Biographical Records

Notable People from District of Columbia

1,116 notable figures born in District of Columbia, showing page 13 of 23, ranked by historical prominence.

Alfred Beckley
Alfred Beckley
Confederate Army general and founder of Beckley, West Virginia
1802 - 1888
politician
Ida G. Ruben
Ida G. Ruben
American politician
1929 - 2024
politician
Sheldon S. Cohen
Sheldon S. Cohen
American attorney and U.S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue (1927-2018)
1927 - 2018
certified public accountantofficialcivil servant
Bruce Duffy
Bruce Duffy
American writer (1951–2022)
1951 - 2022
novelist
William Warren Tunnicliffe
Canadian computer pioneer
1922 - 1996
computer scientistengineer
Charles B. Fisk
American physicist and organ builder
1925 - 1983
organ builderbusinessperson
Rob Swope
American musician (1926–1967)
1926 - 1967
jazz musician
John Gilroy
American baseball player (1869-1897)
1869 - 1897
baseball player
George Little
George Little
American football player, sports coach, and administrator (1889–1957)
1889 - 1957
head coachbasketball coach
Howard Abbott
Howard Abbott
American judge (1867-1939)
1867 - 1939
American football playerlawyerjudge
Edwin Henderson
Edwin Henderson
American basketball player
1883 - 1977
basketball playerbasketball coacheducator
Benno C. Schmidt, Jr.
American academic executive (1942–2023)
1942 - 2023
academiclawyer
Martin Berkofsky
Martin Berkofsky
American classical pianist
1943 - 2013
pianistmusician
Earl Godwin
American journalist
1881 - 1956
journalist
Frank Brett Noyes
Frank Brett Noyes
American publisher (1863-1948)
1863 - 1948
journalist
Elmer Cleveland
Elmer Cleveland
American baseball player (1862-1913)
1862 - 1913
baseball player
Lorenz E. Zimmerman
Lorenz E. Zimmerman
American university teacher (1920-2013)
1920 - 2013
ophthalmologistpathologistuniversity teacher
Charles Peshall Plunkett
Charles Peshall Plunkett
United States Navy admiral
1864 - 1931
military officer
Rick Henderson
American musician (1928–2004)
1928 - 2004
jazz musiciansaxophonistcomposer
John Eaton
American jazz pianist
1934 - 2026
jazz musicianmusicologistpianist
Karl M. Block
Karl M. Block
American bishop
1886 - 1958
Anglican priest
Robert C. Cook
demographer and geneticist (1898-1991)
1898 - 1991
demographergeneticist
Annie Lewis
Annie Lewis
American actress (1869-1896)
1869 - 1896
stage actoractor
Aldebert de Chambrun
Aldebert de Chambrun
French soldier and explorer (1872–1962)
1872 - 1962
explorermilitary personnelbusinessperson
Urban T. Holmes, Jr.
American historian (1900-1972)
1900 - 1972
philologistromanistuniversity teacher
Mary Burt Messer
Mary Burt Messer
American educator and writer (1881–1960)
1881 - 1960
social workereducatorwriter
John R. Goldsborough
John R. Goldsborough
United States admiral
1809 - 1877
military officer
Lu Blue
Lu Blue
American baseball player
1897 - 1958
baseball player
Donnie Green
American football player (1948-2019)
1948 - 2019
American football player
Laurance Toombs DuBose
Laurance Toombs DuBose
American military personnel
1893 - 1967
military personnel
Roger W. Titus
Roger W. Titus
United States federal judge (1941–2019)
1941 - 2019
lawyerjudge
Mike Cantwell
Mike Cantwell
American baseball player
1894 - 1953
baseball player
Thomas S. Moorman, Jr.
Thomas S. Moorman, Jr.
United States general (1940–2020)
1940 - 2020
military officer
Patricia Bowman
Patricia Bowman
American ballet dancer (1904-1999)
1908 - 1999
choreographermusical theatre actordancer
Timothy Gantz
American classical scholar (1945–2004)
1945 - 2004
classical philologistuniversity teacher
Igor Gamow
American microbiologist and inventor
1935 - 2021
inventor
Jane Straughan
United States Air Force personnel
1913 - 2007
military personnel
Edythe Mae Gordon
African American writer
1896 - 1980
writerpoet
Albert Fuller
American musician (1926–2007)
1926 - 2007
harpsichordist
Frances Sherwood
American writer (1940-2021)
1940 - 2021
scholar of Englishuniversity teacherwriter
Willy Switkes
American stage actor (1929-2013)
1929 - 2013
stage actoractor
John Kinard
John Kinard
American pastor, social activist, museum director
1936 - 1989
Helen Lombard
Helen Lombard
American journalist
1904 - 1986
journalist
Ruth Cummings
Ruth Cummings
American screenwriter (1894-1984)
1894 - 1984
actorscreenwriter
François Lefebvre de Laboulaye
French diplomat
1917 - 1996
diplomat
James E. Bowman
American physician and specialist in pathology, hematology, and genetics (1923–2011)
1923 - 2011
pathologistgeneticistphysician
G. Gould Lincoln
G. Gould Lincoln
American newspaper correspondent
1880 - 1974
newspaper editorjournalist
Phil Edmonston
Canadian politician (1944–2022)
1944 - 2022
consumer advocatejournalisteditor
Sarah E. Bender De Wolfe
American painter
1852 - 1935
painter
Richard Cassilly
American opera singer (1927-1998)
1927 - 1998
opera singer
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