List of people from Connecticut

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The following is a list of notable people born, raised or resident in Connecticut, with place of birth or residence (when known).

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Actors, producers and directors

Richard Belzer

Ernest Borgnine

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Alexandra Breckenridge

Brooke Burke

Glenn Close

Dana Delany

Paul Giamatti

Katherine Heigl

Katharine Hepburn

Seth MacFarlane

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Pamela Sue Martin

Robert Mitchum

Gretchen Mol

Rosalind Russell

Meg Ryan

Chloë Sevigny

• Christopher Abbott (Greenwich)
• 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)
• 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)
• Bette Davis (Westport)
• Jeff Davis (Milford)
• Dana Delany (Stamford)
• Brian Dennehy (Bridgeport)
• 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)
• 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 (Weston and Roxbury)
• 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 Navayne (East Hartford)
• Kevin Nealon (Bridgeport)
• Paul Newman (Westport)
• Becki Newton (New Haven)
• 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)
• Sherrie Rose (Hartford)
• Matt Ross (Greenwich)
• Rosalind Russell (Waterbury)
• Meg Ryan (Bethel)(Fairfield)
• 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

Brad Ausmus

Craig Breslow

Rajai Davis

Ryan Gomes

Aaron Hernandez

Brian Leetch

Rick Mahorn

Jordan Reed

Mike Tyson

Bobby Valentine

• Brad Ausmus (Cheshire)
• John Bagley (Bridgeport)
• Jeff Bagwell (Killingworth)
• Chris Baker (Windsor)
• Vin Baker (Old Saybrook)
• Matt Barnes (Bethel)
• Semyon Belits-Geiman (Stamford)
• James Blake (Fairfield)
• Steve Blass (Canaan)
• Andy Bloom (Stamford)
• Nick Bonino (Farmington)
• Craig Breslow (New Haven)
• Scott Burrell (Hamden)
• Marcus Camby (South Windsor)
• Walter Camp (New Britain)
• Dave Campo (Groton)
• Howard Cann (Bridgeport)
• Jack Capuano (Kent)
• Jesse Carlson (New Britain)
• Chris Clark (South Windsor)
• Jaidon Codrington (Bridgeport)
• Roger Connor (Waterbury)
• Marcus Cooper (Bloomfield)
• Brock Coyle (Norwalk)
• Carmen Cozza (Orange)
• Dan Cramer (Stamford)
• Jerome Cunningham (Waterbury)
• Rajai Davis (Norwich)
• Chad Dawson (New Haven)
• Brian Dayett (New London)
• Ryan Delaire (Bloomfield)
• Chris Denorfia (Bristol)
• Walt Dropo (Moosup)
• Chris Drury (Trumbull)
• Vladimir Ducasse (Stamford)
• Marcus Easley (Bridgeport)
• 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)
• 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)
• Joan Joyce (Waterbury)
• Terrance Knighton (Hartford)
• Paul Konerko (Norwich)
• Niko Koutouvides (Plainville)
• Anthony Latina (Hartford)
• Brian Leetch (Cheshire)
• Ivan Lendl (Goshen)
• 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)
• Johnny Moore (Waterbury)
• Charlie Morton (Redding)
• Calvin Murphy (Norwalk)
• 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 (New Britain)
• Willie Pep (Middletown)
• Jimmy Piersall (Waterbury)
• Nick Pietrosante (Derby)
• Jonathan Quick (Milford)
• Randy Rasmussen (Wilton)
• David Reed (New Britain)
• Jordan Reed (New Britain)
• Jamey Richard (Weston)
• Andy Robustelli (Stamford)
• Bill Rodgers (athlete) (Hartford)
• Bill Romanowski (Vernon)
• Bob Schaefer (Putnam)
• Evan Scribner (New Milford)
• Dan Shannon (Bridgeport)
• Scott Sharp (Norwalk)
• Jim Shea, Jr. (West Hartford)
• Jeff Simmons (Hartford)
• Charles Smith (Bridgeport)
• Chris Smith (Bridgeport)
• Tony Sparano (West Haven)
• 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)
• Will Tye (Middletown)
• Mike Tyson (Farmington)
• 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

• Christopher Andersen (Washington)
• Jacob M. Appel (Branford)
• Rosecrans Baldwin (Darien)
• Edward C. Banfield (Bloomfield)
• Joel Barlow (Redding)
• Dan Beard (Redding)
• A. Scott Berg (Norwalk)
• Joseph Payne Brennan (Bridgeport and New Haven)
• William F. Buckley, Jr. (New York City and Stamford)
• Candace Bushnell (Glastonbury)
• Guido Calabresi (New Haven)
• Al Capp (New Haven)
• Noah Charney (New Haven)
• Lincoln Child (Westport)
• Christopher Collier (Orange)
• Suzanne Collins (Hartford and Newtown)
• Kate Cordsen (Essex)
• Nathan Daboll (Groton)
• Clay Dreslough (Ashford)
• John Gregory Dunne (Hartford)
• Eleanor Estes (West Haven)
• Mallory Factor (Bridgeport)
• Howard Fast (Redding)
• Edward Miner Gallaudet (Hartford)
• Elizabeth Gilbert (Waterbury)
• Charlotte Perkins Gilman (Hartford)
• Daniel Coit Gilman (Norwich)
• Thyrza Nichols Goodeve (Middlebury)
• Hanna Holborn Gray (New Haven)
• 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)
• Wally Lamb (Mansfield)
• Annie Leibovitz (Waterbury)
• Robert Ludlum (Southport)
• Ira Levin (Wilton)
• Sol LeWitt (Hartford)
• Frank Luntz (West Hartford)
• 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)
• Frederick Pratson (Hartford)
• Annie Proulx (Norwich)
• Luanne Rice (New Britain)
• Bill Roorbach (New Canaan)
• Philip Roth (Warren)
• Acharya S (Avon)
• Vincent Scully (New Haven)
• George Selden (Hartford)
• Richard Selzer (North Branford)
• Maurice Sendak (Ridgefield)
• Mark Shasha (New London)
• Dorothy Hope Smith (Westport)
• Victoria Leigh Soto (Bridgeport)
• Armstrong Sperry (Stamford, New Canaan, and New Haven)
• Benjamin Spock (New Haven)
• Edward Steichen (Redding)
• Wallace Stevens (Hartford)
• Roger Stone (Norwalk)
• Harriet Beecher Stowe (Litchfield)
• Arthur Szyk (New Canaan)
• Alton Tobey (Middletown)
• Mark Twain (Hartford and Redding)
• Edward Lewis Wallant (New Haven)
• Noah Webster (present-day West Hartford)
• J. Alden Weir (Ridgefield)

Business people, scientists and inventors

• George Akerlof (New Haven)
• Moses Austin (Durham)
• Edward C. Banfield (Bloomfield)
• P.T. Barnum (Bethel and Bridgeport)
• 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)
• Jared Cohen (Weston)
• Samuel Colt (Hartford)
• Ray Dalio (Greenwich/Westport)
• Bern Dibner (Wilton)
• Robert Epstein (Hartford)
• James Farrell (New Haven)
• John Fitch (Hartford County)
• 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)
• Allan Hobson (Hartford)
• Harvey Hubbell (Bridgeport)
• Collis Potter Huntington (Harwinton)
• James M. Hyde (Mystic Bridge)
• Jeffrey R. Immelt (New Canaan)
• 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)
• 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)
• Joseph Earl Sheffield (Southport)
• Igor Sikorsky (Stratford, Trumbull and Easton)
• Benjamin Silliman (Trumbull and New Haven)
• Alfred P. Sloan (New Haven)
• Christopher Spencer (Manchester)
• Roger Wolcott Sperry (Hartford)
• Frank J. Sprague (Milford)
• Frederick Stanley (New Britain)
• John William Sterling (Stratford)
• Martha Stewart (Westport)
• 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

• Anthony Fantano
• Joseph Alsop (Avon)
• Stewart Alsop (Avon)
• Julie Banderas (Hartford)
• Chris Berman (Greenwich and Cheshire)
• Chris Cillizza (Marlborough)
• Rita Cosby (Greenwich)
• Ann Coulter (New Canaan)
• Ross Douthat (New Haven)
• Charles Dow (Sterling)
• 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)
• Dan Patrick (Milford)
• 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)
• Sid Yudain (New Canaan)

Military figures

• 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)
• John Trumbull (Lebanon)
• James Wadsworth (Durham)
• Philip C. Wehle (Westport)
• Irving Wiltsie (Hartford)
• David Wooster (Stratford)

Musicians, singers and composers

• Marian Anderson (Danbury)
• Apathy (rapper) (Willimantic)
• Timothy Archambault (Willimantic)
• Veronica Ballestrini (Waterford)
• Mark Berman (New Haven)
• Leonard Bernstein (Redding)
• 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)
• 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 (Ansonia)
• Meat Loaf (Redding)
• John Mayer (Fairfield)
• Peter McCann (Bridgeport)
• Mark McGrath (Hartford)
• Brad Mehldau (West Hartford)
• Syesha Mercado (Bridgeport)
• Moby (Darien)
• Jimmy Monaghan (Danbury)
• Thurston Moore (Bethel)
• 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)
• Cassie Ventura (New London)
• Franco Ventriglia (Fairfield)
• Robert Wendel (Bridgeport)
• Tina Weymouth (Fairfield)
• Johnny Winter (Easton)
• Brian Yale (Orange)
• Vinnie Vincent (Bridgeport)

Politicians and statesmen

• 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)
• Orlow W. Chapman (Ellington)
• Anthony Comstock (New Canaan)
• Joe Courtney (Hartford)
• Silas Deane (Groton)
• Robert De Forest (Bridgeport)
• Rosa DeLauro (New Haven)
• Christopher Dodd (Willimantic)
• 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)
• Titus Hosmer (Middletown)
• Samuel Huntington (Windham)
• Robert A. Hurley (Bridgeport)
• William Samuel Johnson (Stratford)
• 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 Haven)
• 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

• Ebenezer Baldwin (Norwich)
• Henry Ward Beecher (Litchfield)
• Lyman Beecher (New Haven)
• Aaron Burr, Sr. (Fairfield)
• Blackleach Burritt (Huntington)
• Horace Bushnell (Litchfield)
• Neal Chase (Bridgeport)
• 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)

Other figures

• Ruth Maxon Adams (New Haven)
• Erin Brady (East Hampton)
• John Carpenter (Hamden)
• Helen Keller (Easton)

See also

• List of people from Bridgeport, 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