Editing Wolcott, Connecticut (section)

==Notable people==

* [[Amos Bronson Alcott]] (1799–1888), born in Wolcott, teacher, writer, and founder of the utopian community [[Fruitlands (transcendental center)|Fruitlands]]; father of [[Louisa May Alcott]]<ref name="Marquis 1607-1896">{{cite book | title = Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896 | publisher = Marquis Who's Who | year = 1967}}</ref>
* [[William Andrus Alcott]] (1798–1859), born in Wolcott, teacher and noted author of over 100 books<ref name="Marquis 1607-1896"/>
* [[Anthony Fantano]] (born 1985), music critic, internet personality, grew up in Wolcott
* [[Harry L. Garrigus]] (1876–1968), UConn professor of animal husbandry, born in Wolcott<ref>{{Cite journal|date=August 1, 1944|title=Harry L. Garrigus|url=https://doi.org/10.2527/jas1944.33310x|journal=Journal of Animal Science|volume=3|issue=3|pages=310–311|doi=10.2527/jas1944.33310x|issn=0021-8812}}</ref>
* [[Jahana Hayes]] (born 1973), U.S. congresswoman, born in [[Waterbury]], lives in Wolcott
* [[Andrew B. Jackson]] (1814–1878), Wisconsin pioneer and territorial legislator, born in Wolcott<ref name="memrec1880">{{cite book|last1=Atwood|first1=David|last2=Tenney|first2=Horace Addison|title=Memorial Record of the Fathers of Wisconsin: Containing Sketches of the Lives and Careers of the Members of the Constitutional Conventions of 1846 and 1847-8. With a History of Early Settlement in Wisconsin|date=1880|publisher=David Atwood|location=Madison, Wisconsin|pages=227–228|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ryYuAAAAYAAJ&q=andrew+b.+jackson+wolcott&pg=PA227|access-date=February 22, 2016}}</ref>
* [[Seth Thomas (clockmaker)|Seth Thomas]] (1785–1859), born in Wolcott, became a noted clock maker