Cal Ripken, Jr., Baltimore Orioles legend, grew up in Aberdeen and was a student at Aberdeen High School.
Billy Ripken, former Oriole and brother of Cal Ripken Jr.
Michael D. Griffin, head administrator of NASA
Jai Lewis, College basketball player (George Mason Patriots).
E. J. Henderson, Minnesota Viking football player, former Maryland Terrapin.
Erin Henderson, Minnesota Viking football player, former Maryland Terrapin, Richard Slutzky, "Coach Slutzky", honoree of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, long-time Aberdeen High School coach.
William Benjamin Baker, U.S. Congressman for Maryland's 2nd District, from 1895 to 1901.
Linwood Clark, U.S. Congressman for Maryland's 2nd District, 1929–1931. Born in Aberdeen, MD on March 21, 1876
Lisa Welch, Playboy Playmate of the Month, September 1980
Frank Zappa, musician, lived in Aberdeen for a short period, father worked at APG.
Irv Pankey, Aberdeen High School, 2 time wrestling state champion (1975–1976);
Penn State offensive lineman (1976–1980); NFL: Los Angeles Rams (1980–1990)Indianapolis Colts (1991-1992)
Les German, Major League Baseball Pitcher, Trap-shooter
David (Randy) Grace, Assistant Men's Basketball Coach, Oregon State University, grew up in Aberdeen
Bea Arthur
Cambridge
Notable People
William Vans Murray, born in Cambridge in 1760, U.S. Congressman for Maryland's 5th District, 1789-1791.
Charles Goldsborough, (July 15, 1765 - December 13, 1834), State Senator 1791-1795 and 1799-1801, U.S. Congressman 1789-1791, Governor of Maryland 1818-1819. [1]
Phillips Lee Goldsborough, (August 6, 1865 - October 22, 1946), a member of the United States Republican Party, was a United States Senator representing State of Maryland from 1929 to 1935. He was also the 47th Governor of Maryland from 1912 to 1916 and Comptroller of the Maryland Treasury from 1898-1900.
Emerson Columbus Harrington, (March 26, 1864 – December 15, 1945) was the 48th Governor of Maryland in the United States from 1916 to 1920. He also served as Comptroller of the Maryland Treasury from 1912 to 1916.
Henry Lloyd, (February 21, 1852–December 30, 1920), 40th Governor of Maryland (1885 to 1888). Lived in Dorchester County, Maryland and Cambridge.
Gloria Richardson Dandridge, Cambridge Civil Rights Movement leader 1962-1964.
John Barth, writer, born in Cambridge in 1930.
Antwan Lake, NFL defensive end who has formerly played with the Detroit Lions, Atlanta Falcons, and New Orleans Saints.
Troy Brohawn, retired MLB player who earned a World Series ring with the Arizona Diamondbacks
Carolyn Long, opera singer.
Beatrice Arthur, Emmy award winning actress; star of the television sitcoms Maude and The Golden Girls. Grew up in Cambridge, where her family owned and operated a clothing store. Voted "wittiest girl" by classmates at Cambridge High School.
Harriet Tubman, escaped slave and activist on the Underground Railroad.
Annie Oakley, sharpshooter.
Stephen Allen Benson, 2nd President of Liberia
Dontre' King, Professional Boxer, Ranked 159 of 298 in the United States.
James A. Adkins. 28th Adjutant General of Maryland and former Secretary of Veterans Affairs of Maryland.
Colmar Manor
Bladensburg Dueling Grounds is a small spit of land, a fraction of its original size, along Dueling Creek, formerly in the town of Bladensburg, Maryland, and now within the town of Colmar Manor, just to the northeast of Washington, D.C., United States. Dueling Creek, formerly known as '"Blood Run" and "The Dark and Bloody Grounds", is a tributary of the Anacostia River, which was formerly, called the East Branch Potomac River.
From 1808 the grove witnessed approximately fifty duels by gentlemen, military officers, and politicians, settling "affairs of honor". A formalized set of rules and etiquette, the code duello was usually enforced by the duelers and their seconds. The exact number of duels and the names of all the participants who fought at Bladensburg may never be known because surviving records are obscure, the events are not well documented - and dueling was illegal.
Following the Civil War, dueling fell out of favor as a means of settling personal grievances and declined rapidly; the last known duel was fought here in 1868.
Notable People
John Sylvester White, television actor, best known as high school vice principal/principal, Mr. Michael Woodman on Welcome Back, Kotter, was a boyhood resident and son of Colmar Manor's first mayor.
William Macy
Cumberland
Popular culture
In the classic 1960s horror film Night of the Living Dead, Barbara listens transfixed to a radio broadcast from civil defense officials in the City of Cumberland, Maryland. The Cumberland officials emphasize the predatory nature of the cannibalistic ghouls, and their unsavory appetite for human flesh.
Cumberland is mentioned in the NBC television show The Office (Season 2, Episode 5, Title "Halloween"). A job opening at "Cumberland Mills" is mentioned several times, with Maryland identified as the location. The character Jim Halpert says that he didn't apply even though he enjoys soft shell crabs. Jim's main goal was to get Dwight Schrute hired there so he would be out of state, but Dwight fouls up the interview by talking about martial arts.
In the webcomic The Adventures of Dr. McNinja, the title character lives in Cumberland, where fictional mayor Chuck Goodrich has installed a citywide zombie defense system.[27] It is also revealed that the town has a mafia, much to the titular Doctor's surprise (Hastings states that his neighborhood has over three times the city's population).
The city was mentioned briefly on Viva La Bam while traveling to Mardi Gras.
The city is the main setting of the medical video game Trauma Team.
Notable People
William H. Macy (born 1950) actor, attended Allegany High School. While at Allegany High School William was a junior and senior class president of his graduating class.
Jack Nelson, Director of MWCoA
Brendan Ekstrom (born 1978) musician (Circa Survive)
Michael Nau musician (Page France)
Rebeca Arthur (born 1963) actress (Perfect Strangers (television show), Get Shorty)
Frank E. Bittinger is a horror novelist who currently lives in Cumberland, MD; his novels include Into the Mirror Black, Angels of the Seventh Dawn, and Angels of the Mourning Light.
J. Glenn Beall, Jr. (1927–2006) former U.S. Senator
Rob Breedlove (born 1938) former American Football linebacker who played eight seasons in the National Football League with the Washington Redskins and the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1960 to 1967
Grant Garland, Radio announcer, television host and newspaper columnist.
Wright Butler architect of Allegany Courthouse
Kia Corthron (born 1961) playwright, screenwriter, attended Allegany High School
James Deetz (1930–2000) father of historical archeology
Eddie Deezen (born 1958) comic actor
Patrick Hamill (1817–1895), U.S. Congressman for Maryland's 4th District 1869-1871, buried in Odd Fellow's Cemetery
Drew Hankinson (born 1983), wrestles for the World Wrestling Entertainment as Festus
Mark Manges (born 1956) quarterback for the University of Maryland, College Park (1974–77), appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated magazine Oct 1976 issue
John Van Lear McMahon (1800–1871) Maryland legislature and historian
Donald E. Moran (born 1931) attended University of Maryland on a basketball scholarship - a starter in every game from 1949–1953, played professional ball in the Eastern League before being signed by the NBA Detroit Pistons in 1956. Invited to try out for the Olympics Basketball team in 1956 but refused due to his 'professional' status. Assistant coach in the NBA team the San Diego Clippers in 1979, after two years went on to Washington Wizards (called Washington Bullets at the time) of Washington, D.C. for 6 seasons.
Kelly L. Moran (born 1960) author of the book Shelley Chintz which was published in 2001 ISBN 0-9676925-0-4. Designer/Builder of the Stone Cottage. Attended Bruce High School.
Sam Perlozzo (born 1951) former Major League Baseball player and former manager of the Baltimore Orioles (2005–2007) attended Bishop Walsh High School
Bruce Price (1845–1903) architect of Cumberland Emmanuel Church Rosenbaum founders of Rosenbaum Brothers Department Store in 1849
Casper R. Taylor, Jr (born 1934), Member of House of Delegates 1975-2003, Speaker of House 1994-2003
George L. Wellington (1852–1927) Former United States Senator
Steve Whiteman- Singer of 80s metal band KIX
Jane Frazier lived in a log house built in 1754 just beyond the Cumberland city limits. It was while returning to her home from the Fort Cumberland Trading Post several miles away that Jane was captured by Indians and taken to the Great Miami River in Ohio. A Frazier family member later wrote a book about the incident call "Red Morning"
Indian Will a well-known Native American who lived in a former settlement of the Shawnee Indians at the site of present day Cumberland, Maryland in the 18th century. Both Wills Creek and Wills Mountain are named after him.
Cunningham James Vincent (1911–1985). poet, writer, and professor for Standford University. Born in Cumberland. (See Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Poetry, page 110)
Edward Otho Cresap Ord (1818–1883). Born in Cumberland. He was the designer of Fort Sam Houston, and a U.S. Army officer who saw action in the Seminole War, the Indian Wars, and the American Civil War
Francis Xavier Seelos (1819–1867), pastor of SS. Peter & Paul's Catholic Church 1857-1862, beatified by the Vatican in 2000 (final stage of canonization process)
Frostburg
Notable People
Brad Barkley, novelist and short-story writer
James Glenn Beall, Republican U.S. senator from Maryland, 1953–1965
Fred Davis, former sheriff of Charles County, Maryland, 1994–2006
Andy Duncan (writer), American science fiction and fantasy writer
Stephen Dunn, poet and winner of the Pulitzer Prize
John J. Hafer, Republican Maryland state senator, 1991–2007
Lucius "Pete" Carlton Harper, jazz pioneer, musician, civil rights activist, and businessman
Ray Kuhlman, pilot and minor league baseball owner
Bob Robertson, professional baseball player
James Sprigg, Whig U.S. congressman from Kentucky, 1841–1843
Robert H. Gilman, Johns Hopkins Professor and Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia Professor.
Alta Schrock, Founder of Penn Alps, Springs Folk Festival, Springs Historical Society, Springs Museum. First Mennonite woman to receive a doctorate.
Leo Beachy, Photographer, Created extensive visual record of Western Maryland from turn of century till the 1920s.
Greenbelt
Greenbelt was the subject of the 1939 documentary film “The City."
Havre de Grace
Havre de Grace was known as "The Graw" from 1912 through the 1950s, and it prospered as a stop for travelers. These included gangsters and gamblers en route to New York City from the south following the pony routes.
The Havre de Grace Racetrack operated from 1912-1950. Alphonse Capone was reported to have spent some time at the former "Crazy Swede" (now known as "Chiapparelli's Restaurant"). However, at the end of the 1950s, the horse track was removed, and its rights were sold to Pimlico.
An incident during 1949 involving the denial of a license to use a city park and the subsequent arrest of a Jehovah's Witnesses preacher led to the Supreme Court case of Niemotko v. Maryland.
In July 2007, the movie From Within was filmed in Havre de Grace.
Notable People
Barry Glassman, born March 24, 1962. Maryland Delegate, 1999–present.
Billy Ripken, born December 16, 1964. Major League Baseball Player for the Baltimore Orioles, Texas Rangers, Cleveland Indians and Detroit Tigers. Also, he is the brother of Cal Ripken, Jr.
Cal Ripken, Jr., born August 24, 1960. Major League Baseball Player and Hall of Famer for the Baltimore Orioles.
David Hasselhoff, born July 17, 1952. Actor, musician, presenter.
David R. Craig, born June 12, 1949.
Harford County Executive, 2005–present.
Millard Tydings, born April 6, 1890. U.S. Senator 1927 - 1951.
Ultra Naté, born November 2, 1968. American House music singer, song writer, and record producer.
(Because the primary hospital in eastern Harford County is Harford Memorial in Havre de Grace, the town is the birthplace of many people who never actually lived there. For example, the Ripken family lived in nearby Aberdeen, Maryland, but because Cal and Billy were born in the hospital Havre de Grace is listed as their town of birth.)
Hyattsville
Crime and misrepresentation - The city of Hyattsville has expressed concern that crime in non-Hyattsville locations sharing the same ZIP codes creates an image problem for the city.[5]
The city was involved in a minor controversy in April 2006. In the episode airing April 27, the Geena Davis television series Commander in Chief depicted Hyattsville as having the highest murder rate in the United States; it also indirectly depicted the town as being an urban ghetto dominated by poor minorities. The city and Prince George's County were very upset at ABC. On May 1, ABC formally apologized to both the city and county
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Laurel
On May 15, 1972, Governor George Wallace of Alabama, running for the presidential nomination of the Democratic Party, was campaigning at a rally in the parking lot of Laurel Shopping Center, near what is today a Bank of America branch, when he was shot and paralyzed by Arthur Bremer, a disturbed, out-of-work janitor
Prior to the September 11, 2001 attacks, several of the hijackers of American Airlines Flight 77 (which crashed into the Pentagon) stayed at various motels in the Laurel area, including the Budget Host Valencia and Pin-Del motels in Howard County just north of the city limits. The wing of the Valencia where they stayed was demolished and a new Sleep Inn was constructed on the ground, which opened in April 2007. They accessed the Internet through public computers at a Kinko's just south of the city limits. The also prepared for the hijacking by working out at a Gold's Gym; a report by FBI Director Mueller states the gym was in Laurel,[25] while other sources list the location as Greenbelt, Maryland,[26][27] several miles to the south.
Laurel in popular culture
There is a line in the novel The Dead Zone by Stephen King, consisting of "Laurel, Maryland" repeated over and over. Presumably this represents a psychic allusion to the attempted assassination of George Wallace in 1972.
In Lisey's Story, also by Stephen King, a character steals a car from the parking lot at the Laurel Mall.
In addition, in Tom Clancy's novel The Cardinal of the Kremlin, an FBI agent pretending to work for DARPA comments to her target, a Soviet mole, "This is so much nicer than living in Laurel!"
The X-Files episode, "Talitha Cumi", references a street in West Laurel when Mulder says, "Off the I-95, uh Bond Mill Road," while designating a location to meet with Scully.
Notable People
Future President and Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower and their first son (Doud Dwight, about 5 months old) lived at Mrs. Ray's Boarding House at 327 Montgomery Street and Halverson's Boarding House in Laurel in March 1918 during the couple's second year of marriage.[35]
Hall of Fame race horse jockey Ron Turcotte trained at Laurel Park race course in the late 1960s.
Rap artist Biz Markie moved to Laurel in 1996.[36]
Former Megadeth lead guitarist Marty Friedman attended Laurel High School in the 1970s.
Laurel is the hometown of Olympic short track speed skater Simon Cho.[38]
Guitarist, singer, and record producer Brian Larsen was raised in Laurel and still owns a home in the city
