Biographical Records

Notable People from Massachusetts

6,067 notable figures born in Massachusetts, showing page 12 of 122, ranked by historical prominence.

Noreen Corcoran
Noreen Corcoran
American actress and dancer (1943-2016)
1943 – 2016
film actortelevision actordancer
John Boswell
American historian
1947 – 1994
linguistmedievalistuniversity teacher
Meshach Taylor
Meshach Taylor
American actor (1947–2014)
1947 – 2014
film actortelevision actorstage actor
Chris Burden
American sculptor and performance artist (1946–2015)
1946 – 2015
conceptual artistvideo artistinstallation artist
Mark Frechette
Mark Frechette
American actor (1947-1975)
1947 – 1975
actor
Michelle Thomas
American actress (1968–1998)
1968 – 1998
film actortelevision actoractor
Medina Dixon
American basketball player (1962–2021)
1962 – 2021
basketball player
Joseph Bates
Joseph Bates
American sailor, co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (1792–1872)
1792 – 1872
Seventh-day Adventist ministersailor
Artemas Ward
Artemas Ward
Continental Army general (1727-1800)
1727 – 1800
military officerpoliticianjudge
Rufus Choate
Rufus Choate
American politician (1799–1859)
1799 – 1859
politicianlawyerwriter
William Wetmore Story
William Wetmore Story
American sculptor, art critic, poet, translator and editor (1819–1895)
1819 – 1895
editorjournalistsculptor
Edward Tuckerman
Edward Tuckerman
American botanist (1817–1886)
1817 – 1886
pteridologistlichenologistscientific collector
Charles Eliot Norton
Charles Eliot Norton
American art historian (1827-1908)
1827 – 1908
linguistliterary criticart historian
George Frederick Root
George Frederick Root
American songwriter (1820-1895)
1820 – 1895
music educatormusic teacherlyricist
Charles Jacobus
Charles Jacobus
American roque player (1840-1922)
1840 – 1922
sports journalist
Abbott Lawrence Lowell
Abbott Lawrence Lowell
American educator and legal scholar (1856–1943)
1856 – 1943
university teacherpolitical scientistjurist
William Henry Moody
William Henry Moody
US Supreme Court justice from 1906 to 1910
1853 – 1917
politicianlawyerjudge
Charles Sumner Tainter
Charles Sumner Tainter
American inventor and businessman (1854–1940)
1854 – 1940
inventorengineerbusinessperson
William Brewster
William Brewster
American ornithologist (1851–1919)
1851 – 1919
scientific collectorbotanical collectorornithologist
Anna Winlock
American astronomer
1857 – 1904
astronomer
Fannie Farmer
Fannie Farmer
American chef (1857–1915)
1857 – 1915
cookbook writerchefauthor
Frank Nelson Cole
Frank Nelson Cole
American mathematician (1861–1926)
1861 – 1926
university teachermathematician
Henry B. Richardson
Henry B. Richardson
American archer (1889–1963)
1889 – 1963
archerathletepsychiatrist
Burton K. Wheeler
Burton K. Wheeler
American politician and lawyer (1882–1975)
1882 – 1975
peace activiststenographerautobiographer
Thurston Hall
Thurston Hall
actor (1882-1958)
1882 – 1958
stage actoractor
June Caprice
June Caprice
American actress (1895-1936)
1895 – 1936
film actorstage actor
Lawrence Whitney
Lawrence Whitney
American shot putter (1891-1941)
1891 – 1941
baseball playerathletics competitor
John Garrison
American ice hockey player (1909-1988)
1909 – 1988
ice hockey player
Richard Whorf
Richard Whorf
American actor, director and author (1906–1966)
1906 – 1966
television actordirectorfilm producer
Douglas Everett
American ice hockey player (1905–1996)
1905 – 1996
ice hockey player
Edward Dahlberg
Novelist, essayist (1900-1977)
1900 – 1977
prose writeressayistnovelist
Dorothy West
Dorothy West
American writer (1907-1998)
1907 – 1998
novelistjournalistwriter
John Chase
John Chase
American ice hockey player (1906-1994)
1906 – 1994
baseball playerice hockey playerice hockey coach
Mabel Albertson
Mabel Albertson
American actress (1901-1982)
1901 – 1982
television actorfilm actorstage actor
Pauline Curley
Pauline Curley
vaudeville and silent film actress from Holyoke, Massachusetts, United States (1903-2000)
1903 – 2000
film actoractor
Lona Cohen
Lona Cohen
American spy for the Soviet Union (1913–1992)
1913 – 1992
antiquarian booksellerspy
Murvyn Vye
Murvyn Vye
American actor (1913-1976)
1913 – 1976
film actortelevision actormusical theatre actor
Dorothy Bridges
actress and poet from the United States (1915-2009)
1915 – 2009
film actortelevision actorstage actor
Jack Levine
Jack Levine
American artist (1915-2010)
1915 – 2010
designerpainterartist
David Dellinger
David Dellinger
American activist
1915 – 2004
peace activistpolitical activistpacifist
Georgia Gibbs
Georgia Gibbs
American singer
1919 – 2006
musiciansinger
Charles E. Osgood
American psychologist (1916–1991)
1916 – 1991
linguistpsychologist
Don Pardo
American announcer (1918–2014)
1918 – 2014
radio personalityvoice actortelevision presenter
Bob Elliott
Bob Elliott
American comedian (1923-2016)
1923 – 2016
film actortelevision actorradio personality
Joseph Ruskin
Joseph Ruskin
American actor (1924-2013)
1924 – 2013
film actortelevision actorvoice actor
Earle Brown
Earle Brown
American composer (1926–2002)
1926 – 2002
composer
Allen Hoskins
Allen Hoskins
American actor (1920–1980)
1920 – 1980
film actoractor
Leo Major
Leo Major
Canadian World War II and Korean war soldier (1921–2008)
1921 – 2008
military personnel
William Manchester
William Manchester
American author, journalist and historian (1922–2004)
1922 – 2004
journalistbiographerauthor
John Souza
American soccer player (1920-2012)
1920 – 2012
association football player
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