List of people from Potomac, Maryland

Past and present residents of Potomac, Maryland include:
 * Atiku Abubakar, billionaire and vice president of Nigeria
 * Freddy Adu, professional soccer player for Philadelphia Union
 * Robert A. Altman, owner of ZeniMax Media; married to Lynda Carter
 * Sam Anas, ice hockey player for Iowa Wild
 * Surinder Arora, English hotelier
 * Mike Barrowman, Olympic champion swimmer
 * Howard Behrens, painter
 * Eric F. Billings, CEO of FBR Capital Markets Corporation
 * Wolf Blitzer, anchor and host of CNN's The Situation Room
 * Noah Bratschi, professional speed climber, American record holder
 * Eric Brodkowitz, Israeli-American baseball pitcher for the Israel national baseball team
 * F. Lennox Campello, artist, art critic, writer and art dealer
 * Lynda Carter, television actress, best known for her roles of Diana Prince and the title character on Wonder Woman
 * Paul Castro, Hollywood screenwriter, best known for being the original writer/creator of the Warner Bros. hit drama, August Rush
 * Calbert Cheaney, NBA player
 * Michael Chertoff, former Secretary of Homeland Security
 * Kelen Coleman, actress
 * Mike Cowan, professional caddy for Jim Furyk
 * Kamie Crawford, Miss Maryland Teen USA 2010, Miss Teen USA 2010
 * Donald Dell, sports attorney
 * Sherman Douglas, basketball player
 * Margaret Durante, country music artist signed to Emrose Records
 * Jerome Dyson, basketball player, 2012–13 top scorer in the Israel Basketball Premier League
 * Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
 * Patrick Ewing, NBA player and head coach of Georgetown University’s men's basketball team
 * Kenneth Feld, owner and CEO of Feld Entertainment, producers of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
 * Ben Feldman, actor
 * Raul Fernandez, entrepreneur
 * Thomas Friedman, author
 * Phil Galfond, professional poker player
 * John Glenn, senator and astronaut
 * Jeff Halpern (born 1976), NHL player, the first in league history to be raised in the American South
 * Beth Harbison, New York Times bestselling author
 * Ayman Hariri, Lebanese billionaire and son of Rafic Hariri
 * Leon Harris, anchor for WJLA-TV
 * Dwayne Haskins, former football quarterback for the Washington Redskins and Pittsburgh Steelers
 * John Hendricks, founder and former chairman of Discovery Communications
 * Marillyn Hewson, chairman and CEO of Lockheed Martin
 * Juwan Howard, former member of the Fab Five, NBA Center, and current Michigan Wolverines basketball head coach
 * Karen Huger, Real Housewives of Potomac cast member
 * E. Howard Hunt, author, CIA officer and Watergate figure
 * King Hussein of Jordan
 * Frank Islam, philanthropist and founder of QSS Group
 * Nurul Islam, Bangladeshi ex-minister, politician, and economist
 * Antawn Jamison, NBA player
 * Yahya Jammeh, President of Gambia
 * Dhani Jones, NFL player
 * Eddie Jordan, former NBA coach
 * Joseph P. Kennedy, Ambassador to the United Kingdom, resided at Marwood Manor
 * Olaf Kolzig, ice hockey goaltender and coach
 * Ted Koppel, former ABC News anchor
 * Ryan Kuehl, NFL player
 * Paul Laudicina, Chairman and CEO of A.T. Kearney
 * Sugar Ray Leonard, professional and Olympic champion boxer
 * Ted Leonsis, owner of the NHL's Washington Capitals, NBA's Washington Wizards, and WNBA's Washington Mystics
 * Ted Lerner, owner of Lerner Enterprises and MLB's Washington Nationals
 * Bruce Levenson, owner of NBA's Atlanta Hawks
 * Barry Levinson, Academy Award-winning director and screenwriter
 * Liza Levy, Jewish community activist
 * Chelsea Manning, convicted of violating the Espionage Act
 * J.W. Marriott, Jr., billionaire executive of Marriott International
 * Mac McGarry, host of the Washington and Charlottesville, Virginia, versions of It's Academic
 * Nana Meriwether, Miss Maryland USA 2012, Miss USA 2012 (succeeded)
 * Matt Mervis (born 1998), baseball player for the Chicago Cubs
 * Abby Meyers (born 1999), basketball player for the Dallas Wings of the Women's National Basketball Association
 * Serge Mombouli, Ambassador of Congo 2000–2010
 * Taylor Momsen, actress from CW TV series Gossip Girl
 * Alonzo Mourning, NBA player
 * Gheorghe Muresan, NBA player
 * Dikembe Mutombo, NBA player
 * Rachel Nichols, sports journalist, CNN anchor
 * Queen Noor of Jordan, queen consort of Jordan, widow of Hussein of Jordan
 * Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, President of Equatorial Guinea
 * Farah Pahlavi, former queen of Iran
 * Reza Pahlavi II, Crown Prince of Iran
 * Benedict Peters, Nigerian billionaire and CEO of Aiteo
 * Issa Rae, writer, actress, director, producer, author; co-creator of Insecure
 * Mitchell Rales, Chairman of the Danaher Corporation
 * Rosa Rios, Treasurer of the United States
 * David Ritz, owner of Ritz Camera
 * Franklin Delano Roosevelt, United States President, occupied Marwood Mansion during the summer
 * Greg Rosenbaum, co-founder of The Carlyle Group
 * Pete Sampras, tennis player (moved to California at age 7)
 * Chris Samuels, former NFL offensive tackle, Washington Redskins
 * Monique Samuels, Real Housewives of Potomac cast member; former spouse of Chris Samuels
 * Eunice Kennedy Shriver, sister of John, Robert, and Ted Kennedy; mother of Maria Shriver
 * Sargent Shriver, husband of Eunice Kennedy Shriver; founder of the Peace Corps; former Ambassador to France
 * Topper Shutt, chief meteorologist for WUSA-TV
 * Donnie Simpson, WPGC 95.5 radio personality; former BET VJ
 * Daniel Snyder, former owner of the NFL's Washington Redskins; former Chairman of the Board of Six Flags
 * Sylvester Stallone, actor, screenwriter, and director
 * Darren Star, television writer and producer
 * Tim Sweeney, billionaire video game developer, founder of Epic Games
 * David Trone, businessman and U.S. Congressman
 * Spike Trotman, founder of Iron Circus Comics
 * Mike Tyson, professional boxer
 * John Wall, NBA player for the Houston Rockets
 * Mark A. Weinberger, Global Chairman and CEO of EY
 * Robert Wexler, U.S. Congressman
 * Buck Williams, NBA player
 * Christopher Williams, NASA astronaut candidate and medical physicist
 * Gary Williams, former head coach of University of Maryland's basketball team
 * Willie J. Williams, NFL player