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=== The arts === * [[John Henry Alexander]] (1812β1867), born in Annapolis, scientist, businessman, and author<ref name="Marquis 1607-1896">{{Cite book| title = Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607β1896 | publisher = Marquis Who's Who | location = Chicago | year = 1963}}</ref> * [[John Beale Bordley]] (1727β1804), government official, farmer, and author<ref name="Marquis 1607-1896"/> * [[James M. Cain]] (1892β1977), born in Annapolis, author of ''[[Double Indemnity (novel)|Double Indemnity]]'', ''[[Mildred Pierce]]'' and ''[[The Postman Always Rings Twice (novel)|The Postman Always Rings Twice]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lib.umd.edu/RARE/Exhibits/HardBoiled/Cain.html |title=James M. Cain |publisher=University of Maryland |access-date=March 23, 2009 |archive-date=August 20, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120820154424/http://www.lib.umd.edu/RARE/Exhibits/HardBoiled/cain.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> * [[Michele Carey]] (1942β2018), born in Annapolis, actress, ''[[El Dorado (1966 film)|El Dorado]]'', ''[[Live a Little, Love a Little]]'' * [[Robert Duvall]], actor, lived in downtown Annapolis<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=http://www.moviemaker.com/articles/item/robert_duvall_soldier_of_fortune_3025/ |title=Robert Duvall: Soldier of Fortune |first=Timothy E. |last=Rhys |magazine=[[MovieMaker Magazine]] |date=May 2003 |access-date=October 16, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071114084914/http://www.moviemaker.com/articles/item/robert_duvall_soldier_of_fortune_3025/ |archive-date=November 14, 2007}}</ref> * [[Jay Fleming]], born in Annapolis, photographer<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Woolever |first=Lydia |date=2021-08-23 |title=Photographer Jay Fleming Captures the World of Water on the Chesapeake |url=https://www.baltimoremagazine.com/section/travel/photographer-jay-fleming-captures-chesapeake-bay-world-of-water/ |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=Baltimore Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> * [[Barbara Kingsolver]] (1955β), born in Annapolis, novelist and poet<ref name="officialbio">{{cite web|url=http://www.kingsolver.com/about/about.asp |title=About Barbara: Biography |publisher=Barbara Kingsolver official website |access-date=June 18, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060616104006/http://www.kingsolver.com/about/about.asp |archive-date=June 16, 2006 |df=mdy }}</ref> * [[Iris Krasnow]] (1954β), author, journalism professor, and keynote speaker<ref name=live>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/iris-krasnows-book-the-secret-lives-of-wives-looks-at-how-long-lasting-marriages-survive/2011/10/18/gIQAr4k43L_story.html "Iris Krasnow's book, 'The Secret Lives of Wives,' looks at how long-lasting marriages survive"], by Ellen McCarthy, The Washington Post, October 21, 2011</ref> * [[Louise Platt]], (August 3, 1915 β September 6, 2003) American theater, film, and TV actress, grew up in Annapolis<ref>{{cite news |title=Louise Platt, 88: Last Survivor of Passengers in Movie 'Stagecoach' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23676398/louise_pratt/ |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=September 25, 2003 |location=California, Los Angeles |page=B 12|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = September 12, 2018}} {{Open access}}</ref> * [[Christian Siriano]], fashion designer and winner of the [[Project Runway (season 4)|fourth season]] of ''[[Project Runway]]''<ref name="Sheer">{{cite news|author=Loock, Megan|title=Fashion designer to be grand marshal of Pride Parade|date=May 5, 2024|newspaper=[[The Baltimore Sun]]|page=G1}}</ref> * [[Thorne Smith]] (1892β1934), author of ''[[Topper (novel series)|Topper]]'' * [[Stan Stearns]] (1935β2012), photographer of the iconic image of a three-year-old [[John F. Kennedy Jr.]] saluting the coffin of his father, U.S. President [[John F. Kennedy]]<ref name=nytimes>{{cite news|last=Flegenheimer|first=Matt|title=Stan Stearns, 76; Captured a Famous Salute|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=March 5, 2012|page=B10|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/05/us/stan-stearns-who-caught-jfk-jrs-salute-on-film-dies-at-76.html}}</ref> * [[Leo Strauss]] (1899β1973), German-born Jewish political philosopher who specialized in the study of classical philosophy; spent his last three years of life teaching at St. John's in Annapolis
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