Baltimore
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This is a list of famous people and celebrities that were either born in or have lived in Baltimore, Maryland.
- David Byrne – songwriter for the New Wave and Talking Heads bands
- Cab Calloway – jazz singer and bandleader
- Frederick Douglass – abolitionist, statesman, orator and author
- Philip Glass – composer
- Billie Holiday – jazz singer
- Johns Hopkins – businessman, Quaker, abolitionist and philanthropist
- Barry Levinson – screenwriter, film director, and producer of film and television
- H.L. Mencken – journalist and social critic
- Ric Ocasek – former vocalist and frontman for The Cars
- Edgar Allan Poe – poet, short story writer, editor and critic
- Babe Ruth – professional baseball player for the New York Yankees and member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
- John Waters – filmmaker
- Frank Zappa – singer, guitarist, composer and satirist
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