Biographical Records
Notable People from District of Columbia
1,116 notable figures born in District of Columbia, showing page 22 of 23, ranked by historical prominence.
Linda S. Wilson
1936 – 2026
university teacherchemist
Maryly V. Peck
1930 – 2011
academicuniversity president
George Washington Blagden
1802 – 1884
writer
Joseph Goldsborough Bruff
1804 – 1889
cartographerhistoriansurveyor
John Leypoldt
1946 – 1987
American football player
Anne Hughes
1944 – 2021
restaurateur
John Lenthall
1807 – 1882
engineer
Charles Baker
1809 – 1891
military personnel
Henry B. Heller
1941 – 2021
politician
Stephen Greenleaf
1628 – 1690
politician
Ed Cox
1946 – 1992
poet
Samuel Bogley
1941 – 2022
politicianlawyer
James C. Brincefield, Jr.
1941 – 2021
lawyeractor
Clement Alexander Price
1945 – 2014
historian
Allan G. Johnson
1946 – 2017
opinion journalistsociologistwriter
Charles Lockwood
1948 – 2012
architectural historianhistorian
Clay Kirby
1948 – 1991
baseball player
Craig Windham
1949 – 2016
radio personalityjournalist
David Gordon
1944 – 1996
university teachereconomist
Peter V. Hagner
1815 – 1893
military officer
James Dunlop
1793 – 1872
lawyerpoliticianjudge
Phil Wiggins
1954 – 2024
musician
Larry Appelbaum
1957 – 2025
music journalistmusic historianmusic archivist
Brian Pohanka
1955 – 2005
writer
Steven Gerber
1948 – 2015
composer
George C. Chesbro
1940 – 2008
children's writernovelistwriter
Greg Brown
1957 – 2020
American football player
Kay Mills
1941 – 2011
journalisthistorian
Allen 'Big Al' Carter
1947 – 2008
contemporary artistprintmakerpainter
Alice Louise Davison
1940 – 2017
linguistuniversity teacher
Jackie Bezos
1946 – 2025
Ben Morea
1941 – 2026
activistartist
Karen Hastie Williams
1944 – 2021
lawyer
Vernon Burch
1957 – 2022
musician
William Spriggs
1955 – 2023
economist
Miriam Silverberg
1951 – 2008
sociologist
E. Barrett Prettyman Jr.
1925 – 2016
lawyerwriter
Detlev F. Vagts
1929 – 2013
university teacherjurist
Bernard Jackson
1950 – 1997
American football player
John R. Lanigan
1902 – 1974
military personnel
Tawanna P. Gaines
1952 – 2022
politician
Jacquie Jones
1965 – 2018
film producernew media artistfilm director
Jacqueline A. Berrien
1961 – 2015
lawyer
Swift Burch
1969 – 2025
American football player
John Stabb
1961 – 2016
singer
D. W. Robertson, Jr.
1914 – 1992
literary scholarliterary criticjournalist
Anthony Harley
1963 – 2010
trumpeter
Margaret Kilgallen
1967 – 2001
installation artistgraphic artistpainter
Margaret Gates
1903 – 1989
art educatorpainterartist
Sandy Hume
1969 – 1998
journalist