and philanthropist Alex Gaskarth (born 1987), singer for rock band All Time Low Lee Gatch (1902–1968), abstract artist Rudy Gay (born 1986), basketball player for University of Connecticut and NBA's Memphis Grizzlies, Sacramento Kings, Toronto Raptors, and San Antonio Spurs Herb Gerwig (1931–2011), professional wrestler of the 1960s and 1970s known as Killer Karl Kox James Gibbons (1834–1921), cardinal, 9th Roman Catholic Archbishop of Baltimore Garretson W. Gibson (1832–1910), President of Liberia 1900–1904 Horatio Gates Gibson (1827–1924), Union Army general Adam Gidwitz (born 1982), children's book author Duane Gill (born 1953), former WWE Wrestler (as Gillberg) who resides in Severn, Maryland Anita Gillette (born 1936), actress and game show personality Dondre Gilliam (born 1977), football player Ira Glass (born 1959), radio personality; host of This American Life, distributed by Public Radio International; cousin of Philip Glass Philip Glass (born 1937), minimalist composer Jacob Glushakow (1914–2000), painter Duff Goldman (born 1974), food artist, cake baker, television personality Minna Gombell (1892–1973), stage and film actress Tamir Goodman (born 1982), basketball player Jaimy Gordon (born 1944), author, winner of National Book Award for Fiction Brian Gottfried (born 1952), tennis player, reached Nº3 in the world in 1977 Elmer Greensfelder (1892–1966), playwright H Virginia Hall (1906–1982), OSS agent Edith Hamilton (1867–1963), "the greatest woman Classicist" Elaine Hamilton-O'Neal (1920–2010), artist, born in Catonsville near Baltimore; graduated from Baltimore's Maryland Institute College of Art Louis Hamman (1877–1946), physician and namesake of Hamman's sign, Hamman's syndrome and Hamman-Rich syndrome Mary Hamman (1907–1984), writer and editor, daughter of Louis Hamman Dashiell Hammett (1894–1961), detective writer of Maltese Falcon, born in Maryland and worked as a detective in Baltimore Steve Handelsman (born 1948), journalist Frances Harper (1825–1911), Abolitionist leader Elaine D. Harmon (1919–2015), American aviator Ken Harris (1963–2008), City Councilman David Hasselhoff (born 1952), actor Marcus Hatten (born 1980), basketball player Emily Spencer Hayden (1869–1949), photographer Raymond V. Haysbert (1920–2010), business executive and civil rights leader Maya Hayuk (born 1969), fine artist and muralist Mo'Nique Hicks (born 1967), comedian, television and film actress from Woodlawn, Maryland Alger Hiss (1904–1996), State Department official, accused of being a Soviet spy and convicted of perjury Katie Hoff (born 1989), Olympic medalist swimmer and multiple World Aquatics Championships gold medalist; lives in Baltimore Billie Holiday (1915–1959), born Eleanora Fagan Gough, jazz singer Sidney Hollander (1881–1972), humanitarian and civil and political rights activist Henry Holt (1840–1926), publisher, founded Henry Holt & Company in 1873