List of people from New Haven, Connecticut
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Notable natives and long-term residents of New Haven, Connecticut
are listed in alphabetical order.
New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven is the second-largest city in Connecticut and the sixth-largest in New England. According to the 2010 Census, New Haven's population increased by 5.0% between 2000 and 2010, a rate higher than that of the State of Connecticut, and higher than that of the state's five largest cities, and...
are listed in alphabetical order.
Academics and educators
- Harold BloomHarold BloomHarold Bloom is an American writer and literary critic, and is Sterling Professor of Humanities at Yale University. He is known for his defense of 19th-century Romantic poets, his unique and controversial theories of poetic influence, and his prodigious literary output, particularly for a literary...
, literature scholar and professor - Benjamin Woodbridge DwightBenjamin Woodbridge DwightBenjamin Woodbridge Dwight was an American educator and author.-Life:Benjamin Woodbridge Dwight was born April 5, 1816 in New Haven, Connecticut. His father was physician Benjamin Woolsey Dwight , and paternal grandfather was Yale University president Timothy Dwight...
, educator and author - Timothy Dwight IVTimothy Dwight IVTimothy Dwight was an American academic and educator, a Congregationalist minister, theologian, and author...
, president of Yale College - Josiah Willard GibbsJosiah Willard GibbsJosiah Willard Gibbs was an American theoretical physicist, chemist, and mathematician. He devised much of the theoretical foundation for chemical thermodynamics as well as physical chemistry. As a mathematician, he invented vector analysis . Yale University awarded Gibbs the first American Ph.D...
, mathematical physicist - William Henry GoodyearWilliam Henry GoodyearWilliam Henry Goodyear was a noted American archaeologist, art historian, and museum curator. He was the son of Charles Goodyear , inventor of rubber vulcanization, and Clarissa Beecher Goodyear....
, archeologist, art historian and museum curator - Arthur Twining HadleyArthur Twining HadleyArthur Twining Hadley was an economist who served as President of Yale University from 1899 to 1921.-Biography:...
, economist and president of Yale University - Geoffrey HartmanGeoffrey HartmanGeoffrey H. Hartman is a German-born American literary theorist, sometimes identified with the Yale School of deconstruction, but also has written on a wide range of subjects, and cannot be categorized by a single school or method.-Biography:...
, literature scholar and emeritus professor - Stephen KobasaStephen V. KobasaStephen Vincent Kobasa is a Connecticut teacher, journalist, and Christian political activist. He focuses his work “in Colombia solidarity, towards abolition of the death penalty and in opposition to nuclear weapons.” He was “instrumental in reconstituting the state’s death penalty abolition...
, teacher, writer and Christian political activist - John Nicholas NewmanJohn Nicholas NewmanJohn Nicholas Newman is an American applied mathematician noted for his contributions to marine hydrodynamics. Together with David Evans, he initiated the International Workshop on Water Waves and Floating Bodies. He is also known for his contribution in the development of the wave-structure...
, mathematician - James PierpontJames Pierpont (Yale founder)James Pierpont was a Congregationalist minister who is credited with the founding of Yale University in the United States...
, founder of Yale College - David PingreeDavid PingreeDavid Edwin Pingree was a University Professor and Professor of History of Mathematics and Classics at Brown University, and was one of America's foremost historians of the exact sciences in antiquity.-Life:He graduated from Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts in 1950 and thereafter attended...
, professor of mathematics and classics - Michael ResnikMichael ResnikMichael David Resnik is a leading contemporary philosopher of mathematics. He obtained his B.A. in mathematics and philosophy at Yale University in 1960, and his Ph.D. in Philosophy at Harvard University in 1964. He wrote his thesis on Frege...
, philosopher of mathematics - Vincent ScullyVincent ScullyVincent Joseph Scully, Jr. is Sterling Professor Emeritus of the History of Art in Architecture at Yale University, and the author of several books on the subject...
, architecture professor and author - Lawrence SummersLawrence SummersLawrence Henry Summers is an American economist. He served as the 71st United States Secretary of the Treasury from 1999 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton. He was Director of the White House United States National Economic Council for President Barack Obama until November 2010.Summers is the...
, economist, secretary of the treasury and president of Harvard University - Peter VallentynePeter VallentynePeter Vallentyne is Florence G. Kline Professor of Philosophy at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri. He holds dual citizenship in the United States and Canada....
, professor of philosophy - Everard Mott WilliamsEverard Mott WilliamsDr Everard Mott Williams, noted scientist and educator, was born in New Haven, Connecticut. He received a Ph.D. from Yale University in Electrical Engineering in 1939, served as the head of Carnegie Mellon University , Department of Electrical Engineering from 1952–1969 and has over 100 patents.The...
, scientist and educator
Actors and theater figures
- Lauren Ambrose, actress
- Jessica BlankJessica BlankJessica Blank, born in New Haven, Connecticut, is an American actress, playwright, and novelist who has appeared in film, television, and theater. She has appeared in several movies, including The Namesake, The Exonerated, and You’re Nobody 'til Somebody Kills You, and the indies Undermind and On...
, actor, playwright and novelist - Roberts BlossomRoberts BlossomRoberts Scott Blossom was an American theater, film and television actor and poet. He is best known for his roles as Old Man Marley in Home Alone and as Ezra Cobb in the horror film Deranged...
, actor and poet - Ernest BorgnineErnest BorgnineErnest Borgnine is an American actor of television and film. His career has spanned more than six decades. He was an unconventional lead in many films of the 1950s, including his Academy Award-winning turn in the 1955 film Marty...
, actor - Melanie ChartoffMelanie ChartoffMelanie Chartoff is an American actress. Among her most prominent roles are her voice role in Rugrats, her comedic work on the ABC series Fridays from 1980–1982, and on the early 1990s Fox sitcom Parker Lewis Can't Lose....
, actress - Martha CoolidgeMartha CoolidgeMartha Coolidge is an American film director and former President of the Directors Guild of America. -Career:Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Ms. Coolidge first made her reputation by directing many award winning documentaries in New York before moving out to Hollywood in 1976. She spent several...
, film director - Paul FuscoPaul FuscoPaul Fusco is an American puppeteer, voice-over artist and character actor who is best known as the voice, creator, and puppeteer of ALF...
, puppeteer, actor and creator of ALFALF (TV series)ALF is an American science fiction sitcom that originally aired on NBC from 1986 to 1990, created by Paul Fusco. The title character was Gordon Shumway, a friendly extraterrestrial nicknamed ALF , who crash lands in the garage of the suburban middle-class Tanner family.The series starred Max... - Marcus GiamattiMarcus GiamattiMarcus Giamatti is an American actor, best known for being a regular member of the cast of the CBS drama series Judging Amy.-Background:...
, actor - Paul GiamattiPaul GiamattiPaul Edward Valentine Giamatti is an American actor. Giamatti began his career as a supporting actor in several films produced during the 1990s including Private Parts, The Truman Show, Saving Private Ryan, The Negotiator, and Man on the Moon, before earning lead roles in several projects in the...
, actor - Norman LearNorman LearNorman Milton Lear is an American television writer and producer who produced such 1970s sitcoms as All in the Family, Sanford and Son, One Day at a Time, The Jeffersons, Good Times and Maude...
, television producer - Billy LushBilly LushBilly Lush is an American actor from New Haven, Connecticut. He graduated from Coral Springs High School in Coral Springs, Florida in 1999. He later attended Florida State University to pursue theatre. He is known for his portrayal of Kevin Donnelly on the NBC drama The Black Donnellys, which was...
, actor - William Cameron MenziesWilliam Cameron MenziesWilliam Cameron Menzies was an Academy Award-winning American film production designer and art director who also worked as a director, producer, and screenwriter during a career spanning five decades...
, film production director and art director - Biff McGuireBiff McGuireWilliam "Biff" McGuire is an American actor. In recent years he has used the name William Biff McGuire professionally....
, actor - Becki NewtonBecki NewtonRebecca Sara "Becki" Newton is an American actress known for her role as Amanda Tanen on the television series Ugly Betty.-Early life:...
, actress - Nolan NorthNolan NorthNolan Ramsey North is an American actor and voice actor born in New Haven, Connecticut. He has been described as "the nearest thing the games industry has to a bona fide leading man."-Biography:...
, voice actor - George O. PetrieGeorge O. PetrieGeorge O. Petrie was an American television actor.-Biography:He was born in New Haven, Connecticut. On The Honeymooners he had recurring character roles throughout the series...
, actor - Sammie RhodesSammie Rhodes-Biography:She credits her pornographic agent for getting her life in order. "I was stressed, I drank and was immature. But under the influence of Skooby, I got my act together. Now, I take care of myself physically and mentally...
, pornographic actress - Thomas SadoskiThomas SadoskiThomas Sadoski is an American actor. He was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play, the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play and the Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance...
, actor - Patricia SmithPatricia Smith (actress)Patricia Smith Lasell was an American actress who appeared in film and television roles from the early 1950s through the 1990s.-Career:...
, actress - Titus WelliverTitus WelliverTitus Welliver is an American actor. He is best known for his recurring roles on the television shows Deadwood, Lost, Sons of Anarchy and The Good Wife...
, actor - Madeline ZimaMadeline ZimaMadeline Rose Zima is an American actress. She is mostly known for her six years as Grace Sheffield on the TV series The Nanny or more recently as Mia Lewis on the Showtime dramedy Californication and as Gretchen Berg on Heroes.-Early life:Zima was born in New Haven, Connecticut, to Marie and...
, actress
Artists and architects
- Peter AntonPeter AntonPeter Anton is an American artist and sculptor. His primary subject matter is food with an emphasis on chocolates and other sweets...
, artist and sculptor - Hezekiah AugurHezekiah AugurHezekiah Augur was an early American sculptor and inventor. He was a self-taught sculptor and, unlike many other 19th Century sculptors did not travel to Europe, but spent his entire career in New Haven....
, sculptor and inventor - Henry AustinHenry Austin (architect)Henry Austin was a prominent and prolific American architect based in New Haven, Connecticut. He practiced for more than fifty years and designed many public buildings and homes primarily in the New Haven area...
, architect - Paul Wayland BartlettPaul Wayland BartlettPaul Wayland Bartlett was an American sculptor working in the Beaux-Arts tradition of heroic realism. He was born in New Haven, Connecticut, the son of Truman Howe Bartlett, an art critic and sculptor....
, sculptor - Al CappAl CappAlfred Gerald Caplin , better known as Al Capp, was an American cartoonist and humorist best known for the satirical comic strip Li'l Abner. He also wrote the comic strips Abbie an' Slats and Long Sam...
, cartoonist - August GeigerAugust GeigerAugust Geiger was one of the most prominent American architects in South Florida from 1905 to the late 1940s. He experimented in Mission, Neo-Renaissance and Art Deco architecture, but is most noted for his works in the Mediterranean Revival style.-Life:Geiger was born in New Haven, Connecticut,...
, architect - Patrick Earl HammiePatrick Earl HammiePatrick Earl Hammie is an American painter best known for monumental portraits that adopt body language and narrative to reinvent and remix ideal beauty and heroic nudity.-Early life:...
, painter - Nathaniel JocelynNathaniel JocelynNathaniel Jocelyn was an American painter.He was born in New Haven, Connecticut, the son of a clockmaker and engraver. He trained as a watchmaker, later taking up drawing, engraving, and oil painting...
, painter - Damian LoebDamian LoebDamian Loeb is an American painter. Self-taught, he moved to New York City in the early 1990s.Discovered by Jeffrey Deitch, founder of Deitch Projects and current director of LAMoCA, Loeb had his first solo in 1999...
, painter - Tala MadaniTala MadaniTala Madani is an artist based in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. She is a painter whose recurrent motifs include men, often made vulnerable, which gives the effect of reversing the conventionally objectified female body in painting...
, artist - Robert MosesRobert MosesRobert Moses was the "master builder" of mid-20th century New York City, Long Island, Rockland County, and Westchester County, New York. As the shaper of a modern city, he is sometimes compared to Baron Haussmann of Second Empire Paris, and is one of the most polarizing figures in the history of...
, architect and urban planner - César PelliCésar PelliCésar Pelli is an Argentine architect known for designing some of the world's tallest buildings and other major urban landmarks. In 1991, the American Institute of Architects listed Pelli among the ten most influential living American architects...
, architect - Jesse RichardsJesse RichardsJesse Richards is a painter, filmmaker and photographer from New Haven, Connecticut and was affiliated with the international movement Stuckism.-Early life:...
, artist and filmmaker - Ithiel TownIthiel TownIthiel Town was a prominent American architect and civil engineer. One of the first generation of professional architects in the United States, Town made significant contributions to American architecture in the first half of the 19th century. He was high-strung, sophisticated, generous,...
, architect and civil engineer - Nicholas WatsonNicholas WatsonNicholas Watson is a writer and filmmaker. He co-founded the New Haven Stuckist art group.- Life and Art :Nicholas Watson has worked on films with Jesse Richards since 1997. In 2001, Watson co-founded the New Haven, Connecticut chapter of the Stuckism art movement with Richards. Stuckism was...
, filmmaker and artist
Athletes and athletics personnel
- Michael AltieriMichael AltieriMichael Altieri is an American former professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Mikey Batts. He is currently working for World Wrestling Entertainment as a referee.-Professional wrestling career:...
, pro wrestler performing under name Mikey Batts - Brad AusmusBrad AusmusBradley David "Brad" Ausmus is a former All Star catcher in Major League Baseball, and currently a special assistant for the San Diego Padres....
, baseball catcher - Frank BeislerFrank BeislerFrank Beisler was an American ice hockey defenceman. He played in the NHL for the New York Americans, totalling 2 games and no points. He was born in New Haven, Connecticut.-External links:...
, hockey player - Albie BoothAlbie BoothAlbie Booth was an American football player. He was a star at Yale University from 1929 to 1931, and was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1966....
, football player - Eric BogunieckiEric BogunieckiEric Boguniecki is an assistant coach for the Bridgeport Sound Tigers of the AHL.- Playing career :Drafted 193rd overall in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft by the St. Louis Blues, Boguniecki's scoring ability in the minor leagues led to him being signed as a free agent by the Florida Panthers in 1999. ...
, hockey player - Steve BraySteve Bray (baseball)Stephen Matthew Bray is an American professional baseball pitcher.-Amateur career:Bray graduated from Branford High School in 1999. Upon graduating, Bray pitched at Norwalk Community College and was drafted my the Milwaukee Brewers in 46th round of the June 2000 draft...
, baseball pitcher - Craig BreslowCraig BreslowCraig Andrew Breslow is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher for the Oakland Athletics. He throws left-handed, and is considered a lefty specialist....
, baseball pitcher - Scott BurrellScott BurrellScott David Burrell is an American retired professional basketball player and current assistant coach for Quinnipiac University. He has played internationally and was also a professional baseball player...
, basketball coach - Walter CampWalter CampWalter Chauncey Camp was an American football player, coach, and sports writer known as the "Father of American Football". With John Heisman, Amos Alonzo Stagg, Pop Warner, Fielding H. Yost, and George Halas, Camp was one of the most accomplished persons in the early history of American football...
, football inventor - Glenna Collett-VareGlenna Collett-VareGlenna Collett Vare was an American Hall of Fame golfing champion whom the Hall calls the greatest female golfer of her day, and who dominated American women's golf in the 1920s....
, golfer - Tommy Corcoran, baseball shortstop
- Chad DawsonChad Dawson"Bad" Chad Dawson is an American boxer from Hartsville, South Carolina, USA, and the former WBC & IBF light heavyweight champion. Dawson is rated by The Ring Magazine as the number four Light Heavyweight boxer in the world.-Early life:...
, boxer - Harold DevineHarold DevineHarold "Harry" George Devine was an American boxer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.He was born in New Haven, Connecticut and died in North Oxford, Massachusetts.-Amateur career:...
, boxer - George DixonGeorge Dixon (football player)George Dixon was a professional Canadian football player and a Canadian Interuniversity Sport football coach.Dixon starred as a running back for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League, from 1959 to 1965...
, football running back - Justin DubermanJustin DubermanJustin Duberman is a retired American professional ice hockey Right winger. He played in the NHL for the Pittsburgh Penguins.-Career statistics:-External links:...
, hockey right winger - Ed EllisEd EllisEdward Key Ellis is a former American football offensive tackle in the National Football League for the New England Patriots, the Washington Redskins, and the San Diego Chargers. He played college football at the University at Buffalo and was drafted in the fourth round of the 1997 NFL...
, football offensive tackle - Kevin GilbrideKevin GilbrideKevin Gilbride is an American football coach. Gilbride served as the San Diego Chargers head coach from 1997-1998. He went to Southern Connecticut State University, where he played both quarterback and tight end. He would later coach at his alma mater for five seasons starting in 1980 and compiled...
, football coach - Fred Goldsmith, baseball pitcher
- Jason GrabowskiJason GrabowskiJason William Grabowski is a retired Major League Baseball player. Graduated from The Morgan School in Clinton, Connecticut in 1994. In the offseason, his contract was sold to the Orix Buffaloes of Japan's Pacific League...
, baseball player - Adam Greenberg, baseball outfielder
- Stu GriffingStu GriffingStuart "Stu" Lane Griffing is an American rower who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics. He was born in New Haven, Connecticut. In 1948 he was a crew member of the American boat which won the bronze medal in the coxless fours event.-References:...
, rower - Anttaj HawthorneAnttaj HawthorneAnttaj Hawthorne is an American football defensive lineman for the Arizona Rattlers of Arena Football 1. He was drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the sixth round of the 2005 NFL Draft. He played college football at Wisconsin.-Early years:Hawthorne attended Hamden High School in Hamden,...
, football defensive tackle - Jennison HeatonJennison HeatonJennison Heaton was an American bobsled and skeleton racer who competed in the late 1920s. He was born in New Haven, Connecticut. At the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, he won two medals with a gold in the men's skeleton event and a silver in the five-man bobsleigh competition...
, bobsled racer - Matt HusseyMatt HusseyMatt Hussey is an American professional ice hockey center who is currently a Free Agent. He most recently played with German side ERC Ingolstadt of the DEL.-Playing career:...
, hockey centre - Bill Hutchinson, baseball pitcher
- Bob KuzielBob KuzielRobert Charles Kuziel is a former American football offensive lineman in the National Football League for the New Orleans Saints and the Washington Redskins. He also played for the Charlotte Hornets of the World Football League...
, football offensive lineman - Floyd LittleFloyd LittleFloyd Douglas Little is a Pro Football Hall of Fame running back, and was a three-time American football All-American running back at Syracuse University. In 1967 he was the 6th selection of the first common AFL-NFL draft...
, football running back - Brian LooneyBrian LooneyBrian James Looney is a retired Major League Baseball pitcher. He played during three seasons at the major league level for the Montreal Expos and Boston Red Sox...
, baseball pitcher - Colin McDonaldColin McDonald (ice hockey)Colin J. McDonald is an American professional ice hockey player who currently plays for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League . He was selected by the Edmonton Oilers in the 2nd round of the 2003 NHL Entry Draft, 51st overall...
, hockey right winger - Terrell MyersTerrell MyersTerrell Myers is an American professional basketball player.Terrell attended James Hillhouse after graduation then attended St. Thomas More Prep school in Waterbury, Connecticut, followed by Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where he studied and played basketball from 1993-1997...
, basketball player - Ed RapuanoEd RapuanoEdward Stephen Rapuano, Jr. is an umpire in Major League Baseball who has worked in the National League from 1990 to 1999 and throughout both major leagues since 2000. He has officiated in the World Series in 2001 and 2003, as well as the All-Star game in 1995 and 2008...
, umpire - Anthony SagnellaAnthony SagnellaAnthony Sagnella is a former American football defensive tackle in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. Sagnella played college football at Rutgers University. He is currently a health teacher and football coach at North Haven High School.-References:...
, football defensive tackle - Allen StackAllen StackAllen McIntyre Stack was an American backstroke swimmer, who won the 100m Backstroke at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.-References:*...
, swimmer - Greg StokesGreg StokesGregory Lewis "Greg" Stokes is a retired American professional basketball player who was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2nd round of the 1985 NBA Draft. A 6'10" forward-center from the University of Iowa, Stokes played in 2 NBA seasons for the 76ers and Sacramento Kings...
, basketball player - George WeissGeorge Weiss (baseball)George Martin Weiss was an American baseball executive. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1971.Weiss was one of Major League Baseball's most successful farm system directors and general managers...
, baseball executive - John WilliamsonJohn Williamson (basketball)John Lee Williamson was an American basketball player.Williamson played high school basketball at Wilbur Cross High School in New Haven, Connecticut and played college basketball at New Mexico State University. He was a 6'2" guard...
, basketball player
Business figures
- Ted BatesTed Bates (executive)Theodore Lewis "Ted" Bates was an American advertising executive who founded a worldwide advertising agency that bears his name: Ted Bates Inc...-Biography:...
, advertising executive - Wesley A. ClarkWesley A. ClarkWesley Allison Clark is a computer scientist and one of the main participants, along with Charles Molnar, in the creation of the LINC laboratory computer, which was the first mini-computer and shares with a number of other computers the claim to be the inspiration for the personal computer.Clark...
, computer scientist and consultant - Charles GoodyearCharles GoodyearCharles Goodyear was an American inventor who developed a process to vulcanize rubber in 1839 -- a method that he perfected while living and working in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1844, and for which he received patent number 3633 from the United States Patent Office on June 15, 1844Although...
, inventor and industrialist - Clifford GroddClifford GroddClifford Grodd was an American clothier who served as president and chief executive of the Paul Stuart men's and women's clothing retailer....
(1924–2010) – president and chief executive of Paul StuartPaul StuartPaul Stuart is a men's and women's clothing store in the United States. Founded in 1938 in New York City, New York, USA, by haberdasher Ralph Ostrove, who named the company after his son Paul Stuart Ostrove... - Andrew PaulsonAndrew PaulsonAndrew Paulson is an American entrepreneur working in Russia. He is the son of noted American professor Ronald Paulson....
, entrepreneur and media executive - Paul MacCreadyPaul MacCreadyPaul B. MacCready, Jr. was an American aeronautical engineer. He was the founder of AeroVironment and the designer of the human-powered aircraft that won the Kremer prize...
, aeronautical engineer and inventor - Alfred Pritchard Sloan, Jr.Alfred P. SloanAlfred Pritchard Sloan, Jr. was an American business executive in the automotive industry. He was a long-time president, chairman, and CEO of General Motors Corporation...
, businessman and CEO of General Motors - Lucius Seymour StorrsLucius Seymour StorrsLucius Seymour Storrs was a geologist, financier, and notable railway official. He was president of the Connecticut Company, the American Electric Railway Association, the Los Angeles Railway Association, and the New England Investment and Security Company.-Personal life:Storrs was born in...
, railway official - Eli WhitneyEli WhitneyEli Whitney was an American inventor best known for inventing the cotton gin. This was one of the key inventions of the Industrial Revolution and shaped the economy of the Antebellum South...
, inventor and manufacturer - Steve WynnSteve Wynn (developer)Stephen Alan "Steve" Wynn is an American business magnate who played a pivotal role in the 1990s resurgence and expansion of the Las Vegas Strip...
, casino developer
Clergymen
- Charles C. BaldwinCharles C. BaldwinCharles C. Baldwin is a former Chief of Chaplains of the United States Air Force.-Biography:A native of New Haven, Connecticut, Baldwin is an ordained Southern Baptist pastor. He is a graduate of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary...
, Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Air Force - Lyman BeecherLyman BeecherLyman Beecher was a Presbyterian minister, American Temperance Society co-founder and leader, and the father of 13 children, many of whom were noted leaders, including Harriet Beecher Stowe, Henry Ward Beecher, Charles Beecher, Edward Beecher, Isabella Beecher Hooker, Catharine Beecher, and Thomas...
, clergyman and abolitionist - William H. FerrisWilliam H. FerrisWilliam Henry Ferris was an author, minister, and scholar.He was born in New Haven, Connecticut as the son of David H. and Sarah Ann Jefferson Ferris. His grandparents were free at the time of his father's birth. His father joined the Union Army voluntarily at the age of 17 years...
, author, minister and scholar - Michael J. McGivney, founder of the Knights of ColumbusKnights of ColumbusThe Knights of Columbus is the world's largest Catholic fraternal service organization. Founded in the United States in 1882, it is named in honor of Christopher Columbus....
Lawyers and jurists
- Ellen Bree BurnsEllen Bree BurnsEllen Bree Burns is a United States federal judge.Burns was born in New Haven, Connecticut. She received a B.A. from Albertus Magnus College in 1944. She received an LL.B. from Yale Law School in 1947. She was a Special assistant, Commission to Revise the Connecticut General Statutes from 1947 to...
, judge - Constance Baker MotleyConstance Baker MotleyConstance Baker Motley was an African American civil rights activist, lawyer, judge, state senator, and President of Manhattan, New York City.-Early Life and Academics:...
, civil rights activist, judge and politician - Martin Karl ReidingerMartin Karl ReidingerMartin Karl Reidinger is a United States federal judge.Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Reidinger received a B.A. from the University of North Carolina in 1981 and a J.D. from the University of North Carolina in 1984. He was in private practice in Asheville, North Carolina from 1984 to 2007.On...
, judge
Military figures
- Timothy I. AhernTimothy I. AhernTimothy I. Ahern was a Major General in the United States Air Force.-Biography:Ahern was born on November 7, 1924 in New Haven, Connecticut. At the age of 15 he entered New Haven State Teachers College. Later he attended Harvard Business School. He married Kathryn L. Teague, widow of USAF...
, major general - Benedict ArnoldBenedict ArnoldBenedict Arnold V was a general during the American Revolutionary War. He began the war in the Continental Army but later defected to the British Army. While a general on the American side, he obtained command of the fort at West Point, New York, and plotted to surrender it to the British forces...
, general and traitor - William P. CronanWilliam P. CronanWilliam Pigott Cronan was a United States Navy Captain who served as the 19th Naval Governor of Guam. During his tenure in the Navy, he became decorated, commanded a number of ships, and came to be known as "the most popular man in the Navy". He participated in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba...
, naval officer and Naval Governor of Guam - Henry LeavenworthHenry LeavenworthHenry Leavenworth was an American soldier active in the War of 1812 and early military expeditions against the Plains Indians...
, brigadier general - Allen L. SeamanAllen L. SeamanAllen Lang Seaman was born on 21 December 1916 at New Haven, Connecticut, and educated at Duke University. He enlisted in the United States Naval Reserve on 15 August 1938 and was ordered to Naval Air Station Pensacola as an Aviation Cadet five months later...
, naval officer - Alfred TerryAlfred TerryAlfred Howe Terry was a Union general in the American Civil War and the military commander of the Dakota Territory from 1866 to 1869 and again from 1872 to 1886.-Early life and career:...
, major general
Musicians
- Ben AllisonBen AllisonBen Allison is an American jazz double bassist and composer born in New Haven, Connecticut.His groups include The Ben Allison Band, Peace Pipe, the Ben Allison Quartet, Medicine Wheel, the Kush Trio, Man Size Safe, and the Herbie Nichols Project...
, jazz double bass player - Noah BaermanNoah BaermanNoah Baerman is jazz pianist who began studying piano at age eight. He studied at the ACES Educational Center for the Arts in New Haven and Jackie McLean’s Artists Collective, Inc. in Hartford. He earned his bachelor's and Master's degrees in jazz studies from the Mason Gross School of the Arts...
, jazz pianist - Sonny BermanSonny BermanSaul "Sonny" Berman was an American jazz trumpeter.Berman was born in New Haven, Connecticut. He began touring at age sixteen and went on to work with Louis Prima, Harry James and Benny Goodman but is perhaps best known for his later work with Woody Herman...
, jazz trumpeter - Michael BoltonMichael BoltonMichael Bolton is an American singer and songwriter. Bolton originally performed in the hard rock and heavy metal genres from the mid 1970s to the mid 1980s, both on his early solo albums and those recorded as the frontman of the band Blackjack...
, singer-songwriter - Andrew CalhounAndrew CalhounAndrew Calhoun is an American folk singer/songwriter. He was inspired to become a musician when his mother brought home a couple of her hippie students who played guitar. Early influences include Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, John Prine, Leonard Cohen, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Joseph Conrad,...
folk singer/songwriter - Karen and Richard CarpenterThe CarpentersCarpenters were an American vocal and instrumental duo, consisting of sister Karen and brother Richard Carpenter. The Carpenters were the #1 selling American music act of the 1970s. Though often referred to by the public as "The Carpenters", the duo's official name on authorized recordings and...
, singers/musicians - Loren Mazzacane ConnorsLoren Mazzacane ConnorsLoren MazzaCane Connors is an American experimental musician who has recorded and performed under several different names: Guitar Roberts, Loren Mazzacane, Loren Mattei, and currently Loren Connors...
, musician and artist - Dominic FrontiereDominic FrontiereDominic Frontiere is an American composer, arranger, and jazz accordionist. He is known for composing the theme and much of the music for the first season of the television series The Outer Limits.-Early years:...
, composer - Jay GreenbergJay GreenbergJay "Bluejay" Greenberg is an American composer who entered the Juilliard School in 2002.-Life and work:...
, composer - Gerry HemingwayGerry HemingwayGerry Hemingway is an American jazz composer and percussionist.He has performed with Ernst Reijseger, Anthony Davis, Earl Howard, Leo Smith, George Lewis, Anthony Braxton, Ray Anderson, Mark Helias, Reggie Workman, Michael Moore, Oliver Lake, Marilyn Crispell, Christy Doran, John Wolf Brennan, Don...
, jazz percussionist and composer - Charles IvesCharles IvesCharles Edward Ives was an American modernist composer. He is one of the first American composers of international renown, though Ives' music was largely ignored during his life, and many of his works went unperformed for many years. Over time, Ives came to be regarded as an "American Original"...
, composer - Michael Gregory JacksonMichael Gregory JacksonMichael Gregory is an American jazz, Blues and Rock Guitarist, Singer, Songwriter, Composer and Producer.Gregory began playing guitar at the age of seven...
, jazz guitarist - Jamey JastaJamey JastaJamey Jasta is an American musician from New Haven, Connecticut, best known as the lead vocalist of the hardcore band Hatebreed and sludge metal band Kingdom of Sorrow...
, singer and guitarist - Kris JensenKris JensenKris Jensen is an American singer and guitarist.Jensen began his career in music cutting records for Colpix, for whom he recorded his first single in 1959. He graduated from high school in Fort Lauderdale in 1960 and then recorded with Kapp Records and its subsidiary, Leader Records...
, singer and guitarist - Pete JollyPete JollyPete Jolly was an American West Coast jazz pianist and accordionist....
, jazz pianist and accordianist - Brooks KerrBrooks KerrBrooks Kerr is an American jazz pianist born in New Haven, Connecticut, perhaps best-known for being bandleader of a small group featuring Sonny Greer and Russell Procope and for his knowledge of Duke Ellington's work, which he often performs.Kerr was a student of Willie "The Lion" Smith...
, jazz pianist - Hilly MichaelsHilly MichaelsHilly Michaels, also known as Hilly Boy Michaels is an American drummer and musician, best known for playing drums with Sparks in the 70's and his two solo albums from the early 80's, Calling All Girls and Lumia .- History :His first music experience came with playing in a band called Joy,...
, musician and drummer - Joe MorrisJoe Morris (guitarist)Joe Morris is an American jazz guitarist. In addition to leading his own groups, he has recorded with William Parker, Whit Dickey, Rob Brown, Joe Maneri and others...
, jazz guitarist - Buddy MorrowBuddy MorrowBuddy Morrow was an American trombonist and bandleader. He is known for his mastery of the upper range which is evident on records such as "The Golden Trombone," as well as his ballad playing.- His life :Morrow was once a member of The Tonight Show Band...
, trombonist and bandleader - Troy OliverTroy OliverTroy Oliver is a multi-instrumentalist, producer, and songwriter who presided over some of the most successful pop recordings of the late '90s and early 2000s. He wrote and produced "Jenny from the Block" and “I’m Real" with Jennifer Lopez, as well as “Differences” with Ginuwine...
, musician, songwriter and producer - Liz PhairLiz PhairPhair's entry into the music industry began when she met guitarist Chris Brokaw, a member of the band Come. Brokaw and Phair moved to San Francisco together, and Phair tried to become an artist there...
, singer-songwriter and guitarist - Quincy PorterQuincy PorterQuincy Porter was an American composer and teacher of classical music.Born in New Haven, Connecticut, he went to Yale University where his teachers included Horatio Parker and David Stanley Smith. Porter received two awards while studying music at Yale: the Osborne Prize for Fugue, and the...
, composer and music teacher - Barney RappBarney RappBarney Rapp was an American orchestra leader and jazz musician from 1920's to the 1940s.-Career:Born Barney Rappaport in New Haven, Connecticut, Rapp first organized a jazz orchestra in the 1920s that played dancing music called "Barney Rapp and his New Englanders". He later moved to Ohio,...
, bandleader and jazz musician - Emily SaliersEmily SaliersEmily Saliers is an American singer-songwriter and member of the Indigo Girls. Saliers plays lead guitar as well as banjo, piano, mandolin, ukulele, bouzouki and many other instruments.-Background:...
, singer-songwriter and member of the Indigo Girls - Artie ShawArtie ShawArthur Jacob Arshawsky , better known as Artie Shaw, was an American jazz clarinetist, composer, and bandleader. He was also the author of both fiction and non-fiction writings....
, bandleader - Tony ScherrTony ScherrTony Scherr is an American jazz and folk rock bassist, guitarist, singer-songwriter and record producer.-Biography:Scherr was born in New Haven, Connecticut. He played with Woody Herman as a teenager, and moved to New York City in the late-1980s, where he became a prolific session musician, working...
, bassist and guitarist musician, singer-songwriter and record producer - StezoStezoSteve Williams, known by his stage name Stezo, is an American rapper and producer from New Haven, Connecticut. He is the cousin of fellow New Haven rapper Dooley-O. Stezo first appeared on the hip-hop scene as a dancer for the group EPMD. He appeared in the video for EPMD's single "You Gots to...
, rapper - Donn TrennerDonn TrennerDonald "Donn" Trenner is an American jazz pianist and arranger born in New Haven, Connecticut.He began his career playing with Ted Fio Rito from 1943-45, and followed this with a slot in Buddy Morrow's orchestra in 1947...
, jazz pianist and arranger - Jessica Grace WingJessica Grace WingJessica Grace Wing was an American theatrical composer active in New York City. She was resident composer of the off-Broadway Inverse Theater Company and wrote one full-length musical, Lost....
, theatrical composer - Barry WoodBarry Wood (singer)Barry Wood was an American singer and television producer. He is best known for being Frank Sinatra's immediate predecessor as the lead male vocalist on the long running NBC radio program Your Hit Parade....
, singer and television producer
Politicians
- Roger Sherman BaldwinRoger Sherman BaldwinRoger Sherman Baldwin was an American lawyer involved in the Amistad case, who later became the 17th Governor of Connecticut and a United States Senator.-Early life:...
, Lawyer in the Amistad case, US Senator and 17th Governor of Connecticut. - George W. BushGeorge W. BushGeorge Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....
, 43rd President of the United States. - William P. CronanWilliam P. CronanWilliam Pigott Cronan was a United States Navy Captain who served as the 19th Naval Governor of Guam. During his tenure in the Navy, he became decorated, commanded a number of ships, and came to be known as "the most popular man in the Navy". He participated in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba...
, naval officer and Naval Governor of Guam - John C. Daniels, mayor of New Haven.
- Rosa DeLauroRosa DeLauroRosa L. DeLauro is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1991. She is a member of the Democratic Party.The district is based in New Haven, and includes most of that city's suburbs.-Early life, education and career:...
, US Congresswoman. - John DeStefano, Jr.John DeStefano, Jr.John DeStefano, Jr. is the current mayor of New Haven, Connecticut. He was the Democratic candidate in 2006 for Governor of Connecticut, unsuccessfully challenging incumbent Republican Governor M. Jodi Rell. He was also the named defendant in the landmark 2009 U.S. Supreme Court case of Ricci v...
, mayor of New Haven. - Biagio DiLietoBiagio DiLietoBiagio "Ben" DiLieto was Mayor of New Haven, Connecticut, from 1980 to 1989, serving as the city's 26th mayor.DiLieto was chief of police in New Haven from 1970 to 1976. He first ran for mayor in 1977, when he narrowly lost the Democratic primary to incumbent Frank Logue. He ran again in 1979,...
, mayor of New Haven. - Jerome F. DonovanJerome F. DonovanJerome Francis Donovan was a United States Representative from New York.-Biography:Donovan was born in New Haven, Connecticut on February 1, 1872...
, US Congressman for New York. - Phineas C. DummerPhineas C. DummerPhineas Cook Dummer was the sixth mayor of Jersey City in New Jersey. He succeeded Peter Bentley, Sr. A Whig politician, he served four one-year terms from April 1844 to April 20, 1848. He was succeeded by Henry C. Taylor.-Biography:Born in New Haven, Connecticut in 1787, he served in the New York...
, 6th mayor of Jersey City, New JerseyJersey City, New JerseyJersey City is the seat of Hudson County, New Jersey, United States.Part of the New York metropolitan area, Jersey City lies between the Hudson River and Upper New York Bay across from Lower Manhattan and the Hackensack River and Newark Bay...
. - Henry W. EdwardsHenry W. EdwardsHenry Waggaman Edwards was the 27th and 29th Governor of the U.S. state of Connecticut.He was born in New Haven, Connecticut, the son of Pierpont Edwards...
, 27th and 29th Governor of Connecticut. - Foster FurcoloFoster FurcoloJohn Foster Furcolo was a member of the Democratic Party who served as the 60th Governor of Massachusetts, a member of the United States House of Representatives, and in other government offices in Massachusetts. He was the first Italian-American governor of Massachusetts.-Life and career:Furcolo...
, US Congressman and 60th Governor of Massachusetts. - Henry Baldwin HarrisonHenry Baldwin HarrisonHenry Baldwin Harrison was a Republican politician and the 52nd Governor of Connecticut.Harrison was born in New Haven, Connecticut. He graduated from Yale College in 1846, where he was a member of Skull and Bones, and studied at Yale Law School. He was a member of Connecticut Sons of the American...
, 52nd Governor of Connecticut. - James HillhouseJames HillhouseJames Hillhouse was an American lawyer, real estate developer, and politician from New Haven, Connecticut. He represented Connecticut in both the U.S. House and Senate...
, US Congressman and US Senator for Connecticut. - Thomas Hill Hubbard, US Congressman for New York.
- Charles Roberts IngersollCharles Roberts IngersollCharles Roberts Ingersoll was the 47th Governor of Connecticut from 1873 to 1877.He was born in New Haven, Connecticut, son of Ralph Isaacs Ingersoll, a New Haven lawyer who also served in the state House of Representatives, the United States Congress, and as United States Minister to Russia and...
, US Congressman and 47th Governor of Connecticut. - Ralph Isaacs IngersollRalph Isaacs IngersollRalph Isaacs Ingersoll was a United States Representative from Connecticut. He was born in New Haven, Connecticut. He pursued classical studies, and was graduated from Yale College in 1808...
, US Congressman and mayor of New Haven. - Richard C. LeeRichard C. LeeRichard Charles Lee was a Democrat and a longtime Mayor of New Haven and the youngest when he held the position in 1954 at age 37. Lee is best known for his leading role in urban redevelopment in the 1950s and '60s.-Biography:Richard Charles Lee was born on March 12, 1916...
, mayor of New Haven. - Joe LiebermanJoe LiebermanJoseph Isadore "Joe" Lieberman is the senior United States Senator from Connecticut. A former member of the Democratic Party, he was the party's nominee for Vice President in the 2000 election. Currently an independent, he remains closely affiliated with the party.Born in Stamford, Connecticut,...
, Connecticut Attorney General, US Senator, & 2000 US Vice Presidential candidate. - William D. LindsleyWilliam D. LindsleyWilliam Dell Lindsley was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Lindsley attended the common schools....
, US Congressman for Ohio. - Frank LogueFrank LogueFrank Logue was the 25th mayor of New Haven, Connecticut, serving from 1976 to 1979.His mother was widowed, leaving her to support five children during the depression on a kindergarten teacher's salary. Frank Logue and his three brothers all attended Yale University, where, after Pearl Harbor,...
, mayor of New Haven. - Henry MeigsHenry MeigsHenry Meigs was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in New Haven, Connecticut, the son of Josiah Meigs and Clara Meigs, Meigs attended the common schools.He was graduated from Yale College in 1799....
, US Congressman for New York. - Bruce MorrisonBruce MorrisonBruce Andrew Morrison is a former Congressman from Connecticut and candidate for Governor of Connecticut. He is a lobbyist and immigration lawyer...
, US Congressman for Connecticut. - George Lloyd MurphyGeorge MurphyGeorge Lloyd Murphy was an American dancer, actor, and politician.-Life and career:He was born in New Haven, Connecticut of Irish Catholic extraction, the son of Michael Charles "Mike" Murphy, athletic trainer and coach, and Nora Long. He was educated at Peddie School, Trinity-Pawling School, and...
, US Senator for California & President of the Screen Actors Guild. - James P. PigottJames P. PigottJames Protus Pigott was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Pigott attended the common schools and graduated from Yale College in 1878 and from Yale Law School in 1880....
, US Congressman for Connecticut. - Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., was an American politician and pastor who represented Harlem, New York City, in the United States House of Representatives . He was the first person of African-American descent elected to Congress from New York and became a powerful national politician...
, US Congressman for New York City. - Roger ShermanRoger ShermanRoger Sherman was an early American lawyer and politician, as well as a founding father. He served as the first mayor of New Haven, Connecticut, and served on the Committee of Five that drafted the Declaration of Independence, and was also a representative and senator in the new republic...
, 1st Mayor of New Haven, signed the Declaration of IndependenceDeclaration of independenceA declaration of independence is an assertion of the independence of an aspiring state or states. Such places are usually declared from part or all of the territory of another nation or failed nation, or are breakaway territories from within the larger state...
and ConstitutionConstitutionA constitution is a set of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is governed. These rules together make up, i.e. constitute, what the entity is...
. - William H. YaleWilliam H. YaleWilliam Hall Yale was a Minnesota lawyer and the sixth Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, moved to Minnesota, and became Lieutenant Governor under Governor Horace Austin from January 7, 1870 to January 9, 1874. Married Sarah E. Banks and Mary L. Hoyt. He died in 1917...
, 6th Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota.
Writers
- Joseph Payne BrennanJoseph Payne BrennanJoseph Payne Brennan was an American writer of fantasy and horror fiction, and also a poet. He lived most of his life in New Haven, Connecticut, and worked at the Yale Library for over 40 years....
, poet and short story writer - William CrononWilliam CrononWilliam 'Bill' Cronon is the Frederick Jackson Turner and Vilas Research Professor of History, Geography, and Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison...
, environmental historian - John FalseyJohn FalseyJohn Henry Falsey, Jr. is an American television writer and producer.Falsey was born in New Haven, Connecticut, the son of Patricia Helene and John Henry Falsey...
, television writer and producer - Jeannine Hall GaileyJeannine Hall GaileyJeannine Hall Gailey is an American poet.She has written two notable books of poetry: Becoming the Villainess and She Returns to the Floating World...
, poet - William HeffernanWilliam HeffernanWilliam Heffernan is an American novelist born in New Haven, Connecticut. Before becoming a novelist, Heffernan was an investigative reporter for the New York Daily News.http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=atpHAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CowDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6180,3971449&dq=william-heffernan+daily-news&hl=en For...
, novelist - Burton J. HendrickBurton J. HendrickBurton Jesse Hendrick born in New Haven, Connecticut. While attending Yale University, Hendrick was editor of both The Yale Courant and The Yale Literary Magazine. He received his BA in 1895 and his master's in 1897 from Yale. After completing his degree work, Hendrick became editor of the New...
journalist and writer - Andrew KopkindAndrew KopkindAndrew Kopkind was an American journalist. He was renowned for his reporting during the tumultuous years of the late 1960s; he wrote about the anti-Vietnam War protests, American Civil Rights Movement, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Students for a Democratic Society, the Black Panther...
, journalist - Ruth OzekiRuth OzekiRuth Ozeki is a Canadian-American novelist, filmmaker and Zen Buddhist priest. She worked in commercial television and media production for over a decade and made several independent films before turning to writing fiction.-Life:...
, novelist - Mark de Solla PriceMark de Solla PriceMark de Solla Price is an author, journalist, public speaker, civil rights activist, and HIV/AIDS educator. Price is a long time Greenwich Village resident and Unitarian Universalist, and author of the book Living Positively in a World with HIV/AIDS...
, author, journalist and activist - Benjamin SpockBenjamin SpockBenjamin McLane Spock was an American pediatrician whose book Baby and Child Care, published in 1946, is one of the biggest best-sellers of all time. Its message to mothers is that "you know more than you think you do."Spock was the first pediatrician to study psychoanalysis to try to understand...
, pediatrician and author - Russell WangerskyRussell WangerskyRussell Wangersky is a Canadian journalist and short story writer. Born in New Haven, Connecticut and raised in Canada since the age of 3, Wangersky was educated at Acadia University....
, journalist and short story writer - Leonard WeisgardLeonard WeisgardLeonard Joseph Weisgard was an award-winning American author and illustrator of more than 200 children's books, most famous for his collaborations with Margaret Wise Brown. He was born in New Haven, Connecticut, and spent most of his childhood in England.Weisgard studied art at the Pratt Institute...
, children's author and illustrator - Bernard WolfeBernard WolfeBernard Wolfe was an American writer. He was educated at Yale University, and worked in the United States Merchant Marine during the 1930s. Wolfe worked briefly as secretary and bodyguard to Leon Trotsky during the latter's exile in Mexico...
, science fiction writer
Others
- Michael BuckleyMichael Buckley (Internet celebrity)Michael Buckley is an American Internet celebrity, comedian and vlogger. Noted for his vlog What the Buck?!, Buckley comments on popular culture events and celebrities. He also maintains one of YouTube's most popular channels with several million viewers each month...
, YoutubeYouTubeYouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
Celebrity - Louis HarrisLouis HarrisLouis Harris is an American opinion polling entrepreneur, journalist, and author. He ran one of the best-known polling organizations of his time, Louis Harris and Associates, which conducted the Harris Poll.-Life and career:...
, pollster - Emily Stagg, 1999 Scripps National Spelling BeeScripps National Spelling BeeThe Scripps National Spelling Bee is a highly competitive annual spelling bee in the United States, with participants from other countries as well. It is run on a not-for-profit basis by The E. W...
finalist, featured in the 2002 documentary, SpellboundSpellbound- Film and television :* Spellbound , with Lois Meredith* Spellbound , directed by John Harlow* Spellbound , directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck...
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Fictional people
- On the American television show Mad About YouMad About YouMad About You is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 23, 1992 to May 24, 1999. The show starred Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt as a newly married couple in New York City. Reiser played Paul Buchman, a documentary film maker. Hunt played Jamie Stemple Buchman, a public relations specialist...
, the Stemple family was from New Haven
See also
- List of Yale University people
- List of Hopkins School people
- List of mayors of New Haven, Connecticut