List of Famous people born in Massachusetts, United States of America
Jon Curran
Jonathan Curran is an American professional golfer.
Connie Hines
Connie Hines was an American actress best known for playing Alan Young's wife, Carol Post, on the 1960s sitcom Mister Ed.
Timothy Shea
Timothy Shea is an American attorney and prosecutor. From May 2020 until January 2021, he served as Acting Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration. Previously, he was interim United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, the country's largest U.S. attorney's office; a senior counselor to U.S. Attorney General William Barr at the Department of Justice; a lobbyist; and private corporate lawyer.
Donald Regan
Donald Thomas Regan was the 66th United States Secretary of the Treasury from 1981 to 1985 and the White House Chief of Staff from 1985 to 1987 under Ronald Reagan. In the Reagan administration, he advocated "Reaganomics" and tax cuts as a means to create jobs and to stimulate production.
Sixto Durán-Ballén
Sixto Alfonso Durán-Ballén Cordovez was an Ecuadorian political figure and architect. He served as Mayor of Quito between 1970 and 1978. In 1951, he co-founded a political party, the Social Christian Party. In 1991, he left the Social Christian Party formed a new conservative group, the Republican Union Party (PUR), before running for president for the third time in 1992.
Amy Spanger
Amy Spanger is an American actress, singer and dancer.
Ed Ames
Ed Ames, who also recorded as Eddie Ames, is an American singer and actor. He is known for playing Mingo in the television series Daniel Boone, and for his pop hits of the mid-to-late 1960s including "My Cup Runneth Over", "Who Will Answer?", and "When the Snow Is on the Roses". He was also part of the popular 1950s singing group with his siblings, The Ames Brothers.
William C. Durant
William Crapo Durant, also known as Billy Durant, was a leading pioneer of the United States automobile industry, who created a system in which a company held multiple marques – each seemingly independent, with different automobile lines – bound under a unified corporate holding company. Durant, along with Frederic L. Smith, co-founded General Motors, as well as Chevrolet with Louis Chevrolet. He also founded Frigidaire.
Carl Andre
Carl Andre is an American minimalist artist recognized for his ordered linear and grid format sculptures. His sculptures range from large public artworks [such as Stone Field Sculpture, 1977 in Hartford, Connecticut and Lament for the Children, 1976 in Long Island City, New York], to large interior works exhibited on the floor [such as 144 Magnesium Square, 1969], to small intimate works [such as Satier: Zinc on Steel, 1989 and 7 Alnico Pole, 2011].
Wayne Selden, Jr.
Wayne Anthony Selden Jr. is an American professional basketball player for Ironi Nes Ziona of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He has previously played for the New Orleans Pelicans, the Memphis Grizzlies, and the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Kansas Jayhawks.