Born in Washington D.C.

Washington D.C. is the capital city of the United States and the 20th most populous city in the U.S. D.C. is a federal district located between Virginia and Maryland and one of the most visited cities in the U.S. Try to name these famous people, who are born in Washington D.C.

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Composer of the National March of the US and the official march of the Marines, nicknamed "American March King"	1854	John Philip Sousa
Secretary of State from 1953 to 1959	1888	John Foster Dulles
First Director of the FBI from 1924 to 1972	1895	J. Edgar Hoover
Legendary composer, pianist and leader of a jazz orchestra	1899	Duke Ellington
Actress and first person to win the Triple Crown of Acting, nicknamed "First Lady of American Theatre"	1900	Helen Hayes
Founder of NASCAR	1909	Bill France Sr.
Chemist, physicist and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate, best known as the leader of the Homestake experiment	1914	Raymond Davis Jr.
Nobel Prize winning physicist for his important work in the construction of atomic clocks	1915	Norman Foster Ramsey Jr.
Billionaire and executive chairman of Marriott International	1932	Bill Marriott
Hall of Fame basketball player who played for the Lakers	1934	Elgin Baylor
Nobel prize winning physicist for the discovery of the property of superfluidity in helium-3 atoms	1937	Robert Coleman Richardson
Singer who died at the age of 44 after he was shot by his father, "Sexual Healing"	1939	Marvin Gaye
Secreatry of Commerce from 1993 to 1996, he was killed in a plane crash in Croatia	1941	Ron Brown
Nobel Prize winning physicist for the discovery of asymptotic freedom	1941	David Gross
Author of "Forrest Gump"	1943	Winston Groom
Actress, "The First Wives Club" "Private Benjamin" "The Sugarland Express"	1945	Goldie Hawn
Vice President from 1993 to 2001 and Democratic presidential nominee in 2000	1948	Al Gore
Actor, "Pupl Fiction" "Star Wars" prequel trilogy and Marvel Cinematic Universe	1948	Samuel L. Jackson
Actor, "A History of Violence" "Kiss of the Spider Man" and his role as Thaddeus Ross in the Marvel Cinematic Universe	1950	William Hurt
Queen of Jordan from 1978 to 1999	1951	Noor
Governor of Connecticut since 2019	1954	Ned Lamont
Hall of Fame basketball player who played for the Jazz, Lakers and Pistons	1955	Adrian Dantley
Science educator and television presenter, known as "The Science Guy"	1955	Bill Nye
Governor of Maryland from 2015 to 2023	1956	Larry Hogan
Cartoonist and author of "Calvin and Hobbes"	1958	Bill Watterson
Son of a former President who died at age 38 in a plane crash	1960	John F. Kennedy Jr.
Majority owner of the Atlanta Hawks	1960	Tony Ressler
Actor, known for his role as Elliot Stabler in "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit"	1961	Christopher Meloni
Governor of Maryland from 2007 to 2015	1963	Martin O'Malley
Nobel Prize winning biochemist for the development of a method for genome editing	1964	Jennifer Doudna

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Host of "The Late Show" on CBS since 2015	1964	Stephen Colbert
Justice of the Supreme Court since 2018, after his nomination there was a controversy about accusations of sexual misconduct against him	1965	Brett Kavanaugh
Actor, "Westworld" "The Batman" "Casino Royale" "Boardwalk Empire"	1965	Jeffrey Wright
Comedian and actor, "Louie", he admitted to several incidents of sexual misconduct	1967	Louis C. K.
Nobel Prize winning physicist for providing evidence that the expansion of the universe is accelerating	1969	Adam Riess
Actor and former professional wrestler, "Guardians of the Galaxy" "Dune" "Army of the Dead"	1969	Dave Bautista
Senator from New Jersey since 2013	1969	Cory Booker
Billionaire and COO of Meta Platforms	1969	Sheryl Sandberg
Actress, "Hidden Figures" "Empire" "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"	1970	Taraji P. Henson
Actress, "Scary Movie" "Girls Trip" "The Best Man"	1970	Regina Hall
Former tennis player and winner of 14 Grand Slams	1971	Pete Sampras
Actor, "Mulholland Drive" "American Psycho" "The Leftovers"	1971	Justin Theroux
Mayor of the District of Columbia since 2015	1972	Muriel Bowser
Stand-up comedian and actor, "Half Baked"	1973	Dave Chappelle
Director, "Zombieland" "Venom" "Uncharted"	1974	Ruben Fleischer
Actress, "How I Met Your Mother" "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" "American Pie"	1974	Alyson Hannigan
Co-creator of "Brooklyn Nine-Nine"	1975	Dan Goor
Actor, "The Punisher" "The Wolf of Wall Street" "The Walking Dead"	1976	Jon Bernthal
Actress, "Grey's Anatomy" "Knocked Up" "27 Dresses"	1978	Katherine Heigl
Publisher of The New York Times	1980	A.G. Sulzberger
Former tight end who played for the Dallas Cowboys	1982	Jason Witten
Founder of Theranos who was convicted of criminal fraud	1984	Elizabeth Holmes
American-British internet personality and former kickboxer, his misogynistic commentary had resulted in bans from several social media platforms	1986	Andrew Tate
Actor, "Straight Outta Compton" "BlacKkKlansman" "In the Heights"	1988	Corey Hawkins
Basketball player who plays for the Brooklyn Nets and NBA MVP 2014	1988	Kevin Durant
Former Quarterback who played for the Indianapolis Colts, he holds the record for most passing yards by a rookie quarterback	1989	Andrew Luck
Model and sister of Gigi	1996	Bella Hadid
Actress, "Orphan" "The Hunger Games"	1997	Isabelle Fuhrman
Most succesful female swimmer in Olympic history	1997	Katie Ledecky

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