Editing Wells, Maine (section)

== Notable people ==

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* [[George Burroughs]], clergyman, victim of the [[Salem witch trials]]
* [[Kathleen Chase]], Maine state representative
* [[Ronald F. Collins]], Maine state senator
* [[Jonathan Courtney]], Maine state senator
* [[Nate Dingle]], [[National Football League|NFL]] football player<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20111122162447/http://databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=DINGLNAT01 databaseFootball.com]}}</ref>
* [[Daniel W. Gooch]], US congressman
* [[Ivory Kimball]], judge
* [[Steve Lavigne]], comic book illustrator
* [[Nathaniel Littlefield]], U.S. congressman; captain, Revolutionary War, Coast Guard at Wells and Kittery
* [[Spose|Ryan Peters]] (stage name ''Spose''), rapper
* [[John Fairfield Scamman]], US congressman
* [[John Storer]], founder of [[Storer College]]
* [[Luis Tiant]], [[Boston Red Sox]]<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.mlb.com/redsox/news/luis-tiant-dies|title = Red Sox, Cuban legend Luis Tiant passes away at 83|last = Browne|first = Ian|date = October 8, 2024|accessdate = October 8, 2024|website = Boston Red Sox|publisher = Major League Baseball}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.pressherald.com/2024/10/08/luis-tiant-charismatic-pitcher-who-brought-red-sox-to-brink-of-world-series-win-dies-at-83/|title = Luis Tiant, charismatic pitcher who brought Red Sox to brink of World Series win, dies at 83|last = Golen|first = Jimmy|newspaper = [[Portland Press Herald]]|agency = [[Associated Press]]|date = October 8, 2024|accessdate = October 8, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url = https://whdh.com/sports/legendary-red-sox-pitcher-luis-tiant-dies-at-83/ |title = Luis Tiant, tremendous MLB pitcher passing away at 83 at his home Wells, a resort town in York County, Maine |agency = [[WHDH (TV)|WHDH]]|date = October 8, 2024|accessdate = October 8, 2024}}</ref>
* [[Guy Tripp]], Business executive and U.S. Army brigadier general<ref>{{cite book |last=Davis |first=Henry Blaine Jr. |date=1998 |title=Generals in Khaki |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fJvvAAAAMAAJ |location=Raleigh, NC |publisher=Pentland Press |pages=363–364 |isbn=978-1-5719-7088-6 |via=[[Google Books]] |ref={{sfnRef|Davis}}}}</ref>
* [[Esther Wheelwright]], Mother Superior of the Ursuline order in Quebec City
* [[John Wheelwright]], clergyman, original settler of Wells
* [[Bob Winn]], distance runner and local politician