- Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe was a white American abolitionist and novelist, whose "Uncle Tom's Cabin" (1852) attacked the cruelty of slavery; it reached millions as a novel and play, and became influential, even in Britain. It made the political issues of the 1850s regarding slavery tangible to millions, energizing anti-slavery forces in the North. It angered and embittered the South. - Brooke Burke
Brooke Lisa Burke (born September 8, 1971) is an American television personality and model, known for hosting "Wild On!" (1999-2002) and "Rock Star". (2005-present) - J. P. Morgan
John Pierpont Morgan (April 17, 1837 - March 31, 1913) was an American financier, banker, philanthropist, and art collector who dominated corporate finance and industrial consolidation during his time. In 1892 Morgan arranged the merger of Edison General Electric and Thompson-Houston Electric Company to form General Electric. - Frederick Law Olmsted
Frederick Law Olmsted (April 26, 1822 - August 28, 1903) was a American landscape architect, famous for designing many well-known urban parks, including Central Park and Prospect Park in New York City. Other project include the country's oldest coordinated system of public parks and parkways in Buffalo, New York, the country's oldest state park, the Niagara Reservation in Niagara Falls, New York, Mount Royal Park in Montreal, the Emerald Necklace in Boston, Massachusetts, … - 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). - Wallace Stevens
Wallace Stevens was a major American Modernist poet. He was born in Reading, Pennsylvania - John Gregory Dunne
John Gregory Dunne (25 May 1932 - 30 December 2003) was an American novelist, screenwriter and literary critic. He was born in Hartford, Connecticut, and was a younger brother of author Dominick Dunne. He suffered from a severe stutter and took up writing to express himself. Eventually he learned to speak normally by observing others. He graduated from Princeton University in 1954 and worked as a journalist for "Time" magazine. - Thomas Hooker
Thomas Hooker (July 5 1586 - July 7 1647) was a prominent Puritan religious and colonial leader remembered as one of the founders of the Colony of Connecticut. Born at rural Marefield, Leicestershire, England, the son of a farm manager, Thomas Hooker won a good scholarship to study at the University of Cambridge, where in time he became the equivalent of a professor of theology. After Mr. - Marcus Camby
Marcus D. Camby (born March 22, 1974 in Hartford, Connecticut) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays center for the Denver Nuggets of the NBA. He won the 2006-07 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award while leading the league in blocked shots. His NCAA record at UMass was outstanding, earning him a Player of the Year award for 1995-1996. Marcus wore number 21 at UMass, a number formerly belonging to G. Sean Nelen. - Eriq La Salle
Eriq Ki La Salle (born July 23 1962) is an American actor and director, known for his portrayals of Darryl in the 1988 comedy film "Coming to America" and Dr. Peter Benton during the first eight seasons of the NBC drama series "ER". - Dominick Dunne
D ominick Dunne has been a special correspondent for Vanity Fair since 1993, covering the high-profile trials of the Menendez brothers, O. J. Simpson , and Michael Skakel , to name a few, and writing about subjects from Imelda Marcos to Claus von Bulow, to Warren Beatty and Annette Bening . He files his monthly column, "Dominick Dunne's Diary," for the magazine, sharing his inside stories from Hollywood and high society. - Charles Nelson Reilly
Charles Nelson Reilly (January 13 1931 - May 25 2007) was a Tony Award-winning American actor, comedian, director, and drama teacher known for his comedic roles in movies, children's television, animated cartoons, and as a panelist on the game show "Match Game". - Mark McGrath
Mark Sayers McGrath (born March 15, 1968) is the lead singer of rock band Sugar Ray. He currently hosts the television tabloid "Extra". He was born in Hartford, Connecticut, but grew up in California. He graduated from Corona del Mar High School and then majored in Business Communication at the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business in Los Angeles. He worked as a truck driver before making his success in music. - Jackie McLean
John Lenwood (Jackie) McLean (May 17 1931 - March 31 2006; some sources give 1932 as his year of birth) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, composer, bandleader and educator, born in New York City. - Sophie Tucker
Sophie Tucker (January 13, 1884-February 9, 1966) was a singer and comedian, one of the most popular entertainers in America during the first third of the 20th century. She was born Sonia Kalish to a Jewish family in Tsarist Russia. Her family emigrated to the United States when she was an infant, and settled in Hartford, Connecticut. The family changed its name to Abuza, and her parents opened a restaurant. - Totie Fields
Totie Fields (May 7, 1930 - August 2, 1978) was a zaftig American comedian who was not afraid to poke fun at her own weight problems. She was quoted as saying "I've been on a diet for two weeks and all I've lost is fourteen days." Born Sophie Feldman in Hartford, Connecticut. Fields started singing in Boston clubs while still in high school. She took the stage name of Totie Fields. The name "Totie" was a childhood nickname, a corruption of her first name. - Michael Adams
Michael Adams (born January 19 1963 in Hartford, Connecticut) is a former NBA basketball player and current assistant coach for the University of Maryland, College Park's men's basketball team. After starring at Boston College, the 5'10" point guard was selected by the Sacramento Kings in the 3rd round with the 66th pick of the 1985 NBA Draft. He only averaged 2.2 points during his rookie season, … - Johnny Egan
John Francis "Johnny" Egan (born January 31 1939 in Hartford, Connecticut) is a former professional basketball player and coach. A 5' 11" guard from Providence College, he played 11 seasons (1961 - 1972) in the NBA, spending time with the Detroit Pistons, New York Knicks, Baltimore Bullets, Los Angeles Lakers, Cleveland Cavaliers, and San Diego/Houston Rockets. He later served as a coach for the Rockets for four seasons in the 1970s. - Rick Mahorn
Derrick (Rick) Allen Mahorn (born September 21, 1958 in Hartford, Connecticut) is a former NBA basketball player who, at 6'10", played power forward and center, most notably for the Detroit Pistons. Mahorn played college ball at Hampton University. As dubbed by Piston announcer George Blaha, Mahorn was the "Baddest Bad Boy of them all." Somewhat short for a center, Mahorn had a huge rear-end that he wasn't afraid to plow people over with. - Stephanie McMahon
Stephanie Marie McMahon-Levesque (born September 24, 1976), better known by her maiden name Stephanie McMahon, is WWE Executive Vice President of Talent and Creative Writing. She is the daughter of WWE Chairman Vince McMahon and WWE CEO Linda McMahon, and is the younger sister of Shane McMahon. She is married to Paul "Triple H" Levesque, with whom she has one daughter, Aurora Rose Levesque. - Samuel Colt
Samuel Colt (born Hartford, Connecticut July 19, 1814 - died Hartford, Connecticut January 10, 1862) was an American inventor and industrialist. He was the founder of the Colt's Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company (now known as "Colt's Manufacturing Company"), and is widely credited with popularizing the revolver gun. - Thomas Gallaudet
Thomas Gallaudet (June 3 1822 - August 27 1902), an American Episcopal priest, was born in Hartford, Connecticut. His father, Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, was the renowned pioneer of deaf education in the United States. After graduating from Trinity College in Hartford, Gallaudet accepted a teaching position in the New York Institution for Deaf-mutes, where he met and married Elizabeth Budd, who, like Gallaudet's mother Sophia, was deaf. - Katharine Houghton
Katharine Houghton, an American actress, was born Katharine Houghton Grant on March 10, 1945, in Hartford, Connecticut. She attended Sarah Lawrence College and majored in philosophy. Katharine Houghton is best known for her role as Joanna "Joey" Drayton, the Caucasian ingenue with an African-American fiancé, whom she brings home to meet her parents, in the 1967 film "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner". - 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. - Steve Porcaro
Steven Maxwell "Steve" Porcaro (born 2 September 1957, Hartford, Connecticut) is a keyboardist and composer who was an original member of the rock / pop band, Toto. Porcaro wrote the song "Takin' It Back" for Toto's first album, and the song was released as a single together with the hit, "Hold The Line". He also wrote "It's A Feeling" for "Toto IV" and "Lea" for "Fahrenheit". - William Gillette
William Hooker Gillette ("b." July 24, 1853, Hartford, Connecticut; "d." April 29, 1937, Hartford, Connecticut) was an American actor, playwright and stage-manager. Gillette was a major stage actor in the United States in the early twentieth century. While he was not the first actor to portray Sherlock Holmes, he became best known for that role until his retirement in 1932. - Barbara McClintock
Barbara McClintock was a pioneering American scientist and one of the world's most distinguished cytogeneticists. McClintock received her PhD in botany from Cornell University in 1927, where she was a leader in the development of maize cytogenetics. The field remained the focus of her research for the rest of her career. From the late 1920s, McClintock studied chromosomes and how they change during reproduction in maize. - 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.' - Jeff Porcaro
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 he played with hundreds of world-class artists and was featured on countless records. - Jay McInerney
John Barrett McInerney Jr. (born January 13, 1955 in Hartford, Connecticut) (pronounced) is an American writer. His novels include "Bright Lights, Big City", "Ransom", "Story of My Life", "Brightness Falls", and "The Last of the Savages". He edited "The Penguin Book of New American Voices", wrote the screenplay for the 1988 film adaptation of "Bright Lights, Big City", … - Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
Reverend Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, LL.D., (December 10 1787 - September 10 1851) was a renowned American pioneer in the education of the deaf. He helped found and was for many years the principal of the first institution for the education of the deaf in the United States. When opened in 1817, it was called the "Hartford School for the Deaf" in Connecticut, but it is now known as the American School for the Deaf. Gallaudet was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. - Dwight Freeney
Dwight Jason Freeney (born February 19, 1980 in Hartford, Connecticut) is an American football player who currently plays defensive end for the Indianapolis Colts. - Eric Mangini
Eric Mangini (born January 19, 1971 in Hartford, Connecticut) is the current head coach of the New York Jets of the NFL. At the age of 35, he was the youngest head coach in the NFL, as well as the youngest coach in the four major North American sports, including the NFL, NHL, MLB, and NBA, until the hiring of Lane Kiffin by the Oakland Raiders. Mangini is the youngest head coach in Jets history. He is also the first and, so far, … - Henry Barnard
Henry Barnard was an American educationalist. He graduated from Yale University in 1830, and in 1835 was admitted to the Connecticut bar. In 1837 - 1839 he was a member of the Connecticut legislature, effecting in 1838 the passage of a bill, framed and introduced by himself, which provided for “the better supervision of the common schools“ and established a board of “commissioners of common schools” in the state. - Stephen Cole Kleene
Stephen Cole Kleene was an American mathematician whose work at the University of Wisconsin-Madison helped lay the foundations for theoretical computer science. Kleene was best known for founding the branch of mathematical logic known as recursion theory together with Alonzo Church, Kurt Gödel, Alan Turing, Emil Post, and others; and for inventing regular expressions. By providing methods of determining which problems are solvable, … - John Milton Niles
John Milton Niles (August 20, 1787 - May 30, 1856) was a lawyer, editor, author and politician from Connecticut, serving in the United States Senate and as United States Postmaster General 1840 to 1841. Born in Windsor, Connecticut, Niles received a common school education and studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1817 and practiced in Hartford, Connecticut. There, he also established a newspaper, the "Hartford Weekly Times", … - Brendan Gill
Brendan Gill wrote for "The New Yorker" for more than 60 years. He also contributed film criticism for "Film Comment" and wrote a popular book about his time at the "New Yorker" magazine. Born in Hartford, Connecticut, Gill was graduated in 1936 from Yale University, where he was a member of Skull & Bones. A champion of architectural preservation and other visual arts, he chaired the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and authored 15 books, … - Richard Donchian
Richard Davoud Donchian (b. September 1905, Hartford, Connecticut - d. 1993) was a commodities and futures trader, and pioneer in the field of managed futures. The first publicly managed futures fund, "Futures, Inc.", was started in 1949 by Richard Donchian. He also developed the trend timing method of futures investing and introduced the mutual fund concept to the field of money management. - Gary Merrill
Gary F. Merrill (August 2, 1915 - March 5, 1990) was an American film and television character actor whose credits included more than fifty feature films, a half-dozen mostly short-lived TV series, and dozens of TV guest appearances. Born in Hartford, Connecticut, he began acting in 1944, while still in the United States Army. Before entering films, Merrill's deep cultured voice won him a recurring role as Batman in the "Superman" radio series. - Mike Porcaro
Michael Joseph "Mike" Porcaro (born May 29 1955, Hartford, Connecticut) is the bass player in the Grammy Award winning band, Toto. He played bass on a few unofficial sessions with the band since their early days in the late 1970s, but was not made an official member until 1982 (shortly after the release of "Toto IV"); replacing David Hungate, who departed for a session career in Nashville.
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