Image Name Class year Notability Reference(s) — Edwin Hale Abbot 1854 Lawyer, railroad executive Charles Francis Adams Sr. Charles Francis Adams Sr. 1819 U.S. Congressman , Ambassador to Great Britain Charles Francis Adams Jr. Charles Francis Adams Jr. —[a] Union Army General Samuel Adams Samuel Adams 1729 Governor of Massachusetts , Boston Tea Party organizer Ed Ames Ed Ames —[a] Popular singer, actor James Barnes James Barnes —[a] Union Army general John L. Bates John L. Bates 1819 Governor of Massachusetts Henry Ward Beecher Henry Ward Beecher 1826 Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer , abolitionist , speaker Jonathan Belcher Jonathan Belcher 1689 Colonial governor of Massachusetts , New Hampshire , New Jersey Bernard Berenson Bernard Berenson —[a] Art historian — Thomas Bernard 1763 Colonial governor of Maryland Leonard Bernstein Leonard Bernstein 1935 Conductor, composer, author, music lecturer, pianist George Tyler Bigelow George Tyler Bigelow 1824 chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Edwin Blashfield Edwin Blashfield 1861 Artist James Bowdoin James Bowdoin 1734 Governor of Massachusetts Thomas Mayo Brewer Thomas Mayo Brewer 1826 Naturalist Phillips Brooks Phillips Brooks 1846 Bishop of Massachusetts in the Episcopal Church — Robert A. Brooks 1949 Telecommunications pioneer Raymond Bartlett Stevens Raymond Bartlett Stevens —[a] U.S. Congressman from New Hampshire Charles Bulfinch Charles Bulfinch 1770 Architect of the U.S. Capitol Thomas Bulfinch Thomas Bulfinch —[a] Mythologist , banker Andrea Campbell Andrea Campbell Lawyer and politician (Massachusetts attorney general and former Boston City Council member) Francis James Child Francis James Child 1840 Scholar, educationist , folklorist James Freeman Clarke James Freeman Clarke 1821 Unitarian Clergyman, author Richard A. Clarke Richard A. Clarke 1968 Chief counter-terrorism adviser on the U.S. National Security Council — Marshall Cogan 1955 Investor, banker, entrepreneur; founder of United Automotive Group and investment banking firm Cogan, Berlind, Weill & Levitt — Cid Corman —[a] Poet, translator, editor Joseph W. Cullen Joseph W. Cullen 1954 Cancer researcher and scientist Thomas Cushing Thomas Cushing 1740 Acting Governor of Massachusetts Timothy Cutler Timothy Cutler 1690 Episcopal clergyman and rector of Yale College Francis Dana Francis Dana 1751 Lawyer, jurist , statesman , delegate to the Continental Congress Charles Henry Davis Charles Henry Davis 1815 Rear Admiral in the United States Navy Charles Devens Charles Devens 1829 Lawyer, jurist , statesman , Union Army general — Paul A. Dever 1918 Governor of Massachusetts — Edward Payson Dutton 1844 Book publisher — Ayo Edebiri 2013 Comedian, writer, prodcuer, and actress Charles William Eliot Charles William Eliot 1844 President of Harvard University Samuel Atkins Eliot Samuel Atkins Eliot 1809 U.S. Congressman , Mayor of Boston Christine Elise McCarthy Christine Elise McCarthy 1983 Film and television actress Ralph Waldo Emerson Ralph Waldo Emerson 1817 Essayist, philosopher, poet, orator, leader of the Transcendentalist movement, Unitarian clergyman William Eustis William Eustis 1761 Governor of Massachusetts , United States Secretary of War William Maxwell Evarts William Maxwell Evarts 1828 United States Attorney General , Secretary of State Edward Everett Edward Everett 1805 Governor of Massachusetts , U.S. Secretary of State, U.S. Senator William Everett William Everett 1852 U.S. Congressman — Aaron Feuerstein 1943 Owner and CEO of Malden Mills — Arthur Fiedler 1907 Conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra — Thomas Finneran 1967 Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives John F. Fitzgerald John F. Fitzgerald 1880 Mayor of Boston , U.S. Congressman — Tom Fitzgerald 1929 The Boston Globe Lester Patrick Trophy and the Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award — John Bernard Fitzpatrick 1826 Roman Catholic Bishop of Boston James Freeman James Freeman 1766 Unitarian clergyman and writer James A. Gallivan James A. Gallivan 1884 U.S. Congressman — Dave Gettleman 1968 General manager of the New York Giants Christopher Gore Christopher Gore 1765 Governor of Massachusetts , U.S. Senator Nathaniel Gorham Nathaniel Gorham 1746 President of the Continental Congress , signer of the United States Constitution — Mike Gorman 1965 Television play-by-play commentator for the Boston Celtics Benjamin A. Gould Benjamin A. Gould 1835 Astronomer Robert Grant Robert Grant —[a] Novelist, probate court judge John Chipman Gray John Chipman Gray —[a] Harvard Law School professor — Adolphus W. Green 1859 Attorney, businessman, founder of Nabisco — Richard Saltonstall Greenough 1829 Sculptor Edward Everett Hale Edward Everett Hale 1831 Author, Unitarian clergyman Franklin Elmer Ellsworth Hamilton Franklin Elmer Ellsworth Hamilton 1883 Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church John Hancock John Hancock 1745 Merchant, President of the Second Continental Congress , first Governor of Massachusetts — Nat Hentoff 1941 Historian, novelist, jazz critic, columnist, civil libertarian Henry Lee Higginson Henry Lee Higginson 1846 Businessman, philanthropist, founder of the Boston Symphony Orchestra William Hooper William Hooper 1749 Member of the Continental Congress , signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence Samuel Gridley Howe Samuel Gridley Howe —[a] Physician, abolitionist, advocate of education for the blind — John Hull 1637 Merchant, military officer, and politician in the Massachusetts Bay Colony — Leavitt Hunt 1839 Attorney , photography pioneer, brother of Richard Morris Hunt Richard Morris Hunt Richard Morris Hunt 1843 Architect, founder of the American Institute of Architects and the Municipal Art Society Thomas Hutchinson Thomas Hutchinson 1716 Colonial Governor of Massachusetts — Charles Jackson 1784 Jurist , judge of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Joseph Kennedy Joseph Kennedy 1908 Businessman, U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom , first Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission John King John King 1981 Journalist, reporter Henry Knox Henry Knox 1758 Bookseller , chief artillery officer of the Continental Army , first U.S. Secretary of War — Yehuda Krinsky —[a] Chabad Lubavitch Hasidic rabbi Samuel Pierpoint Langley Samuel Pierpoint Langley 1845 Astronomer , physicist , inventor of the bolometer , pioneer of aviation — Philip J. Landrigan 1959 Epidemiologist , pediatrician — Samuel Langdon 1734 US Congregational clergyman, President of Harvard University — William L. Langer 1912 chairman of the history department at Harvard University , head of the Research and Analysis branch of the Office of Strategic Services — Norman B. Leventhal 1933 Developer and manager of office buildings, housing, and hotels — Joseph R. Levenson 1937 University of California, Berkeley Historian of China John Leverett the Younger John Leverett the Younger 1669 President of Harvard College — Howard Lindsay 1907 Broadway producer, playwright, librettist , director, actor James Lloyd James Lloyd 1776 U.S. Senator Edward Lawrence Logan Edward Lawrence Logan 1894 Militia officer, jurist ; namesake of Logan International Airport Ruthzee Louijeune Ruthzee Louijeune 2004 At-large Boston City Council member — James Lovell 1744 Educator, delegate to the Continental Congress Augustus Lowell Augustus Lowell —[a] Businessman, philanthropist — Burton Malkiel 1949 Economist, author of A Random Walk Down Wall Street — Charles F. Manski 1966 Econometrician Jonathan Mason Jonathan Mason 1774 U.S. Senator Cotton Mather Cotton Mather 1669 New England Puritan minister , author, pamphleteer Wade McCree Jr. Wade McCree Jr. 1937 First African American judge appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit; second African American solicitor general Robert F. McDermott Robert F. McDermott 1955 Brigadier General ; first permanent Dean of the Faculty at the United States Air Force Academy ; Chairman and CEO of USAA James F. McNulty Jr. James F. McNulty Jr. 1943 U.S. Congressman from Arizona Martin Milmore Martin Milmore 1859 Sculptor Alfred Moore Alfred Moore 1763 Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court Perez Morton Perez Morton 1760 Lawyer; Patriot during the Revolution — Hosea Ballou Morse 1866 Sinologist , Chinese Maritime Customs Service John Lothrop Motley John Lothrop Motley 1824 Historian Barry Newman Barry Newman 1948 Actor — Jack O'Callahan 1975 Professional ice hockey player and member of the 1980 Winter Olympics United States national team — David Ochterlony 1766 British general Harrison Gray Otis Harrison Gray Otis 1773 Federalist party leader, U.S. Senator , Mayor of Boston Andrew Oliver Andrew Oliver 1713 Merchant, public official — Isaac Parker 1777 U.S. Congressman — William Parmenter 1800 U.S. Congressman Robert Treat Paine Robert Treat Paine 1738 Signer of the Declaration of Independence, speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives — William Dandridge Peck 1771 America's first native entomologist , professor at Harvard College Wendell Phillips Wendell Phillips 1822 Abolitionist, advocate for Native Americans, orator Edward Charles Pickering Edward Charles Pickering 1857 Astronomer , physicist William Dummer Powell William Dummer Powell 1762 Lawyer, judge, political figure in Upper Canada
— J. Pickering Putnam 1860 Architect and designer
Josiah Quincy II Josiah Quincy II 1754 Lawyer — Sumner Redstone 1940 Majority owner and Chairman of the Board of National Amusements ; majority owner of CBS Corporation , Viacom , MTV Networks , BET , Paramount Pictures , and DreamWorks Vivian Rich Vivian Rich 1911 Silent film actress
— George T. Richardson 188? journalist, playwright, theatre critic
Marie Mercury Roth Marie Mercury Roth synthetic organic chemist — Stan Salett 1955 National Education Policy Advisor (an architect of Upward Bound, Head Start); Civil Rights Organizer; Author — George Sanderson Pennsylvania State Senator and 10th mayor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania George Santayana George Santayana 1878 Philosopher, essayist, poet, novelist Winthrop Sargent Winthrop Sargent —[a] Secretary of Northwest Territory, Governor of Mississippi Territory — Benjamin I. Schwartz 1934 Harvard University historian of China
Roger Hale Sheaffe Roger Hale Sheaffe 1770 American-born General in the British Army Nathaniel B. Shurtleff Nathaniel B. Shurtleff 1822 Twentieth mayor of Boston Samuel Francis Smith Samuel Francis Smith 1828 Baptist minister , journalist, author, wrote lyrics of "My Country, 'Tis of Thee " — Guy L. Steele Jr. 1972 Computer scientist — Julian Steele 1925 Social worker and activist, Massachusetts' first African American town moderator, state agency head
Moorfield Storey Moorfield Storey —[a] Lawyer, publicist, and civil rights leader
William Stoughton William Stoughton —[a] Judge during Salem Witch Trials ; Acting Colonial Governor of Massachusetts Charles Sumner Charles Sumner 1821 U.S. Senator , leader of the Radical Republicans — Joseph Henry Thayer 1842 Biblical scholar Edward Tuckerman Edward Tuckerman 1827 Botanist , professor Frederic Tudor Frederic Tudor 1793 Founder of the Tudor Ice Company Edward D. Townsend Edward D. Townsend —[a] Adjutant General of the United States Army , 1869–1880 — William Tudor 1758 Lawyer — Isadore Twersky —[a] Professor of Hebrew Literature and Philosophy at Harvard University Royall Tyler Royall Tyler 1765 Jurist , playwright
— Henry Van Brunt 1844 Architect, architectural writer
— Andrew Viterbi 1952 Electrical engineer , philanthropist John Collins Warren John Collins Warren 1786 Surgeon, pioneer of ether anesthesia
— Clifton R. Wharton Jr. 1943 Economist, first African-American university president and chairman of a Fortune 100 corporation,United States Deputy Secretary of State Helen Magill White Helen Magill White —[a] First woman in the United States to earn a PhD — Theodore White 1932 Political journalist, historian, novelist Robert Charles Winthrop Robert Charles Winthrop 1821 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives , U.S. Senator — John Joseph Wright 1927 Prelate of the Roman Catholic Church , Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy — Daniel Yankelovich 1942 Public opinion analyst, social scientist 
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