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
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* 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, former 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
* Aruna Miller, current Lieutenant Governor of Maryland and former Maryland State Delegate
* Wes Moore, author, nonprofit executive and current Governor of Maryland
* Catherine Curran O'Malley, State District Judge and wife of Martin O'Malley
* Martin J. O'Malley, former 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
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* 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