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Clara Barton (1821 -
1912) Founded the American
Red Cross, with headquarters
located in a home in Glen
Echo.
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Eubie Blake (1883
- 1983) Ragtime musician and
composer who wrote “The
Charleston Rag,” in 1899;
born in Baltimore.
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John Wilkes Booth
(1838 - 1865) The assassin
of President Abraham
Lincoln; born in Bel Air.
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Tom Clancy (1947
- ) Author of many
best-selling books,
including The Hunt for Red
October and Patriot Games;
born in Baltimore.
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Frederick Douglass
(1817 - 1895) Abolitionist
leader who was born a slave
in Maryland
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Matthew Henson (1866
- 1955) One of the first two
men to reach the North Pole;
born in Baltimore.
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Francis Scott Key
(1779 - 1843) He wrote the
national anthem on September
14, 1814 while watching the
bombardment of
Fort McHenry during the
War of 1812; born in
Frederick county.
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Johns Hopkins
(1795 - 1873), Merchant,
banker, and philanthropist,
who founded the hospital and
university that bear his
name; born in Anne Arundel
County. |
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Thurgood Marshall
(1908 - 1993) First
African-American justice of
the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Edgar Allan Poe
(1809 - 1849) Famous author
and poet; born in
Massachusetts, spent writing
years in Baltimore and died
there.
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Cal Ripken Jr. (1960
- ) One of the best
shortstops in baseball
history that holds the
record for the most
consecutive games played, at
2,632; born in Havre de
Grace and a member of the
Baltimore Orioles.
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George Herman “Babe” Ruth
(1895 - 1948) One of the
greatest players in baseball
history that held the record
for the most home runs in a
single season; born in
Baltimore.
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Harriet Tubman (1820
- 1913) A leading figure in
the Underground Railroad, a
nurse, spy, and scout for
the Union army, and a
woman’s rights activist;
born in Dorchester County.
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Upton Beall
Sinclair (1878 -
1968) Writer, social critic,
author of the novel The
Jungle, whose revelations
led to reforms in the
meat-packing industry; born
in Baltimore.
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More Famous People of
Maryland
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Spiro T. Agnew
vice president, Baltimore
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Benjamin Banneker
mathematician, astronomer,
Oella/Ellicott City
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John Barth
writer, Cambridge
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Francis X. Bushman
actor, Baltimore
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James M. Cain
writer, Annapolis
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Samuel Chase
jurist, Sumerset Cty
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John Dickinson
statesman, Talbot Cty
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Christopher Gist
frontiersman, Baltimore
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Philip Glass
composer, Baltimore
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Billie Holiday
jazz-blues singer, Baltimore
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Reverdy Johnson
lawyer, statesman, Annapolis
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Thomas Johnson
political leader, Calvert
Cty |
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H. L. Mencken
writer, Baltimore
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Charles Willson Peale
painter, naturalist Queen
Annes Cty |
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Roger B. Taney
jurist, Calvert Cty
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Leon Uris author,
Baltimore
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Frank Zappa
singer, Baltimore
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Famous People of
Maryland