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The following is a list of notable people who were born, raised, or a resident of the U.S. state of Connecticut, with place of birth or residence when known. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
William M. "Boss" Tweed (1823–1878), famously corrupt New York City official Thomas Watson Jr. (1914–1993), IBM President and 16th United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union Lowell P. Weicker Jr. (born 1931), Connecticut Governor, U.S. Senator and U.S. Representative
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The following people are associated with New Canaan, Connecticut and notable far beyond it (including those who were born in, raised in, lived in, worked in, or died in town): This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Mark Twain (real name Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835–1910), author known for The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn [21] Ocean Vuong (born 1988), poet and novelist, author of On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous
Lists of people from Connecticut. Subcategories. This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total. E.
Co-host Vanna White and host Pat Sajak make an appearance at Radio City Music Hall for a taping of celebrity week on “Wheel of Fortune” hosted by People Magazine in 2007.
Dan Beard (1850–1941), illustrator and one of the founders of the Boy Scouts of America; lived on Great Pasture [13]; Rebecca Couch (1788–1863), painter [50]; Katherine Sophie Dreier (1877–1952), [51] late artist and patron of the arts who helped found the Museum of Modern Art, lived on Marchant Road in 1912