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Maryland
People
Every state of the Union has given birth to people who have left a lasting impression on our history and culture. The following native Marylanders have played distinctive roles.
Born in Maryland
| Famous Marylanders | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Born / Died | Place | ||||
| Spiro Theodore Agnew
(born Spiros Anagnostopoulos) Vice President, Politician |
Born: | November 9, 1918 | Towson | |||
| Died: | September 17, 1996 | Berlin | ||||
| Benjamin Banneker
Mathematician, Astronomer, Publisher, Writer, Inventor |
Born: | November 9, 1731 | Ellicott's Mills | |||
| Died: | October 25, 1806 | Baltimore | ||||
| John Simmons Barth
Writer |
Born: | May 27, 1930 | Cambridge | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| James Hubert "Eubie" Blake
Composer, Lyricist, Pianist |
Born: | February 7, 1887 | Baltimore | |||
| Died: | February 12, 1983 | Brooklyn, N.Y. | ||||
| John Wilkes Booth
Actor, Assasin: Abraham Lincoln |
Born: | May 10, 1838 | Bel Air | |||
| Died: | April 26, 1865 | Port Royal, Va. | ||||
| Charles Joseph Bonaparte
Politician, Lawyer |
Born: | June 9, 1851 | Baltimore | |||
| Died: | June 28, 1921 | Bella Vista, Baltimore | ||||
| Francis Xavier Bushman
Actor |
Born: | January 10, 1883 | Baltimore | |||
| Died: | August 23, 1966 | Pacific Palisades, Calif. | ||||
| James Mallahan Cain
Novelist, Journalist |
Born: | July 1, 1892 | Annapolis | |||
| Died: | October 27, 1977 | Hyattsville | ||||
| Charles Carroll
Signer: Declaration of Independence, Politician, Lawyer |
Born: | September 19, 1737 | Annapolis | |||
| Died: | November 14, 1832 | Baltimore | ||||
| Samuel Chase
Signer: Declaration of Independence, Supreme Court justice, Politician, Lawyer |
Born: | April 17, 1741 | Somerset County | |||
| Died: | June 19, 1811 | Baltimore | ||||
| Thomas Leo "Tom" Clancy Jr.
Writer |
Born: | April 12, 1947 | Baltimore | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Hans Georg Conried, Jr.
Actor |
Born: | April 15, 1917 | Baltimore | |||
| Died: | January 5, 1982 | Burbank, Calif. | ||||
| Robert Lee Curbeam, Jr.
Astronaut, Navy pilot, Engineer |
Born: | March 5, 1962 | Baltimore | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Dominique Margaux Dawes
Gymnast |
Born: | November 20, 1976 | Silver Spring | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Stephen Decatur, Jr.
Naval officer |
Born: | January 5, 1779 | Sinepuxent | |||
| Died: | March 22, 1820 | Washington, D.C. | ||||
| John Dickinson
Politician, Lawyer, Signer: Constitution |
Born: | November 2, 1732 | Talbot County | |||
| Died: | February 14, 1808 | Wilmington | ||||
| Frederick Douglass
(born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey) Abolitionist, Orator, Editor, Statesman, Author |
Born: | February 14, 1818 | Talbot County | |||
| Died: | February 20, 1895 | Washington, D.C. | ||||
| Cass Elliot
(born Ellen Naomi Cohen) Singer, Actress |
Born: | September 19, 1941 | Baltimore | |||
| Died: | July 29, 1974 | London, England | ||||
| Christopher Gist
Explorer, Military scout |
Born: | c. 1706 | Baltimore | |||
| Died: | 1759 | Georgia, South Carolina, or Virginia | ||||
| Philip Glass
Composer |
Born: | January 31, 1937 | Baltimore | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Robert Moses "Lefty" Grove
Baseball player |
Born: | March 6, 1900 | Lonaconing | |||
| Died: | May 22, 1975 | Norwalk, Ohio | ||||
| John Hanson
President under Articles of Confederation, Politician |
Born: | April 3, 1715 | near Port Tobacco | |||
| Died: | November 22, 1783 | Oxon Hill | ||||
| Matthew Alexander Henson
Explorer |
Born: | August 8, 1866 | Charles County | |||
| Died: | March 9, 1955 | New York, N.Y. | ||||
| Johns "Johnsie" Hopkins
Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, Abolitionist |
Born: | May 19, 1795 | Anne Arundel County | |||
| Died: | December 24, 1873 | Baltimore | ||||
| Reverdy Johnson
Politician, Lawyer |
Born: | May 21, 1796 | Annapolis | |||
| Died: | February 10, 1876 | Annapolis | ||||
| Thomas Johnson
Supreme Court Justice, Governor, |
Born: | November 12, 1732 | Calvert County | |||
| Died: | October 26, 1819 | Frederick | ||||
| Francis Scott Key
Lawyer, Author, Writer: Star Spangled Banner |
Born: | August 1, 1779 | Frederick (Now Carroll) County | |||
| Died: | January 11, 1843 | Baltimore | ||||
| Morris Louis
(born Morris Louis Bernstein) Painter |
Born: | November 28, 1912 | Baltimore | |||
| Died: | September 7, 1962 | Wasington, D.C. | ||||
| Thurgood Marshall
(born Thoroughgood Marshall) Supreme Court Justice, Jurist |
Born: | July 2, 1908 | Baltimore | |||
| Died: | January 24, 1993 | Bethesda | ||||
| Henry Louis "H.L." Mencken
(nickname: Sage of Baltimore) Journalist, Satirist, Social critic |
Born: | September 12, 1880 | Baltimore | |||
| Died: | January 29, 1956) | Baltimore | ||||
| William Paca
Signer: Declaration of Independence, Lawyer |
Born: | October 31, 1740 | Abingdon | |||
| Died: | October 13, 1799 | Wye Island | ||||
| Charles Willson Peale
Painter, Soldier, Naturalist |
Born: | April 15, 1741 | Chester | |||
| Died: | February 22, 1827 | Philadelphia, Penn. | ||||
| Franklin Parsons "Frank" Perdue
President: Perdue Farms, Businessman |
Born: | May 9, 1920 | Salisbury | |||
| Died: | March 31, 2005 | Salisbury | ||||
| Calvin Edwin "Cal" Ripken, Jr.
Baseball player |
Born: | August 24, 1960 | Havre de Grac | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Anne Newport Royall
Writer, Traveler, Journalist |
Born: | June 11, 1769 | Baltimore | |||
| Died: | October 1, 1854 | Washington, D.C. | ||||
| James Rumsey
Engineer, Inventor |
Born: | 1743 | Cecil County | |||
| Died: | December 21, 1792 | London, England | ||||
| George Herman "Babe" Ruth
(nicknames: Babe, The Bambino, The Sultan of Swat, The King of Crash, The Titan of Terror and The Colossus of Clout) Baseball player |
Born: | February 6, 1895 | Baltimore | |||
| Died: | August 16, 1948 | New York, N.Y. | ||||
| Upton Beall Sinclair, Jr.
Writer |
Born: | September 20, 1878 | Baltimore | |||
| Died: | November 25, 1968 | Bound Brook, N.J. | ||||
| Roger Brooke Taney
Supreme Court Chief Justice, Attorney General |
Born: | March 17, 1777 | Calvert County | |||
| Died: | October 12, 1864 | Washington, D.C. | ||||
| Harriet Tubman
Abolitionist, Social activist, Hairdresser |
Born: | c. 1822 | Dorchester County | |||
| Died: | March 10, 1913 | Auburn, N.Y. | ||||
| Leon Marcus Uris
Novelist |
Born: | August 3, 1924 | Baltimore | |||
| Died: | June 21, 2003 | Shelter Island, N.Y. | ||||
| Mason Locke "Parson" Weems
Printer, Minister, Author |
Born: | October 11, 1756 | Anne Arundel County | |||
| Died: | May 23, 1825 | Beaufort, S.C. | ||||
| Frank Vincent Zappa
Musician, Composer, Film Director |
Born: | December 21, 1940 | Baltimore | |||
| Died: | December 4, 1993 | Los Angeles, Calif. | ||||
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