| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Larry Adler |
Musician |
10-Feb-1914 |
6-Aug-2001 |
Mouth organ virtuoso |
| Spiro T. Agnew |
Politician |
9-Nov-1918 |
17-Sep-1996 |
Nixon's crooked VP |
| Bess Armstrong |
Actor |
11-Dec-1953 |
|
Dr. Klompus in Pecker |
| John Astin |
Actor |
30-Mar-1930 |
|
Gomez on The Addams Family |
| Penn Badgley |
Actor |
1-Nov-1986 |
|
The Bedford Diaries |
| Eubie Blake |
Jazz Musician |
7-Feb-1883 |
12-Feb-1983 |
Ragtime jazz pianist |
| John Bolton |
Government |
20-Nov-1948 |
|
US Ambassador to the UN, 2005-06 |
| Charles J. Bonaparte |
Government |
9-Jun-1851 |
28-Jun-1921 |
US Attorney General, 1906-09 |
| Elsbeth Bothe |
Judge |
17-Oct-1927 |
|
Baltimore Circuit Court Judge, retired |
| Julie Bowen |
Actor |
3-Mar-1970 |
|
Boston Legal |
| David K. E. Bruce |
Diplomat |
12-Feb-1898 |
5-Dec-1977 |
US Ambassador to England, France, Germany |
| Clarence "Du" Burns |
Politician |
17-Sep-1918 |
12-Jan-2002 |
First black mayor of Baltimore |
| William J. Burns |
Government |
c. 1860 |
Apr-1932 |
FBI Director, 1921-24 |
| Francis X. Bushman |
Actor |
10-Jan-1883 |
23-Aug-1966 |
Ben-Hur |
| John Marshall Butler |
Politician |
21-Jul-1897 |
14-Mar-1978 |
US Senator from Maryland, 1951-63 |
| Tommy Byrne |
Baseball |
31-Dec-1919 |
20-Dec-2007 |
MLB pitcher, Mayor of Wake Forest |
| Beverly B. Byron |
Politician |
27-Jul-1932 |
|
Congresswoman from Maryland, 1979-93 |
| Joseph Canizaro |
Business |
1937 |
|
Real estate mogul |
| Benjamin L. Cardin |
Politician |
5-Oct-1943 |
|
US Senator from Maryland |
| Mama Cass |
Musician |
19-Sep-1941 |
29-Jul-1974 |
The Mamas and the Papas |
| Jack L. Chalker |
Author |
17-Dec-1944 |
11-Feb-2005 |
SF author, wrote Well World series |
| Josh Charles |
Actor |
15-Sep-1971 |
|
Dan Rydell on Sports Night |
| Tom Clancy |
Novelist |
12-Apr-1947 |
|
The Hunt for Red October |
| Tony Conrad |
Violinist |
1940 |
|
Violin, Theater of Eternal Music |
| Hans Conried |
Actor |
15-Apr-1917 |
5-Jan-1982 |
Character actor, 1930s to 1970s |
| Elijah Cummings |
Politician |
18-Jan-1951 |
|
Congressman, Maryland 7th |
| Sheila Dixon |
Politician |
17-Dec-1953 |
|
Mayor of Baltimore |
| Adam Duritz |
Musician |
1-Aug-1964 |
|
Frontman for Counting Crows |
| Charles Dutton |
Actor |
30-Jan-1951 |
|
Roc |
| Eric S. Edelman |
Diplomat |
1951 |
|
Under Secretary of Defense for Policy |
| Gordon R. England |
Government |
15-Sep-1937 |
|
US Deputy Secretary of Defense |
| George H. Fallon |
Politician |
24-Jul-1902 |
21-Mar-1980 |
Congressman from Maryland, 1945-71 |
| Anna Faris |
Actor |
29-Nov-1976 |
|
Scary Movie |
| John Spalding Flannery |
Attorney |
16-May-1870 |
17-Feb-1954 |
Prominent Washington attorney |
| Doug Flutie |
Football |
23-Oct-1962 |
|
Greatest CFL quarterback |
| Paul Ford |
Actor |
2-Nov-1901 |
12-Apr-1976 |
The Phil Silvers Show |
| E. Franklin Frazier |
Sociologist |
24-Sep-1894 |
17-May-1962 |
Black Bourgeoisie |
| Mona Freeman |
Actor |
9-Jun-1926 |
|
Streets of Laredo |
| Bill Frisell |
Jazz Musician |
18-Mar-1951 |
|
Jazz guitarist |
| Ira Glass |
Radio Personality |
3-Mar-1959 |
|
This American Life |
| Philip Glass |
Composer |
31-Jan-1937 |
|
Master of arpeggiation |
| Donald E. Graham |
Journalist |
22-Apr-1945 |
|
Washington Post CEO |
| Gordon Gray |
Government |
30-May-1909 |
26-Nov-1982 |
Secretary of the Army, 1949-50 |
| John Hall |
Politician |
23-Jul-1948 |
|
Congressman, New York 19th |
| Virginia Hall |
Spy |
6-Apr-1906 |
14-Jul-1982 |
American spy |
| Frances E. W. Harper |
Author |
24-Sep-1825 |
22-Feb-1911 |
Abolitionist, temperance activist |
| William Harrop |
Diplomat |
19-Feb-1929 |
|
US Ambassador to Israel, 1991-93 |
| Ethel Browne Harvey |
Zoologist |
14-Dec-1885 |
2-Sep-1965 |
Embryology of sea urchins |
| David Hasselhoff |
Actor |
17-Jul-1952 |
|
Knight Rider, Baywatch |
| Margaret Hayes |
Actor |
5-Dec-1916 |
26-Jan-1977 |
Blackboard Jungle |
| Russell Hicks |
Actor |
4-Jun-1895 |
1-Jun-1957 |
American character actor |
| Danny Hillis |
Business |
25-Sep-1956 |
|
Co-Founder, Thinking Machines |
| Alger Hiss |
Government |
11-Nov-1904 |
15-Nov-1996 |
Accused spy for the Soviet Union |
| Christopher Van Hollen |
Diplomat |
23-Sep-1922 |
|
US Ambassador to Sri Lanka, 1972-76 |
| Thomas Jane |
Actor |
29-Jan-1969 |
|
The Sweetest Thing |
| G. Lewis Jones |
Diplomat |
18-May-1907 |
13-Nov-1971 |
US Ambassador to Tunisia, 1956-59 |
| Al Kaline |
Baseball |
19-Dec-1934 |
|
Detroit Tigers hitter |
| John Kassir |
Actor |
24-Oct-1957 |
|
Voice of the Crypt Keeper |
| Stacy Keibler |
Wrestling |
14-Oct-1979 |
|
WWE and WCW wrestler |
| John Pendleton Kennedy |
Politician |
25-Oct-1795 |
18-Aug-1870 |
Horse-Shoe Robinson |
| Kevin Kilner |
Actor |
3-May-1958 |
|
Earth: Final Conflict |
| Gina Kolata |
Journalist |
25-Feb-1948 |
|
New York Times science writer |
| A. B. Krongard |
Business |
1936 |
|
CIA Executive Director, 2001-04 |
| Howard J. Krongard |
Government |
12-Dec-1940 |
|
US State Dept Inspector General |
| Jerry Leiber |
Songwriter |
25-Apr-1933 |
|
Hitmaker for Elvis |
| Barry Levinson |
Film Director |
6-Apr-1942 |
|
Rain Man |
| Bob Lind |
Singer/Songwriter |
25-Nov-1942 |
|
Elusive Butterfly |
| Morris Louis |
Painter |
24-Nov-1912 |
7-Sep-1962 |
Abstract expressionist |
| Marvin Mandel |
Politician |
19-Apr-1920 |
|
Governor of Maryland, 1969-79 |
| Thurgood Marshall |
Judge |
2-Jul-1908 |
24-Jan-1993 |
First black U.S. Supreme Court justice |
| H. Freeman Matthews |
Diplomat |
26-May-1899 |
1986 |
Career US Ambassador |
| John F. McDonnell |
Business |
18-Mar-1938 |
|
CEO of McDonnell-Douglas, 1988-94 |
| Theodore R. McKeldin |
Politician |
20-Nov-1900 |
10-Aug-1974 |
Governor of Maryland, 1951-59 |
| Ken Mehlman |
Government |
21-Aug-1966 |
|
RNC chairman 2005-07 |
| H. L. Mencken |
Critic |
12-Sep-1880 |
29-Jan-1956 |
The American Language |
| Philip Merrill |
Publisher |
28-Apr-1934 |
10-Jun-2006 |
Capital Gazette Communications |
| Kweisi Mfume |
Politician |
24-Oct-1948 |
|
Former Congressman, CEO of the NAACP |
| J. William Middendorf II |
Diplomat |
22-Sep-1924 |
|
Ford's Secretary of the Navy |
| Barbara Mikulski |
Politician |
20-Jul-1936 |
|
US Senator from Maryland |
| Laura Miller |
Politician |
18-Nov-1958 |
|
Mayor of Dallas, 2002-07 |
| Parren J. Mitchell |
Politician |
29-Apr-1922 |
28-May-2007 |
Congressman from Maryland, 1971-87 |
| Mildred Natwick |
Actor |
19-Jun-1905 |
25-Oct-1994 |
Barefoot in the Park |
| Brian Nichols |
Criminal |
10-Dec-1971 |
|
Allegedly killed judge, deputy during escape |
| Herbert O'Conor |
Politician |
17-Nov-1896 |
4-Mar-1960 |
Governor and Senator from Maryland |
| Ric Ocasek |
Musician |
23-Mar-1949 |
|
Singer for The Cars, producer |
| Sam Palmisano |
Business |
29-Jul-1951 |
|
CEO of IBM |
| Jameson Parker |
Actor |
18-Nov-1947 |
|
AJ on Simon & Simon |
| Nicole Ari Parker |
Actor |
7-Oct-1970 |
|
Soul Food |
| Nancy Pelosi |
Politician |
26-Mar-1940 |
|
Speaker of the House |
| Tom Peters |
Author |
7-Nov-1942 |
|
In Search of Excellence |
| Michael Phelps |
Swimmer/Diver |
30-Jun-1985 |
|
Swimmer won six gold medals at Athens |
| Parker Posey |
Actor |
8-Nov-1968 |
|
Waiting for Guffman |
| Emily Post |
Columnist |
27-Oct-1873 |
25-Sep-1960 |
Etiquette |
| Robin Quivers |
Talk Show Host |
8-Aug-1952 |
|
Howard Stern's sidekick |
| John Rawls |
Philosopher |
21-Feb-1921 |
24-Nov-2002 |
A Theory of Justice |
| Lance Reddick |
Actor |
? |
|
Desmond Mobay on Oz |
| Adrienne Rich |
Poet |
16-May-1929 |
|
An Atlas of the Difficult World |
| Martin Rodbell |
Scientist |
1-Dec-1925 |
7-Dec-1998 |
G-protein cell signal transmission |
| Howard E. Rollins, Jr. |
Actor |
17-Oct-1950 |
8-Dec-1996 |
A Soldier's Story |
| Peyton Rous |
Scientist |
5-Oct-1879 |
16-Feb-1970 |
Blood banks and carcinogenic viruses |
| Mike Rowe |
TV Personality |
18-Mar-1962 |
|
Dirty Jobs |
| Babe Ruth |
Baseball |
6-Feb-1895 |
16-Aug-1948 |
The Bambino |
| John Sarbanes |
Politician |
20-May-1962 |
|
Congressman, Maryland 3rd |
| David M. Satterfield |
Diplomat |
18-Dec-1954 |
|
US Ambassador to Lebanon, 1998-2001 |
| William Donald Schaefer |
Politician |
2-Nov-1921 |
|
Governor of Maryland, 1987-95 |
| Kurt L. Schmoke |
Politician |
1-Dec-1949 |
|
Mayor of Baltimore, 1988-99 |
| Gina Schock |
Drummer |
31-Aug-1957 |
|
Drummer for The Go-Go's |
| Dwight Schultz |
Actor |
24-Nov-1947 |
|
Murdoch on The A-Team |
| William J. Sebald |
Diplomat |
5-Nov-1901 |
Aug-1980 |
Chief US FSO in Japan, 1947-52 |
| Karl Shapiro |
Poet |
10-Nov-1913 |
14-May-2000 |
Person, Place and Thing |
| Philip R. Sharp |
Politician |
15-Jul-1942 |
|
Congressman from Indiana, 1975-95 |
| Upton Sinclair |
Novelist |
20-Sep-1878 |
25-Nov-1968 |
The Jungle |
| Norman Sisisky |
Politician |
9-Jun-1927 |
29-Mar-2001 |
Congressman from Virginia, 1983-2001 |
| Sisqo |
Singer |
9-Nov-1978 |
|
Def Jam Records act famous for Thong Song |
| Anna Deavere Smith |
Actor |
18-Sep-1950 |
|
Nancy McNally on The West Wing |
| Jada Pinkett Smith |
Actor |
18-Sep-1971 |
|
Married to Will Smith |
| Mink Stole |
Actor |
1947 |
|
Appears in John Waters films |
| Paul Stookey |
Singer/Songwriter |
30-Dec-1937 |
|
The Paul in Peter, Paul, and Mary |
| Tracie Thoms |
Actor |
19-Aug-1975 |
|
Kat Miller on Cold Case |
| William C. Trimble |
Diplomat |
2-May-1907 |
24-Jun-1996 |
US Ambassador to Cambodia, 1959-62 |
| Michael Tucker |
Actor |
6-Feb-1945 |
|
Stuart Markowitz on L.A. Law |
| Charles H. Twining |
Diplomat |
1-Nov-1940 |
|
US Ambassador to Cambodia, 1991-95 |
| Leon Uris |
Novelist |
3-Aug-1924 |
21-Jun-2003 |
Battle Cry |
| Joan D. Vinge |
Author |
2-Apr-1948 |
|
Eyes of Amber |
| Michael J. Ward |
Business |
c. 1950 |
|
CEO of CSX |
| John Waters |
Film Director |
22-Apr-1946 |
|
Pencil-moustached director |
| George Weigel |
Activist |
1951 |
|
Ethics and Public Policy Center |
| Clifton R. Wharton |
Diplomat |
11-May-1899 |
23-Apr-1983 |
First Black Career US Ambassador |
| Slappy White |
Comic |
20-Sep-1921 |
7-Nov-1995 |
The First Black Vice President |
| Montel Williams |
Talk Show Host |
3-Jul-1956 |
|
The Montel Williams Show |
| Edward Witten |
Physicist |
26-Aug-1951 |
|
String theorist at Princeton |
| James Wolcott |
Journalist |
1952 |
|
Vanity Fair cultural critic |
| Brook Yeaton |
Actor |
13-Feb-1968 |
|
Prop guy, actor, Traci Lords' ex-husband |
| Frank Zappa |
Composer |
21-Dec-1940 |
4-Dec-1993 |
Joe's Garage |
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Arunah Shepherdson Abell |
Publisher |
10-Aug-1806 |
19-Aug-1888 |
The Baltimore Sun |
| William Foxwell Albright |
Archaeologist |
24-May-1891 |
19-Sep-1971 |
Biblical archaeologist at Johns Hopkins |
| Earl Banks |
Football |
11-Jun-1924 |
11-Mar-1993 |
Morgan State Head Coach, 1960-73 |
| Benjamin Banneker |
Astronomer |
9-Nov-1731 |
25-Oct-1806 |
First African-American astronomer |
| Robert Worth Bingham |
Business |
8-Nov-1871 |
18-Dec-1937 |
Publisher of The Louisville Courier-Journal |
| Charles J. Bonaparte |
Government |
9-Jun-1851 |
28-Jun-1921 |
US Attorney General, 1906-09 |
| Olympia Brown |
Activist |
5-Jan-1835 |
23-Oct-1926 |
Lady preacher and suffragette |
| Arthur F. Burns |
Economist |
27-Apr-1904 |
6-Jun-1987 |
Chairman of the Federal Reserve, 1970-78 |
| Eva Cassidy |
Singer |
2-Feb-1963 |
2-Nov-1996 |
Eva by Heart |
| Jack L. Chalker |
Author |
17-Dec-1944 |
11-Feb-2005 |
SF author, wrote Well World series |
| Frederic L. Chapin |
Diplomat |
13-Jul-1929 |
8-Sep-1989 |
US Ambassador to Guatemala, 1981-84 |
| Frances Cleveland |
First Lady |
21-Jul-1864 |
29-Oct-1947 |
Wife of US President Grover Cleveland |
| Henry Winter Davis |
Politician |
16-Aug-1817 |
30-Dec-1865 |
Congressman from Maryland, 1855-65 |
| George H. Fallon |
Politician |
24-Jul-1902 |
21-Mar-1980 |
Congressman from Maryland, 1945-71 |
| Nellie Fox |
Baseball |
25-Dec-1927 |
1-Dec-1975 |
MLB Hall of Famer |
| John Gibbon |
Military |
20-Apr-1827 |
6-Feb-1896 |
Led the Civil War's Iron Bigade |
| Robert Goddard |
Scientist |
5-Oct-1882 |
10-Aug-1945 |
Father of modern rocketry |
| William Stewart Halsted |
Doctor |
23-Sep-1852 |
7-Sep-1922 |
Father of American surgery |
| Francis Scott Key |
Poet |
1-Aug-1779 |
11-Jan-1843 |
The Star-Spangled Banner |
| Arthur O. Lovejoy |
Historian |
10-Oct-1873 |
30-Dec-1962 |
The Great Chain of Being |
| Jeff MacNelly |
Cartoonist |
17-Sep-1948 |
8-Jun-2000 |
Editorial cartoonist, Shoe |
| Frank Mars |
Business |
24-Sep-1883 |
8-Apr-1934 |
Invented Milky Way and Snickers bars |
| Theodore R. McKeldin |
Politician |
20-Nov-1900 |
10-Aug-1974 |
Governor of Maryland, 1951-59 |
| Louis McLane |
Politician |
28-May-1786 |
7-Oct-1857 |
US Secretary of State, 1833-34 |
| H. L. Mencken |
Critic |
12-Sep-1880 |
29-Jan-1956 |
The American Language |
| Adolf Meyer |
Psychiatrist |
13-Sep-1866 |
17-Mar-1950 |
Commonsense Psychiatry |
| Parren J. Mitchell |
Politician |
29-Apr-1922 |
28-May-2007 |
Congressman from Maryland, 1971-87 |
| Ogden Nash |
Poet |
19-Aug-1902 |
19-May-1971 |
Candy is dandy; but liquor is quicker |
| Daniel Nathans |
Scientist |
30-Oct-1928 |
16-Nov-1999 |
Restriction enzymes (DNA cleavage) |
| Herbert O'Conor |
Politician |
17-Nov-1896 |
4-Mar-1960 |
Governor and Senator from Maryland |
| John Dos Passos |
Author |
14-Jan-1896 |
28-Sep-1970 |
U.S.A. Trilogy |
| Edgar Allan Poe |
Author |
19-Jan-1809 |
7-Oct-1849 |
Macabre short story writer and poet |
| Lizette Woodworth Reese |
Poet |
9-Jan-1856 |
17-Dec-1935 |
A Handful of Lavendar |
| Henry Augustus Rowland |
Physicist |
27-Nov-1848 |
16-Apr-1901 |
Studied optics, magnetism, etc. |
| Gordon Scott |
Actor |
3-Aug-1926 |
30-Apr-2007 |
Played Tarzan, 1955-60 |
| Cordwainer Smith |
Author |
11-Jul-1913 |
6-Aug-1966 |
The Rediscovery of Man |
| Robert Smith |
Government |
3-Nov-1757 |
26-Nov-1842 |
US Secretary of the Navy, 1801-09 |
| William H. Welch |
Scientist |
8-Apr-1850 |
30-Apr-1934 |
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine |
| Hack Wilson |
Baseball |
26-Apr-1900 |
23-Nov-1948 |
Hit 56 home runs and 191 RBI's in 1930 |
| Thomas Wolfe |
Novelist |
3-Oct-1900 |
15-Sep-1938 |
Look Homeward, Angel |
