Notable Residents of College Park

People who lived here, were shaped here, or shaped this place. Each profile is sourced. Know someone we should add? Tell us.

Co-inventor of the airplane; trained the Army's first pilots

Founder of the Maryland Agricultural College (now UMD)

The nation's first military aviator

First U.S. Army officer to solo a government airplane

Inventor of the disc record; early helicopter experimenter

Helicopter pioneer; founder of the Berliner Aircraft Company

University of Maryland coach, athletic director, and president

Creator of the Muppets and Kermit the Frog

Professional tennis player; US Open semifinalist

Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates