List of people from Norwalk, Connecticut

Norwalk, Connecticut, has been home to numerous notable people, residents and others, past and present:

Artie Shaw, Big Band leader

Authors, writers

• Faith Baldwin (1893–1978), novelist; worked with the Famous Writers School; lived in the Silvermine neighborhood and died in Norwalk
• Brian Basset (b. 1957), Seattle-based cartoonist; born in the city
• A. Scott Berg (b. 1949), award-winning biographer; born in Norwalk
• Philip Caputo (b. 1941), author
• Peter De Vries (1910–1983), writer, editor, novelist, worked on The New Yorker magazine for many years
• Alyse Gregory (1884–1967), suffragist, journalist, and novelist; born in Norwalk
• Johnny Gruelle (1880–1938), artist and author; creator of Raggedy Ann; lived in town
• Bob Grumman (b. 1941), minimalist poet
• Steven Kellogg (b. 1941), author and illustrator of children's books; born in Norwalk
• Sheila Lukins (1942–2009), cook and food writer^[1]
• Warren E. Preece (1921–2007), editor of Encyclopædia Britannica's 15th edition
• Andy Rooney (1919–2011), commentator on 60 Minutes television newsmagazine on CBS
• Peter St. John, poet during the American Revolution
• Stephen W. Sears (b. 1932), Civil War historian; lives in Norwalk
• Sloan Wilson (1920–2003), author; was born in the city
• Wayne Winsley (b. 1963), broadcaster and author; former resident^[2]

Actors, musicians, entertainers

Frances Dee in Becky Sharp

• Roger Bart (b. 1962), Broadway actor; born in Norwalk
• Jesse Bradford (b. 1979), film actor; born in Norwalk
• Dave Brubeck (1920–2012), musician; died in the city
• Aynsley Bubbico, film and television actress; born in Stamford and raised in Norwalk^[3]
• D.J. Caruso (b. 1965), movie and television director; born in the city and attended Norwalk High School
• Ruth Chatterton (1892–1961), actress, writer and aviator; died in the city in 1961
• Violet Englefield (1881–1946), actress and singer; lived in Norwalk 1930-39
• Robin de Jesús (b. 1984), film and theatre actor
• Frances Dee (1909–2004), actress; died in the city
• Mat Devine (b. 1974), lead singer of Kill Hannah
• Ellen Hanley (1926–2007), musical theater performer
• Eileen Heckart (1919–2001), actress; died at her home in the city
• Clegg Hoyt (1910–1967), film and television actor; born in Norwalk
• Sarah Jacobson (1971–2004), independent filmmaker; born in Norwalk
• Mitch Longley (b. 1965), television actor; graduated from Brien McMahon High School
• Forrest McClendon, Tony Award-nominated actor (The Scottsboro Boys)^[4]
• Vince Mendoza (b. 1961), music arranger and composer; born in Norwalk
• Farrad Mullins (b. 1976), musician and performer based in New York City; born in Norwalk
• Christopher Schreiner (b. 1983), guitarist; born in Norwalk
• Artie Shaw (1910–2004), Big Band composer; lived in Norwalk in the 1950s^[5]
• Horace Silver (b. 1928), jazz pianist and composer; born in the city
• John Simon (b. 1941), musician, record producer, and composer; born in Norwalk
• Joan Wasser (b. 1970), violinist and singer-songwriter; was raised in the city
• Chris Webby (Christian Webster), rapper; grew up in Norwalk
• Bruce Weitz (b. 1943), actor; was born in Norwalk
• Treat Williams (b. 1951), actor; Rowayton resident
• Remy Zaken (b. 1989), stage and television actress^[6]

Sports

• Érik Bédard (b. 1979), pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles; went to Norwalk Community College
• Paul Gerken (b. 1950), professional tennis player
• Mickey Kydes, soccer player for the NY/NJ MetroStars of Major League Soccer^[7]
• Randy LaJoie (b. 1961), two-time champion driver in the NASCAR Busch Series (now the Nationwide Series)
• Bob Miller (1929–2006), NFL Detroit Lions football player (1952–1958); born in the city
• Marie Corridon Mortell (b. 1930), won a gold medal in the 4 x 100 m relay in swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London^[8]
• Kevin Morton, former pitcher for the Boston Red Sox
• Calvin Murphy (b. 1948), former NBA basketball player; grew up in town
• Idris Price (b. 1976), football player for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• Scott Sharp (b. 1968), auto racer, Indy Racing League champion; currently an American Le Mans Series owner-driver in the GT class
• Leif Shiras (b. 1959), former tennis player and tennis journalist
• Tarvis Simms (b. 1971), middleweight boxer; Golden Gloves champion; South Norwalk native
• Travis Simms (b. 1971), welterweight champion of the World Boxing Association (as of January 2007); South Norwalk native
• Mo Vaughn (b. 1967), former baseball player
• Luke Vercollone (b. 1982), professional soccer player with the Charleston Battery; grew up in Norwalk
• Daniel Walsh (b. 1979), rower and winner of a bronze medal in rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics^[9]

Government and politics

Brien McMahon stamp, issued in 1962

John Magrath

• Audrey P. Beck (1931–1983), college professor and Connecticut state legislator
• William Benton (1900–1973), U.S. Senator; later publisher of the Encyclopædia Britannica; lived in the city
• Thaddeus Betts (1789–1840), United States Senator from Connecticut
• William Thomas Clark (1831–1905), American Civil War general, U.S. Congressman, and abolitionist
• Darius N. Couch (1822–1897), naturalist and Union general in the Civil War; died in Norwalk
• Jeremiah Donovan (1857–1935), mayor and U.S. Congressman
• Thomas Fitch (1696–1774), colonial Governor of Connecticut
• Thomas Fitch, V (1725–1795), state representative; widely believed to be the original "Yankee Doodle Dandy"
• Irving Freese, five-term mayor of Norwalk; one of the few Socialists ever elected mayor in the United States
• Mary F. Hoyt, first woman to receive a position in the United States federal civil service
• Alex Knopp, two-term mayor of Norwalk, 2001–2005
• Mia Love, United States Representative; raised in Norwalk^[10]
• Brien McMahon (1903–1952), United States Senator (D-CT), authored the Atomic Energy Act of 1946; born, raised, and is buried in Norwalk; namesake of one of the city's high schools
• Dick Moccia, elected mayor of Norwalk, Connecticut on November 8, 2005
• Isaac Sears (1729 or 1730–1786), merchant, sailor, and political figure during the American Revolution; raised in Norwalk
• Levi Warner (1831–1911), United States Representative from Connecticut
• Peter Willcox (b. 1953), Greenpeace activist and former captain of the Rainbow Warrior; was raised in the city

Other

Daniel Shea

• Daniel T. Barry (b. 1953), retired NASA astronaut; born in Norwalk
• Sarah Louise Bouton Felt (1850—1928), first general president of the children's Primary organization of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
• Cirie Fields (b. 1970), contestant on Survivor: Panama, Survivor: Micronesia, and Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains
• Francis Gregory (1780–1866), U.S. Navy officer in the War of 1812 and the American Civil War; born in Norwalk
• Edward Calvin Kendall (1886–1972), chemist and Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine winner in 1950; born in South Norwalk
• LeGrand Lockwood (died February 1872), Wall Street financier; builder of the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion in Norwalk
• John D. Magrath (1924–1945), World War II Medal of Honor recipient; born in East Norwalk and is buried in Norwalk
• Alexander Rummler (1867–1959), painter, lived in the city for 35 years painting many scenes of Norwalk life
• Daniel J. Shea (1947–1969), recipient of the Medal of Honor in the Vietnam War; Shea Island in the Norwalk Islands has been renamed in his honor
• Charles Robert Sherman (1788–1829), lawyer, Ohio public servant; father of William Tecumseh Sherman; born in Norwalk^[11]
• Mary Emma Woolley (1863–1947), president of Mount Holyoke College, 1901–1937; born in South Norwalk^[12]

See also

Mary Emma Woolley president of Mount Holyoke College

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

Footnotes

1. ↑ Moskin, Julia. "Sheila Lukins, 66, Dies; Awakened Taste Buds", The New York Times, August 30, 2009. Accessed August 31, 2009.
2. ↑ Kobak, Steve (July 28, 2008). "Author in search of real life character for next novel". The Hour. p. A3. 
3. ↑ "Aynsley Bubbico". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved July 4, 2008. 
4. ↑ Wright, Chase (May 7, 2011). "Norwalk native turned Broadway star nominated for Tony Award". Stamford Times. Retrieved 2011-05-28. 
5. ↑ Grudens, Richard, Jukebox Saturday Night: More Memories of the Big Band Era and Beyond, (1999) Pine Hill Press, Freeman, S.D., ISBN 1-57579-142-0, page 29, accessed through Google Books (free registration required) on August 4, 2006
6. ↑ "Remy Zaken". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved July 4, 2008. 
7. ↑ Mickey Kydes Soccer Enterprises
8. ↑ Geoghegan, Steve (September 25, 2008). "Norwalk honors its Olympian". The Hour. p. B1. 
9. ↑ Hine, Tommy (August 22, 2008). "Summer Bronze: Norwalk's Walsh Garners Olympic Medal". Norwalk Citizen~News. 12 (34): A1,A15. Archived from the original on September 15, 2008. Retrieved August 27, 2008. 
10. ↑ Glionna, Hohn M.; Pearce, Matt (November 5, 2014). "GOP hopes Mia Love's win a watershed moment for the party". LA Times. Archived from the original on 2014-11-15. 
11. ↑ Hirshson, Stanley P., The White Tecumseh: A Biography of General William T. Sherman, John Wiley & Sons, 1997, ISBN 0-471-17578-1
12. ↑ Web page titled "Mary Emma Wolley" at Encyclopædia Britannica Web site, accessed May 4, 2007