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This is a list of famous or notable people who were born in or lived in Baltimore, Maryland.
- Horace Abbott (1806–1887), born in Sudbury, Massachusetts moved to Baltimore in 1836, iron manufacturer, supplied the armor for the USS Monitor
- Arunah Shepherdson Abell (1806–1888), born in East Providence, Rhode Island, founder of the Baltimore Sun[1] newspaper
- David T. Abercrombie (1867–1931), born in and raised in Baltimore, founder of Abercrombie & Fitch
- Don Abney (1923–2000), jazz pianist
- Henry Adams (1858 Germany – 1929 Baltimore), prominent mechanical engineer, co-founder of ASHVE
- Otto Eugene Adams (1889–1968), architect
- Charles Adler, Jr. (1899–1980), inventor
- Larry Adler (1914–2001), harmonica player
- Spiro Agnew (1918–1996), born in Baltimore County, Governor of Maryland and Vice-President of the United States under Richard Nixon
- John W. Albaugh (1837–1909, actor
- William Albert (1816–1879), member of the United States House of Representatives, born in Baltimore
- Franklin A. Alberger (1825–1877), Mayor of Buffalo, New York
- Grant Aleksander (born 1959), actor
- John Aler (born 1949), lyric tenor
- Robert Alexander (1863–1941), World War I general, commander of the 77th Infantry Division
- Yari Allnutt (born 1970), soccer player
- Cecilia Altonaga (born 1962), judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
- Rafael Alvarez (born 1958), journalist
- John Patrick Amedori (born 1987), actor
- Tori Amos (born 1963), born in North Carolina, grew up in Baltimore. singer, songwriter and pianist
- William H. Amoss (born 1936), politician, former Maryland State Senator
- Richard Snowden Andrews (1830–1930), architect, Confederate officer
- Curt Anderson (born 1949), politician, broadcast journalist, member of the Maryland House of Delegates
- Mignon Anderson (1892–1983), silent film actress
- Peter Angelos (born 1929), born in Pittsburgh, attorney, owner of the Baltimore Orioles
- Felix Angus (1839–1925), Union Army general, editor & publisher of Baltimore American newspaper, buried under Black Aggie[2]
- Carmelo Anthony (born 1984), born in New York, grew up in Baltimore. Professional basketball player for the New York Knicks
- George Armistead (1780–1818), born in Virginia, Commander of Fort McHenry during the Battle of Baltimore
- Lewis Addison Armistead (1817–1863), born in North Carolina, Confederate general mortally wounded at Gettysburg, buried in Baltimore
- Annie Armstrong (1850–1938), Baptist missionary
- Bess Armstrong (born 1953), actress
- John S. Arnick (born 1933), politician, former member of the Maryland House of Delegates
- Howard Ashman (1950–1991), Academny Award-winning lyricist (The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Little Shop of Horrors...)
- John Astin (born 1930), TV and film actor best known as Gomez Addams on The Addams Family television series
- Robert Austrian (1916–2007), physician, medical researcher, winner of the Albert Lasker Medical Research Award
- Leah Ayres (born 1957), actress
- David Bachrach (1845–1921), lived in Baltimore on Linden Avenue and Whitelock, photographer, took the only known photo of Lincoln giving the Gettysburg address, uncle to Gertrude Stein
- Penn Badgley (born 1986), born in Baltimore, actor, Dan Humphrey from Gossip Girl
- Russell Baker (born 1925), raised in Baltimore, writer, political columnist for The New York Times
- Louis Bamberger (1855–1944), businessman, department store owner, and philanthropist
- John Barth (born 1930), author
- Gary Bartz (born 1940), jazz saxophonist
- Bernadette Bascom (born 1962), R&B singer
- Jack Barakat, guitarist for band All Time Low
- Marty Bass, WJZ-TV weatherman
- Sylvia Beach (1887–1962), owned Shakespeare and Company, key bookstore for expatriates in Paris
- Jacob Beser (1921–1992), only person to crew both atomic bomb missions in World War II
- Eubie Blake (1887–1983), composer of ragtime, jazz and popular music
- Clarence W. Blount (1921–2003), Maryland State Senate
- A. Aubrey Bodine (1906–1970), renowned photojournalist for The Baltimore Sun
- Tyrone "Muggsy" Bogues (born 1965), former professional basketball player with the Charlotte Hornets
- Ryan Boyle (born 1981), MLL and NLL lacrosse player, graduate of the Gilman School
- John R. Bolton (born 1958), former United States Ambassador to the United Nations
- Charles Joseph Bonaparte (1851–1921), US Attorney General, Secretary of the Navy, relative of Napoleon
- Keith Booth (born 1974), current Maryland Terrapins assistant coach and former Chicago Bulls player
- William S. Booze (1862–1933), former U.S. Congressman for Maryland's 3rd District
- Julie Bowen (Julie Bowen Luetkemeyer) (born 1970), film and TV actor
- Conrad Brooks (born 1931), B movie actor
- George William Brown, Mayor of Baltimore during Pratt Street Riot
- Rosey Brown (1932–2004) football star for New York Giants, member of Pro Football Hall of Fame, went to Morgan State University in Baltimore
- Robert C. Buchanan (1811–1878), Union army general
- Charles Bukowski (1920–1994), author who spent some of his childhood in Baltimore
- Tony Bunn (born 1957), jazz bassist, composer, producer
- Elizabeth Burmaster (born 1954), Superintendent of Public Instruction of Wisconsin
- Beverly Lynn Burns (born 1949), became the first woman Boeing 747 airline captain on July 18, 1984
- David Byrne (born 1952), songwriter for the New Wave and Talking Heads bands, grew up in Baltimore County
- James M. Cain (1892–1977), author
- Cab Calloway (1907–1994), jazz singer and bandleader, raised in Baltimore
- Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore (1605–1675), First Lord Baltimore and proprietary governor
- Leonard Calvert (1606–1647), first governor of the Province of Maryland
- Ben Cardin (born 1943), member of the United States Senate and former member of United States House of Representatives
- Meyer Cardin, (D), State delegate (1936–38), former Judge Baltimore City Supreme Bench[3]
- John Carroll (1735–1815), first Roman Catholic archbishop in the United States
- Ben Carson (born 1951), born and raised in Detroit, Michigan; noted neurosurgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital
- Hetty Cary (1836–1892), maker of one of the first three battle flags of the Confederacy
- Sam Cassell (born 1969), former professional basketball player.
- Dennis Chambers (born 1959), drummer, (P-Funk All Stars, Steely Dan, et al.)
- Norman "Chubby" Chaney (1914–1936), short-lived child actor, Our Gang
- Josh Charles (1971), actor, (Sports Night, The Good Wife, Dead Poets Society)
- Charley Chase (Parrott) (1893–1940), silent and sound film comedian, director
- Samuel Chase (1741–1811), signer of Declaration of Independence and US Supreme Court judge
- Tom Clancy (born 1947), author of The Hunt for Red October
- Martha Clarke (born 1944), modern choreographer
- Mary Pat Clarke (born 1941), Baltimore City Council
- Kevin Clash (born 1960), puppeteer best known for portrayal of Elmo on Sesame Street
- Charles P. Coady (1868–1934), (D), U.S. Congressman for Maryland's 3rd District, 1913–1921
- Claribel Cone (1864–1929), with sister Etta (1870–1949) collected art of Matisse, Picasso, Van Gogh
- Hans Conried (1917–1982), comic character actor and voice actor
- Kenny Cooper (born 1984), professional soccer player who currently plays for 1860 Munich in 2. Fußball-Bundesliga
- Miriam Cooper (1891–1976), silent film actress who co-starred in Birth of a Nation
- Nathan Corbett (born 1992), actor, (The Wire (TV series), Half Nelson (film))
- Elijah E. Cummings (born 1951), (D) U.S. Congressman for Maryland's 7th District
- Harvey Cushing (1869–1939), pioneer neurosurgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital
- Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr. (1903–1987), Mayor of Baltimore, US Representative, father of Nancy Pelosi
- Brian Dannelly, director (Saved!, Weeds, United States of Tara)
- Clay Davenport, sabermetrician and computer programmer for NOAA
- Angela Dawson, community activist murdered at age 36 along with her family on October 16, 2002
- Rian Dawson, drummer for the band All Time Low
- Dan Deacon (born 1981), electronic musician
- Buddy Deane (1924–2003), disc jockey, host of TV dance show that inspired the movie Hairspray.
- Divine (Glen Milstead) (1945–1988), actor best known for his drag persona, Divine
- Juan Dixon (born 1978), basketball player at University of Maryland, College Park and pro ranks
- Sheila Dixon (born 1951), first female mayor of Baltimore
- Stephen Dixon (born 1936), author
- James Lowry Donaldson (1814–1885), Union army general
- Art Donovan (born 1924), Baltimore Colts, Pro Football Hall of Famer
- Frederick Douglass (1818–1895), abolitionist, statesman, orator, editor and author, a prominent figure in African American history
- Dru Hill, R&B singing group
- W.E.B. Du Bois (1868–1963), founder of NAACP, lived in Baltimore from 1939-1950
- Mildred Dunnock (1901–1991), Oscar-nominated American theater, film and television actress
- Adam Duritz (born 1964), singer with Counting Crows
- Charles S. Dutton (born 1951), actor
- Diane Fanning, true crime author and novelist
- Anna Faris (born 1976), actress best known for her role in Scary Movie, born but not raised in Baltimore
- Steven Fischer (born 1972), film producer, two time Emmy Award nominee raised in northeast Baltimore City.
- George Fisher Vocalist for Death metal band Cannibal Corpse
- Jane Frank (Jane Schenthal Frank) (1918–1986), abstract expressionist artist, painter, sculptor, mixed media and textile artist, pupil of Hans Hofmann
- George A Frederick, (1842–1924), architect of Baltimore City Hall
- Antonio Freeman (born 1972), American football wide receiver, most notably for the Green Bay Packers
- William H. French (1815–1881), Union army general.
- Bill Frisell (born 1951), jazz guitarist and composer
- Joe Gans (1874–1910), boxer
- Alex Gaskarth (born 1987), lead singer of the band All Time Low
- Lee Gatch (1902–1968), abstract artist
- Rudy Gay (born 1986), basketball player at University of Connecticut and with the Memphis Grizzlies
- Herb Gerwig (born 1931), professional wrestler of the 1960s and 1970s known as Killer Karl Kox
- James Gibbons (1834–1921), American cardinal, 9th Roman Catholic Archbishop of Baltimore
- Horatio Gates Gibson (1827–1924), Union army general
- Anita Gillette (born 1936), American actress and game show personality
- Ira Glass (born 1959), radio personality; host of This American Life, distributed by Public Radio International; cousin of Philip Glass
- Philip Glass (born 1937), influential minimalist composer
- Jacob Glushakow (1914–2000), painter
- Duff Goldman (born 1974), food artist, cake baker, television personality
- Tamir Goodman (born 1982), basketball player
- Jaimy Gordon (born 1944), author; winner of the National Book Award for Fiction
- Brian Gottfried (born 1952), former tennis player, reached Nº3 in the world in 1977
- Elaine Hamilton (1920–2010), artist born in Catonsville in Baltimore metro area
- Louis Hamman (1877–1946), physician and namesake for Hamman's sign, Hamman's syndrome and Hamman-Rich syndrome
- Mary Hamman (1907–1984), American writer and editor, daughter of Dr. Louis Hamman
- Elaine Hamilton-O'Neal (Elaine Hamilton) (born 1920) artist, born in Catonsville near Baltimore; graduated from Baltimore's Maryland Institute College of Art
- Dashiell Hammett (1894–1961), detective writer of Maltese Falcon, born in Maryland and worked as a detective in Baltimore
- Ken Harris (politician) (born 1963), City Councilman
- David Hasselhoff (born 1952), actor
- Emily Spencer Hayden (1869–1949), photographer
- Raymond V. Haysbert (1920–2010), business executive and civil rights leader
- Mo'Nique Hicks (born 1967), comedienne, television and film actress from Woodlawn, Maryland.
- Alger Hiss (1904–1996), State Department official, accused of being a Soviet spy and convicted of perjury
- Katie Hoff (born 1989), Olympic Swimmer who lives in Baltimore, Olympic medalist and multiple World Aquatics Championships gold medalist
- Sidney Hollander, humanitarian and civil and political rights activist.
- Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan Gough) (1915–1959), jazz singer
- Henry Holt (1840–1926), publisher, founded Henry Holt & Company in 1873.
- Johns Hopkins (1795–1873), Quaker businessman, abolitionist & philanthropist whose bequest established Johns Hopkins University
- John Eager Howard (1752–1827), soldier, Governor of Maryland, namesake of Howard County, Maryland
- James G. Howes (born 1945), businessman and Scouting leader
- The Huntingtons, punk rock band.
- Lillie Mae Carroll Jackson (1889–1975), pioneer civil rights activist, organizer of the Baltimore Branch of the NAACP
- Mo'Nique Imes-Jackson (born 1967), comedienne, television and film actress from Woodlawn, Maryland.
- Harry Jeffra (born 1914), professional Boxer Former world Bantamweight Champion.
- Bryant Johnson (born 1981), professional American football player with the San Francisco 49ers.
- Natalie Joy Johnson (born May 1978), film & stage actress, singer and dancer.
- LaKisha Jones, singer
- Thomas David Jones (born 1955), astronaut with doctorate in planetary science
- Brian Jordan (born 1967), pro baseball player who was briefly pro footballer
- David Kairys (born 1943), Professor of Law at Temple University School of Law
- Al Kaline, major league baseball player for the Detroit Tigers. Hall of famer, never played in the minor leagues.
- William Henry Keeler (born 1931), Archbishop Emeritus of Baltimore and Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Stacy Keibler (born 1979), actress, former pro wrestling personality (WWE Diva)
- John P. Kennedy (1795–1870), US Secretary of the Navy and Congressman
- Stu Kerr (Thomas Stuart Kerr) (1928–1994), television personality and weatherman
- Greg Kihn (born 1950), pop musician
- J. William Kime (1934–2006), Commandant of the United States Coast Guard from 1990 to 1994
- Mel Kiper, Jr. (born 1960), American football analyst
- Jeff Koons (born 1955), artist and sculptor, graduate of Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore
- Thomas Kelso (Ireland 1784 – July 26, 1878), wealthy merchant, founder of the Kelso Home, philanthropist[4]
- K-Swift (Born Khia Edgerton, 1978–2008), Female club/radio DJ, remixer, MC, producer, and entrpenuer; Radio personality at WERQ
- Nicole Ari Parker Kodjoe (born 1971), actress
- Henrietta Lacks (1920–1951), namesake for the HeLa cell line
- Bucky Lasek (born 1972), pro skateboarder
- Maysa Leak (born 1966), U.S. American jazz singer
- Noah Lennox (born 1978), known as Panda Bear, a musician, he sings and plays drums and electronics in the band Animal Collective
- Barry Levinson (born 1942), screenwriter, film director, and producer of film and television
- Kevin Levrone (born 1968), former IFBB professional bodybuilder, musician, actor and health club owner
- Hank Levy (1927–2001), jazz composer and founder of Towson University's jazz program.
- Reggie Lewis (1965–1993), former professional basketball player.
- Jerry Lieber (1933–2011), lyricist (Hound Dog, Stand By Me, Poison Ivy, Is That All There Is?, Kansas City....)
- Kevin Liles (born 1968), American record executive, former president of Def Jam Recordings and former executive vice president of The Island Def Jam Music Group
- Eli Lilly (July 8, 1838 – June 6, 1898), American soldier, pharmaceutical chemist, industrialist, entrepreneur, and founder of the Eli Lilly and Company pharmaceutical corporation.
- Laura Lippman (born 1959), author of detective fiction
- G. E. Lowman (1897–1965), clergyman and radio evangelist
- Morris Louis (1912–1962), abstract expressionist painter
- Marvin Mandel (born 1920), former Governor of Maryland, assumed office upon resignation of Spiro Agnew
- William C. March (1923–2002), African American entrepreneur; founder of March Funeral Homes, in Baltimore, the largest African American funeral services company in the United States[citation needed]
- Mario (Mario Dewar Barrett, born 1986), singer, grew up in Gwynn Oak, Maryland in Baltimore County
- Thurgood Marshall (1908–1993), first African American US Supreme Court Justice
- Aaron Maybin (born 1988), football player for the Buffalo Bills picked in the 2009 NFL Draft
- Willoughby M. McCormick (1864–1932) started McCormick & Company
- Angel McCoughtry (born 1986), basketball player; first overall pick in the 2009 WNBA Draft by the Atlanta Dream
- Jim McKay (James Kenneth McManus, 1921–2008), television sports journalist
- Theodore R. McKeldin (1900–1974), Governor of Maryland
- H.L. Mencken (1880–1956), journalist and social critic known as "the Sage of Baltimore"
- Ottmar Mergenthaler (1854–1899), inventor of the Linotype machine that revolutionized the art of printing
- Zack Merrick, the bassist and back-up vocalist for the band All Time Low
- Kweisi Mfume (born 1948), former CEO of the NAACP, former US Congressman
- Barbara Mikulski (born 1936), United States Senator
- Steve Miller (born 1950), author of science fiction stories and novels
- Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. (1911–1984), civil rights leader
- Keiffer J. Mitchell, Jr., Baltimore City Council, grandson of civil rights leader Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr.
- Parren Mitchell (1922–2007), former U.S. Congressman
- Colonel Thomas Hoyer Monstery (1824–1901), duellist, fencing master, mercenary and author
- Garry Moore (Thomas Garrison Morfit, 1915–1993), early television host
- Lenny Moore (born 1933), running back, Baltimore Colts, member Pro Football Hall of Fame
- Bessie Moses (1893–1965), gynecologist, obstetrician and birth control advocate
- Eddie Murray (born 1956), first baseman, Baltimore Orioles, member Baseball Hall of Fame
- Max Muscle (John Czawlytko, born 1968), a professional wrestler known for his appearances in WCW in the mid-late 1990s
- Clarence Muse (1889–1979), actor
- Anita Nall, Olympic gold medalist swimmer
- Ogden Nash (1902–1971), poet
- Jeff Nelson (born 1966), professional baseball player, middle relief pitcher
- Harry Nice (1877–1941), 50th Governor, Maryland
- Brandon Novak, skateboarder and member of Viva La Bam
- Edward Norton, (born August 18, 1969) actor who co-starred in Fight Club, The Italian Job, and The Incredible Hulk.
- Noah Lennox, (born July 17, 1978) member of experimental rock band Animal Collective.
- William Paca (1740–1799), signatory to the Declaration of Independence and Governor of Maryland
- Tim Page (music critic) (born 1954), winner of the Pulitzer Prize for criticism and biographer of Dawn Powell.
- Jim Palmer (born 1945) former Major League Baseball starting pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles
- Bob Parsons (born 1950), entrepreneur; founder and CEO of Go Daddy
- Travis Pastrana (born 1983), freestyle motocross, skateboarder, x-treme sports professional, spokesman for Red Bull
- Nancy Pelosi (born 1940), US Representative from California & Speaker of the House of the US House of Representatives
- Vincent Pettway (born 1965), Boxer who was a Light Middleweight boxing champion
- Michael Phelps (born 1985), Olympic swimmer from Baltimore County , multiple world-record holder, and winner of more gold medals than any other Olympian (14) Nicknamed "The Baltimore Bullet".
- Jada Pinkett Smith (born 1971), actress and singer
- Art Poe, member of College Football Hall of Fame
- Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849), poet, short story writer, editor and critic
- Edgar Allan Poe (1871–1961), Attorney General of Maryland, 1911–1915
- Gresham Poe, Head coach at Virginia in 1903
- John P. Poe, Sr. (1836–1909), Attorney General of Maryland, 1891–1895
- Johnny Poe (1874–1915), college football player and coach, and soldier of fortune
- Gordon Porterfield playwright, actor, poet and educator.
- Parker Posey (born 1968), actress, known for her work in Dazed and Confused, Waiting for Guffman, Scream 3, and Best in Show
- Emily Post (1872–1960), author of etiquette books.
- Enoch Pratt (1808–1896), businessman and philanthropist, founded Enoch Pratt Free Library, one of oldest free public libraries in the United States
- Greg Puciato (born 1980), musician, best known as singer for experimental metal band The Dillinger Escape Plan
- Hasim Rahman, Boxer, Former Heavyweight World Champion
- Jane Randall, Contestant of America's Next Top Model, Cycle 15 and an IMG Model.
- John Rawls (1921–2002), political philosopher, professor of political philosophy at Harvard, author
- Lance Reddick, actor, Col. Cedric Daniels from The Wire
- Hilary Rhoda, fashion model, born in Maryland,
- Adrienne Rich (born 1929), poet, writer, teacher, and feminist
- Billy Ripken (born 1964), born in Havre de Grace, Maryland, former second baseman for the Baltimore Orioles
- Cal Ripken, Jr. (born 1960), born in Havre de Grace, Maryland, former shortstop and third baseman for the Baltimore Orioles, member Hall of Fame
- Cal Ripken, Sr. (1935–1999), former coach and manager of the Baltimore Orioles
- Brooks Robinson (born 1937), born Little Rock, Arkansas, third baseman, Baltimore Orioles, member Hall of Fame
- Frank Robinson (born 1935), born in Beaumont, Texas, outfielder, Baltimore Orioles, member Hall of Fame
- Martin Rodbell (1925–1998), biochemist and molecular endocrinologist; won the 1994 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- Josh Roenicke, Professional baseball player in the Cincinnati Reds organization
- Eddie Rommel, American League pitcher and umpire
- Carroll Rosenbloom, former owner of the Baltimore Colts and Los Angeles Rams
- Axl Rotten (born 1971), Professional Wrestler
- Christopher Rouse (born 1949), composer, Pulitzer Prize winner
- James Rouse (1914–1996), pioneering real estate developer, civic activist, and philanthropist
- Mike Rowe (born 1962), host of the Discovery Channel program Dirty Jobs
- Ruckus (real name Claude Marrow), Professional Wrestler
- Mike Ruocco (born 1983), Singer/Songwriter of bands Plunge, Cinder Road and bassist of SR71
- Dutch Ruppersberger (born 1946), (D), member of the United States House of Representatives
- Harry W. Rusk (D), U.S. Congressman for Maryland's 3rd District, 1886–1897
- Babe Ruth (George Herman Ruth, Jr.) (1895–1948), professional baseball player for the New York Yankees, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
- Pat Sajak, Wheel of Fortune host/television host
- Al Sanders, channel 13 news anchor
- Paul Sarbanes (born 1933), born in Salisbury, Maryland, former member of the Maryland House of Delegates from Baltimore, former United States Congressman, former United States Senator
- William Donald Schaefer (1921–2011), former Mayor of Baltimore, 58th Governor of Maryland, and 32nd Comptroller of Maryland
- Kurt L. Schmoke (born 1949), former Mayor of Baltimore
- Gina Schock (born 1957), Rock drummer
- Dwight Schultz (born 1947), actor. played H.M. Murdock (A-Team) and Lt. Reginald Barclay (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
- Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774–1821), established schools and founded first US religious community of apostolic women , the Sisters of Charity (in the Archdiocese of Baltimore)
- Josh Selby, point guard for the University of Kansas Jayhawks basketball team, and the No. 1 high school basketball prospect in the country according to Rivals.com
- Tupac Shakur (1971–1996), hip hop performer and rapper lived on Greenmount Ave in East Baltimore for two years
- Karl Shapiro (1913–2000), US Poet Laureate 1946–47, born in Baltimore
- Richard Sher, former WJZ-TV newsman, former Oprah Winfrey co-host
- Pam Shriver (born 1962), former professional tennis player and current sports broadcaster
- Sargent Shriver (1915–2011), born in Westminster, Maryland, politician, activist, driving force behind the creation of the Peace Corps
- Eli Siegel (1902–1978), poet, critic, founder of philosophy Aesthetic Realism
- David Simon (born 1960), journalist for The Baltimore Sun, author; television series writer, producer, and creator (notably for The Wire)
- Bessie Wallis Warfield Simpson (1896–1986), Duchess of Windsor
- Upton Sinclair, writer (The Jungle), Pulitzer Prize winner, born in Baltimore
- Christian Siriano (born 1985), fashion designer; winner of fourth season of Project Runway; graduate of Baltimore School for the Arts
- Sisqó (Mark Althavan Andrews) (born 1978), R&B and pop singer
- Cameron Snyder (1916–2010), sportswriter for The Baltimore Sun; winner of the Dick McCann Memorial Award
- Raymond A. Spruance (1886–1969), United States Navy admiral in World War II
- Michael S. Steele (born 1958), former Lieutenant Governor of Maryland, first African American chairman of the Republican National Committee
- Gertrude Stein (1874–1946), left Johns Hopkins Medical School without a degree and became a writer
- Andrew Sterett (1778–1807), US Naval Officer during the Quasi-War, Captain of USS Enterprise
- Andy Stickel (born 1983), bass player for 7 Blue Skies
- Stuart Symington (1901–1988), first Secretary of the Air Force and US Senator from Missouri
- Jon Theodore (born 1973), musician, The Mars Volta's former drummer
- Evan Taubenfeld (born 1983), musician, Avril Lavigne's former guitarist
- Tracie Thoms (born 1975), American television, film and stage actress
- F. Morris Touchstone, National Lacrosse Hall of Fame coach
- Anne Truitt (1921–2004), minimalist sculptor
- Michael Tucker (born 1944), actor
- Jack Turnbull (born 1910), National Lacrosse Hall of Fame player
- Jerry Turner, channel 13 news anchor
- Kathleen Turner (born 1954), actress, graduated University of Maryland, Baltimore County
- Anne Tyler (born 1941), Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist (The Accidental Tourist, etc.)
- Mark Texiera (born 1980), baseball player, member of the New York Yankees
- P. J. Wakefield (born 1980), professional soccer player
- Cedric "Ricky" Walker (born 1953), Founder and CEO of UniverSoul Circus
- Henry Walters (1848–1931), rail magnate (Atlantic Coast Line) and founder of Walters Art Museum in Baltimore
- Dante Washington (born 1970), professional soccer striker
- John Waters (born 1946), filmmaker
- Earl Weaver (born 1930), born in St. Louis, Missouri, longtime Manager of the Baltimore Orioles; Baseball Hall Of Fame inductee
- Chick Webb (1905–1939), jazz and swing drummer and band leader who adopted Ella Fitzgerald
- Leonard "Boogie" Weinglass (born 1941), founder of Merry-Go-Round (retailer) clothing empire and portrayed by actor Mickey Rourke in the 1982 classic American film, Diner (film).
- Harry Wendelstedt (born 1938), former umpire in Major League Baseball
- George Hoyt Whipple (1878–1976), graduated and taught medical school at Hopkins, won 1934 Nobel Prize in Medicine
- William Pinkney Whyte (1824–1908), US Senator, Governor of Maryland, Mayor of Baltimore
- Bernard Williams, (born 1978) winner of gold medal in 4x100 meter relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- LaQuan Williams (born 1988), current wide receiver for the Baltimore Ravens who attended Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
- Montel Williams (born 1956), television talk-show host
- Oprah Winfrey (born 1954), born in rural Mississippi and raised in Milwaukee, worked at WJZ-TV in Baltimore
- Reggie Williams (born 1964), former professional basketball player.
- David Wingate (born 1963), former professional basketball player.
- Danny Wiseman (born 1967), professional ten-pin bowler and 12-time winner on the PBA Tour
- Edward Witten (born 1951), mathematical physicist and a leading researcher in string theory
- James Wolcott (born 1952) journalist and cultural critic
- Bernie Wrightson (born 1948) artist known for horror illustrations and comic books
- Steve Yeager (born 1948) award-winning filmmaker, writer, stage director and educator.
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