List of people from Stamford, Connecticut

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This is a list of notable people in the past and present associated with Stamford, Connecticut.

• Gutzon Borglum (1867–1941), sculptor of Mount Rushmore, lived in Stamford^[1] 1910–1920
• Paul Calle (1928–2010), artist who created the 1969 stamp commemorating the first crewed Moon landing^[2]
• J.A. Ten Eyck III (1893–1932),^[3] painter and etcher
• Helen Ross(1928–2011), artist, had a home in the Shippan section of town
• Joe Harris((1928–2017), commercial illustrator and storyboard artist, creator of Underdog and the Trix™️ Rabbit.^[4] aka Joe Harris III
• Hildreth Meière (1892–1961), artist and designer, lived in North Stamford^[5]
• Alex Raymond (1909–1956), creator of the Flash Gordon comic strip, lived in North Stamford
• Kevin Salatino, art curator and former director of Huntington Library and Bowdoin College Museum of Art^[6]
• Alexander Rummler (c.1867–1959), painter, lived in the city

• Ralph Bahna (1942–2014), CEO of Cunard Line, chairman of Priceline.com, founder of Club Quarters^[7]
• Jeph Loeb (born 1958), comic book writer, film and television writer, producer, former head of Marvel Television
• Vince McMahon (born 1945) and Linda McMahon (born 1948), founders of World Wrestling Entertainment

• Christopher Abbott (born 1986), American actor
• Elizabeth Crocker Bowers (1830–1895), stage actress and theatrical manager, also known professionally as Mrs. D. P. Bowers
• Michael Dante (born 1931), actor and professional baseball player, born in the city^[8]
• Dana Delany (born 1956), actress, grew up in Stamford
• Kenny Delmar (1910–1986), actor, died in the city
• Kim Greist (born 1958), actress, was born in the city^[9]
• Eileen Heckart (1919–2001), Oscar-winning actress and city resident^[10]
• John Henson (born 1967), comedian, was born in the city
• Earl Hindman (1942–2003), actor, died in the city
• Harry Houdini (1874–1926), escape artist, had a summer home in Stamford^[11]
• Alan Kalter (1943–2021), announcer on Late Show with David Letterman, lived in the city^[12]
• Christopher Lloyd (born 1938), actor, born in Stamford
• Antonio Macia, screenwriter and actor
• Don Morrow (1927–2020), actor, announcer and voiceover artist
• Bill Moseley (born 1951), horror film actor, was born in the city
• Chris Noth (born 1954), actor
• Louise Platt (1915–2003), theatre and film actress, was born in the city
• Bruce Prichard (born 1963), professional wrestling executive
• Gilda Radner (1946–1989), comedian, actress, wife of Gene Wilder, lived in the city
• Katherine Reback (1950/51–2010), screenwriter (Fools Rush In), was a native of Stamford^[13]
• Rosemary Rice (1925–2012), actress (Mama), voice-over artist and children's musician^[14]
• Dan Sileo (born 1963), athlete, radio host, was born in the city
• Henry Simmons (born 1970), actor, was born in the city
• Stephen Sondheim (1930–2021), composer, lived in North Stamford when he was a boy^[15]
• Grant Tinker (1926–2016), former husband of Mary Tyler Moore and former chairman and CEO of NBC (1981–1986), was born in the city
• Mark Tinker (born 1951), producer, director, and writer, was born in the city
• Vivian Vance (1909–1979), actress who starred as Ethel Mertz in I Love Lucy
• Fredi Washington (1903–1994), actress, died in the city
• Marc Weiner (born 1955), Jewish comedian, clown, puppeteer, and television producer, lives in the city
• Gene Wilder (1933–2016), actor and director, lived and died in the city^[16]
• Peggy Wood (1892–1978), actress and a member of the Algonquin Round Table, died in the city

• Andrew P. Bakaj (born 1982), former Department of Defense and CIA Official; lead counsel for the Whisteblower during the Impeachment Inquiry and the subsequent Impeachment of President Donald Trump, born and raised in Stamford
• J. Cofer Black (born 1950), former United States Department of State Coordinator for Counterterrorism with the rank of Ambassador at Large (2002–2004); born in Stamford^{[citation needed]}
• Georges Clemenceau (1841–1929), French Premier during World War I; one of the major voices behind the Treaty of Versailles; taught in a girls' school in Stamford; married one of his pupils, Mary Plummer, in 1869^{[citation needed]}
• Homer Stille Cummings (1870–1956), United States Attorney General, 1933–1939; in 1900, 1901, and 1904, he was elected mayor of Stamford; helped found the Cummings & Lockwood law firm in 1909
• Charles A. Duelfer, chief U.S. weapons inspector in Iraq; raised in Stamford^{[citation needed]}
• Joe Lieberman (born 1942), U.S. Senator and 2000 Democratic nominee for vice president; born in Stamford^[17]
• Dan Malloy (born 1955), Governor of Connecticut
• John J. McCloy (1895–1989), prominent adviser to President Franklin D. Roosevelt and President Ronald Reagan; died in Stamford
• William T. Minor (1815–1889), 39th Governor of Connecticut, Consul-General to Havana, Cuba and judge on the Connecticut Superior Court; born in Stamford^[18]
• Candace Owens (born 1989), conservative commentator and political activist
• Jen Psaki (born 1978), former White House Press Secretary
• Chris Shays (born 1945), Fourth District U.S. representative; former resident of Stamford^[19]

• Christopher Buckley (born 1952), novelist, editor, William F. Buckley's son, partly grew up in the Cove section
• William F. Buckley, Jr. (1925–2008), founder of National Review magazine, longtime resident in the Cove section
• Albert K. Dawson (1885–1967), photojournalist and film correspondent in World War I. His firm "Brown & Dawson" was based in Stamford between 1912 and 1919
• Eric Jay Dolin (born 1961), author of numerous books on American history, including "Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates"; "Leviathan: A History of Whaling in America"; and "Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution." Lived in Stamford from 1971 to 1979^[20]
• Greg Farshtey (born 1965), author, editor at Lego, known for his work on Bionicle, grew up in Stamford^[21]
• Estelle Feinstein (1923–2002), University of Connecticut professor, local historian, lived 45 years in Stamford^[22]
• Chris Hansen (born 1959), television journalist, lives in the city
• Harry Harrison (born Henry Maxwell Dempsey, 1925–2012), science-fiction author, was born in the city
• John Hawkes (1925–1998), novelist, was born in the city
• Carol Iovanna (born 1952), newscaster on Fox News, is a resident of the city
• Jeph Loeb, comic book, screen, and television writer, and television and motion picture producer, grew up in Stamford^[23][24]
• J. D. Salinger (1919–2010), author of The Catcher In The Rye, lived in north Stamford briefly in the late 1940s^[25]
• Chuck Scarborough (born 1943), television news anchor, lives in North Stamford
• Anthony Julian Tamburri (born 1949), professor, scholar, publisher (Bordighera Press); writes on literature and cinema
• Dana Tyler (born 1958), news anchor for WCBS-TV in New York City, lives in Stamford^[26]
• Mort Walker (1923–2018), comic artist, lived in Stamford^[27]

• Dave Abbruzzese (born 1968), Pearl Jam's drummer, 1991–1994, was born in the city
• Michael Bolton (born 1953), singer, lived in North Stamford^[1]
• Henry "Harry" Thacker Burleigh (1866–1949), singer who made "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot," a nineteenth-century spiritual, popular (in a 1917 compilation); died in the city
• Michael Cuscuna (1948-2024) Jazz record producer and founder of Mosaic Records
• Willy DeVille (1950–2009), R&B singer and composer, was born in Stamford in 1950
• Dorothy Fields (1905–1974), lyricist, rented Buttonwood Manor in North Stamford from William E. Stevens during World War II^[28]
• Benny Goodman (1909–1986), the 'King of Swing', lived the last 20 years of his life in Stamford; buried in Long Ridge Cemetery^[29]
• Jimmy Ienner (born 1945), music producer^[30]
• Jim Koplik, concert promoter, city resident since 1981^[31]
• Jim Kweskin(born 1940), the person who sang “Ladybugs Picnic”, was born in Stamford Went to school at Brunswick School.
• Cyndi Lauper (born 1953), singer, has a home in North Stamford^[1][32]
• Michael Lee Aday (Meat Loaf) (born 1947), rock singer and songwriter, lived in Stamford 1979–1982, coached Babe Ruth League and Little League baseball, born in Dallas, Texas
• Moby (born 1965), recording artist, previously lived in the South End
• Ezio Pinza (1892–1957), a star of the Metropolitan Opera, lived in the West Side^[1]
• Rakim (born 1968), rapper, lives in the city
• Chris Risola (born 1958), musician and songwriter, lead guitarist of Steelheart, was born in the city
• Sasha Sokol (born 1970), Mexican singer, has a home in Stamford
• Andrew Sterling (1874–1955), lyricist, died in the city
• Rida Johnson Young (1869–1926), lyricist, died in the city^[33]

• Job Bishop (1760–1831), Shaker leader and community founder, born and raised in Stamford
• James Davenport (1716–1757), clergyman and itinerant preacher noted for often controversial actions during the First Great Awakening, born in Stamford
• Frederick Dibblee (1753–1826), Canadian Church of England clergyman^[34]
• Lubomyr Husar (1933–2017), major Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Major-Archdiocese of Lviv, was educated at St. Basil's College in Stamford
• Cardinal Ignatius Pin-Mei Kung (1901–2000), Roman Catholic Bishop of Shanghai, China from 1950 until his death, lived his final years in Stamford
• Robert Lombardo (1957-), Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago
• Thaddeus F. Malanowski (1922–2020), Deputy Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Army
• Harriet Bradford Tiffany Stewart (1798–1830), missionary

• Semyon Belits-Geiman (born 1945), Olympic medal-winning swimmer^{[citation needed]}
• Keith Bennett (born 1961), American-Israeli basketball player
• Andy Bloom (born 1973), Olympic shot putter^{[citation needed]}
• Matt Brennan (1897–1963), NFL player^[35]
• Garry Cobb (born 1957), NFL football player^[30]
• David Cone (born 1963), former MLB pitcher^{[citation needed]}
• Michael Dante (born 1931), former professional baseball player and later a television and film actor, was born in the city^[8]
• Chris Dudley (born 1965), former NBA basketball player for teams including the Cleveland Cavaliers and New York Knicks; born in Stamford^[36]
• Fred Dugan (1933–2018), NFL player with SF 49ers, Dallas Cowboys and Washington Redskins
• Gigi Fernández (born 1964), member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame^[37]
• Jane Geddes (born 1960), winner of 11 LPGA Tour events^[37]
• Ryan Haggerty (born 1993), NHL hockey player on the Pittsburgh Penguins^[38]
• J. Walter Kennedy (1912–1977), NBA commissioner (1963–1975) and former athletic director at St. Basil's Preparatory School in Stamford; born in Stamford^{[citation needed]}
• Parker Kligerman (born 1990), NASCAR driver, born in Stamford
• Dick Mayer (1924–1989), professional golfer, born in Stamford^{[citation needed]}
• Dave Puzzuoli (born 1961), NFL football player
• Andy Robustelli (1925–2011), member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame; born and raised in Stamford^[39]
• Alex Rodriguez (born 1975), MLB player, has a home in Stamford
• Boris Said (born 1962), NASCAR driver, raised in Stamford^{[citation needed]}
• Dan Sileo (born 1964), former NFL player and currently a radio personality in Los Angeles on The Mighty 1090, born and raised in Stamford^[40]
• William E. Stevenson (1900–1985), 1924 Olympic gold medal winner in track; president of Oberlin College; bought Buttonwood Manor in North Stamford in 1937^[28]
• Gene Tunney (1897–1978), boxing champion; interred in Long Ridge Union Cemetery in Stamford^[41]
• Bobby Valentine (born 1950), former baseball player and former manager of the Boston Red Sox, owner of downtown sports bar "Bobby V's", a downtown sports bar, the city's Director of Public Health and Safety, born in Stamford^[42]
• Herb Williams (born 1958), former NBA player and current New York Knicks assistant coach, has a home in Stamford^{[citation needed]}

• Sandra Diaz-Twine (born 1974), two-time winner of Survivor (Pearl Islands and Heroes vs. Villains)
• Dennis Gabor (1900–1979), worked at the CBS Research Lab in Stamford and won a Nobel Prize in Physics
• Ina Garten (born 1948), cooking author, grew up in the city
• Esther A. Hopkins (1926–2021), chemist, environmental attorney and Framingham's first African-American selectwoman, born in Stamford
• Robert Jaffe (born approx. 1946), physicist, grew up in Stamford
• Robert Jarvik (born 1946), inventor of the first artificial heart, was reared in Stamford^[43][44]
• Harold June (1895–1962), U.S. Navy test pilot and Antarctic aviator
• F. N. Monjo (1875–1929), Arctic fur trader
• C.Henry Phillips (1820–1882), inventor of magnesium hydroxide, lived in and had a factory making the product in town^{[citation needed]}
• Martha Pollack (born 1958), president of Cornell University
• Thomas H. Ruger (1833–1907), Union general in the Civil War and superintendent of West Point, died in the city
• Will Shortz (born 1952), puzzle editor of The New York Times, current resident and organizer of the annual World Puzzle Championship which was held in Stamford in 2000
• Mort Walker (1923–2018), cartoonist for Beetle Bailey and Hi and Lois

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