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

Jeannine Alice Taylor is an American film, stage, and television actress. She is best known for her role as Marcie Cunningham in Sean S. Cunningham's 1980 horror film Friday the 13th. From 1980 to 1981, Taylor portrayed the lead, Madame Trentoni / Aurelia Johnson, in Robert Kalfin's Off-Broadway production Hijinks! and has had roles in several stage productions including Jenny in The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1979) and Henrietta in Robert and Elizabeth (1984).

Samuel Johnson was a clergyman, educator, linguist, encyclopedist, historian, and philosopher in colonial America. He was a major proponent of both Anglicanism and the philosophies of William Wollaston and George Berkeley in the colonies, founded and served as the first president of the Anglican King's College, and was a key figure of the American Enlightenment.

Jeff Davis is an American writer and television producer. He is best known for creating the drama series Criminal Minds and Teen Wolf, the latter being a reboot of the 1985 film of the same name.

Chris Bruno is an American film and television actor, director, and producer best known for his role as Sheriff Walt Bannerman on the USA Network television series The Dead Zone.

Richard Plepler is the former chairman and chief executive officer of HBO, a subsidiary of AT&T's WarnerMedia. On February 28, 2019, it was announced that Plepler was leaving HBO.

Benjamin Silliman Jr. was a professor of chemistry at Yale University and instrumental in developing the oil industry.

George Louis Schaefer was an American director of television and Broadway theatre, who was active from the 1950s to the 1990s.

Sidney Fine was an American orchestrator and television composer.

Alphonso McAuley is an American actor and a Viner with over 2.2 million followers. McAuley played Cassius Sparks on Fox's comedy television series Breaking In and played Hutch in ABC's The Middle.

Arthur Twining Hadley was an economist who served as President of Yale University from 1899 to 1921.