List of people from Washington, D.C.

This is a list of prominent people who were born in, lived in, or are otherwise closely associated with Washington, D. C. and its surrounding metropolitan statistical area which includes portions of Maryland and Virginia

Actors

*Jonathan Banks (b. 1947), actor; born in D.C.
*David Birney (b. 1939), actor; born in D.C.
*Blair Brown (b. 1946), actress; born in D.C.
*Billie Burke (1884-1970), actress; born in D.C.
*Dave Chappelle (b. 1973), actor, comedian; born in D.C.
*Matt Frewer (b. 1958), actor; born in D.C.
*Ana Gasteyer (b. 1967), actress; born in D.C.
*Regina Hall (b. 1967), actress; born in D.C.
*Alyson Hannigan (b. 1974), actress; born in D.C.
*Goldie Hawn (b. 1945), actress; born in D.C.; raised in Takoma Park, Maryland
*Helen Hayes (1900-1993), actress; born in D.C.
*John Heard (b. 1945), actor; born in D.C.
*Katherine Heigl (b. 1978), actress; born in D.C.
*Taraji P. Henson (b. 1970), actress; born in D.C.
*Edward Herrmann (b. 1943), actor; born in D.C.
*William Hurt (b. 1950), actor; born in D.C.
*Samuel L. Jackson (b. 1943), actor; born in D.C.
*Archie Kao (b. 1973), actor; born in D.C.
*Michael Learned (b. 1939), actress; born in D.C.
*James McDaniel (b. 1958), actor; born in D.C.
*Christopher Meloni (b. 1958), actor; born in D.C.
*Michael Nouri (b. 1958), actor; born in D.C.
*Madlyn Rhue (1935-2003), actress; born in D.C.
*Chita Rivera (b. 1933), Broadway musical actress; born in D.C.
*Corey Parker Robinson (b. 1975), actor; born in D.C.
*Yeardley Smith (b. 1964), actress; born in Paris, France, raised in D.C.
*Frances Sternhagen (b. 1930), actress; raised in D.C.
*Rip Taylor (b. 1934), actor, comedian; born in D.C.
*Leigh Taylor-Young (b. 1945), actress; born in D.C.
*Justin Theroux (b. 1971), actor; born in D.C.
*Tony Todd (b. 1954), actor; born in D.C.
*Kellie Shanygne Williams (b. 1976), actress; born in D.C.
*Robert Wisdom (b. 1953), actor; born in D.C.
*Jeffrey Wright (b. 1965), Tony Award winning stage and film actor; born in D.C.

Artists

*Elizabeth Catlett (1915); sculptor; born in D.C.
*Gene Davis (1920-1985); painter; born in D.C.
*Nan Goldin (1953); photographer; born in D.C.
*Eugene J. Martin (1938-2005), visual artist; born in D.C.
*Martin Puryear (1941), sculptor; born in D.C.
*Paul Reed (artist) (1919), painter; born in D.C.

Athletes

*Kevyn Adams (b. 1974), hockey player; born in D.C.
*Dave Batista (b. 1969), wrestler; born in D.C.
*Elgin Baylor (b. 1934), former basketball player; born in D.C.
*Adrian Dantley (b. 1956), former basketball player; born in D.C.
*Vernon Davis (b. 1984), football player; born in D.C.
*Byron Leftwich (b. 1980), football player; born in D.C.
*Tim Legler (b. 1966), former basketball player; born in D.C.
*Rollie Miles (1927-1995), former Canadian football player; born in D.C.
*Jonathan Ogden (b. 1974), football player; born in D.C.
*Pete Sampras (b. 1971), tennis player; born in D.C.
*Harold Solomon (b. 1952), former tennis player; born in D.C.
*Michael Weiss (b. 1976), figure skater; born in D.C.
*Delonte West (b. 1983), basketball player; born in D.C.
*Maury Wills (b. 1932), former baseball player; born in D.C.
*Willie Wood (b. 1936), former football player; born in D.C.

Journalists

*John Dickerson (b. 1968), journalist; born in D.C.
*Austin H. Kiplinger (b. 1918), journalist and philanthropist; born in D.C.
*Frank Rich (b. 1949), newspaper columnist; born in D.C.
*Cal Thomas (b. 1942), newspaper columnist and author; born in D.C.

Musicians

*Tim Buckley (1947-1975), musician; born in D.C.
*Jack Casady (b. 1944), musician (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna); born in D.C.
*Eva Cassidy (1963-1996), singer; born in D.C.
*Duke Ellington (1899-1974), jazz composer, pianist and bandleader; born in D.C.
*Marty Friedman (b. 1962), musician; born in D.C.
*Danny Gatton (1945-1994), musician; born in D.C.
*Marvin Gaye (1939-1984), singer; born in D.C.
*Johnny Gill (b. 1966), singer; born in D.C.
*Dave Grohl (b. 1969), musician (Nirvana, Foo Fighters); began career as drummer for D.C. area bands
*Ron Holloway (b. 1953), musician; (Dizzy Gillespie, Susan Tedeschi, Gil Scott-Heron); born in D.C.
*Shirley Horn (1934-2005), singer; born in D.C.
*Jorma Kaukonen (b. 1940), musician (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna); born in D.C.
*Damian Kulash (b. 1975), musician (OK Go); born in D.C.
*Stacy Lattisaw (b. 1966), singer; born in D.C.
*Van McCoy (1940-1979), musician, songwriter and producer; born in D.C.
*Henry Rollins (b. 1961), singer-songwriter (Black Flag, Rollins Band); born in D.C.
*Tim Rose (1940-2002), singer-songwriter; born in D.C.
*Kate Smith (1907-1986), singer; born in D.C.
*Billy Stewart (1937-1970), singer; born in D.C.
*John Philip Sousa (1854-1932), composer; born in D.C.
*Peter Tork (b. 1942), musician; born in D.C.

Political figures

*John Foster Dulles (1888-1959), U.S. Secretary of State; born in D.C.
*Adrian Fenty (b. 1970), mayor of the District of Columbia, 2007- ; born in D.C.
*Al Gore (b. 1948), U.S. Vice President; born in D.C.
*Tipper Gore (b. 1948), wife of former Vice President Al Gore; born in D.C.
*Sharon Pratt Kelly (b. 1944), mayor of the District of Columbia, 1991-1995; born in D.C.
*Walter Nathan Tobriner (1902-1979), Washington, D.C., government official; born in D.C.
*Paul Wellstone (1944-2002), U.S. Senator from Minnesota; born in D.C.

Television and Radio

*Connie Chung (b. 1946), television journalist; born in D.C.
*Petey Greene (1931-1984), radio and TV talk show host; born in D.C.
*Tim Gunn (b. 1953), TV personality and fashion expert; born in D.C.
*Fulton Lewis (1903-1966), radio and TV commentator; born in D.C.
*Bill Nye ("Bill Nye the Science Guy") (b. 1945), television host, scientist, mechanical engineer; born in D.C.
*Maury Povich (b. 1939), television talk show host; born in D.C.
*Diane Rehm (b. 1936), radio talk show host; born in D.C.

Writers

*Edward Albee (b. 1928), playwright; born in D.C.
*Ann Beattie (b. 1947), short story writer and novelist; born in D.C.
*Tracy Chevalier (b. 1962), novelist; born in D.C.
*Jonathan Safran Foer (b. 1977), writer; born in D.C.
*Edward P. Jones (b. 1951), author; raised in D.C.
*George Pelecanos (b. 1957), author of detective fiction; born in D.C.
*Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (1896-1953), writer; born in D.C.
*Paula Vogel (b. 1951), playwright; born in D.C.

Miscellaneous

*Pat Buchanan (b. 1938), author, syndicated columnist, television commentator; born in D.C.
*Charles R. Drew (1904-1950), physician, medical researcher; born in D.C.
*Julie Nixon Eisenhower (b. 1948), daughter of President Richard Nixon; born in D.C.
*Andrew Fastow (b. 1961), chief financial officer of Enron Corporation; born in D.C.
*Susan Ford (b. 1957), photojournalist and chairman of the Betty Ford Center; born in D.C.
*Shauntay Hinton Miss USA 2002
*J. Edgar Hoover (1895-1972), former FBI director; born in D.C.
*Charlene Drew Jarvis (b. 1941), educator and president of Southeastern University; born in D.C.
*Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (b. 1954), environmental lawyer and radio talk host; born in D.C.
*Ned Lamont (b. 1954), businessman and Connecticut Senate candidate; born in D.C.
*J.W. Marriott, Jr. (b. 1932), chairman and CEO of Marriott International; born in D.C.
*Queen Noor of Jordan (b. 1951); born in D.C.
*David Simon (b. 1960), author, journalist; born in D.C.
*Ben Stein (b. 1944), actor, author, economist, former political speechwriter; born in D.C.; raised in Maryland

ee also

*List of people from the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area

References