List of notable people
The following people are associated with New Canaan, Connecticut and notable far beyond it (including those who were born in, raised in, lived in, worked in, or died in town):
Authors, writers
(not including journalists)
- Bliss Carman, Canadian poet
- A. J. Cronin, Scottish novelist
- Peter D'Adamo, naturopathic physician and author
- Jack Douglas, writer
- Phoebe Dunn, author and photographer of children's books
- Edward Eager, children's author and playwright
- Gerald Green (1922–2006), author
- Fran Lebowitz, writer and humorist [13]
- Rick Moody, author of The Ice Storm
- Maxwell Perkins (1884–1947), editor of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Thomas Wolfe
- Armstrong Sperry, Newbery Medal-winning author of Call It Courage
- Peter von Ziegesar, writer and memoirist
- Douglas Marland, soap opera writer