List of people from Connecticut
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The following is a list of notable people who were born, raised, or a resident of the U.S. state ofConnecticut,with place of birth or residence when known.
Actors, producers, and directors[edit]
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- Christopher Abbott(Greenwich)
- Bruce Altman(New Haven)
- Lauren Ambrose(New Haven)
- Tony Amendola(New Haven)
- Brad Anderson(Madison)
- John Ashton(Enfield)
- William Atherton(Orange)
- Valerie Azlynn(New London)
- Kevin Bacon(Sharon)
- Roger Bart(Norwalk)
- David Alan Basche(Hartford)
- Ryan Michelle Bathe(Stamford)
- Anne Baxter(Easton)
- Graham Beckel(Old Lyme)
- Ed Begley(Hartford)
- Richard Belzer(Bridgeport)
- Polly Bergen(Southbury)
- John Billingsley(Weston)
- Michael Ian Black(Redding)
- Linda Blair(Westport)
- Roberts Blossom(New Haven)
- Ernest Borgnine(Hamden)
- Kate Bosworth(Darien)
- Jesse Bradford(Norwalk)
- Jonathan Brandis(Danbury)
- Alexandra Breckenridge(Darien)
- Amy Brenneman(Glastonbury)
- Brooke Brodack(Putnam)
- Chris Bruno(Milford)
- Dylan Bruno(Milford)
- Gary Burghoff(Bristol)
- Brooke Burke(Hartford)
- John Byrum(Redding)
- Mary Cadorette(East Hartford)
- Mike Cahill(New Haven)
- David Canary(Wilton)
- Katherine Cannon(Hartford)
- Art Carney(Westbrook)
- D. J. Caruso(Norwalk)
- Adriana Caselotti(Bridgeport)
- Marilyn Chambers(Westport)
- Joe Cipriano(Oakville)
- Spencer Treat Clark(Darien)
- Glenn Close(Greenwich)
- Martha Coolidge(New Haven)
- Daniel Cosgrove(New Haven)
- D.J. Cotrona(Wallingford)
- Bob Crane(Waterbury)
- Jane Curtin(Sharon)
- Dan Curtis(Bridgeport)
- Paul Dano(Wilton)
- Jules Dassin(Middletown)
- Jeff Davis(Milford)
- Dana Delany(Stamford)
- Brian Dennehy(Bridgeport)
- Jenna Dewan(Hartford)
- George DiCenzo(New Haven)
- Allie DiMeco(Waterbury)
- Troy Duffy(Hartford)
- Charles H. Eglee(New Haven)
- Jill Eikenberry(New Haven)
- Abby Elliott(Wilton)
- Linda Evans(Hartford)
- Mark Famiglietti(Clinton)
- Michael J. Fox(Sharon)
- Kevin Foxe(Enfield)
- Will Friedle(Hartford)
- Paul Fusco(New Haven)
- Catherine Gardner(Waterbury)
- Marcus Giamatti(New Haven)
- Paul Giamatti(New Haven)
- Cynthia Gibb(Westport)
- William Gillette(Hartford)
- Grant Goodeve(Middlebury)
- Topher Grace(Darien)
- David Marshall Grant(Westport)
- Luke Greenfield(Westport)
- Shelley Hack(Greenwich)
- June Havoc(Wilton)
- Sterling Hayden(Wilton)
- Glenne Headly(New London)
- Jessica Hecht(Bloomfield)
- Kevin Heffernan(West Haven)
- Katherine Heigl(New Canaan)
- Lillian Hellman(New Milford)
- Katharine Hepburn(Hartford)
- Linda Hunt(Westport)
- Allison Janney(Lakeville)
- Arline Judge(Bridgeport)
- Adam Kaufman(New Canaan)
- Elia Kazan(Newtown)
- Lisa Robin Kelly(Southington)
- Ted Knight(Terryville)
- David LaChapelle(Fairfield)
- Lisa Lampanelli(Trumbull)
- Hope Lange(Redding)
- Eriq La Salle(Hartford)
- Matt Lauer(Greenwich)
- Adam LaVorgna(North Branford)
- Norman Lear(New Haven)
- Denis Leary(Roxbury)
- David Letterman(New Canaan)
- Barry Levinson(Redding)[1]
- Paul Lieberstein(Westport)
- Mark Linn-Baker(Wethersfield)
- Christopher Lloyd(Stamford)
- Michelle Lombardo(Glastonbury)
- Justin Long(Fairfield)
- Billy Lush(New Haven)
- Seth MacFarlane(Kent)
- Fredric March(New Milford)
- Pamela Sue Martin(Westport)
- Dylan McDermott(Waterbury)
- Biff McGuire(New Haven)
- Stephanie McMahon(Weston)
- Jesse Metcalfe(New London)
- Steve Miner(Westport)
- Robert Mitchum(Bridgeport)
- Gretchen Mol(Deep River)
- Marilyn Monroe(WestonandRoxbury)
- Sheri Moon(Plainville)
- Jonathan Mostow(Woodbridge)
- Michael G. Moye(New Haven)
- Marty Munsch(Greenwich)
- George Murphy(New Haven)
- Ellen Muth(Milford)
- David Naughton(Hartford)
- James Naughton(Middletown)
- Kevin Nealon(Bridgeport)
- Paul Newman(Westport)
- Becki Newton(New Haven)
- Tom Noonan(Greenwich)
- Fred Norris(Willimantic)
- Nolan North(New Haven)
- Ron Palillo(Cheshire)
- Joe Pantoliano(Wilton)
- Don Pardo(Norwich)
- Dean Parisot(Wilton)
- Paul Perri(New Haven)
- Bijou Phillips(Greenwich)
- Jacob Pitts(Weston)
- Tracy Pollan(Sharon)
- Anthony Tyler Quinn(New London)
- John Ratzenberger(Bridgeport)
- Evan Rogers(Mansfield)
- Christy Carlson Romano(Milford)
- Anika Noni Rose(Bloomfield)
- Sherrie Rose(Hartford)
- Matt Ross(Greenwich)
- Rosalind Russell(Waterbury)
- Meg Ryan(BethelandFairfield)
- Peter Sarsgaard(Fairfield)
- Michael Schur(West Hartford)
- Annabella Sciorra(Wethersfield)
- Kyra Sedgwick(Sharon)
- Chloë Sevigny(Darien)
- Louise Shaffer(Woodbridge)
- Spec Shea(Naugatuck)
- Micah Sloat(Westport)
- Patricia Smith(New Haven)
- Bill Smitrovich(Bridgeport)
- Zack Snyder(Greenwich)
- Raymond St. Jacques(Hartford)
- David H. Steinberg(West Hartford)
- Austin Stowell(Kensington)
- Tara Subkoff(Westport)
- Ed Sullivan(Southbury)
- Larry Sullivan(New Haven)
- Pawel Szajda(Farmington)
- Lee Tergesen(Ivoryton)
- Mark Tinker(Stamford)
- Tony Todd(Hartford)
- Jim True-Frost(Greenwich)
- Tom Tryon(Hartford)
- Raviv Ullman(Fairfield)
- James Van Der Beek(Cheshire)
- Gus Van Sant(Darien)
- Diane Venora(East Hartford)
- Jenna von Oÿ(Stamford)
- Wende Wagner(New London)
- Christopher Walken(Wilton)
- Tonja Walker(Easton)
- Deborah Walley(Bridgeport)
- Sam Waterston(Sharon)
- Michael Weatherly(Fairfield)
- Bruce Weitz(Norwalk)
- Titus Welliver(New Haven)
- Michael Jai White(Bridgeport)
- Treat Williams(Norwalk)
- Fay Wolf(Fairfield)
- Joanne Woodward(Westport)
- Kari Wührer(Brookfield)
- Madeline Zima(New Haven)
Athletes[edit]
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- Brad Ausmus(Cheshire)
- John Bagley(Bridgeport)
- Jeff Bagwell(Killingworth)
- Chris Baker(Windsor)
- Vin Baker(Old Saybrook)
- Matt Barnes(Bethel)
- Semyon Belits-Geiman(Stamford)
- Keith Bennett, American-Israeli basketball player(Stamford)
- James Blake(Fairfield)
- Steve Blass(Canaan)
- Andy Bloom(Stamford)
- Nick Bonino(Farmington)
- Craig Breslow(New Haven)
- Scott Burrell(Hamden)
- Donn Cabral(Glastonbury)
- Marcus Camby(South Windsor)
- Walter Camp(New Britain)
- Dave Campo(Groton)
- Howard Cann(Bridgeport)
- Jack Capuano(Kent)
- Jesse Carlson(New Britain)
- Julie Chu(Fairfield)
- Aaron Civale(East Windsor)
- Chris Clark(South Windsor)
- Jaidon Codrington(Bridgeport)
- Roger Connor(Waterbury)
- Marcus Cooper(Bloomfield)
- Brock Coyle(Norwalk)
- Carmen Cozza(Orange)
- Dan Cramer(Stamford)
- Tommy Cross(Simsbury)
- Jerome Cunningham(Waterbury)
- Rajai Davis(Norwich)
- Chad Dawson(New Haven)
- Brian Dayett(New London)
- Ryan Delaire(Bloomfield)
- Chris Denorfia(Bristol)
- John DiBartolomeo(Westport)
- Rob Dibble(Southington)
- Walt Dropo(Moosup)
- Andre Drummond(Middletown)
- Chris Drury(Trumbull)
- Vladimir Ducasse(Stamford)
- Marcus Easley(Bridgeport)
- David Efianayi(Manchester)
- Johnny Egan(Hartford)
- Dwight Freeney(Bloomfield)
- Kevin Gilbride(New Haven)
- Ryan Gomes(Waterbury)
- Jesse Hahn(Norwich)
- Ron Hainsey(Bolton)
- Dorothy Hamill(Greenwich)
- Matt Harvey(Groton)
- Anttaj Hawthorne(Hamden)
- Doug Henry(Torrington)
- J. J. Henry(Fairfield)
- Aaron Hernandez(Bristol)
- Jared Hughes(Stamford)
- John Jenkins(Meriden)
- Caitlyn Jenner(Newtown)
- Jay Johnstone(Manchester)
- Byron Jones(New Britain)
- Tebucky Jones(New Britain)
- Tyrique Jones
- Joan Joyce(Waterbury)
- Terrance Knighton(Hartford)
- Paul Konerko(Norwich)
- Niko Koutouvides(Plainville)
- Brian Leetch(Cheshire)
- Ivan Lendl(Goshen)[2]
- Dominic Leone(Norwich)
- Kristine Lilly(Wilton)
- Floyd Little(New Haven)
- Rebecca Lobo(Hartford)
- Joey Logano(Middletown)
- Cliff Louis(Stamford)
- Rick Mahorn(Hartford)
- Wes Matthews(Bridgeport)
- Dick McAuliffe(Farmington)
- John McDonald(New London)
- Mike McGuirl(Hartford, CT)
- Paul Menhart(Mystic)
- Johnny Moore(Waterbury)
- George morris, equestrian(New York City,New Canaan)
- Charlie Morton(Redding)
- Calvin Murphy(Norwalk)
- Phil Murphy(New London)
- Jerry Nadeau(Danbury)
- Charles Nagy(Fairfield)
- Nick Newell(Milford)
- Mary Anne O'Connor(Fairfield)
- Lamar Odom(New Britain)
- Mike Olt(Branford)
- Dan Orlovsky(Shelton)
- Jim O'Rourke(Bridgeport)
- Max Pacioretty(New Canaan)
- Paul Pasqualoni(Cheshire)
- Carl Pavano(Southington)
- Eli Pemberton
- Willie Pep(Middletown)
- Jimmy Piersall(Waterbury)
- Nick Pietrosante(Derby)
- A. J. Pollock(Hebron)
- Ryan Preece(Berlin)
- Jonathan Quick(Milford)
- Randy Rasmussen(Wilton)
- David Reed(New Britain)
- Jordan Reed(New Britain)
- Charlie Reiter(Westport)
- Jamey Richard(Weston)
- Andy Robustelli(Stamford)
- Bill Rodgers (athlete)(Hartford)
- Bill Romanowski(Vernon)
- Maxie Rosenbloom(Leonard Bridge)
- Bob Schaefer(Putnam)
- Evan Scribner(New Milford)
- Julius Seligson(Westport)[3]
- Dan Shannon(Bridgeport)
- Scott Sharp(Norwalk)
- Jimmy Shea(West Hartford)
- Jeff Simmons(Hartford)
- Dan Sileo(Stamford)
- Charles Smith(Bridgeport)
- Chris Smith(Bridgeport)
- Kieran Smith(Ridgefield)[4]
- Will Solomon, basketball player(Hartford)
- Tony Sparano(West Haven)
- Jack Spellman(Middletown)
- Amari Spievey(Middletown)
- George Springer(New Britain)
- Ken Strong(West Haven)
- John Sullivan(Greenwich)
- Glover Teixeira(Danbury)
- Tim Teufel(Greenwich)
- Tom Thibodeau(New Britain)
- Donald Thomas(New Haven)
- Marcus Tracy(Newtown)
- Triple H(Weston)
- Dick Tuckey(Naugatuck)
- Will Tye(Middletown)
- Bobby Valentine(Stamford)
- Stephen Valiquette(Orange)
- Mo Vaughn(Norwalk)
- Dave Wallace(Waterbury)
- Björn Werner(Salisbury)
- Jordan Williams(Torrington)
- Ron Wotus(Hartford)
- Steve Young(Greenwich)
- Josh Zeid(New Haven)
Authors, artists, and educators[edit]
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- Christopher Andersen(Washington)
- Jacob M. Appel(Branford)
- Harriet Pritchard Arnold(Killingly)
- Rosecrans Baldwin(Darien)
- Edward C. Banfield(Bloomfield)
- Joel Barlow(Redding)
- Dan Beard(Redding)
- A. Scott Berg(Norwalk)
- Mary C. Billings(Litchfield)
- Joseph Payne Brennan(BridgeportandNew Haven)
- Thom Brooks(Guilford)
- Emily S. Bouton(New Canaan)
- William F. Buckley Jr.(New York CityandStamford)
- Candace Bushnell(Glastonbury)
- Guido Calabresi(New Haven)
- Al Capp(New Haven)
- Marietta Stanley Case(Thompson)
- Frances Manwaring Caulkins(New London)
- Noah Charney(New Haven)
- Lincoln Child(Westport)
- Emma Shaw Colcleugh(Thompson)
- Christopher Collier(Orange)
- Suzanne Collins(HartfordandNewtown)
- Kate Cordsen(Essex)
- Nathan Daboll(Groton)
- Mary Ann H. Dodd(Hartford)
- Clay Dreslough(Ashford)
- John Gregory Dunne(Hartford)
- Addie C. Strong Engle(Manchester)
- Eleanor Estes(West Haven)
- Mallory Factor(Bridgeport)
- Howard Fast(Redding)
- Harriet Ford(Seymour)
- Edward Miner Gallaudet(Hartford)
- Elizabeth Gilbert(Waterbury)
- Charlotte Perkins Gilman(Hartford)
- Daniel Coit Gilman(Norwich)
- Thyrza Nichols Goodeve(Middlebury)
- Hanna Holborn Gray(New Haven)
- Kate E. Griswold(West Hartford)
- Anna Huntington(Bethel)
- Chauncey Ives(Hamden)
- Klaus Janson(Bridgeport)
- Deane Keller(New Haven)
- John Frederick Kensett(Cheshire)
- Charles H. Kraft(Waterbury)
- Larry Kramer(Bridgeport)
- Madeleine L'Engle(Goshen)[5]
- Loosey LaDuca(Ansonia)
- Wally Lamb(Mansfield)
- Annie Leibovitz(Waterbury)
- Robert Ludlum(Southport)
- Ira Levin(Wilton)
- Sol LeWitt(Hartford)
- Frank Luntz(West Hartford)
- Elizabeth Eunice Smith Marcy(East Hampton)
- E. Louisa Mather(East Haddam)
- Jay McInerney(Hartford)
- Eric Metaxas(Danbury)
- Stephenie Meyer(Hartford)
- Arthur Miller(Roxbury)
- Emily Cheney Neville(Manchester)
- Flannery O'Connor(Redding)
- John Pekkanen(Lyme)
- Derek Pell(Weston)
- Jacques Pepin(Madison)
- Sarah Phillips(Wilton)
- Kenneth Pike(Woodstock)
- Charles Ethan Porter(Hartford)
- Delia Lyman Porter(New Haven)
- Frederick Pratson(Hartford)
- Annie Proulx(Norwich)
- Luanne Rice(New Britain)
- Mary A. Ripley(Windham)
- Bill Roorbach(New Canaan)
- Christopher Ross(Westport)
- Philip Roth(Warren)
- Acharya S(Avon)
- Vincent Scully(New Haven)
- George Selden(Hartford)
- Richard Selzer(North Branford)
- Maurice Sendak(Ridgefield)
- Mark Shasha(New London)
- Lurana W. Sheldon(Hadlyme)
- Lydia Sigourney(Hartford)
- T. O'Conor Sloane Jr.(Westport)
- T. O'Conor Sloane III(Westport)
- Dorothy Hope Smith(Westport)
- Sarah Lanman Smith(Norwich)
- Victoria Leigh Soto(Bridgeport)
- Armstrong Sperry(Stamford,New Canaan,andNew Haven)
- Benjamin Spock(New Haven)
- Edward Steichen(Redding)
- Wallace Stevens(Hartford)
- Lavinia Stoddard(Guilford)
- Roger Stone(Norwalk)
- Harriet Beecher Stowe(Litchfield)
- Arthur Szyk(New Canaan)
- Sarah Katherine Taylor(Danielsonville)
- Laura M. Thurston(Norfolk)
- Alton Tobey(Middletown)
- Ada Josephine Todd(Redding)
- Sergio Troncoso(Kent)
- Garry Trudeau(Branford)
- Louisa Caroline Tuthill(New Haven)
- Mark Twain(HartfordandRedding)
- Mary E. Van Lennep(Hartford)
- Ocean Vuong(Hartford)
- Edward Lewis Wallant(New Haven)
- Noah Webster(WestHartfordparish, presentlyWest Hartford)
- J. Alden Weir(Ridgefield)
- Abigail Goodrich Whittelsey(Ridgefield)
Business people, scientists, and inventors[edit]
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- George Akerlof(New Haven)
- Moses Austin(Durham)
- Edward C. Banfield(Bloomfield)
- P.T. Barnum(BethelandBridgeport)
- William Beaumont(Lebanon)
- John Bello(Plainville)
- Henry Alfred Bishop(Bridgeport)
- Cornelius Scranton Bushnell(Madison)
- David Bushnell(Saybrook)
- Vint Cerf(New Haven)
- Wesley A. Clark(New Haven)
- Kenton Clarke(Fairfield)
- Jared Cohen(Weston)
- Samuel Colt(Hartford)
- Carol Lynn Curchoe(Manchester)
- Ray Dalio(Greenwich/Westport)
- Bern Dibner(Wilton)
- Robert Epstein(Hartford)
- James Farrell(New Haven)
- John Fitch(Hartford County)
- Anselm Franz(Stratford)
- Josiah Willard Gibbs(New Haven)
- Alfred G. Gilman(New Haven)
- Charles Goodyear(New Haven)
- James J. Greco(Hamden)
- Robert N. Hall(New Haven)
- Louis Harris(New Haven)
- Arthur William Haydon(Waterbury)
- Allan Hobson(Hartford)
- Harvey Hubbell(Bridgeport)
- Collis Potter Huntington(Harwinton)
- James M. Hyde(Mystic Bridge)
- Jeffrey R. Immelt(New Canaan)
- Bradley S. Jacobs(Greenwich)
- Betsey Johnson(Wethersfield)
- Alfred Winslow Jones(Redding)
- Edward Calvin Kendall(South Norwalk)
- Mary Dixon Kies(South Killingly)
- George E. Kimball(New Britain)
- Stephen Cole Kleene(Hartford)
- Edwin H. Land(Bridgeport)
- Henry Lee(Orange)
- Albert L. Lehninger(Bridgeport)
- Allen Cleveland Lewis(Sterling)
- Alvin Liberman(Mansfield)
- Saunders Mac Lane(Taftville)
- John C. Malone(Milford)
- John Martin(Old Lyme)
- Barbara McClintock(Hartford)
- Stephanie McMahon(Hartford)
- Sean McManus(Fairfield)
- Daniel J. Mitchell(Wilton)
- Samuel Augustus Mitchell(Bristol)
- Samuel Morey(Hebron)
- J. P. Morgan(Hartford)
- Roy Neuberger(Bridgeport)
- Victor Niederhoffer(Weston)
- Frederick Law Olmsted(Hartford)
- Ken Olsen(Stratford)
- Eliphalet Remington(Suffield)
- Stephen S. Roach(New Canaan)
- Peter Schiff(New Haven)
- Joseph Earl Sheffield(Southport)
- Igor Sikorsky(Stratford,TrumbullandEaston)
- Benjamin Silliman(TrumbullandNew Haven)
- Chip Skowron,(Greenwich)
- Alfred P. Sloan(New Haven)
- George Smith(Norwalk)
- Christopher Spencer(Manchester)
- Roger Wolcott Sperry(Hartford)
- Frank J. Sprague(Milford)
- Frederick Stanley(New Britain)
- John William Sterling(Stratford)
- Martha Stewart(Westport)
- Francis Sumner(Pomfret)
- Eli Terry(East Windsor)
- Seth Thomas(Wolcott)
- John Hasbrouck Van Vleck(Middletown)
- William H. Welch(Norfolk)
- Warren L. Wheaton(Pomfret)
- Nathaniel Wheeler(Bridgeport)
- Dana White(Manchester)
- Gustave Whitehead(Bridgeport)
- Eli Whitney(New Haven)
- Oliver Fisher Winchester(New Haven)
- Arthur Williams Wright(Lebanon)
- Robert Charles Wright(Southport)
- Steve Wynn(New Haven)
Journalists and commentators[edit]
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- Joseph Alsop(Avon)
- Stewart Alsop(Avon)
- Julie Banderas(Hartford)
- Wayne Barrett(New Britain)
- Chris Berman(GreenwichandCheshire)
- Thom Brooks(Guilford)
- Chris Cillizza(Marlborough)
- Rita Cosby(Greenwich)
- Ann Coulter(New Canaan)
- Ross Douthat(New Haven)
- Charles Dow(Sterling)
- Dick Ebersol(Torrington)
- Kelly Evans(Hartford)
- Frank Fixaris(Torrington)
- Brendan Gill(Hartford)
- Linda Greenhouse(Hamden)
- Burton J. Hendrick(New Haven)
- Don Imus(Westport)
- Laura Ingraham(Glastonbury)
- Larry Kudlow(Redding)
- Kenny Mayne(Bethel)
- Leigh Montville(New Haven)
- Dick Morris(Redding)
- Tim Murnane(Naugatuck)
- Candace Owens(Stamford)
- Dan Patrick(Milford)
- Steve Phillips(Wilton)
- Molly Qerim(New Haven)
- Lonnie Quinn(Cheshire)
- Joan Rivers(New Milford)
- Andy Rooney(Norwalk)
- David Sirota(New Haven)
- James Surowiecki(Meriden)
- Ida Tarbell(Easton)
- Sabrina Tavernise(Hartford)
- Liz Trotta(New Haven)
- Trey Wingo(Greenwich)
- Sid Yudain(New Canaan)
Military figures[edit]
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- Ethan Allen(Litchfield)
- Benedict Arnold(Norwich)
- Daniel Bissell(East Windsor)
- John Brown(Torrington)
- Thomas L. Brown II(Danbury)
- Daniel C. Burbank(Manchester)
- John Butler(New London)
- Tedford H. Cann(Bridgeport)
- Benjamin Delahauf Foulois(Washington)
- Walter S. Gorka(Windsor Locks)
- Nathan Hale(Coventry)
- David Hawley(Bridgeport)
- Isaac Hull(Derby)
- David Humphreys(Derby)
- Raymond Jacobs(Bridgeport)
- Everett F. Larson(Stamford)
- Ezra Lee(Lyme)
- John Levitow(Hartford)
- Henry A. Mucci(Bridgeport)
- Robert J. Papp Jr.(Norwich)
- Samuel Holden Parsons(Lyme)
- Israel Putnam(Brooklyn)
- Gold Selleck Silliman(Fairfield)
- Robert Stethem(Waterbury)
- Benjamin Tallmadge(Litchfield)
- John Trumbull(Lebanon)
- James Wadsworth(Durham)
- Philip C. Wehle(Westport)
- Irving Wiltsie(Hartford)
- David Wooster(Stratford)
Musicians, singers, and composers[edit]
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- Marian Anderson(Danbury)
- Apathy (rapper)(Willimantic)
- Timothy Archambault(Willimantic)
- Veronica Ballestrini(Waterford)
- Mark Berman(New Haven)
- Kath Bloom(New Haven)
- Michael Bolton(New Haven)
- Dave Brubeck(Wilton)
- Igor Buketoff(Hartford)
- Gary Burr(Meriden)
- Ray Cappo(Danbury)
- Karen Carpenter(New Haven)
- Richard Carpenter(New Haven)
- Chris Carrabba(West Hartford)
- Cassie(New London)
- Javier Colon(Stratford)
- Rivers Cuomo(Storrs)
- Julia DeMato(Brookfield)
- Dirt E. Dutch(Danbury)
- José Feliciano(Westport)
- Joe Flood(Portland)
- Nick Fradiani(Guilford)
- Chris Frantz(Fairfield)
- Sawyer Fredericks(Newtown)
- Stan Freeman(Waterbury)
- Daryl Hall(Redding)
- Hatebreed(Bridgeport)
- Jascha Heifetz(Redding)
- Grayson Hugh(Danbury)
- Charles Ives(Danbury)
- Bernard Jackson(Stamford)
- Ben Kopec(Derby)
- Meat Loaf(Redding)
- John Mayer(Fairfield)
- Peter McCann(Bridgeport)
- Mark McGrath(Hartford)
- Dom McLennon(Hartford)
- Brad Mehldau(West Hartford)
- Syesha Mercado(Bridgeport)
- Moby(Darien)
- Jimmy Monaghan(Danbury)
- Thurston Moore(Bethel)
- Alfred Newman(New Haven)
- Liz Phair(New Haven)
- Gene Pitney(Hartford)
- Keith Richards(Weston)
- Dawn Robinson(New London)
- Nile Rodgers(Westport)
- Diana Ross(Greenwich)
- Emily Saliers(New Haven)
- John Scofield(Wilton)
- Horace Silver(Norwalk)
- Ronnie Spector(Brookfield)
- Steve Stevens(Hartford)
- Seth Swirsky(New Haven)
- Mary Travers(Redding)[6]
- Cassie Ventura(New London)
- Franco Ventriglia(Fairfield)
- Vinnie Vincent(Bridgeport)
- Chris Webby(Norwalk)
- Robert Wendel(Bridgeport)
- Tina Weymouth(Fairfield)
- Brian Yale(Orange)
Politicians and statesmen[edit]
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- Dean Acheson(Middletown)
- Abraham Baldwin(Guilford)
- Roger Sherman Baldwin(New Haven)
- Ebenezer Bassett(Derby)
- Donald Berwick(Moodus)
- Cofer Black(Stamford)
- George H. W. Bush(Greenwich)
- George W. Bush(New Haven)
- Prescott Bush(Greenwich)
- Elinor Carbone(Torrington)
- Orlow W. Chapman(Ellington)
- Anthony Comstock(New Canaan)
- Joe Courtney(Hartford)
- Silas Deane(Groton)
- Robert E. De Forest(Bridgeport)
- Rosa DeLauro(New Haven)
- Christopher Dodd(Willimantic)
- Peter H. Dominick(Stamford)
- Oliver Ellsworth(Windsor)
- Anna Eshoo(New Britain)
- John Fabrizi(Bridgeport)
- Gary Franks(Waterbury)
- Porter J. Goss(Waterbury)
- Ella T. Grasso(Windsor Locks)
- Galusha A. Grow(Ashford)
- Lyman Hall(Wallingford)
- Hope Hicks(Greenwich)
- Titus Hosmer(Middletown)
- Samuel Huntington(Windham)
- Robert A. Hurley(Bridgeport)
- William Samuel Johnson(Stratford)
- Ethel Skakel Kennedy(Greenwich)
- Henry Kissinger(Kent)
- John Larson(East Hartford)
- Scooter Libby(New Haven)
- Joe Lieberman(Stamford)
- Clare Boothe Luce(Ridgefield)
- Dannel Malloy(Stamford)
- Robert Moses(New Haven)
- Constance Motley(New Haven)
- Ralph Nader(Winsted)
- Frederick Walker Pitkin(Manchester)
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr.(New Haven)
- Abraham A. Ribicoff(New Britain)
- Pete Rouse(New Haven)
- John G. Rowland(Waterbury)
- Christopher Shays(Bridgeport)
- Roger Sherman(New HavenandNew Milford)
- Samuel Simons(Bridgeport)
- Joseph Spencer(East Haddam)
- Kathleen Kennedy Townsend(Greenwich)
- Jonathan Trumbull(Lebanon)
- Jonathan Trumbull Jr.(Lebanon)
- Lyman Trumbull(Colchester)
- Donald Verrilli Jr.(Wilton)
- Morrison Waite(Lyme)
- Mark Warner(Vernon)
- Gideon Welles(Glastonbury)
- William Williams(Lebanon)
- Oliver Wolcott(Windsor)
- Oliver Wolcott Jr.(Litchfield)
- Richard Woodbury(New Haven)
Religious and spiritual figures[edit]
- Ebenezer Baldwin(Norwich)
- Henry Ward Beecher(Litchfield)
- Lyman Beecher(New Haven)
- Aaron Burr Sr.(Fairfield)
- Blackleach Burritt(Huntington)
- Horace Bushnell(Litchfield)
- Henry Sloane Coffin(Lakeville)
- Jonathan Edwards(East Windsor)
- Charles Grandison Finney(Warren)
- Gordon Hall(Tolland)
- Michael J. McGivney(New Haven)
- Kenneth Pike(Woodstock)
- Henry Weston Smith(Ellington)
- Ed & Lorraine Warren(Monroe)
- Wilford Woodruff(Farmington)
- John Zaffis(Stratford)
YouTube celebrities[edit]
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- Jack Baran(Fairfield)
- Eugenia Cooney(Greenwich)
- Charli D'Amelio(Norwalk)
- Dixie D'Amelio(Norwalk)
- Anthony Fantano(Wolcott)
- Casey Neistat(Ledyard)
- Daymon Patterson(New Britain)
Other figures[edit]
- Ruth Maxon Adams(New Haven)
- Erin Brady(East Hampton)
- Keith Carlos(Bridgeport)
- John Carpenter(Hamden)
- Scott Conant(Waterbury)
- Lydia Hearst(Wilton)
- Helen Keller(Easton)
- Ruth Madoff(New York City,Old Greenwich)
- Anthony Megale(Stamford)
See also[edit]
- List of people from Bridgeport, Connecticut
- List of people from Brookfield, Connecticut
- List of people from Darien, Connecticut
- List of people from Greenwich, Connecticut
- List of people from Hartford, Connecticut
- List of people from New Canaan, Connecticut
- List of people from New Haven, Connecticut
- List of people from Norwalk, Connecticut
- List of people from Redding, Connecticut
- List of people from Ridgefield, Connecticut
- List of people from Stamford, Connecticut
- List of people from Westport, Connecticut
References[edit]
- ^Barry LevinsonatIMDb.Retrieved May 14, 2014.
- ^"In Litchfield County, a $25 Million Explosion".The New York Times.June 17, 2005.RetrievedMay 22,2014.
- ^"Julius Seligson".October 14, 1987 – via NYTimes.
- ^Barker, Sean (June 13, 2021)."Ridgefield swimmer Kieran Smith qualifies for Olympics in 400 freestyle".Connecticut Post.Retrieved July 20, 2021.
- ^"Madeleine L'Engle".Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame.RetrievedMay 22,2014.
- ^"Mary Travers of Peter, Paul and Mary Dies at 72".The New York Times.August 16, 2009. Retrieved April 29, 2014.