List of people from Brookfield, Connecticut
This list of people from Brookfield, Connecticut, includes current and past residents as well as others associated with Brookfield, Connecticut. The list is categorized by area in which each person is best known, in alphabetical order within each category:
Actors, musicians, and others in entertainment
- Frederick Bristol, American voice teacher and singer.
- Julia DeMato, contestant on American Idol
- Will Denton, actor on the NBC series Kidnapped.
- Frank Enea, musician and composer.
- C. B. Hawley, American bass, voice teacher, organist and composer.
- Brian Slawson, Grammy-nominated composer.
- Ronnie Spector, an American rock and roll singer.
- Kari Wuhrer (born 1967), actress and singer of Cherokee and German descent.
Authors, writers, journalists, photojournalists
- Joseph Hayes, novelist and playwright, author of The Desperate Hours.
Government, military
- Samuel E. Merwin, 44th Governor of Connecticut (in office from 1889-1893)
- M. Jodi Rell, 87th Governor of Connecticut (in office from 2004-2011, resident 1969-2016)
- Lou Rell, First Gentlemen of Connecticut (married to M. Jodi Rell), as well as an American aviator.
Business
- Michael Walrath, venture capitalist, founder and CEO of Right Media.
- Scott Werndorfer, co-founder and developer of Cerulean Studios.
Sports
- Scott Lutrus, American football player in the NFL.
- Gene Sarazen, golfer, won the United States Open, British Open, PGA Championship, and The Masters. He built Sunset Hill Golf Course in Brookfield.
Artists
- Lester Beall, modern graphic design pioneer.[1]
- Bob Camp is a cartoonist, comic book artist, director, and producer.
- Elizabeth Peyton, American painter who rose to popularity in the mid-1990s.
- Bill Westenhofer visual effects artist and winner of two Academy Awards
Others
- Joseph Collins, Neurologist and co-founder of the Neurological Institute of New York.
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 Hartford, 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 Stamford, Connecticut
- List of people from Westport, Connecticut
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