The following are some notable people from the American state of Maryland, listed by their field of endeavor. This list may not include Federal officials and members of the United States Congress who live in Maryland but are not actual natives.
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, 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
Philip Barton Key, U.S. representative and U.S. district judge
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
David Nolan, activist and politician
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, Director of the National Economic Council under President Barack Obama
Dawn Zimmer, mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey
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 (Washington, D.C.)
Jackson C. Gott, architect of Charles Theatre (Baltimore)
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 (Baltimore)
Bruce Price
Howard Van Doren Shaw (died in Baltimore)
Gideon Shryock
Mathias Shryock (born in Frederick, Maryland)
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, former neurosurgeon, politician, and 2016 presidential candidate
Rachel Carson, environmentalist
Robert Curbeam, astronaut, engineer, and US naval 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
Edmund McIlhenny, inventor of Tabasco brand pepper sauce
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
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
James Alexander Henshall, author
Karen Hesse, author
Zora Neale Hurston, author
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
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
Bernard Addison, jazz guitarist
Scott Ambush, jazz bassist
Tori Amos, singer/songwriter
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
Deakin (Joshua Dibb), 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
Danny Gatton, guitarist
Geologist (Brian Weltz), 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
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
Christina Milian, singer, songwriter, actress, dancer
Jason C. Miller, singer-songwriter
Mýa, singer/songwriter and dancer
Ric Ocasek, former frontman of The Cars
Panda Bear (Noah Lennox), 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
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 (David Portner), 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
Lewis Black, comedian, actor
Wolfgang Bodison, actor
Edwin Booth, actor
John Wilkes Booth, actor
Julie Bowen, actress
Tamar Braxton, actress, television personality, and musician (The Real, Dancing with the Stars)
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 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
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
Elden Henson, actor
Taraji P. Henson, actress
Russell Hicks, actor
Brendan Hines, actor, singer
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
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, comedian, actress
Tracie Thoms, actress
Gil Wadsworth, producer
Barbara Walsh, actress
Jonathan Ward, actor
John Waters, filmmaker
Matthew Weiner, writer, director and producer
Montel Williams, TV personality
Frank Zappa, musician, composer
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
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
Steve Clevenger, baseball player
Colin Cloherty, football player
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
Juan Dixon, basketball player
Joey Dorsey, basketball player
John Dorsey, football player, general manager
Kevin Durant, basketball player
James Ellsworth, professional wrestler
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
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
Cyrus Kouandjio, football player
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
Debbie Meyer, competition swimmer
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
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
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
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
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
Steve Bisciotti, majority owner of the Baltimore Ravens
Timothy Creamer, NASA astronaut, U.S. Army Colonel
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
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
Seth Klarman, billionaire, founder of The Baupost Group
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
Jim Rogers, businessman, investor, author
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
Paula White, international Christian evangelist and teacher
Bill Wilson, head of Americans for Limited Government
Leo Wolman, economist
George Young, NFL executive
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