List of people from New Canaan, Connecticut
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):
Actors, directors, producers
- Katherine Heigl, actress
- Christopher Lloyd, actor
- Christopher Meloni, actor, Law & Order SVU
- Martin Mull (born 1943), actor and comedian
- Sarah Rafferty, actress, known for Suits
- Allison Williams, actress, Girls
- Michael McCusker, film editor
Others in the entertainment and music industries, musicians, models
- Liona Boyd, classical guitarist and composer
- Edie Brickell, singer, wife of Paul Simon[1]
- Harry Connick Jr., singer
- Stephen Jenks (1772–1856), composer, teacher, and tunebook compiler
- Douglas Marland, soap opera writer
- Christopher "Mad Dog" Russo, sports talk-show personality on WFAN radio
- Paul Simon, singer and songwriter, husband of Edie Brickell[1][2]
Athletes and those in the sports industry
- Curt Casali, current catcher for the Cincinnati Reds.
- Dave Eichelberger, Jr. (born 1943), professional golfer
- Terry Hanratty, NFL quarterback 1969–1976 for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Pierre McGuire (born 1961), ice hockey analyst, former NHL coach and scout[3]
- Lucas Niang, current offensive lineman for the Kansas City Chiefs.
- Elmer Oliphant (1892–1975), football player
- Max Pacioretty (born 1988), American NHL player for the Las Vegas Golden Knights
- Doug Perlman, sports media executive
- Bill Toomey, 1968 Olympic decathlon champion
- Fay Vincent, eighth commissioner of Major League Baseball 1989–1992[4]
- Zach Allen, current defensive end for the Arizona Cardinals.
Journalists
- Glenn Beck, television and radio commentator[5]
- Ann Coulter, commentator
- Ann Curry, former co-host of NBC's Today;[6]
- Buzz Kanter, motorcycle magazine publisher (American Iron Magazine, Garage Build)
- Armen Keteyian (born 1953), television reporter
- Mike Wallace, 60 Minutes correspondent
- Brian Williams, anchor of NBC Nightly News
- Sid Yudain, founder of Roll Call[7]
Authors, writers
(not including journalists)
- Bliss Carman, Canadian poet
- A. J. Cronin, Scottish novelist
- Peter D'Adamo, naturopathic physician and author
- Jack Douglas, writer
- Phoebe Dunn, author and photographer of children's books
- Gerald Green (1922–2006), author
- Fran Lebowitz, writer and humorist [8]
- Rick Moody, author of The Ice Storm
- Maxwell Perkins (1884–1947), editor of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Thomas Wolfe
- Armstrong Sperry, Newbery Medal-winning author of Call It Courage
- Peter von Ziegesar, writer and memoirist
Artists, architects, designers, cartoonists
- Solon Borglum, sculptor
- Roland Crandall, early animator
- 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
- Glenora Richards, miniature painter and postage stamp designer[9]
- Arthur Szyk, anti-Nazi cartoonist and book illustrator; artist
Government
- Christopher Dodd, U.S. Senator
- Stuart Symington, U.S. Senator and Secretary of the Air Force
- Walter Childs Wood (1864–1953), state legislator and retired surgeon[10]
Business
- Dave Checketts, Former CEO of Madison Square Garden
- Gary Crittenden, CFO of Citigroup; former Bishop in the LDS Church
- Nigel MacEwan, Former CEO of Kleinwort Benson North America; former President of Merrill Lynch
- Jeff Immelt, CEO of General Electric
- David Neeleman, CEO of JetBlue Airways
- Rich Riley, CEO of Shazam
Other
- Emily Barringer (1876–1961), physician; first female ambulance surgeon
- H. Keith H. Brodie, former Duke University president
- Anthony Comstock namesake of Comstock Law
- Marion Dickerman, with her lover Nancy Cook, suffragists.
- Kathy Giusti, founder of the Multiple Myeloma Foundation[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 Brookfield, Connecticut
- List of people from Darien, Connecticut
- List of people from Greenwich, Connecticut
- List of people from Hartford, 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
- 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
- "McGuire leaves TSN for gig with Versus and NBC". The Daily Gleaner. June 28, 2011.
- 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 [...]"
- lives in town"Waking Up on the Wrong Side of a Rating War". The New York Times. April 18, 2013.
- Weber, Bruce (2013-10-26). "Sid Yudain, 90, Dies; Created Congress's Community Newspaper". New York Times. Retrieved 2013-11-17.
- Mason, Christopher, "Behind the Glass Wall", June 7, 2007, New York Times, retrieved August 8, 2010
- "Glenora Richards". Remember Ma. Sentinel & Enterprise. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
- "Walter Childs Wood, M.D.: Physician Cum Dairyman and Assemblyman". The New Canaan Historical Society Annual. 9 (3): 43–45. 1983. Retrieved 2020-09-14 – via HathiTrust.
- "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"
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