Famous Graves in Connecticut
717 records found
Katharine Hepburn
12 May 1907 – 29 Jun 2003Actress. Born into an affluent yet unconventional family in...
Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Mary Tyler Moore
29 Dec 1936 – 25 Jan 2017Actress. She was an actress best known for her roles on both the...
Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Nathan Hale Cenotaph
6 Jun 1755 – 22 Sep 1776Revolutionary War Captain, Spy. Captured by British troops and...
Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA
Glenn Miller Cenotaph
1 Mar 1904 – 15 Dec 1944Jazz Bandleader, Trombonist. Born Alton Glenn Miller in...
New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Benny Goodman
30 May 1909 – 13 Jun 1986Jazz Musician, Bandleader. Famously known as "The King of Swing."...
Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Art Carney
4 Nov 1918 – 9 Nov 2003Actor, Comedian. He is most remembered for his role of city sewer...
Old Saybrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Eli Whitney, II
8 Dec 1765 – 8 Jan 1825Inventor. He was born on a farm in Westborough, Massachusetts,...
New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Phineas Taylor “P.T.” Barnum
5 Jul 1810 – 7 Apr 1891Businessman. He was a legendary 19th Century American showman and...
Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Richard Widmark
26 Dec 1914 – 24 Mar 2008Actor. He spent his early teenage years growing up in Illinois...
Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
Noah Webster, Jr
16 Oct 1758 – 28 May 1843Lexicographer. Through his work the American and British versions...
New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Gilda Radner
28 Jun 1946 – 20 May 1989Actress, Comedienne. She gained wide fame in the mid-1970s as an...
Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Mary Travers
9 Nov 1936 – 16 Sep 2009Folk Musician. Along with Peter Yarrow and Paul Stookey, they...
Redding, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Oliver Fisher Winchester
30 Nov 1810 – 10 Dec 1880Businessman. He is best remembered for the manufacturing and...
New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Jason Nelson Robards, Jr
26 Jul 1922 – 26 Dec 2000Actor. Born in Chicago, Illinois, he was a distinguished...
Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Charles Goodyear
29 Dec 1800 – 1 Jul 1860Inventor. He invented the vulcanization process that made rubber...
New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Samuel Colt
19 Jul 1814 – 10 Jan 1862Inventor, Industrialist. He is best remembered as the founder of...
Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Igor Ivan Sikorsky
25 May 1889 – 26 Oct 1972Aviation Pioneer, Inventor. He pioneered early Russian aviation...
Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
J.P. Morgan
17 Apr 1837 – 31 Mar 1913Financier, Businessman. He was an United States business tycoon...
Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Patricia Louise Neal
20 Jan 1926 – 8 Aug 2010Actress. She is remembered as the sultry-voiced beauty who was...
Bethlehem, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
Victor Borge
3 Jan 1909 – 23 Dec 2000Pianist, Comedian, Composer. He is remembered for blending humor...
Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
