Editing Simsbury, Connecticut (section)

==Notable people==
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===Athletes===
[[File:Sasha Cohen 2009 SOI Halifax Spiral.jpg|thumb|right|170px|Sasha Cohen]]
* [[Shizuka Arakawa]] (荒川 静香) (born 1981), Japanese figure skater; won the gold medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics; has trained at the International Skating Center of Connecticut in Simsbury
* [[Oksana Baiul]] (born 1977), 1994 Olympic champion; lived and trained in Simsbury after winning her title<ref name="nyt970202" />
* [[Vince Cazzetta]] (1925–2005), head coach for the [[Pittsburgh Pipers]]
* [[Sasha Cohen]] (born 1984), 2006 U.S. National Champion figure skater and silver medalist at the 2006 Olympics; trained in Simsbury with Russian coach [[Tatiana Tarasova]] starting in summer 2002
* [[Tommy Cross]] (born 1989), pro ice hockey player drafted by the [[Boston Bruins]] in 2008; now with the [[St. Louis Blues]]
* [[Ekaterina Gordeeva]] (born 1971), winner of two Olympic gold medals (1988 and 1994); moved to Simsbury in the 1990s<ref name="nyt970202" />
* [[Sara Hendershot]] (born 1988), member of 2012 United States Olympic Rowing Team (W2-)
* [[Paul Holmgren]] (born 1955), former coach of the [[Hartford Whalers]]; current president of the [[Philadelphia Flyers]]
* [[Michelle Kwan]] (born 1980), Olympic figure skater; has trained at the International Skating Center of Connecticut
* [[Mike Liut]] (born 1956), former [[NHL]] goaltender for the [[Hartford Whalers]]
* [[Viktor Petrenko]] (born 1969), 1992 Olympic champion; trained in Simsbury beginning in 1994<ref name="nyt970202" />
* [[Ulf Samuelsson]] (born 1964), former NHL hockey player, lived in Simsbury when he played for the [[Hartford Whalers]]
* [[Alexei Yagudin]] (born 1980), 2002 Olympic champion and four time world champion; lived and trained in Simsbury from 1998 to 2005 with [[Tatiana Tarasova]]

===Media===

* [[Lake Bell]] (born 1979), actor, attended Westminster School in Simsbury, Connecticut
* [[Terry Deitz]] (born 1959), reality TV contestant, resides in Simsbury
* [[Rachel Sennott]] (born 1995), actor, graduate of Simsbury High School
* [[Sigourney Weaver]] (born 1949), actor, attended Ethel Walker School in Simsbury

===Politicians===

* [[Parmenio Adams]] (1776–1832), former US Congressman
* [[Levi Barber]] (1777–1833), U.S. Representative from Ohio<ref name="bioguide" />
* [[Lucius Israel Barber]] (1806–1889), [[Wisconsin Territory]] politician
* [[George P. McLean|George McLean]] (1857–1932), U.S. senator and Simsbury resident who founded the {{convert|4200|acre|km2|adj=on}} [[McLean Game Refuge]] in town<ref name="bioguide2" />
*[[Alice Merritt]] (1876–1950), first woman to serve in the [[Connecticut State Senate]] (1925–1929); born in Simsbury<ref>{{Cite book|last=Mullgardt|first=Brian|url=http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20004:20091712|title=What's in a Name? Residence Halls at UConn|publisher=University of Connecticut|year=1999|location=Storrs, CT|pages=37|hdl=11134/20004:20091712 |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Elisha Phelps]] (1779–1847), [[United States House of Representatives|congressman]] from Connecticut<ref name="bioguide3" />
* [[Gifford Pinchot]] (1865–1946), first Chief of the [[United States Forest Service]] (1905–1910), Governor of Pennsylvania (1923–1927, 1931–1935), born in Simsbury<ref name="nagorg" />

===Others===

* [[James Adams (lawyer)|James Adams]] (1783–1843), lawyer and early convert to [[Mormon]]ism
* [[Sherri Browning Erwin]] (1968–present), author and current resident
* [[Justin Foley]] (born June 16, 1976, in Simsbury), is an American musician, best known as the drummer of the metalcore band, Killswitch Engage
* [[Sarah Pratt McLean Greene]] (1856–1935), novelist, born in Simsbury<ref name="edwardjames" />
* [[Samuel Higley]] (1687–1737), reputed to have coined the first copper coins ("Higley coppers") in the colonial United States
* [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] (1929–1968), worked on a tobacco plantation in Simsbury during the summers of 1944 and 1947 to earn money for college<ref name="Carson" />
* [[Franz Von Holzhausen]], car designer at Tesla, grew up in Simsbury
* [[Jennifer Weiner]] (born 1970), author
*[[Carl J. Nichols|Carl Nichols]], (born 1970), [[United States federal judge|United States district judge]] of the [[United States District Court for the District of Columbia]], grew up in Simsbury