List of people from Maryland

Politicians, jurists, and statesmen

• Spiro T. Agnew, former Governor 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, United States Congressman, former Lieutenant Governor of Maryland
• Charles Carroll of Carrollton, lawyer, politician, and signer of the Declaration of Independence
• John Lee Carroll, 37th Governor of Maryland
• Samuel Chase, United States Supreme Court Justice
• Frank J. Christensen, labor leader
• Joan Claybrook, President of Public Citizen; head of the NHTSA in the Carter administration
• J. Joseph Curran, Jr., state Attorney General and former Lieutenant Governor
• Frederick Douglass, abolitionist
• Doug Duncan, county executive
• Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr., former governor of Maryland and member of the U.S. House of Representatives
• Christopher Emery, Assistant White House Chief Usher
• John Hanson, ninth president of the Continental Congress; first elected under the Articles of Confederation
• Ellen 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 Representatives
• Sarah 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 judge
• Allan 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, civil rights leader and United States Supreme Court Justice
• Kweisi Mfume, NAACP leader and former Congressman
• J. William Middendorf, United States diplomat, Secretary of the Navy
• Charles E. Miller, politician, businessman, and philanthropist
• David Nolan, activist and politician
• John A. Olszewski Jr., Baltimore County Executive and former Maryland State Delegate
• Katie O'Malley, State District Judge and wife of Martin O'Malley
• Martin J. O'Malley, former governor of Maryland and 2016 candidate for President of the United States
• William Paca, signer of the Declaration of Independence
• Nancy Pelosi, current and former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
• Edgar Allan Poe, Maryland attorney general
• John P. Poe Sr., Attorney General of Maryland
• 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 Governor
• Sargent Shriver, politician, former Vice Presidential candidate
• Michael S. Steele, Lieutenant Governor of Maryland
• 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, Director of the National Economic Council 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
• 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
• Jackson C. Gott, architect of Charles Theatre
• Nathaniel Henry Hutton
• William Rich Hutton
• Edmund George Lind
• J. Crawford Neilson
• John Rudolph Niernsee
• Edward L. Palmer, Jr.
• Theodore Wells Pietsch, architect of Stieff Silver Company Factory
• Bruce Price
• Howard Van Doren Shaw
• Gideon Shryock
• Mathias Shryock
• Joseph Evans Sperry
• Douglas H. Thomas, architect of Belvedere Hotel
• Philip E. Thomas, first president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
• John Appleton Wilson
• James Bosley Noel Wyatt, architect of Baltimore City Courthouse and homes in Roland Park

  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 teacher
• Benjamin Banneker, surveyor, astronomer, mathematician and almanac author
• Brady Barr, herpetologist
• Ruth Bleier, neurophysiologist and feminist scholar
• Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google
• John H. Brodie, physicist
• Ben Carson, former neurosurgeon, politician, and 2016 presidential candidate
• Rachel Carson, environmentalist
• Teresa Cohen, mathematician
• Robert Curbeam, astronaut, engineer, and US naval officer
• George Dantzig, mathematical scientist
• George 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 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
• Harold E. Harrison and Helen C. Harrison, husband-and-wife research team in pediatrics
• Ethel Browne Harvey, embryologist
• Arlo Hemphill, explorer/ocean conservationist
• Georgeanna Seegar Jones, reproductive endocrinologist
• Howard W. Jones, gynecological surgeon
• Thomas David Jones, NASA astronaut, US Air Force pilot
• Kate Breckenridge Karpeles, first woman to be appointed a contract surgeon by the United States Army
• Nick Katz, mathematician
• Mark Mattson, neuroscientist
• John 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, mathematician
• Bessie Moses, gynecologist, obstetrician and Director of the Baltimore Bureau for Contraceptive Advice
• Ayub K. Ommaya, neurosurgeon
• Helen Dodson Prince, astronomer
• Mila Rechcigl, biochemist
• Robert Empie Rogers, chemist
• Arthur William Savage, inventor of the Savage Model 99
• Paul Reed Smith, luthier
• Elsie Shutt, computer programmer and founder of software company
• 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
• Jean Worthley, naturalist and TV host of Hodgepodge Lodge and On Nature's Trail
• Jill Zimmerman, computer scientist and professor at Goucher College

  Authors, including journalists

• John Barth, author
• Carl Bernstein, journalist and author
• Hanne Blank, author
• Ann Brashares, author
• Pat Brown, author, criminal profiler
• Mindie Burgoyne, author and businessperson
• 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
• Marianne Githens, political scientist, feminist, author, and professor
• Jesse Glass, poet, folklorist
• Meredith Goldstein, advice columnist and reporter
• Sara Haardt, author and professor
• Mary Downing Hahn, author
• Dashiell Hammett, author
• James Alexander Henshall, author
• Karen Hesse, author
• Nancy Hubbard, author and business professor
• Zora Neale Hurston, author
• Nina Kasniunas, political scientist, author, and professor
• Sophie Kerr, author
• Michael Kimball, author
• Cliff Kincaid, investigative journalist
• 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
• Edgar Allan Poe, poet, writer, and literary critic
• 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
• Laura Amy Schlitz, children's literature author
• Upton Sinclair, author
• Norman Solomon, journalist, media critic
• Bud Sparhawk, science fiction author
• John Steadman, sportswriter
• Anne Tyler, author
• Sanford J. Ungar, journalist and Goucher College president emeritus
• Leon Uris, author
• Scott Van Pelt, ESPN anchor and radio host
• Fredricka Whitfield, CNN reporter and anchor
• Michael Wilbon, ESPN personality and The Washington Post sports columnist
• James Wolcott, journalist, social critic

  Musicians

• Bernard Addison, jazz guitarist
• Scott Ambush, jazz bassist
• Tori Amos, singer/songwriter
• BT, born Brian Transeau, electronic musician
• Jack Barakat, lead guitarist of the rock band All Time Low
• 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
• 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 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
• Rian Dawson, drummer for the band All Time Low
• Dan Deacon, electronic musician
• Deakin, co-founder of Animal Collective
• 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
• Gallant, singer-songwriter
• Alex Gaskarth, lead singer and guitarist for the rock band All Time Low
• Danny Gatton, guitarist
• Geologist, co-founding member of Animal Collective
• Ginuwine, R&B singer
• Philip Glass, composer
• Robert Gordon, rockabilly singer
• Tamyra Gray, singer/actress
• Hilary Hahn, concert violinist, two-time Grammy winner
• Greg Hawkes, keyboardist of The Cars
• 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
• Tonie Joy, guitarist for Moss Icon
• 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
• Victoria Legrand, vocalist and keyboardist for Beach House
• 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
• Sean Meadows, bass guitarist for Lungfish
• Zachary Merrick, bassist and vocals for the rock band All Time Low
• Christina Milian, singer, songwriter, actress, dancer
• Jamie Miller, drummer for Bad Religion
• Jason C. Miller, singer-songwriter
• Mýa, singer/songwriter and dancer
• Rico Nasty, rapper
• Ric Ocasek, former frontman of The Cars
• John and T.J. Osborne, members of the band Brothers Osborne
• Panda Bear, 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 director
• Sam 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 educator
• Maggie Rogers, singer-songwriter and producer
• Alex 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, 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 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
• 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
• Clara Beranger, silent film screenwriter
• Lewis Black, comedian, actor
• Wolfgang Bodison, actor
• Edwin Booth, actor
• John Wilkes Booth, actor
• Julie Bowen, actress
• Tamar Braxton, actress, television personality, and musician
• Kimberly J. Brown, actress
• Norman "Chubby" Chaney, actor
• Crystal Chappell, actress
• Josh Charles, actor
• Josh Clark, actor
• Kevin Clash, puppeteer
• Gaelan Connell, actor, singer
• Hans Conreid, actor
• Whitney Cummings, stand-up comedian
• 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
• Robert Duvall, actor
• Michael Ealy, actor
• Johnny Eck, actor, circus performer
• 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
• Elden Henson, actor
• Taraji P. Henson, actress
• Russell Hicks, actor
• Brendan Hines, actor, singer
• Anne Hummert, creator of daytime radio serials
• Michael Hyatt, actress
• Mo'Nique Imes-Jackson, actress
• Thomas Jane, actor
• Penny Johnson Jerald, actress
• 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
• Josh Kelly
• 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
• Shane McMahon, professional wrestler
• Dale Midkiff, actor
• Debra Monk, actress, singer
• Garry Moore, television personality
• Cookie Mueller, actress, writer
• Sean Murray, actor
• Mildred Natwick, actress
• Toby Orenstein, theatre producer and founder
• 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, comedian, actress
• Tracie Thoms, actress
• Barbara Walsh, actress
• Jonathan Ward, actor
• John Waters, filmmaker
• Matthew Weiner, writer, director and producer
• Montel Williams, TV personality
• DeWanda Wise, actress
• Frank Zappa, musician, composer

  Athletes

• Nick Adenhart, baseball player
• Joe Alexander, basketball player
• Brady Anderson, baseball player
• Justin Anderson, basketball 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
• Shaquil Barrett, football player
• Lonny Baxter, basketball player
• Steve Barber, baseball player
• Michael Beasley, basketball player
• Kyle Beckerman, soccer 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
• Matt Bowman, baseball player
• NaVorro Bowman, football player
• Charles Bradley, basketball player
• Dudley Bradley, basketball player
• Troy Brohawn, baseball player
• Andre Brown, football player
• Elise Burgin, tennis player
• James Carter, hurdler
• Sam Cassell, basketball player
• Brett Cecil, baseball player
• Steve Clevenger, baseball player
• Colin Cloherty, football player
• Andy Cohen, baseball second baseman and coach
• Chris Coghlan, baseball player
• Brandon Coleman, football player
• Jerome Couplin III, football player
• Dante Cunningham, basketball player
• Quintin Dailey, basketball player
• Adrian Dantley, basketball player
• Ronald Darby, football player
• Will Davis, football player
• Dominique Dawes, Olympic gymnast
• Delino DeShields, Jr., baseball player
• Judy Devlin, badminton player
• Susan Devlin, badminton player
• Stefon Diggs, football player
• Juan Dixon, basketball player
• Joey Dorsey, basketball player
• John Dorsey, football player, general manager
• Kevin Durant, basketball player
• James Ellsworth, professional wrestler
• Eva Fabian, American-Israeli world champion swimmer
• 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
• Paul Goldstein, tennis player
• Brian Gottfried, World No. 3-ranked tennis player
• Jeff Green, basketball player
• Donté Greene, basketball player
• Gabe Gross, baseball player
• Lefty Grove, Hall of Fame baseball player
• Todd Gurley, football player
• Scott Hall, professional wrestler
• Jeff Halpern, hockey player
• Derrick Harvey, football player
• Rob Havenstein, 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
• Jelani Jenkins, football player
• Bryant Johnson, football player
• Larry Johnson, football player
• Steve Johnson, baseball player
• Cyrus Jones, football player
• Al Kaline, Hall of Fame baseball player
• Stacy Keibler, professional wrestler
• Linas Kleiza, basketball player
• Rick Knapp, pitching coach
• Adam Kolarek, baseball player
• Cyrus Kouandjio, football player
• Aaron Laffey, baseball player
• Bucky Lasek, professional skateboarder
• Ty Lawson, basketball player
• Katie Ledecky, Olympic swimmer
• Steve Lombardozzi Jr., baseball player
• 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
• Tatyana McFadden, paralympian category T54
• Rodney McLeod, football player
• Sara McMann, MMA fighter
• Kimmie Meissner, figure skater
• Shawne Merriman, football player
• Debbie Meyer, competition swimmer
• Malcolm Miller, basketball player
• Terence Morris, basketball player
• Daniel Muir, football player
• Jeff Nelson, baseball player
• Quinn Ojinnaka, football player
• Victor Oladipo, basketball player
• Chinanu Onuaku, basketball player
• Travis Pastrana, motorsport athlete
• Sam Perlozzo, baseball player and manager
• Julian Peterson, football player
• Michael Phelps, Olympic swimmer
• Tom Phoebus, baseball player
• Poe brothers, six American football players from Princeton University
• 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
• Kyle Snyder, wrestler
• Harold Solomon, tennis player
• Larry Spriggs, basketball player
• Mike Sweetney, basketball player
• Ron Swoboda, baseball player
• Mark Teixeira, baseball player
• Greivis Vásquez, basketball player
• Cameron Wake, football 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
• Joanna Zeiger, Olympic and world champion triathlete, and author

  Visual artists

• Chrystelle Trump Bond, dancer, choreographer, and dance historian
• F. Lennox Campello, visual artist, art critic, author, blogger
• Norman Carlberg, sculptor
• Anne Cherubim, painter
• Frank Cho, comic book creator, writer and artist
• Joseph Craig English, printmaker
• 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
• Joseph Holston, painter and printmaker
• Wayson R. Jones, painter
• Morris Louis, painter
• Joe Shannon, painter, curator and educator
• Amy Sherald, painter, portrait artist
• Anne Truitt, sculptor
• Diane Tuckman, painter and author
• 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
• Edward Rowny, U.S. Army Lieutenant General, World War II and Korean War veteran
• 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
• 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
• Sherry Cooper, Chief Economist for Dominion Lending Centres; Executive VP and Chief Economist of BMO Financial Group
• Timothy 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 politician
• Duff Goldman, owner of Charm City Cakes, star of Ace of Cakes
• Michael Hardt, literary theorist and political philosopher
• Arlo Hemphill, wilderness advocate
• Johns Hopkins, businessman and philanthropist
• Brendan Iribe, game programmer and co-founder of Oculus VR
• Edwin R. Keedy, Dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School
• Mel Kiper, Jr., ESPN football analyst, known for draft coverage
• Seth Klarman, billionaire, founder of The Baupost Group
• Little Albert, subject of John B. Watson's controversial case study on classical conditioning
• Joseph Maskell, Catholic priest accused of sexual abuse
• Derrick Miller, paroled former US Army National Guard sergeant sentenced to life in prison for murder
• Peter Navarro, Director of the National Trade Council under President Trump
• Creig Northrop, real estate agent, broker, and CEO of Northrop Realty
• 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
• Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe, wife of writer Edgar Allan Poe
• Hortense Powdermaker, anthropologist
• John Rawls, philosopher
• Hilary Rhoda, model
• Jim Rogers, businessman, investor, author
• James Rouse, city planner
• Bradford Shellhammer, entrepreneur and designer, founding editor of Queerty
• 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 in the 2011 Libyan Civil War
• Paula White, international Christian evangelist and teacher
• Bill Wilson, head of Americans for Limited Government
• Leo Wolman, economist
• George Young, NFL executive