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List of people from Greenwich, Connecticut

This is a list of people who have lived in or been associated with Greenwich, Connecticut now or in the past and are well known beyond the town.

They are listed based on the area in which person is best known (in alphabetical order within each category):

Actors, directors, producers

Christopher Abbott, American actor

Bill Boggs, actor, author and journalist
Scooter Braun, music producer and talent manager
Glenn Close, actress
Terry Crews, actor
Gabriela Dias, actress, producer, writer, humanitarian
Johnny Doran, actor
Henry Fonda (1905–1982), actor
Jane Fonda, actress
Peter Fonda (1940–2019), actor
Mel Gibson, actor, director, producer
Shelley Hack (born 1947), actress
Bob Haymes (1923–1989), actor and composer
Bryce Dallas Howard (born 1981), actress; daughter of filmmaker Ron Howard
Ron Howard, actor and director
Leatrice Joy (1893–1985), silent film actress
Tom Kuntz (born 1972), commercial and music video director
Joseph E. Levine (1905–1987), film producer and distributor
Rod Lurie (born 1962), director and screenwriter
Mary Tyler Moore (1936–2017), actress
Bert Parks (1914–1992), actor, television personality
Bijou Phillips, actress, singer and model
Linda Purl (born 1955), actress and singer
Elisabeth Röhm (born 1973), actress
Kelly Rohrbach (born 1990), model and actress
Madeleine Sackler (born 1983), director, producer, and editor
Adam Sandler, actor, director, producer, television personality
Rick Schroder (born 1970), actor
George C. Scott (1927–1999), actor
Zack Snyder (born 1966), film director
Heather Thomas (born 1957), actress and screenwriter
Dyanne Thorne (1936–2020), actress, model and ordained minister
Justin Zackham, director and screenwriter; writer of The Bucket List
Hasan Minhaj, comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host

Musicians, models, other entertainers

Tom Bergeron, host of America's Funniest Home Videos and Dancing With the Stars
Victor Borge (1909–2000), pianist and comedian
A. Whitney Brown, writer and comedian
Eugenia Cooney, YouTuber and influencer
Alice Cooper, singer-songwriter and actor
Wilhelmina Cooper (1940–1980), supermodel
Gary Dell'Abate (born 1961), radio personality known as "Baba Booey"; producer at The Howard Stern Show
Tommy Dorsey (1905–1956), trombonist and bandleader in the Big Band era
Clyde Fitch (1865–1909), dramatist
Stephan Galfas, Grammy Award-nominated record producer
Kathie Lee Gifford, television personality, wife of the late Frank Gifford
Roger Glover (born 1945), bass guitarist for Deep Purple, songwriter and record producer
Cynthia Gregory, prima ballerina
Bob Haymes (1923–1989), actor and composer
Ray Henderson (1896–1970), songwriter
Jim Henson (1936–1990), puppeteer, animator, cartoonist, actor, inventor, composer, and screenwriter
Erich Kunzel (1935–2009), conductor of the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Rodney Leinhardt (born 1970), professional wrestler
Jana Mashonee, Native American singer-songwriter
Michael Matijevic, lead singer of Steelheart
Stefano Miceli (born 1975), conductor and pianist
Tom Noonan (born 1951), actor, director, playwright
Jack Paar (1918–2004), host of The Tonight Show
Regis Philbin (1931–2020), television personality
Caroline Polachek, singer
Francesca Roberto, operatic soprano
Diana Ross, singer and actress
Stephanie Seymour, model; wife of Peter M. Brant, publishing mogul
Judy Sheindlin, television personality and producer
Hana Soukupova, model; wife of Drew Aaron, paper magnate and entrepreneur; restored Greenwich's North Court estate
Wanda Sykes, comedian and actress
Montel Williams, television personality

Sports

Ken Bell, NFL player
Rolando Blackman, NBA player
Bobby Bonilla (born 1963), MLB player
Aaron Boone, MLB player and manager
George Brown (born 1935), soccer player and coach
Jim Brown (1908–1994), soccer player and coach
Glenn Caruso (born 1974), football player and coach
Chris Cleary (born 1979), professional soccer player
Casey Close (born 1963), MLB player, sports agent, husband of Gretchen Carlson
Gerrit Cole (born 1990), MLB player
David Cone, MLB player
Carlos Delgado, New York Mets first baseman
Tony DeLuca (1960–1999), NFL player
George Foster (born 1948), MLB player
Doug Friedman, professional ice hockey player
Frank Gifford (1930–2015), NFL player, sportscaster; husband of Kathie Lee Gifford
Joe Girardi, manager of the New York Yankees
Gail Goodrich (born 1943), basketball player; studio analyst for NBA TV
Dorothy Hamill, Olympic figure-skating gold medalist
Allan Houston (born 1971), NBA player
Andres Jasson, MLS player
Cornelius Johnson (wide receiver), American football player, Division 1 Wide Receiver
Mike Keenan, professional ice hockey coach
Ralph Kiner (1922–2014), Baseball Hall of Famer and broadcaster
Alexei Kovalev, NHL player
Pat LaFontaine, NHL player
Ivan Lendl, tennis player
Skip Lockwood (born 1946), MLB pitcher
Dave Maloney, hockey player and radio commentator
Pedro Martínez, MLB player
Lee Mazzilli, MLB player and coach
Shane McMahon, World Wrestling Entertainment wrestler and executive, son of Vince and Linda McMahon
Donovan Mitchell, NBA player for the Utah Jazz
Markus Näslund, retired NHL player
Ahmad Rashad, NFL player
Helen Resor (born 1985), ice hockey player; 2006 Winter Olympics bronze medalist
Mike Richter, NHL Stanley Cup-winning goalie
Martin St. Louis, NHL player
Tom Seaver, Cy Young Award-winning pitcher and Baseball Hall of Fame inductee
Kevin Shattenkirk (born 1989), professional ice hockey player
John Sullivan, NFL player
Craig Swan (born 1950), MLB pitcher
Mark Teixeira, MLB player for New York Yankees
Tim Teufel (born 1958), MLB player
Donna de Varona (born 1947), Olympic gold medalist in swimming; sportscaster
Fay Vincent, commissioner of baseball (1989–1992)
Billy Wagner, MLB pitcher
Alister Walker, professional squash player
Mats Wilander (born 1964), tennis player
Colin Wilson (born 1989), hockey player
Steve Young (born 1961), NFL player
Shahid Zaman, professional squash player

Authors, writers

Taylor Caldwell (1900–1985), novelist
Truman Capote (1924–1984), writer
Caroline B. Cooney (born 1947), horror and mystery author
A. J. Cronin (1896–1981), Scottish author
Frederick Exley (1929–1992), author
Howard Fast (1914–2003), author; had an editorial column in The Greenwich Time
Jonathan Fast (born 1948), author and social work educator
James F. Fixx (1932–1984), author
Thomas Flanagan (1923–2002), writer, university professor
Carl Higbie, decorated Navy SEAL and author
John Jakes (born 1932), novelist
D. J. Machale, author of the Pendragon series
Courtney Maum, author and book coach
R. A. Montgomery (1936–2014), author
Evan Osnos (born 1976), journalist and author
Lawrence Riley (1896–1974), playwright and screenwriter
Mark Salzman (born 1959), author
Anya Seton (1904–1990), author of historical romances
Barbara W. Tuchman (1912–1989), non-fiction author

Artists, architects, designers, cartoonists

Phoebe Adams (born 1953), painter and sculptor; born in Greenwich
Robert Denning (1927–2005), interior designer
Tony DiPreta (1921–2010), comic book and comic strip artist
Edgar de Evia (1910–2003), photographer, artist and author
Steve Giovinco (born 1961), photographer
Tommy Hilfiger (born 1951), fashion designer
Bai Ji Kong (1932–2018), contemporary painter originally from China
Ranan Lurie (born 1932), editorial cartoonist and journalist
Elmer Livingston MacRae (1875–1953), artist
Robert Motherwell (1915–1991), abstract expressionist
John Cullen Murphy (1919–2004), comic artist
Leonard Ochtman (1854–1935), his wife Mina Fonda Ochtman (1862–1924), artists and part of the Cos Cob Art Colony
Edward Clark Potter (1857–1923), sculptor, designed the lions in front of the New York Public Library
John von Bergen (born 1971), sculptor
Mort Walker (1923–2018), cartoonist; creator of Beetle Bailey

Famous guests at the Bush-Holley House

Willa Cather, novelist
William Merritt Chase, artist
Childe Hassam, artist
Theodore Robinson, artist
Lincoln Steffens, investigative journalist
John Henry Twachtman, artist and town resident
J. Alden Weir, artist

Government

Richard Blumenthal, U.S. Senator, state Attorney General
George H. W. Bush (1924–2018), 41st President of the United States
George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States
Prescott Bush (1895–1972), U.S. Senator; father of George H.W. Bush
Chris Coons, U.S. Senator of Delaware
Homer Stille Cummings (1870–1956), U.S. Attorney General, 1933–1939 and Stamford mayor
Florence Finney (1903–1994), first woman to serve as president pro tempore of the Connecticut State Senate
Russell Benjamin Harrison (1854–1936), diplomat, member of the Indiana House of Representatives and Indiana Senate, son of President Benjamin Harrison and Caroline Harrison, great-grandson of President and Major General William Henry Harrison, father of U.S. Representative William Henry Harrison II
Hope Hicks (born 1988), White House Director of Strategic Communications
Jim Himes, U.S. Representative for Connecticut's 4th congressional district
Ned Lamont, 89th Governor of Connecticut
Samuel A. Lewis (1831–1913), politician and philanthropist
Clare Boothe Luce (1903–1987), congresswoman, ambassador, playwright
Mary Harrison McKee (1858–1930), daughter of President Benjamin Harrison and Caroline Harrison, great-granddaughter of President and Major General William Henry Harrison, Acting First Lady of the United States 1892–1893
Michael L. Morano (1915–2000), businessman and politician
Jennifer Psaki, Assistant to the President of the United States and the White House Communications Director
Craig Roberts Stapleton, U.S. ambassador
David Stockman, director of the Office of Management and Budget
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, member of the Kennedy political family; Lt. Governor of Maryland
William M. "Boss" Tweed (1823–1878), famously corrupt New York City official
Thomas Watson Jr. (1914–1993), IBM President and 16th United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union
Lowell P. Weicker Jr. (born 1931), Connecticut Governor, U.S. Senator and U.S. Representative

Judges, lawyers

Roy Cohn (1927–1986), lawyer made famous as an aide to U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy
Lebbeus R. Wilfley (1866–1926), Attorney-General of the Philippines and Judge of the United States Court for China

Business

Warren Anderson (1921–2014), chairman of Union Carbide and CEO at the time of the Bhopal disaster
Mary Anselmo, billionaire widow of Reynold "Rene" Anselmo
Reynold "Rene" Anselmo (1926–1995), founder of PanAmSat
Paul V. Applegarth, CEO of Millennium Challenge Corporation and executive of World Bank, Bank of America, and American Express
Richard Attias, Moroccan events producer with his spouse, Cécilia
Donald J. Bainton (1931–2010), Chairman and CEO of Continental Can Company, Inc. and Knight of Malta.
Joseph Beninati, real estate developer and private equity investor
Barton Biggs (1932–2012), money manager
Steven Black, co-CEO of the Investment Bank at JP Morgan Chase & Co.
Peter M. Brant, publisher, founder of the Greenwich Polo Club, husband of model Stephanie Seymour
Richard C. Breeden, chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Steven A. Cohen, runs Point72 Asset Management in Stamford, and majority owner of the New York Mets
Ray Dalio (born 1949), CEO of Bridgewater Associates of Westport
Robert Diamond (born 1951), banker, President and CEO for investment banking at Barclays
Brady Dougan (born 1959), CEO of Credit Suisse First Boston; CEO of Credit Suisse Group in Zurich
Börje Ekholm, CEO of Ericsson
Gerard Finneran, investment banker arrested after 1995 air rage incident
Martin Frankel (born 1954), financier
Richard S. Fuld Jr., CEO of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.
Louis V. Gerstner Jr., CEO of IBM
Vladimir Gusinsky, Russian media baron
Leona Helmsley (1920–2007), hotel owner
Joseph Hirshhorn (1899–1981), mining tycoon and namesake of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden on the Mall in Washington, D.C.
Paul Tudor Jones, runs Tudor Investments and lives in the Belle Haven section of town
Mel Karmazin, CEO of Sirius Satellite Radio
Raymond Kassar (1928–2017), chairman and CEO of Atari
Donald M. Kendall, CEO of PepsiCo
Edward Lampert, head of ESL Investments
George Lauder (1837–1924), Scottish-American billionaire industrialist, partner in the Carnegie Steel Company, board member of U.S. Steel, owned the Lauder Greenway Estate
Andrew Madoff, financier and son of Bernie Madoff,
Mark Madoff, financier and son of Bernie Madoff
William F. May (1915–2011), chemical engineer; CEO of the American Can Company; co-founded the Film Society of Lincoln Center
Charles Peter McColough, Chairman and CEO of Xerox
Henry McKinnell (born 1943), CEO and chairman of the board of Pfizer Inc.
Linda McMahon, co-founder of World Wrestling Entertainment with husband Vince McMahon
Stephanie McMahon, World Wrestling Entertainment chairwoman and co-CEO, daughter of Vince and Linda McMahon
Vince McMahon, World Wrestling Entertainment founder, former chairman and CEO, husband of Linda McMahon
John Meriwether, runs JWM Partners
Tim Michels, co-owner of Michels Corporation, 2022 Republican nominee for Wisconsin Governor
Robert Hiester Montgomery (1872–1953), accountant and donor of 102-acre Montgomery Pinetum Park
Indra Nooyi, CEO of PepsiCo
Thomas Peterffy, head of Interactive Brokers, billionaire
Raymond Sackler (1920–2017), co-founder of Purdue Pharma
Alan Schwartz, CEO of Bear Stearns
Daniel Scotto, director of research at Bear Stearns, DLJ, L.F. Rothschild and S&P, institutional investor
John Sculley, president of PepsiCo; CEO of Apple
Christopher A. Sinclair, chairman and CEO of Mattel; CEO of PepsiCo
Chip Skowron, hedge fund portfolio manager convicted of insider trading
Barry Sternlicht, founder of Starwood Capital Group
Edward Vick, CEO of Young & Rubicam
Sanford I. Weill, banker, financier, formerly chief executive officer and chairman of Citigroup
John Weinberg (1925–2006), CEO of Goldman Sachs
Cameron Winklevoss, Bitcoin investors and owners of Gemini cryptocurrency exchange headquartered in New York City; twin brother of Tyler
Tyler Winklevoss, twin brother of Cameron; partner in Gemini and Bitcoin related ventures
John Zimmer (born 1984), co-founder and president of Lyft

Journalists, sportscasters

Chris Berman (born 1955), host and anchor of various ESPN television programs
Gretchen Carlson, television news personality, wife of Casey Close
Charles C. W. Cooke, editor of National Review Online
Rita Cosby (born 1964), television news personality
Bill Evans, former WABC-TV weatherman
Dan Hicks, NBC sportscaster
Michael Kay (born 1961), television play-by-play broadcaster of the New York Yankees and ESPN sportscaster
Matt Lauer, Today Show television host
Louis Rukeyser (1933–2006), business columnist, economic commentator, and television personality
Lara Spencer, co-host of ABC's Good Morning America; host of Antiques Roadshow
Hannah Storm, ESPN sportscaster and host of CBS television's The Early Show
Trey Wingo, ESPN sportscaster
Warner Wolf, television and radio sportscaster

Other

Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy (1966–1999), wife of John F. Kennedy Jr.
Colonel Raynal Bolling (1877–1918), first U.S. officer to be killed in combat in World War I
Blackleach Burritt (1744–1794), noted clergyman during the American Revolution
Douglas Campbell (1896–1990), first American World War I aviator flying in an American unit to achieve the status of ace
Michael Fossel (born 1950), professor of clinical medicine at Michigan State University
Bill Gold (1921–2018), graphic designer
G. Lauder Greenway (1904–1981), Chairman of the Metropolitan Opera Association; patron of the arts
James Greenway (1903–1989), curator, Museum of Comparative Zoology, ornithologist, Lt. Commander U.S. Navy
Kara Hultgreen (1965–1994), lieutenant in the U.S. Navy; first female naval carrier-based fighter pilot
Barry Klarberg (born 1961), manager for athletes and entertainers
Martha Moxley (1960–1975), high-profile murder victim
Farah Pahlavi, Iranian empress
Katherine E. Price, philanthropist and Papal countess
Hubert Scott-Paine (1891–1954), British-American aircraft and boat designer, including PT boats
Ernest Thompson Seton (1860–1946), author, helped found the Boy Scouts of America
Mickey Sherman, criminal-defense attorney
Polly Lauder Tunney (1907–2008), philanthropist, wife of World Heavyweight Champion Gene Tunney
Cornelius Wendell Wickersham (1885–1968), U.S. Army officer, lawyer, and author

References

Text submitted to CC-BY-SA license. Source: List of people from Greenwich, Connecticut by Wikipedia (Historical)

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