Famous People from Baltimore, Maryland

• Agnew, Spiro

  The 39th vice president of the United States, 1969-73

• Beach, Sylvia

  The Paris bookstore owner who published 'Ulysses'

• Bolton, John

  Mustachioed U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, 2005-06

• Clancy, Tom

  The "techno-thriller" author who wrote The Hunt for Red October

• Coates, Ta-Nehisi

  The 'Atlantic' writer who also does 'Black Panther' comics

• DMX

  Rapper of "Get At Me Dog"

• Elliot, Cass

  The big member the pop group The Mamas & The Papas

• Frisell, Bill

  Innovative guitarist who recorded In Line

• Glass, Philip

  Modern composer who did Einstein on the Beach

• Gray, Freddie

  The Baltimore man killed in police custody in 2015

• Hasselhoff, David

  Star of TV's Knight Rider and Baywatch

• Hiss, Alger

  The State Department official accused of being a Soviet spy in 1948

• Holiday, Billie

  The popular jazz singer known as "Lady Day"

• Levinson, Barry

  The director of Diner and Rain Man

• Marshall, Thurgood

  The first African-American justice of the U.S. Supreme Court

• Mencken, H.L.

  Famously acerbic columnist for the Baltimore Sun

• Moore, Garry

  Host of TV's Garry Moore Show

• Murray, Pauli

  The Civil Rights Era hero who became an Episcopalian priest

• Ocasek, Ric

  The big-eared founder of the rock band The Cars

• Pelosi, Nancy

  The first female Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives

• Phelps, Michael

  The swimmer who won a record 28 Olympic medals

• Posey, Parker

  Indie goddess and star of Best in Show

• Post, Emily

  Mid-20th century American expert on etiquette

• Rich, Adrienne

  The feminist-lesbian poet who wrote Diving Into the Wreck

• Ruth, Babe

  New York Yankee hero and home run king

• Simpson, Wallis

  The woman for whom King Edward VIII gave up the throne

• Sinclair, Upton

  Socialist author of 1906's The Jungle

• Smith, Jada Pinkett

  Niobe in 'The Matrix' sequels

• Uris, Leon

  The author of Exodus

• Waters, John

  Oddball filmmaker who made Polyester and Pecker

• Zappa, Frank

  Iconoclastic rocker who did "Dynamo Hum"

See also: Born in Maryland