History

Pictures and biographical information related to historic persons from Framingham, Massachusetts (MA, USA).

• Attucks, Crispus (died March 5, 1770)
  
  
• Ames, Ezra (May 5, 1768 - February 23, 1836), portrait painter.
  
  
• Burton, Ronald E. "Ron", (July 25, 1936- September 13, 2003), former record setting N.E. Patriot, All America, and College Football Hall of Famer. Burton is as well known for post-football days when he became a motivational speaker and founded and donated land for the Ron Burton Training Center, a summer camp for disadvantaged youth. Ron was well known locally and living in Framingham at the time of his death in 2003.
  
  
• Esty, Alexander Rice (1826 - 1881), architect.
  
  
• Fuller, Meta Vaux Warrick (June 9, 1877 - March 18, 1968), artist, (wife of Dr. Solomon Carter Fuller).
  
  
• Fuller, Dr. Solomon Carter (1872 - 1953), psychiatrist in study of Alzheimer's disease, (husband of Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller).
  
  
• Garrison, William Lloyd (1805 - 1879)
  
  
• Maynard, Jonathan (1752-1835)
  
  
• McAuliffe, Christa (1948-1986)
  
  
• Lou Merloni (born. 1971)
  
  
• Harold "Pie" Traynor (1899-1972)
  
  
• Nutting, Wallace (1861-1941)
  
  
• Parkhurst, Charles Henry (1842-1933)
  
  
• Thoreau, Henry David (1817-1862)
  
  
• Travis, Nancy (b. September 21, 1961), actress, born in NY, attended Framingham North High School. Roles include female lead in "So I Married an Axe Murderer", a supporting role in "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants", starred as "Kim Cooper" in t.v.'s "Almost Perfect", appeared in 39 episodes of "Becker", (the Ted Danson sit-com), and many, many other tv shows, tv movies, Broadway shows, and other acting roles.
  
  
• Wilson, Kenneth Robert (b. September 28, 1966), Marilyn Manson band drummer known as "Ginger Fish", born in Framingham, MA.
  
  

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