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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
Rachel Maddow, MSNBC and AirAmerica Radio personality
John Hodgman, known for his Apple TV commercials and stints on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, is an occasional Valley resident.
Augusten Burroughs, author, his bestseller Running with Scissors describes his strange childhood in Northampton
William Cullen Bryant, 19c author and newspaper editor
Eric Carle, children's book author and illustrator
Lydia Maria Child, authoress of the Thanksgiving poem "Over the River and Through the Woods"
Chris Collingwood, lead singer of the band Fountains of Wayne
Deb Talan, singer/songwriter
Calvin Coolidge; served as mayor of Northampton before becoming governor of Massachusetts and U.S. president
Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird published Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics from their Northampton studio
Jonathan Edwards, 18c Congregational theologian, philosopher, leader of First Great Awakening and local pastor
Anthony Giardina, author
Herbert Gintis, economist
Sylvester Graham, namesake of the Graham Cracker
Tracy Kidder, author
Elinor Lipman, author
José Molina, member, USA national Indoor field hockey team
William Monahan, novelist and screenwriter
Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon of the band Sonic Youth
Talisa Soto, actress
Sojourner Truth, African American abolitionist and orator
Kurt Vonnegut, author

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