• Source: List of people from Lowell, Massachusetts

As one of the largest cities in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Lowell has produced many notable people in various fields:




Academics, science, and engineering


George Bassett Clark, Astronomer (reflective telescope)
Samuel Luther Dana, Chemist and consultant to the Merrimack Manufacturing Company
Helen Sawyer Hogg, Astronomer
Louis Olney, Professor of Chemistry at the Lowell Technological Institute; founder and first president of the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists
Reverend Frederick Foley, President of Providence College 1945–1947
Roger Boisjoly, Mechanical engineer, fluid dynamicist, and an aerodynamicist. Winner of the AAAS Award for Scientific Freedom and Responsibility in 1988 for raising concerns about material defects which were ignored by Morton Thiokol that resulted in the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster.




Law


Stanley Elroy Qua, Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Frederick Aiken, lawyer and Civil War veteran, defense attorney for Mary Surratt
Alice Parker Lesser, 1880s-1900 lawyer who published many articles, and procured legislation for the property-owning rights of women
Loren W. Collins, Minnesota jurist and legislator




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
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
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
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
Joseph A. Sladen, Union Army Medal of Honor recipient, raised in Lowell
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
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
Frederic Thomas Greenhalge, Congressman 1889–1891, for whom the Greenhalge Elementary School is named.
Allen Hobbs, Charles H. Allen's grandson, 32nd Governor of American Samoa 1944–1945, 35th Hydrographer of the United States Navy 1948–1950s
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
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
Patrick O. Murphy, the youngest Mayor in the city's history, elected at age 29 in January 2012.
Robert Preston, New Hampshire State Senator and businessman
Edith Nourse Rogers, Republican; Congresswoman 1925-1960
John Jacob Rogers, Republican; Congressman 1913–1925
Parlan Semple, Wisconsin State Assemblyman 1869–1871
Ezekiel A. Straw, Governor of New Hampshire 1872–1874
Nancy Achin Sullivan, Massachusetts state senator
Niki Tsongas, Congresswoman 2007–2019
Paul Tsongas, Congressman 1975–1979, U.S. Senator 1979–1985, and Democratic presidential candidate 1992, for whom the Tsongas Arena is named
Emma Wolfe, Deputy Mayor of New York City and chief of staff to Bill de Blasio




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
Helen Augusta Whittier (1846–1925), first woman in Lowell to run a mill




Astronautics


Richard M. Linnehan, NASA astronaut 1992–present; five space missions to date, including Hubble Space Telescope upgrades and repairs




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
Cora Linn Daniels, writer
Bette Davis, Academy Award-winning actress
George Washington Dixon, entertainer and newspaper editor
Olympia Dukakis, Academy Award-winning actress (Moonstruck)
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
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
Colleen Green, rock and roll musician




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, 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






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Harry "Bucky" Lew is best known for becoming the first African-American professional basketball player when he joined the New England League in 1902.
Terance Mann, NBA player for the Los Angeles Clippers, grew up in Lowell




= Football

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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
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
Robert Joseph Sullivan, running back for San Francisco 49ers 1948




= Baseball

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Mike Balas, pitched one game for the Boston Bees in 1938
Johnny Barrett, outfielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates, 1942–1946
Skippy Roberge, infielder for the Boston Braves, 1941–1942, 1946




= Hockey

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Jon Morris, center for New Jersey Devils 1984–1992, Boston Bruins 1993




= Boxing

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Dicky Eklund, pro boxer 1975–1985, welterweight
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
Ralph Lally, New England Golden Gloves Champion, Light Heavyweight-175lbs., 1970
Micky Ward, pro boxer 1985–2003, junior welterweight
Billy Ryan, New England Golden Gloves champion, Pro Boxer 1957 - 1962, Light Heavyweight boxrec.com/en/box-pro/29007
Mike Ryan, New England Golden Gloves champion, Pro Boxer 1964-1966, Welterweight, Boxing referee boxrec.com/en/box-pro/69932




= Olympic athletes

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Ethan Thomas Brown, 2007 and 2008 U23 Triathlon National Champion 2012 USA Olympic development team roster
Shelagh Donohoe, 1992 Barcelona, took silver medal in rowing (Women's Coxless Fours), 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
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




= Other sports

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Louis Cyr, French-Canadian strongman, lived in Lowell from 1878 to 1883
Billy Pappas, professional foosball player. Born in Lowell, Sept. 28, 1984.
Manny Santiago, professional skateboarder




Other


Thaddeus Mortimer Fowler, cartographer
Roger Morin, Bishop
William Henry O'Connell, Cardinal, Archdiocese of Boston
O. Leonard Press, educational radio and television broadcaster
Lucy Robbins Messer Switzer (1844-1922), temperance activist
John Ogonowski (1951-2001), pilot of American Airlines Flight 11




References



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