Writers from Washington, D.C.

American writer and playwright (1885–1951)

African-American social reformer, writer, and abolitionist (c. 1818–1895)

Ivana Marie "Ivanka" Trump is an American businesswoman. She is the second child of Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, and his first wife, Ivana Trump. Ivanka was a presidential advisor in her father's first administration (2017–2021).

English American author and journalist (1949–2011)

American technology executive, activist, and author

American playwright (1928–2016)

American businessman and Secretary of Defense (1916-2009)

Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson is an American conservative political commentator who hosts Tucker on X and The Tucker Carlson Show since 2023. He previously hosted the nightly political talk show Tucker Carlson Tonight on Fox News from 2016 to 2023, when his contract with Fox News was terminated. A longtime advocate of U.S. president Donald Trump, Carlson has been described as a high-profile proponent of Trumpism, and an influential voice in right-wing media. In 2026, Carlson publicly withdrew his support for Trump and apologized for "misleading" people into supporting him.

Caroline Bouvier Kennedy is an American author, diplomat, and attorney. She served as the United States ambassador to Japan from 2013 to 2017 and ambassador to Australia from 2022 to 2024. Most of Kennedy's professional life has been in literature, law, politics, education reform, and charity. She is a member of the Kennedy family and the only surviving child of President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.

Robert Francis Kennedy Jr., also known by his initials RFK Jr., is an American politician, environmental lawyer, author, conspiracy theorist, and anti-vaccine activist serving as the 26th United States secretary of health and human services since 2025. A member of the prominent Kennedy family, he is a son of Senator and US attorney general Robert F. Kennedy and a nephew of US president John F. Kennedy and US senator Ted Kennedy.

American diplomat and policy advisor (born 1964)

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since 1991

John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr., also referred to as JFK Jr. was an American businessman, attorney, magazine publisher, and journalist. He was the son of the 35th U.S. president John F. Kennedy, and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy.

American actor, writer, commentator, lawyer, teacher, humorist

American journalist (born 1944)

American film director

American historian, statesman, founder of United States Naval Academy (1800-1891)

American writer (1943-2020)

American actress

Amerie Mi Marie Rogers Nicholson (born January 12, 1980) is an American singer, songwriter, actress and writer. She has released four studio albums to date: All I Have (2002), Touch (2005), Because I Love It (2007), In Love & War (2009). She is best known for her 2005 single "1 Thing".

American educator and civil rights leader (1875-1955)

Second Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001

American novelist (1896–1953)

African-American author, educator, speaker and scholar (1858–1964)

American lawyer, politician, and U.S. Representative from Maryland since 2017

American communist leader (1943-)

German-Israeli immigrant to the United States, sociologist and political theorist of communitarianism

American writer

American politician and writer (1933–2024)

American filmmaker

American actor and fashion consultant

American lawyer and presidential adviser (1928–2010)

Second wife of President Jefferson Davis and First Lady of the Confederate States (1826–1906)

American bipolar disorder researcher

politician

American playwright

English-American journalist, writer, blogger

American writer

American author (born 1948)

American politician (1944-2002)

American politician and academic (1941–2025)

American cartoonist, illustrator and film director

American business writer

American botanist, mycologist and explorer (1869-1954)

American journalist

American political writer and pundit

American chess player and computer scientist (1929–2017)

American writer and men's rights and manosphere activist

American politician (1833-1914)

American music critic (born 1968)

American actress

American businesswoman and philanthropist (born 1944)

academic

American writer

American lawyer, author, and diplomat (1853-1922)

American historian (1937-2021)

American lawyer, journalist, and author (1889–1969)

36th govenor of Illinois (1922–2015)

American journalist, writer and libertarian (1923–1994)

American author, comic book writer, and ex-CIA officer