List of Famous people born in Maryland, United States of America
Jeff Green
Jeffrey Lynn Green is an American professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played three seasons of college basketball for the Georgetown Hoyas, before entering the 2007 NBA draft, where he was selected fifth overall by the Boston Celtics. He was subsequently traded to the Seattle SuperSonics. He spent 3½ seasons with the franchise before being traded back to the Celtics in February 2011, where he played until 2015 before being traded to the Memphis Grizzlies. In 2016, he was traded to the Los Angeles Clippers. He spent half a season with the Clippers before joining the Orlando Magic following the 2015–16 season. Green has also played for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Washington Wizards and Houston Rockets.
Mike Rowe
Michael Gregory Rowe is an American television host, narrator, and former opera singer. He is known for his work on the Discovery Channel series Dirty Jobs and the series Somebody's Gotta Do It originally developed for CNN. He currently hosts a series produced for Facebook called Returning the Favor in which he finds people doing good deeds and does something for them in return. He also hosts the podcast The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe, which he describes as "short stories designed specifically for the curious mind plagued with a short attention span". Rowe has narrated programs on the Discovery Channel, The Science Channel, and National Geographic Channel such as Deadliest Catch, How the Universe Works, and Shark Week. He has also appeared in commercials for firms such as the Ford Motor Company.
Mark Halperin
Mark Evan Halperin is an American journalist, currently appearing on Newsmax TV. Halperin previously worked as the political director at ABC News, where he served as the editor of the Washington, D.C., newsletter The Note. In 2010, Halperin joined MSNBC, becoming the senior political analyst and a contributor. Along with John Heilemann, Halperin served as co-managing editor of Bloomberg Politics. Halperin and Heilemann co-wrote Game Change and Double Down: Game Change 2012, were co-hosts of MSNBC and Bloomberg's With All Due Respect, and produced and co-starred with Mark McKinnon in Showtime's The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth, which followed the presidential candidates behind the scenes of their campaigns in the 2016 United States Presidential Election.
Rachel Nichols
Rachel Michele Nichols is a sports broadcaster who is currently a television host for ESPN, a sports reporter, and an anchor. She hosts an NBA discussion show called The Jump; weekdays on ESPN, it covers news and stories from around the league and features a panel of NBA analysts and players.
Shaquil Barrett
Shaquil Akeem "Shaq" Barrett is an American football outside linebacker for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He was signed by the Denver Broncos as an undrafted free agent in 2014. He played college football at the University of Nebraska-Omaha and Colorado State University.
Maia Campbell
Maia Chinassa Campbell is an American film, television actress, singer and model. She is best known for her role as Nicole on the 1994 FOX comedy-drama series South Central and her portrayal of Tiffany Warren in the NBC/UPN sitcom In the House for five seasons (1995–1998).
Lio Rush
Lionel Gerard Green, better known by the ring name Lio Rush, is an American professional wrestler and musician signed to Major League Wrestling (MLW), where he is the reigning World Middleweight Champion in his first reign. He is best known for his time with WWE, where he is a former NXT Cruiserweight Champion. He is also known for his time in Ring of Honor (ROH), and in Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW).
James Ellsworth
James Ellsworth Morris, is an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name James Ellsworth best known for his tenure with WWE.
Father John Misty
Joshua Michael Tillman, better known by his stage name Father John Misty, is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer. He has also performed and released studio albums under the name J. Tillman.
Ben Feldman
Ben Feldman is an American actor. Throughout his career, Feldman has undertaken roles on stage, including the Broadway play The Graduate along with more predominant roles in television series such as his role as Jonah Simms in the NBC sitcom Superstore. He has also played lead characters in films including The Perfect Man.