List of people from New Canaan, Connecticut
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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):
Contents
Actors, directors, producers
- Katherine Heigl, actress - raised in town
- Christopher Lloyd, actor
- Martin Mull (b. 1943), actor and comedian - moved to town when he was 15 and graduated from New Canaan High School
- Christopher Meloni, actor, Law & Order SVU
- Allison Williams, actress, Girls
Others in the entertainment and music industries, musicians, models
- Liona Boyd, classical guitarist and composer - resident
- Edie Brickell, singer, wife of Paul Simon[1]
- Harry Connick Jr., singer - resident
- Stephen Jenks (1772–1856), composer, teacher, and tunebook compiler - lived in town for a time
- Douglas Marland, soap opera writer
- Christopher "Mad Dog" Russo, sports talk-show personality on WFAN radio - resident
- Paul Simon, singer and songwriter, husband of Edie Brickell - resident[1][2]
Athletes and those in the sports industry
- Dave Eichelberger, Jr. (born 1943), professional golfer - former resident
- Pierre McGuire (born 1961), ice hockey analyst, former NHL coach and scout[3]
- Elmer Oliphant (1892–1975) football player - born in Bloomfield, Indiana
- Max Pacioretty (born November 20, 1988), American NHL player for the Montreal Canadiens
- Bill Toomey, 1968 Olympic decathlon champion - former resident
- Mark Loomis, Coordinating Producer, Fox Sports Golf
- Terry Hanratty, NFL quarterback from 1969-1976 for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Fay Vincent, eighth commissioner of Major League Baseball from 1989 to 1992, has a summer home in town[4]
Journalists
- Glenn Beck, television and radio commentator - resident[5]
- Ann Coulter, commentator - raised in town
- Ann Curry, former co-host of NBC's Today[6]
- Buzz Kanter, motorcycle magazine publisher (American Iron Magazine, RoadBike) - resident
- Armen Keteyian (born 1953), television reporter - lives in town
- Brian Williams, anchor of NBC Nightly News - resident
- Mike Wallace, 60 Minutes correspondent
- Sid Yudain, founder of Roll Call[7]
Authors, writers
(not including journalists)
- Bliss Carman, Canadian poet - resident for the last 20 years of his life (1909–1929)
- A. J. Cronin, Scottish novelist - former resident
- Peter D'Adamo, naturopathic physician, author of Eat Right For Your Type
- Jack Douglas, writer - former resident
- Phoebe Dunn (author), author and photographer of children's books - resident until her death
- Tracey Fagan Danzey, author of Jasper's Cafe On The Boulevard (Spotlights New Canaan)- NCHS 1982
- Gerald Green (1922–2006), author - lived in town
- Fran Lebowitz, writer and humorist, a friend of Philip Johnson[8]
- Rick Moody, author of The Ice Storm - former resident
- Maxwell Perkins (1884–1947), editor of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Thomas Wolfe and others - resident
- Armstrong Sperry, Newbery Medal-winning author of Call It Courage - former resident
Artists, architects, designers, cartoonists
- Solon Borglum, sculptor
- Roland Crandall, early animator - lived in town
- Philip C. Johnson (1906–2005), architect who built and lived in the famous Glass House in town
- Eliot Noyes, architect and industrial designer for IBM and others - lived in town, family still owns residence
- Glenora Richards, miniature painter and postage stamp designer[9]
- Arthur Szyk, famous anti-Nazi cartoonist and book illustrator and artist
Government
- Christopher Dodd, U.S. Senator - owns a house
- Stuart Symington, U.S. Senator and Secretary of the Air Force - died in town
Business
- Thomas J. Baldwin, CEO of Morton's Restaurant Group - resident[10]
- Jeff Immelt, CEO of General Electric - resident
- David Neeleman, CEO of JetBlue Airways - resident
- Sean Bratches, EVP Sales and Marketing ESPN - resident
- Hugh C. Wiley, worldwide publisher of Fortune Magazine - resident
- Gary Crittenden, CFO of Citigroup, former Bishop in the LDS Church - resident
- Rich Riley, CEO of Shazam - resident
Other
- Emily Barringer (1876–1961), physician and the first female ambulance surgeon - lived in town
- H. Keith H. Brodie, former Duke University president and former resident
- Anthony Comstock namesake of Comstock Law (George Bernard Shaw coined "comstockery" after him) - born in town
- Nancy Cook, see Marion Dickerman, below
- Marion Dickerman, with her lover Nancy Cook, both close friends of Eleanor Roosevelt, moved in 1947 from Roosevelt's Val-Kill property to New Canaan
- Kathy Giusti, founder of the Multiple Myeloma Foundation - resident[11]
- Henry Hanford (1784–1866), first white settler of Lewistown, Ohio
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 Haven, Connecticut
- List of people from Norwalk, Connecticut
- List of people from Redding, Connecticut
- List of people from Ridgefield, Connecticut
- List of people from Stamford, Connecticut
- List of people from Westport, Connecticut
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dixon, Ken, "Music Hall of Fame proposed for state ", article in Connecticut Post in Bridgeport, Connecticut, April 26, 2007 ("Paul Simon and Edie Brickell, his wife, of New Canaan")
- ↑ Lorentzen, Amy, "Simon campaigns in Iowa for Dodd", Associated Press news article as printed in The Advocate of Stamford, Connecticut, with the words "Simon, who lives in New Canaan" added by editors at The Advocate (the words are not found in other versions of the article printed elsewhere), July 7, 2007
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- ↑ Vigdor, Neil, "He fired 'The Boss': Fay Vincent: The man who exiled Steinbrenner shares memories of Yankees owner", news article, pp 1, A4, July 14, 2010, The Advocate of Stamford, Connecticut ("[...] Vincent said from his summer home in New Canaan.")
- ↑ Morganteen, Jeff, "Beck: Cops are the real heroes", news article, June 26, 2010, The Advocate of Stamford, Connecticut ("The New Canaan resident attends the same church as a Stamford police sergeant [...]"
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- ↑ Mason, Christopher, "Behind the Glass Wall", June 7, 2007, New York Times, retrieved August 8, 2010
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- ↑ [1] Fairfield County Business Journal, January 23, 2006, "State of the Steak" by David Gurliacci, page 1
- ↑ "Lance Armstrong to be honored at MMRF gala", no-byline article in The New Canaan Advertiser, August 1, 2007: "Kathy Giusti, founder and chief executive officer of the MMRF, and a New Canaan resident"
