Dedham's Most Famous Citizens

Former athletes, Civil War heros, and authors all have ties to the small suburban town of Dedham. 

Patch wants to know who is the most prominent Dedham citizen of all time?

Let us know in the comments.  Also let us know if you have ever seen any around town?

Here is a list of notable residents that either once lived in Dedham or currently live in Dedham.  This list was compiled by wikipedia.org:

• Pete Hamilton, NASCAR driver
• John Frederick Kiley outfielder for the Washington Nationals (1884) and Boston Beaneaters (1891)
• Lefty Mills, early American one-armed baseball player
• Freddie Roach, professional boxer and world famous trainer.

• Louisa May Alcott, author of Little Women, lived and worked for seven weeks during 1851 as a domestic helper in Dedham
• Jacques d'Amboise, ballet dancer and choreographer
• Tim Costello (1945–2009), labor and anti-globalization advocate and author
• Alvan Fisher, artist
• Lilian Westcott Hale, artist
• Connie Hines, television actress
• Anita Shreve, author
• Richard Trethewey, plumber on This Old House

• Fisher Ames, U.S. Representative
• Louis Brandeis, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
• LeBaron Bradford Colt, U.S. Senator
• Samuel Dexter, U.S. Representative, Secretary of War, Secretary of the Treasury, administered the oath of office to Chief Justice John Marshall
• David Hackett, government official
• Horace Mann, American education reformer and abolitionist
• Charles M. McGowan, American politician and businessman
• John Lothrop Motley, historian, Minister to Great Britain, Minister to the Austrian Empire
• Frederick J. Stimson, Ambassador to Argentina (1914–1921), Assistant Attorney General of Massachusetts
• George F. Williams, U.S. Representative, Ambassador to Greece and Montenegro, known as "the sage of Dedham."

• Leon A. Edney, former Supreme Allied Commander, NATO Atlantic Forces, United States Atlantic Command, Commodore Admiral, US Navy
• William B. Gould, formerly enslaved and Union Navy sailor
• James William Augustus Nicholson, Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy
• Stephen Minot Weld, Jr., Civil War hero
• John A. Barnes III, Vietnam, Private First Class, Medal of Honor, US Army.
• James H. Holland, Vietnam, Sergeant, Purple Heart USMC.

• Eliphalet Adams, (1677–1753), clergyman and missionary to the Native Americans
• Jason Fairbanks, murderer
• Jonathan Fairbanks, builder of the Fairbanks House
• Samuel Haven, archaeologist and anthropologist