- Sergey Brin
Sergey Brin (born August 21, 1973 in Moscow, Russia) is an American entrepreneur who co-founded Google with Larry Page. Brin is currently the President of Technology at Google and has a net worth estimated at $16.6 billion as of march 9, 2007, making him the 26th richest person in the world together with Larry Page and the 9th richest person in the United States. He is also the 4th youngest billionaire in the world. - Jim Henson
Jim Henson, born James Maury Henson (September 24, 1936 - May 16, 1990), was the most widely known American puppeteer in modern American television history. He was the creator of The Muppets and the leading force behind their long creative run in the television series "Sesame Street" and "The Muppet Show" and films such as "The Muppet Movie" (1979) and "The Dark Crystal" (1982). - Gary Williams
Gary B. Williams (born March 4, 1945 in Collingswood, New Jersey, United States) is the current head coach of the University of Maryland's Men's basketball team. - Dutch Ruppersberger
Charles Albert Ruppersberger III; usually known as Dutch Ruppersberger (born January 31 1946) is a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, representing the 2<sup>nd</sup> Congressional district of Maryland (map) since 2003. The district includes parts of Baltimore County, Anne Arundel County, Harford County and Baltimore City. Areas in the district include Dundalk, Towson and Severn. - Len Bias
Leonard Kevin Bias (November 18, 1963 - June 19, 1986) was an American college basketball player who suffered a fatal cardiac arrhythmia that resulted from a cocaine overdose less than 48 hours after being selected by the Boston Celtics in the 1986 NBA Draft. Bias was the second player selected in the draft, after Brad Daugherty of the Cleveland Cavaliers. Bias was known to his family, friends, teammates, … - A. James Clark
A. James Clark, an engineer and business executive, is chairman and chief executive officer of Clark Enterprises, Inc., headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland. The company's largest subsidiary is Clark Construction Group, LLC, one of the United States' largest construction companies, founded in 1906 as the George Hyman Construction Company. Clark is a 1950 graduate of the University of Maryland, College Park, and has given generously to the University's School of Engineering, … - Robert H. Smith
Robert H. Smith (b. 19??) is a successful builder-developer. Smith is chairman of Charles E. Smith Co. Commercial Realty, a division of Vornado Realty Trust, and chairman of Charles E. Smith Co. Residential, a division of Archstone-Smith, both REITs listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Smith is best known for spearheading the development of the Crystal City complex in northern Virginia. Smith has given generously to the University of Maryland, College Park, … - Larry David
Larry David, born July 2, 1947 in Brooklyn, New York, is an Emmy-winning actor, writer, comedian, producer and film director. David was co-creator, head writer and executive producer (as well as the voice of New York Yankees Owner George Steinbrenner) for the television series "Seinfeld". He also created and stars in the HBO series "Curb Your Enthusiasm". - Steve Blake
Steven Hanson Blake (born February 26, 1980 in Hollywood, Florida) is an American professional basketball player at the point guard position. Currently, he plays for the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers; previously he played for the Washington Wizards, Portland Trail Blazers, Milwaukee Bucks and Denver Nuggets. - Steny Hoyer
"Congressman Hoyer is a skilled legislator. He recently forced Republicans to scuttle budget legislation that included a number of cuts in programs important to labor and working families by attaching an increase in the minimum wage to the bill." - Abe Breehey , assistant director of government affairs - Robert M. Parker Jr.
Robert M. Parker, Jr. (born July 23 1947) is a leading influential wine critic. His 100 point ratings and florid tasting notes define modern American wine criticism, and are a major contributor to the prices for newly-released Bordeaux wine. - Robert L. Forward
Robert Lull Forward, commonly known as Robert L. Forward, (August 15, 1932 - September 21, 2002) was an American physicist and science fiction writer. - George Pelecanos
George Pelecanos (born 1957 in Washington, D.C.) is an American author of detective fiction set primarily in the capital of the United States, Washington, D.C. - Judith Resnik
Dr. Judith Arlene Resnik was an American astronaut who died at the age of 36 in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster during the launch of the mission STS-51-L. Resnik was born in Akron, Ohio and attended Hebrew school. She graduated from Firestone High School. She received a B.S. in electrical engineering from Pittsburgh's Carnegie Mellon University in 1970. That same year she married fellow student Michael Oldak. They divorced in 1974. Dr. - Tiffany Taylor
Tiffany Taylor (born Summer Hanson on July 17, 1977) was "Playboy"'s Miss November 1998. - George Dantzig
George Bernard Dantzig (8 November 1914 - 13 May 2005) was an American mathematician who introduced the simplex algorithm and is considered the "father of linear programming". He was the recipient of many honors, including the National Medal of Science in 1975, and the John von Neumann Theory Prize in 1974. He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. - Jeong H. Kim
Dr. Jeong H. Kim is a Korean-American electrical engineer and administrator who, since 2005, has served as President of Bell Labs. Jeong Kim was born in Seoul, South Korea. He came to the U.S. from Korea with his father and step-mother at the age of 14. He began school in Anne Arundel County, Maryland with no knowledge of English. At sixteen, he left home and supported himself with odd jobs while he completed high school. - Jim Walton
Jim Walton (b. 1958) is the president of CNN Worldwide. He joined CNN in 1981, one year after the network was founded. He graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1981. - Jim Walton
Jim Carr Walton (born 1948) is the youngest son of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton. He is the Chairman of Arvest Bank. With an estimated current net worth of around $16.8 billion, he is ranked by "Forbes" as the 23rd-richest person in world. He is married to Lynne McNabb Walton and has several children, including Stephen Michael Walton Breed, Christopher Sean Walton Breed, Alice Anne Walton, Thomas Layton Walton. The family resides in Bentonville, Arkansas. - Juan Dixon
Juan Dixon (born October 9 1978 in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.) is an American professional basketball player currently with the NBA's Toronto Raptors. Dixon rebounded from a traumatic childhood to make the NBA. Both his mother, Juanita, and father, Phil, were heroin addicts, and both died of AIDS-related illnesses before Dixon was 17 years old. Dixon was raised by his grandparents Roberta and Warnick Graves in Baltimore, Maryland. - Charles Fefferman
Charles Louis Fefferman (born April 18, 1949) is a renowned American mathematician at Princeton University. A child prodigy, Fefferman entered college by twelve and had written his first scientific paper by the age of 15 in German. After receiving his bachelor's degrees in physics and mathematics at the age of 17 from the University of Maryland and a PhD in mathematics at 20 from Princeton University under Elias Stein, … - Dominique Dawes
Dominique Margaux Dawes (born November 20, 1976, in Silver Spring, Maryland) is a United States gymnast. She was a long time member of the national team, and a three-time Olympian for the U.S. A graduate of the University of Maryland, she now serves as President of the Women's Sports Foundation. - David Simon
David Simon (born 1960) is an American author, journalist, and writer/producer of television shows based on his books. He is the creator and head writer of the highly acclaimed original HBO series "The Wire" - Herbert Aaron Hauptman
Herbert A. Hauptman , Ph.D. President, Nobel Laureate Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute - Fred Funk
Frederick "Fred" Funk (born June 14, 1956) is an American professional golfer. Funk was born in Takoma Park, Maryland. He graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1980 with a degree in law enforcement. He turned professional in 1981 but worked as a golf coach at his alma mater from 1982 to 1988, not becoming a member of the PGA Tour until 1989. He picked up a number of wins from 1992 onwards, and without quite becoming one of the top stars on the tour, … - Renaldo Nehemiah
Renaldo "Skeets" Nehemiah (born March 24, 1959 in Newark, New Jersey), is an American athlete who dominated the 110 m hurdle event from 1978 until 1981. He was the world record holder and the first man to run the high hurdles in under 13 seconds. He was ranked number one in the world for four straight years. - William F. Goodling
William F. (Bill) Goodling (born December 5, 1927) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Goodling, the son of former Congressman George Atlee Goodling, was born in Loganville, Pennsylvania and grew up in York, Pennsylvania. He received a B.S. from the University of Maryland in 1953, a Masters in Education from Western Maryland College in 1957, and conducted doctoral studies at the Pennsylvania State University, from 1958 to 1963. - Walt Williams
Walter (Walt) Ander Williams (born April 16, 1970 in Washington, D.C.) is an American former professional basketball player. A sharpshooting 6'8" forward/guard, Williams (nicknamed "The Wizard") attended school at the University of Maryland from 1988 to 1992, and is credited by many for resurrecting the school's basketball program which was going through very difficult times. - Taylor Twellman
Taylor Timothy Twellman (born February 29, 1980 in St. Louis, Missouri) is a U.S. football player. Twellman currently plays forward in Major League Soccer for the New England Revolution. - Jayson Blair
Jayson Blair (born March 23, 1976, Columbia, Maryland) is an American former "New York Times" reporter who was forced to resign from the newspaper in May 2003, after he was caught plagiarizing and fabricating elements of his stories. - Jack Kelley
Jack Kelley was a longtime "USA Today" reporter and nominee for the Pulitzer Prize. He is perhaps best known for his professional downfall in March 2004, when it came out that he had long been fabricating stories, going so far as to write up scripts so associates could pretend to be sources during an investigation of his actions by others at the newspaper. The newspaper conducted an extensive review of Kelley's stories, going so far as to send investigators, … - Joe Haldeman
Joe (not Joseph) William Haldeman is an American science fiction author. Haldeman was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. His family traveled and he lived in Puerto Rico, New Orleans, Washington, D.C., Bethesda, Maryland and Anchorage, Alaska as a child. Haldeman married Mary Gay Potter in 1965. He received a bachelor of science degree in astronomy from the University of Maryland in 1967. That same year he was drafted into the army and served as a combat engineer in Vietnam. - Joseph Tydings
Joseph Davies Tydings (b. May 4, 1928) was a Democratic member of the United States Senate, representing the State of Maryland from 1965-1971. Tydings was born in Asheville, North Carolina, but attended the public schools of Aberdeen, Maryland. He was adopted as a child by Millard Tydings, who also was a Maryland Senator. He went on to graduate from McDonogh School in 1946, the University of Maryland, College Park where he became a brother of Alpha Phi Omega in 1950, … - Millard Tydings
Millard Evelyn Tydings (April 6, 1890-February 9, 1961) was an attorney, author, soldier, state legislator, and served as a Democratic Representative and Senator in the United States Congress from Maryland. - Carl Bernstein
Carl Bernstein (February 14, 1944) is an American journalist who, as a reporter for "The Washington Post" along with Bob Woodward, broke the story of the Watergate break-in and consequently helped bring about the resignation of US president Richard Nixon. For his role in breaking the scandal, Bernstein received many awards; his work helped earn the "Post" a Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in 1973. - Parren Mitchell
Parren James Mitchell, a Democrat, was a U.S. Congressman who represented the 7<sup>th</sup> congressional district of Maryland from January 3, 1971 to January 3, 1987. - Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr.
Thomas V. "Mike" Miller, Jr. (born December 3, 1942) is the current president of the state senate of Maryland in the United States. He has served as president since January 1987, and has been a state senator since 1975. He announced in November of 2006 that he will not seek reelection in 2010. Miller was born in Clinton, Maryland, and attended Surrattsville High School. - Curley Byrd
Harry Clifton "Curley" Byrd was an American multi-sport athlete, football coach, and university president from 1935 to 1954 at the University of Maryland. He compiled a 119-82-15 record as head football coach. The main athletic facility on campus, Byrd Stadium, is named in his honor. He was from Crisfield, Maryland. Byrd owns the dubious honor of having pushed a then 32 year-old Paul "Bear" Bryant out as head football coach after a single season in 1945. - Donald West Harward
Donald West Harward is a philosopher and served as the sixth president of Bates College in Lewiston, Maine from 1989 to 2002. Harward received his B.A. in mathematics from Maryville College, then his M.A. from American University, and Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Maryland. Harward then taught at the University of Delaware and the College of Wooster, where he served as a dean and vice president of academic affairs. - Paul W. Richards
Paul William Richards (b. May 20 1964 in Scranton, Pennsylvania) is a NASA Astronaut.
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