The following is a list of notable people who were born, raised, or a resident of the U.S. state of Connecticut, with place of birth or residence when known.
Actors, producers, and directors
Christopher Abbott (Greenwich) Bruce Altman (New Haven) Lauren Ambrose (New Haven) Tony Amendola (New Haven) Brad Anderson (Madison) John Ashton (Enfield) William Atherton (Orange) Valerie Azlynn (New London) Kevin Bacon (Sharon) Roger Bart (Norwalk) David Alan Basche (Hartford) Ryan Michelle Bathe (Stamford) Anne Baxter (Easton) Graham Beckel (Old Lyme) Ed Begley (Hartford) Richard Belzer (Bridgeport) Polly Bergen (Southbury) John Billingsley (Weston) Michael Ian Black (Redding) Linda Blair (Westport) Roberts Blossom (New Haven) Ernest Borgnine (Hamden) Kate Bosworth (Darien) Jesse Bradford (Norwalk) Jonathan Brandis (Danbury) Alexandra Breckenridge (Bridgeport and Darien) Amy Brenneman (Glastonbury) Brooke Brodack (Putnam) Chris Bruno (Milford) Dylan Bruno (Milford) Gary Burghoff (Bristol) Brooke Burke (Hartford) John Byrum (Redding) Mary Cadorette (East Hartford) Mike Cahill (New Haven) David Canary (Wilton) Katherine Cannon (Hartford) Art Carney (Westbrook) D. J. Caruso (Norwalk) Adriana Caselotti (Bridgeport) Marilyn Chambers (Westport) Joe Cipriano (Oakville) Spencer Treat Clark (Darien) Glenn Close (Greenwich) Martha Coolidge (New Haven) Daniel Cosgrove (New Haven) D.J. Cotrona (Wallingford) Bob Crane (Waterbury) Jane Curtin (Sharon) Dan Curtis (Bridgeport) Paul Dano (Wilton) Jules Dassin (Middletown) Jeff Davis (Milford) Dana Delany (Stamford) Brian Dennehy (Bridgeport) Jenna Dewan (Hartford) George DiCenzo (New Haven) Allie DiMeco (Waterbury) Troy Duffy (Hartford) Charles H. Eglee (New Haven) Jill Eikenberry (New Haven) Abby Elliott (Wilton) Linda Evans (Hartford) Mark Famiglietti (Clinton) Michael J. Fox (Sharon) Kevin Foxe (Enfield) Will Friedle (Hartford) Paul Fusco (New Haven) Catherine Gardner (Waterbury) Marcus Giamatti (New Haven) Paul Giamatti (New Haven) Cynthia Gibb (Westport) William Gillette (Hartford) Grant Goodeve (Middlebury) Topher Grace (Darien) David Marshall Grant (Westport) Luke Greenfield (Westport) Shelley Hack (Greenwich) June Havoc (Wilton) Sterling Hayden (Wilton) Glenne Headly (New London) Jessica Hecht (Bloomfield) Kevin Heffernan (West Haven) Katherine Heigl (New Canaan) Lillian Hellman (New Milford) Katharine Hepburn (Hartford) Linda Hunt (Westport) Allison Janney (Lakeville) Arline Judge (Bridgeport) Adam Kaufman (New Canaan) Elia Kazan (Newtown) Lisa Robin Kelly (Southington) Ted Knight (Terryville) David LaChapelle (Fairfield) Lisa Lampanelli (Trumbull) Hope Lange (Redding) Eriq La Salle (Hartford) Matt Lauer (Greenwich) Adam LaVorgna (North Branford) Norman Lear (New Haven) Denis Leary (Roxbury) David Letterman (New Canaan) Barry Levinson (Redding). Retrieved May 14, 2014. Paul Lieberstein (Westport) Mark Linn-Baker (Wethersfield) Christopher Lloyd (Stamford) Michelle Lombardo (Glastonbury) Justin Long (Fairfield) Billy Lush (New Haven) Seth MacFarlane (Kent) Fredric March (New Milford) Pamela Sue Martin (Westport) Dylan McDermott (Waterbury) Biff McGuire (New Haven) Stephanie McMahon (Weston) Jesse Metcalfe (New London) Steve Miner (Westport) Robert Mitchum (Bridgeport) Gretchen Mol (Deep River) Marilyn Monroe (Weston and Roxbury) Sheri Moon (Plainville) Jonathan Mostow (Woodbridge) Michael G. Moye (New Haven) Marty Munsch (Greenwich) George Murphy (New Haven) Ellen Muth (Milford) David Naughton (Hartford) James Naughton (Middletown) Kevin Nealon (Bridgeport) Paul Newman (Westport) Becki Newton (New Haven) Tom Noonan (Greenwich) Fred Norris (Willimantic) Nolan North (New Haven) Ron Palillo (Cheshire) Joe Pantoliano (Wilton) Don Pardo (Norwich) Dean Parisot (Wilton) Paul Perri (New Haven) Bijou Phillips (Greenwich) Jacob Pitts (Weston) Tracy Pollan (Sharon) Anthony Tyler Quinn (New London) John Ratzenberger (Bridgeport) Evan Rogers (Mansfield) Christy Carlson Romano (Milford) Anika Noni Rose (Bloomfield) Sherrie Rose (Hartford) Matt Ross (Greenwich) Rosalind Russell (Waterbury) Meg Ryan (Bethel and Fairfield) Peter Sarsgaard (Fairfield) Michael Schur (West Hartford) Annabella Sciorra (Wethersfield) Kyra Sedgwick (Sharon) Chloë Sevigny (Darien) Louise Shaffer (Woodbridge) Spec Shea (Naugatuck) Micah Sloat (Westport) Patricia Smith (New Haven) Bill Smitrovich (Bridgeport) Zack Snyder (Greenwich) Raymond St. Jacques (Hartford) David H. Steinberg (West Hartford) Austin Stowell (Kensington) Tara Subkoff (Westport) Ed Sullivan (Southbury) Larry Sullivan (New Haven) Pawel Szajda (Farmington) Lee Tergesen (Ivoryton) Mark Tinker (Stamford) Tony Todd (Hartford) Jim True-Frost (Greenwich) Tom Tryon (Hartford) Raviv Ullman (Fairfield) James Van Der Beek (Cheshire) Gus Van Sant (Darien) Diane Venora (East Hartford) Jenna von Oÿ (Stamford) Wende Wagner (New London) Christopher Walken (Wilton) Tonja Walker (Easton) Deborah Walley (Bridgeport) Sam Waterston (Sharon) Michael Weatherly (Fairfield) Bruce Weitz (Norwalk) Titus Welliver (New Haven) Michael Jai White (Bridgeport and New Haven) Treat Williams (Norwalk) Fay Wolf (Fairfield) Joanne Woodward (Westport) Kari Wührer (Brookfield) Madeline Zima (New Haven) Rachel Sennott (Simsbury)
Athletes
Brad Ausmus (Cheshire) John Bagley (Bridgeport) Jeff Bagwell (Killingworth) Chris Baker (Windsor) Vin Baker (Old Saybrook) Matt Barnes (Bethel) Semyon Belits-Geiman (Stamford) Keith Bennett, American-Israeli basketball player (Stamford) James Blake (Fairfield) Steve Blass (Canaan) Andy Bloom (Stamford) Nick Bonino (Farmington) Craig Breslow (New Haven) Scott Burrell (Hamden) Donn Cabral (Glastonbury) Marcus Camby (South Windsor) Walter Camp (New Britain) Dave Campo (Groton) Howard Cann (Bridgeport) Jack Capuano (Kent) Jesse Carlson (New Britain) Julie Chu (Fairfield) Aaron Civale (East Windsor) Chris Clark (South Windsor) Jaidon Codrington (Bridgeport) Roger Connor (Waterbury) Marcus Cooper (Bloomfield) Brock Coyle (Norwalk) Carmen Cozza (Orange) Dan Cramer (Stamford) Tommy Cross (Simsbury) Jerome Cunningham (Waterbury) Rajai Davis (Norwich) Chad Dawson (New Haven) Brian Dayett (New London) Ryan Delaire (Bloomfield) Chris Denorfia (Bristol) John DiBartolomeo (Westport) Rob Dibble (Southington) Walt Dropo (Moosup) Andre Drummond (Middletown) Chris Drury (Trumbull) Ted Drury (Trumbull) Vladimir Ducasse (Stamford) Marcus Easley (Bridgeport) David Efianayi (Manchester) Johnny Egan (Hartford) Dwight Freeney (Bloomfield) Kevin Gilbride (New Haven) Mike Gminski (Monroe) Ryan Gomes (Waterbury) Jesse Hahn (Norwich) Ron Hainsey (Bolton) Dorothy Hamill (Greenwich) Matt Harvey (Groton) Anttaj Hawthorne (Hamden) Doug Henry (Torrington) J. J. Henry (Fairfield) Aaron Hernandez (Bristol) Jared Hughes (Stamford) John Jenkins (Meriden) Caitlyn Jenner (Newtown) Jay Johnstone (Manchester) Byron Jones (New Britain) Tebucky Jones (New Britain) Tyrique Jones Joan Joyce (Waterbury) Terrance Knighton (Hartford) Paul Konerko (Norwich) Niko Koutouvides (Plainville) Brian Leetch (Cheshire) Ivan Lendl (Goshen) Dominic Leone (Norwich) Kristine Lilly (Wilton) Floyd Little (New Haven) Rebecca Lobo (Hartford) Joey Logano (Middletown) Cliff Louis (Stamford) Rick Mahorn (Hartford) Wes Matthews (Bridgeport) Dick McAuliffe (Farmington) John McDonald (New London) Mike McGuirl (Hartford) Stephanie McMahon (Greenwich) Paul Menhart (Mystic) Johnny Moore (Waterbury) George H. Morris (New Canaan) Charlie Morton (Redding) Calvin Murphy (Norwalk) Phil Murphy (New London) Jerry Nadeau (Danbury) Alyssa Naeher (Bridgeport) Charles Nagy (Fairfield) Nick Newell (Milford) Mary Anne O'Connor (Fairfield) Lamar Odom (New Britain) Mike Olt (Branford) Dan Orlovsky (Shelton) Jim O'Rourke (Bridgeport) Max Pacioretty (New Canaan) Paul Pasqualoni (Cheshire) Carl Pavano (Southington) Eli Pemberton Willie Pep (Middletown) Jimmy Piersall (Waterbury) Nick Pietrosante (Derby) A. J. Pollock (Hebron) Ryan Preece (Berlin) Jonathan Quick (Milford) Randy Rasmussen (Wilton) David Reed (New Britain) Jordan Reed (New Britain) Charlie Reiter (Westport) Jamey Richard (Weston) Andy Robustelli (Stamford) Bill Rodgers (Hartford) Bill Romanowski (Vernon) Maxie Rosenbloom (Leonard Bridge) Bob Schaefer (Putnam) Evan Scribner (New Milford) Julius Seligson (Westport) Dan Shannon (Bridgeport) Scott Sharp (Norwalk) Jimmy Shea (West Hartford) Emmet Sheehan (Darien) Jeff Simmons (Hartford) Dan Sileo (Stamford) Bob Skoronski (Ansonia) Charles Smith (Bridgeport) Chris Smith (Bridgeport) Kieran Smith (Ridgefield)Barker, Sean (June 13, 2021). "Ridgefield swimmer Kieran Smith qualifies for Olympics in 400 freestyle". Connecticut Post. Retrieved July 20, 2021. Will Solomon, basketball player (Hartford) Tony Sparano (West Haven) Jack Spellman (Middletown) Amari Spievey (Middletown) George Springer (New Britain) Ken Strong (West Haven) John Sullivan (Greenwich) Glover Teixeira (Danbury) Tim Teufel (Greenwich) Tom Thibodeau (New Britain) Donald Thomas (New Haven) Marcus Tracy (Newtown) Triple H (Weston) Dick Tuckey (Naugatuck) Will Tye (Middletown) Bobby Valentine (Stamford) Stephen Valiquette (Orange) Mo Vaughn (Norwalk) Dave Wallace (Waterbury) Björn Werner (Salisbury) Jordan Williams (Torrington) Ron Wotus (Hartford) Steve Young (Greenwich) Josh Zeid (New Haven)
Authors, artists, and educators
Christopher Andersen (Washington) Jacob M. Appel (Branford) Harriet Pritchard Arnold (Killingly) Rosecrans Baldwin (Darien) Edward C. Banfield (Bloomfield) Joel Barlow (Redding) Dan Beard (Redding) A. Scott Berg (Norwalk) Mary C. Billings (Litchfield) Joseph Payne Brennan (Bridgeport and New Haven) Thom Brooks (Guilford) Emily S. Bouton (New Canaan) William F. Buckley Jr. (New York City and Stamford) Candace Bushnell (Glastonbury) Guido Calabresi (New Haven) Al Capp (New Haven) Marietta Stanley Case (Thompson) Frances Manwaring Caulkins (New London) Noah Charney (New Haven) Lincoln Child (Westport) Emma Shaw Colcleugh (Thompson) Christopher Collier (Orange) Suzanne Collins (Hartford and Newtown) Kate Cordsen (Essex) Nathan Daboll (Groton) Mary Ann H. Dodd (Hartford) Clay Dreslough (Ashford) John Gregory Dunne (Hartford) Addie C. Strong Engle (Manchester) Eleanor Estes (West Haven) Mallory Factor (Bridgeport) Howard Fast (Redding) Harriet Ford (Seymour) Edward Miner Gallaudet (Hartford) Elizabeth Gilbert (Waterbury) Charlotte Perkins Gilman (Hartford) Daniel Coit Gilman (Norwich) Thyrza Nichols Goodeve (Middlebury) Hanna Holborn Gray (New Haven) Kate E. Griswold (West Hartford) Anna Huntington (Bethel) Chauncey Ives (Hamden) Anna Louise James (Hartford and (Old Saybrook) Klaus Janson (Bridgeport) Deane Keller (New Haven) John Frederick Kensett (Cheshire) Charles H. Kraft (Waterbury) Larry Kramer (Bridgeport) Madeleine L'Engle (Goshen) Loosey LaDuca (Ansonia) Wally Lamb (Mansfield) Annie Leibovitz (Waterbury) Robert Ludlum (Southport) Ira Levin (Wilton) Sol LeWitt (Hartford) Frank Luntz (West Hartford) Elizabeth Eunice Smith Marcy (East Hampton) E. Louisa Mather (East Haddam) Jay McInerney (Hartford) Eric Metaxas (Danbury) Stephenie Meyer (Hartford) Arthur Miller (Roxbury) Constance Baker Motley (New Haven) Emily Cheney Neville (Manchester) Flannery O'Connor (Redding) John Pekkanen (Lyme) Derek Pell (Weston) Jacques Pepin (Madison) Ann Petry (Old Saybrook) Sarah Phillips (Wilton) Kenneth Pike (Woodstock) Charles Ethan Porter (Hartford) Delia Lyman Porter (New Haven) Frederick Pratson (Hartford) Annie Proulx (Norwich) Luanne Rice (New Britain) Mary A. Ripley (Windham) Bill Roorbach (New Canaan)