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Sudbury's Most Famous Residents
Who is the most prominent Sudbury resident of all time?

Former athletes, authors, and actors all have ties to the small suburban town of Sudbury.
Patch wants to know who is the most prominent Sudbury native of all time?
Let us know in the comments. Also let us know if you have ever seen any around town?
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Here is a list of notable residents that either once lived in Sudbury or currently live in Sudbury. This list was compiled by wikipedia.org:
- Horace Abbott,[24] iron manufacturer
- Ralph Adams Cram, architect, resided in Sudbury on Concord Road and built his family their own private chapel which is now owned and operated by Saint Elizabeth's Episcopal Church
- Coco Crisp, lived here during some of his time with the Boston Red Sox
- Matthew Delaney, author
- Dennis Eckersley, baseball Hall of Famer, lived on Morse Road prior to his years with the Boston Red Sox and on Plympton Road during and after his years with the Red Sox
- Chris Evans, actor
- Scott Evans, actor
- Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company, lived in Sudbury during parts of the 1920s and 1930s
- Mike Gordon, bassist for Phish
- Robert L. Gordon III, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense
- Michelle Gorgone, Olympic Snowboarder[25]
- Edward Hallowell, psychiatrist, author, and specialist on ADD/ADHD.
- Eddie House, NBA champion with the Boston Celtics
- Stephen Huneck, artist and writer
- Tyler Jewell, Olympic Snowboarder[26]
- Michael Kolowich, documentary film maker and technology entrepreneur
- Tony Massarotti, sports radio host for 98.5 The Sports Hub.
- John Nixon, General in the Continental Army during the American Revolution
- Shaquille O'Neal, Four-time NBA champion, 2000 NBA MVP, fifteen-time NBA All-Star, rapper, actor, and current Inside the NBA analyst.
- Paula Poundstone, comedienne
- Edmund Rice, co-founder and early resident of the town 1638–1656
- Ashley Richardson (also known as Ashley Montana), model
- Babe Ruth, baseball Hall of Famer. He lived on Dutton Road called Home Plate Farm, formerly known as Elm Farm at the Perry homestead. Even after Ruth was sold to the New York Yankees he still wintered in Sudbury. A footnote to the Curse of the Bambino claims that Babe Ruth's piano rests at the bottom of Willis Pond in western Sudbury near what was once his home.
- Fred Smerlas, five-time NFL Pro Bowler
- Mark Roopenian, former NFL linebacker
- Edward Cadaver - resident; character on "Crossing Over" with John Edward
- Jarrod Shoemaker, world class Olympian and Triathlete
- Callie Thorne, actress on Rescue Me
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