List of Famous people born in District of Columbia, United States of America
Jackie Stallone
Jacqueline Frances Stallone was an American astrologer, dancer and Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling's kayfabe promoter. She was the mother of actor Sylvester Stallone, singer Frank Stallone, and actress Toni D'Alto.
Alex Wagner
Alexandra Swe Wagner is an American journalist and author. She is the co-host of The Circus on Showtime and the author of FutureFace: A Family Mystery, an Epic Quest, and the Secret to Belonging. She is also a contributor for CBS News and a contributing editor at The Atlantic. Previously, she was the anchor of the daytime program Now with Alex Wagner (2011–2015) on MSNBC. From November 2016 until March 2018, she was a TV co-anchor on CBS This Morning Saturday. She has also been a senior editor at The Atlantic magazine since April 2016.
Tati Westbrook
Tatiana Aleksandra Westbrook, is an American internet personality, YouTuber, businesswoman and makeup artist.
John Warner
John William Warner III is an American attorney and former politician who served as the United States Secretary of the Navy from 1972 to 1974 and a five-term Republican U.S. Senator from Virginia from 1979 to 2009. He currently works for the law firm of Hogan Lovells, where he had previously worked before joining the United States Department of Defense as the Under Secretary of the Navy during the presidency of Richard Nixon in 1969.
Eric Schmidt
Eric Emerson Schmidt is an American businessman and software engineer. He is known for being the CEO of Google from 2001 to 2011, executive chairman of Google from 2011 to 2015, executive chairman of Alphabet Inc. from 2015 to 2017, and Technical Advisor at Alphabet from 2017 to 2020. In 2017, Forbes ranked Schmidt as the 119th-richest person in the world, with an estimated wealth of US$11.1 billion.
Velveteen Dream
Patrick Clark Jr. is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the NXT brand under the ring name Velveteen Dream.
Nyla Rose
Nyla Rose is an American actress and professional wrestler signed to All Elite Wrestling, where she held the AEW Women's World Championship. She also starred in the 2016 Canadian television series The Switch.
Betty Gabriel
Betty Gabriel is an American actress. She is best known for her work in Blumhouse Productions films. She first received recognition for starring as Laney Rucker in the horror film The Purge: Election Year (2016). She then starred as Georgina in Get Out (2017), for which she earned praise from critics and several award nominations.
John Walker Lindh
John Philip Walker Lindh is an American who was captured as an enemy combatant during the United States' invasion of Afghanistan in November 2001. He was captured and detained at Qala-i-Jangi fortress, used as a prison. He denied participating in the Battle of Qala-i-Jangi, a violent uprising of the Taliban prisoners, during which all but 86 of the estimated 300–500 prisoners were killed, along with CIA officer Johnny "Mike" Spann. Brought to trial in United States federal court in February 2002, Lindh accepted a plea bargain; he pleaded guilty to two charges and was sentenced to 20 years in prison. He was released on supervision on May 23, 2019, for a three-year period of supervised release.
Brian Hallisay
Brian Hallisay is an American actor, known for his roles as Will Davis in the CW drama series Privileged and Kyle Parks in the Lifetime drama series The Client List. He starred on the television series Revenge as Ben Hunter.