List of people from Norwalk, Connecticut

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Norwalk, Connecticut, has been home to numerous notable people, residents and others, past and present.

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowayton,_Connecticut?searchToken=44laps21mgis803113xu8hv3x#Notable_people

Artie Shaw, big band leader Artie Shaw Playing.jpg
Artie Shaw, big band leader

Authors, writers

Actors, musicians, entertainers

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Frances Dee in Becky Sharp

Sports

Government and politics

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Brien McMahon stamp, issued in 1962
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John Magrath

Other

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Daniel Shea

See also

Mary Emma Woolley, president of Mount Holyoke College Mary Emma Woolley.jpg
Mary Emma Woolley, president of Mount Holyoke College

Footnotes

  1. Moskin, Julia. "Sheila Lukins, 66, Dies; Awakened Taste Buds", The New York Times , August 30, 2009. Accessed August 31, 2009.
  2. "TikTok Star Charli D'Amelio Has No Idea How She Got So Famous". Cosmopolitan . April 14, 2020. Retrieved March 21, 2020.
  3. Wright, Chase (May 7, 2011). "Norwalk native turned Broadway star nominated for Tony Award". Stamford Times . Archived from the original on July 28, 2011. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
  4. Grudens, Richard, Jukebox Saturday Night: More Memories of the Big Band Era and Beyond (1999), Pine Hill Press, Freeman, S.D., ISBN   1-57579-142-0, page 29, accessed through Google Books (free registration required) on August 4, 2006
  5. "Horace Silver obituary". the Guardian. June 19, 2014. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  6. "Remy Zaken". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved July 4, 2008.
  7. InCrowd. "Burnley Football Club". Burnley Football Club. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
  8. Mickey Kydes Soccer Enterprises
  9. Geoghegan, Steve (September 25, 2008). "Norwalk honors its Olympian". The Hour. p. B1.
  10. Hine, Tommy (August 22, 2008). "Summer Bronze: Norwalk's Walsh Garners Olympic Medal". Norwalk Citizen~News. 12 (34): A1, A15. Archived from the original on September 15, 2008. Retrieved August 27, 2008.
  11. Grauel, Thane (July 25, 2019). "'BoJo,' Britain's new prime minister, spent younger years in Norwalk". The Hour (Norwalk, CT).
  12. Glionna, Hohn M.; Pearce, Matt (November 5, 2014). "GOP hopes Mia Love's win a watershed moment for the party". LA Times. Archived from the original on November 15, 2014.
  13. Hirshson, Stanley P., The White Tecumseh: A Biography of General William T. Sherman, John Wiley & Sons, 1997, ISBN   0-471-17578-1
  14. Web page titled "Mary Emma Wolley" at Encyclopædia Britannica Web site, accessed May 4, 2007

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