Editing Columbia, Maryland (section)

== Notable people ==
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* [[Stephen Amidon]], author, whose 2000 novel, ''The New City'', is set in a fictionalized Columbia in the 1970s
* [[Bob Beaumont]] (1932–2011), founder of [[Citicar]], an electric automobile manufacturer from 1974 to 1977<ref>Bunkley, Nick. [https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/30/business/bob-beaumont-who-popularized-electric-cars-dies-at-79.html "Bob Beaumont, Who Popularized Electric Cars, Dies at 79"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210607101040/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/30/business/bob-beaumont-who-popularized-electric-cars-dies-at-79.html |date=June 7, 2021 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', October 29, 2011. Accessed October 30, 2011.</ref>
* [[Jayson Blair]], disgraced former ''New York Times'' reporter
* [[Zach Brown]], linebacker for the NFL's [[Washington Redskins]]
* [[Michael Chabon]], Pulitzer Prize–winning author
* [[Dan Charnas]], journalist and author of "The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop"<ref>{{cite web|title=Paid In Full: An Interview With Dan Charnas, Author of "The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop" (Part 1)|url=http://www.scottsmindfield.com/2011/01/paid-in-full-interview-with-dan-charnas.html|publisher=Scottscope|access-date=September 17, 2012|archive-date=April 3, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110403003948/http://www.scottsmindfield.com/2011/01/paid-in-full-interview-with-dan-charnas.html|url-status=usurped}}</ref>
* [[Frank Cho]], creator of ''Liberty Meadows'' comic strip
* [[George Colligan]], New York–based jazz pianist
* [[Cristeta Comerford]], White House executive chef
* [[Jack Douglass]], internet personality on [[YouTube]]<ref>{{cite web|author=Brookes May|url=http://www.theeagleonline.com/news/story/student-strikes-youtube-gold/|title=Student strikes YouTube gold|publisher=The Eagle|date=October 25, 2009|access-date=May 24, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108110454/http://www.theeagleonline.com/news/story/student-strikes-youtube-gold/|archive-date=November 8, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Mary Downing Hahn]], award-winning author of young adult literature
* [[Brent Faiyaz]], singer and record producer
* [[Kevin Frazier]], journalist and TV broadcaster 
* [[Gallant (singer)|Gallant]], Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter
* [[Alicia Graf Mack]], dancer, director of dance division at [[Juilliard School]]
*[[Justin Gorham]] (born 1998), basketball player in the [[Israeli Basketball Premier League]]
* [[Tom Green (runner)|Tom Green]], [[ultramarathon|ultra-runner]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Nitkin|first1=Karen|title=Tom Green Ultrarunner - A laid-back Columbia man is a pioneer in running races of 50 miles or longer|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2007/11/21/a-laid-back-columbia-man-is-a-pioneer-in-running-races-of-50-miles-or-longer/|access-date=May 5, 2016|work=The Baltimore Sun|date=November 21, 2007|archive-date=July 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719115414/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2007-11-21/news/0711210185_1_run-the-race-green-50-miles|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Greg Hawkes]], keyboardist for new wave band [[The Cars]]
* [[David Hobby]], professional photographer and author of the Strobist.com lighting blog
* [[Stephen Hunter]], [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning film critic and author
* [[Julia Ioffe]] (born 1982), Russian-born American journalist
* [[Kerry G. Johnson]], award-winning caricaturist, cartoonist and children's book illustrator
* [[Robert Kolker]], author and editor
* [[Mark D. Levine|Mark Levine]], New York City Council member
* [[Laura Lippman]], award-winning mystery author
* [[Steve Lombardozzi]], former professional baseball player
* [[Steve Lombardozzi Jr.]], professional baseball player
* [[Suzanne Malveaux]], CNN reporter
* [[Aaron Maybin]], defensive end for NFL's New York Jets
* [[Aaron McGruder]], animator and cartoonist ([[The Boondocks (comic strip)|''The Boondocks'']])
* [[Edward Norton]], Academy Award–nominated actor and grandson of James Rouse, made his professional debut at age 8 at Toby's Dinner Theatre in the Town Center
* [[Alexis Ohanian]], co-founder of [[Reddit]]
* [[Toby Orenstein]], theater director and founder of [[Toby's Dinner Theatre]], [[Columbia Center for Theatrical Arts]], and the [[Young Columbians]]
* [[Randy Pausch]], professor of computer science at [[Carnegie Mellon University]], author of ''[[The Last Lecture]]''
* [[Ian Jones-Quartey]], writer, storyboard artist, animator and voice actor ([[OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes]])
* [[Elise Ray]], Olympic gymnast
* [[James W. Rouse]], urban planner, real estate developer and philanthropist; grandfather of actor Edward Norton
* [[Peter Salett]], singer-songwriter 
* [[Greg Saunier]], drummer for [[Deerhoof]]
* [[Christian Siriano]], fashion designer, winner of [[Project Runway (season 4)|fourth season]] of ''[[Project Runway]]'' (born in Columbia)
* [[Dave Sitek]], guitarist and music producer, member of the band [[TV on the Radio]]
* [[Linda Tripp]], central figure in the [[Monica Lewinsky]] scandal
* [[Terry Virts]], astronaut
* [[Void (band)|Void]], punk band
* [[Greg Whittington]], basketball player
* [[David Byrne]], musician
* Air Commodore Sir [[Frank Whittle]], OM, KBE, inventor of the jet engine
* [[Oprah Winfrey]], talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and philanthropist; Winfrey lived in Columbia during the time she worked at [[WJZ-TV]] in Baltimore between 1976 and 1983<ref>"Oprah Winfrey - Columbia TV personality's 'flying high'", ''[[Columbia Flier]]'', September 14, 1978, p. 38</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://patch.com/maryland/columbia/oprah-had-a-presence-in-maryland-6 |title=Oprah Had a Presence in Maryland |date=May 31, 2011 |work=Columbia, MD Patch |access-date=January 17, 2021 |archive-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124160229/https://patch.com/maryland/columbia/oprah-had-a-presence-in-maryland-6 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.deseret.com/1997/1/1/19287011/oprah-didn-t-feel-like-winner-until-she-was-a-loser |title=OPRAH DIDN'T FEEL LIKE WINNER UNTIL SHE WAS A LOSER |date=January 1, 1997 |newspaper=Deseret News |access-date=January 17, 2021 |archive-date=January 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122193632/https://www.deseret.com/1997/1/1/19287011/oprah-didn-t-feel-like-winner-until-she-was-a-loser |url-status=live }}</ref>
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