Jonathan Trumbull, Sr. (
1710–1785), governor of Connecticut, father of Jonathan Trumbull, Jr., and a strong supporter of Washington during the American Revolutionary War, studied theology in Lebanon and later died in the town, where he is buried (portrait at right)
Martha Wadsworth Brewster (1710 – c. 1757), poet and writer, one of the earliest American female literary figures
Eleazar Wheelock (1711–1779), Congregational minister, orator, educator, and founder of Dartmouth College
William Williams (1731–1811), merchant and delegate for Connecticut to the Second Continental Congress in 1776, where he signed the Declaration of Independence.
Son-in-law of Jonathan Trumbull, Sr.

Joseph Trumbull (1737–1778), a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1774 (did not attend sessions), and colonel in the Continental Army.
He served as one of the Commissary Generals.
Son of Jonathan Trumbull, Sr.

Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. (1740–1809), General George Washington's secretary during the American Revolution, later eight-term governor of the state.
Son of Jonathan Trumbull, Sr.

John Trumbull (1756–1843), American neoclassical painter, famous for artwork in the US Capitol, and the artwork on the back of the two-dollar bill.
Son of Jonathan Trumbull, Sr.

William Strong (Vermont politician) (1763–1840), US congressman and judge
Prince Saunders (1775–1839), attorney general of the Republic of Haiti
Joseph Trumbull (1782–1861), state governor, later Connecticut representative to the US Congress.
Grandson of Jonathan Trumbull, Sr.

William Beaumont (1785–1853), "Father of Gastric Physiology" whose book describing digestion, published in 1833, became a classical medical study still used today
Ralph Gurley (1797–1872), clergyman, chaplain of the US House of Representatives, and an influential figure in the American Colonization Society, which offered passage to their colony in west Africa (now Liberia) to free black Americans
William Alfred Buckingham (1804–1875), businessman, elected four-term mayor of Norwich, later elected seven-term governor of Connecticut.
Served during the Civil War.
Elected to the U.S. Senate in 1868 and died in office.

Nelson Dewey (1813–1889), first governor of Wisconsin (1848–1852) at the age of 35
Pelatiah Webster (1726-1795), Colonial merchant and author of short essays concerning the finances and government of the fledging United States
Jonathan Trumbull, Sr. (1710–1785), governor of Connecticut, father of Jonathan Trumbull, Jr., and a strong supporter of Washington during the American Revolutionary War, studied theology in Lebanon and later died in the town, where he is buried (portrait at right)
Martha Wadsworth Brewster (1710 – c. 1757), poet and writer, one of the earliest American female literary figures
Eleazar Wheelock (1711–1779), Congregational minister, orator, educator, and founder of Dartmouth College
William Williams (1731–1811), merchant and delegate for Connecticut to the Second Continental Congress in 1776, where he signed the Declaration of Independence. Son-in-law of Jonathan Trumbull, Sr.
Joseph Trumbull (1737–1778), a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1774 (did not attend sessions), and colonel in the Continental Army. He served as one of the Commissary Generals. Son of Jonathan Trumbull, Sr.
Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. (1740–1809), General George Washington's secretary during the American Revolution, later eight-term governor of the state. Son of Jonathan Trumbull, Sr.
John Trumbull (1756–1843), American neoclassical painter, famous for artwork in the US Capitol, and the artwork on the back of the two-dollar bill. Son of Jonathan Trumbull, Sr.
William Strong (Vermont politician) (1763–1840), US congressman and judge
Prince Saunders (1775–1839), attorney general of the Republic of Haiti
Joseph Trumbull (1782–1861), state governor, later Connecticut representative to the US Congress. Grandson of Jonathan Trumbull, Sr.
William Beaumont (1785–1853), "Father of Gastric Physiology" whose book describing digestion, published in 1833, became a classical medical study still used today
Ralph Gurley (1797–1872), clergyman, chaplain of the US House of Representatives, and an influential figure in the American Colonization Society, which offered passage to their colony in west Africa (now Liberia) to free black Americans
William Alfred Buckingham (1804–1875), businessman, elected four-term mayor of Norwich, later elected seven-term governor of Connecticut. Served during the Civil War. Elected to the U.S. Senate in 1868 and died in office.
Nelson Dewey (1813–1889), first governor of Wisconsin (1848–1852) at the age of 35
Pelatiah Webster (1726-1795), Colonial merchant and author of short essays concerning the finances and government of the fledging United States
Lebanon, Connecticut