List of people from Greenwich, Connecticut

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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.

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They are listed based on the area in which person is best known (in alphabetical order within each category):

Actors, directors, producers

Mel Gibson, actor, director, and producer Mel Gibson Cannes 2016 3.jpg
Mel Gibson, actor, director, and producer
Ron Howard, actor, director, and producer Ron Howard 2011 Shankbone 3.JPG
Ron Howard, actor, director, and producer

Musicians, models, other entertainers

Regis Philbin, TV host Regis Philbin at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival.jpg
Regis Philbin, TV host

Sports

Jim Brown at the 1st FIFA World Cup in 1930 USA team line up 13 July.jpg
Jim Brown at the 1st FIFA World Cup in 1930
George Brown, ASL All-Star George Brown ASL All Stars.jpg
George Brown, ASL All-Star

Authors, writers

Truman Capote in 1959 TrumanCapote1959.jpg
Truman Capote in 1959
Elie Wiesel in 2012 Elie Wiesel 2012 Shankbone.JPG
Elie Wiesel in 2012

Artists, architects, designers, cartoonists

Famous guests at the Bush-Holley House

Government

Expert vote-counter Boss Tweed, by Thomas Nast Boss Tweed, Nast.jpg
Expert vote-counter Boss Tweed, by Thomas Nast
Homer Stille Cummings Homer Cummings, Harris & Ewing photo portrait, 1920.jpg
Homer Stille Cummings

Judges, lawyers

Business

Journalists, sportscasters

Other

Marion Wiesel Cropped existing Marion Wiesel.jpg
Marion Wiesel

See also

References

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