This is a list of people who were born in/raised in, lived in, or have significant relations with the American state of Massachusetts. It includes both notable people born in the Commonwealth, and other notable people who are from the Commonwealth. People from Massachusetts are called "Massachusettsans" or "Bay Staters" after the Commonwealth's nickname.

Artists

John Wolcott Adams (1874–1925) – illustrator Harvey Ball (1921–2001) – inventor of the smiley face Will Barnet (1911–2012) – painter Kimberly Barzola – muralist Frank Weston Benson (1862–1951) – painter Dawn Clements (1958–2018) – artist George Condo (born 1957) – artist and sculptor John Singleton Copley (1738–1815) – painter Thomas Dewing (1851–1938) – painter Charles Dana Gibson (1867–1944) – graphic artist Duff Goldman (born 1974) – cake artist Nancy Graves (1939–1995) – sculptor, painter, engraver and film director Childe Hassam (1859–1935) – painter Winslow Homer (1836–1910)– painter Peter Laird (born 1954) – co-creator of the comic book Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Fitzhugh Lane (1804–1865) – painter Jack Levine (1915–2010) – painter Shawn McManus (born 1958) – comic book artist Willard Metcalf (1858–1925) – painter Tony Millionaire (born 1956) – cartoonist, illustrator Porsha Olayiwola (born 1988) – Boston poet laureate Lilla Cabot Perry (1848–1933) – impressionist Ted Rall (born 1963) – political cartoonist Robert Reid (1862–1929) – painter René Ricard (1946–2014) – poet, art critic, painter Norman Rockwell (1894–1978) – artist Paul Ryan (1949–2016) – cartoonist Albert Pinkham Ryder (1847–1917) – painter Mark Shasha (born 1961) – painter, author Edward Simmons (1852–1931) – painter Frank Stella (born 1936) – artist Andrew Stevovich (born 1948) – artist Barbara Swan (1922–2003) – artist Edmund Charles Tarbell (1862–1938) – painter Abbott Handerson Thayer (1849–1921) – painter James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834–1903) – artist N. C. Wyeth (1882–1945) (1882–1945) – artist

Architects Lucius W. Briggs (1866–1940) – architect Charles Bulfinch (1763–1844) – architect Elias Carter (1781–1864) – architect Theophilus P. Chandler Jr. (1845–1928) – architect Josephine Wright Chapman (1867–1943) – architect Charles Amos Cummings (1833−1905) – architect Stephen C. Earle (1839–1913) – architect William LeBaron Jenney (1832–1907) – architect Samuel McIntire (1757–1811) – architect Robert Swain Peabody (1845–1917) – architect Josep Lluís Sert (1902–1983) – Spanish architect; dean of Harvard Graduate School of Design John Goddard Stearns Jr. (1843–1917) – architect

Sculptors Russell Gerry Crook (1869–1955) – sculptor Cyrus Edwin Dallin (1861–1944) – sculptor; Olympic archer; namesake of Cyrus E. Dallin Art Museum Murray Dewart (born 1947) – sculptor Daniel Chester French (1850–1931) – neoclassical sculptor Joseph Skinger (1911–1967) – metalsmith and sculptor

Athletes

A–F Abdul-Malik Abu (born 1995), basketball player in the Israeli Premier Basketball League Kim Adler − bowler Harry Agganis (1929–1955) − baseball player Nick Ahmed − baseball player Tenley Albright – Olympic figure skater Kiko Alonso − football player Tony Amonte − hockey player Prince Amukamara − football player Jim Arvanitis − martial artist, MMA trainer Paul Azinger − golfer, television commentator Jerry Azumah − football player Jeff Bagwell (born 1968) − baseball player Sasha Banks − professional wrestler, ring name Mercedes Kaestner-Varnado Tom Barrasso − hockey player Dana Barros − basketball player Mark Bavaro − football player Tyler Beede − baseball player Joe Bellino − football player, Heisman Trophy winner Mackenzy Bernadeau − football player Travis Best − basketball player David Blatt (born 1959) − basketball player and coach Brian Boyle − hockey player Edward Scott Bozek (1950–2022) − Olympic épée fencer Ron Brace − football player John Brebbia − baseball player Andy Brickley − hockey player Charles Brickley − football player and coach Aimee Buchanan (born 1993) − Olympic figure skater Nick Buoniconti − Hall of Fame football player Thomas Burke – Olympic sprinter (first gold medalist in 100 meter dash, 1896 Athens) Geoff Cameron – U.S. soccer player Chris Capuano − baseball pitcher Mary Carew − sprinter, Olympic gold medalist Michael Carter-Williams − basketball player Brett Cecil − baseball player John Cena − professional wrestler Jacques Cesaire − football player Gosder Cherilus − football player Jack Chesbro − Hall of Fame baseball player Alex Cobb − baseball player Mickey Cochrane − Hall of Fame baseball player Chris Colabello − baseball player Tim Collins − baseball player Todd Collins − football player Marc Colombo − football player Tony Conigliaro (1945–1990) − baseball player James Brendan Connolly – Olympic champion (triple jump) Stephen Cooper − football player Charlie Coyle − hockey player Jim Craig − USA Olympic hockey player, 1980 Lake Placid Honey Craven − equestrian Candy Cummings − Hall of Fame baseball player Tim Daggett − gymnast Ron Darling − baseball pitcher, television commentator Vinny Del Negro − basketball player, head coach Tony DeMarco − welterweight champion boxer Zak DeOssie − football player for New York Giants Eli Dershwitz (born 1995) − 2023 World Saber Champion, 2015 Under-20 World Saber Champion, and US Olympic saber fencer Mike DeVito − football player for Kansas City Chiefs Oliver Drake − baseball pitcher Rich Dubee − baseball coach Meghan Duggan – ice hockey player Leo Durocher (1905–1991) − Hall of Fame baseball manager Jack Eichel – hockey player Mike Eruzione − Olympic hockey player, 1980 Lake Placid Carl Etelman (1900–1963) − football back and coach Patrick Ewing − Hall of Fame basketball player Mark Fidrych − baseball pitcher, 1976 AL Rookie of the Year L. J. Figueroa (born 1998) - Dominican-American basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League Jake Fishman − American-Israeli baseball pitcher for the Miami Marlins and Team Israel Ray Fitzgerald − baseball player Kenny Florian − UFC Fighter Doug Flutie − NFL quarterback, CFL Hall of Famer, Heisman Trophy winner Nate Freiman (born 1986) − baseball player

G–L

Tony Gaffney (born 1984) – basketball player Breno Giacomini − football player Peter Giunta − football coach Tom Glavine − Hall of Fame baseball pitcher Jared Goldberg − Olympic skier Billy Gonsalves – U.S. soccer player Colin Grafton − figure skater Kaz Grala – NASCAR driver Frank Grant − Hall of Fame baseball player Geoffrey Gray (born 1997) – American-Israeli professional basketball player Mike Grier − ice hockey player Josh Grispi − WEC fighter Matt Grzelcyk − hockey player Bill Guerin − hockey player Marvin Hagler (1954–2021) – middleweight champion boxer Pete Hamilton − NASCAR driver Jordan Harris (born 2000) − NHL hockey player for the Montreal Canadiens Matt Hasselbeck − football player Tim Hasselbeck − football player Steve Hathaway − baseball pitcher Steven Hauschka − football player Carmelo Hayes − professional wrestler Ed Healey − NFL Hall of Fame player for Chicago Bears Chris Herren − basketball player Rich Hill − baseball pitcher James Ihedigbo − football player Tim Keefe − 19th-century baseball pitcher Nancy Kerrigan − Olympic figure skater Kofi Kingston − WWE wrestler Joe Lauzon − UFC fighter Peter Laviolette − hockey player, head coach Erika Lawler − US national hockey team Michael Leach − tennis player Dana LeVangie − baseball player, coach Rebecca Lobo – basketball player Howie Long − Hall of Fame football player, sportscaster

M–R

Connie Mack − Hall of Fame baseball manager Andrew Mackiewicz (born 1995) − Olympic saber fencer Rabbit Maranville − Hall of Fame baseball player Rocky Marciano − undefeated world heavyweight boxing champion Obi Melifonwu − football player Lou Merloni − baseball player Kristie Mewis – United States national soccer team player Sam Mewis – United States national soccer team player Mike Milbury − hockey player and coach Wayne Millner − Hall of Fame football player and coach Ross Miner (born 1991) – skating coach and retired competitive figure skater Joe Nash – football player Sean Newcomb − basketball player Nerlens Noel − basketball player Ryan O'Rourke − baseball player Rob Oppenheim − professional golfer Francis Ouimet − golfer Jay Pandolfo − hockey player Bert Patenaude – U.S. soccer player (first hat-trick in the World Cup history) Craig Patrick − hockey player Carlos Peña − baseball player Joe Philbin − football coach Elena Pirozhkova – Olympic freestyle wrestler Tom Poti − hockey player John Quinlan − professional wrestler Joe Ragland (born 1989) – American-Liberian basketball player Aly Raisman (born 1994) − Olympic gymnast Jeff Reardon − baseball player Jerry Remy − baseball player, broadcaster Patrick Ricard − football player Jorge Rivera − UFC fighter Richard Rodgers − football player Jeremy Roenick − hockey player Dan Ross − football player

S–Z

Joe Sacco − hockey player Alicia Sacramone − Olympic gymnast Sandy Saddler − champion boxer Alberto Salazar (born 1958) – distance runner and athletics coach banned for life Keith Sanderson (born 1975) – sport shooter Cory Schneider − hockey player Wayne Selden Jr. (born 1994) – basketball player Anthony Sherman − NFL player Simon Shnapir − Olympic medalist pairs skater Jarrod Shoemaker − triathlete Jared Shuster (born 1998) − Atlanta Braves baseball pitcher Jack Sharkey − world heavyweight boxing champion John L. Sullivan − first world heavyweight boxing champion Harry Swartz (born 1996) − soccer player Lofa Tatupu − football player Jared Terrell (born 1995) − basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League John Thomas – U.S. Olympian (high jump) Keith Tkachuk − hockey player Jordan Todman − football player Pie Traynor − Hall of Fame baseball player Mark van Eeghen − football player Jimmy Vesey − hockey player Noah Vonleh − basketball player Pete Walker − baseball pitcher, coach Ben Wanger – American-Israeli baseball pitcher Micky Ward − boxer David Warsofsky − National Hockey League player Ryan Warsofsky (born 1987) − ice hockey player and NHL ice hockey coach Turk Wendell − baseball pitcher Jerry White − baseball player Ryan Whitney − hockey player, Spittin' Chiclets podcast host Jamila Wideman − basketball player, lawyer, and activist Jermaine Wiggins − football player Brian Wilson − baseball pitcher Mark Wohlers − baseball pitcher Wilbur Wood − baseball pitcher Willy Workman (born 1990) − American-Israeli basketball player

Business

Sheldon Adelson − chief executive officer of Las Vegas Sands Corp. Benjamin Bates IV − entrepreneur, namesake of Bates College Michael Bloomberg − founder of Bloomberg L.P. and 108th mayor of New York City (raised in Medford, Massachusetts) Amar Bose − inventor Horace Bowker (1877–1954) − farm economist and businessman Edward Goodwin Burnham − industrialist, Connecticut state senator Safra A. Catz − president of Oracle Corporation John S. Chen − chief executive officer of BlackBerry Ltd. Al Davis − former owner of the Oakland Raiders (deceased 2011) Elias Hasket Derby − reportedly America's first millionaire James Dole − "Pineapple King", founder of Dole Food Company Dan Duquette − general manager of the Baltimore Orioles Thomas C. Durant − vice president of the Union Pacific Railroad (1862−1870) William C. Durant − founder of General Motors and Chevrolet John Wesley Emerson − founder of the Emerson Electric Company Theo Epstein − general manager of the Chicago Cubs; previously with Boston Red Sox Aaron Feuerstein − inventor Dave Gettleman − general manager of the Carolina Panthers Crawford Greenewalt − president of DuPont (1948–1962) Reed Hastings − chief executive officer of Netflix Irwin M. Jacobs − co-founder and former chairman of Qualcomm Howard Deering Johnson − founder of the Howard Johnson's chain Leo Kahn − co-founder of Staples Inc. Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. − businessman, investor, U.S. ambassador to United Kingdom Robert Kraft − owner of the New England Patriots Jesse Livermore – stock trader