List of people from Brookfield, Connecticut

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This list of people from Brookfield, Connecticut includes current and past residents as well as others associated with Brookfield, Connecticut. The list is categorized by the area in which each person is best known, in alphabetical order within each category:

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brookfield, Connecticut</span> Town in Connecticut, United States

Brookfield is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, situated within the southern foothills of the Berkshire Mountains. The population was 17,528 at the 2020 census. The town is located 55 miles (89 km) northeast of New York City, making it part of the New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA combined statistical area. The town is part of the Western Connecticut Planning Region. In July 2013, Money magazine ranked Brookfield the 26th-best place to live in the United States, and the best place to live in Connecticut.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jodi Rell</span> Governor of Connecticut from 2004 to 2011

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">John DeStefano Jr.</span> American mayor

John DeStefano Jr. is an American politician who served as the 49th mayor of New Haven, Connecticut, from 1994 until 2014. He was the Democratic nominee in 2006 for Governor of Connecticut, unsuccessfully challenging incumbent Republican Governor M. Jodi Rell. He was also the named defendant in the landmark 2009 U.S. Supreme Court case of Ricci v. DeStefano. John DeStefano is the son of a New Haven police officer. John and his wife Kathy DeStefano met at the University of Connecticut as undergraduates, where he also earned a Masters in Public Administration. Kathy DeStefano is a first grade teacher in West Haven, Connecticut, and they are the parents of two adult sons.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Southbury Training School</span> United States historic place

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">C. B. Hawley</span>

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References

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