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List of people from Boston

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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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  • Joel Abbot (1776–1826) – naval officer{{cite book | title = Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607–1896 | publisher = Marquis Who's Who | location = Chicago | year = 1967}}
  • Amos Abbott (1786–1868) – born in Westford, member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts
  • Austin Abbott (1831–1896) – born in Boston; lawyer, novelist, and academic
  • Benjamin Vaughan Abbott (1830–1890) – born in Boston, lawyer and legal writer
  • Joseph Carter Abbott (1825–1882) – publisher of the Boston Bee
  • Josiah Gardner Abbott (1814–1891) – member of United States House of Representatives
  • 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
  • Abijah Adams (1754–1816) – born in Boston, journalist, often embroiled in lawsuits against him
  • Charles Francis Adams Sr. (1807–1886) – born in Boston; son of Abigail Adams and John Adams; Congressman; diplomat; writer
  • Edwin Adams (1834–1877) – born in Medford, 19th-century stage actor
  • Eliphalet Adams (1677–1753) – born in Medford, clergyman and missionary
  • Hannah Adams (1755–1831) – born in Medfield, famous Christian writer
  • Henry Adams (1838–1918) – born in Boston, journalist, historian, academic and novelist
  • Jasper Adams (1793–1841) – born in Medway, clergyman and college president
  • Nehemiah Adams (1806–1878) – clergyman and author
  • Sammy Adams – musician{{cite web|title=Samuel Adams Wisner|url=http://www.starpulse.com/Music/Adams,_Sammy/Biography/|publisher=999-2014 Starpulse.com|access-date=8 May 2014}}
  • Samuel Adams – American Revolution patriot, signer of the Declaration of Independence{{cite dictionary|title=Samuel Adams|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000045|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=8 May 2014}}
  • Aerosmith – band{{cite web|title=Aerosmith|url=http://www.mos.org/planetarium/laser-aerosmith|publisher=1996 – 2014 Museum of Science, Boston|access-date=8 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140430075839/http://www.mos.org/planetarium/laser-aerosmith|archive-date=30 April 2014|url-status=dead}}
  • Ben Affleck – Academy Award-winning actor, screenwriter and director, brother of Casey{{cite web|title=Ben Affleck|url=http://www.people.com/people/ben_affleck|publisher=2014 Time Inc.|access-date=8 May 2014}}
  • Casey Affleck – Academy Award-winning actor, brother of Ben{{cite web|title=Casey Affleck|url=http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/gallery/biography/affleck_brothers/|publisher=2014 NY Times Co.|access-date=8 May 2014}}
  • George Aiken (1830–1876) – born in Boston, actor and playwright
  • Amos T. Akerman (1821–1880) – United States Attorney General, born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire
  • Akrobatik – hip hop artist, member of The Perceptionists{{cite news|title=Akrobatik|newspaper=Boston.com|date=10 June 2011|url=http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2011/06/10/local_rap_community_rallies_around_akrobatik_after_his_heart_scare/|publisher=2014 Boston Globe Media Partners, LLC|access-date=8 May 2014|last1=Caballero|first1=Martín}}
  • Al B. Sure – singer{{cite web|title=Al B. Sure|url=http://www.starpulse.com/Music/Al_B._Sure!/|publisher=1999-2014 Starpulse.com|access-date=8 May 2014}}
  • Harriet Ryan Albee (1829–1873) – born and died in Boston; social reformer and philanthropist{{cite book |author1=Channing Home |title=Report (1913) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0CjKAAAAMAAJ|location=Boston |pages=3–4 |access-date=6 January 2024 |language=en}}
  • Mildred Albert (1905–1991) – fashion show producer and radio and television personality
  • Louisa May Alcott – 19th-century author of Little Women{{cite web|title=Louisa May Alcott|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/13467/Louisa-May-Alcott|publisher=2014 Encyclopædia Britannica Inc.|access-date=8 May 2014}}
  • Horatio Alger Jr. – author{{cite web|title=Horatio Alger, Jr.|url=http://d.lib.rochester.edu/cinderella/text/biography-the-lives-of-horatio-alger-jr|publisher=University of Rochester|access-date=8 May 2014}}
  • Fred Allen – radio comedian{{cite book|last=Havig|first=Alan|title=Fred Allen's Radio Comedy|date=9 June 2010|publisher=Temple University Press, Jun 9, 2010|pages=27–28|isbn=9781439905609|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6HxBhNQcJBUC&q=Fred+Allen+-+Boston&pg=PA28}}
  • Frederick Lewis Allen – writer{{cite book|last=Bolino|first=August C.|title=Men of Massachusetts: Bay State Contributors to American Society|date=6 August 2012|publisher=iUniverse, Aug 2, 2012|page=225|isbn=9781475933765|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HNiK52D2VjMC&q=Frederick+Lewis+Allen++editor+of+Harper%27s+Magazine++-+Boston+Mass&pg=PA225}}
  • Joseph Allen (1749–1827) – born in Boston, United States Congressman
  • Nathaniel M. Allen – soldier in Civil War, awarded Congressional Medal of Honor{{cite web|title=Nathaniel M. Allen|url=https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/2435|publisher=2014 www.militarytimes.com.|access-date=8 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508224551/http://projects.militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php?recipientid=2435|archive-date=8 May 2014|url-status=live}}
  • The Almighty RSO – rap group{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}
  • Stanley Alves – soccer player
  • John Amaechi – NBA player{{cite web|title=John Amaechi|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/a/amaecjo01.html|publisher=2000-2014 Sports Reference LLC|access-date=8 May 2014}}
  • American Hi-Fi – band{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}
  • American Nightmare – hardcore band
  • Amerie – R&B artist{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}
  • Ed Ames – actor and singer{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}
  • Tony Amonte – NHL player{{cite web|title=Tony Amonte|url=http://nhlalumniproam.com/players/tony-amonte/|publisher=NHL Alumni Pro-Am Boston|access-date=8 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140430022344/http://nhlalumniproam.com/players/tony-amonte/|archive-date=30 April 2014|url-status=dead}}
  • Leroy Anderson – composer for Boston Pops Orchestra{{cite web|title=Leroy Anderson|url=https://www.pbs.org/sleighride/Biography/Bio.htm|publisher=PBS|access-date=8 May 2014}}
  • Mary Antin – author{{cite web|title=Mary Antin|url=http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/antin-mary|publisher=1998–2014, Jewish Women's Archive|access-date=8 May 2014}}
  • Ashkanov Apollon – soccer player{{Cite web |title=Ashkanov Apollon |url=https://www.hartfordathletic.com/ashkanov-apollon/ |access-date=December 24, 2024 |website=Hartford Athletic}}
  • Apollo Sunshine – band{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}
  • Thomas Gold Appleton (1812–1884) – writer
  • Isabel Atkin – British–American skier and Olympic medalist for Great Britain{{cite web|url=http://www.teambss.org.uk/park-and-pipe/british-park-pipe-ski-squad/isabel-atkin|title=Isabel Atkin – British Ski and Snowboard|website=www.teambss.org.uk|access-date=14 February 2022}}
  • Crispus Attucks – American Revolution patriot{{cite web|title=Crispus Attucks|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part2/2p24.html|publisher=WGBH {{!}} PBS Online|access-date=8 May 2014}}
  • Red Auerbach – Boston Celtics coach and president, Basketball Hall of Famer{{cite web|title=Red Auerbach|url=http://www.nba.com/celtics/history/Red_Auerbach.html|publisher=2014 NBA Media Ventures, LLC.|access-date=8 May 2014}}
  • John Augustus (1785–1859) – born in Boston, philanthropist and pioneer of probation
  • James Trecothick Austin (1784–1870) – born in Boston, member of Massachusetts General Court and Massachusetts Attorney General
  • Jonathan Loring Austin (1748–1826) – born in Boston; officer in American Revolutionary War; Massachusetts state representative, senator, secretary, and treasurer
  • Rich Amiri – rapper

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  • Bad Rabbits – band{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}
  • Arthur Baker – rap DJ, music producer{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}
  • Bang Camaro – rock band{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}
  • 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{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=2 sisters make Army history as first pair to attain general rank |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/sisters-make-us-army-history-1st-pair-attain/story?id=65431718 |access-date=2023-06-22 |website=ABC News |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Lieutenant General Maria B. Barrett - General Officer Management Office |url=https://www.gomo.army.mil/public/Biography/usa-9726/mariab-barrett |access-date=2023-06-22 |website=www.gomo.army.mil}}
  • Dana Barros – former NBA player{{cite web|title=Dana Barros|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/barroda01.html|publisher=2000-2014 Sports Reference LLC.|access-date=8 May 2014}}
  • Zered Bassett – professional skateboarder{{cite web|title=Zered Bassett|url=http://www.focusskatemag.com/2013/05/9720/|publisher=ocusskatemag|access-date=8 May 2014}}
  • Benjamin E. Bates – founder and namesake of Bates College{{cite web|title=Benjamin E. Bates|url=http://www.bates.edu/advancement/societies/about/who-was-benjamin-e-bates/|publisher=Bates College|access-date=8 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140509001958/http://www.bates.edu/advancement/societies/about/who-was-benjamin-e-bates/|archive-date=9 May 2014|url-status=dead}}
  • Ruth Batson – civil rights and education activist{{cite web|title=Ruth Batson|url=http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2003/10/29/ruth_batson_leading_figure_in_education_civil_rights/|publisher=2003 The New York Times Company|access-date=8 May 2014}}
  • Susan Batson – actress, author, and producer; daughter of Ruth Batson{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}
  • Peter D. Bear – Wisconsin State Senator{{cite web|title=Peter D. Bear|url=http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=2009&term_type_id=1&term_type_text=people&letter=B|publisher=1996-2014 Wisconsin Historical Society|access-date=8 May 2014}}
  • Bell Biv DeVoe – music group{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}
  • Gaston Bell – stage and silent film actor{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}
  • Tobin Bell – actor (born in Queens, NY, raised in Weymouth){{citation needed|date=May 2014}}
  • Mark Bellhorn – MLB player{{cite web|title=Mark Bellhorn|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bellhma01.shtml|publisher=2000-2013 Sports Reference LLC.|access-date=8 May 2014}}
  • Cora Agnes Benneson – attorney, lecturer, and writer{{Cite journal |last=Nazzal |first=James A. |date=2000 |title='Verite Sans Peur': Cora Agnes Benneson, a First-Wave Feminist of Illinois |url=https://jstor.org/stable/40193344 |journal=Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society |volume=93 |issue=3 |pages=273–286 |jstor=40193344 |url-access=subscription}}
  • Frank Weston Benson – Impressionist artist{{cite web|title=Frank Weston Benson|url=http://galleryfrance.blogspot.com/2014/04/frank-weston-benson-american.html|publisher=GALLERY FRANCE|access-date=8 May 2014}}
  • Rick Berlin – musician{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}
  • Leonard Bernstein – New York Philharmonic conductor, composer and pianist{{cite web|title=Leonard Bernstein|url=http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/bernstein/lbpg01.html|publisher=The Library of Congress|access-date=14 May 2014}}
  • Big D and the Kids Table – band{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}
  • Big Shug – rapper{{cite web|title=Big Shug|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/281682/big-shug/biography|publisher=2014 Billboard|access-date=14 May 2014}}
  • Traci Bingham – actress, model{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}
  • Mike Birbiglia – comedian{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}
  • Molly Birnbaum – writer{{cite web |url=http://www.mollybirnbaum.com/about-me/ |title=About Me |publisher=Molly Birnbaum |date= |access-date=2011-07-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110621065656/http://www.mollybirnbaum.com/about-me/ |archive-date=2011-06-21 |url-status=dead }}
  • William Blackstone (also spelled Blaxton) – first European settler
  • Arthur Blake – athlete
  • Will Blalock – former NBA player for {{cite web|title=Will Blalock|url=http://www.cbssports.com/nba/players/playerpage/1113142/will-blalock|publisher=2014 CBS Interactive|access-date=14 May 2014}}
  • David Blatt (born 1959) – Israeli-American basketball player and coach (most recently, for the Cleveland Cavaliers){{Cite news|url=https://www.necn.com/news/new-england/_NECN__Boston-born_Blatt_Hired_to_Coach_Maccabi_Tel_Aviv_NECN-252163771.html|title = Boston-born Blatt Hired to Coach Maccabi Tel Aviv| newspaper=Necn }}
  • C. L. Blood – physician{{cite news |author= |title=Oxygenized Air |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1913&dat=18670501&id=zo8gAAAAIBAJ&pg=4868,3604529 |newspaper=Lewiston Evening Journal |date=1867-05-01 |access-date=2015-10-21 }}
  • Matt Bloom – NFL player and professional wrestler, known for his time in WWE{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}
  • Michael Bloomberg – former Mayor of New York City{{cite news|title=Mayor's Ties to Hometown Fade, but for a Few, They Are Still Felt|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 18 March 2012|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/19/nyregion/bloombergs-hometown-medford-mass-struggles-to-keep-his-attention.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0|access-date=14 May 2014|last1 = Grynbaum|first1 = Michael M.}}
  • Bob and Ray – comedy team{{cite web|title=Bob and Ray|url=http://www.massbroadcastershof.org/hof_bob_elliott.htm|publisher=2013 Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame at Massasoit Community College|access-date=14 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140917074632/http://www.massbroadcastershof.org/hof_bob_elliott.htm|archive-date=17 September 2014|url-status=dead}}
  • Ernie Boch Jr. – president of Boch Enterprises{{cite web|title=Ernie Boch, Jr.|url=http://www.boch.com/dealership/about.htm|publisher=Boch.com|access-date=14 May 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140514171240/http://www.boch.com/dealership/about.htm|archive-date=14 May 2014|url-status=dead}}
  • Ray Bolger – actor and dancer, Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz
  • Veda Ann Borg – film actress
  • Boston – band{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}
  • Boys Like Girls – band{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}
  • Ron Brace – NFL player, New England Patriots{{cite web|title=Ron Brace|url=http://www.bceagles.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/brace_ron01.html|publisher=2014 CBS Interactive|access-date=14 May 2014}}
  • Nathaniel Jeremiah Bradlee – architect{{cite web|title=Nathaniel Jeremiah Bradlee|url=http://www.bahistory.org/HistoryNathanielBradlee.html|publisher=Brighton-Alston Historical Society|access-date=14 May 2014}}
  • William J. Bratton – chief of police for NYPD and LAPD{{cite web|title=William J. Bratton|url=http://www.umb.edu/why_umass/william_j._bratton|publisher=2014 UMass Boston|access-date=14 May 2014}}
  • Connie Britton – actress
  • John Britton – abortion provider{{cite web|title=John Britton (doctor)|url=http://health.usnews.com/doctors/peter-britton-258598|publisher=2014 U.S. News & World Report LP|access-date=14 May 2014}}
  • Edward W. Brooke – first African American elected by popular vote to United States Senate{{cite web|title=Edward W. Brooke|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=b000871|publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=14 May 2014}}
  • Bobby Brown – singer{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}
  • Carolyn Brown – dancer, writer, choreographer{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}
  • Earle Brown – composer{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}
  • Lexie Brown – basketball player for the Los Angeles Sparks{{Cite news |last=Czupryn |first=Jonathan |date=2015-04-05 |title=Born to a Star and Becoming One for Maryland |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/05/sports/ncaabasketball/born-to-a-star-and-becoming-one-for-maryland.html |access-date=2024-02-03 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}
  • Sam Brown – comedian from IFC sketch comedy show Whitest Kids U' Know{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}
  • Scott Brown – U.S. Senator{{cite dictionary|title=Scott Brown|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001268|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=14 May 2014}}
  • William B. Broydrick – Wisconsin State Assemblyman{{cite book|title=The State of Wisconsin Blue Book|year=1981|publisher=Legislative Reference Bureau, 1981|page=33|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5-4fAQAAMAAJ&q=William+B.+Broydrick+from+boston+massachusetts&pg=PA33}}
  • Aimee Buchanan (born 1993) – American-born Olympic figure skater for Israel
  • Buffalo Tom - band
  • Charles Bulfinch – architect who designed Massachusetts State House, original United States Capitol dome and rotunda{{cite web|title=Charles Bulfinch|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/84055/Charles-Bulfinch|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.|access-date=14 May 2014}}
  • James "Whitey" Bulger – organized crime boss{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}
  • Ephraim Wales Bull – creator of the concord grape [https://archive.org/details/ancientmiddlese00goulgoog/page/n32 Ephraim Wales Bull article] on page 38 of the book Ancient Middlesex with Brief Biographical Sketches.
  • Chris Burden - sculptor/installation artist and founder of performance art
  • Thomas Burke – sprinter
  • Bill Burr – comedian
  • Edwin C. Burt – shoemaker{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}
  • Bury Your Dead – band{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}
  • George H. W. Bush – 41st President of The United States{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}
  • Vannevar Bush – scientist{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}

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  • C60 – band{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}
  • Louis C.K. – comedian and actor{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}
  • Will Calhoun – drummer for Living Colour (born in NY, lived in Boston){{citation needed|date=May 2014}}
  • Steve Carell – actor and comedian, The Office, The Daily Show, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Despicable Me{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}
  • The Cars – band{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}
  • Melnea Cass – community and civil rights activist[http://hdl.handle.net/2047/D20297170 Melnea A. Cass papers, 1954-1979], located in the Northeastern University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections Department, Boston, MA
  • Peggy Cass – actress and TV game show panelist{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}
  • John Cazale – actor, The Godfather, The Deer Hunter, Dog Day Afternoon{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}
  • John Cena – professional wrestler, known for his time in WWE{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}
  • Nicholas Raymond Cerio – founder of Nick Cerio's Kenpo{{cite web|title=Nicholas Raymond Cerio|url=http://www.malineage.com/stories/16005|publisher=2014 maLineage.com|access-date=14 May 2014}}
  • Kevin Chapman – actor{{cite web|title=Kevin Chapman|url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/kevin-chapman/bio/250365|publisher=2014 CBS Interactive Inc.|access-date=14 May 2014}}
  • Julius Caesar Chappelle – Massachusetts legislator'Black Legislators in the Massachusetts General Court 1867-Present,' State Library of Massachusetts: 2010
  • Ken Cheeseman – actor{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}
  • Gary Cherone – singer (Extreme and Van Halen){{citation needed|date=May 2014}}
  • Michael Chiklis – actor, The Shield{{cite web|title=Michael Chiklis|url=http://universalsports.com/2014/04/18/actor-and-boston-native-michael-chiklis-to-voice-opening-of-2014-boston-marathon-on-universal-sports-network/|publisher=2014 Universal Sports, Universal Sports trademarks and copyrights are the property of NBC Universal Inc.|access-date=14 May 2014}}
  • Neil Cicierega – Internet personality, created Potter Puppet Pals{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}
  • Lenny Clarke – comedian and actor{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}
  • The Click Five – band{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}
  • Alex Cobb – baseball pitcher{{citation needed|date=July 2018}}
  • J. A. Coburn – blackface minstrel performer, troupe owner and manager{{Cite book |last=Rice |first=Edward Le Roy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-LqHGT4EPSQC&pg=PA331 |title=Monarchs of Minstrelsy, from "Daddy" Rice to Date |date=1911 |publisher=Kenny Publishing Company |pages=331 |language=en |via=Google Books}}
  • John A. Collins – Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Air Force{{cite web|title=John A. Collins|date=23 September 2013|url=https://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/rogues-hucksters-visionaries-prudes-12-memorable-boston-mayors/|publisher=New England Historical Society|access-date=15 May 2014}}
  • Misha Collins – actorMisha Collins{{Circular reference|date=November 2017}}
  • Jerry Colonna – entertainer{{cite web|title=Jerry Colonna (entertainer)|url=http://www.historyorb.com/countries/usa/massachusetts/boston|publisher=2000-2014 HistoryOrb.com|access-date=15 May 2014}}
  • Greg Comella – NFL fullback{{cite web|title=Greg Comella|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/nfl/2001/playoffs/news/2001/01/24/karp_comella_giants/|publisher=2001 CNN/Sports Illustrated. An AOL Time Warner Company|access-date=15 May 2014}}
  • James Bryant Conant – chemist, 23rd president of Harvard University
  • Dane Cook – comedian and actor{{cite web|title=Dane Cook|url=http://newspapers.bc.edu/cgi-bin/bostonsh?a=d&d=bcheights20040427.2.125|publisher=2008-2012 Digital Library Consulting.|access-date=15 May 2014}}
  • Calvin Coolidge – 30th President of the United States
  • Harriet Abbott Lincoln Coolidge – author, philanthropist, reformer{{cite book|last1=Willard|first1=Frances Elizabeth|last2=Livermore|first2=Mary Ashton Rice|title=A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_zXEEAAAAYAAJ|year=1893|publisher=Moulton|pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_zXEEAAAAYAAJ/page/n209 205]–}}
  • Jennifer Coolidge – actress, American Pie, A Mighty Wind, Legally Blonde{{cite web|title=Jennifer Coolidge|url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/jennifer-coolidge/bio/156591|publisher=2014 CBS Interactive Inc.|access-date=15 May 2014}}
  • Miriam O'Leary Collins – actress{{cite book |last1=Willard |first1=Frances Elizabeth |author1-link=Frances Willard |last2=Livermore |first2=Mary Ashton Rice |author2-link=Mary Livermore |title=A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life |year=1893 |publisher=Charles Wells Moulton |url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Woman_of_the_Century/Miriam_O%27Leary_Collins |pages=194–95 |chapter=COLLINS, Mrs. Miriam O'Leary }} {{Source-attribution}}
  • John Singleton Copley – artist{{cite web|title=John Singleton Copley|url=http://www.anb.org/articles/17/17-00180.html|publisher=2000 American Council of Learned Societies.|access-date=15 May 2014}}
  • Chick Corea – Grammy Award-winning jazz musician and composer{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}
  • Jeff Corwin – TV personality{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}
  • Aisha Cousins (born 1978) – artist/performance art score writer{{cite web |title=Artifact from "From Here I Saw What Happened and I Could Not Understand" (One of two "Kanga Twin" dresses designed by Hekima Hapa, fabric from Tanzania) |url=https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/215831 |website=Brooklyn Museum |publisher=Brooklyn Museum |access-date=5 April 2021}}
  • Lynne Cox – professional swimmer{{cite web|title=Lynne Cox|url=http://www.bookbrowse.com/biographies/index.cfm/author_number/1350/lynne-cox|publisher=BookBrowse LLC 1997-2014.|access-date=15 May 2014}}
  • Charlie Coyle (born 1992) – hockey player
  • Zach Cregger – actor, comedian, star of the IFC sketch comedy series WKUK{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}
  • Norm Crosby – comedian{{cite web|title=Norm Crosby|url=http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/norm-crosby/|publisher=2014 Los Angeles Times|access-date=15 May 2014}}
  • Marcia Cross – actress, Desperate Housewives{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}
  • James Michael Curley – Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts Governor, and U.S. Representative{{cite web|title=James Michael Curley|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/146980/James-Michael-Curley|publisher=2014 Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date=15 May 2014}}
  • Jane Curtin – actress and comedian{{cite web|title=Jane Curtin|url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/jane-curtin/bio/155728|publisher=2014 CBS Interactive Inc.|access-date=15 May 2014}}
  • Johnny Curtis – professional wrestler, known for his time in WWE{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}
  • Thomas Curtis (1873–1944) – athlete
  • Richard Cushing – Archbishop of Boston and Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}
  • Susan Webb Cushman (1822–1859) – stage actress{{cite book | title = Dictionary of American Biography, Vol. III | publisher = Charles Scribner's Sons | location = New York | year = 1959}}
  • Jay Cutler – 4x IFBB Mr. Olympia, bodybuilder

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  • 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{{cite news |first=Bryan|last=Marquard|title=John Ferruggio, at 84; hero of 1970 Pan Am hijacking |url=http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/obituaries/articles/2010/06/22/john_ferruggio_of_milton_hero_of_1970_pan_am_hijacking_dies_at_84/|work=Boston Globe|date=June 22, 2010 |access-date=June 27, 2010}}
  • 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{{cite book|last=Chase|first=Salmon Portland and Niven, John|title=The Salmon P. Chase Papers|year=1993|publisher=Kent State University Press|page=648|isbn=9780873384728|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=quBEK5sya8MC&q=Dwight+Foster+1828&pg=PA648}}
  • 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

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  • Malcolm X (1925–1965) – civil rights activist, Muslim minister (lived in Roxbury)

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  • Donnie Yen (born 1963) – Hong Kong actor, martial artist

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See also

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