- Nathaniel Hawthorne
Nathaniel Hawthorne (born Nathaniel Hathorne; July 4, 1804 - May 19, 1864) was a 19th century American novelist and short story writer. He is seen as a key figure in the development of American literature for his tales of the nation's colonial history. - Rob Zombie
Robert Bartleh Cummings (born), better known as Rob Zombie, is an American heavy metal, groove metal and industrial rock musician, director, and writer. His dreadlocks, gruff vocal style and fascination with horror movies have helped him become a distinctive element in American heavy metal. He is best known as founder, lead singer and songwriter for White Zombie. - Timothy Pickering
Timothy Pickering (July 17 1745 - January 29 1829) was the third United States Secretary of State, serving in that office from 1795 to 1800 under Presidents George Washington and John Adams. Also known as Thomas Pickering, he was one of the founders of the Newburgh Plan to the Continental Congress. His ideas formed the Northwest Ordinance. His grandson was the naturalist Charles Pickering. Pickering Hall at Ohio University is named after him. - Jay Leno
James Douglas Muir "Jay" Leno (born April 28, 1950) is an Emmy-winning American comedian who is best known as the current host of NBC television's long-running variety and talk program "The Tonight Show". He also owns Big Dog Productions, a company that co-produces the show. He earns $30 million per year. - John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier (December 17, 1807 - September 7, 1892) was an American Quaker poet and forceful advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States. - Albert Pike
Albert Pike (b. December 29 1809, Boston - d. April 2 1891, Washington, D.C.) was an attorney, soldier, writer, and Freemason. Pike is the only Confederate military officer or figure to be honored with a statue in Washington, D.C. The statue sits in Judiciary Square. - Theophilus Parsons
Theophilus Parsons (b. February 24 1750, Byfield, Massachusetts - d. October 30 1813 Boston, Massachusetts) was an American jurist. The son of a clergyman, he graduated from Harvard College in 1769, was a schoolmaster in Falmouth (now Portland, Maine) from 1770-1773; he studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1774. In 1800, he moved to Boston. He served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts from 1806 until his death in Boston. - Sully Erna
Sully Erna (born Salvatore Paul Erna February 7 1968 in Lawrence, Massachusetts), is both the vocalist and primary songwriter for the hard rock band, Godsmack. Erna plays the guitar and drums, both on albums and during live shows. He has a daughter named Skyler Erna, two sisters, and is a devout Wiccan. - Leo Penn
Leo Penn was an American actor and director. Leo Penn's parents were Russian and Lithuanian Jews. Claims of their Sephardic extraction (the original surname was reportedly Piñon and was allegedly altered by officials at Ellis Island; see) are highly improbable: there were no known Sephardic Jews in Russia, where Penn is a relatively common Ashkenazic surname. He was married to actress Eileen Ryan, and the father of singer Michael Penn and actors Sean Penn and Chris Penn. - Don Matthews
Don Matthews (b. June 22 1939, Amesbury, Massachusetts) was a head coach in the Canadian Football League. Matthews was formerly head coach of the CFL's British Columbia Lions, Saskatchewan Roughriders, Baltimore Stallions, Edmonton Eskimos, Toronto Argonauts and Montreal Alouettes from whom he stepped down on October 4 2006 for health reasons. He was also head coach of the Orlando Thunder of the World League of American Football. - Moses Hazen
Moses Hazen (June 1, 1733 - February 5, 1803), was a Brigadier-General in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Hazen was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts. During the French and Indian War, he served as an officer in Rogers' Rangers at Fortress Louisbourg and Quebec. For his services in the war, Hazen was given a commission as a Lieutenant in the 44th Regiment of Foot in the British Army. - Robbie Merrill
Robbie Merrill (born June 13, 1963 in Lawrence, Massachusetts) is a founding member of and bass guitarist for the hard rock band Godsmack. Along with vocalist Sully Erna, he is one of only two founding members still with the band - Jack Welch
John Francis "Jack" Welch, Jr. (born November 19 1935) was Chairman and CEO of General Electric between 1981 and 2001. Welch gained a solid reputation for uncanny business acumen and unique leadership strategies at GE. During his tenure, GE increased its market capitalization by over $400 billion. He remains a highly-regarded figure in business circles due to his innovative management strategies and leadership style. His net-worth is estimated at $720 million. - Rufus Choate
Rufus Choate (October 1, 1799-July 13, 1859), American lawyer and orator, was born at Ipswich, Massachusetts, the descendant of a family which settled in Massachusetts in 1643 ; brother of noted physician George Choate, and uncle to George C. S. Choate and Joseph Hodges Choate. Rufus Choate's birthplace, Choate House, remains virtually unchanged to this day. - Israel Putnam
Israel Putnam (January 7, 1718 - May 29, 1790) was an American army general who fought with distinction at the Battle of Bunker Hill (1775) during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). Although Putnam never quite attained the national renown of famous heroes like Davy Crockett or Daniel Boone and others, in his own time his reckless courage and fighting spirit were known far beyond Connecticut's borders through the circulation of folk legends celebrating his exploits. - Elias Hasket Derby
Elias Hasket Derby (August 16 1739 - September 8 1799), America's first millionaire, a merchant with the nickname "King". He was born and died in Salem, Massachusetts. While other men of Salem made their fortunes by commanding sailing ships that plied their trade around the world, Derby never went to sea at all. He understood what was going on around the world, and used this information to accumulate his fortune. - Peter Breck
Peter Breck (b. March 13 1929, Haverhill, Massachusetts) is an American actor who has played roles on television and in movies. One early role was as Doc Holliday on the TV series "Maverick", a part that had been played twice earlier in the series by Gerald Mohr. Prior to that, he had guest-starring roles on a number of popular series, such as "Sea Hunt", several episodes of "Zane Grey Theatre", "Wagon Train", "Have Gun, Will Travel", … - Spider One
Spider One (born Michael David Cummings on August 25, 1968 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) is a musician; the lead singer of the Boston-based heavy metal band Powerman 5000; and owner of Megatronic Records. In 1990 he dropped out of art school and bought a cheap 4-track home studio and drum machine. - Lisa Hammer
Lisa Hammer was born in Salem, Massachusetts. She is a filmmaker, actress, composer and singer. Sister to director James Merendino (SLC Punk!) She graduated from Emerson College, with a BS in Film. She founded the Blessed Elysium Motion Picture Company, which produces German Expressionist films. Such works include "Pus$bucket" and "Crawley", a collaboration with Ben Edlund and Doc Hammer, her ex-husband. - Roger Babson
Roger Ward Babson, remembered today largely for founding Babson College in Massachusetts, was an entrepreneur and business theorist in the first half of the 20th Century. He also founded Webber College, now Webber International University, in Babson Park, Florida, and the defunct Utopia College, in Eureka, Kansas. He was born to Nathaniel Babson and his wife Ellen Stearns as part of the 10th generation of Babsons to live in Gloucester, Massachusetts, … - Paul Monette
Paul Monette (October 16, 1945, Lawrence, Massachusetts - February 10, 1995, Los Angeles, California) was an American author, poet, and activist best remembered for his essays about gay relationships and later, his battle with AIDS. Monette graduated from Phillips Academy in 1963 and later Yale University in 1967, conflicted about his sexual identity. He moved to Boston, where he taught writing and literature at Milton Academy for a number of years, … - Tha Trademarc
Marc Predka (born April 21, 1975), better known by his stage name Tha Trademarc, is a rap music artist, best known as the cousin of WWE wrestler John Cena, where he was featured on Cena's hit album You Can't See Me. He was born just two days (and two years) before John Cena. - Estelle Parsons
Estelle Parsons (born November 20, 1927 in Marblehead, Massachusetts) is an American theater, film and television actress. Parsons originally studied law, and then worked as a singer with a band before settling on an acting career in the early 1950's. Moving to New York, she worked as a writer, producer and commentator for The Today Show . - Steven Ozment
Steven E. Ozment (b. February 21 1939, McComb, Mississippi) is an American historian of early modern and modern Germany, the European family, and the Protestant Reformation. Raised in Arkansas, Ozment has lived in New England since 1960. He is the McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History at Harvard University. The father of five children, he presently lives in Newbury, Massachusetts with his wife, Susan Schweizer, … - Francis Cabot Lowell
Francis Cabot Lowell (April 7, 1775 - April 10, 1817) was the American business man for whom the city of Lowell, Massachusetts, United States is named. He was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, the son of John Lowell (1743-1802) and Susanna Cabot (1754-1777), and a member of the prominent Boston Lowell family, which included statesman John Lowell, Harvard University president Abbott Lawrence Lowell, civil war general Charles Russell Lowell, astronomer Percival Lowell, … - Dana Quigley
Dana C. Quigley (born April 14 1947) is an American golfer. Quigley was born in Lynnfield, Massachusetts. He graduated from the University of Rhode Island in 1969 and turned professional in 1971. Quigley's career in regular tournament golf was unremarkable. He worked as a club professional for many years and had sixteen tournament victories in local tournaments in New England, including the Massachusetts Open (1982, 1983, 1984). - Robert Goulet
Robert Gerard Goulet (born November 26 1933 in Lawrence, Massachusetts) is an American entertainer. Goulet rose to international stardom in 1960 as Lancelot in Lerner and Loewe's hit Broadway musical, "Camelot". His long career as a singer and actor encompasses theatre, radio, television and film. Goulet resides and performs in Las Vegas, Nevada. - Rufus Porter
Rufus Porter (May 1, 1792 - August 13, 1884) was an American painter, inventor, and founder of "Scientific American" magazine. - George Peabody
George Peabody (February 18 1795 - November 4 1869) was an entrepreneur and philanthropist who founded the Peabody Institute. He was born in what was then Danvers, Massachusetts (now Peabody, Massachusetts), to a middle class family. His birthplace at 205 Washington Street in Peabody is now the George Peabody House Museum, a museum dedicated to preserving his life and legacy. - Nathaniel Ward
The Reverend Nathaniel Ward (1578 - October 1652) wrote the first constitution in North America in 1641. He was born in Haverhill, Suffolk, England. He studied law and graduated from Cambridge University in 1603. He practised as a barrister and travelled in continental Europe. In Heidelberg he met a German Protestant reformer, David Pareus, who persuaded him to enter the ministry. In 1618 he was a clergyman at Elbing, in Prussia. - Michael Chiklis
Michael Charles Chiklis is an Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning American actor. He is known for starring in two popular police dramas: "The Commish" (1991–1995) and "The Shield" (2002–) and as Ben Grimm/The Thing in the live-action "Fantastic Four" films. - Susie Castillo
Susie Cintron Castillo (born January 6, 1980 in Methuen, Massachusetts), is a beauty queen who has held the Miss USA title and who has competed in the Miss Teen USA and Miss Universe pageants. She is also a presenter on the MTV television show "Total Request Live". - Edward Filene
Edward Albert Filene (b. September 3, 1860, Salem, Massachusetts - d. September 26, 1937, Paris, France) was an American businessman, entrepreneur and philanthropist who served as an early president of the Boston firm of William Filene's Sons, later known as "Filene's". Filene is credited with developing a number of novel retailing techniques such as complete and honest descriptions of their merchandise, offers of "money back if not satisfied", … - Samuel Gilman
The Reverend Samuel Gilman was an American clergyman and author. He was born at Gloucester, Massachusetts and graduated from Harvard University in 1811, and in 1819 was ordained pastor of the Unitarian church at Charleston, South Carolina which he continued to serve till his death. He was an active advocate of the temperance cause. - Mary Walcott
Mary Walcott (July 5, 1675 - after 1719) was one of the witnesses at the Salem Witch Trials of Salem, Massachusetts in the years 1692 and 1693. She was the daughter of Captain Jonathan Walcott (1639-1699), and his wife Mary Sibley (1644-1683), both of Salem, and was about seventeen years old when the allegations started in 1692. Her aunt, Mary Woodrow, the wife of Samuel Sibley (1657-1708), … - William Berenberg
William Berenberg, M.D. (October 29, 1915 - September 14, 2005) was an American physician, Harvard professor, and pioneer in the treatment and rehabilitation of cerebral palsy. Berenberg was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts to immigrant parents. Growing up in Chelsea, Massachusetts, he proved a bright and studious young man and earned admission to Harvard University on scholarship. - John Hays Hammond Jr.
John Hays Hammond, Jr. (April 13, 1888 - February 12, 1965) was an American inventor known as "The Father of Radio Control" and son of mining engineer John Hays Hammond, Sr.. - Frederick Ashworth
Vice Admiral Frederick L. "Dick" Ashworth (January 24, 1912-December 3 2005) was a United States Navy officer who served as the weaponeer on the B-29 "Bockscar" that dropped the atomic bomb "Fat Man" on Nagasaki, Japan on August 9, 1945. :"Main Article:" "Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki" A native of Beverly, Massachusetts, Ashworth graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1933. - George Davis Snell
George Davis Snell (December 19, 1903 - June 6, 1996) was an American mouse geneticist and basic transplant immunologist. - Edward F. Noyes
Edward Follansbee Noyes (October 3, 1832 - September 4, 1890) was a Republican politician from Ohio. Noyes served as the 30th Governor of Ohio. Noyes was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts. He was orphaned at the age of three and was raised in New Hampshire by his grandfather and a guardian. At the age of thirteen, he was apprenticed to the printer of the "The Morning Star", a religious newspaper published in Dover, New Hampshire.
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