Biographical Records

Notable People from Massachusetts

6,067 notable figures born in Massachusetts, showing page 30 of 122, ranked by historical prominence.

George S. Morison
George S. Morison
American bridge engineer (1842-1903)
1842 – 1903
civil engineerengineer
Henry Marion Howe
Henry Marion Howe
American metallurgist (1848–1922)
1848 – 1922
metallurgistmining engineerauthor
Mary Eliza Mahoney
Mary Eliza Mahoney
American nurse
1845 – 1926
nurse
Horace Mann Junior
American botanist (1844-1868)
1844 – 1868
mycologistbotanist
Candy Cummings
Candy Cummings
American baseball player (1848–1924)
1848 – 1924
baseball player
Marian Hooper Adams
Marian Hooper Adams
American socialite and photographer (1843–1885)
1843 – 1885
socialitephotographer
Matthew Harkins
Matthew Harkins
Catholic bishop (1845-1921)
1845 – 1921
Catholic bishopCatholic priest
J. Franklin Jameson
J. Franklin Jameson
American historian (1859–1937)
1859 – 1937
opinion journalistuniversity teacherediting staff
Mabel Loomis Todd
Mabel Loomis Todd
editor, writer and painter (1856-1932)
1856 – 1932
editorpainterwriter
Mary Devens
American photographer (1857–1920)
1857 – 1920
photographer
Alice Morse Earle
Alice Morse Earle
American historian (1851–1911)
1851 – 1911
historianwriter
Laura E. Richards
Laura E. Richards
American writer (1850-1943)
1850 – 1943
children's writerbiographerpoet
Nathan Haskell Dole
Nathan Haskell Dole
American writer and translator (1852–1935)
1852 – 1935
linguistjournalistbiographer
Francis Blake
Francis Blake
American engineer (1850–1913)
1850 – 1913
inventorengineerphotographer
William Roscoe Thayer
William Roscoe Thayer
United States author and editor (1859–1923)
1859 – 1923
biographerhistorianpoet
John Dunning Whitney
John Dunning Whitney
American Jesuit educator
1850 – 1917
academic administratorCatholic priestteacher
Charles Dwight Marsh
American botanist (1855-1932)
1855 – 1932
carcinologistbotanistbiologist
Charles Fletcher Lummis
Charles Fletcher Lummis
American historian, photographer, and activist (1859–1928)
1859 – 1928
activistethnographerexplorer
Frank Austin Gooch
Frank Austin Gooch
American chemist (1852–1929)
1852 – 1929
chemistengineer
Franklin S. Billings
Franklin S. Billings
American politician (1862-1935)
1862 – 1935
politician
Edward Washburn Hopkins
Edward Washburn Hopkins
American historian and orientalist (1857–1932)
1857 – 1932
linguistIndologistphilologist
Hermon Atkins MacNeil
Hermon Atkins MacNeil
American artist (1866–1947)
1866 – 1947
sculptor
Paddy Duffy
Paddy Duffy
Irish-American and the first World Welterweight champion
1864 – 1890
boxer
Charles Warren
Charles Warren
American legal scholar (1868-1954)
1868 – 1954
university teacherhistorianjurist
Winfield Scott Hammond
Winfield Scott Hammond
American politician (1863-1915)
1863 – 1915
prosecutorjuristgovernor
Mary Brewster Hazelton
Mary Brewster Hazelton
American painter (1868-1953)
1868 – 1953
painter
Elizabeth Carter Brooks
Elizabeth Carter Brooks
American educator, activist, architect (1867-1951)
1867 – 1951
suffragistsocial activisteducator
William Emmett Dever
William Emmett Dever
American mayor (1862–1929)
1862 – 1929
tannerpoliticianlawyer
Albert Bigelow Paine
Albert Bigelow Paine
American writer and biographer (1861–1937)
1861 – 1937
humoristchildren's writernovelist
Alice Bache Gould
Alice Bache Gould
American historian (1868-1953)
1868 – 1953
historian
Marcus A. Coolidge
Marcus A. Coolidge
American politician (1865-1947)
1865 – 1947
politician
Bryson Burroughs
Bryson Burroughs
American painter and art historian (1869–1934)
1869 – 1934
art historianpainter
Godfrey Lowell Cabot
Godfrey Lowell Cabot
American entrepreneur and philanthropist (1861–1962)
1861 – 1962
entrepreneurbusinessperson
Mary Lizzie Macomber
Mary Lizzie Macomber
American painter (1861-1916)
1861 – 1916
painterartist
William Lyman Underwood
American photographer and food scientist (1864–1929)
1864 – 1929
microbiologistphotographer
Mary Long Alderson
Mary Long Alderson
American suffragist and botanical collector
1860 – 1940
suffragistbotanical collectorjournalist
Christine Frederick
Christine Frederick
American author and home economist (1883-1970)
1883 – 1970
writer
Clifford Milburn Holland
Clifford Milburn Holland
American civil engineer
1883 – 1924
civil engineerengineerarchitect
Rhys Carpenter
Rhys Carpenter
American art historian (1889–1980)
1889 – 1980
anthropologistarchaeologistart historian
Richard Washburn Child
Richard Washburn Child
Author, diplomat (1881-1935)
1881 – 1935
foreign correspondentjournalistauthor
Arthur N. Holcombe
Arthur N. Holcombe
American historian (1884–1977)
1884 – 1977
political scientisthistorian
Joseph Nathaniel French
Joseph Nathaniel French
American architect
1888 – 1975
architect
Clarence Cook Little
Clarence Cook Little
American geneticist (1888–1971)
1888 – 1971
oncologistathletics competitorgeneticist
Richard Whitney
Richard Whitney
American financier and convicted embezzler (1888–1974)
1888 – 1974
banker
Edmund Ware Sinnott
Edmund Ware Sinnott
American botanist (1888-1968)
1888 – 1968
botanist
Mildred Sanderson
Mildred Sanderson
mathematician
1889 – 1914
mathematician
Paul Hastings Allen
Paul Hastings Allen
American composer (1883–1952)
1883 – 1952
composer
Henry Beston
American writer (1888-1968)
1888 – 1968
children's writerwriternaturalist
Maude Allen
American actress (1879–1956)
1887 – 1956
film actor
Roger Sherman Hoar
Roger Sherman Hoar
American politician (1887–1963)
1887 – 1963
science fiction writernovelistpolitician
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