Greenwich, Connecticut
Greenwich, Connecticut ranks 1,385th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Hejaz, Managua, and Kathmandu. Memorable people born in Greenwich, Connecticut include Glenn Close, Tom Noonan, and Shelley Hack. Memorable people who died in Greenwich, Connecticut include Victor Borge, Kurt Masur, and Barbara W. Tuchman. Greenwich, Connecticut has been the birth place of many actors, and politicians and the death place of many politicians, and musicians. Greenwich, Connecticut is located in United States.
Greenwich is a town in southwestern Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 63,518. Greenwich is a principal community of the Bridgeport–Stamford–Norwalk–Danbury metropolitan statistical area, which comprises all of Fairfield County, and is part of both the greater New York metropolitan area and the Western Connecticut Planning Region. The town is the southwesternmost municipality in both the State of Connecticut and the six-state region of New England. The town is named after Greenwich, a royal borough of London in the United Kingdom. It is the largest town on Connecticut's affluent Gold Coast. Greenwich is home to many hedge funds and financial services firms due to its residential setting and proximity to Manhattan. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1947 and 1988, Greenwich, Connecticut was the birth place of 11 globally memorable people, including Glenn Close, Tom Noonan, and Shelley Hack. Additionaly, 15 globally memorable people have passed away in Greenwich, Connecticut including Victor Borge, Kurt Masur, and Barbara W. Tuchman. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Greenwich, Connecticut than were born there.
People Born in Greenwich, Connecticut
Go to all RankingsGlenn Close
ACTOR
1947 - Present
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 1
Tom Noonan
ACTOR
1951 - Present
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 2
Shelley Hack
ACTOR
1947 - Present
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 3
Heather Thomas
ACTOR
1957 - Present
HPI: 47.61
Rank: 4
Neil Burger
FILM DIRECTOR
1963 - Present
HPI: 45.31
Rank: 5
Chris Coons
POLITICIAN
1963 - Present
HPI: 41.38
Rank: 6
Linda Purl
ACTOR
1955 - Present
HPI: 39.68
Rank: 7
Matt Ross
ACTOR
1970 - Present
HPI: 36.67
Rank: 8
Bijou Phillips
MODEL
1980 - Present
HPI: 36.59
Rank: 9
Christopher Abbott
ACTOR
1986 - Present
HPI: 36.58
Rank: 10
Hope Hicks
POLITICIAN
1988 - Present
HPI: 23.42
Rank: 11
Newly Added People Born in Greenwich, Connecticut
Go to all RankingsPeople Deceased in Greenwich, Connecticut
Go to all RankingsVictor Borge
MUSICIAN
1909 - 2000
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 1
Kurt Masur
CONDUCTOR
1927 - 2015
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 2
Barbara W. Tuchman
HISTORIAN
1912 - 1989
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 3
Mary Tyler Moore
COMEDIAN
1936 - 2017
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 4
Howard Fast
WRITER
1914 - 2003
HPI: 53.14
Rank: 5
Tommy Dorsey
MUSICIAN
1905 - 1956
HPI: 51.83
Rank: 6
Gene Tunney
BOXER
1897 - 1978
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 7
Edward Stettinius Jr.
POLITICIAN
1900 - 1949
HPI: 50.56
Rank: 8
Margaret Abbott
POLITICIAN
1878 - 1955
HPI: 49.10
Rank: 9
Taylor Caldwell
WRITER
1900 - 1985
HPI: 48.51
Rank: 10
Nora Stanton Barney
ARCHITECT
1883 - 1971
HPI: 48.23
Rank: 11
Regis Philbin
PRESENTER
1931 - 2020
HPI: 47.40
Rank: 12
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Greenwich, Connecticut were actors (7), politicians (2), film directors (1), and models (1), while most who died were politicians (4), musicians (2), writers (2), conductors (1), and historians (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Greenwich, Connecticut, including Glenn Close, Tom Noonan, and Shelley Hack. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Greenwich, Connecticut, including Glenn Close, Tom Noonan, and Shelley Hack.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 0 globally memorable people born in Greenwich, Connecticut since 1700.