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List of people from Newton, Massachusetts

January 01, 1970

Newton, Massachusetts has been the home of many notable people.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

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  • The following play for a national team:

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  • Tenley Albright (born 1935 in Newton Centre), first American female skater to win an Olympic gold medal; other titles included 1952 Olympic silver medal, 1953 and 1955 World Champion, 1953 and 1955 North American champion, and 1952–1956 U.S. national champion
  • Gracie Gold, 2014 and 2016 U.S. champion, Olympic team bronze medalist, born in Newton
  • Jennifer Kirk, 2000 World Junior champion, born in Newton
  • John Summers, 1978–80 national champion in ice dancing

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References edit

  1. ^ Sullivan, Joan (August 12, 2016). "Anthropologist Jean L. Briggs' books on Inuit became classics". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved August 21, 2016.
  2. ^ "From Bollywood to will.i.am: Priyanka Chopra's Big Shot". October 12, 2012.
  3. ^ Marquard, Bryan (July 27, 2016). "Charles Bilezikian, 79; created the Christmas Tree Shops empire". Boston Globe. Retrieved August 24, 2016.
  4. ^ One Up On Wall Street

January 01, 1970
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Newton Massachusetts has been the home of many notable people Contents 1 Academics 2 Actors and actresses 3 Artists 4 Authors writers journalists poets 5 Business and industry 6 Colonial figures 7 Environmentalists 8 Government education and politics 9 Military 10 Music 11 Philosophy religion and spirituality 12 Physicians 13 Political activists 14 Producers and directors 15 Psychologists and psychiatrists 16 Radio television personalities 17 Science medicine and technology 18 Songwriters 19 Sports 19 1 Auto racing 19 2 Baseball 19 3 Basketball 19 4 Boxing 19 5 Fencing 19 6 Figure skating 19 7 Football 19 8 Soccer 19 9 Skateboarding 20 References This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources Academics editMichael Rosbash geneticist and chronobiologist at Brandeis University recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2017 Daron Acemoglu economist and professor of economics at MIT Frederick M Ausubel molecular biologist professor at Harvard Medical School David Berson neurobiologist professor at Brown University Jean Briggs anthropologist and expert on Inuit languages raised in Newton 1 J Walter Fewkes ethnologist and archaeologist Stanley Fischer former governor of the Bank of Israel former professor at the MIT Department of Economics Alexandra I Forsythe author of the first computer science textbook helped found the Stanford University Department of Computer Science William Tudor Gardiner 55th Governor of Maine January 2 1929 January 4 1933 Caroline D Gentile associate professor emeritus of education University of Maine at Presque Isle Michael Hammer one of the founders of the management theory of business process reengineering H Robert Horvitz MIT professor of biology won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 2002 together with Sydney Brenner and John Sulston Steven Hyman neuroscientist and Provost of Harvard University Ruth Langer professor of theology at Boston College expert on Jewish Liturgy and on Christian Jewish relations Robert C Lieberman political scientist and provost of the Johns Hopkins University William Stetson Merrill classifier at Newberry Library expert on classification of library books author of A Code for Classifiers Arnold A Offner historian author and former professor Rosalind Picard director of the Affective Computing Research Group at the MIT Media Lab Jeffrey Sachs Harvard professor 1980 2002 current director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University Ruggero Santilli Center for Theoretical Physics of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Jonathan Sarna Joseph H Braun and Belle R Braun Professor of American Jewish History in the department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies at Brandeis University Andrei Shleifer economist and professor of economics at Harvard Isadore Singer mathematician recipient of the Abel Prize 2004 and National Medal of Science 1983 and Institute Professor in the Department of Mathematics at MIT Lawrence Summers former Harvard president former secretary of the treasury and nephew of the Nobel Prize laureate Paul Samuelson Scott Sumner economist and professor of economics at Bentley University Susumu Tonegawa MIT professor won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1987 Edward Wagenknecht literary critic prolific writer and Boston University professor lived on Otis Street in West Newton Melvin M Weiner electrical engineer author inventor he was the first to reduce pass bands and stop bands in photonic crystals to practice Victor Weisskopf theoretical physicist worked with Heisenberg Schrodinger and Niels Bohr group leader of the Theoretical Division of the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos Howard Zinn radical historian and author of A People s History of the United StatesActors and actresses editPeggy Bernier actress and comedienne Virginia Bosler actress Louis C K born Louis Szekely stand up comedian Louie TV series actor and writer Jessica Chaffin actress comedienne and writer Priyanka Chopra actress 2 Matt Damon actor film producer philanthropist and screenwriter Dimitri Diatchenko actor and musician Anne Dudek actress played Dr Amber Volakis in TV series House Kathryn Erbe actress star of Law amp Order Criminal Intent Marin Hinkle actress best known for playing Judith Harper on CBS s Two and a Half Men Josephine Hull actress Jennifer Dundas Actress Alex Karpovsky actor best known for playing Ray Ploshansky on HBO s Girls Jonathan Katz actor best known for his starring role on the animated sitcom Dr Katz Professional Therapist Karen Kondazian actress and author John Krasinski actor best known for playing Jim Halpert on NBC s The Office Ben Kurland actor Matt LeBlanc actor best known for role on sit com Friends Jack Lemmon Oscar winning actor Christopher Lloyd actor best known for playing Rev Jim in TV series Taxi and as Doc Emmett Brown in Back to the Future films Robert Morse actor star of How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and Mad Men Olga C Nardone actress best known for playing three parts in The Wizard of Oz Hari Nef actress model and writer B J Novak comedian writer best known for playing Ryan Howard on The Office Rebecca Pidgeon actress singer and songwriter wife of playwright David Mamet Amy Poehler actress and comedian Saturday Night Live and Parks and Recreation Robert Preston actor Professor Harold Hill in The Music Man James Remar actor known for many films and TV series Dexter Joe Rogan actor and comedian Eli Roth film director producer writer and actor John Slattery actor best known for playing Roger Sterling in Mad Men Arnold Stang comic actor Brian J White actor best known for his role in The ShieldArtists editDavid Bowes painter Mickie Caspi artist calligrapher Tama Hochbaum artist and photographer Plane Jane Andrew Dunayevsky drag performer and competitor on season 16 of RuPaul s Drag Race Roger Kellaway Oscar nominated and Grammy winning composer arranger and pianist Bow Sim Mark wushu practitioner mother of actor Donnie Yen Florence Maynard photographer Arthur Polonsky draughtsman painter and academic Nancy Schon sculptor of the Make Way for Ducklings statues on Boston Common also did statues of Winnie the Pooh and Eeyore at the Newton Free Library Sidewalk Sam Robert Guillemin folk artist Edwin Lord Weeks painter Morgan Bassichis American comedic performer writer and artistAuthors writers journalists poets editBinyamin Appelbaum journalist Tom Ashbrook journalist and radio broadcaster Isaac Asimov prolific science fiction and non fiction writer Russell Banks writer of fiction and poetry Alex Beam columnist for the Boston Globe Thomas Bulfinch author of Bulfinch s Mythology Ty Burr film critic for the Boston Globe Virginia Lee Burton illustrator and author of children s books Russell Gordon Carter writer Anita Diamant author of fiction and nonfiction books Ralph Waldo Emerson essayist poet lecturer philosopher Bill Everett comic book writer artist creator of Sub Mariner co creator of Daredevil Ellen Goodman Pulitzer Prize winning syndicated columnist Ann Warren Griffith writer Dan Harris correspondent for ABC News anchor for Nightline co anchor for the weekend edition of Good Morning America Nate Kenyon author Raymond Kurzweil writer futurist inventor Don Lessem author Barry Levy screenwriter best known for the 2008 film Vantage Point Bill Lichtenstein Peabody Award winning journalist and filmmaker Melissa Lozada Oliva poet and spoken word artist David Mamet playwright screenwriter and film director Adam Mansbach novelist Elizabeth McCracken author Tova Mirvis novelist Diana Muir writer and historian Charles J V Murphy journalist and author Michael Novak author William Novak author Robert Pinsky former Poet Laureate of the United States Caroline Mehitable Fisher Sawyer writer editor Anne Sexton poet writer Edward Sheehan journalist and author Samuel Shem playwright Harriet Beecher Stowe author of Uncle Tom s Cabin Andrew Szanton collaborative memoirist Celia Thaxter poet and writer Ben Ames Williams novelist Jonathan Wilson novelist and criticBusiness and industry editRoger Berkowitz owner of Legal Sea Foods Charles Bilezikian co founder of Christmas Tree Shops 3 Elizabeth Boit textile manufacturer Richard B Carter head of Carter s Ink Company 1905 1949 Jim Davis CEO of New Balance Semyon Dukach professional gambler entrepreneur writer Leo Kahn co founder of Staples Jim Koch co founder and chairman of the Boston Beer Company Louis K Liggett drug store magnate Eddie Lowery golf caddy auto dealer John Palmer Parker early Hawaiian rancher married into Hawaiian royal family Sumner Redstone global media businessman Francis Edgar Stanley 1849 1918 co inventor of the Stanley Steamer Freelan Oscar Stanley 1849 1940 co inventor of the Stanley Steamer and builder of the Stanley Hotel Donald Valle founder and owner of Valle s Steak House Richard Valle restaurateur son of Donald Valle owner of Valle s Steak House Peter Lynch Mutual Fund Manager amp Philanthropist Managed Fidelity Magellan Fund 1977 1990 4 Colonial figures editWaban 17th century American Indian tribal chief lived in Nonantum Ephraim Williams colonel in the colonial militia during the French and Indian War and benefactor of Williams College Thomas Wiswall 1601 1683 prominent early citizen of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and Cambridge Village MassachusettsEnvironmentalists editFrancis P Farquhar 1887 1974 former president of the Sierra ClubGovernment education and politics editBenigno Aquino Jr and Corazon Aquino Filipino public intellectual and political figures lived with their five children in Newton 1980 1983 Corazon eventually became the first woman president of the Philippines 1986 1992 their third child and only son Benigno III or Noynoy was elected president in 2010 Benigno Aquino III 15th president of the Philippines assumed office June 2010 term ended June 2016 lived in Newton 1980 1983 Jake Auchincloss member of the U S House of Representatives for Massachusetts s 4th congressional district Thomas Cardozo first African American State Superintendent of Education in Mississippi 1874 1876 Evan Falchuk founder of the United Independent Party and candidate for governor of Massachusetts in 2014 Barney Frank former U S Representative for Massachusetts s 4th congressional district Joseph Healy U S Representative from New Hampshire Joseph Kennedy III son of Joseph P Kennedy II and former U S Representative for Massachusetts s 4th congressional district Richard Lakin Freedom Rider school principal terrorism victim Horace Mann public educator college president Antioch College and U S Representative from Massachusetts Lisa Monaco United States Deputy Attorney General and former Homeland Security Advisor Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Shah of Iran exiled after Ayatollah Khomeini took power lived for a short time in Newton Cyrus Peirce public educator college president of Framingham State College once located in West Newton namesake of the Peirce School in West Newton John Pigeon representative of Newton to the Massachusetts Provincial Congress and served as Massachusetts Commissary General while a resident Roger Sherman only person to have signed all four basic documents of American sovereignty the Continental Association of 1774 the Declaration of Independence the Articles of Confederation and the United States Constitution born and spent his first two years in Newton Henry Lawrence Southwick author actor and 3rd President of Emerson College 1908 1932 Nguyen Van Thieu exiled President of South Vietnam Rochelle Walensky Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention John W Weeks mayor of Newton U S Congressman and U S Senator from Massachusetts U S Secretary of War under Harding Sinclair Weeks son of John W Weeks born in West Newton like his father served as mayor of Newton and U S Senator U S Secretary of Commerce under President Dwight Eisenhower Harry F Stimpson Jr lawyer who was the United States Ambassador to ParaguayMilitary editJames S Gracey Commandant of the U S Coast GuardMusic editLeonard Bernstein composer conductor pedagogue pianist Robert Beaser composer professor The Juilliard School Dai Buell pianist performed the first piano recital on radio in 1921 lived at the Aloha Bungalow Ralph Burns songwriter bandleader composer conductor arranger and bebop pianist Rob Chiarelli multiple Grammy Award winner Catie Curtis folk pop singer Stephen Custer cellist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic grew up in Newton Fat Mike lead singer and bassist of punk rock band NOFX Alfred Genovese principal oboist of Metropolitan Opera and Boston Symphony Orchestra Osvaldo Golijov Grammy award winning composer of classical music Avi Jacob singer songwriter Mike Mangini drummer for Dream Theater Vaughn Monroe singer trumpeter and big band leader Jane Morgan popular singer specializing in traditional pop music Jesse Novak composer Aoife O Donovan singer songwriter lead singer of band Crooked Still Seiji Ozawa Boston Symphony Orchestra Music Director Laureate Horatio Parker composer first Dean of Yale School of Music born in Auburndale a village of Newton Rachel Platten singer and songwriter Seth Putnam singer and leader of grindcore band Anal Cunt Fritz Richmond jug and washtub bass player Mark Sandman lead singer of the alternative rock band Morphine Jason Solowsky composerPhilosophy religion and spirituality editRam Dass Dr Richard Alpert author philosophic and religious guru Mary Baker Eddy founder of the Church of Christ Scientist her last home has been preserved as the Dupee Estate Mary Baker Eddy Home Timothy Leary author psychologist lecturer at Harvard advocate of L S D 25 i e lysergic acid diethylamide and other entheogensPhysicians editDonald Berwick former Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services candidate for Massachusetts Governor in 2014 Atul Gawande general and endocrine surgeon at Brigham and Women s Hospital Kurt Julius Isselbacher M D American physician and the former Mallinckrodt Distinguished Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Director Emeritus of the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center Sara Murray Jordan gastroenterologistPolitical activists editCharles Jacobs founder of the American Anti Slavery Group and of The David Project Center for Jewish Leadership Andrea Levin director of the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America Leonard Zakim prominent New England religious and civil rights leaderProducers and directors editBrad Falchuk writer director and producer of Nip Tuck and Glee Andrew Bujalski film director screenwriter and actor Lyn Greene writer director and producer of Nip Tuck Boss and Masters of Sex Eli Roth film director producer actor Bruce Sinofsky director of documentary films Brothers Keeper The Paradise Lost Trilogy Metallica Some Kind of Monster TV series Iconoclasts Julie Taymor director of Broadway theatre and filmPsychologists and psychiatrists editJulian Jaynes psychologist Kenneth Levin psychiatrist and historian Kurt Lewin the father of social psychology Radio television personalities editPaula S Apsell television producer Tom Ashbrook host of the NPR radio show On Point Maria Lopez former judge TV personality Jade McCarthy ESPN sportscaster Suzyn Waldman color commentator for New York YankeesScience medicine and technology editMichael Rosbash geneticist and chronobiologist at Brandeis University recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2017 Dan Bricklin with Bob Frankston co creator of VisiCalc the first spreadsheet Charles Stark Draper inventor of the aircraft inertial guidance system founder of MIT s Draper Labs Wes Hildreth a USGS geologist born in Newton Reginald Fessenden 1866 1932 inventor and radio pioneer his house at 45 Waban Hill Road is listed in the National Register of Historic Places Bob Frankston with Dan Bricklin co creator of VisiCalc the first spreadsheet Atul Gawande surgeon writer for The New Yorker Ashish Jha Dean of Brown University School of Public Health and White House COVID 19 pandemic Response Coordinator Jonathan Mann head of the World Health Organization s global AIDS project Charles Johnson Maynard naturalist and ornithologist lived in the Charles Maynard House Thomas C Peebles physician responsible for first isolating the measles virus setting the stage for the development of a vaccine Judy Smith nurse who disappeared from Philadelphia in 1997 found murdered in North Carolina five months later Rochelle Walensky Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and former Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital Frank E Winsor civil engineer and chief engineer of the Quabbin Reservoir projectSongwriters editKatharine Lee Bates professor of English at Wellesley College and author of the lyrics to America the Beautiful Samuel Francis Smith Baptist minister and author of the lyrics to My Country Tis of Thee also known as America Sports editAuto racing edit Pete Hamilton NASCAR racer winner of the 1970 Daytona 500 Baseball edit The following are current and former players of the Boston Red Sox Matt Clement former Jim Corsi former born in Newton John Curtis former born in Newton Hal Deviney former born in Newton JD Drew former Bob Gallagher former born in Newton Gabe Kapler former Mark Loretta former Doug Mirabelli former Trot Nixon former David Ortiz former Wily Mo Pena former Jimmy Piersall former Jason Varitek former Ted Williams former The following also played Major League Baseball Bob Barr born in Newton Sean DePaula born in Newton Bob Dresser born in Newton Jake Fishman born in Newton The following play for a national team Jake Fishman American Israeli born in Newton plays for Team Israel Ben Wanger American Israeli baseball pitcher born in Newton plays for Team Israel Basketball edit Geoffrey Gray born 1997 American player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League Tom Heinsohn 1934 2020 NBA player Jayson Tatum NBA player Boxing edit Joe DeNucci middleweight boxer and MA State Auditor Fencing edit Paul Friedberg Olympic fencer Figure skating edit Tenley Albright born 1935 in Newton Centre first American female skater to win an Olympic gold medal other titles included 1952 Olympic silver medal 1953 and 1955 World Champion 1953 and 1955 North American champion and 1952 1956 U S national champion Gracie Gold 2014 and 2016 U S champion Olympic team bronze medalist born in Newton Jennifer Kirk 2000 World Junior champion born in Newton John Summers 1978 80 national champion in ice dancing Football edit Kiko Alonso former linebacker for the Miami Dolphins Patrick Sullivan former general manager New England Patriots Will Levis current quarterback for the Tennessee Titans Soccer edit Daouda Kante former New England Revolution player Taylor Twellman former New England Revolution player Skateboarding edit Andy MacDonald eight time X Games gold medalist and eight time World Cup Skateboarding championReferences edit Sullivan Joan August 12 2016 Anthropologist Jean L Briggs books on Inuit became classics The Globe and Mail Retrieved August 21 2016 From Bollywood to will i am Priyanka Chopra s Big Shot October 12 2012 Marquard Bryan July 27 2016 Charles Bilezikian 79 created the Christmas Tree Shops empire Boston Globe Retrieved August 24 2016 One Up On Wall Street Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of people from Newton Massachusetts amp oldid 1221563376, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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