the state of Vermont Ira Allen (1751–1814), one of the founders of Vermont Major Andre Andrews (1792–1834), mayor of Buffalo, New York Norman Dorsen (1930–2017), Law Professor, former president American Civil Liberties Union Edward L. Ferman (born 1937), editor and publisher, most notably of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Theodore Sedgwick Gold (1818–1906), Connecticut state secretary of the board of agriculture Ralph C. Harrison (1833–1918), attorney and Supreme Court of California justice Tom Jones (born 1928), composer, The Fantasticks Alexandra Paul (born 1963), actress; raised in Cornwall Oliver Platt (born 1960), actor Tim Prentice (born 1930), sculptor Abraham A. Ribicoff (1910–1998), governor of Connecticut and U.S. senator Roxana Barry Robinson (born 1946), novelist and biographer John Sedgwick (1813–1864), Union Army general killed by a sniper at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House Oscar Serlin (1901–1971), Broadway producer, Life with Father Marc Simont (1915–2013), artist, political cartoonist and illustrator of children's books Richard Schlesinger, veteran CBS News correspondent James Thurber (1894–1961), author (The Secret Life of Walter Mitty), cartoonist and celebrated wit Adam Van Doren, watercolorist and author Charles Van Doren (1926–2019), historian, notable quiz show contestant, resident Mark Van Doren (1894–1972), poet and teacher Sam Waterston (born 1940), actor; lives in West Cornwall Josepha Newcomb Whitney (1871–1957), suffragist, pacifist, elected to Connecticut legislature References External links Official website Cornwall Consolidated School Cornwall Library Cornwall Historical Society The Cornwall Chronicle The Lakeville Journal Housatonic Valley Regional High School in Falls Village Cornwall, Connecticut, at City-Data.com Towns in Litchfield County, Connecticut Towns in the New York metropolitan area Towns in Connecticut