List of people from Lexington explained
This is a list of notable people from Lexington, Massachusetts. It includes people who were born or raised in, lived in, or spent significant portions of their lives in Lexington, or for whom Lexington is a significant part of their identity. This list is in order by primary field of notability and then in alphabetical order by last name.
Athletes
Baseball
Basketball
eSports
Figure skating
- Aimee Buchanan (born 1993), American-born Olympic figure skater for Israel
Football
Hockey
Mountaineering
Soccer
Artists and designers
Architects
Artists
Fashion
Crime
- Charles Ponzi, con man, bought mansion in Lexington during 1920 (see Ponzi scheme)
- Aafia Siddiqui, neuroscientist convicted of assaulting with a deadly weapon and attempting to kill U.S. soldiers and FBI agents (alleged Al-Qaeda operative)
Entertainment industry
Actors
Comedians
Television figures
Military
Musicians and bands
- Francis Judd Cooke, composer
- Alan Dawson (1929–1996), famous jazz drummer and percussion teacher
- Brad Ellis, composer and pianist appearing on the television show Glee (TV Series)
- John Flansburgh, one half of alternative rock duo They Might Be Giants
- Bill Janovitz, lead singer and guitarist of the rock and roll band Buffalo Tom
- Jon Landau, music critic and former manager for Bruce Springsteen Andrew McMahon, musician, lead vocalist and songwriter of Jack's Mannequin and Something Corporate
- Matt Nathanson, musician
- Amanda Palmer, songwriter, vocalist, pianist of the duo The Dresden Dolls[4]
News and commentary
Political figures, activists and civil servants
Religious leaders
Scientists and academics
- Henry David Abraham, M.D., psychiatrist[7]
- David Adler, physicist and MIT professor[8]
- Noubar Afeyan, billionaire co-founder of Moderna[9]
- Alice Standish Allen, the first female engineering geologist in North America[10]
- Charles Bachman, computer scientist and early developer of database management systems[11]
- Kenneth Bainbridge, physicist and director of the Trinity test during the Manhattan Project[12]
- Nariman Behravesh, economic forecaster[13]
- Tim Berners-Lee, computer scientist and creator of the World Wide Web
- Andrea Bertozzi, mathematician
- Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Nobel Prize in Chemistry[14]
- Konrad Bloch, Nobel Prize in Medicine
- Nicolaas Bloembergen, Nobel Prize in Physics
- Noam Chomsky, professor of linguistics at MIT, creator of the theory of generative grammar, noted political activist, commentator, and author
- Wesley A. Clark, American physicist and computer scientist, credited with designing the first modern personal computer
- John M. Deutch, Deputy Secretary of Defense (1994–1995), Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) (1995–1996) and professor of chemistry at MIT
- Peter A. Diamond, 2010 Nobel Prize in Economics, Professor of Economics at MIT
- Pavel Etingof, mathematician, fellow of the American Mathematics Society, and professor at MIT
- Henry Louis Gates, Jr., African-American Studies scholar, co-editor of Encarta Africana encyclopedia
- Peter Glaser, pioneer in solar energy engineering
- George B. Grant, inventor of calculators and gear industry pioneer
- Jonathan Gruber, professor of Economics at MIT and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U. S. Treasury
- Cyrus Hamlin, co-founder of Robert College in Istanbul
- Oliver Hart, 2016 Nobel Prize in Economics, Professor of Economics at Harvard
- Yu-Chi Ho, mathematician
- Gerald Holton, American physicist, historian of science, and educator
- Jon Kabat-Zinn, creator of Mindfulness-based stress reduction[15]
- Charles P. Kindleberger, economic historian[16]
- Gerald S. Lesser (1926–2010), psychologist who played a major role in developing the educational programming included in Sesame Street[17]
- Abraham Loeb, chair of Astronomy department and director of the Institute for Theory & Computation, Harvard University
- Salvador Luria, Nobel Prize in Medicine
- Douglas Melton, pioneer of stem cell research
- Mario Molina, Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- Joseph Nye, political analyst, author of Soft power
- Cathy O'Neil, Data Scientist, Occupier and blogger at mathbabe. LHS Grad[18]
- Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, astronomer known for her work on spectral analysis of stars. Awarded the Henry Norris Russell Lectureship by the American Astronomical Society in 1976[19]
- John Rawls, philosopher; known for his theory of justice
- Oliver Selfridge, computer scientist, pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence
- Clifford Shull, Nobel Prize in Physics
- Robert Solow, Nobel Prize-winning economist
- John Tate, mathematician and 2010 Abel Prize winner[20]
- Samuel Ting, Nobel Prize in Physics
- Sheila E. Widnall, aerospace researcher and educator at MIT, former Secretary of the Air Force
- Drew Weissman, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- Edward Osborne Wilson, entomologist and two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author
Writers
- Joseph Dennie, writer
- David Elkind, child psychologist and author
- Philip Elmer-DeWitt, science editor for Time Magazine
- Tama Janowitz, author, Slaves of New York (1986)[21]
- X. J. Kennedy, noted poet and writer
- Francis Rosa, journalist for The Boston Globe[22]
- Ruth Sawyer, author, winner of the Newbery Medal
- Simon Schama, historian, art historian and presenter
- Edward Osborne Wilson, entomologist and two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author
Notes and References
- Web site: In the World of Professional Gaming, Rumay 'Hafu' Wang Found Her Niche . NBC News . January 12, 2018.
- Web site: Famous folks from Lexington . Boston.com . July 31, 2012.
- Fischer, David Hackett. Paul Revere's Ride, pp. 149-51, 158, 160, 180, 182, 188, 191, 193, 197, 201, 203, 210, 228, 229, 285, 319, 395, Oxford University Press, New York, NY, 1994. .
- Web site: Famous folks from Lexington . Boston.com . July 31, 2012.
- Commager, Henry Steele. Theodore Parker: An Anthology, Beacon Press, Boston, MA, 1960.
- Commager, Henry Steele. Theodore Parker, Beacon Press, Boston, MA, 1947.
- Web site: Directions to Dr. A's Office. drabraham.com. 2 September 2015.
- News: David Adler, 51, Physicist; Expert on Semiconductors . . 1987-04-03 . 2019-07-09 . 0362-4331.
- Web site: Noubar Afeyan . 2023-12-14 . Forbes . en.
- Hatheway. Allen W.. Elisabeth Guerry. Newton. Memorial to Alice Standish Allen, Honorary Member (1907-2002). Environmental and Engineering Geoscience. 2003. 9. 2. 189–190. 10.2113/9.2.189.
- Web site: Oral-History:Charles Bachman . IEEE Oral History Network . April 9, 2011 . Andrew L. Russell . September 1, 2015 .
- News: Kenneth Bainbridge, 91, Chief Of First Test of Atomic Bomb . . Karen . Freeman . July 18, 1996 . July 9, 2019.
- Forecasting Economic Trends with Precision . January 27, 2014 . https://archive.today/20140127225801/http://alum.mit.edu/news/AlumniProfiles/Archive/Nariman_Behravesh_-2770?destination=node/17842 . 27 January 2014 . . August 2005.
- News: Cross . Ryan . Sweeney . Emily . 2022-10-05 . Basketball fan, keyboard player, and now Nobel Prize winner in chemistry: Mass. native caps pioneering career with highest honor . 2022-10-06 . . en-US.
- News: Simon. Cecilia Capuzzi. Mr. Mindfulness. 31 August 2015. Washington Post. 12 July 2005.
- News: Charles P. Kindleberger, 92, Global Economist, Is Dead . . Altman . Daniel . 2003-07-09 . 2019-07-10 . 0362-4331.
- Fox, Margalit. "Gerald S. Lesser, Shaper of 'Sesame Street,' Dies at 84", The New York Times, October 4, 2010. Accessed October 4, 2010.
- Web site: Catherine O'Neil. LinkedIn.com. November 19, 2014.
- Web site: Henry Norris Russell Lectureship. March 20, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20140328011328/http://aas.org/about/grants-and-prizes/henry-norris-russell-lectureship. March 28, 2014. dead.
- Web site: John T. Tate, Familiar Name in the World of Numbers, Dies at 94. The New York Times. October 28, 2019.
- https://books.google.com/books?id=0OcCAAAAMBAJ&dq=Phyllis+Janowitz&pg=PA39 "She'll Take Manhattan"
- Web site: Francis J. Rosa. January 6, 2012. The Boston Globe. August 2, 2020.