Editing Westfield, Massachusetts (section)

==Notable people==
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* [[Edward Bancroft]] (1744–1821), physician and [[Double agent|double-agent]] spy during the [[American Revolution]]<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.fas.org/irp/ops/ci/docs/ci1/ch1c.htm|title= Dr. Edward Bancroft |publisher= National Counterintelligence Center |access-date=August 29, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Lou Barlow]] (born 1966), American [[alternative rock]] musician and songwriter
* [[Kacey Bellamy]] (born 1987), Olympian, [[2010 Winter Olympics]], Women's Ice Hockey Silver Medalist<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/04/westfield_olympian_kacey_bella.html |title= Westfield Olympian Kacey Bellamy adds White House visit to accomplishments|date= April 22, 2010|publisher= The Republican Massachusetts |access-date=August 29, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Sybil Moseley Bingham]] (1792–1848) teacher, missionary in Hawaiian Islands
* [[Emma Helen Blair]] (1851–1911) historian, journalist and editor who attended high school in town
* [[Asahel Bush]] (1824–1913), printer and publisher the ''Oregon Statesman'' newspaper; His estate is now preserved as [[Bush's Pasture Park]] and his home, Asahel Bush House, is on the National Register of Historic Places
* [[Joseph B. Ely|Joseph Buell Ely]] (1881–1956), 52nd Governor of Massachusetts
* [[Richard Falley Jr.]] (1740–1808) an ensign at the [[Battle of Bunker Hill]] and armorer during the [[American Revolutionary War]]
* [[Ray Fitzgerald (baseball)|Ray Fitzgerald]] (1904–1977), Major League Baseball player who died in town
* [[Frederick H. Gillett]] (1851–1935), U.S. Congressman, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
* [[Manuel Gonzales]] (1913–1993), comics artist
* [[James H. Gray Sr.]] (1916–1986), Georgia politician
* [[Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden]] (1829–1887) pioneering geologist
* [[Thomas Ingersoll]] (1749–1812), early settler of [[Ingersoll, Ontario]], and for whom that town is named
* [[Neil Jenney]], artist
* [[William Allen Johnson]], organ builder; [[Johnson Organs]]
* [[Jackie French Koller]], author and painter
* [[Walt Kowalczyk]] (born 1935), professional football player with the Philadelphia Eagles, Dallas Cowboys and Oakland Raiders
* [[Jesse Leach]], rock singer and musician
* [[Grey Lock]] (1670–1750), Abenaki warrior chieftain
* [[Jim Matheos]] (born 1962), guitarist, best known of [[Fates Warning]] 
* [[Mary L. Moreland]] (1859–1918), minister, evangelist, suffragist, author
* [[Barnes & Noble|Gilbert Clifford Noble]] (1860–1936), Founder of Barnes and Noble Book Stores
* [[Ralph E. Van Norstrand]], minority leader of the [[Connecticut General Assembly]], 1979–1985; [[Speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives]], 1985–1987<ref>{{cite news| work= [[The New York Times]] | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/03/obituaries/ralph-e-van-norstrand-57-ex-house-speaker-in-hartford.html|title=Ralph E. Van Norstrand, 57, Ex-House Speaker in Hartford|author= Wolfgang Saxon|date= January 3, 1995 |page= C41}}</ref>
* [[Don Pardo]], longtime [[Saturday Night Live]] announcer
* [[Gorham Parks]], U.S. Congressman from [[Maine]] and American Consul in [[Rio de Janeiro]]
* [[Rufus Parks]], Wisconsin politician
* [[Dale Quarterley]], part-time [[ARCA Menards Series West]] racecar driver
* [[Frederic Rzewski]], composer
* [[William Shepard]], Revolutionary War general
* [[Nettie Stevens]], early geneticist who discovered chromosomes determined one's sex
* [[Walter Scott Story]] (1879–1955), author
* [[Clara Harrison Stranahan]] (1831–1905), author; founder of Barnard College
* [[Rick Sullivan]], current Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the former Mayor of Westfield
* [[Edward Taylor]] ({{circa|1642}}–1729) poet, physician, and pastor
* [[Adonis Terry]] (1864–1915), former [[MLB]] pitcher for four teams
* [[Alfred Topliff]] (1799–1879), Wisconsin State Assemblyman and surveyor
* [[Mark Trafton]], U.S. congressman
* [[Dan Trant|Daniel P. Trant]], NBA player (Boston Celtics), killed on September 11, 2001 in the World Trade Center attack

===Bands from Westfield===
* [[Killswitch Engage]], metalcore band
* [[Outpatients (band)|Outpatients]], hardcore/metal band
* [[Sebadoh]], indie rock band
* [[Within the Ruins]], deathcore band
* [[Deep Wound]], hardcore punk band
* [[The Prozacs]], pop punk band