Benjamin Géza Affleck is a Golden Globe Award-nominated American film actor, director, and Academy Award-winning and Golden Globe Award-winning screenwriter. He became known in the late 1990s, after his involvement in the film "Good Will Hunting", and has since become a Hollywood leading man, having starred in several big budget films.

Caleb Casey Affleck (born August 12, 1975 in Falmouth, Massachusetts) is an American actor. Affleck spent his youth in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and briefly attended Columbia University before dropping out to concentrate on acting. He is the younger brother of actor Ben Affleck.

Katharine Lee Bates, is remembered as the author of the words to the anthem "America the Beautiful". Bates was born in Falmouth, Massachusetts. The daughter of a Congregational pastor, she graduated from Wellesley College in 1880 and for many years was a professor of English literature at Wellesley.

Christa Worthington (1956 - 6 January, 2002) was a United States fashion writer who worked for "Women's Wear Daily", "Cosmopolitan", "ELLE", "Harper's Bazaar", and the "New York Times". She was also a co-author of several books on fashion. Worthington was raped and stabbed to death at her home in Truro, Massachusetts (on Cape Cod). Her body was found on January 6, 2002, with her two-year-old daughter, Ava, clinging to her body.

Henry Gassett Davis (b. November 4 1807, Trenton, Maine - d. November 18 1896, Everett, Massachusetts) was an orthopedic surgeon. He founded the traction school of orthopedic surgery and created the first splint for traction and protection of the hip joint. Henry was a later descendent of Dolor Davis of early Cape Cod, Massachusetts. As a boy he intended to be a mechanic and a manufacturer of cotton bagging, similar to his father.

Rachael Domenica Ray (born August 25, 1968 in Glens Falls, New York) is an Emmy-award winning television personality and author, who currently hosts the syndicated talk/lifestyle program "Rachael Ray" and two Food Network series, "30 Minute Meals" and "Rachael Ray's Tasty Travels". Ray has also written a series of cookbooks based on the "30 Minute Meals" concept, and launched a magazine, "Every Day with Rachael Ray", in 2005.

Amy Jo Johnson (born October 6, 1970 in Dennis, Massachusetts on Cape Cod) is an American actress, singer-songwriter and musician. She is best known for her role as Kimberly Hart, the first Pink Ranger of the Power Rangers franchise in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.

Matthew Calbraith Perry (April 10, 1794 - March 4, 1858) was the Commodore of the U.S. Navy who compelled the opening of Japan to the West with the Convention of Kanagawa in 1854.

Thornton Waldo Burgess (January 14, 1874 - June 5, 1965). Born in Sandwich, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, he was a conservationist and author of children's stories featuring the wildlife of his native state -Peter Cottontail, Jimmy Skunk, Grandfather Frog, etc. His first book was "Old Mother West Wind" (1910). Following its success, he wrote a syndicated daily newspaper column, "Bedtime Stories" (illustrated by Harrison Cady), …

Todd James Eldredge (born August 28, 1971 in Chatham, Massachusetts) is an American figure skater. He is a six-time national champion (1990, 1991, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2002) and won a world title in 1996. After finishing sixth in his third Olympics, the 2002 Winter Olympics, Eldredge announced his retirement from competitive skating. He is currently touring and headlining with Stars on Ice.

Robert "Bobby" Thomas Reynolds (born on July 17, 1982]] in Cape Cod, Massachusetts) is a pro American tennis player. Reynolds currently lives in Acworth, Georgia with fellow pro and doubles partner Robby Ginepri. He is currently ranked 127th in the world singles rankings and 57th in doubles (INDESIT ATP Rankings). Reynolds reached the third round of the Australian Open in 2005, defeating Nicolas Almagro and Andrei Pavel before falling to Spanish sensation Rafael Nadal.

Herbert Putnam, Litt.D., LL.D. (September 20 1861 - August 14 1955) was Librarian of Congress. He was born in New York City, where his father George Palmer Putnam was a noted publisher. He graduated from Harvard in 1883, studied law at Columbia, and was admitted to the bar in 1886. He was librarian at the Minneapolis Athenaeum, 1884-1887, and the Minneapolis Public Library, 1887-1891.

Aimee-Lynn Chadwick (born August 19, 1984 in Sandwich, Massachusetts) is an American actress and singer. She appears in the movie series "Return of the Living Dead", and appeared the film A Cinderella Story as the Halloween Dance & School DJ. She is part of the band Chasing Aimee. She is also the singer for The Charles Shaw Project, a small acoustic duo from Los Angeles.

Jonathan Walker (born 1799 in Cape Cod, Massachusetts - died May 1, 1878 near Muskegon, Michigan), aka "The Man with the Branded Hand," was an American reformer who became a national hero in 1844 when he was tried and sentenced as a slave stealer following his attempt to help seven runaway slaves find freedom. He was branded on his hand by the United States Government with the markings S.S. for "Slave Stealer." During his youth, Walker was captain of a fishing vessel, …

William Benson Mayo (7 January 1860 - 1 February 1944) was chief power engineer for the Ford Motor Company. Mayo was born in Chatham, Massachusetts on 7 January 1860 to Andrew Benson and Amanda Nickerson Mayo. He worked initially as a sign painter in Boston, but accepted a position as an office boy for a manufacturer of steam engines, Hooven-Owens-Rentschler. He became a salesman in the Boston office, then was promoted to New York.

Julie Harris (born Julia Ann Harris on December 2, 1925) is a distinguished American stage, screen, and television actress. She has won five Tony Awards and three Emmy Awards, and was nominated for an Academy Award. She is a member of the American Theatre Hall of Fame.

Phoebe Atwood Taylor was an American mystery author. Phoebe Atwood Taylor wrote mystery novels under her own name, and as Freeman Dana and Alice Tilton. Her first novel, "The Cape Cod Mystery", introduced the "Codfish Sherlock", Asey Mayo, who became a series character appearing in 24 novels. Taylor's work was light in tone, a bit more serious than screwball comedy, but fun and easy to read. According to critic Dilys Winn, "Mrs.

Zered Bassett (born February 6, 1984), or "Dr. Z" as he is nicknamed, is a professional skateboarder for Zoo York. He was born in Cape Cod, Massachusetts and currently resides in Manhattan, New York. He won the Transworld Skateboarding Magazine 2005 Rookie Of The Year title. Bassett rides regular stance. He appears in the Zoo York Skateboard Company videos "City of Killers" and "Vicious Cycle".

Charles Webster Hawthorne was an American portrait and genre painter and a noted teacher who founded the Cape Cod School of Art in 1899. He was born in Maine, started as an office-boy in a stained-glass factory in New York, studied at night school and with Henry Siddons Mowbray and William Merritt Chase, and abroad in both Holland and Italy.

Winslow Lewis (1770-1850) was a sea captain, engineer, inventor and contractor active in the construction of many American lighthouses during the first half of the nineteenth century. A resident of Wellfleet, Massachusetts, Lewis began developing his ideas during the embargo of American shipping during the Napoleonic wars. He created a new lighting system based on Argand lamps; in 1812 the United States Congress purchased his patent rights for the system.

Peter White is an independent candidate for U.S. Congress from Hyannis, Massachusetts on Cape Cod. He received 6% of the vote in 2006.

Lieutenant General Keller Emrick Rockey (22 September 1888 - 6 June 1970) commanded the Fifth Marine Division in the battle of Iwo Jima in World War II and the Third Amphibious Corps during the occupation of North China following the war. For outstanding services with the Third Amphibious Corps, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal (Army), and for exceptionally meritorious service with the Fifth Marine Division, …

Daniel Knowles (Danny) MacFayden (b. June 10 1905, North Truro, Massachusetts - d. August 26 1972, Brunswick, Maine) was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball. From 1926 through 1943, MacFayden played for: *Boston Red Sox (1926-1932 [start]) *New York Yankees (1932 [end] - 1934) *Cincinnati Reds (1935 [start]) *Boston Braves (1935 [end]- 1939; 1943) *Pittsburgh Pirates (1940) *Washington Senators (1941) MacFayden batted and threw right handed.

Seth Harding (17 April 1734 - 20 November 1814) was an officer in the United States Navy during the American Revolutionary War. Harding was born at Eastham, Massachusetts. He went to sea early in his life and commanded several merchant ships during the French and Indian War. At the beginning of the American Revolution, he offered his services to Connecticut and was commissioned commander of the state brig "Defence".

Dr. Jeff Hughes is an American traditional jazz cornet player. Hughes plays and records with several bands including The Wolverine Jazz Band, The Paramount Jazz Band, The Brahmin Bellhops and has also extensively recorded with banjoist Jimmy Mazzy. He is a widely recorded jazz musician who is known for always wearing a hat. He also has an extensive collection of vintage cornets.