Benjamin Franklin, scientist/inventor/politician/activist/statesman/diplomat - founding father of the United States
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Top 10 Famous and Notable People Born in Massachusetts
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John F. Kennedy, former president/U.S. Representative - popular American president
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Edgar Allan Poe, author/poet/editor/critic - blended Romanticism with the macabre and helped create detective based literature while reinforcing the emerging science fiction genre
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Susan B. Anthony, publisher/activist/editor/journalist - helped create the Women's Suffrage Movement
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Dr. Seuss, author/illustrator - wrote many children's books
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Robert Goddard, engineer/educator/physicist/scientist/inventor - created liquid-fuelled rocket
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Samuel Morse, painter/inventor - created single wire telegraph
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Bette Davis, actress/model - legendary actress through six decades
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Leonard Nimoy, actor/director/photographer/author/singer/songwriter - popular entertainer best known as Star Trek's Mr. Spock
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Samuel Adams, politician/philosopher/statesman - founding father of the United States
