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

John Resig is an American software engineer and entrepreneur, best known as the creator and lead developer of the jQuery JavaScript library. As of 2021, he works as the chief software architect at Khan Academy.

Aaron Ryder is an American film producer. He is best known for producing Memento (2000), Donnie Darko (2001), The Prestige (2006), House at the End of the Street (2012), Transcendence (2014), The Founder (2016) and Arrival (2016), which earned him Academy Award for Best Picture nomination with Shawn Levy, Dan Levine, and David Linde. More recently, he started Ryder Picture Company with a first look deal at MGM.

George William Coleman is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is a retired Bishop of the Diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts.

Alex Wexo is an American movie and television actor and producer. He is sometimes credited as Al Wexo. He is the founder of WexoFilms.

Stephanie Diana Wilson is an American engineer and a NASA astronaut. She flew to space onboard three Space Shuttle missions, and is the second African American woman to go into space, after Mae Jemison. Her 42 days in space are the most of any female African American astronaut.

Maurice Joseph Tobin was a Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts, the Governor of Massachusetts, and United States Secretary of Labor. He was a Democrat and a liberal who supported the New Deal and Fair Deal programs, and was outspoken in his support for labor unions. However, he had little success battling against the conservative majorities in the Massachusetts legislature, and the U.S. Congress.

Gabriel Sapolsky is an American professional wrestling promoter and creative writer (booker) currently working as a consultant for WWE. Sapolsky has also held various creative and marketing positions in the professional wrestling industry, notably as Paul Heyman's personal assistant with Extreme Championship Wrestling, the co-founder and head of talent relations (booker) at Ring of Honor, the vice-president of Dragon Gate USA, vice-president of talent relations, creative and marketing of the World Wrestling Network (WWN) and creative writer (booker) and founder of Evolve.

Elmer R. Raguse was an American sound engineer mostly associated with the Hal Roach Studios. He was nominated for eight Academy Awards in the categories Best Sound Recording and Best Effects.

Annie Putnam , along with Elizabeth Hubbard, Mary Walcott, Mercy Lewis, Abigail Williams and Mary Warren, was an important witness at the Salem Witch Trials of Massachusetts during the later portion of 17th-century Colonial America. Born 1679 in Salem Village, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, she was the eldest child of Thomas (1652–1699) and Ann Putnam (1661–1699).