Biographical Records

Notable People from Connecticut

2,282 notable figures born in Connecticut, showing page 41 of 46, ranked by historical prominence.

Charles N. Agree
architect (1897-1982)
1897 – 1982
architect
Chick Bowen
American baseball player (1897-1948)
1897 – 1948
baseball player
Cliff Burwell
American songwriter
1898 – 1976
music arrangersongwriterpianist
Robert W. Hill
Robert W. Hill
American architect (1828–1909)
1828 – 1909
architect
Ed Murray
baseball player (1895-1970)
1895 – 1970
baseball player
Samuel Griswold
American businessman (1790-1867)
1790 – 1867
business magnate
Lawrence Peyton
American actor
1895 – 1918
actor
Matt Brennan
American football player (1897-1963)
1897 – 1963
American football player
Dan Ferro
American film and television actor
1960 – 2022
television actoractor
Henry Titus Welles
Henry Titus Welles
American businessman and politician (1821–1898)
1821 – 1898
lawyer
Tony DeLuca
American football player (1960-1999)
1960 – 1999
American football player
Patrick Arnold
American chemist
1966 – 2026
chemist
Lewis Watson
American long-distance runner (1895-1961)
1895 – 1961
long-distance runner
Frances L. Roth
American lawyer, entrepreneur, and co-founder of the Culinary Institute of America
1896 – 1971
lawyer
Silva Tipple Lake
Silva Tipple Lake
American classicist
1898 – 1983
classical philologistarchaeologistuniversity teacher
Jim Carleton
American baseball player
1848 – 1910
baseball player
Edward Ellsberg
Edward Ellsberg
writer and United States Navy admiral (1891–1983)
1891 – 1983
novelistmilitary officerauthor
Frank Woodward
Major League Baseball pitcher
1894 – 1961
baseball player
George Smith
George Smith
pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1916 to 1923
1892 – 1965
baseball player
George Weiss
American baseball executive
1894 – 1972
baseball player
George P. Shelton
American military personnel
1820 – 1902
military personnel
Gertrude Noone
Gertrude Noone
American supercentenarian (1898–2009)
1898 – 2009
military personnel
Hod Ford
Hod Ford
American baseball player (1897-1977)
1897 – 1977
baseball player
Randall K. Burrows
American politician and businessman
1829
politician
Johnny Tillman
American baseball player
1893 – 1964
baseball player
Larry Kopf
Larry Kopf
American baseball player
1890 – 1986
baseball player
Oliver Hoyt
Oliver Hoyt
American politician in Connecticut (1823–1887)
1823 – 1887
politician
Merwin Jacobson
American baseball player
1894 – 1978
baseball player
Ole Olsen
Ole Olsen
American baseball player (1894-1980)
1894 – 1980
baseball player
Terence P. Finnegan
Terence P. Finnegan
United States Air Force Major General; American Roman Catholic priest and chaplain (1904-1990)
1904 – 1990
military officer
Vera Neumann
American artist (1907–1993)
1907 – 1993
designerartist
Walter Houghton
American historian (1904–1983)
1904 – 1983
literary historianhistorian
William R. Brewster
William R. Brewster
Union Army officer (1828-1869)
1828 – 1869
military officer
Samuel Mattocks
Vermont State Treasurer
1739 – 1804
politicianjudgelawyer
Henry Louis Langhaar
American engineer
1909 – 1992
university teacherengineer
Thomas Gallaudet
Thomas Gallaudet
Episcopal priest and educator of the deaf, 1822–1902 (1822–1902)
1822 – 1902
presbyter
Lewis Riggs
American politician
1789 – 1870
politician
Pete Appleton
Pete Appleton
American baseball player
1904 – 1974
baseball player
Edward Aloysius McGurkin
Catholic bishop
1905 – 1983
Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Norman A. Daniels
American pulp fiction writer (1905-1995)
1905 – 1995
crime fiction writerwriter
Richard H. Whiting
Richard H. Whiting
American politician (1826-1888)
1826 – 1888
politician
Charles Buell
American football player (1900-1964)
1900 – 1964
American football player
Philip Corbin
Philip Corbin
American politician
1824 – 1910
politician
Edmund T. Silk
American classical philologist (1901–1981)
1901 – 1981
classical philologistuniversity teacher
Nathaniel Shipman
Nathaniel Shipman
American judge and legislator (1828–1906)
1828 – 1906
politicianlawyerjudge
Maria Bissell Hotchkiss
Maria Bissell Hotchkiss
American pioneer and educator
1827 – 1901
pioneereducator
Joseph Lemuel Chester
Joseph Lemuel Chester
American genealogist (1821-1882)
1821 – 1882
genealogisthistorianpolitician
John Riordan
American mathematician (1903-1988)
1903 – 1988
mathematician
Merrill Joels
American actor (1909-2001)
1909 – 2001
actor
Philip C. Wehle
Philip C. Wehle
United States general (1906–1978)
1906 – 1978
military personnel
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