Oldest public school in the United States.
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Charles Francis Adams |
Diplomat |
18-Aug-1807 |
21-Nov-1886 |
US Ambassador to the UK, 1861-68 |
| Charles Francis Adams, Jr. |
Business |
27-May-1835 |
20-May-1915 |
President of Union Pacific, 1884-90 |
| Orson Bean |
Actor |
22-Jul-1928 |
|
Anatomy of a Murder |
| Leonard Bernstein |
Conductor |
25-Aug-1918 |
14-Oct-1990 |
Conductor, New York Philharmonic |
| Charles Bulfinch |
Architect |
8-Aug-1763 |
15-Apr-1844 |
Architect of the U.S. Capitol |
| James Freeman Clarke |
Religion |
4-Apr-1810 |
8-Jun-1888 |
Ten Great Religions |
| Richard A. Clarke |
Government |
1951 |
|
Former US counter-terrorism czar |
| John Henry Cutler |
Publisher |
10-Jun-1910 |
16-Sep-1998 |
Duxbury Clipper |
| Paul A. Dever |
Politician |
15-Jan-1903 |
11-Apr-1958 |
Governor of Massachusetts, 1949-53 |
| William M. Evarts |
Politician |
6-Feb-1818 |
28-Feb-1901 |
US Secretary of State, 1877-81 |
| Arthur Fiedler |
Conductor |
17-Dec-1894 |
10-Jul-1979 |
Conductor of the Boston Pops |
| John F. Fitzgerald |
Politician |
11-Feb-1863 |
2-Oct-1950 |
Twice Mayor of Boston |
| Robert Grant |
Novelist |
24-Jan-1852 |
19-May-1940 |
Unleavened Bread |
| Nat Hentoff |
Critic |
10-Jun-1925 |
|
The Jazz Life |
| Joseph P. Kennedy |
Business |
6-Sep-1888 |
18-Nov-1969 |
Smuggler and patriarch of the Kennedy clan |
| John King |
Journalist |
30-Aug-1963 |
|
CNN Chief National Correspondent |
| Samuel P. Langley |
Astronomer |
22-Aug-1834 |
2-Feb-1906 |
Heavier-than-air flying machine |
| Howard Lindsay |
Playwright |
29-Mar-1889 |
11-Feb-1968 |
The Sound of Music |
| Burton Malkiel |
Economist |
28-Aug-1932 |
|
A Random Walk Down Wall Street |
| Robert J. McCool |
Business |
c. 1939 |
|
Former EVP at Mobil |
| Wade H. McCree |
Judge |
3-Jul-1920 |
30-Aug-1987 |
US Solicitor General, 1977-81 |
| Edward McGaffigan |
Government |
8-Dec-1948 |
2-Sep-2007 |
NRC Commissioner, 1996-2007 |
| Barry Newman |
Actor |
7-Nov-1938 |
|
Petrocelli |
| Dexter Perkins |
Historian |
20-Jun-1889 |
12-May-1984 |
The Monroe Doctrine |
| Sumner Redstone |
Business |
27-May-1923 |
|
Chairman and CEO of Viacom |
| George Santayana |
Philosopher |
16-Dec-1863 |
26-Sep-1952 |
The Realms of Being |
| Charles Sumner |
Politician |
6-Jan-1811 |
11-Mar-1874 |
Anti-slavery Senator from Massachusetts |
| Royall Tyler |
Playwright |
18-Jul-1757 |
26-Aug-1826 |
The Contrast |
| Andrew J. Viterbi |
Engineer |
9-Mar-1935 |
|
Viterbi Algorithm |
| Clifton R. Wharton, Jr. |
Business |
13-Sep-1926 |
|
CEO of TIAA-CREF, 1987-92 |
| Theodore H. White |
Historian |
6-May-1915 |
15-May-1986 |
The Making of the President |
| Justin Winsor |
Curator |
2-Jan-1831 |
22-Oct-1897 |
Librarian of Harvard University |
