List of Famous people born in Connecticut, United States of America

Pamela Sue Martin is an American actress. She is best known for her portrayal of teenage detective Nancy Drew on the television series The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries and for originating the role of socialite Fallon Carrington Colby on the ABC nighttime soap opera Dynasty.

Jennifer Westfeldt is an American actress and screenwriter known for the 2001 independent film Kissing Jessica Stein for which she won the Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy and was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay, her 2004 Tony nomination for Wonderful Town, and her 2011 film Friends with Kids.

Alexis Sablone is a goofy-footed American professional skateboarder who is currently ranked 12th in the world. She has competed in every X Games competition since 2009, the World Skateboarding Championship, and skated on the Dew Tour. Sablone competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo placing 4th in the Street Final. In addition to being a professional skateboarding Sablone has a Master's degree in Architecture from MIT. She currently resides in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.

Elizabeth Clark Phair is an American singer-songwriter.

Marcus Dion Camby is an American former professional basketball player who played 17 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was named Defensive Player of the Year during the 2006–07 NBA season, leading the league in blocked shots per game. Camby is also a four-time member of the NBA All-Defensive Team and is 12th on the NBA's all-time career blocks list.

Peter Paul is a former American actor, producer, television personality and bodybuilder. He was born on March 8, 1957 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Paul and his twin brother David Paul usually acted together in films and were together called "The Barbarian Brothers."

Diane Venora is an American stage, television and film actress.

Austin Stowell is an American actor. He is known for his roles in Dolphin Tale, its sequel Dolphin Tale 2, Love and Honor (2013), Whiplash (2014), and as Francis Gary Powers in Steven Spielberg's Bridge of Spies (2015).

Charles Allan Gilbert, better known as C. Allan Gilbert, was a prominent American illustrator. He is especially remembered for a widely published drawing titled All Is Vanity. The drawing employs a double image in which the scene of a woman admiring herself in a mirror, when viewed from a distance, appears to be a human skull. The title is also a pun, as this type of dressing-table is also known as a vanity. The phrase "All is vanity" comes from Ecclesiastes 1:2 It refers to the vanity and pride of humans. In art, vanity has long been represented as a woman preoccupied with her beauty. And art that contains a human skull as a focal point is called a memento mori, a work that reminds people of their mortality.

Elizabeth M. Gilbert is an American journalist and author. She is best known for her 2006 memoir, Eat Pray Love which has sold over 12 million copies and has been translated into over 30 languages. The book was also made into a film of the same name in 2010.