FAMOUS NATIVES

People listed are almost always native to the state. We do (on occasion) include those that have either lived within a state for most of their adult life, or have made a significant contribution to the state in their personal endeavors.

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A

• Dean Acheson politician
• Ethan Allen american revolutionary leader
• Lauren Ambrose actress
• Benedict Arnold V general continental army, traitor
• Moses Austin developer of lead industry

B

• Roger Sherman Baldwin politician
• Joel Barlow poet, politician
• P. T. Barnum showman, founder ringling bros, barnum & bailey circus
• Ed Begley actor
• Richard Belzer actor
• A. Scott Berg biographer, pulitzer prize winner
• Chris Berman sportscaster
• Henry Alfred Bishop railroad executive, politician
• Daniel Bissell Revolutionary War general
• Michael Bolton singer, songwriter
• Ernest Borgnine actor
• Jesse Bradford actor
• Jonathan Brandis actor
• Alex Breckenridge actress
• Amy Brenneman actress
• Brooke Brodack video producer
• John Brown abolitionist
• Daniel Burbank astronaut
• Gary Burghoff actor
• Aaron Burr, Sr. educator
• Scott Burrell basketball player
• George W. Bush former u. s. president
• Candace Bushnell author

C

• Marcus Camby basketball player
• Walter Camp sports writer, football coach
• Al Capp cartoonist
• Karen Carpenter singer
• Richard Carpenter musician
• Chris Carrabba singer
• Orlow W. Chapman politician
• Chris Clark hockey player
• Glenn Close actress
• Jaidon Codrington boxer
• Samuel Colt inventor, industrialist, founder colt's fire arms company
• Joe Courtney politician
• Bob Crane actor

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