Rock stars, Olympians and more: These celebs all love the O's

BALTIMORE -- Los Angeles isn’t the only city where celebrities attend baseball games.

MLB has famous fans across the country who are frequent visitors to the league’s 30 ballparks. That includes Camden Yards, where well-known people with Baltimore roots (and sometimes even those without) can occupy the seats on any given night.

The Orioles have plenty of celebrity fans. Here’s a look at some of their famous supporters.

Joan Jett
The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer may be the O’s biggest celebrity superfan. She has thrown out first pitches, sang the national anthem (including at Game 1 of the 2023 American League Division Series vs. the Rangers), served as the “guest splasher” in the Bird Bath Splash Zone and mingled with players during batting practice.

A native of Wynnewood, Pa., who lived in Rockville, Md., for a period of her childhood, Jett is known to keep tabs on the Orioles even while performing shows.

“I usually take my phone on stage and I’ll put it on Gameday so I can pay attention to the score or whatever,” Jett told MLB.com in May 2024. “I have it on all the time and watch it live until I have to go on stage.”

Michael Phelps
The Baltimore native and 23-time Olympic gold medalist has been a frequent visitor to Camden Yards over the years. Phelps, who grew up competing at swim meets around the region, is unsurprisingly a supporter of his hometown team.

Although Phelps now lives in Arizona, he’ll wear black and orange when the O’s play in Phoenix -- even though he has friends who play/work for the D-backs.

“They knew I would be [wearing] this, they’d hear me saying, ‘O!’ during the national anthem,” Phelps told MLB.com before an Orioles-Diamondbacks game in April 2025. “I’m born and raised in Baltimore.”

All Time Low
The alternative rock band formed in Towson, Md., in 2003, and all four of its members -- lead vocalist/rhythm guitarist Alex Gaskarth, lead guitarist Jack Barakat, bassist/backing vocalist Zack Merrick and drummer Rian Dawson -- have attended Orioles games in the past.

In April 2023, Barakat met up with first baseman Ryan Mountcastle, a fan of the band who has used “Dear Maria, Count Me In” as his walk-up song in recent years because of a viral TikTok that featured Mountcastle belting out the notes of the tune.

“Getting that mutual respect back that I share for him and the O’s was a really cool experience,” Barakat told MLB.com at the time.

Edward Norton
Norton may have been born in Boston, but the actor grew up in Columbia, Md., where he graduated from Wilde Lake High School in 1987. Because of that, his character in “The Score” -- a 2001 film also starring Robert De Niro -- wears an Orioles hat in one scene.

In 2011, Norton once posted on social media how he’d like to see Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr. return to the O’s as either manager or general manager. That never happened, but Ripken rejoined the organization as an ownership partner in March 2024.

Josh Charles
Another actor with ties to the area, Charles is a Baltimore native who has often shared his fandom of both the Orioles and Ravens. He threw out the ceremonial first pitch prior to Game 2 of the 2012 ALDS against the Yankees.

Scott Van Pelt
Anybody who stays up late to watch Van Pelt host SportsCenter knows where he’s from. The University of Maryland product (who was born in Brookeville, Md.) frequently shares his affinity for his home state and several of its sports teams.

Van Pelt often attends games at Camden Yards, also throwing out the ceremonial first pitch prior to Game 1 of the 2024 AL Wild Card Series vs. the Royals.

Pat Sajak
The former Wheel of Fortune host is a longtime resident of Severna Park, Md. In December 2025, Sajak attended a Capitals game in Washington alongside Ripken.

But Sajak has frequently visited Camden Yards, too. Not only that, but he’s gone to Orioles Spring Training games while spending time in Florida.

Benji and Joel Madden (Good Charlotte)
The Madden Brothers (who are identical twins) were born in Waldorf, Md., before going on to help form the rock band Good Charlotte. They both have Orioles tattoos -- in fact, Benji even has two.

Both brothers have talked about how they track the O’s no matter where they’re at on the road.