Editing Enfield, Connecticut (section)

==Notable people==

* [[Johnny April]], bassist for the alternative metal/hard rock band Staind
* [[John Ashton (actor)|John Ashton]], actor, attended Enfield High School
* [[Elijah Churchill]], soldier in the [[American Revolutionary War]] and recipient of the medal later known as the [[Purple Heart]]
* [[James Dixon]] (1814–1873), U.S. Congressman and Senator
* [[Kevin Foxe]], film producer, writer, executive producer of ''[[The Blair Witch Project]]''; born and raised in Enfield, graduated Enfield High School
* [[Obed Hale]], Wisconsin farmer and politician, born in Enfield
* [[Craig Janney]], Olympian and professional ice hockey center (former resident)
* [[Peter King (sportswriter)|Peter King]], football columnist for ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' and author
* [[Elisha M. Pease]], politician and two-term governor of Texas (elected in 1853 and 1855).  Renamed 15th Street in [[Austin, Texas]], Enfield Road after the town where he was born<ref>"[http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/library/ahc/streets/names.htm Austin Streets: Street Name Origins] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207201126/http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/library/ahc/streets/names.htm |date=February 7, 2009 }}." Retrieved on May 10, 2011.</ref>
* [[Paul Robeson]], singer and actor (former resident)
* [[Karen Scavotto]], Olympic archer
* [[Sadah Shuchari]], violinist
* [[Bill Spanswick]], pitcher for the [[Boston Red Sox all-time roster#S|Boston Red Sox]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://marian.creighton.edu/~besser/baseball/nsl1958.html |title=Nebraska State League 1958 |access-date=September 17, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060913114039/http://marian.creighton.edu/~besser/baseball/nsl1958.html |archive-date=September 13, 2006 }}</ref>
* [[Helen Steele]], composer
* [[Blaine Stoughton]], former [[NHL]] player with the [[Hartford Whalers]]
* [[Nathaniel Terry]], Congressman from Connecticut (served 1817–1819)