Firuski (1894–1978), bookseller, alumnus of Yale University Jeff Greenfield (born 1943), ABC television journalist and commentator Margaret Hamilton (1902–1985), actress who played the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz; spent her last years in town Edward Herrmann (1943–2014), Emmy Award-winning actor Horace Holley (1781–1827), minister of Hollis Street Church and president of Transylvania College John M. Holley (1802–1848), US congressman Myron Holley (1779–1841), Erie Canal builder Maria Bissell Hotchkiss (1827–1901), widow of Benjamin B. Hotchkiss, founded Hotchkiss School in Lakeville Josiah S. Johnston (1784–1833), US senator representing Louisiana Alfred Korzybski (1879–1950), founded the Institute of General Semantics at a country estate in Lime Rock and directed it until his death; institute remained there until 1981 Richmond Landon (1898–1971), Olympic gold medal winner Wanda Landowska (1879–1959), harpsichordist; resident of Lakeville from 1949 until death in 1959 Laura Linney (born 1964), Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning actress Frederick Miles (1815–1896), congressman from Connecticut Peter Buell Porter (1773–1844), U.S. Secretary of War (1828–1829); born in town Joseph Schumpeter (1883–1950), economist; died in Taconic in 1950 Jonathan Scoville (1830–1891), congressman Roy Sherwood (1932–2017), ski jumper in 1956 Olympics Georges Simenon (1903–1989), prolific Belgian author, most notably of Maigret novels; lived in house called "Shadow Rock Farm" in Lakeville Meryl Streep (born 1949), multiple Oscar-winning actress; lives in Salisbury with her family Rip Torn (1931–2019), Emmy Award-winning and Oscar-nominated actor Elisha Whittlesey (1783–1863), congressman See also Housatonic Valley Regional High School Salisbury School References External links Town of Salisbury official website The Salisbury Association Trinity Lime Rock History Connecticut placenames of Native American origin Towns in Litchfield County, Connecticut Towns in Connecticut Towns in the New York metropolitan area