Editing Medford, Massachusetts (section)

==Notable people==
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* [[Edwin Adams (actor)|Edwin Adams]] (1834–1877), stage comedian of the 19th century<ref name="Marquis 1607-1896">{{cite book
 | title = Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607–1896
 | publisher = Marquis Who's Who
 | year = 1967
}}</ref>
* [[Lou Antonelli]], science fiction writer
* [[Hosea Ballou II|Rev. Hosea Ballou II]], Minister of 1st Universalist and first president of Tufts College
* [[Shawn Bates]], professional hockey player, [[New York Islanders]]
* [[Bia (rapper)|Bia]], rapper, singer, and model
* [[Jessica Biel]], actress, resident while attending Tufts University
* [[Heber R. Bishop]] (1840–1902), industrialist and financier
* [[Michael Bloomberg]], mayor of New York City (2002–2013)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/19/nyregion/bloombergs-hometown-medford-mass-struggles-to-keep-his-attention.html|title=Mayor's Ties to Hometown Fade, but for a Few, They Are Still Felt |newspaper=The New York Times |date=March 19, 2012 |author=Nichael M. Grynbaum |access-date=20 March 2012}}</ref>
* [[Dale Bozzio]], lead singer of [[Missing Persons (band)|Missing Persons]]
* [[Foghorn Bradley]], was a baseball player and umpire in Major League Baseball
* [[Hall L. Brooks]], former member of the [[Wisconsin State Assembly]]
* [[Loren Bouchard]], animator, musician, filmmaker, creator and showrunner of ''[[Bob's Burgers]]''
* [[Mary Carew]], Olympic gold medalist sprinter, born in Medford
* [[Terri Lyne Carrington]], jazz drummer
* [[John Ciardi]], poet and translator of [[Dante Alighieri|Dante]]
* [[Lydia Maria Child]], anti-slavery activist, writer of the poem "Over the River and Through the Woods"
* [[Martha Coakley]], former attorney general of Massachusetts
* [[Joe Coleman (baseball, born 1922)|Joe Coleman]], [[Major League Baseball]] player<ref>{{cite book |last1=Keene |first1=Anne R. |title=The Cloudbuster Nine |date=2018 |publisher=Sports Publishing |location=New York |isbn=978-1-68358-207-6 |pages=297–298 |url=https://www.skyhorsepublishing.com/sports-publishing/9781683582076/the-cloudbuster-nine/ |access-date=5 January 2020}}</ref>
* [[Bill Cummings (philanthropist)|Bill Cummings]], philanthropist, real estate mogul
* [[James O. Curtis]] (1804–1890), Medford shipbuilder who built ships powered by sail or by screw and steam
* [[Thayer David]], TV and film character actor
* [[Edward Dugger]] (1894–1939), African American military commander
* [[Amelia Earhart]], pioneer aviator, born in Kansas, lived in Medford as a young woman
* [[Eugene Fama]], [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences]]
* [[Fannie Farmer]], culinary expert
* [[Frank Fontaine]], comedian and singer
* [[Paul Geary]], former drummer of hard rock band [[Extreme (band)|Extreme]], music manager for acts such as [[Godsmack]]
*[[Dana Giacchetto]], American stockbroker and financial criminal
* [[Alan L. Gropman]], military officer, college professor, and author
* [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]] [[Edward Needles Hallowell]], merchant and commander of [[54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry]] in the [[American Civil War]]
* [[Jonas Hampton]], distance runner
* [[John Hancock Sr.]], first ordained preacher of Medford, lived and served in Medford 1692–1693, grandfather to [[John Hancock]], Governor of Massachusetts and famous revolutionary figure<ref name=hooper62 />
* [[Bill Hanley (sound engineer)|Bill Hanley]], audio pioneer, sound engineer, "Father of Festival Sound"
* [[Robert Kelly (comedian)|Robert Kelly]], comedian known for ''[[Tourgasm]]''
* [[Kathleen McCartney (dean)|Kathleen McCartney]], president of Smith College, former dean of [[Harvard University|Harvard]] Graduate School of Education
* [[Michael McDowell (author)|Michael McDowell]], screenwriter of ''[[Beetlejuice]]'' and ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]'' and author of [[Southern Gothic]] novels
* [[Dave McGillivray]], race director of [[Boston Marathon]]
* [[Maria Menounos]], [[Miss Massachusetts Teen USA]] 1996, media personality (''[[Entertainment Tonight]]'', ''[[Access Hollywood]]'' and ''[[Extra (U.S. TV program)|Extra]]''), actress, professional wrestler, hostess of the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2006]]
* [[Bill Monbouquette]], [[Major League Baseball]] pitcher 1958–1968 (Red Sox, Tigers, Yankees)
* [[Priscilla Morrill]], actress, played [[List of other characters on The Mary Tyler Moore Show|Edie Grant]] on the [[Mary Tyler Moore Show]]
* [[John Forbes Nash]], Princeton professor, winner of Nobel Prize in Economics
* [[Julianne Nicholson]], actress (''[[Ally McBeal]]'', ''[[Law and Order: Criminal Intent]]'', ''[[August: Osage County (film)|August: Osage County]]'')
* [[Alexis Ohanian]], founder of reddit
* [[Mike Pagliarulo]], [[Major League Baseball]] player (Yankees, Twins, Padres, Rangers, Orioles)
* [[Sam Petrucci]], Graphic Designer, Original GI Joe artist. 
* [[James Pierpont (musician)|James Pierpont]], writer of "Jingle Bells"
* [[John Pierpont|Rev. John Pierpont]]
* [[Charles H. Pizzano]] noted sculptor
* [[Ruth Posselt]], classical violinist
* [[Guy H. Preston]], US Army brigadier general
* [[Robert D. Richardson]], historian, grew up in the Osgood House
* [[William Zebina Ripley]], economist and [[Race (classification of human beings)|racial]] theorist
* [[Mark Roopenian]], NFL player
* [[Isaac Royall, Jr.]], 18th century benefactor of Harvard, and the largest enslaver in Massachusetts
* [[David Sacco]], NHL player
* [[Joe Sacco (ice hockey)|Joe Sacco]], NHL player and coach
* [[Claude Shannon]], scientist, father of [[Information Theory]] and modern [[digital communications]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2001/shannon.html|title=MIT Professor Claude Shannon dies; was founder of digital communications|website=mit.edu|date=February 27, 2001 }}</ref>
* [[Elizabeth Short]], aspiring actress, mutilated and murdered, dubbed the "[[Black Dahlia]]" by the press
* [[Clifford Shull]], Nobel Prize–winning American [[physicist]]
* [[David Silva (linguist)|David Silva]], Provost and Academic Vice President at [[Salem State University]], linguistics scholar, essayist.
* [[Clarence Skinner (minister)|Rev. Clarence Skinner]], Dean of Religion at Tufts University, minister Hillside Universalist Church (1917–1920), theologian and pacifist
* [[Ben Sliney]], [[FAA]] National Operations Manager during the [[September 11 attacks]] who ordered closure of U.S. air space
* [[Bill Staines]], folk musician
* [[George Luther Stearns]], industrialist, one of John Brown's Secret Six, lead recruiter of 54th and 55th Regiments
* [[Mark T. Sullivan]], author who has written novels on his own and has co-authored three [[James Patterson]] novels
* [[Belinda Sutton]], considered an early activist for reparations for enslavement
* [[E. Leroy Sweetser]], U.S. Army brigadier general, born in Medford<ref name="Davis">{{cite book |last=Davis |first=Henry Blaine Jr. |date=1998 |title=Generals In Khaki |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fJvvAAAAMAAJ |location=Raleigh, NC |publisher=Pentland Press |page=355 |isbn=978-1-5719-7088-6 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref>
* [[Alexander Theroux]], poet and author of ''[[Darconville's Cat]]''
* [[Paul Theroux]], author
* [[Keith Tkachuk]], NHL player
* [[Ed Tryon]], halfback at Colgate University, elected to College Football Hall of Fame in 1963
* [[Bob Tufts]] (1955–2019), Major League Baseball pitcher
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