Editing Watertown, Massachusetts (section)

==Notable people==
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[[File:BRCurtis.jpg|thumb|right|160px|[[Benjamin Robbins Curtis]]]]
[[File:Eliza Dushku 2009.jpg|thumb|right|160px|[[Eliza Dushku]]]]
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* [[George Bachrach]], state senator representing Greater Boston Area; Democratic candidate for governor in 1994 and 1998
* [[Richard Bakalyan]] (1931–2015), actor<ref>{{IMDb name|id=0048147}}</ref>
* [[Outram Bangs]] (1863–1932), zoologist
* [[Seth Bemis]] (1775–1851), industrialist and entrepreneur
* [[Hampartzoum Berberian]] (1905–1999), Armenian composer
* [[Anna Bingham]] (1745–1829), businesswoman and innkeeper
* [[Charles Brigham]] (1841–1925), nationally known architect and designer of the Watertown town seal
* [[Benjamin Robbins Curtis]] (1809–1874), American jurist. Dissented in the [[Dred Scott]] case and defended [[Andrew Johnson]] during the president's impeachment trial
* [[Frederick C. Crawford]] (1891–1994), American industrialist, founder of [[TRW Inc.|TRW]] and [[Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum]]
* [[Jeff DaRosa]] (born 1982), musician, member of [[Dropkick Murphys]] and former member of [[the Exit]]
* [[Small Saves|James DeMarco]] (born 1968), artist and cartoonist
* [[Eliza Dushku]] (born 1980), film and TV actress, grew up in Watertown and graduated from Watertown High School
* [[Convers Francis]] (1795–1863), minister ordained at the Watertown Unitarian Church, who, along with [[Ralph Waldo Emerson]], [[Henry David Thoreau]] and others, had an important role in [[transcendentalism]]
* [[Eugene Goodheart]] (1931–2020), literary critic at [[Brandeis University]]
* [[Arshile Gorky]] (born Vostanik Manoug Adoian, 1904–1948), Armenian-American painter who had a seminal influence on Abstract Expressionism, lived in Watertown in the 1920s.<ref>{{cite web |title=Arshile Gorky |url=https://www.guggenheim-venice.it/en/art/artists/arshile-gorky/ |publisher=Peggy Guggenheim Collection |access-date=29 August 2024}}</ref>
* [[Hrach Gregorian]] (born 1949) Political consultant, educator, and writer in the field of post-conflict peacebuilding
* [[Thomas Hastings (colonist)]] ({{circa|1605}}–1685), English immigrant ancestor of Rev. [[Theodore Parker]], among others
* [[Charles Foster Hathaway]], founder of [[C.F. Hathaway Company]] shirt company
* [[Harriet Hosmer]] (painter and sculptor), (1830–1908) known as the first female professional sculptor
* [[Noah Kahan]] (artist and songwriter), (1997–present) known for his breakout 2022 album [[Stick Season]]. A Vermont native, Kahan moved to Watertown in July 2022.
* [[Drastamat Kanayan]], better known as Dro (Դրօ), was an Armenian military commander and politician, a member of the [[Armenian Revolutionary Federation]]. He served as Defense Minister of Armenia in 1920, during the country's brief independence. Dro died in Watertown on March 8, 1956, and was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery
* [[Rachel Kaprielian]], former head of Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles, and former state representative
* [[Hakob Karapents]] (1925–1994), Iranian-Armenian writer
* [[Helen Keller]] (1880–1968), attended the [[Perkins Institute for the Blind]]
* [[Tim Kurkjian]], [[Major League Baseball]] analyst on [[ESPN]]
* [[Nancy Masterton]], Maine state representative
* [[Thomas Mayhew]], early settler and Governor of Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket and adjacent islands
* [[Ross Miner]] (born 1991), skating coach and retired competitive figure skater
* [[Stephen P. Mugar]] (1901–1982), founder of [[Star Market]], philanthropist
* [[John Oldham (colonist)|John Oldham]] (1592–1636), early Puritan settler
* [[Charles Pratt]] (1830–1891), wealthy oil industry pioneer and philanthropist
* [[Thomas Reilly (Massachusetts politician)|Thomas Reilly]], Massachusetts attorney general (1999–2007)
* [[Robert Seeley]] (1602–1668), co-founder of Watertown, landowner
* [[Joe Seiders]], musician, drummer for the rock band [[The New Pornographers]]<ref>{{Citeweb|url=https://www.bostonherald.com/2008/05/02/meet-the-everyday-visuals/|title=Meet: The Everyday Visuals|last=Purcell|first=Kerry|publisher=[[Boston Herald]]|quote=The band: Kyle Fredrickson (guitar, keyboard) and Christopher Pappas (vocals, guitar, keyboard) share an apartment together in Watertown. They live just down the street from Joe Seiders (drums, vocals) and Eli Scheer (guitar, vocals, keyboard).|date=November 17, 2018|accessdate=April 18, 2025}}</ref>
* [[Charles Sumner Tainter]] (1854–1940), inventor, associate, and nephew of [[Alexander Graham Bell]]
* [[Warren Tolman]], Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor in 1998, governor in 2002, and attorney general in 2014
* [[Tui T. Sutherland]], author of [[Wings of Fire (novel series)|Wings of Fire]]
* [[Steven Van Zandt]] (born 1950), guitarist of Springsteen's E-Street Band, actor from ''The Sopranos'', lived at 16 Edgecliff Road until the age of seven
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