Editing Fitchburg, Massachusetts (section)

==Notable people==
* [[Joseph Palmer (communard)|Joseph Palmer]], beard enthusiast<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-05-26|title=Joseph Palmer, Fashion Criminal, Persecuted for Wearing a Beard|url=https://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/joseph-palmer-persecuted-wearing-beard/|access-date=2022-01-13|website=New England Historical Society|language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Herbert Adams (sculptor)|Herbert Adams]], sculptor of "WWI, Winged Glory" in the Upper Common of Fitchburg<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.nationalacademy.org/collections/artists/detail/18/|title= Hebert Adams|publisher= National Academy Museum|access-date= December 6, 2013|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131211105101/http://www.nationalacademy.org/collections/artists/detail/18/|archive-date= December 11, 2013|url-status= dead|df= mdy-all}}</ref>
* [[Amerie]] (Amerie Mi Marie Rogers), singer and actress<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.billboard.com/artist/278898/amerie/biography |title= Amerie |publisher= billboard|access-date= December 10, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Jacques Aubuchon]], character actor<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U5aiAgAAQBAJ&q=McHales+Navy+Jacques+aubuchon&pg=PA86 |title=Legendary Locals of Fitchburg - Fitchburg Historical Society |page=86 |date=February 17, 2014 |publisher=Arcadia |isbn=9781467101103 |access-date=March 22, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Mike Barnicle]], newspaper writer<ref>http://www.ci.fitchburg.ma.us/Archive/ViewFile/Item/328 {{bare URL inline|date=February 2024}}</ref><!--MISSING CONNECTION TO FITCHBURG-->
* [[Michael Beasley]], [[NBA]] player, high school All-American; attended [[Notre Dame Preparatory School (Fitchburg, Massachusetts)|Notre Dame Preparatory School]]<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/beaslmi01.html|title= Michael Beasley
|publisher= Basketball-Reference.com|access-date= December 10, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Orlando Boss]], [[Medal of Honor]] recipient from the [[American Civil War]]
* [[Ken Bouchard]], former [[NASCAR]] driver, 1988 [[NASCAR Winston Cup Rookie of the Year]]<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.racing-reference.info/driver?id=bouchke01|title= Ken Bouchard|publisher= Racing-Reference.com|access-date= December 10, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Ron Bouchard]], former [[NASCAR]] driver, 1981 [[NASCAR Winston Cup Rookie of the Year]],<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.racing-reference.info/driver?id=bouchro01|title= Ron Bouchard|publisher= Racing-Reference.com|access-date= December 10, 2013}}</ref> former owner of many car dealerships
* [[Everett Francis Briggs]],  Catholic priest and miners' activist, born in Fitchburg, his life's mission was dedicated to the victims of the [[Monongah Mining Disaster]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97124316.html|title=LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies: Briggs, Everett Francis|website=Library of Congress|others=The Library of Congress|access-date=February 10, 2018}}</ref>
* [[Carolyn Brown (choreographer)|Carolyn Brown]],  dancer, choreographer, and writer, danced with [[Merce Cunningham|Merce Cunningham Dance Company]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Iddon|first=Martin Iddon, and Cage, John|title=John Cage and David Tudor: Correspondence on Interpretation and Performance|year=2013|publisher=Cambridge University Press|page=28|isbn=9781107014329|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QAunuxUFcFEC&q=Carolyn+Brown+fitchburg+ma&pg=PA28}}</ref>
* [[Henry Sweetser Burrage]], clergyman, editor, author, Maine historian<ref>{{cite book|last=Powell|first=William Henry|title=Officers of the Army and Navy (volunteer) who Served in the Civil War|year=1893|publisher=L. R. Hamersley & Company|page=241|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O6GhgUsC10IC&q=Henry+Sweetser+Burrage+fitchburg+ma&pg=PA241}}</ref>
* [[Nixey Callahan|James "Nixey" Callahan]], Major League Baseball pitcher around the turn of the 20th century, later manager of the [[Chicago White Sox]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Palmer|first=Pete and Gillette, Gary|title=The ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia|year=2006|publisher=Sterling Publishing Company, Inc|page=828|isbn=9781402736254|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eUe37F9gN00C&q=Nixey+Callahan+fitchburg+ma&pg=PT847}}</ref>
* [[Herbert William Conn]], zoologist and bacteriologist<ref>{{Cite NIE|wstitle=Conn, Herbert William}}</ref>
* [[Marcus A. Coolidge]], United States Senator<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url= http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000740|title=COOLIDGE, Marcus Allen, (1865–1947)|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date= December 10, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Alvah Crocker]], manufacturer and railroad promoter, United States Representative<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url= http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000916|title=CROCKER, Alvah, (1801–1874)|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date= December 10, 2013}}</ref>
* [[George Crowther (American football)|George Crowther]], [[American football|football]] player<ref>{{cite web|url= http://brow.psbin.com/sports/hallfame/mtt/crowther_georgem00.html|title= George Crowther|publisher= Brown University Athletics|access-date= December 10, 2013|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140801214101/http://brow.psbin.com/sports/hallfame/mtt/crowther_georgem00.html|archive-date= August 1, 2014|url-status= dead}}</ref>
* [[Kenneth Emory]], anthropologist
* [[Donald Featherstone (artist)|Donald Featherstone]], artist and creator of the [[plastic flamingo]] lawn ornament
* [[Ryan Gomes]], [[NBA]] player; attended [[Notre Dame Preparatory School (Fitchburg, Massachusetts)|Notre Dame Preparatory School]]<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.registercitizen.com/general-news/20130719/ryan-gomes-hoops-for-heart-health-basketball-camp-comes-to-harwinton|title= Ryan Gomes' Hoops for Heart Health Basketball Camp comes to Harwinton|date= 19 July 2013|newspaper= The Register Citizen|access-date= December 10, 2013|last1= Wallace|first1= Peter}}</ref>
* [[Bruce Gordon (American actor)|Bruce Gordon]], actor (''[[Ishtar]]'', ''[[Adam-12]]'', ''[[Bonanza]]'', ''[[Get Smart]]'', and ''[[The Untouchables (1959 TV series)|The Untouchables]]'')<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/santafenewmexican/Obituary.aspx?pid=148073435|title= Bruce Gordon|newspaper= Santa Fe New Mexican|access-date= December 10, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Samuel W. Hale]], member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives and the 39th Governor of New Hampshire<ref>{{cite book|last=Fitchburg, Mass|title=The Old Records of the Town of Fitchburg, Massachusetts: Vital statistics|year=1900|publisher=Sentinel printing Company|page=311|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kHINAQAAIAAJ&q=Samuel+Whitney+Hale+Fitchburg%2C+Massachusetts&pg=PA311}}</ref>
* [[Christian Hansen Jr.]], U.S. Marshal for Vermont<ref name="Judiciary">{{cite book |author=Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. House of Representatives |date=1985 |title=Witness Protection Act: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties and the Administration of Justice |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L79vtCfPZwoC&pg=PA122 |location=Washington, DC |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |page=122 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref>
* [[Ripley Hitchcock]], prominent editor<ref>{{cite book|last=Emerson|first=William Andrew|title=Fitchburg, Massachusetts, Past and Present|year=1887|publisher=Press of Blanchard & Brown|page=112|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E_oWAAAAYAAJ&q=Ripley+Hitchcock+fitchburg+ma&pg=PA111}}</ref>
* [[Lempi Ikävalko]], Finnish-born poet, author, journalist; for 30 years, editor at Fitchburg's ''[[Raivaaja]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.raivaaja.org/|title=Home Page Raivaaja, Fitchburg, MA USA|first=R|last=Hanninen|website=www.raivaaja.org}}</ref> newspaper<ref name="ikavalko_sentinel">{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/45306904/|title=Lempi Ikävalko will read poem|date=October 1, 1964|work=Fitchburg Sentinel}}</ref>
* [[George Juskalian]],  was a decorated Colonel of the United States Army who served for over three decades and fought in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War.
* [[Viola Léger]], American-born Canadian actress and politician
* [[Louise Freeland Jenkins]], astronomer
* [[Iver Johnson]], of Iver Johnson's Arms & Cycle Works, located in Fitchburg
* [[Rob Laakso]], a renowned musician, record producer and engineer
* [[Erika Lawler]], member of the [[2009–10 United States national women's ice hockey team]]<ref name="SALUTE TO WOMEN: Erika Lawler">{{cite web|url= http://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/salutetowomen/ci_23765923/salute-women-erika-lawler|title=Salute to Women: Erika Lawler|date=31 July 2013|
publisher=Fitchburg Sentinel and Enterprise|access-date= December 10, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Ray LeBlanc]], [[ice hockey]] [[goaltender]]<ref name="SALUTE TO WOMEN: Erika Lawler"/>
* [[John Legere]], CEO of [[T-Mobile US]]
* [[Art Longsjo]], Winter and Summer Olympian; [[Fitchburg Longsjo Classic]] is held in his memory<ref name="SALUTE TO WOMEN: Erika Lawler"/>
* [[Caroline Atherton Mason]], poet<ref>{{cite book|last=Mason|first=Caroline Atherton Briggs|title=The Lost Ring: And Other Poems|year=1891|publisher=Houghton, Mifflin|page=x|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=27oYAAAAYAAJ&q=Caroline++Atherton+Mason&pg=PA45}}</ref>
* [[Matti Mattson]], American labor organizer, social activist, and Veteran of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War<ref>[[Matti Mattson]]</ref>
* [[Hiram Maxim]], inventor of the [[Maxim gun|first self-powered machine gun]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Hiram_Stevens_Maxim|title=Hiram Stevens Maxim|publisher= Grace's Guide|access-date= December 6, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Patricia Misslin]], voice teacher and soprano<ref>{{cite news|url=https://operawire.com/obituary-renowned-teacher-patricia-misslin-dies-at-81/|title=Obituary: Renowned Teacher Patricia Misslin Dies at 81|first=Francisco|last= Salazar|date=January 7, 2022|work=[[Opera Wire]]}}</ref>
* [[Pat Moran]], [[catcher]] and [[manager (baseball)|manager]] in [[Major League Baseball]], managed the [[Philadelphia Phillies]] and the [[1919 World Series]] champion [[Cincinnati Reds]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=moranpa01|title=Pat Moran Stats|publisher= Baseball Almanac|access-date= December 6, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Clara Hapgood Nash]] (1839–1921), first woman to be admitted to the bar in New England; born in Fitchburg<ref name=Acton>[http://www.actonhistoricalsociety.org/blog/clara-hapgood-nash-a-woman-of-her-time-and-ahead-of-it "Clara Hapgood Nash: A Woman of Her Time and Ahead of It"]. Acton Historical Society website, June 17, 2018.</ref>
* [[George Noory]], host of ''[[Coast to Coast AM]]''; spent some years in Fitchburg and occasionally mentions the city on his show
* [[Eleanor Norcross]], founder of the Fitchburg Art Museum, artist, collector, social reformer<ref>{{cite web|url= http://fitchburgartmuseum.org/eleanor-norcross.php|title= Eleanor Norcross|publisher= Fitchburg Art Museum|access-date= December 6, 2013|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131215045438/http://fitchburgartmuseum.org/eleanor-norcross.php|archive-date= December 15, 2013|url-status= dead}}</ref>
* [[Joseph Pilato]], actor most known for Day of the Dead
* [[Benjamin A. Poore]], U.S. Army major general<ref>{{cite magazine |author=R. B. |date=1941 |title=Obituary, Benjamin Andrew Poore |url=https://usmalibrary.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/api/collection/aogreunion/id/22534/download |magazine=Seventy-Second Annual Report of the Association of Graduates of the United States Military Academy |location=Newburgh, NY |publisher=Moore Printing Company |pages=152–154 |type=.pdf Download |via=West Point Digital Library}}</ref>
* [[Marion Rice]], Denishawn dancer, teacher, choreographer, producer<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/27/obituaries/marion-b-s-rice-a-dance-teacher-and-producer-90.html|title=Marion B. S. Rice, A Dance Teacher And Producer, 90
|newspaper= The New York Times|date=27 April 1995
|access-date= December 6, 2013|last1=Dunning
|first1=Jennifer
}}</ref>
* [[Charles L. Robinson]], physician, journalist and first governor of Kansas<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_kansas/col2-content/main-content-list/title_robinson_charles.html|title=Kansas Governor Charles Lawrence Robinson|publisher= National Governors Association|access-date= December 6, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Sylvanus Sawyer]], inventor and manufacturer<ref>{{cite book|last=Bishop|first=John Leander and Troxell, Edwin|title=A history of American manufactures from 1608 to 1860|year=1868|publisher=E. Young|page=579|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mugJAAAAIAAJ&q=Sylvanus+Sawyer+++fitchburg+ma&pg=PA579}}</ref>
* [[Asa Thurston]], Hawaiian missionary<ref>{{cite book|last=Hitchcock|first=George A.|title=A History of the Calvinistic Congregational Church: And Society Fitchburg, Massachusetts|year=1902|publisher=Authorized by vote of the Society|page=25|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8YMsAAAAYAAJ&q=Asa+Thurston+fitchburg+ma&pg=PA25}}</ref>
* [[Oskari Tokoi]], editor of [[Raivaaja]]
* [[Calvin M. Woodward]], St. Louis educator<ref>{{cite book|last=Hyde|first=William and Conard, Howard Louis|title=Encyclopedia of the History of St. Louis: A Compendium of History ..., Volume 4|year=1899|publisher=Southern History Company|page=2541|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=crUNAQAAMAAJ&q=Calvin+M.+Woodward+fitchburg+ma&pg=PA2541}}</ref>
* [[Samuel Worcester (theologian)|Samuel Worcester]], clergyman noted for his participation in a controversy over [[Unitarianism]]<ref>{{Cite DAB|title=Worcester, Samuel|author=Harris Elwood Starr|year=1936}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Appletons'|wstitle=Worcester, Noah (clergyman)|display=Worcester, Noah, clergyman|year=1889}}</ref>
* [[Alan Shealy]], American rower and Harvard graduate