Famous People from Massachusetts by Picture

Can you name these famous Bay Staters based on a picture?
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First submittedMarch 25, 2012
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Brookline
Cambridge
Cambridge
Adams
Amherst
Braintree
Brockton
Boston
Boston
various
Brookline
Boston
Canton
Burlington
Lawrence
Sudbury
Great Barrington
(Founded the NAACP)
Amherst
(Poet)
Concord
(Once lived near a pond)
Lowell
(Beatnik author)
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Level 28
Mar 25, 2012
Well, Well, Well..... It's pretty sad when more people get Conan than Dubois.
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Level 77
Oct 6, 2014
Never heard of him. I am not American. I don't even know what NAACP means and not ashamed of that. On the other hand Conan O'Brien is somewhat of a legend in our country. He even met our president of the time. Both being redheads.
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Level 93
May 5, 2021
Are you from Finland, by any chance?
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Level 83
Dec 19, 2023
I don't live in the USA but we learnt about the NCAAP and the Civil Rights movement regardless
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Level 19
Jan 12, 2024
Maybe they live somewhere else other than you? Lol
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Level 79
Jun 26, 2022
Except it's actually not sad, considering we're living in a time where one of those people currently exists and is very famous. And you can see him on TV or on your smartphone every day. And he has a VERY distinctive name and face and hair. And he is very famous in multiple countries.

The other person, albeit very historically relevant and transormative, died before most Jetpunkers were even born.

The reality of life is: What would TRULY be sad is if a Western person using Jetpunk (a western website) was so cloistered and "strange" that they didn't know who Conan O'Brien was in 2012. When you don't even know basic things about modern life around you, in the real, current year you're living in... that's actually more concerning than not knowing historical facts that have already passed. That's probably a hard pill for a lot of pretentious Jetpunkers to swallow, though.

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Level 79
Dec 18, 2023
What's sad and not sad is highly subjective, and I also don't know if Conan qualifies as 'very famous' although he is certainly some level of famous. What you present as 'the reality of life' is once again your very subjective interpretation of what is TRULY sad. Seems perfectly reasonable to me that somebody who doesn't watch much TV or read the news probably wouldn't know who Conan is, much less know what he looks like. And maybe instead of watching TV or reading the news, say that person much preferred reading about American history or watching PBS documentaries or something like that and is well-acquainted with W.E.B. DuBois. How on earth is that sad? Heaven forbid in this hyperconnected age of constant gossip somebody takes an interest in something other than mass-marketed consumer pop culture. What a shame that would be. And amazingly, not everyone in that demographic is gonna lord it over your head because they think they're refined and you're just a sheep in the herd.
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Level 67
Jan 11, 2024
What's sad is that you feel the need to be so condescending. People can watch late-night TV *and* read books. Conan is very famous. This whole comment of yours is embarrassing to read, frankly.
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Level 60
Jan 12, 2024
Brickster and Pearl2270 are being far more condescending. Whether Conan is very famous or not, saying that it would be sad if someone didn't recognize a picture of Conan O'Brien is excessive. Not everyone has to be connected to the media, just as not everyone has to be connected to history.
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Level 79
Jan 14, 2024
I'm sorry, I'm the one being condescending? I don't see how what I said is more condescending than the comment I replied to. I presented a hypothetical situation in which it wouldn't be sad that somebody doesn't know who Conan is. Was I snarky and sarcastic? Yes. Was I condescending, snobbish, or patronizing? Not any more than the OP was, in my opinion. You seem to have gotten the point of what I was trying to say. I have no clue how my comment was more embarrassing for you to read than others or why you felt the need to let me know how you felt about it. To me, it seems far more condescending to tell internet strangers that you're embarrassed by their JetPunk comments, frankly, than to offer a different POV, albeit in a sardonic way. Thanks for your reasonable take on things, Dollyfroggy.
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Level 67
Jan 15, 2024
Nah.
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Level 63
Dec 19, 2023
I know Conan's name but I didn't have a clue what he looks like, he's one of those American celebrities that has no real presence across the pond outside of us knowing he exists.
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Level 54
Jan 11, 2024
Well well well 🤓
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Level 65
Mar 26, 2012
Who's Dubois. I guarantee we never learned about him when I was in school.
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Level 67
Oct 5, 2014
One of my housemates from long ago told the story about how his parents got a visit from the FBI, who wanted to inform them that their son had joined a Communist front group in high school. the W.E.B DuBois Club. He claimed he didn't know about its politics--he thought he was joining The Boys Club.
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Level 79
Dec 18, 2023
Apparently you didn't learn about question marks either.
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Level 29
Mar 1, 2017
add john cena please
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Level ∞
Dec 18, 2023
Okay. Just visited his Wikipedia page. Apparently he went to prep school, lol.
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Level 63
Jul 20, 2019
Where are Ben Affleck, Edward Norton, George H. W. Bush, James Spader, John Cena, Joyner Lucas, Kurt Russel, Meghan Trainor, Michael Bloomberg and Uma Thurman? I did a quick google search and realized you forgot some really famous people
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Level 57
Jan 11, 2021
Edgar Allan Poe as well
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Level ∞
Dec 18, 2023
Not all of these people grew up in Massachusetts. That's the problem with just asking Google.

Added some, but this can never be a comprehensive list.

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Level 78
Dec 19, 2023
Surely when setting a quiz you have a choice of who you include or don't include. It has nothing to do with forgetting.
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Level 20
Jan 20, 2023
Famous people from Massachusetts ME well I wish
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Level 83
Dec 18, 2023
Well, I was going to complain that Bill Burr is a huge outlier in terms of recognition, but the stats tell me I'm wrong. Never seen that person nor heard the name before.
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Level 83
Dec 18, 2023
Not American but I've heard of Bill Burr . He's a very funny comedian you should check him out on YouTube.
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Level 73
Dec 21, 2023
I've never heard of that name either, although he sort of looked familiar.
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Level 88
Jan 12, 2024
Same here, except I thought he was Billy Corgan at first.
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Level 87
Dec 18, 2023
It's Amherst, not Amhearst. Thank you.
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Level ∞
Dec 18, 2023
Fixed
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Level 66
Dec 19, 2023
Only missed Chris Evans. I'm usually glad to look up and learn a quick something on the ones I miss. But I'm good on this one, no hard drive space for that guy.
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Level 88
Jan 12, 2024
What's so bad about Chris Evans? I can't fault you for not caring about some random celebrity... But why hate on him in particular? He's easy on the eyes, has had some fun acting roles, and doesn't seem to be a terrible person. And I mean, that's America's ass!
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Level 78
Dec 19, 2023
Very good quiz - enough challenge for just about anyone since there are people from many different fields and from different time periods. I got 18/20 - I knew Rocky Marciano but I spent the last 45 seconds misspelling his name enough that it never picked up any of my variations (which included a "Z" and an "S"... ah well, my bad. Showing my age, I suppose, I still have absolutely NO clue as to who this "Bill Burr" is... W.E.B. Dubois, Emily Dickenson, Thoreau, Susan B. Anthony etc were no issue for me, but sometimes people popular right now may have never crossed my radar...
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Level 67
Jan 11, 2024
Surprised to learn Mark Wahlberg is from Boston. That has never come up before.
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Level 53
Jan 11, 2024
Paul Revere? Or Jack Black? Hmm..
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Level 69
Jan 11, 2024
John Kerry born in various? How'd he pull it off?
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Level 69
Jan 12, 2024
Wind surfing.
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Level 69
Jan 12, 2024
According to his Wikipedia page, John Cena went to high school in Lawrence, but he was born in—and in professional wrestling, is billed from—West Newbury.
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Level 68
Jan 12, 2024
I live 15 miles from Lawrence and I've never heard of John Cena.
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Level 73
Jan 13, 2024
Come now, any wrestling fan worth his salt knows John Cena is from West Newbury.