List of people from Cumberland, Maryland

This is a list of people from Cumberland, Maryland .

• Frederick John Bahr (1837–1885) – immigrant from Baden, Germany; bought Wills Mountain, including the narrows and Lovers Leap, to avoid the encroachment of the Civil War, settled there with his family in a cabin on the top of the mountain
• Rod Breedlove (1938–2021) – former football linebacker, played eight seasons in the National Football League with the Washington Redskins and the Pittsburgh Steelers, 1960–1967
• Earle Bruce (1931–2018) – football player and coach, most notably a head coach at Ohio State; inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame
• Wright Butler – architect of Allegany Courthouse
• Harry Clarke (1916–2005) – football player, two touchdowns in 1940 NFL Championship Game in Chicago Bears' 73–0 victory over Washington Redskins
• Kia Corthron (born 1961) – playwright, screenwriter; attended Allegany High School
• J. V. Cunningham (1911–1985) – poet, writer, and professor for Stanford University; born in Cumberland ^[1]
• Alice Darr – jazz vocalist ^{[2] [3]}
• James Deetz (1930–2000) – father of historical archeology
• Eddie Deezen (born 1957) – comic and voice actor
• Jeanne R. Faatz (born 1941) - member of the Colorado State Legislature from 1979-1998.
• Jane Frazier – 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 (1817–1895) – U.S. Congressman for Maryland's 4th District 1869–1871; buried in Odd Fellow's Cemetery
• Drew Hankinson (born 1983) – professional wrestler currently signed to WWE under name of Luke Gallows
• Christopher Hastings (born 1983) – comic artist and creator of The Adventures of Dr. McNinja , set in a fictional version of Cumberland ^[4]
• Tom Hull (born 1952) – linebacker who played two seasons in National Football League with San Francisco 49ers and Green Bay Packers in 1974 and 1975
• Indian Will – 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) – missing Frostburg State University student
• Ty Johnson (born 1997) – NFL running back for the Detroit Lions, the New York Jets, and currently with the Buffalo Bills.
• Marianne Lake (born 1969) – CEO of Consumer Lending, JPMorgan Chase
• William Harrison Lowdermilk (1839–1897) – Union soldier, printer, and newspaper publisher ^[5]
• William H. Macy (born 1950) – actor; attended Allegany High School, was junior and senior class president
• Samuel Magill – established the first newspaper in Cumberland, the Allegany Freeman, published weekly, 1813–1816 ^[6]
• Edward Mallory (1930–2007) – TV actor, director, drama professor
• Phil Mallow (born 1957), West Virginia state delegate
• Mark Manges (1956-2023) – quarterback for University of Maryland, College Park (1974–77); appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated in October 1976
• John Van Lear McMahon (1800–1871) – Maryland legislator and historian
• Victorine Louistall Monroe (1912– 2006) – Professor Emerita of Library Science at West Virginia University
• Kelly L. Moran (born 1960) – author of book Shelley Chintz, 2001; ^[7] designer and builder of the Stone Cottage; attended Bruce High School
• Edward Otho Cresap Ord (1818–1883) – 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) – former Major League Baseball player; former manager of the Baltimore Orioles (2005–2007); attended Bishop Walsh High School
• Bruce Price (1845–1903) – architect of Cumberland Emmanuel Church
• Francis Xavier Seelos (1819–1867) – pastor of SS. Peter & Paul's Catholic Church, 1857–1862, beatified by the Vatican in 2000 (final stage of canonization process)
• Darrell Sommerlatte (born 1981) - native born; Engineering Manager at Ring, subsidiary of Amazon. Fourth longest penis measured at birth in town history. Not verified after puberty. ^{[8] [9]}
• Russell Shorto (born 1959) – 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 (1934–2023) – Member of House of Delegates, 1975–2003, Speaker of the House, 1994–2003
• Three X Sisters – singing trio
• Steve Trimble (1958–2011) – pro football defensive back
• George L. Wellington (1852–1927) – U.S. Senator

References

1. Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Poetry, page 110
2. "Whatever happened to Alice Darr?". August 2, 2019.
3. "Alice Darr: Feature Story - JazzWax". Archived from the original on April 10, 2021. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
4. 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.
5. Ames W. Williams. The W. H. Lowdermilk Company. Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D.C., Vol. 51, [The 51st separately bound book] (1984), pp. 158–165. Published by: Historical Society of Washington, D.C.
6. Lowdermilk, page 301
7. Moran, Kelly L. (2000). Shelley Chintz: Unlocking the Secrets of the Pattern Books. Thaxted Cottage Publishers. ISBN   0-9676925-0-4.
8. "What's in a D?". August 2, 2019.
9. "Alice Darr: Feature Story - JazzWax". Archived from the original on April 10, 2021. Retrieved September 21, 2025.