List of people from Stamford, Connecticut
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Notable people in the past and present associated with Stamford, Connecticut:
Contents
Art
- Gutzon Borglum (1867-1941), sculptor of Mount Rushmore, lived in North Stamford[1] from 1910 to 1920
- Paul Calle (1928–2010), artist who created the 1969 stamp commemorating the first manned moon landing[2]
- Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011), artist, has a home in the Shippan section of town
- Alex Raymond (1909-1956), creator of the Flash Gordon comic strip, lived in North Stamford[1]
- Alexander Rummler (1867–1959), painter, lived in the city
- John Adams Ten Eyck III (1893-1932),[3] painter and etcher
Business
- Ralph Bahna (1942-2014), CEO of Cunard Line, chairman of Priceline.com, founder of Club Quarters[4]
- Vince McMahon (1945-) and Linda McMahon (1948-), founders of World Wrestling Entertainment
Entertainers
In addition to the people listed here, there are many professional wrestlers and executives associated with World Wrestling Entertainment living in Stamford since the city is home to WWE's corporate headquarters.
- Elizabeth Crocker Bowers (1830-1895), stage actress and theatrical manager, also known professionally as Mrs. D. P. Bowers
- Michael Dante (born 1931), actor and professional baseball player, born in the city[5]
- Dana Delany (born 1956), actress, grew up in Stamford
- Kenny Delmar (1910–1986), actor, died in the city
- Kim Greist (born 1958), actress, was born in the city[6]
- Eileen Heckart (1919-2001), Oscar-winning actress and city resident[7]
- Earl Hindman (1942–2003), actor, died in the city
- Harry Houdini (1874-1926), escape artist, had a summer home in Stamford[8]
- Alan Kalter (1943-), announcer on Late Show with David Letterman, lives in the city[9]
- Josh Logan (1980-), theatrical producer, lives or lived in North Stamford[1]
- Christopher Lloyd (1938-), actor, born in Stamford
- Antonio Macia, screenwriter and actor
- Bill Moseley (born 1951), horror film actor, was born in the city
- Louise Platt (1915–2003), theatre and film actress, was born in the city
- Gilda Radner (1946–1989), comedienne, actress, wife of Gene Wilder, lived in the city
- Katherine Reback (1950/51-2010), screenwriter (Fools Rush In), was a native of Stamford[10]
- Rosemary Rice (1925-2012), actress (Mama), voice-over artist and children's musician[11]
- Henry Simmons (born 1970), actor, was born in the city
- Stephen Sondheim (1930-), composer, lived in North Stamford when he was a boy[12]
- Grant Tinker (born 1925), former husband of Mary Tyler Moore and former chairman and CEO of NBC (1981–1986), was born in the city
- Mark Tinker (born 1951), producer, director, and writer, was born in the city
- Vivian Vance (1909–1979), actress
- Fredi Washington (1903–1994), actress, died in the city
- Marc Weiner (born 1955), Jewish comedian, clown, puppeteer, and television producer, lives in the city
- Gene Wilder (1933-), actor and director, lives in the city[13]
- Peggy Wood (1892–1978), actress and a member of the Algonquin Round Table, died in the city
Government and politics
- J. Cofer Black (b. 1950), former United States Department of State Coordinator for Counterterrorism with the rank of Ambassador at Large from (2002–2004); born in Stamford[citation needed]
- Georges Clemenceau (1841–1929), French Premier during World War I;one of the major voices behind the Treaty of Versailles; taught in a girls' school in Stamford; married one of his pupils, Mary Plummer, in 1869[citation needed]
- Homer Stille Cummings (1870–1956), United States Attorney General, 1933-1939; in 1900, 1901, and 1904, he was elected mayor of Stamford; helped found the Cummings & Lockwood law firm in 1909[14]
- Charles A. Duelfer, chief U.S. weapons inspector in Iraq; raised in Stamford[citation needed]
- Joe Lieberman (b. 1942), U.S. Senator and 2000 Democratic nominee for vice president; born in Stamford[15]
- Dan Malloy (1955-), Governor of Connecticut
- John J. McCloy (1895–1989), prominent adviser to President Franklin D. Roosevelt and President Ronald Reagan; died in Stamford[16]
- William T. Minor (1815–1889), 39th Governor of Connecticut, Consul-General to Havana, Cuba and judge on the Connecticut Superior Court; born in Stamford[17]
- Chris Shays (1945-), Fourth District U.S. representative; former resident of Stamford[18]
Literature, writing, journalism
- Christopher Buckley (1952-), novelist, editor, William F. Buckley's son, partly grew up in the Cove section
- William F. Buckley, Jr. (1925-2008), founder of National Review magazine, longtime resident in the Cove section
- Chris Hansen (1959-), television journalist, lives in the city
- Harry Harrison (born Henry Maxwell Dempsey, 1925), science-fiction author, was born in the city
- John Hawkes (1925–1998), novelist, was born in the city
- Carol Iovanna, newscaster on Fox News, is a resident of the city
- Jeph Loeb, comic book, screen, and television writer, and television and motion picture producer, grew up in Stamford[19][20]
- J. D. Salinger, author of The Catcher In The Rye, lived in north Stamford briefly in the late 1940s[21]
- Chuck Scarborough, television news anchor, lives in North Stamford
- Dana Tyler, news anchor for WCBS-TV in New York City, lives in Stamford[22]
Music
- Dave Abbruzzese (born 1968), Pearl Jam's drummer, 1991–1994, was born in the city
- Michael Bolton (1953-), singer, lived in North Stamford[1]
- Henry "Harry" Thacker Burleigh (1866–1949), singer who made "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot," a nineteenth-century spiritual, popular (in a 1917 compilation); died in the city
- Willy DeVille (1950-2009), R&B singer and composer, was born in Stamford in 1950
- Dorothy Fields (1905-1974), lyricist, rented Buttonwood Manor in North Stamford from William E. Stevens during World War II[23]
- Gordon G.G. Gebert, musician, author of the book KISS & Tell, lives in North Stamford
- Benny Goodman (1909-1986), the 'King of Swing', lived the last 20 years of his life in Stamford; buried in Long Ridge Cemetery[24]
- Jimmy Ienner (1945-), music producer[25]
- Jim Koplik, concert promoter, city resident since 1981[26]
- Cyndi Lauper (1953-), singer, has a home in North Stamford[1][27]
- Meat Loaf (Michael Lee Aday) (1947-), rock singer and songwriter, lived in Stamford from 1979-1981, coached Babe Ruth League and Little League baseball[28]
- Moby (1965-), recording artist, previously lived in the South End
- Ezio Pinza (1892-1957), a star of the Metropolitan Opera, lived in North Stamford[1]
- Rakim (1968-), rapper, lives in the city
- Sasha Sokol (1970-), Mexican singer, has a home in the city
- Andrew Sterling (1874–1955), lyricist, died in the city
- Rida Johnson Young (1869–1926), lyricist, died in the city[29]
Religion
- James Davenport (1716–1757), clergyman and itinerant preacher noted for often controversial actions during the First Great Awakening, born in Stamford
- Lubomyr Husar (1933-), Major Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Major-Archdiocese of Lviv, was educated at St. Basil's College in Stamford
- Ignatius Pin-Mei Cardinal Kung (1901–2000), the Roman Catholic bishop of Shanghai, China from 1950 until his death, lived his final years in Stamford
- Thaddeus F. Malanowski (1922-), Deputy Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Army
Sports
- Semyon Belits-Geiman (1945-), Olympic medal-winning swimmer[citation needed]
- Andy Bloom (born 1973), Olympic shot putter[citation needed]
- Matt Brennan (1897-1963), NFL player
- Garry Cobb (1957-), NFL football player[25]
- David Cone (1963-), former MLB pitcher[citation needed]
- Michael Dante (born 1931), former professional baseball player and later a television and film actor, was born in the city[5]
- Chris Dudley (b. 1965), former NBA basketball player for teams including the Cleveland Cavaliers and New York Knicks; born in Stamford[30]
- Gigi Fernández, member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame[31]
- Jane Geddes, winner of 11 LPGA Tour events[31]
- Ryan Haggerty, NHL hockey player on the Chicago Blackhawks[32]
- J. Walter Kennedy (1912–1977), NBA commissioner (1963–1975) and former athletic director at St. Basil's Preparatory School in Stamford; born in Stamford[citation needed]
- Dick Mayer (1924–1989), professional golfer, born in Stamford[citation needed]
- Jackie Robinson, baseball star, made North Stamford[1] his home later in his life; one of the Stamford little leagues is named after him
- Andy Robustelli (1925–2011), member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame; born and raised in Stamford[33]
- Alex Rodriguez (1975-), MLB player, is said to have a home in Stamford
- Boris Said (1962-), NASCAR driver, raised in Stamford[citation needed]
- Dan Sileo (1963-), former NFL player and currently a radio personality in Orlando on WYGM[34]
- William E. Stevenson (1900-1985), 1924 Olympic gold medal winner in track, president of Oberlin College, bought Buttonwood Manor in North Stamford in 1937[23]
- Gene Tunney (1897–1978), boxing champion; interred in Long Ridge Union Cemetery in Stamford[35]
- Bobby Valentine (1950-), former baseball player and former manager of the Boston Red Sox, owner of downtown sports bar "Bobby V's", a downtown sports bar, the city's Director of Public Health and Safety, born in Stamford[36]
- Herb Williams (1958-), former NBA player and current New York Knicks assistant coach, has a home in Stamford[citation needed]
Other
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James Angelo (Jim) Verinis with his wartime Scottish Terrier "Stuka", 1943
- Louis Dell'Olio, fashion designer[24]
- Sandra Diaz-Twine, two-time winner of Survivor (Pearl Islands and Heroes vs. Villains)
- Dennis Gabor, worked at the CBS Research Lab in Stamford and won a Nobel Prize in Physics
- Ina Garten, cooking author, grew up in the city
- Robert Jaffe, physicist, grew up in Stamford
- Robert Jarvik, inventor of the first artificial heart, was reared in Stamford[37][38]
- Harold June (1895–1962), U.S. Navy test pilot and Antarctic aviator
- F. N. Monjo (1875–1929), arctic fur trader
- Charles Henry Phillips, inventor of milk of magnesia, lived in and had a factory making the product in town[citation needed]
- Thomas H. Ruger (1833–1907), Union general in the Civil War and superintendent of West Point, died in the city
- Will Shortz, puzzle editor of The New York Times, current resident and organizer of the annual World Puzzle Championship which was held in Stamford in 2000
- James Angelo Verinis, first World War II pilot to complete 25 successful missions; co-pilot on the Memphis Belle; appeared in the 1944 movie Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress; born in the city[39]
- Jay S. Walker, founder of Priceline.com, resides in Stamford
See also
- List of people from Connecticut
- List of people from Bridgeport, Connecticut
- List of people from Darien, Connecticut
- List of people from Greenwich, Connecticut
- List of people from New Canaan, Connecticut
- List of people from New Haven, Connecticut
- List of people from Norwalk, Connecticut
- List of people from Redding, Connecticut
- List of people from Ridgefield, Connecticut
- List of people from Westport, Connecticut
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "If You're Thinking of Living In/North Stamford, Conn.; In a Bustling City, a Rural Haven" an article by Eleanor Charles in The New York Times Real Estate section, February 1, 1998, accessed September 10, 2006
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- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Lee, Natasha, "A reel cowboy: Actor doesn't forget Stamford Roots", article in The Advocate of Stamford, Connecticut, October 22, 2006, page 1, article confirms he was born and grew up in Stamford
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- ↑ Costagregni, Susie, "Director grabs a coffee before daughter's wedding" the June 24, 2006 "The Dish with susie" column in The Advocate of Stamford, page A2
- ↑ Parry, Wynne, "Vaudeville and Beyond: Before the heyday of movies and television, stages offered a cavalcade of acts", article, The Advocate of Stamford, Connecticut, December 24, 2007, pp 1, A4, Norwalk and Stamford editions (article states: "Houdini wrote in some notes that he spent summers in his 'country home in Stamford, Connecticut', according to the book, Houdini: The Man Who Walked Through Walls")
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- ↑ "From the Archives" feature in The Advocate of Stamford, Connecticut, July 23, 2007, "25 years ago", "July 25, 1982" item; page A7
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- ↑ 23.0 23.1 Nova, Susan, "Manor is rich with history: Offer has been accepted to buy 5,300-square-foot (490 m2) home", news article in the Real Estate section of The Advocate of Stamford (daily newspaper), Friday, April 20, 2007, pp R1, R4
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- ↑ Lockhart, Brian, "Promoter praised for keeping the music playing: Jim Koplik honored as one of state's finest", news article, The Advocate of Stamford, Connecticut, March 10, 2007, pages 1, A6
- ↑ Lee, Natasha, "Highest honor: Stamford police remember fallen colleagues", news article in The Advocate of Stamford, May 15, 2007, p 1, A4, Stamford Edition, picture caption (page 1): "Cyndi Lauper, a Stamford resident, sings the national anthem at the memorial ceremony [...]"
- ↑ Spillane, Sean, "Meat Loaf: Not done yet and back in Connecticut for Mohegan Sun concert", article, "Go" entertainment supplement, The Advocate of Stamford, Connecticut (also in The News-Times of Danbury, Connecticut Post of Bridgeport and Greenwich Time newspapers), July 8, 2010
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