Editing Weston, Connecticut (section)

==Notable people==
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* [[Lucie Arnaz]] (born 1951), actress, daughter of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz
* [[George Balanchine]] (1904–1983), choreographer and influential figure in ballet<ref name=nyt31592/>
* [[Paul Cadmus]] (1904–1999), painter<ref>Dannatt, Adrian, "Obituary: Paul Cadmus" ''[[The Independent]]'' of London, February 4, 2000 ("Paul Cadmus, artist: born New York December 17, 1904; died Weston, Connecticut December 19, 1999")</ref>
* [[Liz Cho]] (born 1970), television anchor
* [[Frank Converse]] (born 1938), actor<ref name=nyt31592/>
* [[John Curran (journalist)|John Curran]] (1953–2013), financial journalist<ref name=westport>{{cite news|title=John J. Curran, 59 |url=http://www.westportnow.com/index.php?/v2_5/comments/44288/ |work=[[WestportNow]] |date=July 8, 2013|access-date=July 31, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Rodney Dangerfield]] (1921–2004), comedian<ref name=nyt7785>Elder, Janet, [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D05E3DC1638F934A35754C0A963948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all "If you're thinking of living in: Weston, Connecticut"], article, ''[[The New York Times]]'' Real Estate section, July 7, 1985, ("Perhaps it is Weston's discreet anonymity that has attracted such entertainment figures as Robert Redford, Bette Davis, Rodney Dangerfield and Brent Musburger, as well as Erica Jong") accessed March 30, 2008</ref>
* [[Bette Davis]] (1908–1989), actress<ref name=nyt7785/>
* [[Kyle Dunnigan]] (born 1971), comedian and actor 
* [[José Feliciano]] (born 1945), singer and songwriter<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20000817133206/http://www.weston-ct.com/ Google cache of Home page, "News Around Our Town" feature], Town of Weston website("World-renowned guitarist, composer, singer, and long-time Weston resident, Jose Feliciano, will perform a benefit concert Sunday"), accessed September 25, 2007</ref>
* [[Daniel Gerroll]] actor, Chariots of Fire
* [[Michel Gill]] (born 1960), actor, Pres. Walker, House of Cards, Mr. Robot (Golden Globe/ensemble), writer, producer
* [[Seth Grahame-Smith]] (born 1976), author, screenwriter, film and television producer and director, grew up in town
* [[Patti Hansen]] (born 1956), model, actress and wife of [[Keith Richards]]
* [[John Marshall Harlan II]] (1899–1971), [[Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court|Associate Justice]] of the [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]], summered in Weston, buried in Weston's Emmanuel churchyard<ref>Yarbrough, Tinsley E., "John Marshall Harlan, Great Dissenter of the Warren Court" Oxford University Press, 1992</ref>
* [[Kellie Nalbandian]] (born 1993),contestant on Survivor season 45
* [[Jayne Atkinson]] (born 1959), Emmy-winning actor (ensemble, "24"), writer, producer (Hidden Meadow)
* [[Mariette Hartley]] (born 1940), actress, native of Weston<ref>Kelly, Kevin, "Mariette Hartley takes a turn at Center Stage", article in ''[[The Boston Globe]]'', January 23, 1994 ("Hartley was born in Weston, Conn., on June 20, 1940")</ref>
* [[Fred Hellerman]] (1927-2016), singer and songwriter, founding member of [[the Weavers]]. Hellerman died on September 1, 2016, at his home in Weston<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/03/arts/music/fred-hellerman-last-of-the-weavers-folk-group-dies-at-89.html?_r=0 |title=Fred Hellerman, Last of the Weavers Folk Group, Dies at 89 |first=William |last=Grimes |author-link=William Grimes (journalist) |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |page=A17 |date=September 2, 2016}}</ref>
* [[Evan Hunter]] (1926–2005), author who wrote under the pen name "Ed McBain"<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080618094104/http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050710/news_mz1j10passin.html "Transitions: Passings"], feature in ''[[The San Diego Union-Tribune]]'', July 10, 2005  ("EVAN HUNTER, 78: Also writing under the name Ed McBain, died Wednesday at his home in Weston, Conn."), accessed September 24, 2007</ref>
* [[Erica Jong]] (born 1942), author<ref name=nyt7785/>
* [[Patricia Kalember]] actor, thirtysomething and Sisters
* [[Eartha Kitt]] (1927–2008), entertainer, moved to town in 2002<ref>Chamoff, Lisa, [http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/localnews/ci_11311797 "Eartha Kitt no stranger to local stages"], ''[[The Advocate (Stamford)|The Advocate]]'' of Stamford, Connecticut, December 26, 2008, retrieved same day ("Eartha Kitt, who moved to Weston in 2002"); Thomas, Jack, [http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2005/08/11/the_importance_of_being_eartha/ "The importance of being Eartha"], article, ''[[The Boston Globe]]'', August 11, 2005  ("WESTON, Conn. – Waiting for Eartha Kitt in her living room [...]"), accessed September 24, 2007</ref>
* [[Lawrence Langner]] (1890–1962), playwright, author, and producer. Lived on what is now called Langner Lane<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=DtFa_zgI384C&dq=%22lawrence+langner%22+weston&pg=PA1 Google Books page] for Sagolla, Lisa Jo, ''The Girl Who Fell Down: A Biography of Joan McCracken'', published 2003, UPNE, {{ISBN|1-55553-573-9}} page 160 ("Lawrence Langner and his wife, [[Armina Marshall]]. Residing in the nearby town of Weston, Connecticut, Langner and Marshall purchased "), accessed September 25, 2007</ref>
* [[Eva Le Gallienne]] (1899–1991), actress<ref name=nyt31592>Radomsky, Rosalie R., [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE0DF1F39F936A25750C0A964958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print "If You're Thinking of Living in: Weston"], Real Estate section, ''The New York Times'', March 15, 1992, accessed October 27, 2007</ref>
* [[Billy Mann]] (born 1968), songwriter, record producer<ref name="Mann">{{cite web |title=Hit Writer/Producer Billy Mann Discusses His Hits With Pink, Jessica Simpson And Other Artists |author=Jayne Moore |date=2005 |url=http://www.songwriteruniverse.com/mann.htm |work=[[Songwriter Universe]] |access-date=June 6, 2019}}<br />{{cite web |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/billy-mann-named-president-creative-69166 |title=Billy Mann Named President of Creative at BMG North America |author=Shirley Halperin |date=January 6, 2011 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=June 6, 2019}}</ref> 
* [[Stanley Matthews (tennis)|Stanley Matthews]], former Wimbledon Boys' Champion and son of [[Sir Stanley Matthews]]
* [[Paul Michael Levesque]] (born 1969), "Triple H", wrestler, World Wrestling Entertainment
* [[Marilyn Monroe]] (1926-1962), actress, lived on Fanton Hill in 1955 after completing the Seven Year Itch<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.westonhistoricalsociety.org/people-of-weston/ |title=People of Weston – Weston Historical Society |access-date=October 19, 2018 |archive-date=October 20, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181020021616/https://www.westonhistoricalsociety.org/people-of-weston/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Brent Musburger]] (born 1939), sportscaster<ref name=nyt7785/>
* [[James Naughton]] (born 1945), actor<ref>Klein, Alvin, [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9506EED6133AF937A25755C0A96E958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print "THEATER; Solo Act, Jeep Voice As Well"], article, ''[[The New York Times]]'', June 14, 1998 ("Mr. Naughton, who has been living in Weston for 22 years"), accessed September 25, 2007</ref>
* [[Jane Paknia]] (born 2000), musician<ref>{{Cite news |last=Renner |first=Tom |date=January 5, 2017 |title=Weston Trumpeter Blows 'Em Away in Greater Bridgeport Youth Orchestra |url=https://dailyvoice.com/connecticut/westport/lifestyle/weston-trumpeter-blows-em-away-in-greater-bridgeport-youth-orchestra/691108/ |access-date=May 1, 2025 |work=[[Daily Voice (American hyperlocal news)|Daily Voice]]}}</ref>
* [[Sachi Parker]] (born 1956), actress, daughter of Shirley Maclaine, frequent visitor of Weston
* [[Jacob Pitts]] (born 1979), actor
* [[Christopher Plummer]] (1929–2021), actor<ref>Klein, Alvin, [https://select.nytimes.com/search/restricted/article?res=F30914FE3A5D0C728DDDA80994DC484D81 "Council for arts getting new home"], article in ''[[The New York Times]]'', November 11, 1984 ("The actor Christopher Plummer, a former Darien resident who now lives in Weston"), accessed September 24, 2007</ref>
* [[Paul Rand]] (1914–1996), graphic designer<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.paul-rand.com/site/books_connecticutsFinest/ |title=The Graphic Genius of Paul Rand |author=Jon Bowermaster |others=Photography by Michael O’Brien |date=Winter 1989 |work=Connecticut's Finest |publisher=Whittle Communications |via=www.paul-rand.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111206183033/http://www.paul-rand.com/site/books_connecticutsFinest/ |archive-date=December 6, 2011 }}</ref>
* [[Robert Redford]] (born 1936), actor, had a home in town<ref>{{cite web|title=Record of sale|url=http://www.westonlandrecords.com/indexing/idx_instrument_display.asp?IDRecord=3&Index=ALL&SearchType=NS&AIndex=LAN&Party=0&Group=ALL&Kind=ALL&Desc=&FirmSurName=REDFORD&GivenName=&MiddleName=&Title=&FromDate=&ThruDate=&NDRecs=0&NDPage=1&NDRows=8&NDKey=32533%2C+32429%2C+6574%2C+10708%2C+32430%2C+32534%2C+25615%2C+24493%2C+10710%2C+25890&NDKeyCnt=1&IERecs=0&IEPage=1&mbRetrieveNameDir=True&mlNameDirRecCount=10&mbRetrieveIndexed=True&mlIndexedRecCount=5000&FileNoB=++++++++3486&FileNumSuf=&FNRecs=0&FNPage=1&IEBaseNo=14909%2C33862%2C37737%2C51607%2C55438%2C65814%2C102968%2C131071&DisplayType=Original|date=June 15, 1998|work=Land records|publisher=Town of Weston|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718032647/http://www.westonlandrecords.com/indexing/idx_instrument_display.asp?IDRecord=3&Index=ALL&SearchType=NS&AIndex=LAN&Party=0&Group=ALL&Kind=ALL&Desc=&FirmSurName=REDFORD&GivenName=&MiddleName=&Title=&FromDate=&ThruDate=&NDRecs=0&NDPage=1&NDRows=8&NDKey=32533%2C+32429%2C+6574%2C+10708%2C+32430%2C+32534%2C+25615%2C+24493%2C+10710%2C+25890&NDKeyCnt=1&IERecs=0&IEPage=1&mbRetrieveNameDir=True&mlNameDirRecCount=10&mbRetrieveIndexed=True&mlIndexedRecCount=5000&FileNoB=++++++++3486&FileNumSuf=&FNRecs=0&FNPage=1&IEBaseNo=14909%2C33862%2C37737%2C51607%2C55438%2C65814%2C102968%2C131071&DisplayType=Original|archive-date=July 18, 2011|access-date=November 15, 2008}}</ref>
* [[Fritz Reiner]] (1888–1963), conductor of the [[New York Philharmonic]], the [[Metropolitan Opera]], and other notable orchestras. Lived on Davis Hill beginning in 1938<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/fritzreinerbiogr00hart|title=Fritz Reiner : a biography|first=Philip|last=Hart|date=July 28, 1994|publisher=Evanston, Ill. Northwestern Univ. Press|accessdate=July 28, 2023|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>
* [[Jamey Richard]] (born 1984), pro football player
* [[Keith Richards]] (born 1943), musician, member of [[The Rolling Stones]]<ref>Landman, Beth, [http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/people/columns/intelligencer/15010/ "Johnny Depp: Suburbanite? Weston, ho!"] brief article in ''[[New York Magazine]]'', November 14, 2005 ("Weston’s top-ranked schools attracted Depp Depp apparently fell in love with the town when he was visiting Keith Richards"), accessed September 24, 2007</ref>
* [[Angelo and Ettore Rossetti]], Guinness World Record holders in racket sports
* [[John Seigenthaler, Jr.]] (born 1955), former NBC News weekend anchor<ref>"People & Places" column, Business section, ''[[The Advocate (Stamford)|The Advocate]]'' of [[Stamford, Connecticut]], July 22, 2008, p A7 (both Stamford and Norwalk editions; ''[[Greenwich Time (newspaper)|Greenwich Time]]'' newspaper publishes the same business section: "John Seigenthaler of Weston has joined Seigenthaler Public Relations Inc."</ref>
* [[Donna Summer]] (1948-2012), singer, had a home in town on Crystal Lake
* [[James Thurber]] (1894–1961), writer<ref name=nyt31592/>
* [[Willard Thorp]] Harry Truman‘s Assistant Secretary of State, among other roles<ref>{{Cite book|last=Hill|first=W.|title=Living World War II, One Family in Weston Connecticut|publisher=Thistlefield Books|year=2014|isbn=9780981690650|pages=82}}</ref>
* [[Mike Vranos]] (born 1961), hedge fund manager and philanthropist
* [[Christopher Walken]] actor, lives in city
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