W. E. B. du Bois

W. E. B. du Bois

male, deceased (1963)
fromBerkshireCounty, Massachusetts, separatism, writer, historian, Sociologist, African Americans' rights activist…university of massachusetts amherst
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (pronounced) (February 23, 1868 - August 27, 1963) was an American civil rights activist, leader, Pan-Africanist,...
Susan B. Anthony

Susan B. Anthony

female, deceased (1906)
Baldwin, Evarts, Hoar & Sherman family, susan brownell anthony, Feminist, American women's rights activist, suffragist, skeptic…From Rochester, New York, fromBerkshireCounty, Massachusetts
Susan Brownell Anthony (February 15, 1820 - March 13, 1906) was a prominent, independent and well-educated American civil rights leader who played...
Matthew Perry

Matthew Perry

male, 40 years old
Friends actor, Chandler Bing, friends, the whole nine yards, punk'd by Ashton Kutcher, Massachusetts actor…from Massachusetts, fromBerkshireCounty, Massachusetts, From Ottawa
Matthew Langford Perry (born August 19, 1969 in Williamstown, Massachusetts) is a Canadian-American Emmy and Golden Globe nominated actor who is...
Jane Swift

Jane Swift

female, 44 years old
melrose, Kappa Kappa Gamma, from Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Italian-American, fromBerkshireCounty, Massachusetts, Irish-American…Massachusetts State Senator, Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, Governor of Massachusetts, from Massachusetts
Jane Maria Swift (born February 24, 1965) is an American politician from Melrose, Massachusetts. A Republican, she served as Acting Governor of...
Elizabeth Banks

Elizabeth Banks

female, 35 years old
Scrubs, University of Pennsylvania alumni, Massachusetts actor, University of Pennsylvania, Seabiscuit, Invincible…fromBerkshireCounty, Massachusetts
Elizabeth Banks (born Elizabeth Maresal Mitchell on February 10, 1974) is an American actress.
Cyrus West Field

Cyrus West Field

male, deceased (1892)
Congressional Gold Medal recipient, Telecommunications history, atlantic ocean, telegraph, field, canadian pacific railway…fromBerkshireCounty, Massachusetts
Cyrus West Field (November 30, 1819 - July 12, 1892) was an American businessman and financier who led the Atlantic Telegraph Company, the company...
Martha Coakley

Martha Coakley

female, 56 years old
Massachusetts Attorney General, Attorney General of Massachusetts, Democrat, fromBerkshireCounty, Massachusetts, from Middlesex County, Massachusetts, medford
Martha Coakley (b. July 14, 1953) is the Attorney General of Massachusetts. She was sworn in on January 17, 2007. The former District Attorney of...
Edward A. Perry

Edward A. Perry

male, deceased (1889)
Yale University, confederacy, From PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, Confederate States of America, death by stroke, fromBerkshireCounty, Massachusetts
Edward Aylesworth Perry (March 15 1831 - October 15 1889) was a general under Robert E. Lee during the American Civil War and the fourteenth...

Dan Duquette

male
farm system, Major League Baseball, American, John Harrington, fromBerkshireCounty, Massachusetts, John Henry
Daniel F. Duquette is a former front-office executive in American Major League baseball. He was general manager of the Montreal Expos from...
Paul Farmer

Paul Farmer

male, 50 years old
Mountains Beyond Mountains, Harvard University, From Boston, Brigham and Women's Hospital, macarthur foundation, Partners in Health…fromBerkshireCounty, Massachusetts
Dr. Paul Farmer (born October 26, 1959) is an American professor and physician, currently the Presley Professor of Medical Anthropology at Harvard...