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Past and present residents of
Potomac, Maryland include:
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Atiku Abubakar, billionaire and vice president of
Nigeria
[1]
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Freddy Adu, professional soccer player for
Philadelphia Union
[2]
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Robert A. Altman, owner of
ZeniMax Media; married to
Lynda Carter
[3]
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Sam Anas, ice hockey player for
Iowa Wild
[4]
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Surinder Arora, English hotelier
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Mike Barrowman, Olympic champion swimmer
[5]
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Howard Behrens, painter
[6]
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Eric F. Billings, CEO of
FBR Capital Markets Corporation
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Wolf Blitzer, anchor and host of
CNN's
The Situation Room
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Noah Bratschi, professional speed climber, American record holder
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Eric Brodkowitz, Israeli-American baseball pitcher for the
Israel national baseball team
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F. Lennox Campello, artist, art critic, writer and art dealer
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Lynda Carter, television actress, best known for her roles of
Diana Prince and the
title character on
Wonder Woman
[7]
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Paul Castro, Hollywood screenwriter, best known for being the original writer/creator of the Warner Bros. hit drama,
August Rush
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Calbert Cheaney, NBA player
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Michael Chertoff, former
Secretary of Homeland Security
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Kelen Coleman, actress
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Mike Cowan, professional caddy for
Jim Furyk
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Kamie Crawford, Miss Maryland Teen USA 2010, Miss Teen USA 2010
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Donald Dell, sports attorney
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Sherman Douglas, basketball player
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Margaret Durante, country music artist signed to Emrose Records
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Jerome Dyson, basketball player, 2012–13
top scorer in the Israel Basketball Premier League
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Jen Easterly,
director of the
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
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Patrick Ewing, NBA player and head coach of
Georgetown University’s
men's basketball team
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Kenneth Feld, owner and CEO of Feld Entertainment, producers of
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
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Ben Feldman, actor
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Raul Fernandez, entrepreneur
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Thomas Friedman, author
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Phil Galfond, professional
poker player
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John Glenn, senator and astronaut
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Jeff Halpern (born 1976), NHL player, the first in league history to be raised in the
American South
[8]
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Beth Harbison, New York Times bestselling author
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Ayman Hariri, Lebanese billionaire and son of
Rafic Hariri
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Leon Harris, anchor for
WJLA-TV
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Dwayne Haskins, former football quarterback for the
Washington Redskins and
Pittsburgh Steelers
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John Hendricks, founder and former chairman of
Discovery Communications
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Marillyn Hewson, chairman and CEO of
Lockheed Martin
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Juwan Howard, former member of the
Fab Five, NBA Center, and current
Michigan Wolverines basketball head coach
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Karen Huger, Real Housewives of Potomac cast member
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E. Howard Hunt, author, CIA officer and
Watergate figure
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King Hussein of Jordan
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Frank Islam, philanthropist and founder of QSS Group
[9]
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Nurul Islam, Bangladeshi ex-minister, politician, and economist
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Antawn Jamison, NBA player
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Yahya Jammeh, President of Gambia
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Dhani Jones, NFL player
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Eddie Jordan, former NBA coach
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Joseph P. Kennedy, Ambassador to the United Kingdom, resided at Marwood Manor
[10]
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Olaf Kolzig, ice hockey goaltender and coach
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Ted Koppel, former ABC News anchor
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Ryan Kuehl, NFL player
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Paul Laudicina, Chairman and CEO of A.T. Kearney
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Sugar Ray Leonard, professional and
Olympic champion boxer
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Ted Leonsis, owner of the NHL's
Washington Capitals, NBA's
Washington Wizards, and WNBA's
Washington Mystics
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Ted Lerner, owner of
Lerner Enterprises and MLB's Washington Nationals
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Bruce Levenson, owner of NBA's
Atlanta Hawks
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Barry Levinson, Academy Award-winning director and screenwriter
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Liza Levy, Jewish community activist
[11]
[12]
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Chelsea Manning, convicted of violating the Espionage Act
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J.W. Marriott, Jr., billionaire executive of
Marriott International
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Mac McGarry, host of the Washington and Charlottesville, Virginia, versions of
It's Academic
[13]
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Nana Meriwether, Miss Maryland USA 2012, Miss USA 2012 (succeeded)
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Matt Mervis (born 1998), baseball player for the
Chicago Cubs
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Abby Meyers (born 1999), basketball player for the
Dallas Wings of the
Women's National Basketball Association
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Serge Mombouli, Ambassador of Congo 2000–2010
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Taylor Momsen, actress from CW TV series
Gossip Girl
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Alonzo Mourning, NBA player
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Gheorghe Muresan, NBA player
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Dikembe Mutombo, NBA player
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Rachel Nichols, sports journalist, CNN anchor
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Queen Noor of Jordan, queen consort of Jordan, widow of
Hussein of Jordan
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Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, President of Equatorial Guinea
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Farah Pahlavi, former queen of
Iran
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Reza Pahlavi II, Crown Prince of
Iran
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Benedict Peters, Nigerian billionaire and CEO of
Aiteo
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Issa Rae, writer, actress, director, producer, author; co-creator of
Insecure
[14]
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Mitchell Rales, Chairman of the
Danaher Corporation
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Rosa Rios, Treasurer of the United States
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David Ritz, owner of
Ritz Camera
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt, United States President, occupied Marwood Mansion during the summer
[15]
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Greg Rosenbaum, co-founder of
The Carlyle Group
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Pete Sampras, tennis player (moved to California at age 7)
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Chris Samuels, former NFL offensive tackle, Washington Redskins
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Monique Samuels, Real Housewives of Potomac cast member; former spouse of Chris Samuels
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Eunice Kennedy Shriver, sister of
John,
Robert, and
Ted Kennedy; mother of
Maria Shriver
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Sargent Shriver, husband of
Eunice Kennedy Shriver; founder of the
Peace Corps; former Ambassador to France
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Topper Shutt, chief meteorologist for
WUSA-TV
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Donnie Simpson, WPGC 95.5 radio personality; former BET VJ
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Daniel Snyder, former owner of the NFL's
Washington Redskins; former Chairman of the Board of
Six Flags
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Sylvester Stallone, actor, screenwriter, and director
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Darren Star, television writer and producer
[16]
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Tim Sweeney, billionaire video game developer, founder of
Epic Games
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David Trone, businessman and U.S. Congressman
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Spike Trotman, founder of
Iron Circus Comics
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Mike Tyson, professional boxer
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John Wall, NBA player for the
Houston Rockets
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Mark A. Weinberger, Global
Chairman and
CEO of
EY
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Robert Wexler, U.S. Congressman
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Buck Williams, NBA player
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Christopher Williams,
NASA
astronaut candidate and medical physicist
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Gary Williams, former head coach of
University of Maryland's basketball team
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Willie J. Williams, NFL player
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^ El-Bashir, Tarik (2000-03-26).
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"Norton Manor is a 40,000-square-foot residence on nine acres in Potomac, Md". Washington Post.
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^ Swisher, Kara (1994-05-15).
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