•
Léonie Fuller Adams (1899–1988), poetry consultant to the
Library of Congress (now titled
poet laureate) •
Charles A. Beard (1874–1948), historian, activist •
Mary R. Beard (1876–1958), historian, activist •
Elizabeth Bentley (1908–1963), spy •
David Sherman Boardman (1768–1864), lawyer, judge and politician •
Elijah Boardman (1760–1823), U.S. senator •
William Whiting Boardman (1794–1871), U.S. congressman •
Emily Sophie Brown (1881–1985), one of the first women to serve in the Connecticut House of Representatives •
Kenny Coolbeth (born 1977), motorcycling champion •
Fortunato Depero (1892–1960), painter, writer, sculptor and graphic designer •
Jack Douglas (1908–1989), writer •
Florence Eldridge (1901–1988), stage and screen actress •
Diane von Fürstenberg (born 1946), fashion designer, who plans to be buried at her farm in town •
Peter Gallagher, actor •
Ethan Hawke (born 1970), actor, writer •
Lillian Hellman (1905–1984), playwright •
Skitch Henderson (1918–2005), pianist, composer and conductor •
Eric Hodgins (1899–1971), author •
Ian Hunter (born 1939), English singer-songwriter •
Keith Kane, guitarist and founding member of
Vertical Horizon •
Eartha Kitt (1927–2008), singer, actress, author •
Columbia Lancaster (1803–1893), U.S. congressman •
Jeremy Levin, businessman, physician and scientist •
Max Lowenthal (1888–1971), lawyer and civil servant •
Fredric March (1897–1975), film and stage actor •
Florence Maybrick (1862–1941), accused murderer, prison reform advocate •
Maryann Measles (1984-1997), murder victim •
Seth Meyers, American stand-up comedian, television host, actor, writer, and producer •
Hap Moran (1901–1994), football player •
Dhan Gopal Mukerji (1890–1936), writer, author, Newbery Medal recipient 1928 •
William H. Noble (1788–1850), U.S. congressman •
M. Scott Peck (1936–2005), psychiatrist and self-help author •
Natacha Rambova (1897–1966), costume and set designer, dancer, actress, academic, former wife of Rudolph Valentino •
Thomas Riley, US ambassador to Morocco 2003–2009 •
Joan Rivers (1933–2014), comedian, actress, writer, producer •
Roger Sherman (1721–1793), signer of
Declaration of Independence and
Constitution •
Jean Simmons (1929–2010), British actress •
Eric Sloane (1905–1985), artist •
Walker Todd (1786–1840), lawyer, member of the New York State Senate (2nd D.) and Inspector of Mount Pleasant State Prison •
Solmous Wakeley (1794–1867), pioneer Wisconsin legislator •
Mary B. Weaver (1887–1978), Connecticut politician •
Joseph J. Went (born 1930), general •
Horace Wheaton (1803–1882), U.S. congressman •
Theodore White (1915–1986), political author of the 1960s–1970s •
Gladys Mary Wrigley (1885–1975) geographer and journal editor. ==Movies filmed in New Milford==