page_title: Trumbull, Connecticut
section_title: Notable people
hierarchical_section_title: Trumbull, Connecticut / Notable people
caption_attribution_description: Publicity photo of Will Geer and Ellen Corby as Grandpa and Grandma Walton from the television program The Waltons.
context_page_description: Trumbull is a town located in Fairfield County, Connecticut. It borders on the cities of Bridgeport and Shelton and the towns of Stratford, Fairfield, Easton and Monroe. The population was 36,018 during the 2010 census. Trumbull was the home of the Golden Hill Paugussett Indian Nation for thousands of years before the English settlement was made in 1639. The town was named after Jonathan Trumbull, a merchant, patriot, and statesman when it was incorporated in 1797. Aviation pioneer Igor Sikorsky lived in Trumbull during his active years when he designed, built, and flew fixed-wing aircraft and put the helicopter into mass production for the first time.
context_section_description: Lee Abbamonte, travel blogger and the youngest American to visit all 193 United Nations member states
  Dick Allen (b. 1939), American poet and present poet laureate of the state of Connecticut
  John W. Beach (b. 1825), seventh President of Wesleyan University
  James Beebe (1717–1785), Reverend at Unity Parish, Army Preacher in the French and Indian War and patriot
  Truman Bradley (1826–1900), American Indian from the Schaghticoke tribe
  Craig Breslow (b. 1980), professional baseball player (pitcher) Oakland Athletics and Boston Red Sox, 1998 Trumbull High School graduate
  P. W. Catanese, author of the Books of Umber and Further Tales Adventures series
  Joseph DiMenna, hedge-fund manager and patron of the arts
  Nancy DiNardo, Chairwoman of the Democratic Party of Connecticut
  Chris Drury, professional hockey player, won the Stanley Cup, 2-time Olympic silver medalist and member of the 1989 Little League World Series championship team from Trumbull
  Ted Drury, former NHL player
  Felly, rapper
  Will Geer, (1902–1978), actor and folklorist, maintained "Geer-Gore Gardens"
  Nero Hawley, (1742–1817), slave, served in the Continental Army earning his freedom
  Robert Hawley, (1729–1799), Captain North Stratford Train Band in the American Revolutionary War
  Carolyn Hax (b. 1966), writer and columnist for the Washington Post and the author of the advice column "Tell Me About It"
  Tony Horton, actor, personal trainer and creator of p90x home fitness program
  Harvey Hubbell (1857–1927), inventor
  Joseph Judson (1619–1690), early settler, militia officer and local official. Negotiated the purchase of Long Hill area from the Paugussett Indians
  Burt Kearns, television and motion picture writer and producer, journalist and Tabloid Baby author
  Lisa Lampanelli, comedian, actress and writer
  January LaVoy, Broadway and television actress
  Mark Longwell,  professional soccer player and United States men's national soccer team member
  Brian E. Luther, U.S. Navy Rear Admiral
  Manya Makoski, professional soccer player (Los Angeles Sol)
  Charlie Morton, two-time MLB All-Star pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays, who was the winning pitcher in Game 7 of the 2017 World Series with the Houston Astros
  Alyssa Naeher, United States women's national soccer team goalkeeper in the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
  Wayne Norman, morning radio host at WILI-AM and author
  Igor Sikorsky (1889–1972), aviation pioneer and helicopter inventor
  Benjamin Silliman (1779–1864), first professor of science at Yale and first to distill petroleum
  Chris Soule, Olympic skeleton (sport) athlete
  Jim Tennant, former MLB player
caption: Will Geer
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