Crispus Attucks - A mulatto sailor (mulatto is a person who is of African and Native American descent). The eyewitness reports indicate that he led the crowd closer to the British soldiers. He died at the scene.
Samuel Gray - A rope-maker. He died at the scene.
James Caldwell - A sailor. He died at the scene.
Samuel Maverick - A citizen of Boston who was 17-years old. He was wounded at the scene and died from his wounds the next morning (March 6).
Patrick Carr - A leather-worker and immigrant from Ireland. He was wounded at the scene and died from his wounds two weeks later.