Notable People
- Walter T. Bailey, architect
- Neville Brand, actor, decorated World War II veteran
- Richard Estes, painter
- Frederick Dilley Glidden (pen name Luke Short), Western writer, known for Ramrod (1947) and Blood on the Moon (1948)
- Bill Goffrier, guitarist for The Embarrassment
- Belden Hill, MLB third baseman for the Baltimore Orioles
- Em Lindbeck, MLB outfielder for the Detroit Tigers
- Glenn McDonald, player for the Boston Celtics and Milwaukee Bucks
- Marjabelle Young Stewart, writer and expert on etiquette
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