Biographical Records

Notable People from Massachusetts

6,067 notable figures born in Massachusetts, showing page 25 of 122, ranked by historical prominence.

John Black

American politician from Mississippi (1800-1854)

1800 – 1854

politicianlawyerjudge

Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth

American explorer and inventor (1802-1856)

1802 – 1856

explorerinventorbusinessperson

James Barnes

Union Army general (1801–1869)

1801 – 1869

military officer

William Henry Leonard Poe

American sailor and poet (c. 1807 - 1831)

1807 – 1831

poet

John Leonard Riddell

American scientist (1807-1865)

1807 – 1867

botanistnumismatistchemist

George Goldthwaite

American politician (1809-1879)

1809 – 1879

politicianlawyerjudge

Eli Thayer

American politician (1819-1899)

1819 – 1899

educatorpolitician

Edwin Percy Whipple

American writer (1819–1886)

1819 – 1886

literary criticjournalistwriter

William Claflin

American politician (1818-1905)

1818 – 1905

politician

James "Grizzly" Adams

American mountain man

1812 – 1860

explorermountaineer

Ellen Sturgis Hooper

American poet

1812 – 1848

poetwriter

Erasmus D. Keyes

Businessman, banker, and military general (1810-1895)

1810 – 1895

military officerwriter

Joseph Lovering

American mathematician (1813–1892)

1813 – 1892

university teachermathematicianastronomer

Benjamin Day

American newspaper publisher (1810–1889)

1810 – 1889

publisherjournalistmedia proprietor

William Bradford

American painter known for his marines (1823-1892)

1823 – 1892

explorerartistpainter

James Cutler Dunn Parker

American composer (1828–1916)

1828 – 1916

musicographermusic educatorpianist

Ebenezer W. Peirce

Union Army officer (1822–1902)

1822 – 1902

military personnel

Thomas C. Durant

American railroad promoter, financier (1820–1885)

1820 – 1885

businesspersonphysician

Harvey Willson Harkness

U.S. mycologist (1821–1901)

1821 – 1901

mycologistbotanistbotanical collector

Lydia Folger Fowler

American-born British physician

1822 – 1879

lecturerphysicianwriter

Harriet Hanson Robinson

American suffragist

1825 – 1911

suffragistwriter

George Henry Hall

American painter (1825–1913)

1825 – 1913

painter

Charles Crozat Converse

American attorney and composer

1832 – 1918

authorlawyercomposer

Whitney Eugene Thayer

American musician (1838–1889)

1838 – 1889

composer

Benjamin Johnson Lang

American conductor (1837–1909)

1837 – 1909

musicianpianistconductor

Justin Winsor

American librarian and historian (1831–1897)

1831 – 1897

historianlibrarianwriter

Susan Hale

American writer, painter and traveler (1833-1910)

1833 – 1910

painterartistwriter

Theodore Lyman

natural scientist, military staff officer, and politician (1833–1897)

1833 – 1897

zoologistpoliticiannaturalist

Benjamin Smith Lyman

US mining engineer (1835-1920)

1835 – 1920

mining engineergeologistengineer

Annie Adams Fields

American writer (1834–1915)

1834 – 1915

diaristsocial workerbiographer

Francesca Alexander

American expatriate illustrator, author, folklorist, and translator (1837–1917)

1837 – 1917

draftspersonpainterillustrator

John Quincy Adams II

American politician (1833-1894)

1833 – 1894

farmerpoliticianlawyer

Joseph Hodges Choate

American lawyer and diplomat (1832–1917)

1832 – 1917

diplomatjuristlawyer

Susan Huntington Gilbert Dickinson

American poet (1830-1913)

1830 – 1913

poetwriter

Daniel Henry Chamberlain

American planter, lawyer and politician (1835–1907)

1835 – 1907

jurisprudenceuniversity teacherjurist

Henry Pickering Bowditch

American physiologist, educator (1840–1911)

1840 – 1911

physiologistuniversity teacherphysician

Charles Edward Munroe

American chemist (1849–1938)

1849 – 1938

university teacherchemist

Edward Lewis Sturtevant

Agronomist and botanist (1842-1898)

1842 – 1898

botanistinventor

Henry Clay Payne

American politician (1843–1904)

1843 – 1904

politicianbusinessperson

Minnie Warren

American entertainer (1849–1878)

1849 – 1878

circus performeractor

Katherine Tingley

American theosophist (1847–1929)

1847 – 1929

writer

Elizabeth Boott

American artist (1846-1888)

1846 – 1888

painterartist

Russell Conwell

American academic administrator

1843 – 1925

oratoracademic administratorChristian minister

Charles Sedgwick Minot

American anatomist (1852–1914)

1852 – 1914

anatomisthistologistbotanist

Mary Abbott

American writer and golfer (1950-1904)

1850 – 1904

novelistgolferwriter

Eben Sumner Draper

American politician (1858-1914)

1858 – 1914

governorpoliticianbusinessperson

Charles Sprague Pearce

American painter (1851–1914)

1851 – 1914

painter

Ada Adini

Operatic soprano

1855 – 1924

music educatoropera singerstage actor

Barrett Wendell

American academic

1855 – 1921

literary scholarscholar of Englishman of letters

Charles Harold Davis

American artist (1856-1933)

1856 – 1933

painter

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