List of people from Darien, Connecticut

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

Actors, musicians, and others in entertainment

• Kate Bosworth, actress, starred as Lois Lane in film Superman Returns and as Sandra Dee in biopic Beyond the Sea ^[1]
• Eddie Bracken, film, Broadway, television and radio star with two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
• Alexandra Breckenridge, actress^{[ citation needed ]}
• Rose Marie Brown, actress and Miss Virginia (1939) ^[2]
• Garrett Brown, film and TV actor, appeared in Uncle Buck, The O.C., Cold Case, CSI, The Practice and The Shield
• Eliza Clark, child actress in films and soap operas, grew up in town (sister of Spencer Treat Clark)
• Spencer Treat Clark (born 1987), child actor in films such as Gladiator and Mystic River , grew up in town (brother of Eliza Clark)
• Clint Conley, musician in the band Mission of Burma ^[3]
• Tom Gammill, Emmy-winning television producer and writer of The Simpsons , Monk , Seinfeld , Futurama , It's Garry Shandling's Show , Late Night with David Letterman , Saturday Night Live
• Topher Grace, actor, star of TV series That '70s Show and films such as Interstellar and Spider-Man 3 ^[4]
• Frank La Forge, pianist and composer ^[5]
• Frank Latimore, actor, star of 1940s films such as 13 Rue Madeleine and Shock
• Garett Maggart, actor^{[ citation needed ]}
• Alex Michel, cast member on The Bachelor ^[6]
• Moby, musician, grew up partly in Darien ^[7]
• Gerry Mulligan, Grammy Award-winning jazz musician and film music composer; died in Darien ^[8]
• Christopher Plummer, Oscar-winning actor, former resident ^[9]
• Chris Risola, American musician and songwriter. He is best known as the original lead guitarist for the glam metal band Steelheart
• Chloë Sevigny, Oscar-nominated, Golden Globe award-winning actress ^[10]
• Steve-O, comedian; lived in Darien during his early years
• Mark Tinker, multiple Emmy-winning television producer/director, St. Elsewhere , The White Shadow , NYPD Blue , Deadwood , John From Cincinnati
• Gus Van Sant, director of films such as Good Will Hunting and Milk , attended Darien High School ^[11]
• Steve Wilkos, host of television's Steve Wilkos Show, resident
• Paul Yates, artist, film director, born and raised in Darien ^[12]

Authors, writers, journalists, photojournalists

• Margaret Bourke-White, late photojournalist, lived in town first with author Erskine Caldwell, then in the same home on Point O'Woods South after their divorce ^[13]
• Erskine Caldwell, late author, lived in town with Margaret Bourke-White, left her the house when they divorced ^[14]
• Anne Morrow Lindbergh, late author, wife of Charles Lindbergh ^[15]
• Rob Morrison, former anchor of CBS 2 News This Morning and CBS 2 News At Noon, resident
• Robert Newton Peck, author (now lives in Florida)
• Scott Pelley, 60 Minutes correspondent and anchor of the CBS Evening News , resident
• Joanna Scott, novelist, grew up in town ^[16]
• Louise Hall Tharp, biographer

Government, military

• Ethan Allen Brown (1776–1852), Ohio governor, U.S. Senator, diplomat, was born on the Fourth of July in town ^[17]
• Leslie Groves, military head of the Manhattan Project, afterward lived in town ^[18]
• Stephen Mather, founder and first director of the National Park Service ^[19]
• Martha Peterson, former operations officer of the United States Central Intelligence Agency
• Christopher Shays, Republican congressman representing Connecticut's Fourth District, born in Darien and a 1964 graduate of Darien High School (now lives in the DC area) ^[20]
• Ralph E. Van Norstrand (1961), minority leader of the Connecticut General Assembly, 1979—1985; Speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives, 1985—1987 ^[21]

Business

• Glenn Britt (1949–2014), former CEO of Time Warner ^{[22] [23]}
• Andrew Carnegie, steel magnate and philanthropist, vacationed for several summers at what became the Convent of the Sacred Heart on Long Neck ^[24]
• Richard Chilton, billionaire, founder, chairman, and CEO of Chilton Investment Company
• Andreas Halvorsen, billionaire, CEO and co-founder of Viking Global Investors
• James B. Lee, Jr. (1952–2015), investment banker, former Vice Chairman of JPMorgan Chase & Co.
• Harold McGraw III, chairman, president and CEO of McGraw-Hill book publishing company, chairman (as of 2006) of the Business Roundtable, an association of CEOs of "leading" U.S. companies ^[25]
• Walter E. Sachs (1884–1980), partner at Goldman, Sachs & Co.
• Peter Schiff, founder of Euro Pacific capital, former economic advisor to Texas Congressman Ron Paul's 2008 bid for the presidency
• Dennis Weatherstone, banker with J.P. Morgan & Co., moved to the area in 1971.

Sports

• Brian Cashman, New York Yankees General Manager ^[26]
• James Ignatowich (born 2000), professional pickleball player
• Hugh Jessiman (born 1984), professional hockey player ^[27]
• Spencer Knight (born 2001), ice hockey goaltender ^[28]
• Eddie Lopat (1918–1992), Major League Baseball pitcher, lived elsewhere, died at the home of his son in town ^[29]
• Michael Schwartz, Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame
• Ryan Shannon, NHL player for Ottawa Senators, traded from Anaheim Ducks after they won the Stanley Cup in 2007 ^[30]

Artists

• Vincent Colyer (1825–1888), artist and humanitarian, lived on Contentment Island ^[31]
• Gus Edson (1901–1966), cartoonist who drew The Gumps and Dondi
• Helen Frankenthaler (1928–2011), prominent second-generation abstract expressionist ^[32]
• Lurelle Guild (1898–1985), industrial designer
• Walt Kelly (1913–1973), cartoonist who drew Pogo ^[33]
• John Frederick Kensett (1816–1872), luminist, second generation Hudson River School; lived on Contentment Island
• Ruth Ray (1919–1977), artist who painted in a magical realist style

Others

• Alex Kelly, convicted rapist who fled country to escape charges ^[34]
• Charles Lindbergh, iconic aviator, husband of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, lived on Tokeneke Trail ^[15]

See also

• List of people from Connecticut
• List of people from Bridgeport, Connecticut
• List of people from Brookfield, Connecticut
• List of people from Greenwich, Connecticut
• List of people from Hartford, Connecticut
• List of people from New Canaan, Connecticut
• List of people from New Haven, Connecticut
• List of people from Norwalk, Connecticut
• List of people from Redding, Connecticut
• List of people from Ridgefield, Connecticut
• List of people from Stamford, Connecticut
• List of people from Westport, Connecticut

Notes

1. Herman, Peter"Kate Bosworth's Career Takes Off Like a Speeding Bullet", article in Darien News-Review, Darien, Connecticut, August 16, 2006 ("Kate Bosworth [...] the Darien native")
2. Ward, Matthew (2015-01-26). "Former Miss Virginia from Suffolk dies". Suffolk News-Herald . Retrieved 2015-02-14.
3. Danton, Eric R., "Courant Rock Critic", "It's strictly mission accomplished", article (review?) in The Hartford Courant, September 22, 2007 ("bassist (and Darien native) Clint Conley")
4. Catlin, Roger, "Courant TV Critic", "Will answwers be found in 'Lost' finale? Grace's '70s' Goodbye", article in The Hartford Courant, May 18, 2005 ("Topher Grace [...] Grace, a Darien resident")
5. "Mediterranean Mansion". Wall Street Journal. 9 July 1999.
6. Campbell, Stacey M., "Bachelor' Comes to National Television", article in The Darien News-Review, April 4, 2002, ("Darien resident, Alex Michel, the star player in the new reality TV series") accessed via NewsBank Web site (www.newsbank.com), November 16, 2007
7. Best, Kenneth, "A music hall of fame is not a popularity contest", article in Connecticut Post in Bridgeport, Connecticut, May 11, 2007 ("Moby, the pop singer and electronic musician, who grew up in Darien")
8. Best, Kenneth, "A music hall of fame is not a popularity contest", article in Connecticut Post in Bridgeport, Connecticut, May 11, 2007 ("The late Gerry Mulligan of Darien, composer and arranger, was the "cool" baritone saxophonist with Miles Davis during the time when the Davis group became one of the most influential jazz groups in the world.")
9. Klein, Alvin, "Council for arts getting new home", article in The New York Times , November 11, 1984 ("The actor Christopher Plummer, a former Darien resident who now lives in Weston"), accessed September 24, 2007
10. Sischy, Ingrid, "Destiny calls Chloe - teenage actress Chloe Sevigny" Archived 2008-09-26 at the Wayback Machine , cover story, Interview magazine, August 1995 (Q. "You lived in Darien, Connecticut, right? How did you feel about high school?" A. "Aryan Darien. [laughs]"), accessed September 24, 2007
11. Diamond, Jamie, "Gus Van Sant turns toward mainstream", New York Times News Service article, as published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch , December 28, 1997, ("The family moved five times before Van Sant reached the age of 10, eventually settling in a large home in Darien, Conn. [...] the family moved to Portland. [...] Van Sant, who was 17 at the time."), accessed November 16, 2007
12. "Awol | moby.com". Archived from the original on 2014-08-08. Retrieved 2014-08-03.
13. Shea, Tom, "Happy Presidents Day, Rutherford B. Hayes", The Sunday Republican, Springfield, Massachusetts, February 19, 2006 ("On the white walls of his home hang photographs of Margaret Bourke-White, the famous Life magazine photographer. She was a neighbor of John's when he was growing up in Darien, Conn."), accessed via NewsBank Web site (www.newsbank.com) on November 19, 2007
14. Arnold, Edwin T., "Conversations With Erskine Caldwell", Press of Mississippi, 1988, pp 15-22; reprint of article titled "Who's Who: Erskine Caldwell" in Darien Review of Darien, Connecticut, September 5, 1940, pp 1-2 ("Erskine Caldwell of Point O'Woods, Darien"); accessed via GoogleBooks Web site, November 16, 2007
15. Brune, Adrian, "Exhibit brings Anne Lindbergh out of her husband's shadow", article in The Hartford Courant , July 11, 2006 ("The Lindberghs [...] lived in Connecticut for many years at a secluded property in Darien."), accessed via NewsBank Web site (www.newsbank.com) on November 16, 2007
16. "Post 53 Alumni Search yields impressive findings", article in The Darien Times, July 8, 2004, accessed via NewsBank Web site (www.newsbank.com), July 8, 2004
17. Web page titled "BROWN, Ethan Allen, (1776 - 1852)" at "Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress" Web site, accessed November 16, 2007
18. Colgate, Bernice, editor, "Our Interesting Neighbors," articles reprinted in book form (no year of publication or publisher given) from The Darien Review (1954-1957), "General Leslie R. Groves," from March 31, 1955
19. "Home". matherhomestead.org.
20. Christopher Shays Web page at "Biographical Directory of the United States Congress" Web site of the U.S. Congress, accessed November 16, 2007
21. Wolfgang Saxon (January 3, 1995). "Ralph E. Van Norstrand, 57, Ex-House Speaker in Hartford". The New York Times . p. C41.
22. "Glenn Britt timeline" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-01-13.
23. Henry, David; Sherman, Alex (June 11, 2014). "Glenn Britt, Who Raised Time Warner Cable Shares, Dies at 65". Bloomberg . Retrieved September 6, 2014.
24. Case, Henry J. and Cooper, Simon W. Town of Darien: Founded 1641, Incorporated 1820, Darien Community Association, 1935
25. "McGraw named chair of Business Roundtable", no byline, The Darien Times, August 17, 2006
26. Slocum, Bill, "Loading the Bases" Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine , article in New Canaan/Darien & Rowayton Magazine, July 2006 ("Yankees’ General Manager, Brian Cashman of Darien"), accessed September 24, 2007
27. Buono, Steve, "Huge Specimen" is Rangers' giant asset", article, The Darien Times , June 26, 2003, accessed via NewsBank Web site (www.newsbank.com), accessed November 15, 2007
28. "Spencer Knight Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Salary, Title". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-01-05.
29. "Ex-Yankee, Sox Hurler Lopat Dies", no byline, obituary in Chicago Tribune , June 16, 1992 ("Eddie Lopat, one of the three pitching mainstays for the New York Yankees during their reign of five straight World Series championships from 1949 to 1953, died in his sleep early Monday at the home of his son, John, in Darien, Conn."), accessed via NewsBank Web site (www.newsbank.com) on November 16, 2007
30. "A town of Champions" (Last Wednesday night, rookie Ryan Shannon of Darien and the Anaheim Ducks won the Stanley Cup"), picture caption in The Darien Times, June 14, 2007
31. Klein, Lauren, "Couple transforms old barn into new home", article in The Advocate of Stamford, Connecticut, January 16, 2007 ("Colyer, a Darien resident, was a successful artist, a prominent figure in the Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses Grant administrations and instrumental in bringing a railroad station to Rowayton."), accessed via NewsBank Web site, November 16, 2007
32. Web page titled "Helen Frankenthaler" Archived 2010-02-17 at the Wayback Machine , at the "Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame" website, retrieved January 30, 2010
33. "Walt Kelly". Archived from the original on 2012-01-27. Retrieved 2011-09-15.
34. CNN.com: "Alex Kelly found guilty of rape"

External links

• Internet Movie Database web page for those born in Darien