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==Notable people==<!--consensus reached to standardize this heading per WP:WikiProject Cities/US Guideline --> [[Image:Westport Inn Annex, Westport, NY.jpg|thumb|The Westport Inn Annex, 1877, now The Inn on the Library Lawn]] [[Image:Floral Hall, Essex County Fairgrounds, Westport, NY.jpg|thumb|The Floral Hall at the historic Essex County Fairgrounds]] Some notable Westport residents, past and present, include: * [[Asa Aikens]], Justice of the [[Vermont Supreme Court]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Wiley |first=Edgar J. |date=1917 |title=Catalogue of Officers and Students of Middlebury College |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TapBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA10 |location=Middlebury, VT |publisher=Middlebury College |page=10 |ref={{sfnRef|''Catalogue of Officers and Students of Middlebury College''}}}}</ref> * [[Edward Cornell]] (b. 1944), artist, painter, and theater director<ref>[http://www.pressrepublican.com/news/local_news/harvested-metal-wire-recall-farm-heritage/article_efa720ed-036c-5c26-a7aa-0400983992c1.html "Harvested metal, wire recall farm heritage"] by Kim Dedam Smith, ''[[Press-Republican]]'', September 20, 2015</ref> * [[John T. Cutting]] (1844β1911), [[U.S. House of Representatives|congressman]] from [[California]]<ref>{{cite web| url= http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C001030| title=Cutting, John Tyler, (1844β1911)| publisher= Biographical Directory of the United States Congress| access-date= October 30, 2012}}</ref> * [[Walter Damrosch]] (1862β1950), conductor of the [[New York Symphony Orchestra]] and music director of [[NBC Radio]] * [[Dorothy DeLay]] (1917β2002), [[violin]] teacher, primarily at [[Juilliard]], [[Meadowmount]], and the [[Aspen Music Festival and School]] * [[Benjamin Goldwasser|Ben Goldwasser]] (b. 1982), keyboardist for [[indie rock]] act [[MGMT]] * [[David G. Hartwell]] (1941β2016), science fiction editor for [[Tor Books]]<ref> [https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/04/books/david-g-hartwell-editor-who-specialized-in-science-fiction-dies-at-74.html David G. Hartwell, Literary-Minded Editor of Science Fiction, Dies at 74] at ''[[New York Times]]''</ref> * [[William Higby]] (1813β1887), congressman from [[California]]<ref>{{cite web|url= http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000576| title=HIGBY, William, (1813β1887)| publisher= Biographical Directory of the United States Congress| access-date= October 30, 2012}}</ref> * [[Henry Lee Higginson]] (1834β1919), founder of the [[Boston Symphony Orchestra]] *[[John Kneller]] (1916-2009), English-American professor and fifth President of [[Brooklyn College]] * [[Anne LaBastille]] (1935β2011), author and naturalist<ref>[http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5hQQtwsnweUB8dtyiPtnUZrCBH2Yw "Storied woodswoman wants to return to her cabin in Adirondacks"], [[The Canadian Press]], December 30, 2007. {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20070609092030/http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5hQQtwsnweUB8dtyiPtnUZrCBH2Yw |date=June 9, 2007 }}</ref> * [[Alice Lee (civic leader)]] (1853β1943), businesswoman, owner of the Westport Inn at the end of the 1800s. * [[Jeannette Augustus Marks]] (1875β1964), American professor at Mount Holyoke College * [[Nathan Myrick]] (1822β1903), founder of [[La Crosse, Wisconsin]] * [[John Eugene Osborne]] (1858β1943), [[governor of Wyoming]] and [[United States Assistant Secretary of State]]<ref>{{cite web| url= http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000113| title=Osborne, John Eugene, (1858β1943)| publisher= Biographical Directory of the United States Congress| access-date= October 30, 2012}}</ref> * [[Case Patten]] (1874β1935), professional baseball player<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=patteca01|title= Case Patten Stats|publisher=Baseball Almanac|access-date= October 30, 2012}}</ref> * [[Cynthia Schira]] (b. 1934), textile artist * [[William Wallace Barbour Sheldon]] (1836β1914), architectural engineer and pioneer of California * [[Robert E. Sherwood]] (1896β1955), playwright, editor, and screenwriter * [[Sally J. Smith (artist)|Sally J. Smith]], artist and former watercolorist * [[Joseph Champlin Stone]] (1829β1902), congressman from [[Iowa]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000960|title= STONE, Joseph Champlin, (1829β1902) |publisher= Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date= October 30, 2012}}</ref> * [[Alexander Treadwell|Alexander "Sandy" Treadwell]] (b. 1946), American politician * [[Mary Emma Woolley]] (1863β1947), president of [[Mount Holyoke College]] from 1900 to 1937
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