Editing Danbury, Connecticut (section)

==Notable people==
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{{See also|Category:People from Danbury, Connecticut}}
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* [[Alex Pereira]], Professional MMA Fighter in the [[Ultimate Fighting Championship]] (UFC) and current champion of the [[Light heavyweight (MMA)]] division, former champion of the [[Middleweight (MMA)]]division
* [[Glover Teixeira]], Professional MMA Fighter in the [[Ultimate Fighting Championship]] (UFC) and former champion of the [[Light heavyweight (MMA)]] division 
* [[Renata Adler]], author, journalist and film critic
* [[Willard H. Allen]] (1893–1957), New Jersey secretary of agriculture
* [[Marian Anderson]] (1897–1993), singer
* [[Sylvia Sydney]] (1910–1999), actress<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | title = Sylvia Sidney | encyclopedia = The Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women | date = December 31, 1999 | last = Steinberg | first = Alyssa Gallin | publisher = Jewish Women's Archive | url = https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/sidney-sylvia | access-date = January 17, 2023 | archive-date = January 17, 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230117113201/https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/sidney-sylvia | url-status = live }}</ref>
* [[James Montgomery Bailey]], 19th century ''Danbury News'' editor
* [[Matt Barnes (baseball)|Matt Barnes]], professional baseball player
* [[Zadoc Benedict]], the first hat maker of Danbury
* [[Jonathan Brandis]] (1976–2003), actor
* [[Peter Buck (restaurateur)|Peter Buck]] (1930–2021), co-founder, Subway sandwich restaurants<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.forbes.com/profile/peter-buck/#791bd274750f|title = Peter Buck|website = [[Forbes]]|access-date = April 29, 2020|archive-date = April 16, 2019|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190416063314/https://www.forbes.com/profile/peter-buck/#791bd274750f|url-status = live}}</ref>
* [[Austin Calitro]], professional football player
* [[Ray Cappo]], singer
* [[Neil Cavuto]], television anchor
* [[Frank Conniff (journalist)|Frank Conniff]] (1914–1971), [[1956 Pulitzer Prize]]–winning journalist
* [[Mackenzie Fierceton]], activist
* [[Ken Green (golfer)|Ken Green]], professional golfer
* [[Lee Hartell]], [[Medal of Honor]] recipient
* [[Charles Ives]] (1874–1954), composer<ref>Dixon, Ken, "Music Hall of Fame proposed for state", article in ''Connecticut Post'' in Bridgeport, Connecticut, April 26, 2007 ("Charles Ives (1874–1954) of Danbury")</ref>
* [[Joe Lahoud]], professional baseball player
* [[Steven Kaplan (economist)|Steven Kaplan]], American economist and professor
* [[Carole King]], singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite book |last=Gurock|first=Jeffrey S.|page=26|date=2021|title=Lake Waubeeka: A Community History|publisher=The History Press|isbn=978-1467149464}}</ref>
* [[Rose Wilder Lane]], author, writer, daughter of [[Laura Ingalls Wilder]]
* [[Jimmy Monaghan]], Irish musician and former boxer
* [[Jerry Nadeau]], professional auto racing driver
* [[Steven Novella]], neurologist and noted [[skeptical movement|skeptic]]
* [[Laura Nyro]] (1947–1997), musician, songwriter, bandleader, singer
* [[Elizabeth Peyton]], painter
* [[Chet Powers]] a.k.a. Dino Valenti (1937–1994), musician and songwriter
* [[George Radachowsky]], professional football player
* [[William R. Ratchford]], three term U.S. Congressman
* [[Allen Ritter]], music producer
* [[Delvin Rodríguez]], professional boxer
* [[Neil Rudenstine]], past president of [[Harvard University]]
* [[James A. Ryan]], U.S. Army brigadier general<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Marquis |editor-first=Albert Nelson |editor-link=Albert Nelson Marquis |date=1919 |title=Who's Who In America |volume=X |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b60qNoGe8pkC&pg=PA2355 |location=Chicago, IL |publisher=A. N. Marquis & Company |pages=2355–2356 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref>
* [[Chauncey Foster Ryder]], Postimpressionist painter
* [[Trevor Siemian]], professional football player
* [[Christian Siriano]], fashion designer
* [[Ian Smith (TV)|Ian Smith]], panelist on [[VH1]]'s Celebrity Fit Club
* [[Lee Smith (baseball)|Lee Smith]], Member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, Relief Pitcher <ref>{{cite web|last1=Gregory|first1=Richard|title=Pitching great Lee Smith shares words of wisdom with local ballplayers|url=http://www.newstimes.com/sports/article/Pitching-great-Lee-Smith-shares-words-of-wisdom-8333217.php|website=newstimes.com|date=June 30, 2016|publisher=The News-Times|access-date=June 30, 2016|archive-date=July 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701111629/http://www.newstimes.com/sports/article/Pitching-great-Lee-Smith-shares-words-of-wisdom-8333217.php|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Ronnie Spector]], singer<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hardaway |first1=Liz |title=Ronnie Spector, lead of The Ronnettes, Danbury resident dies at 78 |url=https://www.newstimes.com/news/article/Ronnie-Spector-lead-of-The-Ronnettes-Danbury-16771326.php?src=nthpdesecp |website=News Times |date=January 13, 2022 |publisher=Hearst Connecticut Media |access-date=January 13, 2022 |archive-date=January 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220113142002/https://www.newstimes.com/news/article/Ronnie-Spector-lead-of-The-Ronnettes-Danbury-16771326.php?src=nthpdesecp |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Roy M. Terry]], Chief of Chaplains of the [[U.S. Air Force]]
* [[John Toland (historian)|John Toland]] (1912–2004), [[1971 Pulitzer Prize]]-winning historian<ref>{{cite news |last=Saxton |first=B. |date=January 5, 2004 |title=Renowned 'Rising Sun' author Toland dies in Danbury |url=https://www.newstimes.com/news/article/Renowned-Rising-Sun-author-Toland-dies-in-263734.php |work=The News-Times |location=Danbury, Connecticut |access-date=June 28, 2022 |archive-date=July 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220723103315/https://www.newstimes.com/news/article/Renowned-Rising-Sun-author-Toland-dies-in-263734.php |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[TJR (musician)|TJR]] (birth name Thomas Joseph Rozdilsky), musician
* [[John Hubbard Tweedy]], U.S. Congressional Delegate from the [[Wisconsin Territory]]<ref>[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tuttrop-tye.html#RQ004X593 Index to Politicians: Tutton to Tylee] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090703204904/http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tuttrop-tye.html#RQ004X593 |date=July 3, 2009 }}. The Political Graveyard. Retrieved on July 15, 2013.</ref>
* [[Samuel Tweedy]] (1776–1868), [[U.S. Representative]] from Connecticut
* [[Jenna von Oÿ]], actress
* [[William A. Whittlesey]], former U.S. Congressman
* [[Zalmon Wildman]] (1775–1835), U.S. Representative from Connecticut
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