Notable Residents
- Caleb Atwater (1778–1867), archeologist, politician
- Andrea Barrett, novelist
- Jonah Bayliss, baseball player
- Daniel E. Bosley, state representative
- Jack Chesbro (1874–1931), Hall of Fame pitcher
- Martha Coakley, Massachusetts attorney general
- Jeremiah Colegrove (1758–1836), early leading citizen
- John M. Darby, botanist, chemist
- Will Durant (1885–1981), philosopher, historian
- Paul Farmer, physician, anthropologist
- Joseph F. Finnegan (1904–1964), labor mediator
- Van Hansis, actor
- John Henry Haynes, (1849–1910) archaeologist and photographer
- Peter Laird, comic book artist
- Amy Lee, saxophonist
- Martin Melcher (1915–1968), film producer and husband of Doris Day
- Harrison Potter (1891–1984), classical pianist
- Allan Rockwell McCann (1896–1978), vice admiral, USN
- John Henry Schwarz, theoretical physicist
- Hiram Sibley (1807–1888), industrialist, philanthropist
- Frank J. Sprague (1857–1934), electrical engineer, inventor
- Jane Swift, governor
- Oswald Tower, basketball official
- Frank Vincent, actor
- Ashley B. Wright (1841–1897), U.S. representative
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