Notable Residents
- William Burnett Benton (1900–1973), former U.S. Senator
- Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990), conductor, composer, musician
- James Blake (b.1979), professional tennis player
- Julius Boros (1920–1994), professional golfer, winner of 18 PGA tour events including the 1952 & 1963 U.S. Open (golf) and 1968 PGA Championship was born in Fairfield.
- Aaron Burr, Sr. (1716–1757), native, clergyman, educator, and father of Vice President Aaron Burr
- John Byrne (b.1950) comic book artist & author.
- Susan Cooper (b.1935) author of the acclaimed children's sequence The Dark Is Rising.
- Hume Cronyn, actor
- Michael J. Daly (1924–2008), World War II Medal of Honor recipient
- T. F. Gilroy Daly, attorney and Federal judge born and raised in Fairfield.
- C. Douglas Dillon, Sec of US Treasury, Amb to France, lived in Fairfield c. 2002-2003
- David L. Downie, author and professor of politics and environment policy at Fairfield University
- Keir Dullea, actor
- Dick Durrell (1925–2008) a founder of People Magazine adjunct professor at Sacred Heart University.
- Timothy Dwight IV (1752–1817), American Congregationalist minister, theologian, educator, and author; president of Yale College was a pastor for twelve years at the Greenfield Hill Church.
- Margaret Morrison, granddaughter of Andrew Carnegie.
- Pamela Morrison Mitchell, great granddaughter of Andrew Carnegie.
- Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth, founding members of Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club.
- Robert Greenberger (born 1958), writer, editor and Fairfield politician.
- J. J. Henry, PGA golfer & 2006 Ryder Cup team member.
- Paul Hogan, aka "Crocodile Dundee", lived many years in Fairfield with wife Linda Kozlowski
- Don Imus, radio personality, past resident in Southport
- Eliot A. Jardines, Assistant Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Open source intelligence
- Oliver Burr Jennings, Exxon (Standard Oil) Founder
- Pat Jordan, leading sports writer and acclaimed author of A False Spring, ranked #37 on Sports Illustrated's Top 100 Sports Books of All Time
- Aloysius P. Kelley, S.J, President of Fairfield University, 1979-2004.
- Linda Kozlowski, actress, born in Fairfield (1958).
- David LaChapelle, born in Fairfield, renowned photographer and director
- Jonathan Lewis, biomedical researcher, cancer drug developer
- Justin Long, actor and native.
- Roger Ludlow, town founder
- John Mayer, Grammy-winning singer-songwriter and guitarist
- Brian Monahan, US Navy Rear Admiral and Attending Physician of the United States Congress
- Matt Morgan, professional wrestler, American Gladiator and actor
- Anne M. Mulcahy, Chairman, Xerox Corporation
- Charles Nagy, former MLB baseball pitcher for the Cleveland Indians.
- Joe Namath, New York Jets quarterback and sport commentator, past resident
- Henry Fairfield Osborn, (1857–1935) geologist, paleontologist, eugenicist, and a native.
- Jason Robards, actor. Lived in Southport.
- Meg Ryan, actress. Born in Fairfield (1961).
- Chris Sarandon and Joanna Gleason, actors
- Gold Selleck Silliman, Revolutionary War general
- Howard Sosin, founder of AIG Financial Products, presently investor
- Gene Tierney, actress, Tierney cottage just off Sasco Hill
- Brian Torff, jazz musician, composer, head of Fairfield University's music program
- Jeffrey P. von Arx, President of Fairfield University, 2004-present.
- Raviv Ullman, star of Phil of the Future
- Franco Ventriglia, opera singer and a native
- Robert Penn Warren, author and poet
- Michael Weatherly, actor and a native, currently starring as Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo in the hit CBS series, NCIS.
- Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric, former town resident
- Bob Wright, former chairman of NBC for 20 years
- Mabel Osgood Wright, author & founder of the Connecticut Audubon Society (Birdcraft Museum in Fairfield).
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