People of Weston

  • Franklin Pierce Adams (1881-1960), journalist and wit
  • Alan Arkin (born 1934), actor, director, musician and singer
  • Lucie Arnaz (born 1951), actress, daughter of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz
  • George Balanchine (1904–1983), choreographer and influential figure in ballet
  • Paul Cadmus (1904–1999), painter
  • Frank Converse (born 1938), actor
  • John Curran (1953–2013), financial journalist
  • Rodney Dangerfield (1921–2004), comedian
  • Bette Davis (1908–1989), actress
  • Alice De Lamar (1895 – 1983)
  • Sandy Dennis (1937-1992), theater and film actress
  • Clifton Fadiman (1904-1999), author, editor, radio and television personality
  • Jose Feliciano (born 1945), singer and songwriter
  • Leopold Godowsky (1900-1983), noted violinist, chemist, and co-creator of Kodachrome
  • Seth Grahame-Smith (born 1976), author, film and television producer, grew up in town
  • Ann Harding (1902-1981), film, radio and television actress
  • John Marshall Harlan II (1899–1971), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, summered in Weston, buried in Weston's Emmanuel churchyard
  • Mariette Hartley (born 1940), actress, native of Weston
  • June Havoc (1912-2010), actress, dancer, writer, theater director and younger sister of Gypsy Rose Lee
  • Evan Hunter (1926–2005), author who wrote under the pen name "Ed McBain"
  • Erica Jong (born 1942), author
  • Eartha Kitt (1927–2008), entertainer, moved to town in 2002
  • Lawrence Langner (1890–1962), playwright, author, and producer. Lived on what is now called Langner Lane
  • Ring Lardner (1885-1933), sports columnist and short story writer
  • Eva Le Gallienne (1899–1991), actress
  • Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951), novelist, writer and playwright
  • Paul Michael Levesque (born 1969), "Triple H", wrestler, World Wrestling Entertainment
  • Stanley Matthews, former Wimbledon Boys' Champion and son of Sir Stanley Matthews
  • James Melton (1904-1961), singer, antique car collector
  • Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962), actress, lived on Fanton Hill in 1955 after completing the Seven Year Itch
  • Brent Musburger (born 1939), sportscaster
  • James Naughton (born 1945), actor
  • Katharine Ordway (1899–1979), 3M heiress, philanthropist, supporter of land conservation, funded the purchase of part of Devil's Den
  • Walter Pidgeon (1897-1984), motion picture actor
  • Jacob Pitts (born 1979), actor
  • Christopher Plummer (1929-2021), actor
  • Paul Rand (1914–1996), graphic designer
  • Harry Reasoner (1923-1991), journalist and a founder of the 60 Minutes program
  • Robert Redford (born 1936), actor, had a home in town
  • Fritz Reiner (1888–1963), conductor of the New York Philharmonic, the Metropolitan Opera, and other notable orchestras. Lived on Davis Hill beginning in 1938
  • Jamey Richard (born 1984), pro football player
  • Keith Richards (born 1943), musician, member of The Rolling Stones
  • Mort Schindel (1918-2016), an American educator and producer, the founder of Weston Woods Studios
  • John Seigenthaler, Jr. (born 1955), former NBC News weekend anchor
  • Donna Summer (1948-2012), singer and songwriter
  • James Thurber (1894–1961), writer
  • John Orr Young (1886-1976), advertising executive and co-founder of Young & Rubicam Advertising Agency

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