Editing Colebrook, Connecticut (section)

==Notable people==
* [[Roy Chapman Andrews]], inspired the movie character Indiana Jones.
* [[Rufus Babcock]], second president of [[Colby College]]; born in North Colebrook
* [[Donald Barr]] (1921–2004), novelist, educator, and book reviewer for ''The New York Times''; retired to Colebrook in the 1980s<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/10/nyregion/donald-barr-82-headmaster-and-science-honors-educator.html | work=The New York Times | first=Wolfgang | last=Saxon | title=Donald Barr, 82, Headmaster and Science Honors Educator | date=February 10, 2004}}</ref>
* [[Abiram Chamberlain]] (1837–1911), the 60th [[governor of Connecticut]]; born in Colebrook
* [[Jonathan Edwards (the younger)]] (1745–1801), theologian; lived and preached in Colebrook for four years
* [[Eric Foner]] (born 1943), Columbia University professor, author, and noted Civil War historian <ref>{{cite news |last1=Kennedy |first1=Tracy |title=Colebrook celebrates freedom, national identity |url=http://www.registercitizen.com/news/article/Colebrook-celebrates-freedom-national-identity-12147829.php |access-date=May 6, 2023 |work=The Register Citizen |publisher=Hearst Media Services Connecticut, LLC |date=July 5, 2007}}</ref>
* [[Hiram Griswold]] (1807–1881), member of the Ohio Senate and defense lawyer of [[John Brown (abolitionist)|John Brown]]<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-leavenworth-times-taken-to-the-tomb/131253445/ |title=Taken to the Tomb |date=October 14, 1881 |newspaper=[[Leavenworth Times|The Leavenworth Times]] |page=4 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=September 5, 2023}}{{Open access}}</ref>
* [[Harris Merton Lyon]], short story writer; lived in North Colebrook<ref>Max J. Puzel, ''The Man in the Mirror: William Marion Reedy and His Magazine'', [[University of Missouri Press]], 1998, pp. 256-259 [https://books.google.com/books?id=JXvhtZdUbjMC&pg=PA255&dq=%22Harris+Merton+Lyon%22#PPA259,M1]</ref>
* [[Christine Negroni]] (1956- ), noted aviation and travel writer; part-time resident of the town{{Citation needed|date=October 2019}}
* [[James Phelps (congressman)|James Phelps]] (1822–1900), judge, Connecticut state legislator and [[United States House of Representatives|US congressman]]; born in Colebrook
* [[Lancelot Phelps]] (1784–1866), congressman and father to James Phelps
* [[Ammi Phillips]] (1788–1865), artist; born in Colebrook
* [[Thomas Robbins (minister)|Thomas Robbins]] (1777–1856), Congregational minister, bibliophile, and antiquarian; died in Colebrook
* [[Julius Rockwell]] (1805–1888), judge and congressman from Massachusetts; born in Colebrook