List of people from Worcester, Massachusetts
The following is a list of prominent people who were born in Worcester, Massachusetts, lived in Worcester, or for whom Worcester is a significant part of their identity.
Academics and inventors
Actors and artists
- Doug Stanhope, comedian best known for abrasive style and for The Man Show
- John Wolcott Adams (1874–1925), artist
- H. Jon Benjamin, actor best known as voice of Coach McGuirk on cartoon Home Movies
- Christopher Boffoli, photographer
- Stephen DiRado, photographer
- Ryan Idol, adult film actor
- Rita Johnson, actress, co-starred opposite Spencer Tracy in "Edison, The Man"
- Jean Louisa Kelly, actress from Yes, Dear
- Arthur Kennedy, Oscar-nominated, Tony Award-winning actor
- Dorothy Stratton King, painter and printmaker
- Diane and Elaine Klimaszewski, actresses and models best known as the "Coors Light Twins"
- Jarrett J. Krosoczka, children's book author and illustrator; his Punk Farm optioned by DreamWorks Animation
- Denis Leary, actor and comedian
- John Lurie, actor, musician, and composer
- Nora Marlowe (1915-1977), actress
- Eddie Mekka, actor best known for playing Carmine on Laverne and Shirley
- Alisan Porter, actress and singer
- Renee Sands, actress and singer from Kids Incorporated and Wild Orchid
- Sam Seder, Air America radio host Break Room Live, actor, writer and director
- Lewis Stone, (1879-1953), actor, The Secret Six, Grand Hotel, Andy Hardy series
- Erik Per Sullivan, actor from Malcolm in the Middle
- Alicia Witt, actress, singer-songwriter
- Hildegard Woodward, children's book illustrator
Athletes
- Edwin Rodríguez, boxer[1]
- Jerry Azumah, defensive back for the Chicago Bears[2]
- Frank Carroll, US ice skater, figure skater and figure skating coach, 1960 graduate of the College of the Holy Cross, actor[3]
- Tim Collins, relief pitcher for the Kansas City Royals[4]
- Bob Cousy, Hall of Fame Basketball player, attended the College of the Holy Cross and currently lives in Worcester[5]
- Ken Doane, professional wrestler[6]
- Rich Gedman, Boston Red Sox catcher, manager of the Worcester Tornadoes[7]
- Bill Guerin, Pittsburgh Penguins right winger[8]
- Aaron Haddad, professional wrestler in WWE[9]
- Tom Heinsohn, NBA Hall of Fame, Boston Celtic Great, attended College of Holy Cross
- Gordon Lockbaum, attended Holy Cross College; twice finished in the top five in the Heisman Trophy balloting.[10]
- Tom Poti, Washington Capitals defenseman[11]
- J.P. Ricciardi, general manager of the Toronto Blue Jays[12]
- José Antonio Rivera, WBA light middleweight champion
- Tanyon Sturtze, Atlanta Braves relief pitcher[13]
- Major Taylor, track cycling champion[14]
- Bill Toomey, Gold Medal Decathlete, 1968 Olympics, attended Worcester Academy
- Vinnie Yablonski, NFL player[15]
Musicians
- John Coolidge Adams, popular living composer
- Duncan Arsenault, musician
- Norman Bailey, big band trumpet player from The Lawrence Welk Show
- Jaki Byard, jazz pianist and composer
- Frank Capp, jazz drummer and bandleader
- Don Fagerquist, jazz trumpeter
- J. Geils, Lead in J. Geils Band, attended Worcester Polytechnic Institute
- J. Geils Band, Formed in Worcester as a popular Fraternity Party Band at Worcester Polytechnic Institute as 'Snoopy and the Sopwith Camels'
- Georgia Gibbs, 1950s Pop singer
- Jordan Knight, member of the boy band "New Kids On The Block"
- Cole Porter, Broadway composer, student at Worcester Academy ca. 1912
- Andy Ross, guitarist for rock band OK Go
- Four Year Strong, rock band
Politicians
- Charles Allen, (1797–1869), United States Congressman from Massachusetts[16]
- George Bancroft, 17th United States Secretary of the Navy, founder of the US Naval Academy at Annapolis, author of the first comprehensive history of the United States[17]
- John Binienda, Massachusetts state legislator[18]
- Alexander H. Bullock, Governor of Massachusetts (1866–1868)[19]
- John Curtis Chamberlain, US Representative[20]
- Dwight Foster, Massachusetts Attorney General and Associate Justice on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court[21]
- Roger Sherman Baldwin Foster, lawyer[22]
- Emma Goldman, legendary Lithuanian-American anarchist, owned ice cream parlor in Worcester[23]
- Thomas Wentworth Higginson, abolitionist, literary mentor to Emily Dickinson[24]
- Abbie Hoffman, radical activist[25]
- Abby Kelley Foster, abolitionist, suffragette[26]
- Albert L. Nash, politician and businessman[27]
- Kenneth P. O'Donnell, Appointments Secretary and Political Adviser to President John F. Kennedy[28]
- John Rucho, politician and businessman[29]
- Charles F. Sullivan, Mayor of Worcester and Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts from 1949–1953[30]
- Benjamin Swan, longest-serving Vermont State Treasurer[31]
- Clarence Thomas, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, attended College of Holy Cross
Writers and journalists
- Jane G. Austin, writer
- S. N. Behrman, playwright and author of a memoir, The Worcester Account
- Robert Benchley, writer and member of the Algonquin Round Table
- Elizabeth Bishop, American poet and writer
- John Dufresne, novelist and screenwriter
- Samuel Fuller, screenwriter, producer and director
- John Michael Hayes, writer of the Alfred Hitchcock films Rear Window, To Catch a Thief, The Trouble with Harry, and The Man Who Knew Too Much
- Stanley Kunitz, Poet Laureate
- Chris Matthews, TV news personality, attended the College of the Holy Cross
- Frank O'Hara, poet
- Charles Olson, modernist poet
- Normand Poirier, writer
- Joseph Skinger, silversmith/sculptor
- Ernest Lawrence Thayer, poet and journalist, famous for "Casey at the Bat"
- Isaiah Thomas, publisher of the Massachusetts Spy
Other
- Lillian Asplund, last survivor of the RMS Titanic who remembered the actual sinking
- William Austin Burt, 19th century explorer and surveyor in Michigan
- Edgar C. Erickson (1896-1989), United States Army Major General and Chief of the National Guard Bureau
- Milton Erickson, noted therapist and hypnotist
- Myra Kraft, Philanthropist, wife of New England Patriots Owner Bob Kraft
- Charley Parkhurst, legendary stagecoach driver and horseman
- Richard B. Sellars (1915–2010), Chairman and CEO of Johnson & Johnson.[32]
- Geoffrey Zakarian, Iron Chef, Food Network Channel Celebrity Chef
References
- ↑ "Andre Ward pummels Edwin Rodriguez". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 12, 2014.
- ↑ "MEET JERRY AZUMAH". ASAP. Retrieved April 12, 2014.
- ↑ "Rink Master". Holy Cross. Retrieved April 12, 2014.
- ↑ "Tim Collins". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 12, 2014.
- ↑ "Bob Cousy". Pro-Basketball Reference . Com. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
- ↑ "Ken Doane". 2013, Canoe Inc. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
- ↑ "Rich Gedman". Pro-Baseball Reference.com. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
- ↑ "Bill Guerin". Hockey Reference.com. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
- ↑ "Aaron Haddad". 2013, Canoe Inc. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
- ↑ Glassboro High School Hall of Fame (1989 Inductees). Accessed August 6, 2007.
- ↑ "Tom Poti". Hockey Reference.com. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
- ↑ "J.P. Ricciardi". Pro-Baseball Reference.com. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
- ↑ "Tanyon Sturtze". Pro-Baseball Reference.com. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
- ↑ "Marshall Taylor". 2000 - 2002 Major Taylor Association, Inc. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
- ↑ "VINNIE YABLONSKI". profootballarchives.com. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
- ↑ Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607–1896. Marquis Who's Who. 1967.
- ↑ "George Bancroft Secretary of the Navy 1800 - 1891". Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved December 10, 2013.
- ↑ Votesmart.org.-John Binienda, Sr.
- ↑ "Massachusetts Governor Alexander Hamilton Bullock". NATIONAL GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION. Retrieved December 10, 2013.
- ↑ "CHAMBERLAIN, John Curtis, (1772 - 1834)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved December 10, 2013.
- ↑ Davis, William Thomas (1900), History of the Judiciary of Massachusetts: Including the Plymouth and Massachusetts Colonies, The Province of Massachusetts Bay, and The Commonwealth, Boston, MA: The Boston Book Company, p. 194.
- ↑ "THE ANCESTRY OF SALLY SLEEPER RUSSELL OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS (1919-1983)". Ancestry.com. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
- ↑ "People & Events: Henry Clay Frick (1849-1919)". American Experience. Retrieved December 10, 2013.
- ↑ "Thomas Wentworth Higginson". Civil War Trust. Retrieved December 10, 2013.
- ↑ "Abbie Hoffman, 60's Icon, Dies; Yippie Movement Founder Was 52". The New York Times. Retrieved December 10, 2013.
- ↑ "Abigail Kelley Foster". Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Retrieved December 10, 2013.
- ↑ '1973-1974 Public Officials of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Biographical Sketch of Albert L. Nash, pg. 252
- ↑ "Biographical Profiles: Kenneth P. O'Donnell". John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum. Retrieved December 10, 2013.
- ↑ '1977-1978 Public Officials of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Biographical Sketch of John Rucho, pg. 282
- ↑ "From Worcester mayor to lieutenant governor". Worcester Telegram. Retrieved December 10, 2013.
- ↑ Henry Swan Dana, History of Woodstock, Vermont, 1889, page 485
- ↑ Abelson, Reed. "Richard B. Sellars, Former Chief of Johnson & Johnson, Dies at 94", The New York Times, June 26, 2010.
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