Famous Bethesda Residents

Business

•    J.W. Marriott, Jr. – Chairman and CEO of Marriott International.

Entertainment

•    Sam Endicott – musician.
•    Robert Hays – actor, best known for his role in Airplane!
•    Julia Louis-Dreyfus – actress, known for her role on Seinfeld.
•    Brian McComas – country music singer.
•    Daniel Stern – actor.
•    Jeff Tremaine – film producer, director, and writer.

Government & Politics

•    John R. Bolton – former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and Under Secretary of State.
•    L. Paul Bremer – former Director of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance for post-war Iraq.
•    Luc Chatel, Secretary of State for Consumer affairs and Industry, Spokesman of the French Government, born in Bethesda, Maryland .
•    Douglas Feith – former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy in the Department of Defense.
•    Jack Kemp – former US Vice Presidential Candidate, Secretary of Housing & Urban Development, US Congressman, and Quarterback for the Buffalo Bills.
•    Jeane Kirkpatrick – former American ambassador, known for her Kirkpatrick Doctrine on foreign politics.
•    Jim Moody – former US Congressman from Wisconsin.
•    Bruce Morrison – United States Congressman from Connecticut (1983—1991) and 1990 Connecticut Gubernatorial Candidate.
•    Dennis Ross – author, Director of Policy Planning in the U.S. State Department (Bush Administration), Middle East Coordinator (Clinton Administration).

Scientists & Engineers

•    Charles L. Bennett – astrophysicist; PI of WMAP.

Sports

•    Jess Atkinson – former football player.
•    Red Auerbach – former coach and General Manager of the Boston Celtics.
•    Mike Brey – Men's Basketball coach for the University of Notre Dame.
•    James Brown – sports announcer.
•    Gary Clark – professional football player for the Washington Redskins.
•    Keith B. Gordon – Major League Baseball player.
•    Jeff Halpern – professional ice hockey player for the Tampa Bay Lightning.
•    Tim Kurkjian – ESPN reporter and analyst for Baseball Tonight.
•    Dainius Zubrus – professional ice hockey player for the New Jersey Devils.

Writers & Journalists

•    William Peter Blatty – writer, best known for The Exorcist.
•    Ann Brashares – author, known for The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.
•    David Brooks – New York Times columnist.
•    E.J. Dionne – author and journalist.
•    John Feinstein – author, columnist and reporter.
•    Thomas Friedman – New York Times columnist.
•    Paul Mirengoff – attorney, co-author of the Power Line.
•    Phyllis Reynolds Naylor – author.
•    Alexandra Robbins – Investigative journalist, lecturer, and author.
•    Cokie Roberts – journalist, author.
•    Howard K. Smith – anchorman and commentator. See also Howard K. Smith: News and Comment.
•    Michael Wilbon – columnist for the Washington Post, host of ESPN's Pardon the Interruption.
•    David Willman – recipient of the Pulitzer Prize.

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