What famous people live in Maryland?

Question

School begins in a few weeks and I want to mention to my students famous people from our beautiful state....

Thank You!

Answer 1

Here is a starter:

Spiro Theodore Agnew, Baltimore MD

Spiro Agnew, Former Governor of Maryland and 39th Vice President of the United States (1969-1973 under Richard Nixon.) Second VP to resign from office. Born November 9, 1918 in Baltimore, MD. Died September 17, 1996, in Ocean City MD.

John Wilkes Booth, Bel Air MD

John Wilkes Booth was born on May 10, 1838 at his family home near Bel Air, Maryland. He died April 26, 1865.

Tom Clancy, Author (Hunt For Red October, Patriot Games & more)

Thomas L. Clancy, Jr. (Author) Born April 12, 1947. He majored in English at Baltimore's Loyola College, and worked as an insurance broker in Maryland. Biography & source: http://users.cybercity.dk/~buu2619/bio.h...

Cass Elliot, Singer - The Mama's and the Papa's

Cass Elliott was born Ellen Naomi Cohen on September 19, 1941 in Baltimore, MD. Best remembered as "Mama Cass" from the singing group, The Mama's and the Papa's.  She died on July 29, 1974 at the age of 32.

Linda Hamilton, Actress

Linda Hamilton was born September 26, 1956 in Salisbury, Maryland

David Hasselhoff, Actor, Singer, Director

David Hasselhoff was born July 17, 1952 in Baltimore, Maryland

www.davidhasselhoff.com

Billie Holiday, Jazz Singer

Billie Holiday, 1915 (Jazz singer) - Born Eleanora Fagan on April 7, 1915 in Philadelphia PA and spent most of her young life in Baltimore MD. Died July 17, 1959.

Francis Scott Key, Writer of The Star Spangled Banner

Francis Scott Key was born on August 1, 1779, on his family's estate "Terra Rubra" located western Maryland. He died of Pleurisy on January 11, 1843 in Baltimore, MD.

Thurgood Marshall, Civil Rights Activist, First US African-American Supreme Court Justice

Thurgood Marshall was born on July 2, 1908 in Baltimore, Maryland. He died on January 24, 1993.

Garry Moore, TV Personality of the 1950's

Gary Moore was born Thomas Garrison Morfit on January 31, 1915 in Baltimore MD. Died November 28, 1993 from Emphysema.

Ed Norton, (Actor, Producer, Director & more)

Edward Norton was born on August 18, 1969 in Columbia, MD. www.edward-norton.org

Cal Ripken, Jr. (Baseball Player)

Calvin Edward Ripken, Jr. was born August 24, 1960 in Havre de Grace, MD.

Babe Ruth (Baseball Great)

Babe Ruth was born George Herman Ruth, Jr. on February 6, 1895 in Baltimore, Maryland. He died on August 16, 1948 at Memorial Hospital in New York City at age 53 from throat cancer.

Upton Sinclair, Author

Upton Beall Sinclair was born on September 20, 1878 in Baltimore, MD. He died November 25, 1968.

Frank Zappa, Musician

Frank Zappa (Musician) Born December 21, 1940 in Baltimore, MD. He died December 4, 1993 from prostate cancer at the age of 52. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995.

Answer 2

idk that duff guy from charm city cakes on the food network is from there i think baltimore maryland

Answer 3

David Hasselhoff; the Germans love him :)

Answer 4

I would think that there are many Congressmen and Representatives living in Maryland considering its proximity to DC.