This is a list of people from Cumberland, Maryland. * Frederick John Bahr (1837–1885) – immigrant from Baden, Germany; bought Wills Mountain, including the narrows and Lovers Leap, to avoid the encroachment of the Civil War, settled there with his family in a cabin on the top of the mountain * Rod Breedlove (born 1938) – former football linebacker, played eight seasons in the National Football League with the Washington Redskins and the Pittsburgh Steelers, 1960–1967 * Earle Bruce (1931–2018) – football player and coach, most notably a head coach at Ohio State. Inducted in the College Football Hall of Fame * Wright Butler – architect of Allegany Courthouse * Harry Clarke (1916–2005) – football player, two touchdowns in 1940 NFL Championship Game in Chicago Bears' 73–0 victory over Was