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Connecticut
People
Every state of the Union has given birth to people who have left a lasting impression on our history and culture. The following native Alabamians have played distinctive roles.
Born in Connecticut
| Famous Connecticuters | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Born / Died | Place | ||||
| Dean Gooderham Acheson
Statesman, Lawyer |
Born: | April 11, 1893 | Middletown | |||
| Died: | October 12, 1971 | Sandy Spring, Md. | ||||
| Ethan Allen
Revolutionary, Guerrilla leader |
Born: | January 21, 1738 | Litchfield | |||
| Died: | February 12, 1789 | Burlington, Vt. | ||||
| Benedict Arnold
Continental Army general |
Born: | January 14, 1741 | Norwich | |||
| Died: | June 14, 1801 | London, England | ||||
| Phineas Taylor (P.T.) Barnum
Showman |
Born: | July 5, 1810 | Bethel | |||
| Died: | April 7, 1891 | Bridgeport | ||||
| Henry Ward Beecher
Clergyman, Social reformer |
Born: | June 24, 1813 | Litchfield | |||
| Died: | March 8, 1887 | Brooklyn, N.Y. | ||||
| John Brown
Abolitionist |
Born: | May 9, 1800 | Torrington | |||
| Died: | December 2, 1859 | Charlestown, Va. | ||||
| Samuel Colt
Inventor, Industrialist |
Born: | July 19, 1814 | Hartford | |||
| Died: | January 10, 1862 | Hartford | ||||
| Oliver Ellsworth
Lawyer, Politician, 3rd Supreme Court Chief Justice |
Born: | April 29, 1745 | Windsor | |||
| Died: | November 26, 1807 | Windsor | ||||
| Eileen Farrell
Soprano |
Born: | February 13, 1920 | Willimantic | |||
| Died: | March 23, 2002 | Park Ridge, N.J. | ||||
| John Fitch
Inventor, Silversmith |
Born: | January 21, 1743 | South Windsor | |||
| Died: | July 2, 1798 | Bardstown, Ky. | ||||
| Charles Goodyear
Inventor |
Born: | December 29, 1800 | New Haven | |||
| Died: | July 1, 1860 | New York, N.Y. | ||||
| Ella Giovanna Oliva Tambussi Grasso
Politician |
Born: | May 10, 1919 | Windsor Locks | |||
| Died: | February 5, 1981 | Hartford | ||||
| Nathan Hale
Continental Army Captain |
Born: | June 6, 1755 | Coventry | |||
| Died: | September 22, 1776 | New York, N.Y. | ||||
| Robert N. Hall
Inventor |
Born: | December 25, 1919 | New Haven | |||
| Died: | DEATHDATE | DEATHPLACE | ||||
| Katharine Houghton Hepburn
Actress |
Born: | May 12, 1907 | Hartford | |||
| Died: | June 29, 2003 | Old Saybrook | ||||
| Collis Potter Huntington
Businessman, Railroad tycoon |
Born: | October 22, 1829 | Harwinton | |||
| Died: | August 13, 1900 | Raquette Lake, N.Y. | ||||
| Samuel Huntington
Lawyer, Statesman, Signer: Declaration of Independence |
Born: | July 2, 1732 | Windham (now Scotland) | |||
| Died: | January 5, 1795 | Norwich | ||||
| Charles Edward Ives
Composer |
Born: | October 20, 1874 | Danbury | |||
| Died: | May 19, 1954 | New York, N.Y. | ||||
| Mary Dixon Kies
Inventor |
Born: | March 21, 1752 | South Killingly | |||
| Died: | 1837 | |||||
| Edwin Herbert Land
Scientist, Inventor |
Born: | May 12, 2909 | Bridgeport | |||
| Died: | March 1, 1991 | Cambridge, Mass. | ||||
| Anna-Lou "Annie" Leibovitz
Photographer |
Born: | October 2, 1949 | Waterbury | |||
| Died: | DEATHDATE | DEATHPLACE | ||||
| John Pierpont (J.P.) Morgan
Financier, Industrialist |
Born: | April 17, 1837 | Hartford | |||
| Died: | March 31, 1913 | Rome, Italy | ||||
| Frederick Law Olmsted
Landscape architect |
Born: | April 26, 1822 | Hartford | |||
| Died: | August 28, 1903 | Waverly, Mass. | ||||
| Kenneth H. Olsen
Engineer, Inventor |
Born: | February 20, 1928 | Stratford | |||
| Died: | DEATHDATE | DEATHPLACE | ||||
| Rose Melba Ponzillo (Rosa Ponselle)
Soprano |
Born: | January 22, 1897 | Meriden | |||
| Died: | May 25, 1981 | Brooklandville, Md. | ||||
| Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
Politician |
Born: | November 29, 1908 | New Haven | |||
| Died: | April 4, 1972 | Miami, Fla. | ||||
| Benjamin McLane Spock
Pediatrician |
Born: | May 2, 1903 | New Haven | |||
| Died: | March 15, 1998 | La Jolla, Calif. | ||||
| Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe
Abolisionist, Writer |
Born: | June 14, 1811 | Litchfield | |||
| Died: | July 1, 1896 | Hartford | ||||
| Eli Terry
Clockmaker, Inventor |
Born: | April 13, 1772 | East Windsor | |||
| Died: | February 24, 1852 | Terryville | ||||
| John Trumbull
Artist |
Born: | June 6, 1756 | Lebanon | |||
| Died: | November 10, 1843 | New York, N.Y. | ||||
| Jonathan Trumbull
Businessman, Politician |
Born: | October 12, 1710 | Lebanon | |||
| Died: | August 17, 1785 | Lebanon | ||||
| Noah Webster
Lexicographer, Writer, Editor |
Born: | October 16, 1758 | West Hartford | |||
| Died: | April 28, 1843 | New Haven | ||||
| Emma Hart Willard
Educator |
Born: | February 23, 1787 | Berlin | |||
| Died: | April 15, 1870 | Troy, N.Y. | ||||
| William Williams
Merchant, Politician, Signer: Declaration of Independence |
Born: | April 28, 1731 | Lebanon | |||
| Died: | August 2, 1811 | Lebanon | ||||
| Oliver Wolcott
Signer: Declaration of Independence, Soldier, Politician |
Born: | December 1, 1726 | Windsor | |||
| Died: | December 1, 1797 | Farmington | ||||
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