Biographical Records

Notable People from District of Columbia

1,116 notable figures born in District of Columbia, showing page 17 of 23, ranked by historical prominence.

Vantile Whitfield
arts administrator (1930-2005)
1930 – 2005
television actoractor
Appleton P. Clark, Jr.
Appleton P. Clark, Jr.
American architect
1865 – 1955
architect
Earl Kerkam
American painter (1891-1965)
1891 – 1965
artistpainter
Edwin Atherton
Edwin Atherton
FBI agent
1896 – 1944
private investigator
Robert L. Downing
Robert L. Downing
American stage actor (1857–1944)
1857 – 1944
stage actoractor
Raymond P. Rodgers
Raymond P. Rodgers
United States admiral (1849–1925)
1849 – 1925
military officer
Henry Hobart Nichols
Henry Hobart Nichols
American painter (1869–1962)
1869 – 1962
landscape painterillustratorpainter
Stanley S. Harris
Stanley S. Harris
United States federal judge (1927–2021)
1927 – 2021
lawyerjudge
Robert Coltman
Robert Coltman
American physician (1862-1931)
1862 – 1931
surgeonphysician
Tom Kinslow
Tom Kinslow
American baseball player (1866–1901)
1866 – 1901
baseball player
William Betts
William Betts
American baseball umpire
1865 – 1936
baseball player
James Lackaye
James Lackaye
American actor and film director (1867-1919)
1867 – 1919
film actorfilm directoractor
Barbara Pope
American writer and civil rights activist
1854 – 1908
writer
William N. Cogan
William N. Cogan
United States Navy officer and dentist (1856-1943)
1856 – 1943
naval officerdeandentist
Augustus Jay
Augustus Jay
American diplomat 1850-1919
1850 – 1919
diplomat
Gilbert Kelly
American football player and coach (1878–1948)
1878 – 1948
head coach
Grenville Lewis
Grenville Lewis
American football player and coach (1875-1964)
1875 – 1964
American football playerbaseball playerengineer
James Willis Sayre
James Willis Sayre
American theatre critic (1877–1963)
1877 – 1963
theatre criticjournalist
Jap Payne
Jap Payne
American baseball player (1879–1942)
1879 – 1942
baseball player
Cleveland Abbe, Jr.
Cleveland Abbe, Jr.
American geographer (1872-1934)
1872 – 1934
geographergeologist
John Callan O'Laughlin
John Callan O'Laughlin
American journalist (1873-1949)
1873 – 1949
journalist
Evelyn Wotherspoon Wainwright
Evelyn Wotherspoon Wainwright
American suffragist (1853-1937)
1853 – 1937
suffragist
Carl H. Claudy
Carl H. Claudy
American science fiction writer (1879–1957)
1879 – 1957
science fiction writernovelistjournalist
Chandler Hale
Chandler Hale
American government official
1873 – 1951
diplomat
Charles Bittinger
American artist (1879-1970)
1879 – 1970
painter
Charles Moran
American baseball player
1879 – 1934
baseball player
Caroline van Hook Bean
American painter (1879-1980)
1879 – 1980
visual artistartist
Mathilde Mueden Leisenring
American painter
1870 – 1949
painterartist
Renee Harris
Renee Harris
American theatre manager and producer
1876 – 1969
theatre managertheatrical producer
Josepha Newcomb Whitney
Josepha Newcomb Whitney
American clubwoman, pacifist, suffragist, and politician
1872 – 1957
clubwomanpacifistsuffragist
Lizzie Weeks
American probation officer
1879 – 1976
suffragistactivistsocial worker
George O'Connor
American singer
1874 – 1946
singerlawyer
Eleanor Annie Lamson
astronomer
1875 – 1932
astronomer
Philip B. Keefer
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient (1875–1949)
1875 – 1949
military personnel
Philip King
Philip King
American football and baseball player and coach (1872-1938)
1872 – 1938
American football coachAmerican football playerbaseball manager
Thomas Tallmadge
American architect (1876–1940)
1876 – 1940
architect
William Hitz
William Hitz
United States federal judge (1872–1935)
1872 – 1935
lawyerjudge
Mary A. Bell
American artist
1873 – 1941
illustrator
La Belle Titcomb
La Belle Titcomb
American vaudeville performer
1876
vaudeville performer
Henry D. Cooke
Henry D. Cooke
American admiral
1879 – 1958
military officer
Spencer Baird Nichols
Spencer Baird Nichols
American portrait painter, illustrator and muralist (1875-1950)
1875 – 1950
painter
Mary Berri Chapman Hansbrough
Mary Berri Chapman Hansbrough
American artist and sociliate (1872–1951)
1872 – 1951
painterpoet
Hoffman Philip
Hoffman Philip
American diplomat
1872 – 1951
diplomat
Eduardo García-Mansilla
Eduardo García-Mansilla
Argentinian composer and diplomat (1871–1930)
1871 – 1930
diplomatcomposer
Louise E. Jefferson
African-American artist, graphic designer, publishing director, cartographer (1908–2002)
1908 – 2002
visual artistdesignercartographer
Anne Margaret Cooke
African-American theater director and educator, (1907–1997)
1907 – 1997
theatre directoractor
Betty Kronman Shapiro
American president of international B'nai B'rith Women (1907–1989)
1907 – 1989
women's rights activist
Jeremiah Daniel Baltimore
Jeremiah Daniel Baltimore
African-American engineer and educator (1852–1929)
1852 – 1929
educatorengineer
John White
western music singer, born 1902
1902 – 1992
songwritermusician
Sadie Houck
Sadie Houck
Major League Baseball player
1856 – 1919
baseball player
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