Anne Kovel, a 31-year-old Boston native who was walking along the Promenade yesterday morning, noted all the quiet, dark places that an attacker might hide.

He was one of the first five Boston natives to play Major League Baseball.

Carroll auditioned for the role, but the Boston native was turned down when it was decided the actors would have to be New Yorkers.

That is a description used by no one who knows the 61-year-old priest, a Boston native who spent 13 years working at the Vatican.

Codman was a Boston, Massachusetts native who was born into an old, notable, and wealthy New England family.

Mr. Bloom, 55, a Boston native who has lived in Taiwan since 1996, says he has received 10,000 letters from children over the last 21 years.

Nonetheless, the Boston native has come a long way in a short time.

The Boston native of Greek descent brings a wealth of musical experiences to the podium.

That leaves Judge Burton, a Boston native who moved to Florida 20 years ago, squarely in the glare.

"American schools teach international business as a subject," said Daniel Muzyka, a Boston native who teaches entrepreneurship at Insead.