The following is a list of people from Maryland, a state in the United States. This list may not include federal officials and members of the United States Congress who live in Maryland but were not born there.
- Spiro T. Agnew, former Governorauthor of Maryland and Vice President of the United States
- John R. Bolton, 25th United States Ambassador to the United Nations
- Charles Joseph Bonaparte, former Attorney General of the United States; founder of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; grand-nephew of French emperor Napoleon I
- Anthony G. Brown, former Lieutenant Governor of Maryland
- Charles Carroll of Carrollton, lawyer, politician, and signer of the Declaration of Independence
- Samuel Chase, United States Supreme Court Justice
- Frank J. Christensen, labor leader
- J. Joseph Curran, Jr., state Attorney General and former Lieutenant Governor
- Frederick Douglass, abolitionist
- Doug Duncan, county executive
- Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr., Governor of Maryland (2003–2007)
- John Hanson, ninth president of the Continental Congress; first elected under the Articles of Confederation
- Steny Hoyer, current House Minority Whip, U.S. House of Representatives
- Thurgood Marshall, civil rights leader and United States Supreme Court Justice
- Kweisi Mfume, NAACP leader and former Congressman
- Aruna Miller, current Lieutenant Governor of Maryland and former Maryland State Delegate
- Wes Moore, author, nonprofit executive and current Governor of Maryland
- Catherine Curran O'Malley, State District Judge and wife of Martin O'Malley
- Martin J. O'Malley, former Governor of Maryland
- William Paca, signer of the Declaration of Independence
- Nancy Pelosi, 60th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
- William Donald Schaefer, former Governor
- Sargent Shriver, politician, former vice presidential candidate
- Michael S. Steele, Lieutenant Governor of Maryland (2003–2007)
- Roger Taney, Chief Justice of the United States
- Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, former Lieutenant Governor of Maryland and oldest daughter of Robert F. Kennedy
- Jeffrey Zients, first U.S. Chief Performance Officer under President Barack Obama
- Dawn Zimmer, mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey
- Otto Eugene Adams
- George Archer[1]
- Richard Snowden Andrews
- Ephraim Francis Baldwin
- Henry F. Brauns
- William Buckland (architect)
- Wright Butler
- Charles L. Carson[2]
- Albert Cassell
- Charles E. Cassell
- Francis E. Davis[3]
- Thomas Dixon
- George A. Frederick
- T. Buckler Ghequier, architect of St. Mark's Episcopal Church (Washington, D.C.)[4]
- Jackson C. Gott, architect of Charles Theatre (Baltimore)[5]
- Nathaniel Henry Hutton
- William Rich Hutton
- Thomas C. Kennedy[6]
- Edmund George Lind
- Alfred Mason, prolific designer of schools[7]
- John Murdoch, co-designer of Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church (Baltimore)[8]
- J. Crawford Neilson
- John Rudolph Niernsee
- Edward L. Palmer, Jr.
- Josias Pennington, co-designer of Mount Royal Station (Baltimore)[9]
- Theodore Wells Pietsch, architect of Stieff Silver Company Factory (Baltimore)
- Bruce Price
- Howard Van Doren Shaw (died in Baltimore)
- Gideon Shryock
- Mathias Shryock (born in Frederick, Maryland)
- Otto G. Simonson, supervised U.S. Custom House (Baltimore, Maryland); partner, Simonson & Pietsch[10]
- Joseph Evans Sperry
- Douglas H. Thomas, architect of Belvedere Hotel (Baltimore)[11]
- John Appleton Wilson
- James Bosley Noel Wyatt, architect of Baltimore City Courthouse and homes in Roland Park[12]
- Richard R. Arnold, NASA astronaut, high school biology teacher
- Benjamin Banneker, surveyor, astronomer, mathematician and almanac author
- Brady Barr, herpetologist
- Dr. Ben Carson, neurosurgeon
- Rachel Carson, environmentalist
- Robert Curbeam, astronaut, engineer, and U.S. Navy officer
- George Dantzig, mathematical scientist
- Wendell E. Dunn, Jr., chemical engineer, metallurgist, and inventor
- Roger L. Easton, principal inventor of GPS
- Charles Fefferman, mathematician
- Henry Gantt, mechanical engineer
- Solomon Golomb, mathematician who invented pentominoes
- Michael Griffin, NASA administrator
- Arlo Hemphill, explorer/ocean conservationist
- Thomas David Jones, NASA astronaut, US Air Force pilot
- Nick Katz, mathematician
- John Mauchly, physicist who, with J. Presper Eckert, invented the first general-purpose electronic computer
- Ayub K. Ommaya, neurosurgeon
- Mila Rechcigl, biochemist
- Robert Empie Rogers, chemist
- Arthur William Savage, inventor of the Savage Model 99
- Paul Reed Smith, luthier
- Terry W. Virts, NASA astronaut, US Air Force pilot
- Douglas C. Wallace, geneticist, evolutionary biologist
- John Archibald Wheeler, theoretical physicist
- Gregory R. Wiseman, NASA astronaut, US Navy aviator
- Edward Witten, physicist, mathematician
- John Barth, author
- Carl Bernstein, journalist and author
- Hanne Blank, author
- Ann Brashares, author
- Pat Brown, author, criminal profiler
- Erin Burnett, journalist and CNN anchor
- James M. Cain, journalist and author
- Kiran Chetry, journalist
- Connie Chung, television journalist
- Tom Clancy, author
- Lucille Clifton, poet
- Ta-Nehisi Coates, writer, journalist
- Mark Davis, columnist, radio talk show host
- Frank Deford, journalist and author
- Matt Drudge, journalist, radio talk show host
- Roland Flint, poet
- Courtney Friel, entertainment reporter for Fox News
- Jesse Glass, poet, folklorist
- Meredith Goldstein, advice columnist and reporter
- Mary Downing Hahn, author
- Dashiell Hammett, author
- Karen Hesse, author
- Zora Neale Hurston, author
- Sophie Kerr, author
- Michael Kimball, author
- Gayle King, editor
- Mel Kiper Jr., ESPN football analyst
- Munro Leaf, children's author
- Rick Leventhal, correspondent for Fox News
- Walter Lord, author
- H. L. Mencken, journalist and social critic
- Emily J. Miller, senior editor of Washington Times opinion pages
- Frank Miller, writer and artist
- Ogden Nash, humorous poet
- Suzan-Lori Parks, playwright and screenwriter
- Adrienne Rich, poet and feminist
- Nora Roberts, author
- Thomas Roberts, news anchor for MSNBC
- John Thomas Scharf, author, historian, lawyer, politician, and Confederate soldier and sailor
- Karl Shapiro, poet
- Upton Sinclair, author
- Norman Solomon, journalist, media critic
- Bud Sparhawk, science fiction author
- John Steadman, sportswriter
- Anne Tyler, author
- Leon Uris, author
- Scott Van Pelt, ESPN anchor and radio host
- Fredricka Whitfield, CNN reporter and anchor
- James Wolcott, journalist, social critic
- Bernard Addison, jazz guitarist
- Scott Ambush, jazz bassist
- BT, born Brian Transeau, electronic musician
- Niki Barr, singer/songwriter
- Keter Betts, jazz bassist
- Eubie Blake, ragtime, jazz and pop composer, lyricist
- Bossman, rapper
- Toni Braxton, singer
- Mark Bryan, guitarist for the rock band Hootie & the Blowfish
- David Byrne, singer/guitarist of rock band Talking Heads
- Bill Callahan, singer/songwriter formerly known as Smog
- Cab Calloway, jazz singer and bandleader
- Eva Cassidy, singer/songwriter
- Cex, electronic musician
- JC Chasez, singer, songwriter and producer; former member of pop group N'Sync
- John Christ, former guitarist of the hard rock band Danzig
- Dan Deacon, electronic musician
- Adam Duritz, singer of rock band Counting Crows
- Cass Elliot, singer of pop band The Mamas & the Papas
- Sam Endicott, singer of rock band The Bravery
- Entrance, born Guy Blakeslee, singer/songwriter
- John Fahey, folk/blues guitarist
- Mark Fax, composer
- Dean Felber, bass guitarist for the rock band Hootie & the Blowfish
- Danny Gatton, guitarist
- Ginuwine, R&B singer
- Philip Glass, composer
- Robert Gordon, rockabilly singer
- Tamyra Gray, singer/actress
- Hilary Hahn, concert violinist, two-time Grammy Award winner
- Billie Holiday, singer
- Ron Holloway, tenor saxophonist
- Scott Hull, guitarist, music producer
- Eric Hutchinson, musician
- Julienne Irwin, singer and America's Got Talent season 2 finalist
- Joan Jett, singer
- LaKisha Jones, American Idol season 6 finalist
- Tommy Keene, singer/songwriter
- Greg Kihn, New Wave and pop musician and singer
- Joe Lally, bassist of rock band Fugazi
- Nathan Larson, film soundtrack composer; guitarist of rock bands Shudder to Think and Hot One
- Rod Lee, Baltimore club producer/DJ
- Lisa Loeb, singer/songwriter
- Nils Lofgren, solo rock musician and guitarist with Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band
- Logic, rapper
- Benji Madden, guitarist for Good Charlotte
- Joel Madden, lead singer for Good Charlotte
- Spiro Malas, bass-baritone opera singer
- Mario, singer/songwriter
- Christina Milian, singer, songwriter, actress, dancer
- Mýa, singer/songwriter and dancer
- Ric Ocasek, former lead singer of The Cars
- Barry Louis Polisar, singer/songwriter of children's music
- Greg Puciato, singer of metal band The Dillinger Escape Plan
- Gina Schock, drummer of rock band The Go-Go's
- Sisqó, lead singer of R&B group Dru Hill
- Noel Paul Stookey, singer with Peter, Paul and Mary
- Evan Taubenfeld, ex-guitarist and backup singer for pop star Avril Lavigne; singer and rhythm guitarist for The Black List Club
- Chad Taylor, guitarist for The Gracious Few and Live
- Chester Thompson, drummer, frequent collaborator with Genesis
- Ultra Naté, house music/dance-pop musician
- Chick Webb, jazz and swing drummer and bandleader
- Scott "Wino" Weinrich, doom metal guitarist and vocalist
- Erica Wheeler, folk singer/songwriter
- Erin Willett, The Voice season 2 finalist
- Frank Zappa, singer, guitarist and composer
- Cynthia Addai-Robinson, actress
- Gbenga Akinnagbe, actor
- Lori Alan, voice actress
- Karen Allen, actress
- Bess Armstrong, actress
- Jay Ashley, pornographic film star
- John Astin, actor
- Noelle Beck, actress
- Lewis Black, comedian, actor
- Wolfgang Bodison, actor
- Edwin Booth, actor
- John Wilkes Booth, actor
- Julie Bowen, actress
- Kimberly J. Brown, actress
- Norman "Chubby" Chaney, actor (Little Rascals, Our Gang shorts)
- Crystal Chappell, actress
- Josh Charles, actor
- Josh Clark, actor
- Kevin Clash, puppeteer
- Gaelan Connell, actor, singer
- Hans Conreid, actor
- Whitney Cummings, stand-up comedienne
- Tommy Davidson, actor, comedian
- Wendy Davis, actress
- Eddie Deezen, actor
- Alexis Denisof, actor
- Divine, actor, drag queen
- Jack Douglass, Internet personality, comedian
- David Drake, playwright, actor, stage director
- Mildred Dunnock, actress
- Charles Dutton, actor
- Michael Ealy, actor
- Johnny Eck, actor, circus performer (Tod Browning's Freaks)
- Damon Evans, actor
- Anna Faris, actress
- Evan Farmer, actor, singer
- Lauren Faust, animator
- Faith Fay, actress
- Wayne Federman, comedian, actor, author
- Ben Feldman, actor
- Mona Freeman, actress
- Judah Friedlander, comedian, actor
- Daniel Gallant, writer, producer and director of Nuyorican Poets Café
- Kathie Lee Gifford, TV personality and singer
- Anita Gillette, actress
- Larry Gilliard, Jr., actor
- Ira Glass, radio personality, producer
- John Glover, actor
- Duff Goldman, television personality
- George O. Gore II, actor
- Alfred Gough, screenwriter and producer
- Holter Graham, actor
- Linda Hamilton, actress
- Brandon Hardesty, actor
- Ian Harding, actor
- Linda Harrison, actress
- David Hasselhoff, actor
- Shawn Hatosy, actor
- Rondo Hatton, actor
- Goldie Hawn, actress
- Robert Hays, actor
- Taraji P. Henson, actress
- Russell Hicks, actor
- Brendan Hines, actor, singer
- Michael Hyatt, actress
- Mo'Nique Imes-Jackson, actress
- Thomas Jane, actor
- Rian Johnson, filmmaker
- Spike Jonze, music video director, filmmaker, and producer
- Kevin Kangas, writer, director of B-horror movies
- John Kassir, actor, comedian
- Stacy Keibler, actress, model
- Kevin Kilner, actor
- Judy Kuhn, actress
- Martin Lawrence, actor, comedian, director and producer
- Barry Levinson, filmmaker
- Peyton List, actress, model
- Ernie Lively, actor
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus, actress
- William H. Macy, actor
- Paula Marshall, actress
- Dale Midkiff, actor
- Debra Monk, actress, singer
- Garry Moore, television personality
- Cookie Mueller, actress, writer
- Sean Murray, actor
- Mildred Natwick, actress
- Devika Parikh, actress
- Jameson Parker, actor
- Nicole Ari Parker, actress
- Mark Pellington, film director
- Sam Phillips, actress, model, radio DJ
- David Pollock, actor
- Parker Posey, actress
- Robin Quivers, radio personality
- Lance Reddick, actor
- Patricia Richardson, actress
- Howard Rollins, actor
- Mark Rolston, actor
- Jessica Lee Rose, actress
- John Rothman, actor
- Thomas Rothman, film executive
- Mike Rowe, TV personality
- Lamman Rucker, actor
- Johnathon Schaech, actor, writer
- Richard Schiff, actor
- Dwight Schultz, actor
- Teddy Sears, actor
- Anna Deavere Smith, actress, playwright
- Jada Pinkett Smith, actress
- Daniel Stern, actor
- Mink Stole, actress
- Wanda Sykes, comedienne, actress
- Tracie Thoms, actress
- Gil Wadsworth, producer
- Barbara Walsh, actress
- Jonathan Ward, actor
- John Waters, filmmaker
- Matthew Weiner, writer, director and producer
- Sean Whalen, actor
- Montel Williams, TV personality
- Frank Zappa, musician, composer
See also: List of athletes from Maryland A – M and List of athletes from Maryland N – Z
- Nick Adenhart, baseball player
- Joe Alexander, basketball player
- Brady Anderson, baseball player
- Carmelo Anthony, basketball player
- Lisa Aukland, professional bodybuilder and powerlifter
- Tavon Austin, football player
- Harold Baines, baseball player
- Frank Baker, baseball player
- Ken Bannister, basketball player
- Lonny Baxter, basketball player
- Steve Barber, baseball player
- Michael Beasley, basketball player
- Bill Belichick, football coach
- Len Bias, basketball player
- Keith Bogans, basketball player
- Tyrone "Muggsy" Bogues, basketball player
- Josh Boone, basketball player
- Riddick Bowe, heavyweight champion boxer
- NaVorro Bowman, football player
- Charles Bradley, basketball player
- Dudley Bradley, basketball player
- Troy Brohawn, baseball player
- Andre Brown, football player
- Sam Cassell, basketball player
- Brett Cecil, baseball player
- Colin Cloherty, football player
- Dante Cunningham, basketball player
- Quintin Dailey, basketball player
- Adrian Dantley, basketball player
- Dominique Dawes, Olympic gymnast
- Delino DeShields, Jr., baseball player
- Juan Dixon, basketball player
- Joey Dorsey, basketball player
- Kevin Durant, basketball player
- Michel Faulkner, football player
- Duane Ferrell, basketball player
- Danny Ferry, basketball player
- Tony Fiammetta, football player
- Gavin Floyd, baseball player
- Moise Fokou, football player
- Domonique Foxworth, football player
- Jimmy Foxx, Hall of Fame baseball player
- Steve Francis, basketball player
- Corey Fuller, football player
- Kyle Fuller, football player
- Rudy Gay, basketball player
- James Gist, basketball player
- Jeff Green, basketball player
- Donté Greene, basketball player
- Gabe Gross, baseball player
- Lefty Grove, Hall of Fame baseball player
- Scott Hall, professional wrestler
- Jeff Halpern, hockey player
- Derrick Harvey, football player
- Darrius Heyward-Bey, football player
- Roy Hibbert, basketball player
- Calvin Hill, football player, father of Grant Hill
- Katie Hoff, swimmer
- Jarrett Jack, basketball player
- Tanard Jackson, football player
- Tracy Jackson, basketball player
- Bryant Johnson, football player
- Larry Johnson, football player
- Steve Johnson, baseball player
- Al Kaline, Hall of Fame baseball player
- Stacy Keibler, professional wrestler
- Linas Kleiza, basketball player
- Rick Knapp, pitching coach
- Aaron Laffey, baseball player
- Bucky Lasek, professional skateboarder
- Ty Lawson, basketball player
- Katie Ledecky, Olympic swimmer
- Sugar Ray Leonard, Hall of Fame boxer
- Reggie Lewis, basketball player
- Sidney Lowe, basketball player, assistant coach
- Matt Maloney, basketball player
- Roger Mason, basketball player
- Justin Maxwell, baseball player
- Leo Mazzone, baseball coach
- Robert McClain, football player
- Rodney McLeod, football player
- Sara McMann, MMA fighter
- Kimmie Meissner, figure skater
- Shawne Merriman, football player
- Terence Morris, basketball player
- Daniel Muir, football player
- Jeff Nelson, baseball player
- Quinn Ojinnaka, football player
- Travis Pastrana, motorsport athlete
- Sam Perlozzo, baseball player and manager
- Julian Peterson, football player
- Michael Phelps, Olympic swimmer
- Tom Phoebus, baseball player
- Billy Ripken, baseball player
- Cal Ripken, Jr., Hall of Fame baseball player
- Bob Robertson, baseball player
- Josh Roenicke, baseball player
- Axl Rotten, professional wrestler
- Babe Ruth, Hall of Fame baseball player
- Pete Sampras, tennis player
- Jim Schwartz, football coach
- Dennis Scott, basketball player
- Josh Selby, basketball player
- Kevin Shaffer, football player
- Visanthe Shiancoe, football player
- Pam Shriver, tennis player
- Gene Shue, basketball player
- Lawrence Sidbury, football player
- Dickey Simpkins, basketball player
- Ira Smith, collegiate baseball player
- Tubby Smith, basketball coach
- Larry Spriggs, basketball player
- Mike Sweetney, basketball player
- Ron Swoboda, baseball player
- Mark Teixeira, baseball player
- Greivis Vásquez, basketball player
- Marvin Webster, basketball player
- Delonte West, basketball player
- Brian Westbrook, football player
- Byron Westbrook, football player
- Derrick Williams, football player
- LaQuan Williams, football player
- Madieu Williams, football player
- Reggie Williams, basketball player
- Kennard Winchester, basketball player
- David Wingate, basketball player
- Danny Wiseman, Hall of Fame bowler
- Jay Witasick, baseball player
- Sam Young, basketball player
- Usama Young, football player
- Norman Carlberg, sculptor
- Frank Cho, comic book creator, writer and artist
- Jane Frank, painter, sculptor, mixed media artist, illustrator
- Lee Gatch, painter, mixed media artist
- Dick Hafer, cartoonist and comics creator
- Elaine Hamilton-O'Neal, painter
- Morris Louis, painter
- Anne Truitt, sculptor
- Bernie Wrightson, comic book artist
- John Wilkes Booth, assassin of President Abraham Lincoln
- Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, first proprietary governor of the Maryland Colony
- John Carroll, first Roman Catholic archbishop in the US
- Henry De Butts, 18th-century U.S. Army officer, acting Adjutant General and Inspector General
- Stephen Decatur, naval hero of the War of 1812
- William Hemsley Emory, United States Army officer and surveyor of Texas
- Matthew Henson, Arctic explorer
- Alger Hiss, UN official accused of being a Soviet spy in 1948, convicted of perjury in 1950
- Francis Scott Key, composer of the national anthem
- Jacob Lumbrozo, first Jew to permanently settle in the New World
- Charles A. May, U.S. Army cavalry officer, considered a hero of the Mexican War
- Samuel Mudd, physician convicted and imprisoned for aiding John Wilkes Booth
- Cadwalader Ringgold, U.S. Navy Officer during the Civil War, explorer
- Raymond A. Spruance, admiral during World War II, ambassador to the Philippines
- Harriet Tubman, leader of the Underground Railroad
- Steve Bisciotti, majority owner of the Baltimore Ravens
- Bud Delp, 1979 Kentucky Derby-winning trainer of Spectacular Bid
- Michel Faulkner, pastor and NYC politician
- Duff Goldman, owner of Charm City Cakes, star of Ace of Cakes
- Ed Hale, businessman, owner of Baltimore Blast
- Michael Hardt, literary theorist and political philosopher
- Arlo Hemphill, wilderness advocate
- Johns Hopkins, businessman and philanthropist
- Mel Kiper, Jr., ESPN football analyst, known for draft coverage
- Little Albert, subject of John B. Watson's controversial case study on classical conditioning
- Samuel J. Palmisano, president and CEO of IBM
- Bronza Parks, boatbuilder
- Bob Parsons, CEO and founder of Go Daddy
- George Peabody, founder of the Peabody Institute, philanthropist
- Frank Perdue, president of Perdue Farms
- Kevin Plank, CEO and founder of Under Armour
- John Rawls, philosopher
- Hilary Rhoda, model
- James Rouse, city planner
- Christian Siriano, winner of Season 4 of Project Runway
- Ben Stein, actor, author, economist, political speechwriter
- Robert Stethem, U.S. Navy Seabee diver killed by Hezbollah militants during the hijacking of TWA Flight 847
- Matthew VanDyke, freedom fighter and prisoner of war (POW) in the 2011 Libyan Civil War
- Bill Wilson, head of Americans for Limited Government
- George Young, NFL executive