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BOSTON
Most Famous People Born in Boston, United States
- Notable people
- 3,663
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- Median birth year
- 1926
- Most distinctive
- Novelist 3.5×
America's oldest civic intelligentsia. Boston's notables are unusually concentrated in the 1700s and 1800s by American standards, and the distinctive shelves still read like a Yankee almanac — novelists, lawyers, military officers, mathematicians, and diplomats, the trades of a city where Harvard, the State House, and the Old North Church share a few square miles. The modern half tilts more conventionally toward Red Sox baseball, actors, and a deep college-bred music scene.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Boston during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Boston Is Known For
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Actor is Boston's biggest profession — 9% of all notables (314).
Boston over-indexes on novelist — 3.5× the global rate.
Boston under-produces football — only 0.2× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Boston's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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Kik Pierie
Born 2000
Prince Amukamara
Born 1989
Sheanon Williams
Born 1990
Jack Concannon
1943 - 2005
Karl-Alfred Jacobsson
1926 - 2015
Bobby Walden
1938 - 2018
Rolf Benirschke
Born 1955
Charles Brickley
1891 - 1949
Kareem Smith
Born 1985
Joe Nash
Born 1960
Kassim Osgood
Born 1980
Tom McHale (American football)
1963 - 2008
Michael Cox (running back)
Born 1988
Barry Brown (American football)
Born 1943
Frank Jacobsson
1930 - 2017
Al Carmichael
1928 - 2019
Gerard Cowhig
1921 - 1995
Bo Oshoniyi
Born 1971
Chris Gamble
Born 1983
George C. Adams
1863 - 1900
Ron Stone (American football)
Born 1971
Darin Jordan
Born 1964
Steven Silva Rodrigues
Born 1985
John Yonakor
1921 - 2001
Victoria Folayan
Born 1985
Mariela Jácome
Born 1996
Bill Brooks (American football)
Born 1964
Julian Jenkins
Born 1983
David Norrie
Born 1963
Len Grant
1906 - 1938
James Moran Sr.
1912 - 1983
Lake Dawson
Born 1972
Darvell Huffman
Born 1967
Al Maginnes
1897 - 1966
Burleigh Cruikshank
1890 - 1982
Roger Caron (American football)
Born 1962
Alfred Henry Miller
1904 - 1967
Glenn Hyde
Born 1951
Karl Paymah
Born 1982
Brandon McRae
Born 1986
Frank Morrissey
1899 - 1968
Jeremy Brigham
Born 1975
Al Cannava
1924 - 2017
Robert Emmons
1872 - 1928
Will Grant
Born 1954
Chris Keating
Born 1957
John LoVetere
1936 - 2012
Bob Margarita
1920 - 2008
Roger Ellis
1938 - 1977
Dick King (American football)
1895 - 1930
Bert Waters
1871 - 1930
Jessie Small
Born 1966
Rick Sapienza
Born 1936
Dick Cunningham (American football)
Born 1944
Moody Sarno
1914 - 1997
Aaron Kelton
Born 1974
Roger Perdrix
Born 1943
Joe Pellegrini
Born 1957
George Dickson
Born 1923
Ashkanov Apollon
Born 1991
Daniel Hurley (American football)
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Austin Bryant
Born 1996
Jim Zyntell
1910 - 1992
Jogger Elcock
1888 - 1964
Bob Minihane
1938 - 2020
A. J. Godbolt
Born 1984
Matt King (American football)
Born 1983
Jeff Queen
1946 - 2018
Edmund McNamara
1920 - 2000
Tom Hennessey
1942 - 2012
John McCormick (American football)
1937 - 2013
Brendan McCarthy (American football)
1945 - 1997
Jack Reilly (American football)
Born 1946
Michael Soboff
Born 1989
Tom Woods (American football)
1896 - 1978
Ken Kaplan
Born 1960
Brian Roper (Gaelic footballer)
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Ed Brawley
1888 - 1945
Steve Trapilo
1964 - 2004
A. Austin Tate
1894 - 1943
Mike Nugent (soccer)
Born 1980
Dennis Gildea
1898 - 1976
Clark Tobin
1887 - 1952
Patrick Grant (American football)
1886 - 1927
Walter Irving Badger
1859 - 1926
William C. Mackie
1870 - 1931
Charlie Wrack
1899 - 1979