Quincy, Massachusetts - Notable Residents

Notable Residents

See also: Category:People from Quincy, Massachusetts
  • Abigail Adams - Wife of John Adams, second President of the United States
  • Abigail "Nabby" Adams Smith, daughter of Abigail and John
  • Brooks Adams - noted historian
  • Charles Francis Adams, Sr.
  • Charles Francis Adams, Jr. - Civil War general, president of Union Pacific Railroad (1884–1890)
  • Charles Francis Adams III - 44th Secretary of the Navy, mayor of Quincy
  • Charles Adams (1770–1800)
  • John Adams - Second President of the United States, first Vice-President
  • John Quincy Adams - Sixth President of the United States
  • John Quincy Adams II - lawyer and politician
  • Thomas Boylston Adams - Massachusetts Representative, justice
  • Paul W. Airey - First Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force
  • Carl Andre - minimalist artist
  • Jennie E. Crocker - First woman Master Mariner
  • Henry Beston - writer and naturalist
  • John Cheever - novelist
  • Dick Dale - musician
  • Bill Dana - comedian (famous as Jose Jiminez)
  • William Delahunt - U.S. congressman for the 10th District
  • Joseph Dunford - four-star general, Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps
  • Billy DeWolfe - actor
  • Ruth Gordon - actress
  • John Hancock - patriot and president of the Continental Congress
  • Howard Deering Johnson - founder of the Howard Johnson's chain
  • John F. Keenan - Massachusetts State Senator from the Norfolk and Plymouth district.
  • Pete Kendall - Offensive Lineman for the Washington Redskins
  • Jake Kilrain - Champion, Bare Knuckles Boxer (February 9, 1859 – December 22, 1937)
  • Adolph "Jazz" Maffie - bookie and participant in the Great Brink's Robbery
  • Francis Wayland Parker - educator
  • Everett P. Pope - World War II Medal of Honor recipient
  • Dorothy Quincy Hancock Scott
  • Edmund Quincy (1628-1698), who built the Dorothy Quincy House (1685)
  • Edmund Quincy (1681-1737), jurist
  • Edmund Quincy (1703-1788)
  • Josiah Quincy II - attorney, "the Patriot", newspaper propagandist
  • Josiah Quincy III - president of Harvard University (1829–1845), U.S. Representative (1805–1813), mayor of Boston (1823–1828)
  • Josiah Quincy, Jr. - mayor of Boston (1846–1848), built the Josiah Quincy Mansion
  • Josiah Quincy - General Court representative, assistant secretary of the Navy, mayor of Boston (1895–1899)
  • Samuel Miller Quincy - lawyer, historian, Civil War soldier, and 28th mayor of New Orleans (May 5, 1865 – June 8, 1865)
  • Lee Remick - actress
  • William B. Rice - industrialist and local philanthropist
  • Wilbert Robinson - Baseball Hall of Fame player and manager
  • Charles Sweeney - Air Force major general and the pilot for the Nagasaki nuclear attack
  • Dropkick Murphys-Celtic punk rock band
  • Mike Mottau -NHL Player Currently with the Boston Bruins

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