| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Charles Francis Adams |
Diplomat |
18-Aug-1807 |
21-Nov-1886 |
US Ambassador to the UK, 1861-68 |
| Charles Francis Adams IV |
Business |
2-May-1910 |
5-Jan-1999 |
Former president of Raytheon |
| Charles Francis Adams, Jr. |
Business |
27-May-1835 |
20-May-1915 |
President of Union Pacific, 1884-90 |
| Henry Adams |
Historian |
16-Feb-1838 |
28-Mar-1918 |
The Education of Henry Adams |
| Roger Adams |
Chemist |
2-Jan-1889 |
6-Jul-1971 |
Organic chemist at Illinois |
| Samuel Adams |
Politician |
27-Sep-1722 |
2-Oct-1803 |
Brewer led the Boston Tea Party |
| Charles Adler |
Actor |
2-Oct-1956 |
|
Voice of Buster Bunny |
| John F. Akers |
Business |
28-Dec-1934 |
|
CEO of IBM, 1986-93 |
| Jane Alexander |
Actor |
28-Oct-1939 |
|
The Ring |
| Frederick Lewis Allen |
Journalist |
5-Jul-1890 |
13-Feb-1954 |
Editor of Harpers, 1941-53 |
| John Amaechi |
Basketball |
26-Nov-1970 |
|
Only openly gay NBA player |
| Ed Ames |
Singer |
9-Jul-1927 |
|
Try to Remember |
| Robert Anderson |
Diplomat |
6-Jan-1922 |
5-Apr-1996 |
US Ambassador to Morocco, 1976-78 |
| Richard Armitage |
Government |
26-Apr-1945 |
|
US Deputy Secretary of State, 2001-05 |
| Jeff Bagwell |
Baseball |
27-May-1968 |
|
Former 1st Baseman, Houston Astros |
| Emily Greene Balch |
Activist |
8-Jan-1867 |
9-Jan-1961 |
Peace activist, Nobel Prize recipient |
| Joanna Barnes |
Actor |
15-Nov-1934 |
|
Goodbye Charlie |
| Clarence W. Barron |
Publisher |
2-Jul-1855 |
2-Oct-1928 |
Wall Street Journal proprietor, 1903-28 |
| Charlie Bass |
Politician |
8-Jan-1952 |
|
Congressman from New Hampshire, 1995-2007 |
| Emily Morison Beck |
Editor |
c. 1916 |
28-Mar-2004 |
Editor of Bartlett's Quotations |
| Henry Whitney Bellows |
Religion |
11-Jun-1814 |
30-Jan-1882 |
Unitarian leader, civil reformer |
| Nancy Benoit |
Wrestling |
21-May-1964 |
22-Jun-2007 |
Wife, murder victim of Chris Benoit |
| Ray Benzino |
Rapper |
1967 |
|
Co-Owner of The Source |
| Michael Bloomberg |
Politician |
14-Feb-1942 |
|
Mayor of New York City |
| Veda Ann Borg |
Actor |
11-Jan-1915 |
16-Aug-1973 |
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer |
| James Bowdoin |
Politician |
7-Aug-1726 |
6-Nov-1790 |
Governor of Massachusetts 1785-87 |
| Robert F. Bradford |
Politician |
15-Dec-1902 |
18-Mar-1983 |
Governor of Massachusetts, 1947-49 |
| Ben Bradlee |
Journalist |
26-Aug-1921 |
|
Editor of The Washington Post, 1965-91 |
| Connie Britton |
Actor |
6-Mar-1968 |
|
Nikki Faber on Spin City |
| Paul Brodeur |
Novelist |
16-May-1931 |
|
The Sick Fox |
| Bobby Brown |
Singer |
5-Feb-1969 |
|
My Prerogative |
| Charles Bulfinch |
Architect |
8-Aug-1763 |
15-Apr-1844 |
Architect of the U.S. Capitol |
| Whitey Bulger |
Criminal |
3-Sep-1929 |
|
One of the FBI's ten most wanted |
| Mac Bundy |
Government |
30-Mar-1919 |
16-Sep-1996 |
National Security Advisor, 1961-66 |
| Gelett Burgess |
Cartoonist |
30-Jan-1866 |
17-Sep-1951 |
Has never seen a purple cow |
| Susan Cabot |
Actor |
9-Jul-1927 |
10-Dec-1986 |
The Wasp Woman |
| Mario Cantone |
Comic |
9-Dec-1959 |
|
Laugh Whore |
| Doug Carlston |
Business |
1947 |
|
Co-Founder, Br0derbund Software |
| Albert V. Casey |
Business |
28-Feb-1920 |
10-Jul-2004 |
CEO of American Airlines, 1974-85 |
| Peggy Cass |
Actor |
21-May-1924 |
8-Mar-1999 |
Auntie Mame |
| John Cazale |
Actor |
12-Aug-1935 |
12-Mar-1978 |
Fredo in The Godfather |
| John Ciardi |
Poet |
24-Jun-1916 |
30-Mar-1986 |
How Does a Poem Mean? |
| Lenny Clarke |
Actor |
16-Sep-1953 |
|
Uncle Teddy on Rescue Me |
| Robert Coles |
Psychiatrist |
12-Oct-1929 |
|
Children of Crisis |
| Jerry Colonna |
Radio Personality |
17-Sep-1904 |
21-Nov-1986 |
Sidekick of Bob Hope |
| Chuck Colson |
Government |
16-Oct-1931 |
|
Minister, former Watergate figure |
| Gary Conway |
Actor |
4-Feb-1936 |
|
Det. Tilson on Burke's Law |
| Dane Cook |
Comic |
18-Mar-1972 |
|
Harmful If Swallowed |
| Jennifer Coolidge |
Actor |
c. 1963 |
|
Legally Blonde |
| John Singleton Copley |
Painter |
3-Jul-1738 |
9-Sep-1815 |
Boy with a Squirrel |
| Michael T. Cowhig |
Business |
23-Jan-1947 |
|
Senior Gillette executive |
| Judith A. Cowin |
Judge |
29-Apr-1942 |
|
Justice, Massachusetts Supreme Court |
| Paul Cronin |
Government |
14-Mar-1938 |
5-Apr-1997 |
Congressman from Massachusetts, 1973-75 |
| Norm Crosby |
Comic |
15-Sep-1927 |
|
Stand-up and nightclub comic |
| Richard Cardinal Cushing |
Religion |
24-Aug-1895 |
2-Nov-1970 |
Catholic Archbishop of Boston, 1944-70 |
| Walter Cutler |
Diplomat |
25-Nov-1931 |
|
US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, 1984-87 |
| Edward Dahlberg |
Novelist |
22-Jul-1900 |
27-Feb-1977 |
Because I Was Flesh |
| Dick Dale |
Guitarist |
4-May-1937 |
|
Surf music guitarist, Deltones |
| Evan Dando |
Musician |
4-Mar-1967 |
|
Lemonheads frontman |
| Jeffrey Davidow |
Diplomat |
26-Jan-1944 |
|
US Ambassador to Mexico, 1998-2001 |
| Nathaniel Davis |
Diplomat |
12-Apr-1925 |
|
US Ambassador to Switzerland, 1975-77 |
| Brad Delp |
Singer |
12-Jun-1951 |
9-Mar-2007 |
Lead singer of Boston |
| Daniel C. Dennett |
Philosopher |
28-Mar-1942 |
|
Leading Darwinist and philosopher |
| Peter B. Dervan |
Chemist |
28-Jun-1945 |
|
DNA Researcher |
| Paul A. Dever |
Politician |
15-Jan-1903 |
11-Apr-1958 |
Governor of Massachusetts, 1949-53 |
| Brian J. Donnelly |
Politician |
2-Mar-1946 |
|
Congressman from Massachusetts, 1979-93 |
| Robert Drinan |
Politician |
15-Nov-1920 |
28-Jan-2007 |
Jesuit priest, Massachusetts Congressman |
| William C. Durant |
Business |
8-Dec-1861 |
18-Mar-1947 |
Founder of General Motors |
| Eliza Dushku |
Actor |
30-Dec-1980 |
|
Tru Calling |
| Richard Dysart |
Actor |
30-Mar-1929 |
|
Leland McKenzie on L.A. Law |
| Lisa Edelstein |
Actor |
21-May-1966 |
|
Dr. Lisa Cuddy on House, MD |
| Charles William Eliot |
Educator |
20-Mar-1834 |
22-Aug-1926 |
President, Harvard University, 1869-1909 |
| Christine Elise |
Actor |
12-Feb-1965 |
|
Ex-Fiancée of Jason Priestley |
| Bob Elliott |
Comic |
26-Mar-1923 |
|
Half of Bob & Ray |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson |
Essayist |
25-May-1803 |
27-Apr-1882 |
Essayist, wrote Nature |
| John Ennis |
Comic |
6-May-1964 |
|
Mr. Show with Bob and David |
| John Enos III |
Actor |
12-Jun-1962 |
|
Bullet, The Rock |
| William M. Evarts |
Politician |
6-Feb-1818 |
28-Feb-1901 |
US Secretary of State, 1877-81 |
| Amelia C. Fawcett |
Business |
c. 1956 |
|
COO of Morgan Stanley Intl., 2002-06 |
| Colm Feore |
Actor |
22-Aug-1958 |
|
Trudeau |
| Frances D. Fergusson |
Educator |
3-Oct-1944 |
|
President of Vassar, 1986-2006 |
| E. James Ferland |
Business |
19-Mar-1942 |
|
CEO of PSEG, 1986-2007 |
| Charles D. Ferris |
Government |
9-Apr-1933 |
|
FCC Chairman, 1977-81 |
| Arthur Fiedler |
Conductor |
17-Dec-1894 |
10-Jul-1979 |
Conductor of the Boston Pops |
| Betty Field |
Actor |
8-Feb-1913 |
13-Sep-1973 |
Picnic |
| Dudley Fitts |
Scholar |
28-Apr-1903 |
10-Jul-1968 |
Translator of Greek literature |
| Raymond L. Flynn |
Politician |
22-Jul-1939 |
|
Mayor of Boston, 1984-93 |
| Ben Foster |
Actor |
29-Oct-1980 |
|
The Door in the Floor |
| Arlene Francis |
Actor |
20-Oct-1907 |
31-May-2001 |
What's My Line? |
| Benjamin Franklin |
Diplomat |
17-Jan-1706 |
17-Apr-1790 |
American founding father |
| Pauline Frederick |
Actor |
12-Aug-1883 |
19-Sep-1938 |
This Modern Age |
| Jack Germond |
Columnist |
c. 1928 |
|
Fat Man in a Middle Seat |
| Bart Giamatti |
Baseball |
4-Apr-1938 |
1-Sep-1989 |
Baseball Commissioner, 1989 |
| Walter Gilbert |
Chemist |
21-Mar-1932 |
|
Sequencing techniques for DNA |
| Philip S. Goldberg |
Diplomat |
? |
|
US Ambassador to Bolivia |
| Mike Gordon |
Bassist |
3-Jun-1965 |
|
Bass guitarist for Phish |
| Benjamin Apthorp Gould |
Astronomer |
27-Sep-1824 |
26-Nov-1896 |
American astronomer and star-catalogist |
| Temple Grandin |
Architect |
29-Aug-1947 |
|
Autistic slaughterhouse designer |
| Robert Grant |
Novelist |
24-Jan-1852 |
19-May-1940 |
Unleavened Bread |
| Mark Green |
Politician |
1-Jun-1960 |
|
US Ambassador to Tanzania |
| Clark Gregg |
Actor |
2-Apr-1962 |
|
The New Adventures of Old Christine |
| Joseph Grew |
Diplomat |
27-May-1880 |
25-May-1965 |
US Ambassador to Japan, 1932-41 |
| Tammy Grimes |
Actor |
30-Jan-1934 |
|
The Unsinkable Molly Brown |
| Paul Guilfoyle |
Actor |
28-Apr-1949 |
|
Capt. Jim Brass on CSI |
| Jasmine Guy |
Actor |
10-Mar-1964 |
|
A Different World |
| Edward Everett Hale |
Author |
3-Apr-1822 |
10-Jun-1909 |
The Man Without a Country |
| Lucretia Peabody Hale |
Author |
2-Sep-1820 |
12-Jun-1900 |
The Peterkin Papers |
| Jack Haley |
Actor |
10-Aug-1898 |
6-Jun-1979 |
Tin Man on The Wizard of Oz |
| Alexander Hall |
Film Director |
11-Jan-1894 |
30-Jul-1968 |
Here Comes Mr. Jordan |
| Thurston Hall |
Actor |
10-May-1882 |
20-Feb-1958 |
Mr. Schuyler on Topper |
| Reed Hastings |
Business |
8-Oct-1960 |
|
Founder and CEO of Netflix |
| Nat Hentoff |
Critic |
10-Jun-1925 |
|
The Jazz Life |
| John Michael Higgins |
Actor |
12-Feb-1963 |
|
The Late Shift |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. |
Judge |
8-Mar-1841 |
6-Mar-1935 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1902-32 |
| Winslow Homer |
Painter |
24-Feb-1836 |
30-Sep-1910 |
Maritime painter, Eight Bells |
| Samuel Gridley Howe |
Educator |
10-Nov-1801 |
9-Jan-1876 |
Founder of Perkins Institution |
| Beth Howland |
Actor |
28-May-1941 |
|
Vera Louise Gorman on Alice |
| Alfred C. Hughes |
Religion |
2-Dec-1932 |
|
Catholic Archbishop of New Orleans |
| Thomas Hutchinson |
Government |
9-Sep-1711 |
3-Jun-1780 |
Last Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony |
| J. Franklin Jameson |
Historian |
19-Sep-1859 |
28-Sep-1937 |
Dictionary of United States History |
| George Jung |
Criminal |
6-Aug-1942 |
|
Cocaine smuggler |
| Madeline Kahn |
Actor |
29-Sep-1942 |
3-Dec-1999 |
Paper Moon and Blazing Saddles |
| Joel D. Kaplan |
Government |
c. 1969 |
|
White House policy advisor |
| Paul X. Kelley |
Military |
11-Nov-1928 |
|
28th USMC Commandant, 1983-87 |
| Henry W. Kendall |
Physicist |
9-Dec-1926 |
15-Feb-1999 |
Verified existence of quarks |
| Joseph P. Kennedy |
Business |
6-Sep-1888 |
18-Nov-1969 |
Smuggler and patriarch of the Kennedy clan |
| Robert F. Kennedy |
Politician |
20-Nov-1925 |
6-Jun-1968 |
Slain Presidential candidate |
| Rose Kennedy |
Relative |
22-Jul-1890 |
22-Jan-1995 |
Kennedy Matriarch |
| Sarah Kemble Knight |
Author |
19-Apr-1666 |
25-Sep-1727 |
The Journal of Mme. Knight |
| Henry Knox |
Government |
25-Jul-1750 |
25-Oct-1806 |
US Secretary of War, 1785-94 |
| Jonathan Kozol |
Educator |
1936 |
|
Death at an Early Age |
| Bill Laimbeer |
Basketball |
19-May-1957 |
|
Detroit Pistons #40, retired |
| Adrian Lamo |
Hacker |
Feb-1981 |
|
So-called homeless hacker |
| William Leonard Langer |
Historian |
16-Mar-1896 |
26-Dec-1977 |
Our Vichy Gamble |
| Fred Leuchter, Jr. |
Inventor |
1943 |
|
Execution technologist, hero to neo-Nazis |
| Tony Levin |
Bassist |
6-Jun-1946 |
|
Bassist for King Crimson |
| Mr. Lif |
Rapper |
1977 |
|
I Phantom |
| Henry Cabot Lodge |
Politician |
12-May-1850 |
9-Nov-1924 |
US Senator from Massachusetts, 1893-1924 |
| David Lovering |
Drummer |
6-Dec-1961 |
|
Pixies drummer |
| Percival Lowell |
Astronomer |
13-Mar-1855 |
12-Nov-1916 |
Predicted existence of planet Pluto |
| Robert Lowell |
Poet |
1-Mar-1917 |
12-Sep-1977 |
Lord Weary's Castle |
| Stephen Lynch |
Politician |
31-Mar-1955 |
|
Congressman, Massachusetts 9th |
| Champ Lyons, Jr. |
Judge |
6-Dec-1940 |
|
Justice, Alabama Supreme Court |
| Alexander Mackendrick |
Film Director |
8-Sep-1912 |
22-Dec-1993 |
The Sweet Smell of Success |
| Burton Malkiel |
Economist |
28-Aug-1932 |
|
A Random Walk Down Wall Street |
| Ellen R. Marram |
Business |
1947 |
|
CEO of Tropicana, 1997-98 |
| William Martin |
Novelist |
c. 1950 |
|
Back Bay |
| Cotton Mather |
Religion |
12-Feb-1663 |
13-Feb-1728 |
Pastor at Boston North Church |
| Norman S. Matthews |
Business |
1933 |
|
President and COO of Federated, 1987-88 |
| Brini Maxwell |
TV Personality |
23-Jul-1969 |
|
The Brini Maxwell Show |
| David Maysles |
Film Director |
10-Jan-1932 |
3-Jan-1987 |
Documentary filmmaker |
| Christa McAuliffe |
Astronaut |
2-Sep-1948 |
28-Jan-1986 |
First teacher in space |
| John McCarthy |
Computer Programmer |
4-Sep-1927 |
|
Created LISP programming language |
| Scott McCloud |
Cartoonist |
1960 |
|
Author of Understanding Comics |
| John W. McCormack |
Politician |
21-Dec-1891 |
22-Nov-1980 |
Speaker of the House, 1962-70 |
| Michael C. McFarland |
Educator |
1948 |
|
President, College of the Holy Cross |
| Edward McGaffigan |
Government |
8-Dec-1948 |
2-Sep-2007 |
NRC Commissioner, 1996-2007 |
| Mary McGrory |
Journalist |
22-Aug-1918 |
21-Apr-2004 |
Pulitzer Prize-winning Liberal Icon |
| Thomas Menino |
Politician |
27-Dec-1942 |
|
Mayor of Boston |
| Merton H. Miller |
Economist |
16-May-1923 |
3-Jun-2000 |
Modigliani-Miller theorem |
| Jan Miner |
Actor |
15-Oct-1917 |
15-Feb-2004 |
Soaking in Palmolive dishwashing liquid |
| George R. Minot |
Doctor |
2-Dec-1885 |
25-Feb-1950 |
Liver therapy for pernicious anemia |
| Joseph Moakley |
Politician |
27-Apr-1927 |
28-May-2001 |
Congressman from Massachusetts, 1973-2001 |
| Robin Moore |
Author |
31-Oct-1925 |
21-Feb-2008 |
The Green Berets |
| Samuel Eliot Morison |
Historian |
9-Jul-1887 |
15-May-1976 |
Rear Admiral and naval historian |
| Sarah Wentworth Morton |
Poet |
1759 |
14-May-1846 |
Ouabi |
| Story Musgrave |
Astronaut |
19-Aug-1935 |
|
Spent 1281 hours in space |
| Roger B. Myerson |
Economist |
29-Mar-1951 |
|
Mechanism design theory |
| Jack Nance |
Actor |
21-Dec-1943 |
30-Dec-1996 |
Eraserhead |
| Barry Newman |
Actor |
7-Nov-1938 |
|
Petrocelli |
| David G. Newton |
Diplomat |
13-Nov-1935 |
|
US Ambassador to Iraq, 1984-88 |
| Leonard Nimoy |
Actor |
26-Mar-1931 |
|
Commander Spock on Star Trek |
| Alessandro Nivola |
Actor |
28-Jun-1972 |
|
Laurel Canyon |
| Edward Norton |
Actor |
18-Aug-1969 |
|
Fight Club |
| Lawrence O'Donnell |
Journalist |
1955 |
|
MSNBC political analyst |
| Mike O'Malley |
Actor |
31-Oct-1969 |
|
Jimmy Hughes on Yes, Dear |
| Ken Ober |
Game Show Host |
3-Jul-1957 |
|
Remote Control, Ober and Olsen |
| Marvin Olasky |
Pundit |
12-Jun-1950 |
|
The Tragedy of American Compassion |
| Francis Parkman |
Historian |
16-Sep-1823 |
8-Nov-1893 |
France and England in North America |
| Bruce Pearl |
Basketball |
18-Mar-1960 |
|
Head Coach, University of Tennessee |
| Frances Perkins |
Government |
10-Apr-1882 |
14-May-1965 |
First female US cabinet member |
| Howard Phillips |
Activist |
6-Feb-1941 |
|
Founder, US Taxpayers Party |
| Edward Charles Pickering |
Astronomer |
19-Jul-1846 |
3-Feb-1919 |
Photometer inventor and surveyor |
| Albert Pike |
Military |
29-Dec-1809 |
2-Apr-1891 |
Confederate general, Freemason |
| John Pinette |
Comic |
23-Mar-1964 |
|
You go now! You been here four owa! |
| Daniel Pipes |
Government |
9-Sep-1949 |
|
Influential neocon |
| Sylvia Plath |
Poet |
27-Oct-1932 |
11-Feb-1963 |
Daddy |
| Edgar Allan Poe |
Author |
19-Jan-1809 |
7-Oct-1849 |
Macabre short story writer and poet |
| Carroll Quigley |
Educator |
9-Nov-1910 |
3-Jan-1977 |
Harvard professor, mentor to Bill Clinton |
| Josiah Quincy |
Educator |
4-Feb-1772 |
1-Jul-1864 |
President of Harvard, 1829-45 |
| Maxwell M. Rabb |
Attorney |
28-Sep-1910 |
9-Jun-2002 |
US Ambassdor to Italy, 1981-89 |
| Eric S. Raymond |
Computer Programmer |
1957 |
|
The New Hacker's Dictionary |
| Sumner Redstone |
Business |
27-May-1923 |
|
Chairman and CEO of Viacom |
| Joseph D. Reitman |
Actor |
25-May-1968 |
|
Actor/Husband of Shannon Elizabeth |
| James Remar |
Actor |
31-Dec-1953 |
|
The Warriors |
| Eugene C. Renzi |
Military |
c. 1935 |
9-Feb-2008 |
Army Maj. Gen., ManTech VP |
| Paul Revere |
Military |
1-Jan-1735 |
10-May-1818 |
One if by land, two if by sea... |
| Francis J. Ricciardone, Jr. |
Diplomat |
c. 1951 |
|
US Ambassador to Egypt, 2005-08 |
| Elliot Richardson |
Government |
20-Jul-1920 |
31-Dec-1999 |
Refused to fire Watergate Special Prosecutor |
| Jonathan Richman |
Musician |
15-May-1951 |
|
Modern Lovers frontman, pre-punk influence |
| Alex Rocco |
Actor |
29-Feb-1936 |
|
Moe Greene in The Godfather |
| Ed Rollins |
Government |
19-Mar-1943 |
|
GOP political strategist |
| Marc Rotenberg |
Activist |
c. 1961 |
|
Electronic Privacy Information Center |
| Eli Roth |
Film Director |
18-Apr-1972 |
|
Cabin Fever |
| Lillian Roth |
Actor |
13-Dec-1910 |
12-May-1980 |
I'll Cry Tomorrow |
| Warren Rudman |
Politician |
18-May-1930 |
|
US Senator from New Hampshire, 1980-93 |
| Richard Scarry |
Author |
5-Jun-1919 |
30-Apr-1994 |
Delightful children's book author and artist |
| John Schuck |
Actor |
4-Feb-1940 |
|
Sgt. Enright on McMillan and Wife |
| William F. Sharpe |
Economist |
16-Jun-1934 |
|
Capital asset pricing model |
| Wilmar H. Shiras |
Novelist |
1908 |
1990 |
Children of the Atom |
| William Shurcliff |
Physicist |
27-Mar-1909 |
20-Jun-2006 |
Manhattan Project physicist |
| John Slattery |
Actor |
13-Aug-1962 |
|
Roger on Mad Men |
| Peter Smith |
Educator |
31-Oct-1945 |
|
President, CSU Monterey Bay, 1995-2005 |
| William Kennedy Smith |
Relative |
4-Sep-1960 |
|
Lesser Kennedy, not guilty of rape |
| Tower Snow |
Attorney |
1947 |
|
Chairman of Brobeck, 1998-2001 |
| Alan D. Solomont |
Business |
1957 |
|
DNC National Finance Chairman, 1997 |
| Bob Somerby |
Journalist |
? |
|
The Daily Howler |
| James Spader |
Actor |
7-Feb-1960 |
|
Sex, Lies, and Videotape |
| Arnold Stang |
Actor |
28-Sep-1925 |
|
Bespectacled character actor |
| Stephanie A. Streeter |
Business |
c. 1957 |
|
CEO of Banta Corporation, 2002-07 |
| Gordon R. Sullivan |
Military |
25-Sep-1937 |
|
US Army Chief of Staff, 1991-95 |
| Louis Sullivan |
Architect |
3-Sep-1856 |
14-Apr-1924 |
Early skyscraper architect |
| Donna Summer |
Singer |
31-Dec-1948 |
|
Disco Diva |
| Charles Sumner |
Politician |
6-Jan-1811 |
11-Mar-1874 |
Anti-slavery Senator from Massachusetts |
| Edwin Vose Sumner |
Military |
30-Jan-1797 |
21-Mar-1863 |
Union Army General |
| John E. Sununu |
Politician |
10-Sep-1964 |
|
US Senator from New Hampshire |
| Al B. Sure |
Singer/Songwriter |
4-Jun-1969 |
|
In Effect Mode |
| Richard F. Syron |
Business |
25-Oct-1943 |
|
CEO of Freddie Mac |
| Matthew J. Szulik |
Business |
1956 |
|
CEO of Red Hat, 1999-2007 |
| Bob Taft |
Politician |
8-Jan-1942 |
|
Governor of Ohio, 1999-2007 |
| James Taylor |
Singer/Songwriter |
12-Mar-1948 |
|
Seen fire, rain |
| Meshach Taylor |
Actor |
11-Apr-1947 |
|
Anthony Bouvier on Designing Women |
| Michelle Thomas |
Actor |
23-Sep-1969 |
22-Dec-1998 |
Myra on Family Matters |
| James A. Thomson |
Administrator |
21-Jan-1945 |
|
President and CEO, Rand Corporation |
| Uma Thurman |
Actor |
29-Apr-1970 |
|
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 |
| George Ticknor |
Educator |
1-Aug-1791 |
26-Jan-1871 |
History of Spanish Literature |
| Maura Tierney |
Actor |
3-Feb-1965 |
|
Lisa from Newsradio |
| Maurice J. Tobin |
Politician |
22-May-1901 |
19-Jul-1953 |
US Secretary of Labor, 1948-53 |
| Jonathan Tucker |
Actor |
31-May-1982 |
|
The Black Donnellys |
| Sonny Tufts |
Actor |
16-Jul-1911 |
4-Jun-1970 |
Cat-Women of the Moon |
| Guinevere Turner |
Actor |
23-May-1968 |
|
Preaching to the Perverted |
| Royall Tyler |
Playwright |
18-Jul-1757 |
26-Aug-1826 |
The Contrast |
| Helen Vendler |
Critic |
30-Apr-1933 |
|
American poetry critic |
| Alexander Vershbow |
Diplomat |
1952 |
|
US Ambassador to South Korea |
| Cynthia Voigt |
Author |
25-Feb-1942 |
|
Juvenile author, Tillerman Cycle |
| Francis A. Walker |
Economist |
2-Jul-1840 |
5-Jan-1897 |
The Wages Question |
| Barbara Walters |
Journalist |
25-Sep-1929 |
|
20/20 |
| Alexander F. Watson |
Diplomat |
8-Aug-1939 |
|
US Ambassador to Peru, 1986-89 |
| Dorothy West |
Novelist |
2-Jun-1907 |
16-Aug-1998 |
The Wedding |
| Clifton R. Wharton, Jr. |
Business |
13-Sep-1926 |
|
CEO of TIAA-CREF, 1987-92 |
| Brian J. White |
Actor |
21-Apr-1973 |
|
Stomp the Yard |
| Kevin H. White |
Politician |
25-Sep-1929 |
|
Mayor of Boston, 1968-84 |
| Theodore H. White |
Historian |
6-May-1915 |
15-May-1986 |
The Making of the President |
| Richard B. Wigglesworth |
Government |
25-Apr-1891 |
22-Oct-1960 |
Congressman from Massachusetts, 1928-58 |
| Patricia J. Williams |
Scholar |
28-Aug-1951 |
|
The Alchemy of Race and Rights |
| Justin Winsor |
Curator |
2-Jan-1831 |
22-Oct-1897 |
Librarian of Harvard University |
| Roland Winters |
Actor |
22-Nov-1904 |
22-Oct-1989 |
Charlie Chan |
| Robert Charles Winthrop |
Politician |
12-May-1809 |
16-Nov-1894 |
Speaker of the 30th Congress |
| Frederick Wiseman |
Film Director |
1-Jan-1930 |
|
Titicut Follies |
| Scott Wolf |
Actor |
4-Jun-1968 |
|
Bailey Salinger on Party of Five |
| Robert B. Woodward |
Chemist |
10-Apr-1917 |
8-Jul-1979 |
Synthesized cholesterol, Vitamin B12, etc. |
| Elihu Yale |
Philanthropist |
5-Apr-1649 |
8-Jul-1721 |
Namesake of Yale University |
| Peter T. Zarella |
Judge |
13-Oct-1949 |
|
Justice, Connecticut Supreme Court |
| Strauss Zelnick |
Business |
26-Jun-1957 |
|
CEO of BMG Entertainment, 1998-2000 |
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Brooks Adams |
Historian |
24-Jun-1848 |
13-Feb-1927 |
The Law of Civilization and Decay |
| Charles Francis Adams |
Diplomat |
18-Aug-1807 |
21-Nov-1886 |
US Ambassador to the UK, 1861-68 |
| Charles Francis Adams III |
Government |
2-Aug-1866 |
11-Jun-1954 |
Secretary of the Navy, 1929-33 |
| Samuel Adams |
Politician |
27-Sep-1722 |
2-Oct-1803 |
Brewer led the Boston Tea Party |
| William Taylor Adams |
Author |
30-Jul-1822 |
27-Mar-1897 |
Oliver Optic's Magazine |
| Louisa May Alcott |
Author |
29-Nov-1832 |
6-Mar-1888 |
Little Women |
| Thomas Bailey Aldrich |
Poet |
11-Nov-1836 |
19-Mar-1907 |
The Story of a Bad Boy |
| Crispus Attucks |
Activist |
1723 |
5-Mar-1770 |
First man killed in the American Revolution |
| John Bardeen |
Physicist |
23-May-1908 |
30-Jan-1991 |
Co-Inventor of the transistor |
| Walter Jackson Bate |
Critic |
23-May-1918 |
26-Jul-1999 |
Samuel Johnson |
| Jacob Bigelow |
Botanist |
27-Feb-1786 |
10-Jan-1879 |
American Medical Botany |
| Elizabeth Bishop |
Poet |
8-Feb-1911 |
6-Oct-1979 |
North & South |
| Nathaniel Bowditch |
Astronomer |
26-Mar-1773 |
17-Mar-1838 |
American Practical Navigator |
| James Bowdoin |
Politician |
7-Aug-1726 |
6-Nov-1790 |
Governor of Massachusetts 1785-87 |
| Robert F. Bradford |
Politician |
15-Dec-1902 |
18-Mar-1983 |
Governor of Massachusetts, 1947-49 |
| Charles Bulfinch |
Architect |
8-Aug-1763 |
15-Apr-1844 |
Architect of the U.S. Capitol |
| Thomas Bulfinch |
Author |
15-Jul-1796 |
27-May-1867 |
Bullfinch's Mythology |
| Mac Bundy |
Government |
30-Mar-1919 |
16-Sep-1996 |
National Security Advisor, 1961-66 |
| William M. Butler |
Politician |
29-Jan-1861 |
29-Mar-1937 |
US Senator from Massachusetts, 1924-26 |
| Richard E. Byrd |
Explorer |
25-Oct-1888 |
11-Mar-1957 |
Arctic and Antarctic explorer |
| Eddie Collins |
Baseball |
2-May-1887 |
25-Mar-1951 |
Second baseman, 1914 MVP |
| John F. Collins |
Politician |
1919 |
23-Nov-1995 |
Mayor of Boston, 1960-68 |
| John T. Connor |
Business |
3-Nov-1914 |
6-Oct-2000 |
CEO of Allied Chemical, 1967-79 |
| John Cotton |
Religion |
4-Dec-1585 |
23-Dec-1652 |
First Church of Boston |
| Paul Cronin |
Government |
14-Mar-1938 |
5-Apr-1997 |
Congressman from Massachusetts, 1973-75 |
| Richard Cardinal Cushing |
Religion |
24-Aug-1895 |
2-Nov-1970 |
Catholic Archbishop of Boston, 1944-70 |
| Margaret Deland |
Author |
23-Feb-1857 |
13-Jan-1945 |
Old Chester Tales |
| Paul A. Dever |
Politician |
15-Jan-1903 |
11-Apr-1958 |
Governor of Massachusetts, 1949-53 |
| John T. Dunlop |
Government |
5-Jul-1914 |
2-Oct-2003 |
US Secretary of Labor, 1975-76 |
| Edward Everett |
Educator |
11-Apr-1794 |
15-Jan-1865 |
Governor of Massachuetts, 1836-40 |
| James Thomas Fields |
Editor |
31-Dec-1817 |
24-Apr-1881 |
Editor of the Atlantic Monthly |
| Robert Frost |
Poet |
26-Mar-1874 |
29-Jan-1963 |
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening |
| Hugh J. Gallen |
Politician |
30-Jul-1924 |
29-Dec-1982 |
Governor of New Hampshire, 1979-82 |
| Walter Gropius |
Architect |
18-May-1883 |
5-Jul-1969 |
Founder of the Bauhaus school |
| John Harvard |
Religion |
26-Nov-1607 |
14-Sep-1638 |
Bequest to Harvard College |
| Michael C. Hawley |
Business |
c. 1938 |
13-Jun-2004 |
CEO of Gillette, 1999-2000 |
| A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. |
Judge |
25-Feb-1928 |
14-Dec-1998 |
Chief Justice, 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes |
Author |
29-Aug-1809 |
7-Oct-1894 |
The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table |
| Samuel Gridley Howe |
Educator |
10-Nov-1801 |
9-Jan-1876 |
Founder of Perkins Institution |
| Yousuf Karsh |
Photographer |
23-Dec-1908 |
13-Jul-2002 |
Portrait photographer |
| Arthur E. Kennelly |
Physicist |
17-Dec-1861 |
18-Jun-1939 |
Kennelly-Heaviside layer |
| William Leonard Langer |
Historian |
16-Mar-1896 |
26-Dec-1977 |
Our Vichy Gamble |
| A. Lawrence Lowell |
Educator |
1-Jan-1856 |
6-Jan-1943 |
President, Harvard University, 1909-33 |
| George Maciunas |
Artist |
8-Nov-1931 |
9-May-1978 |
Founder of Fluxus |
| Archibald Macleish |
Poet |
7-May-1892 |
20-Apr-1982 |
Conquistador |
| Cotton Mather |
Religion |
12-Feb-1663 |
13-Feb-1728 |
Pastor at Boston North Church |
| Increase Mather |
Religion |
21-Jun-1639 |
23-Aug-1723 |
Massachusetts Puritan leader |
| F. O. Matthiessen |
Critic |
19-Feb-1902 |
1-Apr-1950 |
American Renaissance |
| Jonathan Mayhew |
Religion |
8-Oct-1720 |
9-Jul-1766 |
Congregationalist minister, anti-Royalist |
| Humberto Cardinal Medeiros |
Religion |
6-Oct-1915 |
17-Sep-1983 |
Archbishop of Boston, 1970-83 |
| Grace Metalious |
Novelist |
8-Sep-1924 |
25-Feb-1964 |
Peyton Place |
| Samuel Eliot Morison |
Historian |
9-Jul-1887 |
15-May-1976 |
Rear Admiral and naval historian |
| Edwin O'Connor |
Novelist |
29-Jul-1918 |
23-Mar-1968 |
The Last Hurrah |
| Eugene O'Neill |
Playwright |
16-Oct-1888 |
27-Nov-1953 |
America's greatest playwright |
| Tip O'Neill |
Politician |
9-Dec-1912 |
5-Jan-1994 |
Speaker of the House, 1977-87 |
| Richard Olney |
Government |
15-Sep-1835 |
8-Apr-1917 |
US Secretary of State, 1895-97 |
| Gregory Pincus |
Scientist |
9-Apr-1903 |
22-Aug-1967 |
Inventor of oral contraceptives |
| William H. Prescott |
Historian |
4-May-1796 |
28-Jan-1859 |
The Conquest of Mexico |
| Lucian W. Pye |
Scholar |
21-Oct-1921 |
5-Sep-2008 |
Sinologist |
| Josiah Quincy |
Educator |
4-Feb-1772 |
1-Jul-1864 |
President of Harvard, 1829-45 |
| Willard Van Orman Quine |
Philosopher |
25-Jun-1908 |
25-Dec-2000 |
Two Dogmas of Empiricism |
| Anthony Quinn |
Actor |
21-Apr-1915 |
3-Jun-2001 |
Zorba the Greek |
| Paul Revere |
Military |
1-Jan-1735 |
10-May-1818 |
One if by land, two if by sea... |
| Elliot Richardson |
Government |
20-Jul-1920 |
31-Dec-1999 |
Refused to fire Watergate Special Prosecutor |
| Edith Nourse Rogers |
Politician |
19-Mar-1881 |
10-Sep-1960 |
Congresswoman from Massachusetts, 1925-60 |
| Harold W. Ross |
Publisher |
6-Nov-1892 |
6-Dec-1951 |
Founder of The New Yorker |
| Susanna Rowson |
Author |
c. 1762 |
2-Mar-1824 |
Charlotte, a Tale of Truth |
| Pedro Salinas |
Poet |
27-Nov-1891 |
4-Dec-1951 |
Generation of '27 |
| Arthur M. Schlesinger |
Historian |
27-Feb-1888 |
30-Oct-1965 |
The Rise of the City |
| William L. Shirer |
Historian |
23-Feb-1904 |
28-Dec-1993 |
Rise and Fall of the Third Reich |
| Lysander Spooner |
Activist |
19-Jan-1808 |
14-May-1887 |
No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority |
| Frank Stanton |
Business |
20-Mar-1908 |
24-Dec-2006 |
President of CBS, 1946-73 |
| William Steig |
Cartoonist |
14-Nov-1907 |
3-Oct-2003 |
Shrek, The New Yorker |
| I. F. Stone |
Journalist |
24-Dec-1907 |
17-Jul-1989 |
I. F. Stone's Weekly |
| Lucy Stone |
Activist |
13-Aug-1818 |
18-Oct-1893 |
American Women's Suffrage Association |
| Gilbert Stuart |
Painter |
3-Dec-1755 |
9-Jul-1828 |
American portrait painter |
| George Ticknor |
Educator |
1-Aug-1791 |
26-Jan-1871 |
History of Spanish Literature |
| William Monroe Trotter |
Activist |
7-Apr-1872 |
7-Apr-1934 |
Co-founder, Boston Guardian |
| Paul Tsongas |
Politician |
14-Feb-1941 |
18-Jan-1997 |
US Senator from Massachusetts, 1979-85 |
| Robert C. Turner |
Economist |
c. 1908 |
5-Dec-1978 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1952-53 |
| Francis A. Walker |
Economist |
2-Jul-1840 |
5-Jan-1897 |
The Wages Question |
| David I. Walsh |
Politician |
11-Nov-1872 |
11-Jun-1947 |
Governor and Senator from Massachusetts |
| Dorothy West |
Novelist |
2-Jun-1907 |
16-Aug-1998 |
The Wedding |
| Phillis Wheatley |
Poet |
c. 1743 |
5-Dec-1784 |
First prominent African-American poet |
| Richard B. Wigglesworth |
Government |
25-Apr-1891 |
22-Oct-1960 |
Congressman from Massachusetts, 1928-58 |
| John Winthrop |
Politician |
12-Jan-1588 |
26-Mar-1649 |
Governor of Massachusetts Colony |
| Robert Charles Winthrop |
Politician |
12-May-1809 |
16-Nov-1894 |
Speaker of the 30th Congress |
| John Winthrop the Younger |
Politician |
12-Feb-1606 |
5-Apr-1676 |
Governor of Colonial Connecticut |
