List of people from Lawrence, Massachusetts

This is a list of people from Lawrence, Massachusetts.

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• Laurence A. Abercrombie, triple Navy Cross recipient, Admiral, and submariner
• A. J. Antoon, Tony Award-winning theatre director
• Sarah Lord Bailey (1856–1922), elocutionist and teacher
• Fred Beal, labor-union organizer
• Al Bernardin, inventor of the Quarter Pounder
• Leonard Bernstein, composer, conductor of New York Philharmonic, winner of a Tony Award and 18 Grammy Awards, born in Lawrence
• Colin Blackwell, professional ice hockey player
• Johnny Broaca, professional baseball player
• Dj Buddha, multi-platinum & multi-award winning record producer, DJ and record label owner
• Patrick F. Burke, American football player
• Garrett Caples, famous poet
• Doc Casey, professional baseball player
• James A. Champy, author, management expert, retired CEO
• Ed Coleman, radio reporter, host for the New York Mets
• John William Comber, Catholic missionary and bishop
• Elaine Comparone, harpsichordist
• Bill Cronin, American football player
• Irene Daye, jazz singer
• Ferdinand Waldo Demara, "The Great Impostor"
• Anthony DeSpirito, jockey
• Marcos Devers, first Dominican-American to serve as a mayor in the U.S.
• William E. Donovan, MLB pitcher and manager
• Sully Erna, Godsmack lead singer
• Aaron Feuerstein, one of the CEOs of Malden Mills; known for his generosity, for which he was awarded the Peace Abbey Courage of Conscience Award
• Joseph D. FitzGerald, president of Fairfield University (1951–1958)
• Jocko Flynn, MLB pitcher
• Robert Frost, iconic poet, winner of four Pulitzer Prizes and a Congressional Gold Medal, a graduate of Lawrence High School
• Ziwe Fumudoh, comedian and comic writer
• Robert Goulet, Grammy-winning singer and Tony-winning actor, born in Lawrence
• Andrew Haldane, US Marine Corps officer
• Steve Holman, voice of the Atlanta Hawks
• Nicky Jam, birth name Nick Rivera Caminero, rapper and reggaeton artist, lived in Lawrence until the age of 10
• John J. Joubert (1963–1996), serial killer
• Francis Kilcoyne (died 1985), President of Brooklyn College
• William S. Knox, US congressman from 1895 to 1903
• Thomas J. Lane, U.S. congressman from March 4, 1941, to March 3, 1963
• Abbott Lawrence, founder of Lawrence, U.S. congressman, and ambassador to the United Kingdom
• Anna LoPizzo, striker killed during the Lawrence textile strike
• Sal Maccarone, sculptor
• Statik Selektah, record producer, DJ and radio personality
• Ray MacDonnell, actor
• Robert S. Maloney, U.S. congressman from 1921 to 1923
• Frank McManus, MLB catcher
• Robbie Merrill, Godsmack bassist
• Paul Monette, author, poet, and activist
• George Moolic, professional baseball player
• Ray Mungo, author of 18 books and co-founder of Liberation News Service
• Georges Niang, professional basketball player
• Jane Ellen "Bonnie" Newman, executive dean of Harvard's Kennedy School and president of the University of New Hampshire
• Georges Niang, professional basketball player
• John O'Connell, professional baseball player
• Henry K. Oliver, Treasurer of Massachusetts from 1886 to 1889
• Endicott Peabody, Governor of Massachusetts from 1963 to 1965
• Leo Z. Penn, actor and director, father of Sean Penn
• Joe Perry, guitarist of Aerosmith
• Elizabeth Pillion, Army chemist
• Raymond Preston, NFL linebacker
• William Quinlan, NFL defensive end
• Gil Reyes, boxer, WBA, Fedecentro welterweight champion
• William Herbert Rollins, pioneer in field of radiation protection
• Dave Rozumek, NFL player
• William A. Russell, U.S. congressman from 1879 to 1885
• James Michael Shannon, Attorney General of Massachusetts and CEO of National Fire Protection Association
• Edgar J. Sherman, Attorney General of Massachusetts and Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court
• Bethann Siviter, expatriate British nurse leader and author
• John K. Tarbox, U.S. congressman from 1875 to 1877 and Mayor of Lawrence from (1873–1875)
• Ernest Thayer, writer and poet, Casey at the Bat
• Thelma Todd, actress
• Emily Greene Wetherbee, poet and educator
• John E. White, Auditor of Massachusetts July 6, 1911 to 1914
• Michael C. Wholley, general counsel for NASA
• William M. Wood, co-founder of American Woolen Company