List of people from Maryland

The following is a list of people from Maryland, a state in the United States. This list may not include federal officials and members of the United States Congress who live in Maryland but were not born there.

Politicians, jurists, and statesmen

 Spiro T. Agnew, former Governorauthor of Maryland and Vice President of the United States
 John R. Bolton, 25th United States Ambassador to the United Nations
 Charles Joseph Bonaparte, former Attorney General of the United States; founder of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; grand-nephew of French emperor Napoleon I
 Anthony G. Brown, current Lieutenant Governor of Maryland
 Charles Carroll of Carrollton, lawyer, politician, and signer of the Declaration of Independence
 Samuel Chase, United States Supreme Court Justice
 Frank J. Christensen, labor leader
 J. Joseph Curran, Jr., state Attorney General and former Lieutenant Governor
 Frederick Douglass, abolitionist
 Doug Duncan, county executive
 Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr., Governor of Maryland (2003–2007)
 John Hanson, ninth president of the Continental Congress; first elected under the Articles of Confederation
 Steny Hoyer, current House Minority Whip, U.S. House of Representatives
 Thurgood Marshall, civil rights leader and United States Supreme Court Justice
 Kweisi Mfume, NAACP leader and former Congressman
 Catherine Curran O'Malley, State District Judge and wife of Martin O'Malley
 Martin J. O'Malley, Governor of Maryland
 William Paca, signer of the Declaration of Independence
 Nancy Pelosi, 60th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
 William Donald Schaefer, former Governor
 Sargent Shriver, politician, former vice presidential candidate
 Michael S. Steele, Lieutenant Governor of Maryland (2003–2007)
 Roger Taney, Chief Justice of the United States
 Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, former Lieutenant Governor of Maryland and oldest daughter of Robert F. Kennedy
 Jeffrey Zients, first U.S. Chief Performance Officer under President Barack Obama
 Dawn Zimmer, mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey

Architects
 Otto Eugene Adams
 George Archer
 Richard Snowden Andrews
 Ephraim Francis Baldwin
 Henry F. Brauns
 William Buckland (architect)
 Wright Butler
 Charles L. Carson
 Albert Cassell
 Charles E. Cassell
 Francis E. Davis
 Thomas Dixon
 George A. Frederick
 T. Buckler Ghequier, architect of St. Mark's Episcopal Church (Washington, D.C.)
 Jackson C. Gott, architect of Charles Theatre (Baltimore)
 Nathaniel Henry Hutton
 William Rich Hutton
 Thomas C. Kennedy
 Edmund George Lind
 Alfred Mason, prolific designer of schools
 John Murdoch, co-designer of Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church (Baltimore)
 J. Crawford Neilson
 John Rudolph Niernsee
 Edward L. Palmer, Jr.
 Josias Pennington, co-designer of Mount Royal Station (Baltimore)
 Theodore Wells Pietsch, architect of Stieff Silver Company Factory (Baltimore)
 Bruce Price
 Howard Van Doren Shaw (died in Baltimore)
 Gideon Shryock
 Mathias Shryock (born in Frederick, Maryland)
 Otto G. Simonson, supervised U.S. Custom House (Baltimore, Maryland); partner, Simonson & Pietsch
 Joseph Evans Sperry
 Douglas H. Thomas, architect of Belvedere Hotel (Baltimore)
 John Appleton Wilson
 James Bosley Noel Wyatt, architect of Baltimore City Courthouse and homes in Roland Park

Scientists and inventors
 Richard R. Arnold, NASA astronaut, high school biology teacher
 Benjamin Banneker, surveyor, astronomer, mathematician and almanac author
 Brady Barr, herpetologist
 Dr. Ben Carson, neurosurgeon
 Rachel Carson, environmentalist
 Robert Curbeam, astronaut, engineer, and U.S. Navy officer
 George Dantzig, mathematical scientist
 Wendell E. Dunn, Jr., chemical engineer, metallurgist, and inventor
 Roger L. Easton, principal inventor of GPS
 Charles Fefferman, mathematician
 Henry Gantt, mechanical engineer
 Solomon Golomb, mathematician who invented pentominoes
 Michael Griffin, NASA administrator
 Arlo Hemphill, explorer/ocean conservationist
 Thomas David Jones, NASA astronaut, US Air Force pilot
 Nick Katz, mathematician
 John Mauchly, physicist who, with J. Presper Eckert, invented the first general-purpose electronic computer
 Ayub K. Ommaya, neurosurgeon
 Mila Rechcigl, biochemist
 Robert Empie Rogers, chemist
 Arthur William Savage, inventor of the Savage Model 99
 Paul Reed Smith, luthier
 Terry W. Virts, NASA astronaut, US Air Force pilot
 Douglas C. Wallace, geneticist, evolutionary biologist
 John Archibald Wheeler, theoretical physicist
 Gregory R. Wiseman, NASA astronaut, US Navy aviator
 Edward Witten, physicist, mathematician

Authors, including journalists
 John Barth, author
 Carl Bernstein, journalist and author
 Hanne Blank, author
 Ann Brashares, author
 Pat Brown, author, criminal profiler
 Erin Burnett, journalist and CNN anchor
 James M. Cain, journalist and author
 Kiran Chetry, journalist
 Connie Chung, television journalist
 Tom Clancy, author
 Lucille Clifton, poet
 Ta-Nehisi Coates, writer, journalist
 Mark Davis, columnist, radio talk show host
 Frank Deford, journalist and author
 Matt Drudge, journalist, radio talk show host
 Roland Flint, poet
 Courtney Friel, entertainment reporter for Fox News
 Jesse Glass, poet, folklorist
 Meredith Goldstein, advice columnist and reporter
 Mary Downing Hahn, author
 Dashiell Hammett, author
 Karen Hesse, author
 Zora Neale Hurston, author
 Sophie Kerr, author
 Michael Kimball, author
 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, senior editor of Washington Times opinion pages
 Frank Miller, writer and artist
 Ogden Nash, humorous poet
 Suzan-Lori Parks, playwright and screenwriter
 Adrienne Rich, poet and feminist
 Nora Roberts, author
 Thomas Roberts, news anchor for MSNBC
 John Thomas Scharf, author, historian, lawyer, politician, and Confederate soldier and sailor
 Karl Shapiro, poet
 Upton Sinclair, author
 Norman Solomon, journalist, media critic
 Bud Sparhawk, science fiction author
 John Steadman, sportswriter
 Anne Tyler, author
 Leon Uris, author
 Scott Van Pelt, ESPN anchor and radio host
 Fredricka Whitfield, CNN reporter and anchor
 James Wolcott, journalist, social critic

Musicians
 Bernard Addison, jazz guitarist
 Scott Ambush, jazz bassist
 BT, born Brian Transeau, electronic musician
 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
 David Byrne, singer/guitarist of rock band Talking Heads
 Bill Callahan, singer/songwriter formerly known as Smog
 Cab Calloway, 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
 Dan Deacon, electronic musician
 Adam 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/songwriter
 John Fahey, folk/blues guitarist
 Mark Fax, composer
 Dean Felber, bass guitarist for the rock band Hootie & the Blowfish
 Danny Gatton, guitarist
 Ginuwine, R&B singer
 Philip Glass, composer
 Robert Gordon, rockabilly singer
 Tamyra Gray, singer/actress
 Hilary Hahn, concert violinist, two-time Grammy Award winner
 Billie Holiday, singer
 Ron Holloway, tenor saxophonist
 Scott Hull, guitarist, music producer
 Eric Hutchinson, musician
 Julienne Irwin, singer and America's Got Talent season 2 finalist
 Joan Jett, singer
 LaKisha Jones, American Idol season 6 finalist
 Tommy Keene, singer/songwriter
 Greg Kihn, New Wave and pop musician and singer
 Joe 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/DJ
 Lisa Loeb, singer/songwriter
 Nils Lofgren, solo rock musician and guitarist with Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band
 Logic, rapper
 Benji Madden, guitarist for Good Charlotte
 Joel Madden, lead singer for Good Charlotte
 Spiro Malas, bass-baritone opera singer
 Mario, singer/songwriter
 Christina Milian, singer, songwriter, actress, dancer
 Mýa, singer/songwriter and dancer
 Ric Ocasek, former lead singer of The Cars
 Barry Louis Polisar, singer/songwriter of children's music
 Greg Puciato, singer of metal band The Dillinger Escape Plan
 Gina Schock, drummer of rock band The Go-Go's
 Sisqó, lead singer of R&B group Dru Hill
 Noel Paul Stookey, singer with Peter, Paul and Mary
 Evan Taubenfeld, ex-guitarist and backup singer for pop star Avril Lavigne; singer and rhythm guitarist for The Black List Club
 Chad Taylor, guitarist for The Gracious Few and Live
 Chester Thompson, drummer, frequent collaborator with Genesis
 Ultra Naté, house music/dance-pop musician
 Chick Webb, jazz and swing drummer and bandleader
 Scott "Wino" Weinrich, doom metal guitarist and vocalist
 Erica Wheeler, folk singer/songwriter
 Erin Willett, The Voice season 2 finalist
 Frank Zappa, singer, guitarist and composer

Actors, filmmakers, and entertainers

 Cynthia Addai-Robinson, actress
 Gbenga Akinnagbe, actor
 Lori Alan, voice actress
 Karen Allen, actress
 Bess Armstrong, actress
 Jay Ashley, pornographic film star
 John Astin, actor
 Noelle Beck, actress
 Lewis Black, comedian, actor
 Wolfgang Bodison, actor
 Edwin Booth, actor
 John Wilkes Booth, actor
 Julie Bowen, actress
 Kimberly J. Brown, actress
 Norman "Chubby" Chaney, actor (Little Rascals, Our Gang shorts)
 Crystal Chappell, actress
 Josh Charles, actor
 Josh Clark, actor
 Kevin Clash, puppeteer
 Gaelan Connell, actor, singer
 Hans Conreid, actor
 Whitney Cummings, stand-up comedienne
 Tommy Davidson, actor, comedian
 Wendy Davis, actress
 Eddie Deezen, actor
 Alexis Denisof, actor
 Divine, actor, drag queen
 Jack Douglass, Internet personality, comedian
 David Drake, playwright, actor, stage director
 Mildred Dunnock, actress
 Charles Dutton, 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, actress
 Wayne Federman, comedian, actor, author
 Ben Feldman, actor
 Mona Freeman, actress
 Judah Friedlander, comedian, actor
 Daniel Gallant, writer, producer and director of Nuyorican Poets Café
 Kathie Lee Gifford, TV personality and singer
 Anita Gillette, actress
 Larry Gilliard, Jr., actor
 Ira Glass, radio personality, producer
 John Glover, actor
 Duff Goldman, television personality
 George O. Gore II, actor
 Alfred Gough, screenwriter and producer
 Holter Graham, actor
 Linda Hamilton, actress
 Brandon Hardesty, actor
 Ian Harding, actor
 Linda Harrison, actress
 David Hasselhoff, actor
 Shawn Hatosy, actor
 Rondo Hatton, actor
 Goldie Hawn, actress
 Robert Hays, actor
 Taraji P. Henson, actress
 Russell Hicks, actor
 Brendan Hines, actor, singer
 Michael Hyatt, actress
 Mo'Nique Imes-Jackson, actress
 Thomas Jane, actor
 Rian Johnson, filmmaker
 Spike Jonze, music video director, filmmaker, and producer
 Kevin Kangas, writer, director of B-horror movies
 John Kassir, actor, comedian
 Stacy Keibler, actress, model
 Kevin Kilner, actor
 Judy Kuhn, actress
 Martin Lawrence, actor, comedian, director and producer
 Barry Levinson, filmmaker
 Peyton List, actress, model
 Ernie Lively, actor
 Julia Louis-Dreyfus, actress
 William H. Macy, actor
 Paula Marshall, actress
 Dale Midkiff, actor
 Debra Monk, actress, singer
 Garry Moore, television personality
 Cookie Mueller, actress, writer
 Sean Murray, actor
 Mildred Natwick, actress
 Devika Parikh, actress
 Jameson Parker, actor
 Nicole Ari Parker, actress
 Mark Pellington, film director
 Sam Phillips, actress, model, radio DJ
 David Pollock, actor
 Parker Posey, actress
 Robin Quivers, radio personality
 Lance Reddick, actor
 Patricia Richardson, actress
 Howard Rollins, actor
 Mark Rolston, actor
 Jessica Lee Rose, actress
 John Rothman, actor
 Thomas Rothman, 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, comedienne, actress
 Tracie Thoms, actress
 Gil Wadsworth, producer
 Barbara Walsh, actress
 Jonathan Ward, actor
 John Waters, filmmaker
 Matthew Weiner, writer, director and producer
 Sean Whalen, actor
 Montel Williams, TV personality
 Frank Zappa, musician, composer

Athletes

 Nick Adenhart, baseball player
 Joe Alexander, basketball player
 Brady Anderson, baseball player
 Carmelo Anthony, basketball player
 Lisa Aukland, professional bodybuilder and powerlifter
 Tavon Austin, football player
 Harold Baines, baseball player
 Frank Baker, baseball player
 Ken Bannister, basketball player
 Lonny Baxter, basketball player
 Steve Barber, baseball player
 Michael Beasley, basketball player
 Bill Belichick, football coach
 Len Bias, basketball player
 Keith Bogans, basketball player
 Tyrone "Muggsy" Bogues, basketball player
 Josh Boone, basketball player
 Riddick Bowe, heavyweight champion boxer
 NaVorro Bowman, football player
 Charles Bradley, basketball player
 Dudley Bradley, basketball player
 Troy Brohawn, baseball player
 Andre Brown, football player
 Sam Cassell, basketball player
 Brett Cecil, baseball player
 Colin Cloherty, football player
 Dante Cunningham, basketball player
 Quintin Dailey, basketball player
 Adrian Dantley, basketball player
 Dominique Dawes, Olympic gymnast
 Delino DeShields, Jr., baseball player
 Juan Dixon, basketball player
 Joey Dorsey, basketball player
 Kevin Durant, basketball player
 Michel Faulkner, football player
 Duane Ferrell, basketball player
 Danny Ferry, basketball player
 Tony Fiammetta, football player
 Gavin Floyd, baseball player
 Moise Fokou, football player
 Domonique Foxworth, football player
 Jimmy Foxx, Hall of Fame baseball player
 Steve Francis, basketball player
 Corey Fuller, football player
 Kyle Fuller, football player
 Rudy Gay, basketball player
 James Gist, basketball player
 Jeff Green, basketball player
 Donté Greene, basketball player
 Gabe Gross, baseball player
 Lefty Grove, Hall of Fame baseball player
 Scott Hall, professional wrestler
 Jeff Halpern, hockey player
 Derrick Harvey, football player
 Darrius Heyward-Bey, football player
 Roy Hibbert, basketball player
 Calvin Hill, football player, father of Grant Hill
 Katie Hoff, swimmer
 Jarrett Jack, basketball player
 Tanard Jackson, football player
 Tracy Jackson, basketball player
 Bryant Johnson, football player
 Larry Johnson, football player
 Steve Johnson, baseball player
 Al Kaline, Hall of Fame baseball player
 Stacy Keibler, professional wrestler
 Linas Kleiza, basketball player
 Rick Knapp, pitching coach
 Aaron Laffey, baseball player
 Bucky Lasek, professional skateboarder
 Ty Lawson, basketball player
 Katie Ledecky, Olympic swimmer
 Sugar Ray Leonard, Hall of Fame boxer
 Reggie Lewis, basketball player
 Sidney Lowe, basketball player, assistant coach
 Matt Maloney, basketball player
 Roger Mason, basketball player
 Justin Maxwell, baseball player
 Leo Mazzone, baseball coach
 Robert McClain, football player
 Rodney McLeod, football player
 Sara McMann, MMA fighter
 Kimmie Meissner, figure skater
 Shawne Merriman, football player
 Terence Morris, basketball player
 Daniel Muir, football player
 Jeff Nelson, baseball player
 Quinn Ojinnaka, football player
 Travis Pastrana, motorsport athlete
 Sam Perlozzo, baseball player and manager
 Julian Peterson, football player
 Michael Phelps, Olympic swimmer
 Tom Phoebus, baseball player
 Billy Ripken, baseball player
 Cal Ripken, Jr., Hall of Fame baseball player
 Bob Robertson, baseball player
 Josh Roenicke, baseball player
 Axl Rotten, professional wrestler
 Babe Ruth, Hall of Fame baseball player
 Pete Sampras, tennis player
 Jim Schwartz, football coach
 Dennis Scott, basketball player
 Josh Selby, basketball player
 Kevin Shaffer, football player
 Visanthe Shiancoe, football player
 Pam Shriver, tennis player
 Gene Shue, basketball player
 Lawrence Sidbury, football player
 Dickey Simpkins, basketball player
 Ira Smith, collegiate baseball player
 Tubby Smith, basketball coach
 Larry Spriggs, basketball player
 Mike Sweetney, basketball player
 Ron Swoboda, baseball player
 Mark Teixeira, baseball player
 Greivis Vásquez, basketball player
 Marvin Webster, basketball player
 Delonte West, basketball player
 Brian Westbrook, football player
 Byron Westbrook, football player
 Derrick Williams, football player
 LaQuan Williams, football player
 Madieu Williams, football player
 Reggie Williams, basketball player
 Kennard Winchester, basketball player
 David Wingate, basketball player
 Danny Wiseman, Hall of Fame bowler
 Jay Witasick, baseball player
 Sam Young, basketball player
 Usama Young, football player

Visual artists
 Norman Carlberg, sculptor
 Frank Cho, comic book creator, writer and artist
 Jane Frank, painter, sculptor, mixed media artist, illustrator
 Lee Gatch, painter, mixed media artist
 Dick Hafer, cartoonist and comics creator
 Elaine Hamilton-O'Neal, painter
 Morris Louis, painter
 Anne Truitt, sculptor
 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, naval hero of the War of 1812
 William Hemsley Emory, United States Army officer and surveyor of Texas
 Matthew Henson, Arctic explorer
 Alger Hiss, UN official accused of being a Soviet spy in 1948, convicted of perjury in 1950
 Francis Scott Key, composer of the 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 War
 Samuel Mudd, physician convicted and imprisoned for aiding John Wilkes Booth
 Cadwalader Ringgold, U.S. Navy Officer during the Civil War, explorer
 Raymond A. Spruance, admiral during World War II, ambassador to the Philippines
 Harriet Tubman, leader of the Underground Railroad

Miscellaneous
 Steve Bisciotti, majority owner of the Baltimore Ravens
 Bud Delp, 1979 Kentucky Derby-winning trainer of Spectacular Bid
 Michel Faulkner, pastor and NYC politician
 Duff Goldman, owner of Charm City Cakes, star of Ace of Cakes
 Ed Hale, businessman, owner of Baltimore Blast
 Michael Hardt, literary theorist and political philosopher
 Arlo Hemphill, wilderness advocate
 Johns Hopkins, businessman and philanthropist
 Mel Kiper, Jr., ESPN football analyst, known for draft coverage
 Little Albert, subject of John B. Watson's controversial case study on classical conditioning
 Samuel J. Palmisano, president and 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
 John Rawls, philosopher
 Hilary Rhoda, model
 James Rouse, city planner
 Christian Siriano, winner of Season 4 of Project Runway
 Ben Stein, actor, author, economist, political speechwriter
 Robert 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 Wilson, head of Americans for Limited Government
 George Young, NFL executive

Related pages
 Lists of Americans

References

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