Samuel Colt

Samuel Colt

male, deceased (1862) (Connecticut, United States)
revolver, National Inventors Hall of Fame, Colt's Manufacturing Company, Colt's Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company, inventor, Firearm designer…fromHartford, Connecticut
Samuel Colt (born Hartford, Connecticut July 19, 1814 - died Hartford, Connecticut January 10, 1862) was an American inventor and industrialist. He...
Thomas Gallaudet

Thomas Gallaudet

male, deceased (1902)
Anglican, Saint, deaf mutes, Deaf-mutes, trinity college, Educator…from Dutchess County, New York, fromHartford, Connecticut, West Hartford School, founder of the West Hartford School
Thomas Gallaudet (June 3 1822 - August 27 1902), an American Episcopal priest, was born in Hartford, Connecticut. His father, Thomas Hopkins...
Katharine Houghton

Katharine Houghton

female, 64 years old
Indiana University, Joan Patchen, Two Beastly Tales, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, fromHartford, Connecticut, Ingenue…born in Hartford, Connecticut
Katharine Houghton, an American actress, was born Katharine Houghton Grant on March 10, 1945, in Hartford, Connecticut. She attended Sarah Lawrence...
John G. Rowland

John G. Rowland

male, 52 years old
Republican, Villanova University alumni, US Republican Party politician, Delegate to the Republican National Convention, American political scandal, house arrest…fromHartford, Connecticut, from Waterbury, Connecticut, from Connecticut, Governor of Connecticut
John Grosvenor Rowland (born May 24 1957, Waterbury, Connecticut), was the Governor of Connecticut from 1995 to 2004; he is a member of the...
Steve Porcaro

Steve Porcaro

male, 52 years old
film score, bass guitar, rosanna, fahrenheit, rock, keyboardist…fromHartford, Connecticut
Steven Maxwell "Steve" Porcaro (born 2 September 1957, Hartford, Connecticut) is a keyboardist and composer who was an original member of the rock...
William Gillette

William Gillette

male, deceased (1937)
Held by the Enemy, american civil war, Clarice, fromHartford, Connecticut, strand, Hartford…Connecticut culture, from Connecticut
William Hooker Gillette ("b." July 24, 1853, Hartford, Connecticut; "d." April 29, 1937, Hartford, Connecticut) was an American actor, playwright...
Barbara McClintock

Barbara McClintock

female, deceased (1992)
University of Missouri–Columbia faculty, Erasmus Hall High School alumni, National Academy of Sciences, crossing-over, genetic map, centromere…From Long Island, From Brooklyn, from Columbia, Missouri, fromHartford, Connecticut
Barbara McClintock was a pioneering American scientist and one of the world's most distinguished cytogeneticists. McClintock received her PhD in...
Oliver Ellsworth

Oliver Ellsworth

male, deceased (1807)
Defender of slavery, Connecticut Supreme Court judge, Princeton University alumni, from Connecticut, Yale University alumni, British…Connecticut lawyer, fromHartford, Connecticut
Oliver Ellsworth (April 29 1745 - November 26 1807), an American lawyer and politician, was a revolutionary against British rule, a drafter of the...
Jeff Porcaro

Jeff Porcaro

male, deceased (1992)
toto, love songs, Africa, buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, death by myocardial infarction, Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries…fromHartford, Connecticut, death from cardiovascular disease
Jeffrey Thomas Porcaro was a highly regarded session drummer and a founding member of the Grammy Award winning band Toto. In his 38 years of life...
Jay McInerney

Jay McInerney

male, 54 years old
Bacchus & Me, A Hedonist in the Cellar, Connecticut writer, House & Garden magazine, Food writer, New York writer…from New York City, fromHartford, Connecticut
John Barrett McInerney Jr. (born January 13, 1955 in Hartford, Connecticut) (pronounced) is an American writer. His novels include "Bright Lights,...