This is a list of notable natives and long-term residents of New Haven, Connecticut, in alphabetical order.
Academics and educators
Michael L.J. Apuzzo, academic neurosurgeon, surgical pioneer, editor, and educator Walter Darby Bannard, abstract painter and University of Miami professor Ida Barney, astronomer Harold Bloom, literature scholar and professor Edward Bouchet, physicist and first Black man to receive a Ph.D. Raymond C. Bowen, president of LaGuardia Community College Thom Brooks, political and legal philosopher Benjamin Woodbridge Dwight, educator and author Timothy Dwight IV, president of Yale College Joseph S. Fruton, biochemist and historian of science Josiah Willard Gibbs, mathematical physicist Thomas J. Gibson, chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee and the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point Ruth Wilson Gilmore, prison abolitionist and professor at the City University of New York William Henry Goodyear, archeologist, art historian and museum curator Arthur Twining Hadley, economist and president of Yale University Geoffrey Hartman, literature scholar and emeritus professor Stephen Kobasa, teacher, writer and Christian political activist William Chester Minor, lexicographer and key contributor to the Oxford English Dictionary John Nicholas Newman, mathematician James Pierpont, founder of Yale College David Pingree, professor of mathematics and classics Michael Resnik, philosopher of mathematics Vincent Scully, author and architecture professor, University of Miami and Yale University Lawrence Summers, economist and former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and Harvard University president Peter Vallentyne, professor of philosophy Everard Mott Williams, scientist and educator
Actors, film, entertainers and television
Lauren Ambrose, actress Tony Amendola, actor Jack Arnold, film director Jessica Blank, actress, playwright and novelist Roberts Blossom, actor and poet Ernest Borgnine, actor Mike Cahill, filmmaker and director Melanie Chartoff, actress Rod Colbin, actor Martha Coolidge, film director Daniel Cosgrove, actor D. J. Cotrona, actor Illeana Douglas, actress, filmmaker and writer Jill Eikenberry, actress Paul Fusco, puppeteer, actor and creator of ALF Kenny Johnson, actor Jennifer Getzinger, actress Marcus Giamatti, actor Paul Giamatti, actor Kevin Heffernan, actor Adam LaVorgna, actor Norman Lear, television producer John Bedford Lloyd, actor Billy Lush, actor Robert Mailhouse, actor Biff McGuire, actor William Cameron Menzies, film production director and art director Peggy Mondo, actress Harry Myers, film actor and director Becki Newton, actress Nolan North, voice actor Ron Palillo, actor George O. Petrie, actor Patricia Smith, actress Jennifer von Mayrhauser, costume designer Rafer Weigel, actor and sportscaster Titus Welliver, actor Apollo Smile, born as Paula Ann Schafer, tv personality, dancer, and musician. Michael Jai White, actor Madeline Zima, actress
Artists and architects
Peter Anton, artist and sculptor Hezekiah Augur, sculptor and inventor Henry Austin, architect Paul Wayland Bartlett, sculptor Al Capp, cartoonist August Geiger, architect John Haberle, painter Patrick Earl Hammie, painter Elizabeth Gilbert Jerome, painter Nathaniel Jocelyn, painter Damian Loeb, painter Mimi Lien, set designer Tala Madani, artist Robert Moses, architect and urban planner Samuel Peck, 19th-century photographer, businessperson César Pelli, architect Jesse Richards, artist and filmmaker Rudi Stern, light artist Sidney Mason Stone, architect Ithiel Town, architect and civil engineer Nicholas Watson, filmmaker and artist Urquhart Wilcox, artist, illustrator, and teacher Minna Weiss Zellner, artist and print maker
Athletes and athletics personnel
Michael Altieri, pro wrestler performing under the name Mikey Batts Brad Ausmus (born 1969), American Major League Baseball catcher and manager Frank Beisler, hockey player Eric Boguniecki, hockey player Albie Booth, football player Craig Breslow, baseball pitcher and executive Scott Burrell, basketball coach Walter Camp, football inventor Glenna Collett-Vare, golfer Tommy Corcoran, baseball shortstop Chad Dawson, boxer Harold Devine, boxer George Dixon, football running back Gardner Dow, football player Justin Duberman, hockey right winger Ed Ellis, football offensive tackle Adam Erne, hockey player Ed Etzel, Olympic sports shooter gold medalist Harrison Fitch, basketball player Kevin Gilbride, football coach Fred Goldsmith, baseball pitcher Jason Grabowski, baseball player Jim Greco, skateboarder Adam Greenberg, baseball outfielder Stu Griffing, rower Anttaj Hawthorne, football defensive tackle Jennison Heaton, bobsled racer Nate Hobgood-Chittick, football defensive tackle Richard Holliday, professional wrestler Matt Hussey, hockey centre Bill Hutchison, baseball pitcher Bob Kuziel, football offensive lineman Floyd Little, football running back Brian Looney, baseball pitcher Ted Lowry, boxer Terrell Myers, basketball player Mike Olt, baseball player Ed Rapuano, umpire Anthony Sagnella, football defensive tackle Allen Stack, swimmer Greg Stokes, basketball player Abdou Toure, basketball player George Weiss, baseball executive Sly Williams, basketball player John Williamson, basketball player Josh Zeid, American-Israeli baseball player
Business figures George Akerlof, economist Ted Bates, advertising executive Sarah Boone, inventor Vinton Cerf, internet pioneer Wesley A. Clark, computer scientist and consultant Charles Goodyear, inventor and industrialist James J. Greco, businessman, was born in town Clifford Grodd (1924–2010), president and chief executive of Paul StuartGrimes, William. "Clifford Grodd, the Driving Force at Paul Stuart, Dies at 86", The New York Times, May 26, 2010. Accessed May 27, 2010. Paul MacCready, aeronautical engineer and inventor Andrew Paulson, entrepreneur and media executive Roberta Hoskie, real estate broker, writer, and media personality John J. Pelley, railroad executive Peter Schiff, investment broker, author, financial commentator and CEO of Euro Pacific Capital Inc. Alfred Pritchard Sloan Jr., businessman and CEO of General Motors Lucius Seymour Storrs, railway official Whitney Tilson (born 1966), hedge fund manager, philanthropist, author, and Democratic political activist Eli Whitney, inventor and manufacturer Steve Wynn, casino developer
Clergymen Charles C. Baldwin, chief of chaplains of the U.S. Air Force Lyman Beecher, clergyman and abolitionist Jonathan Edwards, pastor, theologian, missionary William H. Ferris, author, minister and scholar Alfred Eaton Ives, 19th-century Congregationalist minister and Maine state legislator Michael J. McGivney, founder of the Knights of Columbus
Lawyers and jurists Roger Sherman Baldwin, lawyer, Amistad case Ellen Bree Burns, judge Lubbie Harper Jr., judge Marie C. Malaro, lawyer Maeve Kennedy McKean, lawyer and health official Constance Baker Motley, civil rights activist, judge, and politician Neil Thomas Proto, lawyer, teacher, lecturer, and author Martin Karl Reidinger, judge Thomas Thacher, lawyer Portia Wu, lawyer
Military figures Timothy I. Ahern, major general Benedict Arnold, general who defected to the British William P. Cronan, naval officer and Naval Governor of Guam Nathan Hale, soldier and spy Henry Leavenworth, brigadier general Shabsa Mashkautsan, Russian Jewish World War II soldier, Hero of the Soviet Union Alfred Judson Force Moody, brigadier general Allen L. Seaman, naval officer
Musicians
Ben Allison, jazz double bass player Sonny Berman, jazz trumpeter Kath Bloom, singer-songwriter Michael Bolton, singer-songwriter Andrew Calhoun, folk singer, songwriter Karen and Richard Carpenter, singers and musicians Loren Mazzacane Connors, musician and artist Susan DiBona, composer Dominic Frontiere, composer Anthony Geraci, blues and jazz pianist Jay Greenberg, composer Hatebreed, metallic hardcore band Gerry Hemingway, jazz percussionist and composer Charles Ives, composer Michael Gregory Jackson, jazz guitarist Jamey Jasta, singer and guitarist Kris Jensen, singer and guitarist Pete Jolly, jazz pianist and accordionist Brooks Kerr, jazz pianist Hilly Michaels, musician and drummer Joe Morris, jazz guitarist Buddy Morrow, trombonist and bandleader Alfred Newman, Hollywood composer and conductor Troy Oliver, musician, songwriter and producer Liz Phair, singer-songwriter and guitarist Stacy Phillips, bluegrass artist Quincy Porter, composer and music teacher Barney Rapp, bandleader and jazz musician Kira Roessler, bassist of Black Flag Emily Saliers, singer-songwriter and member of the Indigo Girls Christian Sands, jazz pianist Tony Scherr, bassist and guitarist musician, singer-songwriter and record producer Artie Shaw, bandleader Stezo, rapper Donn Trenner, jazz pianist and arranger Jessica Grace Wing, theatrical composer Barry Wood, singer and television producer
Politicians
Howard S. Baldwin, Arizona state senator and businessman Roger Sherman Baldwin, lawyer in the Amistad case, U.S. senator and 17th governor of Connecticut George W. Bush, 43rd president of the United States Charles R. Chapman, mayor of Hartford, Connecticut and served in both houses of the Connecticut legislature Katherine Clark, Democratic House Whip and U.S. congresswoman William P. Cronan, naval officer and Naval Governor of Guam John C. Daniels, mayor of New Haven Mark S. DeFrancesco, member of the Connecticut House of Representatives Rosa DeLauro, U.S. representative for Connecticut John DeStefano Jr., mayor of New Haven Biagio DiLieto, mayor of New Haven Andy Dinniman, Pennsylvania state senator Jerome F. Donovan, U.S. congressman for New York Phineas C. Dummer, 6th mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey Henry W. Edwards, 27th and 29th governor of Connecticut Foster Furcolo, U.S. congressman and 60th governor of Massachusetts Peter Franchot, 33rd comptroller of Maryland Henry Baldwin Harrison, 52nd governor of Connecticut James Hillhouse, U.S. congressman and U.S. senator for Connecticut Thomas Hill Hubbard, U.S. congressman for New York Charles Roberts Ingersoll, U.S. congressman and 47th governor of Connecticut George Pratt Ingersoll, U.S. ambasaitor to Thailand Ralph Isaacs Ingersoll, U.S. congressman and mayor of New Haven Joan R. Kemler, first woman to serve as Connecticut state treasurer Eleazer Kimberly, in 1696 became secretary of Connecticut Colony; "the first male born in New Haven" Richard C. Lee, mayor of New Haven Joe Lieberman, Connecticut attorney general, U.S. senator, and 2000 U.S. vice presidential candidate William D. Lindsley, U.S. congressman for Ohio Frank Logue, mayor of New Haven Henry Meigs, U.S. congressman for New York Bruce Morrison, U.S. congressman for Connecticut George Lloyd Murphy, U.S. senator for California and president of the Screen Actors Guild Mary Mushinsky, member of the Connecticut House of Representatives Gamaliel Painter, Vermont state legislator Henry E. Parker, Connecticut state treasurer James P. Pigott, U.S. congressman for Connecticut Adam Clayton Powell Jr., U.S. congressman for New York City Roger Sherman, first mayor of New Haven, signed the Declaration of Independence and Constitution John Todd Trowbridge, member of the Wisconsin Territorial Legislature and sea captain Rick Tuttle, Los Angeles city controller William H. Yale, 6th lieutenant governor of Minnesota
Writers Joseph Payne Brennan, poet and short story writer Hermann Broch, novelist Noah Charney, novelist and art historian William Cronon, environmental historian Dorothy Deming, nurse and author John Falsey, television writer and producer Jeannine Hall Gailey, poet William Heffernan, novelist Burton J. Hendrick, journalist and writer