List of people from Redding, Connecticut explained

People associated with Redding, Connecticut, listed in the area they are best known:

Actors, musicians and entertainers

Authors and other writers

Artists, art experts and critics, cartoonists

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See also

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: Working with Bernstein: A Memoir. Jack. Gottlieb. December 20, 2010. Hal Leonard Corporation. Google Books.
  3. http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/books/10810203-421/michael-ian-black-on-middle-age.html "Michael Ian Black on middle age," Chicago Sun-Times, 2012-02-23. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
  4. http://weston.dailyvoice.com/neighbors/happy-birthday-redding-s-richard-hugh-ritchie-blackmore "Happy Birthday To Redding’s Richard Hugh 'Ritchie' Blackmore," The Daily Voice, 2014-04-14. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
  5. http://www.thereddingpilot.com/13426/barlows-fall-musical-opens-thursday/ "Barlow’s fall musical opens Thursday," The Redding Pilot, 2013-11-04. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
  6. http://www.thereddingpilot.com/13285/scheiner-welcomed-back-spring-training/ "Scheiner is welcomed back for spring training," The Redding Pilot, 2013-10-21. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
  7. https://books.google.com/books?id=WUlhAAAAIAAJ&dq=rachel+crothers+redding&pg=PA106 Catalog of Copyright Entries, Library of Congress. Retrieved 2014-05-04.
  8. https://www.nytimes.com/1989/01/31/obituaries/morton-da-costa-74-director.html "Morton Da Costa, 74, Director," New York Times, 1989-01-31. Retrieved 2014-05-04.
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  18. https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/27/arts/television/lori-march-secret-storm-actress-dies-at-90.html?_r=0&gwh=71CB2A7E1AE9A7D2552127372CD25C3E&gwt=pay "Lori March, 'Secret Storm' Actress, Dies at 90," New York Times, 2013-03-26. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
  19. http://www.newpondfarm.org/history "New Pond Farm History. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
  20. http://www.thereddingpilot.com/15437/hermes-art-series-presents-fred-newman-sunday/ "Hermes art series presents Fred Newman on Sunday," The Redding Pilot, 2014-02-28. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
  21. http://www.fairfieldcitizenonline.com/news/article/Pinter-opens-up-about-private-battle-with-cancer-197807.php "Pinter opens up about private battle with cancer," The Fairfield Citizen, 2009-10-30. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
  22. Web site: ‘Creamy chamber music’ from Redding composer. Rob. Ryser. June 16, 2019. CT Insider.
  23. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0465789/bio "Karen Kopins, IMDb.com. Retrieved 2014-05-04.
  24. https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/17/arts/music/17travers.html?pagewanted=all "Mary Travers of Peter, Paul and Mary Dies at 72," New York Times, 2009-08-16. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
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  27. http://www.thereddingpilot.com/14876/democrats-choose-slate/ "Democrats choose their slate," The Redding Pilot, 2014-01-23. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
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  29. https://books.google.com/books?id=qbIznwEACAAJ Barry, Julian, My Night With Orson, About the author. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
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  31. http://www.albany.edu/feature/marcia_brown/ "Of Handsome Princes and Flying Elephants, University of Albany. Retrieved 2014-05-04.
  32. https://www.nytimes.com/1985/11/17/nyregion/stuart-chase-97-coined-phrase-a-new-dea.html "Stuart Chase, 97; coined phrase 'a new deal'", New York Times, 1985-11-17. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
  33. https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/15/books/les-daniels-historian-of-comic-books-dies-at-68.html "Les Daniels, Historian of Comic Books, Dies at 68," New York Times, 2011-11-14. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
  34. Web site: "Howard Fast, 88, best selling author," Hersam Acorn Newspapers. Retrieved 2014-04-29. . 2014-04-29 . https://archive.today/20140429225036/http://acorn-online.net/acornonline/obits/fast.htm . 2014-04-29 . dead .
  35. Web site: "When Flannery O'Connor didn't live here," The Ridgefield Press, 2013-04-21. Retrieved 2014-04-29. . 2014-04-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140430024622/http://www.theridgefieldpress.com/16949/when-flannery-oconnor-didnt-live-here/ . 2014-04-30 . dead .
  36. https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/29/business/media/william-h-honan-journalist-and-author-dies-at-83.html "William H. Honan, Journalist and Author, Dies at 83," New York Times, 2014-04-28. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
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  38. http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/contributor/holly-keller "Holly Keller," Scholastic.com. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
  39. https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/02/books/phyllis-krasilovsky-dies-at-87-wrote-childrens-books.html?ref=obituaries&_r=1 ""Phyllis Krasilovsky Dies at 87; Wrote Children’s Books," The New York Times, 2014-03-01. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
  40. https://books.google.com/books?id=Q7tssbww2sMC&dq=joseph+wood+krutch+redding&pg=PA282 Thorson, Robert, Beyond Walden: The Hidden History of America's Kettle Lakes and Ponds. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
  41. http://www.twainquotes.com/19370410.html "Albert B. Paine, 76, Biographer, Dead," Excerpted from New York Times. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
  42. https://books.google.com/books?id=FVAzYpomUFIC&dq=jane+stern+redding&pg=PA8 Stern, Jane, Ambulance Girl: How I Saved Myself By Becoming an EMT. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
  43. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1916&dat=19790817&id=1bg0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=B24FAAAAIBAJ&pg=1305,2930183 "Redding's Ruth Stout: Still Doing It Her Way," the Norwalk Hour/UPI, 1979-08-17. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
  44. Gilbert, Alma, Maxfield Parrish: Master of Make-Believe, Philip Wilson Publishers (2005), p. 34
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  46. Web site: Online books by Aaron Louis Treadwell . Ockerbloom . John . Online Books Page . November 23, 2016.
  47. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jun-20-me-tudor20-story.html "Illustrator put a nostalgic touch on children's books," Los Angeles Times, 2008-06-20. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
  48. News: 1910-04-22 . MARK TWAIN IS DEAD AT 74; End Comes Peacefully at His New England Home After a Long Illness. . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-08-28 . 0362-4331.
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  50. Rumford, Beatrix T., ed. American Folk Paintings, The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center Series 11 (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1988), pp. 21-3, 77.
  51. http://drs.library.yale.edu/HLTransformer/HLTransServlet?stylename=yul.ead2002.xhtml.xsl&pid=beinecke:dreier&clear-stylesheet-cache=yes "Guide to the Katherine S. Dreier papers / Société Anonyme archive," Yale University Library. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
  52. https://books.google.com/books?id=3Y4vUNDN2qkC&dq=hal+foster+obituary+redding&pg=PA100 Wood, Art, Great Cartoonists and Their Art. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
  53. https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/24/arts/gill-fox-88-cartoonist-on-early-comic-books.html "Gill Fox, 88, Cartoonist on Early Comic Books," New York Times, 2004-05-24. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
  54. https://books.google.com/books?id=oIro7MtiFuYC&dq=anna+hyatt+huntington+new+york+times+redding&pg=PA120 Cullen-Dupont, Kathryn, Encyclopedia of Women's History in America. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
  55. https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/28/arts/28natkin.html?_r=0&gwh=14666D9079E80A451DC382932E922B92&gwt=pay "Robert Natkin, Abstract Painter, is Dead at 79," New York Times, 2010-04-27. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
  56. http://www.thereddingpilot.com/7681/heald-will-talk-about-the-works-of-steichen-caponigro/ "Heald will talk about the works of Steichen, Caponigro," The Redding Pilot, 2013-01-29.
  57. http://history.house.gov/People/Listing/B/BARLOW,-Stephen-(B000150)/ "Barlow, Stephen," History, Art and Archives, U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
  58. http://history.house.gov/People/Listing/G/GREGORY,-Dudley-Sanford-(G000446)/ "Gregory, Dudley Sanford," History, Art and Archives, U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved 2014-04-29, born in Redding.
  59. http://history.house.gov/HistoricalHighlight/Detail/36618?ret=True "The life of Representative Ebenezer J. Hill of Connecticut," History, Art and Archives, U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
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  61. http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2005-05-04/news/0505040347_1_barbara-ward-garner-university-of-california "Garner, Barbara Ward," Baltimore Sun, 2005-05-04. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
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  63. https://www.nytimes.com/1989/06/03/obituaries/alfred-w-jones-88-sociologist-and-investment-fund-innovator.html "Alfred W. Jones, 88, Sociologist And Investment Fund Innovator," New York Times, 1989-06-03. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
  64. "Alex Kroll," National Football Foundation. Retrieved 2015-12-31.
  65. http://advertisinghall.org/members/member_bio.php?memid=680 "Alex Kroll," Advertising Hall of Game. Retrieved 2015-12-31.
  66. http://individual-contributors.insidegov.com/d/c/Alex-Kroll "Alex Kroll," Inside.gov. Retrieved 2015-12-31.
  67. Web site: "Larry Kudlow to speak at annual breakfast," The Redding Pilot, 2014-3-29. Retrieved 2014-04-29. . 2014-04-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140430033624/http://www.thereddingpilot.com/15825/larry-kudlow-speak-annual-breakfast/ . 2014-04-30 . dead .
  68. Web site: The Fountainheads: Wright, Rand, the FBI and Hollywood. Donald Leslie. Johnson. January 1, 2005. McFarland. Google Books.
  69. http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Other-Voices-Pine-Tar-game-forever-links-Brett-1120030.php#page-2 "Other Voices: Pine Tar game forever links Brett, MacPhail," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 2003-07-23. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
  70. http://www.fairfield.edu/lassochannel/press/pr_index/index.lasso?id=664 "L.L. Bean CEO with roots in Connecticut to speak at Dolan School of Business," Fairfield University, 2002-04-15. Retrieved 2014-05-07.
  71. Web site: In Peace and War: A History of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point. Jeffrey L.. Cruikshank. Chloe G.. Kline. December 20, 2008. John Wiley & Sons. Google Books.
  72. Web site: Hometown Appetites: The Story of Clementine Paddleford, the Forgotten Food Writer Who Chronicled How America Ate. Kelly. Alexander. Cynthia. Harris. September 18, 2008. Penguin. Google Books.
  73. https://books.google.com/books?id=H03Mey5l77UC&dq=Samuel+Holden+Parsons+redding&pg=PA20 Cruson, Daniel, Putnam's Revolutionary War Winter Encampment: The History and Archaeology of Putnam Memorial State Park. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
  74. https://books.google.com/books?id=QntMAAAAMAAJ&dq=lucien+underwood+redding+botanical+society&pg=PA263 Journal of the New York Botanical Society, Volumes 8-9, New York Botanical Garden, 1907. Retrieved 2014-05-08.
  75. Book: Todd, Charles Burr. The history of Redding, Connecticut, from its first settlement to the present time. 1880. 2. The Grafton Press.