Ridgefield, Connecticut

Ridgefield is a town located in Fairfield County, Connecticut. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 23,643.

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Fairfield County, Connecticut - 2000

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Notable residents of the town, which is a distant suburb of New York City, include Carolyn Kepcher from the hit NBC Show The Apprentice; author and artist Maurice Sendak, best known for his book Where the Wild Things Are, Priceline founder Jay Walker, actor and playwright Harvey Fierstein, composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz, and actor Robert Vaughn.

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New York City - Carolyn Kepcher - The Apprentice - Maurice Sendak - Where the Wild Things Are - Priceline - Harvey Fierstein - Stephen Schwartz - Robert Vaughn

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Past residents have included JFK advisor Theodore Sorenson, television journalist Morton Dean, Ingersoll-Rand President George Doubleday, soprano Geraldine Farrar, novelist Howard Fast, Jolie Gabor (Zsa Zsa Gabor's mother), architect Cass Gilbert, Connecticut governors George Lounsbury and Phineas Lounsbury, Ambassador Clare Booth Luce and her husband, TIME founder Henry Luce, children's author Richard Scarry, newspaper tycoon Robert P. Scripps, Nobel Playwright Eugene O'Neill, conductor Maxim Shostakovich, and futurist Alvin Toffler.

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Theodore Sorenson - Ingersoll-Rand - Geraldine Farrar - Howard Fast - Jolie Gabor - Zsa Zsa Gabor - Cass Gilbert - Clare Booth Luce - TIME - Henry Luce - Richard Scarry - Eugene O'Neill - Maxim Shostakovich - Alvin Toffler

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Ridgefield is home to the Keeler Tavern Museum and the prestigious

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Aldrich Museum of Modern Art.

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