Editing Farmington, Connecticut (section)

==Notable people==
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* [[Tim Abromaitis]], professional basketball player
* [[Steve Addazio]], college football coach<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bceagles.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/steve_addazio_833257.html |title=Steve Addazio |publisher=Official Site of The Boston College Eagles |access-date=March 7, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131218104501/http://www.bceagles.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/steve_addazio_833257.html |archive-date=December 18, 2013 }}</ref>
* [[Richard M. Bissell Jr.]], [[Central Intelligence Agency]] officer responsible for the [[Lockheed U-2|U-2 spy plane]] project and the [[Bay of Pigs Invasion]]<ref name="Binder">{{cite news |last=Binder |first=David |date=February 8, 1994 |title=Richard M. Bissell, 84, Is Dead; Helped Plan Bay of Pigs Invasion |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9803EED81638F93BA35751C0A962958260 |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York |access-date=January 2, 2015}}</ref>
* [[Nick Bonino]], NHL hockey player<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.anaheimcalling.com/2009/10/19/1091964/put-down-the-cigarette-and-drop|title= Put Down The Cigarette . . . And Drop Out of BU.|date= October 19, 2009|publisher= SB Nation|access-date= March 7, 2014|archive-date= March 7, 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140307221530/http://www.anaheimcalling.com/2009/10/19/1091964/put-down-the-cigarette-and-drop|url-status= dead}}</ref>
* [[Anna Roosevelt Cowles]], eldest sister of President [[Theodore Roosevelt]] and aunt of [[Eleanor Roosevelt]]<ref>{{cite web|url=  https://www.courant.com/2013/05/31/green-garden-with-roosevelt-ties-part-of-farmington-tour-2/|title='Green' Garden with Roosevelt Ties Part of Farmington Tour|date=May 31, 2013 |publisher =The Courant|access-date= March 7, 2014}}</ref>
* [[Ron Francis]], NHL hockey player, former Farmington resident
* [[Kevin Galvin]], business and health care advocate<ref>{{cite web|url=  https://www.courant.com/1996/11/21/handyman-at-work-on-a-booming-business/|title= Handyman at Work on a Booming Business|date= November 21, 1996|publisher =The Courant|access-date= March 7, 2014}}</ref>
* [[Michael Gladis]], actor, raised in Farmington and graduated from [[Farmington High School (Connecticut)|Farmington High School]]<ref>{{cite web|url=  http://www.courant.com/community/farmington/hc-famous-folks-with-a-farmington-connection-2-002,0,5952091.photo|title=  Michael Gladis|work=  The Courant|access-date=  March 7, 2014|archive-date=  March 7, 2014|archive-url=  https://web.archive.org/web/20140307224049/http://www.courant.com/community/farmington/hc-famous-folks-with-a-farmington-connection-2-002,0,5952091.photo|url-status=  dead}}</ref>
* [[George Gleason (politician)|George Gleason]], Wisconsin state assemblyman<ref>{{cite book|title=THE LEGISLATIVE MANUAL OF THE STATE OF WISCONSIN|edition=15th|location=Madison, Wis.|year=1876|page=475}}</ref>
* [[Joab Hoisington]], one of the founders of [[Vermont]], militia leader on the Patriot side in the [[American Revolution]]<ref name="Society">{{cite book |date=1901 |title=Register of the California Society of the Sons of the American Revolution |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mAsRAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA90 |location=San Francisco, CA |publisher=California Society, Sons of the American Revolution |page=90 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref><ref name="Dana">{{cite book |last=Dana |first=Henry Swan |date=1889 |title=History of Woodstock, Vermont |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y4EUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA17 |location=Boston, MA |publisher=Houghton, Mifflin and Company |pages=17–19|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref>
* [[Orville Hungerford]], U.S. congressman<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=  http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000968|title= HUNGERFORD, Orville, (1790 - 1851) |dictionary =Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date= March 7, 2014}}</ref>
* [[Curtis Jackson]], hip hop rapper and entrepreneur, more commonly known as [[50 Cent]]<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.courant.com/business/real-estate/hc-50-cents-farmington-mansion-still-on-the-market-20120815,0,4756891.photogallery|title= 50 Cent's Farmington Mansion Still On The Market|publisher= The Courant|access-date= March 6, 2014|archive-date= March 7, 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140307224045/http://www.courant.com/business/real-estate/hc-50-cents-farmington-mansion-still-on-the-market-20120815,0,4756891.photogallery|url-status= dead}}</ref>
* [[Tebucky Jones]], former [[New England Patriots]] football player{{Citation needed|date = March 2014}}<!--MISSING CONNECTION TO FARMINGTON-->
* [[Chauncey Langdon]], U.S. congressman from [[Vermont]], born in Farmington<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=  http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000066|title= LANGDON, Chauncey, (1763 - 1830)|dictionary =Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date= March 7, 2014}}</ref>
* [[Timothy Merrill]], [[Secretary of State of Vermont]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Thompson |first=Daniel. P. |date=1860 |title=History of the Town of Montpelier |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_XjrM-mA4Uo8C |location=Montpelier, VT |publisher=E. P. Walton |pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_XjrM-mA4Uo8C/page/n214 211]–213}}</ref>
* [[Mary Jane Osborn]], biochemist and microbiologist, died in Farmington in 2019 at the age of 91.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.asbmb.org/asbmbtoday/201905/Retrospective/Osborn/|title=Retrospective: Mary Jane Osborn (1927–2019)|website=www.asbmb.org|access-date=May 19, 2019}}</ref>
* [[Erin Pac]], U.S. Olympic Women's [[bobsled]] team and [[Bobsleigh at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Two-woman|two-woman bobsled event]] bronze medalist at the 2010 Winter Olympics<ref>{{cite web|url=  https://www.courant.com/2010/03/13/erin-pac-returns-home-with-olympic-medal/|title= Erin Pac Returns Home With Olympic Medal|date= March 13, 2010|publisher =The Courant|access-date= March 7, 2014}}</ref>
* [[Alfred Atmore Pope]], industrialist and art collector, resided at [[Hill-Stead]] from 1901 to 1913; father of Theodate Pope Riddle<ref>{{cite book|last=Linebaugh|first=Donald|title=The Springfield Gas Machine: Illuminating Industry and Leisure, 1860s–1920s|year=2012|publisher=Univ. of Tennessee Press|page=302|isbn=9781572338357|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uHVQVJknYnMC&q=Alfred+Atmore+Pope+Farmington+ct&pg=PA302}}</ref> 
* [[Theodate Pope Riddle]], noted architect and founder of [[Hill–Stead Museum]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Joan Marter|author-link=Joan Marter|title=The Grove Encyclopedia of American Art, Volume 1|year=2011|publisher=Oxford University Press|page=147|isbn=9780195335798|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sPGdBxzaWj0C&q=Alfred+Atmore+Pope+Farmington+ct&pg=RA3-PA147}}</ref> 
* [[Aric Rindfleisch]], professor of [[business administration]] and department head at the College of Business at Illinois<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://business.illinois.edu/profile/aric-rindfleisch/|title = Profile}}</ref>
* [[Kathleen Rubins]], NASA astronaut and 60th woman in space; born in Farmington<ref>https://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/rubins-k.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>
* [[Amir Satvat]], video game executive known for efforts helping jobseekers<ref>{{Cite web |last=Takahashi |first=Dean |author-link=Dean Takahashi |date=2023-08-18 |title=How one man found game jobs for at least 450 people in the downturn |url=https://venturebeat.com/games/how-one-man-found-game-jobs-for-at-least-450-people-in-the-downturn-the-deanbeat/ |access-date=2024-12-16 |work=[[VentureBeat]]}}</ref>
* [[Pawel Szajda]], actor, born and raised in Farmington, graduated from [[Farmington High School (Connecticut)|Farmington High School]]<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.courant.com/community/farmington/hc-pawel-szajda-20130123,0,4524402.photo|title= Pawel Szajda|publisher= The Courant|access-date= March 7, 2014|archive-date= March 7, 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140307224043/http://www.courant.com/community/farmington/hc-pawel-szajda-20130123,0,4524402.photo|url-status= dead}}</ref>
* [[Kristen Taekman]], model and cast member of ''[[The Real Housewives of New York City]]'', born and raised in Farmington
* [[Eli Todd]], pioneer in the [[treatment of mental disorders]]
* [[John Treadwell]], fourth governor of the state of Connecticut<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_connecticut/col2-content/main-content-list/title_treadwell_john.html |title=Connecticut Governor John Treadwell |publisher=National Governors Association |access-date=May 24, 2014}}</ref>
* [[Mike Tyson]], former resident. In 2004, 50 Cent bought Tyson's {{convert|18|acre|m2|adj=on}} compound, which is located about {{convert|2|mi|km}} southeast from the town center<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/50-cent-shows-off-mansion-on-cribs/ | work=CBS News | title=50 Cent Shows Off Mansion On 'Cribs' | date=November 29, 2007}}</ref>
* [[Suzy Whaley]], the first female golfer to qualify for a PGA event; currently the president of the LPGA<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.pga.com/professionals/suzy-m-whaley-pga|title= Suzy M. Whaley, PGA|publisher =PGA|access-date= March 7, 2014}}</ref>
* [[Wilford Woodruff]], fourth [[President of the Church (LDS Church)|president]] of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (LDS Church),  born in Farmington<ref>{{cite web|url=  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/presidents-of-the-church-teacher-manual-religion-345/wilford-woodruff-fourth-president-of-the-church?lang=eng|title= Wilford Woodruff-Fourth President of the Church|publisher =The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints|access-date= March 7, 2014}}</ref>