List of people from New Canaan, Connecticut explained

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

• Tony Goldwyn, actor, Scandal^[1]
• Katherine Heigl, actress^[2]
• Christopher Lloyd, actor^[3]
• Michael McCusker, film editor
• Christopher Meloni, actor, Law & Order SVU
• Martin Mull (born 1943), actor and comedian
• Sarah Rafferty, actor, known for Suits
• Allison Williams, actor, Girls
• Richard Gere, actor

Musicians

• Liona Boyd, classical guitarist and composer
• Edie Brickell, singer, wife of Paul Simon^[4]
• Harry Connick Jr., singer^[5]
• Merrill Garbus, founder of Indie-Pop band Tune-Yards
• Stephen Jenks (1772–1856), composer, teacher, and tunebook compiler
• Paul Simon, singer-songwriter, husband of Edie Brickell^{[4] [6]}

Athletes and those in the sports industry

• Zach Allen, current defensive end for the Denver Broncos
• Curt Casali (born 1988), current baseball catcher for the San Francisco Giants
• Dave Eichelberger, Jr. (born 1943), professional golfer
• Terry Hanratty, NFL quarterback 1969–1976 for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• Pierre McGuire (born 1961), ice hockey analyst, former NHL coach and scout^[7]
• George H. Morris (born 1938), equestrian
• Lucas Niang, current offensive lineman for the Kansas City Chiefs
• Elmer Oliphant (1892–1975), football player
• Max Pacioretty (born 1988), NHL player for the Washington Capitals
• Doug Perlman, sports media executive
• Bill Toomey, 1968 Olympic decathlon champion
• Christopher "Mad Dog" Russo, sports talk-show personality on WFAN radio
• Fay Vincent, eighth commissioner of Major League Baseball 1989–1992^[8]

Journalists

• Glenn Beck, television and radio commentator^[9]
• Ann Coulter, commentator^[10]
• Ann Curry, former co-host of NBC's Today^[11]
• Buzz Kanter, motorcycle magazine publisher (American Iron Magazine, Garage Build)
• Armen Keteyian (born 1953), television reporter
• Mike Wallace, 60 Minutes correspondent
• Brian Williams, former anchor of NBC Nightly News and former host of The 11th Hour with Brian Williams
• Sid Yudain, founder of Roll Call^[12]

Authors, writers

(not including journalists)

• Bliss Carman, Canadian poet
• A. J. Cronin, Scottish novelist
• Peter D'Adamo, naturopathic physician and author
• Jack Douglas, writer
• Phoebe Dunn, author and photographer of children's books
• Edward Eager, children's author and playwright
• Gerald Green (1922–2006), author
• Fran Lebowitz, writer and humorist ^[13]
• Rick Moody, author of The Ice Storm
  • Maxwell Perkins (1884–1947), editor of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Thomas Wolfe Armstrong Sperry, Newbery Medal-winning author of Call It Courage
• Peter von Ziegesar, writer and memoirist
• Douglas Marland, soap opera writer

Artists, architects, designers

• Solon Borglum, sculptor
• Roland Crandall, early animator
• Philip C. Johnson (1906 - 2005), architect who built and lived in the Ponus Ridge Glass House
• John Black Lee, architect
• Eliot Noyes, architect and industrial designer for IBM
• Glenora Richards, miniature painter and postage stamp designer^[14]
• Arthur Szyk, anti-Nazi cartoonist and book illustrator; artist

Government

• Chris Dodd, U.S. Senator for Connecticut
• Justin Elicker, mayor of New Haven, Connecticut
• Stuart Symington, U.S. Senator for Missouri and Secretary of the Air Force
• Walter Childs Wood (1864–1953), state legislator and retired surgeon^[15]

Business

• Rich Barton, CEO of Zillow Group and founder of Expedia^[16]
  • • Dave Checketts, former CEO of Madison Square Garden Gary Crittenden, CFO of Citigroup Jeff Immelt, CEO of General Electric^[17]
• Nigel MacEwan, former CEO of Kleinwort Benson North America; former President of Merrill Lynch
• Erika Nardini, CEO of Barstool Sports
• David Neeleman, CEO of JetBlue Airways^[18]
• Rich Riley, CEO of Shazam^[19]
• Stephen S. Roach, economist and senior fellow at Yale University

Other

• Emily Barringer (1876–1961), physician; first female ambulance surgeon
• H. Keith H. Brodie, former Duke University president
• Anthony Comstock Christian activist and reactionary, namesake of Comstock laws
• Marion Dickerman, with her lover Nancy Cook, suffragists
• Kathy Giusti, founder of the Multiple Myeloma Foundation^[20]
• Henry Hanford (1784–1866), first Euro-American settler of Lewistown, Ohio

See also

• List of people from Connecticut
• List of people from Bridgeport, Connecticut
• List of people from Brookfield, Connecticut
• List of people from Darien, Connecticut
• List of people from Greenwich, Connecticut
• List of people from Hartford, Connecticut
• List of people from New Haven, 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

Notes

1. Alfred Branch. "‘Scandal’ Star and New Canaan Resident Tony Goldwyn Speaks Out Against Donald Trump Candidacy". Patch.com. 11 October 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
2. Web site: 2014-07-15 . Katherine Heigl Set to Return to the Small Screen . 2022-11-14 . New Canaan, CT Patch . en.
3. Web site: Dinan . Michael . ‘It Was An Amazing Place To Live’: Actor Christopher Lloyd Returns To Waveny House . 2022-11-14 . NewCanaanite.com . en-US.
4. 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")
5. Web site: Fox . Sandra Diamond . 2021-04-30 . Crossing Connecticut bridges to the other side of the pandemic with Harry Connick Jr. . 2022-11-14 . CT Insider . en-US.
6. 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
7. News: McGuire leaves TSN for gig with Versus and NBC. The Daily Gleaner. June 28, 2011.
8. Vigdor, Neil, "He fired 'The Boss': Fay Vincent: The man who exiled Steinbrenner shares memories of Yankees owner", news article, pp 1, A4, July 14, 2010, The Advocate of Stamford, Connecticut ("[...] Vincent said from his summer home in New Canaan.")
9. Morganteen, Jeff, "Beck: Cops are the real heroes", news article, June 26, 2010, The Advocate of Stamford, Connecticut ("The New Canaan resident attends the same church as a Stamford police sergeant [...]")
10. Web site: Full transcript: Ann Coulter . 2022-11-14 . POLITICO . en.
11. News: Waking Up on the Wrong Side of a Rating War. The New York Times. April 18, 2013.
12. News: Bruce. Weber. Sid Yudain, 90, Dies; Created Congress’s Community Newspaper . . 2013-10-26 . 2013-11-17.
13. Mason, Christopher, "Behind the Glass Wall", June 7, 2007, The New York Times, retrieved August 8, 2010
14. Web site: Glenora Richards. Remember Ma. Sentinel & Enterprise. 31 December 2015.
15. 1983. Walter Childs Wood, M.D.: Physician Cum Dairyman and Assemblyman. The New Canaan Historical Society Annual. 9. 3. 43–45. 2020-09-14. HathiTrust.
16. Web site: Rogers . Taylor Nicole . Zillow CEO Rich Barton reportedly just became a billionaire. Meet the serial entrepreneur who also founded Expedia and Glassdoor. . Business Insider . 7 May 2021.
17. Web site: O'Connor . Clare . Protesters Occupy GE CEO Jeff Immelt's Connecticut Front Lawn . 2022-11-14 . Forbes . en.
18. Web site: Ebert . Jennifer . Founder of five airlines, David Neeleman, lists Connecticut home for $8.3 Million . Homes and Gardens . 7 May 2021.
19. Web site: Billboard Staff . 2016-02-13 . No. 57: Rich Riley Power 100 . 2022-11-14 . Billboard . en-US.
20. "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"