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<html> <head> <title>Baltimore, MD</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" /> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <map name=fool><area coords="102,0,240,14" href="/geo/413/000069206/bibliography/" alt="bibliography"></map><tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 0px 15px 15px 15px;"><img src="/red-profile-2.gif" align="right" height=15 width=240 border=0 usemap=#fool> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> Baltimore, MD CITY Official Website: <a href="http://www.ci.baltimore.md.us/">http://www.ci.baltimore.md.us/</a> Population: 651154 (2000 census)Founding Date: 30-Jul-1729County: Baltimore city NEWSPAPERS <table border=1 class="bordered"> <tr><th>Newspaper</th></tr> <tr><td><a href="/media/780/000048636/">The Baltimore Sun</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/media/772/000052616/">The Baltimore Evening Sun</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/media/028/000048881/">The Baltimore Morning Herald</a></td></tr></table> SCHOOLS <table border=1 class="bordered"> <tr><th>School</th><th>Founded</th></tr> <tr><td><a href="/edu/652/000202046/">Baltimore International College</a></td><td><center>1972</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/edu/965/000167464/">Sojourner-Douglass College</a></td><td><center>1972</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/edu/654/000082408/">University of Maryland Baltimore County</a></td><td><center>1966</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/edu/052/000202443/">Baltimore City Community College</a></td><td><center>1947</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/edu/425/000166924/">School of Advanced International Studies</a></td><td><center>1944</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/edu/752/000068548/">University of Baltimore</a></td><td><center>1925</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/edu/651/000202045/">Baltimore Hebrew University</a></td><td><center>1919</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/edu/617/000166119/">Coppin State University</a></td><td><center>1900</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/edu/105/000122736/">Gilman School</a></td><td><center>1897</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/edu/633/000068429/">Johns Hopkins University</a></td><td><center>1876</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/edu/654/000202048/">College of Notre Dame of Maryland</a></td><td><center>1873</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/edu/274/000110941/">Morgan State University</a></td><td><center>1867</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/edu/444/000121081/">Loyola College in Maryland</a></td><td><center>1852</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/edu/932/000104620/">Baltimore City College</a></td><td><center>1839</center></td></tr></table> MUSEUM <table border=1 class="bordered"> <tr><th>Museum</th><th>Founded</th></tr> <tr><td><a href="/org/510/000126132/">The Walters Art Museum</a></td><td><center>1934</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/org/393/000127012/">Baltimore Museum of Art</a></td><td><center>1914</center></td></tr></table> AQUARIUM <table border=1 class="bordered"> <tr><th>Aquarium</th><th>Founded</th></tr> <tr><td><a href="/org/676/000202070/">National Aquarium in Baltimore</a></td><td><center>1981</center></td></tr></table> COMPANY HEADQUARTERS <table border=1 class="bordered"> <tr><th>Company</th><th>Founded</th></tr> <tr><td><a href="/company/120/000125742/">NeighborCare</a></td><td><center>2003</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/846/000125471/">Vertis Communications</a></td><td><center>2000</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/923/000126545/">Allfirst Financial</a></td><td><center>1999</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/993/000128609/">Laureate Education</a></td><td><center>1998</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/946/000402737/">Under Armour</a></td><td><center>1996</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/527/000172011/">Prime Retail</a></td><td><center>1993</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/520/000172004/">FTI Consulting</a></td><td><center>1982</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/387/000127006/">Mercantile Bankshares</a></td><td><center>1969</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/498/000124126/">T. Rowe Price</a></td><td><center>1937</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/443/000125068/">Legg Mason</a></td><td><center>1899</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/550/000062364/">Constellation Energy Group</a></td><td><center>1816</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/924/000126546/">First Maryland Bancorp</a></td><td><center>1806</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/856/000124484/">Alex. Brown & Sons</a></td><td><center>1800</center></td></tr></table> BIRTHS <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_births"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/711/000178177/">David Abercrombie</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Jun-1867</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Aug-1931</tt></td> <td>Founder of Abercrombie & Fitch</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/174/000086913/">Larry Adler</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Feb-1914</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Aug-2001</tt></td> <td>Mouth organ virtuoso</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/475/000027394/">Spiro T. Agnew</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Nov-1918</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Sep-1996</tt></td> <td>US Vice President, 1969-73</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/277/000033178/">Bess Armstrong</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Dec-1953</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Dr. Klompus in Pecker</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/360/000350307/">Howard Ashman</a></td> <td><center>Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-May-1950</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Mar-1991</tt></td> <td>Beauty and the Beast</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/327/000023258/">John Astin</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Mar-1930</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Gomez on The Addams Family</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/113/000160630/">Penn Badgley</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Nov-1986</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Bedford Diaries</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/563/000266762/">Diane Black</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Jan-1951</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congresswoman, Tennessee 6th</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/200/000022134/">Eubie Blake</a></td> <td><center>Jazz Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Feb-1883</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Feb-1983</tt></td> <td>Ragtime jazz pianist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/404/000351348/">Jack Blessing</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Jul-1951</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Mr. Donner on The Naked Truth</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/329/000048185/">John Bolton</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Nov-1948</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Ambassador to the UN, 2005-06</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/385/000167881/">Charles J. Bonaparte</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Jun-1851</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Jun-1921</tt></td> <td>US Attorney General, 1906-09</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/925/000121562/">Elsbeth Bothe</a></td> <td><center>Judge</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Oct-1927</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Baltimore Circuit Court Judge, retired</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/016/000099716/">Julie Bowen</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Mar-1970</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Modern Family</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/571/000119214/">Robert R. Bowie</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Aug-1909</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Nov-2013</tt></td> <td>CIA Deputy Director, 1977-79</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/926/000126548/">Frank P. Bramble, Sr.</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Nov-1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Vice Chairman of MBNA, 2002-05</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/115/000057941/">David K. E. Bruce</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Feb-1898</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Dec-1977</tt></td> <td>US Ambassador to England, France, Germany</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/037/000024962/">Clarence "Du" Burns</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Sep-1918</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Jan-2002</tt></td> <td>First black mayor of Baltimore</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/280/000029193/">William J. Burns</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Oct-1861</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Apr-1932</tt></td> <td>FBI Director, 1921-24</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/906/000091633/">Francis X. Bushman</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Jan-1883</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Aug-1966</tt></td> <td>Ben-Hur</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/565/000172049/">John Marshall Butler</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Jul-1897</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Mar-1978</tt></td> <td>US Senator from Maryland, 1951-63</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/565/000166067/">Tommy Byrne</a></td> <td><center>Baseball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Dec-1919</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Dec-2007</tt></td> <td>MLB pitcher, Mayor of Wake Forest</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/972/000129585/">Beverly B. Byron</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Jul-1932</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congresswoman from Maryland, 1979-93</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/231/000118874/">Joseph Canizaro</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1937</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Real estate mogul</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/094/000035986/">Benjamin L. Cardin</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Oct-1943</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Senator from Maryland</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/174/000085916/">Mama Cass</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Sep-1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Jul-1974</tt></td> <td>The Mamas and the Papas</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/735/000023666/">Jack L. Chalker</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Dec-1944</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Feb-2005</tt></td> <td>SF author, wrote Well World series</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/029/000350973/">Kevin Chamberlin</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Nov-1963</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Bertram on Jessie</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/805/000109478/">Josh Charles</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Sep-1971</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Dan Rydell on Sports Night</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/504/000022438/">Tom Clancy</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Apr-1947</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Oct-2013</tt></td> <td>The Hunt for Red October</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/084/000130691/">Hans Conried</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Apr-1917</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Jan-1982</tt></td> <td>Character actor, 1930s to 1970s</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/297/000036189/">Elijah Cummings</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Jan-1951</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman, Maryland 7th</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/180/000162691/">Sheila Dixon</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Dec-1953</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Baltimore Mayor, resigned in disgrace</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/816/000124444/">Robin Chandler Duke</a></td> <td><center>Activist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Oct-1923</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Feb-2016</tt></td> <td>Former president of NARAL</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/461/000353399/">Jane Dulo</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Oct-1917</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-May-1994</tt></td> <td>Liz Murray on Hey, Jeannie!</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/566/000174044/">Mildred Dunnock</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Jan-1901</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Jul-1991</tt></td> <td>Death of a Salesman</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/868/000109541/">Adam Duritz</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Aug-1964</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Frontman for Counting Crows</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/256/000043127/">Charles Dutton</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Jan-1951</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Roc</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/780/000127399/">Eric S. Edelman</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1951</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Under Secretary of Defense for Policy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/198/000129808/">Gordon R. England</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Sep-1937</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Deputy Secretary of Defense</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/983/000056815/">George H. Fallon</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Jul-1902</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Mar-1980</tt></td> <td>Congressman from Maryland, 1945-71</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/987/000052831/">Anna Faris</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Nov-1976</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Scary Movie</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/718/000398521/">David Hackett Fischer</a></td> <td><center>Historian</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Dec-1935</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Albion's Seed</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/553/000055388/">John Spalding Flannery</a></td> <td><center>Attorney</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-May-1870</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Feb-1954</tt></td> <td>Prominent Washington attorney</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/894/000025819/">Doug Flutie</a></td> <td><center>Football</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Oct-1962</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Greatest CFL quarterback</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/581/000132185/">Paul Ford</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Nov-1901</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Apr-1976</tt></td> <td>The Phil Silvers Show</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/936/000113597/">E. Franklin Frazier</a></td> <td><center>Sociologist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Sep-1894</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-May-1962</tt></td> <td>Black Bourgeoisie</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/523/000138109/">Mona Freeman</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Jun-1926</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-May-2014</tt></td> <td>Streets of Laredo</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/091/000031995/">Bill Frisell</a></td> <td><center>Jazz Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Mar-1951</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Jazz guitarist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/542/000348495/">Anita Gillette</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Aug-1936</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Dr. Emily Hanover on Quincy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/203/000026125/">Ira Glass</a></td> <td><center>Radio Personality</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Mar-1959</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>This American Life</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/609/000035504/">Philip Glass</a></td> <td><center>Composer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Jan-1937</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Einstein on the Beach</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/949/000278115/">Minna Gombell</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-May-1892</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Apr-1973</tt></td> <td>Block-Heads</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/012/000174487/">Michael Gordon</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Sep-1909</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Apr-1993</tt></td> <td>Pillow Talk</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/538/000052382/">Donald E. Graham</a></td> <td><center>Journalist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Apr-1945</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Washington Post</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/800/000054638/">Gordon Gray</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-May-1909</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Nov-1982</tt></td> <td>Secretary of the Army, 1949-50</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/132/000122763/">John Hall</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Jul-1948</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman from New York, 2007-11</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/205/000124830/">Virginia Hall</a></td> <td><center>Spy</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Apr-1906</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Jul-1982</tt></td> <td>American spy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/505/000116157/">Frances E. W. Harper</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Sep-1825</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Feb-1911</tt></td> <td>Abolitionist, temperance activist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/909/000119552/">William Harrop</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Feb-1929</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Ambassador to Israel, 1991-93</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/715/000207094/">Harris L. Hartz</a></td> <td><center>Judge</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Jan-1947</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>10th Circuit Court of Appeals</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/106/000169596/">Ethel Browne Harvey</a></td> <td><center>Zoologist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Dec-1885</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Sep-1965</tt></td> <td>Embryology of sea urchins</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/246/000025171/">David Hasselhoff</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Jul-1952</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Knight Rider, Baywatch</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/869/000050719/">Margaret Hayes</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Dec-1916</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Jan-1977</tt></td> <td>Blackboard Jungle</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/346/000134941/">Russell Hicks</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Jun-1895</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Jun-1957</tt></td> <td>American character actor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/285/000140862/">Danny Hillis</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Sep-1956</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Co-Founder, Thinking Machines</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/987/000055822/">Alger Hiss</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Nov-1904</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Nov-1996</tt></td> <td>Accused spy for the Soviet Union</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/478/000121115/">Christopher Van Hollen</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Sep-1922</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Jan-2012</tt></td> <td>US Ambassador to Sri Lanka, 1972-76</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/931/000044799/">Thomas Jane</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Jan-1969</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Sweetest Thing</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/239/000133837/">G. Lewis Jones</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-May-1907</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Nov-1971</tt></td> <td>US Ambassador to Tunisia, 1956-59</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/148/000401939/">Howard W. Jones, Jr.</a></td> <td><center>Doctor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Dec-1910</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Jul-2015</tt></td> <td>Pioneer of in vitro fertilization</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/103/000085845/">Al Kaline</a></td> <td><center>Baseball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Dec-1934</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Detroit Tigers hitter</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/752/000161269/">John Kassir</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Oct-1957</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Voice of the Crypt Keeper</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/147/000161661/">Stacy Keibler</a></td> <td><center>Wrestling</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Oct-1979</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>WWE and WCW wrestler</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/332/000048188/">John Pendleton Kennedy</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Oct-1795</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Aug-1870</tt></td> <td>Horse-Shoe Robinson</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/529/000356458/">Greg Kihn</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Jul-1949</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Greg Kihn Band</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/527/000132131/">Kevin Kilner</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-May-1958</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Earth: Final Conflict</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/732/000168228/">Gina Kolata</a></td> <td><center>Journalist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Feb-1948</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>New York Times science writer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/663/000168159/">A. B. Krongard</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Oct-1936</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CIA Executive Director, 2001-04</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/013/000162524/">Howard J. Krongard</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Dec-1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US State Dept Inspector General</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/416/000112080/">Jerry Leiber</a></td> <td><center>Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Apr-1933</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Aug-2011</tt></td> <td>Hitmaker for Elvis</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/748/000023679/">Barry Levinson</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Apr-1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Rain Man</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/175/000178638/">Eli Lilly</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Jul-1838</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Jun-1898</tt></td> <td>Founder of Eli Lilly & Co.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/590/000118236/">Bob Lind</a></td> <td><center>Singer/Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Nov-1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Elusive Butterfly</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/918/000084666/">Morris Louis</a></td> <td><center>Painter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Nov-1912</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Sep-1962</tt></td> <td>Abstract expressionist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/611/000203002/">Edmund C. Lynch</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-May-1885</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-May-1938</tt></td> <td>The Lynch of Merrill-Lynch</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/631/000168127/">Marvin Mandel</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Apr-1920</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Aug-2015</tt></td> <td>Governor of Maryland, 1969-79</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/392/000032296/">Thurgood Marshall</a></td> <td><center>Judge</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Jul-1908</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Jan-1993</tt></td> <td>First black US Supreme Court justice</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/578/000121215/">H. Freeman Matthews</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-May-1899</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Oct-1986</tt></td> <td>Career US Ambassador</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/769/000358692/">Frank McDonald</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Nov-1899</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Mar-1980</tt></td> <td>One Body Too Many</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/562/000128178/">John F. McDonnell</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Mar-1938</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of McDonnell-Douglas, 1988-94</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/634/000168130/">Theodore R. McKeldin</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Nov-1900</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Aug-1974</tt></td> <td>Governor of Maryland, 1951-59</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/238/000073019/">Ken Mehlman</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Aug-1966</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>RNC chairman 2005-07</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/226/000044094/">H. L. Mencken</a></td> <td><center>Critic</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Sep-1880</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Jan-1956</tt></td> <td>The American Language</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/216/000119856/">Philip Merrill</a></td> <td><center>Publisher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Apr-1934</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Jun-2006</tt></td> <td>Capital Gazette Communications</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/923/000024851/">Kweisi Mfume</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Oct-1948</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Former Congressman, CEO of the NAACP</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/492/000166991/">J. William Middendorf II</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Sep-1924</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Ford's Secretary of the Navy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/282/000032186/">Barbara Mikulski</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Jul-1936</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Senator from Maryland</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/920/000055755/">Laura Miller</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Nov-1958</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Mayor of Dallas, 2002-07</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/644/000122278/">Parren J. Mitchell</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Apr-1922</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-May-2007</tt></td> <td>Congressman from Maryland, 1971-87</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/421/000205803/">Garry Moore</a></td> <td><center>TV Personality</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Jan-1915</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Nov-1993</tt></td> <td>The Garry Moore Show</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/075/000208448/">Kimberly A. Moore</a></td> <td><center>Judge</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Jun-1968</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/058/000130665/">Mildred Natwick</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Jun-1905</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Oct-1994</tt></td> <td>Barefoot in the Park</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/686/000092410/">Brian Nichols</a></td> <td><center>Criminal</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Dec-1971</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Allegedly killed judge, deputy during escape</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/447/000121084/">Herbert O'Conor</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Nov-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Mar-1960</tt></td> <td>Governor and Senator from Maryland</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/942/000024870/">Ric Ocasek</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Mar-1949</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Singer for The Cars, producer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/500/000062314/">Sam Palmisano</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Jul-1951</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of IBM</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/834/000091561/">Jameson Parker</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Nov-1947</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>AJ on Simon & Simon</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/188/000108861/">Nicole Ari Parker</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Oct-1970</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Soul Food</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/174/000212535/">Robert M. Parker</a></td> <td><center>Critic</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Jul-1947</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Wine Advocate</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/004/000172485/">Randy Pausch</a></td> <td><center>Educator</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Oct-1960</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Jul-2008</tt></td> <td>The Last Lecture</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/954/000174432/">Mark Pellington</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Mar-1962</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Arlington Road</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/231/000030141/">Nancy Pelosi</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Mar-1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Speaker of the House, 2007-11</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/832/000209205/">Philip B. Perlman</a></td> <td><center>Attorney</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Mar-1890</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Jul-1960</tt></td> <td>US Solicitor General, 1947-52</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/464/000094182/">Tom Peters</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Nov-1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>In Search of Excellence</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/071/000078834/">Michael Phelps</a></td> <td><center>Swimmer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Jun-1985</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Swimmer, won 8 gold medals at Beijing</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/219/000026141/">Parker Posey</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Nov-1968</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Waiting for Guffman</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/314/000104999/">Emily Post</a></td> <td><center>Columnist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Oct-1873</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Sep-1960</tt></td> <td>Etiquette</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/337/000025262/">Robin Quivers</a></td> <td><center>Talk Show Host</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Aug-1952</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Howard Stern's sidekick</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/780/000159303/">John Rawls</a></td> <td><center>Philosopher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Feb-1921</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Nov-2002</tt></td> <td>A Theory of Justice</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/191/000057020/">Lance Reddick</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Dec-1969</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Desmond Mobay on Oz</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/458/000206837/">Lynda Resnick</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1944</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Roll International</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/892/000068688/">Adrienne Rich</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-May-1929</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Mar-2012</tt></td> <td>An Atlas of the Difficult World</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/181/000133779/">Martin Rodbell</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Dec-1925</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Dec-1998</tt></td> <td>G-protein cell signal transmission</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/838/000107517/">Howard E. Rollins, Jr.</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Oct-1950</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Dec-1996</tt></td> <td>A Soldier's Story</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/208/000129818/">Peyton Rous</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Oct-1879</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Feb-1970</tt></td> <td>Blood banks and carcinogenic viruses</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/633/000140213/">Mike Rowe</a></td> <td><center>TV Personality</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Mar-1962</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Dirty Jobs</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/468/000023399/">Babe Ruth</a></td> <td><center>Baseball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Feb-1895</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Aug-1948</tt></td> <td>The Bambino</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/531/000205913/">Samuel Sachs</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Jul-1851</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Mar-1935</tt></td> <td>Half namesake of Goldman Sachs</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/106/000122737/">John Sarbanes</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-May-1962</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman, Maryland 3rd</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/558/000122192/">David M. Satterfield</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Dec-1954</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Ambassador to Lebanon, 1998-2001</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/362/000113023/">William Donald Schaefer</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Nov-1921</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Apr-2011</tt></td> <td>Governor of Maryland, 1987-95</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/181/000162692/">Kurt L. Schmoke</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Dec-1949</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Mayor of Baltimore, 1988-99</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/435/000085180/">Gina Schock</a></td> <td><center>Drummer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Aug-1957</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Drummer for The Go-Go's</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/824/000024752/">Dwight Schultz</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Nov-1947</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Murdoch on The A-Team</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/544/000180004/">Jim Schwartz</a></td> <td><center>Football</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Jul-1966</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Former Coach, Detroit Lions</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/129/000131733/">William J. Sebald</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Nov-1901</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>Aug-1980</tt></td> <td>Chief US FSO in Japan, 1947-52</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/608/000099311/">Karl Shapiro</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Nov-1913</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-May-2000</tt></td> <td>Person, Place and Thing</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/396/000130006/">Philip R. Sharp</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Jul-1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman from Indiana, 1975-95</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/694/000174172/">Lawrence Cardinal Shehan</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Mar-1898</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Aug-1984</tt></td> <td>Archbishop of Baltimore, 1961-74</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/657/000024585/">Upton Sinclair</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Sep-1878</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Nov-1968</tt></td> <td>The Jungle</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/656/000141233/">Norman Sisisky</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Jun-1927</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Mar-2001</tt></td> <td>Congressman from Virginia, 1983-2001</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/339/000024267/">Sisqo</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Nov-1978</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Thong Song</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/131/000030041/">Anna Deavere Smith</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Sep-1950</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Nancy McNally on The West Wing</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/252/000026174/">Jada Pinkett Smith</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Sep-1971</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>A Different World</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/830/000209203/">Simon E. Sobeloff</a></td> <td><center>Judge</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Dec-1894</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Jul-1973</tt></td> <td>4th US Court of Appeals, 1956-70</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/768/000358691/">Lester Speight</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Jan-1971</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Terry Tate: Office Linebacker</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/281/000174756/">Raymond A. Spruance</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Jul-1886</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Dec-1969</tt></td> <td>US Navy Admiral during WWII</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/710/000174188/">James Cardinal Stafford</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Jul-1932</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Archbishop of Denver, 1986-96</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/276/000033177/">Mink Stole</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Aug-1947</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Appeared in John Waters films</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/175/000023106/">Paul Stookey</a></td> <td><center>Singer/Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Dec-1937</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Paul in Peter, Paul, and Mary</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/438/000159958/">Tracie Thoms</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Aug-1975</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Kat Miller on Cold Case</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/108/000218451/">Paul S. Trible, Jr.</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Dec-1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Senator from Virginia, 1983-89</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/292/000130899/">William C. Trimble</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-May-1907</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Jun-1996</tt></td> <td>US Ambassador to Cambodia, 1959-62</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/618/000132222/">Michael Tucker</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Feb-1945</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Stuart Markowitz on L.A. Law</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/060/000127676/">Charles H. Twining</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Nov-1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Ambassador to Cambodia, 1991-95</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/325/000024253/">Leon Uris</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Aug-1924</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Jun-2003</tt></td> <td>Battle Cry</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/803/000031710/">Joan D. Vinge</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Apr-1948</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Eyes of Amber</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/487/000168980/">Michael J. Ward</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1950</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of CSX</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/728/000024656/">John Waters</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Apr-1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Hairspray</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/345/000205727/">Chick Webb</a></td> <td><center>Jazz Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Feb-1905</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Jun-1939</tt></td> <td>The Chick Webb Orchestra</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/046/000164551/">George Weigel</a></td> <td><center>Activist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1951</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Ethics and Public Policy Center</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/667/000121304/">Clifton R. Wharton</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-May-1899</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Apr-1983</tt></td> <td>First Black Career US Ambassador</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/631/000092355/">Slappy White</a></td> <td><center>Comic</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Sep-1921</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Nov-1995</tt></td> <td>The First Black Vice President</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/458/000025383/">Montel Williams</a></td> <td><center>Talk Show Host</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Jul-1956</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Montel Williams Show</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/708/000163219/">Edward Witten</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Aug-1951</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>String theorist at Princeton</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/243/000115895/">James Wolcott</a></td> <td><center>Journalist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Dec-1952</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Vanity Fair cultural critic</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/054/000044919/">Brook Yeaton</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Feb-1968</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Prop guy, actor, Traci Lords' ex-husband</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/737/000024665/">Frank Zappa</a></td> <td><center>Composer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Dec-1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Dec-1993</tt></td> <td>Joe's Garage</td> </tr> </table> DEATHS <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_deaths"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/768/000141345/">Arunah Shepherdson Abell</a></td> <td><center>Publisher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Aug-1806</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Aug-1888</tt></td> <td>The Baltimore Sun</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/783/000082537/">William Foxwell Albright</a></td> <td><center>Archaeologist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-May-1891</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Sep-1971</tt></td> <td>Biblical archaeologist at Johns Hopkins</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/183/000166682/">Earl Banks</a></td> <td><center>Football</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Jun-1924</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Mar-1993</tt></td> <td>Morgan State Head Coach, 1960-73</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/922/000163433/">Benjamin Banneker</a></td> <td><center>Astronomer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Nov-1731</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Oct-1806</tt></td> <td>First African-American astronomer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/229/000134824/">Robert Worth Bingham</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Nov-1871</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Dec-1937</tt></td> <td>Publisher of The Louisville Courier-Journal</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/266/000179726/">Alfred Blalock</a></td> <td><center>Doctor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Apr-1899</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Sep-1964</tt></td> <td>"Blue baby" operation</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/385/000167881/">Charles J. Bonaparte</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Jun-1851</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Jun-1921</tt></td> <td>US Attorney General, 1906-09</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/758/000273936/">Patricia Breslin</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Mar-1931</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-2011</tt></td> <td>The People's Choice</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/568/000160088/">Olympia Brown</a></td> <td><center>Activist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Jan-1835</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Oct-1926</tt></td> <td>Lady preacher and suffragette</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/308/000128921/">Arthur F. Burns</a></td> <td><center>Economist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Apr-1904</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Jun-1987</tt></td> <td>Chairman of the Federal Reserve, 1970-78</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/037/000024962/">Clarence "Du" Burns</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Sep-1918</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Jan-2002</tt></td> <td>First black mayor of Baltimore</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/909/000180369/">John Archibald Campbell</a></td> <td><center>Judge</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Jun-1811</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Mar-1889</tt></td> <td>US Supreme Court Justice, 1853-61</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/785/000164293/">Eva Cassidy</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Feb-1963</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Nov-1996</tt></td> <td>Eva by Heart</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/735/000023666/">Jack L. Chalker</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Dec-1944</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Feb-2005</tt></td> <td>SF author, wrote Well World series</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/988/000130598/">Frederic L. Chapin</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Jul-1929</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Sep-1989</tt></td> <td>US Ambassador to Guatemala, 1981-84</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/032/000180489/">Samuel Chase</a></td> <td><center>Judge</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Apr-1741</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Jun-1811</tt></td> <td>US Supreme Court Justice, 1796-1811</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/504/000022438/">Tom Clancy</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Apr-1947</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Oct-2013</tt></td> <td>The Hunt for Red October</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/473/000128089/">Frances Cleveland</a></td> <td><center>First Lady</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Jul-1864</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Oct-1947</tt></td> <td>Wife of US President Grover Cleveland</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/713/000099416/">Lucille Clifton</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Jun-1936</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Feb-2010</tt></td> <td>Good Woman</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/911/000358834/">Richard Ben Cramer</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Jun-1950</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Jan-2013</tt></td> <td>What It Takes: The Way to the White House</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/345/000050195/">Henry Winter Davis</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Aug-1817</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Dec-1865</tt></td> <td>Congressman from Maryland, 1855-65</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/613/000209983/">Westmoreland Davis</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Aug-1859</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Sep-1942</tt></td> <td>Governor of Virginia, 1918-22</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/735/000100435/">Art Donovan</a></td> <td><center>Football</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Jun-1925</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Aug-2013</tt></td> <td>Baltimore Colts defensive tackle</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/983/000056815/">George H. Fallon</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Jul-1902</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Mar-1980</tt></td> <td>Congressman from Maryland, 1945-71</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/125/000166624/">Nellie Fox</a></td> <td><center>Baseball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Dec-1927</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Dec-1975</tt></td> <td>MLB Hall of Famer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/131/000172612/">John Gibbon</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Apr-1827</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Feb-1896</tt></td> <td>Led the Civil War's Iron Bigade</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/368/000094086/">Robert Goddard</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Oct-1882</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Aug-1945</tt></td> <td>Father of modern rocketry</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/989/000022923/">Alexander Haig</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Dec-1924</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Feb-2010</tt></td> <td>US Secretary of State, 1981-82</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/121/000161635/">William Stewart Halsted</a></td> <td><center>Doctor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Sep-1852</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Sep-1922</tt></td> <td>Pioneer of sterile surgical technique</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/513/000205895/">John Hill Hewitt</a></td> <td><center>Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Jul-1801</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Oct-1890</tt></td> <td>The Minstrels Return'd from the War</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/757/000122391/">Roderick M. Hills</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Mar-1931</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Oct-2014</tt></td> <td>SEC Chairman, 1975-77</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/699/000204087/">Johns Hopkins</a></td> <td><center>Philanthropist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-May-1795</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Dec-1873</tt></td> <td>Johns Hopkins University and Hospital</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/041/000159561/">Arnold Kanter</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Feb-1945</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Apr-2010</tt></td> <td>Under Secy. of State for Political Affairs, 1991-93</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/152/000097858/">Francis Scott Key</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Aug-1779</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Jan-1843</tt></td> <td>The Star-Spangled Banner</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/362/000118008/">Andrew Kohut</a></td> <td><center>Pundit</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Sep-1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Sep-2015</tt></td> <td>Pew Research Center pollster</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/622/000275794/">Henrietta Lacks</a></td> <td><center>Oddity</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Aug-1920</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Oct-1951</tt></td> <td>Immortal human cells</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/402/000117051/">Arthur O. Lovejoy</a></td> <td><center>Historian</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Oct-1873</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Dec-1962</tt></td> <td>The Great Chain of Being</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/970/000166472/">John Mackey</a></td> <td><center>Football</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Sep-1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Jul-2011</tt></td> <td>NFL Hall of Famer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/605/000116257/">Jeff MacNelly</a></td> <td><center>Cartoonist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Sep-1948</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Jun-2000</tt></td> <td>Editorial cartoonist, Shoe</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/426/000164931/">Frank Mars</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Sep-1883</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Apr-1934</tt></td> <td>Invented Milky Way and Snickers bars</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/174/000178637/">Glenn L. Martin</a></td> <td><center>Engineer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Jan-1886</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Dec-1955</tt></td> <td>Martin Aircraft Co.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/634/000168130/">Theodore R. McKeldin</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Nov-1900</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Aug-1974</tt></td> <td>Governor of Maryland, 1951-59</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/601/000168097/">Louis McLane</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-May-1786</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Oct-1857</tt></td> <td>US Secretary of State, 1833-34</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/226/000044094/">H. L. Mencken</a></td> <td><center>Critic</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Sep-1880</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Jan-1956</tt></td> <td>The American Language</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/097/000206476/">Ottmar Mergenthaler</a></td> <td><center>Inventor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-May-1854</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Oct-1899</tt></td> <td>Automated typesetting</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/022/000119662/">Adolf Meyer</a></td> <td><center>Psychiatrist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Sep-1866</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Mar-1950</tt></td> <td>Commonsense Psychiatry</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/644/000122278/">Parren J. Mitchell</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Apr-1922</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-May-2007</tt></td> <td>Congressman from Maryland, 1971-87</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/453/000027372/">Art Modell</a></td> <td><center>Football</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Jun-1925</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Sep-2012</tt></td> <td>Owner: Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/451/000022385/">Ogden Nash</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Aug-1902</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-May-1971</tt></td> <td>Candy is dandy; but liquor is quicker</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/479/000131086/">Daniel Nathans</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Oct-1928</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Nov-1999</tt></td> <td>Restriction enzymes (DNA cleavage)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/447/000121084/">Herbert O'Conor</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Nov-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Mar-1960</tt></td> <td>Governor and Senator from Maryland</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/458/000079221/">John Dos Passos</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Jan-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Sep-1970</tt></td> <td>U.S.A. 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