Below are some of the notable residents or people from Wakefield, Massachusetts.

Lucius Morris Beebe, author, gourmand, photographer, railroad historian, journalist, and syndicated columnist born December 9, 1902 in Wakefield (died 1966)
Elizabeth Boit, textile manufacturer
Bruce Brown, born in Dorchester but moved to Wakefield and attended Wakefield Memorial High School, where he starred in basketball for two seasons.
 He was selected by the Detroit Pistons in the 2018 NBA Draft following a successful college basketball career with the Miami (FL) Hurricanes.
 As of January 10, 2019, Brown had appeared in 33 of a possible 40 games for the Pistons in his rookie season, starting in 16.

Scott Brown, Massachusetts State and US Senator (2010–2013) preceded by Ted Kennedy; defeated in 2012 reelection bid by Elizabeth Warren and in 2014 bid in New Hampshire by Jeanne Shaheen
Joe Cannata, Merrimack College goalie and 2009 Vancouver Canucks draftee, current Colorado Eagles goaltender
Carleton S. Coon, anthropologist
David Dellinger, radical pacifist and member of the Chicago Seven, born in Wakefield and graduated from Wakefield Memorial High School in 1932
Anthony Fabiano, NFL center for the Cleveland Browns.
Attended Wakefield Memorial High School and Harvard University prior to entering the NFL.

John Galvin, US Army general and former NATO Supreme Allied Commander
Kayla Harrison, Two time Olympic gold medalist (2012 and 2016) and world champion in Judo.
 Kayla was the first American (man or woman) to win an Olympic medal in the sport.

Israel Horovitz, playwright and screenwriter born March 31, 1939 in Wakefield.
 Beastie Boy Adam "Adrock" Horovitz is the son of Israel Horovitz.
 He completed several plays about Wakefield, collected in a book known as The Wakefield Plays.

Mark Kumpel, member of the 1984 US Olympic ice hockey team and former NHL player with the Winnipeg Jets, Quebec Nordiques, and the Detroit Red Wings
Dave Lapham, former NFL player with the Cincinnati Bengals, former USFL player with the New Jersey Generals, current member of the Cincinnati Bengal radio broadcast team
John Lilley, member of the 1994 US Olympic ice hockey team and former NHL player with the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
James Massone, former contestant on season 2 of the NBC program The Voice.

Judge A. David Mazzone for the U.S. District Court in Boston from 1978 until 2004.
He is best known for the 1985 court decision mandating the cleanup of Boston Harbor, which ultimately cost $3.8 billion and resulted in the construction of the Deer Island wastewater treatment plant.
Mazzone lived in Wakefield from 1959 until his death in 2004.

Charlie Moore, host of NESN's Charlie Moore Outdoors
Marcia Pankratz, member of the 1988 and 1996 Olympic field hockey team and former head coach of field hockey at the University of Michigan
Jimmy Pedro, multiple Olympic medalist in judo and former world champion
Buffy (Beverly) Sainte Marie, folksinger and composer, born in Canada but raised in Wakefield, graduating from Wakefield Memorial High School in 1958 
Louis Sullivan, architect considered the father of modernism, born in Boston but lived in Wakefield with his grandparents during his school years
Richard Tisei, former Massachusetts State Senate Minority Leader and former candidate for Lt.
Governor
John Anthony Volpe, three-time Republican governor of Massachusetts, U.S. Secretary of Transportation, and Ambassador to Italy; born in Wakefield in 1908.
Below are some of the notable residents or people from Wakefield, Massachusetts.
Lucius Morris Beebe, author, gourmand, photographer, railroad historian, journalist, and syndicated columnist born December 9, 1902 in Wakefield (died 1966)
Elizabeth Boit, textile manufacturer
Bruce Brown, born in Dorchester but moved to Wakefield and attended Wakefield Memorial High School, where he starred in basketball for two seasons.  He was selected by the Detroit Pistons in the 2018 NBA Draft following a successful college basketball career with the Miami (FL) Hurricanes.  As of January 10, 2019, Brown had appeared in 33 of a possible 40 games for the Pistons in his rookie season, starting in 16.
Scott Brown, Massachusetts State and US Senator (2010–2013) preceded by Ted Kennedy; defeated in 2012 reelection bid by Elizabeth Warren and in 2014 bid in New Hampshire by Jeanne Shaheen
Joe Cannata, Merrimack College goalie and 2009 Vancouver Canucks draftee, current Colorado Eagles goaltender
Carleton S. Coon, anthropologist
David Dellinger, radical pacifist and member of the Chicago Seven, born in Wakefield and graduated from Wakefield Memorial High School in 1932
Anthony Fabiano, NFL center for the Cleveland Browns. Attended Wakefield Memorial High School and Harvard University prior to entering the NFL.
John Galvin, US Army general and former NATO Supreme Allied Commander
Kayla Harrison, Two time Olympic gold medalist (2012 and 2016) and world champion in Judo.  Kayla was the first American (man or woman) to win an Olympic medal in the sport.
Israel Horovitz, playwright and screenwriter born March 31, 1939 in Wakefield.  Beastie Boy Adam "Adrock" Horovitz is the son of Israel Horovitz.  He completed several plays about Wakefield, collected in a book known as The Wakefield Plays.
Mark Kumpel, member of the 1984 US Olympic ice hockey team and former NHL player with the Winnipeg Jets, Quebec Nordiques, and the Detroit Red Wings
Dave Lapham, former NFL player with the Cincinnati Bengals, former USFL player with the New Jersey Generals, current member of the Cincinnati Bengal radio broadcast team
John Lilley, member of the 1994 US Olympic ice hockey team and former NHL player with the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
James Massone, former contestant on season 2 of the NBC program The Voice.
Judge A. David Mazzone for the U.S. District Court in Boston from 1978 until 2004. He is best known for the 1985 court decision mandating the cleanup of Boston Harbor, which ultimately cost $3.8 billion and resulted in the construction of the Deer Island wastewater treatment plant. Mazzone lived in Wakefield from 1959 until his death in 2004.
Charlie Moore, host of NESN's Charlie Moore Outdoors
Marcia Pankratz, member of the 1988 and 1996 Olympic field hockey team and former head coach of field hockey at the University of Michigan
Jimmy Pedro, multiple Olympic medalist in judo and former world champion
Buffy (Beverly) Sainte Marie, folksinger and composer, born in Canada but raised in Wakefield, graduating from Wakefield Memorial High School in 1958 
Louis Sullivan, architect considered the father of modernism, born in Boston but lived in Wakefield with his grandparents during his school years
Richard Tisei, former Massachusetts State Senate Minority Leader and former candidate for Lt. Governor
John Anthony Volpe, three-time Republican governor of Massachusetts, U.S. Secretary of Transportation, and Ambassador to Italy; born in Wakefield in 1908.
Wakefield, Massachusetts