Editing Waltham, Massachusetts (section)

==Notable people==
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* [[Luther Atwood]], chemist in the oil industry
* [[Keith Aucoin]], hockey forward for [[New York Islanders]]<ref>{{citation | title=Legends of Hockey: Keith Aucoin | work=Hockey Hall of Fame | url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=21210 | access-date=2012-01-24 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015081621/http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=21210 | archive-date=2011-10-15 }}</ref>
* [[F. Lee Bailey]], lawyer<ref>{{citation | title=F. Lee Bailey Biography | url=http://www.notablebiographies.com/Ba-Be/Bailey-F-Lee.html | access-date=2012-01-24 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210044829/http://www.notablebiographies.com/Ba-Be/Bailey-F-Lee.html | archive-date=2012-02-10 }}</ref>
* [[Nathaniel P. Banks|Nathaniel Prentice Banks]], Union General in the Civil War, 24th Governor of Massachusetts, [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives]]<ref>{{citation | title=Vital Records of Waltham, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 | publisher=[[New England Historic Genealogical Society]] | year=1904 | place=Boston | page=12 | url=https://archive.org/stream/vitalrecordsofwa00walt#page/12/mode/1up | access-date=2012-01-24}}</ref>
* [[Anya Packer|Anya Battaglino]], professional hockey player in the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL)
* [[Mackenzy Bernadeau]], guard for NFL's [[Dallas Cowboys]]<ref>{{citation | title=Mackenzy Bernadeau, Carolina Panthers, NFL Football | url=http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/players/playerpage/1615551/mackenzy-bernadeau | work=[[CBSSports.com]] | access-date=2012-01-24 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209222258/http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/players/playerpage/1615551/mackenzy-bernadeau | archive-date=2012-02-09 }}</ref>
* [[Suzanne Brockmann]], author<ref>{{cite news |date=November 12, 2007 |title=Author donates book profits to MassEquality |url=http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=glbt&sc2=news&sc3=&id=52156 |first=Laura |last=Kiritsy |work=EDGE Boston |access-date=July 27, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328113459/http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=glbt&sc2=news&sc3=&id=52156 |archive-date=March 28, 2012 }}</ref>
* [[Nellie Marie Burns]] ({{circa|1850}}–1897), actor and poet
* [[Annie Payson Call]], author<ref>{{citation | title=Waltham Words: a Ladies Home Journal columnist from Watch City | last=Green | first=Alex | newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]] | date=2009-07-22 | url=https://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/waltham/2009/07/waltham_words_a_ladies_home_jo.html | access-date=2012-01-24 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140630205523/http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/waltham/2009/07/waltham_words_a_ladies_home_jo.html | archive-date=2014-06-30 }}</ref>
* [[Rob Chiarelli]], multiple [[Grammy Award]] winner
* [[JP Dellacamera]], play-by-play commentator of Major League Soccer for ABC and ESPN<ref>{{citation | newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]] | date=2011-03-15 | title=Coverage has local flavor | last=Dell'Apa | first=Frank | url=http://articles.boston.com/2011-03-15/sports/29349952_1_soccer-coverage-espn-deportes-revolution | access-date=2012-01-24 }}{{dead link|date=November 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
* [[Ryan Gallant]], professional skateboarder<ref name="ProSkaterBase.com">{{citation | title=Ryan Gallant | work=ProSkaterBase.com | url=http://proskaterbase.com/skaters/ryan_gallant.html | access-date=2012-01-24 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140629160403/http://proskaterbase.com/skaters/ryan_gallant.html | archive-date=2014-06-29 }}</ref>
* [[Alan Griffin (basketball)|Alan Griffin]], professional basketball player for the [[Newfoundland Growlers (basketball)|Newfoundland Growlers]] of the [[Canadian Elite Basketball League]]
* [[James N. Hallock]], scientist, known for his work on the [[Columbia Accident Investigation Board]]<ref name="Volpe">{{citation | title=Principal Technical Advisor Dr. James N. Hallock | work=Volpe National Transportation Systems Center | url=http://www.volpe.dot.gov/ourwork/experts/hallock.html | access-date=2012-01-24 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080916082613/http://www.volpe.dot.gov/ourwork/experts/hallock.html | archive-date=2008-09-16 }}</ref>
* [[John Peabody Harrington]], ethnologist and linguist<ref>{{citation | title=Book Review: John Peabody Harrington: The Man and his California Indian Fieldnotes | first=Catherine A. | last=Callaghan | journal=Journal of San Diego History | year=1977 | volume=23 | issue=2 | url=http://www.sandiegohistory.org/journal/77spring/harrington.htm | access-date=2012-01-25 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140629171606/http://www.sandiegohistory.org/journal/77spring/harrington.htm | archive-date=2014-06-29 }}</ref>
* [[Sophie Chantal Hart]], professor at [[Wellesley College]]
* [[Lorenza Haynes]] (1820–1899), librarian, minister, school founder, suffragist, writer
* [[Clarence Hobart]], six-time national doubles champion in [[U.S. Open (Tennis)|tennis]]; born in Waltham
* [[Abbie Hoffman]], born in Worcester, MA; author, radical political activist, founder of the [[Youth International Party]]<ref>{{citation | first=Jonah | last=Raskin | title=For the Hell of It: The Life and Times of Abbie Hoffman | publisher=[[University of California Press]] | year=1998 | isbn=978-0-520-21379-1 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/first/r/raskin-hell.html | access-date=2012-01-26 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518115611/http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/r/raskin-hell.html | archive-date=2013-05-18 }}</ref>
* [[C. D. Howe]], WWII and postwar Canadian politician; Waltham native<ref>{{citation | title=C.D. Howe | work=Juno Beach Centre | url=http://www.junobeach.org/e/3/can-pep-can-howe-e.htm | access-date=2012-01-26 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119061908/http://www.junobeach.org/e/3/can-pep-can-howe-e.htm | archive-date=2012-01-19 }}</ref>
* [[Gail Huff]], television reporter for [[WCVB-TV]], wife of [[Scott Brown (politician)|Scott Brown]], former U.S. Senator from Massachusetts<ref>{{citation | title=Gail Huff | work=thebostonchannel.com | publisher=[[WCVB-TV]] | url=http://www.thebostonchannel.com/station/282828/detail.html | access-date=January 21, 2010 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100127083251/http://www.thebostonchannel.com/station/282828/detail.html | archive-date=January 27, 2010 }}</ref>
[[File:Deena Kastor at the 2007 Boston Marathon.jpg|right|thumb|180px|[[Deena Kastor|Deena (Drossin) Kastor]]]]
* [[Deena Kastor|Deena (Drossin) Kastor]], Olympic bronze medal-winning marathon runner<ref>{{citation | title=Deena Kastor | work=usatf.org | publisher=[[USA Track & Field]] | url=http://www.legacy.usatf.org/athletes/bios/Kastor_Deena.asp | access-date=2012-01-26 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211092504/http://www.usatf.org/athletes/bios/Kastor_Deena.asp | archive-date=2012-02-11 }}</ref>
* [[Pauline R. Kezer]], [[Secretary of the State of Connecticut]] (1991–1995); born and raised in Waltham<ref>{{Cite web|last=Keating|first=Christopher|date=1994-09-06|title=Pauline Kezer determined to beat the odds|url=https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-1994-09-06-9409060074-story.html|access-date=2022-01-05|website=Hartford Courant|language=en}}</ref>
* [[John Leary (baseball)|John Leary]], Major League Baseball first baseman and catcher for the St. Louis Browns<ref>{{citation | title=John Leary | publisher=John Leary Statistics and History | url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/learyjo01.shtml | access-date=2012-09-24 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110120248/http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/learyjo01.shtml | archive-date=2012-11-10 }}</ref>
* [[Jeff Lazaro]], former [[Boston Bruins]] forward<ref>{{citation | title=Former Bruin Jeff Lazaro cheers on Stanley Cup champions | first=Scott | last=Souza | newspaper=Waltham News Tribune / Wicked Local Waltham | date=2011-06-17 | publisher=GateHouse Media | url=http://www.wickedlocal.com/waltham/news/x898069797/Former-Bruin-Jeff-Lazaro-cheers-on-Stanley-Cup-champions | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120919104100/http://www.wickedlocal.com/waltham/news/x898069797/Former-Bruin-Jeff-Lazaro-cheers-on-Stanley-Cup-champions | url-status=dead | archive-date=2012-09-19 | access-date=2012-01-26 }}</ref>
* [[Samuel Livermore]], United States Senator from New Hampshire
* [[Mel Lyman]], musician, filmmaker, writer and founder of the Fort Hill Community<ref>{{citation | title=The Lyman Family's Holy Siege | url=http://www.dinkypage.com/lymanfamily | access-date=2012-05-05 | archive-date=2012-05-04 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120504045348/http://www.dinkypage.com/lymanfamily | url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[John Lynch (New Hampshire governor)|John Lynch]], [[Governor of New Hampshire]]<ref name="governor.nh.gov">{{cite web |url=http://www.governor.nh.gov/biography/index.htm |title=About Governor Lynch |publisher=Governor.nh.gov |access-date=2012-01-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121119055129/http://www.governor.nh.gov/biography/index.htm |archive-date=2012-11-19 }}</ref>
* [[Shawn McEachern]], [[Boston Bruins]] forward<ref>{{citation | title=Shawn McEachern Los Angeles Kings - 2011-2012 Stats | work=NHL.com | url=http://kings.nhl.com/club/player.htm?id=8457297 | access-date=2012-01-26 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140908092411/http://kings.nhl.com/club/player.htm?id=8457297 | archive-date=2014-09-08 }}</ref>
* [[Paul Moody (inventor)|Paul Moody]], Inventor, developer of cotton loom; namesake of Moody St. in downtown Waltham<ref>{{citation | title=Biographical sketches of the Moody family | first=Charles C.P. | last=Moody | publisher=S. G. Drake | place=Boston | year=1847 | page=145 | isbn=9780608317281 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z-AUAAAAYAAJ&q=Paul%20Moody%20waltham&pg=PA145 | access-date=2012-01-26}}</ref>
* [[Angelo Mosca]], former [[Canadian Football League]] player and professional wrestler<ref>{{citation | title=Alias King Kong – The Twilight Years of Angelo Mosca | first=Earl | last=McRae | newspaper=[[Toronto Star]] | date=1978-01-07 | url=http://mapleleafwrestling.4t.com/featuresmlwp/kingkongmosca.html | access-date=2012-01-26 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510232635/http://mapleleafwrestling.4t.com/featuresmlwp/kingkongmosca.html | archive-date=2012-05-10 }}</ref>
* [[Richard Thomas Nolan]], Episcopal Church Canon, writer, philosophy and religion professor, [[LGBT]] advocate<ref>{{cite news|date=April 27, 2009 |title=Waltham native, former priest, to marry his life partner of 50 years|url=http://www.wickedlocal.com/waltham/archive/x50632808/Waltham-native-former-priest-to-marry-his-life-partner-of-50-years |first=Jeff |last=Gilbride |work=[[The Daily News Tribune]]
|access-date=November 8, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=August 5, 2003 |title=Retired priest calls move historic: Waltham native says the church never challenged him about his homosexuality |url=http://www.dailynewstranscript.com/news/x1783046596 |first=Joshua |last=Myerov |work=The Dedham Transcript |access-date=November 8, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721190728/http://www.dailynewstranscript.com/news/x1783046596 |archive-date=July 21, 2011 }}</ref>
* [[Dave Pino]], member of the band Powerman 5000<ref>{{citation | title=Dave Pino: back on the road | last=Carioli | first=Carly | newspaper=[[Boston Phoenix]] | date=2006-12-10 | url=http://blog.thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2006/12/10/Dave-Pino-back-on-the-road.aspx | access-date=2012-01-26 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013210149/http://blog.thephoenix.com/blogs/onthedownload/archive/2006/12/10/Dave-Pino-back-on-the-road.aspx | archive-date=2012-10-13 }}</ref>
* [[Tom Rooney (racing driver)|Tom Rooney]], racing driver
* [[Ida Annah Ryan]], first woman to earn a master's degree in architecture (from [[M.I.T.]])<ref>{{citation | title=Waltham | first=Melissa | last=Mannon | publisher=[[Arcadia Publishing]] | year=1998 | page=55 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_w-n5msDe1gC&q=ida+annah+ryan&pg=PA55 | access-date=2012-01-26| isbn=9780738564821 }}</ref>
* [[Evelyn Sears]], [[U.S. Open (Tennis)|U.S. Open]] tennis champion<ref>{{citation | title=Wimbledon winner, Petra Kvitova's left handed shots overpower Sharpova | date=July 2, 2011 | work=BudCollinsTennis.com | url=http://www.budcollinstennis.com/?p=1967 | access-date=2012-01-29 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805043618/http://www.budcollinstennis.com/?p=1967 | archive-date=August 5, 2011 }}</ref>
* [[Fred Smerlas]], [[NFL]] defensive lineman with [[Buffalo Bills]], [[San Francisco 49ers]], and [[New England Patriots]]<ref>{{citation | title=A Wild And Crazy Guy | date=November 14, 1988 | magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] | first=Paul | last=Zimmerman | url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1067984/index.htm | access-date=2012-01-29 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120221065518/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1067984/index.htm | archive-date=February 21, 2012 }}</ref>
* [[Caroll Spinney]], puppeteer; performed the roles of [[Big Bird]] and [[Oscar the Grouch]] on ''[[Sesame Street]]''<ref>{{citation | title=How to get to Sesame Street: Meet Big Bird, Waltham's Caroll Spinney, at event honoring television's fine-feathered friend | newspaper=Dedham Transcript | first=Jennifer | last=Lord | date=November 3, 2004 | url=http://www.dailynewstranscript.com/arts/x1726971087 | access-date=2012-01-29 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516042615/http://www.dailynewstranscript.com/arts/x1726971087 | archive-date=May 16, 2013 }}</ref>
* [[Edward Royal Warren]], naturalist and engineer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_305127|title=Biography|publisher=[[Smithsonian Institution Archives]]|accessdate=June 19, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Mary Watson Whitney]], astronomer, Vassar professor of astronomy, Vassar observatory director
* [[Bob Weston]], American bass guitarist and music producer, known for his work in the minimalist rock band [[Shellac (band)|Shellac]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bob Weston Biography, Songs, & Albums |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bob-weston-mn0000063352/biography |access-date=2022-10-20 |website=AllMusic |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Chris Wilson (American musician)|Chris Wilson]], guitarist for the [[Flaming Groovies]] and [[The Barracudas]]
* [[Gordon S. Wood]], recipient of the 1993 [[Pulitzer Prize]] for History<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bostonmeditationgroup.org/footsteps/Footsteps_2nd_ed.pdf|title=In the Footsteps of Paramahansa Yogananda|website=bostonmeditationgroup.org|access-date=2 May 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914173236/http://www.bostonmeditationgroup.org/footsteps/Footsteps_2nd_ed.pdf|archive-date=2017-09-14}}</ref>
* [[Franz Wright]], [[Pulitzer Prize]]–winning poet<ref>{{citation | title=Waltham Pulitzer winner Wright pens new book of poetry | first=Chris | last=Bergeron | date=July 29, 2011 | newspaper=[[The MetroWest Daily News]] | url=http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/arts/x1158627658/Waltham-Pulitzer-winner-Wright-pens-new-book-of-poetry | access-date=2012-01-29}}</ref>
* [[Paramahansa Yogananda]], author of ''[[Autobiography of a Yogi]]'' built his first ashram in America here<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bostonmeditationgroup.org/footsteps/Footsteps_2nd_ed.pdf|title=In the Footsteps of Paramahansa Yogananda|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914173236/http://www.bostonmeditationgroup.org/footsteps/Footsteps_2nd_ed.pdf|archive-date=2017-09-14}}</ref>
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