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

Nina Pillard

First Name Nina
Last Name Pillard
Born on March 4, 1961 (age 65)

Cornelia Thayer Livingston Pillard, also known as Nina Pillard, is a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Before becoming a judge, Pillard was a tenured law professor at Georgetown University.

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Todd McShay

First Name Todd
Last Name McShay
Born on February 17, 1977 (age 49)

Todd Marshall McShay is an American football television analyst and commentator.

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Edmund Ansin

First Name Edmund
Last Name Ansin
Born on March 9, 1936
Died on July 26, 2020 (aged 84)
Net Worth $1,000.0M

Edmund N. Ansin was an American billionaire and co-founder of Sunbeam Television. He was credited with being an innovator in the television news industry, breaking away from the conventional mold that had been used by other independent stations. His approach ended up being a success, first in Miami and then in Boston.

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Arthur Kennedy

First Name Arthur
Last Name Kennedy
Born on February 17, 1914
Died on January 5, 1990 (aged 75)

John Arthur Kennedy was an American stage and film actor known for his versatility in supporting film roles and his ability to create "an exceptional honesty and naturalness on stage", especially in the original casts of Arthur Miller plays on Broadway. He won the 1949 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for Miller's Death of a Salesman. He also won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor for the 1955 film Trial, and was a five-time Academy Award nominee.

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David Bossie

First Name David
Last Name Bossie
Born on November 1, 1965 (age 60)

David Norman Bossie is an American political activist. Since 2000, he has been president and chairman of conservative advocacy group Citizens United and in 2016, Bossie was the deputy campaign manager to the Donald Trump presidential campaign.

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Rodman Law

First Name Rodman
Last Name Law
Born on January 21, 1885
Died on October 14, 1919 (aged 34)

Rodman Law born Frederick Rodman Law was a career parachutist, building climber and later silent movie stuntman and actor.

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Harry Volkman

First Name Harry
Last Name Volkman
Born on April 18, 1926
Died on August 20, 2015 (aged 89)

Harry Volkman was an American meteorologist and the first weatherman to issue a televised tornado warning.

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Yvette d'Entremont

First Name Yvette
Born on November 30, 1982 (age 43)

Yvette d'Entremont, also known as SciBabe, is a public speaker, science blogger, and former analytical chemist. She has a background in forensics and toxicology. Her blog, SciBabe, is dedicated to "clearing up misinformation about science, food and nutrition." She also works to debunk falsehoods in alternative medicine, the anti-vaccination movement, and the anti-GMO movement.

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Frank Cavanaugh

First Name Frank
Last Name Cavanaugh
Born on April 28, 1876
Died on August 29, 1933 (aged 57)

Frank W. "The Iron Major" Cavanaugh was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Cincinnati (1898), the College of the Holy Cross (1903–1905), Dartmouth College (1911–1916), the University of Nebraska Omaha (1919), Boston College (1919–1926) and Fordham University (1927–1932), compiling a career college football record of 148–50–18. Cavanaugh was born in Worcester, Massachusetts and played football as an end at Dartmouth from 1896 to 1897. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1954.

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Tony Conigliaro

First Name Tony
Last Name Conigliaro
Born on January 7, 1945
Died on February 24, 1990 (aged 45)

Anthony Richard Conigliaro, nicknamed "Tony C" and "Conig", was a Major League Baseball outfielder and right-handed batter who played for the Boston Red Sox and California Angels (1971). Born in Revere, Massachusetts, he was a 1962 graduate of St. Mary's High School in Lynn, Massachusetts. Conigliaro started his MLB career as a teenager, hitting a home run in his first at-bat during his home field debut in 1964, going on to set the still current record for home runs by a teenager, with 24. During the Red Sox "Impossible Dream" season of 1967, he was hit in the face by a pitch that caused a severe eye injury and derailed his career. Though he would make a comeback from the injury, his career was not the same afterwards.

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