# List of people from Northampton, Massachusetts

The people listed below were all born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Northampton, Massachusetts.

## Notable people
### Artists

* Leonard Baskin, sculptor, illustrator, print-maker, writer, and teacher at local colleges

### Economists

* Herbert Gintis, economist
* Andrew Zimbalist, prominent sports economist and father of Jeff and Michael Zimbalist

### Educators

* Carol T. Christ, former president of Smith College and Victorian Literature Scholar
* Anna Cheney Edwards, 19th-century professor at Mount Holyoke College
* Hannah Lyman (1816–1871), first lady principal of Vassar College

### Film and television

* Mary-Ellis Bunim, television producer and co-creator of MTV's The Real World and Road Rules
* Michael Brooks, political commentator, author.
* John Carpenter, first top-prize winner on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
* Paul Johnson Calderon, socialite, heir, and television personality best known for co-starring on The CW's High Society
* Galaxy Craze, actress and author known for bestselling novel By the Shore
* Rachel Maddow, radio personality, MSNBC television host, and liberal political commentator
* David Pakman, television and radio personality, nationally syndicated progressive talk show host, liberal political commentator
* William Powell, actor
* Liza Snyder, actress (Yes, Dear; Pay It Forward)
* Talisa Soto, actress
* Jeff Zimbalist, documentary filmmaker and Tribeca Film Festival award winner

### Government and law

* Ebenezer Allen, American soldier, pioneer, and member of the Vermont General Assembly; born in Northampton
* Christine Chandler, attorney and member of the New Mexico House of Representatives
* Calvin Coolidge, served as mayor of Northampton before becoming the 48th governor of Massachusetts and the 30th president of the United States
* Nancy Flavin, American politician who represented the 2nd Hampshire District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives
* Jonathan Hunt (1738–1808), early Vermont pioneer, landowner, officeholder, born Northampton
* Bernie Juskiewicz, Businessman and Vermont state representative
* Henry W. Lord, U.S. Congressman
* Britt K. Slabinski, served as a SEAL with the United States Navy

### Music industry

* Chris Collingwood, lead singer of the band Fountains of Wayne
* Kim Gordon, of the band Sonic Youth
* Jason Loewenstein, singer and songwriter
* Thurston Moore, of the band Sonic Youth
* Nerissa Nields, folk musician, author, and member of the band The Nields
* Zoel Parenteau, composer of Broadway musicals
* Kim Rosen, Grammy nominated audio mastering engineer

### Reformers

* Sylvester Graham, advocate of vegetarianism and namesake of the graham cracker
* Sojourner Truth, African American abolitionist and orator

### Religion

* Jonathan Edwards, 18th-century Congregational theologian, philosopher, leader of First Great Awakening and local pastor
* Elder John Strong, 17th-century English-born New England colonist, politician, Puritan church leader; one of the founders of Windsor, Connecticut and Northampton, Massachusetts

### Sports

* Stu Miller, Major League Baseball pitcher
* Tim Petrovic, professional golfer
* Gabrielle Thomas, track and field sprinter and Olympic gold medalist
* Willy Workman (born 1990), American-Israeli basketball player for Hapoel Jerusalem in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
* William Yorzyk, gold medal-winning U.S. Olympic swimmer

### Writers

* Robert Horace Baker (1883–1964), author of Astronomy, was born in Northampton.
* Jeanne Birdsall, children's author, best known for her debut novel, The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
* William Cullen Bryant, 19th-century author and newspaper editor
* Augusten Burroughs, author; his bestseller Running with Scissors describes his strange childhood in Northampton
* George Washington Cable, author and reformer; lived in Northampton 1885–1915
* Paul Johnson Calderon, journalist, best known for his work with Deuxmoi.com, The Pro 411
* Eric Carle, children's book author and illustrator
* Lydia Maria Child, author of the Thanksgiving poem "Over the River and through the Woods"
* Kevin Eastman, comic book artist and writer, co-published Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics with Peter Laird in their Northampton studio
* Jonathan Harr, author of A Civil Action
* Jeph Jacques, creator of the webcomic Questionable Content
* Tracy Kidder, author (while he was not born in Northampton, his 1999 book "Home Town" is a profile of the city, and his 1993 "Old Friends" takes place at Linda Manor in Northampton)
* Michael Klare, author, professor and defense correspondent for The Nation
* Jarrett J. Krosoczka, children's book and graphic novel writer, published Hey, Kiddo and Sunshine, memoirs of his life growing up in Worcester, MA
* Peter Laird, comic book artist and writer, co-published Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics with Kevin Eastman in their Northampton studio
* Elinor Lipman, author
* Lesléa Newman, author of Heather Has Two Mommies
* Cynthia Propper Seton, novelist
* Kurt Vonnegut, satirist, novelist, known for works like Slaughterhouse-Five and Cat's Cradle
* Ocean Vuong, poet, essayist, and author of On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
* Peter Wild, poet, author, and Professor of English at the University of Arizona
* Mo Willems, popular children's book author

### Others

* Albert Francis Blakeslee (1874–1954), botanist, died in Northampton
* Tom Friedman, conceptual sculptor
* John Stoddard, president of the Georgia Historical Society
* William Dwight Whitney, linguist