Editing Old Lyme, Connecticut (section)

==Notable people==

* [[Jim Calhoun]] (born 1942), head coach of the [[University of Connecticut]]'s men's basketball team, which won three national championships, and who was enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2005; began his career as a coach in town at [[Lyme-Old Lyme High School]].
* [[Herb Chambers]] (born 1941), billionaire owner and president of Herb Chambers Companies auto dealerships
* [[Liam Corrigan]] (born 1997), Olympic [[Rowing (sport)|rower]] and gold medalist
* [[Elisabeth Gordon Chandler]] (1913–2006), sculptor, resident, and founder of the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts
* [[Lois Darling]] (1917–1989), artist and illustrator<ref name="nytLD">[https://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/21/obituaries/lois-darling-72-dies-an-artist-and-a-writer.html?scp=51&sq=%22HMS%20Beagle%22&st=cse Lois Darling, 72, Dies; An Artist and a Writer], New York Times, December 21, 1970, accessed May 2010</ref>
* [[Helen Savier DuMond]] (1872–1968), painter, sculptor, and teacher<ref name="Benezit-2011">{{Cite web |date=October 31, 2011 |title=Mond, Helen Savier du |url=https://www.oxfordartonline.com/benezit/display/10.1093/benz/9780199773787.001.0001/acref-9780199773787-e-00124494 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2025-03-17 |website=[[Benezit Dictionary of Artists]] |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |language=en |doi=10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.b00124494}}</ref>
* [[Albert Einstein]], who had a summer home on the Old Lyme shore<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 21, 2013 |title=Sailing the Connecticut Coast with Albert Einstein |url=http://patch.com/connecticut/mansfield/sailing-the-connecticut-coast-with-albert-einstein-5bbe11b8}}</ref>
* [[Chris Elliott]] (born 1960), actor and screenwriter, known best for his supporting role in the 1998 comedy ''[[There's Something About Mary]]''
* [[Walker Evans]], photographer; lived nearby in Lyme until his death in 1975<ref>Walker Evans: Photographer of America, Thomas Nau, Macmillan, 2007, p. 59</ref>
* [[Elsie Ferguson]] (1883–1961), actress
* [[Ella T. Grasso]] (1919–1981), first female governor of Connecticut, first woman to be elected governor in the United States who was not the wife or widow of a governor, awarded the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] by President [[Ronald Reagan]] in 1981, inducted into the [[National Women's Hall of Fame]] in 1993
* [[Childe Hassam]] (1859–1935), [[American Impressionist]], stayed in the [[Florence Griswold House]] as part of the [[Old Lyme Art Colony]]
* [[Wilson Irvine]] (1869–1936), American Impressionist, stayed in the [[Florence Griswold House]] as part of the [[Old Lyme Art Colony]]
* [[Peter Karter]] (1922–2010), founder of early recycling company
* [[Isabella Kirkland]] (born 1954), visual artist and biodiversity researcher
* [[Susanne Katherina Langer]] (1895–1985), philosopher, writer, and educator, one of the first female academic philosophers
* [[Ezra Lee]] (1749–1821), American colonial soldier known for commanding the [[Turtle (submersible)|Turtle]] submarine, is buried in [[Duck River Cemetery]] in Old Lyme
* [[Willard Metcalf]] (1858–1925), American Impressionist, stayed in the Florence Griswold House as part of the Old Lyme Art Colony
* [[Diana Muir]], writer and historian
* [[Roger Tory Peterson]] (1908–1996), naturalist, ornithologist, artist, and educator
* [[Henry Ward Ranger]] (1858–1916), American Impressionist, stayed in the Florence Griswold House as part of the Old Lyme Art Colony
*[[William S. Reyburn]] (1882-1946), U.S. Congressman
* [[Luanne Rice]] (born 1955), novelist
* [[Edwin J. Roland]] (1905–1985), Coast Guard admiral
* [[Elizabeth Tashjian]] (1912–2007), artist and founder of the Nut Museum in Old Lyme
* [[Edward Charles Volkert]] (1871–1935), American Impressionist, stayed in the Florence Griswold House as part of the Old Lyme Art Colony
* [[Clark Voorhees]] (1871–1933), American Impressionist, stayed in the Florence Griswold House as part of the Old Lyme Art Colony
* [[Morrison Waite]] (1816–1888), [[Chief Justice of the United States]] appointed by [[Ulysses S. Grant]], was born and lived in Old Lyme until leaving for college at Yale.
* [[Ellen Axson Wilson]] (1860–1914), first wife of president [[Woodrow Wilson]], came as an art student to the Florence Griswold House.