This is a list of notable people, past and present who have lived in Ridgefield,

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or are closely associated with the town, listed by area in which they are best known:

Authors, writers, playwrights, screenwriters

* Silvio A. Bedini (1917–2007), retired

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curator, author, born and raised in Ridgefield *

Rich Cohen Rich Cohen (born July 30, 1968) is an American non-fiction writer. He is a contributing editor at '' Vanity Fair'' and ''Rolling Stone''. He is co-creator, with Martin Scorsese, Mick Jagger and Terence Winter, of the HBO series ''Vinyl''. His w ...

(born 1968), non-fiction writer *

Howard Fast Howard Melvin Fast (November 11, 1914 – March 12, 2003) was an American novelist and television writer. Fast also wrote under the pen names E.V. Cunningham and Walter Ericson. Biography Early life Fast was born in New York City. His mother, ...

(1914–2003), novelist *

Ira Joe Fisher Ira Joe Fisher (born October 31, 1947, Salamanca, New York) is an American broadcaster, poet, and educator.. From 1999 to 2006, he was the weather reporter for CBS's ''The Saturday Early Show''. He is known for his ability to write backwards on ...

(born 1947), CBS weatherman and poet (''Some Holy Weight in the Village Air'') *

Robert Fitzgerald Robert Stuart Fitzgerald (12 October 1910 – 16 January 1985) was an American poet, literary critic and translator whose renderings of the Greek classics "became standard works for a generation of scholars and students".Mitgang, Herbert (Januar ...

(1910–1985), poet, critic and translator; he and his wife Sally called Ridgefield home and many sources repeat the assertion, though their residence was located in neighboring ReddingNumerous sources state that the Fitzgerald's home was on Seventy Acre Road and that Flannery O'Connor lived with them there, including, ''Letters of Flannery O'Connor: The Habit of Being'', selected and edited by Sally Fitzgerald (1979, Farrar, Straus & Giroux), address from the top of a letter from O'Connor: "70 Acre Road/Ridgefield, Conn./October 6, '49", page 15; Hyson, Lynn, "Flannery O'Connor Biographer gets glimpse of author's time here", article in ''The Redding Pilot'', February 1, 2007, page A020: "The scene at the home of Janet August and Amy Atamian on a recent Saturday resembled a salon, true to the tradition of their house on Seventy Acre Road. Around the massive stone fireplace the two had gathered neighbors and friends to compare notes about the time writer Flannery O'Connor (1925–1964) lived here."; Web page titled "Flannery O'Connor / Lesson Plan Ideas for Teachers" from "Flannery O'Connor-Andalusa Farm Foundation" website ("she was introduced to Robert and Sally Fitzgerald, with whom she lived for over a year in Ridgefield, Connecticut.") accessed July 12, 2007

Map of Redding showing 70 Acre Road entirely within Redding (between Mountain Road and Umpawaug Road in the central part of western side of town; click on map to enlarge), at the "History of Redding" Web site, accessed July 12, 2007 *

Tom Gilroy Tom Gilroy is an American director, writer, actor, producer, playwright, poet, musician, and teacher. Gilroy has written, directed and produced five films, including the award-winning short ''Touch Base'' and the critically acclaimed feature ''Spri ...

, screenwriter, actor and film producer, graduated from Ridgefield High School in 1978 * Max Gunther (1926–1998), journalist and writer *

Tim Herlihy Timothy Patrick Herlihy (born October 9, 1966) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer, and playwright. Films written or produced by Herlihy have grossed over $3 billion at the worldwide box office. He frequently collaborates with ...

(born 1966), screenwriter, film producer, former head writer of ''

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Roger Kahn Roger Kahn (October 31, 1927 – February 6, 2020) was an American journalist and author, best known for his 1972 baseball book '' The Boys of Summer''. Biography Roger Kahn was born in Brooklyn, New York, on October 31, 1927, to Olga (''née ...

(1927–2020), author * Irene Kampen (1923–1998), novelist and journalist *

Richard Kluger Richard Kluger (born 1934) is an American author who has won a Pulitzer Prize. He focuses his writing chiefly on society, politics and history. He has been a journalist and book publisher. Early life and family Born in Paterson, New Jersey, in Se ...

(born 1934), author *

Clare Boothe Luce Clare Boothe Luce (; March 10, 1903 – October 9, 1987) was an American writer, politician, diplomat, and public conservative figure. A versatile author, she is best known for her 1936 hit play '' The Women'', which had an all-female cast. He ...

(1903–1987), playwright, ambassador, politician, and wife of

Henry Luce Henry Robinson Luce (April 3, 1898 – February 28, 1967) was an American magazine magnate who founded ''Time'', ''Life'', '' Fortune'', and ''Sports Illustrated'' magazines. He has been called "the most influential private citizen in the Amer ...

Andy Luckey Andrew A. Luckey (born October 7, 1965) is an American animator, artist, author, designer, director, illustrator and television producer, primarily of animated works. He also writes and illustrates children's books and Bible studies. Luckey has ...

(born 1965), children's book author * John Ames Mitchell (1844–1918), novelist, founder of ''

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'' magazine *

Allan Nevins Joseph Allan Nevins (May 20, 1890 – March 5, 1971) was an American historian and journalist, known for his extensive work on the history of the Civil War and his biographies of such figures as Grover Cleveland, Hamilton Fish, Henry Ford, and ...

(1891–1971), only writer to win the Pulitzer prize for historical biography twice (on Grover Cleveland and Hamilton Fish) *

Flannery O'Connor Mary Flannery O'Connor (March 25, 1925August 3, 1964) was an American novelist, short story writer, and essayist. She wrote two novels and 31 short stories, as well as a number of reviews and commentaries. O'Connor was a Southern writer who of ...

(1925–1964), writer often said to have lived in town when she was a boarder of

's from 1949 to 1951, although Fitzgerald actually lived in neighboring Redding *

Eugene O'Neill Eugene Gladstone O'Neill (October 16, 1888 – November 27, 1953) was an American playwright. His poetically titled plays were among the first to introduce into the U.S. the drama techniques of Realism (theatre), realism, earlier associated with ...

(1888–1953), Nobel Prize-winning playwright, owned Brook Farm on North Salem Road from 1922 to 1927 * Brad Parks (born 1974), author * Cornelius J. Ryan (1920–1974), author * Mark Salzman (born 1959), author and actor who wrote about the town in his novel ''Lost in Place: Growing Up Absurd in Suburbia'' *

Richard Scarry Richard McClure Scarry (; June 5, 1919 – April 30, 1994) was an American children's author and illustrator who published over 300 books with total sales of over 100 million worldwide. He is best known for his ''Best Ever'' book series that tak ...

(1919–1994), children's author *

Maurice Sendak Maurice Bernard Sendak (; June 10, 1928 – May 8, 2012) was an American author and illustrator of children's books. Born to Polish-Jewish parents, his childhood was impacted by the death of many of his family members during the Holocaust. Send ...

(1928–2012), author and artist
Where Americana and Aesthetics Mingle," article by Lisa Prevost, part of series "If You're Thinking of Living In" in the Real Estate section of ''

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'', March 14, 2004, accessed August 29, 2006 "Current residents include Maurice Sendak, the children's book author and illustrator; Harvey Fierstein, the actor and playwright; and Roz Chast, the New Yorker cartoonist." * Fred Stahl (born 1944), Professor (

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), author, pioneer computer scientist, computer security and forensics, science historian, inventor, lexicographer, real estate developer (current resident) * Robert Lewis Taylor (1912–1998), Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist (''The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters'', 1959) *

Alvin Toffler Alvin Eugene Toffler (October 4, 1928 – June 27, 2016) was an American writer, futurist, and businessman known for his works discussing modern technologies, including the digital revolution and the communication revolution, with emphasis on th ...

(1928–2016), futurist, author * Abigail Goodrich Whittlesey (1788–1858), educator, publisher, editor *

Max Wilk Max Wilk (July 3, 1920 – February 19, 2011) was an American playwright, screenwriter and author of fiction and nonfiction books. In all, Wilk was the author of 19 books, four films, three produced plays as well as many TV shows and magazine a ...

(1920–2011), author * Bari Wood (born 1936), author

Actors, others in the dramatic arts

David Cassidy David Bruce Cassidy (April 12, 1950 – November 21, 2017) was an American actor and musician. He was best known for his role as Keith Partridge in the 1970s musical-sitcom ''The Partridge Family''. After completing high school, Cassidy purs ...

(1950–2017), actor and singer *

Ralph Edwards Ralph Livingstone Edwards (June 13, 1913DeLong, Thomas A. (1996). ''Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . Pp. 86-87. – November 16, 2005) was an American radio ...

(1913–2005), producer and host of television show ''Truth or Consequences'' *

Chris Elliott Christopher Nash Elliott (born May 31, 1960) is an American actor, comedian and writer known for his surreal sense of humor. He was a regular performer on ''Late Night with David Letterman'' while working as a writer there (1983–1988), created ...

(born 1960), actor, comedian, author *

Giancarlo Esposito Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito (; born April 26, 1958) is an American actor and director. He rose to prominence by portraying Gus Fring in the AMC (TV channel), AMC crime drama series ''Breaking Bad'' (2009–2011), a role he reprised in ...

(born 1958), actor (current resident) *

Harvey Fierstein Harvey Forbes Fierstein ( ; born June 6, 1952) is an American actor, playwright, and screenwriter, known for his distinctive gravelly voice. He gained notice for his theater work in '' Torch Song Trilogy'', winning both the Tony Award for Best ...

(born 1954), actor and playwright (current resident) *

Walter Hampden Walter Hampden Dougherty (June 30, 1879 – June 11, 1955), known professionally as Walter Hampden, was an American actor and theatre manager. He was a major stage star on Broadway in New York who also made numerous television and film appear ...

(1879–1955), actor *

Carolyn Kepcher Carolyn Kepcher (; born January 30, 1969) is an American businesswoman who was one of the judges on the NBC television program ''The Apprentice''. She was formerly the Executive Vice President, chief operating officer, for the Trump Golf Properti ...

(born 1969), appeared on the NBC show ''

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'' and ran Donald Trump's golf course in Briarcliff, New York (current resident) *

Cyril Ritchard Cyril Joseph Trimnell-Ritchard (1 December 1898 – 18 December 1977), known professionally as Cyril Ritchard, was an Australian stage, screen and television actor, and director. He is best remembered today for his performance as Captain Hook i ...

(1897–1977), actor * Grant Rosenmeyer (born 1991), actor *

Erland Van Lidth de Jeude Erland Philip Peter van Lidth de Jeude (June 3, 1953 – September 23, 1987) was a Dutch–American actor, opera singer, and amateur wrestler. Early life and education Erland Philip Peter van Lidth de Jeude was born in Hilversum, the Netherl ...

(1953–1987), actor, wrestler, computer engineer and singer, grew up on Short Lane *

Robert Vaughn Robert Francis Vaughn (November 22, 1932 – November 11, 2016) was an American actor and political activist, whose career in film, television and theater spanned nearly six decades and who was best known for his role as secret agent Nap ...

(1932–2016), actor * Mary A. Wray (1804 – 1892), American actress

Singers, musicians, composers

Larry Adler Lawrence Cecil Adler (February 10, 1914 – August 6, 2001) was an American harmonica player and film composer. Known for playing major works, he played compositions by George Gershwin, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Malcolm Arnold, Darius Milhaud ...

(1914–2001), harmonica virtuoso, lived on Pumping Station Road *

Judy Collins Judith Marjorie Collins (born May 1, 1939) is an American singer-songwriter and musician with a career spanning nearly seven decades. An Academy Awards, Academy Award-nominated documentary director and a Grammy Awards, Grammy Award-winning rec ...

(born 1939), Grammy Award-winning folk singer (current resident) *

Aaron Copland Aaron Copland (, ; November 14, 1900December 2, 1990) was an American composer, critic, writer, teacher, pianist, and conductor of his own and other American music. Copland was referred to by his peers and critics as the "Dean of American Compos ...

(1900–1990), lived on Limestone Road *

Fanny Crosby Frances Jane van Alstyne (née Crosby; March 24, 1820 – February 12, 1915), more commonly known as Fanny J. Crosby, was an American mission worker, poet, lyricist, and composer. She was a prolific hymnist, writing more than 8,000 hymns and go ...

(1820–1915), wrote more than 8,000 hymns, lived as a child at the corner of Main Street and Branchville Road * Edwina Eustis Dick (1908–1997), contralto, pioneer in the field of music therapy, lived on Old Branchville Road *

Geraldine Farrar Alice Geraldine Farrar (February 28, 1882 – March 11, 1967) was an American lyric soprano who could also sing Dramatic soprano, dramatic roles. She was noted for her beauty, acting ability, and "the intimate timbre of her voice." In the 191 ...

(1882–1967), Metropolitan Opera soprano, lived on West Lane and later New Street, where she died *

Andrew Gold Andrew Maurice Gold (August 2, 1951 – June 3, 2011) was an American multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, and record producer who influenced much of the Los Angeles-dominated pop rock, pop/soft rock sound in the 1970s. Gold performed on s ...

(1951–2011), singer, songwriter, and musician, lived on St. Johns Road *

Stephen Jenks Stephen Jenks (March 17, 1772 – June 3, 1856) was an Yankee tunesmith, teacher, and tunebook compiler. He was born in Glocester, Rhode Island and raised in Ellington, Connecticut. During his life he moved from town to town, living in Ridgefi ...

(1772–1856), composer and "teacher of psalmody", lived in Ridgefield *

Ed Kowalczyk Edward Joel Kowalczyk (; ; born July 16, 1971)"Edward Kowalczyk IMDb entry"
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(born 1971), singer, songwriter, musician and a founding member of the band

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Jim Lowe James Ellsworth Lowe (May 7, 1923 – December 12, 2016) was an American singer-songwriter, best known for his 1956 number-one hit song, " The Green Door". He also served as a disc jockey and radio host and personality and was considered a ...

(1927–2016) singer,

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and radio host *

Václav Nelhýbel Václav Nelhýbel (September 24, 1919 – March 22, 1996) was a Czech-American composer, mainly of works for student performers. Life and career Nelhýbel was born the youngest of five children in , Ostrava, Czechoslovakia. He received h ...

(1919–1996), composer *

Alex North Alex North (born Isadore Soifer; December 4, 1910 – September 8, 1991) was an American composer best known for his many film scores, including ''A Streetcar Named Desire'' (one of the first jazz-based film scores), '' Viva Zapata!'', ''Spartac ...

(1910–1991), film composer *

Noël Regney Noël Regney (born Léon Schlienger; 19 August 1922 – 22 November 2002), was a French World War II veteran and songwriter who is best known for composing the Christmas standard "Do You Hear What I Hear?" with his then-wife Gloria Shayne Baker in ...

(1922–2002), pianist and songwriter *

Stephen Schwartz Stephen Lawrence Schwartz (born March 6, 1948) is an American musical theatre composer and lyricist. In a career spanning over five decades, Schwartz has written hit musicals such as ''Godspell'' (1971), ''Pippin (musical), Pippin'' (1972), and ...

(born 1948), composer and lyricist (current resident) *

Debbie Shapiro Debbie Gravitte is an American actress and singer. Career Gravitte made her Broadway debut in the chorus of ''They're Playing Our Song'' in 1979. She performed on Broadway in ''Blues in the Night'' in 1982; '' Zorba'' in 1983; ''Les Misérable ...

(born 1954), singer (current resident) *

Maxim Shostakovich Maxim Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (; born 10 May 1938 in Leningrad) is a Soviet, Russian and American conductor and pianist. He is the second child of the composer Dmitri Shostakovich and Nina Varzar. His older sister is Galina Shostakovich. He is ...

(born 1938), conductor (past resident) *

Jim Steinman James Richard Steinman (November 1, 1947 – April 19, 2021) was an American composer, lyricist and record producer. He also worked as an arranger, pianist, and singer. His work included songs in the adult contemporary, rock, dance, pop, mus ...

(1947–2021), composer, lyricist, record producer, and playwright

Artists, architects, designers, cartoonists

* Peggy Bacon (1895–1987), author and artist with works in the

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and

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Wayne Boring Wayne Boring (June 5, 1905 – February 20, 1987) was an Americans, American Comics artist, comic book artist best known for his work on Superman from the late 1940s to 1950s. He occasionally used the pseudonym Jack Harmon. Biography Early life a ...

(1915–1982), an artist of ''

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'' comic strips, lived on Lincoln Lane * Sarah Bostwick (born 1979), visual artist *

Orlando Busino Orlando Busino (October 10, 1926 – January 11, 2022) was an American cartoonist whose cartoons appeared in ''McCalls'', ''Reader's Digest'', ''Good Housekeeping'', ''Saturday Evening Post'', and many other magazines. Among his creations were " ...

(born 1926), cartoonist and author (current resident) *

Roz Chast Roz Chast (born November 26, 1954) is an American cartoonist and a staff cartoonist for ''The New Yorker''. Since 1978, she has published more than 1000 cartoons in ''The New Yorker''. She also publishes cartoons in ''Scientific American'' and the ...

(born 1954), New Yorker cartoonist and book author (current resident) *

Niels Diffrient Niels Diffrient (September 6, 1928 – June 8, 2013) was an American industrial designer. Diffrient focused mainly on ergonomic seating, and his most well known designs are the Freedom and Liberty chairs, manufactured by Humanscale. Biography ...

(1928–2013), industrial designer *

Cass Gilbert Cass Gilbert (November 24, 1859 – May 17, 1934) was an American architect. An early proponent of Early skyscrapers, skyscrapers, his works include the Woolworth Building, the United States Supreme Court building, the state capitols of Minneso ...

(1859–1934), architect *

Alexander Isley Alexander Isley (born ) is an American graphic designer and educator. Early life and education Alexander Isley was born in Durham, North Carolina and studied at Durham Academy, the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (high school vi ...

(born 1961), designer and educator (current resident) *

Alexander Julian Alexander Julian (born February 8, 1948) is an American fashion designer, known for his ''Colours'' clothing brand and designing his own clothing fabric. Julian has won five Coty Awards for design — the first before age 30—and the Cutty Sark ...

(born 1948), designer (current resident) * Nicholas Krushenick (1929–1999), abstract artist, a dozen of whose works are in the

* Erik Nitsche (1908–1998), graphic designer *

Frederic Remington Frederic Sackrider Remington (October 4, 1861 – December 26, 1909) was an American painter, illustrator, sculptor, and writer who specialized in the genre of Western American Art. His works are known for depicting the Western United Sta ...

(1861–1909), painter, illustrator, and sculptor; died in Ridgefield in 1909, less than six months after moving to the town * Julian Alden Weir (1852–1919), impressionist painter, bought Nod Hill Farm in 1882, now a National Historic Site *

Mahonri Young Mahonri Mackintosh Young (August 9, 1877 – November 2, 1957) was an American social realism, social-realist Sculpture, sculptor and artist. During his lengthy career, he created more than 320 sculptures, 590 oil paintings, 5,500 watercolors, ...

(1877–1957), grandson of

Brigham Young Brigham Young ( ; June 1, 1801August 29, 1877) was an American religious leader and politician. He was the second President of the Church (LDS Church), president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1847 until h ...

; artist and sculptor

Businessmen

* Lawrence Bossidy (born 1935), retired CEO of

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and

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(current resident) * E.P. Dutton (1831–1923), publisher *

Joseph M. Juran Joseph Moses Juran (December 24, 1904 – February 28, 2008) was a Romanian-born American engineer, management consultant and author. He was an advocate for quality and quality management and wrote several books on the topics. He was the brother ...

(1904–1908), founder of the Juran Institute, lived on Old Branchville Road *

Hans Peter Kraus Hans Peter Kraus (October 12, 1907 – November 1, 1988), also known as H. P. Kraus or HPK, was an Austrian-born American book dealer described as "without doubt the most successful and dominant rare book dealer in the world in the second half of ...

(1907–1988), rare book dealer, author of ''A Rare Book Saga'' *

Arvind Krishna Arvind Krishna (born November 23, 1962) is an American business executive, and the chairman and CEO of IBM. He has been CEO of IBM since April 2020 and chairman since January 2021. Arvind began his career at IBM in 1990, at its Thomas J. Watso ...

, CEO of

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(current resident) *

John R. Patrick John Russell Patrick (born August 5, 1945) is a business executive and author in the information technology industry. During his tenure as a vice president at IBM, he helped launch the IBM ThinkPad and the OS/2 operating system and was later an i ...

(born 1945), former

vice-president and innovative leader in the information technology industry, author of ''Net Attitude'' * Jay S. Walker (born 1955),

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founder (current resident) * Stephen Ward Jr., retired CEO of

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(current resident)

Journalists

Todd Brewster Todd Brewster is an American author, journalist, and film producer. He is presently the senior visiting lecturer in journalism at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts. Career Brewster served as senior editorial producer for ...

, author, documentary film producer, former Senior Editorial Producer, ABC News (current resident) *

Morton Dean Morton Dean Dubitsky (born August 22, 1935), better known as Morton Dean, is an American retired television and radio anchor, news correspondent and author. Dean is a former weekend news anchor for '' CBS Evening News,'' as well as ABC's '' Go ...

(born 1935), television journalist (current resident) *

(1898–1967), founder of ''

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'' magazine, husband of

David Manning Sir David Geoffrey Manning, (born 5 December 1949) is a former British diplomat, who was the British Ambassador to the United States from 2003 to 2007. He authored the so-called " Manning Memo", that summarized the details of a meeting betwe ...

, fictitious film reviewer said to be with the ''

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'' but created in a deceptive advertising campaign *

Westbrook Pegler Francis James Westbrook Pegler (August 2, 1894 – June 24, 1969) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning U.S. journalist described as "one of the godfathers of right-wing populism". He was a newspaper columnist popular in the 1930s and 1940s for his opposit ...

(1894–1969), columnist and Pulitzer Prize winner (resident, 1941–1948)

Government

* Joel Abbot (1776–1826),

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* Jeremiah Donovan (1857–1935),

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from Connecticut * John H. Frey (born 1963), Minority Whip, Connecticut House of Representatives; Connecticut National Committeeman, Republican National Committee * George E. Lounsbury (1838–1904), former Connecticut governor * Phineas C. Lounsbury (1841–1925), former Connecticut governor *

(1903–1987), playwright, ambassador, politician, wife of Henry Luce * Theodore Sorensen (1928–2010), JFK advisor *

Norman Thomas Norman Mattoon Thomas (November 20, 1884 – December 19, 1968) was an American Presbyterian religious minister, minister, political activist, and perennial candidate for president. He achieved fame as a socialism, socialist and pacifism, pacifis ...

(1884–1968), six-time Socialist candidate for president, spent summers in Ridgefield until the early 1920s *

Kurt Waldheim Kurt Josef Waldheim (21 December 1918 – 14 June 2007) was an Austrian politician and diplomat. Waldheim was the Secretary-General of the United Nations#List of secretaries-general, secretary-general of the United Nations from 1972 to 1981 a ...

(1918–2007), U.N. secretary-general (1972–1981), frequently stayed at the estate of a friend in town

Other

Anthony Alfredo Anthony Francis Alfredo (born March 31, 1999), nicknamed "Fast Pasta", is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 42 Chevrolet Camaro (sixth generation), Chevrolet SS fo ...

(born 1999),

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driver *

Blackleach Burritt Blackleach Burritt (1744 – August 27, 1794) was a preacher during the American Revolutionary War The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was th ...

(1744–1794), noted clergyman in the American Revolution *

Jolie Gabor Jolie Gabor, Countess de Szigethy (born Janka Tilleman; September 30, 1896 – April 1, 1997) was a Hungarian-born American jeweler and socialite, known as the mother of actresses and fellow socialites Magda Gabor, Magda, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Zsa Zs ...

(1896–1997), jewelry store-owing mother of the famous Gabor sisters— Eva,

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, and Zsa Zsa—had a home on Oscaleta Road from 1966 to 1970 * Samuel Keeler (1656–1713), founding settler of Ridgefield * Jeff Landau (born 1974), professional

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* "Typhoid Mary" Mallon (1869–1938), who became famous for infecting people with typhoid, spent some time as a cook in town, where she infected some (according to brief front-page story in the July 22, 1909 ''Ridgefield Press'') *

Matt Merullo Matthew Bates Merullo (born August 4, 1965) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) catcher who played for the Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, and Minnesota Twins between 1989 and 1995. Playing career Merullo attended the Unive ...

(born 1965), former baseball player and scout for

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* Elmer Q. Oliphant (1892–1975), played with NFL's Buffalo All-Americans (1920s) *

Alice Paul Alice Stokes Paul (January 11, 1885 – July 9, 1977) was an American Quaker, suffragette, suffragist, feminist, and women's rights activist, and one of the foremost leaders and strategists of the campaign for the Nineteenth Amendment to the Unit ...

, author of the proposed

Equal Rights Amendment The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was a proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States, United States Constitution that would explicitly prohibit sex discrimination. It is not currently a part of the Constitution, though its Ratifi ...

, author and suffragist, part-time resident (1885–1977) *

George Scalise George Scalise was the former president of the Building Service Employees International Union (BSEIU) who was convicted of racketeering due to the exposure of labor racketeering by newspaper columnist Westbrook Pegler, who won a Pulitzer Prize in ...

, owned a mansion on Lake Mamanasco, president of the Building Service Employees International Union *

Kieran Smith Kieran Smith (born May 20, 2000) is an American swimmer specializing in freestyle and individual medley events. He currently co-holds short course world records in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay and the 4×100-meter medley relay. He was th ...

, competitive

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

, Olympian *

Tucker West Tucker West (born June 15, 1995) is an American luger who, at the age of 18, was the youngest male ever to qualify to represent the United States in the men's luge at the Olympics. West placed 22nd in the men's single competition at the 2014 Wi ...

(born 1995), Olympic luger *

Sarah Bishop Sarah Bishop (previously Falkland) is a journalist on British television working as a reporter and newsreader on BBC Midlands Today for the West Midlands Region. Career Before joining ''Midlands Today'', she worked as Sarah Falkland for the B ...

(died 1810), pirate and later

hermit A hermit, also known as an eremite (adjectival form: hermitic or eremitic) or solitary, is a person who lives in seclusion. Eremitism plays a role in a variety of religions. Description In Christianity, the term was originally applied to a Chr ...

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Durrie & Peck Durry may refer to: *Dhurrie A dhurrie (also dhurri, durrie, durry or dari) is an Indian and Pakistani handwoven rug or a thin flat carpet, an item of home furnishing. The dhurries have unique designs inspired by the state of origin such as mu ...

, year=1838 , pages=400–401 , language=en , author-link=John Warner Barber * Phoebe Schecter, NFL Analyst, football player and coach

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External links

"Notable Ridgefielders" webpage
Ridgefield Connecticut