The following people are associated with New Canaan, Connecticut and notable far beyond it (including those who were born in, raised in, lived in, worked in, or died in town):
Actors, directors, producers
- Tony Goldwyn, actor, Scandal
- Katherine Heigl, actress
- Christopher Lloyd, actor
- Michael McCusker, film editor
- Christopher Meloni, actor, Law & Order SVU
- Martin Mull (born 1943), actor and comedian
- Sarah Rafferty, actor, known for Suits
- Allison Williams, actor, Girls
Musicians
- Liona Boyd, classical guitarist and composer
- Edie Brickell, singer, wife of Paul Simon
- Harry Connick Jr., singer
- Merrill Garbus, founder of Indie-Pop band Tune-Yards
- Stephen Jenks (1772–1856), composer, teacher, and tunebook compiler
- Paul Simon, singer-songwriter, husband of Edie Brickell
Athletes and those in the sports industry
- Zach Allen, current defensive end for the Denver Broncos
- Curt Casali (born 1988), current baseball catcher for the San Francisco Giants
- Dave Eichelberger, Jr. (born 1943), professional golfer
- Terry Hanratty, NFL quarterback 1969–1976 for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Pierre McGuire (born 1961), ice hockey analyst, former NHL coach and scout
- George H. Morris (born 1938), equestrian
- Lucas Niang, current offensive lineman for the Kansas City Chiefs
- Elmer Oliphant (1892–1975), football player
- Max Pacioretty (born 1988), NHL player for the Washington Capitals
- Doug Perlman, sports media executive
- Bill Toomey, 1968 Olympic decathlon champion
- Christopher "Mad Dog" Russo, sports talk-show personality on WFAN radio
- Fay Vincent, eighth commissioner of Major League Baseball 1989–1992
Journalists
- Glenn Beck, television and radio commentator
- Ann Coulter, commentator
- Ann Curry, former co-host of NBC's Today
- Buzz Kanter, motorcycle magazine publisher (American Iron Magazine, Garage Build)
- Armen Keteyian (born 1953), television reporter
- Mike Wallace, 60 Minutes correspondent
- Brian Williams, former anchor of NBC Nightly News and former host of The 11th Hour with Brian Williams
- Sid Yudain, founder of Roll Call
Authors, writers
(not including journalists)
- Bliss Carman, Canadian poet
- A. J. Cronin, Scottish novelist
- Peter D'Adamo, naturopathic physician and author
- Jack Douglas, writer
- Phoebe Dunn, author and photographer of children's books
- Edward Eager, children's author and playwright
- Gerald Green (1922–2006), author
- Fran Lebowitz, writer and humorist
- Rick Moody, author of The Ice Storm
- Maxwell Perkins (1884–1947), editor of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Thomas Wolfe
- Armstrong Sperry, Newbery Medal-winning author of Call It Courage
- Peter von Ziegesar, writer and memoirist
- Douglas Marland, soap opera writer
Artists, architects, designers
- Solon Borglum, sculptor
- Roland Crandall, early animator
- Philip C. Johnson (1906–2005), architect who built and lived in the Ponus Ridge Glass House
- John Black Lee, architect
- Eliot Noyes, architect and industrial designer for IBM
- Glenora Richards, miniature painter and postage stamp designer
- Arthur Szyk, anti-Nazi cartoonist and book illustrator; artist
Government
- Chris Dodd, U.S. Senator for Connecticut
- Stuart Symington, U.S. Senator for Missouri and Secretary of the Air Force
- Walter Childs Wood (1864–1953), state legislator and retired surgeon
Business
- Rich Barton, CEO of Zillow Group and founder of Expedia
- Dave Checketts, former CEO of Madison Square Garden
- Gary Crittenden, CFO of Citigroup
- Jeff Immelt, CEO of General Electric
- Nigel MacEwan, former CEO of Kleinwort Benson North America; former President of Merrill Lynch
- Erika Nardini, CEO of Barstool Sports
- David Neeleman, CEO of JetBlue Airways
- Rich Riley, CEO of Shazam
- Stephen S. Roach, economist and senior fellow at Yale University
Other
- Emily Barringer (1876–1961), physician; first female ambulance surgeon
- H. Keith H. Brodie, former Duke University president
- Anthony Comstock Christian activist and reactionary, namesake of Comstock laws
- Marion Dickerman, with her lover Nancy Cook, suffragists
- Kathy Giusti, founder of the Multiple Myeloma Foundation
- Henry Hanford (1784–1866), first Euro-American settler of Lewistown, Ohio
See also
- List of people from Connecticut
- List of people from Bridgeport, Connecticut
- List of people from Brookfield, Connecticut
- List of people from Darien, Connecticut
- List of people from Greenwich, Connecticut
- List of people from Hartford, Connecticut
- List of people from New Haven, Connecticut
- List of people from Norwalk, Connecticut
- List of people from Redding, Connecticut
- List of people from Ridgefield, Connecticut
- List of people from Stamford, Connecticut
- List of people from Westport, Connecticut
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