Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cambridge, Massachusetts ranks 318th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Antioch, Toledo, Ohio, and Panama City. Memorable people born in Cambridge, Massachusetts include Percy Williams Bridgman, Charles Sanders Peirce, and Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.. Memorable people who died in Cambridge, Massachusetts include Joseph Nye, Cecilia Colledge, and Martin Karplus. Cambridge, Massachusetts has been the birth place of many actors, and writers and the death place of many physicists, and writers. Cambridge, Massachusetts is located in United States.
Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It is a suburb in the Greater Boston metropolitan area, located directly across the Charles River from Boston. The city's population as of the 2020 U.S. census was 118,403, making it the most populous city in the county, the fourth-largest in Massachusetts behind Boston, Worcester, and Springfield, and ninth-most populous in New England. The city was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England, which was an important center of the Puritan theology that was embraced by the town's founders. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1753 and 1979, Cambridge, Massachusetts was the birth place of 41 globally memorable people, including Percy Williams Bridgman, Charles Sanders Peirce, and Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.. Additionaly, 100 globally memorable people have passed away in Cambridge, Massachusetts including Joseph Nye, Cecilia Colledge, and Martin Karplus. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Cambridge, Massachusetts than were born there.
People Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Go to all RankingsPercy Williams Bridgman
PHYSICIST
1882 - 1961
HPI: 76.05
Rank: 20
Charles Sanders Peirce
MATHEMATICIAN
1839 - 1914
HPI: 75.56
Rank: 36
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
WRITER
1809 - 1894
HPI: 73.95
Rank: 30
Matt Damon
ACTOR
1970 - Present
HPI: 70.39
Rank: 11
Douglass North
ECONOMIST
1920 - 2015
HPI: 69.84
Rank: 23
Richard Henry Dana Jr.
WRITER
1815 - 1882
HPI: 66.62
Rank: 33
Lloyd Shapley
MATHEMATICIAN
1923 - 2016
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 24
Sam Waterston
ACTOR
1940 - Present
HPI: 63.74
Rank: 15
Leroy Anderson
COMPOSER
1908 - 1975
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 31
E. E. Cummings
WRITER
1894 - 1962
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 39
Peter Navarro
ECONOMIST
1949 - Present
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 8
Paul Michael Glaser
ACTOR
1943 - Present
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 12
People Deceased in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Go to all RankingsJoseph Nye
POLITICAL SCIENTIST
1937 - 2025
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Rank: 1
Cecilia Colledge
SKATER
1920 - 2008
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Rank: 2
Martin Karplus
CHEMIST
1930 - 2024
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Rank: 3
Roscoe Pound
LAWYER
1870 - 1964
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Rank: 4
Helene Deutsch
PSYCHOLOGIST
1884 - 1982
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Rank: 5
Evelyn Fox Keller
PHYSICIST
1936 - 2023
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Rank: 6
Andrew M. Gleason
MATHEMATICIAN
1921 - 2008
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Rank: 7
Paul Mattick
WRITER
1904 - 1981
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Rank: 8
Charles Homer Haskins
HISTORIAN
1870 - 1937
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Rank: 9
Ralph Barton Perry
PHILOSOPHER
1876 - 1957
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Rank: 10
David Marr
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1945 - 1980
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Rank: 11
Henrietta Swan Leavitt
ASTRONOMER
1868 - 1921
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Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Go to all RankingsJoseph Nye
POLITICAL SCIENTIST
1937 - 2025
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Rank: 1
Cecilia Colledge
SKATER
1920 - 2008
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Rank: 2
Martin Karplus
CHEMIST
1930 - 2024
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Rank: 3
Roscoe Pound
LAWYER
1870 - 1964
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Rank: 4
Helene Deutsch
PSYCHOLOGIST
1884 - 1982
HPI: NaN
Rank: 5
Evelyn Fox Keller
PHYSICIST
1936 - 2023
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Rank: 6
Andrew M. Gleason
MATHEMATICIAN
1921 - 2008
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Rank: 7
Paul Mattick
WRITER
1904 - 1981
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Rank: 8
Charles Homer Haskins
HISTORIAN
1870 - 1937
HPI: NaN
Rank: 9
Ralph Barton Perry
PHILOSOPHER
1876 - 1957
HPI: NaN
Rank: 10
David Marr
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1945 - 1980
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Rank: 11
Henrietta Swan Leavitt
ASTRONOMER
1868 - 1921
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Rank: 12
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Cambridge, Massachusetts were actors (11), writers (10), comedians (3), politicians (3), and mathematicians (2), while most who died were physicists (12), writers (10), astronomers (10), mathematicians (8), and philosophers (7).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, including Matt Damon, Sam Waterston, and Paul Michael Glaser. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Cambridge, Massachusetts, including Matt Damon, Sam Waterston, and Paul Michael Glaser.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 24 globally memorable people born in Cambridge, Massachusetts since 1700.