Biographical Records

Notable People from Connecticut

2,282 notable figures born in Connecticut, showing page 1 of 46, ranked by historical prominence.

Katharine Hepburn

American actress (1907–2003)

1907 - 2003

autobiographertelevision actorfilm actor

Harriet Beecher Stowe

American abolitionist and author (1811–1896)

1811 - 1896

short story writerabolitionistessayist

P. T. Barnum

American showman and politician (1810–1891)

1810 - 1891

autobiographercircus performerjournalist

Barbara McClintock

American scientist and cytogeneticist

1902 - 1992

cytogeneticist

J. P. Morgan

American financier, banker, and art collector (1837–1913)

1837 - 1913

patron of the artsart collectorfinancier

Ernest Borgnine

American actor (1917–2012)

1917 - 2012

television actorfilm actorvoice actor

Josiah Willard Gibbs

American scientist (1839–1903)

1839 - 1903

statistical physicisttheoretical physicistthermodynamicist

Robert Mitchum

American actor (1917–1997)

1917 - 1997

film screenwritertelevision actorfilm actor

Samuel Colt

19th-century American industrialist and inventor (1814–1862)

1814 - 1862

weapons manufacturing companyartisandesign engineer

John Hasbrouck Van Vleck

American physicist (1899–1980)

1899 - 1980

nuclear physicistuniversity teachermathematician

John Brown

American abolitionist (1800–1859)

1800 - 1859

abolitionistsocial activistpostmaster

Asaph Hall

American astronomer (1829–1907)

1829 - 1907

mathematiciancarpenterastronomer

John Franklin Enders

American medical researcher (1897-1985)

1897 - 1985

virologistbacteriologistbiochemist

Edward Calvin Kendall

American chemist (1886-1972)

1886 - 1972

biochemistchemist

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

American feminist, writer, artist, and lecturer (1860–1935)

1860 - 1935

feministwomen's rights activistsuffragist

Charles Goodyear

American inventor (1800-1860)

1800 - 1860

chemistinventorentrepreneur

James Van Der Beek

American actor (1977–2026)

1977 - 2026

television actorfilm actorstage actor

Roger Sperry

American neuroscientist

1913 - 1994

physiologistuniversity teacherneurologist

Dean Acheson

American statesman and lawyer (1893-1971)

1893 - 1971

diplomatpoliticianlawyer

Noah Webster

American lexicographer, textbook pioneer, English-language spelling reformer, writer, editor and author (1758-1843)

1758 - 1843

linguistopinion journalistlexicographer

Rosalind Russell

American actress (1907–1976)

1907 - 1976

film actormodeltelevision actor

Benjamin Spock

American pediatrician and author of Baby and Child Care (1903-1998)

1903 - 1998

rowerpediatricianeducator

Karen Carpenter

American singer and drummer (1950–1983)

1950 - 1983

jazz musiciandrummersinger

Harry Harrison

American science fiction author (1925–2012)

1925 - 2012

draftspersonprose writercomics writer

Charles Ives

American modernist composer (1874–1954)

1874 - 1954

actuarycomposer

Edith Roosevelt

First Lady of the United States from 1901 to 1909

1861 - 1948

politician

Treat Williams

American actor, producer, director, and author (1951–2023)

1951 - 2023

film actortelevision actorchildren's writer

Jules Dassin

American film director (1911–2008)

1911 - 2008

directorfilm actortheatre director

Edward Norton Lorenz

American mathematician and meteorologist (1917–2008)

1917 - 2008

meteorologistuniversity teachermathematician

Brian Dennehy

American actor (1938–2020)

1938 - 2020

film actorfilm directorfilm producer

Alfred Newman

American composer (1900-1970)

1900 - 1970

directorfilm score composerbandleader

Benedict Arnold

army officer who betrayed America to the British during the Revolutionary War (1740–1801)

1741 - 1801

military commanderapothecarymerchant

Henry Ward Beecher

American clergyman and activist (1813–1887)

1813 - 1887

journalisttheologianpolitician

Ed Begley

American actor (1901–1970)

1901 - 1970

film actortelevision actorstage actor

Jonathan Edwards

Christian preacher, philosopher, and theologian (1703-1758)

1703 - 1758

aestheticiantheologianChristian minister

Frederic Edwin Church

American landscape painter (1826–1900)

1826 - 1900

landscape paintertravelerpainter

Hope Lange

American actress (1933-2003)

1933 - 2003

modelfilm actortelevision actor

Frederick Law Olmsted

American landscape designer, journalist, social critic, and public administrator (1822-1903)

1822 - 1903

horticulturistimpresariobotanist

Jonathan Brandis

American actor (1976–2003)

1976 - 2003

television actorfilm actormodel

Eunice Newton Foote

American scientist, inventor and women's rights activist (1819–1888)

1819 - 1888

feministwomen's rights activistclimatologist

Amos Bronson Alcott

American teacher, writer, philosopher, and reformer (1799-1888)

1799 - 1888

philosopherpedagoguepoet

Henry Fairfield Osborn

American geologist and eugenicist (1857–1935)

1857 - 1935

science administratorpaleoanthropologistpaleontologist

Edwin H. Land

American scientist and inventor (1909–1991)

1909 - 1991

inventorentrepreneurphysicist

Wilbur Scoville

American pharmacist (1865–1942)

1865 - 1942

pharmacologistchemistpharmacist

Stephen Cole Kleene

American mathematician and theoretical computer scientist (1909–1994)

1909 - 1994

logicianphilosopheruniversity teacher

Sol LeWitt

American artist (1928-2007)

1928 - 2007

draftspersoncollagistconceptual artist

Horace Silver

American jazz pianist and composer (1928–2014)

1928 - 2014

recording artistjazz musicianbandleader

Charles Dow

American journalist (1851–1902)

1851 - 1902

journalisteconomistentrepreneur

Roberts Blossom

American actor and poet (1924–2011)

1924 - 2011

television actorfilm actortheatre director

Mary Whiton Calkins

American philosopher and psychologist (1863–1930)

1863 - 1930

philosopheruniversity teacherpsychologist

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