List of People From Westport, Connecticut - Singers, Musicians and Other Entertainers

Singers, Musicians and Other Entertainers

• Michael Bolton, singer, current resident
• Phil Donahue, (husband of Marlo Thomas) talk show host, current resident
• Matt Gallant (b. 1964), a television host, raised in town
• Don Imus, radio personality, current resident
• Larry Kenney, radio personality on the Don Imus show, actor, and father of Kerri Kenney-Silver, lives in town.
• Nile Rodgers, musician and music producer
• Martha Stewart, entrepreneur, past resident, also had a studio in town
• Eric Von Schmidt (1931–2007), a folk and blues singer-songwriter of the folk/blues revival of the 1960s, is a town resident.
• Hy Zaret (d. 2007), lyricist, lived in Westport, where he died.
• Mike Greenberg ESPN Personality, host of Mike and Mike current resident.
• Meat Loaf (Michael Lee Aday), Rock singer and songwriter, moved to town from Stamford with his wife and stepdaughter Pearl Aday shortly after the 1981 birth of another daughter, Amanda Aday; coached girls softball in town; later moved to Redding, Connecticut.
• Gerry Mulligan, Gerald Joseph "Gerry" Mulligan (b. April 6, 1927 – d. January 20, 1996), was an American jazz saxophonist, composer and arranger.
• Dan Hartman (1950–1994) a singer, songwriter and record producer, died in town.
• Neal Smith, drummer for Alice Cooper and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee briefly lived in Westport. He now sells real estate in the area.
• Mike Kulich, Pornographic Director, Producer and Entrepreneur graduated Staples High School in 2004.