Notable People
- R. Tucker Abbott, leading 20th century malacologist/conchologist
- Horace William Baden Donegan, English prelate
- Clifton Fadiman, author and radio/TV personality
- Helaine Fendelman, appraiser
- Porter J. Goss, former CIA director
- Jean Shepherd, author, screenwriter and radio raconteur
- Willard Scott, weatherman, TV personality, Ronald McDonald
- Randy Wayne White, writer of crime fiction and non-fiction adventure tales
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