List of people from Boston
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.
A
- Abiel Abbot (1770–1828), born in Andover, Massachusetts, clergyman and author[1]
- Benjamin Abbot (1762–1849), born in Andover, Massachusetts, teacher at the Phillips Exeter Academy[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, Massachusetts, 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]
- Abigail Adams (1744–1818), born in Weymouth, Massachusetts, 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, and writer[1]
- Edwin Adams (1834–1877), born in Medford, Massachusetts, 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]
- Henry Adams (1838–1918), born in Boston, Massachusetts, journalist, historian, academic and novelist[1]
- Jasper Adams (1793–1841), born in Medway, Massachusetts, clergyman and college president[1]
- John Adams – Second President of the United States, signer of the Declaration of Independence[2]
- John Quincy Adams – Sixth President of the United States[3]
- Nehemiah Adams (1806–1878), clergyman and author[1]
- Samuel Adams – American Revolution patriot, signer of the Declaration of Independence[4]
- Samuel Adams Wisner – musician[5]
- Aerosmith – band[6]
- Ben Affleck – Academy Award-winning actor, screenwriter and director[7]
- Casey Affleck – actor[8]
- 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[9]
- Al B. Sure – singer[10]
- Louisa May Alcott – 19th Century author of Little Women[11]
- Horatio Alger, Jr. – author[12]
- Fred Allen – radio comedian[13]
- Nathaniel M. Allen, soldier in Civil War, awarded Congressional Medal of Honor[14]
- Frederick Lewis Allen – writer[15]
- Joseph Allen (1749–1827), born in Boston, United States Congressman[1]
- The Almighty RSO – rap group
- John Amaechi – NBA player[16]
- American Hi-Fi – band
- Amerie – R&B artist
- Ed Ames – actor and singer
- Tony Amonte – NHL player[17]
- Anarchy Club – band
- Leroy Anderson – composer for Boston Pops Orchestra[18]
- Mary Antin – author[19]
- Apollo Sunshine – band
- Thomas Gold Appleton (1812–1884), writer[1]
- 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 and Massachusetts state representative, senator, secretary, and treasurer[1]
B
- Bad Rabbits - band
- Algernon Sidney Badger - government official in New Orleans during and after Reconstruction[22]
- Arthur Baker – rap DJ, music producer
- Dana Barros – NBA player[23]
- Erinn Bartlett – actress
- Zered Bassett – professional skateboarder[24]
- Bang Camaro – rock band
- Benjamin E. Bates – founder and namesake of Bates College[25]
- Susan Batson – actress, author, and producer; daughter of Ruth Batson
- Ruth Batson – Civil Rights and education activist[26]
- Peter D. Bear – Wisconsin State Senator[27]
- Alexander Graham Bell – inventor[28]
- Bell Biv DeVoe – music group
- Gaston Bell - stage and silent film actor
- Tobin Bell – actor (born in Queens, NY, raised in Weymouth)
- Mark Bellhorn – MLB player[29]
- Asher Benjamin – architect and author[30]
- Frank Weston Benson – Impressionist artist[31]
- Rick Berlin – musician
- Leonard Bernstein – New York Philharmonic conductor, composer and pianist[32]
- Travis Best – NBA player
- Big D and the Kids Table – band
- Big Shug – rapper[33]
- Traci Bingham – actress, model
- Mike Birbiglia – comedian
- William Blackstone (also spelled Blaxton) – first European settler
- Will Blalock – NBA player for Detroit Pistons[34]
- Matt Bloom – NFL player and professional wrestler, best known for his time in WWE
- Michael Bloomberg – Mayor of New York City[35]
- Bob and Ray – comedy team[36]
- Ray Bolger – actor and dancer, Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz
- Boston – band
- Ron Brace – NFL player, New England Patriots[37]
- Nathaniel Jeremiah Bradlee, architect[38]
- William J. Bratton – chief of police for NYPD and LAPD[39]
- John Britton, abortion provider[40]
- Edward W. Brooke – first African American elected by popular vote to United States Senate[41]
- Bobby Brown – singer
- Carolyn Brown – dancer, writer, choreographer
- Earle Brown – composer
- Rob Brown – actor (born in Harlem, New York, attended Amherst College)
- Sam Brown – comedian from IFC sketch comedy show Whitest Kids U' Know
- Scott Brown - US Senator[42]
- William B. Broydrick - Wisconsin State Assemblyman[43]
- Charles Bulfinch – architect who designed Massachusetts State House, original United States Capitol dome and rotunda[44]
- Ernie Boch, Jr. – president of Boch Enterprises[45]
- Boys Like Girls – band
- Edwin C. Burt – shoemaker
- Bury Your Dead – band
- George H.W. Bush – 41st President of The United States
- Vannevar Bush – scientist
- James "Whitey" Bulger – organized crime boss
C
- C60 – band
- Will Calhoun – drummer for Living Colour (born in NY, lived in Boston)
- Steve Carell – actor and comedian, The Office, The Daily Show, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Despicable Me
- The Cars – band
- Peggy Cass – actress and TV game show panelist
- John Cazale – actor, The Godfather, The Deer Hunter, Dog Day Afternoon
- John Cena – professional wrestler, best known for his time in WWE
- Nicholas Raymond Cerio – founder of Nick Cerio’s Kenpo[46]
- Kevin Chapman - actor[47]
- Julius Caesar Chappelle - Massachusetts legislator[48]
- Ken Cheeseman – actor
- Gary Cherone – singer (Extreme and Van Halen)
- Michael Chiklis – actor, The Shield[49]
- Lenny Clarke – comedian and actor
- The Click Five – band
- John A. Collins – Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Air Force[50]
- Misha Collins – actor
- Jerry Colonna – entertainer[51]
- Greg Comella – NFL fullback[52]
- Dane Cook – comedian and actor[53]
- Calvin Coolidge – 30th President of the United States
- Jennifer Coolidge – actress, American Pie, A Mighty Wind, Legally Blonde[54]
- John Singleton Copley – artist[55]
- Chick Corea – Grammy Award-winning jazz musician and composer
- Jeff Corwin – TV personality
- Charlie Coyle (born in 1992) - Hockey player
- Lynne Cox - professional swimmer[56]
- Zach Cregger – actor, comedian, star of the IFC sketch comedy series WKUK
- Norm Crosby – comedian[57]
- Marcia Cross – actress, Desperate Housewives
- James Michael Curley – Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts governor, and US Representative[58]
- Jane Curtin – actress and comedienne[59]
- Johnny Curtis – professional wrestler, best known for his time in WWE
- Richard Cushing – Archbishop of Boston and Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Susan Webb Cushman (1822–1859), stage actress[60]
- Louis C.K. – comedian and actor
- Neil Cicierega - Internet personality, created Potter Puppet Pals
D
- Da Bulldogs – rap group
- Dick Dale – musician[61]
- Matt Damon – actor and Oscar-winning screenwriter, Good Will Hunting, The Departed, Ocean's Eleven and Bourne Identity series[62]
- Evan Dando – musician[63]
- Darius - Model
- Al Davis – owner of NFL Oakland Raiders
- Bette Davis – Academy Award-winning actress, Dark Victory, Jezebel, All About Eve
- 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
- Joseph Dennie – writer
- Joe Derrane (born 1930) – accordion player
- Michael Dertouzos (1936–2001) – computer scientist
- Albert DeSalvo – serial killer known as 'The Boston Strangler'
- Sara Diamond - Scientologist and attorney
- Dinosaur Jr. – band
- Rick DiPietro - NHL goaltender (from Boston suburbs)
- Ken Doane – professional wrestler, best known for his time in WWE
- Dresden Dolls – punk cabaret duo
- Dropkick Murphys – band
- Shem Drowne – America's first weathervane maker
- W. E. B. Du Bois – scholar, professor, sociologist, first African American to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard University, civil rights activist, founder of NAACP
- Joseph Dudley, Colonial Governor of Massachusetts
- Michael Dukakis – Massachusetts governor, US Presidential candidate in 1988
- Olympia Dukakis – Academy Award-winning actress
- William C. Durant – founder of General Motors
- Adam Duritz – singer/songwriter for Counting Crows (Born in Baltimore MD, lived in Boston)
- Eliza Dushku – actress
- P. T. Deutermann – author
- Mary Dyer – martyr
E
- Chris Evans - actor, best known for his role as Captain America
- Ed O.G. – hip hop artist
- Richard J. Egan – founder and Chairman of EMC Corporation
- Ralph Waldo Emerson – famed 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
- 7L & Esoteric – rap group
- William Eustis - Early American statesman, Governor of Massachusetts
- Patrick Ewing – Baskeball Hall of Famer, NCAA champion, center for New York Knicks
- Patrick Ewing, Jr. – NBA player, New York Knicks, New Orleans Hornets
- Extreme – band
F
- Tyler Faith – adult film actor
- 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[64]
- 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 and Associate Justice on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court[65]
- Arlene Francis – actress, radio personality, TV game show panelist (What's My Line?)
- Benjamin Franklin – author, public servant, diplomat, signer of the Declaration of Independence
- Robert Frost – iconic poet
- Cindy Fuller-Martino – Playboy Playmate centerfold, May 1959
- Black Francis- lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the Pixies
G
- Kahlil George Gibran – sculptor, artist
- The G-Clefs – Top 40 soul group
- Gang Green – band
- Gang Starr – rap group
- Erle Stanley Gardner – lawyer, author, creator of Perry Mason
- Edmund H. Garrett – prolific 19th- and 20th-century book illustrator and artist
- Ryan Gallant – professional skateboarder (Plan B Skateboards, DC Shoes)
- Godsmack – band
- Guster – band
- Greg Gagne – MLB player
- Peter Gerety – actor
- Elbridge Gerry - signer of Declaration of Independence, Governor of MA, Vice President of United States, gave his name to "gerrymandering"
- Charles Dana Gibson, illustrator
- Joy Giovanni – female professional wrestler, best known for her time in WWE
- Paul Michael Glaser – actor and director, Starsky & Hutch
- Tom Glavine – Hall of Fame baseball pitcher for Atlanta Braves
- Duff Goldman – star of Food Network TV show Ace of Cakes (born in Detroit, lived in MA)
- Benjamin Gould – astronomer
- Robert Goulet – Grammy Award-winning singer and Tony-winning actor (born in Lawrence)
- Paul Graham – hacker, painter, essayist, tech startup guru
- Clark Gregg - actor
- Justine Greiner – Playboy Playmate centerfold, February 1984
- Mike Grier – NHL player
- Tammy Grimes – actress, singer
- Ted Grossbart – author, clinical psychologist, psychodermatologist
- Bill Guerin – NHL player
- Louise Gunning - musical actress
- Guru – rapper, member of Gang Starr
- Jasmine Guy – actress and singer
H
- Edward Everett Hale – author
- Jack Haley – actor, best known as Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz
- Anthony Michael Hall – actor, The Breakfast Club, The Dead Zone
- Marc-André Hamelin - pianist, composer
- John Hancock – statesman, signer of Declaration of Independence
- Kay Hanley – musician
- Bob Hansen - MLB player
- Matt Hasselbeck – NFL quarterback for the Tennessee Titans
- Tim Hasselbeck – NFL quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals
- Juliana Hatfield – musician
- Have Heart – hardcore band
- Roy Haynes – jazz musician
- Heads of State – music group
- Ed Healey – NFL Hall of Fame player for Chicago Bears
- Ed Herlihy - radio and television announcer
- Rich Hill (baseball player) – MLB pitcher
- Karl Hobbs – George Washington University basketball voach
- Oliver Wendell Holmes – physician and author
- Winslow Homer - artist
- Allen Hoskins – actor
I
J
- Shar Jackson – actress
- Jada – pop and R&B singing group signed to UniversalMotown
- Doug Janik – NHL player
- Marie Jansen - musical actress[66]
- Martin Johnson – lead singer of Boys Like Girls
- JoJo – singer, actress
- Sam Jones III – actor, "Glory Road"
- Darin Jordan, NFL player
- Tom Jung - art director, graphic designer, illustrator, storyboard artist
K
- Myles Kennedy - singer, songwriter, guitarist
- Madeline Kahn – actress, Blazing Saddles
- Mindy Kaling – actress, The Office
- Alex Karalexis – UFC, WEC fighter
- Frankie Kazarian – TNA wrestler (lived in MA)
- John F. Kennedy – Massachusetts senator and 35th President of the United States
- Robert Kennedy – US Attorney General and New York senator
- Edward Kennedy – US Senator
- Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. – ambassador, father of John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, and Edward Kennedy
- Jack Kerouac – beat poet and writer
- Nancy Kerrigan – Olympic figure skating silver medalist
- John Kerry – US Secretary of State, US Senator and Presidential candidate in 2004
- Killswitch Engage – metalcore band
- Karmin - Musical Group
- John King – CNN chief political correspondent
- Kofi Kingston – professional wrestler, best known for his time in WWE (born in Ghana, lived in Boston)
- Jordan Knight – singer, dancer (see New Kids on the Block)
- Yitzhak Aharon Korff - Grand Rabbi, diplomat, international consultant
- 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")
- Jonathan Knight – singer, dancer (see New Kids on the Block)
- Kenny Wormald – professional dancer, MTV's Dancelife
- Kenny Florian – UFC fighter
- George Jung – infamous drug dealer
L
- 7L & Esoteric – rap group
- PJ Ladd – professional skateboarder (Plan B Skateboards, éS Footwear)
- Jack Landron – folk singer, songwriter
- Lewis Howard Latimer – African American inventor
- Denis Leary – actor, comedian, writer and director
- Dennis Lehane – author
- Jack Lemmon – Academy Award-winning actor, Mister Roberts, Save the Tiger, The Odd Couple, Grumpy Old Men
- 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
- William Linn (soldier) - defender of the Alamo
- Lyte Funky Ones – pop trio
- Henry Cabot Lodge – politician
- Edward Lawrence Logan – military officer, jurist, politician
- Howie Long – NFL player
- Robert Lowell – poet
- Amy Lawrence Lowell – (1874–1925) Pulitzer Prize-winning poet
- Phil Labonte – musician
- Jay Leno – comedian and television personality
- Matt LeBlanc – actor, best known for role as Joey in Friends
- Adam Lundquist - radio DJ
M
- Aimee Mann – singer
- Rob Mariano – Survivor contestant
- Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch – rap group
- Jonah Matranga – singer/songwriter
- Cotton Mather – Puritan minister and author
- 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
- Jack McCarthy – poet
- Tommy McCarthy, baseball player[67]
- John P. McDounough – Chief of Chaplains of U.S. Air Force
- Neal McDonough – actor
- Sean McDonough – sports announcer
- Will McDonough – sportswriter
- Joey McIntyre – singer, dancer, actor (New Kids on the Block)
- Ed McMahon – television personality
- Masspike Miles - singer, songwriter, producer Perfect Gentlemen (Maybach Music Group)
- Peter McNeeley – boxer (born in Medfield)
- Michael McShane – actor
- Connie Martinson - talk show host
- Nelson Merced, activist and politician, first Hispanic elected to Massachusetts General Court
- David Merkow – golfer
- The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – band
- Wayne Millner – NFL Hall of Famer
- Joe Moakley – congressman
- William Monahan – screenwriter
- Van Morrison – singer, musician, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee in 1993 (born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, has made his home in Boston for years)
- Robert Morse – actor
- Samuel F. B. Morse – inventor and painter, inventor of electric telegraph and Morse code
- Morphine – band
- Eddie Mottau – guitarist
- Helen Messinger Murdoch (1862–1956), photographer: pioneered use of autochromes in travel photography
- Mission of Burma – band
- Roger Miller – musician
- Mr. Lif – hip hop artist, member of The Perceptionists
N
- Jack Nance – actor, title character in Eraserhead
- Betty Jo Nelsen – member of [Wisconsin State Assembly]]
- New Edition – music group
- New Kids on the Block – band
- Terry Nihen – Playboy Playmate
- Leonard Nimoy – actor, best known as Mr. Spock from Star Trek
- Edward Norton – actor, American History X, Fight Club, The Italian Job
- B.J. Novak – actor, writer for NBC's The Office [from Newton]
- Chris Nowinski – professional wrestler, best known for his time in WWE
O
- Conan O'Brien – television personality
- On Broken Wings – band
- Patrice O'Neal – actor, comedian on NBC's "The Office"
- Thomas "Tip" O'Neill – U.S. Congressman, Speaker of the House
- James Otis, Jr. - American Patriot
P
- Robert Treat Paine – signer of Declaration of Independence
- Amanda Palmer – songwriter and performer
- Evelyn Parnell – opera singer
- George Patton IV – US Army General, son of famed World War II General George S. Patton III
- The Perceptionists – rap group
- Esther Petrack – contestant on America's Next Top Model, Cycle 15
- John Pinette – actor and comedian
- Sylvia Plath – poet and author
- Edgar Allan Poe – poet and writer
- Tom Poti – NHL player, Washington Capitals
- Powerman 5000 – metal band
- The Pixies – band
- Seth Putnam - musician
- Piebald – indie rock band
- Ellen Pompeo – actress
- PJ Ladd – professional skateboarder
- Paul Pierce - professional basketball player (is not from Boston)
Q
- John Quinlan – pro wrestler
R
- Nicole Raczynski – pro wrestler known as Nikki Roxx, and as Roxxi in TNA Wrestling
- Sumner Redstone – Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Viacom
- Kevin P. Reilly, Sr. – CEO of Lamar Advertising Company in Baton Rouge and member of Louisiana House of Representatives
- Arthur E. Reimer – two-time Presidential candidate of Socialist Labor Party of America
- James Remar – actor, best known for role of Ajax in The Warriors
- Lee Remick – actress, Days of Wine and Roses, Anatomy of a Murder
- Jerry Remy – MLB Player and Sports Broadcaster
- Patrick Renna – actor, best known for role of Ham in The Sandlot
- Frank Renzulli – writer, actor
- Paul Revere – Silversmith and American Revolution patriot
- Ellen Swallow Richards - "mother" of home economics and sewage treatment
- Jonathan Richman – musician
- Sam Rivers – jazz musician
- Alex Rocco – actor, best 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 and 2012 US Presidential candidate
- John Rowe (1715–1787), Boston resident merchant and diarist, original developer of Rowes Wharf[68]
- Nathaniel Ruggles, U.S. Representative
- Bill Russell – professional basketball player and coach, NBA champion and Olympic gold medalist
- Lillian Roth - actress, singer and former alcoholic
- Eli Roth – director, writer, producer, actor
- Blanchard Ryan – actress
S
- Alicia Sacramone – gymnast, world champion and Olympic silver medalist
- Perry Saturn – pro wrestler
- Richard Scarry – author, illustrator
- The Scout - Team Fortress 2 character
- Jeremy Scott - televangelist, nudist, poet
- Ebenezer Seaver, U.S. Representative, chairman of Roxbury Board of Selectmen
- Anne Sexton – poet
- Dan Shaughnessy – Boston Globe sports columnist
- William E. Sheridan (1839-1887), actor
- 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
- Jenny Slate – actress, and Saturday Night Live cast member
- Slaine – hip hop artist
- Slapshot – band
- Samuel Francis Smith – composer
- Edward Dexter Sohier - lawyer
- James Spader – actor, Boston Legal, The Blacklist
- Clinton Sparks – hip hop DJ, producer
- Special Teamz – rap group
- Lesley Stahl – television journalist, 60 Minutes
- Staind – band
- Larry Stark – theater critic
- Maurice Starr – musician, producer (see New Edition and New Kids on the Block)
- Frederick Stevens — U.S. Representative from Minnesota[69]
- Sonny Stitt, jazz saxophonist
- Street Dogs – band
- 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)
- Spider One – singer (Powerman 5000)
- William H. Swanson – Chairman and CEO of Raytheon Company
T
- Edmund C. Tarbell – painter
- Lofa Tatupu – NFL linebacker
- James Taylor – folk singer
- John Thomas – first man to clear 7 feet (2.1 m) in high jump
- Thomas W. Thompson – United States Representative and United States Senator[70]
- Henry David Thoreau – iconic poet, novelist
- 'Til Tuesday – band
- Jimmy Tingle – stand-up comedian, actor
- Eve Torres – female professional wrestler, best known for her time in WWE
- That Handsome Devil – band
- Charles Tufts – founder of Tufts University
- John Tortorella – NHL coach, head coach of the Vancouver Canucks
- Touré – writer, TV host
- Uma Thurman – actress, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill
- Ralph Tresvant – singer
- Kevin Trudeau – author, pocket billiards promoter, salesman
- Jen Trynin – musician
- Jonathan Tucker – actor
- Maura Tierney – actress, NewsRadio, ER
- John Tudor – MLB pitcher, St. Louis Cardinals
U
- Unearth – band
- Hezekiah Usher, first bookseller in the 13 colonies
V
- Steven Van Zandt – musician with Bruce Springsteen band and actor, The Sopranos
- Brian Viglione – musician
- Vanna (band)
W
- Brian Woods – documentary filmmaker
- Donnie Wahlberg – actor, singer, producer (see New Kids on the Block)
- Mark Wahlberg – actor, rapper, producer, Boogie Nights, The Perfect Storm, The Departed, The Fighter
- Jimmy Walker (basketball) – NBA All Star
- Mike Wallace – television journalist
- Barbara Walters – television journalist
- Casey Walters – actor, Harbor Command
- An Wang – computer engineer and inventor, co-founder of Wang Laboratories
- Gretchen Osgood Warren – poet and muse
- Fiske Warren – paper manufacturer and philanthropist
- Sam Waterston – actor
- Jack Welch – businessman, CEO of General Electric
- Westbound Train – band
- Eli Whitney – inventor of the cotton gin
- Jermaine Wiggins – NFL player
- Tony Williams – jazz drummer
- Alan Wilson (musician) – singer, guitarist (see Canned Heat)
- Robert Scott Wilson - actor and former model from The Price Is Right
- Danny Wood – singer (see New Kids on the Block)
- Gene Wood – game show announcer
- George Wood – baseball player[67]
- 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
- Phillis Wheatley – poet and former slave
X
Y
- Donnie Yen – Hong Kong actor, martial artist
Z
- Rob Zombie – musician, director, producer
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