G. Agostinelli, mayor and State Comptroller Astrid Allwyn, 1930s movie actress Elizabeth S. Anderson, philosopher and MacArthur Fellow Geno Auriemma, head coach of UConn women's basketball team, 2012 and 2016 U.S. women's national team Dick Berggren, motorsport announcer and magazine editor Daniel C. Burbank, NASA astronaut Russell Cheney, American Impressionist Sherwood Cheney, US Army brigadier general Carol Lynn Curchoe, reproductive biologist Seth DeValve, football tight end for the Carolina Panthers Dr. Dot, massage therapist David Efianayi (born 1995), basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League Addie C. Strong Engle (1845–1926), author, publisher Mary Ann Handley, former Connecticut state senator Jay Johnstone, former professional baseball player and commentator Larry Lisciotti, pool player Jean Marzollo, children's author and illustrator Bill Masse, US Olympian Henry Molaison, noted memory disorder patient James B. Olcott, turfgrass farmer and influential citizen Frederick Walker Pitkin, governor of Colorado from 1879 to 1883 Richard Plepler, television executive Alberto Salazar, former world-class long-distance runner and 4x winner of Boston and New York marathons, and coach until he was banned for life John Shea Jr., politician, jurist, businessman Kory Sheets, former NFL player Christopher Spencer, inventor of Spencer repeating rifle Dana White, president of the Ultimate Fighting Championship See also Hartford Distributors shooting Manchester Silkworms Truth Serum, an Eisner-nominated comic which takes place in Manchester References External links Town of Manchester official website Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce Populated places established in 1672 Towns in Hartford County, Connecticut 1672 establishments in Connecticut Towns in Connecticut Greater Hartford