Editing Windsor, Connecticut (section)

==Notable people==
[[File:OliverEllsworth.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Oliver Ellsworth]]]]
* [[Al Anderson (NRBQ)|Al Anderson]], guitarist, singer and songwriter, best known for his 20-year stint in [[NRBQ]]<ref>Dixon, Ken, "Music Hall of Fame proposed for state", article in ''Connecticut Post'' in Bridgeport, Connecticut, April 26, 2007 ("Al Anderson, longtime guitarist/songwriter for the rock band NRBQ [...] Anderson, who grew up in Windsor")</ref>
* [[Chris Baker (defensive lineman)|Christopher Isaiah Baker]] (born 1987), nicknamed "Swaggy", is an [[American football]] [[defensive tackle]]
* [[Moe Drabowsky]] (1935–2006), Polish-born Major League Baseball pitcher, raised in Wilson, schooled at Loomis
* [[Oliver Ellsworth]], third [[Chief Justice of the United States]], a drafter of the Constitution and American founding father, was born in Windsor
* [[Roger Enos]], veteran of the [[French and Indian War]] and [[American Revolution]] who commanded the [[Vermont]] Militia in the later stages of the [[American Revolution]]
* [[John Fitch (inventor)|John Fitch]], inventor of the steamboat, held several patents, operator of the US's first steamboat line
* [[Edith Julia Griswold]] (1863–1926), lawyer and patent expert
* [[William Hayden (soldier)|General William Hayden]], [[Connecticut Adjutant General]] 1835–1836
* [[Mike Joy]] (born 1949), TV sports announcer, voice of FOX Sports' NASCAR TV coverage, served four elected terms on the Windsor Town Council
* [[Evelyn Beatrice Longman]],  first woman sculptor to be elected a full member of the National Academy of Design<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cwhf.org/inductees/arts-humanities/evelyn-longman-batchelder#.U34mB1hdWKI |title=Evelyn Longman Batchelder |publisher=Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame |access-date=May 22, 2014 |archive-date=May 22, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140522194116/http://www.cwhf.org/inductees/arts-humanities/evelyn-longman-batchelder#.U34mB1hdWKI |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Lancelot Phelps]] (1784–1866), [[US House of Representatives|congressman]] from Connecticut
* [[William Phelps (colonist)|William Phelps]] (1593–1672), woodworker, judge, civil servant
* [[Joseph Rainey|Joseph Hayne Rainey]] (1832–1887), first African American to be elected to Congress, US congressman from South Carolina, lived in a summer house here with his family
* [[Iceman John Scully]], professional boxer, world title challenger, ESPN Classic boxing broadcaster
* [[John H. Swift]] (1840–1911), manufacturer member of the New York State Assembly, grew up in Poquonock
* [[Ethna Beulah Winston]] (1903–1993), educator, dean of women
* [[Erastus Wolcott]] (1722–1793), political and military leader during the American Revolutionary War
* [[Oliver Wolcott]], American founding father, born in Windsor
* [[Roger Wolcott (Connecticut politician)|Roger Wolcott]] (1679–1767), weaver, colonial governor of Connecticut (1751–1754), father of [[Oliver Wolcott]]