the Future Franco Ventriglia, opera singer, Fairfield native Jeffrey P. von Arx, president of Fairfield University Robert Penn Warren, author and poet Robert Waterman, clipper ship captain who sailed to California and named Fairfield, California after this city Michael Weatherly, actor, plays Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo in series NCIS Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric, former town resident Bob Wright, chairman of NBC for 20 years Mabel Osgood Wright, author and founder of Connecticut Audubon Society (Birdcraft Museum in Fairfield) Julie Benko, actress; attended Fairfield Ludlowe High School in Fairfield See also Fairfield Community Connection References External links Towns in Fairfield County, Connecticut Populated places established in 1639 Towns in the New York metropolitan area Towns in Connecticut Populated coastal places in Connecticut 1639 establishments in Connecticut