Biographical Records
Notable People from Connecticut
2,282 notable figures born in Connecticut, showing page 29 of 46, ranked by historical prominence.
Calvin Pease
1776 – 1839
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Titus Hosmer
1736 – 1780
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Albert A. Bliss
1812 – 1893
treasurerpoliticianlawyer
Richard Bayley
1745 – 1801
surgeonphysician
Ruth Ann Baldwin
1886
film editorfilm directorscreenwriter
Ralph Randolph Gurley
1797 – 1872
pastorlawyer
Ralph Osborn
1780 – 1835
juristpoliticianlawyer
Ruth Berman Harris
1916 – 2013
harpistcomposer
Philemon Beecher
1776 – 1839
politicianlawyer
Orville Hungerford
1790 – 1851
politicianbusinessperson
Samuel Jaskilka
1919 – 2012
military officer
Harry Ensign
1883 – 1943
cinematographer
Vince Cazzetta
1925 – 2005
basketball coach
Graham H. Chapin
1799 – 1843
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Anna Hempstead Branch
1875 – 1937
social workerpoetwriter
Samuel B. Reed
1834
architect
Vince O'Brien
1919 – 2010
television actorstage actoractor
Margaret Foote Hawley
1880 – 1963
artistpainter
Alfred Brunson
1793 – 1882
politicianlawyer
Bird Beers Chapman
1821 – 1871
politicianlawyer
Nathanael Emmons
1745 – 1840
theologianChristian minister
Josiah Burr Plumb
1816 – 1888
bank managerpolitician
Frank Conniff
1914 – 1971
journalist
Micah Brooks
1775 – 1857
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George Tod
1773 – 1841
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George Anson Starkweather
1794 – 1878
politicianlawyer
Jim Murray
1919 – 1998
sports journalistjournalist
Francis Gregory
1789 – 1866
military officer
Robert Augustine Ward Lowndes
1916 – 1998
science fiction writernovelist
Benjamin Delahauf Foulois
1879 – 1967
balloonistmilitary officer
Nicholas Turro
1938 – 2012
university teacherchemist
William A. Soderman
1912 – 1980
military personnel
Edward Claudius Herrick
1811 – 1862
entomologistlibrarian
Hugh Joseph Gaffey
1895 – 1946
military personnel
John C. Wright
1783 – 1861
editorjournalistpolitician
John A. Collier
1787 – 1873
politicianlawyer
Arphaxed Loomis
1798 – 1885
lawyerpoliticianjudge
Benjamin Hinman
1719 – 1810
military personnel
Bates Cooke
1787 – 1841
politicianlawyer
Asa Whitney
1797 – 1872
inventorbusinessperson
Robert E. Parsons
1892 – 1966
politician
Alfred Judson Force Moody
1918 – 1967
military personnel
J. Gerald Phelan
1893 – 1981
architect
Art Hyatt
1912 – 1991
basketball player
Philip C. Hayes
1833 – 1916
journalistmilitary officerpolitician
Roy C. Wilcox
1891 – 1975
politician
Jessie Hull Mayer
1910 – 2009
artistmuralist
John Downey
1930 – 2014
lawyerjudge
Betty Kean
1914 – 1986
film actortelevision actorstage actor
Maureen Howard
1930 – 2022
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