List of Famous people born in Connecticut, United States of America
Buddy Fletcher
Alphonse "Buddy" Fletcher Jr. is an American former hedge fund manager and founder of the Fletcher Foundation. He began his career as a quantitative equity trader at Bear Stearns and later worked at Kidder, Peabody & Co. Fletcher, who is African American, sued Kidder Peabody for racial discrimination. Although his racial discrimination claims were dismissed, he eventually won an arbitration award of US$1.26 million. Fletcher has also been involved in litigation centered on a dispute with the board of The Dakota apartment building in New York City.
Bob Crane
Robert Edward Crane was an American actor, drummer, radio personality, and disc jockey known for starring in the CBS situation comedy Hogan's Heroes.
Sarah Rafferty
Sarah Gray Rafferty is an American actress. She is best known for her role as legal secretary Donna Paulsen on the USA Network legal drama Suits.
Galusha A. Grow
Galusha Aaron Grow was a prominent American politician, lawyer, writer and businessman, who served as 24th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1861 to 1863. Elected as a Democrat in the 1850 congressional elections, he switched to the newly-organized Republican Party in the mid-1850s when the Democratic Party tried to force the extension of slavery into western territories.
Joseph Mascolo
Joseph Peter Mascolo was an American musician and dramatic actor. During his long career, he acted in numerous motion pictures and television series. He was best known for playing Stefano DiMera in 1982 on NBC's soap opera Days of Our Lives and Massimo Marone in 2001 on CBS' soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful.
Eriq La Salle
Erik Ki La Salle, professionally known as Eriq La Salle, is an American actor, director, writer and producer known for his performances in the films Coming to America (1988) and especially as Dr. Peter Benton in the NBC medical drama ER which earned him three NAACP Image Awards and nominations for a Golden Globe Award and three Primetime Emmy Awards.
Peter Dante
Peter Francis Dante is an American character actor and comedian. He frequently appears in films from Happy Madison Productions alongside his friend Adam Sandler.
Joseph Alsop
Joseph Wright Alsop V was an American journalist and syndicated newspaper columnist from the 1930s through the 1970s. He was an influential journalist and top insider in Washington from 1945 to the late 1960s, often in conjunction with his brother Stewart Alsop.
Thomas Ian Griffith
Thomas Ian Griffith is an American actor, producer, writer and martial artist who has starred in films and on television. Griffith is best known for his role as Terry Silver in the 1989 film The Karate Kid Part III.
Paul Lieberstein
Paul Bevan Lieberstein is an American actor, screenwriter, and television producer. A Primetime Emmy Award winner, he is best known as writer, as executive producer, and as supporting cast member Toby Flenderson on the NBC sitcom The Office. He served as the series' showrunner from seasons five to eight.