Massachusetts Democrats

American author (1804–1864)

American politician and diplomat (born 1943)

American actress (1908–1989)

Uma Karuna Thurman is an American actress. Known for her collaborations with Quentin Tarantino, she has performed in over fifty film and television productions since the 1980s, across genres that range from comedies and dramas to science fiction and action. Her accolades include a Golden Globe Award and nominations for an Academy Award, two British Academy Film Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Christopher Robert Evans is an American actor. He gained worldwide recognition for portraying Steve Rogers / Captain America in various Marvel Cinematic Universe films, from Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) to Avengers: Endgame (2019). His work in the franchise established him as one of the world's highest-paid actors. Evans's films as a leading actor, particularly in the franchise have grossed $11.4 billion worldwide, making him one of the highest-grossing film stars of all time.

Robert Francis Kennedy, also known by his initials RFK, was an American politician and lawyer. A member of the Democratic Party, Kennedy served as the 64th United States attorney general from 1961 to 1964, and as a U.S. senator from New York from 1965 until his assassination in 1968. Like his brothers John F. Kennedy and Ted Kennedy, he is considered an icon of modern American liberalism in the 21st century.

American novelist, poet (1932–2009)

American businessman and politician; 108th Mayor of New York City

American actor (1925–2001)

American children's author and cartoonist (1904–1991)

Canadian-American economist and diplomat (1908–2006)

Edward Moore Kennedy was an American lawyer and politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1962 until his death in 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the second-most-senior member of the Senate when he died. He is ranked fifth in U.S. history for length of continuous service as a senator. Kennedy was the younger brother of President John F. Kennedy and U.S. attorney general and U.S. senator Robert F. Kennedy, and the father of U.S. representative Patrick J. Kennedy.

American stage and film actress (1926-2010)

American politician (born 1949)

Elizabeth Banks is an American actress and filmmaker. She is known for playing chaperone Effie Trinket in The Hunger Games film series (2012–2015) and an ICCA commentator in the Pitch Perfect film series (2012–2017). She made her directorial film debut with Pitch Perfect 2 (2015), whose $69 million opening-weekend gross set a record for a first-time director. She directed the action comedy Charlie's Angels (2019) and the horror comedy film Cocaine Bear (2023). Banks founded the film and television production company Brownstone Productions in 2002 with her husband, Max Handelman.

Conan Christopher O'Brien is an American television host, comedian, and writer. He is best known for having hosted late-night talk shows, beginning with Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993–2009) and The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (2009–2010) on the NBC television network, and Conan (2010–2021) on the cable channel TBS. Before his hosting career, O'Brien was a writer for the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 1988 to 1991, and the Fox animated sitcom The Simpsons from 1991 to 1993. He has hosted the podcast series Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend since 2018, and starred in the 2024 travel show Conan O'Brien Must Go on HBO Max.

American academic, political activist

American sociologist (1902 – 1979)

John Burke Krasinski is an American actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his role as Jim Halpert on the NBC sitcom The Office (2005–2013), where he was also a producer and occasional director. He directed, co-wrote and co-starred in the 2018 horror film A Quiet Place, for which Time named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world. He has since written and directed the sequel A Quiet Place Part II (2020).

American actress

American actress (1931-2021)

American businessman, politician and diplomat (1888–1969)

American actor, producer and director (born 1940)

25th United States Secretary of Defense

American politician (born 1958)

American Supreme Court Justice (1856-1941)

American philanthropist and mother of John F. Kennedy

American politician (born 1946)

American political economist (1946–)

American philanthropist; founder of the Special Olympics; sister of John F. Kennedy (1921–2009)

The Kennedy family is an American political family that has long been prominent in American politics, public service, entertainment, and business. In 1884, 35 years after the family's arrival from County Wexford, Ireland, Patrick Joseph "P. J." Kennedy became the first Kennedy elected to public office, serving in the Massachusetts state legislature until 1895. At least one Kennedy family member was serving in federal elective office in every year from 1947, when P. J. Kennedy's grandson John F. Kennedy became a member of Congress from Massachusetts, until 2011, when Patrick J. Kennedy II retired as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Rhode Island.

American actor (1920-2004)

Ethel Kennedy was an American human rights advocate. She was the widow of U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy, a sister-in-law of U.S. president John F. Kennedy, and a daughter of businessman George Skakel.

American actress (1915–1995)

American actress, director, singer, and dancer (born 1962)

American voice actress (1917–2017)

American abolitionist and statesman (1811–1874)

American diplomat and United States Ambassador to Ireland; younger sister of John F. Kennedy (1928-2020)

American general and politician (1818–1893)

U.S. Representative from Massachusetts

American government official, journalist, writer

United States Army Medal of Honor recipient and Commanding General of the United States Army (1839-1925)

American comedian and actor

American politician (1912–1994)

American political consultant (born 1970)

American politician (1800-1879)

United States politician (1818–1905)

29th United States Senator from Massachusetts (Class 2)

American television personality, game show host, television host, comedian and actor

actress (1913-1965)

13th United States Secretary of Energy

53rd mayor of Boston, Massachusetts, USA (1942-2014)

American businessman and media magnate (1923-2020)

American politician

Speaker of the House (1962-1971); American politician from Massachusetts (1891-1980)

American economist and Chairman & CEO of Lazard

American soldier, Unitarian minister and author (1823–1911)

Mayor of Boston since 2021 (born 1985)

American lobbyist and lawyer

American prosecutor (1912–2004)