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 - raised in town
* Christopher Lloyd, actor
* Martin Mull (b. 1943), actor and comedian, moved to town when he was 15 and graduated from New Canaan High School
* Barry Williams of The Brady Bunch - former resident

Others in the entertainment and music industries, musicians, models

* Chris Borkin, http://www.cavemanradio.com/] , radio personality - raised in town
* Edie Brickell, singer, (wife of Paul Simon)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")]
* Harry Connick Jr., singer - resident
* Stephen Jenks (1772-1856), a composer, teacher, and tunebook compiler - lived in town for a time
* David Letterman, Late Show host - resident
* Douglas Marland, soap opera head writer
* Christopher "Mad Dog" Russo, sports talk-show personality on WFAN radio - resident
* Paul Simon, singer and songwriter - resident (husband of Edie Brickell) [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]

Athletes and those in the sports industry

* Dave Eichelberger, Jr. (born 1943) a professional golfer, winner of tournaments at PGA Tour and Champions Tour levels - lived most of his adult life in town, former resident
* Elmer Oliphant (1892-1975) American football player - born in town
* Bill Toomey, 1968 Olympic decathlon champion - former resident
* Wilky Gilmore, First team all-state basketball player at New Canaan High School, 1956-1958, University of Colorado basketball great, 1959-1962, New Canaan coaching mentor and attorney

Journalists

* Glenn Beck, television and radio commentator - resident
* Ann Coulter, commentator - raised in town
* Armen Keteyian (born 1953) television reporter - lives in town
* Brian Williams, anchor of NBC Nightly News - resident

Authors, writers

(not including journalists)
* Bliss Carman, Canadian poet - resident for the last 20 years of his life (1909-1929)
* A. J. Cronin, Scottish novelist - former resident
* Peter D'Adamo, naturopathic physician -author of "Eat Right For Your Type"
* Jack Douglas, writer - former resident
* Phoebe Dunn (author), author and photographer of children's books - resident until her death.
* Gerald Green (1922-2006), author of "The Last Angry Man" among other works, lived in town
* Maxwell Perkins, the late, notable editor of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Thomas Wolfe and others - former resident
* Katrina Firlik, neurosurgeon and author of "Another Day in the Frontal Lobe" - resident
* Armstrong Sperry, Newbery Medal winning author of "Call It Courage" - former resident

Artists, architects, designers, cartoonists

* Solon Borglum, a sculptor
* Roland Crandall, early animator - lived in town
* 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 and others - lived in town, family still owns residence
* Arthur Szyk, famous antiNazi cartoonist and book illustrator and artist

Government

* L. Paul Bremer, Director of the Office for Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance for post-war Iraq - raised in New Canaan
* Stuart Symington, U.S. Senator and Secretary of the Air Force - died in town

Business

* Thomas J. Baldwin, CEO of Morton's Restaurant Group, resident [ [http://www.fairfieldcountybusinessjournal.com/archive/012306/topstory1.html] Fairfield County Business Journal, January 23, 2006, "State of the Steak" by David Gurliacci, page 1]
* Jeff Immelt, CEO of General Electric - lives in town
* Dennis Nally, CEO Pricewaterhouse Coopers - resident
* David Neeleman, CEO of JetBlue Airways - resident
* Sean Bratches, EVP Sales and Marketing ESPN - resident
* Edward R. McCarrick, President and World-Wide Publisher of Time Magazine - resident

Other

* Emily Barringer (1876-1961), physician and the first female ambulance surgeon, lived in town.
* H. Keith H. Brodie, former Duke University president - former resident
* Anthony Comstock namesake of Comstock Law, born in town (George Bernard Shaw coined "comstockery" after him)
* Nancy Cook, see Marion Dickerman, below
* Marion Dickerman, with her lover, Nancy Cook both close friends of Eleanor Roosevelt, moved in 1947 from Roosevelt's Val-Kill property to New Canaan.
* Kathy Giusti, founder of the Multiple Myeloma Foundation, is a town resident. ["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"]

ee also

* List of people from Connecticut
* List of people from Bridgeport, Connecticut
* List of people from Darien, Connecticut
* List of people from Greenwich, 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

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