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==Notable people== {{see also|Category:People from Fall River, Massachusetts}} [[File:Lizzie Borden House, Fall River, Massachusetts.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|[[Lizzie Borden House|The Borden family home]], now a bed and breakfast]] * [[Chick Albion]] (1890β), soccer player * [[Mariano S. Bishop]] (1906β1953), labor and union leader involved with the [[Textile Workers Union of America]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 8, 2015 |title=Letter: A salute to Mariano S. Bishop, Fall River's noted labor leader |url=https://www.wickedlocal.com/story/somerville-journal/2015/09/08/letter-salute-to-mariano-s/33571777007/ |access-date=January 28, 2025 |work=[[The Wellesley Townsman|Wicked Local]]}}</ref> * [[Lizzie Borden]] (1860β1927), tried and acquitted of the 1892 murder of father and step-mother and public speaking teacher in Fall River; is buried with them and the rest of their immediate family in [[Oak Grove Cemetery (Fall River, Massachusetts)|Oak Grove Cemetery]] * [[Nathaniel B. Borden]] (1801β1865), businessman and politician * Colonel [[Richard Borden]] (1795β1874), mill owner and industrialist * [[Dave Brinnel]], musician, television producer, radio personality * [[David Glendenning Cogan]] (1908β1993), ophthalmologist * [[Jasiel Correia]] (born 1991), former mayor; arrested twice on charges related to fraud and extortion while in office * [[Morton Dean]], television and radio anchor, news correspondent and author * [[Diesel (musician)|Diesel]], born Mark Denis Lizotte, American-born Australian singer-songwriter and musician<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.australianmusicdatabase.com/people/mark-lizotte-aka-johnny-diesel|title = Mark Lizotte aka Johnny Diesel | Australian Music Database}}</ref> * [[E. J. Dionne]], journalist, political commentator * [[Robert Dollard]], first [[Attorney General of South Dakota]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Executive Committee |date=April 14, 1900 |title=Souvenir Program, Association of Mass. Minute Men of '61: Celebration of the Thirty-Ninth Anniversary |url=https://archive.org/details/18611900associat00asso |location=Boston, MA |publisher=Geo. W. Nason |page=[https://archive.org/details/18611900associat00asso/page/70 70] |ref={{sfnRef|''Association of Mass. Minute Men of '61''}}}}</ref> * [[Greg Gagne (baseball)|Greg Gagne]], Major League Baseball shortstop, World Series Champion with the [[Minnesota Twins]] in 1987 and 1991 * [[Kristen Gilbert]], serial killer nurse who murdered four patients * [[Brandon Gomes]], former Major League Baseball player and current [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] general manager * [[Leslie Gourse]], jazz writer, born here in 1939<ref name="NYTObit">{{cite news|title=Leslie Gourse, 65, Biographer of Jazz Artists|work=The New York Times|date=January 5, 2005|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C04EEDC1339F936A35752C0A9639C8B63}}</ref> * [[Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf]] (Henry Joseph Nasiff Jr.), entertainer * [[Chris Herren]], professional basketball player ([[Denver Nuggets]] & [[Boston Celtics]]) * [[Louie Howe]], political advisor to [[Franklin D. Roosevelt|President Franklin D. Roosevelt]] * [[Thomas J. Hudner Jr.|Thomas J. Hudner, Jr.]], Naval aviator and [[Medal of Honor]] recipient * [[Sam Hyde]], comedian * [[Napoleon A. L'Herault]], lawyer and Minnesota state senators * [[Emeril Lagasse]], celebrity chef * [[Tom Lawlor]], professional mixed martial artist * [[Marc Megna]], American and Canadian football player * [[Ernest Moniz]], 13th [[U.S. Secretary of Energy]] * [[John Moriarty (conductor)|John Moriarty]], pianist, vocal coach, diction and repertoire professor, [[New England Conservatory of Music]] * [[Bert Patenaude]], professional soccer player, scored the first hat-trick in a World Cup match * [[Irving Picard]], attorney in the [[Madoff scandal]] * [[Joe Raposo]], songwriter for ''[[Sesame Street]]'' * [[Kimberly Clark Saenz]], convicted serial killer and former nurse * [[Chris Santos]], celebrity chef * [[Ronald A. Sarasin]], politician * [[Winston Sharples]], composer known for his work at [[RKO Radio Pictures]] and [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]] cartoons * [[Reginald Heber Smith]] (1889β1966), lawyer, known for his book [[Justice and the Poor]] * [[Andrew Sousa]], professional soccer player * [[George Stephanopoulos]], ''[[Good Morning America]]'' co-host, born in Fall River<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/VZpBfJ76zgs Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20180203203346/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZpBfJ76zgs Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZpBfJ76zgs| title = Lawmaker reacts to Trump's State of the Union address | website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> * [[Tecia Torres]], professional mixed martial artist * [[Susan H. Wixon]] (1839β1912), freethought writer, editor, feminist, educator
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