List of Famous people born in Massachusetts, United States of America
Richard Clifton
Richard Randall Clifton is a Senior United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Melinda Crane
Melinda Crane-Röhrs is an American journalist, political commentator, publicist and television host who has lived in Germany since 1985.
Jerry Relph
Jerry O. Relph was an American politician and member of the Minnesota Senate. A Republican, he represented District 14 in central Minnesota from 2017 until his death from Covid complications in 2020. Prior to his death, he attended a superspreader event, along with several other Minnesota Republicans, where attendees did not comply with public health recommendations, such as wearing protective face masks.
Jason Mantzoukas
Jason Mantzoukas is an American character actor, comedian, writer, and podcaster. He is best known for his recurring role as Rafi in the FX comedy series The League, and as one of the three co-hosts of the podcast How Did This Get Made? alongside Paul Scheer and June Diane Raphael. Mantzoukas has also appeared in the films The Dictator, Sleeping with Other People, They Came Together, Conception, and John Wick: Chapter 3. He has had recurring roles on three TV shows created by Michael Schur: Parks and Recreation ; Brooklyn Nine-Nine ; and The Good Place. He also voices the characters Jay Bilzerian in the Netflix animated series Big Mouth, and Alex Dorpenberger in the HBO Max animated series Close Enough. He is known for often playing "crazy, funny weirdos."
Warren Frost
Warren Frost was an American actor. His work was mainly in theater, but he worked in films and television sporadically from 1958. He is known for television roles on Matlock, and Seinfeld, and particularly as Doctor Hayward on Twin Peaks, a series co-created by his son Mark Frost. He has also appeared in TV movies, such as Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990) and The Stand (1994).
David Norquist
David L. Norquist is an American financial management professional and government official who has served as the United States deputy secretary of defense since 2019. In January 2021, he served for two days as the acting United States Secretary of Defense, succeeding Christopher C. Miller.
James Pallotta
James Joseph Pallotta is an American billionaire businessman. In 2009, he founded Raptor Group, a private investment company. Prior to forming Raptor, Pallotta was vice chairman at Tudor Investment Corporation. He was co-owner and chairman of the Italian football club A.S. Roma from 2012–2020; co-owner and executive board member of the National Basketball Association's Boston Celtics, and co-owner of esports franchise Fnatic.
Patricia Kennedy Lawford
Patricia Helen Kennedy Lawford was an American socialite and the sixth of nine children of Rose and Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. She was a sister of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and Senator Ted Kennedy, as well as the sister-in-law of Jacqueline Kennedy. Patricia wanted to be a film producer, a profession not readily open to young women in her time. She married English actor Peter Lawford in 1954, but they divorced in 1966.
Mike Mitchell
Michael Donovan Mitchell is an American actor, comedian, and writer best known as a member of The Birthday Boys sketch comedy group. He is also known for his role as Randy Monahan on the Netflix series Love, and Cowan in The Tomorrow War. He currently co-hosts the podcast Doughboys, which reviews and discusses chain restaurants.
Patrick Ricard
Patrick Ricard is an American football fullback for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Maine.