List of people from Westport, Connecticut explained

This list of people from Westport, Connecticut includes people who have been born in, raised in, lived in or who died in Westport, Connecticut, United States. Individuals are listed by the area in which they are best known.

Actors, comedians, others in the film and television industries

Mason Adams (1919–2005), character and voice actor
Millette Alexander (born 1933), actress, musician
Mädchen Amick (born 1970), actress
Linda Blair (born 1959), actress known for The Exorcist
Scott Bryce (born 1958), actor
Alisyn Camerota (born 1966), CNN newscaster^[1]
Marilyn Chambers (1952–2009), porn star
Imogene Coca (1908–2001), comedian
Kevin Conroy (1955-2022), actor
Rodney Dangerfield (1921–2004), comedian and actor
Bette Davis (1908–1989), Academy Award-winning actress
Sandy Dennis (1937–1992), Academy Award-winning actress
Phil Donahue (born 1935), television personality, talk show host, married to Marlo Thomas
Michael Douglas (born 1944), Academy Award-winning actor
Linda Fiorentino (born 1960), actress
Cynthia Gibb (born 1963), actress
Luke Greenfield (born 1972), movie director
Matt Harding (born 1976), Internet celebrity and video game designer
Melissa Joan Hart (born 1976), actress
Mariette Hartley (born 1940), actress
Linda Hunt (born 1945), actress
Mar Jennings (born 1975), television personality, author and philanthropist
Patricia Kalember (born 1957), actress
Brian Keane (born 1953), Emmy-winning composer
Kerri Kenney-Silver (born 1970), actress, singer, writer and daughter of Larry Kenney
Michael Kulich (1986–2016), pornographic film director and producer^[2]
Paul Lieberstein (born 1967), writer and co-star of American version of The Office
Christopher Lloyd (born 1938), actor and producer
Bob Lorenz (born 1963), television sportscaster
George Lowther (1913–1975), writer and producer for radio and television programs
Pamela Sue Martin (born 1953), actress
Cady McClain (born 1969), soap opera actress^[3]
Steve Miner (born 1951), film and television director
Gerry Mulligan (1927–1996), jazz saxophonist, composer and arranger
Paul Newman (1925–2008), Academy Award-winning actor, director, auto racer and philanthropist
Justin Paul (born 1985), composer
Alisan Porter (born 1981), actress (Curly Sue) and singer
Robert Redford (born 1936), Academy Award-winning actor and director
Eric Roberts (born 1956), actor
Rod Serling (1924–1975), creator of The Twilight Zone
Micah Sloat (born 1981), actor and star of Paranormal Activity^[4]
Brett Somers (1924–2007), actress, wife of Jack Klugman, game show personality
Martha Stewart (born 1941), business magnate, television personality, author
Marlo Thomas (born 1937), actress, author, wife of Phil Donahue
Joanne Woodward (born 1930), Academy Award-winning actress and philanthropist

Singers, musicians and other entertainers

Nickolas Ashford, singer
Michael Bolton, singer
Chelsea Cutler, singer
Matt Gallant (born 1964), television host
Mike Greenberg, ESPN personality, host of Mike and Mike
Dan Hartman (1950–1994), singer, songwriter and record producer
Don Imus, radio personality
Charlie Karp, guitar player and songwriter
Brian Keane, award-winning composer, producer, and guitarist
Larry Kenney, radio personality on the Don Imus show, actor, father of Kerri Kenney-Silver
Meat Loaf (Marvin Lee Aday), rock singer and songwriter^[5]
Gerry Mulligan, Gerald Joseph "Gerry" Mulligan (1927–1996), jazz saxophonist, composer and arranger
Nile Rodgers, musician and music producer
Harry Rodrigues, DJ also known as Baauer
Neil Sedaka, singer
Neal Smith, drummer for Alice Cooper, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee
John Solum, flutist, author and teacher
Martha Stewart, entrepreneur
Eric Von Schmidt (1931–2007), folk and blues singer-songwriter
Hy Zaret (1907–2007), lyricist

Artists, illustrators, cartoonists, designers

Rudolph Belarski, illustrator, graphic artist, painter, art school instructor
Mel Casson, cartoonist
Ann Chernow, artist
Stevan Dohanos (1907–1994), artist and illustrator
Leonard Everett Fisher (1924–2024), artist and illustrator
Bernie Fuchs (1932–2009), renowned illustrator
William Glackens (1870–1938), realist painter
Hardie Gramatky (1907–1979), painter, author, and illustrator
Annie Leibovitz (born 1949), portrait photographer
Joe McNally, photographer^[6]
Christopher Ross (1931–2023), sculptor, designer and collector
T. O'Conor Sloane Jr. (1879–1963), photographer
Curt Swan (1920–1996), comics artist
Gerry Turner (1921–1982), photographer and writer of children's books
Edward Vebell (1921–2018), illustrator
Hilla von Rebay (1890–1967), painter and founding curator of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
George Hand Wright (1872–1951), painter and illustrator

Athletes, sportspeople

John DiBartolomeo (born 1991), American-Israeli basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Shayne Gostisbehere (born 1993), NHL Player for the Arizona Coyotes
Parker Kligerman (born 1990), NASCAR driver
Skip Lane (born 1960), football player
Julia Marino (born 1997), snowboarder
Kyle Martino (born 1981), soccer player
Jim McKay (1921–2008), Emmy award-winning sports commentator
Charlie Reiter (born 1988), soccer player
Julius Seligson (1909–1987), tennis player^[7]
Kyle Zajec (born 1997), soccer player

Authors, writers, journalists

Lynsey Addario (born 1973), journalist, freelance photographer
Lincoln Child (born 1957), author of techno-thriller and horror novels
Finn Courtney (born 2004), journalist^[8] ^[9]
Frank Deford (1938-2017), journalist, writer and commentator
Peter De Vries (1910–1993), editor and novelist
F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940), author of The Great Gatsby
Ramin Ganeshram (born 1968), journalist, chef, author
Hardie Gramatky (1907–1979), author, artist, illustrator
Jane Green (born 1968), also known as Jane Green Warburg, author
Tyler Hicks (born 1969), journalist, staff photographer, The New York Times
A.E. Hotchner, author and co-founder with Paul Newman of Newman's Own brands^[10]
Shirley Jackson (1916–1965), novelist
Mar Jennings (born 1975), author
Gordon Joseloff (1945–2020), former First Selectman and Emmy Award-winning journalist
Melissa Kirsch (born 1974), author
Hilton Kramer (1928–2012), editor and art critic
Ruth Krauss (1901–1993), author of children's books
Nora Benjamin Kubie (1899–1988), author and illustrator of children's books
Robert Lawson (1892–1957), author and artist of children's books
Robert Ludlum, author
Sheila Lukins (1942–2009), cook and food writer^[11]
Jim Nantz, CBS Sports
Jeff Pegues, CBS News Justice and Homeland Security Correspondent; author
David Pogue, New York Times technology columnist
Harry Reasoner (1923–1991), news anchor
Ronald B. Scott, journalist, biographer and author
T. O'Conor Sloane III (1912–2003), Doubleday editor
Jack Tippit, cartoonist
Gerry Turner, author of children's books and photographer
Max Wilk (1920–2011), author
Jane Yolen, author

Government and politics, officeholders, activists and business people

James Comey (born 1960), Deputy Attorney General and FBI Director
Wilbur Lucius Cross (1862–1948), Governor of Connecticut
Ray Dalio, CEO, money manager at Bridgewater Associates
William Phelps Eno (1858–1945), inventor of the stop sign and traffic innovator
Rajat Gupta (born 1948), CEO of McKinsey & Company convicted of insider trading
Will Haskell, Connecticut state senator
Henry M. Judah, Civil War brigadier general
Arnie Kaye, owner of a famous town arcade
John Davis Lodge (1903–1985), Connecticut Governor and Congressman^[12]
Frederick M. Salmon (1870–1936), Connecticut State Comptroller
James K. Scribner, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
Lillian Wald (1867–1940), nurse and humanitarian activist
Anne Wexler (1930–2009), political advisor and lobbyist^[13]

Scientists

John William Fyfe, physician who practiced eclectic medicine
Mariangela Lisanti, theoretical physicist^[14]
Mary Loveless, immunologist who developed a bee sting immunity^[15]
John B. Watson (1878–1958), psychologist who established the school of behaviorism

Notes and References

http://observer.com/2012/08/alisyn-camerota-fox-friends-uws-apartment/ Observer: "Fox & Friends Co-Host Alisyn Camerota Sells UWS Pad for a Loss" by Kim Velsey
Web site: Keppler . Nick . Crime & Punishment: Plainville man arrested for punching a dog - WCCT . Ct.com . 2012-03-29 . 2013-09-28.
Grandjean, Pat, "First People" column, item titled "Cady McClain", Connecticut Magazine, November 2006, page 17
News: Jay A. . Fernandez . 'Paranormal' star signs with Innovative; Micah Sloat keeping options open after boxoffice success . . 2009-10-29 . 2009-11-15 . dead . https://archive.today/20100228184535/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3ib210d7c7d7c12f5ffe4c466c9243e7df . 2010-02-28 .
Spillane, Sean, "Meat Loaf: Not done yet and back in Connecticut for Mohegan Sun concert", article, "Go" entertainment supplement, The Advocate of Stamford, Connecticut (also in The News-Times of Danbury, Connecticut Post of Bridgeport and Greenwich Time newspapers), July 8, 2010
Web site: JoeMcNally.com, Biography page; see also contact page showing his studio is in Westport, accessed January 11, 2007 . Joemcnally.com . 2013-09-28.
News: Julius Seligson. The New York Times. 14 October 1987.
Web site: Courtney . Finn . 2023-12-03 . La Salle women's basketball overmatched by Virginia . 2023-12-05 . City of Basketball Love . en-us.
Web site: Courtney . Finn . Villanova Defeats Richmond, 67-57, Behind 30 From Olsen . 2023-12-05 . The Villanovan.
Web site: A. E. Hotchner . Web page titled "A.E. Hotchner" at "HarperCollins Web site, accessed July 29, 2007 . Harpercollins.com . 2010-03-24 . 2013-09-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070929100254/http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/4640/A_E_Hotchner/index.aspx . September 29, 2007 . dead .
News: Moskin . Julia . Sheila Lukins, 66, Dies; Awakened Taste Buds . The New York Times . August 30, 2009 . August 31, 2009.
Web site: Web page for John Davis Lodge at Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website accessed November 16, 2007 . Bioguide.congress.gov . 2013-09-28.
News: Martin . Douglas . Anne Wexler, an Influential Political Operative and Lobbyist, Is Dead at 79 . . August 8, 2009 . August 8, 2009.
News: The View From / Westport; It's a Quantum Leap For High School Senior. The New York Times. December 24, 2000. Darice. Bailer. November 10, 2015.
News: Mary Loveless, 92, Doctor Who Devised Bee-Sting Immunity. June 12, 1991. Alfonso A.. Narvaez. February 23, 2015. The New York Times.