Editing Salem, Massachusetts (section)

==Notable people==
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* [[Mary Abbott (golfer)|Mary Abbott]] (1857–1904), writer, reviewer, golfer; mother of the first woman to ever win an Olympic gold medal, [[Margaret Abbott]]
* [[Nehemiah Adams]] (1806–1878), clergyman and author<ref>{{Cite Americana|wstitle=Adams, Nehemiah|year=1920}}</ref><ref name=nie>{{Cite NIE|wstitle=Adams, Nehemiah|year=1905}}</ref>
* [[Frank Almy]] (born George Abbott, 1857–1893), convicted murderer<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-amazing-crime-of-frank-almy/156981627/ |title=Amazing Crime of Frank Almy, a Hunted Lover |first=Peter |last=Levins |newspaper=[[New York Daily News]] |page=58 |date=June 21, 1942 |accessdate=October 12, 2024 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref>
* [[Alexander Graham Bell]] (1847–1922), inventor of the telephone
* [[Frank Weston Benson]] (1862–1951), impressionist artist<ref name=Bedford13>[[#Bedford2000|Bedford (2000)]], p. 13.</ref><ref name=JohnBenson>About John Benson.</ref><ref name=Bedford16to17>[[#Bedford2000|Bedford (2000)]], pp. 16–17.</ref>
* [[John Prentiss Benson]] (1865–1947), architect and maritime artist
* [[William Bentley]] (1759–1819), Unitarian minister, Salem diarist
* [[Harold W. Blakeley]] (1893–1966), U.S. Army major general<ref name="Cyclopaedia">{{cite book |date=1970 |title=The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography |volume=LII |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oPkpAQAAMAAJ&q=harold+whittle+blakeley+malden+1893 |location=New York, NY |publisher=James T. White and Company |page=95 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref>
* [[Nathaniel Bowditch]] (1773–1838), mathematician and navigator;<ref>{{cite book |title=The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers |last=Hockey |first=Thomas |year=2009 |publisher=[[Springer Publishing]] |isbn=978-0-387-31022-0 |access-date=August 22, 2012 |url=http://www.springerreference.com/docs/html/chapterdbid/58194.html}}</ref> Nathaniel Bowditch School is named in his honor
* [[Edward Scott Bozek]] (1950–2022), Olympic épée [[fencing|fencer]]
* [[Rick Brunson]], NBA player and coach
* [[Sean Stellato]], NFL agent and author 
* [[William Mansfield Buffum]] (1832–1905), member of Arizona Territorial Legislature
* [[Timothy Burgess]], entomologist and zoologist
* [[Laurie Cabot]], [[Witchcraft]] high priestess and author
* [[Robert Ellis Cahill]] (1934–2005), sheriff, historian and author
* [[Spencer Charnas]] (1985–present), musician
* [[Joseph Hodges Choate]] (1832–1917), lawyer and diplomat
* [[Lucy Hiller Lambert Cleveland]] (1780–1866), writer and folk artist
* [[Roger Conant (Salem)|Roger Conant]] ({{circa|1592}}–1679), founder of Salem
* [[Crowninshield family]], [[Boston Brahmin]]s who later helped settle Salem<ref>{{cite book |title= The Driver family: a genealogical memoir of the descendants of Robert and Phebe Driver, of Lynn, Mass |author= Harriet Ruth Waters Cooke |publisher= J. Wilson and son |year=1889 |chapter = The Crowninshield Family |page= 268 |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=Y28tAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA268 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title= Cleopatra's barge: the Crowninshield story |author= David L. Ferguson |publisher= Little, Brown |year= 1976 |isbn= 978-0-316-27895-9 |url= https://archive.org/details/cleopatrasbargec00ferg }}</ref>
* [[Benjamin Crowninshield]] (1772–1851), Congressman from Massachusetts, Secretary of the Navy
* [[Frederick M. Davenport]] (1866–1956), US Congressman
* [[Elias Hasket Derby]] (1739–1799), merchant, first millionaire<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://gravematter.smugmug.com/gallery/1499497/1/71888985/Large |title=A Very Grave Matter: Gravestones and Burying Grounds of New England Ancestors Genealogy First Settlers of New Hampshire Maine Massachusetts NH ME MA- powered by SmugMug |access-date=2008-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081004035659/http://gravematter.smugmug.com/gallery/1499497/1/71888985/Large |archive-date=2008-10-04  }}</ref>
* [[Elias Hasket Derby]] Jr. (1766–1826), General of Second Corp Cadets, inventor of first broadcloth loom in America
* [[Joseph Dixon (inventor)|Joseph Dixon]] (1799–1869), Inventor of the SLR, high temperature crucibles, the Dixon-Ticonderoga Pencil, and anti-counterfeiting methods
* [[Paul Douglas (Illinois_politician)|Paul Douglas]] (1892–1976), US senator and Economist
* [[Joseph Horace Eaton]] (1815–1896), artist and military officer
* [[Ephraim Emerton]] (1851–1935), medievalist historian and Harvard chair
* [[John Endecott]] (1588–1665), governor
* [[Thomas Gardner (planter)|Thomas Gardner]] ({{circa|1592}}–1674), co-founder of Salem
* [[Robert B. Groat]] (1888–1959), Printer, publisher, and politician
* [[John Hathorne]] (1641–1717), the "Hanging Judge" in Salem witch trials
* [[William Hathorne]] ({{circa|1576}}–1650), early businessman and political leader
* [[Nathaniel Hawthorne]] (1804–1864), iconic author of ''[[The Scarlet Letter]]'' and ''[[The House of the Seven Gables]]''
* [[Sophia Amelia Peabody Hawthorne]] (1809–1871), painter, illustrator, writer
* [[Mary Tileston Hemenway]] (1820–1894), Sponsor of the [[Hemenway Southwestern Archaeological Expedition]]
* [[Harriet Hemenway|Harriet Lawrence Hemenway]] (1858–1960), Founder of [[Massachusetts Audubon Society]]
* [[Jeff Juden]], Major League Baseball pitcher
* [[Frederick W. Lander]] (1821–1862), Civil War general, wagon trail and railroad surveyor, poet
* [[John Larch]] (1914–2005), actor<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ctva.biz/US/Western/Texan.htm|title=''The Texan''|publisher=Classic Television Archive|access-date=January 31, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120408073448/http://ctva.biz/US/Western/Texan.htm|archive-date=2012-04-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0624768/|title=''Laramie'': "The Confederate Express"|date=30 January 1962|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|access-date=September 30, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Dudley Leavitt (minister)|Dudley Leavitt]] (1720–1762), early Harvard-educated Congregational minister,<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ALQsQX07_Z4C&pg=RA2-PA735 |title=The Native Ministry of New Hampshire |first= Nathan Franklin |last=Carter |publisher= Rumford Printing Co. |location= Concord, N.H. |year= 1906 |isbn=978-1-4047-0691-0 |access-date=2012-11-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/lifetimothypick01uphagoog |page=[https://archive.org/details/lifetimothypick01uphagoog/page/n196 171] |title=The Life of Timothy Pickering, Vol. II |first1= Octavius |last1=Pickering |first2=Charles Wentworth |last2=Upham |publisher=Little, Brown & Co. |location= Boston |year= 1873 |access-date=2012-11-10}}</ref> Leavitt Street named for him<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/amemorialoldand00worcgoog|page=[https://archive.org/details/amemorialoldand00worcgoog/page/n18 8]|title=A Memorial of the Old and New Tabernacle, Salem, Mass., 1854–5| first = Samuel M.|last=Worcester|publisher=Crocker and Brewster|location=Boston|year=1855}}</ref>
* [[Mary Lou Lord]], singer-songwriter; grew up in Salem
* [[Samuel McIntire]] (1757–1811), architect and woodcarver<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=5401630|title=The Elias Hasket Derby Federal Carved Mahogany Side Chair|author=Christie?s|work=christies.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://antiquesandartireland.com/2011/01/antique-furniture-record/|title=Antiques and Art Ireland – Art Auctions and Antique Auctions in Ireland|work=antiquesandartireland.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nps.gov/sama/planyourvisit/upload/McTrail.pdf |publisher= [[National Park Service]]|title= Architecture Walking Trail in the Samuel McIntire Historic District}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pem.org/sites/mcintire/|title=PEM – Samuel McIntire: Carving an American Style Microsite|work=pem.org}}</ref>
* [[Francis W. Moore, Jr.]] (1808–1864), Mayor of Houston<ref>{{cite web | last=Benham | first=Priscilla Myers | url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/moore-francis-jr | access-date=January 8, 2023 | title=Francis W. Moore, Jr. | work=Handbook of Texas Online | publisher=Texas State Historical Association}}</ref>
* [[Rob Oppenheim]] (born 1980), professional golfer
* [[Charles Grafton Page]] (1812–1868), electrical inventor
* [[George Swinnerton Parker]] (1866–1952), founder of [[Parker Brothers]]
* [[Samuel Parris]] (1653–1720), minister
* [[Elizabeth Palmer Peabody]] (1804–1894), educator, writer, prominent Transcendentalist, advocate for women and [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]]
* [[Benjamin Peirce]] (1809–1880), mathematician and logician, director of [[United States Coast and Geodetic Survey|United States Coast Survey]] from 1867 to 1874
* [[Annie Stevens Perkins]] (1868–1946), writer
* [[Thomas Handasyd Perkins]] Haitian slave trader up to Slave Revolt, opium dealer, owned Perkins & Co.
* [[Samuel Phillips (reverend)|Samuel Phillips]] (1690–1771), first pastor of the [[South Church, Andover, Massachusetts|South Church]] in Andover<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mooar |first1=George |title=Historical Manual of the South Church in Andover, Mass |date=1859 |publisher=Warren F. Draper |location=Andover, Massachusetts |url=https://archive.org/details/historicalmanual00south/page/n5 |access-date=26 November 2018}}</ref>
* [[Timothy Pickering]] (1745–1829), secretary of state to Washington and Adams, aide de camp to Washington<ref>Clarfield. ''Timothy Pickering and the American Republic'' p.246</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x24MAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA105|title=Historical Collections of the Essex Institute|year=1864|last1=Institute|first1=Essex}}</ref><ref name=wills2003>{{cite book |first = Garry |last = Wills |author-link = Garry Wills |year = 2003 |title = Negro President: Jefferson and the Slave Power |chapter = Before 1800 |pages = [https://archive.org/details/negropresidentje00will/page/20 20–21] |publisher = [[Houghton Mifflin Company]] |isbn = 0-618-34398-9 |chapter-url = https://archive.org/details/negropresidentje00will/page/20 }}</ref>
* [[Benjamin Pickman Jr.]] (1763–1843), early Salem merchant for whom Pickman Street is named<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pem.org/museum/newmanuscripts8-08.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218203340/http://www.pem.org/museum/newmanuscripts8-08.pdf|title=Naturalization papers of Benjamin Pickman, Dudley Leavitt Pickman Papers, Phillips Library Collection, Peabody Essex Museum, pem.org/museum|archive-date=December 18, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V4yBOCV5-pEC&pg=PA161 |title=The Founders of the Massachusetts Bay Colony|year=1897|last1=Smith |first1=Sarah Sprague Saunders }}</ref>
* [[Dudley Leavitt Pickman]] (1779–1846), state legislator
* [[Ernest R. Redmond]] (1883–1966), [[United States Army|Army]] officer and [[Chief of the National Guard Bureau|Chief of National Guard]];<ref>New York, Passenger Lists, 1820–1957, Passenger List, ''S.S. Calamares'', January 8, 1936, entry for Ernest Redmond</ref> educated in Salem and became real estate agent;<ref>United States Federal Census Record, Ernest R. Redmond, 1910</ref><ref>Arthur B. Jones, ''The Salem Fire'', 1914, pp. 88–89</ref> served on [[Mexico–United States border|Mexican border]] in 1916 during [[Pancho Villa Expedition]]<ref>Massachusetts Adjutant General, Annual Report, 1916, p. 243</ref>
* [[Sarah Parker Remond]] (1826–1894), abolitionist<ref name="sterling">Dorothy Sterling, ''Ahead of Her Time: Abby Kelley and the Politics of Antislavery'', W. W. Norton & Company, 1994, p. 276</ref>
* [[Aaron Richmond]] (1895–1965), impresario and artist manager
* [[Brian St. Pierre]], quarterback, [[Boston College Eagles football|Boston College]] and [[National Football League|NFL]]
* [[Elizabeth Elkins Sanders]] (1762–1851), American author and social critic
* [[Zach Sanford]] (born 1994), professional ice hockey player
* [[Samuel Sewall]] (1652–1730), magistrate
* [[Samuel Skelton]] ({{circa|1584}}–1634), first pastor of First Church in Salem, original Puritan church in North America
* [[Mason Stajduhar]] (born 1997), soccer player
* [[Joseph Story]] (1779–1845), Associate Superior Court Justice
* [[Hannah Swarton]] (1651–1708), colonial pioneer captured by Abenaki Indians and held captive for five years 
* [[Steve Thomas (television)|Steve Thomas]], former host of PBS's ''This Old House''
* [[Mary Wilder Tileston]] (1843–1934), author and editor of compilations
* [[Lydia Louisa Anna Very]] (1823–1901), American author and illustrator
* [[Bob Vila]], craftsman
* [[Frederick Townsend Ward]] (1831–1862), sailor and mercenary
* [[Thomas A. Watson]] (1854–1934), assistant to Alexander Graham Bell; his name was the first phrase ever uttered over a telephone<ref>{{Citation |last=Bruce |first=Robert V. |title=Alexander Graham Bell and the Conquest of Solitude |location=Boston |publisher=Little, Brown |page=[https://archive.org/details/bellalexandergra0000bruc/page/181 181] |isbn=0-316-11251-8 |url=https://archive.org/details/bellalexandergra0000bruc/page/181 |year=1973 }}.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/457.html |title=Thomas A. Watson |author=National Inventors Hall of Fame |year=2010 |access-date=14 July 2012  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120923062106/http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/457.html |archive-date=23 September 2012 }}</ref>
* [[Daniel Webster]] (1782–1852), politician and orator
* [[Jack Welch]] (1935–2020), former chairman and CEO of [[General Electric]]; grew up in Salem and attended Salem High School
* [[Roger Williams]] (1603–1683), theologian
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