List of people from Lawrence, Massachusetts

This is a list of people from Lawrence, Massachusetts.

Laurence A. Abercrombie, triple Navy Cross recipient, Admiral, and submariner
A. J. Antoon, Tony Award-winning theatre director
Fred Beal, labor-union organizer
Al Bernardin, inventor of the Quarter Pounder^[1]
Leonard Bernstein, composer, conductor of New York Philharmonic, winner of a Tony Award and 18 Grammy Awards, born in Lawrence
Johnny Broaca, professional baseball player
Patrick F. Burke, American football player
Garrett Caples, famous poet
Doc Casey, professional baseball player
James A. Champy, author, management expert, retired CEO
Ed Coleman, radio reporter, host for the New York Mets
John William Comber, Catholic missionary and bishop
Elaine Comparone, harpsichordist
Bill Cronin, American football player
Irene Daye, jazz singer
Ferdinand Waldo Demara, "The Great Impostor"
Anthony DeSpirito, jockey
Marcos Devers, first Dominican-American to serve as a mayor in the U.S.
William E. Donovan, MLB pitcher and manager
Sully Erna, Godsmack lead singer
Aaron Feuerstein, one of the CEOs of Malden Mills; known for his generosity, for which he was awarded the Peace Abbey Courage of Conscience Award
Joseph D. FitzGerald, president of Fairfield University (1951–1958)
Jocko Flynn, MLB pitcher
Robert Frost, iconic poet, winner of four Pulitzer Prizes and a Congressional Gold Medal, a graduate of Lawrence High School
Ziwe Fumudoh, comedian and comic writer
Robert Goulet, Grammy-winning singer and Tony-winning actor, born in Lawrence
Steve Holman, voice of the Atlanta Hawks
Nicky Jam, birth name Nick Rivera Caminero, rapper and reggaeton artist, lived in Lawrence until the age of 10
John J. Joubert (1963-1996), serial killer
Francis Kilcoyne (died 1985), President of Brooklyn College
William S. Knox, US congressman from 1895 to 1903
Thomas J. Lane, U.S. congressman from March 4, 1941, to March 3, 1963
Abbott Lawrence, founder of Lawrence, U.S. congressman, and ambassador to the United Kingdom
Anna LoPizzo, striker killed during the Lawrence textile strike
Sal Maccarone, sculptor
Statik Selektah, record producer, DJ and radio personality
Ray MacDonnell, actor
Robert S. Maloney, U.S. congressman from 1921 to 1923
Frank McManus, MLB catcher
Robbie Merrill, Godsmack bassist
Paul Monette, author, poet, and activist
George Moolic, professional baseball player
Ray Mungo, author of 18 books and co-founder of Liberation News Service
Jane Ellen "Bonnie" Newman, executive dean of Harvard's Kennedy School and president of the University of New Hampshire
John O'Connell, professional baseball player
Henry K. Oliver, Treasurer of Massachusetts from 1886 to 1889
Endicott Peabody, Governor of Massachusetts from 1963 to 1965
Leo Z. Penn, actor and director, father of Sean Penn
Joe Perry, guitarist of Aerosmith
Elizabeth Pillion, Army chemist
Raymond Preston, NFL linebacker
William Quinlan, NFL defensive end
Gil Reyes, boxer, WBA, Fedecentro welterweight champion
William Herbert Rollins, pioneer in field of radiation protection
Dave Rozumek, NFL player
William A. Russell, U.S. congressman from 1879 to 1885
James Michael Shannon, Attorney General of Massachusetts and CEO of National Fire Protection Association
Edgar J. Sherman, Attorney General of Massachusetts and Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court
Bethann Siviter, expatriate British nurse leader and author
John K. Tarbox, U.S. congressman from 1875 to 1877 and Mayor of Lawrence from (1873–1875)
Ernest Thayer, writer and poet, Casey at the Bat
Thelma Todd, actress
Emily Greene Wetherbee, poet and educator
John E. White, Auditor of Massachusetts July 6, 1911 to 1914
Michael C. Wholley, general counsel for NASA
William M. Wood, co-founder of American Woolen Company

References[]

^ Artz, Matthew (2009-12-31). "Fremont's 'hamburger king' dead at 81". Oakland Tribune. Retrieved 2010-01-12.

[ot-1] Artz, Matthew (2009-12-31). "Fremont's 'hamburger king' dead at 81". Oakland Tribune. Retrieved 2010-01-12.

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