Editing Arlington, Massachusetts (section)

== Notable people ==
[[File:Menotomy Indian Hunter by Cyrus E. Dallin - Arlington, Massachusetts.JPG|thumb|right|''[[Menotomy Hunter|Menotomy Indian Hunter]]'' in Arlington Center by resident [[Cyrus E. Dallin]] (1911).]]
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* [[Sven Birkerts]] (born 1951), essayist and literary critic<ref>{{cite web|author=Sven Birkerts |url=http://www.graywolfpress.org/index.php?option=com_phpshop&page=shop.author&product_id=115&author_id=8 |title=Graywolf Press |publisher=Graywolf Press |access-date=October 13, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Paul Boudreau]], former NFL offensive line coach for the [[St. Louis Rams]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.accessnorthga.com/detail.php?n=206399 |title=Falcons add Boudreau as offensive line coach |publisher=AccessNorthGa |date=January 31, 2008 |access-date=October 13, 2012}}</ref>
* [[John Quincy Adams Brackett]], Former Massachusetts Governor
* [[William Stanley Braithwaite]], writer, poet and literary critic. Won [[Spingarn Medal]] in 1918<ref>{{Cite book | last = Braithwaite | first = William Stanley | year = 1972 | title = The William Stanley Braithwaite reader | page = https://archive.org/details/williamstanleybr00brai/page/265 265.] | publisher = University of Michigan Press. | location = Ann Arbor, MI | isbn = 0-472-08194-2 | url = https://archive.org/details/williamstanleybr00brai/page/265 }}</ref>
* [[Joseph Buck]], soccer player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Joe Buck |url=https://guhoyas.com/sports/mens-soccer/roster/joe-buck/15732 |access-date=February 15, 2025 |website=[[Georgetown Hoyas men's soccer|Georgetown Hoyas]]}}</ref>
*[[Noel Buck]], soccer player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Noel Buck |url=https://www.revolutionsoccer.net/players/noel-buck/ |access-date=February 15, 2025 |website=[[New England Revolution]]}}</ref>
* [[Christopher Castellani]], writer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.workman.com/authors/christopher_castellani/ |title=Christopher Castellani: Workman Publishing |publisher=Workman.com |access-date=October 13, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Andrew Chaikin]], space journalist and author of ''[[A Man on the Moon]]'', on which [[HBO]] based a miniseries
* [[Haroutioun Hovanes Chakmakjian]], [[chemistry]] [[professor]], Armenian scholar, and father of [[Alan Hovhaness]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cristoforifund.tripod.com/alanhovhaness1.html |title=Alan Hovhaness International Research Centre, Yerevan, Armenia |publisher=Cristoforifund.tripod.com |access-date=October 13, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516094412/http://cristoforifund.tripod.com/alanhovhaness1.html |archive-date=May 16, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Pat Connaughton]], Player for 2021 [[NBA]] Champion Milwaukee Bucks 
* [[Dane Cook]], comedian & actor
* [[Robert Creeley]] (1926–2005), poet<ref>[http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/a_f/creeley/life.htm Robert Creeley's Life and Career]</ref>
* [[Greg Cronin]], head coach for the [[Anaheim Ducks]] of the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL)
* [[Cyrus E. Dallin]] (1861–1944), sculptor; best known for Boston's [[Equestrian statue of Paul Revere|Equestrian Statue of Paul Revere]], ''[[Appeal to the Great Spirit]]'' sculpture in front of the [[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]] and the Angel Maroni Sculpture atop the [[Salt Lake Temple]] in [[Salt Lake City|Salt Lake City, Utah]]
* [[Adio diBiccari]], sculptor<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/obituaries/articles/2009/01/12/adio_dibiccari_at_94_sculptor_shaped_unmolded_clay_into_masterpieces/ |title=Adio diBiccari, at 94; sculptor shaped unmolded clay into masterpieces&nbsp;– The Boston Globe |newspaper=Boston.com |date=January 12, 2009 |access-date=October 13, 2012|last1=Marquard |first1=Bryan }}</ref>
* [[Joshua Eric Dodge]], [[Wisconsin Supreme Court]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dodgefamily.org/Biographies/J/JoshuaEricDodge.shtml |title=dfa |publisher=Dodgefamily.org |access-date=October 13, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Olympia Dukakis]] (1931-2021), actress, [[Academy Award]] winner<ref>{{cite book |last=Dukakis |first=Olympia |title=Ask Me Again Tomorrow: A Life in Progress |url=https://archive.org/details/askmeagaintomorr00olym |url-access=registration |year=2003 |publisher=HarperCollins |location=New York, NY |isbn=0-06-093409-3 }}</ref>
* [[Bob Frankston]], co-inventor of Visicalc, the first electronic spreadsheet,<ref name="frankston" /> at 231 Broadway
* [[Samuel Garman]] (1843–1927), explorer, ichthyologist, and herpetologist
* [[Roy J. Glauber]], [[Nobel Prize]] winner ([[Physics]]), 2005<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/daily/2005/10/04-nobel.html |title=Roy J. Glauber, Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics, winner 2005 Nobel Prize in Physics |access-date=August 1, 2007 |work=Harvard University Gazette |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070816212458/http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/daily/2005/10/04-nobel.html |archive-date=August 16, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Katy Grannan]], photographer
* [[George Franklin Grant]], first black graduate of [[Harvard School of Dental Medicine|Harvard Dental School]] and inventor of a type of [[tee|golf tee]]
* [[Maura Healey]], governor of [[Massachusetts]]
* [[Deborah Henson-Conant]], [[Grammy Awards|Grammy]]-nominated [[harpist]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.harpgigs.com/DeborahHenson-Conant/ |title=Harpist Deborah Henson-Conant |publisher=Harpgigs.com |date=June 1, 1998 |access-date=October 13, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Susan Hilferty]], costume designer, ''[[Wicked (musical)|Wicked]]''
* [[Louise Homer]] (1871-1947), opera singer
* [[Winslow Homer]], painter (location is now in Belmont)
* [[Alan Hovhaness]] (1911–2000), composer
* [[Timothy Hutton]], Actor, youngest winner of an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
* [[Anthony James (actor)|Anthony James]] (1942–2020), actor
* [[John A. Kelley|John A. "Johnny" Kelley]], [[Boston Marathon]] winner, 1935 and 1945, Olympian athlete
* [[Richard Lennon]], [[Roman Catholic]] [[Bishop]] of [[Cleveland]]
* [[J. C. R. Licklider]] (1915–1990), computer scientist
* [[Elaine J. McCarthy]] [[video design|projection designer]] for [[Broadway theater|Broadway]] and opera
* [[William J. McCarthy]], President of the [[International Brotherhood of Teamsters]] (IBT)
* [[Eugene Francis McGurl]], [[US Army Air Forces]] 95th Bomb Sq., 17th Bomb Grp [[Navigator]] who flew with Crew 5 in General [[Jimmy Doolittle]]'s [[Doolittle Raid|"Thirty Seconds over Tokyo"]] raid in [[World War II]]
* [[Tom McNeeley]], Jr., former [[heavyweight]] contender who challenged [[Floyd Patterson]] for the [[heavyweight]] title in [[Toronto]] in 1961
* [[John Messuri]], [[Princeton Tigers men's ice hockey|Princeton]] College hockey player
* [[Eileen Myles]], poet, novelist
* [[Jordan Peterson]], [[Canadians|Canadian]] clinical psychologist and professor of psychology at the [[University of Toronto]]. Lived in Arlington between 1993 and 1998 while teaching at [[Harvard University]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://autismglobalnews.org/2017/08/05/jordan-peterson-on-autism/|title=Jordan Peterson on autism|publisher=Autism Global News|date=August 5, 2017|access-date=January 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180112221733/http://autismglobalnews.org/2017/08/05/jordan-peterson-on-autism/|archive-date=January 12, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[David Powers]], former Special Assistant to US President [[John F. Kennedy]]
* [[Hilary Putnam]] (1926–2016), philosopher, mathematician and computer scientist, professor emeritus at Harvard
* [[Warren Winn Rawson]], market gardener and seed distributor
* [[Herb Reed]], vocalist and founding member of [[The Platters]]<ref name=boston>{{cite news|title=Platters founder Herb Reed dies at 83 |url=http://www.boston.com/ae/celebrity/articles/2012/06/05/platters_founder_herb_reed_dies_at_83/ |agency=Associated Press |publisher=[[Boston.com]] |date=June 5, 2012 |access-date=June 5, 2012}}</ref>
*[[Miles Robinson (soccer)|Miles Robinson]], current professional soccer player for [[Atlanta United FC|Atlanta United]] 
*[[Dave "Chico" Ryan]], [[Bass (instrument)|bassist]] of [[Sha Na Na]]
* [[Whitney Smith]], [[vexillologist]] and designer of the [[flag of Guyana]]
* [[Chris Smither]], [[blues]] guitarist/singer.<ref>[https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2012/06/21/singer-songwriter-chris-smither-still-refining-his-singular-style/nDl8Zs01kBBDCihVccWhMI/story.html Chris Smither still refining his singular style]</ref>
* [[Bill Squires]], American Track & Field Coach
* [[Anthony Stacchi]], scenarist (''[[Open Season (2006 film)|Open Season]]'')
* [[Mark J. Sullivan]], Director of the [[United States Secret Service]]<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.secretservice.gov/director.shtml| title= Director, Mark Sullivan| access-date= May 20, 2007| work= United States Secret Service| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070508192527/http://www.secretservice.gov/director.shtml| archive-date= May 8, 2007| url-status= dead}}</ref>
* [[John Townsend Trowbridge]] (1827–1916), writer
* [[Samuel Whittemore]], elderly soldier in the [[Battle of Lexington and Concord]]
* [[Alan Wilson (musician)|Alan Wilson]] (1943–1970), also known as Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson; singer, songwriter, leader of [[Canned Heat]]<ref name = "winters">
{{Cite book
  | last = Winters
  | first = Rebecca Davis
  | title = Blind Owl Blues
  | publisher = self published
  | year = 2007
  | location = Boston, MA
  | page = 8,19,219}}
</ref>
* [[Samuel Wilson]] (1766–1854), meat-packer, namesake of "[[Uncle Sam]]" 
* [[Brianna Wu]], [[video game developer]], primary victim of [[Gamergate controversy]], congressional candidate<ref>{{cite web|title=After years of GamerGate harassment, Brianna Wu's still fighting| url=https://www.cnet.com/news/after-years-of-gamergate-harassment-brianna-wus-still-fighting/|website=CNET|access-date=July 15, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Tom Yewcic]], former [[quarterback]] with the [[Boston Patriots]] from 1961 to 1966, and former [[catcher]] for the [[Detroit Tigers]]; only person ever to play two professional sports at [[Fenway Park]]
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