NLL lacrosse player, graduate of the Gilman School Cora Belle Brewster (1859 – after 1906), physician, surgeon, medical writer, editor Flora A. Brewster (1852–1919), Baltimore's first women surgeon Margaret Sutton Briscoe (1864–1941), American short story writer Conrad Brooks (1931–2017), B movie actor George William Brown, Mayor of Baltimore during Pratt Street Riot Rosey Brown (1932–2004), football star for New York Giants; member of Pro Football Hall of Fame; attended Morgan State University in Baltimore James M. Buchanan (1803–1876), Judge and U.S. Ambassador to Denmark Robert C. Buchanan (1811–1878), Union army general Tony Bunn (born 1957), jazz bassist, composer, producer Elise Burgin (born 1962), tennis player Elizabeth Burmaster (born 1954), Superintendent of Public Instruction of Wisconsin Beverly Lynn Burns (born 1949), became first woman Boeing 747 airline captain on July 18, 1984 Ed Burns (born 1946), screenwriter and former homicide and narcotics police detective David Byrne (born 1952), songwriter for new wave band Talking Heads, grew up in Baltimore County C Cab Calloway (1907–1994), jazz singer and bandleader, raised in Baltimore Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore (1605–1675), proprietary governor Leonard Calvert (1606–1647), first governor of Province of Maryland Nick Campofreda (1914–1959), NFL player Ben Cardin (born 1943), member of United States Senate and former member of United States House of Representatives Meyer Cardin (1907–2005), Democratic state delegate (1936–38), former Judge Baltimore City Supreme Bench John Carroll (1735–1815), first Roman Catholic archbishop in U.S. Ben Carson (born 1951), born and raised in Detroit, Michigan; United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; noted neurosurgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital Hetty Cary (1836–1892), maker of one of first three battle flags of the Confederacy Sam Cassell (born 1969), professional basketball player and coach Brett Cecil (born 1986), Major League Baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals Dennis Chambers (born 1959), drummer (P-Funk All Stars, Steely Dan) Norman "Chubby" Chaney (1914–1936), short-lived child actor, Our Gang Josh Charles (born 1971), actor, Sports Night, The Good Wife, Dead Poets Society Charley Chase (Parrott) (1893–1940), silent and sound film comedian, director Samuel Chase (1741–1811), signer of Declaration of Independence and US Supreme Court judge Robert F. Chew (1960–2013), actor, The Wire John Christ (born 1965), rock musician, Danzig classic lineup guitarist Tom Clancy (1947–2013), author of The Hunt for Red October and many other novels, several of which were made into motion pictures Martha Clarke (born 1944), modern choreographer Mary Pat Clarke (born 1941), Baltimore City Council