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List of people from Stamford, Connecticut

This is a list of notable people in the past and present associated with Stamford, Connecticut.

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Literature, writing, journalism

  • Christopher Buckley (born 1952), novelist, editor, William F. Buckley's son, partly grew up in the Cove section
  • William F. Buckley, Jr. (1925–2008), founder of National Review magazine, longtime resident in the Cove section
  • Albert K. Dawson (1885–1967), photojournalist and film correspondent in World War I; his firm "Brown & Dawson" was based in Stamford 1912–1919
  • Eric Jay Dolin (born 1961), author of numerous books on American history; lived in Stamford 1971–1979
  • Greg Farshtey (born 1965), author, editor at Lego, known for his work on Bionicle, grew up in Stamford
  • Estelle Feinstein (1923–2002), University of Connecticut professor, local historian, lived 45 years in Stamford
  • Chris Hansen (born 1959), television journalist, lives in the city
  • Harry Harrison (born Henry Maxwell Dempsey, 1925–2012), science-fiction author, was born in the city
  • John Hawkes (1925–1998), novelist, was born in the city
  • Carol Iovanna (born 1952), newscaster on Fox News, is a resident of the city
  • Jeph Loeb, comic book, screen, and television writer, and television and motion picture producer, grew up in Stamford
  • J. D. Salinger (1919–2010), author of The Catcher in the Rye, lived in north Stamford briefly in the late 1940s
  • Chuck Scarborough (born 1943), television news anchor, lives in North Stamford
  • Anthony Julian Tamburri (born 1949), professor, scholar, publisher (Bordighera Press); writes on literature and cinema
  • Dana Tyler (born 1958), news anchor for WCBS-TV in New York City, lives in Stamford
  • Mort Walker (1923–2018), comic artist, lived in Stamford

Music

  • Dave Abbruzzese (born 1968), Pearl Jam's drummer, 1991–1994, was born in the city
  • Michael Bolton (born 1953), singer, lived in North Stamford
  • Henry "Harry" Thacker Burleigh (1866–1949), singer who made "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot," a nineteenth-century spiritual, popular (in a 1917 compilation); died in the city
  • Michael Cuscuna (1948–2024), jazz record producer and founder of Mosaic Records
  • Willy DeVille (1950–2009), R&B singer and composer, was born in Stamford in 1950
  • Dorothy Fields (1905–1974), lyricist, rented Buttonwood Manor in North Stamford from William E. Stevens during World War II
  • Benny Goodman (1909–1986), the 'King of Swing', lived the last 20 years of his life in Stamford; buried in Long Ridge Cemetery
  • Jimmy Ienner (born 1945), music producer
  • Jim Koplik, concert promoter, city resident since 1981
  • Jim Kweskin (born 1940), sang "Ladybugs' Picnic", born in Stamford; went to school at Brunswick School
  • Cyndi Lauper (born 1953), singer, has a home in North Stamford
  • Meat Loaf (born 1947), rock singer and songwriter, lived in Stamford 1979–1982, coached Babe Ruth League and Little League baseball, born in Dallas, Texas
  • Moby (born 1965), recording artist, previously lived in the South End
  • Ezio Pinza (1892–1957), a star of the Metropolitan Opera, lived in the West Side
  • Lara Raj (born 2005), singer and member of Katseye, was born in the city
  • Rakim (born 1968), rapper, lives in the city
  • Chris Risola (born 1958), musician and songwriter, lead guitarist of Steelheart, was born in the city
  • Sasha Sokol (born 1970), Mexican singer, has a home in Stamford
  • Andrew Sterling (1874–1955), lyricist, died in Stamford
  • Rida Johnson Young (1869–1926), lyricist, died in the city

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