Washington, D.C. (usa)

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. ranks 27th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Rio de Janeiro, Montevideo, and Munich. The most famous people from Washington, D.C. are Al Gore, Marvin Gaye, and Raymond Davis Jr.. The most famous people who died in Washington, D.C. are Abraham Lincoln, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and John von Neumann. Washington, D.C. has been the birth place of many actors, and politicians and the death place of many politicians, and military personnels. Washington, D.C. is located in United States.

Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia and commonly known as simply Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States. The city is separated from Virginia to its southwest by the Potomac River and shares land borders with Maryland to its north and east. It was named after George Washington, a Founding Father and the first president of the United States. The district is named for Columbia, the female personification of the nation. Read more on Wikipedia