List of people from Baltimore

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

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
 * 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
 * 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; Governor of Maryland 1967–1969 and Vice-President of the United States 1969–1973
 * Felix Agnus (1839–1925), Union Army general, editor and publisher of Baltimore American newspaper, buried under Black Aggie
 * 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 (1949–2022), lyric tenor
 * Hattie Alexander (1901–1968), pediatrician and microbiologist
 * Robert Alexander (1863–1941), World War I general, commander of 77th Infantry Division
 * Devin Allen, photographer and photojournalist
 * 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 (1936–1997), 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 (1929–2024), 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 (1933–2006), 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 (1923–2022), 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 is named in her honor
 * Florence E. Bamberger (1882–1965), American pedagogue, school supervisor, and progressive education advocate
 * 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
 * Isaac Rieman Baxley (1850–1920), poet
 * 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
 * Caleb Biggers (born 1999), American football player
 * Eubie Blake (1887–1983), composer of ragtime, jazz and popular music
 * Shelly Blake-Plock (born 1974), entrepreneur and musician
 * 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
 * Andrew J. Boyle (1911–2001), U.S. Army lieutenant general
 * Ryan Boyle (born 1981), MLL and NLL lacrosse player, graduate of the Gilman School
 * Cora Belle Brewster (1859 – after 1906), physician, surgeon, medical writer, editor
 * Flora A. Brewster (1852–1919), Baltimore's first women surgeon
 * Margaret Sutton Briscoe (1864–1941), American short story writer
 * Conrad Brooks (1931–2017), B movie actor
 * Buster Brown (tap dancer) (1913-2002)
 * 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
 * Ed Burns (born 1946), screenwriter and former homicide and narcotics police detective
 * 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
 * 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
 * Rome Cee (born 1982), American rapper
 * 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 The Birth of a Nation
 * 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
 * Mary C. Curtis (born 1953), American journalist
 * 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 (1936–2019), 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
 * Tyde-Courtney Edwards (born 1987), dancer and businesswoman
 * Charles K. Edmunds (born 1876), president of Lingnan University and Pomona College
 * 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 (1926–2014), painter and sculptor
 * Cal Ermer (1923–2008), Minnesota Twins manager
 * Ellery Eskelin (born 1959), jazz saxophonist, raised in Baltimore
 * Shinah Solomon Etting (1744–1822), matriarch of one of Baltimore's first Jewish families
 * Solomon Etting (1764–1847) merchant and politician
 * 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
 * Nathaniel Fick (born 1977), U.S. Marine Captain, author, and technology executive
 * 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
 * Ray Fisher (born 1987), actor, notably for Justice League
 * 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
 * Edward R. Foreman (1808–1885), meteorologist
 * Jane Frank (1918–1986), abstract expressionist artist, painter, sculptor, mixed media and textile artist, pupil of Hans Hofmann
 * Gertrude Franklin (1858–1913), singer and music educator
 * George A Frederick (1842–1924), architect of Baltimore City Hall
 * Alex Freeman (born 2004), soccer player
 * Antonio Freeman (born 1972), football wide receiver, most notably for Green Bay Packers
 * Mona Freeman (1926–2014), 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 (1931–2011), 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
 * Minna Gombell (1892–1973), stage and film actress
 * Tamir Goodman (born 1982), basketball player
 * Jaimy Gordon (born 1944), author, winner of National Book Award for Fiction
 * Shan Goshorn, (1957–2018), artist
 * Brian Gottfried (born 1952), tennis player, reached No. 3 in the world in 1977
 * Elmer Greensfelder (1892–1966), playwright

H

 * Virginia Hall (1906–1982), OSS agent
 * Edith Hamilton (1867–1963), "the greatest woman Classicist"
 * Elaine Hamilton-O'Neal (1920–2010), 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 (1963–2008), City Councilman
 * Kyle Harrison (born 1983), lacrosse player
 * 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
 * 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
 * Moses Ingram (born 1994), actress

J

 * Lillie Mae Carroll Jackson (1889–1975), pioneer civil rights activist, organizer of Baltimore branch of NAACP
 * Debbie Jacobs (born 1955), singer
 * Thomas Jane (born 1969), actor
 * Harry Jeffra (1914–1988), 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
 * Cyrus Jones (born 1993), former professional football player
 * 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
 * Jerome H. Joyce(1865–1924) president of Aero Club of Baltimore
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * Stanton Kidd (born 1992), basketball player for Hapoel Jerusalem in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
 * Greg Kihn (born 1950), pop musician
 * David J. Kim (born 1979), publisher of Teen Ink, co-founder of C2 Education
 * 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), pitcher in the Atlanta Braves organization
 * 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
 * Doug Llewelyn (born 1938), reporter and television personality, born in Baltimore
 * Alan Lloyd (1943–1986), composer, born in Baltimore
 * 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
 * Chris Lucas, country singer with LoCash
 * 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 (c. 1828 – after 1870), brothel proprietor
 * 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
 * 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
 * Shane McClanahan (born 1997), pitcher and 2-time All-Star for the Tampa Bay Rays
 * 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
 * Georgie A. Hulse McLeod (1827–1890), author, educator, temperance activist
 * 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
 * Joe Metheny (1955–2017), murderer and suspected serial killer
 * 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
 * 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
 * Nick Mullen (born 1988), comedian best known as the host for the podcast Cum Town
 * Robert Murray (1822–1913), Surgeon General of the United States Army
 * Max Muscle (1963–2019), 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
 * Rashard Odomes (born 1996), basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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 (1942–2019), 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, Generation Kill, 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 (1962–2023), 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
 * Bryan Reynolds (born 1995), outfielder and All-Star for the Pittsburgh Pirates
 * Hilary Rhoda (born 1987), fashion model
 * Adrienne Rich (1929–2012), poet, writer, teacher, and feminist
 * Hester Dorsey Richardson (1862–1933), author
 * Charles Carnan Ridgely (1760–1829), 15th Governor of Maryland
 * Charles G. Ridgely (1784–1848), United States Navy officer
 * 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 (1937–2023), born Little Rock, Arkansas, third baseman for Baltimore Orioles 1955–77, member of Hall of Fame
 * Lenny B. Robinson (1963–2015), born in Baltimore, charity worker who dressed up as superhero Batman
 * Frank Robinson (1935–2019), born in Beaumont, Texas, outfielder for Baltimore Orioles, member of Hall of Fame
 * Chrisean Rock (born 2000), rapper
 * Martin Rodbell (1925–1998), biochemist and molecular endocrinologist; won 1994 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
 * Josh Roenicke (born 1982), baseball player in Cincinnati Reds organization
 * Eddie Rommel (1897–1970), Major League Baseball pitcher and umpire
 * Adeke Rose, poet, psychoanalyst and teacher
 * Carroll Rosenbloom (1907–1979), owner of Baltimore Colts and Los Angeles Rams
 * Matt Rosendale (born 1960), Montana state politician and businessman
 * Alec Ross (born 1971), author and former Senior Advisor for Innovation to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
 * Axl Rotten (1971–2016), professional wrestler
 * Francis Peyton Rous (1879–1970), pathologist who won Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
 * Christopher Rouse (1949–2019), 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
 * Ida Mary Barry Ryan (1854–1917), philanthropist
 * 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 (1933–2020), 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 (1948–2015), 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
 * Florence Garrettson Spooner (1840s–1935), social reformer
 * 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
 * Steele Stanwick (born 1989), former professional lacrosse player who won the Tewaaraton Trophy and the Jack Turnbull Award
 * 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), poet, 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
 * Victor Sulin (1942–2022), lawyer and politician
 * Suter Sullivan (1872–1925), professional baseball player.
 * Rich Swann (born 1991), professional wrestler
 * Donald Symington (1925–2013), 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 (1910–1944), 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 (1947–2018), born in Croatia, Yugoslavia, WWE Hall of Fame wrestler, spent time in Baltimore area.

W

 * LaMonte Wade Jr. (born 1994), first baseman and outfielder for the San Francisco Giants
 * Shatori Walker-Kimbrough (born 1995), basketball player for the Israeli team Maccabi Bnot Ashdod, and the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association
 * 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
 * Emma Howard Wight (1863–1935), author
 * 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
 * Mary Willis (born 1940), retired US Army Brigadier General
 * Ibbie McColm Wilson (1834–1908), poet
 * 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
 * Allan Woodrow (born 1964), author
 * Eliza Woods (1872–1961), composer
 * Bernie Wrightson (1948–2017), artist, known for horror illustrations and comic books
 * Natalie Wynn (born 1988), YouTube personality

Y

 * John H. Yardley (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
 * Nick Zedd (1958–2022), filmmaker, author, and painter
 * Joanna Zeiger (born 1970), Olympic and world champion triathlete, and author
 * Bruce Zimmermann, pitcher in the Baltimore Orioles organization
 * Marie Kunkel Zimmerman (1864–1953), soprano
 * Lillian Zuckerman (1916–2004), actress