Pauline Agassiz Shaw was an American philanthropist and social reformer who opened day nurseries, settlement houses, and other establishments in Boston to help new immigrants and the poor. She financed public kindergartens, and co-founded America's first trade school, the North Bennet Street School. She was also a vocal advocate for women's rights.

Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz FRS (For) FRSE was a Swiss-born American biologist and geologist who is recognized as a scholar of Earth's natural history.