director Adam Kolarek (born 1989), pitcher in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization Jeff Koons (born 1955), artist and sculptor, graduate of Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore K-Swift (1978–2008), born Khia Edgerton, club/radio DJ, producer, radio personality at WERQ Ruth Krauss (1901–1993), author of children's books Steve Krulevitz (born 1951), American-Israeli tennis player L Henrietta Lacks (1920–1951), namesake of HeLa cell line Mary Lange (ca. 1784 – 1882), foundress of the Oblate Sisters of Providence and a school for free black children Bucky Lasek (born 1972), pro skateboarder Maysa Leak (born 1966), jazz singer Jerry Leiber (1933–2011), lyricist ("Hound Dog", "Stand by Me", "Poison Ivy", "Is That All There Is?", "Kansas City") Noah Lennox (born 1978), known as Panda Bear, sings and plays drums and electronics in band Animal Collective Ivan Leshinsky (born 1947), American-Israeli basketball player Barry Levinson (born 1942), screenwriter, Academy Award-winning film director, producer of film and television Kevin Levrone (born 1968), IFBB professional bodybuilder, musician, actor and health club owner Hank Levy (1927–2001), jazz composer, founder of Towson University's jazz program Reggie Lewis (1965–1993), professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics Reginald F. Lewis (1942–1993), businessman Kevin Liles (born 1968), record executive; former president of Def Jam Recordings and vice president of The Island Def Jam Music Group Eli Lilly (1838–1898), soldier, pharmaceutical chemist, industrialist, entrepreneur, founder of Eli Lilly and Company Laura Lippman (born 1959), author of detective fiction Alan Lloyd (1943–1986), composer, born in Baltimore Walter Lord (1917–2002), non-fiction author Los (born 1982), real name Carlos Coleman, rapper Morris Louis (1912–1962), abstract expressionist painter G. E. Lowman (1897–1965), clergyman and radio evangelist Chris Lucas, country singer with LoCash Katharine Lucke (1875–1962), organist and composer Edmund C. Lynch (1885–1938), business leader graduate of Boys' Latin, Johns Hopkins and co-founder of Merrill Lynch & Co. M Marvin Mandel (1920–2015), former Governor of Maryland, assumed office upon resignation of Spiro Agnew Ann Manley (c. 1828 – after 1870), brothel proprietor Mario (born 1986), born Mario Dewar Barrett, singer, grew up in Gwynn Oak, Maryland in Baltimore County Todd Marks (born 1976), local businessman and entrepreneur Thurgood Marshall (1908–1993), first African American U.S. Supreme Court Justice Joseph Maskell (1939–2001), Catholic priest accused of sexual abuse Nancy Mowll Mathews (born 1947), art historian, curator, and author Aaron Maybin (born 1988), football player for Buffalo Bills, picked in 2009 NFL Draft Ernest G. McCauley (1889–1969), aviation pioneer Angel McCoughtry (born