Editing Cape Elizabeth, Maine (section)

== Notable people ==
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* [[Joan Benoit]], gold medalist in 1984 Olympic Marathon
* [[Ben Brewster (soccer, born 1992)|Ben Brewster]], soccer player and coach<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ben Brewster |url=https://gobatesbobcats.com/staff-directory/ben-brewster/266 |access-date=February 11, 2025 |website=[[Bates Bobcats]]}}</ref>
* [[Alexander Chee]], fiction writer
* [[George Cleeve]], early settler
* [[Eliot Cutler]], lawyer, entrepreneur, [[Maine gubernatorial election, 2010|politician and candidate for Governor in 2010]]
* [[Daniel Dennett]], cognitive scientist and philosopher
* [[Bette Davis]], actress
* [[Cynthia Dill]], lawyer and 2012 Democratic candidate for United States Senate
* [[Clara L. Brown Dyer]] (1849–1931), artist 
* [[Clare Egan]], Winter biathlete
* [[Eleanor Espling]], politician
* [[Nathaniel Fick]], diplomat, entrepreneur, author
* [[John Ford]], film director
* [[Doug Friedman]], [[Professional sports|professional]] [[ice hockey]] player
* [[Guy Gannett]], newspaper publisher
* [[Richard D. Hewes]], lawyer, Speaker of the House of the Maine Legislature, state senator, Cumberland County Commissioner 
* [[William J. Kayatta, Jr.]], federal Court of Appeals judge
* [[Thomas D. Kinley]], US Army major general, resided in Cape Elizabeth<ref name="GOMO">{{cite web |url=https://www.nationalguard.mil/Leadership/Joint-Staff/Special-Staff/Senior-Leader-Management-Office/General-Officer-Management/bio-show/380/ |title=Biography, Major General Thomas D. Kinley |author=General Officer Management Office |date=October 31, 1996 |website=Senior Leader Management Office |publisher=National Guard Bureau |location=Arlington, VA |access-date=October 14, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=October 30, 1996 |title=Military Notes: Thomas D. Kinley |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/portland-press-herald-military/157147603/ |work=[[Portland Press Herald]] |location=Portland, ME |page=7B |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
* [[Dorothy Bush Koch]], sister of former president [[George W. Bush]]<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/08/30/us/president-s-daughter-is-said-to-separate-from-husband.html | work=The New York Times | title=President's Daughter Is Said To Separate From Husband | date=August 30, 1989}}</ref>
* [[Henry Kramer]], classical pianist
* [[Samuel Longfellow]], clergyman and hymn writer
* [[Jean Ginn Marvin]], state legislator
* [[Nancy Masterton]], state representative
* [[Vincent L. McKusick]], former Chief Justice of the Maine Supreme Court
* [[Gary Merrill]], actor
* [[Dodge Morgan]], sailor, businessman, and publisher
* [[Michael Murphy (actor)|Michael Murphy]], actor of film, television, and the stage
* [[James C. Oliver]], US congressman
* [[Elizabeth Oakes Smith]], poet, writer, and women's rights activist
* [[Matt Rand]], distance runner
* [[Role Model (singer)|Role Model]], recording artist
* [[Sidney Toler]], actor
* [[Joy Williams (American writer)|Joy Williams]], fiction writer and essayist