49 Notable alumni of University of Maryland – Baltimore County
Updated: June 22, 2026 EliteDegrees
University of Maryland – Baltimore County is ranked #503 in the world and #158 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 49 notable alumni from University of Maryland – Baltimore County sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with University of Maryland – Baltimore County won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Dan Marohl
1978-. (aged 48)
lacrosse player
Dan Marohl is a former indoor lacrosse player for the Minnesota Swarm in the National Lacrosse League. Marohl attended the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, where he was teammates with former Philadelphia Wings teammate Jeff Ratcliffe.
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2. Jeremy Penn
1979-. (aged 47)
painter
Jeremy Penn is an American artist, who lives in New York City.
3. Yehuda Fulda
1975-. (aged 51)
businessperson
Yehuda Fulda is a businessman involved in various ventures in the US, UK, Italy and Israel. He is a managing partner of TGX Holdings Archived 2016-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, a diversified holding company that includes real estate, consumer goods, telecom and venture capital.
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4. Richard Chisolm
cinematographer
Richard Chisolm is an American cinematographer and film-maker based in the DC/Baltimore, Maryland area. Chisolm is most experienced in documentaries and actuality-style dramas. He has done additional camera work for feature films, television series, commercials and corporate and educational videos.
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5. Abdoulaye A. Djimde
scientist
Abdoulaye Djimdé is a Malian microbiologist and immunologist serving as a professor in Mali. He is the President of both the Pathogens Genomic Diversity Network Africa and the African Association for Research and Control of Anti-Microbial Resistance (AAAMR).
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6. Joseph M. Reagle Jr
1972-. (aged 54)
university teacher
non-fiction writer
pedagogue
media scholar
engineer
Joseph Michael Reagle Jr. is an American academic and writer focused on digital technology and culture, including Wikipedia, online comments, geek feminism, and life hacking. He is an associate professor of communication studies at Northeastern University. He was an early member of the World Wide Web Consortium, based at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and in 1998 and 2010 he...
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7. Vince D. Calhoun
professor
Vince Daniel Calhoun is an American engineer and neuroscientist. He directs the Tri-institutional Center for Translational Research in Neuroimaging and Data Science, a partnership between Georgia State University, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Emory University, and holds faculty appointments at all three institutions. He was formerly the President of the Mind Research Network and a Distinguished Professor of Electrical and...
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8. Jon S. Cardin
1970-. (aged 56)
politician
Jon Steven Cardin is an American politician who has served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates representing District 11 since 2019, and previously from 2003 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he unsuccessfully ran for Attorney General of Maryland in 2014. Cardin is the nephew of U.S. Senator Ben Cardin.
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9. Diana West
1965-. (aged 61)
Diana West is a leading lactation consultant and author specializing on the topic of breastfeeding.
10. Mark Doms
economist
Mark Doms was the Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs for the Department of Commerce from January 2013 until September 2015. He was nominated by President Barack Obama on September 13, 2012 and was confirmed by the Senate on January 1, 2013 as one of the last acts of the 112th Congress. Prior to his confirmation, he was the...
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11. Nabila Erian
1941-. (aged 85)
singer
actor
Nabila M. Erian is a professor of vocal sciences at the Cairo Conservatoire, Academy of Arts. Her career as a leading soprano opera singer debuted in 1960. She is also an expert on the history of Coptic music. Her latest research revolves around the continuity between the current practiced Coptic music and the Ancient Egyptian tradition. Erian advocates for the...
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12. Steven Fischer
1972-. (aged 54)
film producer
screenwriter
film director
Steven Thomas Fischer is an American film director, producer, and cartoonist. His work has been honored by the Directors Guild of America, The New York Festivals, the CINE Golden Eagle Awards, and Marquis Who's Who in Entertainment.
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13. Mario Armstrong
radio personality
television presenter
Mario Armstrong is an American radio and television talk show host, entrepreneur, podcaster and public speaker. Armstrong appears regularly on the Today show, CNN, HLN, the American Urban Radio Networks and NPR's Morning Edition. His self-titled radio show, "The Mario Armstrong Show", ran on Sirius XM Satellite Radio and in syndication for 3 years.
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14. Omolola Eniola-Adefeso
chemical engineer
biomedical engineer
Omolola Eniola-Adefeso is a Nigerian-American chemical engineer and incoming Dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Chicago.
15. Gail H. Bates
1945-. (aged 81)
politician
Gail Bates was a member of the Maryland Senate from 2015 to 2019 and a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 2002 to 2015. She was selected to replace Robert Kittleman in the Maryland House of Delegates in February 2002 when Kittleman was selected to replace Chris McCabe in the Maryland State Senate. In a close election in...
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16. Kadeem Dacres
1991-. (aged 35)
association football player
Kadeem Dacres is an American former professional soccer player who played as a winger.
17. Marla Streb
1965-. (aged 61)
sport cyclist
Marla Streb is an American professional cyclist and was inducted in the mountain bike hall of fame in 2013. She has won a World Cup downhill in 2005 (Austria), twice won the Single Speed World Championship in 1999 and 2006 and also won the X-Games in 1999. Streb has written and published two books, appeared on the cover of Outside...
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18. James N. Mathias, Jr
1951-. (aged 75)
politician
James N. Mathias Jr. is an American politician from Ocean City, Maryland. Mathias served in the Maryland State Senate from 2011 until 2019, was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 2006 to 2010, and served as mayor of Ocean City from 1996 until 2006.
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19. David W. Lesch
David Warren Lesch is a lecturer, author and commentator on Middle East history and politics. He is the Ewing Halsell Distinguished Professor of Middle East History at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. Lesch writes regularly for news publications and journals and has made frequent appearances on radio and television to discuss Middle East politics, with a particular focus on...
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20. Elissa Washuta
writer
Elissa Washuta is a Native American author from the Cowlitz people of Washington State. She has written two memoirs about her young adulthood, Starvation Mode: a Memoir of Food, Consumption and Control and My Body is a Book of Rules, about her personal history with eating disorders and body dysmorphia. She writes about sexual assault, mental health issues as a...
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21. Kafui Dzirasa
1978-. (aged 48)
psychiatrist
neuroscientist
Kafui Dzirasa is an American psychiatrist and Associate Professor at Duke University. He looks to understand the relationship between neural circuit malfunction and mental illness. He was a 2019 AAAS Leshner Fellow and was elected Fellow of the National Academy of Medicine in 2021.
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22. Jay Witasick
1972-. (aged 54)
baseball player
Gerald Alphonse "Jay" Witasick Jr. is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He pitched all or parts of 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1996 to 2007, primarily as a relief pitcher.
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23. Gabriel Acevero
1990-. (aged 36)
politician
Gabriel Acevero is a Trinidadian–American organizer, activist and politician representing Maryland's 39th House district. On November 6, 2018, Acevero finished in first place with 31% of the vote and became the first openly gay Afro-Latino, and one of the youngest people, elected to the Maryland House of Delegates. Acevero is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.
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24. Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman
writer
activist
Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman is a Ghanaian-born American activist and writer. She is a co-founder and former CEO of the Sadie Collective, as well as a co-founder and co-organizer of Black Birders Week.
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25. Bassey Ikpi
1976-. (aged 50)
poet
writer
Bassey Ikpi listen is a Nigerian-born American spoken-word artist, writer, and mental health advocate. She has appeared on HBO's Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry five times and her poetry has opened shows for Grammy Award-winning artists. She's also the New York Times bestselling author of I'm Telling The Truth But I'm Lying. In 2020 she judged the Indiana Review Creative...
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26. Andy Stack
musician
Andrew Brant "Andy" Stack is one of the founding members of the indie-rock duo Wye Oak and a solo artist under the moniker Joyero, as well as a remix artist and a composer and producer for film and commercial music. He has also performed as a member of EL VY, and Lambchop.
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27. Brian Dannelly
screenwriter
television director
film director
film producer
television producer
Brian Dannelly is a German born American film director and screenwriter best known for his work on the 2004 film Saved!
28. Allan H. Kittleman
1958-. (aged 68)
politician
Allan H. Kittleman is an American Republican politician who was the ninth county executive for Howard County, Maryland from 2014 to 2018. Kittleman previously served as a Maryland State Senator from 2004 to 2014, representing the 9th district covering Howard and Carroll Counties, and was Senate Minority Leader from 2008 to 2011. He also previously served on the Howard County...
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29. Darnell Rogers
1997-. (aged 29)
basketball player
Shawnta Darnell Rogers Jr. is an American former college basketball player who last played for the UMBC Retrievers of the America East Conference. Standing 5 feet 2 inches (1.57 m), he is believed to be the shortest person ever to play Division I men's basketball.
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30. Adrienne A. Jones
1954-. (aged 72)
politician
Adrienne Alease Jones is an American politician who has served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from the 10th district since 1997. A member of the Democratic Party, she served as the 107th Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates from 2019 to 2025, becoming the first African-American and first woman to serve in that position in...
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31. Tony Harris
1967-. (aged 59)
journalist
Tony Harris is an American journalist, news anchor, and television producer. He was notable for his time as an anchor on Al Jazeera English, Al Jazeera America, and CNN.
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32. Dan Patrick
1956-. (aged 70)
film actor
actor
sports commentator
Dan Goeb Patrick is an American radio talk show host, television broadcaster, and politician serving since 2015 as the 42nd lieutenant governor of Texas under Governor Greg Abbott.
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33. Johnathon Schaech
1969-. (aged 57)
screenwriter
model
television actor
actor
film actor
Johnathon Schaech is an American actor and screenwriter. He has been working as an actor since the early 1990s. He first gained recognition for his role in How to Make an American Quilt (1995). Other films include The Doom Generation (1995), That Thing You Do! (1996), Hush (1998), Prom Night (2008), Phantom (2013), Marauders (2016) and The Night Clerk (2020).
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34. Jerome Adams
1974-. (aged 52)
anesthesiologist
university teacher
Jerome Michael Adams is an American anesthesiologist and a former vice admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps who served as the 20th surgeon general of the United States from September 5, 2017, until January 20, 2021. Prior to becoming Surgeon General, he served as the Indiana state health commissioner, from 2014 to 2017.
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35. Kay Banjo
1992-. (aged 34)
association football player
Olakunle "Kay" Banjolisten is an American soccer player who currently plays for Maryland Bobcats FC.
36. John A. Olszewski, Jr
1982-. (aged 44)
politician
John Anthony Olszewski Jr., also known by his nickname Johnny O, is an American politician who has served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 2nd congressional district since 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 14th county executive of Baltimore County, Maryland, from 2018 to 2025.
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37. Brian Moran
1988-. (aged 38)
baseball player
Brian Joseph Moran is an American politician and a member of the Democratic Party. He served as Virginia Secretary of Public Safety from 2014 to 2022, and was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1996 until 2008, representing Northern Virginia's 46th district.
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38. James P. Clements
1964-. (aged 62)
university teacher
James Patrick Clements is an American academic administrator who served as the 15th president of Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina. He assumed office on December 31, 2013, after serving as the president of West Virginia University for five years and as the provost and vice president of academic affairs for Towson University.
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39. Duff Goldman
1974-. (aged 52)
chef
Jeffrey Adam "Duff" Goldman is an American businessman, pastry chef, television personality, and writer. He is the executive chef of Baltimore’s Charm City Cakes shop, which was featured in the Food Network reality television show Ace of Cakes, and Los Angeles’s Charm City Cakes West, which was featured in Food Network's Duff Till Dawn and "Cake Masters" series. His work...
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40. Karsonya Wise Whitehead
university teacher
filmmaker
activist
Karsonya "Kaye" Wise Whitehead is an American educator, author, radio host, speaker, and documentary filmmaker who is known as the #blackmommyactivist. She is the founding director of The Karson Institute for Race, Peace, and Social Justice, a Professor of Communication and African and African American Studies at Loyola University Maryland, and the host of Today With Kaye on WEAA. Whitehead...
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41. Matt Watson
1985-. (aged 41)
association football player
Matthew Watson is an American YouTuber, comedian, musician, and podcaster. Alongside Ryan Magee, he is the co-creator and co-host of the variety-comedy YouTube channel SuperMega, which has over 1 million subscribers on the site. SuperMega's videos include comedy sketches, Let's Plays, vlogs, movie commentary tracks, and their weekly video podcast, supermegashow.
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42. K. J. Maura
1995-. (aged 31)
basketball player
Kevin Joel Maura Colón is a Puerto Rican professional basketball player for Vaqueros de Bayamón of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). He played college basketball for the UMBC Retrievers, spending his final two years of eligibility with the Retrievers, earning America East Defensive Player of the Year and All-Conference honors as a senior. Listed as a 5-foot-8, 140-pound point guard,...
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43. Rabia Chaudry
lawyer
Rabia Chaudry is a Pakistani-American attorney, author and podcast host. She is a family friend of Adnan Syed—who was the subject of the podcast Serial (2014)—and subsequently wrote a book about his case called Adnan’s Story: The Search for Truth and Justice After Serial (2016), which became a New York Times best seller. Chaudry co-hosts several podcasts, namely Undisclosed, a...
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44. Jairus Lyles
1995-. (aged 31)
basketball player
Jairus Lyles is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the UMBC Retrievers. He also competed for the VCU Rams in his freshman season but played a limited role before transferring. Prior to college, Lyles attended DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville, Maryland, where he was a three-star recruit. At UMBC, he earned all-conference honors for...
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45. Sylvia Trent-Adams
1965-. (aged 61)
military personnel
nurse
Sylvia Trent-Adams is a retired U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps rear admiral, who last served as the principal deputy assistant secretary for health from January 2, 2019 to August 31, 2020. She previously served as the deputy surgeon general of the United States from October 25, 2015 to January 2, 2019. Trent-Adams also served as the acting surgeon general...
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46. Darrell Britt-Gibson
1985-. (aged 41)
actor
television actor
Darrell Hadari Britt-Gibson is an American actor, known for his role as Darius "O-Dog" Hill on the HBO series The Wire. He has also appeared on the Showtime series Californication, the Starz series Power, the FX series You're the Worst, and the HBO series Barry and We Own This City. He has also starred in the films Keanu, 20th Century...
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47. Justin Jacobs
statistician
Justin Wayne Jacobs is an American statistician, currently serving as the Spatial Statistics Group Lead at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Jacobs is a former applied research mathematician at the National Security Agency, a Senior Basketball Researcher with the Orlando Magic, a Spatiotemporal Analytics Researcher with the Houston Rockets, and an independent sports analytics researcher. Noted for his research into geolocation,...
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48. Mina Cheon
1973-. (aged 53)
artist
Mina Cheon is a Korean American new media artist and scholar, producer and curator of cultural projects. Since 1997, she has lived between Baltimore, New York, and Seoul. MJ Standup Korean is the comedic stage name of Mina Cheon, a prominent Korean-American "Polipop" (Political Pop) artist, professor, and scholar based in New York.
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49. Kathleen Turner
1954-. (aged 72)
theatrical director
film producer
film actor
stage actor
television actor
Mary Kathleen Turner is an American actress. Known for her distinctive deep husky voice, she is the recipient of two Golden Globes, as well as nominations for an Academy Award, a Grammy, and two Tony Awards.
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