Biographical Records
Notable People from Connecticut
2,282 notable figures born in Connecticut, showing page 16 of 46, ranked by historical prominence.
Isaac Jennings
1788 – 1874
physician
David Plant
1783 – 1851
politicianlawyerjudge
Ebenezer J. Hill
1845 – 1917
politician
Hal Douglas
1924 – 2014
film actorvoice actor
Elisha Haley
1776 – 1860
politician
John Davenport
1752 – 1830
politicianlawyer
Mason Ellsworth Hale
1928 – 1990
scientific collectorlichenologistbotanical collector
James O'Donnell
1840 – 1915
politician
Andrew Adams
1736 – 1797
delegatepoliticianlawyer
Amos Stoddard
1762 – 1813
Majorgovernorpolitician
Mimi Benzell
1922 – 1970
stage actortelevision actoropera singer
David Dudley Field I
1781 – 1867
historian
Marcus H. Holcomb
1844 – 1932
juristgovernorpolitician
Conrad Gozzo
1922 – 1964
trumpeter
John Castellani
1926 – 2021
basketball coach
Lorraine Warren
1927 – 2019
seerghost hunterwriter
Ida Bailey Allen
1885 – 1973
radio personalitychefdietitian
Charles Miner
1780 – 1865
politician
Henry Shelton Sanford
1823 – 1891
city founderindustrialistdiplomat
Frank Fasi
1920 – 2010
military officerpolitician
Lewis Sperry
1848 – 1922
politicianlawyer
William Lyman
1821 – 1891
inventor
Dwight Loomis
1821 – 1903
politicianlawyerjudge
Sy Johnson
1930 – 2022
jazz musicianmusic arrangerpianist
Charles Pomeroy
1825 – 1891
politicianlawyer
Ralph Thomas Walker
1889 – 1973
architect
Richard C. Parsons
1826 – 1899
journalistdiplomatpolitician
Humphrey H. Leavitt
1796 – 1873
politicianlawyerjudge
Marguerite Caetani
1880 – 1963
literary criticpatron of the artsart collector
Henry C. Deming
1815 – 1872
politicianlawyer
Edward Lewis Wallant
1926 – 1962
writerscreenwriter
Prince Saunders
1775 – 1839
authordiplomatteacher
Grant Tinker
1925 – 2016
television producer
Chester D. Hubbard
1814 – 1891
politician
Jules Cowles
1877 – 1943
actor
Paula Jean Welden
1928
William R. Cotter
1926 – 1981
politician
Alexander McCormick Sturm
1923 – 1951
children's writerwriter
Oliver Phelps
1749 – 1809
politicianjudge
Leni Lynn
1923 – 2010
film actoractor
Mary A. Swift
1812 – 1875
physicistwriter
Mary Rutherfurd Jay
1872 – 1953
horticulturistlandscape architectarchitect
Annie Trumbull Slosson
1838 – 1926
scientific collectorshort story writerentomologist
Richard D. Hubbard
1818 – 1884
juristgovernorpolitician
David Miles
1871 – 1915
silent film actorfilm director
Irwin Schiff
1928 – 2015
activisttax protesterpolitician
William T. Minor
1815 – 1889
juristgovernorpolitician
Francis Patrick Garvan
1875 – 1937
art collectorjuristlawyer
John Wilkinson
1920 – 2002
audio engineer
Jack Cohen
1933 – 2019
non-fiction writerscience fiction writerbiologist