The Flag of Maryland Location of Maryland on the U.S. map 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 Frederick Douglass Merrick Garland Steny Hoyer Thurgood Marshall Nancy Pelosi Spiro T. Agnew , former Governor of Maryland and Vice President of the United StatesJohn R. Bolton , 25th United States Ambassador to the United Nations Charles Joseph Bonaparte , former Attorney General of the United States; founder of the FBI; grand-nephew of French emperor Napoleon IAnthony Brown , United States Congressman, former Lieutenant Governor of Maryland Charles Carroll of Carrollton , lawyer, politician, and signer of the Declaration of IndependenceJohn Lee Carroll , 37th Governor of MarylandSamuel Chase , United States Supreme Court JusticeJoan Claybrook , President of Public Citizen ; head of the NHTSA in the Carter administration J. Joseph Curran Jr. , state Attorney General and former Lieutenant GovernorFrederick Douglass , abolitionistDoug Duncan , county executiveRobert L. Ehrlich Jr. , former governor of Maryland and member of the U.S. House of Representatives Christopher Emery , Assistant White House Chief Usher Merrick Garland , U.S. attorney generalJohn Hanson , ninth president of the Continental Congress; first elected under the Articles of ConfederationEllen Lipton Hollander , United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland Steny Hoyer , current and former House Majority Leader, U.S. House of RepresentativesSarah T. Hughes , federal judge who administered the presidential oath of office to Lyndon B. Johnson Brett Kavanaugh , Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Philip Barton Key , U.S. representative and U.S. district judgeAllan H. Kittleman , former Maryland State Senator and county executive for Howard County, Maryland Ernest Lyon , former United States Ambassador to Liberia 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 StatesKweisi Mfume , Congressman and former NAACP leaderJ. William Middendorf , United States diplomat, Secretary of the NavyAruna Miller , Lieutenant Governor of Maryland and former Maryland State DelegateCharles E. Miller , politician, businessman, and philanthropistWes Moore , author, nonprofit executive and current governor of Maryland David Nolan , activist and politicianJohnny Olszewski , Baltimore County Executive and former Maryland State DelegateKatie O'Malley , State District Judge and wife of Martin O'MalleyMartin J. O'Malley , former governor of Maryland and 2016 candidate for President of the United StatesWilliam Paca , signer of the Declaration of Independence Nancy Pelosi , former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Edgar Allan Poe , Maryland attorney general (1911–1915)John P. Poe Sr. , Attorney General of Maryland (1891–1895)Neilson Poe , Judge for Baltimore City and grandfather of Poe brothers Kevin B. Quinn , Chief Executive Officer and Administrator of the Maryland Transit Administration William Donald Schaefer , former GovernorSargent Shriver , politician, former vice presidential candidateMichael S. Steele , Lieutenant Governor of Maryland (2003–2007)Roger Taney , Chief Justice of the United StatesKathleen Kennedy Townsend , (Democratic Party ) 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
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Scientists and inventors Beatrice Aitchison , mathematician, statistician , topologist, and transportation economist Hattie Alexander , pediatrician and microbiologist , 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 teacherBenjamin Banneker , surveyor, astronomer, mathematician and almanac authorBrady Barr , herpetologistRuth Bleier , neurophysiologist and feminist scholarSergey Brin , co-founder of Google John H. Brodie , physicistBen Carson , former neurosurgeon, politician, and 2016 presidential candidateRachel Carson , environmentalistTeresa Cohen , mathematicianRobert Curbeam , astronaut , engineer, and US naval officerGeorge Dantzig , mathematical scientistGeorge Delahunty , 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. , chemical engineer, metallurgist, and inventorRoger L. Easton , principal inventor of GPSCharles Fefferman , mathematicianHenry Gantt , mechanical engineerSolomon Golomb , mathematician who invented pentominoes Michael Griffin , NASA administratorHarold E. Harrison and Helen C. Harrison , husband-and-wife research team in pediatricsEthel Browne Harvey , embryologistArlo Hemphill , explorer/ocean conservationistGeorgeanna Seegar Jones , reproductive endocrinologistHoward W. Jones , gynecological surgeonThomas David Jones , NASA astronaut, US Air Force pilotKate Breckenridge Karpeles , first woman to be appointed a contract surgeon by the United States Army Nick Katz , mathematicianMark Mattson , neuroscientistJohn Mauchly , physicist who, with J. Presper Eckert , invented the first general-purpose electronic computer Edmund McIlhenny , inventor of Tabasco brand pepper sauce Florence Marie Mears , mathematicianBessie Moses , gynecologist, obstetrician and Director of the Baltimore Bureau for Contraceptive AdviceAyub K. Ommaya , neurosurgeonHelen Dodson Prince , astronomerMila Rechcigl , biochemistRobert Empie Rogers , chemistArthur William Savage , inventor of the Savage Model 99 Paul Reed Smith , luthierElsie Shutt , computer programmer and founder of software companyTerry W. Virts , NASA astronaut, US Air Force pilotDouglas C. Wallace , geneticist, evolutionary biologistJohn Archibald Wheeler , theoretical physicistGregory R. Wiseman , NASA astronaut , US Navy aviatorEdward Witten , physicist, mathematicianJean Worthley , naturalist and TV host of Hodgepodge Lodge and On Nature's Trail Jill Zimmerman , computer scientist and professor at Goucher College
Authors, journalists Tom Clancy Devin Allen , photojournalist and photographerJohn Barth , authorCarl Bernstein , journalist and authorHanne Blank , authorAnn Brashares , authorPat Brown , author, criminal profilerEmma Alice Browne , poetMindie Burgoyne , author and businesspersonErin Burnett , journalist and CNN anchor James M. Cain , journalist and authorChristine Michel Carter , authorKiran Chetry , journalistConnie Chung , television journalistTom Clancy , authorLucille Clifton , poetTa-Nehisi Coates , writer, journalistAnnie McCarer Darlington , poetMark Davis , columnist, radio talk show hostMinnie S. Davis , author, mental scientistFrank Deford , journalist and authorMatt Drudge , journalist, radio talk show hostAlex Epstein , author, energy theoristNellie Blessing Eyster , journalist, writer, reformerRoland Flint , poetCourtney Friel , entertainment reporter for Fox News Marianne Githens , political scientist, feminist, author, and professorJesse Glass , poet, folkloristMeredith Goldstein , advice columnist and reporterSara Haardt , author and professorMary Downing Hahn , authorDashiell Hammett , authorJames Alexander Henshall , authorKaren Hesse , authorNancy Hubbard , author and business professorZora Neale Hurston , authorJulia Ioffe (born 1982), journalistMary E. Ireland , writer, translator, poetNina Kasniunas , political scientist, author, and professorSophie Kerr , authorMichael Kimball , authorCliff Kincaid , investigative journalistGayle King , editorMel Kiper Jr. , ESPN football analystMunro Leaf , children's authorRick Leventhal , correspondent for Fox News Walter Lord , authorH. L. Mencken , journalist and social criticEmily J. Miller , senior editor of Washington Times opinion pagesFrank Miller , writer and artistOgden Nash , humorous poetSuzan-Lori Parks , playwright and screenwriterEdgar Allan Poe , poet, writer, and literary criticAdrienne Rich , poet and feministHester Dorsey Richardson , writerNora Roberts , authorThomas Roberts , news anchor for MSNBC John Thomas Scharf , author, historian, lawyer, politician, and Confederate soldier and sailorKarl Shapiro , poetLaura Amy Schlitz , children's literature authorUpton Sinclair , authorNorman Solomon , journalist, media criticBud Sparhawk , science fiction authorJohn Steadman , sportswriterFlora E. Strout , teacher, social reformer, non-fiction writer, lyricistMary Spear Tiernan , writerAnne Tyler , authorSanford J. Ungar , journalist and Goucher College president emeritus Leon Uris , authorScott Van Pelt , ESPN anchor and radio hostAmelia B. Coppuck Welby , poetFredricka Whitfield , CNN reporter and anchorEmma Howard Wight , writer, newspaper correspondentMichael Wilbon , ESPN personality (Pardon the Interruption ) and The Washington Post sports columnistElla B. Ensor Wilson social reformer, non-fiction writerIbbie McColm Wilson , poetJames Wolcott , journalist, social critic
Musicians Tori Amos Eubie Blake Billie Holiday Mýa Maggie Rogers Frank Zappa Bernard Addison , jazz guitaristScott Ambush , jazz bassistTori Amos , singer-songwriterBT, born Brian Transeau, electronic musician Jack Barakat, lead guitarist of the rock band All Time Low Niki Barr , singer-songwriterKeter Betts , jazz bassistEubie Blake , ragtime, jazz and pop composer, lyricistBossman , rapperToni Braxton , singerMark Bryan , guitarist for the rock band Hootie & the Blowfish Randy Blythe , vocalist for heavy metal band Lamb of God David Byrne , singer/guitarist of rock band Talking Heads Bill Callahan , singer/songwriter formerly known as SmogCab Calloway , jazz singer and bandleaderEva Cassidy , singer-songwriterCex, 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 , rapperRian Dawson, drummer for the band All Time Low Dan Deacon , electronic musicianDeakin (Joshua Dibb), co-founder of Animal Collective John Duff , singer-songwriterAdam Duritz , singer of rock band Counting Crows Cass Elliot , singer of pop band The Mamas & the Papas Sam Endicott , singer of rock band The Bravery Entrance , born Guy Blakeslee, singer/songwriterJohn Fahey , folk/blues guitaristBrent Faiyaz , singer, record producerNeil Fallon , lead singer for the band ClutchMark Fax , composerDean Felber, bass guitarist for the rock band Hootie & the Blowfish Gallant , singer-songwriterAlex Gaskarth, lead singer and guitarist for the rock band All Time Low Johnny Gill , singerDanny Gatton , guitaristGeologist (Brian Weltz), co-founding member of Animal Collective Ginuwine , R&B singerPhilip Glass , composerRobert Gordon , rockabilly singerTamyra Gray , singer/actressHilary Hahn , concert violinist, two-time Grammy winnerGreg Hawkes , keyboardist of The Cars Billie Holiday , singerRon Holloway , tenor saxophonistScott Hull , guitarist, music producerEric Hutchinson , musicianJPEGMafia , music producer, experimental hip hop artistJulienne Irwin , singer and America's Got Talent season 2 finalistJoan Jett , singerLaKisha Jones , American Idol season 6 finalistTonie Joy , guitarist for Moss Icon Tommy Keene , singer-songwriterGreg Kihn , New Wave and pop musician and singerJoe Lally , bassist of rock band Fugazi Nathan Larson , film soundtrack composer; guitarist of rock bands Shudder to Think and Hot One Rod Lee , Baltimore club producer/DJVictoria Legrand , vocalist and keyboardist for Beach House Lisa Loeb , singer-songwriterNils Lofgren , solo rock musician and guitarist with Bruce Springsteen 's E Street Band Logic , rapperBenji Madden , guitarist for Good Charlotte Joel Madden , lead singer for Good CharlotteSpiro Malas , bass-baritone opera singerMario , singer-songwriterSean Meadows , bass guitarist for Lungfish Zachary Merrick, bassist and vocals for the rock band All Time Low Christina Milian , singer-songwriter, actress, dancerJamie Miller , drummer for Bad ReligionJason C. Miller , singer-songwriterMýa, singer/songwriter and dancer Rico Nasty , rapperRic 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 Animal Collective Barry Louis Polisar , singer-songwriter of children's music Greg Puciato , singer of metal band The Dillinger Escape Plan Ross Rawlings , pianist, composer, conductor, and music directorSam Ray, electronic music as Ricky Eat Acid , and founder of band American Pleasure Club , formerly known as Teen Suicide Steve Rochinski , jazz guitarist, recording artist, composer, arranger, author, jazz educatorChrisean Rock , rapperMaggie Rogers , singer-songwriter and producerAlex Scally , 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 , vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist for Dog Fashion Disco , Polkadot Cadaver , and Knives Out! Noel Paul Stookey , singer with Peter, Paul and Mary Avey Tare (David Portner), co-founding member of Animal Collective Evan Taubenfeld , ex-guitarist and backup vocalist for pop star Avril Lavigne ; singer and rhythm guitarist for The Black List ClubChad Taylor , guitarist for The Gracious Few and LiveChester Thompson , drummer, frequent collaborator with Genesis Jordan Tice , bluegrass guitarist and singer, band member of HawktailUltra Naté , house music/dance-pop musicianChick Webb , jazz and swing drummer and bandleaderScott "Wino" Weinrich , doom metal guitarist and vocalistErica Wheeler , folk singer-songwriterFrank Zappa , singer, guitarist and composer
Actors, filmmakers, and entertainers Jonathan Banks Clara Beranger Julie Bowen Mildred Dunnock David Hasselhoff Goldie Hawn Julia Louis-Dreyfus William H. Macy Edward Norton Jada Pinkett-Smith Cynthia Addai-Robinson , actressGbenga Akinnagbe , actorLori Alan , voice actressKaren Allen , actressUtkarsh Ambudkar , actorBess Armstrong , actressJay Ashley , pornographic film starJohn Astin , actorJonathan Banks , actorNoelle Beck , actressClara Beranger , silent film screenwriterLewis Black , comedian, actorWolfgang Bodison , actorEdwin Booth , actorJulie Bowen , actressTamar Braxton , actress, television personality, and musician (The Real , Dancing with the Stars )Kimberly J. Brown , actressNorman "Chubby" Chaney , actor (Little Rascals , Our Gang shorts)Crystal Chappell , actressJosh Charles , actorHank Chen , actorJosh Clark , actorKevin Clash , puppeteerGaelan Connell , actor, singerHans Conreid , actorWhitney Cummings , stand-up comedianBrian Dannelly , film director and screenwriterTommy Davidson , actor, comedianWendy Davis , actressEddie Deezen , actorAlexis Denisof , actorDivine , actor, drag queenJack Douglass , Internet personality, comedianDavid Drake , playwright, actor, stage directorMildred Dunnock , actressCharles Dutton , actorMichael Ealy , actorJohnny Eck , actor, circus performer (Tod Browning 's Freaks )Damon Evans , actorAnna Faris , actressEvan Farmer , actor, singerLauren Faust , animatorFaith Fay , actressWayne Federman , comedian, actor, authorBen Feldman , actorSteven Thomas Fischer , director, producer, cartoonistMona Freeman , actressJudah Friedlander , comedian, actorDaniel Gallant , writer, producer and director of Nuyorican Poets Café Kathie Lee Gifford , TV personality and singerAnita Gillette , actressLarry Gilliard Jr. , actorIra Glass , radio personality, producerJohn Glover , actorDuff Goldman , television personalityGeorge O. Gore II , actorAlfred Gough , screenwriter and producerHolter Graham , actorLinda Hamilton , actressBrandon Hardesty , actorIan Harding , actorLinda Harrison , actressDavid Hasselhoff , actorShawn Hatosy , actorRondo Hatton , actorGoldie Hawn , actressRobert Hays , actorElden Henson , actorTaraji P. Henson , actressRussell Hicks , actorBrendan Hines , actor, singerAnne Hummert , creator of daytime radio serialsMichael Hyatt , actressMo'Nique Imes-Jackson , actressThomas Jane , actorPenny Johnson Jerald , actressRian Johnson , filmmakerSpike Jonze , music video director, filmmaker, and producerKevin Kangas , writer, director of B-horror moviesJohn Kassir , actor, comedianStacy Keibler , actress, modelJosh Kelly Kevin Kilner , actorJudy Kuhn , actressMartin Lawrence , actor, comedian, director and producerMina Le , fashion Youtuber, podcaster, and content creatorBarry Levinson , filmmakerPeyton List , actress, modelErnie Lively , actorJulia Louis-Dreyfus , actressWilliam H. Macy , actorPaula Marshall , actressShane McMahon , professional wrestlerDale Midkiff , actorDebra Monk , actress, singerGarry Moore , television personalityCookie Mueller , actress, writerSean Murray , actorMildred Natwick , actressToby Orenstein , theatre producer and founderDevika Parikh , actressJameson Parker , actorNicole Ari Parker , actressMark Pellington , film directorSam Phillips , actress, model, radio DJDavid Pollock , actorParker Posey , actressRobin Quivers , radio personalityLance Reddick , actorPatricia Richardson , actressHoward Rollins , actorMark Rolston , actorJessica Lee Rose , actressJohn Rothman , actorThomas Rothman , film executiveMike Rowe , TV personalityLamman Rucker , actorJohnathon Schaech , actor, writerRichard Schiff , actorDwight Schultz , actorTeddy Sears , actorAnna Deavere Smith , actress, playwrightJada Pinkett Smith , actressDaniel Stern , actorMink Stole , actressRebecca Sugar , animator, singer-songwriter, and screenwriterWanda Sykes , comedian, actressTracie Thoms , actressBarbara Walsh , actressJonathan Ward , actorJohn Waters , filmmakerMatthew Weiner , writer, director and producerMontel Williams , TV personalityDeWanda Wise , actressFrank Zappa , musician, composer
Athletes Harold Baines Kyle Beckerman Bill Belichick Adrian Dantley Stefon Diggs Jimmie Foxx Lefty Grove Al Kaline Sugar Ray Leonard Helen Maroulis Tatyana McFadden Michael Phelps Paul Rabil Cal Ripken Jr. Babe Ruth Pam Shriver Kyle Snyder Mark Teixeira Cameron Wake Joanna Zeiger Nick Adenhart , baseball playerJoe Alexander , basketball playerBrady Anderson , baseball playerJustin Anderson , basketball playerCarmelo Anthony , basketball playerLisa Aukland , professional bodybuilder and powerlifterTavon Austin , football playerHarold Baines , baseball playerFrank Baker , baseball playerKen Bannister , basketball playerShaquil Barrett , football playerLonny Baxter , basketball playerSteve Barber , baseball playerMichael Beasley , basketball playerKyle Beckerman , soccer playerBill Belichick , football coachLen Bias , basketball playerKeith Bogans , basketball playerTyrone "Muggsy" Bogues , basketball playerJosh Boone , basketball playerRiddick Bowe , heavyweight champion boxerMatt Bowman , baseball playerNaVorro Bowman , football playerCharles Bradley , basketball playerDudley Bradley , basketball playerTroy Brohawn , baseball playerAndre Brown , football playerElise Burgin , tennis playerJames Carter , hurdlerSam Cassell , basketball playerBrett Cecil , baseball playerSteve Clevenger , baseball playerColin Cloherty , football playerAndy Cohen , baseball second baseman and coachChris Coghlan , baseball playerBrandon Coleman , football playerJerome Couplin III , football playerDante Cunningham , basketball playerQuintin Dailey , basketball playerAdrian Dantley , basketball playerRonald Darby , football playerWill Davis , football playerDominique Dawes , Olympic gymnastDelino DeShields Jr. , baseball playerJudy Devlin , badminton playerSusan Devlin , badminton playerStefon Diggs , football playerJuan Dixon , basketball playerJoey Dorsey , basketball playerJohn Dorsey , football player, general managerPat Downey , freestyle wrestlerMichael Dunn , football playerKevin Durant , basketball playerJerome Dyson , basketball playerJames Ellsworth , professional wrestlerEva Fabian , American-Israeli world champion swimmerMichel Faulkner , football playerDuane Ferrell , basketball playerDanny Ferry , basketball playerTony Fiammetta , football playerGavin Floyd , baseball playerMoise Fokou , football playerDomonique Foxworth , football playerJimmy Foxx , Hall of Fame baseball playerSteve Francis , basketball playerCorey Fuller , football playerKyle Fuller , football playerRudy Gay , basketball playerJames Gist , basketball playerPaul Goldstein , tennis playerJustin Gorham (born 1998), basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League Brian Gottfried , World No. 3-ranked tennis playerDavid Grace (basketball) , basketball coachJeff Green , basketball playerDonté Greene , basketball playerGabe Gross , baseball playerLefty Grove , Hall of Fame baseball playerTodd Gurley , football playerScott Hall , professional wrestlerJeff Halpern , hockey playerDerrick Harvey , football playerMarcus Hatten , basketball playerRob Havenstein , football playerDarrius Heyward-Bey , football playerRoy Hibbert , basketball playerCalvin Hill , football player, father of Grant Hill Timmy Hill , NASCAR driverTyler Hill , NASCAR driverKatie Hoff , swimmerSpencer Horwitz (born 1997), baseball playerJarrett Jack , basketball playerTanard Jackson , football playerTracy Jackson , basketball playerJelani Jenkins , football playerBryant Johnson , football playerLarry Johnson , football playerSteve Johnson , baseball playerCyrus Jones , football playerAl Kaline , Hall of Fame baseball playerLloyd Keaser , Olympic freestyle wrestlerStacy Keibler , professional wrestlerCharlie Keller , baseball playerStanton Kidd , basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League Linas Kleiza , basketball playerRick Knapp , pitching coachAdam Kolarek , baseball playerCyrus Kouandjio , football playerSteve Krulevitz , American-Israeli tennis playerAaron Laffey , baseball playerBucky Lasek , professional skateboarderTy Lawson , basketball playerKatie Ledecky , Olympic swimmerIvan Leshinsky , American-Israeli basketball playerSteve Lombardozzi Jr. , baseball playerSugar Ray Leonard , Hall of Fame boxerReggie Lewis , basketball playerSidney Lowe , basketball player, assistant coachMatt Maloney , basketball playerHelen Maroulis , Olympic freestyle wrestlerRoger Mason , basketball playerJustin Maxwell , baseball playerLeo Mazzone , baseball coachRobert McClain , football playerTatyana McFadden , paralympian category T54 Rodney McLeod , football playerSara McMann , MMA fighterKimmie Meissner , figure skaterShawne Merriman , football playerMatt Mervis , MLB baseball first basemanDebbie Meyer , competition swimmerAbby Meyers , basketball player in the Women's National Basketball Association Isaiah Miles , basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League Malcolm Miller , basketball playerTerence Morris , basketball playerDaniel Muir , football playerBruce Murray , soccer playerJeff Nelson , baseball playerRashard Odomes , basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League Quinn Ojinnaka , football playerVictor Oladipo , basketball playerChinanu Onuaku , basketball playerTravis Pastrana , motorsport athleteSam Perlozzo , baseball player and managerJulian Peterson , football playerMichael Phelps , Olympic swimmerTom Phoebus , baseball playerPoe brothers , six American football players from Princeton University Oliver Purnell , basketball coachPaul Rabil , lacrosse playerMike Reid , professional golferBilly Ripken , baseball playerCal Ripken Jr. , Hall of Fame baseball playerBob Robertson , baseball playerJosh Roenicke , baseball playerAxl Rotten , professional wrestlerJake Rozhansky , American-Israeli professional soccer playerBabe Ruth , Hall of Fame baseball playerPete Sampras , tennis playerJim Schwartz , football coachDennis Scott , basketball playerJosh Selby , basketball playerKevin Shaffer , football playerVisanthe Shiancoe , football playerPam Shriver , tennis playerGene Shue , basketball playerLawrence Sidbury , football playerDickey Simpkins , basketball playerIra Smith , collegiate baseball playerTubby Smith , basketball coachKyle Snyder , Olympic freestyle wrestlerHarold Solomon , tennis playerLarry Spriggs , basketball playerMike Sweetney , basketball playerRon Swoboda , baseball playerFrances Tiafoe , tennis playerMark Teixeira , baseball playerGreivis Vásquez , basketball playerCameron Wake , football playerShatori Walker-Kimbrough (born 1995), basketball player for the Israeli team Maccabi Bnot Ashdod , and the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association Marvin Webster , basketball playerDelonte West , basketball playerBrian Westbrook , football playerByron Westbrook , football playerGreg Whittington , basketball playerDerrick Williams , football playerLaQuan Williams , football playerMadieu Williams , football playerReggie Williams , basketball playerKennard Winchester , basketball playerDavid Wingate , basketball playerDanny Wiseman , Hall of Fame bowlerJay Witasick , baseball playerChase Young , football playerSam Young , basketball playerUsama Young , football playerJoanna Zeiger , Olympic and world champion triathlete, and author
Visual artists Frank Cho Rushern Baker IV , painterChrystelle Trump Bond , dancer, choreographer, and dance historianF. Lennox Campello , visual artist, art critic, author, bloggerNorman Carlberg , sculptorAnne Cherubim , painterFrank Cho , comic book creator, writer and artistJoseph Craig English , printmakerJane Frank , painter, sculptor, mixed media artist, illustratorJason Freeny , sculptor, toy designer, designer toy artistLee Gatch , painter, mixed media artistDick Hafer , cartoonist and comics creatorElaine Hamilton-O'Neal , painterJoseph Holston , painter and printmakerWayson R. Jones , painterAndrei Kushnir , painterRick Law , illustrator and producerMorris Louis , painterClaire McCardell , fashion designerJoe Shannon , painter, curator and educatorAmy Sherald , painter, portrait artistAnne Truitt , sculptorDiane Tuckman , painter and authorBernie Wrightson , comic book artist
Individuals of historic significance Francis Scott Key Harriet Tubman John Wilkes Booth , assassin of President Abraham Lincoln Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore , first proprietary governor of the Maryland ColonyJohn Carroll , first Roman Catholic archbishop in the USHenry De Butts , 18th-century U.S. Army officer, acting Adjutant General and Inspector GeneralStephen Decatur , naval hero of the War of 1812 Julia Dorsey , African-American suffragistWilliam Hemsley Emory , U.S. Army officer and surveyor of TexasMatthew Henson , Arctic explorerAlger Hiss , UN official accused of being a Soviet spy in 1948, convicted of perjury in 1950Francis Scott Key , composer of "The Star-Spangled Banner", the poem used for the United States national anthemJacob Lumbrozo , first Jew to permanently settle in the New WorldCharles A. May , U.S. Army cavalry officer, considered a hero of the Mexican War Samuel Mudd , physician convicted and imprisoned for aiding John Wilkes Booth Cadwalader Ringgold , U.S. Navy Officer during the Civil War, explorerEdward Rowny , U.S. Army Lieutenant General, World War II and Korean War veteranRaymond A. Spruance , admiral during World War II , ambassador to the Philippines Harriet Tubman , leader of the Underground Railroad
Miscellaneous Yosef Alon Sally Brice-O'Hara Johns Hopkins Bronza Parks William Wilson Quinn Yosef Alon , Israeli Air Force officer and military attacheSteve Bisciotti , majority owner of the Baltimore Ravens José Antonio Bowen , president of Goucher College Sally Brice-O'Hara , 27th Vice-Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard Sally Buck , part-owner of the Philadelphia Phillies Blac Chyna , model, socialite and rapperSherry Cooper , Chief Economist for Dominion Lending Centres; Executive VP and Chief Economist of BMO Financial GroupTimothy Creamer , NASA astronaut, U.S. Army Colonel Bud Delp , 1979 Kentucky Derby-winning trainer of Spectacular Bid Rhoda Dorsey , historian and first woman president of Goucher College Michel Faulkner , pastor and NYC politicianDuff Goldman , owner of Charm City Cakes, star of Ace of Cakes Michael Hardt , literary theorist and political philosopher Arlo Hemphill , wilderness advocateJohns Hopkins , businessman and philanthropistBrendan Iribe , game programmer and co-founder of Oculus VR Devin A. Jopp, chief executive officer for the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) Edwin R. Keedy , Dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School Mel Kiper Jr. , ESPN football analyst, known for draft coverageSeth 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 abuseDerrick Miller , paroled former US Army National Guard sergeant sentenced to life in prison for murderPeter Navarro , Director of the National Trade Council under President Trump Creig Northrop , real estate agent, broker, and CEO of Northrop RealtySamuel J. Palmisano , president and CEO of IBMBronza Parks , boatbuilderBob Parsons , CEO and founder of Go Daddy George Peabody , founder of the Peabody Institute, philanthropistFrank Perdue , president of Perdue Farms Kevin Plank , CEO and founder of Under ArmourVirginia Eliza Clemm Poe , wife of writer Edgar Allan Poe Hortense Powdermaker , anthropologistKenneth Preston , US Army soldier who served as the Sergeant Major of the Army William Wilson Quinn , former US Army officerJohn Rawls , philosopherHilary Rhoda , modelJim Rogers , businessman, investor, authorJames Rouse , city plannerElizabeth Lownes Rust , philanthropist, humanitarian, missionaryIda Mary Barry Ryan , philanthropistBradford 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 speechwriterRobert Stethem , U.S. Navy Seabee diver killed by Hezbollah militants during the hijacking of TWA Flight 847 Matthew VanDyke , freedom fighter and prisoner of war (POW) in the 2011 Libyan Civil War Bill White , neo-Nazi and former leader and former leader of the American National Socialist Workers' PartyPaula White , international Christian evangelist and teacherMeredith Whitney (born 1969), businesswomanBill Wilson , head of Americans for Limited Government Leo Wolman , economistGeorge Young , NFL executive
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