Famous People from Washington, D.C.

• Banks, Jonathan

  Mike in Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul

• Bautista, Dave

  Drax in 'The Guardians of the Galaxy'

• Bolten, Joshua

  Chief of Staff to George W. Bush, 2006-2009

• Booker, Cory

  U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 2013-present

• Buchanan, Pat

  Pugnacious political talker on CNN

• Chabon, Michael

  The author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay

• Chappelle, Dave

  The star of Comedy Central's Chappelle's Show

• C.K., Louis

   The ginger-haired comedian star of TV's Louie

• Colbert, Stephen

  Host of TV's satirical The Colbert Report

• Curry, Adam

  1980s MTV host of Top 20 Countdown

• Dowd, Maureen

  Tart-tongued New York Times columnist

• Drew, Charles

  The inventor of the blood bank

• Durant, Kevin

   Scoring champ forward for the Oklahoma Thunder

• Ellington, Duke

  Performer of "Take the 'A' Train"

• Evanti, Lillian

  The first African-American woman to sing opera professionally

• Fugazi

  Influential punk rockers

• Gaye, Marvin

  Singer of "Sexual Healing"

• Ginuwine

  Smooth, sexy singer of "Pony"

• Gore, Al

  The former vice-president who starred in "An Inconvenient Truth"

• Hannigan, Alyson

  The 'band camp' girl in American Pie

• Hawn, Goldie

  The star of the movie Private Benjamin

• Hayes, Helen

  "The First Lady of the American Theater"

• Heigl, Katherine

  Star of Grey's Anatomy and Knocked Up

• Henson, Taraji P.

  Queenie in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

• Hoover, J. Edgar

  Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1924-72

• Hurt, William

  Star of the movie Kiss of the Spider Woman

• Jackson, Samuel L.

  The Bible-quoting hit man from Pulp Fiction

• Kavanaugh, Brett

  The U.S. Supreme Court justice confirmed by a 50-48 Senate vote in 2018

• Kennedy, John Jr.

  JFK's son who also died young

• Kennedy, Michael

  The Kennedy who died while skiing

• Ledecky, Katie

  The champion swimmer who won Olympic Gold at age 15

• Mya

  Singer of "Ghetto Superstar" and "Fallen"

• Nye, Bill

  TV's "Bill Nye the Science Guy"

• O'Malley, Martin

  The governor of Maryland, 2007-2015

• Rice, Susan

  National Security Advisor for Barack Obama, 2013-17

• Salahi, Tareq

  One half of the 2009 White House gate-crashing couple

• Sampras, Pete

  "Pistol Pete," the 14-time Grand Slam winner

• Sandberg, Sheryl

  COO of Facebook, 2008-present

• Sousa, John Philip

  The guy who wrote "Stars and Stripes Forever"

• Theroux, Justin

  The film director in David Lynch's Mulholland Dr.

• Walker, John

  American caught fighting for the Taliban

• Watterson, Bill

  Creator of the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes

See also: Index of all US States