University Of Maryland Notable Alumni
Discover the notable alumni of University Of Maryland. The list includes people like Larry David, Sergey Brin, Kathleen Turner, Dianne Wiest & Connie Chung. This list of notable alumni is loosely sorted by popularity and has people from different domains of life, such as media personalities, film & theater personalities, business people, scientists and writers etc.
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Michael Ealy(Actor Known for His Roles in the Films: ‘Barbershop’, ‘2 Fast 2 Furious’ and ‘Think Like a Man’)
Birthdate: August 3, 1973
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Washington, D.C., United States
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
2
Len Bias
(Basketball player)
Birthdate: November 18, 1963
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Landover, Maryland, USA
Died: June 9, 1986
Height: 6'8" (203 cm)
3
Stefon Diggs
(American football player)
Birthdate: November 29, 1993
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
4
Mýa(Best Known for Her Singles “Take Me There”, "Lady Marmalade" and “Lil' Kim”)
Birthdate: October 10, 1979
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Washington, D.C., United States
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
5
Frank Reich(American Football Coach and Former Quarterback)
Birthdate: December 4, 1961
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Freeport, New York, United States
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
Birthdate: May 29, 1974
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Chicago
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
7
Boomer Esiason
(Football Player)
Birthdate: April 17, 1961
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: West Islip, New York, USA
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
8
Gayle King(Author and Broadcast Journalist Known for Co-Hosting the Morning Show ‘CBS Mornings’)
Birthdate: December 28, 1954
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
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Robin Quivers
(Officer, Journalist)
Birthdate: August 8, 1952
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Pikesville
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
10
Vernon Davis
(American Football Player)
Birthdate: January 31, 1984
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
Birthdate: April 5, 1949
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Akron, Ohio, United States
Died: January 28, 1986
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Mike Mentzer
(American Professional Bodybuilder and Author)
Birthdate: November 15, 1951
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Phrata, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: June 10, 2001
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
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Randy White
(American Football Player)
Birthdate: January 15, 1953
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
14
Steve Francis
(Basketball Players)
Birthdate: February 21, 1977
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
15
Torrey Smith
(Football Player)
Birthdate: January 26, 1989
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Colonial Beach, Virginia, United States
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
16
Mojo Rawley
(American Professional Wrestler)
Birthdate: July 17, 1986
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Alexandria, Virginia, United States
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
17
Samuel Mudd
(Physician, Farmer, Politician)
Birthdate: December 20, 1833
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Charles County
Died: January 10, 1883
Birthdate: April 9, 1936
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Ventnor City, New Jersey, United States
Died: April 25, 1988
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Joe Smith
(Basketball player)
Birthdate: July 26, 1975
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Norfolk, Virginia, United States
Height: 6'9" (206 cm)
20
Droz
(American Professional Wrestler)
Birthdate: April 7, 1969
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Mays Landing, Hamilton, New Jersey, United States
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
21
Jalen Smith
(Basketball player)
Birthdate: March 16, 2000
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Portsmouth, Virginia, United States
Height: 6'10" (208 cm)
22
Domonique Foxworth
(American football player)
Birthdate: March 27, 1983
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Oxford, England
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
23
Dan Gronkowski
(American Football player)
Birthdate: January 21, 1985
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Amherst, New York, United States
Height: 6'5" (196 cm)
Birthdate: February 9, 1960
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Washington D.C.
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Šarūnas Jasikevičius
(Basketball player)
Birthdate: March 5, 1976
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Kaunas, Lithuania
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
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Aaron Wiggins
(Basketball player)
Birthdate: January 2, 1999
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
Height: 6'6" (198 cm)
27
Kevin Plank
(Businessperson)
Birthdate: August 13, 1972
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Kensington, Maryland, U.S.
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Yannick Ngakoue
(American football player)
Birthdate: March 31, 1995
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Washington, D.C., United States
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William C. McCool
(NASA Astronaut and the Pilot of the Ill-Fated Space Shuttle Columbia Mission)
Birthdate: September 23, 1961
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: San Diego
Died: February 1, 2003
30
Diamond Stone
(Basketball player)
Birthdate: February 10, 1997
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Height: 6'10" (208 cm)
31
Kirsten Powers
(Newspaper Columnists)
Birthdate: December 14, 1967
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
32
Darrius Heyward-Bey
(American football player)
Birthdate: February 26, 1987
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
33
Christopher Doyle
(Cinematographer)
Birthdate: May 2, 1952
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Sydney, Australia
34
Robbie Rogers
(American Former Professional Soccer Player Who Played as a Winger and as a Left Back)
Birthdate: May 12, 1987
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Rancho Palos Verdes, California, United States
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
35
Bruno Fernando
(Basketball player)
Birthdate: August 15, 1998
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Luanda, Angola
Height: 6'9" (206 cm)
36
James Clapper
(Military officer)
Birthdate: March 14, 1941
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.
37
Juan Dixon
(Basketball player, Basketball coach)
Birthdate: October 9, 1978
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Baltimore Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
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Trey Edmunds
(American football player)
Birthdate: December 30, 1994
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Danville, Virginia, United States
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
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Mike Tice
(American football player)
Birthdate: February 2, 1959
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Central Islip, New York
Height: 6'7" (201 cm)
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Jake Layman
(Basketball player)
Birthdate: March 7, 1994
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Norwood, Massachusetts, United States
Height: 6'8" (203 cm)
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Pete Koch
(Actor, American football player)
Birthdate: January 23, 1962
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: New Hyde Park, New York, United States
Height: 6'6" (198 cm)
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Anies Baswedan
(The Governor of Jakarta Who Has Previously Been the Rector of Paramadina University)
Birthdate: May 7, 1969
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Kuningan, West Java, Indonesia
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Neil O'Donnell
(American football player)
Birthdate: July 3, 1966
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Morristown, New Jersey, United States
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D. J. Strawberry
(Basketball player)
Birthdate: June 15, 1985
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Height: 6'5" (196 cm)
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Ephraim McDowell
(American Physician and Pioneer Surgeon Known for First Successful Ovariotomy)
Birthdate: November 11, 1771
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Rockbridge County, Virginia, United States
Died: June 25, 1830
Birthdate: June 9, 1943
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
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A. J. Francis
(American football player, Wrestler)
Birthdate: May 7, 1990
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Washington, D.C., United States
Height: 6'6" (198 cm)
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Scott Zolak
(American football player)
Birthdate: December 13, 1967
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Height: 6'5" (196 cm)
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Ty Johnson
(American football player)
Birthdate: September 17, 1997
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Cumberland, Maryland, United States
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
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Darnell Savage
(American football player)
Birthdate: July 30, 1997
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Seaford, Delaware, United States
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
University of Maryland or UMD as it is popularly called is a public research university located in the city of College Park, in Maryland. UMD is the largest university in its state and the largest in the Washington Metropolitan Area. From the time of its foundation in 1856, the University of Maryland has come a long way in positioning itself as one of the finest learning institutions in the area. Occupying an expansive 1250 acres, the campus is visually appealing with a documented approximate of 7500 trees. Driven by unparalleled excellence, the University of Maryland comprises of institutions that offer 127 undergraduate and 112 graduate degrees in several spaces of education. Programs are offered in Engineering, Agriculture, Business, Journalism, Social Sciences and so on. The esteemed faculty comprises of various scholars, researchers, academics and Nobel Prize Laureates who are well-established and notable in their respective fields of work. As per the U.S. News & World Report, admissions are classified as ‘more selective’ at the University of Maryland. The university has also been ranked 20th nationally among public universities as per the 2017 edition of U.S. News & World Report. It has also secured the 52nd position in the world, according to the Academic Ranking of World Universities in 2016. Larry David, Jim Henson and Connie Chung are some of its notable alumni, who have gone on to achieve abundantly in their professional lives. Here is a list of some more famous names who studied at University of Maryland.
