Editing Bethel, Connecticut (section)

== Notable people ==
* [[Raghib Allie-Brennan]], member of the [[Connecticut House of Representatives]] (raised in Bethel)
* [[Matt Barnes (baseball)|Matt Barnes]] (born 1990), pitcher for the [[Washington Nationals]]
* [[P. T. Barnum]] (1810–1891), showman
* [[Barbara Britton]] (1919–1980), stage, film and television actress
* [[Dan Cramer]], mixed martial arts fighter for the [[Ultimate Fighting Championship]]
* [[Tony Dovolani]], ballroom dancer, cast member on ''[[Dancing with the Stars]]''
* [[Kevin Gutzman]], constitutional scholar and professor of history
* [[Allan J. Kellogg]], [[Medal of Honor]] recipient
* [[Jan Miner]] (1917–2004), actress 
* [[Thurston Moore]] (born 1958), singer and guitarist for [[Sonic Youth]]<ref>Dixon, Ken, "Music Hall of Fame proposed for state", article in ''Connecticut Post'' in Bridgeport, Connecticut, April 26, 2007 ("Thurston Moore, leader of alt-rock legends Sonic Youth, who grew up in Bethel")</ref>
* [[Noël Regney]], composer
* [[Meg Ryan]], actress<ref>{{Cite web|date=March 16, 2015|title=What Connecticut was like in 1988|url=https://www.ctpost.com/news/slideshow/What-was-CT-like-26-years-ago-81926.php|access-date=December 8, 2021|website=Connecticut Post|language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Julius Hawley Seelye]] (1824–1895), missionary, author, congressman, and former president of [[Amherst College]]<ref name="Shook Hull 2005 p. 2188">{{cite book | last1=Shook | first1=J.R. | last2=Hull | first2=R.T. | title=Dictionary of Modern American Philosophers | publisher=Thoemmes | series=The Dictionary of Modern American Philosophers | year=2005 | isbn=978-1-84371-037-0 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ijpj1tB3Qr0C&pg=PA2188 | access-date=September 16, 2018 | page=2188}}</ref>
* [[Glover Teixeira]], Professional MMA fighter
* [[Annamarie Tendler]] (born 1985), artist
* [[Art Young|Henry Arthur "Art" Young]] (1866–1943), cartoonist