Editing Chestertown, Maryland (section)

== Notable people ==
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* [[Maria Louise Baldwin]], educator and civic leader<ref>{{Citeweb|url=https://baystatebanner.com/2013/05/02/maria-louise-baldwin-an-eminent-educator-civic-leader-speaker/|title=Maria Louise Baldwin: An eminent educator, civic leader, speaker|last=Neal|first=Anthony W.|publisher=[[The Bay State Banner]]|quote=Unable to land a teaching job in Cambridge, she headed south for Chestertown, Md., where she taught for two years.|date=May 2, 2013|accessdate=April 15, 2025}}</ref>
* [[Tallulah Bankhead]], actress (buried at [[St. Paul's Church (Fairlee, Maryland)|St. Paul's Church]] in Fairlee)<ref>{{cite web |title=Tallulah: Bogged Down in Legend by Sean Meade - Chestertown Spy |url=https://chestertownspy.org/2015/11/04/bogged-down-in-legend/ |website=chestertownspy.org |date=November 4, 2015}}</ref>
* [[Gilbert Byron]], author, born in Chesterton<ref>{{cite web |title=Mid-Shore Lives: Gilbert Byron - Chestertown Spy |url=https://chestertownspy.org/2015/02/17/mid-shore-lives-gilbert-byron/ |website=chestertownspy.org |date=February 17, 2015}}</ref>
* [[James M. Cain]], author of ''[[Mildred Pierce]]'' and ''[[The Postman Always Rings Twice (novel)|The Postman Always Rings Twice]]'', lived in Chestertown in his youth
* [[Ezekiel Chambers]], U.S. senator for Maryland, 1826–1834, and judge
* [[Miriam Cooper]], silent film actress, best known for ''[[The Birth of a Nation]]''
* [[Richard Ben Cramer]], Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author
* [[Samuel Eccleston]], [[Roman Catholic]] [[bishop]], fifth [[Archbishop of Baltimore]], from 1834 to 1851
* [[Henry Highland Garnet]], abolitionist
* [[R. Clayton Mitchell Jr.]], member of Maryland House of Delegates, 1971–1993, and its Speaker from 1987 to 1993
* [[Bill Nicholson (baseball)|Bill "Swish" Nicholson]], two-time MLB National League home run and RBI leader
* [[James Nicholson (naval officer)|James Nicholson]], officer in the Continental Navy during American Revolutionary War
* [[Joseph Hopper Nicholson]], U.S. congressman for [[Maryland's 7th congressional district]], 1799-1806 and judge of the [[Maryland Court of Appeals]], 1806-1817
* [[Constance Stuart Larrabee]], photographer/photo-journalist, best known for her South African portraiture and World War II European photo-journalism as South Africa's first female war correspondent
* [[James Peale]], painter
* [[James Pearce]], U.S. senator for Maryland, 1843–1862, and congressman; buried in New Chester Cemetery in Chestertown
* [[Ira Smith (baseball)|Ira Smith]], college baseball player
* [[William Smith (Episcopalian priest)|William Smith]], founder of the Protestant Episcopal Church and first president of Washington College
* [[Ryan Thompson (outfielder)|Ryan Thompson]], Major League Baseball player
* [[George Vickers]], U.S. senator for Maryland, 1867-1873
* [[William Holland Wilmer]], president of the [[College of William and Mary]], president of the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies of the Protestant Episcopal Church 
* [[Robert Wright (Maryland politician)|Robert Wright]], [[U.S. senator]], 1801–1806, [[Governor of Maryland]], 1806–1809, and U.S. congressman for [[Maryland's 7th congressional district]], 1810-1817 and 1821-1823