Editing Griswold, Connecticut (section)

==Notable people==

* Louis J. Bakanowsky, Jr. (1930–2025<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=Boston.com |title=Local obituary: Louis Bakanowsky Jr., 94, architect behind New England Aquarium, Boston Children's Museum |url=https://www.boston.com/news/massachusetts-obituaries/2025/03/18/local-obituary-louis-bakanowsky-jr-94-architect-behind-new-england-aquarium-boston-childrens-museum/ |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=www.boston.com |language=en-US}}</ref>), architect; founding partner of [[CambridgeSeven]], designers of the [[New England Aquarium]] and the [[Boston Children's Museum|Boston Children’s Museum]]; raised in [[Jewett City, Connecticut|Jewett City]]
* [[Clifford Chapin]] (born 1988), voice actor affiliated with [[Funimation]]; born in Griswold
* Samuel Coit (1708–1792), Militia officer, farmer, politician; Colonel, 8th Connecticut Militia Regiment<ref>{{Cite web |last=Robertson |first=John K. |date=2016-07-27 |title=Decoding Connecticut Militia 1739-1783 |url=https://allthingsliberty.com/2016/07/connecticut-militia-1739-1783/ |access-date=2025-05-16 |website=Journal of the American Revolution |language=en-US}}</ref> and Preston representative to the Connecticut General Assembly; resident of North Preston, now Griswold<ref>{{Cite web |title=PastPerfect |url=https://fortticonderoga.catalogaccess.com/people/7569 |access-date=2025-05-16 |website=fortticonderoga.catalogaccess.com}}</ref>
* [[John Garand|John Cantius Garand]] (1888–1974), Canadian-American designer of firearms best known for creating the first successful [[semi-automatic rifle]] to be widely used in active military service, the M1 Garand; namesake of the Interstate 395 bridge that crosses the [[Quinebaug River]] on the Griswold/Lisbon town line
* [[Eliezer Jewett]] (1731–1817), Founder and namesake of Griswold's borough of [[Jewett City, Connecticut|Jewett City]]; settled in 1771
* [[Roger LaFrancois]] (born 1956), is an American former professional baseball player. He played for the [[Boston Red Sox]] as a [[catcher]] in [[1982 in baseball|1982]]; raised<ref>{{Cite web |last=admin |title=Roger LaFrancois – Society for American Baseball Research |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/roger-lafrancois/ |access-date=2025-04-04 |language=en-US}}</ref> in [[Jewett City, Connecticut|Jewett City]]
* [[Charles H. Tracy]] (1833–1911), was an [[infantry]] soldier who received the [[Medal of Honor]] while serving in the [[Union Army]] during the [[American Civil War]] for two acts of bravery; born in [[Jewett City, Connecticut|Jewett City]]
* John Tyler (1721–1804), Brigadier General who fought in both the Seven Years' War and the Revolutionary War; commanding officer of the [[10th Continental Regiment]] of the [[Connecticut Line]] and the 3rd Connecticut Brigade of Militia<ref>{{Cite web |title=PastPerfect |url=https://fortticonderoga.catalogaccess.com/people/2482 |access-date=2025-05-16 |website=fortticonderoga.catalogaccess.com}}</ref>; resident of North Preston, now Griswold<ref>{{Cite web |title=FamilySearch.org |url=https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/MYCG-RYY/general-john-tyler-1721-1804 |access-date=2025-05-16 |website=ancestors.familysearch.org}}</ref>
* [[Moses Coit Tyler]] (1835–1900), author; born in Griswold