harold E. Harrison and Helen C. Harrison Harold E. Harrison (1908–1989) and Helen Coplan Harrison (1911–2004) were a husband-and-wife research team in pediatrics who individually and jointly published more than 175 research papers and one textbook on topics including pediatric ...

, husband-and-wife research team in pediatrics * Ethel Browne Harvey, embryologist *

Arlo Hemphill Arlo Hanlin Hemphill (born October 7, 1971) is an American wilderness advocate. His educational background is in marine biology. Hemphill is a Fellow National of the Explorers Club and has been listed in Nature (journal), ''Nature'' (Myers ''et al ...

, explorer/ocean conservationist *

Georgeanna Seegar Jones Georgeanna Seegar Jones (July 6, 1912 – March 26, 2005) was an American reproductive endocrinologist who with her husband, Howard W. Jones, pioneered in vitro fertilization in the United States. Early life She was born July 6, 1912, in Balti ...

, reproductive endocrinologist *

Howard W. Jones Howard Wilbur Jones, Jr. (December 30, 1910 – July 31, 2015) was an American gynecological surgeon and in vitro fertilization (IVF) specialist. Jones and his wife, Georgeanna Seegar Jones, were two of the earliest reproductive medicine speciali ...

, gynecological surgeon * Thomas David Jones, NASA astronaut, US Air Force pilot *

Kate Breckenridge Karpeles Kate Breckenridge Karpeles (October 1887 – August 15, 1941) was an American medical doctor. She was the first woman to be appointed a contract surgeon by the United States Army, during World War I, and she served as president of the American ...

, first woman to be appointed a contract surgeon by the United States Army * Nick Katz, mathematician * Mark Mattson, neuroscientist * John Mauchly, physicist who, with J. Presper Eckert, invented the first general-purpose electronic

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* Edmund McIlhenny, inventor of Tabasco brand pepper sauce * Florence Marie Mears, mathematician *

Bessie Moses Bessie Louise Moses (1893-1965) was a U.S. gynecologist and obstetrician who advocated birth control practices for women. Life Early life Born in Baltimore, Maryland to a prominent German-Jewish family, Moses graduated from Goucher College in 19 ...

, gynecologist, obstetrician and Director of the Baltimore Bureau for Contraceptive Advice *

Ayub K. Ommaya Ayub Khan Ommaya MD, ScD (hc), FRCS, FACS (1930 - 2008) was a Pakistani American neurosurgeon and the inventor of the Ommaya reservoir. The reservoir is used to provide chemotherapy directly to the tumor site for brain tumors. Ommaya was also a ...

, neurosurgeon * Helen Dodson Prince, astronomer * Mila Rechcigl, biochemist *

Robert Empie Rogers Robert Empie Rogers (March 29, 1813 – September 6, 1884) was a United States chemist. Biography Rogers was born in Baltimore, Maryland on March 29, 1813. The youngest of four brothers, he was educated first under the care of his father, and t ...

, chemist * Arthur William Savage, inventor of the Savage Model 99 * Paul Reed Smith, luthier * Elsie Shutt, computer programmer and founder of software company * Terry W. Virts, NASA astronaut, US Air Force pilot *

Douglas C. Wallace Douglas Cecil Wallace (born November 6, 1946) is a geneticist and evolutionary biology, evolutionary biologist at the University of Pennsylvania and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania. He pioneered the use of human mitochondr ...

, geneticist, evolutionary biologist * John Archibald Wheeler, theoretical physicist * Gregory R. Wiseman, NASA

, US Navy aviator * Edward Witten, physicist, mathematician * Jean Worthley, naturalist and TV host of ''

Hodgepodge Lodge ''Hodgepodge Lodge'' (sometimes spelled ''Hodge-Podge Lodge'') was a half-hour children's television series produced by the Maryland Center for Public Broadcasting and shown on a number of PBS The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an Ame ...

'' and ''

On Nature's Trail ''On Nature's Trail'' was a television show produced by the Maryland Public Television, Maryland Center for Public Broadcasting in 1978. The show featured Elmer and Jean Worthley observing and discussing plants growing at different locations in B ...

'' * Jill Zimmerman, computer scientist and professor at Goucher College

Authors, journalists

* Devin Allen, photojournalist and photographer * John Barth, author * Carl Bernstein, journalist and author * Hanne Blank, author *

Ann Brashares Ann Brashares (born July 30, 1967) is an American young adult novelist. She is best known as the author of ''The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants'' series. Life and career Brashares was born in Alexandria, Virginia, and grew up in Chevy Chase, ...

, author * Pat Brown, author, criminal profiler *

Emma Alice Browne Emma Alice Browne (1835 – February 6, 1890) was a 19th-century American poet. She contributed to various periodicals, including Louisville ''Journal'', ''The Pantagraph'', ''The Saturday Evening Post'', ''Graham's Magazine'', and ''The Methodi ...

, poet * Mindie Burgoyne, author and businessperson * Erin Burnett, journalist and CNN anchor *

James M. Cain James Mallahan Cain (July 1, 1892 – October 27, 1977) was an American novelist, journalist and screenwriter. He is widely regarded as a progenitor of the hardboiled school of American crime fiction. His novels ''The Postman Always Rings Twice ...

, journalist and author * Kiran Chetry, journalist * Connie Chung, television journalist * Tom Clancy, author * Lucille Clifton, poet * Ta-Nehisi Coates, writer, journalist * Annie McCarer Darlington, poet * Mark Davis, columnist, radio talk show host *

Minnie S. Davis Minnie S. Davis (March 25, 1835 - April 19, 1927) was an American author, lecturer, editor, and mental scientist. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, she was the author of ''Marion Lester'', 1850; ''Clinton Forest'', 1858; ''Rosalie'', 1865; and ''Ideal M ...

, author, mental scientist * Frank Deford, journalist and author * Matt Drudge, journalist, radio talk show host * Alex Epstein, author, energy theorist *

Nellie Blessing Eyster Nellie Blessing Eyster (, Blessing; December 7, 1836 – February 21, 1922) was an American journalist, writer, lecturer, and social reformer. She was a grand-niece of Barbara Fritchie. Eyster was the first President of the Pacific Coast Women's ...

, journalist, writer, reformer * Roland Flint, poet * Courtney Friel, entertainment reporter for Fox News *

Marianne Githens Marianne Githens (November 10, 1936 – February 27, 2018) was an American political scientist, feminist, and author. She was an Elizabeth Conolly Todd Distinguished Professor and the co-founder of the Women's Study Program at Goucher College. In ...

, political scientist, feminist, author, and professor *

Jesse Glass Jesse Glass (born 1954) is an American expatriate poet, artist and folklorist. In America Glass first began to write and publish experimental poetry in c. 1972. Starting in 1976, he edited and published the mimeographed ''Goethe’s Notes Magazi ...

, poet, folklorist * Meredith Goldstein, advice columnist and reporter *

Sara Haardt Sara Powell Haardt (March 1, 1898 – May 31, 1935) was an American author and professor of English literature. Though she died at the age of 37 of meningitis, she produced a considerable body of work including newspaper reviews, articles, essay ...

, author and professor * Mary Downing Hahn, author * Dashiell Hammett, author *

James Alexander Henshall James Alexander Henshall (February 29, 1836 – April 4, 1925) was an author on fishing. He was known as the "apostle of the black bass". His book ''Bass, Pike, Perch and other Game Fishes of America'' (1903) is part of the American Sportsman's Li ...

, author * Karen Hesse, author * Nancy Hubbard, author and business professor *

Zora Neale Hurston Zora Neale Hurston (January 7, 1891 – January 28, 1960) was an American author, anthropologist, and filmmaker. She portrayed racial struggles in the early-1900s American South and published research on Hoodoo (spirituality), hoodoo. The most ...

, author *

Mary E. Ireland Mary E. Ireland (, Haines; pen name, Marie Norman; January 9, 1834 – October 29, 1927) was an American author and translator. Born in Maryland, she lived a busy life in Washington, D.C., looking upon her literary labors as a recreation. Though ...

, writer, translator, poet *

Nina Kasniunas Nina Therese Kasniunas (born February 19, 1972) is an American political scientist and writer. She is the Arsht Professor in Ethics and Leadership in the Center for People, Politics, & Markets at Goucher College. Early life and education Kas ...

, political scientist, author, and professor * Sophie Kerr, author * Michael Kimball, author * Cliff Kincaid, investigative journalist * Gayle King, editor * Mel Kiper Jr., ESPN football analyst * Munro Leaf, children's author * Rick Leventhal, correspondent for Fox News * Walter Lord, author * H. L. Mencken, journalist and social critic *

Emily J. Miller Emily Miller is an American political communications strategist, journalist and author. She has worked as the senior political correspondent at One America News Network, and before that as chief investigative reporter for WTTG, the local Fox Broa ...

, senior editor of '' Washington Times'' opinion pages * Frank Miller, writer and artist * Ogden Nash, humorous poet * Suzan-Lori Parks, playwright and screenwriter * Edgar Allan Poe, poet, writer, and literary critic * Adrienne Rich, poet and feminist *

Hester Dorsey Richardson Hester Dorsey Richardson (, Dorsey; pen name, Selene; January 9, 1862 – December 10, 1933) was an American author of several historical studies of Maryland, as well as a genealogist and clubwoman. Among her publications were ''The Origin and Cus ...

, writer * Nora Roberts, author * Thomas Roberts, news anchor for MSNBC * John Thomas Scharf, author, historian, lawyer, politician, and Confederate soldier and sailor * Karl Shapiro, poet * Laura Amy Schlitz, children's literature author * Upton Sinclair, author * Norman Solomon, journalist, media critic *

Bud Sparhawk John C. "Bud" Sparhawk (born August 11, 1937) is an American science fiction writer. He writes humorous science fiction, in particular the Sam Boone series of short fiction. Biography Sparhawk was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and lives in Annapo ...

, science fiction author * John Steadman, sportswriter *

Flora E. Strout Flora Effie Strout (April 28, 1867 – November 5, 1962) was an American teacher and social reformer. Early on, she taught at Lyman School for Boys in Massachusetts and then at Morgan College (now Morgan State University), where she also served ...

, teacher, social reformer, non-fiction writer, lyricist * Mary Spear Tiernan, writer * Florence Trai, educator, writer * Anne Tyler, author * Sanford J. Ungar, journalist and Goucher College president e''meritus'' * Leon Uris, author * Scott Van Pelt, ESPN anchor and radio host *

Amelia B. Coppuck Welby Amelia B. Coppuck Welby (, Coppuck; pen name, Amelia; nickname, "Minstrel-girl"; February 3, 1819 - May 3, 1852) was a 19th-century American fugitive poet. In 1837, under the pen-name "Amelia," she contributed a number of poems to the Louisville ...

, poet * Fredricka Whitfield, CNN reporter and anchor *

Emma Howard Wight Emma Howard Wight (August 25, 1863 – June 24, 1935) was an American author and newspaper correspondent. After leaving school, she wrote occasionally for amusement. Her friend, Bertha von Hillern, induced Wight to start publishing her work. Arti ...

, writer, newspaper correspondent * Michael Wilbon, ESPN personality ('' Pardon the Interruption'') and '' The Washington Post'' sports columnist *

Ella B. Ensor Wilson Ella B. Ensor Wilson (, Ensor; also known as, Mrs. Augustus Wilson; 1838 – September 11, 1913) was an American social reformer and writer of the long nineteenth century associated with the women's suffrage and temperance movements. She was a stro ...

social reformer, non-fiction writer * Ibbie McColm Wilson, poet * James Wolcott, journalist, social critic

Musicians

* Bernard Addison, jazz guitarist *

Scott Ambush Scott Antel Ambush is an American musician, best known as the bass player of jazz fusion band Spyro Gyra Spyro Gyra is an American jazz fusion band that was formed in Buffalo, New York, in 1974. The band's music combines jazz, R&B, funk, an ...

, jazz bassist * Tori Amos, singer-songwriter * BT, born Brian Transeau, electronic musician *Jack Barakat, lead guitarist of the rock band All Time Low * Niki Barr, singer-songwriter * Keter Betts, jazz bassist * Eubie Blake, ragtime, jazz and pop composer, lyricist * Bossman, rapper * Toni Braxton, singer * Mark Bryan, guitarist for the rock band Hootie & the Blowfish * Randy Blythe, vocalist for heavy metal band

Lamb of God Lamb of God ( el, Ἀμνὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ, Amnòs toû Theoû; la, Agnus Dei, ) is a title for Jesus that appears in the Gospel of John. It appears at John 1:29, where John the Baptist sees Jesus and exclaims, "Behold the Lamb of God wh ...

David Byrne David Byrne (; born 14 May 1952) is a Scottish-American singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, writer, music theorist, visual artist and filmmaker. He was a founding member and the principal songwriter, lead singer, and guitarist of ...

, singer/guitarist of rock band Talking Heads * Bill Callahan, singer/songwriter formerly known as

Smog Smog, or smoke fog, is a type of intense air pollution. The word "smog" was coined in the early 20th century, and is a portmanteau of the words ''smoke'' and '' fog'' to refer to smoky fog due to its opacity, and odor. The word was then inte ...

Cab Calloway Cabell Calloway III (December 25, 1907 – November 18, 1994) was an American singer, songwriter, bandleader, conductor and dancer. He was associated with the Cotton Club in Harlem, where he was a regular performer and became a popular vocalist ...

, jazz singer and bandleader * Eva Cassidy, singer-songwriter * Cex, electronic musician * JC Chasez, singer, songwriter and producer; former member of pop group N'Sync * John Christ, former guitarist of the hard rock band Danzig *

Cordae Cordae Amari Dunston (born August 26, 1997) known mononymously as Cordae (formerly YBN Cordae and Entendre), is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. He gained popularity by releasing remixes of popular songs, such as "My Name Is" by Eminem ...

, rapper *Rian Dawson, drummer for the band All Time Low * Dan Deacon, electronic musician * Deakin (Joshua Dibb), co-founder of

Animal Collective Animal Collective is an American experimental pop band formed in Baltimore, Maryland. Its members consist of Avey Tare (David Portner), Panda Bear (Noah Lennox), Geologist (Brian Weitz), and Deakin (Josh Dibb). The band's work is characterized ...

* Adam Duritz, singer of rock band Counting Crows *

Cass Elliot Ellen Naomi Cohen (September 19, 1941 – July 29, 1974), known professionally as Mama Cass and later on as Cass Elliot, was an American singer and voice actress. She was a member of the singing group the Mamas & the Papas. After the group brok ...

, singer of pop band The Mamas & the Papas * Sam Endicott, singer of rock band The Bravery * Entrance, born Guy Blakeslee, singer/songwriter * John Fahey, folk/blues guitarist *

Brent Faiyaz Christopher Brent Wood (born September 19, 1995), known professionally as Brent Faiyaz, is an American R&B singer. He rose to prominence after he was featured on the GoldLink single "Crew" alongside Shy Glizzy in 2016, which was certified 6× ...

, singer, record producer *

Mark Fax Mark Oakland Fax (15 June 1911 – 2 January 1974) was an American composer and a professor of music. Child prodigy Born on June 15, 1911, in Baltimore, Maryland, Fax was a child prodigy. By age fourteen, Fax was employed as a theater organist p ...

, composer *Dean Felber, bass guitarist for the rock band Hootie & the Blowfish *

Gallant Gallant may refer to: * Gallant (singer) (born 1991), American singer and songwriter * Gallant (surname), people with the surname * Gallant, Alabama, United States * A gallant, or a man exhibiting courage * A gallant, a member of the Parliament o ...

, singer-songwriter *Alex Gaskarth, lead singer and guitarist for the rock band All Time Low * Johnny Gill, singer * Danny Gatton, guitarist * Geologist (Brian Weltz), co-founding member of

* Ginuwine, R&B singer *

Philip Glass Philip Glass (born January 31, 1937) is an American composer and pianist. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential composers of the late 20th century. Glass's work has been associated with minimal music, minimalism, being built up fr ...

, composer * Robert Gordon, rockabilly singer * Tamyra Gray, singer/actress * Hilary Hahn, concert violinist, two-time Grammy winner * Greg Hawkes, keyboardist of The Cars * Billie Holiday, singer * Ron Holloway, tenor saxophonist * Scott Hull, guitarist, music producer *

Eric Hutchinson Eric Hutchinson (born September 8, 1980) is an American singer-songwriter best known for his songs "Rock & Roll", "OK, It's Alright with Me", "Not There Yet", "Watching You Watch Him", and "Tell the World". Hutchinson was named an AOL "About to ...

, musician * JPEGMafia, music producer, experimental hip hop artist *

Julienne Irwin Julienne Irwin (born March 14, 1993) is an American singer from Bel Air, Maryland. Irwin was a finalist on the second season of ''America's Got Talent''. Biography Prior to her ''America's Got Talent'' debut, Irwin has stated she has never pe ...

, singer and ''

America's Got Talent ''America's Got Talent'' (often abbreviated as ''AGT'') is a televised American talent show competition, and is part of the global ''Got Talent'' franchise created by Simon Cowell. The program is produced by Fremantle (as well as distribut ...

'' season 2 finalist * Joan Jett, singer * LaKisha Jones, '' American Idol'' season 6 finalist *

Tonie Joy Anthony R. "Tonie" Joy is an American musician based in Baltimore, Maryland. Joy is known for his work in various underground rock and post-hardcore bands. He ran the independent record label Vermin Scum from 1989 until 2001. Musical career H ...

, guitarist for Moss Icon * Tommy Keene, singer-songwriter * Greg Kihn, New Wave and pop musician and singer * Joe Lally, bassist of rock band

Fugazi Fugazi (; ) is an American post-hardcore band that formed in Washington, D.C., in 1986. The band consists of guitarists and vocalists Ian MacKaye and Guy Picciotto, bassist Joe Lally, and drummer Brendan Canty. They are noted for their style-tr ...

* Nathan Larson, film soundtrack composer; guitarist of rock bands

Shudder to Think Shudder to Think was an American alternative rock band. Formed in 1986, they released three albums on the Washington, D.C.-based label Dischord Records, and two on Epic Records. Their early work was largely influenced by post-hardcore although ...

and Hot One *

Rod Lee Rod Lee is an American, Baltimore, Maryland-based DJ, record producer,Victoria Legrand, vocalist and keyboardist for Beach House * Lisa Loeb, singer-songwriter * Nils Lofgren, solo rock musician and guitarist with

Bruce Springsteen Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949) is an American singer and songwriter. He has released 21 studio albums, most of which feature his backing band, the E Street Band. Originally from the Jersey Shore, he is an originat ...

's E Street Band * Logic, rapper * Benji Madden, guitarist for Good Charlotte * Joel Madden, lead singer for Good Charlotte *

Spiro Malas Spiro Samuel Malas (January 28, 1933 – June 23, 2019) was a Greece, Greek-United States, American bass-baritone opera singer and actor. The son of Greek immigrants Sam and Lillian Malas, he was born in Baltimore, MD January 28, 1933. The fam ...

bass-baritone A bass-baritone is a high-lying bass or low-lying "classical" baritone voice type which shares certain qualities with the true baritone voice. The term arose in the late 19th century to describe the particular type of voice required to sing thr ...

opera singer * Mario, singer-songwriter * Sean Meadows, bass guitarist for Lungfish * Zachary Merrick, bassist and vocals for the rock band All Time Low *

Christina Milian Christine Marie Flores (born September 26, 1981), better known as Christina Milian (), is an American actress and singer. Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, but raised in Maryland, she signed a contract with Murder Inc. Records at the age of 19. ...

, singer-songwriter, actress, dancer * Jamie Miller, drummer for Bad Religion * Jason C. Miller, singer-songwriter * Mýa, singer/songwriter and dancer *

Rico Nasty Maria-Cecilia Simone Kelly (born May 7, 1997), known professionally as Rico Nasty, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter from Maryland. She rose to prominence in 2018 with singles such as "Smack a Bitch" and "Poppin". While in high schoo ...

, rapper * Ric Ocasek, former frontman of The Cars *John and T.J. Osborne, members of the band Brothers Osborne * Panda Bear (Noah Lennox), co-founding member of

Barry Louis Polisar Barry Louis Polisar is an author and singer-songwriter who writes children's music and numerous children's books, poems, and stories. Works Polisar has traveled throughout the United States and Europe as a visiting author in schools and libraries ...

, singer-songwriter of

children's music Children's music or kids' music is music composed and performed for children. In European-influenced contexts this means music, usually songs, written specifically for a juvenile audience. The composers are usually adults. Children's music has hi ...

* Greg Puciato, singer of metal band The Dillinger Escape Plan *

Ross Rawlings Ross Scott Rawlings (born ) is an American pianist, composer, conductor, and music director. Early life and education Rawlings was born to Daryl Lee (née Prysock) and Dennis Scott Rawlings. His mother was a contract analyst for the Gover ...

, pianist, composer, conductor, and music director *Sam Ray, electronic music as

Ricky Eat Acid Samuel Joseph Ray (born April 25, 1991), also known by the name of his solo electronic project Ricky Eat Acid, is an American musician from Baltimore, Maryland, most well known for his involvement in his band Teen Suicide. History Sam Ray beg ...

, and founder of band American Pleasure Club, formerly known as Teen Suicide *

Steve Rochinski Stephen James Rochinski (born January 20, 1954) is an American jazz guitarist, composer, arranger, recording artist, author, and educator. He has worked and performed with Tal Farlow, Attila Zoller, Jimmy Raney, Pete Candoli, Conte Candoli, Ti ...

, jazz guitarist, recording artist, composer, arranger, author, jazz educator * Maggie Rogers, singer-songwriter and producer *

Alex Scally Alex Kristian Scally (born July 15, 1982) is an American multi-instrumentalist and songwriter. He is known as the co-writer, guitarist and backing vocalist of the dream pop duo Beach House, with whom he has recorded eight studio albums. Early l ...

, instrumentalist and songwriter for Beach House * Gina Schock, drummer of rock band The Go-Go's * Sisqó, lead singer of R&B group Dru Hill *

Todd Smith Todd Smith may refer to: People * Todd Smith (musician), American singer, songwriter and guitarist * Todd Smith (politician), Canadian politician * Todd Smith (singer), American vocalist and member of Selah * Todd Smith (wrestler), American wrestle ...

, vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist for Dog Fashion Disco,

Polkadot Cadaver Polkadot Cadaver is an American band formed by members of the Rockville, Maryland, rock band Dog Fashion Disco. The band is stylistically similar to Dog Fashion Disco and inherited many of their fans. History Inception and ''Purgatory Dance Part ...

, and

Knives Out! Knives Out! is an American alternative metal band consisting of members of Dog Fashion Disco, Hellyeah, Nothingface, and Polkadot Cadaver. Stylistically, they are heavier than front man Todd Smith and guitarist Jasan Stepp's other bands Dog F ...

* Noel Paul Stookey, singer with Peter, Paul and Mary * Avey Tare (David Portner), co-founding member of

Evan Taubenfeld Evan David Taubenfeld (born June 27, 1983) is an American singer and musician, best known for being Avril Lavigne's lead guitarist, music director and frequent collaborator. Taubenfeld's debut album, '' Welcome to the Blacklist Club'', was rele ...

, ex-guitarist and backup vocalist for pop star

Avril Lavigne Avril Ramona Lavigne ( ; born September 27, 1984) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. At age 16, she signed a two-album recording contract with Arista Records. Her debut studio album, ''Let Go (Avril Lavigne album), Let Go'' (2002), is the ...

; singer and rhythm guitarist for The Black List Club * Chad Taylor, guitarist for

The Gracious Few The Gracious Few (also known as TGF) were an American rock group from York, Pennsylvania. The band featured guitarist Chad Taylor, bassist Patrick Dahlheimer and drummer Chad Gracey from the band Live, along with lead vocalist Kevin Martin ...

and

Live Live may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Live!'' (2007 film), 2007 American film * ''Live'' (2014 film), a 2014 Japanese film *'' ''Live'' (Apocalyptica DVD) Music *Live (band), American alternative rock band * List of albums ...

Chester Thompson Chester Cortez Thompson (born December 11, 1948) is an American drummer best known for his tenures with Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention, Weather Report, Santana, the progressive rock band Genesis and Phil Collins as a solo artist. Thomp ...

, drummer, frequent collaborator with

Genesis Genesis may refer to: Bible * Book of Genesis, the first book of the biblical scriptures of both Judaism and Christianity, describing the creation of the Earth and of mankind * Genesis creation narrative, the first several chapters of the Book o ...

* Jordan Tice, bluegrass guitarist and singer, band member of Hawktail * Ultra Naté, house music/dance-pop musician *

Chick Webb William Henry "Chick" Webb (February 10, 1905 – June 16, 1939) was an American jazz and swing music drummer and band leader. Early life Webb was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to William H. and Marie Webb. The year of his birth is disputed. ...

, jazz and swing drummer and bandleader *

Scott "Wino" Weinrich Robert Scott Weinrich (born 1961), better known as Wino, is an American singer and guitarist. He has been highly influential in helping develop and codify doom metal's trademark sound, and is also considered an influential figure in the stoner r ...

, doom metal guitarist and vocalist * Erica Wheeler, folk singer-songwriter *

Frank Zappa Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American musician, composer, and bandleader. His work is characterized by wikt:nonconformity, nonconformity, Free improvisation, free-form improvisation, sound experimen ...

, singer, guitarist and composer

Actors, filmmakers, and entertainers

Ed Norton Shankbone Metropolitan Opera 2009

Jada Pinkett Smith at NY PaleyFest 2014 for Gotham

* Cynthia Addai-Robinson, actress * Gbenga Akinnagbe, actor * Lori Alan, voice actress * Karen Allen, actress * Bess Armstrong, actress *

Jay Ashley The ''AVN'' (''Adult Video News'') Hall of Fame has honored people for their work in the adult entertainment industry since 1995.John Astin, actor * Jonathan Banks, actor * Noelle Beck, actress *

Clara Beranger Clara Beranger (' Strouse; January 14, 1886 – September 10, 1956) was an American screenwriter of the silent film era and a member of the original faculty of the USC School of Cinematic Arts. Biography Beranger was born Clara Strouse in Balti ...

, silent film screenwriter * Lewis Black, comedian, actor * Wolfgang Bodison, actor *

Edwin Booth Edwin Thomas Booth (November 13, 1833 – June 7, 1893) was an American actor who toured throughout the United States and the major capitals of Europe, performing Shakespearean plays. In 1869, he founded Booth's Theatre in New York. Some theatri ...

, actor * Julie Bowen, actress * Tamar Braxton, actress, television personality, and musician ('' The Real'', ''

Dancing with the Stars ''Dancing with the Stars'' is the name of various international television series based on the format of the British TV series '' Strictly Come Dancing'', which is distributed by BBC Studios, the commercial arm of the BBC. Currently the forma ...

'') * Kimberly J. Brown, actress * Norman "Chubby" Chaney, actor (''

Little Rascals ''Our Gang'' (also known as ''The Little Rascals'' or ''Hal Roach's Rascals'') is an American series of comedy short films chronicling a group of poor neighborhood children and their adventures. Created by film producer Hal Roach, also the ...

'', ''

Our Gang ''Our Gang'' (also known as ''The Little Rascals'' or ''Hal Roach's Rascals'') is an American series of comedy short films chronicling a group of poor neighborhood children and their adventures. Created by film producer Hal Roach, also the ...

'' shorts) * Crystal Chappell, actress *

Josh Charles Joshua Aaron Charles (born September 15, 1971) is an American actor. He is best known for the roles of Dan Rydell on '' Sports Night; '' Will Gardner on ''The Good Wife'', which earned him two Primetime Emmy Award nominations; and his early wo ...

, actor * Hank Chen, actor * Josh Clark, actor * Kevin Clash, puppeteer * Gaelan Connell, actor, singer * Hans Conreid, actor * Whitney Cummings, stand-up comedian *

Brian Dannelly Brian Dannelly is a German born American film director and screenwriter best known for his work on the 2004 film '' Saved!'' Early life Dannelly was born in Würzburg, Germany before moving with his family to Baltimore, Maryland aged eleven. H ...

, film director and screenwriter * Tommy Davidson, actor, comedian * Wendy Davis, actress * Eddie Deezen, actor * Alexis Denisof, actor * Divine, actor, drag queen * Jack Douglass, Internet personality, comedian *

David Drake David A. Drake (born September 24, 1945) is an American author of science fiction and fantasy literature. A Vietnam War veteran who has worked as a lawyer, he is now a writer in the military science fiction genre. Biography Drake graduated Phi ...

, playwright, actor, stage director * Mildred Dunnock, actress * Charles Dutton, actor * Robert Duvall, actor * Michael Ealy, actor * Johnny Eck, actor, circus performer ( Tod Browning's '' Freaks'') * Damon Evans, actor * Anna Faris, actress * Evan Farmer, actor, singer * Lauren Faust, animator *

Faith Fay Faith Fay is an American actress. Career Fay appeared in the film ''Soul Surfer'' (2011), the true story of pro surfer Bethany Hamilton. She was a recurring cast member on ABC's ''Lost'' (2004). She appeared on the television series ''Beyond ...

, actress * Wayne Federman, comedian, actor, author *

Ben Feldman Ben Feldman (born May 27, 1980) is an American actor and producer. Throughout his career, Feldman has undertaken roles on stage, including the Broadway play ''The Graduate'' along with more prominent roles in television series such as his role ...

, actor * Mona Freeman, actress * Judah Friedlander, comedian, actor *

Daniel Gallant Daniel Gallant is a theatrical producer, playwright, director, lecturer and actor based in New York City, New York. He has served as the executive director of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe and as director of theater and talk programs for the 92nd ...

, writer, producer and director of Nuyorican Poets Café * Kathie Lee Gifford, TV personality and singer *

Anita Gillette Anita Gillette ( Luebben; born August 16, 1936) is an American actress. She had numerous roles on Broadway, American television, and in feature films. She also made many appearances as a celebrity guest on television game shows. Early life Gill ...

, actress *

Larry Gilliard Jr. Lawrence Gilliard Jr. (born September 22, 1971) is an American actor who has appeared in films, television series, and theatre. He portrayed D'Angelo Barksdale on the HBO drama series ''The Wire'', a role which earned him critical acclaim. He is ...

, actor * Ira Glass, radio personality, producer * John Glover, actor * Duff Goldman, television personality *

George O. Gore II George Owen Gore II (born December 15, 1982) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for portraying Gregory "G" Williams on the FOX series ''New York Undercover'' from 1994 to 1998 and Michael Kyle, Jr. on the American Broadcasting Co ...

, actor * Alfred Gough, screenwriter and producer * Holter Graham, actor * Linda Hamilton, actress *

Brandon Hardesty Brandon Allan Hardesty (born April 13, 1987) is an American comedic performer and actor. Hardesty posts original comedy videos as well as "uncanny" recreations of scenes from movies, playing every part himself. The ''Village Voice'' writer Julian ...

, actor * Ian Harding, actor * Linda Harrison, actress * David Hasselhoff, actor * Shawn Hatosy, actor *

Rondo Hatton Rondo Hatton (April 22, 1894 – February 2, 1946) was an American journalist and actor. After writing for ''The Tampa Tribune'', Hatton found a career in film due to his unique facial features, which were the result of acromegaly. He headli ...

, actor * Goldie Hawn, actress * Robert Hays, actor * Elden Henson, actor *

Taraji P. Henson Taraji Penda Henson ( ; born September 11, 1970) is an American actress. She studied acting at Howard University and began her Hollywood career in guest roles on several television shows before making her breakthrough in '' Baby Boy'' (2001). Sh ...

, actress *

Russell Hicks Edward Russell Hicks (June 4, 1895 – June 1, 1957) was an American film character actor. Hicks was born in 1895 in Baltimore, Maryland. During World War I, he served in the U.S. Army in France. He later became a lieutenant Colonel in the Cali ...

, actor * Brendan Hines, actor, singer * Anne Hummert, creator of daytime radio serials * Michael Hyatt, actress * Mo'Nique Imes-Jackson, actress * Thomas Jane, actor * Penny Johnson Jerald, actress * Rian Johnson, filmmaker *

Spike Jonze Adam H. Spiegel (born October 22, 1969), known professionally as Spike Jonze, is an American filmmaker, actor, musician, and photographer. His work includes commercials, film, music videos, skateboard videos and television. Jonze began his ca ...

, music video director, filmmaker, and producer *

Kevin Kangas Kevin Kangas is an American film maker. He is a screenwriter and director of horror films and films about serial killers. Many of his films have been shot in his home state of Maryland Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of ...

, writer, director of B-horror movies *

John Kassir John Kassir (born October 24, 1957) is an American actor and comedian. He is known for his work as the voice of the Cryptkeeper in HBO's '' Tales from the Crypt'' franchise. He is also known for his role as Ralph in the off-Broadway show '' Ree ...

, actor, comedian * Stacy Keibler, actress, model * Josh Kelly * Kevin Kilner, actor * Judy Kuhn, actress * Martin Lawrence, actor, comedian, director and producer * Barry Levinson, filmmaker *

Peyton List Peyton List may refer to: * Peyton List (actress, born 1986), American actress from Massachusetts; starred in ''Mad Men'', ''FlashForward'', and ''Frequency'' * Peyton List (actress, born 1998) Peyton Roi List (born April 6, 1998) is an Ameri ...

, actress, model * Ernie Lively, actor * Julia Louis-Dreyfus, actress * William H. Macy, actor * Paula Marshall, actress * Shane McMahon, professional wrestler *

Dale Midkiff Dale Alan Midkiff (born July 1, 1959) is an American actor, best known for playing Louis Creed in the horror film '' Pet Sematary'' (1989) and Captain Darien Lambert in the TV series '' Time Trax''. Career Midkiff acted in off-Broadway plays li ...

, actor * Debra Monk, actress, singer * Garry Moore, television personality *

Cookie Mueller Dorothy Karen "Cookie" Mueller (March 2, 1949 – November 10, 1989) was an American actress, writer, and Dreamlander who starred in many of filmmaker John Waters' early films, including '' Multiple Maniacs'', '' Pink Flamingos'', '' Female Tr ...

, actress, writer *

Sean Murray Sean Murray may refer to: * Sean Murray (field hockey) (born 1997), Lisnagarvey player and senior Ireland international * Sean Murray (footballer, born 1993), Dundalk FC player and Irish youth international * Sean Murray (Gaelic footballer), Dubli ...

, actor * Mildred Natwick, actress * Toby Orenstein, theatre producer and founder * Devika Parikh, actress * Jameson Parker, actor * Nicole Ari Parker, actress *

Mark Pellington Mark Pellington (born March 17, 1962) is an American film director, writer, and producer. Life and career Pellington was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Bill Pellington, an All-Pro linebacker who played football with the Baltimore Colts ...

, film director * Sam Phillips, actress, model, radio DJ * David Pollock, actor * Parker Posey, actress *

Robin Quivers Robin Ophelia Quivers (born August 8, 1952) is an American radio personality, author, and actress, best known for being the long-running co-host of '' The Howard Stern Show''. Early life Quivers was born on August 8, 1952, in Baltimore, Maryl ...

, radio personality * Lance Reddick, actor * Patricia Richardson, actress *

Howard Rollins Howard Ellsworth Rollins Jr. (October 17, 1950 – December 8, 1996) was an American stage, film, and television actor. Howard Rollins was best known for his role as Andrew Young in 1978's ''King'', George Haley in the 1979 miniseries '' Roots: T ...

, actor * Mark Rolston, actor * Jessica Lee Rose, actress * John Rothman, actor *

Thomas Rothman Thomas Edgar Rothman (born November 21, 1954) is an American film executive and current chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group. In this role, Rothman oversees all of the studio's motion picture production and distribution activiti ...

, film executive * Mike Rowe, TV personality * Lamman Rucker, actor * Johnathon Schaech, actor, writer * Richard Schiff, actor * Dwight Schultz, actor * Teddy Sears, actor * Anna Deavere Smith, actress, playwright * Jada Pinkett Smith, actress * Daniel Stern, actor * Mink Stole, actress * Wanda Sykes, comedian, actress * Tracie Thoms, actress * Barbara Walsh, actress * Jonathan Ward, actor * John Waters, filmmaker * Matthew Weiner, writer, director and producer * Montel Williams, TV personality * DeWanda Wise, actress *

, musician, composer

Athletes

T McFadden London Marathon 2014 - Wheelchair (65)

* Nick Adenhart, baseball player *

Joe Alexander Joe Alexander (ג'ו אלכסנדר; born December 26, 1986) is a Taiwanese-born American-Israeli professional basketball player for Maccabi Haifa B.C., Maccabi Haifa of the Israeli Liga Leumit (basketball), Liga Leumit. Alexander, who at plays ...

, basketball player * Brady Anderson, baseball player *

Justin Anderson Justin Anderson may refer to: * Justin Anderson (baseball) (born 1992), American baseball player * Justin Anderson (basketball) (born 1993), American basketball player * Justin Anderson (linebacker) (born 1991), American football linebacker * Justi ...

, basketball player * Carmelo Anthony, basketball player *

Lisa Aukland Lisa Aukland (born September 16, 1958) is an American professional female bodybuilder and amateur powerlifter. Early life and education Lisa Aukland was born in 1958 in Bay Shore, New York. She has two sisters, one older and one younger. Her ch ...

, professional bodybuilder and powerlifter * Tavon Austin, football player * Harold Baines, baseball player * Frank Baker, baseball player * Ken Bannister, basketball player *

Shaquil Barrett Shaquil Akeem "Shaq" Barrett (born November 17, 1992) is an American football outside linebacker for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at the University of Nebraska-Omaha before transferri ...

, football player * Lonny Baxter, basketball player *

Steve Barber Stephen David Barber (February 22, 1938 – February 4, 2007) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) left-handed pitcher. He pitched for the Baltimore Orioles and six other teams between 1960–74. Barber compiled 121 wins, 1,309 str ...

, baseball player * Michael Beasley, basketball player * Kyle Beckerman, soccer player * Bill Belichick, football coach * Len Bias, basketball player * Keith Bogans, basketball player * Tyrone "Muggsy" Bogues, basketball player * Josh Boone, basketball player *

Riddick Bowe Riddick Lamont Bowe (born August 10, 1967) is an American former professional boxer who competed between 1989 and 2008. He reigned as the undisputed world heavyweight champion in 1992, and as an amateur he won a silver medal in the super heavyw ...

, heavyweight champion boxer * Matt Bowman, baseball player * NaVorro Bowman, football player * Charles Bradley, basketball player * Dudley Bradley, basketball player *

Troy Brohawn Michael Troy Brohawn (born January 14, 1973) is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Arizona Diamondbacks, San Francisco Giants, and Los Angeles Dodgers between 2001 and 2003. Amateur career A native of Cambrid ...

, baseball player * Andre Brown, football player *

Elise Burgin Elise Burgin (born March 5, 1962) is a retired American tennis player. She achieved WTA rankings of 22 in singles and 7 in doubles. Personal life Burgin, who is Jewish, was born in Baltimore, Maryland and grew up in Maryland. Tennis career Bef ...

, tennis player * James Carter, hurdler * Sam Cassell, basketball player * Brett Cecil, baseball player * Steve Clevenger, baseball player * Colin Cloherty, football player * Andy Cohen, baseball second baseman and coach * Chris Coghlan, baseball player *

Brandon Coleman Brandon Coleman (born June 22, 1992) is a former American football wide receiver. He played college football at Rutgers Scarlet Knights football, Rutgers. He signed with the New Orleans Saints as an undrafted free agent after the 2014 NFL Draft. ...

, football player * Jerome Couplin III, football player * Dante Cunningham, basketball player *

Quintin Dailey Quintin "Q" Dailey (January 22, 1961 – November 8, 2010) was an American professional basketball player. A 6'3" guard who played collegiately at the University of San Francisco, he later went on to a career in the NBA, playing for the Chicago ...

, basketball player *

Adrian Dantley Adrian Delano Dantley (born February 28, 1955) is an American former professional basketball player and coach who played 15 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Dantley is a six-time NBA All-Star, a two-time All-NBA selection an ...

, basketball player * Ronald Darby, football player * Will Davis, football player * Dominique Dawes, Olympic gymnast * Delino DeShields Jr., baseball player * Judy Devlin, badminton player *

Susan Devlin Susan Devlin Peard (born 1931) is a former badminton player who represented both the US and Ireland in international competition. She is the daughter of J. Frank Devlin, an Irish badminton great, who moved his family to the United States in the ...

, badminton player * Stefon Diggs, football player *

Juan Dixon Juan Dixon (born October 9, 1978) is an American former professional basketball player and the current head coach for Coppin State University in Baltimore. Dixon led the University of Maryland Terrapins to their first NCAA championship in 2002 a ...

, basketball player * Joey Dorsey, basketball player * John Dorsey, football player, general manager * Pat Downey, freestyle wrestler * Michael Dunn, football player * Kevin Durant, basketball player * Jerome Dyson, basketball player * James Ellsworth, professional wrestler *

Eva Fabian Eva Fabian ( he, אווה פביאן; born August 3, 1993) is an American-Israeli open water swimmer. She was the 2010 world champion in the 5-kilometer swim, and won a gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games in the women's 10k. Early life F ...

, American-Israeli world champion swimmer *

Michel Faulkner Michel J. Faulkner (; born May 21, 1957) is a former New York Jets football player who is the pastor of New Horizon Church in New York City. Faulkner was the 2010 Republican nominee for U.S. Representative for , and was the 2017 Republican nomine ...

, football player * Duane Ferrell, basketball player * Danny Ferry, basketball player * Tony Fiammetta, football player * Gavin Floyd, baseball player *

Moise Fokou Moise Fokou ( "Moses"; born August 28, 1985) is a former Cameroon-born American football linebacker who played six seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the seventh round of the 2009 NFL D ...

, football player * Domonique Foxworth, football player *

Jimmy Foxx James Emory Foxx (October 22, 1907 – July 21, 1967), nicknamed "Double X" and "The Beast", was an American professional baseball first baseman who played 20 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Athletics, Boston Red ...

, Hall of Fame baseball player *

Steve Francis Steven D'Shawn Francis (born February 21, 1977) is an American former professional basketball player. He was selected with the second overall pick of the 1999 NBA draft and was named co-NBA Rookie of the Year (along with Elton Brand) in his fi ...

, basketball player * Corey Fuller, football player * Kyle Fuller, football player * Rudy Gay, basketball player *

James Gist James Clough Gist III (born October 26, 1986) is an American professional basketball player for Bahçeşehir Koleji S.K., Bahçeşehir Koleji of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL) and Basketball Champions League. Standing at , he plays as a Power for ...

, basketball player * Paul Goldstein, tennis player *

Justin Gorham Justin Terrell Gorham (born August 6, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for Rytas Vilnius of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL). He played college basketball for the Towson Tigers and the Houston Cougars. High school caree ...

(born 1998), basketball player in the

Israeli Basketball Premier League Ligat HaAl ( he, ליגת העל, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is the top-tier level league of professional sports, professional competition in Israeli sports club, club basketball, making ...

* Brian Gottfried, World No. 3-ranked tennis player * Jeff Green, basketball player * Donté Greene, basketball player * Gabe Gross, baseball player * Lefty Grove, Hall of Fame baseball player * Todd Gurley, football player *

Scott Hall Scott Oliver Hall (October 20, 1958 – March 14, 2022) was an American professional wrestler. He was best known for his tenures with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) under his real name and under the ring name the Diamond Studd and with the ...

, professional wrestler *

Jeff Halpern Jeffrey Craig Halpern (born May 3, 1976) is an American former professional ice hockey player. He played for the Washington Capitals twice, Dallas Stars, Tampa Bay Lightning, Los Angeles Kings, New York Rangers, Montreal Canadiens, and Phoenix Co ...

, hockey player * Derrick Harvey, football player *

Marcus Hatten Marcus Isaiah Hatten (born December 13, 1980) is a retired American professional basketball player. Standing at 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m), he played as point guard and had an extensive professional career in several European and South-American coun ...

, basketball player * Rob Havenstein, football player * Darrius Heyward-Bey, football player * Roy Hibbert, basketball player * Calvin Hill, football player, father of

Grant Hill Grant Henry Hill (born October 5, 1972) is an American former professional basketball player who is a co-owner and executive of the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He attended Duke University and is widely considere ...

* Timmy Hill, NASCAR driver * Tyler Hill, NASCAR driver * Katie Hoff, swimmer * Jarrett Jack, basketball player * Tanard Jackson, football player * Tracy Jackson, basketball player * Jelani Jenkins, football player * Bryant Johnson, football player * Larry Johnson, football player * Steve Johnson, baseball player * Cyrus Jones, football player * Al Kaline, Hall of Fame baseball player * Lloyd Keaser, Olympic freestyle wrestler * Stacy Keibler, professional wrestler * Stanton Kidd, basketball player in the

* Linas Kleiza, basketball player * Rick Knapp, pitching coach * Adam Kolarek, baseball player * Cyrus Kouandjio, football player *

Steve Krulevitz Steve "Lightning" Krulevitz (born May 30, 1951) is an American-Israeli former professional tennis player, and current coach. Playing for UCLA, he was an All-American. He won gold medals for the United States in singles and doubles at the 1977 M ...

, American-Israeli tennis player * Aaron Laffey, baseball player *

Bucky Lasek Charles Michael "Bucky" Lasek ( ; born December 3, 1972) is an American professional skateboarder and rallycross driver. Career Professional skateboarding Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Lasek started skateboarding at the age of 12, shortly af ...

, professional skateboarder * Ty Lawson, basketball player *

Katie Ledecky Kathleen Genevieve Ledecky (born March 17, 1997) is an American competitive swimmer. She has won seven Olympic gold medals and 19 world championship gold medals, the most in history for a female swimmer. Ledecky's six individual gold medals at ...

, Olympic swimmer * Ivan Leshinsky, American-Israeli basketball player *

Steve Lombardozzi Jr. Stephen Anthony Paul Lombardozzi Jr. (born September 20, 1988) is an American professional baseball second baseman and left fielder who is a free agent. He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Washington Nationals, Baltimore O ...

, baseball player * Sugar Ray Leonard, Hall of Fame boxer * Reggie Lewis, basketball player * Sidney Lowe, basketball player, assistant coach * Matt Maloney, basketball player * Helen Maroulis, Olympic freestyle wrestler * Roger Mason, basketball player * Justin Maxwell, baseball player * Leo Mazzone, baseball coach * Robert McClain, football player *

Tatyana McFadden Tatyana McFadden (russian: Татьяна Макфадден; born April 21, 1989) is an American Paralympic athlete of Russian descent competing in the category T54. McFadden has won twenty Paralympic medals in multiple Summer Paralympic Game ...

, paralympian category T54 * Rodney McLeod, football player * Sara McMann, MMA fighter * Kimmie Meissner, figure skater * Shawne Merriman, football player * Matt Mervis, baseball player * Debbie Meyer, competition swimmer * Isaiah Miles, basketball player in the

* Malcolm Miller, basketball player * Terence Morris, basketball player *

Daniel Muir Daniel Travanti Muir ( ; born September 12, 1983) is a former American football defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL). He was signed by the Green Bay Packers as an undrafted free agent in 2007. He played college football at Ken ...

, football player * Jeff Nelson, baseball player *

Rashard Odomes Rashard Odomes (born December 21, 1996) is an American basketball player for Hapoel Gilboa Galil in the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He plays the guard and forward positions.

, basketball player in the

* Quinn Ojinnaka, football player * Victor Oladipo, basketball player *

Chinanu Onuaku Chinanu Michael Onuaku (born November 1, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for Joventut Badalona of the Spanish Liga ACB. He played college basketball for the Louisville Cardinals. In 2021–22, he led the Israeli Basketball Pre ...

, basketball player * Travis Pastrana, motorsport athlete * Sam Perlozzo, baseball player and manager *

Julian Peterson Julian Thomas Peterson (born July 28, 1978) is a former American football linebacker who played in the National Football League (NFL) for eleven seasons. He was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the first round of the 2000 NFL Draft. He pl ...

, football player * Michael Phelps, Olympic swimmer * Tom Phoebus, baseball player * Poe brothers, six American football players from Princeton University *

Billy Ripken William Oliver Ripken (born December 16, 1964), nicknamed Billy the Kid, is an American former professional baseball infielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from – for the Baltimore Orioles (1987–92, '96), Texas Rangers (199 ...

, baseball player * Cal Ripken Jr., Hall of Fame baseball player * Bob Robertson, baseball player * Josh Roenicke, baseball player * Axl Rotten, professional wrestler * Jake Rozhansky, American-Israeli professional soccer player * Babe Ruth, Hall of Fame baseball player *

Pete Sampras Petros "Pete" Sampras ( el, Πέτρος Σάμπρας; born August 12, 1971) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. His professional career began in 1988 and ended at the 2002 US Open, which he won, defeating longtime rival Andre ...

, tennis player * Jim Schwartz, football coach * Dennis Scott, basketball player * Josh Selby, basketball player * Kevin Shaffer, football player * Visanthe Shiancoe, football player *

Pam Shriver Pamela Howard Shriver (born July 4, 1962) is an American former professional tennis player and current tennis broadcaster and pundit. During the 1980s and 1990s, Shriver won 133 titles, including 21 singles titles, 111 women's doubles titles, an ...

, tennis player * Gene Shue, basketball player *

Lawrence Sidbury Lawrence Sidbury, Jr. (born February 6, 1986) is a former American football defensive end. He played college football at Richmond Spiders football, Richmond and was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the fourth round of the 2009 NFL Draft. Early ...

, football player * Dickey Simpkins, basketball player * Ira Smith, collegiate baseball player * Tubby Smith, basketball coach * Kyle Snyder, Olympic freestyle wrestler * Harold Solomon, tennis player *

Larry Spriggs Lawrence Michael Spriggs (born September 8, 1959) is an American former professional basketball player. Spriggs was born in Cheverly, Maryland. A 6'7" forward from Howard University, Spriggs began his professional career in the minor-league Conti ...

, basketball player *

Mike Sweetney Michael Damien Sweetney (born October 25, 1982) is an American former professional basketball player. He is now the assistant coach of the Yeshiva University Men's basketball team and head coach of the girls varsity basketball team at New York's R ...

, basketball player * Ron Swoboda, baseball player * Mark Teixeira, baseball player * Greivis Vásquez, basketball player *

Cameron Wake Derek Cameron Wake (born January 30, 1982) is a former American football defensive end and outside linebacker. He played college football for Penn State University, and was signed by the New York Giants as an undrafted free agent in 2005. Wake ...

, football player * Marvin Webster, basketball player * Delonte West, basketball player * Brian Westbrook, football player *

Byron Westbrook Byron Craig Westbrook (born December 26, 1984) is an American football coach and former cornerback. He was signed by the Washington Redskins as an undrafted free agent in 2007 and played for the team until 2011. He played college football at Sal ...

, football player * Greg Whittington, basketball player * Derrick Williams, football player *

LaQuan Williams LaQuan Williams (born June 27, 1988) is a former American football wide receiver. He played college football at the University of Maryland. He was signed by the Baltimore Ravens as an undrafted free agent in 2011. He has also played for the ...

, football player * Madieu Williams, football player * Reggie Williams, basketball player *

Kennard Winchester Kennard Norman Winchester Jr. (born September 3, 1966) is an American former professional basketball player. He was a 6'5" (1.95 m) 210 lb (95 kg) swingman born in Chestertown, Maryland and played collegiately at Averett University and ...

, basketball player * David Wingate, basketball player *

Danny Wiseman Daniel Albert Wiseman (born September 24, 1967) is a right-handed professional ten-pin bowler who won 12 national titles as a member of the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA). He is a member of both the PBA and USBC Halls of Fame. Wiseman ...

, Hall of Fame bowler *

Jay Witasick Gerald Alphonse "Jay" Witasick Jr. (; born August 28, 1972) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He pitched all or parts of 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1996 to 2007, primarily as a relief pitcher. High school an ...

, baseball player * Chase Young, football player * Sam Young, basketball player *

Usama Young Usama Young (born May 8, 1985) is a former American football safety. He played college football at Kent State University. He was drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the third round of the 2007 NFL Draft. He also played for the Cleveland Browns. ...

, football player *

Joanna Zeiger Joanna Sue Zeiger (born May 4, 1970) is an American triathlete who is the 2008 Ironman 70.3 world champion. Zeiger represented the United States at the 2000 Summer Olympics in triathlon. She's the author of ''The Champions Mindset - An Athlete's ...

, Olympic and world champion triathlete, and author

Visual artists

Rushern Baker IV Rushern "Rush" Baker IV (born September 10, 1987) is an American painter and past candidate for the Maryland House of Delegates to represent District 22 in Prince George's County. Early life and education Baker was born in Washington, DC on Septem ...

, painter *

Chrystelle Trump Bond Chrystelle Lee Trump Bond (January 1, 1938 – May 6, 2020) was an American dancer, choreographer, dance historian, and author. Bond was the founding chair of the dance department at Goucher College. She was the co-founder and director of ' ...

, dancer, choreographer, and dance historian * F. Lennox Campello, visual artist, art critic, author, blogger * Norman Carlberg, sculptor *

Anne Cherubim Anne Cherubim is a Canadian artist residing in the U.S., who is an abstract contemporary landscape painter. Cherubim was born in Canada and later started a family in Gaithersburg, Maryland. She is a Resident Artist at Artists & Makers Studios ...

, painter * Frank Cho, comic book creator, writer and artist * Joseph Craig English, printmaker * Jane Frank, painter, sculptor, mixed media artist, illustrator *

Jason Freeny Jason Freeny (born 1970) is an American artist specializing in sculpture, designer toys and computer-generated imagery. He is the owner of the Moist Production studio, which acts as the primary publisher and distributor of his works. He is best k ...

, sculptor, toy designer, designer toy artist *

Lee Gatch Harry Lee Gatch (September 10, 1902 – November 10, 1968), was a twentieth-century American artist known for his lyrical abstractions and his ability to find "a fresh approach" to painting the figure and nature "through interwoven patterns of ...

, painter, mixed media artist *

Dick Hafer Dick Hafer (May 29, 1927 – December 15, 2012) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist born in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania. Hafer began playing clarinet at age seven and switched to tenor sax in high school. His first professional gig was wi ...

, cartoonist and comics creator * Elaine Hamilton-O'Neal, painter *

Joseph Holston Joseph Holston (born Joseph Deweese Holston Jr., April 6, 1944) is an American painter and printmaker best known for his portrayals of the African American experience, using vivid colors and expressive lines in a cubist-abstractionist style. His me ...

, painter and printmaker *

Wayson R. Jones Wayson R. Jones is an American artist predominantly known for his textured abstract paintings. He resides in Mount Rainier, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, D.C. Education Jones is a 1980 graduate from the University of Maryland. Awards J ...

, painter * Andrei Kushnir, painter * Morris Louis, painter * Joe Shannon, painter, curator and educator * Amy Sherald, painter, portrait artist *

Anne Truitt Anne Truitt (March 16, 1921December 23, 2004), born Anne Dean, was an American sculptor of the mid-20th century. She became well known in the late 1960s for her large-scale minimalist sculptures, especially after influential solo shows at André ...

, sculptor *

Diane Tuckman Diane Tuckman is an American artist. She is known for her silk painting work and as an author of several books on the subject with Jan Janas. She resides and works in Lanham, Maryland in the Greater Washington, D.C. area. Tuckman was born in ...

, painter and author * Bernie Wrightson, comic book artist

Individuals of historic significance

* John Wilkes Booth, assassin of President Abraham Lincoln * Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, first proprietary governor of the Maryland Colony * John Carroll, first Roman Catholic archbishop in the US * Henry De Butts, 18th-century U.S. Army officer, acting Adjutant General and Inspector General *

Stephen Decatur Stephen Decatur Jr. (; January 5, 1779 – March 22, 1820) was an American naval officer and commodore. He was born on the eastern shore of Maryland in Worcester County. His father, Stephen Decatur Sr., was a commodore in the Unite ...

, naval hero of the War of 1812 * Julia Dorsey, African-American suffragist *

William Hemsley Emory William Hemsley Emory (September 7, 1811 – December 1, 1887) was a prominent American surveyor and civil engineer in the 19th century. As an officer in the U.S. Army Corps of Topographical Engineers he specialized in mapping the United States b ...

, U.S. Army officer and surveyor of Texas * Matthew Henson, Arctic explorer *

Alger Hiss Alger Hiss (November 11, 1904 – November 15, 1996) was an American government official accused in 1948 of having spied for the Soviet Union in the 1930s. Statutes of limitations had expired for espionage, but he was convicted of perjury in con ...

, UN official accused of being a Soviet spy in 1948, convicted of perjury in 1950 *

Francis Scott Key Francis Scott Key (August 1, 1779January 11, 1843) was an American lawyer, author, and amateur poet from Frederick, Maryland, who wrote the lyrics for the American national anthem "The Star-Spangled Banner". Key observed the British bombardment ...

, composer of "The Star-Spangled Banner", the poem used for the United States national anthem *Jacob Lumbrozo, first Jew to permanently settle in the New World *Charles A. May, U.S. Army cavalry officer, considered a hero of the Mexican–American War, Mexican War *Samuel Mudd, physician convicted and imprisoned for aiding John Wilkes Booth *Cadwalader Ringgold, U.S. Navy Officer during the Civil War, explorer *Edward Rowny, U.S. Army Lieutenant General, World War II and Korean War veteran *Raymond A. Spruance, admiral during World War II, ambassador to the Philippines *Harriet Tubman, leader of the Underground Railroad

Miscellaneous

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*Yosef Alon, Israeli Air Force officer and military attache *Steve Bisciotti, majority owner of the Baltimore Ravens *José Antonio Bowen, president of Goucher College *Sally Brice-O'Hara, 27th Vice Commandant of the United States Coast Guard, Vice-Commandant of the United States Coast Guard, U.S. Coast Guard *Sally Buck, part-owner of the Philadelphia Phillies *Blac Chyna, model, socialite and rapper *Sherry Cooper, Chief Economist for Dominion Lending Centres; Executive VP and Chief Economist of BMO Financial Group *Timothy Creamer, NASA astronaut, U.S. Army Colonel (United States), Colonel *Bud Delp, 1979 Kentucky Derby-winning trainer of Spectacular Bid *Rhoda Dorsey, historian and first woman president of Goucher College *

, pastor and New York City, NYC politician * Duff Goldman, owner of Charm City Cakes, star of ''Ace of Cakes'' *Michael Hardt, literary theorist and political philosopher *

, wilderness advocate *Johns Hopkins, businessman and philanthropist *Brendan Iribe, game programmer and co-founder of Oculus VR *Edwin R. Keedy, Dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School * Mel Kiper Jr., ESPN football analyst, known for draft coverage *Seth Klarman, billionaire, founder of The Baupost Group *Little Albert, subject of John B. Watson's controversial case study on classical conditioning * Joseph Maskell (1939–2001), Catholic priest accused of sexual abuse *Derrick Miller, paroled former US Army National Guard sergeant sentenced to life in prison for murder *Peter Navarro, Director of the White House National Trade Council, National Trade Council under Donald Trump, President Trump *Creig Northrop, real estate agent, broker, and CEO of Northrop Realty *Samuel J. Palmisano, president and Chief executive officer, CEO of IBM *Bronza Parks, boatbuilder *Bob Parsons, CEO and founder of Go Daddy *George Peabody, founder of the Peabody Institute, philanthropist *Frank Perdue, president of Perdue Farms *Kevin Plank, CEO and founder of Under Armour *Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe, wife of writer Edgar Allan Poe *Hortense Powdermaker, anthropologist *John Rawls, philosopher *Hilary Rhoda, model *Jim Rogers, businessman, investor, author *James Rouse, city planner *Elizabeth Lownes Rust, philanthropist, humanitarian, missionary *Ida Mary Barry Ryan, philanthropist *Bradford Shellhammer, entrepreneur and designer, founding editor of ''Queerty'' *Christian Siriano, winner of Season 4 of ''Project Runway'' *Daniel Snyder, owner of the Washington Commanders *Ben Stein, actor, author, economist, political speechwriter * Robert Stethem, U.S. Navy Seabee (US Navy), Seabee diver killed by Hezbollah militants during the Aircraft hijacking, hijacking of TWA Flight 847 *Matthew VanDyke, freedom fighter and prisoner of war (POW) in the 2011 Libyan civil war, 2011 Libyan Civil War *Paula White, international Christian evangelist and teacher *Bill Wilson (Americans for Limited Government), Bill Wilson, head of Americans for Limited Government *Leo Wolman, economist *George Young (American football executive), George Young, NFL executive

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