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), actressCostaregni, Susie, "Stars come out for benefit at Greenwich Hyatt", from "The Dish" column in The Advocate of Stamford, Connecticut, January 14, 2007, page 2: "New Greenwich residents Mary Tyler Moore and her husband ..." Bert Parks (1914–1992), actor, television personality Bijou Phillips, actress, singer and model Linda Purl (born 1955), actress and singer Elisabeth Röhm (born 1973), actressCostaregni, Susie, "'Law & Order' actress spotted in Greenwich", from "The Dish" column in The Advocate of Stamford, Connecticut and the Greenwich Time daily newspapers, November 12, 2006, page 2 of The Advocate: "Actress and Greenwich resident Elisabeth Rohm ..." Kelly Rohrbach (born 1990), model and actress Madeleine Sackler (born 1983), director, producer, and editor 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"People & Places" column in Business section, The Advocate of Stamford, July 26, 2006, page A11 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"From the Archives" feature in The Advocate of Stamford, November 27, 2006, page A7, "50 years ago:" section, "Nov. 26, 1956" subsection Clyde Fitch (1865–1909), dramatist Stephan Galfas, Grammy Award-nominated record producer Kathie Lee Gifford, television personality, wife of the late Frank Gifford 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 producerCostaregni, Susie, "Jocks, movie star show up at Greenwich restaurant" the August 5, 2007 "The Dish with Susie" column in The Advocate of Stamford, Connecticut, page 2 Sean Smith (born 1965), modern jazz double bass player Hana Soukupova, model; wife of Drew Aaron, paper magnate and entrepreneur; restored Greenwich's North Court estate Montel Williams, television personalityCostagregni, Susie, "Mardi Gras comes to the Bruce Museum", headline for "The Dish with Susie" column in The Advocate of Stamford, Connecticut, February 11, 2007, page 2, "Montel Williams, a Greenwich resident [...]"

Sports

Ken Bell, NFL player Rolando Blackman, NBA player William Blumberg (born 1998), tennis player Bobby Bonilla (born 1963), MLB player Aaron Boone, MLB player and manager George Brown (born 1935), soccer player, coach, and National Soccer Hall of Fame inductee 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 playerCostaregni, Susie, "Director grabs a coffee before daughter's wedding", June 24, 2006, "The Dish with Susie" column in The Advocate page A2. Carlos Delgado, New York Mets first basemanCostaregni, Susie, "Stars come out for benefit at Greenwich Hyatt", January 14, 2007, "The Dish with Susie" column in The Advocate page A2 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 playerDina Modianot-Fox, "Class on Court" article in Greenwich Magazine, September 2003; also, Vigdor, Neil, "Obama's campaign rolls into Greenwich for two fundraisers" news article in The Advocate of Stamford, Stamford and Norwalk editions, pp 1, A6: "Allan Houston, who retired from the Knicks [...] at his home in Conyers Farm [...]". Andres Jasson,(born 2002) American professional soccer 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 coachCostaregni, Susie, "The Dish With Susie" column: "Mathes to perform at NYC arts conference", column in The Advocate daily newspaper, Stamford, Connecticut, February 18, 2007. Shane McMahon, former World Wrestling Entertainment wrestler and executive, son of Vince and Linda McMahon John F. Merchant (1933–2020), lawyer, activist, golfer and politician; first Black member of the USGA Executive Committee and former lawyer for Tiger Woods and Eldrick Woods Donovan Mitchell, NBA player for the Cleveland Cavaliers 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 David Sayler, Athletic Director at Miami University Tom Seaver (1944–2020), 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; sportscasterCostagregni, Susie, "Big prizes on tap at Down syndrome benefit", headline for "The Dish with Susie" column in The Advocate of Stamford, Connecticut, March 11, 2007, page 2. Fay Vincent (1938–2025), 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), British-born American 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 (born 1983), decorated Navy SEAL and author John Jakes (1932–2023), novelist D. J. Machale (born 1955), 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 Elie Wiesel (1928–2016), Romanian-born American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and Holocaust survivor"Never to be silent — 'Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire' at Central Mass. Jewish Film Fest," Worcester Magazine.

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

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 (born 1963), U.S. senator for 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