CITY

Official Website:
http://ci.bridgeport.ct.us/

Population:
139529 (2000 census)

Founding Date:
1639

County:
Fairfield County

Established 1639 as Newfield, later Stratfield. Incorporated 1800.

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
Housatonic Community College	1967
University of Bridgeport	1927

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Company	Founded
Aquarion Company	1857

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Richard Belzer	Comic	4-Aug-1944		Munch on Homicide, Law & Order: SVU
Robert O. Bowen	Novelist	7-May-1920	9-Jun-2003	The Weight of the Cross
Dan Curtis	Film Director	12-Aug-1927	27-Mar-2006	Burnt Offerings
Brian Dennehy	Actor	9-Jul-1938		First Blood
Rob Dibble	Baseball	24-Jan-1964		Sportscaster, former Cincinnati Reds pitcher
William A. Higinbotham	Physicist	25-Oct-1910	10-Nov-1994	Physicist, Tennis for Two
J. David Hoeveler	Educator	31-Jul-1943		Watch on the Right
Robert P. Hunter	Activist	23-Aug-1940		Mackinac Center for Public Policy
Robert A. Hurley	Politician	25-Aug-1895	3-May-1968	Governor of Connecticut, 1941-43
Theodore D. Judah	Engineer	4-Mar-1826	2-Nov-1863	American Transcontinental Railroad
Arline Judge	Actor	21-Feb-1912	7-Feb-1974	B-Movie actress, collector of husbands
Larry Kramer	Playwright	25-Jun-1935		The Normal Heart
Edwin H. Land	Inventor	7-May-1909	1-Mar-1991	Polaroid Land Camera
John Mayer	Musician	16-Oct-1977		Your Body Is a Wonderland
Robert Mitchum	Actor	6-Aug-1917	1-Jul-1997	Cape Fear
Tony Musante	Actor	30-Jun-1936	26-Nov-2013	Toma
Kevin Nealon	Comic	18-Nov-1953		Saturday Night Live
Ken Olsen	Business	20-Feb-1925	6-Feb-2011	Founder of Digital Equipment Corporation
John Ratzenberger	Actor	6-Apr-1947		Postman Cliff Clavin on Cheers
William Bradford Reynolds	Government	21-Jun-1942		Reagan administration
Kurt Schrader	Politician	19-Oct-1951		Congressman, Oregon 5th
Wilbur Scoville	Chemist	22-Jan-1865	10-Mar-1942	Scoville heat units
James C. Shannon	Politician	21-Jul-1896	6-Mar-1980	Governor of Connecticut, 1948-49
Bill Smitrovich	Actor	16-May-1947		Andrew Thacher on Life Goes On
Vinnie Vincent	Guitarist	5-Aug-1952		Kiss and Invasion guitarist
Deborah Walley	Actor	12-Aug-1943	10-May-2001	Gidget Goes Hawaiian
Joseph Wilson	Diplomat	6-Nov-1949		Ambassador to Gabon, Valerie Plame's husband

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
P. T. Barnum	Hoaxer	5-Jul-1810	7-Apr-1891	Circus showman
Samuel Flagg Bemis	Historian	20-Oct-1891	26-Sep-1973	Scholar of diplomacy
Jason Robards	Actor	26-Jul-1922	26-Dec-2000	All The President's Men

Copyright ©2025