List of sons and daughters of the city of Worcester, Massachusetts
This is a list of public figures that American US in the city of Worcester ( Massachusetts ) were born. The list does not claim to be complete.
18th century
- Benjamin Swan (1762–1839), businessman, banker and politician
- John Curtis Chamberlain (1772–1834), politician
- Levi Lincoln Jr. (1782–1868), politician; Mayor of Worcester
- Enoch Lincoln (1788–1829), politician, Governor of Maine
- Charles Allen (1797–1869), politician
- George Bancroft (1800-1891), historian and politician
19th century
- Pierre-Basile Mignault (1854–1945), lawyer
- Ellen Day Hale (1855–1940), painter and printmaker
- Charles G. Washburn (1857–1928), politician
- Fanny Bullock Workman (1859–1925), geographer, cartographer, writer and mountaineer
- William Augustine Hickey (1869–1933), Roman Catholic Bishop of Providence
- Lewis Stone (1879–1953), actor
- Robert Goddard (1882–1945), scientist and rocket pioneer
- Robert Benchley (1889–1945), humorist, theater critic and actor
- Robert Frazer (1891-1944), actor
- Samuel Nathaniel Behrman (1893–1973), writer
20th century
1901-1930
- Charles F. Sullivan (1904–1962), politician
- Stanley Kunitz (1905-2006), poet
- Lillian Asplund (1906–2006), survivor of the sinking of the Titanic
- Wendell Culley (1906-1983), jazz musician
- Isadore Nathaniel Parker (1908–2011), jazz trumpeter
- Charles Olson (1910-1970), poet
- Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979), modern poet and writer
- Albina Osipowich (1911–1964), swimmer; 1928 Olympic champion in the 100 m freestyle
- Samuel Fuller (1912–1997), actor, screenwriter and director
- Rita Johnson (1913-1965), actress
- Arthur Kennedy (1914–1990), stage and film actor
- Loring Coes junior (1915–1978), chemist, was the first to synthesize the coesite named after him
- Irene Higginbotham (1918–1988), pianist and songwriter
- John Michael Hayes (1919-2008), screenwriter
- Helen Walker (1920–1968), actress
- Harvey Ball (1921–2001), is considered the inventor of the "smiley"
- Al Vega (1921-2011), jazz pianist
- Jaki Byard (1922–1999), jazz musician
- Kenneth O'Donnell (1924–1977), politician and advisor to US President John F. Kennedy
- Kathleen O'Malley (1924-2019), actress
- Barbara Carroll (1925–2017), jazz pianist and singer
- Noah Gordon (* 1926), writer (The Medicus, The Shaman, The Heirs of the Medicus)
- Don Fagerquist (1927–1974), jazz trumpeter
- John Aloysius Marshall (1928–1994), Roman Catholic Bishop of Springfield
- Harry Sheppard (* 1928), jazz vibraphonist
- Russ Adams (1930-2017), sports photographer
- David Edward Foley (1930–2018), Roman Catholic Bishop of Birmingham
1931-1970
- Frank Capp (1931–2017), drummer and band leader
- Ronald Dworkin (1931–2013), philosopher
- Joseph D. Early (1933–2012), politician
- Raymond Wentworth (* 1933), singer and composer
- Coralie O'Connor (born 1934), swimmer
- Abbie Hoffman (1936–1989), political and social activist
- Nancy Holt (1938–2014), land art, concept and video artist
- Frank Carroll (* 1939), figure skating coach
- Denise Eisenberg Rich (* 1944), songwriter
- John Adams (* 1947), composer
- David Higgins (born 1947), rower
- Paul Murphy (born 1949), jazz drummer
- Stefan Lano (* 1952), composer, répétiteur and conductor
- John Lurie (* 1952), composer, musician, actor, film and music producer
- Susan Rojcewicz (* 1953), basketball player
- Butch Johnson (born 1955), archer
- Ferdi Taygan (born 1956), tennis player
- Denis Leary (born 1957), actor
- Jim McGovern (born 1959), politician
- Michael Wallace Banach (* 1962), diplomat of the Holy See
- Scott Silver (* 1963), screenwriter, film producer and film director
- H. Jon Benjamin (* 1966), comedian, actor, author and voice actor
- Ryan Idol (born 1966), porn actor
- Steve Davis (* 1967), jazz musician
- Doug Stanhope (* 1967), stand-up comedian
- Jonathan Knight (born 1968), singer
- Tim Murray (* 1968), politician
- Bill Guerin (* 1970), ice hockey player
- Jordan Knight (born 1970), singer
1971-2000
- Jean Louisa Kelly (born 1972), actress
- Jim Campbell (born 1973), ice hockey player
- Jay Cutler (* 1973), bodybuilder, Mr. Olympia 2006, 2007, 2009 and 2010
- Alicia Witt (* 1975), actress
- Tom Poti (* 1977), ice hockey player
- Alisan Porter (born 1981), actress
- Damien Sandow (born 1982), wrestler
- Marvin Degon (born 1983), ice hockey player
- Ken Doane (born 1986), wrestler
- Carmella (born 1987), wrestler
- Dorian McMenemy (* 1996), Dominican swimmer
- Joyner Lucas (* 1988), rapper and singer
- Erik Per Sullivan (born 1991), film actor
- Ivana Hong (* 1992), artistic gymnast
Web links
Commons : Births in Worcester, Massachusetts - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Coralie O'Connor in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
- ↑ David Higgins in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
- ↑ Sue Rojcewicz in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
- ↑ Dorian McMenemy in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
- ↑ Ivana Hong , gymn-forum.net