Editing Sharon, Connecticut (section)

==Notable people==

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* [[Kevin Bacon]] (born 1958), and his wife [[Kyra Sedgwick]] (born 1965), actors
* [[Patricia Buckley Bozell]] (1927–2008), author and editor; reared in Sharon with her brother William at the Buckley family home, "Great Elm"
* [[William F. Buckley Jr.]] (1925–2008), public intellectual, founder of ''[[National Review]]''
* [[Yancy Butler]] (born 1970), former ''[[Witchblade]]'' actress<ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2007-03-15-butler-arrest_N.htm "Actress Yancy Butler arrested for DUI"]. ''[[USA Today]]''. March 15, 2007{{deadlink|date=October 2023}}</ref>
* [[William Coley]] (1862–1936), prominent New York bone surgeon and inventor of "Coley's toxins", an early form of cancer [[immunotherapy]]
* [[Jane Curtin]] (born 1947), actress and comedian
* [[Michael J. Fox]] (born 1961) and his wife [[Tracy Pollan]] (born 1960), actors
* [[Frank R. Fratellenico]] (1951–1970), [[Medal of Honor]] recipient, Vietnam War
* [[Arthur Getz]] (1913–1996), illustrator for ''[[The New Yorker]]'' magazine
* [[Tom Goldenberg]] (born 1948), artist<ref name="Epworth17">Epworth, Marsden. [https://www.tricornernews.com/node/51141 "Inspired by a Millerton Landscape,"] ''TriCorner News'', May 17, 2017. Retrieved February 7, 2019.</ref>
* [[Eunice Groark]] (1938–2018), Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut 
* [[Thomas C. Hart|Thomas Hart]] (1877–1971), U.S. Navy admiral and U.S. senator
* [[Benjamin B. Hotchkiss]] (1826–1885), ordnance engineer, husband of Maria Bissell Hotchkiss
* [[Maria Bissell Hotchkiss]] (1827–1901), educator, wife of Benjamin B. Hotchkiss
* [[S. Holden Jaffe]], musician behind Del Water Gap
* [[Jasper Johns]] (born 1930), artist
* [[Elijah Juckett]] (1760–1839), [[Continental Army]] soldier
* [[Helen Coley Nauts]] (1907–2001), daughter of William Coley and co-founder of the [[Cancer Research Institute]]
* [[Sam Posey]] (born 1944), retired racecar driver and sports broadcaster
* [[Campbell Scott]] (born 1961), actor
* [[Ansel Sterling]] (1782–1853), [[US House of Representatives|congressman]] from Connecticut
* [[Charles A. Templeton]] (1871–1955), [[Governor of Connecticut]]
* [[Bradley Whitford]] (born 1959) and his wife [[Jane Kaczmarek]] (born 1955), actors
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===Sharon Hospital, the birthplace of several persons who were not residents===

* [[Philip Amelio]], 1980s child actor born in Sharon on November 3, 1977; raised in nearby [[Pine Plains, New York]]
* [[Sandy Berger|Samuel Berger]], [[U.S. National Security Advisor]] to President [[Bill Clinton]], born in Sharon on October 28, 1945; raised in nearby [[Millerton, New York]]
* [[Michael Cole (wrestling)|Michael Cole]] (born Michael Shawn Coulthard), announcer on ''[[WWE Raw]]'' and former [[CBS Radio]] journalist, born in Sharon on December 8, 1968; raised in nearby [[Amenia, New York]]
* [[Alfred Korzybski]], founder of the nearby [[Institute of General Semantics]], died at Sharon Hospital March 1, 1950