Founded 1636 as Newtown, name changed the following year to Hartford.
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Ed Begley, Sr. |
Actor |
25-Mar-1901 |
28-Apr-1970 |
Juror #10 in 12 Angry Men |
| David M. Borden |
Judge |
4-Aug-1937 |
|
Justice, CT Supreme Court, 1990-2007 |
| L. Paul Bremer |
Government |
30-Sep-1941 |
|
Director of the Iraq Provisional Authority |
| Brooke Burke |
Model |
8-Sep-1971 |
|
Supermodel host of Wild On... |
| Katherine Cannon |
Actor |
6-Sep-1953 |
|
Mae Woodward on Father Murphy |
| Sanford Cloud, Jr. |
Business |
27-Nov-1944 |
|
President of NCCJ, 1994-2004 |
| Larry Collins |
Author |
14-Sep-1929 |
20-Jun-2005 |
Is Paris Burning? |
| Samuel Colt |
Inventor |
19-Jul-1814 |
19-Jan-1862 |
Invented the revolver |
| William R. Cotter |
Politician |
18-Jul-1926 |
8-Sep-1981 |
Congressman from Connecticut, 1971-81 |
| James DeBello |
Actor |
9-Jun-1980 |
|
Cabin Fever |
| Jenna Dewan |
Actor |
3-Dec-1980 |
|
Tamara |
| Dominick Dunne |
Author |
29-Oct-1925 |
|
High society novelist and true crime writer |
| John Gregory Dunne |
Author |
25-May-1932 |
30-Dec-2003 |
True Confessions |
| Thomas O. Enders |
Diplomat |
28-Nov-1932 |
17-Mar-1996 |
US Ambassador to Canada, Spain |
| Linda Evans |
Actor |
18-Nov-1942 |
|
Dynasty |
| John Fiske |
Historian |
30-Mar-1842 |
4-Jul-1901 |
Outlines of Cosmic Philosophy |
| Will Friedle |
Actor |
11-Aug-1976 |
|
Eric Matthews on Boy Meets World |
| William Gillette |
Actor |
24-Jul-1853 |
29-Apr-1937 |
Portrayed Sherlock Holmes on the stage |
| Charlotte Perkins Gilman |
Activist |
3-Jul-1860 |
17-Aug-1935 |
Women and Economics |
| Thomas Ian Griffith |
Actor |
18-Mar-1962 |
|
Hollow Point |
| Katharine Hepburn |
Actor |
12-May-1907 |
29-Jun-2003 |
The Philadelphia Story |
| Barbara Kennelly |
Politician |
10-Jul-1936 |
|
Congresswoman from Connecticut, 1982-99 |
| Elyse Knox |
Actor |
14-Dec-1917 |
|
Hit the Ice |
| Eriq La Salle |
Actor |
23-Jul-1962 |
|
ER |
| John Larson |
Politician |
22-Jul-1948 |
|
Congressman, Connecticut 1st |
| Eric Mangini |
Football |
19-Jan-1971 |
|
Head Coach, New York Jets |
| Barbara McClintock |
Scientist |
16-Jun-1902 |
2-Sep-1992 |
Discovered telomeres |
| Mark McGrath |
Musician |
15-Mar-1968 |
|
Frontman for Sugar Ray |
| Stephanie McMahon |
Wrestling |
24-Sep-1976 |
|
VP Creative Writing of WWE |
| Gary Merrill |
Actor |
2-Aug-1915 |
5-Mar-1990 |
All About Eve |
| J. Pierpont Morgan |
Business |
17-Apr-1837 |
31-Mar-1913 |
Railroad financier, J. P. Morgan & Co. |
| Timothy Patrick Murphy |
Actor |
3-Nov-1959 |
6-Dec-1988 |
Dallas |
| David Naughton |
Actor |
13-Feb-1951 |
|
An American Werewolf in London |
| Louis Nye |
Actor |
1-May-1913 |
9-Oct-2005 |
Sonny Drysdale on Beverly Hillbillies |
| William A. O'Neill |
Politician |
11-Aug-1930 |
24-Nov-2007 |
Governor of Connecticut, 1980-91 |
| Michael O'Shea |
Actor |
17-Mar-1906 |
4-Dec-1973 |
It's a Great Life |
| Frederick Law Olmsted |
Architect |
27-Apr-1822 |
28-Aug-1903 |
Designed New York's Central Park |
| Richard N. Palmer |
Judge |
27-May-1950 |
|
Justice, Connecticut Supreme Court |
| Barry R. Schaller |
Judge |
23-Nov-1938 |
|
Justice, Connecticut Supreme Court |
| Roger W. Sperry |
Scientist |
20-Aug-1913 |
17-Apr-1994 |
"Split brain" hemispheric neurophysiology |
| Raymond St. Jacques |
Actor |
1-Mar-1930 |
27-Aug-1990 |
Cotton Comes to Harlem |
| Tom Tryon |
Novelist |
14-Jan-1926 |
4-Sep-1991 |
The Other |
| Diane Venora |
Actor |
10-Aug-1952 |
|
Bird |
| Seth P. Waxman |
Government |
28-Nov-1951 |
|
US Solicitor General, 1997-2001 |
| Edward Bennett Williams |
Attorney |
31-May-1920 |
13-Aug-1988 |
Washington Superlawyer |
