Hartford, Connecticut

Famous Hartford residents

Harriet Beecher Stowe was originally from the Litchfield, Connecticut area, but settled in Hartford during the 1870s. Her house on Forest Street is now open to the public and is right next to that of Mark Twain. Twain moved to Hartford in 1874 and lived in Hartford for a number of years. The Mark Twain House is a national historic site. Twain, whose real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens, wrote many of his most famous works in Hartford, including The Gilded Age, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Roughing It, and his most read and controversial, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

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Harriet Beecher Stowe - Litchfield, Connecticut - 1870s - Mark Twain - 1874 - Mark Twain House - The Gilded Age - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court - Roughing It - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

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Wallace Stevens, the poet, was an insurance executive in Hartford. Katharine Hepburn, and Stephen Cole Kleene were born in the area.

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Wallace Stevens - Katharine Hepburn - Stephen Cole Kleene

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Dwight Freeney (NFL Indianapolis Colts) and Nykesha Sales (WNBA Connecticut Sun) were also born in the Hartford area. They resided in the northwest suburb of Bloomfield and grew up within brief walking distance of each other on Farmstead Circle. Both attended Bloomfield High School and were All State(CIAC) varsity athletes in football and basketball respectively.

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Dwight Freeney - NFL - Indianapolis Colts - Nykesha Sales - WNBA - Connecticut Sun - Bloomfield

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