- Daniel Webster
Daniel Webster (January 18 1782 - October 24 1852), was a leading American statesman during the nation's antebellum era. Webster first rose to regional prominence through his defense of New England shipping interests. His increasingly nationalistic views and the effectiveness with which he articulated them led Webster to become one of the most famous orators and influential Whig leaders of the Second Party System. - John Henry
John Henry (c. 1776 - 1853), was a spy and adventurer of mysterious origins. It is reputed that he was born in Dublin, Ireland, probably between 1750 and 1775, although 1776 is the more accepted year. Henry came to Philadelphia about 1793, edited "Brown's Philadelphia Gazette", and afterward was commissioned a captain in the United States Army, in 1798, during the Quasi-War with France. Henry commanded an artillery company under General Ebenezer Stevens, … - Robert Frost
Robert Lee Frost (March 26, 1874 - January 29, 1963) was an American poet. His work frequently drew inspiration from rural life in New England, using the setting to explore complex social and philosophical themes. A popular and often-quoted poet, Frost was highly honored during his lifetime, receiving four Pulitzer Prizes. - Bill Simmons
Bill Simmons (born 1969), best known as The Sports Guy, is a columnist for "Page2" on ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine. His ESPN.com column is notable for being written from the viewpoint of a fan rather than an impartial journalist. Simmons aims for humor in his columns, often using extended analogies and references to pop culture (especially from the 1980s and 1990s). Simmons has earned a love/hate relationship with his readers, … - Bob Marley
Bob Marley is a comedian from Portland, Maine. He delivers jokes mostly about life in New England with an exaggerated New England accent. Bob Marley's first television appearance was on Comedy Central. He also appeared as Detective Greenly in the movie Boondock Saints. He graduated from Deering High School in Portland, Maine in 1985. - William Smith
William Smith (also found as William B. Smith born in Royalton, Vermont, was a leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and an early member of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles, replacing Luke S. Johnson. William Smith was the 8th child of Joseph Smith, Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith. As such he was the younger brother of Joseph Smith, Jr., the founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. - John Winthrop
John Winthrop (12 January 1587/8-26 March 1649) led a group of English Puritans to the New World, joined the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1629 and was elected their governor on April 8, 1630. Between 1631 and 1648 he was voted out of governorship and re-elected a total of 12 times. Although Winthrop was a respected political figure, he was criticized for his obstinacy regarding the formation of a general assembly in 1634 - John Winthrop
John Winthrop was the 2nd Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy in Harvard College. He was a distinguished mathematician, physicist and astronomer, born in Boston, Mass. His great-great-grandfather, also named John Winthrop, was founder of the Massachusetts Bay colony. He graduated in 1732 at Harvard, where, from 1738 until his death he was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy. - Mark Patinkin
Mark Patinkin is an author and nationally-syndicated columnist for the Providence Journal. He was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for international reporting, and he has won three New England Emmy awards for television commentaries. He is also the author of several books. He lives in Providence with his wife and three children. Mandy Patinkin, the renowned American actor, is his cousin. - Pan Am Railways
Pan Am Railways (PAR), known as Guilford Rail System (GRS) before March 2006, is a Class 2 railroad covering northern New England from Mattawamkeag, Maine to Rotterdam Junction, New York. The primary subsidiaries of PAR are the Maine Central Railroad (MEC), the Boston and Maine Railroad (BM), and Springfield Terminal Railway (ST). PAR is a subsidiary of Pan Am Systems, formerly known as Guilford Transportation Industries (GTI). - John Davis
John Davis, American jurist (b. January 25, 1761, Plymouth, Massachusetts - d. January 14 1847, Boston, Massachusetts), first received a private education, then attended and graduated from the University of Harvard (1777 - 1781). He then studied law in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, was admitted to the bar in 1786, and began his private law practice in Plymouth. In 1788 he was selected as a delegate from Plymouth to the Massachusetts state convention, … - Stuart Holden
Stuart Holden (born August 1, 1985 in Aberdeen, Scotland) is an American soccer player who currently plays midfielder for the Houston Dynamo in Major League Soccer. After playing two years at Clemson University, Holden signed with English club Sunderland in March 2005. Shortly after, Holden suffered a brutal attack in which his left eye socket was fractured outside a bar in Newcastle March 12, 2005. - Howie Carr
Howard Louis "Howie" Carr (born January 17, 1952) is an American broadcaster, award-winning journalist, "New York Times" best-selling author, and a highly rated talk-radio host in the greater Boston and New England area. - John Cotton
The Reverend John Cotton (December 4, 1585 - December 23, 1652) was a highly regarded principal among the New England Puritan ministers, who also included John Winthrop, Thomas Hooker, Increase Mather (who became his son-in-law), John Davenport, and Thomas Shepard. He was the grandfather of Cotton Mather, who was named after him. Born in England, he was educated at Derby School, in buildings which are now the Derby Heritage Centre, and attended Cambridge University, … - Katharine Hepburn
Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907 - June 29, 2003) was an iconic American star of film, television and stage, widely recognized for her sharp wit, New England gentility and fierce independence. A screen legend, Hepburn holds the record for the most Best Actress Oscar wins with four, from twelve nominations (Meryl Streep currently holds the record for most overall acting nominations with fourteen). - John Walker
John Walker is the lead singer in New England country band Stingy Brimm. He also plays guitar in their two albums. - John Hart
John Hart (1706-1777) was a militia officer during King George's War and the French and Indian War from the Province of New Hampshire. John Hart was born in Dover, New Hampshire on July 8 1706 to Mary Evans and Captain Samual Hart. He was married three times to Mary Dennett, Abigal Landale and Sara Savill. - Lizzie Borden
Lizzie Andrew Borden was a New England spinster and central figure in the axe murders of her father and stepmother on August 4 1892 in Fall River, Massachusetts. Although acquitted, no one else was ever tried, and she has remained notorious in American folklore. The slayings, trial, and the following trial by media became a cause célèbre; and the fame of the incident has endured in American pop culture and criminology. - 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. - Sarah Orne Jewett
Sarah Orne Jewett (September 3, 1849 - June 24, 1909) was an American novelist and short story writer whose works were set in or near South Berwick, Maine, a declining New England seaport town near the Maine border with New Hampshire. Jewett's father was a doctor, Jewett often accompanied him on his rounds, becoming acquainted with the sights and sounds of her native land and its people. As treatment for rheumatoid arthritis, a condition that developed in early childhood, … - William Alexander
William Alexander (1726 - 1783), who claimed the disputed title of Earl of Stirling, was an American major-general during the American Revolutionary War. Born in New York City, Alexander was an educated, ambitious and bright young man and was proficient in mathematics and astronomy. He joined his mother in a successful provisioning business and, in 1747, married Sarah Livingston, … - William Cullen Bryant
William Cullen Bryant (November 3, 1794 - June 12, 1878) an American romantic poet, journalist, political adviser, and homeopath. - Edward Winslow
Edward Winslow (1595 - 1655) was an American Pilgrim leader on the "Mayflower". He served as the governor of Plymouth Colony in 1633, 1636, and finally in 1644. He was born in Droitwich, Worcestershire, England, on October 18, 1595. In 1617 he removed to Leiden, united with John Robinson's church there, and in 1620 was one of the "pilgrims" who emigrated to New England on the "Mayflower" and founded the Plymouth colony. - John Nelson
John Nelson (1654-1734) was an American Patriot, a New England trader and statesman. He was born and died in Boston, Massachusetts. He was a nephew of Sir Thomas Temple, a British proprietor and governor of Nova Scotia. On April 19 1689, Nelson, a resident of Long Island in Boston harbor, led Bostonians in a revolt against Governor Sir Edmund Andros, culminating in the Battle of Fort Hill in Boston. - Donald Ross
Donald J. Ross (November 23, 1872-April 26, 1948) was one of the most significant golf course designers in the history of the sport. He was born at Dornoch in Scotland, but spent most of his adult life in the United States. Ross served an apprenticeship with Old Tom Morris in St Andrews before investing his life savings in a trip to the U.S. in 1899 at the suggestion of a Harvard professor named Robert Wilson, … - John Harvard
John Harvard (November 26, 1607 - September 14, 1638), despite having spent less than eighteen months of his life in Massachusetts, is known in the USA as a Massachusetts clergyman after whom Harvard University is named. He was born and raised in London, in the borough of Southwark, the fourth of nine children, the son of Robert Harvard (1562-1625), a butcher and tavern owner, and his wife, Katherine Rogers (1584-1635), a native of Stratford-on-Avon whose father, … - Chris Shays
Christopher H. Shays, usually known as Chris Shays (born October 18 1945), American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1987, representing the 4th District of Connecticut, which includes 17 towns in Southwest Connecticut. He is the only House Republican left from New England. All the others were defeated in the 2006 midterm elections. - Glenn Davis
Glenn Davis is best known for his contributions to the music scene in the Northeast, United States. A native of Weston, Massachusetts, he pioneered among other things, the shadowing technique of recording. Brief History: *Became a drummer at age 5 and was allowed to keep drums at school to play for talent shows and during lunch for other student's enjoyment all the way through High School Graduation. - Todd Gross
Todd Gross is a New England meteorologist. He worked most recently in Boston as chief meteorologist at WHDH-TV in Boston, Massachusetts, where his employment ran from 1984 through 2005. Todd is still an active on-air television meteorologist, and he can be heard on numerous radio stations throughout Southeastern New England. Gross started at WNEV-TV (the present day WHDH-TV) in 1984 as a weekend meteorologist and science reporter. - Ed Markey
Edward John "Ed" Markey (born July 11 1946) has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1976, representing the 7th District of Massachusetts. Ed Markey is not only the Dean of the Massachusetts House delegation but also the New England House delegation as well. He is also the third longest serving member of Congress from New England behind Ted Kennedy and Patrick Leahy. - Chris Bohjalian
Chris Bohjalian is an American novelist of Armenian ancestry (paternal grandparents are Armenian). A summa cum laude graduate of Amherst College (where he was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society), he was living in Brooklyn, New York when, in 1986, he and his wife were taken on a bizarre 45-minute cab ride during which the driver ignored all red lights and stop signs before abandoning them in the midst of a police raid on a crack house. - John Singleton Copley
John Singleton Copley (circa July 3 1738 - September 9 1815) was a Boston-born American artist of the colonial period, famous for his portraits of important figures in colonial New England, particularly men and women of the middle class. His portraits were innovative in that they tended to portray their subjects with artifacts that were indicative of their lives. - Ezra Stiles
The Rev. Ezra Stiles (November 29, 1727 - May 12, 1795) was a Congregational clergyman, theologian and president of Yale College from 1778 to 1795. Born the son of the Rev. Isaac Stiles in North Haven, Connecticut, Ezra Stiles graduated from Yale in 1746. He studied theology and was ordained in 1749, tutoring at Yale from that year until 1755. Resigning from the ministry, he studied law and practiced at New Haven from 1753 to 1755, … - John Cheever
John Cheever (May 27, 1912-June 18, 1982) was an American novelist and short story writer, sometimes called "the Chekhov of the suburbs." His fiction is mostly set in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, the Westchester suburbs, and old New England villages based on various South Shore towns around Quincy, Massachusetts, where he was born. Cheever is perhaps best remembered for his short stories (including "The Enormous Radio," "Goodbye, … - John Langdon
John Langdon (June 26, 1741-September 18, 1819) was a politician from New Hampshire and one of the first two United States Senators from that state. Langdon was an early supporter of the American Revolutionary War and later served in the Continental Congress. After being in Congress for 12 years, including serving as the first President pro tempore of the Senate, Langdon became Governor of New Hampshire. He turned down a nomination for Vice Presidential candidate in 1812, … - Edward Lawrence Logan
Edward Lawrence Logan, B.A., LL.B. (b. January 20 1875, Boston - d. July 6 1939, Boston) was an American militia officer and jurist. General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport in Boston is named in his honor. Logan was born in South Boston to a military family, and attended Boston Latin School and Harvard University. After his graduation in 1897, Logan enlisted in the 9th Infantry of the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, in which he rapidly advanced. - William Ellery Channing
Dr. William Ellery Channing was the foremost Unitarian preacher in the United States in the early nineteenth century and, along with Andrews Norton, one of Unitarianism's leading theologians. He was known for his articulate and impassioned sermons and public speeches, and as a prominent thinker in the liberal theology of the day. Dr. Channing's religion and thought were among the chief influences on the New England Transcendentalists, … - Cheryl Wheeler
Cheryl Wheeler (born July 10, 1951) is an American singer/songwriter of contemporary folk music, based in New England. Her songs range in tone from silly to serious. Frequent topics are love relationships, descriptions of places or events, and profiles of people. She is listed as one of the top Contemporary Singer-Songwriters by the AllMusic Guide. Wheeler was born in Timonium, Maryland. She performed at clubs in the Washington, D.C. and Baltimore area. - Wamsutta
Wamsutta (b.c.1634 - d. 1662), also "Alexander" as he was called by New England colonists, was a leader (sachem) of the Wampanoag native American tribe. He was the son of Massasoit, and brother of Metacomet who would succeed him. He married Weetamoo. - Erin McKeown
Erin McKeown (b. October 15, 1977) is a multi-instrumentalist and folk-rock singer/songwriter. McKeown began her career in the folk scene. She released her first album, "Monday Morning Cold", on her own label (TVP Records), travelling throughout New England while still a student at Brown University in order to promote the record. Although she had begun studying ornithology, she graduated from Brown with a degree in ethnomusicology.
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