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Bridgeport, CT

CITY

Official Website:
http://ci.bridgeport.ct.us/

Population:
139529 (2000 census)

Founding Date:
1639

County:
Fairfield County

Established 1639 as Newfield, later Stratfield. Incorporated 1800.

SCHOOLS

SchoolFounded
University of Bridgeport
1927

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

CompanyFounded
Aquarion Company
1857

BIRTHS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Richard Belzer
Comic
4-Aug-1944   Munch on Homicide, Law & Order: SVU
Robert O. Bowen
Novelist
7-May-1920   The Weight of the Cross
Dan Curtis
Film Director
12-Aug-1927 27-Mar-2006 Burnt Offerings
Brian Dennehy
Actor
9-Jul-1938   First Blood
Rob Dibble
Baseball
24-Jan-1964   Sportscaster, former Cincinnati Reds pitcher
Robert P. Hunter
Activist
23-Aug-1940   Mackinac Center for Public Policy
Arline Judge
Actor
21-Feb-1912 7-Feb-1974 B-Movie actress, collector of husbands
Larry Kramer
Playwright
25-Jun-1935   The Normal Heart
Edwin H. Land
Inventor
7-May-1909 1-Mar-1991 Polaroid Land Camera
John Mayer
Musician
16-Oct-1977   Your Body Is a Wonderland
Robert Mitchum
Actor
6-Aug-1917 1-Jul-1997 Cape Fear
Tony Musante
Actor
30-Jun-1936   The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
Kevin Nealon
Comic
18-Nov-1953   Saturday Night Live
John Ratzenberger
Actor
6-Apr-1947   Postman Cliff Clavin on Cheers
William Bradford Reynolds
Government
21-Jun-1942   Reagan administration
Vinnie Vincent
Guitarist
5-Aug-1952   Kiss and Invasion guitarist
Deborah Walley
Actor
12-Aug-1943 10-May-2001 Gidget Goes Hawaiian
Joseph Wilson
Diplomat
6-Nov-1949   Ambassador to Gabon, Valerie Plame's husband

DEATHS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
P. T. Barnum
Hoaxer
5-Jul-1810 7-Apr-1891 Circus showman
Jason Robards
Actor
26-Jul-1922 26-Dec-2000 All The President's Men



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