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Famous People from Massachusetts

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Many famous individuals including United States politicians and other public figures have hailed from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The list includes these well-known names:

• John Hancock (President of the Continental Congress)
• Samuel Adams (Revolutionary War patriot)
• Benjamin Franklin (Revolutionary War patriot)
• John Adams (2nd President)
• Elbridge Gerry (5th Vice President)
• John Quincy Adams (6th President)
• Henry Wilson (18th Vice President/US Senator)
• Calvin Coolidge (30th President)
• John F. Kennedy (35th President)
• George H. W. Bush (41st President)
• Robert F. Kennedy (US Senator)
• Paul Tsongas (US Senator)
• John W. McCormack (Speaker of the House of Representatives)
• Tip O'Neill (Speaker of the House of Representatives)
• Theodore Sedgwick (Speaker of the House of Representatives)
• Oliver Wendell Homes, Jr. (Supreme Court Justice)

Other individuals from the state have also been well known for their inventions of popular sports. Some of note are candlepin bowling, basketball, and volleyball.

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