List of people from Baltimore, Maryland

This is a list of famous or notable people who were born in or lived in Baltimore, Maryland.

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*Arunah Shepherdson Abell (1806–1888), born in East Providence, Rhode Island, founder of the "Baltimore Sun"cite book | title = Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896 | publisher = Marquis Who's Who | date = 1967] newspaper.
*David Abercrombie (1867–1931), born in New York and raised in Baltimore, founder of Abercrombie & Fitch.
*Henry Adams (1858 Germany – 1929 Baltimore), prominent mechanical engineer, co-founder of ASHVE.
*Otto Eugene Adams (1889 - 1968), architect.
*Larry Adler (1914-2001), harmonica player
*Spiro Agnew (1918–1996), born in Baltimore County, Governor of Maryland and Vice-President of the United States under Richard Nixon.
*Felix Angus (1839–1925), Union Army general, editor & publisher of Baltimore American newspaper, buried under Black Aggie.
*William Albert (1816–1879), member of the United States House of Representatives, born in Baltimore.
*Tori Amos (born 1963), born in North Carolina, grew up in Baltimore. Famous singer, songwriter and pianist.
*Carmelo Anthony (born 1984), professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets.
*George Armistead (1780–1818), born in Newmarket, Virginia, Commander of Fort McHenry during the Battle of Baltimore, uncle of Lewis Addison Armistead.
*Lewis Addison Armistead (1817–1863), born in New Bern, North Carolina, Confederate general mortally wounded at Gettysburg, buried in Baltimore-died two days after Gettysburg.
*John Astin (born 1930), TV and film actor best known as Gomez Addams on "The Addams Family" television series.

B

*David Bachrach (1845-1921), lived in Baltimore on Linden Avenue and Whitelock, photographer, took the only known photo of Lincoln giving the Gettysburg address, uncle to Gertrude Stein.
*Russell Baker (born 1925), raised in Baltimore, writer, political columnist for The New York Times.
*Louis Bamberger (1855–1944), businessman, department store owner, and philanthropist.
*Marty Bass, WJZ-TV weatherman, former Oprah Winfrey co-host, former write-in candidate for Governor of Maryland and current write-in candidate for President of the United States.
*Sylvia Beach (1887–1962), owned Shakespeare and Company, key bookstore for expatriates in Paris.
*Jacob Beser (1921-1992), only person to crew both atomic bomb missions in World War II.
*Eubie Blake (1887–1983), composer of ragtime, jazz and popular music.
*Michael Bloomberg (1942-), the billionaire New York City mayor is a Johns Hopkins grad & benefactor of its school of public health that now bears his name.
*A. Aubrey Bodine (1906–1970), renowned photojournalist for The Baltimore Sun.
*Tyrone "Muggsy" Bogues (born 1965), former professional basketball player with the Charlotte Hornets.
*Ryan Boyle (born 1981), MLL and NLL lacrosse player, graduate of the Gilman School.
*John R. Bolton (born 1958), former United States Ambassador to the United Nations.
*Charles Joseph Bonaparte (1851–1921), US Attorney General, Secretary of the Navy, relative of Napoleon.
*William S. Booze (1862-1933), former U.S. Congressman for Maryland's 3rd District.
*Julie Bowen (Julie Bowen Luetkemeyer) (born 1970), film and TV actor.
* Toni Braxton (born October 7, 1967), Severn, Maryland, singer-songwriter, actress. [cite web |url=http://www.eonline.com/celebrities/profile/index.jsp?uuid=df79e9f0-5002-4f68-bd14-3719a1ecef12 |title=Toni Braxton Profile |accessdate=2008-07-30 |work=E! Online |publisher=E! Entertainment Television ]
*Conrad Brooks (born 1931), B movie actor.
*George William Brown, Mayor of Baltimore during Pratt Street Riot.
*Rosey Brown (1932–2004) football star for New York Giants, member of Pro Football Hall of Fame, went to Morgan State University in Baltimore.
*Robert C. Buchanan (1811-1878), Union army general
*David Byrne (born 1952), songwriter for the New Wave and Talking Heads bands, grew up In Baltimore County.

C

*Cab Calloway (1907–1994), jazz singer and bandleader, raised in Baltimore.
*Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore (1605–1675), First Lord Baltimore and proprietary governor.
*Ben Cardin (born 1943), member of the United States Senate and former member of United States House of Representatives.
*Meyer Cardin, (D), State delegate (1936–38), former Judge Baltimore City Supreme Bench [cite web|title = Biographical Series: Meyer Cardin |publisher = Maryland State Archives|url = http://archive1.mdarchives.state.md.us/megafile/msa/speccol/sc3500/sc3520/013200/013239/html/13239bio.html Maryland Archives| accessdate =2007-08-02] .
*John Carroll (1735–1815), first Roman Catholic archbishop in the United States.
*Hetty Cary (1836–1892), maker of one of the first three battle flags of the Confederacy.
*Dennis Chambers (born 1959), drummer, (P-Funk All Stars, Steely Dan, et al.)
*Ben Carson (born 1951), noted neurosurgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital, performed first successful separation of Siamese twins.
*Norman "Chubby" Chaney (1918–1936), short-lived child actor, Our Gang.
*Samuel Chase (1741–1811), signer of Declaration of Independence and US Supreme Court judge.
*Seth Ciferri (born 1974), tattooist and painter.
*Tom Clancy (born 1947), author of "The Hunt for Red October".
*Martha Clarke (born 1944), modern choreographer.
*Kevin Clash (born 1960), puppeteer best known for portrayal of Elmo on Sesame Street.
*Charles P. Coady (1868-1934), (D), U.S. Congressman for Maryland's 3rd District, 1913–1921.
*Claribel Cone (1864–1929), with sister Etta (1870–1949) collected art of Matisse, Picasso, Van Gogh.
*Nathan Corbett (born 1992), actor, (The Wire (TV series), Half Nelson (film).)
*Hans Conried (1917–1982), comic character actor and voice actor.
*Elijah E. Cummings (born 1951), (D) U.S. Congressman for Maryland's 7th District.
*Harvey Cushing (1869–1939), pioneer neurosurgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital.

D

*Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr. (1903–1987), Mayor of Baltimore, US Representative, father of Nancy Pelosi
*Clay Davenport, sabermetrician and computer programmer for NOAA
*Angela Dawson, community activist murdered at age 36 along with her family on October 16, 2002
*Dan Deacon, electronic musician
*Buddy Deane, disc jockey, host of TV dance show that inspired the movie "Hairspray."
*Divine (Glen Milstead) (1945–1988) actor best known for his drag persona, Divine
*Juan Dixon (born 1978), basketball player at University of Maryland, College Park and pro ranks
*Sheila Dixon, (born 1951) first female Mayor of Baltimore
*DMX (real name Earl Simmons) (born 1970), hip hop performer/rapper and actor
*James Lowry Donaldson (1814-1885), Union army general
*Frederick Douglass (1818–1895), abolitionist, statesman, orator, editor and author, a prominent figure in African American history
*Dru Hill, R&B singing group
*Mildred Dunnock (1901–1991), Oscar-nominated American theater, film and television actress
*Charles S. Dutton actor
*Adam Duritz Singer, Counting Crows

E

*Cass Elliot (born Ellen Naomi Cohen) (1941–1974), singer remembered as member of The Mamas and the Papas
*Donald B. Elliott, member of Maryland House of Delegates.
*Robert Ehrlich (born 1957), former US Congressman, 60th Governor of Maryland

F

*Anna Faris (born 1976), actress best known for her role in "Scary Movie", born but not raised in Baltimore
*Steven Fischer (born 1972), film producer, two time Emmy Award nominee raised in northeast Baltimore City.
*George Fisher Vocalist for Death metal band Cannibal Corpse
*Jane Frank (Jane Schenthal Frank) (1918–1986), abstract expressionist artist, painter, sculptor, mixed media and textile artist, pupil of Hans Hofmann
*Antonio Freeman (born 1972), American football wide receiver, most notably for the Green Bay Packers
*William H. French (1815-1881), Union army general.
*Bill Frisell (born 1951), jazz guitarist and composer

G

*Joe Gans (1874–1910), boxer
*Lee Gatch (1902–1968), abstract artist
*Rudy Gay (born 1986), basketball player at University of Connecticut and with the Memphis Grizzlies
*James Cardinal Gibbons (1834–1921) American prelate, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Baltimore
*Horatio Gates Gibson (1827-1924), Union army general.
*Ira Glass (born 1959) radio personality, This American Life on National Public Radio, cousin of Philip Glass
*Philip Glass (born 1937), influential minimalist composer
*Jacob Glushakow (1914–2000), painter
*Duff Goldman (born 1974), food artist, cake baker, television personality
*Brian Gottfried (born 1952), former tennis player, reached Nº3 in the world in 1977

H

*Jeff Halpern (born 1976), NHL hockey player, Currently plays for the Tampa Bay Lightning. Born and raised in Potomac
*Elaine Hamilton (born 1920), artist born in Catonsville in Baltimore metro area
*Louis Hamman (1877–1946), physician and namesake for Hamman's sign, Hamman's syndrome and Hamman-Rich syndrome
*Mary Hamman (1907–1984), American writer and editor, daughter of Dr. Louis Hamman
*Dorothy Hamill (born 1956), figure skater
*Elaine Hamilton-O'Neal (Elaine Hamilton) (born 1920) artist, born in Catonsville near Baltimore; graduated from Baltimore's Maryland Institute College of Art
*Dashiell Hammett (1894–1961), hard-boiled detective writer of "Maltese Falcon" etc., born in Maryland and worked as a detective in Baltimore
*David Hasselhoff (born 1952), actor
*Emily Spencer Hayden (1869–1949), photographer
*Alger Hiss (1904–1996), State Department official, accused of being a Soviet spy and convicted of perjury
*Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan Gough) (1915–1959), jazz singer
*Henry Holt (1840–1926), publisher, founded Henry Holt & Company in 1873.
*Johns Hopkins (1795–1873), Quaker businessman, abolitionist & philanthropist whose bequest established Johns Hopkins University
*John Eager Howard (1752–1827), soldier, Governor of Maryland, namesake of Howard County, Maryland

I

*Mo'Nique Imes-Jackson (born 1967), television and film actress

J

*Bryant Johnson (born 1981), professional American football player with the San Francisco 49ers.
*Thomas David Jones (born 1955), astronaut with doctorate in planetary science
*Brian Jordan (born 1967), pro baseball player who was briefly pro footballer
*Rich Johnson Meteorologist The Weather Channel (United States)
*LaKisha Jones – singer
*Marcie Jones – author and journalist
*Lillie Mae Carroll Jackson (1889–1975), pioneer civil rights activist, organizer of the Baltimore Branch of the NAACP.
*Joan Jett grew up in Wheaton

K

*Al Kaline major league baseball player for the Detroit Tigers. Hall of famer, never had to play in the minor leagues.
*William Henry Cardinal Keeler (born 1931) Archbishop Emeritus of Baltimore and Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
*Stacy Keibler (born 1979), actress, former pro wrestling personality (WWE Diva)
*John P. Kennedy (1795–1870), US Secretary of the Navy and Congressman
*Stu Kerr (Thomas Stuart Kerr) (1928–1994), television personality and weatherman
*Greg Kihn (born 1950), pop musician
*J. William Kime (1934–2006), Commandant of the United States Coast Guard from 1990 to 1994
*Mel Kiper, Jr. (born 1960), American football analyst
*Jeff Koons (born 1955), artist and sculptor, graduate of Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore
*Thomas Kelso (Ireland 1784 - July 26, 1878), wealthy merchant, founder of the Kelso Home philanthropist [ article from Enoch Pratt Library vertical file, Jeffersonian April 17, 1936 ]
*K-Swift (Born Khia Edgerton, 1978-2008), Female club/radio DJ, remixer, MC, producer, and entrpenuer; Radio personality at WERQ

L

*Bucky Lasek (born 1972), pro skateboarder
*Barry Levinson (born 1942), screenwriter, film director, and producer of film and television
*Laura Lippman (born 1959), author of detective fiction
*G. E. Lowman (1897–1965), clergyman and radio evangelist
*Morris Louis (1912–1962), abstract expressionist painter
*Frank Luber (born 1939), radio announcer, and television reporter

M

*Marvin Mandel (born 1920), Governor of Maryland, assumed office upon resignation of Spiro Agnew
*Mario (singer) (Mario Dewar Barrett) singer, grew up in Gwynn Oak, Maryland in Baltimore County
*Thurgood Marshall (1908–1993), first African American US Supreme Court Justice
*Willoughby M. McCormick (1864–1932) started McCormick & Company (spices, herbs, flavorings)
*Jim McKay (James Kenneth McManus) (1921-2008), television sports journalist
*Theodore R. McKeldin (1900–1974), Governor of Maryland
*Michael K. Medick (born 1960), Architect and Town Planner
*H.L. Mencken (1880–1956), journalist and social critic known as "the Sage of Baltinmore"
*Kweisi Mfume – former CEO of the NAACP, former US Congressman
*Barbara Mikulski (born 1936), United States Senator
*Steve Miller (born 1950), author of science fiction stories and novels
*Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr., civil rights leader
*Keiffer J. Mitchell, Jr., Baltimore City Council, grandson of civil rights leader Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr.
*Parren Mitchell, former U.S. Congressman
*Colonel Thomas Hoyer Monstery (1824–1901) duellist, fencing master, mercenary and author
*Garry Moore (Thomas Garrison Morfit) (1915–1993), early television host
*Lenny Moore, running back, Baltimore Colts, member Pro Football Hall of Fame
*Eddie Murray, first baseman, Baltimore Orioles, member Hall of Fame

N

*Anita Nall – Olympic gold medalist swimmer
*Ogden Nash – poet
*Jeff Nelson (born 1966), professional baseball player, middle relief pitcher
*Harry Nice 50^th Governor, Maryland
*Brandon Novak – Skateboarder and member of Viva La Bam

O

*Ric Ocasek (born 1949), former vocalist and frontman for The Cars
*Martin O'Malley (born 1963), born in Washington, D.C., former Mayor of Baltimore, 61st Governor of Maryland
*Elaine O'Neal (born 1920) painter

P

*William Paca (1740–1799), signatory to the Declaration of Independence and Governor of Maryland
*Tim Page (music critic) (born 1954), winner of the Pulitzer Prize for criticism and biographer of Dawn Powell.
*Jim Palmer (born 1945) former Major League Baseball starting pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles
*Bob Parsons (born 1950), entrepreneur; founder and CEO of Go Daddy
*Travis Pastrana(born 1982) freestyle motocross, skateboarder, x-treme sports professional, spokesmen for Red Bull
*Nancy Pelosi (born 1940), US Representative from California & Speaker of the House of the US House of Representatives
*Michael Phelps (born 1985), Olympic swimmer, multiple world-record holder, and winner of more gold medals than any other Olympian (14)
*Jada Pinkett Smith (born 1971), actress and singer
*Art Poe, member of College Football Hall of Fame
*Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849), poet, short story writer, editor and critic
*Edgar Allan Poe (1871-1961), Attorney General of Maryland, 1911-1915
*Gresham Poe, Head coach at Virginia in 1903
*John P. Poe, Sr. (1836-1909), Attorney General of Maryland, 1891-1895
*Johnny Poe (1874-1915), college football player and coach, and soldier of fortune
*Parker Posey (born 1968), actress, best known for her work in "Scream 3" and ""
*Jay Powell (1984-present), Naval Submariner, part of the historic Comtuex to the North pole on the USS Hampton SSN-767.
*Enoch Pratt (1808–1896), businessman and philanthropist, founded Enoch Pratt Free Library, one of oldest free public libraries in the United States
*Greg Puciato (born 1980), musician, best known as singer for experimental metal band The Dillinger Escape Plan

Q

*Robin Quivers, sidekick of TV and radio personality Howard Stern

R

*John Rawls (1921–2002), political philosopher, professor of political philosophy at Harvard, author
*Lance Reddick, actor, Col. Cedric Daniels from "The Wire"
*Hilary Rhoda, fashion model, born in Maryland,
*Adrienne Rich (born 1929), poet, writer, teacher, and feminist
*Billy Ripken (born 1964), born in Havre de Grace, Maryland, former second baseman for the Baltimore Orioles
*Cal Ripken, Jr. (born 1960), born in Havre de Grace, Maryland, former shortstop and third baseman for the Baltimore Orioles, member Hall of Fame
*Cal Ripken, Sr. (1935–1999), former coach and manager of the Baltimore Orioles
*Brooks Robinson (born 1937), born Little Rock, Arkansas, third baseman, Baltimore Orioles, member Hall of Fame
*Frank Robinson (born 1935), born in Beaumont, Texas, outfielder, Baltimore Orioles, member Hall of Fame
*Martin Rodbell (1925–1998), biochemist and molecular endocrinologist; won the 1994 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
*Eddie Rommel, American League pitcher and umpire
*Carroll Rosenbloom, former owner Baltimore Colts and Los Angeles Rams
*Christopher Rouse (born 1949), composer, Pulitzer Prize winner
*James Rouse (1914–1996), pioneering real estate developer, civic activist, and philanthropist
*Mike Rowe (born 1962), host of the Discovery Channel program Dirty Jobs
*Ruckus (real name Claude Marrow), Professional Wrestler
*Dutch Ruppersberger (born 1946), (D), member of the United States House of Representatives
*Harry W. Rusk (D), U.S. Congressman for Maryland's 3rd District, 1886–1897
*Babe Ruth (George Herman Ruth, Jr.) (1895–1948), professional baseball player for the New York Yankees, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
*Axl Rotten (born 1971), Professional Wrestler

*Pat Sajak, Wheel of Fortune host/television host
*Rabbi David Samson (born 1956), educator
*Al Sanders, channel 13 news anchor
*Paul Sarbanes (born 1933), born in Salisbury, Maryland, former member of the Maryland House of Delegates from Baltimore, former United States Congressman, former United States Senator
*William Donald Schaefer (born 1921), former Mayor of Baltimore, 58th Governor of Maryland, and 32nd Comptroller of Maryland
*Kurt L. Schmoke (born 1949), former Mayor of Baltimore
*Gina Schock (born 1957), Rock drummer
*Dwight Schultz (born 1947), famous actor. played HM Murdock (A-Team) and Lt. Barclay (Star trek)
*Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774–1821), established schools and founded first US religious community of apostolic women , the Sisters of Charity (in the Archdiocese of Baltimore)
*Karl Shapiro (1913–2000), US Poet Laureate 1946-47, born in Baltimore
*Richard Sher, former WJZ-TV newsman, former Oprah Winfrey co-host
*Pam Shriver (born 1962), former professional tennis player and current sports broadcaster
*Sargent Shriver (born 1915), born in Westminster, Maryland, politician, activist, driving force behind the creation of the Peace Corps
*Tupac Shakur (1971–1996), hip hop performer and rapper raised on Greenmount Ave in East Baltimore.
*Eli Siegel (1902–1978), poet, critic, founder of philosophy Aesthetic Realism
*Christian Siriano (born 1985), fashion designer; winner of fourth season of Project Runway; graduate of Baltimore School for the Arts
*Upton Sinclair, writer (The Jungle), Pulitzer Prize winner, born in Baltimore.
*Sisqó (Mark Althavan Andrews) (born 1978), R&B and pop singer
*Raymond A. Spruance (1886–1969), United States Navy admiral in World War II
*Michael S. Steele (born 1958), former Lieutenant Governor of Maryland
*Gertrude Stein (1874–1946), left Johns Hopkins Medical School without a degree and became a writer
*Stuart Symington (1901–1988), first Secretary of the Air Force and US Senator from Missouri

T

*Evan Taubenfeld (born 1983), musician, Avril Lavigne's former guitarist
*Anne Truitt (1921–2004), minimalist sculptor
*Michael Tucker (born 1944), actor
*Jerry Turner, channel 13 news anchor
*Kathleen Turner (born 1954), actress, graduated University of Maryland, Baltimore County
*Anne Tyler (born 1941), Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist ("The Accidental Tourist", etc.)

U

*Leon Uris (1924–2003), author of "Exodus" and other novels
*Johnny Unitas (1933–2002), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, professional football player for the Baltimore Colts, in Pro Football Hall of Fame

V

*Nikolai Volkoff (born 1947), born in Croatia, Yugoslavia, WWE Hall of Fame professional wrestler who has spent time in the Baltimore area

W

*John Walker (organist), at Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church
*P. J. Wakefield (born 1980), profession soccer player
*Henry Walters (1848–1931), rail magnate (Atlantic Coast Line) and founder of Walters Art Museum in Baltimore
*Dante Washington (born 1970), professional soccer striker
*John Waters (born 1946), filmmaker
*Earl Weaver (born 1930), born in St. Louis, Missouri, longtime Manager of the Baltimore Orioles; Baseball Hall Of Fame inductee
*Chick Webb (1905–1939), jazz and swing drummer and band leader who adopted Ella Fitzgerald
*Leonard "Boogie" Weinglass (born 1941), founder of Merry-Go-Round (retailer) clothing empire and portrayed by actor Mickey Rourke in the 1982 classic American film, Diner (film).
*Harry Wendelstedt (born 1938), former umpire in Major League Baseball
*George Hoyt Whipple (1878–1976), graduated and taught medical school at Hopkins, won 1934 Nobel Prize in Medicine
*William Pinkney Whyte (1824–1908), US Senator, Governor of Maryland, Mayor of Baltimore
*Bernard Williams (born 1978) winner of gold medal in 4x100 meter relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics
*Montel Williams (born 1956), television talk-show host
*Oprah Winfrey (born 1954), born in rural Mississippi and raised in Milwaukee, worked at WJZ-TV in Baltimore
*Edward Witten (born 1951), mathematical physicist and a leading researcher in string theory
*James Wolcott (born 1952) journalist and cultural critic
*Bernie Wrightson (born 1948) artist known for horror illustrations and comic books
*Jane Ann Wynn (born 1969) mixed-media artist

X

Y

*Bernard C. Young, Baltimore City Council

Z

*Geoff Zahn (born 1945), former baseball pitcher
*Frank Zappa (1940–1993), singer, guitarist, composer and satirist
*Lillian Zuckerman (1916–2004), actress

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