List of people from Worcester, Massachusetts
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The following is a list of notable people from Worcester, Massachusetts:
[edit] Notable people
[edit] Born in Worcester
- John Coolidge Adams, popular living composer
- Charles Allen, (1797-1869), United States Congressman from Massachusetts[1]
- Jerry Azumah, former defensive back for the Chicago Bears(since retired)
- Harvey Ball, inventor of the Smiley face
- S. N. Behrman, playwright and author of a memoir, The Worcester Account
- Robert Benchley, writer and member of the Algonquin Round Table
- Elizabeth Bishop, American poet and writer
- William Austin Burt, 19th century explorer and surveyor in Michigan
- Jaki Byard, jazz pianist and composer
- Frank Capp, jazz drummer and bandleader
- Mary Courtney, renowned 21st century architect, also known as MFC attended Wentworth college.
- Ronald Dworkin, American and English legal and political philosopher
- Don Fagerquist, jazz trumpeter
- Mark Fidrych, former Detroit Tigers pitcher
- Samuel Fuller, producer and director
- Rich Gedman, former Boston Red Sox catcher, now manager of the Worcester Tornadoes
- Robert Goddard, father of modern rocketry
- John Michael Hayes, writer of the Alfred Hitchcock films Rear Window, To Catch a Thief, The Trouble with Harry, and The Man Who Knew Too Much
- Abbie Hoffman, radical activist
- Ryan Idol, adult film actor
- Ken Doane, professional wrestler
- Arthur Kennedy, actor
- Jordan Knight, member of the boy band "New Kids On The Block"
- Jarrett J. Krosoczka, children's book author/illustrator; his book Punk Farm optioned by DreamWorks Animation
- Stanley Kunitz, American Poet Laureate
- Denis Leary, actor and comedian
- Charles Olson, American modernist poet
- Alisan Porter, actress and singer
- J.P. Ricciardi, general manager of the Toronto Blue Jays
- Tanyon Sturtze, New York Yankees Relief Pitcher
- Erik Per Sullivan, actor from Malcolm in the Middle
- Eric Taubert, Author and Photographer
- Chris Titus, actor and comedian
- Alicia Witt, actress
- Nicolas Ortiz, United States Representative
- John Dufresne, American Novelist and screenwriter
- Bill Guerin, St. Louis Blues Right Winger
- Eddie Mekka, actor best know for playing Carmine on Laverne and Shirley
- H. Jon Benjamin, actor best known as the voice of Coach McGuirk on the cartoon Home Movies
- Andy Ross, guitarist for rock band OK Go
- José Antonio Rivera, current WBA light middleweight champion
[edit] Other residents
- Alexander H. Bullock, Governor of Massachusetts (1866–1868)
- Bob Cousy, Hall of Fame Basketball player
- Frank O'Hara, American poet
- Major Taylor, track cycling champion
- Charley Parkhurst, Legendary stagecoach driver and horseman
- Emma Goldman, Legendary Lithuanian-American anarchist. Owned ice cream parlor in Worcester
