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

Robert Emmett "Bobby" Dolan was a Broadway conductor, composer, and arranger beginning in the 1920s. He moved on to radio in the 1930s, and then went to Hollywood in the early 1940s as a musical director for Paramount. He scored, arranged, and conducted many musical and dramatic films in the 1940s and 1950s and produced three musicals. At the end of his career, he returned to the stage – where he had begun.

Mary Whiton Calkins was an American philosopher and psychologist. As a psychologist, she taught at Wellesley College for many years and conducted research on dreams and memory. Calkins was the first woman to become president of the American Psychological Association and the American Philosophical Association.

Simeon Olcott was a New Hampshire attorney and politician. His career began before the American Revolution and continued afterwards, and among the positions in which he served were Chief Judge of the New Hampshire Supreme Court (1795-1801) and United States Senator from New Hampshire (1801-1805).

James Curtiss was an American politician who twice served as Mayor of Chicago, Illinois for the Democratic Party.

Byron Kilbourn was an American surveyor, railroad executive, and politician who was an important figure in the founding of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Thomas Langrell Harris was a soldier in the United States Army and U.S. Representative from Illinois. Harris was decorated for bravery at the Battle of Cerro Gordo during the Mexican–American War, and served in Congress as a Democrat.

Uriah Tracy was an American lawyer and politician from Connecticut. He served in the US House of Representatives and the US Senate.

Albert Lester was an American lawyer and politician.

Jared Ingersoll was an American lawyer and statesman from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress and a signer of the United States Constitution. He served as DeWitt Clinton's running mate in the 1812 election, but Clinton and Ingersoll were defeated by James Madison and Elbridge Gerry.

William Strong was an American jurist and politician. He served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania and was successfully appointed as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States by President Ulysses S. Grant. He also served on the Commission that adjudicated the disputed presidential election of 1876.