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

Roland Crandall

First Name Roland
Last Name Crandall
Born on August 29, 1892
Died on August 14, 1972 (aged 79)

Roland Dimon "Doc" Crandall was an American animator. He is best known for his work at Fleischer Studio, especially on the Betty Boop version of Snow White and as lead animator with Seymour Kneitel on the first year of the "Popeye" the Sailor cartoons starting in 1933.

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Walter J. Donnelly

First Name Walter
Last Name Donnelly
Born on January 9, 1896
Died on November 14, 1970 (aged 74)

Walter J. Donnelly was an American diplomat. He served as Ambassador to Costa Rica, Venezuela, Germany, among others.

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George Whitefield Davis

First Name George
Last Name Davis
Born on July 26, 1839
Died on July 12, 1918 (aged 78)

George Whitefield Davis was an engineer and Major General in the United States Army. He also served as a military Governor of Puerto Rico and as the first military Governor of the Panama Canal Zone.

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Michael Joseph Ready

First Name Michael
Last Name Ready
Born on April 9, 1893
Died on May 2, 1957 (aged 64)

Michael Joseph Ready was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Columbus from 1944 until his death.

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Thomson J. Skinner

First Name Thomson
Last Name Skinner
Born on May 24, 1752
Died on January 20, 1809 (aged 56)

Thomson Joseph Skinner was an American politician from Williamstown, Massachusetts. In addition to service as a militia officer during the American Revolution, he served as a county judge and sheriff, member of both houses of the Massachusetts legislature, U.S. Marshal, and member of the United States House of Representatives. He served for two years as Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts, and after his death an audit showed his accounts to be deficient for more than the value of his estate, which led to those who had posted bonds on his behalf having to pay the debt.

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Matt Barnes

Matthew David Barnes is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). Listed at 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) and 210 pounds (95 kg), he bats and throws right-handed. He made his MLB debut in 2014.

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Sylvester Gilbert

First Name Sylvester
Last Name Gilbert
Born on October 20, 1755
Died on January 2, 1846 (aged 90)

Sylvester Gilbert was a United States Representative from Connecticut. He was born in Hebron, Connecticut. He pursued classical studies and was graduated from Dartmouth College in 1775. Later, he studied law, was admitted to the bar in November 1777, and commenced practice in Hebron.

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Thomas Dyer

First Name Thomas
Last Name Dyer
Born on January 13, 1805
Died on June 6, 1862 (aged 57)

Thomas Dyer served as mayor of Chicago, Illinois (1856–1857) for the Democratic Party. He also served as the founding president of the Chicago Board of Trade.

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Gideon Welles

First Name Gideon
Last Name Welles
Born on July 1, 1802
Died on February 11, 1878 (aged 75)

Gideon Welles, nicknamed "Father Neptune", was the United States Secretary of the Navy from 1861 to 1869, a cabinet post he was awarded after supporting Abraham Lincoln in the 1860 election. Although opposed to the Union blockade of Southern ports, he duly carried out his part of the Anaconda Plan, largely sealing off the Confederate coastline and preventing the exchange of cotton for war supplies. This is viewed as a major cause of Union victory in the Civil War, and his achievement in expanding the Navy almost tenfold was widely praised. Welles was also instrumental in the Navy's creation of the Medal of Honor.

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Edward Norton Lorenz

First Name Edward
Last Name Lorenz
Born on May 23, 1917
Died on April 16, 2008 (aged 90)

Edward Norton Lorenz was an American mathematician and meteorologist who established the theoretical basis of weather and climate predictability, as well as the basis for computer-aided atmospheric physics and meteorology. He is best known as the founder of modern chaos theory, a branch of mathematics focusing on the behavior of dynamical systems that are highly sensitive to initial conditions.

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