39.2868° N, 76.6201° W
BALTIMORE
Most Famous People Born in Baltimore, United States
- Notable people
- 2,329
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- Median birth year
- 1939
- Most distinctive
- Baseball 7.0×
A port city whose distinctive professions are baseball at seven times the global rate, basketball, and an unusually thick column of officers, novelists, and lawyers — the shape of a Mid-Atlantic city that has always sat at the meeting point of the Navy yard, the courts, and the literary establishment. Frank Zappa, Babe Ruth, Michael Phelps, and Edgar Allan Poe (who died here, not born) all belong to this bench, and the 19th-century tail is heavier than in most American cities its size.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Baltimore during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Baltimore Is Known For
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Politician is Baltimore's biggest profession — 11% of all notables (255).
Baltimore over-indexes on baseball — 7.0× the global rate.
Baltimore under-produces painter — only 0.6× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Baltimore's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Sports
- Politics & Law
- Film & TV
- Writing
- Science
- Music
- Other
- Field: Novelist Clear ×
Olen Steinhauer
Born 1970
Jack L. Chalker
1944 - 2005
Emily Post
1872 - 1960
Fulton Oursler
1893 - 1952
William Lindsay Gresham
1909 - 1962
Thomas F. Monteleone
Born 1946
Frank Deford
1938 - 2017
Henry Holt (publisher)
1840 - 1926
Bruce McAllister
Born 1946
Bradford Morrow
Born 1951
Hake Talbot
1900 - 1986
Sharon Lee (writer)
Born 1952
Michael Kandel
Born 1941
Diane Fanning
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Will Oursler
1913 - 1985
S. L. Viehl
Born 1961
Steve Geppi
Born 1950
Bud Sparhawk
Born 1937
John Beauchamp Jones
1810 - 1866
Arie Kaplan
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Susan Glickman
Born 1953
Thomas Moran (author)
Born 1957
Mary Tabor
Born 1946