List of Famous people born in Massachusetts, United States of America

Rita Ryack is a costume designer who was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Costume Design at the 73rd Academy Awards for her work in How the Grinch Stole Christmas. She was also nominated for a Tony Award at the 37th Tony Awards for My One and Only, and was nominated for the award again in 2014, for Casa Valentina. She received a further nomination at the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards for the film You Don't Know Jack.

Gustav Arnold Hedlund, an American mathematician, was one of the founders of symbolic and topological dynamics.

Peter Albert Brooke was an American businessman, in private equity. Brooke founded TA Associates in 1968, and Advent International in 1984.

Michael Donovan "Spike" Feresten Jr. is an American television writer, screenwriter, comedian and television personality, who is best known for his work on Seinfeld, writing for David Letterman, and hosting the late night Talkshow with Spike Feresten from 2006 to 2009 on Fox. He is the former host of Esquire Network's series Car Matchmaker with Spike Feresten. He currently hosts the podcast Spike's Car Radio with the affable Paul Zuckerman. He was also a screenwriter for the 2007 animated film, Bee Movie.

Kenza Tazi is a Moroccan alpine skier. She competed for Morocco at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the slalom and giant slalom.

Kenneth Macgowan was an American film producer. He won an Academy Award for Best Color Short Film for La Cucaracha (1934), the first live-action short film made in the three-color Technicolor process.

Bob Eggleton is an American science fiction, fantasy, and horror artist. Eggleton has been honored with the Hugo Award for Best Professional Artist eight times, first winning in 1994. He also won the Hugo Award for Best Related Book in 2001 for his art book "Greetings From Earth". He has also won the Chesley Award for Artistic Achievement in 1999 and was the guest of honor at Chicon 2000.