“I went to Concord, a young woman from the backwoods, firm in belief that Emerson was the first of living men. He was the modern Moses who had talked with God apart and could interpret Him to us.”
| Amos Bronson Alcott, Educator (1799) |
| Louisa May Alcott, Novelist (1832) |
| John D. Barrow, Scientist (1952) |
| Brian Baumgartner, Actor (1972) |
| Kim Delaney, Actress (1961) |
| Taisen Deshimaru, Philosopher (1914) |
| Rahm Emanuel, Politician (1959) |
| Harry Essex, Writer (1910) |
| Anna Faris, Actress (1976) |
| John Ambrose Fleming, Inventor (1849) |
| William Cartwright, Dramatist (1643) |
| Dorothy Day, Activist (1980) |
| Louis Finkelstein, Clergyman (1991) |
| Dan Flavin, Sculptor (1996) |
| George Harrison, Musician (2001) |
| Thomas Hewitt Key, Writer (1875) |