# List of people from New Haven, Connecticut

This is a list of notable natives and long-term residents of New Haven, Connecticut, in alphabetical order.

## Academics and educators

* Michael L.J. Apuzzo, academic neurosurgeon, surgical pioneer, editor, and educator
* Walter Darby Bannard, abstract painter and University of Miami professor
* Ida Barney, astronomer
* Harold Bloom, literature scholar and professor
* Edward Bouchet, physicist and first Black man to receive a Ph.D.
* Raymond C. Bowen, president of LaGuardia Community College
* Thom Brooks, political and legal philosopher
* Benjamin Woodbridge Dwight, educator and author
* Timothy Dwight IV, president of Yale College
* Joseph S. Fruton, biochemist and historian of science
* Josiah Willard Gibbs, mathematical physicist
* Ruth Wilson Gilmore, prison abolitionist and professor at the City University of New York
* William Henry Goodyear, archeologist, art historian and museum curator
* Arthur Twining Hadley, economist and president of Yale University
* Geoffrey Hartman, literature scholar and emeritus professor
* Stephen Kobasa, teacher, writer and Christian political activist
* William Chester Minor, lexicographer and key contributor to the Oxford English Dictionary
* John Nicholas Newman, mathematician
* James Pierpont, founder of Yale College
* David Pingree, professor of mathematics and classics
* Michael Resnik, philosopher of mathematics
* Vincent Scully, author and architecture professor, University of Miami and Yale University
* Lawrence Summers, economist and former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and Harvard University president
* Peter Vallentyne, professor of philosophy
* Everard Mott Williams, scientist and educator

## Actors and theater figures

* Lauren Ambrose, actress
* Tony Amendola, actor
* Jack Arnold, film director
* Jessica Blank, actor, playwright and novelist
* Roberts Blossom, actor and poet
* Ernest Borgnine, actor
* Mike Cahill, filmmaker and director
* Melanie Chartoff, actress
* Martha Coolidge, film director
* D. J. Cotrona, actor
* Illeana Douglas, actress, filmmaker and writer
* Paul Fusco, puppeteer, actor and creator of ALF
* Kenny Johnson, actor
* Marcus Giamatti, actor
* Paul Giamatti, actor
* Norman Lear, television producer
* Billy Lush, actor
* Robert Mailhouse, actor
* Biff McGuire, actor
* William Cameron Menzies, film production director and art director
* Ebony Mystique, pornographic actress
* Becki Newton, actress
* Nolan North, voice actor
* Ron Palillo, actor
* George O. Petrie, actor
* Patricia Smith, actress
* Jennifer von Mayrhauser, costume designer
* Michael Jai White, actor
* Rafer Weigel, actor and sportscaster
* Titus Welliver, actor
* Madeline Zima, actress

## Artists and architects

* Peter Anton, artist and sculptor
* Hezekiah Augur, sculptor and inventor
* Henry Austin, architect
* Paul Wayland Bartlett, sculptor
* Al Capp, cartoonist
* August Geiger, architect
* John Haberle, painter
* Patrick Earl Hammie, painter
* Elizabeth Gilbert Jerome, painter
* Nathaniel Jocelyn, painter
* Damian Loeb, painter
* Tala Madani, artist
* Robert Moses, architect and urban planner
* Samuel Peck, 19th-century photographer, businessperson
* César Pelli, architect
* Jesse Richards, artist and filmmaker
* Rudi Stern, light artist
* Sidney Mason Stone, architect
* Ithiel Town, architect and civil engineer
* Nicholas Watson, filmmaker and artist
* Minna Weiss Zellner, artist and print maker

## Athletes and athletics personnel

* Michael Altieri, pro wrestler performing under the name Mikey Batts
* Brad Ausmus (born 1969), American Major League Baseball catcher and manager
* Frank Beisler, hockey player
* Eric Boguniecki, hockey player
* Albie Booth, football player
* Craig Breslow, baseball pitcher and executive
* Scott Burrell, basketball coach
* Walter Camp, football inventor
* Glenna Collett-Vare, golfer
* Tommy Corcoran, baseball shortstop
* Chad Dawson, boxer
* Harold Devine, boxer
* George Dixon, football running back
* Gardner Dow, football player
* Justin Duberman, hockey right winger
* Ed Ellis, football offensive tackle
* Adam Erne, hockey player
* Ed Etzel, Olympic sports shooter gold medalist
* Harrison Fitch, basketball player
* Kevin Gilbride, football coach
* Fred Goldsmith, baseball pitcher
* Jason Grabowski, baseball player
* Jim Greco, skateboarder
* Adam Greenberg, baseball outfielder
* Stu Griffing, rower
* Anttaj Hawthorne, football defensive tackle
* Jennison Heaton, bobsled racer
* Nate Hobgood-Chittick, football defensive tackle
* Richard Holliday, professional wrestler
* Matt Hussey, hockey centre
* Bill Hutchison, baseball pitcher
* Bob Kuziel, football offensive lineman
* Floyd Little, football running back
* Brian Looney, baseball pitcher
* Ted Lowry, boxer
* Terrell Myers, basketball player
* Mike Olt, baseball player
* Ed Rapuano, umpire
* Anthony Sagnella, football defensive tackle
* Allen Stack, swimmer
* Greg Stokes, basketball player
* George Weiss, baseball executive
* Sly Williams, basketball player
* John Williamson, basketball player
* Josh Zeid, American-Israeli baseball player

## Business figures

* Ted Bates, advertising executive
* Sarah Boone, inventor
* Wesley A. Clark, computer scientist and consultant
* Charles Goodyear, inventor and industrialist
* James J. Greco, businessman, was born in town
* Clifford Grodd (1924–2010), president and chief executive of Paul Stuart
* Paul MacCready, aeronautical engineer and inventor
* Andrew Paulson, entrepreneur and media executive
* Roberta Hoskie, real estate broker, writer, and media personality
* Peter Schiff, investment broker, author, financial commentator and CEO of Euro Pacific Capital Inc.
* Alfred Pritchard Sloan Jr., businessman and CEO of General Motors
* Lucius Seymour Storrs, railway official
* Whitney Tilson (born 1966), hedge fund manager, philanthropist, author, and Democratic political activist
* Eli Whitney, inventor and manufacturer
* Steve Wynn, casino developer

## Clergymen

* Charles C. Baldwin, Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Air Force
* Lyman Beecher, clergyman and abolitionist
* Jonathan Edwards, pastor, theologian, missionary
* William H. Ferris, author, minister and scholar
* Michael J. McGivney, founder of the Knights of Columbus

## Lawyers and jurists

* Roger Sherman Baldwin, lawyer, Amistad case
* Ellen Bree Burns, judge
* Lubbie Harper Jr., judge
* Maeve Kennedy McKean, lawyer and health official
* Constance Baker Motley, civil rights activist, judge, and politician
* Neil Thomas Proto, lawyer, teacher, lecturer, and author
* Martin Karl Reidinger, judge
* Thomas Thacher, lawyer
* Portia Wu, lawyer

## Military figures

* Timothy I. Ahern, major general
* Benedict Arnold, general who defected to the British
* William P. Cronan, naval officer and Naval Governor of Guam
* Nathan Hale, soldier and spy
* Henry Leavenworth, brigadier general
* Alfred Judson Force Moody, brigadier general
* Allen L. Seaman, naval officer
* Shabsa Mashkautsan, Russian Jewish World War II soldier, Hero of the Soviet Union

## Musicians

* Ben Allison, jazz double bass player
* Sonny Berman, jazz trumpeter
* Kath Bloom, singer-songwriter
* Michael Bolton, singer-songwriter
* Andrew Calhoun, folk singer, songwriter
* Karen (1950–1983) and Richard Carpenter (born 1946), singers and musicians
* Loren Mazzacane Connors, musician and artist
* Susan DiBona, composer
* Dominic Frontiere, composer
* Anthony Geraci, blues and jazz pianist
* Jay Greenberg, composer
* Gerry Hemingway, jazz percussionist and composer
* Charles Ives, composer
* Michael Gregory Jackson, jazz guitarist
* Jamey Jasta, singer and guitarist
* Kris Jensen, singer and guitarist
* Pete Jolly, jazz pianist and accordionist
* Brooks Kerr, jazz pianist
* Hilly Michaels, musician and drummer
* Joe Morris, jazz guitarist
* Buddy Morrow, trombonist and bandleader
* Alfred Newman, Hollywood composer and conductor
* Troy Oliver, musician, songwriter and producer
* Liz Phair, singer-songwriter and guitarist
* Stacy Phillips, bluegrass artist
* Quincy Porter, composer and music teacher
* Barney Rapp, bandleader and jazz musician
* Kira Roessler, bassist of Black Flag
* Emily Saliers, singer-songwriter and member of the Indigo Girls
* Christian Sands, jazz pianist
* Tony Scherr, bassist and guitarist musician, singer-songwriter and record producer
* Artie Shaw, bandleader
* Stezo, rapper
* Donn Trenner, jazz pianist and arranger
* Jessica Grace Wing, theatrical composer
* Barry Wood, singer and television producer

## Politicians

* Howard S. Baldwin, Arizona State Senator and businessman
* Roger Sherman Baldwin, lawyer in the Amistad case, U.S. Senator and 17th governor of Connecticut
* George W. Bush, 43rd president of the United States
* Charles R. Chapman, mayor of Hartford, Connecticut and served in both houses of the Connecticut legislature
* Katherine Clark, Democratic House Whip and U.S. Congresswoman
* William P. Cronan, naval officer and Naval Governor of Guam
* John C. Daniels, mayor of New Haven
* Rosa DeLauro, U.S. Congresswoman
* John DeStefano Jr., mayor of New Haven
* Biagio DiLieto, mayor of New Haven
* Andy Dinniman, Pennsylvania State Senator
* Jerome F. Donovan, U.S. Congressman for New York
* Phineas C. Dummer, 6th mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey
* Henry W. Edwards, 27th and 29th Governor of Connecticut
* Foster Furcolo, U.S. Congressman and 60th governor of Massachusetts
* Peter Franchot, 33rd Comptroller of Maryland
* Henry Baldwin Harrison, 52nd governor of Connecticut
* James Hillhouse, U.S. Congressman and U.S. Senator for Connecticut
* Thomas Hill Hubbard, U.S. Congressman for New York
* Charles Roberts Ingersoll, U.S. Congressman and 47th governor of Connecticut
* Ralph Isaacs Ingersoll, U.S. Congressman and mayor of New Haven
* Joan R. Kemler, first woman to serve as Connecticut State Treasurer
* Eleazer Kimberly, in 1696 became Secretary of Connecticut Colony; "the first male born in New Haven"
* Richard C. Lee, mayor of New Haven
* Joe Lieberman, Connecticut Attorney General, U.S. Senator, and 2000 U.S. vice presidential candidate
* William D. Lindsley, U.S. Congressman for Ohio
* Frank Logue, mayor of New Haven
* Henry Meigs, U.S. Congressman for New York
* Bruce Morrison, U.S. Congressman for Connecticut
* George Lloyd Murphy, U.S. Senator for California and president of the Screen Actors Guild
* Mary Mushinsky, member of the Connecticut House of Representatives
* Gamaliel Painter, Vermont state legislator
* Henry E. Parker, Connecticut State Treasurer
* James P. Pigott, U.S. Congressman for Connecticut
* Adam Clayton Powell Jr., U.S. Congressman for New York City
* Roger Sherman, first mayor of New Haven, signed the Declaration of Independence and Constitution
* John Todd Trowbridge, member of the Wisconsin Territorial Legislature and sea captain
* Rick Tuttle, Los Angeles city controller
* William H. Yale, 6th lieutenant governor of Minnesota

## Writers

* Joseph Payne Brennan, poet and short story writer
* Hermann Broch, novelist
* Noah Charney, novelist and art historian
* William Cronon, environmental historian
* Dorothy Deming, nurse and author
* John Falsey, television writer and producer
* Jeannine Hall Gailey, poet
* William Heffernan, novelist
* Burton J. Hendrick, journalist and writer
* Mary Austin Holley, 19th-century travel writer
* George W. Hotchkiss, 19th-century journalist, editor, historian, and lumber dealer
* Andrew Kopkind, journalist
* Leigh Montville, sportswriter and author
* Ruth Ozeki, novelist
* Themo H. Peel, author and illustrator
* Delia Lyman Porter, author
* Mark de Solla Price, author, journalist and activist
* Margaret Sidney, children's author
* Benjamin Spock, pediatrician and author
* Louisa Caroline Huggins Tuthill (1799–1879), children's book author
* Russell Wangersky, journalist and short story writer
* Leonard Weisgard, children's author and illustrator
* Bernard Wolfe, science fiction writer

## Others

* Matt Amodio, Jeopardy! champion
* Michael Buckley, YouTube celebrity
* Perry DeAngelis, co-founder and executive director of NESS, co-founder of podcast The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
* Scott Fellows, television producer
* Louis Harris, pollster
* Bun Lai, sustainable sushi pioneer of Miya's
* Mary Blair Moody, physician
* Lucy Creemer Peckham, physician, poet
* Frank Pepe, pizza chef
* Madeline Triffon, sommelier