Agnew, Spiro (Baltimore)
The 39th vice president of the United States, 1969-73
Famous People from Maryland
From the Who2 database of 4,809 musicians, actors, historical figures, and other celebrities:
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Banneker, Benjamin (Ellicott City)
The African-American scientist who helped survey Washington, D.C. -
Beach, Sylvia (Baltimore)
The Paris bookstore owner who published 'Ulysses' -
Bolton, John (Baltimore)
Mustachioed U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, 2005-06 -
Booth, John Wilkes (Bel Air)
The man who shot Abraham Lincoln -
Cain, James M. (Annapolis)
Author of The Postman Always Rings Twice -
Clancy, Tom (Baltimore)
The "techno-thriller" author who wrote The Hunt for Red October -
Coates, Ta-Nehisi (Baltimore)
The 'Atlantic' writer who also does 'Black Panther' comics -
DMX (Baltimore)
Rapper of "Get At Me Dog" -
Douglass, Frederick (Near Easton)
Former slave turned anti-slavery leader -
Drudge, Matt
The muckraking "citizen journalist" who runs The Drudge Report -
Ealy, Michael (Silver Spring)
Darwyn Al-Sayeed on the cable series Sleeper Cell -
Elliot, Cass (Baltimore)
The big member the pop group The Mamas & The Papas -
Flynn, Michael (Fort Meade)
The former National Security Advisor who pled guilty to a felony in 2017 -
Frisell, Bill (Baltimore)
Innovative guitarist who recorded In Line -
Glass, Philip (Baltimore)
Modern composer who did Einstein on the Beach -
Gray, Freddie (Baltimore)
The Baltimore man killed in police custody in 2015 -
Hamilton, Linda (Salisbury)
Sarah Connor in 'The Terminator' movies -
Hammett, Dashiell (St. Mary's County)
The author of "The Maltese Falcon" -
Hanson, John (Charles County)
The guy who was sort-of the first American president -
Hasselhoff, David (Baltimore)
Star of TV's Knight Rider and Baywatch -
Henson, Matthew (Charles County)
The first man to reach the North Pole -
Hiss, Alger (Baltimore)
The State Department official accused of being a Soviet spy in 1948 -
Holiday, Billie (Baltimore)
The popular jazz singer known as "Lady Day" -
Johnson, Rian
The writer/director of 'Knives Out' -
Jonze, Spike (Rockville)
The director of Her and Being John Malkovich -
Key, Francis Scott (Terra Rubra (near Frederick))
The attorney who wrote "The Star Spangled Banner" -
Kingsolver, Barbara (Annapolis)
The author of Pigs in Heaven and Prodigal Summer -
Kinney, Jeff (Andrews Air Force Base)
The author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books -
Levinson, Barry (Baltimore)
The director of Diner and Rain Man -
Marshall, Thurgood (Baltimore)
The first African-American justice of the U.S. Supreme Court -
Mencken, H.L. (Baltimore)
Famously acerbic columnist for the Baltimore Sun -
Miller, Frank (Olney)
The comics artist who did Batman: The Dark Knight Returns -
Mo'Nique (Woodlawn)
The stand-up comedian who won an Oscar for Precious -
Moore, Garry (Baltimore)
Host of TV's Garry Moore Show -
Murray, Pauli (Baltimore)
The Civil Rights Era hero who became an Episcopalian priest -
Norton, Edward (Columbia)
Star of the movie The Fight Club -
Ocasek, Ric (Baltimore)
The big-eared founder of the rock band The Cars -
Pelosi, Nancy (Baltimore)
The first female Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives -
Phelps, Michael (Baltimore)
The swimmer who won a record 28 Olympic medals -
Posey, Parker (Baltimore)
Indie goddess and star of Best in Show -
Post, Emily (Baltimore)
Mid-20th century American expert on etiquette -
Rich, Adrienne (Baltimore)
The feminist-lesbian poet who wrote Diving Into the Wreck -
Ripken, Cal (Havre de Grace)
The long-playing "Iron Man" of baseball's Baltimore Orioles -
Roberts, Nora (Silver Spring)
Author of the romantic MacGregor series -
Rouse, James (Easton)
Urban planner who developed Boston's Fanueil Hall -
Ruth, Babe (Baltimore)
New York Yankee hero and home run king -
Simpson, Wallis (Baltimore)
The woman for whom King Edward VIII gave up the throne -
Sinclair, Upton (Baltimore)
Socialist author of 1906's The Jungle -
Smith, Jada Pinkett (Baltimore)
Niobe in 'The Matrix' sequels -
Taylor, Margaret Smith Mackall (Calvert County)
President Zachary Taylor's wife -
Tubman, Harriet (Dorchester County)
The most famous conductor on the 'Underground Railroad' -
Uris, Leon (Baltimore)
The author of Exodus -
Waters, John (Baltimore)
Oddball filmmaker who made Polyester and Pecker -
Zappa, Frank (Baltimore)
Iconoclastic rocker who did "Dynamo Hum"