Notable Inhabitants
- Jan Brett, children's author/illustrator
- John Cheever, author of Falconer and The Wapshot Chronicle, is buried in Norwell. John Updike gave his eulogy at First Parish Church in Norwell, just across the street from Cheever's burial site.
- Jennifer Coolidge, actress
- Jeff Corwin, naturalist, television show host on Animal Planet
- Les Sampou, folk singer and songwriter
- Susan Tedeschi, blues musician
- Dan Wetzel, sportswriter
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