Biographical Records

Notable People from Massachusetts

6,067 notable figures born in Massachusetts, showing page 2 of 122, ranked by historical prominence.

Barbara Walters
Barbara Walters
American broadcast journalist (1929–2022)
1929 – 2022
broadcast journalistjournalisttelevision presenter
Elbridge Gerry
Elbridge Gerry
vice president of the United States from 1813 to 1814
1744 – 1814
diplomatgovernorpolitician
Rocky Marciano
Rocky Marciano
American heavyweight boxing champion (1923-1969)
1923 – 1969
boxer
Elizabeth Bishop
Elizabeth Bishop
American poet (1911–1979)
1911 – 1979
essayistlibrettistuniversity teacher
Chick Corea
Chick Corea
American jazz and fusion pianist, keyboardist, and composer (1941-2021)
1941 – 2021
recording artistjazz musicianmusician
Elias James Corey
Elias James Corey
American chemist
1928
university teacherchemist
George Minot
George Minot
American physician (1885-1950)
1885 – 1950
internistphysician
William Standish Knowles
William Standish Knowles
American chemist (1917–2012)
1917 – 2012
researcherchemist
Margaret Fuller
Margaret Fuller
American writer and women's activist (1810–1850)
1810 – 1850
women's rights activistnewspaperpersonautobiographer
Joseph Murray
US surgeon (1919–2012)
1919 – 2012
university teachersurgeonphysician
Walter Brennan
Walter Brennan
American actor (1894–1974)
1894 – 1974
film actortelevision actorcharacter actor
Olympia Dukakis
Olympia Dukakis
American actress (1931-2021)
1931 – 2021
film actortelevision actorfilm producer
Lee Remick
Lee Remick
American actress (1935-1991)
1935 – 1991
film actortelevision actorstage actor
Christa McAuliffe
Christa McAuliffe
American educator and astronaut
1948 – 1986
teacherastronaut
Maria Mitchell
Maria Mitchell
American astronomer
1818 – 1889
university teacherlibrarianwriter
Lloyd Shapley
Lloyd Shapley
American economist and mathematician
1923 – 2016
game theoriststatisticianuniversity teacher
Douglass North
Douglass North
American economist and Nobel laureate (1920–2015)
1920 – 2015
economic historianuniversity teacherhistorian
Vannevar Bush
Vannevar Bush
American electrical engineer and science administrator (1890–1974)
1890 – 1974
science administratorelectrical engineeruniversity teacher
Ruth Gordon
Ruth Gordon
American actress and writer (1896–1985)
1896 – 1985
film actortelevision actordirector
Anne Sexton
Anne Sexton
American poet (1928–1974)
1928 – 1974
librettistchildren's writerpoet
Clara Barton
Clara Barton
American Civil War nurse (1821–1912)
1821 – 1912
philanthropisthumanitariandiarist
Clark Gregg
American economist (1923–2000)
1923 – 2000
economistwriter
Anne Sullivan
Anne Sullivan
teacher and companion of Helen Keller
1866 – 1936
teacher
John Cazale
American actor (1935–1978)
1935 – 1978
film actortelevision actorstage actor
George Herbert Mead
George Herbert Mead
American philosopher, sociologist, and psychologist
1863 – 1931
philosophersociologistuniversity teacher
Benjamin Lee Whorf
American linguist (1897–1941)
1897 – 1941
linguistphilosopheranthropologist
Eli Whitney
Eli Whitney
American inventor (1765-1825)
1765 – 1825
tax collectorinventormechanic
Edward Bellamy
Edward Bellamy
American author and socialist (1850–1898)
1850 – 1898
science fiction writersocial reformernovelist
George Davis Snell
American geneticist
1903 – 1996
immunologistgeneticistphysiologist
James Russell Lowell
James Russell Lowell
American poet, critic, editor, and diplomat (1819-1891)
1819 – 1891
essayistpublisherliterary critic
John Cheever
John Cheever
American novelist and short story writer (1912-1982)
1912 – 1982
diaristnovelistwriter
John Hancock
John Hancock
American Patriot and statesman during the American Revolution (1737–1793)
1737 – 1793
statespersonmerchantentrepreneur
Benjamin Thompson
Benjamin Thompson
American-born British physicist and inventor (1753–1814)
1753 – 1814
thermophysicistdietitianphysicist
Luther Burbank
Luther Burbank
American botanist and horticulturist (1849–1926)
1849 – 1926
eugenicistnon-fiction writeracademic
Paul L. Smith
Paul L. Smith
American actor (1936–2012)
1936 – 2012
film actortelevision actorfilm director
Agnes Moorehead
Agnes Moorehead
American actress (1900–1974)
1900 – 1974
film actortelevision actorvoice actor
Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.
Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.
American businessman, politician and diplomat (1888–1969)
1888 – 1969
film producerfinancierbanker
Edward Charles Pickering
Edward Charles Pickering
American astronomer (1846–1919)
1846 – 1919
university teacherastrophysicistastronomer
Samuel Langley
Samuel Langley
American physicist, pioneer of aviation, and 3rd Secretary of the Smithsonian (1834-1906)
1834 – 1906
aerospace engineermilitary flight engineeraircraft pilot
Lucretia Mott
Lucretia Mott
American suffragist (1793–1880)
1793 – 1880
women's rights activistsuffragistabolitionist
Winslow Homer
Winslow Homer
American landscape painter (1836–1910)
1836 – 1910
printmakerpainterillustrator
Erle Stanley Gardner
Erle Stanley Gardner
American writer and lawyer (1889–1970)
1889 – 1970
science fiction writernovelistjurist
Paul Revere
Paul Revere
American silversmith and Patriot in the American Revolution (1735–1818)
1735 – 1818
silversmithMinutemenentrepreneur
Estelle Parsons
Estelle Parsons
American actress
1927
film actortelevision actorfilm producer
G. Stanley Hall
G. Stanley Hall
American psychologist and educator (1844–1924)
1844 – 1924
philosopheruniversity teacherpsychologist
Jack Albertson
Jack Albertson
American actor (1907–1981)
1907 – 1981
film actortelevision actorvoice actor
William Lloyd Garrison
William Lloyd Garrison
American journalist and abolitionist (1805–1879)
1805 – 1879
abolitionistsocial reformerjournalist
Ronald Dworkin
Ronald Dworkin
American legal philosopher (1931-2013)
1931 – 2013
law professorphilosopherjurist
Horace Mann
Horace Mann
American politician (1796-1859)
1796 – 1859
university teacherpoliticianlawyer
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes
American jurist (1841–1935); US Supreme Court justice from 1902 to 1932
1841 – 1935
philosophereditoruniversity teacher
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