List of people from Washington, D.C.

Actors

• Gbenga Akinnagbe, actor; born in D.C.
• Jonathan Banks, actor; born in D.C.
• Jon Bernthal, actor; born in D.C.
• David Birney, actor; born in D.C.
• Blair Brown, actress; born in D.C.
• Sandra Bullock, actress; born in Arlington, Virginia
• Billie Burke, actress; born in D.C.
• Louis C.K. , actor, comedian; born in D.C.
• Dave Chappelle, actor, comedian; born in D.C.
• Matt Frewer, actor; born in D.C.
• Isabelle Fuhrman ; born in D.C.
• Ana Gasteyer, actress; born in D.C.
• Cameron Goodman, actress; born in Texas; raised in D.C.
• Regina Hall, actress; born in D.C.
• Alyson Hannigan, actress; born in D.C.
• Goldie Hawn, actress; born in D.C.; raised in Takoma Park, Maryland
• Helen Hayes, actress; born in D.C.
• John Heard, actor; born in D.C.
• Katherine Heigl, actress; born in D.C.
• Taraji P. Henson, actress; born in D.C.
• Edward Herrmann, actor; born in D.C.
• William Hurt, actor; born in D.C.
• Samuel L. Jackson, actor; born in D.C.
• Archie Kao, actor; born in D.C.
• Erik King, actor; born in D.C.
• Michael Learned, actress; born in D.C.
• James McDaniel, actor; born in D.C.
• Christopher Meloni, actor; born in D.C.
• Michael Nouri, actor; born in D.C.
• Madlyn Rhue, actress; born in D.C.
• Chita Rivera, Broadway musical actress; born in D.C.
• Corey Parker Robinson, actor; born in D.C.
• Yeardley Smith, actress; born in Paris, France, raised in D.C.
• Frances Sternhagen, actress; raised in D.C.
• Rip Taylor, actor, comedian; born in D.C.
• Leigh Taylor-Young, actress; born in D.C.
• Justin Theroux, actor; born in D.C.
• Tony Todd, actor; born in D.C.
• Robin Weigert, actress; born in D.C.
• Kellie Shanygne Williams, actress; born in D.C.
• Robert Wisdom, actor; born in D.C.
• Jeffrey Wright, Tony Award-winning stage and film actor; born in D.C.

  Artists

• Richard Artschwager ; Minimalist and Pop artist; born in D.C.
• Robin Bell ; art projectionist; lives and works in D.C.
• F. Lennox Campello ; visual artist, critic and author; works in D.C.
• Allen 'Big Al' Carter ; painter; worked and taught art in D.C.
• Elizabeth Catlett ; sculptor; born in D.C.
• Will H. Chandlee ; painter and illustrator; born in D.C.
• Shanthi Chandrasekar, painter and sculptor; works out of D.C.
• Manon Cleary, painter and educator; lived in D.C.
• Rosetta DeBerardinis, visual artist; lives in D.C.
• Gene Davis ; painter; born in D.C.
• Victor Ekpuk, visual artist; lives in D.C.
• Joseph Craig English, printmaker; born in Washington, D.C.
• Catriona Fraser, photographer and art dealer; worked in Washington, DC
• Sam Gilliam ; painter; lives in D.C.
• Nan Goldin ; photographer; born in D.C.
• Patricia Goslee; painter, lives in Washington, D.C.
• Michael Janis ; glass artist; lives in D.C.
• Mark Jenkins street artist; lives in D.C.
• Wayson R. Jones, visual artist; works in D.C.
• Eugene J. Martin, visual artist; born in D.C.
• Nate Lewis, visual artist; works out of D.C.
• Morris Louis, painter; lived in D.C.
• Kevin MacDonald, painter; lived in D.C.
• Percy Martin, visual artist; lives in D.C.
• Benoit Maubrey, born in D.C.
• Alexa Meade, visual artist; born in D.C.
• Michael B. Platt, visual artist and art professor; lived and worked in D.C.
• Judith Peck, visual artist, works in D.C.
• Martin Puryear, sculptor; born in D.C.
• Amber Robles-Gordon, mixed media artist; lives in D.C.
• Paul Reed, painter; born in D.C.
• Joe Shannon, painter and educator; worked in D.C.
• Lou Stovall, printmaker; lives in D.C.
• Tim Tate, glass and video artist; born in D.C.
• Erwin Timmers, glass artist; lives in D.C.
• Bill Watterson, cartoonist; born in D.C.

  Athletes

• Kevyn Adams, hockey player; born in D.C.
• Dave Batista, professional wrestler, actor who portrayed Drax the Destroyer in four Marvel Studios films; born in Arlington, Virginia
• Elgin Baylor, former basketball player; born in D.C.
• Patrick Clark, professional wrestler; born in D.C.
• Adrian Dantley, former basketball player; born in D.C.
• Vernon Davis, football player; born in D.C.
• Kevin Durant, basketball player; born in D.C.
• Paul Goldstein, tennis player; born in D.C.
• Frank Jackson, basketball player; born in D.C.
• Byron Leftwich, football player; born in D.C.
• Tim Legler, former basketball player; born in D.C.
• Rollie Miles, former Canadian football player; born in D.C.
• Jonathan Ogden, football player; born in D.C.
• Pete Sampras, tennis player; born in D.C.
• Harold Solomon, former tennis player; born in D.C.
• James Tillman, Negro League Baseball player; born in D.C.
• Michael Weiss, figure skater; born in D.C.
• Delonte West, basketball player; born in D.C.
• Brian Westbrook, football player; born in D.C.
• Maury Wills, former baseball player; born in D.C.
• Willie Wood, former football player; born in D.C.
• Jerry Porter, former football player; born in D.C.

  Journalists

• Thomas Boswell, journalist born in D.C.
• John Dickerson, journalist; born in D.C.
• David Frum, journalist, currently newspaper writer of The Atlantic
• Austin H. Kiplinger, journalist and philanthropist; born in D.C.
• Frank Rich, newspaper columnist; born in D.C.
• Cal Thomas, newspaper columnist and author; born in D.C.

  Musicians

• Chuck Brown, musician
• Tim Buckley, musician; born in D.C.
• Jack Casady, musician ; born in D.C.
• Eva Cassidy, singer; born in D.C.
• Clones of Clones, indie-rock band
• Chris Cutler,, musician ; born in D.C.
• DJ Kool, rapper; born in D.C.
• Duke Ellington, jazz composer, pianist and bandleader; born in D.C.
• John Fahey, musician; born in D.C.
• Marty Friedman, musician; born in D.C.
• Danny Gatton, musician; born in D.C.
• Marvin Gaye, singer; born in D.C.
• Johnny Gill, singer; born in D.C.
• Ginuwine, singer; born in D.C.
• Goldlink, rapper; born in D.C.
• Dave Grohl, musician ; began career as drummer for D.C. area bands
• Ron Holloway, musician; ; born in D.C.
• Shirley Horn, singer; born in D.C.
• Lida Husik, musician; born in D.C.
• Jorma Kaukonen, musician ; born in D.C.
• Damian Kulash, musician ; born in D.C.
• Stacy Lattisaw, singer; born in D.C.
• Ian MacKaye musician ; born in D.C.
• Van McCoy, musician, songwriter and producer; born in D.C.
• Mýa, singer; born in D.C.
• Nonchalant, rapper; born in D.C.
• Nathan Pacheco, singer-songwriter
• Guy Picciotto,, musician ; born in D.C.
• Rob Sonic, rapper; born in D.C.
• Henry Rollins, singer-songwriter ; born in D.C.
• Tim Rose, singer-songwriter; born in D.C.
• Shy Glizzy, rapper; born in D.C.
• Kate Smith, singer; born in D.C.
• John Philip Sousa, composer; born in D.C.
• Billy Stewart, singer; born in D.C.
• Peter Tork, musician; born in D.C.
• Wale, rapper; born in D.C.

  Political figures

• Kenneth Bacon, Department of Defense spokesman; later served as president of Refugees International
• Jean Carnahan, former U.S. Senator from Missouri, born and raised in D.C.
• Mel Carnahan, former governor of Missouri, raised in D.C.
• John Foster Dulles, U.S. Secretary of State; born in D.C.
• Adrian Fenty, mayor of the District of Columbia, 2007–; born in D.C.
• Al Gore, U.S. Vice President; born in D.C.
• Tipper Gore, wife of former Vice President Al Gore; born in D.C.
• Sharon Pratt Kelly, mayor of the District of Columbia, 1991–1995; born in D.C.
• Ned Lamont, businessman and 89th Governor of Connecticut; born in D.C.
• Brian Sims, Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives; born in D.C.
• Walter Nathan Tobriner, Washington, D.C., government official; born in D.C.
• Paul Wellstone, U.S. Senator from Minnesota; born in D.C.

  Scientists

• Charles R. Drew, physician, medical researcher; born in D.C.
• Danielle Hairston, psychiatrist
• Michael Hendricks, psychologist, suicidologist, and advocate for the LGBT community; long-time resident of D.C.

  Television and radio

• Connie Chung, television journalist; born in D.C.
• Stephen Colbert, television host, comedian; born in D.C.
• Petey Greene, radio and TV talk show host; born in D.C.
• Tim Gunn, TV personality and fashion expert; born in D.C.
• Jim Henson, creator of the Muppets; lived in D.C. from 1948 until 1961.
• Fulton Lewis, radio and TV commentator; born in D.C.
• Bill Nye , television host, scientist, mechanical engineer; born in D.C.
• Maury Povich, television talk show host; born in D.C.
• Diane Rehm, radio talk show host; born in D.C.
• Tom Williamson, actor from The Fosters; born in D.C.

  Writers

• Edward Albee, playwright; born in D.C.
• Alida Anderson, Arts researcher, author and professor at American University; born in D.C.
• Ann Beattie, short story writer and novelist; born in D.C.
• Tracy Chevalier, novelist; born in D.C.
• Jonathan Safran Foer, writer; born in D.C.
• Mary Downing Hahn, author; born in D.C.
• Edward P. Jones, author; raised in D.C.
• George Pelecanos, author of detective fiction; born in D.C.
• Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, writer; born in D.C.
• Paula Vogel, playwright; born in D.C.

  Miscellaneous

• Pat Buchanan, author, syndicated columnist, television commentator; born in D.C.
• Julie Nixon Eisenhower, daughter of President Richard Nixon; born in D.C.
• Andrew Fastow, chief financial officer of Enron Corporation; born in D.C.
• Susan Ford, photojournalist and chairman of the Betty Ford Center; born in D.C.
• Shauntay Hinton, Miss USA 2002
• J. Edgar Hoover, former FBI director; born in D.C.
• Charlene Drew Jarvis, educator and president of Southeastern University; born in D.C.
• Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., environmental lawyer and radio talk host; born in D.C.
• J.W. Marriott, Jr., chairman and CEO of Marriott International; born in D.C.
• Katie Martin, ecofriendly special event planner
• Clarence Moore , businessman; D.C. resident from 1890
• Queen Noor of Jordan ; born in D.C.
• Buster Olney ; sports columnist
• David Simon, author, journalist; born in D.C.
• Ben Stein, actor, author, economist, former political speechwriter; born in D.C.; raised in Maryland