Editing Pomfret, Connecticut (section)

==Notable people==

* [[Jim Calhoun]] (born 1942), former head coach of the University of Connecticut's men's basketball team, lives in the town
* [[Effingham Capron]] (1791–1859), born in Pomfret, anti-slavery champion at [[Uxbridge, MA]], state and national anti-slavery leader
* [[John Capron]] (1756–1834), "clothier" at Pomfret, built first woolen power looms at [[Uxbridge, MA]]
* [[Augustus Sabin Chase]] (1827–1896), industrialist of Waterbury, Connecticut 
* [[Rivers Cuomo]] (born 1970), member of American rock band [[Weezer]], lived in the town
* [[Ernest Flagg]] (1857–1947), designer of the [[Singer Building]] designed the main buildings of the [[Pomfret School]] Campus
* [[Wawa Gatheru]] (born ca. 1999), climate activist and [[Rhodes Scholarship|Rhodes Scholar]]
* [[Lemuel Goodell]] (1800–1897), Wisconsin politician
* [[Nathan Goodell]] (1798–1883), Mayor of [[Green Bay, Wisconsin]]
* [[Roswell Eaton Goodell]] (1825–1903), politician and businessman<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ferril |first1=William Columbus |title=Sketches of Colorado: being an analytical summary and biographical history of the State of Colorado as portrayed in the lives of the pioneers, the founders, the builders, the statesmen, and the prominent and progressive citizens who helped in the development and history making of Colorado |date=1911 |publisher=Western Press Bureau Company |pages=268–269 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yylRAAAAYAAJ |access-date=June 1, 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Bertram Goodhue]] (1869–1924), an architect renowned for his work in the neo-Gothic style and the designer of notable typefaces, was born in town<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ctgenweb.org/county/cowindham/records/cemetery/pomfret/pomfretpomfretstreetcem.htm|title=Pomfret Street Cemetery, Pomfret Ct}}</ref>
* [[Robert Hillyer]] (1895–1961), poet, novelist, and critic, lived in the town
* [[Asa Lyon]] (1763–1841) a [[United States representative]] from Vermont was born in town
* [[Louise Chandler Moulton]] (1835–1908), poet, story-writer, and critic, was born in town
* [[Israel Putnam]] (1718–1790), a major general serving George Washington, lived in the town
* [[Swami Satchidananda]] (1914–2002), Indian religious figure, lived in the town
* [[Solomon Spalding]] (1761–1816), is believed to have authored the Manuscript Story while staying at the Post Road Tavern in the town
* [[Warren L. Wheaton]] (1812–1903) philanthropist and co-founder and namesake of [[Wheaton College (Illinois)|Wheaton College]] and [[Wheaton, Illinois]], was born in Pomfret
* [[James Abbott McNeill Whistler]] (1834–1903), a painter and printmaker, lived in the town
* [[Renée Zellweger]] (born 1969), [[Academy Award]]-winning actress, owned a home in the town