Famous Marylanders
These are just a few of the famous people who were either born in Maryland or spent some important time in Maryland.
Brian Billick, football coach
Kyle Boller, football player
Peter Boulware, football player
Keith Campbell, financier
Rachel Carson, environmentalist
Bruce Chen, baseball player
Harry “Flash” Clarke, football player
Mark Clayton, football player
Michael Deaver, presidential advisor
Will Demps, football player
Jay Gibbons, baseball player
Todd Heap, football player
Alice Hendricks, author
Billie Holiday, jazz singer
Pat Kelly, baseball player
Francis Scott Key, songwriter, Star Spangled Banner
Irene Morgan Kirkaldy, civil rights leader
Sugar Ray Leonard, boxer
Jamal Lewis, football player
Ray Lewis, football player
Javy López, baseball player
Rodrigo López, baseball player
Benji Madden, rock musician
Joel Madden, rock musician
Thurgood Marshall, first black appointed to the U.S. supreme court
Derrick Mason, football player
Lee Mazzone, baseball coach
Chris McAlister, football player
Parren Mitchell, first black U.S. representative from Maryland
Melvin Mora, baseball player
Isaac Myers, organized first black-owned shipyard company
Jonathan Ogden, football player
Rafael Palmeiro, baseball player
Sam Perlozzo, baseball coach
Tommy Polley, football player
Ed Reed, football player
Brian Roberts, baseball player
Nora Roberts, romance and mystery novelist.
Roberts also writes as J.D. Robb, Sarah Hardesty, and Jill
March. Roberts's novels had spent more than 680 weeks on the New York Times
Bestseller List, including more than 100 weeks in the #1 spot. Over 280 million
copies of her books are in print. Her novels have been published in 35
countries.
Brooks Robinson, baseball player
Frank Robinson, baseball player
Samari Rolle, football player
Deion Sanders, football player
Gordon Scott, actor
Jennifer Stein, author
Terrell Suggs, football player
B. J. Surhoff, baseball player
Chester Taylor, football player
Miguel Tejada, baseball player
Adalius Thomas, football player
Johnny Unitas, football player
Imal Wagner, book publicist
Will Witherspoon, football player
Anthony Wright, football player
