Writers from Massachusetts

American essayist, poet, and philosopher (1817–1862)

American politician and businessman (born 1947)

American actor (1925–2021)

American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, inventor and futurist (1895–1983)

vice president of the United States from 1873 to 1875

American television news host and political commentator

American historian, playwright, and socialist thinker (1922–2010)

American founder of Christian Science (1821–1910)

American author and cartoonist (born 1971)

Justin Paul Theroux is an American actor and filmmaker. He gained recognition for his partnership with David Lynch on the surrealist art films Mulholland Drive (2001) and Inland Empire (2006). He also appeared in films such as Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997), American Psycho (2000), Zoolander (2001), Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003), Miami Vice (2006), The Girl on the Train (2016), Bumblebee (2018), and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024).

American animator, film director and screenwriter (born 1965)

American journalist and anarchist (1854-1939)

Anglo-American poet (1612–1672)

American Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery (1807-1892)

American physiologist (1871-1945)

American actor (1937–2017)

American soprano opera singer and film actress (1882–1967)

American political philosopher, essayist, pamphlet writer, Unitarian, abolitionist, individualist anarchist, legal theorist, a member of the socialist First International and entrepreneur of the 19th century (1808–1887)

American author (1923–1996)

American government official, journalist, writer

American actress and comedian

American magician and actor (born 1955)

founder of vexillology, the study of flags (1940–2016)

American writer

American diplomat, U.S. ambassador to Japan (1880-1965)

American poet and songwriter (1859-1929)

American writer

American philosopher (1876–1957)

American writer and mythologist (1796-1867)

American author (1755-1831)

American film director, screenwriter and cinematographer

American photographer (born 1954)

American journalist (1934–2016)

American lawyer and politician (1948–2013)

United States federal judge, astronomer and botanist (1830-1913)

American poet

American actor and director (1912-1993)

American chemist, soldier, botanist and university teacher (1826 – 1886)

former captain of the MV Maersk Alabama

Virginia Joan Bennett Kennedy was an American socialite, author, and advocate. Kennedy was the first wife of U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy. In 1992, she published a guide to classical music and later became associated with mental health awareness, drawing public attention to addiction and recovery through her own experiences. Kennedy also worked as a classical pianist, performing at various public concerts.

American journalist (1914–1996)

American writer (1893–1973)

American writer

American anarchist (1812-1886)

American linguist and ethnologist and a specialist in the indigenous peoples of California

American soldier and politician (1753-1825)

American theatrical producer (1890-1969)

African American writer, poet (1730–1821)

United States Army officer

American politician from Maryland (1928–2017)

American software engineer, Wikipedian, and cryptocurrency critic

US politician (1911-1995)

American director and screenwriter

Christ myth theorist

American mathematician (1923–2018)

American conservative activist and lobbyist

American minister and activist (1819–1878)

Protestant Christian Minister Patriotic hymn writer (1808–1895)

American mathematician and astronomer

American ornithologist and natural history writer (1918–2017)