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

Joseph Pilato was an American film and voice actor. He was perhaps best known for his performance as Captain Rhodes in the 1985 film Day of the Dead.

Denis Colin Leary is an Irish-American actor, comedian, writer and producer. Leary was the star and co-creator of Rescue Me, for which he received two Primetime Emmy nominations, one for writing and one for acting. He has had starring roles in many films, including those of Gus in The Ref, Captain George Stacy in Marc Webb's The Amazing Spider-Man and Cleveland Browns head coach Vince Penn in Ivan Reitman's Draft Day. Leary also voiced Francis in A Bug's Life and Diego in the Ice Age franchise.

Kristen Anne Mewis is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Houston Dash of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the United States national team.

Robert Brackett Elliott was an American comedian and actor, one-half of the comedy duo of Bob and Ray. He was the father of comedian/actor Chris Elliott and grandfather of actress and comedians Abby Elliott and Bridey Elliott. He is most remembered by the character of radio reporter Wally Ballou.

Herman Vandenburg Ames was an American legal historian, archivist, and professor of United States constitutional history at the University of Pennsylvania and, from 1907 to 1928, dean of its graduate school. His 1897 monograph, The Proposed Amendments to the Constitution of the United States During the First Century of Its History, was a landmark work in American constitutional history. Other works by Ames included John C. Calhoun and the Secession Movement of 1850, Slavery and the Union 1845–1861, and The X.Y.Z. Letters, the latter of which he authored with John Bach McMaster. Among his notable students were Ezra Pound, John Musser, and Herbert Eugene Bolton.

Brynn Cartelli is an American pop singer. She is the winner of season 14 of the American talent competition The Voice, At the age of 15, she became the youngest person in the show's history to win the competition; She won a $100,000 Cash Prize, a Recording Contact from Republic Records & a Brand New Toyota Tacoma.

Paul Van Doren was one of the founders of Vans, a shoe company in the United States.

Lisa Edelstein is an American actress and playwright. Edelstein is known for playing Dr. Lisa Cuddy on the Fox medical drama series House. Between 2014 and 2018, she starred as Abby McCarthy in the Bravo series Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce.

Charles James McCarthy was the fifth Territorial Governor of Hawaii and served from 1918 to 1921.

Chosen Jacobs is an American actor and singer best known for his recurring role as Will Grover on the CBS television series Hawaii Five-0 and his role as Mike Hanlon in the 2017 film adaptation of the Stephen King novel It, and its follow-up It Chapter Two.