Notable Alumni of University of Maryland, Baltimore

Martin O'Malley 1963–

Former Governor of Maryland and Mayor of Baltimore

Also attended: Catholic University of America, University System of Maryland

Spouse: Katie O'Malley (University of Baltimore, Towson University)

Barbara Mikulski 1936–

Former US senator from Maryland

Attended until 1965

Also attended: Loyola University Maryland

Ben Cardin 1943–

Former U.S. Senator from Maryland

Juris Doctor · Class of 1967

Also attended: University System of Maryland, University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus

Elijah Cummings 1951–2019

US Representative for Maryland's 7th district

Juris Doctor · Class of 1976

Also attended: Howard University, University System of Maryland

Spouse: Maya Rockeymoore (Prairie View A&M University, Purdue University-Main Campus)

Eric Swalwell 1980–

Former Democratic U.S. representative from California

Juris Doctor · Class of 2006

Also attended: University of Maryland-College Park, University System of Maryland, Campbell University

Angela Alsobrooks 1971–

U.S. Senator from Maryland

Juris Doctor · Class of 1996

Also attended: University System of Maryland, Duke University

John P. Kennedy 1795–1870

Novelist and US Secretary of the Navy

Also attended: University System of Maryland

Wendy Sherman 1949–

Former US Deputy Secretary of State

Also attended: Boston University, Smith College

Daniel Brewster 1923–2007

Maryland attorney and politician

Also attended: Johns Hopkins University, University System of Maryland, Princeton University

Marvin Mandel 1920–2015

56th Governor of Maryland

Bachelor of Laws · Class of 1942

Also attended: Johns Hopkins University, University of Maryland-College Park, University System of Maryland

Benjamin Civiletti 1935–2022

73rd United States Attorney General

Bachelor of Laws

Also attended: Johns Hopkins University, University System of Maryland, Columbia University in the City of New York

Millard Tydings 1890–1961

US Senator from Maryland and attorney

Also attended: University System of Maryland

William Cabell Bruce 1860–1946

Former Maryland senator, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer

Also attended: University System of Maryland, University of Virginia-Main Campus

Child: David K. E. Bruce (University of Virginia-Main Campus)

Sibling: Philip Alexander Bruce (Harvard University, University of Virginia-Main Campus)

Joseph Tydings 1928–2018

US Senator from Maryland, 1965 to 1971

Law degree · Class of 1953

Also attended: University of Maryland-College Park, University System of Maryland

Charles Mathias 1922–2010

Maryland attorney and politician

Also attended: Yale University, University System of Maryland, Haverford College

Isidor Rayner 1850–1912

US senator from Maryland

Albert Cabell Ritchie 1876–1936

49th governor of Maryland

Bachelor of Laws · Class of 1898

Also attended: Johns Hopkins University, University System of Maryland

William Woodward Baldwin 1862–1954

Lawyer and Third Assistant Secretary of State

Also attended: University System of Maryland, Harvard University

William S. Fulton 1795–1844

Arkansas Territory governor and US senator

Also attended: University System of Maryland

John Marshall Butler 1897–1978

US Senator from Maryland, 1951 to 1963

Also attended: Johns Hopkins University

Herbert O'Conor 1896–1960

51st Governor of Maryland and US senator

Attended until 1920

Also attended: Loyola University Maryland, University System of Maryland

George L. P. Radcliffe 1877–1974

US senator from Maryland

Also attended: Johns Hopkins University, University System of Maryland

Austin Lane Crothers 1860–1912

46th Governor of Maryland

Also attended: University System of Maryland

John Wesley Davis 1799–1859

Physician, US House Speaker and Oregon Territory governor

Hillary Scholten 1982–

U.S. Representative from Michigan

Juris Doctor · Class of 2011

Also attended: University System of Maryland, Gordon College

Esteban Edward Torres 1930–2022

US Representative from California

Attended until 1965

Also attended: California State University-Los Angeles, East Los Angeles College, American University

William F. Goodling 1927–2017

Pennsylvania Republican US congressman

Bachelor of Science · Class of 1953

Also attended: McDaniel College, The Pennsylvania State University

Caleb Bradham 1867–1934

Pharmacist and inventor of Pepsi

Medicine · Attended until 1889

Also attended: University System of Maryland, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Jamie fiza 1953–

Businesswoman and former US ambassador to France and Monaco

Also attended: Georgetown University, University System of Maryland, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Spouse: Frank McCourt (Georgetown University)

James Rouse 1914–1996

Founder of The Rouse Company and real estate developer

Bachelor of Laws · Class of 1937

Also attended: University of Virginia-Main Campus

Diana Trujillo 1981–

Aerospace engineer at NASA JPL, Perseverance robotic arm

Also attended: University of Maryland-College Park

Paul A. Offit 1951–

Pediatrician, co-inventor of a rotavirus vaccine

Also attended: University System of Maryland, Tufts University

Melahat Okuyan 1924–2025

Turkish microbiologist and HIV/AIDS activist

Master of Science · General microbiology · Class of 1952

Also attended: University System of Maryland

Katherine Calvin 2000–

Earth scientist, former NASA Chief Scientist

Also attended: Stanford University

Roberts Bartholow 1831–1904

Physician and medical college professor

Doctor of Medicine · Class of 1852

Also attended: University System of Maryland

William Thomas Councilman 1854–1933

Pathologist known for amoebic dysentery research

H. Rutherford Turnbull 1937–2025

Professor emeritus of special education and law

Also attended: Johns Hopkins University, University System of Maryland, Harvard University

Philip Needleman 1939–2024

Pharmacologist and former Monsanto chief scientist

Also attended: University System of Maryland, University of the Sciences

Theodore Woodward 1914–2005

Medical researcher at University of Maryland, Baltimore

Doctor of Medicine

Also attended: University System of Maryland, Franklin and Marshall College

William P. Spratling 1863–1915

Neurologist, often called first American epileptologist

Also attended: Auburn University

Child: William Spratling (Auburn University)

Rupert Blue 1868–1948

4th Surgeon General of the United States

Also attended: University of Virginia-Main Campus

Christopher Johnston 1856–1914

Physician and Assyriologist

Also attended: Johns Hopkins University, University of Virginia-Main Campus

F. Mason Sones 1918–1985

Physician, pioneer of cardiac catheterization

Also attended: McDaniel College

J. Bart Classen 1901–

Immunologist and vaccine opponent

Also attended: University System of Maryland, Columbia University in the City of New York

Daniel Gillespie 1938–2017

Physicist who derived the Gillespie algorithm

Also attended: Johns Hopkins University, Rice University

Harry Friedenwald 1864–1950

Ophthalmologist and medical historian

Doctor of Medicine · Class of 1886

Also attended: Johns Hopkins University, University System of Maryland

Danielle K. Citron 1968–

Legal scholar, University of Virginia law professor

Also attended: University System of Maryland, Fordham University, Duke University

Niki Moutsopoulos

Greek periodontist and immunologist

Doctor of Philosophy

Jerome H. Kidder 1842–1889

Surgeon and astronomer

Also attended: University System of Maryland, Harvard University

Robert M. Parker Jr. 1947–

Retired American wine critic

Also attended: University System of Maryland

Lola Akinmade Åkerström 1978–

Photographer and travel writer

Frank Cho 1971–

Korean-American comic creator of Liberty Meadows

Also attended: Maryland Institute College of Art, Prince George's Community College

Adalbert J. Volck 1828–1912

Dentist and political cartoonist

Doctor of Dental Surgery · Class of 1852

Also attended: University System of Maryland

Robin Quivers 1952–

Long-running co-host of The Howard Stern Show

Moonlight Graham 1877–1965

Baseball player and doctor, Field of Dreams inspiration

Sibling: Frank Porter Graham (Columbia University in the City of New York, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

Harry Wood 1885–1955

Baseball player for the Cincinnati Reds

Samuel Mudd 1833–1883

Doctor implicated in the Lincoln assassination

John Christian Frederick Heyer 1793–1873

First missionary sent abroad by American Lutherans

Jill E. Brown 1950–

First African-American woman pilot for a major US airline

Family and consumer sciences · Class of 1972

Jacqui Patterson

Environmental and climate justice advocate

Master of Social Work · Class of 1997

Also attended: Johns Hopkins University