Entertainers
An American showman and mayor of Bridgeport.
Who was P.T. Barnum?
Author of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer.
Who was Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)?
Inventor of the cotton gin.
Who was Eli Whitney?
Yale University graduate and 43rd president of the United States.
Who was George W. Bush?
Opened a school for African American girls and was named the state heroine.
Who was Prudence Crandall?
Connecticut State composer.
Who was Charles Ives?
Author of the first American dictionary.
Who is Noah Webster?
Inventor of vulcanized rubber.
Who was Charles Goodyear?
Hung my the British for being a spy and was named the state hero.
Who was Nathan Hale?
Famous African-American opera singer.
Who was Marian Anderson?
Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Who was Harriet Beecher Stowe?
Inventor of the first helicopter.
Who was Igor Sikorsky?
First female governor.
Who was Ella Grasso?
Founder of Hartford.
Who was Thomas Hooker?
First African American MLB player and civil rights activist.
Who was Jackie Robinson?
Prize-winning playwright.
Who was Eugene O'Neill?
First European to explore here.
Who was Adrian Block?
First Hispanic woman elected to CT General Assembly.
Who was Maria C. Colon Sanchez
A famous traitor who led the British attack on New London.
Who was Benedict Arnold?
Hollywood actor and founder of organic food company and camp for kids with cancer.
Who was Paul Newman?
Publisher of the Connecticut Courant now known as The Hartford Courant.
Who was Hannah Bunce Watson?
Inventor of the Ovation Guitar.
Who was Charlie Kaman?
Founder of Saybrook Colony and later New London.
Who was John Winthrop Jr.?