Notable people from Dorchester Boston

-Charles Baker Adams – born in Dorchester. Academic and naturalist. -William Taylor Adams – wrote fiction under the pseudonym "Oliver Optic" and served on the school board for the Dorchester County Public Schools. -Sheldon Adelson – born and raised in Dorchester. Chairman and CEO of Las Vegas Sands Corporation and conservative political financier. -Samuel Turell Armstrong – born in Dorchester. Governor of Massachusetts. -Robert Bergenheim – raised in Dorchester. Founder of the Boston Business Journal. -Ray Bolger – vaudevillian and film actor, best known as the Scarecrow in the movie The Wizard of Oz (1939). -Jean Buckley – born in Dorchester. All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player. -Whitey Bulger – former crime boss, head of the Winter Hill Gang. -John Willis (gangster) - imprisoned gangster associated with Chinese organized crime. -William M. Bulger – Massachusetts politician, former President of the Massachusetts Senate, and former president of the University of Massachusetts. -Herb Chambers – owner and CEO of Herb Chambers Companies, a group of car dealerships in Massachusetts. -Buddy Clark, popular crooner (singer) of easy-listening-jazz standards. -Joe Conforte – owner of the Mustang Ranch in Nevada. -Clarence Cook – born in Dorchester. 19th century art critic and writer. -Michael L. Coyne – trial attorney and professor, co-founder and associate dean of the Massachusetts School of Law. -Norm Crosby – entertainer -Pete Doherty, known as The Duke of Dorchester - Professional Wrestler -Thomas M. Finneran – former Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. In 2007, pled guilty to felony obstruction of justice. -Kay Hanley – alternative rock musician, vocalist for the band Letters to Cleo. -Chrystal Herne – Broadway actress. -Joseph P. Kennedy – businessman, political figure, and father of President John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy. -Rose Kennedy – mother of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy. -John King – broadcast journalist. -Martin Luther King, Jr. – civil rights leader; lived in Dorchester while attending Boston University. -Jonathan Knight – singer, part of the musical group New Kids on the Block. -Jordan Knight – singer, part of the musical group New Kids on the Block. -Calixa Lavallée – Canadian national anthem composer, also wrote the offertorium for the dedication of St. Peter's of Dorchester (1883). -Dennis Lehane – author of A Drink Before the War (1994), Gone Baby Gone (1998), Mystic River (2001), Shutter Island (2003), and The Given Day (2008). -Bill Marshall, professional baseball player. -John Mason - Colonial military officer, civil engineer -Increase Mather – Puritan minister; public figure in the early history of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. -Aaron Maund – professional soccer player. -Albert and David Maysles – documentary filmmakers. -Marilyn Mosby - Raised in Dorchester. State attorney of Baltimore. -John Lothrop Motley – historian and diplomat. -Adam Myerson - professional cyclist. -Leonard Nimoy – born in Dorchester. Actor, film director, poet, musician, and photographer; best known as Spock on Star Trek. -Lawrence O'Donnell – Raised in Dorchester. Former aide to Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, producer of The West Wing and host of MSNBC's The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell. -Omega Red – rapper, musician and actor. -Martin Richard – raised in Dorchester; one of three people killed in the Boston Marathon bombing. -Slaine – hip hop MC, rapper and actor: Gone Baby Gone (2007) and The Town (2010). -Lucy Stone – abolitionist and suffragist. -Donna Summer – pop and disco singer, member of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. -Donnie Wahlberg – singer, actor and film producer, member of musical group New Kids on the Block, star of TV series Blue Bloods. -Mark Wahlberg – Academy Award-nominated actor, producer, former model and rapper, star of films including Boogie Nights, The Perfect Storm, Ted, The Departed and The Fighter. -Danny Wood – singer, best known as part of the musical group New Kids on the Block. -Marie Wright – better known by stage name "Free", media personality.