List of people from Massachusetts

This is a list of people from Massachusetts. It includes both people born in the state, and people famous for association with it.

Architects[edit]

Charles Bulfinch, American architect
Samuel McIntire, American architect
William LeBaron Jenney, American architect
Josep Lluís Sert, Catalan architect, Dean of Harvard Graduate School of Design.

Artists[edit]

Frank Weston Benson, painter
Lilla Cabot Perry (1848—1933), American impressionist
John Singleton Copley, painter
Thomas Dewing, painter
Charles Dana Gibson, graphic artist
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 success, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Fitzhugh Lane, painter
Shawn McManus, comic book artist
Willard Metcalf, painter
Tony Millionaire, cartoonist, illustrator
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 the Guinness Book of World Records as the youngest professional artist in the world
Edward Simmons, painter
Frank Stella, artist
Edmund Charles Tarbell, painter
Abbott Handerson Thayer, painter
James Abbott McNeill Whistler, artist

Sculptors:

Cyrus Edwin Dallin (1861–1944), sculptor (and Olympic archer). See Cyrus E. Dallin Art Museum.
Daniel Chester French (1850–1931), neoclassical sculptor. See Chesterwood in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.

Athletes[edit]

Harry Agganis, baseball player
Chris Alexander, baseball player
Tony Amonte, hockey player
Prince Amukamara, football player
Paul Azinger, golfer, golf analyst
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
Jason Bere, baseball player
Mark Bellhorn, baseball player
Joe Bellino, football player, Heisman Trophy Winner
Mackenzy Bernadeau, football player
Travis Best, basketball player
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 player
Gosder Cherilus, football player
Erika Lawler, U.S Olympic Women's Hockey Team
John Cena, professional wrestler
Jacques Cesaire, football player
Alex Cobb, baseball player
Mickey Cochrane, Hall-of-Fame baseball player
Tim Collins, baseball player
Todd Collins, football player
Marc Colombo, football player
Tony Conigliaro, baseball player
Stephen Cooper, football player
Bob Cousy, Hall of Fame basketball player
Jim Craig, USA Olympic hockey player, 1980 Lake Placid
Honey Craven, equestrian
Ron Darling, former starting pitcher, color commentator
Manny Delcarmen, baseball pitcher
Vinny Del Negro, basketball player, head coach
Zak DeOssie, football player for the New York Giants
Mike DeVito, football player for the New York Jets
Art Ditmar, baseball pitcher
Rich Dubee, pitching coach for the Philadelphia Phillies
Mike Eruzione, USA Olympic Hockey Player, 1980 Lake Placid
Patrick Ewing, Hall of Fame basketball player
Mark Fidrych, Baseball player, 1976 MLB AL. rookie of the year
Ray Fitzgerald, baseball player
Kenny Florian, UFC Fighter
Doug Flutie, NFL, Hall of Fame CFL Football Player, Heisman Trophy winner, founder of Flutie Flakes and The Doug Flutie Jr. Foundation for Autism
Chris Gamble, football player
Mario Giannelli, football player
Peter Giunta, football coach
Tom Glavine, baseball pitcher
Brandon Gomes, baseball pitcher
Tony Gonzalez, football player
Tom Grieve, baseball player, sportscaster
Josh Grispi, WEC Fighter
Bill Guerin, hockey player
Marvin Hagler, boxer
Matt Hasselbeck, football player
Tim Hasselbeck, football player
Fran Healy, baseball player, announcer
Chris Herren, former basketball player
Rich Hill, baseball pitcher
Erik Howard, football player
Emil Igwenagu, football player
James Ihedigbo, football player
Jarrett Jack, went to school in Worcester, Mass.
Tim Keefe, 19th century baseball pitcher
Nancy Kerrigan, Olympic figure skater
Bill Laimbeer, basketball player
Joe Lauzon, UFC Fighter
Michael Leach, tennis player
Howie Long, hall of fame football player
Rocky Marciano, boxer
Lou Merloni, baseball player
Alex Meyer, Olympic open water swimmer
Mike Milbury, hockey player
Wayne Millner, Hall of Fame football player and coach
Joe Morris, football player
Nerlens Noel, basketball player
Kassim Osgood, football player
Jay Pandolfo, hockey player
Craig Patrick, hockey player
Carlos Peña, baseball player
Joe Philbin, offensive coordinator
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, announcer
Jorge Rivera (fighter), UFC fighter
Jeremy Roenick, hockey player
David Sacco, hockey player
Joe Sacco, hockey player
Alicia Sacramone, olympic gymnast
Craig Smith, basketball player
Lofa Tatupu, football player
Keith Tkachuk, hockey player
Jordan Todman, football player
Micky Ward, boxer
Jerry White, baseball player
Brian Wilson, baseball pitcher
Jermaine Wiggins, football player
Mark Wohlers, baseball pitcher
Wilbur Wood, baseball pitcher
Antoine Wright, basketball player
Paul Wylie, Olympic figure skater
Gosder Cherilus, NFL Player
Anthony Sherman, NFL Player
Jim Renner, PGA Golfer
Colin Grafton Figure Skater

Business[edit]

Sheldon Adelson, CEO of Las Vegas Sands Corp.
Michael Bloomberg, founder of Bloomberg L.P.
Amar Bose, inventor
Safra A. Catz, President of Oracle Corporation
Al Davis, former owner of the Oakland Raiders (deceased 2011)
Elias Hasket Derby, Reportedly America's first millionaire
William Durant, founder of General Motors and Chevrolet
John Wesley Emerson, founder of the Emerson Electric Company
Aaron Feuerstein, inventor
Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix
Elias Howe, inventor of the sewing machine.
Irwin 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
Sumner Redstone, entertainment mogul
Henry Huttleston Rogers, industrialist
Jack Welch, CEO of General Electric 1981-2001
Eli Whitney, inventor of the cotton gin and interchangeable parts
Oliver Winchester, founder of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company

Crime[edit]

Entertainment[edit]

Comedians[edit]

Orny Adams, comedian, actor, Teen Wolf
Mike Birbiglia comedian
Andrew Bowen comedian, MADtv
Bo Burnham comedian
Bill Burr comedian
Louis C.K. comedian, director
Mario Cantone comedian
Steve Carell comedian, actor, The Office US
Robert Carlock, producer, writer, 30 Rock
Lenny Clarke comedian, stand up, and actor
Dane Cook comedian, stand up, and actor
Nate Corddry comedian, actor, The Daily Show
Rob Corddry comedian, The Daily Show
Bill Cosby comedian, actor
Rob Delaney comedian, writer
Jamie Denbo comedienne, actress, Terriers
Nick DiPaolo comedian
Rachel Dratch comedian
John Ennis comedian, actor, Mr. Show with Bob and David
Spike Feresten, comedy writer, TV personality
Christian Finnegan comedian, actor, Are We There Yet?
Gary Gulman comedian
Pete Holmes comedian, comedy writer, TV personality, voice-over actor
Penn Jillette comedian, illusionist, juggler, writer
Mindy Kaling comedian, actor The Office US
John Krasinski comedian, actor The Office US
Denis Leary comedian and actor
Jay Leno comedian and talk show host
Eugene Mirman comedian and writer, Bob's Burgers
BJ Novak comedian, actor, and head writer of The Office US
Conan O'Brien comedian and talk show host
Patrice O'Neal comedian, writer
John Pinette stand-up comedian, actor, Parker Lewis Can't Lose
Amy Poehler comedian, actress
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
Maura Tierney actress
Jimmy Tingle comedian and actor
Nancy Walls comedian, actress
Steven Wright comedian, actor

Actors and film people[edit]

Jack Albertson, actor
Jane Alexander, actress
Ben Affleck, Oscar-winning screenwriter, director & actor
Casey Affleck, actor
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
Ray Bolger, actor
Walter Brennan, actor
Paget Brewster, actress
Phil Brown, actor
Wally Brown, actor
Jere Burns, actor
Steve Carell, actor
Richard Carle, actor
Corey Carrier, actor
Max Casella, actor
Peggy Cass, actress, comedian
Kevin Chapman, actor
Michael Chiklis, actor
Etan Cohen, screenwriter
Misha Collins, actor
Jennifer Coolidge, actress
Marcia Cross, actress
Monique Gabriela Curnen, actress
Jane Curtin, actress
Matt Damon, Oscar-winning screenwriter & actor
Bette Davis, actress
Geena Davis, Oscar-winning actress
Jeffrey Donovan, actor
Illeana Douglas, actress
Anne Dudek, actress
Olympia Dukakis, Oscar-winning actress
Eliza Dushku, actress
Richard Dysart, actor
Lisa Edelstein, actress
Ben Edlund, producer, writer
Charles H. Eglee, Emmy-winning TV producer and writer
John Enos III, actor
Kathryn Erbe, actress
Chris Evans, actor
Guy Ferland, film & TV 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
Ziad Hamzeh, director, writer, producer
Paul Michael Glaser, actor, director
Nick Gomez, director
Ruth Gordon, actress
Sprague Grayden, actress
Adam Green, actor, director, screenwriter
Lynnie Greene, actress, writer, producer
Clark Gregg, actor, screenwriter
Scott Grimes, actor
Paul Guilfoyle, actor
Aaron Haddad, professional wrestler
Anthony Michael Hall, actor
Pooch Hall, actor
Jane Hamsher, film producer
Van Hansis, actor
Jay Harrington, actor
John Michael Higgins, actor
Nichole Hiltz, actress
Marin Hinkle, actress
Judith Hoag, actress
Hal Holbrook, actor
Ann Jillian, actress
Amy Jo Johnson, actress
Chris J. Johnson, actor
JoJo, actress, singer
Madeline Kahn, actress, singer
David E. Kelley, Emmy-winning writer and producer
Jean Louisa Kelly, actress
Arthur Kennedy, actor
John Krasinski, actor
Ben Kurland, actor
Matt LeBlanc, actor
Rex Lee, actor
Jack Lemmon, Oscar-winning actor
Joseph E. Levine, producer
Richard Libertini, actor
Nora Marlowe, actor
Alexander Mackendrick, director
Erica McDermott, actress
Neal McDonough, actor
Richard McGonagle, actor
Melinda McGraw, actress
Terrence E. McNally, actor
Julie McNiven, actress
Maria Menounos, actress
Jan Miner, actress
William Monahan, screenwriter
Agnes Moorehead, Emmy-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, actor, director
Alessandro Nivola, actor
Edward Norton, actor, director
Tricia O'Kelley, actress
Gretchen Palmer, actress
Benjamin John Parrillo, actor
Estelle Parsons, actress
Elizabeth Perkins, actress
John Bennett Perry, actor
Matthew Perry, actor
Rebecca Pidgeon, actress
Joseph Pilato, actor
Maryann Plunkett, actress
Ellen Pompeo, actress
Robert Preston, actor
Alan Rachins, actor
Joseph D. Reitman, actor
James Remar, actor
Patrick Renna, actor
Robert Richardson, Oscar-winning cinematographer
Alex Rocco, actor
Eli Roth, director, screenwriter, actor
Harold Russell, Academy Award-winning actor
Kurt Russell, actor
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-winning actor
Andrew Stanton, director, screenwriter, producer
David Starzyk, actor
Skipp Sudduth, actor
Erik Per Sullivan, actor
Julie Taymor, director
Casey Patrick Tebo, director
Robin Thomas, actor
Uma Thurman, actress
Nancy Travis, actress
Jonathan Tucker, actor
Paige Turco, actress
Anne Twomey, actress
TJ Thyne, actor
Steven Van Zandt, actor
Johnny Washbrook, child actor
Sam Waterston, actor
Donnie Wahlberg, actor and musician
Mark Wahlberg, actor and former musician
William A. Wellman, Oscar-winning director
Brian J. White, actor, dancer
Kristen Wilson, actress
Alicia Witt, actress
Kenny Wormald, dancer, actor
Greg Yaitanes, director
Michael Yebba, actor, screenwriter

Radio[edit]

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
Ramiro Torres, Boston-area radio personality

Hosts, Sportscasters, and TV Personalities[edit]

Tom Bergeron, an American television personality and game show host
Michelle Bonner, ESPN SportsCenter anchor & ESPNEWS anchor
Susie Castillo, current MTV VJ and 2003 Miss USA
Liz Claman, anchor for Fox Business Network's Countdown to the Closing Bell
S.E. Cupp, conservative pundit and Fox News contributor
Fred Cusick, play-by-play announcer for the Boston Bruins
Arwa Damon, video correspondent for CNN International and CNN based in Iraq
Damien Fahey, current MTV VJ
John King, CNN journalist/anchor, John King, USA
Josh Lewin, play-by-play announcer for the Texas Rangers
Maria Menounos, actress and television presenter known for hostess/correspondent work on both Entertainment Tonight and later 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
John Sencio, current host Cash In The Attic for HGTV, prominent MTV VJ during the 1990s, occasional actor and musician.
George Stephanopoulos, chief political correspondent for ABC News, co-anchor of Good Morning America
Suzyn Waldman, sportscaster for WCBS-AM and color commentator for the New York Yankees
Mike Wallace, journalist, game show host, 60 Minutes correspondent
Barbara Walters, television personalil
Gil Santos, WBZ, Voice of New England Patriots
Josh Gates, explorer and host of Destination Truth on Syfy

Founders[edit]

Pilgrims, first settlers
Elizabeth Poole, the foundress of Taunton, Massachusetts, in 1637; the first woman to have founded a town in the Americas.
Benjamin Franklin, born in Boston, Massachusetts
John Adams, born in Braintree, Massachusetts
John Hancock, born in Braintree, Massachusetts
Samuel Adams, born in Boston, Massachusetts

Literature[edit]

Herbert Baxter Adams, educator, historian
Louisa May Alcott, author, (Concord, Little Women)
Horatio Alger, Jr., author
Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, author (Concord, In the forests of the night, Demon in my View)
Mike Barnicle, journalist
Peter Beinart, journalist (Cambridge)
Edward Bellamy, author and socialist
Elizabeth Bishop, poet (Worcester)
Anne Bradstreet, poet
Augusten Burroughs (Amherst, Running with Scissors)
Robert Ellis Cahill, folklorist, author (Salem, some three dozen books on New England History and Lore)
Robert Cormier, author, columnist (Leominster)
Bernard Cornwell, (Chatham, created Richard Sharpe (fictional character))
William Cullen Bryant, poet
e.e. cummings, poet (Cambridge)
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 (Great Barrington, The Souls of Black Folk)
Andre Dubus III, author
Dave Eggers, author
Ralph Waldo Emerson, poet (Concord, Nature, The Transcendentalist)
Robert Frost, poet (Lawrence)
Nicholas Gage, writer and journalist (Worcester)
John Kenneth Galbraith, author, educator, and public official
Khalil Gibran, artist, poet, writer
Theodor Seuss Geisel, aka Dr.Seuss, author, poet and illustrator (Springfield)
George Gilder, author, intellectual (Tyringham)
Edward Gorey, author and illustrator
Nathaniel Hawthorne, author (Salem, The Scarlet Letter)
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., poet and essayist (Cambridge)
Helen Maria Hunt Jackson, author
Sebastian Junger, author, journalist
Jack Kerouac, author (Lowell, On the Road)
Peter King, sportswriter, author
Jonathan Kozol, author, educator, activist
Stanley Kunitz, poet (Worcester, Poet Laureate of the United States)
Peter Laird, Comic book creator of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Timothy Leary, psychologist, author (Springfield, Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out)
Dennis Lehane, author
Henry Cabot Lodge, author and public official
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Portland, ME, 1807 – Cambridge, MA, 1882), author
James Russell Lowell, poet (Fireside Poets)
Michael Patrick MacDonald, author, activist (South Boston, All Souls)
William Manchester, author and biographer
Stephen McCauley, (Woburn, The Object of My Affection)
Robin Moore, author (Boston, The Green Berets)
Marvin Olasky, author, editor-in-chief of WORLD Magazine
Charles Olson, poet (Worcester)
Thomas Paine, (Common Sense)
Daniel Pipes, author (Boston, Cambridge, In the Path of God)
Sylvia Plath, poet, author, and essayist (Boston, The Bell Jar)
Edgar Allan Poe, author and poet (Boston, "The Raven", "The Fall of the House of Usher")
Douglas Preston, author (Cambridge, The Book of the Dead)
R.A. Salvatore, author (Leominster)
George Santayana, philosopher, essayist, poet, novelist (Boston, The Life of Reason)
Daniel Scott (writer), author (Braintree, Some of Us Have to Get Up in the Morning, Pay This Amount)
Anne Sexton, poet (Newton)
Mark Shasha, author
Dan Shaughnessy, sports writer (Groton)
Kyle Smith, film critic, novelist, essayist
Jeff Stein, columnist
Michelle Tea, (Chelsea, Rent Girl)
Henry David Thoreau, philosopher, author (Concord, Walden)
John Updike (Reading, Pa, 1932 – Danvers, MA, 2009)
Edith Wharton, author
Thomas E. Woods, Jr., author, American historian (North Andover)
John Greenleaf Whittier, poet and abolitionist
Jane Yolen, author

Military[edit]

General John Galvin (Retired), US Army. Former Dean of The Fletcher School at Tufts University. Graduate of the United States Military Academy.
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.
John Wesley Emerson, Civil War commander
Adolphus Greely, Polar explorer, a United States Army officer and a recipient of the Medal of Honor.
Clarence Lionel Adcock, US Army, Deputy to General Lucius D. Clay in 1946
Cyprian Howe (1726–1806), Colonel in the American Revolutionary War
Elmer J. Rogers, Jr. (1903–2002), United States Air Force lieutenant general

Music[edit]

Classical Music[edit]

John Coolidge Adams (1947), American 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.
Yoyo Ma, famous cellist
Roger Sessions (Roger Huntington Sessions, 1896–1985), composer, critic and teacher.
Walter Piston (1894–1976), composer, music theorist and professor of Italian-American descent.
Randall Thompson (1899–1984), composer of choral works.

Rock and other music[edit]

Musicians

Ken Susi,Unearth and USA! USA! USA! metal/rock musician, producer and songwriter
Lou Barlow, alternative rock musician and songwriter
Frank Black, singer and guitarist of the Pixies
Bobby Brown singer
Nuno Bettencourt singer and guitarist of Extreme
Michael Burkett aka Fat Mike singer, bassist of NOFX and owner of Fat Wreck Chords, born in Massachusetts.
Neil Cicierega, singer and internet cult icon
Rich Cronin, singer (LFO)
Ray Conniff, Easy Listening Recording Artist
Danny Davis, country musician
Brad Delp, deceased, lead singer of former bands (Boston, RTZ)
John Flansburgh, one half of They Might Be Giants
Stephen Foster, composer (folk music, traditional music)
Norman Greenbaum, singer
Barry Goudreau guitars,backing vocals (Boston, RTZ, Ernie and the Automatics)
Kay Hanley singer (Letters to Cleo)
Sib Hashian drums, percussion, backing vocals (Boston, RTZ, Ernie and the Automatics)
Juliana Hatfield, guitarist/singer-songwriter
Tom Hamilton Bassist Aerosmith
JoJo, singer
Sonya Kitchell, singer-songwriter
Joey Kramer, Drummer Aerosmith
Phil Labonte, singer (All That Remains)
Aaron Lewis, lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of Staind
Mary Lou Lord, singer/guitarist
John Linnell, one half of They Might Be Giants
Taj Mahal, blues musician
J Mascis, singer, guitarist and songwriter for Dinosaur Jr.
Jo Dee Messina, country artist
Andrew McMahon, singer/pianist
Mike Ness, guitarist, vocalist, songwriter for Social Distortion
Spider One, singer
Joe Perry, guitarist, singer Aerosmith, The Joe Perry Project
Linda Perry singer and songwriter
Wanda Perry-Josephs, singer
Bobby "Boris" Pickett, singer (Monster Mash)
Ruth Pointer, singer, song writer The Pointer Sisters
Jonathan Richman songwriter, singer 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
Billy Squier, rock musician
Chad Stokes Urmston, Pete Francis Heimbold; of Dispatch
Donna Summer singer, songwriter
James Taylor musician, singer, composer
Brad Whitford singer/guitarist Aerosmith
Alan Wilson (musician), guitarist and singer for the band Canned Heat
Rob Zombie singer, director
Akrobatik, hip hop artist
Jordan Knight.singer,songwriter

Bands

Native people[edit]

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[edit]

John Adams, revolutionary, later President
Samuel Adams, revolutionary
Crispus Attucks, first casualty of the war
John Glover (general), revolutionary general
John Hancock
James Otis
Robert Treat Paine
William Prescott
Paul Revere, revolutionary
Deborah Sampson, Woman soldier
Dr.Joseph Warren, revolutionary

Public office[edit]

See Governor of Massachusetts for a complete list of governors from 1620 to the present.

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
Edward Everett, 15th Governor of the Commonwealth, U.S. Secretary of State and most commonly remembered for his two-hour speech at Gettysburg before Abraham Lincoln's 2 minute one.
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 Barack Obama
James Michael Curley, Mayor of Boston and Governor of Massachusetts
Paul Douglas, senator of Illinois from 1949–1967
Michael Dukakis, governor and 1988 Democratic nominee for president
Thomas Finneran, Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1996 to 2004
Richard Goodwin, speechwriter for Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson and Senator Robert F. Kennedy; congressional investigator probing the 1950s Twenty One quiz show scandal
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 and 2004 Democratic nominee for president
Harold Hongju Koh, Legal Adviser of the Department of State under President Barack Obama
David Kris, Assistant Attorney General under President Barack 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
Thomas Menino, current mayor of Boston
Tip O'Neill, 55th Speaker of the House, from 1977–1987
Peter Orszag, Director of the Office of Management and Budget under Barack Obama
Frances Perkins, U.S. Secretary of Labor from 1933–1945 and first woman appointed to the U.S. Cabinet
Mitt Romney, former governor (2003–2007), 2012 Republican nominee for U.S. president
Cass Sunstein, Administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs under Barack Obama
Jane Swift, first and only female governor of Massachusetts
John Volpe, U.S. Secretary of Transportation under President Nixon and Governor of Massachusetts

Religion[edit]

Francis Ellingwood Abbot, philosopher and theologian
Richard Alpert (Ram Dass), spiritual teacher
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
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.

Science[edit]

Ethan Allen, co-inventor of the single-action revolver
Nima Arkani-Hamed, theoretical physicist
Elliot Aronson, psychologist
Charlotte Barnum, mathematician
Alexander Graham Bell, inventor
Luther Burbank, horticulturist
Vannevar Bush, engineer, inventor and science administrator
Roderick Chisholm, philosopher
Michael Cohen, first doctor to diagnose Proteus syndrome
Daniel Dennett, cognitive scientist and philosopher
Bob Doyle, scientist, inventor, and philosopher
Benjamin Franklin, scientist and public official
Robert Goddard, inventor
Temple Grandin, doctor of animal science and professor at Colorado State University
Elias Howe, inventor
Dan Itse, chemical engineer and NH public official
Melvin Johnson, prominent firearms designer
Richard Karp, computer scientist, computational theorist
Alan Kay, computer scientist
Erasmus Darwin Leavitt, Jr., mechanical engineer
Gilbert N. Lewis, physical chemist, discovered covalent bonds
Arthur Little, chemist and chemical engineer
John McCarthy, computer scientist, cognitive scientist
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
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
Worcester Warner, mechanical engineer, astronomer
Samuel Wellman, inventor of the crucible steel furnace
Daniel Wesson, prominent firearms designer
Eli Whitney, inventor
Robert Wood, physicist, inventor
Henrietta Swan Leavitt, astronomer, luminosity of Cepheid variable stars.
Albert Abraham Michelson, physicist, First American to receive Nobel Prize in Science.
Percival Lowell, astronomer, Famous for Mars's canals, now discredited.
William D. Coolidge, physicist.

Others[edit]

Susan B. Anthony, reformist
F. Lee Bailey
Harvey Ball, inventor of the smiley face
David Bossie, president of conservative political action committee Citizens United
Stephanie Cutter, Democratic Party operative
Becky DelosSantos, Playboy Playmate of the Month April 1994
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
Kevin Hassett, economist, specializing in macroeconomics and tax policy
Abbie Hoffman, political activist, member of the Chicago Seven
Shawnae Jebbia, Miss USA 1998
Horace Mann, educationist and abolitionist
Grover Norquist, president of tax reform 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
Quock Walker, slave in Worcester County, won freedom on basis of state constitution, 1781
Capt. Marty Welch, Schooner Captain

Famous politicians and other residents[edit]

Abigail Adams, advocate for women's rights and against slavery, second First Lady, wife of John Adams and 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
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.
Michael Dukakis, Governor, 1988 Democratic presidential nominee
Mark Foley, the disgraced U.S. Congressman, was 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
James Michael Curley, Governor, Congressman, Mayor of Boston
Edward M. Kennedy, incumbent 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. 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, (4-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[edit]

Alexander Graham Bell, Salem (telephone)
Rachel Fuller Brown, Springfield (antibiotics)
Robert Goddard, Worcester ("father of modern rocketry")
Charles Goodyear, Woburn (Vulcanized Rubber)
Elias Howe, Specer (sewing machine)
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Lexington (Internet) MIT Professor
Samuel Morse, Charlestown (Morse code)
Benjamin Thompson, Woburn (Rumford fireplace, Thermal underwear)
An Wang, inventor, computer engineer, cofounder of Wang Laboratories
Eli Whitney, Westborough (cotton gin)
Sylvester Graham, Northampton (Graham Cracker)

Television and film[edit]

Ben Affleck, Cambridge (Good Will Hunting, The Town)
Eric Bogosian, Woburn (Law & Order: Criminal Intent)
Steve Carell, Acton (The Office, The 40-Year-Old Virgin)
John Cena, West Newbury (WWE Champion)
Dane Cook, Arlington (Retaliation, Harmful If Swallowed)
Rob Corddry and Nate Corddry, Weymouth (The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Studio 60)
Marcia Cross, Marlborough (Desperate Housewives)
Matt Damon, Cambridge (Good Will Hunting, The Bourne Identity, The Departed)
Geena Davis, Wareham (Thelma and Louise)
Ken Doane, Worcester (WWE Superstar)
Ed Donovan, South Boston (Monster, Acts of Mercy}
Jeffrey Donovan, Amesbury (Burn Notice)
Rachel Dratch, Lexington (Saturday Night Live)
Chris Evans, Sudbury (Fantastic Four)
John Hodgman, Brookline (The Daily Show, "I'm a PC" in Get a Mac)
Denis Leary, Worcester (The Sandlot, Wag the Dog)
Matt LeBlanc, Newton (Friends)
Jay Leno, Andover (The Tonight Show)
Mindy Kaling, Cambridge (The Office)
Ben Karlin, Needham (The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Colbert Report)
John Krasinski, Newton (The Office)
Ben Kurland, Newton (The Artist)
Ed McMahon, Lowell (The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Star Search)
Maria Menounos, Medford
Leonard Nimoy, Boston (Star Trek, IMAX voiceover)
Edward Norton, Boston (American History X, Fight Club)
B.J. Novak, Newton (The Office)
Conan O'Brien, Brookline (Late Night with Conan O'Brien)
Amy Poehler, Burlington (Saturday Night Live)
Ellen Pompeo, Everett (Old School, Grey's Anatomy)
Eli Roth, Newton (Hostel)
Kurt Russell, Springfield (Escape from New York)
James Spader, Boston (Secretary)
Liam Kyle Sullivan, Boston (The "Kelly" Skits)
Uma Thurman, Amherst (Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill)
Steven Tyler, Lynn, Marshfield (Actor, Musician Aerosmith)
Mark Wahlberg, Dorchester (Entourage, The Departed)
Nancy Walls, Cohasset (Saturday Night Live, The Office)
Barbara Walters, Boston (journalist)
Lyle R. Wheeler, Woburn (Academy Award-winning art-director)
Alicia Witt, Worcester (actress)
Steven Wright, Burlington (stand-up comedian)
Rob Zombie, Haverhill (The Devil's Rejects)

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