List of people from Massachusetts
This is a list of people from Massachusetts. It includes both notable people born in the Commonwealth, and other notable people who are from the Commonwealth.
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Contents
Architects
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- Charles Bulfinch, architect
- William LeBaron Jenney, architect
- Samuel McIntire, architect
- Josep Lluís Sert, Spanish architect; Dean of Harvard Graduate School of Design
Artists
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- Frank Weston Benson, painter
- John Singleton Copley, painter
- Thomas Dewing, painter
- Charles Dana Gibson
- Duff Goldman, cake artist
- Nancy Graves (1939–1995), sculptor, painter, engraver and film director
- Childe Hassam, painter
- Winslow Homer, painter
- Peter Laird, co-creator of the comic book Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Fitzhugh Lane, painter
- Jack Levine, painter
- Shawn McManus, comic book artist
- Willard Metcalf, painter
- Tony Millionaire, cartoonist, illustrator
- Lilla Cabot Perry (1848–1933), impressionist
- Ted Rall, political cartoonist
- Robert Reid, painter
- René Ricard, poet, art critic, painter
- Norman Rockwell, artist
- Paul Ryan, cartoonist
- Albert Pinkham Ryder, painter
- Mark Shasha, painter, author
- Stass Shpanin, visual artist listed in Guinness Book of World Records as world's youngest professional artist
- Edward Simmons, painter
- Frank Stella, artist
- Andrew Stevovich, artist
- Edmund Charles Tarbell, painter
- Abbott Handerson Thayer, painter
- James Abbott McNeill Whistler, artist
- N. C. Wyeth (1882–1945), artist
Sculptors
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- Cyrus Edwin Dallin (1861–1944), sculptor; Olympic archer; namesake of Cyrus E. Dallin Art Museum
- Daniel Chester French (1850–1931), neoclassical sculptor
Athletes
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- Kim Adler, bowler
- Harry Agganis, baseball player
- Kiko Alonso, football player
- Tony Amonte, hockey player
- Prince Amukamara, football player
- Jim Arvanitis, martial artist, MMA trainer
- Paul Azinger, golfer, television commentator
- Jerry Azumah, football player
- Jeff Bagwell, baseball player
- Tom Barrasso, hockey player
- Dana Barros, basketball player
- Shawn Bates, hockey player
- David Bavaro, football player
- Mark Bavaro, football player
- Mark Bellhorn, baseball player
- Joe Bellino, football player, Heisman Trophy winner
- Jason Bere, baseball player
- Mackenzy Bernadeau, football player
- Travis Best, basketball player
- David Blatt, Israeli-American basketball player and coach, most recently for the Cleveland Cavaliers
- Ron Brace, football player
- Andy Brickley, hockey player
- Charles Brickley, football player and coach
- Nick Buoniconti, football player
- Joe Burns, baseball player
- Chris Capuano, baseball pitcher
- Mary Carew, sprinter, Olympic gold medalist
- Michael Carter-Williams, basketball player
- John Cena, professional wrestler
- Jacques Cesaire, football player
- Gosder Cherilus, football player
- Jack Chesbro, Hall of Fame baseball player
- Alex Cobb, baseball player
- Mickey Cochrane, Hall of Fame baseball player
- Chris Colabello, baseball player
- Tim Collins, baseball player
- Todd Collins, football player
- Marc Colombo, football player
- Tony Conigliaro, baseball player
- Stephen Cooper, football player
- Jim Craig, USA Olympic hockey player, 1980 Lake Placid
- Honey Craven, equestrian
- Candy Cummings, Hall of Fame baseball player
- Ron Darling, baseball pitcher, television commentator
- Vinny Del Negro, basketball player, head coach
- Manny Delcarmen, baseball pitcher
- Zak DeOssie, football player for New York Giants
- Mike DeVito, football player for Kansas City Chiefs
- Art Ditmar, baseball pitcher
- Oliver Drake, baseball pitcher
- Rich Dubee, baseball coach
- Matt Duffy, baseball player
- Mike Eruzione, USA Olympic hockey player, 1980 Lake Placid
- Patrick Ewing, Hall of Fame basketball player
- Mark Fidrych, baseball pitcher, 1976 AL rookie of the year
- Ray Fitzgerald, baseball player
- Kenny Florian, UFC Fighter
- Doug Flutie, NFL quarterback, CFL Hall of Famer, Heisman Trophy winner
- Chris Gamble, football player
- Breno Giacomini, football player
- Mario Giannelli, football player
- Peter Giunta, football coach
- Tom Glavine, baseball pitcher
- Brandon Gomes, baseball pitcher
- Colin Grafton, figure skater
- Tom Grieve, baseball player, sportscaster
- Brent Grimes, football player
- Josh Grispi, WEC fighter
- Bill Guerin, hockey player
- Marvin Hagler, champion boxer
- Matt Hasselbeck, football player
- Tim Hasselbeck, football player
- Steven Hauschka, football player
- Fran Healy, baseball player, announcer
- Chris Herren, basketball player
- Rich Hill, baseball pitcher
- Erik Howard, football player
- Emil Igwenagu, football player
- James Ihedigbo, football player
- Jarrett Jack, basketball player
- Tim Keefe, 19th-century baseball pitcher
- Nancy Kerrigan, Olympic figure skater
- Joe Lauzon, UFC fighter
- Peter Laviolette, hockey player, head coach
- Erika Lawler, U.S Olympic women's hockey team
- Michael Leach, tennis player
- Dana LeVangie, baseball player, coach
- Howie Long, Hall of Fame football player, sportscaster
- Rocky Marciano, undefeated heavyweight boxer
- Lou Merloni, baseball player
- Alex Meyer, Olympic open water swimmer
- Mike Milbury, hockey player and coach
- Wayne Millner, Hall of Fame football player and coach
- Joe Morris, football player
- Nerlens Noel, basketball player
- Ryan O'Rourke, baseball player
- Kassim Osgood, football player
- Jay Pandolfo, hockey player
- Craig Patrick, hockey player
- Carlos Peña, baseball player
- Joe Philbin, football coach
- Brian Piccolo, football player
- Tom Poti, hockey player
- John Quinlan, professional wrestler
- Aly Raisman (born 1994), Olympic gymnast
- Jeff Reardon, baseball player
- Jerry Remy, baseball player, broadcaster
- Jim Renner, golfer
- Jorge Rivera, UFC fighter
- Richard Rodgers, football player
- Jeremy Roenick, hockey player
- Annette Rogers, sprinter, Olympic gold medalist
- Dan Ross, football player
- David Sacco, hockey player
- Joe Sacco, hockey player
- Alicia Sacramone, Olympic gymnast
- Anthony Sherman, NFL player
- Simon Shnapir, Olympic medalist pairs skater
- Jarrod Shoemaker, triathlete
- Craig Smith, basketball player
- Lofa Tatupu, football player
- Keith Tkachuk, hockey player
- Jordan Todman, football player
- Mark van Eeghen, football player
- Noah Vonleh, basketball player
- Pete Walker, baseball pitcher, coach
- Micky Ward, boxer
- Turk Wendell, baseball pitcher
- Jerry White, baseball player
- Jermaine Wiggins, football player
- Brian Wilson, baseball pitcher
- Mark Wohlers, baseball pitcher
- Wilbur Wood, baseball pitcher
- Antoine Wright, basketball player
- Paul Wylie, Olympic figure skater
Business
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- Sheldon Adelson, chief executive officer of Las Vegas Sands Corp.
- Michael Bloomberg, founder of Bloomberg L.P.
- Amar Bose, inventor
- Edward Goodwin Burnham, industrialist, Connecticut state senator
- Safra A. Catz, president of Oracle Corporation
- John S. Chen, chief executive officer of BlackBerry Ltd.
- Al Davis, former owner of the Oakland Raiders (deceased 2011)
- Elias Hasket Derby, reportedly America's first millionaire
- William C. Durant, founder of General Motors and Chevrolet
- John Wesley Emerson, founder of the Emerson Electric Company
- Aaron Feuerstein, inventor
- Reed Hastings, chief executive officer of Netflix
- Elias Howe, inventor of the sewing machine
- Irwin M. Jacobs, co-founder and former chairman of Qualcomm
- Howard Deering Johnson, founder of the Howard Johnson's chain
- Leo Kahn, co-founder of Staples Inc.
- Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots
- Jeffrey Lurie, owner of the Philadelphia Eagles
- George Swinnerton Parker, founder of Parker Brothers games
- Sumner Redstone, entertainment mogul
- Henry Huttleston Rogers, industrialist
- Jes Staley, chief executive officer of Barclays
- Jack Welch, chief executive officer of General Electric (1981–2001)
- Eli Whitney, inventor of the cotton gin and interchangeable parts
- Oliver Winchester, founder of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company
- Robert Wolf, Chairman and CEO of UBS's Group Americas division
Crime
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- James J. "Whitey" Bulger
- Albert DeSalvo
- Thomas DeSimone
- "Anthony the Animal" Fiato
- Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi
- Jimmy Flynn
- David Gilbert
- George "Boston George" Jung
- Bernard "Bernie" McLaughlin
- Edward "Punchy" McLaughlin
- James "Buddy" McLean
- James "Spike" O'Toole
- Jacob D. Robida
- Alex Rocco
- "Handsome Johnny" Roselli
- Frank Salemme
- Frank Wallace
- Howie Winter
Entertainment
Comedians
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- Orny Adams, comedian, actor, Teen Wolf
- Fred Allen, radio comedian
- Anthony Barbieri, comedy writer and performer, Jimmy Kimmel Live!
- Mike Birbiglia, comedian
- Andrew Bowen, comedian, MADtv
- Bo Burnham, comedian
- Bill Burr, comedian, actor
- Louis C.K., comedian, actor, director, Louie
- Mario Cantone, comedian
- Steve Carell, comedian, actor, The Office US
- Robert Carlock, producer, writer, 30 Rock
- Jessica Chaffin, comedian and actor, The Heat
- Lenny Clarke, comedian and actor, Rescue Me
- Dane Cook, comedian and actor; Retaliation, Harmful If Swallowed (Arlington)
- Nate Corddry, comedian, actor, The Daily Show
- Rob Corddry, comedian, actor, The Daily Show
- Bill Cosby, comedian, actor, producer, The Cosby Show
- Rob Delaney, comedian, writer
- Jamie Denbo, comedienne, actress, Terriers
- Nick DiPaolo, comedian
- Rachel Dratch, comedienne, Saturday Night Live
- John Ennis, comedian, actor, Mr. Show with Bob and David
- Spike Feresten, comedy writer, television personality
- Christian Finnegan, comedian, actor, Are We There Yet?
- Gary Gulman, comedian
- Pete Holmes, comedian, comedy writer, television personality, voice-over actor
- Penn Jillette, comedian, illusionist, juggler, writer
- Mindy Kaling, comedian, actress The Office US, The Mindy Project
- Robert Kelly, comedian, actor, NYC 22
- Jen Kirkman, comedian, actress, writer, SuperNews!
- John Krasinski, comedian, actor The Office US
- Denis Leary, comedian and actor
- Jay Leno, comedian and talk show host
- Jason Mantzoukas, comedian and writer, The League
- Matt Mira, comedian, writer, and podcaster
- Eugene Mirman, comedian and writer, Bob's Burgers
- BJ Novak, comedian, actor, head writer of The Office US
- Conan O'Brien, comedian and talk show host
- Patrice O'Neal, comedian, writer
- John Pinette, comedian, actor
- Amy Poehler, comedian, actress, Parks and Recreation
- Paula Poundstone, comedian
- Joe Rogan, comedian, actor
- Faith Salie, comedian, actress, radio host, Significant Others
- Matt Selman, writer, producer, The Simpsons
- Jenny Slate, comedian, actress, Saturday Night Live
- Doug Stanhope, comedian
- Steve Sweeney, comedian and actor
- Jimmy Tingle, comedian and actor
- Nancy Walls, comedian, actress
- Steven Wright, comedian, actor (Burlington)
Television and film
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- Ben Affleck, Oscar-winning screenwriter, director and actor; Good Will Hunting, The Town, Argo (Cambridge)
- Casey Affleck, actor
- Jack Albertson, Academy Award-winning actor
- Jane Alexander, Emmy and Tony Award-winning actress
- Kristian Alfonso, actress
- Christopher Allport, actor
- Shawn Andrews, actor
- John Ashton, actor
- Elizabeth Banks, actress
- Susan Batson, actress, producer
- Michael Beach, actor
- Paul Benedict, actor
- Traci Bingham, actress, model
- Vail Bloom, actress
- Verna Bloom, actress
- Eric Bogosian, actor, playwright; Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Talk Radio (Woburn)
- Ray Bolger, actor
- Walter Brennan, Academy Award-winning actor
- Paget Brewster, actress
- Phil Brown, actor
- Wally Brown, actor
- Jere Burns, actor
- Steve Carell, The Office, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Anchorman (Acton)
- Richard Carle, actor
- Corey Carrier, actor
- Max Casella, actor
- Peggy Cass, actress, comedian
- John Cazale, actor
- John Cena, WWE Champion (West Newbury)
- Kevin Chapman, actor
- Michael Chiklis, actor
- Etan Cohen, screenwriter
- Misha Collins, actor
- Jennifer Coolidge, actress
- Nate Corddry, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Studio 60 (Weymouth)
- Rob Corddry, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, (Weymouth)
- Marcia Cross, Desperate Housewives (Marlborough)
- Monique Gabriela Curnen, actress
- Jane Curtin, actress
- Matt Damon, Academy Award-winning screenwriter and actor; Good Will Hunting, The Bourne Identity, The Departed (Cambridge)
- Bette Davis, actress
- Geena Davis, Academy Award-winning actress; Thelma and Louise (Wareham)
- Ken Doane, WWE Superstar (Worcester)
- Ed Donovan, Monster, Acts of Mercy (South Boston)
- Jeffrey Donovan, actor; Burn Notice (Amesbury)
- Illeana Douglas, actress
- Rachel Dratch, Saturday Night Live (Lexington)
- Anne Dudek, actress
- Olympia Dukakis, Academy Award-winning actress
- Eliza Dushku, actress
- Richard Dysart, actor
- Lisa Edelstein, actress
- Ben Edlund, producer, writer
- Charles H. Eglee, Emmy Award-winning television producer and writer
- Lee Eisenberg, producer, writer
- John Enos III, actor
- Kathryn Erbe, actress
- Chris Evans, Fantastic Four (Sudbury)
- Guy Ferland, film and television director
- Betty Field, actress
- Alison Folland, actress
- Ben Foster, actor
- Arlene Francis, actress
- Samuel Fuller, director, screenwriter
- Sabina Gadecki, model, actress
- Christos Gage, screenwriter
- Pamela Gidley, actress
- Ray Girardin, actor
- Paul Michael Glaser, actor, director
- Nick Gomez, director
- Ruth Gordon, actress
- Sprague Grayden, actress
- Ari Graynor, actress
- Adam Green, actor, director, screenwriter
- Lynnie Greene, actress, writer, producer
- Clark Gregg, actor, screenwriter
- Scott Grimes, actor
- Paul Guilfoyle, actor
- Anthony Michael Hall, actor
- Pooch Hall, actor
- Neil Hamilton, actor
- Jane Hamsher, film producer
- Ziad Hamzeh, director, writer, producer
- Van Hansis, actor
- Jay Harrington, actor
- Jesse Heiman, actor
- John Michael Higgins, actor
- Nichole Hiltz, actress
- Marin Hinkle, actress
- Judith Hoag, actress
- John Hodgman, The Daily Show, "I'm a PC" in Get a Mac (Brookline)
- Hal Holbrook, actor
- Ann Jillian, actress
- Amy Jo Johnson, actress
- Chris J. Johnson, actor
- JoJo, actress, singer
- Jennifer Jostyn, actress
- Madeline Kahn, actress, singer
- Mindy Kaling, Cambridge (The Office)
- Ben Karlin, Needham (The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Colbert Report)
- David E. Kelley, Emmy Award-winning writer and producer
- Jean Louisa Kelly, actress
- Arthur Kennedy, actor
- John Krasinski, The Office (Newton)
- Ben Kurland, The Artist (Newton)
- Denis Leary, Rescue Me (Worcester)
- Matt LeBlanc, Friends (Newton)
- Rex Lee, actor
- Jack Lemmon, Academy Award-winning actor
- Jay Leno, The Tonight Show (Andover)
- Joseph E. Levine, producer
- Richard Libertini, actor
- Alexander Mackendrick, director
- Nora Marlowe, actor
- Erica McDermott, actress
- Neal McDonough, actor
- Richard McGonagle, actor
- Melinda McGraw, actress
- Ed McMahon, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Star Search (Lowell)
- Terrence E. McNally, actor
- Julie McNiven, actress
- Maria Menounos, Entertainment Tonight, Extra (Medford)
- Jan Miner, actress
- William Monahan, screenwriter
- Agnes Moorehead, Emmy Award-winning actress
- David Morse, actor
- Robert Morse, actor, singer
- Ebon Moss-Bachrach, actor
- Bridget Moynahan, actress
- Peter Murnik, actor
- Donna Murphy, actress
- Alexandra Neil, actress
- Barry Newman, actor
- Julianne Nicholson, actress
- Leonard Nimoy, Star Trek, IMAX voiceover (Boston)
- Alessandro Nivola, actor
- Edward Norton, American History X, Fight Club (Boston)
- B.J. Novak, The Office (Newton)
- Conan O'Brien, Late Night with Conan O'Brien (Brookline)
- Tricia O'Kelley, actress
- Gretchen Palmer, actress
- Benjamin John Parrillo, actor
- Estelle Parsons, Academy Award-winning actress
- Adrian Pasdar, actor
- Elizabeth Perkins, actress
- John Bennett Perry, actor
- Matthew Perry, actor
- Rebecca Pidgeon, actress
- Joseph Pilato, actor
- Maryann Plunkett, actress
- Amy Poehler, Saturday Night Live, Parks and Recreation (Burlington)
- Ellen Pompeo, Old School, Grey's Anatomy (Everett)
- Robert Preston, actor
- Alan Rachins, actor
- Natalie Ramsey, actress
- Joseph D. Reitman, actor
- James Remar, actor
- Patrick Renna, actor
- Robert Richardson, Academy Award-winning cinematographer
- Alex Rocco, actor
- Eli Roth, director, screenwriter, actor; Hostel (Newton)
- Harold Russell, Academy Award-winning actor
- Kurt Russell, actor, Escape from New York (Springfield)
- Damien Sandow, born Aaron Haddad, professional wrestler
- Alex Schemmer, actor
- Taylor Schilling, actress
- Fred J. Scollay, actor
- Tom Everett Scott, actor
- John Slattery, actor
- Hillary B. Smith, actress
- Paul L. Smith, actor
- Talisa Soto, actress
- James Spader, Emmy Award-winning actor; The Blacklist, Boston Legal (Boston)
- Andrew Stanton, director, screenwriter, producer
- David Starzyk, actor
- Skipp Sudduth, actor
- Erik Per Sullivan, actor
- Liam Kyle Sullivan, the "Kelly" Skits (Boston)
- Julie Taymor, director
- Casey Patrick Tebo, director
- Robin Thomas, actor
- Uma Thurman, actress, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill (Amherst)
- TJ Thyne, actor
- Maura Tierney, actress
- Nancy Travis, actress
- Jonathan Tucker, actor
- Paige Turco, actress
- Anne Twomey, actress
- Steven Tyler, actor, musician, TV personality (Lynn, Marshfield)
- Steven Van Zandt, actor
- Donnie Wahlberg, actor and musician
- Mark Wahlberg, actor and former musician; Entourage, The Departed, Ted (Dorchester)
- Nancy Walls, Saturday Night Live, The Office (Cohasset)
- Barbara Walters, television journalist and personality (Boston)
- Johnny Washbrook, child actor
- Sam Waterston, actor
- William A. Wellman, Academy Award-winning director
- Lyle R. Wheeler, Academy Award-winning art director (Woburn)
- Brian J. White, actor, dancer
- Kristen Wilson, actress
- Alicia Witt, actress (Worcester)
- Kenny Wormald, dancer, actor
- George Wyner, actor
- Greg Yaitanes, director
- Michael Yebba, actor, screenwriter
- Rob Zombie, The Devil's Rejects (Haverhill)
Radio
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- Dean Barnett, occasional fill-in radio host for Hugh Hewitt
- Liane Hansen, senior host of NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday
- Ray and Tom Magliozzi, of Car Talk
- Leslie Marshall, radio talk host
- Henry Joseph Nasiff Jr., former Howard Stern Show regular
- Ryen Russillo, sports radio host
- Paul Sullivan, radio talk host
Hosts, sportscasters, and television personalities
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- Tom Bergeron, television personality and game show host
- Michelle Bonner, ESPN SportsCenter and ESPNEWS anchor
- Susie Castillo, MTV VJ and 2003 Miss USA
- Liz Claman, anchor for Fox Business Network's Countdown to the Closing Bell
- Bertha Coombs, general assignment reporter for CNBC
- S. E. Cupp, conservative pundit and Crossfire panelist
- Fred Cusick, play-by-play announcer for the Boston Bruins
- Arwa Damon, video correspondent for CNN International and CNN based in Iraq
- Damien Fahey, MTV VJ
- Josh Gates, explorer and host of Destination Truth on Syfy network
- John King, CNN chief national correspondent
- Steve Kornacki, political commentator on MSNBC and host of Up
- Josh Lewin, play-by-play announcer for the Texas Rangers
- Maria Menounos, television presenter for Entertainment Tonight and Access Hollywood
- Dave O'Brien, ESPN sportscaster
- Lawrence O'Donnell, political commentator on MSNBC and host of The Last Word
- Don Orsillo, play-by-play announcer for the Boston Red Sox
- Gil Santos, WBZ, voice of the New England Patriots
- John Sencio, host of Cash In The Attic for HGTV, an MTV VJ during 1990s, actor and musician
- George Stephanopoulos, chief political correspondent for ABC News, co-anchor of Good Morning America
- Lesley Visser, sportscaster, Boston Globe sportswriter, co-host of The NFL Today
- Suzyn Waldman, sportscaster for WCBS-AM and color commentator for the New York Yankees
- Mike Wallace, television personality and journalist, 60 Minutes correspondent
- Barbara Walters, television personality and journalist, The View creator and co-host
Founders
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- John Adams, born in Braintree
- Samuel Adams, born in Boston
- Benjamin Franklin, born in Boston
- John Hancock, born in Braintree
- Pilgrims, the first settlers
- Elizabeth Poole, foundress of Taunton, in 1637; the first woman to have founded a town in the Americas
Literature
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- Herbert Baxter Adams, educator, historian
- Louisa May Alcott, author, Little Women (Concord)
- Horatio Alger, Jr., author
- Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, author, In the Forests of the Night, Demon in my View (Concord)
- Mike Barnicle, journalist
- Peter Beinart, journalist (Cambridge)
- Edward Bellamy, author and socialist
- James Bennet, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic
- Amalie Benjamin, journalist, The Boston Globe
- Elizabeth Bishop, poet (Worcester)
- Anne Bradstreet, poet
- William Cullen Bryant, poet
- Augusten Burroughs, Running with Scissors (Amherst)
- Robert Ellis Cahill, folklorist, author, some three dozen books on New England history and lore (Salem)
- John Casey, author
- Robert Cormier, author, columnist (Leominster)
- Bernard Cornwell, created Richard Sharpe (Chatham)
- E. E. Cummings, poet (Cambridge)
- Steve Curwood, journalist, author (Boston)
- Stephen Daye, printer
- Emily Dickinson, poet (Amherst)
- E. J. Dionne, liberal op-ed columnist for The Washington Post (Boston)
- W. E. B. Du Bois, author, editor, historian, The Souls of Black Folk (Great Barrington)
- Andre Dubus III, author
- Will Durant, writer, historian, philosopher (North Adams)
- Gordon Edes, sports journalist
- Dave Eggers, author
- Ralph Waldo Emerson, poet, Nature, The Transcendentalist (Concord)
- Dan Fitzpatrick, author (Fairhaven, Shelburne Falls)
- George Frazier, journalist (Boston)
- Robert Frost, poet (Lawrence)
- Linda Gaboriau, dramaturg and literary translator (Boston)
- Nicholas Gage, writer and journalist (Worcester)
- John Kenneth Galbraith, author, educator, and public official
- Peter Gammons, sportswriter (Boston)
- Khalil Gibran, artist, poet, writer
- George Gilder, author, intellectual (Tyringham)
- Ellen Goodman, journalist, syndicated columnist
- Edward Gorey, author and illustrator
- Nathaniel Hawthorne, author, The Scarlet Letter (Salem)
- George V. Higgins, columnist, author, The Friends of Eddie Coyle
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., poet and essayist (Cambridge)
- Helen Maria Hunt Jackson, author
- Sebastian Junger, author, journalist
- Janice Kaplan, novelist, magazine editor
- Jack Kerouac, author, On the Road (Lowell)
- Ronald Kessler, journalist, author, In the President's Secret Service (Belmont)
- Richard Kindleberger, reporter, editor, The Boston Globe (Lincoln)
- Peter King, sportswriter, author
- Jonathan Kozol, author, educator, activist
- Stanley Kunitz, poet, Poet Laureate of the United States (Worcester)
- Peter Laird, comic book creator of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Timothy Leary, psychologist, author, Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out (Springfield)
- Dennis Lehane, author
- Mark Leibovich, journalist and author, The New Imperialists (Boston)
- Henry Cabot Lodge, author and public official
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882), author
- James Russell Lowell, poet (Fireside Poets)
- Michael Patrick MacDonald, author, activist, All Souls (South Boston)
- William Manchester, author and biographer
- Tony Massarotti, sportswriter, The Boston Globe (Waltham)
- Stephen McCauley, The Object of My Affection (Woburn)
- Will McDonough, sportswriter for the Boston Globe (South Boston)
- Eileen McNamara, columnist, The Boston Globe (Cambridge)
- Susan Minot, novelist, short story writer (Boston, Manchester)
- Robin Moore, author, The Green Berets (Boston)
- Orson Desaix Munn I, publisher of Scientific American (Monson)
- Marvin Olasky, author, editor-in-chief of WORLD Magazine
- Charles Olson, poet (Worcester)
- Thomas Paine, Common Sense
- Robert B. Parker, author (Springfield)
- Bliss Perry, literary critic, writer, editor (Williamstown)
- Charlie Pierce, sportswriter, political blogger, author
- Daniel Pipes, author, In the Path of God (Boston, Cambridge)
- Sylvia Plath, poet, author, and essayist, The Bell Jar (Boston)
- Edgar Allan Poe, author and poet, "The Raven", "The Fall of the House of Usher" (Boston)
- Rufus Porter, founder of Scientific American magazine (Boxford)
- Douglas Preston, author, The Book of the Dead (Cambridge)
- John Rennie, editor-in-chief of Scientific American magazine
- R.A. Salvatore, author (Leominster)
- George Santayana, philosopher, essayist, poet, novelist, The Life of Reason (Boston)
- Daniel Scott, author, Some of Us Have to Get Up in the Morning, Pay This Amount (Braintree)
- Horace Scudder, man of letters, editor
- Dr. Seuss, born Theodor Seuss Geisel, author, poet and illustrator (Springfield)
- Anne Sexton, poet (Newton)
- Mark Shasha, author
- Dan Shaughnessy, sportswriter (Groton)
- Kyle Smith, film critic, novelist, essayist
- Jeff Stein, columnist
- Sabrina Tavernise, journalist (Granville)
- Michelle Tea, Rent Girl (Chelsea)
- Henry David Thoreau, philosopher, author, Walden (Concord)
- John Updike
- Edith Wharton, author
- John Greenleaf Whittier, poet and abolitionist
- Thomas E. Woods, Jr., author, historian (North Andover)
- Jane Yolen, author
Military
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Maxfield, Jared P, Civil War Maxfield, Jared P., Private, res: Lowell, 21, clerk, enlistered and mustered Nov 22, 1861; commissioned 2d Lieutenant from 1st Sergeant Feb 14, 1863; mustered to date Apr 18, 1863;
- Clarence Lionel Adcock, US Army, deputy to General Lucius D. Clay in 1946
- George Bancroft, Secretary of the Navy and founder of the US Naval Academy
- William Francis Buckley, US Army officer and CIA operative; died in 1985 while being tortured by the Islamist group Hezbollah
- George W. Casey, Jr., US Army general and Chief of Staff of the United States Army
- Christopher Cassidy, US Navy SEAL, NASA astronaut
- Joseph Dunford, United States Marine Corps general, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under Barack Obama
- John Wesley Emerson, Civil War commander
- General John Galvin, retired US Army; former dean of The Fletcher School at Tufts University
- Adolphus Greely, Polar explorer, US Army officer and recipient of the Medal of Honor
- Cyprian Howe (1726–1806), colonel in the American Revolutionary War
- Elmer J. Rogers, Jr. (1903–2002), United States Air Force lieutenant general
Music
Classical music
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- John Coolidge Adams (born 1947), composer (contemporary classical with strong roots in minimalism)
- Samuel Adler, composer and conductor, lived and studied for a time in Massachusetts before moving to New York
- Leroy Anderson (1908–1975), composer of short, light concert pieces
- Leonard Bernstein, conductor, composer, author, music lecturer and pianist of Ukrainian Jewish descent
- Sarah Caldwell (1924–2006), opera conductor, impresario and stage director of opera
- Michael Gandolfi, composer of contemporary classical music
- Serge Koussevitzky (Russian: Сергей Александрович Кусевицкий), born in Russia, composer and conductor Boston Symphony Orchestra; professor to Leonard Bernstein, Samuel Adler and Sarah Caldwell
- Yo-yo Ma, cellist
- Walter Piston (1894–1976), composer, music theorist and professor of Italian-American descent
- Roger Sessions (Roger Huntington Sessions, 1896–1985), composer, critic and teacher
- Randall Thompson (1899–1984), composer of choral works
Rock and other music
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- Akrobatik, rapper
- Nuno Bettencourt, singer and guitarist of Extreme
- Tracy Bonham, alternative rock musician
- Bobby Brown, singer
- Michael Burkett (also known as Fat Mike), singer, bassist of NOFX and owner of Fat Wreck Chords, born in Massachusetts
- Neil Cicierega, singer and internet cult icon
- Ray Conniff, easy-listening recording artist
- Rich Cronin, singer, LFO
- Danny Davis, country musician
- Brad Delp (deceased), lead singer of former bands Boston, RTZ
- Nicole Fiorentino, bass guitarist of The Smashing Pumpkins
- John Flansburgh, half of They Might Be Giants
- Stephen Foster, composer of folk and traditional music
- Barry Goudreau, guitars, backing vocals for Boston, RTZ, Ernie and the Automatics
- Norman Greenbaum, singer
- Tom Hamilton, bassist for Aerosmith
- Kay Hanley, singer (Letters to Cleo)
- Sib Hashian, drums, percussion, backing vocals for Boston, RTZ, Ernie and the Automatics
- Juliana Hatfield, guitarist, singer-songwriter
- Pete Francis Heimbold, of Dispatch
- JoJo, singer
- Sonya Kitchell, singer-songwriter
- Joey Kramer, drummer for Aerosmith
- Jordan Knight, singer-songwriter
- Phil Labonte, singer, All That Remains
- Aaron Lewis, lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of Staind
- John Linnell, one half of They Might Be Giants
- Mary Lou Lord, singer, guitarist
- Taj Mahal, blues musician
- J Mascis, singer-songwriters, guitarist for Dinosaur Jr
- Andrew McMahon, singer, pianist
- Jo Dee Messina, country artist
- Angie Miller, singer, songwriter
- Mike Ness, guitarist, vocalist, songwriter for Social Distortion
- Taecyeon Ok, actor, model, and member of South Korean pop group 2PM.
- Joe Perry, guitarist, singer for Aerosmith, The Joe Perry Project
- Linda Perry, singer-songwriter
- Wanda Perry-Josephs, singer
- Bobby "Boris" Pickett, singer ("Monster Mash")
- Rachel Platten, singer-songwriter
- Ruth Pointer, singer-songwriter of the Pointer Sisters
- Jonathan Richman, singer-songwriter in The Modern Lovers
- David Robinson, drummer, The Cars
- Tom Scholz, musician, composer for the band Boston
- Carly Simon, musician, singer, composer
- Slaine, hip-hop MC
- Spider One, singer
- Billy Squier, rock musician
- Donna Summer, singer-songwriter
- James Taylor, singer-songwriter, instrumentalist
- Meghan Trainor, singer-songwriter
- Chad Stokes Urmston, of Dispatch
- Brad Whitford, singer, guitarist for Aerosmith
- Alan Wilson, guitarist and singer for the band Canned Heat
- Rob Zombie, singer, director
Native people
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- King Philip (Metacomet), war chief of the Wampanoag
- Crispus Attucks (see below)
- Samoset
- Tisquantum (better known as Squanto)
- Caleb Cheeshahteaumuck, first Native American graduate of Harvard University
- Passaconaway, Pennacook sachem originally lived in Essex County
- Massasoit, chief of the Wampanoag in 1621
- Squaw Sachem, female tribal chief, sold her tribe's land, site of Winchester, Massachusetts[1]
People involved in the American Revolution
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- John Adams, revolutionary, later President
- Samuel Adams, revolutionary
- Crispus Attucks, first casualty of the war
- John Glover, revolutionary general
- John Hancock
- James Otis
- Robert Treat Paine
- William Prescott
- Paul Revere, revolutionary
- Deborah Sampson, soldier
- Artemus Ward, general, judge, statesman
- Dr. Joseph Warren, revolutionary
Public office
See Governor of Massachusetts for a complete list of governors from 1620 to the present.
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- John Adams, 2nd U.S. president and 1st vice president
- John Quincy Adams, 6th U.S. president
- Joe Arpaio, sheriff of Maricopa County in Arizona
- Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of New York City
- James Bowdoin, colonial governor
- Edward Brooke, U.S. Senator
- Andrew Card, State Rep., U.S. Secretary of Transportation, White House Chief of Staff
- Paul Cellucci, governor and U.S. Ambassador to Canada
- Calvin Coolidge, mayor, state representative, senator and governor, 30th U.S. president
- P.J. Crowley, Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs under President Obama
- James Michael Curley, Mayor of Boston and Governor of Massachusetts
- Susan Davis, U.S. representative of California
- Paul Douglas, senator of Illinois (1949–1967)
- Michael Dukakis, governor and 1988 Democratic nominee for president
- Edward Everett, 15th Governor of the Commonwealth; U.S. Secretary of State; remembered for his two-hour speech at Gettysburg before Abraham Lincoln's two-minute one
- Thomas Finneran, Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1996–2004)
- Richard Goodwin, speechwriter for John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Robert F. Kennedy; congressional investigator
- John Hancock, Governor of Massachusetts and President of the Continental Congress
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
- Thomas Hutchinson, governor
- Edward Kennedy, U.S. Senator
- John F. Kennedy, U.S. Congressman, U.S. Senator, 35th U.S. president
- Robert F. Kennedy, U.S. Attorney General and U.S. Senator (New York)
- John Forbes Kerry, U.S. Senator, 2004 Democratic nominee for president, Secretary of State under President Obama
- Harold Hongju Koh, Legal Adviser of the Department of State under President Obama
- David Kris, Assistant Attorney General under President Obama
- Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., U.S. Senator, U.S. Ambassador, and 1960 Republican nominee for Vice-President
- Ed Markey, Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives
- Gina McCarthy, EPA Administrator under President Obama
- Thomas Menino, longest-serving mayor of Boston
- Ernest Moniz, U.S. Secretary of Energy under President Obama
- Tip O'Neill, 55th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (1977–1987)
- Peter R. Orszag, Director of the Office of Management and Budget under President Obama
- Frances Perkins, U.S. Secretary of Labor (1933–1945) and first woman appointed to the U.S. Cabinet
- Orlando B. Potter, New York City congressman (1883–1885)
- Mitt Romney, former governor (2003–2007), 2012 Republican nominee for U.S. president
- Warren Rudman, U.S. Senator from New Hampshire (1980–1993);
- Cass Sunstein, Administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs under President Obama
- John E. Sununu, former Senator of New Hampshire
- Jane Swift, first and only female governor of Massachusetts
- John A. Volpe, U.S. Secretary of Transportation under President Nixon and Governor of Massachusetts
Religion
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- Francis Ellingwood Abbot, philosopher and theologian
- Richard Alpert (Ram Dass), spiritual teacher
- Russell Conwell, Baptist minister, orator, philanthropist, lawyer, and writer
- Mary Baker Eddy, founder of Christian Science
- Ralph Waldo Emerson, Unitarian and Transcendentalist
- Louis Farrakhan, Nation of Islam leader
- Edward Everett Hale, religious leader
- John Harvard, clergyman and namesake of Harvard University
- Bernard Francis Law, archbishop and cardinal
- Emmanuel Lemelson, Greek Orthodox priest, investor and philanthropist
- Cotton Mather, minister
- Increase Mather, minister
- Dwight Lyman Moody, evangelist
- Edmund Sears, Unitarian parish minister who penned "It Came upon the Midnight Clear" in 1849
- Samuel Webber, clergyman, mathematician, and academic
Science
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- Cyrus Alger, metallurgist, arms manufacturer and inventor
- Ethan Allen, co-inventor of the single-action revolver
- Jerome Apt, astronaut
- Nima Arkani-Hamed, theoretical physicist
- Elliot Aronson, psychologist
- Charlotte Barnum, mathematician
- Alexander Graham Bell, inventor
- Luther Burbank, horticulturist
- William Burt, inventor, surveyor, and millwright
- Vannevar Bush, engineer, inventor and science administrator
- Roderick Chisholm, philosopher
- Michael Cohen, first doctor to diagnose Proteus syndrome
- Morris Cohen, metallurgist
- William D. Coolidge, physicist
- William Healey Dall, naturalist, malacologist
- Daniel Dennett, cognitive scientist and philosopher
- Benjamin Franklin, scientist and public official
- Robert Goddard, inventor
- Temple Grandin, doctor of animal science and professor at Colorado State University
- Frederick Hauck, NASA astronaut
- Elias Howe, inventor
- Dan Itse, chemical engineer and New Hampshire public official
- Melvin Johnson, prominent firearms designer
- Richard Karp, computer scientist, computational theorist
- Alan Kay, computer scientist
- Nathaniel S. Keith, manufacturer, chemist, inventor, and electrical engineer
- Robert Lanza, medical doctor, scientist
- Erasmus Darwin Leavitt, Jr., mechanical engineer
- Henrietta Swan Leavitt, astronomer
- Gilbert N. Lewis, physical chemist, discovered covalent bonds
- Richard Lindzen, atmospheric physicist
- Arthur Little, chemist and chemical engineer
- Percival Lowell, astronomer
- John McCarthy, computer scientist, cognitive scientist
- Albert Abraham Michelson, physicist, first American to receive the Nobel Prize in science
- Samuel Finley Breese Morse, inventor and artist
- William T.G. Morton, dentist and physician
- Richard Muther, industrial engineer
- Lloyd Ohlin, sociologist and criminologist
- Jacob Perkins, inventor, mechanical engineer and physicist
- Gregory Pincus, scientist, developed birth-control pill
- Rufus Porter, inventor
- Albert Sacco, chemical engineer and Payload Specialist for NASA
- John Henry Schwarz, theoretical physicist
- Andrew Strominger, theoretical physicist
- Benjamin Thompson, physicist and inventor
- Edward Thorndike, psychologist
- Janice E. Voss, engineer, NASA astronaut
- Worcester Warner, mechanical engineer, astronomer
- Samuel Wellman, inventor of the crucible steel furnace
- Daniel Wesson, firearms designer
- Charles Abiathar White, geologist, paleontologist
- Frank C. Whitmore, chemist
- Eli Whitney, inventor
- Kenneth G. Wilson, theoretical physicist
- John Winthrop, mathematician, physicist, astronomer
- Robert Wood, physicist, inventor
- Sewall Wright, geneticist
Others
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- Susan B. Anthony, reformist
- F. Lee Bailey, attorney
- Harvey Ball, inventor of the smiley face
- David Bossie, president of conservative political action committee Citizens United
- Nathaniel Bowditch, mathematician
- Stephanie Cutter, Democratic Party operative
- Donald Davidson, philosopher
- Becky DelosSantos, Playboy Playmate of the Month, April 1994
- Dan Duquette, General Manager of the Baltimore Orioles
- Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, feminist historian
- Elizabeth Freeman, slave in Sheffield; sued for and won freedom on basis of state constitution, 1781
- William Lloyd Garrison, abolitionist
- Charles Garry, civil rights attorney
- Isaac Greenwood, mathematician
- Kevin Hassett, economist, specializing in macroeconomics and tax policy
- Abbie Hoffman, political activist, member of the Chicago Seven
- Shawnae Jebbia, Miss USA 1998
- Connie Mack, manager of the Philadelphia Athletics
- Horace Mann, educationist and abolitionist
- Grover Norquist, president of advocacy group Americans for Tax Reform
- Charles Sanders Peirce, logician, mathematician, philosopher, and scientist
- Carroll Quigley, historian and theorist of the evolution of civilizations
- Nathaniel Raymond, human-rights investigator and anti-torture advocate
- Ed Rollins, Republican campaign consultant and advisor
- Lothrop Stoddard, political scientist, historian, journalist, anthropologist, eugenicist
- Charles Pomeroy Stone, soldier, explorer, and engineer
- Neera Tanden, president of Center for American Progress
- Quock Walker, slave in Worcester County; won freedom on basis of state constitution, 1781
- Capt. Marty Welch, schooner captain
Famous politicians and other residents
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- Abigail Adams, advocate for women's rights and against slavery; second First Lady; wife of John Adams; mother of John Quincy Adams
- John Adams, 1st Vice President of the U.S., 2nd President of the U.S., 1800 Federalist presidential nominee
- John Quincy Adams, Congressman, Senator, 6th President of the U.S.
- Samuel Adams, patriot in the American Revolutionary War
- Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross[2]
- James "Whitey" Bulger, leader of The Winter Hill Gang awaiting trial*William Bulger, former President of the Massachusetts State Senate and former president of the University of Massachusetts
- George H. W. Bush, 43rd Vice President of the U.S., 41st President of the U.S.
- Paul Cellucci, Governor and United States Ambassador to Canada
- Calvin Coolidge, 29th Vice President of the U.S., 30th President of the U.S.
- James Michael Curley, Governor, Congressman, Mayor of Boston
- Michael Dukakis, Governor, 1988 Democratic presidential nominee
- Mark Foley, disgraced U.S. Congressmanl born in Newton
- Abby Kelley Foster, suffragist and abolitionist
- Margaret Fuller, feminist
- Elbridge Gerry, Congressman, Governor, 5th Vice President of the U.S., namesake of gerrymandering
- John Hancock, Governor, President of the Continental Congress
- Abbie Hoffman, political activist and founder of the Yippies
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., Supreme Court Justice
- Edward M. Kennedy, U.S. Senator, 1980 Democratic presidential candidate
- John F. Kennedy, U.S. Senator, 35th President of the U.S.
- Robert F. Kennedy, U.S. Senator (representing New York), 1968 Democratic presidential candidate
- John F. Kerry, incumbent U.S. Secretary of State, U.S. Senator, 2004 Democratic presidential nominee
- Henry Cabot Lodge, U.S. Senator, led the Senate opposition to the League of Nations
- Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., U.S. Senator, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., 1960 Republican vice presidential candidate
- Barry McCaffrey, four-star Army General, Drug Czar
- John W. McCormack, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
- Tip O'Neill, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
- Paul Revere, Patriot in the American Revolution
- Theodore Sedgwick, President pro tempore of the Senate, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
- Lucy Stone, suffragist and abolitionist
- Paul Tsongas, U.S. Senator, 1992 Democratic presidential candidate
- Henry Wilson, U.S. Senator, 18th Vice President of the U.S.
Inventors
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- Alexander Graham Bell, telephone (Salem)
- Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Internet; MIT professor (Lexington)
- Rachel Fuller Brown, antibiotics (Springfield )
- Robert Goddard, "father of modern rocketry" (Worcester)
- Charles Goodyear, vulcanized rubber (Woburn)
- Sylvester Graham, graham cracker (Northampton)
- Elias Howe, sewing machine (Spencer)
- Samuel Morse, Morse code (Charlestown)
- Benjamin Thompson, Rumford fireplace, thermal underwear (Woburn)
- An Wang, inventor, computer engineer, co-founder of Wang Laboratories
- Eli Whitney, cotton gin (Westborough)
See also
References
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