A List of Famous Marylanders
Famous people from Maryland
from the worlds of:
Politics, Sports, Writers/Journalists, Miscellaneous,
Entertainment, Musicians/Singers
Politics
Nancy Pelosi, Baltimore
Nancy Reagan, First Lady
Spiro T. Agnew, Vice President
Sargent Shriver, Politician, Journalist
Thurgood Marshall, Supreme Court Justice
Cal Ripkin, Jr., Baseball
Babe Ruth, Baseball
Al Kaline, Baseball
Reggie Jackson, Baseball
Brooks Robinson, Baseball
Sugar Ray Leonard, Boxer
Jim McKay, Sportscaster
Johnny Unitas, Football
Doug Flutie, Football
Dominique Dawes, Olympic Gymnast
Pam Shriver, Tennis
Art Monk, Football
Lefty Grove, (famous baseball player
from Lonaconing, Md.)Man O' War, Glen Riddle Farm, Worcester County, MD - Voted "Horse of the Century" (War Admiral was his son, Seabiscuit was his grandson.)
Bill Belichick, Coach of the New England Patriots
Hasim Rahman aka The Rock, Boxer, Baltimore
Carl Bernstein, Journalist
Edgar Allen Poe, Writer
Matt Drudge, Web Journalist
Ogden Nash, Author/Poet
Tom Clancy, Author
Dashiell Hammett, Author/Poet
F. Scott Fitzgerald, Writer
Leon Uris, Author
H. L. Mencken, Writer
Tom Clancy, Author
Francis Scott Key
Gertrude Stein, Writer
Johns Hopkins, Philanthropist
Frank Perdue, Poultry Farmer
Harriet Tubman, Abolitionist
Madelyn Murray O'Hair, Atheist
Wallis Warfield Simpson, Duchess of Windsor
Emily Post, Etiquette Expert
Annie Liebovitz, Photographer
Entertainment: Actors, Producers and Directors, etc.
Goldie Hawn, Actress
Oprah Winfrey, Talk Show Host
Montel Williams, Talk Show Host
Blaze Starr, Show Girl
John Astin, Actor
Julia Louis Dreyfuss, Actress
Darren Star - Produced 90210. (His dad was my childhood dentist.)
John Waters, Movie maker
Barry Levinson, Director, Producer
Ben Stein, Win Ben Stein's Money!
Kathie Lee Gifford, Talk Show Host, Actress
Jada Pinkett-Smith, Actress
Howard Rollins, Actor
Charles Dutton, Actor
Garry Moore, TV Personality
Maurie Povich, Talk Show Host
Connie Chung, News
David Hasselhoff, Actor
Daniel Stern, Actor
Robin Quivers, Radio DJ, Howard Stern's side kick
"Divine", Actor.
William H. Macy, Actor, (from Cumberland, Md.)
Edward Norton- Actor
Jim Henson, creator of the Muppets (Hyattsville)
John Wilkes Booth, Actor, Lincoln's Assassin
Michael Ealy, Actor
Christina Milian, Actress
Frank Zappa, Musician and Singer
Noel Paul Stookey, (Peter Paul and Mary) Musician, Singer, Writer
Nils Lofgren, Musician
Billie Holiday, Jazz/Blues Singer
Duke Ellington, Musician
Cab Calloway, Musician and Singer
Eubie Blake, Musician
David Byrne, Musician
Mama Cass, Singer
Toni Braxton, Singer
Tori Amos, Singer
Dean Felber, Hootie and the Blowfish
Mark Bryan, Hootie and the Blowfish
Mary Chapin Carpenter- Musician and Singer
Joan Jett- Musician and Singer
Phil Ritchie, Lennex
Benji and Joel Madden, Musicians, Good Charlotte
Montgomery Blair High School Alumni in
Silver Spring, MD.
Goldie Hawn , 1963<--we had the same pediatrician, Dr. Coleman.
Matt Drudge, 1984
Ben Stein, 1962
Connie Chung, 1964
Carl Bernstein, 1961
Add your famous Marylanders here!
Paul Reed Smith, underrated guitarist and World Renowned "Mad Genius' luthier originally from Stevensville or Bowie Maryland (I can never remember). Paul had his first guitar shop on Virginia Avenue in Annapolis, until 1995 when PRS moved the factory 'crost da bridge to Stevensville. I find it hard to believe he hasn't been mentioned.- Wednesday, December 13, 2017 at 00:48:24 (EST)
Bill
USADale Midkiff Actor Dale Alan Midkiff is an American actor, best known for playing Louis in the horror film Pet Sematary... Wikipedia Born: July 01, 1959, Chance, MD Spouse: Joan O'Connor (m. 1997) Children: Ava Marie Midkiff, Cole Midkiff, Eliza Rose Midkiff Education: Salisbury University- Sunday, June 07, 2015 at 21:02:01 (EDT)
Michael Cron <mbcron@hotmail.com>
University Park, MD USAMario Barrett singer song titles "Break Up" ft Gucci Mane Sean Garrett "Somebody Else" ft Nicki Minaj 1st single remake of Biz Markie "Just A Friend "Let Me Love You" just a few hit songs under the artist belt- Monday, May 12, 2014 at 01:02:02 (EDT)
Trae <Traekeels@yahoo.com>
baltimore, md USACharles W. Swan Knighted, Actor, Medal of Freedom, author, IMDB, doctor famous birthdays.com march 11th https://sites.google.com/site/theworldasheseesit/in-the-news/personsnameonfacethenation
Sheila Dixon <nnews_99@yahoo.com>
Beverly Hlls, CA USA- Friday, May 17, 2013 at 20:43:28 (EDT)
James Mallahan Cain (July 1, 1892 October 27, 1977) was an American author and journalist. Cain's first novel, The Postman Always Rings Twice, was published in 1934. Two years later the serialized Double Indemnity was published in Liberty magazine.
Michael B. Cron <mbcron@hotmail.com>
University Park, MD USA- Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 18:11:23 (EST)
Gordon William Prange (July 16, 1910 May 15, 1980)Dr. Prange's 1963 Tora! Tora! Tora!, published in the October and November issues of Reader's Digest, and later expanded into At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story Of Pearl Harbor, portrayed the attack on Pearl Harbor, and is credited as the basis for the screenplay of the film Tora! Tora! Tora!, which was produced in 1970, while Prange took a leave of absence from the University of Maryland to serve as the technical consultant during its filming. His extensive research into the attack on Pearl Harbor was the subject of a Public Broadcasting Service television program in 2000, "Prange and Pearl Harbor: A Magnificent Obsession", and was acclaimed "a definitive book on the event" by The Washington Post.
Michael B. Cron <mbcron@hotmail.com>
University Park, MD USA- Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 18:07:19 (EST)
Louis Rudolph Harlan (July 13, 1922 January 22, 2010)was an American historian and academic whose two-volume biography of African-American educator and social leader Booker T. Washington was awarded the 1973 Bancroft Prize for the first volume as well as the 1984 Bancroft Prize and Pulitzer Prize for the second volume.
Michael Cron <mbcron@hotmail.com>
University Park, MD USA- Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 18:01:06 (EST)
- Saturday, January 14, 2012 at 10:28:46 (EST)
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Toni Michelle Braxton Born October 7, 1967 (age 43)[1] Severn, Maryland, United States Genres R&;B, soul I love this woman's voice. She could sing over my head anytime.
Thom K. <thomkines@gmail.com>
Aberdeen , MS USA- Saturday, November 06, 2010 at 05:40:56 (EDT)
Actress Anna Faris from the Scary Movies & The House Bunny is from Baltimore Maryland
Nicky <Jeepers579@aol.com>
Baltimore, Md USA- Thursday, May 06, 2010 at 15:59:48 (EDT)
ALL THESE PEOPLE ARE AWSOME PEOPLE! YOU SHOULD FIND OUT MOFE INFO. ABOUT THEM
Liz <aceofcast@msn.net>
Long Beach, CA USA- Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at 23:08:43 (EDT)
Jimmy Foxx, Baseball Player, "The Maryland Farm Boy" Haddaway, Singer, Went to high school in MD Michael Phelps, Swimmer
joe
ss, md USA- Wednesday, May 13, 2009 at 18:33:17 (EDT)
Benny Mardones, Musician/Singer, "Into the Night"
Romantic
MD USA- Monday, June 30, 2008 at 12:57:07 (EDT)
ACTOR Shawn Hatosy, 29 December 1975, Frederick, Maryland, USA ...
Mark <markpfeltz@yahoo.com>
Baltimore, MD USA- Thursday, May 03, 2007 at 22:50:36 (EDT)
Mark Pfeltz 1986 Guinness Book of World Records holder for sit ups, Baltimore Maryland.
Lone Love <markpfeltz@yahoo.com>
Baltimore, MD USA- Thursday, May 03, 2007 at 22:44:18 (EDT)
Linda Hamilton of "Beauty and the Beast" fame was born in Salisbury, MD.
Griff
USA- Sunday, April 08, 2007 at 19:11:17 (EDT)
Charles W. Swan Knighted, Actor, Medal of Freedom, famous birthdays.com march 11th
http://www.geocities.com/swan90210/MedalofFreedom.html
Sheila N
Beverly Hills', CA USA - Wednesday, February 07, 2007 at 23:04:13 (EST)
Also, Joel Madden, Benji Madden, Paul Thomas,& Billy Martin of the band Good Charlotte are from Maryland. The 5th member of Good Charlotte is from the UK.
Kati
Baltimore, MD USA- Thursday, November 09, 2006 at 18:00:27 (EST)
The Rock (Hasim Rahman) is from Maryland.
Kati
Baltimore, MD USA- Thursday, November 09, 2006 at 17:57:31 (EST)
I thought of another - Frank Miller, the respected comic book artist/writer (Daredevil, Batman, Sin City movie comes out this year) was born in Olney, Maryland.
Frank
USA- Sunday, March 02, 2005 at 10:39:00 (EST)
I just wanted to email you two famous Marylanders. MICHEAL EALY FROM BARBERSHOP, AND CHRISTINA MILIAN FROM LOVE DON'T COST A THING! THANKS!
Din
USA- Sunday, February 16, 2005 at 3:41:00 (EST)
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fdfdfd <robin@robinsweb.com>
USA