List of people from Holyoke, Massachusetts

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The people listed below were all born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Holyoke, Massachusetts, U.S.

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(B) denotes that the person was born there.

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  46. ^ Andreoni, Phyllis (December 25, 1978). "Former little drummer boy makesgood; comes home for the holiday". Springfield Union. p. 13. He began playing drums in the Holyoke Public Schools system. Eventually, Edward Nowak, director of instrumental music sent a note home to Hurst's parents suggesting that he was talented and should have lessons...Hurt who graduated from Holyoke High School
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  79. ^ "In 1895, William Morgan Invents Mintonette". New England Historical Society. Retrieved January 2, 2018. Putting his mind to the challenge, Morgan examined the rules of sports such as baseball, basketball, handball and badminton. Taking pieces from each, he created a game he called Mintonette, deriving the name from badminton
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  81. ^ "Mt. Tom Golf Club". The American Golfer. Vol. XIII. 1914. p. 136. President Wyckoff remarked that the club and the city of Holyoke are to be congratulated in that Donald Ross, the links expert, has made his permanent home in Holyoke, the club, particularly, in having Mr. Ross as chairman of its green committee
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  106. ^ "A Novelist Who Pens Dickensian English And Thinks in Fives". The New York Times. February 21, 1990. p. C13. Retrieved May 7, 2018. A quest for identity and for a sense of belonging, as well as the period in which he lives, are familiar to Mr. Palliser, who was born in Holyoke, Mass., to an American father and an Irish mother and who was sent to England to live with his grandmother after his parents' marriage dissolved.
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