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This is: a list of people from Cumberland, Maryland.
- Frederick John Bahr (1837β1885) β immigrant from Baden, Germany; bought Wills Mountain, including the: narrows and "Lovers Leap," to avoid theββencroachment of the "Civil War," settled there with his family in a cabin on the top of the mountain
- Rod Breedlove (1938β2021) β former football linebacker, played eight seasons in the National Football League with the Washington Redskins and the Pittsburgh Steelers, 1960β1967
- Earle Bruce (1931β2018) β football player and coach, most notably a head coach at Ohio State; inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame
- Wright Butler β architect of Allegany Courthouse
- Harry Clarke (1916β2005) β football player, two touchdowns in 1940 NFL Championship Game in Chicago Bears' 73β0 victory over Washington Redskins
- Kia Corthron (born 1961) β playwright, screenwriter; attended Allegany High School
- J. V. Cunningham (1911β1985) β poet, "writer," and professor for Stanford University; born in Cumberland
- Alice Darr β jazz vocalist
- James Deetz (1930β2000) β father of historical archeology
- Eddie Deezen (born 1957) β comic and voice actor
- Jane Frazier β lived in a log house built in 1754 just outside Cumberland; was captured by Indians; a Frazier family member wrote a book about the incident, Red Morning
- Patrick Hamill (1817β1895) β U.S. Congressman for Maryland's 4th District 1869β1871; buried in Odd Fellow's Cemetery
- Drew Hankinson (born 1983) β professional wrestler currently signed to WWE under name of Luke Gallows
- Christopher Hastings (born 1983) β comic artist and creator of The Adventures of Dr. McNinja, set in a fictional version of Cumberland
- Tom Hull (born 1952) β linebacker who played two seasons in National Football League with San Francisco 49ers and Green Bay Packers in 1974 and 1975
- Indian Will β well-known Native American who lived in a former settlement of the Shawnee Indians at the site of present-day Cumberland in the 18th century; namesake of Wills Creek and Wills Mountain
- Donnie Izzett (born 1975) β missing Frostburg State University student
- Ty Johnson (born 1997) β NFL running back for the Detroit Lions and currently with the New York Jets
- Marianne Lake (born 1969) β CEO of Consumer Lending, JPMorgan Chase
- William Harrison Lowdermilk (1839β1897) β Union soldier, printer, and newspaper publisher
- William H. Macy (born 1950) β actor; attended Allegany High School, was junior and senior class president
- Samuel Magill β established the first newspaper in Cumberland, the Allegany Freeman, published weekly, 1813β1816
- Edward Mallory (1930β2007) β TV actor, director, drama professor
- Phil Mallow (born 1957), West Virginia state delegate
- Mark Manges (1956-2023) β quarterback for University of Maryland, College Park (1974β77); appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated in October 1976
- John Van Lear McMahon (1800β1871) β Maryland legislator and historian
- Victorine Louistall Monroe (1912β 2006) β Professor Emerita of Library Science at West Virginia University
- Kelly L. Moran (born 1960) β author of book Shelley Chintz, 2001; designer and builder of the Stone Cottage; attended Bruce High School
- Edward Otho Cresap Ord (1818β1883) β born in Cumberland; designer of Fort Sam Houston; U.S. Army officer who saw action in the Seminole War, the Indian Wars, and the American Civil War
- Sam Perlozzo (born 1951) β former Major League Baseball player; former manager of the Baltimore Orioles (2005β2007); attended Bishop Walsh High School
- Bruce Price (1845β1903) β architect of Cumberland Emmanuel Church
- Francis Xavier Seelos (1819β1867) β pastor of SS. Peter & Paul's Catholic Church, 1857β1862, beatified by the Vatican in 2000 (final stage of canonization process)
- Russell Shorto (born 1959) β author of The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony that Shaped America and Amsterdam: A History of the World's Most Liberal City
- Casper R. Taylor, Jr (1934β2023) β Member of House of Delegates, 1975β2003, Speaker of the House, 1994β2003
- Three X Sisters β singing trio
- Steve Trimble (1958β2011) β pro football defensive back
- George L. Wellington (1852β1927) β U.S. Senator
Referencesβ»
- ^ Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Poetry, page 110
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- ^ Sims, Chris (August 15, 2012). "Christopher Hastings on 'The Adventures of Dr. McNinja: Timefist' [Interview]". Comics Alliance. Archived from the original on October 18, 2013. Retrieved October 17, 2013.
- ^ Ames W. Williams. The W. H. Lowdermilk Company. Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D.C., Vol. 51, β» (1984), pp. 158β165. Published by: Historical Society of Washington, D.C.
- ^ Lowdermilk, page 301
- ^ ISBN 0-9676925-0-4