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George H. W. Bush
George Herbert Walker Bush was the 41st president of the United States, serving from 1989 to 1993. Bush was Ronald Reagan's vice president from 1981 to 1989. He was the father of George W. Bush, the 43rd president of the United States.

Paul Newman
Paul Leonard Newman was an American actor, filmmaker, racecar driver, philanthropist, and entrepreneur. He has been described as "one of the last of the great 20th-century movie stars". He was the recipient of numerous awards, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, seven Golden Globe Awards, an Actor Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, a Silver Bear for Best Actor, a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor, and nominations for two Grammy Awards and a Tony Award. Along with his Best Actor Academy Award win, Newman also received the Academy Honorary Award and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.
Ernest Borgnine
American actor (1917–2012)
Robert Mitchum
American actor (1917–1997)
Dean Acheson
American statesman and lawyer (1893-1971)
Ralph Nader
American lawyer and activist (born 1934)
Harry Harrison
American science fiction author (1925–2012)
Hiram Bingham III
American academic, explorer, treasure hunter and politician (1875–1956)

Chris Dodd
American lawyer and politician (born 1944)

Edward Steichen
American photographer, artist and curator (1879-1973)
Prescott Bush
American politician and US Senator from Connecticut (1895-1972)
Richard Blumenthal
United States Senator from Connecticut since 2011
Norman Lear
American television writer and producer (1922-2023)
Jack Arnold
American director (1916–1992)
Oliver Wolcott
United States federal judge; second U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1760-1833)
Nathaniel Lyon
first Union general to be killed in the American Civil War
John Sedgwick
American military officer (1813–1864)
William Bonin
American serial killer (1947–1996)
Ted Knight
American actor (1923-1986)

Joseph Mascolo
American actor (1929–2016)

William Beaumont
American physician (1785-1853)
Thomas C. Hart
United States Navy admiral and United States Senator (1877-1971)
Frank J. Sprague
American naval officer and railroad pioneer (1857-1934)
Lowell Weicker
American politician (1931–2023)
Benjamin B. Hotchkiss
American engineer (1826–1885)
Morgan Bulkeley
American politician (1837–1922)
George P. Wilbur
American actor (1941–2023)
Paul Cook
US politician, educator
William Hull
American soldier and politician (1753-1825)
William B. Franklin
Union Army general (1823–1903)
Dick Smith
American make-up artist (1922-2014)
Jonathan Trumbull Jr.
second Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Paymaster, comptroller (1740-1809)
Archibald Vincent Arnold
United States Army general (1889-1973)
Sloan Wilson
American writer (1920-2003)
Horatio Wright
United States Army general (1820–1899)

Uriah Tracy
American politician (1755-1807)
Gordon J. Humphrey
American politician
John Ledyard
American explorer and adventurer (1751-1789)
Bill Watrous
American trombonist (1939–2018)
John William De Forest
Military officer, novelist
Theodore Winthrop
Union Army officer (1828–1861)
Alpheus S. Williams
Union Army general, politician (1810-1878)
Joseph Alsop
American columnist (1910–1989)
Doug Ford
professional golfer (1922-2018)
Orris S. Ferry
Union Army general (1823-1875)
William Huntington Russell
American businessman (1809–1885)
Darius N. Couch
soldier, businessman, and naturalist from the United States
Raymond E. Baldwin
American politician (1893–1986)
Maurice Rose
United States Army general (1899–1945)
Francis T. Maloney
American politician (1894-1945)
Jocko Willink
American author
Paul Shulman
Israeli Navy general (1922–1994)
William J. Fetterman
United States Army officer
William A. Purtell
American politician (1897–1978)
Harvey C. Barnum, Jr.
Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
Thomas H. Seymour
American politician (1807–1868)
Henry R. Pease
Union Army officer, lawyer and businessman (1835-1907)
Paul Bucha
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient (1943–2024)
William O'Neill
American politician (1930–2007)
Thomas M. Waller
American politician (1839-1924)