Kevin Clash (born 1960), puppeteer best known for portrayal of Elmo on Sesame Street Charles Pearce Coady (1868–1934), U.S. Congressman (D) for Maryland's 3rd District, 1913–1921 Ta-Nehisi Coates (born 1975), MacArthur Fellow and National Book Award winning author of Between the World and Me Andy Cohen (1904–1988), Major League Baseball second baseman and coach Claribel Cone (1864–1929), with sister Etta, collected art of Matisse, Picasso, and Van Gogh Hans Conried (1917–1982), comic character actor and voice actor Kenny Cooper (born 1984), professional soccer player for TSV 1860 Munich in 2. Bundesliga Miriam Cooper (1891–1976), silent film actress, co-starred in The Birth of a Nation Martha Coston (1826–1904), inventor and businesswoman Thomas Cromwell Corner (1865–1938), portrait artist Elijah E. Cummings (1951–2019), U.S. Congressman (D) for Maryland's 7th District Ida R. Cummings (1867–1958), Baltimore's first black Kindergarten teacher Mary C. Curtis (born 1953), American journalist Harvey Cushing (1869–1939), pioneer neurosurgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital D Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. (1903–1987), Mayor of Baltimore, U.S. Representative, father of Nancy Pelosi Brian Dannelly, director (Saved!, Weeds, United States of Tara) Clay Davenport, sabermetrician and computer programmer for NOAA Gervonta Davis (born 1994), boxer Henrietta Vinton Davis (1860–1941), elocutionist, dramatist, and impersonator Angela Dawson, community activist murdered at age 36 along with her family in 2002 Dan Deacon (born 1981), electronic musician Buddy Deane (1924–2003), disc jockey, host of TV dance show that inspired the movie Hairspray. Olive Dennis (1885–1957), railroad engineer Divine (1945–1988), drag queen persona of Glen Milstead, actor and singer Juan Dixon (born 1978), basketball player at University of Maryland, College Park and pro ranks Sheila Dixon (born 1951), first female mayor of Baltimore Stephen Dixon (1936–2019), author Mary Dobkin (1902–1987), baseball coach Fitzhugh Dodson (1923–1993), American clinical psychologist, lecturer, educator and author John Doe (musician) (born 1953), guitarist for the band X James Lowry Donaldson (1814–1885), Union army general Henry Grattan Donnelly (1850–1931), author and playwright Art Donovan (1924–2013), Baltimore Colts, Pro Football Hall of Famer Joey Dorsey (born 1983), professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets Frederick Douglass (1818–1895), abolitionist, statesman, orator, editor, author, prominent figure in African American history Ronnie Dove (born 1935), pop and country singer who had a string of 21 hits on Billboard from 1964 to 1969 Dru Hill, R&B singing group W.E.B. Du Bois (1868–1963), founder of the NAACP, lived in Baltimore 1939–1950 Mildred Dunnock (1901–1991), Oscar-nominated theater, film and television actress Ferdinand Durang (c. 1785