List of people from Boston

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This is a list of people who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Boston, Massachusetts and its surrounding metropolitan statistical area.

0-9

A

Samuel Adams
Ben Affleck
Crispus Attucks

B

Boston

C

D

Matt Damon
W. E. B. Du Bois

E

F

Robert Frost

G

Robert Goulet

H

Winslow Homer

I

J

K

Keytar Bear

L

Amy Lowell
Jack Lemmon

x* Phil Labonte – musician

M

Samuel Morse

N

Jack Nance
Edward Norton

O

P

Evelyn Parnell
Sylvia Plath

Q

R

Lee Remick

S

T

U

V

W

Phillis Wheatley

X

Malcolm X

Y

Z

See also

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