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==Notable people== * [[John Mapes Adams]], [[Medal of Honor]] recipient during the [[Boxer Rebellion]] * [[Mabel Albertson]] (1901β1982), actress * [[Louis Alter]] (1902β1980), songwriter ("Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?") * [[Daniel Appleton]] (1785β1849), publisher<ref name="Marquis 1607-1896">{{cite book | title = Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896 | publisher = Marquis Who's Who | year = 1963}}</ref> * [[William Henry Appleton]] (1814β1899), Daniel Appleton's son, publisher<ref name="Marquis 1607-1896"/> of Lewis Carroll, Arthur Conan Doyle, Charles Darwin, Thomas Henry Huxley, Herbert Spencer, and John Stuart Mill * [[Gerry Ashworth|Gerald Ashworth]] (born 1942), track athlete and Olympic gold medal winner <ref>http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/GeraldAshworth.htm International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame</ref> * [[Bailey Bartlett]] (1750β1830), member of the [[Constitutional Convention (United States)|United States Constitutional Convention]] * [[Alexander Graham Bell]] (1847β1922), Scottish-born inventor, who spent considerable time in Haverhill initially as a tutor to the deaf son of a prominent shoe magnate who later invested in Bell's telephone concept * [[John Bellairs]] (1938β1991), author of gothic horror fiction for children and young adults * [[William Berenberg]] (1915β2005), [[Harvard University]] professor and pediatrician * [[Tom Bergeron]] (born 1955), television personality, comedian, and game show host. * [[Peter Breck]] (1929β2012), actor<ref>Gates, Anita. "Peter Breck, TV Actor Known for 'The Big Valley', Dies at 82." ''The New York Times'', February 10, 2012</ref> * [[Isaac Newton Carleton]] (1832β1902), educator * [[Walter Tenney Carleton]] (1867β1900), businessman * [[Stuart Chase]] (1888β1985), economist * [[Tristram Coffin (Nantucket)|Tristram Coffin]], among the town's first settlers, who later left to settle [[Nantucket]] * [[Russ Conway (journalist)|Russ Conway]] (1949β2019), investigative journalist and [[Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award]] recipient<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eagletribune.com/news/russ-conway-former-tribune-sports-editor-and-hockey-writer-dies/article_0de59476-c38f-11e9-91c7-b7050228a071.html|title=Russ Conway, former Eagle-Tribune sports editor and hockey writer, dies at 70|last=Burt|first=Bill|date=August 20, 2019|work=The Eagle Tribune|access-date=August 22, 2019}}</ref> * [[David Crouse]], writer * [[Andre Dubus III]] (born 1959), novelist and short story writer * [[Hannah Duston]] (1657β1736), colonial heroine, first woman in the United States to be honored with a statue * [[Frank Fontaine]] (1920β1978), comedian, Crazy Guggenheim on ''[[The Jackie Gleason Show]]'' * [[Jeff Fraza]], [[Boxing|boxer]] and contestant on reality television show ''[[The Contender (TV series)|The Contender]]'' * [[Charlotte Fullerton]], author and Emmy-winning children's television writer/producer * [[Jordan Harris (ice hockey)|Jordan Harris]] (born 2000), NHL hockey player for the [[Montreal Canadiens]] * [[Moses Hazen]] (1733β1803), Continental Army general * [[Sylvia Hitchcock]], Miss Alabama USA 1967, Miss USA 1967, Miss Universe 1967 * [[Red Howard]] (1900β1973), football player * [[Duncan MacDougall (doctor)|Duncan MacDougall]], physician whose [[21 grams experiment|studies]] inspired the film ''[[21 Grams]]'' * [[Rowland Hussey Macy|Rowland H. Macy]] (1822β1877), merchant * [[Louis Burt Mayer]] (1884β1957) American film producer and co-founder of [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] studios (MGM) * [[Sam Meas]], politician * [[Karen McCarthy]], Missouri politician * [[Charles Minot (railroad executive)|Charles Minot]] (1810β1866), railroad executive at Erie Railroad * [[Bob Montana]], [[Archie Comics]] co-creator * [[William Henry Moody]] (1853β1917), Supreme Court justice, and prosecutor in the [[Lizzie Borden]] trial * [[Carlos PeΓ±a]], Major League Baseball player * [[Anthony Purpura]] (born 1986), USA Rugby National Team player * [[Effie Alberta Read]] ({{circa|1873}}β1930), scientist at the US Food and Drug Administration * [[Stephen Robert]] (born 1940), former chairman and CEO of [[Oppenheimer & Co.]], former Chancellor of [[Brown University]] * [[Seth Romatelli]], actor, host of ''[[Uhh Yeah Dude]]'' * [[James E. Rothman]], notable cell biologist and Nobel Prize winner<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2013|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2013/rothman/facts/|website=NobelPrize.org|access-date=April 29, 2019}}</ref> * [[Joseph Ruskin]] (1924β2013), nΓ© Joseph Richard Schlafman, actor, had roles in four ''[[Star Trek]]'' series and films including ''[[The Magnificent Seven]]'' and ''[[Prizzi's Honor]]''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/20140105_Joseph_Ruskin___Film__TV_actor__89.html?c=r |title=Joseph Ruskin | Film, TV actor, 89 |access-date=2014-01-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106031404/http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/20140105_Joseph_Ruskin___Film__TV_actor__89.html?c=r |archive-date=2014-01-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * [[Mike Ryan (catcher)|Mike Ryan]], Major League Baseball player * [[Nathaniel Saltonstall]] (1639β1707), judge at the [[Salem witch trials]] * [[Jon Shain]] (born 1967), folk musician * [[Spider One]], nΓ©e Michael Cummings, musician, brother of Robert Cummings a.k.a. Rob Zombie * [[Charles Augustus Strong]] (1862β1940), philosopher, of the American school of [[Critical realism (philosophy of the social sciences)|critical realism]] * [[Noah Vonleh]], professional basketball player, formerly of the [[Boston Celtics]] * [[John Greenleaf Whittier]] (1807β1892), poet; his poem ''[[Snow-Bound]]'' is set in Haverhill * [[Charlotte White]] (1782β1863), first unmarried American woman missionary, arrived India 1816 * [[Rob Zombie]] (born 1965), born Robert Cummings, musician and founding member of [[White Zombie (band)|White Zombie]], film director, mainly the [[Horror film|horror]] genre.
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