List of Sons and Daughters of the City of New Haven, Connecticut
This is a list of public figures that American US in the city of New Haven ( Connecticut ) were born. The list does not claim to be complete.
18th century
- Jared Ingersoll (1749-1822), politician, Founding Father of the United States
- Lyman Beecher (1775–1863), Presbyterian pastor and one of the leading representatives of the abstinence movement
- John Wales (1783–1863), US Senator for Delaware
- Henry Edwin Dwight (1797–1832), author and educator
- Charles Goodyear (1800–1860), inventor of vulcanization
19th century
1801-1870
- Andrew Hull Foote (1806–1863), United States Navy Rear Admiral during the American Civil War
- George Whiting Flagg (1816-1897), painter
- Theodore Winthrop (1828–1861), author and lawyer
- William H. Yale (1831-1917), politician
- Josiah Willard Gibbs (1839-1903), physicist
- Simeon Eben Baldwin (1840–1927), Connecticut Governor
- Toby Edward Rosenthal (1848–1917), painter
- George Appo (1856–1930), criminal
- Russell Henry Chittenden (1856–1943), physiologist and chemist
- John Haberle (1856–1933), painter
- Mary Fairchild Low (1858-1946), painter
- Timothy L. Woodruff (1858-1913), politician
- Paul Wayland Bartlett (1865-1925), sculptor
- William Edwin Haesche (1867–1929), composer
- Burton J. Hendrick (1870-1949), author
1871-1900
- John Rand (1871-1940), actor
- Alpheus Hyatt Verrill (1871-1954), writer
- Alfred P. Sloan (1875–1966), President of General Motors
- Clifford Beers (1876–1943), founder of the American psychiatry reform
- Harry Myers (1882–1938), actor, screenwriter and silent film director
- Edwin Arthur Kraft (1883–1962), organist and composer
- Joseph Farnham (1884-1931), screenwriter
- Robert Moses (1888–1981), urban planner
- Richard Donovan (1891–1970), composer, organist, conductor and music teacher
- Michael Joseph Ready (1893–1957), Roman Catholic Bishop of Columbus
- William Cameron Menzies (1896–1957), director, producer, screenwriter and film architect
- Albert W. Cretella (1897–1979), politician
- Quincy Porter (1897–1966), composer
- Dewey Robinson (1898-1950), actor
- Alfred Newman (1900–1970), composer, conductor and music director at 20th Century Fox
- Barney Rapp (1900-1970), band leader
20th century
1901-1920
- Blair Moody (1902–1954), United States Senator for Michigan
- George Murphy (1902–1992), actor and politician
- Leo Tover (1902–1964), cameraman
- Benjamin Spock (1903–1998), pediatrician and psychiatrist
- Jennison Heaton (1904–1971), bobsleigh and skeleton rider
- John Heaton (1908–1976), skeleton and bobsleigh driver
- Adam Clayton Powell junior (1908–1972), politician and civil rights activist
- Al Capp (1909–1979), comic book artist
- Harold Devine (1909-1998), boxer
- Walsh McDermott (1909-1981), medical doctor
- Foster Furcolo (1911–1995), politician
- John Francis Hackett (1911–1990), Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop in Hartford
- Emil Newman (1911–1984), film composer and conductor
- Vincent Joseph Hines (1912–1990), Roman Catholic Bishop of Norwich
- Philip Kapleau (1912-2004), Zen monk
- Elliot Caplin (1913-2000), comic book author
- Jonathan Brewster Bingham (1914–1986), politician
- Bernard Wolfe (1915–1985), writer
- Jack Arnold (1916–1992), film director
- Ruth Berman Harris (1916-2013), harpist
- Lionel Newman (1916–1989), film composer, music director and conductor
- Les Elgart (1917–1995), jazz trumpeter
- Buddy Morrow (1919-2010), jazz trombonist
- Vincent Scully (1920–2017), art and architecture historian
1921-1940
- Constance Baker Motley (1921–2005), first black federal judge in a US federal court
- Bob Carter (1922-1993), jazz bassist
- John S. Foster junior (born 1922), physicist
- Norman Lear (born 1922), television writer and producer
- Bernard F. Grabowski (1923–2019), politician
- Lou Oles (1923-1967), jazz musician
- Roberts Blossom (1924–2011), actor and poet
- Sonny Berman (1925–1947), bebop jazz trumpeter
- Paul MacCready (1925–2007), physicist, engineer and glider pilot
- Stuart Griffing (born 1926), rower
- Edward Lewis Wallant (1926–1962), writer
- Wesley A. Clark (1927–2016), electrical engineer and computer designer
- Donn Trenner (1927–2020), arranger and pianist of the swing era and modern jazz
- Frank A. Barker (1928–1968), Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army
- Jerry Bock (1928-2010), musical composer
- Donald Brooks (1928-2005), fashion designer
- Donald Hall (1928-2018), poet
- Allen Stack (1928-1999), swimmer
- Frank Dooley (born 1929), swimmer
- Russell F. Doolittle (1931-2019), biochemist
- Dominic Frontiere (1931-2017), composer
- Joyce Mekeel (1931–1997), composer, harpsichordist and music teacher
- Mary Louise Wilson (born 1931), actress
- Pete Jolly (1932-2004), jazz pianist and accordionist
- N. David Mermin (* 1935), theoretical physicist
- Peter Anthony Rosazza (* 1935), Roman Catholic bishop
- Tom Purdom (born 1936), science fiction author
- George A. Akerlof (* 1940), professor of economics
- George DiCenzo (1940-2010), actor
1941-1950
- Bill Fitch (1941-2010), musician
- Alfred Goodman Gilman (1941–2015), pharmacologist and Nobel Prize winner
- Floyd Little (born 1942), American football player
- Richard M. Shiffrin (* 1942), cognitive scientist and psychologist
- Steve Wynn (born 1942), billionaire and casino operator in Las Vegas
- Vinton G. Cerf (* 1943), mathematician and computer scientist
- Susan Davenny-Wyner (* 1943), singer and conductor
- Rosa DeLauro (* 1943), politician
- Stephen C. Harrison (* 1943), biochemist
- Fred Cuny (1944–1995), engineer and disaster relief expert
- George W. Bush (born 1946), 43rd US President
- Richard Carpenter (born 1946), pop singer
- Martha Coolidge (* 1946), director and television producer
- Paul R. Gurian (* 1946), film producer
- Pete Rouse (born 1946), politician
- Michael Vespoli (* 1946), rower
- Dick Dreissigacker (* 1947), rower
- Jill Eikenberry (born 1947), actress
- Melanie Chartoff (* 1948), actress and voice actress
- Loren Connors (* 1949), improvisation musician
- Carroll Dunham (born 1949), painter
- Karen Anne Carpenter (1950–1983), pop singer
- Anthony Grafton (born 1950), historian
- Lewis Libby (* 1950), former Chief of Staff to US Vice President Dick Cheney
1951-1960
- Tony Amendola (born 1951), actor
- John Williamson (1951-1996), basketball player
- Johannes von Dohnanyi (* 1952), German journalist and author
- Edward Etzel (* 1952), marksman and professor of psychology
- John Ruocco (* 1952), jazz clarinet and saxophonist
- Josefina Benedetti (* 1953), Venezuelan composer
- Michael Bolton (born 1953), pop musician
- Paul Fusco (born 1953), actor
- Michael Gregory Jackson (* 1953), jazz and rock musician
- Lawrence Summers (* 1954), US Treasury Secretary and 27th President of Harvard University
- Gerry Hemingway (* 1955), jazz drummer
- Michiko Kakutani (* 1955), literary critic
- Mark Hummel (* 1956), harmonica player
- Rodney Jones (* 1956), jazz musician
- John Bedford Lloyd (born 1956), actor
- Ruth Ozeki (* 1956), Japanese-American author
- Jeanne Flanagan (* 1957), rower
- Richard Gray (* 1957), level designer in the computer game industry
- Robby Ameen (* 1960), drummer
- Craig Mello (* 1960), biochemist
1961-1970
- Marcus Giamatti (* 1961), actor
- Titus Welliver (born 1961), actor
- Kira Roessler (* 1962), punk rock electric bassist
- Milo Addica (* 1963), screenwriter and film producer
- Katherine Clark (born 1963), politician
- Kenny Johnson (born 1963), actor
- Debra Hamel (* 1964), ancient historian
- Suzanne King (* 1964), cross-country skier
- Tony Scherr (* 1965), musician
- Eleanor Dickey (* 1967), classical philologist
- Paul Giamatti (* 1967), actor
- Liz Phair (born 1967), rock singer
- Andy Bloch (* 1969), poker player
- Daniel Cosgrove (born 1970), actor
- Mike DiRubbo (* 1970), jazz musician
- Nolan North (* 1970), actor and voice actor
- Steven Segaloff (born 1970), rower
- Larry Sullivan (born 1970), actor
1971-2000
- Scott Burrell (born 1971), basketball player
- David Baker (born 1972), poker player
- Conal Groom (* 1973), rower
- Ben Abarbanel-Wolff (* 1974), musician
- Eric Boguniecki (* 1975), ice hockey player and coach
- Guillermo E. Brown (born 1976), drummer
- Lauren Ambrose (* 1978), film and television actress
- Becki Newton (* 1978), actress
- Kenneth Salters (* ≈1978), jazz musician
- Mike Cahill (* 1979), director, screenwriter and producer
- Matt Hussey (born 1979), ice hockey player
- DJ Cotrona (* 1980), actor
- Adam LaVorgna (born 1981), film actor
- Billy Lush (born 1981), actor
- Caitlin Cahow (* 1985), ice hockey player
- Eliza Outtrim (* 1985), freestyle skier
- Madeline Zima (born 1985), actress
- Alex Deibold (* 1986), snowboarder
- LaMonte Ulmer (* 1986), basketball player
- Jay Greenberg (* 1991), composer and symphonist
- Jami Ann Kranich (* 1992), soccer goalkeeper
- Mac Bohonnon (* 1995), freestyle skier
- Adam Erne (* 1995), ice hockey player
- Kiley McKinnon (* 1995), freestyle skier
Web links
Commons : People of New Haven, Connecticut - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stu Griffing in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
- ↑ Frank Dooley in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
- ↑ Mike Vespoli in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
- ↑ Dick Dreissigacker in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
- ↑ John Williamson , nasljerseys.com
- ↑ Suzanne King in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
- ^ Daniel Cosgrove , imdb.com
- ↑ Steven Segaloff in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
- ↑ Larry Sullivan , imdb.com
- ↑ Scott Burrell , basketball-reference.com
- ↑ Conal Groom in the database of Sports-Reference (English)