Following are notable people who were either born, raised, or have lived for a significant period of time in Saugus, Massachusetts:
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Joseph Alexander Ames | Portrait artist | |
| Nathan Ames | Inventor credited with patenting the first escalator in 1859 | |
| Steven Angelo | State Representative 1981 to 2001,House of Representatives Chairman Committee on Natural Resources, and Government Regulations Committee.Assistant Majority Leader. Saugus Town Manager 1998 to 2002. | |
| Ben Arnold[1] | Suffragan bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts | |
| Stephen Bachiler | English clergyman; early proponent of the separation of church and state | |
| Margaret Jewett Smith Bailey | Pioneer, missionary, and author | |
| Jimmy Bannon[2] [3] | Major League Baseball player for the St. Louis Browns and Boston Beaneaters | |
| Tom Bannon | Professional baseball player and manager | |
| Frank P. Bennett | Journalist, magazine publisher and politician | |
| Frank P. Bennett, Jr. | Politician, banker, and editor who served in the Massachusetts General Court | |
| Janis M. Berry | Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Appeals Court; 1994 Republican nominee for Massachusetts Attorney General | |
| Elizabeth Bishop[4] | Poet, short-story writer; recipient of the 1976 Neustadt International Prize for Literature; Poet Laureate of the United States, 1949–1950; Pulitzer Prize winner for Poetry in 1956; National Book Award winner in 1970 | |
| Belden Bly | Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, 1948–1979 | |
| Wade Boggs[5] [6] | Former professional baseball player | |
| Charles Henry Bond | Cigar manufacturer (Waitt & Bond), real estate investor, and art patron | |
| Paul H. Boucher | Town Manager of Saugus, Massachusetts (1967–1968); Village Manager of Maywood, Illinois (1970–1970) | |
| Tom Brunansky[7] | Former Major League Baseball right fielder | |
| Wayne Budd | Former U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts and United States Associate Attorney General | |
| Abijah Cheever | Doctor and politician | |
| Jonathan Cheever | Snowboarder | |
| Joseph Cheever | Farmer and politician; Saugus' first Town Treasurer and State Representative | |
| Gerry Cheevers[8] | Goaltender in the National Hockey League and World Hockey Association | |
| Don Cherry[9] | Former National Hockey League head coach; current Hockey Night in Canada analyst | |
| Tracee Chimo | Actress | |
| Edward J. Collins, Jr. | Deputy Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Revenue (1978–1991); Town Manager of Saugus (1991–1996); chief financial officer and Treasurer of Boston (1996–2002); advisor to Mayor of Boston Thomas Menino (2002–2005); namesake of the Edward J. Collins, Jr. Center for Public Management at the University of Massachusetts Boston | |
| Dean Cook | Libertarian Party nominee for Governor of Massachusetts in 1994 and 1998[10] | |
| Robert Cornetta | Town Manager of Saugus (1980–1982) and a state court judge (1991–present) | |
| Maurice Cunningham | Attorney, educator, and political figure; Town Manager of Saugus, 1974–1976 | |
| John A. Curry | Former president of Northeastern University | |
| Patrick Cusick | Civil engineer and city planner; served as executive director of the Pittsburgh Regional Planning Association, general manager of the Litchfield Park Land and Development Company, and President of the Greater Hartford Community Development Corporation | |
| Arthur F. DeFranzo | U.S. Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient in World War II | |
| Gary Doak[11] | Former National Hockey League defenceman | |
| William Eustis | 12th Governor of Massachusetts; resided part-time at his brother's home in Cliftondale[12] | |
| Vernon W. Evans | Politician and educator who served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, Superintendent of the Saugus Public Schools, and as a member of the Saugus Board of Selectmen | |
| Ed Fallon | Member of the Iowa House of Representatives from the 66th district (1993–2006); Candidate for Governor of Iowa (2002) and US House of Representatives (2006) | |
| Mark Falzone | Deputy Director of the National Immigration Forum; Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the Ninth Essex District, 2001–2011 | |
| Cornelius Conway Felton | Regent of the Smithsonian Institution; president of Harvard University | |
| John B. Felton | Mayor of Oakland, California (1869–1871), namesake of Felton, California | |
| Samuel Morse Felton, Sr. | Railroad executive | |
| Fanny Fern | Popular columnist, humorist, novelist, and author of children's stories | |
| Vincent Ferrini | Writer and poet | |
| Gustavus Fox | Assistant Secretary of the Navy during the Civil War | |
| Edmund Freeman | One of the founders of Sandwich, Massachusetts; Deputy Governor of Plymouth Colony under Governor William Bradford | |
| Tony Garofano[13] | Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1920 and 1923–1935 | |
| Bob Gaudet[14] | Head men's ice hockey coach at Dartmouth College | |
| John Geoghan | Priest; a key figure in the Roman Catholic sex abuse cases | |
| Norman Hansen | Politician and government official who held various positions in Saugus | |
| Harriet Russell Hart[15] [16] | Third woman ever elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives, served 1925–1926 | |
| Samuel Hawkes | 19th-century member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1854 | |
| Horatio G. Herrick | Sheriff of Essex County, Massachusetts (1867–1893)[17] | |
| Paul G. Hewitt | Physicist, former boxer, uranium prospector, author, and cartoonist | |
| Pickmore Jackson | Shoe manufacturer and politician | |
| William Jackson | English-American pottery manufacturer and politician | |
| James Franklin Jeffrey | Diplomat, expert in political, security, and energy issues in the Middle East, Turkey, Germany, and the Balkans | |
| Joseph Jenckes Sr. | Inventor and holder of first machine patent in America | |
| Benjamin Newhall Johnson | Attorney and historian; his hunting camp became Breakheart Reservation | |
| Phyllis Katsakiores | Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives (1982–2012) | |
| Rose Kaufman | Screenwriter, The Wanderers and Henry & June | |
| Tim Kelly | Playwright | |
| John B. Kennedy | City Manager of Medford, Massachusetts (1957–1958); Town Manager of Norwood, Massachusetts (1951–1957) and Saugus (1958–1960); candidate for Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts in 1960 | |
| Bobby Keyes | Guitarist and songwriter who has played and collaborated with a wide range of famous rock and roll, soul, blues, R&B, and pop recording artists | |
| Dave Lucey | Registrar of Motor Vehicles, 1972–1974 | |
| Susan Lynch | First Lady of New Hampshire | |
| Doug Mackie | Offensive tackle who played for the New York Giants and Atlanta Falcons of the NFL and the Tampa Bay Bandits and New Jersey Generals of the United States Football League | |
| William Moulton Marston | Psychologist, feminist theorist, and comic book writer who created Wonder Woman | |
| Darrell Martinie | National radio personality and official state astrologer for Massachusetts | |
| Colin McManus[18] | Team USA ice dancer | |
| Bob Montgomery | Former Major League Baseball catcher who played for the Boston Red Sox, 1970–1979 | |
| Deborah Moody | The only woman to found a colonial settlement in early North America | |
| Francis Moorehouse | General Electric executive and Saugus Town Manager | |
| Benjamin F. Newhall | Businessman, abolitionist, politician, and writer | |
| Henry Newhall | Businessman whose land holdings eventually formed the city of Santa Clarita, California. | |
| Eddie Palladino | Public address announcer for the Boston Celtics | |
| Arlie Pond | Former Major League pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles | |
| C. F. Nelson Pratt | Politician | |
| Johnny Rae | Jazz drummer and vibraphonist | |
| Frank Rich[19] | Independent candidate for Governor of Massachusetts in 1982 | |
| Joseph Roby | Parson of the Third Parish Church for 51 years; supporter of the American Revolution | |
| Eileen Rose | Singer-songwriter | |
| Derek Sanderson[20] [21] | Former Boston Bruins player | |
| Glen Sather | Former Boston Bruins player; current president and general manager of the New York Rangers | |
| Chris Serino[22] | Former head men's hockey coach at Merrimack College; head baseball coach at the University of New Hampshire | |
| James Shurtleff | Journalist, politician, and city manager | |
| Harry Sinden[23] | Former head coach, general manager, and team president of the Boston Bruins | |
| John P. Slattery[24] | Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 12th Essex District, 1995–2003 | |
| Nicholas Spanos | Professor of Psychology and Director of the Laboratory for Experimental Hypnosis at Carleton University, 1975–1994; known for the study of hypnosis, skepticism, and debunking conspiracy theories[25] | |
| Art Spinney | Guard who played 9 seasons with the Baltimore Colts | |
| Marion L. Starkey | Author, The Devil in Massachusetts | |
| Art Statuto | Center who played for the Los Angeles Rams of the NFL and the Buffalo Bills of the All-America Football Conference | |
| Edward Thompson Taylor | Methodist clergyman | |
| Ella Cheever Thayer[26] | Playwright and novelist | |
| William Tudor | Wealthy lawyer and leading citizen of Boston | |
| Mike Vecchione | Professional ice hockey player who currently plays for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League | |
| Josiah Warren | Individualist anarchist, inventor, musician, and author widely regarded as the first American anarchist[27] | |
| Sandra Whyte | Ice hockey player; gold medal winner at the 1998 Winter Olympics | |
| Frederick Willis | Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, 1944–1948 | |
| Donald Wong | Representative for the 9th Essex District of the Massachusetts House of Representatives; former chairman of the Saugus Board of Selectmen | |
| Kevin Wortman | Former professional hockey player for the Calgary Flames |