Biographical Records

Notable People from Connecticut

2,282 notable figures born in Connecticut, showing page 24 of 46, ranked by historical prominence.

Phil Ohman

American pianist and composer (1896–1954)

1896 – 1954

film score composersongwriterpianist

Walter Leo Weible

U.S. Army general 1896-1980)

1896 – 1980

military personnel

William Myron MacDonald

American-Canadian aviator

1890 – 1958

aircraft pilot

Wilmot H. Bradley

Chief Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey (1944 to 1959)

1899 – 1979

botanistresearchergeologist

Michael Joseph Ready

Catholic bishop (1893-1957)

1893 – 1957

Catholic bishopCatholic priest

Albert W. Cretella

lawyer and politician (1897–1979)

1897 – 1979

politicianlawyer

Howard Cann

American football player and coach, basketball player and coach, Olympic shot putter (1895–1992)

1895 – 1992

shot putterbasketball playerbasketball coach

Edward A. Craig

Lieutenant General

1896 – 1994

military officer

Albert H. Kelley

American film director (1894–1989)

1894 – 1989

film director

Budd Fine

American actor (1894-1966)

1894 – 1966

actor

Elizabeth Beecher

American screenwriter

1898 – 1973

comics writerscreenwriter

Lucy Talcott

American archaeologist (1899-1970)

1899 – 1970

classical archaeologistarchaeologist

Vera Buch Weisbord

American communist and union organizer (1895-1987)

1895 – 1987

political activistunion organizer

Harry C. Carver

American mathematician (1890–1977)

1890 – 1977

statisticianmathematician

Westbrook Van Voorhis

American broadcaster (1903-1968)

1903 – 1968

voice actorspeakeractor

Nathan Cohn

American electrical engineer

1907 – 1989

electrical engineerengineer

Isadore Tarlov

American Neurosurgeon

1905 – 1977

neurosurgeonphysician

Ralph Ingersoll

American writer (1900-1985)

1900 – 1985

publisherjournalisteditor

Richard M. Bissell, Jr.

American spy (1909-1994)

1909 – 1994

spyeconomistprofessor

Antoni Nicholas Sadlak

lawyer and politician (1908-1969)

1908 – 1969

lecturerassistant managereducator

Edward Killy

American film director (1903-1981)

1903 – 1981

film directorassistant director

Michael Fleischer

American mineralogist and geochemist, U.S. Geological Survey, Washington, D.C. (1908–1998)

1908 – 1998

geochemistmineralogist

J. Joseph Smith

American politician (1904-1980)

1904 – 1980

politicianlawyerjudge

James Thomas Patterson

American politician and officer (1908-1989)

1908 – 1989

military officerpolitician

Thomas G. Bergin

American scholar of Italian literature (1904–1987)

1904 – 1987

romanistuniversity teacherpoet

Pamela Cunningham Copeland

American horticulturalist

1906 – 2001

horticulturist

Billy Burke

professional golfer

1902 – 1972

golfer

Cliff Nazarro

American comedian and actor (1904-1961)

1904 – 1961

comedianactor

Frank Hogan

American lawyer (1902-1974)

1902 – 1974

politicianlawyer

Tony Pastor

American musician (1907–1969)

1907 – 1969

saxophonistjazz musicianbandleader

Glenna Collett-Vare

American golfer (1903–1989)

1903 – 1989

golfer

Joseph Francis Donnelly

Catholic bishop (1909-1977)

1909 – 1977

Catholic priestCatholic bishop

Connie Rasinski

animation director (1907-1965)

1907 – 1965

pencillerfilm directoranimator

George Metesky

Serial bomber (1903-1994)

1903 – 1994

electricianmilitary personnel

Fredson Bowers

American bibliographer and scholar of textual editing

1905 – 1991

literary historianphilologistscholar of English

John E. Sheridan

American politician (1902-1987)

1902 – 1987

politicianlawyer

John P. Merrill

American physician

1917 – 1984

internistnephrologisttransplant surgeon

Lincoln Borglum

American artist

1912 – 1986

engineerwriterphotographer

Stewart Alsop

American columnist and political analyst (1914–1974)

1914 – 1974

journalistwriter

Dick Joy

American actor (1915-1991)

1915 – 1991

radio personalityactor

Clegg Hoyt

American actor (1910-1967)

1910 – 1967

television actoractor

Marynn Older Ausubel

American photographer (1912–1980)

1912 – 1980

editorartistphotographer

John S. Monagan

American politician (1911-2005)

1911 – 2005

politicianlawyer

Jonathan Brewster Bingham

American politician and diplomat (1914-1986)

1914 – 1986

diplomatpoliticiancaptain

Paul Himmel

American photographer (1914–2009)

1914 – 2009

fashion photographerpsychotherapistphotographer

William Colepaugh

American able seaman and secret agent (1918–2005)

1918 – 2005

able seamanspy

Bernard Gordon

American politician (1918-2007)

1918 – 2007

producerfilm producerscreenwriter

Edward Dugmore

American artist (1915-1996)

1915 – 1996

artistpainter

John S. Foster, Jr.

American physicist

1922 – 2025

physicist

Pat O'Sullivan

Amateur golfer

1926 – 2019

golfer

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