- Joe Lieberman
Joseph Isadore Lieberman (born February 24, 1942) is an American politician from Connecticut. Lieberman was first elected to the United States Senate in 1988, and was elected to his fourth term on November 7, 2006. In the 2000 U.S. presidential election, Lieberman was the Democratic candidate for Vice President, running alongside presidential nominee Al Gore, becoming the first Jewish candidate on a major American political party presidential ticket. - John Adams
John Adams (September 18, 1772-April 24, 1863) was an American educator noted for organizing several hundred Sunday schools. He was born in Canterbury, Connecticut, 1772 to John Adams and Mary Parker Adams. He graduated from Yale University in 1795. In 1798, he married Elizabeth Ripley, with whom he had ten children. He taught at the Plainfield, New Jersey Academy from 1800-1803, when he took the post as principal of Bacon Academy in Colchester, Connecticut. - Ann Coulter
Recently, Suleman went on "The Today Show" and in an interview with Ann Coulter , a best-selling author and political commentator, Suleman said she loves ... - M. Jodi Rell
Mary Jodi Rell (born June 16, 1946) is a Republican politician who became the 72nd Governor of the U.S. state of Connecticut on July 1, 2004. She had been the Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut until Governor John G. Rowland resigned during a corruption investigation. Rell is Connecticut's second female Governor. Born Mary Carolyn Reavis in Norfolk, Virginia, Rell attended Old Dominion University, but left in 1967 to marry Lou Rell, a US Navy pilot. - Chris Shays
Christopher H. Shays, usually known as Chris Shays (born October 18 1945), American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1987, representing the 4th District of Connecticut, which includes 17 towns in Southwest Connecticut. He is the only House Republican left from New England. All the others were defeated in the 2006 midterm elections. - Scooter Libby
I. Lewis ("Scooter") Libby, Jr. (born August 22, 1950) is a Jewish-American lawyer and former top aide to U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney. Libby was Cheney's Chief of Staff and Assistant to the Vice President for National Security Affairs from 2001 to 2005. His "constant presence behind the scenes in the Bush administration" brought him the nickname "Dick Cheney's Dick Cheney." During the George H. W. Bush administration, … - Rosa Delauro
Rosa DeLauro is a member of the United States House of Representatives. Holding the position since 1991, DeLauro represents Connecticut's 3rd congressional district. She is currently serving her ninth term. Before becoming a member of the House, DeLauro served as Executive Director of EMILY'S List, as well as serving as Chief of Staff to U.S. Senator Christopher Dodd . - John Brown
John Brown (May 9, 1800 - December 2, 1859) was the first white American abolitionist to advocate and practice insurrection as a means to the abolition of slavery. President Abraham Lincoln said he was a "misguided fanatic" and Brown has been called "the most controversial of all 19th-century Americans." His attempt in 1859 to start a liberation movement among enslaved blacks in Harpers Ferry, Virginia, electrified the nation, … - Roger Sherman
Roger Sherman (April 19 (O.S.), April 30 (N.S.), 1721 - July 23, 1793) was an early American lawyer and politician. He served as the first mayor of New Haven, Connecticut and served on the Committee of Five that drafted the American Declaration of Independence. He was the only person to sign all four great state papers of the United States: the Articles of Association, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation and the United States Constitution. - Mark Warner
Mark Robert Warner (born December 15, 1954) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Virginia and a member of the Democratic Party. Warner is the immediate former Governor of Virginia and the Honorary Chairman of the Forward Together PAC. While he was widely expected to be a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2008 U.S. Presidential elections and took initial steps towards a candidacy, … - Nancy Johnson
Nancy Lee Johnson (born January 5 1935, Chicago, Illinois) is an American politician. Johnson was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 2007, representing first the 6th district and later the 5th District of Connecticut following the elimination of the 6th district. - Chris Murphy
Christopher S. "Chris" Murphy is an American politician, member of the Democratic Party. He is a former Connecticut State Senator, and the current United States Representative from Connecticut’s 5th District (map). Murphy has recently finished his second term from the 16th State Senatorial District that includes the towns of Waterbury, Southington, Wolcott and Cheshire. His successor in the State Senate is Republican Sam Caligiuri. - Rob Simmons
Robert Ruhl Simmons (born February 11 1943), American politician, was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2007, representing the 2nd Congressional District of Connecticut. He was defeated by Democratic challenger Joe Courtney in the 2006 elections by a razor-thin margin of 83 votes. Born in New York City, Simmons was educated at Haverford College and served in the United States Army and the Central Intelligence Agency. - Joe Courtney
Joseph (Joe) Courtney, born April 6, 1953 in Hartford, Connecticut, is a Democrat and a Congressman of the United States House of Representatives in (map). Courtney is a 1975 graduate of Tufts University. He earned a law degree from the University of Connecticut School of Law in 1978. Courtney is a former State Representative from Vernon, representing Connecticut's 56th district from 1987 to 1994. In 1998, Courtney made an unsuccessful bid for Lieutenant Governor. - John Larson
John B. Larson (born July 22 1948), American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1999, representing (map). He was born in Hartford, Connecticut and educated at Central Connecticut State University. Larson was a teacher and served on the Board of Education and Town Council of East Hartford. - Nathan Hale
Nathan Hale (June 6 1755 - September 22 1776) was a captain in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Widely considered America's first spy, he volunteered for an intelligence-gathering mission, but was caught by the British. He is best remembered for his speech before being hanged following the Battle of Long Island, in which he purportedly said, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country". - Katharine Hepburn
Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907 - June 29, 2003) was an iconic American star of film, television and stage, widely recognized for her sharp wit, New England gentility and fierce independence. A screen legend, Hepburn holds the record for the most Best Actress Oscar wins with four, from twelve nominations (Meryl Streep currently holds the record for most overall acting nominations with fourteen). - John G. Rowland
John Grosvenor Rowland (born May 24 1957, Waterbury, Connecticut), was the Governor of Connecticut from 1995 to 2004; he is a member of the Republican Party. He is married to Patty Rowland, his second wife, and the couple have five children between them. In 2004, Rowland resigned from office during a corruption investigation, and later pleaded guilty in federal court to a one-count with conspiracy to commit honest services mail fraud and tax fraud. - Nick Alexander
Nick Alexander is an American musician and Roman Catholic convert (as of 1993), who parodies mainstream songs, such as the following: *"Repent" (Aretha Franklin's "Respect") *"We Want to Stand United" (Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire") *"Tradition" (The Proclaimers' "500 Miles") *"Transubstantiation" (Beatles' "Revolution"). They are recorded on three albums: "A Time to Laugh", … - John Allen
John Allen was a United States Representative from Connecticut. Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, he attended the common schools and studied at the Litchfield Law School. He was admitted to the bar in 1786 and commenced practice in Litchfield, Connecticut; he was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1793 to 1796 and served as clerk in 1796. Allen was elected as a Federalist to the Fifth Congress, serving from March 4, 1797 to March 3, 1799. - Matt Harding
Matthew "Matt (Mathias)" Harding (born September 27, 1976) is an American video game developer and Internet celebrity known as Dancing Matt for his viral videos that show him dancing in front of landmarks and street scenes in various international locations. Harding has since achieved notoriety through widespread coverage of his travel exploits in major print and broadcast media outlets. - Thomas J. Dodd
Thomas Joseph Dodd was a United States Senator and Representative from Connecticut, and the father of U.S. Senator Christopher Dodd. - Oliver Ellsworth
Oliver Ellsworth (April 29 1745 - November 26 1807), an American lawyer and politician, was a revolutionary against British rule, a drafter of the United States Constitution, and third Chief Justice of the United States. He is also widely recognized for having first coined the phrase 'United States.' - Eli Whitney
Eli Whitney was an American inventor. - Helen Keller
Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 - June 1, 1968) was a deafblind American author, activist and lecturer. - Susan Bysiewicz
Susan Bysiewicz (born 1961) is a Democratic politician, who currently serves as Secretary of the State of the U.S. State of Connecticut. She was first elected to the Secretary of State's office in 1998 and was re-elected in 2002 and 2006. She also was a candidate for the Democratic Nomination for Governor in 2006. However, in September 2005 she dropped out of the race for Governor. She instead chose to seek a third term as Secretary of the State, … - Laura Ingraham
After graduating from Dartmouth College, Laura worked as a speechwriter in the final two years of the Reagan Administration at the White House, the Department of Transportation and the Department of Education. She went on to graduate from the University of Virginia School of Law, where she was Notes Editor of the Law Review. She served as a law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and Ralph K. Winter on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. - John Butler
John Butler (1728-1796) was a Loyalist who led an irregular unit known as Butler's Rangers on the northern frontier in the American Revolutionary War. He worked in the British Indian Department under Sir William Johnson, and led Seneca and Cayuga forces in the Saratoga Campaign. He later raised and commanded a regiment of rangers. John Butler is considered a villain in the United States, but is considered a hero in Canada. - Jonathan Edwards
Jonathan Edwards (1745-1801) was an American theologian and linguist. Born in Northampton, Massachusetts, he was the second son of Jonathan Edwards, the elder. He graduated from Princeton in 1765, then studied theology under Joseph Bellamy, of Bethlehem, Conn. He was tutor in Princeton (1767-69), and pastor in White Haven, Connecticut (1769 -95). After serving as pastor in Colebrook, Connecticut (1795 - 99), he went to Schenectady, … - Meg Ryan
Meg Ryan (born November 19, 1961) is an American actress who specializes in romantic comedies, but has also worked in other film genres. - Samuel Huntington
Samuel Huntington (July 3, 1731-January 5, 1796) was an American jurist, statesman, and revolutionary leader from Connecticut. He served as a delegate to the Continental Congress where he signed the Declaration of Independence, as Governor of Connecticut, and later as the first President of the United States in Congress Assembled, that is, the presiding officer of the Congress of the Confederation, … - Israel Putnam
Israel Putnam (January 7, 1718 - May 29, 1790) was an American army general who fought with distinction at the Battle of Bunker Hill (1775) during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). Although Putnam never quite attained the national renown of famous heroes like Davy Crockett or Daniel Boone and others, in his own time his reckless courage and fighting spirit were known far beyond Connecticut's borders through the circulation of folk legends celebrating his exploits. - John Stewart
John Stewart (February 10, 1795 - September 16, 1860) was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut. Born in Chatham, Connecticut, Stewart completed preparatory studies. He became engaged in shipbuilding and in the mercantile business in Middle Haddam. He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1830. He served in the State senate 1832-1837. He served as judge of the county court of Middletown. - John Ellis
John Charles Ellis (August 21, 1948 in New London, Connecticut), is a former professional baseball player who played first base and catcher in the Major Leagues from 1969-1981. He played for the New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians, and Texas Rangers. He was a standout football and baseball player at New London High School. After hitting .333 at Triple A the Yankees called him up in 1969. In 1970 he was named a Topps All-Star Rookie. - P. T. Barnum
Phineas Taylor Barnum (July 5, 1810 - April 7, 1891), was an American showman who is best remembered for his entertaining hoaxes and for founding the circus that eventually became Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus. "Barnum" is the title of an award winning Broadway musical based on P. T. Barnum's life and exploits. He is also represented in the Hollywood film "Gangs Of New York." - Dean Acheson
Dean Gooderham Acheson (April 11, 1893 - October 12, 1971) was an American statesman and lawyer; as United States Secretary of State in the Truman Administration during 1949-1953, he played a central role in defining American foreign policy for the Cold War. He likewise played a central role in the creation of many important institutions including Lend Lease, the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, NATO, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, … - John Thompson
John Thompson (March 20, 1749 - died 1823) was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Litchfield, Connecticut, he attended the common schools, and at the age of fourteen moved with his parents to Stillwater, New York. He was appointed justice of Stillwater Township in 1788 and was a member of the New York Assembly in 1788 and 1789. Thompson was elected as a Republican to the Sixth Congress, serving from March 4, 1799 to March 3, 1801. - Prescott Sheldon Bush
Prescott Sheldon Bush was a United States Senator from Connecticut and a Wall Street executive banker with Brown Brothers Harriman. He was the father of former U.S. President George H. W. Bush and the grandfather of current President George W. Bush. - William Benton
William Burnett Benton was a U.S. senator from Connecticut (1949 - 1953) and publisher of the "Encyclopædia Britannica" (1943 - 1973). Benton was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was educated at Shattuck Military Academy, Faribault, Minnesota, and Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota until 1918, at which point he matriculated at Yale University, where he was admitted to the Zeta Psi fraternity. - Brien McMahon
Brien McMahon (b. October 6 1903, Norwalk, Connecticut - d. July 28 1952, Washington, D.C.) was born James O'Brien McMahon. McMahon was an American lawyer and politician who served in the United States Senate (as a Democrat from Connecticut) from 1945 to 1952. McMahon was a major figure in the establishment of the Atomic Energy Commission, through his authorship of the Atomic Energy Act of 1946 (the McMahon Act).
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