List of people from New Haven, Connecticut
Notable natives and long-term residents of New Haven, Connecticut are listed in alphabetical order.
-
Academics and educators
- Harold Bloom, literature scholar and professor
- Benjamin Woodbridge Dwight, educator and author
- Timothy Dwight IV, president of Yale College
- Josiah Willard Gibbs, mathematical physicist
- William Henry Goodyear, archeologist, art historian and museum curator
- Arthur Twining Hadley, economist and president of Yale University
- Geoffrey Hartman, literature scholar and emeritus professor
- Stephen Kobasa, teacher, writer and Christian political activist
- John Nicholas Newman, mathematician
- James Pierpont, founder of Yale College
- David Pingree, professor of mathematics and classics
- Michael Resnik, philosopher of mathematics
- Vincent Scully, architecture professor and author
- Lawrence Summers, economist, secretary of the treasury and president of Harvard University
- Peter Vallentyne, professor of philosophy
- Everard Mott Williams, scientist and educator
Actors and theater figures
- Lauren Ambrose, actress
- Jessica Blank, actor, playwright and novelist
- Roberts Blossom, actor and poet
- Ernest Borgnine, actor
- Melanie Chartoff, actress
- Martha Coolidge, film director
- Paul Fusco, puppeteer, actor and creator of ALF
- Marcus Giamatti, actor
- Paul Giamatti, actor
- Norman Lear, television producer
- Billy Lush, actor
- William Cameron Menzies, film production director and art director
- Biff McGuire, actor
- Becki Newton, actress
- Nolan North, voice actor
- George O. Petrie, actor
- Sammie Rhodes, pornographic actress
- Thomas Sadoski, actor
- Patricia Smith, actress
- Titus Welliver, actor
- Madeline Zima, actress
Artists and architects
- Peter Anton, artist and sculptor
- Hezekiah Augur, sculptor and inventor
- Henry Austin, architect
- Paul Wayland Bartlett, sculptor
- Al Capp, cartoonist
- August Geiger, architect
- Patrick Earl Hammie, painter
- Nathaniel Jocelyn, painter
- Damian Loeb, painter
- Tala Madani, artist
- Robert Moses, architect and urban planner
- César Pelli, architect
- Jesse Richards, artist and filmmaker
- Ithiel Town, architect and civil engineer
- Nicholas Watson, filmmaker and artist
Athletes and athletics personnel
- Michael Altieri, pro wrestler performing under name Mikey Batts
- Brad Ausmus, baseball catcher
- Frank Beisler, hockey player
- Albie Booth, football player
- Eric Boguniecki, hockey player
- Steve Bray, baseball pitcher
- Craig Breslow, baseball pitcher
- Scott Burrell, basketball coach
- Walter Camp, football inventor
- Glenna Collett-Vare, golfer
- Tommy Corcoran, baseball shortstop
- Chad Dawson, boxer
- Harold Devine, boxer
- George Dixon, football running back
- Justin Duberman, hockey right winger
- Ed Ellis, football offensive tackle
- Kevin Gilbride, football coach
- Fred Goldsmith, baseball pitcher
- Jason Grabowski, baseball player
- Adam Greenberg, baseball outfielder
- Stu Griffing, rower
- Anttaj Hawthorne, football defensive tackle
- Jennison Heaton, bobsled racer
- Matt Hussey, hockey centre
- Bill Hutchinson, baseball pitcher
- Bob Kuziel, football offensive lineman
- Floyd Little, football running back
- Brian Looney, baseball pitcher
- Ted Lowry, boxer
- Colin McDonald, hockey right winger
- Terrell Myers, basketball player
- Ed Rapuano, umpire
- Anthony Sagnella, football defensive tackle
- Allen Stack, swimmer
- Greg Stokes, basketball player
- George Weiss, baseball executive
- John Williamson, basketball player
Business figures
- Ted Bates, advertising executive
- Wesley A. Clark, computer scientist and consultant
- Charles Goodyear, inventor and industrialist
- Clifford Grodd (1924–2010) – president and chief executive of Paul Stuart[1]
- Andrew Paulson, entrepreneur and media executive
- Paul MacCready, aeronautical engineer and inventor
- Alfred Pritchard Sloan, Jr., businessman and CEO of General Motors
- Lucius Seymour Storrs, railway official
- Eli Whitney, inventor and manufacturer
- Steve Wynn, casino developer
Clergymen
Lawyers and jurists
Military figures
Musicians
- Ben Allison, jazz double bass player
- Noah Baerman, jazz pianist
- Sonny Berman, jazz trumpeter
- Michael Bolton, singer-songwriter
- Andrew Calhoun folk singer/songwriter
- Karen and Richard Carpenter, singers/musicians
- Loren Mazzacane Connors, musician and artist
- Dominic Frontiere, composer
- Jay Greenberg, composer
- Gerry Hemingway, jazz percussionist and composer
- Charles Ives, composer
- Michael Gregory Jackson, jazz guitarist
- Jamey Jasta, singer and guitarist
- Kris Jensen, singer and guitarist
- Pete Jolly, jazz pianist and accordianist
- Brooks Kerr, jazz pianist
- Hilly Michaels, musician and drummer
- Joe Morris, jazz guitarist
- Buddy Morrow, trombonist and bandleader
- Troy Oliver, musician, songwriter and producer
- Liz Phair, singer-songwriter and guitarist
- Quincy Porter, composer and music teacher
- Barney Rapp, bandleader and jazz musician
- Emily Saliers, singer-songwriter and member of the Indigo Girls
- Artie Shaw, bandleader
- Tony Scherr, bassist and guitarist musician, singer-songwriter and record producer
- Stezo, rapper
- Donn Trenner, jazz pianist and arranger
- Jessica Grace Wing, theatrical composer
- Barry Wood, singer and television producer
Politicians
- Roger Sherman Baldwin, Lawyer in the Amistad case, US Senator and 17th Governor of Connecticut.
- George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States.
- William P. Cronan, naval officer and Naval Governor of Guam
- John C. Daniels, mayor of New Haven.
- Rosa DeLauro, US Congresswoman.
- John DeStefano, Jr., mayor of New Haven.
- Biagio DiLieto, mayor of New Haven.
- Jerome F. Donovan, US Congressman for New York.
- Phineas C. Dummer, 6th mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey.
- Henry W. Edwards, 27th and 29th Governor of Connecticut.
- Foster Furcolo, US Congressman and 60th Governor of Massachusetts.
- Henry Baldwin Harrison, 52nd Governor of Connecticut.
- James Hillhouse, US Congressman and US Senator for Connecticut.
- Thomas Hill Hubbard, US Congressman for New York.
- Charles Roberts Ingersoll, US Congressman and 47th Governor of Connecticut.
- Ralph Isaacs Ingersoll, US Congressman and mayor of New Haven.
- Richard C. Lee, mayor of New Haven.
- Joe Lieberman, Connecticut Attorney General, US Senator, & 2000 US Vice Presidential candidate.
- William D. Lindsley, US Congressman for Ohio.
- Frank Logue, mayor of New Haven.
- Henry Meigs, US Congressman for New York.
- Bruce Morrison, US Congressman for Connecticut.
- George Lloyd Murphy, US Senator for California & President of the Screen Actors Guild.
- James P. Pigott, US Congressman for Connecticut.
- Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., US Congressman for New York City.
- Roger Sherman, 1st Mayor of New Haven, signed the Declaration of Independence and Constitution.
- John Todd Trowbridge, member of the Wisconsin Territorial Legislature and sea captain
- William H. Yale, 6th Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota.
Writers
- Joseph Payne Brennan, poet and short story writer
- William Cronon, environmental historian
- John Falsey, television writer and producer
- Jeannine Hall Gailey, poet
- William Heffernan, novelist
- Burton J. Hendrick journalist and writer
- Andrew Kopkind, journalist
- Ruth Ozeki, novelist
- Mark de Solla Price, author, journalist and activist
- Benjamin Spock, pediatrician and author
- Russell Wangersky, journalist and short story writer
- Leonard Weisgard, children's author and illustrator
- Bernard Wolfe, science fiction writer
Others
Fictional people
- On the American television show Mad About You, the Stemple family was from New Haven
See also
References