Editing Milford, Connecticut (section)

==Notable people==

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* [[Mark Arcobello]], ice hockey player
* [[Dylan Bruno]], actor
*[[Doug Coby]], racing driver<ref>{{cite web |title=Driver Doug Coby just wants to have fun |url=https://www.nhregister.com/sports/article/Driver-Doug-Coby-just-wants-to-have-fun-11380949.php |website=New Haven Register |accessdate=February 4, 2025 |date=August 13, 2014}}</ref>
* [[Jeff Davis (writer)|Jeff Davis]], creator of the TV show ''[[Teen Wolf (2011 TV series)|Teen Wolf]]''
* [[Justin Gallagher]], bike jump builder
* [[Doug Henry (motocross)|Doug Henry]], National Champion motocross and snowmobile racer<ref>[http://www.motorcyclemuseum.org/halloffame/hofbiopage.asp?id=377 ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113195117/http://www.motorcyclemuseum.org/halloffame/hofbiopage.asp?id=377 |date=January 13, 2010 }}</ref>
* [[Simon Lake]] (1866–1945), inventor and naval engineer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.simonlake.com/html/inventor___engineer.html |title=Inventor & Engineer |publisher=Simonlake.com |access-date=May 19, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Jonathan Law]] (1674–1750), colonial era judge; Governor of the [[Colony of Connecticut]], 1741–1750<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cslib.org/gov/lawj.htm |title=Jonathan Law |publisher=Cslib.org |access-date=May 19, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130106100944/http://www.cslib.org/gov/lawj.htm |archive-date=January 6, 2013 }}</ref>
* [[Joseph Plumb Martin]] (1760–1850), Revolutionary War soldier, raised by his grandparents in Milford
* [[Abigail Merwin]] (1759–1786), colonial-era wife and mother who alerted the local militia of a raid by British forces arriving from the warship [[HMS Swan (1767)|HMS ''Swan'']]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://oceanvoyaging.com/SnippetPages/Snippets2009/SnippetsOctober2009.html |title=NavigatorHomeSubpage |publisher=Oceanvoyaging.com |access-date=May 19, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Victor Miller (writer)]]
* [[Ellen Muth]], actress
* [[Erin Pac]], won [[bronze medal]] for [[Bobsleigh at the 2010 Winter Olympics|two-woman]]-[[bobsleigh]] event at the [[2010 Winter Olympics]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Two-woman women|url=https://www.olympic.org/vancouver-2010/bobsleigh/two-woman-women|website=www.olympic.org|publisher=The International Olympic Committee|access-date=June 20, 2017|date=June 3, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Dan Patrick (sportscaster)|Dan Patrick]], sportscaster and radio personality; host of ''[[The Dan Patrick Show]]''; co-host of ''[[Football Night in America]]''; senior writer for ''[[Sports Illustrated]]''
* Dr. [[Lucy Creemer Peckham]] (1842–1923), physician, poet
* [[Jason Peter]], collegiate All-American defensive tackle (1997) and defensive end for the [[Carolina Panthers]]; attended Milford Academy<ref>{{cite news| url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B01E1D6143EF931A25751C0A9609C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all | work=The New York Times | title=IN PERSON; When the Cheers Aren't Enough | first=Bill | last=Finley | date=February 12, 2006 | access-date=May 12, 2010}}</ref>
* [[Catherine Pollard (Scouting)|Catherine Pollard]] ({{circa|1918}}–2006), first female Scoutmaster in the [[Boy Scouts of America]]
* [[Charles H. Pond]] (1781–1861), judge of the New Haven County Court; sheriff of New Haven; Lieutenant Governor and 37th Governor of Connecticut<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cslib.org/gov/ |title=Governors of Connecticut |publisher=Cslib.org |access-date=May 19, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Peter Pond]] ({{circa|1739}}–1807), first explorer of the [[Lake Athabasca|Athabasca]] region of [[North America]] in the 1780s; founding member of the [[North West Company]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=2615 |title=POND, PETER - Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online |publisher=Biographi.ca |date=October 18, 2007 |access-date=May 19, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Peter L. Pond]] (1933–2000), human rights activist and philanthropist; adopted 16 Cambodian orphans<ref>Mooney, Tom, "Peter Pond's War," Providence Journal, October 15, 1989, p. M-06.</ref>
* [[Jonathan Quick]], NHL goaltender for the [[New York Rangers]];<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/player/jonathan-quick-8471734 |title=Jonathan Quick Stats and News |publisher=nhl.com |date=January 21, 1986 |access-date=October 12, 2023}}</ref> [[Stanley Cup]] champion
* [[Christy Carlson Romano]], actress
* [[Dan Rusanowsky]], NHL radio broadcaster for the [[San Jose Sharks]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sharks.nhl.com/club/page.htm?bcid=29683 |title=Dan Rusanowsky, Radio Play-By-Play Broadcaster - San Jose Sharks - Front Office Staff |publisher=Sharks.nhl.com |access-date=May 19, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Al Scaduto]] (1928–2007), cartoonist (''[[They'll Do It Every Time]]'')<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.edwardsanddowdle.com/_mgxroot/page_10780.php?id=483319 |title=Edwards and Dowdle, New York &#124; Obituaries |publisher=Edwardsanddowdle.com |access-date=May 19, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518115647/http://www.edwardsanddowdle.com/_mgxroot/page_10780.php?id=483319 |archive-date=May 18, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Frank J. Sprague]] (1857–1934), inventor; helped develop the electric motor, electric railways, and electric elevators<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theelevatormuseum.org/e/e-1.htm |title=The Inventors (E) |publisher=Theelevatormuseum.org |date=October 25, 1934 |access-date=May 19, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516214858/http://www.theelevatormuseum.org/e/e-1.htm |archive-date=May 16, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Robert Treat]] ({{circa|1624}}–1710), colonial era deputy and military officer; Governor of the [[Colony of Connecticut]], 1683–1698<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cslib.org/gov/treatr.htm |title=Robert Treat |publisher=Cslib.org |access-date=May 19, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130108012657/http://www.cslib.org/gov/treatr.htm |archive-date=January 8, 2013 }}</ref>
* [[Tyler Turner (soccer)|Tyler Turner]] (b. 1996),  soccer player
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