Alumni |
Class |
Reasoning for notability |
Adler Larry Adler |
1931[1] |
Musician[2] |
BartzGary Bartz |
1958 |
Jazz Musician, Grammy Award winner |
Bernstein, Morris LouisMorris Louis Bernstein |
1928[3] |
Abstract expressionist painter |
Baker, Russell BakerRussell Baker |
1943[4] |
Writer, two time Pulitzer Prize winner, who wrote about City in his autobiographical Growing Up |
Chalker, Jack L.Jack L. Chalker |
1962 |
Author, of over 50 science fiction/fantasy novels |
Deshields, André DeShields |
1964 |
Broadway Actor, Tony Award nominee |
EngePeter G. Engelman |
1957 |
Author, Writer, Publisher, Speaker, CPA |
Glass, PhilipPhilip Glass |
1954*[5] |
Avant Garde Composer[6] |
Glushakow, JacobJacob Glushakow |
1933[7] |
Painter, works in permanent collections at Baltimore Museum of Art, The Phillips Collection, and Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Goodman, Al Goodman |
1918[8] |
Musician, Conductor |
Horton Edward Everett Horton |
1904[3] |
character actor |
Kihn Greg Kihn |
1967?[9] |
Rock musician, radio host |
Klavan Gene Klavan |
1940[3] |
radio talk show host, Washington, D.C., New York, New York |
Kramer, ReubenReuben Kramer |
1925 |
Abstract Sculptor[10] |
LeCompte, Rowan LeCompte |
1942 |
Stained Glass Artist, (National Catherdral)[11] |
Moore, GarryT. Garrison Morfit (Garry Moore) |
1933 |
TV Variety Show Host |
Parker, RoyalRoyal Parker |
1946 |
News Anchor WBAL-TV, TV Variety Show Host[12] |
Pirosh, RobertRobert Pirosh |
1928[3] |
Writer, won Oscar and Golden Globe for screenplay in "Battleground" |
Robbins Fred Robbins |
1937 |
Television and radio host |
ShapiroKarl Shapiro |
1932[7] |
Poet, Literary Critic, and Professor, Johns Hopkins University, Pulitzer Prize winner |
Siegel, Eli Siegel |
1919[13] |
Poet and founder of Aesthetic Realism |
Tucker, Michael Michael Tucker |
1962 |
Actor, L.A. Law and Diner fame |
Uris, Leon Uris |
1942*[14][15] |
Writer, Author of Exodus and other literary classics |
Warren, Charles M. Warren |
1930 |
television and film writer: Producer, and Director Gunsmoke; Writer and Creator, Rawhide; Writer, Playhouse 90; Producer, The Iron Horse[16] |
Wood, Charles E Charles Erskine Scott Wood |
1870*[17] |
Author, Civil Libertarian, and Attorney[18] |
Weisgall, HugoHugo Weisgall |
1929[3] |
Composer |
Alumni |
Class |
Reasoning for notability |
Abercrombie David T. Abercrombie |
1887[19] |
founder of Abercrombie & Fitch |
Cordish David S. Cordish |
1956[20] |
President and Chairman of the Cordish Company |
Embry, Robert Robert C. Embry Jr. |
1955[21] |
President, Abell foundation, Baltimore Housing Commissioner (1968–1977)[22] |
Haskins Joseph Haskins Jr. |
1967[23] |
President and CEO of the Harbor Bank of Maryland[24] |
Hormats Robert D. Hormats |
1961[25] |
Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs, Vice Chair, Goldman Sachs[26] |
Krieger, Z Zanvyl Krieger |
1924[27] |
lawyer, entrepreneur, philanthropist; co-founder, Baltimore Colts; former part-owner, Baltimore Orioles[28] |
Mechanic Morris A. Mechanic |
1915[29] |
entrepreneur, builder of the Morris A. Mechanic Theatre |
McCormack Charles P. McCormick |
1916[30] |
business tycoon, and president of McCormick & Company |
Meyerhoff Joseph Meyerhoff |
1915[30] |
business tycoon, and former President of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra |
Motz John E. Motz |
1930[31] |
President, Mercantile Bank & Trust Company, Baltimore |
Myers Israel Myers |
1927 |
Founder, London Fog, originator London Fog Coat[32] |
RapoportMorton Rapoport |
1952[3] |
M.D., CEO, University of Maryland Medical System |
ResnickMartin Resnick |
1949[3] |
Founder, Martins West-Martins Caterers |
Rosenbloom Carroll Rosenbloom |
1926[33] |
former owner Baltimore Colts and Los Angeles Rams (NFL) |
Rubenstein, David David Rubenstein |
1966 |
business tycoon and co-founder of The Carlyle Group[34] |
Schuerholz John Schuerholz |
1958 |
President, Atlanta Braves (MLB) |
Straus Harry L. Straus |
1913[35] |
electrical engineer and business tycoon |
TylerCalvin E. Tyler, Jr. |
1960[3] |
philanthropist, Senior VP, United Parcel Service |
Alumni |
Class |
Reasoning for notability |
Adams, Thomas Thomas Sewall Adams |
1897 |
Economist, Yale University; President, American Economic Association (1927) |
Bryant. JohnJohn Richard Bryant |
1961[25] |
Bishop, Fifth Episcopal District, African Methodist Episcopal Church |
Colbert Isaac M. Colbert |
1964 |
Dean for Graduate Studies, MIT (1999–present)[36] |
Chesney Alan M. Chesney |
1905[37] |
Dean, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
Fischer, John John Henry Fischer |
1927[33] |
President, Teachers College, Columbia University; Superintendent, Baltimore City Public School System, enforced the desegregation of the school system[38] |
Ford, HenryHenry Jones Ford |
1868[39] |
Political Scientist, Johns Hopkins University, University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University; President, American Political Science Association |
Hackerman, NormanNorman Hackerman |
1928[3] |
chemist; president, Rice University and the University of Texas at Austin; National Medal of Science; Vannevar Bush Award (1993) |
Howell William W. Howell |
1878[40] |
Dean, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (1899–1911) |
Latane Arthur Hertzberg |
1928[19] |
former President, American Jewish Congress |
Latane John H. Latane |
1889[19] |
Dean of Faculty, Professor, Johns Hopkins University |
LemayLeo Lemay |
1953[40] |
noted biographer of Benjamin Franklin, du Pont Winterthur Professor of English at the University of Delaware. |
MaassArthur Maass |
1935[41] |
Political Scientist, Harvard University (1948–1984) |
Morrill William K. Morrill |
1921[42] |
Dean of Students, Mathematician, Johns Hopkins University; member, Lacrosse Museum and National Hall of Fame[43] |
Rogers, Lindsay Lindsay Rogers |
1908[44] |
Burgess Professor of Public Law, Columbia University (1920–1959); Director, Social Science Research Council (1934–36),[44] and prolific writer.[1] |
Straughn William R. Straughn |
1902[37] |
Founding President, Mansfield University of Pennsylvania[45] |
Schmoke, KurtKurt Schmoke |
1967[23] |
Dean, Howard University School of Law; 46th Mayor, City of Baltimore |
Walker, Orris G.Orris G. Walker, Jr. |
1960 |
1st African American Bishop of the Episcopal Church |
David E. Weglein |
1894[1] |
longest serving superintendent, Baltimore City Public School System[46] |
West, HenryHenry West |
1888[1] |
President, Towson University; Superintendent, Baltimore City Public School System |
Alumni |
Class |
Reasoning for notability |
Anderson, Curt Curt Anderson |
1967[23] |
Delegate, District 43, Baltimore City (1983–1995), (2003 – present); chairman of the Baltimore City Delegation |
Cardin, Meyer Meyer Cardin |
1926[3] |
Delegate (1936–38); Judge, Baltimore City Supreme Bench[53] |
DiPietro, A Anthony M. DiPietro, Jr. |
1953[54] |
Delegate, District 46, Baltimore City (1979–1994)[55] |
Fulton, T Tony Fullton |
1968 |
Delegate, District 40, Baltimore City (1987–2005)[56] |
Hergenroeder Henry R. Hergenroeder, Jr. |
1961[3] |
Delegate, District 43, Baltimore County and Baltimore City (1967–1992) |
Lamotte Lawrence A. LaMotte |
1966 |
Delegate, District 5B, Baltimore County (1983–1994) |
Levin, Theodore Ervin "Ted" Levin |
1962 |
Delegate, District 11, Baltimore County(1975–1994)[57] |
McDonoughPat McDonough |
1964[58] |
Delegate, District 7 Baltimore County (1979–1983), (2003–present) |
Muth Charles "Bucky" Muth |
1955 |
Delegate, District 43, Baltimore City (1983–1987)[59] |
Phillips, Wendell Wendell F. Phillips |
1982 |
Delegate, District 41, Baltimore City (1999–2003)[60] |
Riley, B. D B. Daniel Riley |
1964 |
Delegate, District 34, Harford County (1999–2003), (2007–present) |
Robey Frank C. Robey, Jr. |
1954 |
Delegate, District 44, Baltimore City (1971–1983)[61] |
Rosenberg Samuel I. Rosenberg |
1969 |
Delegate, District 41, Baltimore City (1983–present)[62] |
Silver, E Edgar P. Silver |
1940 |
Delegate, District 5, Baltimore City (1955–1965)[63] |
SklarSteven V. Sklar |
1960 |
Delegate, District 41, Baltimore City (1969–82)[64] |
SpectorAllen B. Spector |
1952 |
Delegate, District 5, Baltimore City (1966–1970); Councilman, Baltimore City Council (1971–1977)[65] |
Stewart, William William A. Stewart |
1843[1] |
Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates (1868); Delegate (1852–1854)[66] |
Buffington J. Raymond Buffington |
1929 |
State Senator, (1959–1962); Delegate (1942–50)[67] |
DellaGeorge W. Della |
1928[68] |
President of the Maryland Senate (1951–1954), (1959–1962); State Senator (1941–1962)[69] |
Hughes, R Ralph M. Hughes |
1966 |
State Senator, District 40, Baltimore City (1991–2007); Delegate (1983–1991)[70] |
LapidesJulian L. Lapides |
1949 |
State Senator, District 44, Baltimore City (1967–1994) [2] |
McFadden Nathaniel J. McFadden |
1964[58] |
State Senator, District 45, Baltimore City (1995–present) |
Norris, William William I. Norris |
1929[3] |
President of the Maryland Senate (1920–1922); State Senator, District 1, Baltimore City (1916–1922); Delegate, District 1, Baltimore City, (1904)[3] |
Steinberg, Mel Melvin Steinberg |
1950[3] |
Lieutenant Governor (1986–1994); President of Maryland State Senate (1983–1986); State Senator (1967–1986) [4] |
Stone, NormanNorman R. Stone, Jr. |
1953 |
State Senator, District 45, Baltimore County (1966–present) |
Alumni |
Class |
Reasoning for notability |
Alpert, P Paul E. Alpert |
1953[71] |
Maryland Court of Special Appeals, Judge (1982–1995); Baltimore County Circuit Court, Judge (1977–82); District Court (1972–77); Maryland House of Delegates, Delegate, Baltimore County (1967–73)[72] |
Anderson, A Arthur A. Anderson |
1932 |
Circuit Court, Anne Arundel County, Judge |
Bacharach Carl W. Bacharach |
1938[73] |
District Court, Baltimore City, Judge (1971–1992); Maryland House of Delegates, Delegate, District 5, Baltimore City (1951–1962)[74] |
Baer, Thomas Thomas S. Baer |
1858[75] |
Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, Judge (1903–1906)[76] |
Bartels John Ries Bartels |
1915 |
United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Judge (1959–1997) |
Bass, HH. Gary Bass |
1960 |
District Court, Baltimore City, Judge (1983–present)[77] |
Beck, R Raymond A. Beck |
1956 |
Circuit Court, Carroll County, Judge (1990–2005); State Senator, Carroll County (1982–1990); Maryland House of Delegates, Delegate, Carroll County (1972–1982)[78] |
Brizendine, A Austin W. Brizendine |
1956 |
Circuit Court, Baltimore County, Judge (1978–1985)[79] |
Brown, EmanuelEmanuel Brown |
1971[80] |
District Court, Baltimore City, Judge (1998–present)[81] |
BlumAlbert H. Blum |
1917 |
Municipal Court, Baltimore City, Judge (1970s)[82] |
CiotolaJoseph A. Ciotola |
1938 |
District Court, Baltimore City, Administrative Judge (1980s–1990s)[83] |
CullenJames K. Cullen |
1917 |
Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, Judge (1952–1970)[84] |
Dugan Robert N. Dugan |
1960[3] |
Circuit Court, Baltimore County, Judge (2000–present)[85] |
Fletcher, GDarryl G. Fletcher |
1965[3] |
District Court, Baltimore County, Judge (1994–present)[86] |
FranceRalph H. France, II |
1959 |
District Court, Washington County, Judge (1995–present)[87] |
FriedmanSol J. Friedman |
1936[1] |
District Court, Baltimore City, Judge (1973–1991)[88] |
Gatewood, AskewAskew Gatewood |
1968 |
District Court, Baltimore City, Judge (1984–present)[89] |
Hammerman Robert I. H. Hammerman |
1946 |
Circuit Court, Baltimore City, Chief Judge (1984–1998), Judge (1967–1998) |
HammondFrancis Hall Hammond |
1919 |
Maryland Court of Appeals, Chief Judge (1966–1971), Judge (1952–1966) |
HarrisCharles D. Harris |
1924[90] |
Chief Judge, Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, (1962–1976) |
HinkelJ. William Hinkel |
1950[91] |
Circuit Court Baltimore County (1981–2002), District Court, Baltimore County (1971–1981)[92] |
JaneyNeal M. Janey |
1966[93] |
District Court, Baltimore City, Judge (1980–1985)[5] |
KircherMartin A. Kircher |
1948 |
District Court, Baltimore City, Judge (1973–2000), Delegate, Baltimore City (1963–1973)[94] |
I.Lamdin I. Sewell Lamdin |
1936 |
Municipal Court, Baltimore City, Judge (1968–1988)[95] |
B.Lamdin Bruce S. Lamdin |
1965 |
District Court, Baltimore County, Judge (2002–present)[96] |
LandMarvin J. Land |
1936[1] |
Circuit Court, Baltimore County, Judge (1971–1980)[97] |
LevinMarshal A. Levin |
1947[98] |
Circuit Court Baltimore City (1971–2004),[98] |
LevitzDana M. Levitz |
1966 |
Circuit Court Baltimore County (1981–2002),[99] |
Marbury, O Ogle Marbury |
1899[19] |
Maryland Court of Appeals, Chief Judge (1944–1952), Judge (1941–1944) |
Menchine William Albert Menchine. |
1925[3] |
Maryland Court of Special Appeals, Judge (1972–1977)[6] |
Moser Herman M. Moser |
1917[100] |
Circuit Court, Baltimore, Judge (1944–1956) |
Moylan Charles E. Moylan, Jr. |
1949[3] |
Maryland Court of Special Appeals, Judge (1970–2000)[7] |
Murnaghan Francis D. Murnaghan, Jr. |
1937[49] |
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Circuit Judge (1979–2000) [8] |
OppenheimerReuben Oppenheimer |
1917[101] |
Maryland Court of Appeals, Judge (1964–1967)[101] |
OshrineTheodore Oshrine |
1966 |
District Court, Baltimore City, Judge (1985–present)[102] |
Pines Joseph I. Pines |
1939[103] |
Circuit Court, Baltimore City, Judge (1980–1992) |
Prevas John N. Prevas |
1964[3] |
Circuit Court, Baltimore City, Chief Judge (2006–2010), Judge (1986–2010) [9] |
Quarles, William William D. Quarles |
1965 |
United States District Court for the District of Maryland, Judge (2003–present) [10] |
Resnick, AlanAlan Resnick |
1946[3] |
District Court, Baltimore City, Judge (1974–1998) |
Rose, John John Carter Rose |
1877 (left to attend University of Maryland) |
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Circuit Judge (1922–1927); United States District Court for the District of Maryland, Judge (1910–1922); U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland (1898–1910)[104] |
SeidlerI. Marshall Seidler |
1953 |
District Court, Baltimore County, Judge (1998–2004)[11] |
SfekasC. James Sfekas |
1970[3] |
District Court, Howard County, Judge (1998–2002) |
Sklar, A Albert L. Sklar |
1929[105] |
Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, Judge (1964–1981); Maryland House of Delegates, Delegate, District 4, Baltimore City(1939–1954)[106] |
Singley Frederick J. Singley, |
1930 |
United States District Court for the District of Maryland, Judge, Maryland Court of Appeals 1967–1977[107] |
Snyder, A. CecilA. Cecil Snyder |
1936[3] |
Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, Chief Justice (1953–1957), Associate Justice (1942–1953) |
Sobeloff Simon Sobeloff |
1909 |
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Chief Judge (1958–1964), Circuit Judge (1956–1958); United States Solicitor General (1954–1956)[108] |
Sodaro Anselm Sodaro |
1927[109] |
Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, Judge (1956–1980), Chief Judge (1975–1980), Baltimore City State's Attorney (1950–1956)[109] |
Soper Morris Ames Soper |
1890[19] |
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Circuit Judge (1931–1963) |
Stein, Charles Charles Francis Stein, Sr. |
1925[3] |
Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, Judge (1921–1936) |
Steinberg Marvin Steinberg |
1947[110] |
Circuit Court, Baltimore City, Judge (1985–1996) |
Stewart, WilliamWilliam A. Stewart |
1843[1] |
Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, Judge (1882–1893)[12] |
WatkinsRobert Dorsey Watkins |
1918[1] |
United States District Court for the District of Maryland, Judge (1955–1986) |
Wilner Alan M. Wilner |
1954 |
Maryland Court of Appeals, Judge (1996–2007); Maryland Court of Special Appeals, Chief Judge (1990–1996), Judge (1977–1990) |
Wright Alexander Wright, Jr. |
1967[23] |
Judge Maryland Court of Special Appeals, (2008– ); Judge, Baltimore County Circuit Court, 3rd Judicial Circuit, June 22, 1998 to December 11, 2000, and January 17, 2001 to December 18, 2002.[111] |
Alumni |
Class |
Reasoning for notability |
Ambati Balamurali Ambati |
1989 |
youngest person to become a doctor[143] |
Askey Richard Askey |
1951[144] |
mathematician; Askey-Wilson polynomials |
Baer, Eric Eric Baer |
1949[3] |
polymer and plastics researcher |
Berman Edgar Berman |
1932[145] |
surgeon, first to do heart transplant; physician to Hubert Humphrey[146] |
Bloom, William William Bloom |
1916[29] |
pathologist |
Caplan, Louis Louis R. Caplan |
1954[147] |
neurologist |
Dryden, Hugh Hugh Latimer Dryden |
1913[35] |
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, NASA |
DunnWendell E. Dunn, Jr. |
1938 |
chemical engineer, metallurgist |
Golomb Solomon W. Golomb |
1949 |
mathematician, engineer, inventor of polyominoes |
Hackerman Norman L. Hackerman |
1928[129] |
chemist, former president, University of Texas, Rice University[148] |
Howell, William HenryWilliam Henry Howell |
1878 |
physiologist; pioneer of the use of heparin as a blood anticoagulant; dean, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine[149] |
KatzNicholas Katz |
1960[144] |
mathematician; Grothendieck-Katz p-curvature conjecture |
Kinsey, Lee Lee Kinsey |
1920[13] |
physicist, astronomer; chairman, Department of Physics, University of California at Los Angeles[150] |
Kramer, Morton Morton Kramer |
1931[129] |
bio-statistician, created international standards in mental health diagnostics |
Levin, Simon Simon A. Levin |
1957 |
ecologist, Princeton University |
Plitt Charles C. Plitt |
1866 |
botanist |
Resnick, RobertRobert Resnick |
1939 |
physicist; professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Oersted Medal (1974) |
Rodbell, MartinMartin Rodbell |
1943[151] |
biochemist, molecular endocrinologist; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1994 |
Sonneborn Tracy M. Sonneborn |
1922[42] |
biologist, geneticist |
Strasb Victor Strasburger |
1967 |
pediatrician; medical adolescent expert |
Wheeler, John John Archibald Wheeler |
1927[68] |
theoretical physicist; Wolf Prize in Physics[152] |
Wolman Abel Wolman |
1909[153] |
sanitary engineer; inventor of modern water treatment techniques |
Alumni |
Class |
Reasoning for notability |
Albert, AlanAl Albert |
1965 |
College Soccer, head coach, The College of William and Mary (1971–2003) |
Armstrong, GordonA. Gordon Armstrong |
1904 |
Lacrosse, member, National Lacrosse Hall of Fame[154] |
Baldwin, BobBob Baldwin |
1962 |
American football, fullback, Baltimore Colts[155] |
Bishop, MaxMax Bishop |
1921*[156] |
Baseball, 2nd baseman, Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Red Sox, |
Breyer, FrankFrank Gottlob Breyer |
1905[37] |
Lacrosse, founding coach, US Naval Academy; coach, Lehigh University and Swarthmore College[157] |
Budnitz, EmilEmil "Buzzy" Budnitz |
1949 |
Lacrosse, member, National Lacrosse Hall of Fame[158] |
Byrne, TTommy Byrne |
1937[1] |
Baseball, pitcher, New York Yankees |
Eckman, CCharley Eckman |
1940 |
Basketball, head coach, Fort Wayne/Detroit Pistons (1954–1957) |
Gatewood, TomTom Gatewood |
1968 |
American football, wide receiver, New York Giants[159] |
GuildLorne Randolf Guild |
1928[160] |
Lacrosse, member, National Lacrosse Hall of Fame[161] |
Johnson, BryantBryant Johnson |
1999[162] |
American football, wide receiver, Detroit Lions |
Knipp, JJohn C. Knipp |
1912[35] |
Lacrosse, member, National Lacrosse Hall of Fame[163] |
Neun, JJohnny Neun |
1921[42] |
Baseball, Manager, New York Yankees and Cincinnati Reds |
Person, AraAra Person |
1966 |
American football, tight end, St. Louis Cardinals[164] |
SchmeisserWilliam C. Schmeisser |
1899 |
Lacrosse, coach, Johns Hopkins University, namesake Schmeisser Award; US Olympian[165] |
SchnydmanJerry Schnydman |
1962 |
Lacrosse, member, National Lacrosse Hall of Fame[166] |
ScroggsWilliam E. Scroggs |
1965 |
Lacrosse, coach, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, (1978–1990), led team to NCAA titles in 1981, 1982 and 1986.[167] |
Stuart, Ed Edward M. Stuart |
1913[37] |
Lacrosse, member National Lacrosse Hall of Fame; Captain, United States Army Corps of Engineers[168] |
Sykes, JJohn Sykes |
1967 |
American football, wide receiver, San Diego Chargers[169] |
Thomas, AlphAlphonse "Tommy" Thomas |
1918[3] |
Baseball, pitcher, Chicago White Sox |
Tolson, JohnJohn C. Tolson |
1937[170] |
Lacrosse, member, National Lacrosse Hall of Fame; Lieutenant, United States Navy, World War II[171] |
Yearly, ChurchChurch Yearly |
1930[172] |
Lacrosse, member, National Lacrosse Hall of Fame; Trustee, Johns Hopkins University[172] |