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.
- Abiel Abbot, (1770-1828), born in Andover, Massachusetts, clergyman and author[1]
- Benjamin Abbot, (1762-1849), born in Andover, Massachusetts, noted teacher at the Phillips Exeter Academy[1]
- Ezra Abbot, (1819-1884), noted biblical scholar, taught at Harvard Divinity School[1]
- Joel Abbot, (1776-1826), naval officer[1]
- Amos Abbott, (1786-1868), born in Westford, Massachusetts, member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts[1]
- Austin Abbott, (1831-1896), born in Boston, noted 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]
- Abigail Adams, (1744-1818), born in Weymouth, Massachusetts, First Lady of the United States[1]
- Abijah Adams, (1754-1816), born in Boston, noted 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, and writer[1]
- Edwin Adams, (1934-1877), born in Medford, Massachusetts, notable 19th century stage actor[1]
- Eliphalet Adams, (1677-1753), born in Medford, Massachusetts, clergyman and missionary[1]
- Hannah Adams, (1755-1831), born in Medfield, Massachusetts, famous Christian writer[1]
- Jasper Adams, (1793-1841), born in Medway, Massachusetts, clergyman and college president[1]
- John Adams, (1735-1826), born in Braintree, Massachusetts, President of the United States[1]
- John Quincy Adams, (1767-1848), born in Braintree, Massachusetts, son of John Adams and President of the United States[1]
- Nehemiah Adams, (1806-1878), clergyman and author[1]
- Samuel Adams, (1722-1803), Boston native, governor of Massachusetts and active revolutionary[1]
- George Aiken, (1830-1876), born in Boston, noted actor and playwright[1]
- Amos T. Akerman, (1821-1880), former United States Attorney General, born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire[1]
- Joseph Allen, (1749-1827), born in Boston, United States Congressman[1]
- Henry Hill Anderson, (1799-1875), noted corporate attorney and law firm partner, reorganizer of New York's University Club [1]
- Nathaniel Walker Appleton, (1755-1795), born in Boston, noted physician and author, incorporator of Massachusetts Medical Society[1]
- Thomas Gold Appleton, (1812-1884), born in Boston, noted American writer[1]
- George Washington Armstrong, (1836-1901), born in Boston, noted railroad executive[1]
- Robert Auchmuty, (died 1788), noted Loyalist during American Revolutionary War, received a pension from the British government after the war[1]
- Samuel Auchmuty, (1722-1777), born in Boston, Anglican clergyman who supported the Loyalist side in the American Revolution[1]
- John Augustus, (1785-1859), born in Boston, noted philanthropist and pioneer of probation[1]
- Benjamin Austen, (1752-1820), born in Boston, noted advocate of legal reform, manufacturer, and state legislator[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 the American Revolutionary War and Massachusetts state representative, senator, secretary, and treasurer[1]
- Susan Webb Cushman, (1822-1859), born in Boston, stage actress[2]
- Tommy McCarthy, major league baseball player[3]
- John Rowe, (1715–1787), Boston resident merchant and diarist, original developer of Rowes Wharf[4]
- George Wood, born in Boston, major league baseball player[3]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag (1967) Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who.
- ^ (1959) Dictionary of American Biography, Vol. III. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
- ^ a b [1969] (1979) in Reichler, Joseph L.: The Baseball Encyclopedia, 4th edition, New York: Macmillan Publishing. ISBN 0-02-578970-8.
- ^ From Our Cabinet:Declaration of Independence. Massachusetts Historical Society. Retrieved on August 22, 2006.
