List of people from Baltimore

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

Contents: 

• Top
• 0–9
• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• X
• Y
• Z

A

• Horace Abbott (1806–1887), born in Sudbury, Massachusetts, moved to Baltimore in 1836, iron manufacturer, supplied the armor for USS Monitor
• Arunah Shepherdson Abell (1806–1888), born in East Providence, Rhode Island, founder of the Baltimore Sun[1]
• David T. Abercrombie (1867–1931), born in and raised in Baltimore, founder of Abercrombie & Fitch
• Don Abney (1923–2000), jazz pianist
• Rosalie Silber Abrams (1916–2009), first female and Jewish majority leader in Maryland State Senate[2]
• Henry Adams (1858 Germany – 1929 Baltimore), prominent mechanical engineer, co-founder of ASHVE
• Otto Eugene Adams (1889–1968), architect
• Charles Adler, Jr. (1899–1980), inventor
• Larry Adler (1914–2001), harmonica player
• Spiro T. Agnew (1918–1996), born in Baltimore County; Governor of Maryland and Vice-President of the United States under Richard Nixon
• Felix Agnus (1839–1925), Union Army general, editor and publisher of Baltimore American newspaper, buried under Black Aggie[3]
• John W. Albaugh (1837–1909), actor
• Franklin A. Alberger (1825–1877), Mayor of Buffalo, New York
• William Albert (1816–1879), U.S. Representative, born in Baltimore
• Grant Aleksander (born 1959), actor
• John Aler (born 1949), lyric tenor
• Hattie Alexander (1901–1968), pediatrician and microbiologist
• Robert Alexander (1863–1941), World War I general, commander of 77th Infantry Division
• All Time Low, pop punk band formed in Baltimore by Jack Barakat, Rian Dawson, Alex Gaskarth, and Zack Merrick
• Yari Allnutt (born 1970), soccer player
• Cecilia Altonaga (born 1962), judge of United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
• Rafael Alvarez (born 1958), journalist
• John Patrick Amedori (born 1987), actor
• Tori Amos (born 1963), born in North Carolina, grew up in Baltimore; singer, songwriter and pianist
• Adrian Amos (born 1993), safety for the Green Bay Packers
• William H. Amoss (born 1936), politician, former Maryland State Senator
• Charles W. Anderson, awarded Medal of Honor
• Curt Anderson (born 1949), politician, broadcast journalist, member of Maryland House of Delegates
• Mignon Anderson (1892–1983), silent film actress
• Richard Snowden Andrews (1830–1903), architect, Confederate officer
• Peter Angelos (born 1929), born in Pittsburgh, attorney, owner of the Baltimore Orioles
• Carmelo Anthony (born 1984), born in New York, grew up in Baltimore; professional basketball player formerly for the Oklahoma City Thunder, New York Knicks, Denver Nuggets, and Houston Rockets
• George Armistead (1780–1818), born in Virginia, Commander of Fort McHenry during the Battle of Baltimore
• Lewis Addison Armistead (1817–1863), born in North Carolina, Confederate general mortally wounded at Gettysburg, buried in Baltimore
• Annie Armstrong (1850–1938), Baptist missionary
• Bess Armstrong (born 1953), actress
• John S. Arnick (born 1933), politician, former member of the Maryland House of Delegates
• Howard Ashman (1950–1991), Academy Award-winning lyricist (The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Little Shop of Horrors)
• John Astin (born 1930), TV and film actor, Gomez Addams on The Addams Family television series
• Lisa Aukland (born 1957), professional bodybuilder and powerlifter
• Robert Austrian (1916–2007), physician, medical researcher, winner of Albert Lasker Clinical Medical Research Award
• Tavon Austin (born 1991), wide receiver for Dallas Cowboys
• Flo Ayres (born 1923), nationally known radio actress
• Leah Ayres (born 1957), actress

B

• David Bachrach (1845–1921), lived in Baltimore, photographer, took only known photo of Lincoln giving the Gettysburg Address; uncle to Gertrude Stein
• Penn Badgley (born 1986), born in Baltimore, actor, Dan Humphrey from Gossip Girl
• Russell Baker (1925–2019), raised in Baltimore, writer, political columnist for The New York Times
• Virginia S. Baker (1921–1998), nicknamed "Baltimore's First Lady of Fun", the Patterson Park Recreation Center in Baltimore City is named in her honor[4]
• Florence E. Bamberger (1882–1965), American pedagogue, school supervisor, and progressive education advocate[5]
• Louis Bamberger (1855–1944), businessman, department store owner, and philanthropist
• Joshua Barney (1759–1818), commodore in U.S. Navy
• John Barth (born 1930), author
• Gary Bartz (born 1940), jazz saxophonist
• Bernadette Bascom (born 1962), R&B singer
• Robbie Basho (1940–1986), guitarist and singer
• Marty Bass, WJZ-TV weatherman
• Sylvia Beach (1887–1962), owned Shakespeare and Company, key bookstore for expatriates in Paris
• Madison Smartt Bell (born 1957), novelist and professor at Goucher College
• 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
• Nili Block (born 1995), Israeli world champion kickboxer and Muay Thai fighter
• Clarence W. Blount (1921–2003), Maryland State Senate
• A. Aubrey Bodine (1906–1970), photojournalist for The Baltimore Sun
• Tyrone "Muggsy" Bogues (born 1965), professional basketball player
• John R. Bolton (born 1958), National Security Advisor of the United States, former United States Ambassador to the United Nations
• Charles Joseph Bonaparte (1851–1921), U.S. Attorney General, Secretary of the Navy, relative of Napoleon
• Keith Booth (born 1974), Maryland Terrapins assistant coach, former Chicago Bulls player
• William S. Booze (1862–1933), former U.S. Congressman for Maryland's 3rd District
• Julie Bowen (Julie Bowen Luetkemeyer; born 1970), film and TV actress, star of Modern Family
• Ryan Boyle (born 1981), MLL and NLL lacrosse player, graduate of the Gilman School
• 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; attended Morgan State University in Baltimore
• James M. Buchanan (1803–1876), Judge and U.S. Ambassador to Denmark
• Robert C. Buchanan (1811–1878), Union army general
• Tony Bunn (born 1957), jazz bassist, composer, producer
• Elise Burgin (born 1962), tennis player
• Elizabeth Burmaster (born 1954), Superintendent of Public Instruction of Wisconsin
• Beverly Lynn Burns (born 1949), became first woman Boeing 747 airline captain on July 18, 1984
• David Byrne (born 1952), songwriter for new wave band Talking Heads, grew up in Baltimore County

C

• Cab Calloway (1907–1994), jazz singer and bandleader, raised in Baltimore
• Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore (1605–1675), proprietary governor
• Leonard Calvert (1606–1647), first governor of Province of Maryland
• Nick Campofreda (1914–1959), NFL player
• Ben Cardin (born 1943), member of United States Senate and former member of United States House of Representatives
• Meyer Cardin (1907–2005), Democratic state delegate (1936–38), former Judge Baltimore City Supreme Bench[6]
• John Carroll (1735–1815), first Roman Catholic archbishop in U.S.
• Ben Carson (born 1951), born and raised in Detroit, Michigan; United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; noted neurosurgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital
• Hetty Cary (1836–1892), maker of one of first three battle flags of the Confederacy
• Sam Cassell (born 1969), professional basketball player and coach
• Brett Cecil (born 1986), Major League Baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals
• Dennis Chambers (born 1959), drummer (P-Funk All Stars, Steely Dan)
• Norman "Chubby" Chaney (1914–1936), short-lived child actor, Our Gang
• Josh Charles (born 1971), actor, Sports Night, The Good Wife, Dead Poets Society
• Charley Chase (Parrott) (1893–1940), silent and sound film comedian, director
• Samuel Chase (1741–1811), signer of Declaration of Independence and US Supreme Court judge
• Robert F. Chew (1960–2013), actor, The Wire
• John Christ (born 1965), rock musician, Danzig classic lineup guitarist
• Tom Clancy (1947–2013), author of The Hunt for Red October and many other novels, several of which were made into motion pictures
• Martha Clarke (born 1944), modern choreographer
• Mary Pat Clarke (born 1941), Baltimore City Council
• Kevin Clash (born 1960), puppeteer best known for portrayal of Elmo on Sesame Street
• Charles Pearce Coady (1868–1934), U.S. Congressman (D) for Maryland's 3rd District, 1913–1921
• Ta-Nehisi Coates (born 1975), MacArthur Fellow and National Book Award winning author of Between the World and Me
• Andy Cohen (1904–1988), Major League Baseball second baseman and coach
• Claribel Cone (1864–1929), with sister Etta, collected art of Matisse, Picasso, and Van Gogh
• Hans Conried (1917–1982), comic character actor and voice actor
• Kenny Cooper (born 1984), professional soccer player for TSV 1860 Munich in 2. Bundesliga
• Miriam Cooper (1891–1976), silent film actress, co-starred in Birth of a Nation
• Nathan Corbett (born 1992), actor (The Wire, Half Nelson)
• Martha Coston (1826–1904), inventor and businesswoman
• Thomas Cromwell Corner (1865–1938), portrait artist
• Elijah E. Cummings (1951–2019), U.S. Congressman (D) for Maryland's 7th District
• Ida R. Cummings (1867–1958), Baltimore's first black Kindergarten teacher
• Harvey Cushing (1869–1939), pioneer neurosurgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital

D

• Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr. (1903–1987), Mayor of Baltimore, U.S. Representative, father of Nancy Pelosi
• Brian Dannelly, director (Saved!, Weeds, United States of Tara)
• Clay Davenport, sabermetrician and computer programmer for NOAA
• Gervonta Davis (born 1994), boxer
• Henrietta Vinton Davis (1860–1941), elocutionist, dramatist, and impersonator
• Angela Dawson, community activist murdered at age 36 along with her family in 2002
• Dan Deacon (born 1981), electronic musician
• Buddy Deane (1924–2003), disc jockey, host of TV dance show that inspired the movie Hairspray.
• Olive Dennis (1885–1957), railroad engineer
• Divine (1945–1988), drag queen persona of Glen Milstead, actor and singer
• Juan Dixon (born 1978), basketball player at University of Maryland, College Park and pro ranks
• Sheila Dixon (born 1951), first female mayor of Baltimore
• Stephen Dixon (born 1936), author
• Mary Dobkin (1902–1987), baseball coach
• Fitzhugh Dodson (1923–1993), American clinical psychologist, lecturer, educator and author
• John Doe (musician) (born 1953), guitarist for the band X
• James Lowry Donaldson (1814–1885), Union army general
• Henry Grattan Donnelly (1850–1931), author and playwright
• Art Donovan (1924–2013), Baltimore Colts, Pro Football Hall of Famer
• Joey Dorsey (born 1983), professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets
• Frederick Douglass (1818–1895), abolitionist, statesman, orator, editor, author, prominent figure in African American history
• Ronnie Dove (born 1935), pop and country singer who had a string of 21 hits on Billboard from 1964 to 1969
• Dru Hill, R&B singing group
• W.E.B. Du Bois (1868–1963), founder of the NAACP, lived in Baltimore 1939–1950
• Mildred Dunnock (1901–1991), Oscar-nominated theater, film and television actress
• Ferdinand Durang (c. 1785–1831), actor, best known as the first person to sing publicly Francis Scott Key's "The Star-Spangled Banner"
• Adam Duritz (born 1964), singer with Counting Crows
• Charles S. Dutton (born 1951), actor

E

• Joni Eareckson Tada (born 1949), Christian author and singer
• Robert Ehrlich (born 1957), former U.S. Congressman, 60th Governor of Maryland
• Milton S. Eisenhower (1899–1985), president of Johns Hopkins University 1956–1967
• Louis E. Eliasberg (1896–1976), financier and numismatist known for assembling the only complete collection of U.S. coins ever
• Cass Elliot (1941–1974), born Ellen Naomi Cohen, singer, member of The Mamas & the Papas
• Donald B. Elliott (born 1931), member of Maryland House of Delegates
• James Ellsworth (born 1984), professional wrestler
• Joan Erbe (born 1926), painter and sculptor
• Cal Ermer (1923–2008), Minnesota Twins manager
• Ellery Eskelin (born 1959), jazz saxophonist, raised in Baltimore
• Damon Evans (born 1949), actor best known as the second to portray Lionel Jefferson on the CBS sitcom The Jeffersons

F

• Diane Fanning, true crime author and novelist
• Anna Faris (born 1976), actress, notably for Scary Movie, born but not raised in Baltimore
• Walter Fillmore (1933–2017), U.S. Brigadier General, United States Marine Corps
• Steven Fischer (born 1972), film producer, two-time Emmy Award nominee, raised in northeast Baltimore City
• George Fisher (born 1970), vocalist for death metal band Cannibal Corpse
• F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940), author; lived late in life in Baltimore, buried in Rockville
• Paul Ford (1901–1976), actor, notably for The Phil Silvers Show and The Music Man
• Jane Frank (1918–1986), abstract expressionist artist, painter, sculptor, mixed media and textile artist, pupil of Hans Hofmann
• George A Frederick (1842–1924), architect of Baltimore City Hall
• Antonio Freeman (born 1972), football wide receiver, most notably for Green Bay Packers
• Mona Freeman (born 1926), actress, notably for Black Beauty in 1946
• William H. French (1815–1881), Union army general
• John Friedberg (born 1961), Olympic fencer
• Paul Friedberg (born 1959), Olympic fencer
• Bill Frisell (born 1951), jazz guitarist and composer

G

• Joe Gans (1874–1910), lightweight boxing champion
• John Work Garrett (1820–1884), banker, philanthropist, and president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O)
• Mary Garrett (1854–1915), suffragist and philanthropist
• Alex Gaskarth (born 1987), singer for rock band All Time Low
• Lee Gatch (1902–1968), abstract artist
• Rudy Gay (born 1986), basketball player for University of Connecticut and NBA's Memphis Grizzlies, Sacramento Kings, Toronto Raptors, and San Antonio Spurs
• Herb Gerwig (born 1931), professional wrestler of the 1960s and 1970s known as Killer Karl Kox
• James Gibbons (1834–1921), cardinal, 9th Roman Catholic Archbishop of Baltimore
• Garretson W. Gibson (1832–1910), President of Liberia 1900–1904
• Horatio Gates Gibson (1827–1924), Union Army general
• Adam Gidwitz (born 1982), children's book author
• Duane Gill (born 1953), former WWE Wrestler (as Gillberg) who resides in Severn, Maryland
• Anita Gillette (born 1936), actress and game show personality
• Dondre Gilliam (born 1977), football player
• Ira Glass (born 1959), radio personality; host of This American Life, distributed by Public Radio International; cousin of Philip Glass
• Philip Glass (born 1937), minimalist composer
• Jacob Glushakow (1914–2000), painter
• Duff Goldman (born 1974), food artist, cake baker, television personality
• Tamir Goodman (born 1982), basketball player
• Jaimy Gordon (born 1944), author, winner of National Book Award for Fiction
• Brian Gottfried (born 1952), tennis player, reached Nº3 in the world in 1977
• Elmer Greensfelder (1892–1966), playwright

H

• Virginia Hall (1906–1982), OSS agent[7]
• Edith Hamilton (1867–1963), "the greatest woman Classicist"
• Elaine Hamilton-O'Neal (born 1920), artist, born in Catonsville near Baltimore; graduated from Baltimore's Maryland Institute College of Art
• Louis Hamman (1877–1946), physician and namesake of Hamman's sign, Hamman's syndrome and Hamman-Rich syndrome
• Mary Hamman (1907–1984), writer and editor, daughter of Louis Hamman
• Dashiell Hammett (1894–1961), detective writer of Maltese Falcon, born in Maryland and worked as a detective in Baltimore
• Steve Handelsman (born 1948), journalist
• Frances Harper (1825–1911), Abolitionist leader
• Elaine D. Harmon (1919–2015), American aviator
• Ken Harris (born 1963), City Councilman
• David Hasselhoff (born 1952), actor
• Marcus Hatten (born 1980), basketball player
• Emily Spencer Hayden (1869–1949), photographer
• Raymond V. Haysbert (1920–2010), business executive and civil rights leader
• Maya Hayuk (born 1969), fine artist and muralist
• Mo'Nique Hicks (born 1967), comedian, television and film actress from Woodlawn, Maryland
• Alger Hiss (1904–1996), State Department official, accused of being a Soviet spy and convicted of perjury
• Katie Hoff (born 1989), Olympic medalist swimmer and multiple World Aquatics Championships gold medalist; lives in Baltimore
• Larry Holden (1961–2011), character actor, independent film maker, including Insomnia, Batman Begins, and Memento
• Billie Holiday (1915–1959), born Eleanora Fagan Gough, jazz singer
• Sidney Hollander (1881–1972), humanitarian and civil and political rights activist
• Henry Holt (1840–1926), publisher, founded Henry Holt & Company in 1873
• Johns Hopkins (1795–1873), Quaker businessman, abolitionist and philanthropist whose bequest established Johns Hopkins University
• John Eager Howard (1752–1827), soldier, Governor of Maryland, namesake of Howard County, Maryland
• William Henry Howell (1860–1945), physiologist who pioneered the use of heparin as a blood anti-coagulant
• Christopher Hughes (1786–1849), diplomat
• Sarah T. Hughes (1896–1985), federal judge who swore in Lyndon B. Johnson aboard Air Force One after the Kennedy assassination

I

• Joseph Iglehart (1891–1979), financier

J

• Lillie Mae Carroll Jackson (1889–1975), pioneer civil rights activist, organizer of Baltimore branch of NAACP
• Harry Jeffra (born 1914), professional boxer, world bantamweight champion
• Bryant Johnson (born 1981), professional football player with San Francisco 49ers
• Delano Johnson (born 1988), football player
• Natalie Joy Johnson (born 1978), film and stage actress, singer and dancer
• LaKisha Jones (born 1980), singer
• Thomas David Jones (born 1955), astronaut with doctorate in planetary science
• Brian Jordan (born 1967), Major League Baseball player, briefly a pro footballer
• JPEGMafia (born 1989), music producer, experimental hip hop artist

K

• David Kairys (born 1943), Professor of Law at Temple University School of Law
• Al Kaline (1934–2020), Major League Baseball player for Detroit Tigers; Hall of Famer, never played in minor leagues
• John Kassir (born 1957), actor, voice of Crypt Keeper in TV's Tales from the Crypt
• David Katz (1993–2018), Jacksonville Landing shooter
• Chris Keating (born 1982), lead singer and songwriter for band Yeasayer[8]
• William Henry Keeler (1931–2017), Archbishop Emeritus of Baltimore and Cardinal of Roman Catholic Church
• Stacy Keibler (born 1979), actress, former professional wrestler for WWE
• Thomas Kelso (Ireland 1784–1878), wealthy merchant, founder of Kelso Home, philanthropist[9]
• John Pendleton Kennedy (1795–1870), U.S. Secretary of the Navy, Congressman, speaker of Maryland General Assembly, author, led effort to end slavery in Maryland
• James Lawrence Kernan (1838–1912), Yiddish theater manager and philanthropist
• Stu Kerr (1928–1994), television personality and weatherman
• Ernest Keyser (1876–1959), sculptor
• Greg Kihn (born 1950), pop musician
• J. William Kime (1934–2006), Commandant of U.S. Coast Guard, 1990–1994
• D.King (born 1989), rapper
• Mel Kiper, Jr. (born 1960), football analyst
• Benjamin Klasmer (1891–1949), musician
• Jim Knipple (born 1977), professional stage director
• Adam Kolarek (born 1989), MLB pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays
• Jeff Koons (born 1955), artist and sculptor, graduate of Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore
• K-Swift (1978–2008), born Khia Edgerton, club/radio DJ, producer, radio personality at WERQ
• Ruth Krauss (1901–1993), author of children's books
• Steve Krulevitz (born 1951), American-Israeli tennis player

L

• Henrietta Lacks (1920–1951), namesake of HeLa cell line
• Mary Lange (ca. 1784 – 1882), foundress of the Oblate Sisters of Providence and a school for free black children
• Bucky Lasek (born 1972), pro skateboarder
• Maysa Leak (born 1966), jazz singer
• Jerry Leiber (1933–2011), lyricist ("Hound Dog", "Stand by Me", "Poison Ivy", "Is That All There Is?", "Kansas City")
• Noah Lennox (born 1978), known as Panda Bear, sings and plays drums and electronics in band Animal Collective
• Ivan Leshinsky (born 1947), American-Israeli basketball player
• Barry Levinson (born 1942), screenwriter, Academy Award-winning film director, producer of film and television
• Kevin Levrone (born 1968), IFBB professional bodybuilder, musician, actor and health club owner
• Hank Levy (1927–2001), jazz composer, founder of Towson University's jazz program
• Reggie Lewis (1965–1993), professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics
• Reginald F. Lewis (1942–1993), businessman
• Kevin Liles (born 1968), record executive; former president of Def Jam Recordings and vice president of The Island Def Jam Music Group
• Eli Lilly (1838–1898), soldier, pharmaceutical chemist, industrialist, entrepreneur, founder of Eli Lilly and Company
• Laura Lippman (born 1959), author of detective fiction
• Alan Lloyd (1943–1986), composer, born in Baltimore[10]
• Walter Lord (1917–2002), non-fiction author
• Los (born 1982), real name Carlos Coleman, rapper
• Morris Louis (1912–1962), abstract expressionist painter
• G. E. Lowman (1897–1965), clergyman and radio evangelist
• Katharine Lucke (1875–1962), organist and composer
• Edmund C. Lynch (1885–1938), business leader graduate of Boys' Latin, Johns Hopkins and co-founder of Merrill Lynch & Co.

M

• Marvin Mandel (1920–2015), former Governor of Maryland, assumed office upon resignation of Spiro Agnew
• Ann Manley (born c. 1828), brothel proprietor
• William C. March (1923–2002), African American entrepreneur; founder of March Funeral Homes in Baltimore, the largest African American funeral services company in the U.S.
• Mario (born 1986), born Mario Dewar Barrett, singer, grew up in Gwynn Oak, Maryland in Baltimore County
• Todd Marks (born 1976), local businessman and entrepreneur
• Thurgood Marshall (1908–1993), first African American U.S. Supreme Court Justice
• Joseph Maskell (1939–2001), Catholic priest accused of sexual abuse[11]
• Nancy Mowll Mathews (born 1947), art historian, curator, and author
• Aaron Maybin (born 1988), football player for Buffalo Bills, picked in 2009 NFL Draft
• Ernest G. McCauley (1889–1969), aviation pioneer
• Angel McCoughtry (born 1986), basketball player; first overall pick in 2009 WNBA Draft by Atlanta Dream
• Jim McKay (James Kenneth McManus, 1921–2008), television sports journalist, Olympic and Wide World of Sports host
• Theodore R. McKeldin (1900–1974), Governor of Maryland
• H.L. Mencken (1880–1956), journalist and social critic known as "the Sage of Baltimore"
• Ottmar Mergenthaler (1854–1899), inventor of Linotype machine that revolutionized the art of printing
• Kweisi Mfume (born 1948), former CEO of NAACP and U.S. Congressman
• Barbara Mikulski (born 1936), U.S. Senator
• Isaiah Miles (born 1994), basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Jamie Miller (born c. 1975), musician, drummer for Bad Religion
• Steve Miller (born 1950), author of science-fiction stories and novels
• Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. (1911–1984), civil rights leader
• Keiffer J. Mitchell, Jr. (born 1967), Baltimore City Council, grandson of civil rights leader Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr.
• Parren Mitchell (1922–2007), 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, I've Got a Secret
• Lenny Moore (born 1933), running back, Baltimore Colts, member of Pro Football Hall of Fame
• Phil Moore (born 1961), host of Nick Arcade[12]
• Bessie Moses (1893–1965), gynecologist, obstetrician and birth control advocate
• Sean Mosley (born 1989), basketball player for Hapoel Tel Aviv B.C. of Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Robert Murray (1822–1913), Surgeon General of the United States Army[13]
• Max Muscle (born 1963), born John Czawlytko, professional wrestler known for appearances in WCW in 1990s
• Clarence Muse (1889–1979), actor

N

• Anita Nall (born 1976), Olympic gold medalist swimmer
• Ogden Nash (1902–1971), iconic poet and humorist
• Mildred Natwick (1905–1994), stage, film and television actress
• Gary Neal (born 1984), professional basketball player
• John Needles (1786–1878), Quaker abolitionist, master craftsman of fine furniture
• James Crawford Neilson (1816–1900), architect
• Jeff Nelson (born 1966), professional baseball player, middle relief pitcher
• Harry Nice (1877–1941), 50th Governor of Maryland
• Joe Nice (born c. 1976), dubstep DJ, moved to Baltimore from Southampton at the age of two
• Brian Nichols, (born 1971), known for 2005 killing spree
• Edward Norton (born 1969), actor, 3-time Academy Award nominee
• Brandon Novak (born 1978), skateboarder and member of Viva La Bam

O

• Ric Ocasek (1949–2019), vocalist and frontman for The Cars
• Madalyn Murray O'Hair (1919–1995), activist
• Frank O'Hara (1926–1966), poet
• Martin O'Malley (born 1963), born in Washington, D.C., Mayor of Baltimore, 61st Governor of Maryland
• Elaine Hamilton-O'Neal (1920–2010), painter
• Ken Ono (born 1968), mathematician, grew up in Towson
• Dorothea Orem (1914–2007), nursing theorist, creator of self-care deficit nursing theory

P

• William Paca (1740–1799), signatory to Declaration of Independence; Governor of Maryland
• Tim Page (born 1954), winner of Pulitzer Prize for Criticism; biographer of Dawn Powell
• Jim Palmer (born 1945), born in New York, Baseball Hall of Fame starting pitcher for Baltimore Orioles 1965–84
• James A. Parker (1922–1994), African-American foreign service officer for the U.S. Department of State
• Nicole Ari Parker (born 1971), actress
• Bob Parsons (born 1950), entrepreneur; founder and CEO of Go Daddy
• Travis Pastrana (born 1983), freestyle motocross, x-treme sports professional, spokesman for Red Bull
• Bernard H. Paul (1907–2005), puppeteer known for local television show Paul's Puppets
• Randy Pausch (1960–2008), former professor of computer science, human–computer interaction, and design at Carnegie Mellon University
• Felicia Pearson (born 1980), actress, community volunteer, and convicted drug dealer nicknamed "Snoop", who played the eponymous character (Snoop Pearson) on The Wire
• Nancy Pelosi (born 1940), U.S. Representative from California since 1987, Speaker of the House
• Clarence M. Pendleton, Jr. (1930–1988), chairman of U.S. Commission on Civil Rights from 1981 until death in 1988; worked in Model Cities Program in Baltimore, 1968–1970[14]
• Vincent Pettway (born 1965), boxer, light middleweight boxing champion
• Michael Phelps (born 1985), swimmer from Baltimore County, multiple world-record holder, winner of more gold medals (23) and total medals (28) than any other Olympian
• Tom Phoebus (born 1942), MLB pitcher
• Jada Pinkett Smith (born 1971), actress and singer
• Greg Plitt (1977–2015), fitness model and actor
• Art Poe, member of College Football Hall of Fame
• Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849), iconic poet, short story writer, editor and critic
• Edgar Allan Poe (1871–1961), Attorney General of Maryland, 1911–1915
• Gresham Poe, football 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, soldier of fortune
• Jack Pollack (1899–1977), politician and criminal
• Gordon Porterfield, playwright, actor, poet and educator
• David Portner (born 1979), musician and lead singer of experimental avant-garde artpop band Animal Collective
• Parker Posey (born 1968), actress, known for Dazed and Confused, Waiting for Guffman, Scream 3, Best in Show
• Emily Post (1872–1960), author of etiquette books
• Walter de Curzon Poultney (1845–1929), art collector and socialite
• Boog Powell (born 1941), born in Florida, baseball player for Orioles and Baltimore restaurant owner
• Enoch Pratt (1808–1896), businessman and philanthropist; founded Enoch Pratt Free Library, one of oldest free public libraries in U.S.
• Thomas Rowe Price, Jr. (1898–1983), businessman, founder of Baltimore-based investment counsel firm T. Rowe Price
• Helen Dodson Prince (1905–2002), astronomer who pioneered work in solar flares
• Rain Pryor (born 1969), actress
• Greg Puciato (born 1980), musician, singer, author

Q

• Robin Quivers (born 1952), sidekick of TV and radio personality Howard Stern

R

• Hasim Rahman (born 1972), boxer, former World Heavyweight Champion
• Jane Randall, contestant on America's Next Top Model, Cycle 15, and an IMG model
• James Ransone (born 1979), actor, The Wire, Sinister, adult Eddie Kaspbrak from It Chapter Two
• John Rawls (1921–2002), professor of political philosophy at Harvard, author
• Sam Ray (born 1991), musician, EDM project Ricky Eat Acid, and founder of band American Pleasure Club, formerly known as Teen Suicide
• Lance Reddick, actor, Col. Cedric Daniels from The Wire
• Chris Renaud (born 1966), animator and illustrator; co-director of The Lorax and Despicable Me; voice of many Minions
• Hilary Rhoda (born 1987), fashion model
• Adrienne Rich (1929–2012), poet, writer, teacher, and feminist
• Charles Carnan Ridgely (1760–1829), 15th Governor of Maryland
• Billy Ripken (born 1964), born in Havre de Grace, Maryland, second baseman for Baltimore Orioles
• Cal Ripken, Jr. (born 1960), born in Havre de Grace, infielder for Baltimore Orioles, member of Hall of Fame
• Cal Ripken, Sr. (1935–1999), coach and manager of Baltimore Orioles
• Brooks Robinson (born 1937), born Little Rock, Arkansas, third baseman for Baltimore Orioles 1955–77, member of Hall of Fame
• Frank Robinson (born 1935), born in Beaumont, Texas, outfielder for Baltimore Orioles, member of Hall of Fame
• Martin Rodbell (1925–1998), biochemist and molecular endocrinologist; won 1994 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• Josh Roenicke, baseball player in Cincinnati Reds organization
• Eddie Rommel (1897–1970), Major League Baseball pitcher and umpire
• Adeke Rose, poet, psychoanalyst and teacher[15]
• Carroll Rosenbloom (1907–1979), owner of Baltimore Colts and Los Angeles Rams
• Axl Rotten (born 1971), professional wrestler
• Francis Peyton Rous (1879–1970), pathologist who won Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• 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 Discovery Channel program Dirty Jobs
• Ruckus, born Claude Marrow, Professional wrestler
• Ruff Endz, R&B duo consisting of members David "Davinch" Chance and Dante "Chi" Jordan from Baltimore; best known for songs "No More" and "Someone to Love You"
• Mike Ruocco (born 1983), singer-songwriter of bands Plunge and Cinder Road; bassist of SR-71
• Dutch Ruppersberger (born 1946), U.S. Congressman (D)
• Harry W. Rusk, U.S. Congressman (D) for Maryland's 3rd District, 1886–1897
• Elizabeth Lownes Rust (1835–1899), philanthropist, humanitarian, Christian missionary
• Babe Ruth (1895–1948), iconic baseball player for New York Yankees, member of Baseball Hall of Fame
• Rye Rye (born 1990), real name Ryeisha Berrain, dancer and rapper

S

• Pat Sajak (born 1946), television personality, Wheel of Fortune host; resides in Maryland
• Al Sanders (1941–1995), TV news anchor WJZ-TV; died in Baltimore
• Paul Sarbanes (born 1933), born in Salisbury, Maryland, former member of Maryland House of Delegates from Baltimore, U.S. Congressman, U.S. Senator
• William Donald Schaefer (1921–2011), Mayor of Baltimore, 58th Governor of Maryland, and 32nd Comptroller of Maryland
• Jason Schappert (born 1988), aviator, born in Baltimore
• Kurt L. Schmoke (born 1949), former Mayor of Baltimore, current president of the University of Baltimore
• Gina Schock (born 1957), rock drummer The Go Go's, songwriter and actress
• Dwight Schultz (born 1947), actor, played H.M. Murdock in The A-Team series and Lt. Reginald Barclay in Star Trek: The Next Generation
• Josh Selby (born 1991), pro basketball player, former No. 1 high school prospect in U.S. according to Rivals.com
• Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774–1821), established schools, founded first U.S. religious community of apostolic women, Sisters of Charity (Archdiocese of Baltimore)
• Tupac Shakur (1971–1996), hip hop performer and rapper, lived on Greenmount Ave in East Baltimore for two years
• Karl Shapiro (1913–2000), U.S. Poet Laureate 1946–47, born in Baltimore
• Richard Sher (born 1941), WJZ-TV newscaster, Oprah Winfrey co-host
• Daniel Shiffman (born 1973), programmer, member of the Board of Directors of the Processing Foundation, Associate Arts Professor
• Pam Shriver (born 1962), professional tennis player and broadcaster
• Sargent Shriver (1915–2011), born in Westminster, Maryland, politician, activist, driving force behind creation of Peace Corps
• Eli Siegel (1902–1978), poet, critic, founder of philosophy of Aesthetic Realism
• Jeff Siegel (born 1970), musician, writer, investment analyst and renewable energy expert; coined the phrase "green chip stocks"
• Hubert Simmons (1924–2009), Negro league baseball pitcher for the Baltimore Elite Giants
• David Simon (born 1960), journalist for The Baltimore Sun, author, television writer, producer, creator of The Wire
• Bessie Wallis Warfield Simpson (1896–1986), Duchess of Windsor
• Upton Sinclair (1878–1968), author of The Jungle, Pulitzer Prize winner, born in Baltimore
• Christian Siriano (born 1985), fashion designer; winner of fourth season of Project Runway; graduate of Baltimore School for the Arts
• Sisqó (born 1978), real name Mark Althavan Andrews, R&B and pop singer
• Cameron Snyder (1916–2010), sportswriter for The Baltimore Sun; winner of Dick McCann Memorial Award
• Maelcum Soul (1940–1986), bartender, artist's model, and actress
• Raymond A. Spruance (1886–1969), U.S. Navy admiral in World War II
• James Stafford (born 1932), cardinal of the Catholic Church; born in Baltimore
• Melissa Stark (born 1973), television personality and sportscaster for NFL Network
• John Steadman (1927–2001), sportswriter
• Michael S. Steele (born 1958), Lieutenant Governor of Maryland, first African American chairman of Republican National Committee
• Gertrude Stein (1874–1946), art collector
• Andrew Sterett (1778–1807), U.S. Naval Officer during the Quasi-War, Captain of USS Enterprise
• Richard D. Steuart (1880–1951), historian, and journalist under the pseudonym Carroll Dulaney
• Suter Sullivan (1872–1925), professional baseball player.
• Rich Swann (born 1991), professional wrestler
• Donald Symington (born 1925), actor
• Stuart Symington (1901–1988), first Secretary of the Air Force; U.S. Senator from Missouri

T

• Tate Kobang (born 1992), real name Joshua Goods, rapper
• Evan Taubenfeld (born 1983), singer-songwriter
• Michael Tearson (born 1948), pioneer underground DJ, concert and special appearance host, author, recording artist and actor
• Mark Texiera (born 1980), player for New York Yankees 2009–16, 3-time All-Star
• Jon Theodore (born 1973), musician, The Mars Volta's former drummer, Avril Lavigne's former guitarist
• Martha Carey Thomas (1857–1935), educator, suffragist, second President of Bryn Mawr College
• Tracie Thoms (born 1975), actress
• A. Andrew Torrence (1902–1940), Illinois state representative
• Alessandra Torres (born 1980), visual artist
• F. Morris Touchstone (1897–1957), National Lacrosse Hall of Fame coach
• Anne Truitt (1921–2004), minimalist sculptor
• Michael Tucker (born 1944), actor, films and L.A. Law
• Joseph Tumpach (1912–1968), Illinois state representative
• Jack Turnbull (born 1910), National Lacrosse Hall of Fame player
• Charles Yardley Turner (1850–1918), artist and muralist
• Jerry Turner (1929–1987), television news anchor
• Kathleen Turner (born 1954), actress, graduate of University of Maryland, Baltimore County
• Anne Tyler (born 1941), Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist (The Accidental Tourist)

U

• Ultra Naté (born 1968), house music singer, songwriter, producer, DJ, club promoter, and entrepreneur
• Johnny Unitas (1933–2002), born in Pittsburgh; professional football player for the Baltimore Colts; in Pro Football Hall of Fame
• Leon Uris (1924–2003), novelist, author of Exodus

V

• Matthew VanDyke (born 1979), freedom fighter and Prisoner of War in 2011 Libyan Civil War
• Nikolai Volkoff (born 1947), born in Croatia, Yugoslavia, WWE Hall of Fame wrestler, spent time in Baltimore area.

W

• LaMonte Wade (born 1994), a professional baseball player in the Minnesota Twins organization.
• Evan Sewell Wallace (1982–2017), Black Paisley Records, hip hop artist
• 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
• John K. Waters (1906–1989), U.S. Army four-star general
• D. Watkins (born 1980), author
• Earl Weaver (1930–2013), 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 bandleader; adopted Ella Fitzgerald
• Wendy Weinberg, American Olympic medalist swimmer
• Matthew Weiner (born 1965), creator of TV series Mad Men
• Leonard "Boogie" Weinglass (born 1941), founder of Merry-Go-Round clothing empire; portrayed by actor Mickey Rourke in 1982 film Diner
• Harry Wendelstedt (1938–2012), umpire in Major League Baseball
• Terrance West (born 1991), former running back at Towson University and NFL player for the Cleveland Browns, Tennessee Titans, New Orleans Saints, and Baltimore Ravens
• George Hoyt Whipple (1878–1976), graduated and taught medical school at Hopkins; won 1934 Nobel Prize in Medicine
• Reggie White (born 1970), football player
• Wade Whitney (born 1967), professional soccer player
• William Pinkney Whyte (1824–1908), U.S. Senator, Governor of Maryland, Mayor of Baltimore
• Bernard Williams (born 1978), gold medalist in 4 × 100 meter relay at 2000 Sydney Olympics
• LaQuan Williams (born 1988), wide receiver for the Baltimore Ravens who attended Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
• Montel Williams (born 1956), television personality
• Reggie Williams (born 1964), professional basketball player
• Trevor Williams (born 1993), football player
• Oprah Winfrey (born 1954), television personality, actress, producer; born in rural Mississippi and raised in Milwaukee; worked at WJZ-TV in Baltimore
• David Wingate (born 1963), professional basketball player
• Danny Wiseman (born 1967), professional ten-pin bowler and 12-time winner on the PBA Tour
• 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
• Natalie Wynn (born 1988), YouTube personality

Y

• John H. Yardley (c. 1926 – 2011), pathologist
• Steve Yeager (born 1948), award-winning filmmaker, writer, stage director and educator
• Joe Yingling (1867–1903), professional baseball pitcher

Z

• Geoff Zahn (born 1945), baseball pitcher
• Frank Zappa (1940–1993), singer, guitarist, composer and satirist
• Joanna Zeiger (born 1970), Olympic and world champion triathlete, and author
• Lillian Zuckerman (1916–2004), actress

References

1. Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607–1896. Marquis Who's Who. 1967.
2. Jones, Brent (March 1, 2009). "State legislator who served 13 years in the Senate was a champion of health care reform and women's rights". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
3. Hauck, Dennis William (2002). Haunted Places. New York: Penguin Group. p. 212. ISBN 0-14-200234-8. Retrieved February 19, 2010.
4. Alvarez, Rafael (July 25, 1993). "For 53 years, Baltimore's maven of mischief has been teaching kids the meaning of GOOD, CLEAN FUN". The Baltimore Sun. Tribune Digital. pp. 1–3. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
5. Klapper, Melissa R. (March 1, 2009). "Florence Bamberger, 1882–1965". Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia. Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved July 24, 2017.
6. "Biographical Series: Meyer Cardin". Maryland State Archives. July 13, 2005. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
7. "Not Bad for a Girl from Baltimore: the Story of Virginia Hall" (PDF). Photos.state.gov. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
8. Knopper, Steve (May 18, 2016). "Yeasayer's beauty is in its restlessness". Arts & Entertainment / Music. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved February 15, 2017. singer Chris Keating and guitarist Anand Wilder, both from Baltimore
9. article from Enoch Pratt Library vertical file, Jeffersonian April 17, 1936
10. Anderson, E. Ruth (1976). "Lloyd, Alan". Contemporary American Composers: A Biographical Dictionary, p. 272. G.K. Hall. ISBN 0816111170
11. Robert A. Erlandson and Joe Nawrozki, "Priest at once defended, excoriated", Baltimore Sun, August 3, 1984.
12. Waldman, Tyler (January 2, 2018). "Baltimore Native Phil Moore, Former Nickelodeon Host, Chats With Former Classmate C4". WBAL (AM). Retrieved June 3, 2020.
13. "Gen. Robert Murray Dead". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, MD. January 2, 1913. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
14. "Clarence M. Pendleton, Jr". aapra.org. Archived from the original on October 19, 2013. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
15. "Best Local Poets in Baltimore". Baltimore CBS. Retrieved August 17, 2016