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As one of the largest cities in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Lowell has produced many notable people in various fields:
Academics, science, and engineering
Law
Military service
Charles Herbert Allen , Representative to U.S. Congress, 4 March 1885 – 3 March 1889,
Secretary of the Navy 1898–1900, Governor of
Puerto Rico 1900–1902
[4]
Adelbert Ames ,
Governor 1868–1870,1874–1876 and
Senator from
Mississippi 1870–1874, Union general in the Civil War and the Spanish–American War, son-in-law of Benjamin Franklin Butler
[5]
Benjamin Franklin Butler ,
Congressman 1867–1879, Union general in the Civil War, Governor of Massachusetts 1883–1884, and Greenback Party presidential candidate 1884, for whom the Butler School is named
[6]
Gustavus Fox , Assistant Secretary of the Navy during the Civil War
Mary Hallaren , Director of
Women's Army Corps
John McFarland ,
Medal of Honor recipient, Civil War, for whom the
USS McFarland is named
David H. McNerney , Medal of Honor recipient, Vietnam
Ryan M. Pitts , Medal of Honor recipient, Afghanistan
[7]
Joseph A. Sladen , Union Army Medal of Honor recipient, raised in Lowell
[8]
Charles Sweeney ,
USAF Major who piloted the
B-29
Bockscar on its mission to drop the
Fat Man nuclear weapon on
Nagasaki ,
Edgar A. Wedgwood , sheriff of
Hall County, Nebraska and
adjutant general of the
Utah National Guard
[9]
[10]
Henry Pantojamatta, Former 3 time New England Golden Glove Champion and U.S. Army Command Sergeant Major; the highest possible rank for an enlisted soldier in the U.S. Army.
Politics and public service
Sokhary Chau - Mayor of Lowell. First mayor of Cambodian descent in the US.
Benjamin Dean ,
Congressman 1878–1879
[11]
Frederic Thomas Greenhalge ,
Congressman 1889–1891, for whom the Greenhalge Elementary School is named.
[12]
Allen Hobbs , Charles H. Allen's grandson, 32nd
Governor of American Samoa 1944–1945, 35th Hydrographer of the United States Navy 1948–1950s[
citation needed ]
Maurice K. Goddard , Secretary of the
Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources , a driving force in creating 45
Pennsylvania state parks in his 24 years in office
Walker Lewis , African-American abolitionist and early Mormon Elder
Marty Meehan ,
Congressman 1993–2007, current President of the University of Massachusetts
[13]
Addison W. Merrill ,
Wisconsin State Assemblyman 1897
Rady Mom ,
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Frank B. Morse ,
Republican ;
Congressman 1961–1972, for whom the Morse Elementary School is named
[14]
Patrick O. Murphy , the youngest Mayor in the city's history, elected at age 29 in January 2012.
[15]
Robert Preston , New Hampshire State Senator and businessman
[16]
Edith Nourse Rogers ,
Republican ; Congresswoman 1925-1960
John Jacob Rogers ,
Republican ;
Congressman 1913–1925
[17]
Parlan Semple ,
Wisconsin State Assemblyman 1869–1871[
citation needed ]
Ezekiel A. Straw , Governor of New Hampshire 1872–1874
[18]
Nancy Achin Sullivan , Massachusetts state senator
Niki Tsongas ,
Congresswoman 2007–2019
[19]
Paul Tsongas ,
Congressman 1975–1979, U.S. Senator 1979–1985, and Democratic presidential candidate 1992, for whom the
Tsongas Arena is named
[20]
Emma Wolfe ,
Deputy Mayor of New York City and chief of staff to
Bill de Blasio
[21]
Industry, invention and business
Frederick Ayer (1822–1918), industrialist, investor, first president of the
American Woolen Company
Dr. James Cook Ayer (1818–1878), industrialist, patent medicine tycoon
Kirk Boott (1790–1837), industrialist, for whom the
Boott Mills and Kirk Street are named
Milton Bradley , founder of the
Milton Bradley Company , developed board games
Fred C. Church , founder of Fred C. Church Insurance
Telemachus & George Demoulas , grocery store tycoons
James B. Francis , pioneer of American civil engineering for whom the Francis Locks are named
Daniel Gage , Gage Ice Company, for whom Gage Park and Gage Street are named
Ted Leonsis , billionaire who worked at Wang labs
Augustin Thompson , a physician, businessman and philanthropist who created the
Moxie soft drink
An Wang , inventor and businessman, for whom the Wang Middle School is named
Astronautics
Literature and entertainment
Michael Ansara , actor
Nicholas A. Basbanes , author and cultural historian (A Gentle Madness , On Paper )
Jen Beagin , author (Pretend I’m Dead, Vacuum in the Dark, Big Swiss)
Michael Casey , poet
Michael Chiklis ,
Emmy Award and
Golden Globe Award -winning actor
[23]
Cora Linn Daniels , writer
Bette Davis ,
Academy Award -winning actress
George Washington Dixon , entertainer and newspaper editor
Olympia Dukakis , Academy Award-winning actress (
Moonstruck )
[24]
Mark Goddard , actor (
Lost in Space )
Lance Wilder , animator and background designer mostly known for work on
The Simpsons
Ray Goulding , radio comedian (of Bob & Ray)
James P. Hogan , film director
Deborah Hopkinson , children's author
Nancy Kelly ,
Tony Award -winning actress, nominated for
Academy Award and
Emmy Awards (36 movies)
Jack Kerouac , writer (
On the Road ) , for whom the downtown park is named
Jonathan Lemire , host of
Way Too Early with Jonathan Lemire
Elinor Lipman , writer, columnist
The Boston Globe
Ed McMahon , entertainer, announcer, actor
Matt Mira , comedian,
The Nerdist Podcast
Giuseppina Morlacchi , ballerina, dancer, and actress who introduced the
can-can to the American stage
Louis Phillips , author, poet, and dramatist
[25]
Maryann Plunkett , actor
José Carlos Rodrigues , Brazilian journalist
Tom Sexton , writer
Harriette Lucy Robinson Shattuck (1850-1937), author, writer on parliamentary law, suffragist
Paul Sullivan , sports radio personality
WBZ and columnist for
Lowell Sun
Robert Tessier , actor and stuntman
Vince Vouyer , porn star
Jujubee , drag performer, Season 2 of Rupaul’s Drag Race
Music
Astronoid , post-metal band
Bob Bachelder , orchestra leader and educator
George Whitefield Chadwick , composer
Rosalind Elias , opera singer
Scott Grimes , voice actor and singer
Gary Hoey , guitar player
Boney James , saxophonist, songwriter, and record producer
John Kellette , songwriter, actor, director. Famous song he wrote was I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles
Professor Lyrical , rapper and professor
PVRIS , alternative rock band
Marietta Sherman Raymond , musical educator and orchestral conductor
The Shods , rock band from Lowell - were awarded the Key to City of Lowell.
Vein , metalcore band
Hell Within , hardcore/metal band from Lowell
Arts and design
Charles H. Allen , painter and 1st governor of Puerto Rico
Margaret Foley (1820–1877), sculptor
Adelia Sarah Gates (c. 1823–1912), botanical illustrator and watercolorist
David Hilliard (1964- ), photographer
Thomas B. Lawson (1807–1888), landscape painter
Christopher Makos (1948- ), photographer, artist
Willard Leroy Metcalf (1858–1925), Impressionist painter
David Dalhoff Neal (1838–1915), portrait painter
Alfred Ordway (1821–1897), landscape painter
William Preston Phelps (1848–1917), landscape painter
Frederick W. Stickney (1854–1918), architect,
[26] master of stone architecture
James McNeill Whistler (1834–1903), painter and etcher
Sarah W. Whitman (1842–1904), artist, illustrator, stained glass designer, and author
Sports
Basketball
Steve Alexakos , lineman for
Denver Broncos 1970, New York Giants 1971
Bill Cooke , defensive line for
Green Bay Packers 1975,
San Francisco 49ers 1976–77,
Detroit Lions 1978, and
Seattle Seahawks 1978–1980
John Blake Galvin, Jr. , linebacker for
New York Jets 1988–1991
Bruce Laird ,
Pro Bowl cornerback for
Baltimore Colts 1972–1983
Menil Mavraides , offensive lineman for
Philadelphia Eagles 1954, 1957
Ray McLean , halfback for
Chicago Bears 1940–1948, Head Coach of the
Green Bay Packers 1953,1958
John Miller , lineman for
Washington Redskins 1956–1960
Anthony Prior , gridiron football player
[29]
Ray Riddick , end for the
Green Bay Packers from 1940 to 1946, for whom the High School Gymnasium is named
Billy Sullivan , owner of
New England Patriots from 1960 to 1988
[30]
Robert Joseph Sullivan , running back for
San Francisco 49ers 1948
Baseball
Hockey
Boxing
Dicky Eklund , pro boxer 1975–1985,
welterweight
[35]
Tommy Ellis, boxer, 1952–1962, known for a long series of epic showdowns on
Dumont Network Thursday Night Fights in Lowell against Tony "The Bus" Gilbrecki
[36]
Ralph Lally , New England
Golden Gloves Champion, Light Heavyweight-175lbs., 1970
[37]
Micky Ward , pro boxer 1985–2003,
junior welterweight
[38]
Olympic athletes
Ethan Thomas Brown, 2007 and 2008 U23 Triathlon National Champion
[39] 2012 USA Olympic development team roster
[40]
Shelagh Donohoe , 1992
Barcelona , took silver medal in rowing (Women's Coxless Fours),
[41] current URI head coach
Ernest N. Harmon , 1924 Paris, finished 31st in
Modern Pentathlon (5th in shooting);
U.S. Army
Major General in World War II; President of
Norwich University 1950–1956
Nathaniel Jenkins, 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics Berlin 2009; 7th in 2008 USA Olympic Team trials
[42]
Alfons Mello Travers , 1924 Paris, finished 5th in Men's Welterweight Boxing, turned pro and finished 37/10 with 18 KOs; retired as a restaurant owner in Lowell
[43]
Other sports
Other
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