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This is a list of people who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of
Boston, Massachusetts and its surrounding
metropolitan statistical area .
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Samuel Adams
Ben Affleck
Crispus Attucks
Abiel Abbot (1770–1828) – born in
Andover , clergyman and author
[1]
Ezra Abbot (1819–1884) – biblical scholar, taught at
Harvard Divinity School
[1]
Joel Abbot (1776–1826) – naval officer
[1]
Amos Abbott (1786–1868) – born in
Westford , member of the
United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts
[1]
Austin Abbott (1831–1896) – born in Boston; lawyer, novelist, and academic
[1]
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott (1830–1890) – born in Boston, lawyer and legal writer
[1]
Joseph Carter Abbott (1825–1882) – publisher of the Boston Bee
[1]
Josiah Gardner Abbott (1814–1891) – member of
United States House of Representatives
[1]
Abdul-Malik Abu (born 1995) – basketball player in the
Israeli Premier Basketball League
Edith Achilles (1892–1989) – psychologist
Abigail Adams (1744–1818) – born in
Weymouth ,
First Lady of the United States
[1]
Abijah Adams (1754–1816) – born in Boston, journalist, often embroiled in lawsuits against him
[1]
Charles Francis Adams Sr. (1807–1886) – born in Boston; son of
Abigail Adams and
John Adams ;
Congressman ;
diplomat ; writer
[1]
Edwin Adams (1834–1877) – born in
Medford , 19th-century stage actor
[1]
Eliphalet Adams (1677–1753) – born in Medford, clergyman and missionary
[1]
Hannah Adams (1755–1831) – born in
Medfield , famous Christian writer
[1]
Henry Adams (1838–1918) – born in Boston, journalist, historian, academic and novelist
[1]
Jasper Adams (1793–1841) – born in
Medway , clergyman and college president
[1]
Nehemiah Adams (1806–1878) – clergyman and author
[1]
Sammy Adams – musician
[2]
Samuel Adams –
American Revolution
patriot , signer of the
Declaration of Independence
[3]
Aerosmith – band
[4]
Ben Affleck – Academy Award-winning actor, screenwriter and director, brother of Casey
[5]
Casey Affleck – Academy Award-winning actor, brother of Ben
[6]
George Aiken (1830–1876) – born in Boston, actor and playwright
[1]
Amos T. Akerman (1821–1880) –
United States Attorney General , born in
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
[1]
Akrobatik – hip hop artist, member of
The Perceptionists
[7]
Al B. Sure – singer
[8]
Harriet Ryan Albee (1829-1873), born and died in Boston; social reformer and philanthropist
[9]
Mildred Albert (1905–1991) –
fashion show producer and radio and television personality
Louisa May Alcott – 19th-century author of Little Women
[10]
Horatio Alger Jr. – author
[11]
Fred Allen – radio comedian
[12]
Frederick Lewis Allen – writer
[13]
Joseph Allen (1749–1827) – born in Boston,
United States Congressman
[1]
Nathaniel M. Allen – soldier in Civil War, awarded Congressional Medal of Honor
[14]
The Almighty RSO – rap group[
citation needed ]
John Amaechi –
NBA player
[15]
American Hi-Fi – band[
citation needed ]
American Nightmare – hardcore band
Amerie – R&B artist[
citation needed ]
Ed Ames – actor and singer[
citation needed ]
Tony Amonte –
NHL player
[16]
Anarchy Club – band[
citation needed ]
Leroy Anderson – composer for
Boston Pops Orchestra
[17]
Mary Antin – author
[18]
Apollo Sunshine – band[
citation needed ]
Thomas Gold Appleton (1812–1884) – writer
[1]
Isabel Atkin – British–American skier and Olympic medalist for Great Britain
[19]
Crispus Attucks – American Revolution patriot
[20]
Red Auerbach – Boston Celtics coach and president, Basketball Hall of Famer
[21]
John Augustus (1785–1859) – born in Boston, philanthropist and pioneer of
probation
[1]
James Trecothick Austin (1784–1870) – born in Boston, member of
Massachusetts General Court and
Massachusetts Attorney General
[1]
Jonathan Loring Austin (1748–1826) – born in Boston; officer in
American Revolutionary War ; Massachusetts state representative, senator, secretary, and treasurer
[1]
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Boston
Bad Rabbits – band[
citation needed ]
Arthur Baker – rap DJ, music producer[
citation needed ]
Bang Camaro – rock band[
citation needed ]
Sasha Banks –
WWE wrestler, former
WWE Raw Women's Champion , former
NXT Women's Champion
Maria Barrett –
US Army
Major General ; older sister of US Army General
Paula Lodi
[22]
[23]
Dana Barros – former
NBA player
[24]
Zered Bassett – professional skateboarder
[25]
Benjamin E. Bates – founder and namesake of
Bates College
[26]
Ruth Batson –
civil rights and education activist
[27]
Susan Batson – actress, author, and producer; daughter of
Ruth Batson [
citation needed ]
Peter D. Bear –
Wisconsin State Senator
[28]
Bell Biv DeVoe – music group[
citation needed ]
Gaston Bell – stage and silent film actor[
citation needed ]
Tobin Bell – actor (born in Queens, NY, raised in Weymouth)[
citation needed ]
Mark Bellhorn – MLB player
[29]
Asher Benjamin – architect and author
[30]
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Cora Agnes Benneson – attorney, lecturer, and writer
[31]
Frank Weston Benson – Impressionist artist
[32]
Rick Berlin – musician[
citation needed ]
Leonard Bernstein – New York Philharmonic conductor, composer and pianist
[33]
Big D and the Kids Table – band[
citation needed ]
Big Shug – rapper
[34]
Traci Bingham – actress, model[
citation needed ]
Mike Birbiglia – comedian[
citation needed ]
Molly Birnbaum – writer
[35]
William Blackstone (also spelled Blaxton) – first European settler
Arthur Blake – athlete
Will Blalock – former
NBA player for
[36]
David Blatt (born 1959) – Israeli-American basketball player and coach (most recently, for the
Cleveland Cavaliers )
[37]
C. L. Blood – physician
[38]
Matt Bloom – NFL player and
professional wrestler , known for his time in
WWE [
citation needed ]
Michael Bloomberg – former Mayor of New York City
[39]
Bob and Ray – comedy team
[40]
Ernie Boch Jr. – president of Boch Enterprises
[41]
Ray Bolger – actor and dancer, Scarecrow in
The Wizard of Oz
Veda Ann Borg – film actress
Boston – band[
citation needed ]
Boys Like Girls – band[
citation needed ]
Ron Brace – NFL player,
New England Patriots
[42]
Nathaniel Jeremiah Bradlee – architect
[43]
William J. Bratton – chief of police for
NYPD and
LAPD
[44]
Connie Britton – actress
John Britton – abortion provider
[45]
Edward W. Brooke – first African American elected by popular vote to United States Senate
[46]
Bobby Brown – singer[
citation needed ]
Carolyn Brown – dancer, writer, choreographer[
citation needed ]
Earle Brown – composer[
citation needed ]
Lexie Brown – basketball player for the
Los Angeles Sparks
[47]
Sam Brown – comedian from
IFC sketch comedy show
Whitest Kids U' Know [
citation needed ]
Scott Brown – U.S. Senator
[48]
William B. Broydrick – Wisconsin State Assemblyman
[49]
Aimee Buchanan (born 1993) – American-born Olympic figure skater for Israel
Charles Bulfinch –
architect who designed
Massachusetts State House , original
United States Capitol dome and
rotunda
[50]
James "Whitey" Bulger – organized crime boss[
citation needed ]
Ephraim Wales Bull – creator of the concord grape
[51]
Thomas Burke – sprinter
Bill Burr – comedian
Edwin C. Burt – shoemaker[
citation needed ]
Bury Your Dead – band[
citation needed ]
George H. W. Bush – 41st
President of The United States [
citation needed ]
Vannevar Bush – scientist[
citation needed ]
C
C60 – band[
citation needed ]
Louis C.K. – comedian and actor[
citation needed ]
Will Calhoun – drummer for
Living Colour (born in NY, lived in Boston)[
citation needed ]
Steve Carell – actor and comedian,
The Office ,
The Daily Show ,
The 40-Year-Old Virgin ,
Despicable Me [
citation needed ]
The Cars – band[
citation needed ]
Melnea Cass – community and civil rights activist
[52]
Peggy Cass – actress and TV game show panelist[
citation needed ]
John Cazale – actor,
The Godfather ,
The Deer Hunter ,
Dog Day Afternoon [
citation needed ]
John Cena –
professional wrestler , known for his time in
WWE [
citation needed ]
Nicholas Raymond Cerio – founder of Nick Cerio's Kenpo
[53]
Kevin Chapman – actor
[54]
Julius Caesar Chappelle – Massachusetts legislator
[55]
Ken Cheeseman – actor[
citation needed ]
Gary Cherone – singer (Extreme and Van Halen)[
citation needed ]
Michael Chiklis – actor,
The Shield
[56]
Neil Cicierega – Internet personality, created Potter Puppet Pals[
citation needed ]
Lenny Clarke – comedian and actor[
citation needed ]
The Click Five – band[
citation needed ]
Alex Cobb – baseball pitcher[
citation needed ]
John A. Collins – Chief of Chaplains of the
U.S. Air Force
[57]
Misha Collins – actor
[58] [
circular reference ]
Jerry Colonna – entertainer
[59]
Greg Comella – NFL fullback
[60]
James Bryant Conant - chemist, 23rd
president of Harvard University
Dane Cook – comedian and actor
[61]
Calvin Coolidge – 30th President of the United States
Harriet Abbott Lincoln Coolidge – author, philanthropist, reformer
[62]
Jennifer Coolidge – actress,
American Pie ,
A Mighty Wind ,
Legally Blonde
[63]
Miriam O'Leary Collins – actress
[64]
John Singleton Copley – artist
[65]
Chick Corea – Grammy Award-winning jazz musician and composer[
citation needed ]
Jeff Corwin – TV personality[
citation needed ]
Aisha Cousins (born 1978) – artist/performance art score writer
[66]
Lynne Cox – professional swimmer
[67]
Charlie Coyle (born 1992) – hockey player
Zach Cregger – actor, comedian, star of the
IFC sketch comedy series
WKUK [
citation needed ]
Norm Crosby – comedian
[68]
Marcia Cross – actress,
Desperate Housewives [
citation needed ]
James Michael Curley – Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts Governor, and U.S. Representative
[69]
Jane Curtin – actress and comedian
[70]
Johnny Curtis –
professional wrestler , known for his time in
WWE [
citation needed ]
Thomas Curtis (1873–1944) – athlete
Richard Cushing – Archbishop of Boston and Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church[
citation needed ]
Susan Webb Cushman (1822–1859) – stage actress
[71]
Jay Cutler – 4x IFBB Mr. Olympia, bodybuilder
D
Matt Damon
W. E. B. Du Bois
Joey Daccord – ice hockey goaltender
Dick Dale – musician
[72]
Matt Damon – actor and Oscar-winning screenwriter,
Good Will Hunting ,
The Departed , Ocean's Eleven and Bourne Identity series
[73]
Evan Dando – musician
[74]
Duncan Daniels – Nigerian-American afropop and afrobeat musician, producer and songwriter
Bette Davis – Academy Award-winning actress,
Dark Victory ,
Jezebel ,
All About Eve
Daniel Davis Jr. – nineteenth century inventor
Geena Davis – Academy Award-winning actress,
The Accidental Tourist
Henry Dearborn – physician, general, and politician
Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn – lawyer, author,
statesman , soldier, Mayor of Roxbury; son of Henry Dearborn
Death Before Dishonor – band
Patrick DeCoste – musician
Manny Delcarmen – MLB pitcher
Becky DelosSantos –
Playboy
Playmate
centerfold , April 1994
Brad Delp – singer
Tony DeMarco – boxer, welterweight champion, born 1932 in North End
Paul Demayo – IFBB professional bodybuilder
Joseph Dennie – writer
Joe Derrane (1930–2016) – accordion player
Michael Dertouzos (1936–2001) – computer scientist
Albert DeSalvo – serial killer known as "The Boston Strangler"
Jack DeSena – actor, played Sokka in
Avatar: The Last Airbender
P. T. Deutermann – author
Diamante – rock singer
Dinosaur Jr. – band
Rick DiPietro – NHL goaltender (from Boston suburbs)
Tony Dize – reggaeton singer
Ken Doane –
professional wrestler , known for his time in WWE
The Dresden Dolls – punk cabaret duo
Robert Drinan – former U.S. Congressman
Drop Nineteens – band
Dropkick Murphys – band
Shem Drowne – America's first weathervane maker
W. E. B. Du Bois – scholar, professor; first African American to receive a Ph.D. from
Harvard ; founder of
NAACP
Joseph Dudley – Colonial Governor of Massachusetts
Michael Dukakis – Massachusetts governor, US presidential candidate in 1988
William C. Durant – founder of
General Motors
Adam Duritz – singer-songwriter for
Counting Crows (born in Baltimore, lived in Boston)
Eliza Dushku – actress
Mary Dyer –
martyr
E
Ed O.G. – hip hop artist
Ryan Edell (born 1983) – professional baseball player
Adam Edelman (born 1991) – American-born four-time Israeli National Champion in skeleton event, and Israeli Olympian
Richard J. Egan – founder and chairman of EMC Corporation
Charles H. Eglee – television screenwriter
Jeremy Elbertson - Live streamer, YouTuber, and internet comedian
Charles C. Eldredge –
art historian and educator
Ralph Waldo Emerson –
essayist , lecturer, poet
Ernie and the Automatics – band
Mike Eruzione – captain of USA's 1980 Winter Olympics hockey team (from Boston suburbs)
Julius Erving – Basketball Hall of Famer, UMass,
New York Nets ,
Philadelphia 76ers
William Eustis – early American
statesman , Governor of Massachusetts
Chris Evans – actor, known for role as "Captain America"
Patrick Ewing – Basketball Hall of Famer, NCAA champion, center for
New York Knicks
Patrick Ewing Jr. – NBA player, New York Knicks,
New Orleans Hornets
Extreme – band
F
Robert Frost
Louis Farrakhan – head of
Nation of Islam
Charles Farrell – actor
Spike Feresten – screenwriter and television personality
John Ferruggio – led evacuation of
Pan Am Flight 93 , hijacked in 1970
[75]
Arthur Fiedler – Boston Pops orchestra conductor
Charles L. Fletcher – architect and interior designer; owner of Charles Fletcher Design
Doug Flutie – Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback, Boston College; AFL, CFL, and NFL player, television commentator
Robert Bennet Forbes – sea captain, China trader
Ben Foster – actor (born in Boston)
Dwight Foster – Massachusetts Attorney General; associate justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
[76]
Jon Foster – actor (born in Boston)
Toby Fox – composer and video game developer known best for creating Undertale
Arlene Francis – actress, radio and TV personality (
What's My Line? )
Black Francis – of the band Pixies
Benjamin Franklin – author, public servant, diplomat, signer of the
Declaration of Independence
Bettina Freeman – opera singer
Robert Frost – iconic poet
G
Robert Goulet
The G-Clefs – Top 40 soul group
Tony Gaffney (born 1984) – basketball player in the
Israeli Basketball Premier League
Greg Gagne –
MLB player
Ryan Gallant – professional skateboarder (
Plan B Skateboards ,
DC Shoes )
Gang Green – band
Gang Starr – rap group
Erle Stanley Gardner – lawyer, author, creator of
Perry Mason
Kevin Garnett – retired professional basketball player
Edmund H. Garrett – prolific 19th- and 20th-century book illustrator and artist
Althea Garrison – politician and first known transgender member of a state legislature in the United States
[77]
Peter Gerety – actor
Elbridge Gerry – signer of Declaration of Independence; Governor of Massachusetts; Vice President of the United States; gave his name to "
gerrymandering "
Kahlil George Gibran – sculptor
Charles Dana Gibson – illustrator
Joy Giovanni –
professional wrestler , known for her time in
WWE
Paul Michael Glaser – actor and director, Starsky & Hutch
Tom Glavine – Hall of Fame baseball pitcher for
Atlanta Braves
Sumner Jules Glimcher – professor, author and filmmaker
Godsmack – band
Jared Goldberg – Olympic skier
Duff Goldman – star of
Food Network TV show
Ace of Cakes (born in Detroit, lived in MA)
Ezekiel Goldthwait (1710–1782) – prominent in town affairs in the years leading up to the American Revolution
Benjamin Gould – astronomer
Robert Goulet – Grammy Award-winning singer and Tony-winning actor (born in
Lawrence )
Paul Graham – hacker, painter, essayist, tech startup guru
Kaz Grala –
NASCAR
Camping World Truck Series driver, youngest ever to win a NASCAR Touring Series race
Geoffrey Gray (born 1997) –
American-Israeli professional basketball player in the
Israeli Basketball Premier League
Jane Loring Gray – editor
Ari Graynor – actress
Clark Gregg – actor
Justine Greiner –
Playboy
Playmate
centerfold , February 1984
Mike Grier – NHL player
Tammy Grimes – actress, singer
Hattie Tyng Griswold (1842–1909) – author, poet
Matt Grzelcyk – NHL player
Bill Guerin – NHL player
Louise Gunning – musical actress
Guru – rapper, member of
Gang Starr
Guster – band
Jasmine Guy – actress and singer
H
Winslow Homer
I
J
Shar Jackson – actress
Jada – pop and R&B singing group signed to UniversalMotown
Marie Jansen – musical actress
[78]
Jerma – Twitch streamer, YouTuber
Martin Johnson – lead singer of
Boys Like Girls
Thomas Johnston – engraver, organ builder, japanner, and heraldic painter
JoJo – singer, actress
Julia Jones – actress
Sam Jones III – actor, Glory Road
Darin Jordan – NFL player
Rebecca Richardson Joslin – author, lecturer, benefactor, clubwoman
Jujubee – drag queen
Tom Jung – art director, graphic designer, illustrator, storyboard artist
K
Keytar Bear
Madeline Kahn – actress,
Blazing Saddles
Mindy Kaling – actress,
The Office
Alex Karalexis – UFC, WEC fighter
Karmin – musical group
Robert Kelly – actor, comedian
Edward "Ted" Kennedy (1932–2009) – longtime Massachusetts Senator
John F. Kennedy – Massachusetts Senator and 35th
President of the United States
Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. – ambassador; father of John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, and Edward Kennedy
Myles Kennedy – singer, songwriter
Robert F. "Bobby" Kennedy –
U.S. Attorney General and New York Senator
Jack Kerouac – beat poet and writer
Nancy Kerrigan – Olympic figure skating silver medalist
John Kerry – U.S. Secretary of State, longtime Massachusetts Senator (1985–2013) and presidential candidate in 2004
Keytar Bear – keytarist in a bear costume who commonly performs at
MBTA stations
[79]
[80]
Killswitch Engage – metalcore band
John King – CNN chief political correspondent
[81]
Kofi Kingston –
professional wrestler , known for his time in
WWE (born in
Ghana , lived in Boston)
Jonathan Knight – singer, dancer (
New Kids on the Block )
Jordan Knight – singer, dancer (New Kids on the Block)
Henry Knox – first U.S. Secretary of War, Founding Father, Senior General in the Continental Army under Washington
Yitzhak Aharon Korff – Grand Rabbi, diplomat, international consultant
Lauren Koslow – soap opera actress
Walter "Killer" Kowalski – professional wrestler, teacher, photographer
Bob Kraft – owner of the
New England Patriots
John Krasinski – actor (
Jim Halpert in
NBC 's
The Office )
Sol Kumin – businessman, philanthropist and racehorse owner
L
Amy Lowell
Jack Lemmon
x*
Phil Labonte – musician
PJ Ladd – professional skateboarder
Liz LaManche – public artist
Jack Landron – folk singer, songwriter
Robert Lanza – medical doctor and scientist
Lewis Howard Latimer – inventor
Denis Leary – actor, comedian, writer and director
Matt LeBlanc – actor,
Friends
Dennis Lehane – author
Jack Lemmon – Academy Award-winning actor,
Mister Roberts ,
Save the Tiger ,
The Odd Couple ,
Grumpy Old Men
Jay Leno – comedian and television personality
Letters To Cleo – rock band
Elma Lewis – founder of National Center of Afro-American Artists (including a museum) and
Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts
Gary Russell Libby – art historian, museum director, curator
William Linn – defender of the
Alamo
Henry Cabot Lodge – politician
Paula Lodi –
US Army
Brigadier General ; younger sister of
US Army General
Maria Barrett
[82]
Edward Lawrence Logan – military officer, jurist, politician
Howie Long – NFL player
Edward "Ted" Kennedy (1932–2009) – longtime Massachusetts Senator
Amy Lawrence Lowell –
Pulitzer Prize -winning poet
Robert Lowell – poet
Joyner Lucas – rapper
Adam Lundquist – radio DJ
Lyte Funky Ones – pop trio
M
Samuel Morse
Aimee Mann – singer
Jonathan Mann – HIV/AIDS researcher and
World Health Organization administrator; killed on
Swissair Flight 111
Rob Mariano – Survivor contestant
Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch – rap group
Pedro Martínez – retired professional baseball player, member of
National Baseball Hall of Fame
Connie Martinson – talk show host
Mike Matarazzo – professional bodybuilder
Aaron Maund – Major League soccer player
Masspike Miles – singer, songwriter, producer,
Perfect Gentlemen (
Maybach Music Group )
Cotton Mather –
Puritan minister and author
Jonah Matranga – singer/songwriter
Greg Mauldin – NHL player, Ottawa Senators
John Mayer – singer-songwriter (born in Connecticut, lived in Boston)
Charles Johnson Maynard – naturalist and ornithologist
Chris McCarron – jockey
Tommy McCarthy – baseball player
[83]
John P. McDonough – Chief of Chaplains of
U.S. Air Force
Neal McDonough – actor
Sean McDonough – sports announcer
Will McDonough – sportswriter
Richard McGonagle – voice actor
Joey McIntyre – singer, dancer, actor (
New Kids on the Block )
Amy Upham Thomson McKean – pianist, songwriter and composer
Ed McMahon – television personality
Peter McNeeley – boxer (born in Medfield)
Michael McShane – actor
Maria Menounos – actress, journalist, professional wrestler
Nelson Merced – activist and politician, first Hispanic elected to Massachusetts General Court
David Merkow – golfer
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – band
Roger Miller – musician
Wayne Millner – NFL Hall of Famer
Mission of Burma – band
Joe Moakley – congressman
Leo Monahan (1926–2013) – sports journalist
[84]
William Monahan – screenwriter
Morphine – band
Van Morrison – singer, musician,
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee in 1993 (born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, has lived in Boston for years)
Robert Morse – actor
Samuel F. B. Morse – inventor and painter, inventor of
electric telegraph and
Morse code
Eddie Mottau –
guitarist
Mr. Lif – hip-hop artist, member of
The Perceptionists
Helen Messinger Murdoch (1862–1956) – photographer; pioneered use of autochromes in travel photography
Connor Murphy – professional ice hockey player
N
Jack Nance
Edward Norton
Jack Nance – actor, title character in
Eraserhead
Jason Nash – actor
Packy Naughton – Major League Baseball pitcher
William Cooper Nell – abolitionist
Betty Jo Nelsen – member of
Wisconsin State Assembly
Victor Folke Nelson – author, prison reform advocate, and sensational prison escapist
New Edition – music group
New Kids on the Block – band
Nicky Jam – reggaeton singer and songwriter, Latin Grammy winner
Terry Nihen –
Playboy
Playmate
Leonard Nimoy – actor, known as
Mr. Spock from
Star Trek
Zack Norman – actor, producer, financier
Edward Norton – actor,
American History X ,
Fight Club ,
The Italian Job
B. J. Novak – actor, writer for NBC's
The Office (from
Newton )
Christopher Nowinski –
professional wrestler , known for his time in
WWE
O
P
Evelyn Parnell
Sylvia Plath
Q
R
Lee Remick
Nicole Raczynski – pro wrestler known as Nikki Roxx, and as Roxxi in
TNA Wrestling
Aly Raisman – gymnast and Olympic gold medalist
Sumner Redstone –
chairman of the board and
chief executive officer of
Viacom
Maia Reficco – actress and singer
Arthur E. Reimer – two-time presidential candidate of
Socialist Labor Party of America
James Remar – actor, known for roles of Ajax in
The Warriors and of
Harry Morgan in
Dexter
Lee Remick – actress,
Days of Wine and Roses ,
Anatomy of a Murder
Jerry Remy – MLB player and sportscaster
Patrick Renna – actor, known for role of Ham in
The Sandlot
Frank Renzulli – writer, actor
Paul Revere –
silversmith and American Revolution patriot
Abbie Richards –
TikToker
Ellen Swallow Richards – "mother" of
home economics and
sewage treatment
Jonathan Richman – musician
Sam Rivers – jazz musician
Alex Rocco – actor, known for role of
Moe Greene in
The Godfather
Norman Rockwell – artist
Jeremy Roenick –
NHL player
Jereme Rogers – professional skateboarder
Mitt Romney – 70th Governor of Massachusetts; 2012 U.S. presidential candidate
Francis Rosa – sports journalist for
The Boston Globe
[86]
Eli Roth – director, writer, producer, actor
Lillian Roth – actress, singer
John Rowe (1715–1787) – Boston resident merchant and diarist, original developer of
Rowes Wharf
[87]
Nathaniel Ruggles – U.S. Representative
Bill Russell – professional basketball player and coach, NBA champion and Olympic gold medalist
Blanchard Ryan – actress
S
Alicia Sacramone – gymnast, world champion and Olympic silver medalist
Perry Saturn – pro wrestler
Richard Scarry – author, illustrator
Jeremy Scott – televangelist, nudist, poet
Edward Seaga – former Jamaican politician and statesman; his parents returned to Jamaica with him when he was three months old
Ebenezer Seaver – U.S. Representative, chairman of Roxbury Board of Selectmen
Anne Sexton – poet
Dan Shaughnessy – Boston Globe sports columnist
John H. Sherburne – U.S. Army brigadier general
[88]
William E. Sheridan – actor
Timothy Shriver – Chairman of Special Olympic Committee
Anthony T. Shtogren –
U.S. Air Force general
Fatima Siad – fashion model, third place on
America's Next Top Model , Cycle 10
Bill Simmons – sports columnist, "The Sports Guy" on ESPN.com
Slaine – hip hop artist
Slapshot – band
Jenny Slate – actress, comedian,
Saturday Night Live cast member
Emily Goodrich Smith - newspaper correspondent
Jean Kennedy Smith (1928–2020) – sister of president
John F. Kennedy ; former
United States Ambassador to Ireland
Samuel Francis Smith – composer
Edward Dexter Sohier – lawyer
Joseph B. Soloveitchik – rabbi
Thankful Southwick (1792–1867) – abolitionist, women's rights activist
James Spader – actor,
Boston Legal ,
The Blacklist
Clinton Sparks – hip hop DJ, producer
Statik Selektah – record producer and DJ
Special Teamz – rap group
Billy Squier – rock musician
Lesley Stahl – television journalist, 60 Minutes
Staind – band
Larry Stark – theater critic
Maurice Starr – musician, producer (
New Edition and
New Kids on the Block )
Frederick Stevens –
U.S. Representative from
Minnesota
[89]
Jane Agnes Stewart — author, editor, and contributor to periodicals
Sonny Stitt – jazz saxophonist
Street Dogs – band
John J. Sullivan – diplomat
John L. Sullivan – first heavyweight champion of gloved boxing
Louis Sullivan – architect
Donna Summer – singer
William H. Sumner – developer of East Boston
John Sununu – junior U.S. Senator from New Hampshire (born in Boston)
William H. Swanson – chairman and CEO of Raytheon Company
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U
V
W
Phillis Wheatley
Philip Waggenheim – gangster
Ashley Wagner (born 1991) – figure skater
Donnie Wahlberg – actor, singer, producer (
New Kids on the Block )
Mark Wahlberg – actor, rapper, producer,
Boogie Nights ,
The Perfect Storm ,
The Departed ,
The Fighter
David Walker – abolitionist
Jimmy Walker – NBA All-Star
Mike Wallace – television journalist
Marty Walsh – Mayor of Boston
Barbara Walters – television journalist
An Wang – computer engineer and inventor, co-founder of Wang Laboratories
Fiske Warren – paper manufacturer and philanthropist
Gretchen Osgood Warren – poet and muse
Joseph Warren – founding father and Son of Liberty who died at the Battle of Bunker Hill
Sam Waterston – actor
Jack Welch – businessman,
CEO of
General Electric
Westbound Train – band
Phillis Wheatley – poet and former
slave
Colin White – ice hockey player
Eli Whitney – inventor of the cotton gin
Jermaine Wiggins – NFL player
Alfred J. Wiggin – painter and society portraitist
Tony Williams – jazz drummer
Alan Wilson – singer, guitarist (
Canned Heat )
Oren Elbridge Wilson – Mayor of
Albany, New York , born in Boston
[91]
Robert Scott Wilson – actor, first male model on
The Price Is Right
Clara Winthrop – philanthropist, art collector
Danny Wood – singer (
New Kids on the Block )
Gene Wood – game show announcer
George Wood – baseball player
[83]
Brian Woods – documentary filmmaker
Benjamin Edward Woolf – British-born composer, playwright, journalist for Boston Saturday Evening Gazette and
Boston Globe
Steven Wright – Academy Award-winning comedian, actor and writer
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