List of people from New Hampshire

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The following are people who were born, raised, or who gained significant prominence for living in U.S. state of New Hampshire:

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by with reliable sources.

Aeronautics and aviation[]

  • Jay C. Buckey – astronaut
  • Michael Durant – pilot – native
  • Christa McAuliffe – astronaut
  • Thaddeus Lowe – 19th-century balloonist – native
  • Lee Morin – astronaut – native
  • Richard A. Searfoss – astronaut
  • Alan Shepard – astronaut; first American in space – native

Arts and literature[]

  • Eric Aho – painter
  • Thomas Bailey Aldrich – poet, novelist, travel writer
  • Russell Banks – novelist
  • Amy Beach – composer – native
  • Brian Sidney Bembridge – artist, designer – native
  • Henry Ames Blood – poet, playwright – native
  • Philip Booth – poet
  • Ben Bradlee Jr. – journalist, author – native
  • Dan Brown – novelist – native
  • Bill Bryson – author – resident, 1995–2003
  • Lisa Carver – writer
  • Willa Cather – novelist
  • Charles Carleton Coffin – American Civil War correspondent
  • Matt Chandler (writer) – children's book author
  • David Cote – playwright, opera librettist, theater critic – native
  • E. E. Cummings – poet
  • Decap – artist and record producer
  • Joseph Dennie – 18th-century writer
  • Tomie dePaola – children's book author
  • Richard Eberhart – poet
  • Clayton Emery – author
  • James T. Fields – publisher, editor, poet
  • Barbara Newhall Follett – writer – native
  • Ron Fortier – comic book writer
  • Daniel Chester French – sculptor – native
  • Robert Frost – poet
  • Horace Greeley – journalist – native
  • Wayne Green – publisher – native
  • Donald Hall – poet
  • Nicholas Hondrogen – painter, photographer, sculptor
  • Dan Hurlin – poet, literary critic – native
  • John Irving – novelist – native
  • Carrie Jones – novelist
  • Elizabeth Orton Jones – illustrator
  • Jane Kenyon – poet
  • Heather King – blogger
  • Maxine Kumin – poet
  • Dudley Leavitt – publisher
  • Alan Lelchuk – novelist, editor
  • Edward MacDowell – pianist, composer
  • Joyce Maynard – novelist
  • Jim McDermott – illustrator
  • Larkin Goldsmith Mead – sculptor – native
  • Grace Metalious – novelist
  • Bob Montana – illustrator of Archie comics
  • Jules Olitski – painter
  • P.J. O'Rourke – novelist
  • Maxfield Parrish – painter
  • John Perkins – author – native
  • Jodi Picoult – author
  • Eleanor H. Porter – novelist
  • Augustus Saint-Gaudens – sculptor
  • J. D. Salinger – novelist – lived in Cornish for several decades
  • Charles Simic – poet
  • Armstrong Sperry – children's book author – resident 1941–1976
  • Mark Steyn – political commentator
  • Celia Thaxter – poet
  • Adam Warren – comic book writer/artist
  • Brady Watt – producer, bass player, and bandleader
  • Harriet E. Wilson – 19th-century novelist

Athletes and sports figures[]

  • Victoria Arlen – Paralympian swimmer, ESPN personality (Exeter)
  • Aaron Baddeley – professional golfer (Lebanon)
  • Kerry Bascom – women's basketball player (Epping)
  • Jane Blalock – professional golfer (Portsmouth)
  • Ernest Blood – men's basketball coach (Manchester)
  • Matt Bonner – National Basketball Association player – San Antonio Spurs (Concord)
  • John Bosa – NFL football player Miami Dolphins (Keene)
  • Dunbar Bostwick – Olympic ice hockey player – (Concord)
  • Kent Carlson – NHL ice hockey player – (Concord)
  • Chris Carpenter – Major League Baseball player – Toronto Blue Jays-St. Louis Cardinals (Raymond)
  • Ben Cherington – professional baseball executive, general manager of the Boston Red Sox
  • Bruce Cunliffe – Olympic ice hockey player – (Keene)
  • Charlie Davies – Major League Soccer player – D.C. United (Manchester)
  • Dangerous Danny Davis – professional wrestling referee and wrestler
  • Matt Duffy – Major League Baseball player – Tampa Bay Rays (Salem)
  • Tricia Dunn-Luoma – Olympic ice hockey player – (Derry)
  • Chad Eaton – National Football League defensive tackle (Exeter)
  • Eva Fabian (born 1993) – American-Israeli world champion swimmer (Keene)
  • Mark Fayne – NHL ice hockey player – New Jersey Devils (Nashua)
  • Carlton Fisk – Major League Baseball catcher – Boston Red Sox – (grew up in Charlestown)
  • Mike Flanagan – Major League Baseball pitcher – Baltimore Orioles (Manchester)
  • Brian Foster – professional ice hockey player – (Pembroke)
  • Sam Fuld – Major League Baseball player and Philadelphia Phillies general manager – Oakland A's (Durham)
  • Rich Gale – Major League Baseball pitcher – Kansas City Royals (Littleton)
  • Jeff Giuliano – professional ice hockey player – Iserlohn Roosters (Nashua)
  • Jesse Guilford – amateur golfer (Manchester)
  • Kirk Hanefeld – professional golfer (Claremont)
  • Jay Heaps – former professional soccer player and current soccer manager – New England Revolution (Nashua)
  • James H. Horne – athletic director and coach at Indiana University (Berlin)
  • Jed Hoyer – executive vice-president and general manager of the Chicago Cubs
  • Bill Jackowski – MLB umpire
  • Chip Kelly – NFL and college football head coach – Philadelphia Eagles, San Francisco 49ers (Dover)
  • Katie King-Crowley – Olympic ice hockey player – (Salem)
  • Scotty Lago – snowboarder (Seabrook)
  • Greg Landry – NFL quarterback (Nashua)
  • Paul LaPolice – Canadian Football League coach (Nashua)
  • Jeff Locke – Major League Baseball player – Pittsburgh Pirates (Redstone)
  • Ben Lovejoy – NHL ice hockey player (Concord)
  • Hubie McDonough – NHL ice hockey player (Manchester)
  • Jack McGowan – professional golfer (Concord)
  • Justin McIsaac – professional wrestler
  • Freddy Meyer – ice hockey player – Modo Hockey (Sanbornville)
  • Bode Miller – alpine ski racer (Easton)
  • Bill Moisan – Major League Baseball pitcher – Chicago Cubs (Newton)
  • John Morton – Olympic biathlon skier (Walpole)
  • Tara Mounsey – gold medalist at 1998 Winter Olympics (Concord)
  • Josh Owens (born 1988) - basketball player for Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
  • Chad Paronto – baseball player (Woodsville)
  • Penny Pitou – Olympic alpine skier silver medalist (Gilford and Laconia)
  • Deron Quint – NHL ice hockey player (Durham)
  • Kendall Reyes – football player (Nashua)
  • Jon Rheault – professional ice hockey player (Deering)
  • Brandon Rogers – professional ice hockey player – (Rochester)
  • Red Rolfe – Major League Baseball third baseman, manager and Yale coach (Penacook)
  • Kevin Romine – utility outfielder in Major League Baseball (Exeter)
  • Jeff Serowik – NHL ice hockey player (Manchester)
  • Leanne Smith – alpine skier (Conway)
  • Darius Songaila – Lithuanian professional basketball player (attended school in New Hampton)
  • Matt Taven – professional wrestler (Derry)
  • Birdie Tebbetts – Major League Baseball player and manager (Nashua)
  • Bob Tewksbury – Major League Baseball pitcher (Concord)
  • Jenny Thompson – swimmer, 12-time Olympic medalist (Dover)
  • Paul Thompson – NHL ice hockey player (Derry)
  • Triple H – professional wrestler (Nashua)
  • Harold Weber – Olympic golfer (Littleton)
  • Bob Whitcher – Major League Baseball pitcher – Boston Braves (Berlin)
  • Stan Williams – Major League Baseball pitcher (Enfield)
  • Brian Wilson – Major League Baseball relief pitcher – San Francisco Giants (Londonderry)

Business Persons[]

Criminals[]

See also: List of people executed in New Hampshire
  • Lisa Biron – child molester
  • Edward and Elaine Brown – tax evaders
  • Carl Drega – killer of state troopers – native
  • Brian Dugan – rapist and serial killer – native
  • Samuel Green – serial killer and robber – native
  • H.H. Holmes – serial killer of 1893 – native
  • Linda Kasabian – member of Manson Family
  • Adam Lanza – school shooter – born in Kingston
  • Daniel Maldonado – Al-Shabaab terrorist – native
  • Dennis Moran – computer hacker
  • Richard Paul Pavlick – stalked John F. Kennedy – native
  • Terry Peder Rasmussen – serial killer
  • Pamela Smart – convicted murderer – native
  • Forbes Smiley – art thief
  • Henry Tufts – 18th century thief – native

Educators[]

  • Samuel Colcord Bartlett – Dartmouth president
  • Richard Lederer – former St. Paul's School English teacher; author of Anguished English
  • Christa McAuliffe – first teacher in space

Entertainment[]

Actors and actresses[]

  • Bradford Anderson – native
  • Sam Ayers – native
  • Richard Backus – native
  • Jane Badler – native
  • Wilson Bethel – native
  • Peter Bonerz
  • James Broderick – native
  • Josh Casaubon
  • Gordon Clapp – native
  • Patience Cleveland
  • Lew Cody
  • Andy Comeau – native
  • Zack Conroy – native
  • Eliza Coupe – native
  • Matt Czuchry – native
  • Stephen Dunham
  • Dustin Farnum – native
  • Hallie Foote
  • Phoebe Foster – native
  • Pamela Gidley
  • Michael Graziadei
  • Randy Harrison – native
  • Sam Huntington – native
  • Jean Kasem – native
  • William Kendis – native
  • Thomas Kopache – native
  • Walter Long – native
  • Dorothy Loudon
  • Kenneth MacKenna – native
  • Mandy Moore – native
  • Jared Nathan – native
  • Mike O'Malley
  • Sandeep Parikh – native
  • Maggi Parker – native
  • Keri Lynn Pratt – native
  • Perrey Reeves – native
  • Chris Romano – native
  • Adam Sandler
  • John Shea – native
  • Laura Silverman – native
  • Christopher Stone – native
  • Ilene Woods – native

Comedians and humorists[]

  • Ant – native
  • Jay Chanoine
  • Ronny Chieng
  • Jamie Kaler – native
  • Josh Meyers – brother of Seth Meyers
  • Seth Meyers – native; brother of Josh Meyers
  • Sarah Silverman – native

Internet personalities[]

  • Adam22 (Adam John Grandmaison) – native
  • Ludwig Ahgren – native

Models[]

  • Mia Tyler – native

Musicians[]

  • Chris Alfieri – member of Vattnet Viskar
  • Gaston Allaire – native
  • GG Allin – native
  • Dale Bozzio – member, Missing Persons
  • Mark Brunswick
  • Daniel Cartier
  • Charlie Clouser – native
  • Connie Converse – native
  • Brad Delp – member, Boston
  • Ronnie James Dio – native
  • Julie Dubela
  • Sully Erna – member, Godsmack
  • Betty George – native
  • Lyman Heath – native
  • Gary Hoey
  • JoJo
  • Ray LaMontagne – native
  • Tommy Makem
  • Mandy Moore – native
  • Bill Morrissey
  • Our Last Night
  • Rod Picott
  • Matt Pond – member, Matt Pond PA
  • Joe Queer – native
  • Patricia Racette – opera singer, native
  • Tom Rush – native
  • Joe Seiders – member, The New Pornographers
  • Will Sheff – member, Okkervil River and Shearwater – native
  • Cosy Sheridan
  • Jon Spencer – native
  • Bill Staines
  • Buddy Stewart – native
  • Sarah Stiles
  • Steven Tyler – member, Aerosmith
  • Brian Viglione – member, The Dresden Dolls
  • Dot, Betty and Helen Wiggin – members, The Shaggs – natives
  • Jillian Wheeler

Television personalities[]

  • Dana Bash – CNN journalist
  • Tom Bergeron – host of ABC's Dancing with the Stars
  • Samantha Brown – travel journalist
  • Ken Burns – documentary filmmaker
  • Carl Cameron – Fox News correspondent
  • Corey Lewandowski – CNN political commentator and former 2016 Donald Trump presidential campaign manager
  • Don Orsillo – baseball broadcaster
  • Trish Regan – Fox Business anchor
  • Kristin Tate – Fox News commentator

Native Americans[]

Political and military figures[]

See also: List of mayors of Manchester, New Hampshire; List of Governors of New Hampshire; List of justices of the New Hampshire Supreme Court; List of members of the Executive Council of New Hampshire; List of Presidents of the New Hampshire Senate; List of United States Representatives from New Hampshire; and List of United States Senators from New Hampshire
  • Sherman Adams
  • Kelly Ayotte – native
  • William J. Baroody, Jr. – native
  • Josiah Bartlett
  • Timothy Bedel – native
  • Jason Bedrick
  • Joseph Blanchard – native
  • Edward H. Brooks – native
  • Lewis Cass
  • Jonathan Chase
  • Salmon P. Chase – native
  • Wentworth Cheswell – native
  • Jonathan Cilley – native
  • Joseph Cilley (senator) – native
  • Joseph Cilley (state senator) – native
  • Robert W. Cone
  • John Cutt
  • Henry Dearborn – native
  • Abraham Drake – native
  • Michael Durant – native
  • Nathaniel Folsom
  • Rene Gagnon – native
  • John Taylor Gilman
  • John Goffe
  • David Gottesman
  • Judd Gregg – native
  • Ethel "Granny D" Haddock – native
  • Enoch Hale
  • Nathan Hale
  • Paul Hodes
  • William E. Holyoke – native
  • John Langdon – native
  • Lyndon LaRouche
  • Corey Lewandowski
  • John Lynch
  • Sean Patrick Maloney
  • Thomas J. McIntyre
  • Frank Merrill – Merrill's Marauders
  • Nathaniel Meserve – native
  • James Miller – native
  • Jonathan Moulton – native
  • Moses Nichols
  • Richard O'Kane – native
  • Frank Nesmith Parsons – native
  • Nathaniel Peabody
  • David Petraeus – summer resident
  • Benjamin Pierce
  • Franklin Pierce – 14th President of the United States
  • Enoch Poor
  • Carol Shea-Porter – native
  • James Reed
  • George Reid – native
  • Warren Rudman
  • Alexander Scammel
  • Jeanne Shaheen
  • Sumner Shapiro
  • Max Silber
  • David Souter
  • John Stark – native
  • Thomas Stickney – native
  • Harlan F. Stone – native
  • John Sullivan – native
  • John H. Sununu
  • John E. Sununu
  • Katrina Swett
  • Dick Swett
  • Meldrim Thomson, Jr.
  • Matthew Thornton
  • Colin Van Ostern – native
  • George H. Wadleigh – native
  • John Wentworth (governor)
    • see also John Wentworth (disambiguation)
  • Daniel Webster – native
  • William Whipple
  • Leonard Wood – native
  • Isaac Wyman
  • Louis C. Wyman – native
  • Dawn Zimmer

Religious figures[]

  • Mary Baker Eddy
  • John W. Gowdy
  • Monsignor Pierre Hevey
  • Gene Robinson

Scientists and engineers[]

  • Leonard Bailey – inventor, toolmaker, cabinet maker
  • C. Loring Brace – anthropologist
  • Stuart Chase – economist and engineer
  • Jim Collins – MacArthur genius, bioengineer and inventor
  • William E. Corbin – inventor of paper towels
  • Sidney Darlington – electrical engineer and inventor of the Darlington transistor
  • Dean Kamen – inventor of the Segway and founder of the FIRST Robotics Competition
  • Erasmus Darwin Leavitt, Jr. – mechanical engineer, known for his steam engine designs
  • Edward William Nelson – naturalist and ethnologist
  • Sylvester H. Roper – inventor, pioneering builder of early automobiles and motorcycles
  • Ambrose Swasey – mechanical engineer, inventor, and entrepreneur
  • Earl Silas Tupper – chemist, inventor of Tupperware
  • George H. Whipple – physician, pathologist and biomedical researcher; recipient, 1932 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Ashland)

Other[]

  • Brooke Astor – philanthropist; recipient, Presidential Medal of Freedom (native)
  • Hal Barwood – screenwriter, film producer, game designer and game producer
  • Stephanie Birkitt – former assistant to David Letterman on Late Show with David Letterman
  • William Robinson Brown – business leader in Coos County; founder and owner, Maynesboro Stud
  • – real estate developer and philanthropist in Monroe, Louisiana, born in South Sutton in Merrimack County
  • Brian De Palma – film director
  • Tom Dey – film director
  • Annie Duke – professional poker player
  • Michael Durant – pilot and author
  • Dan Eckman – director, writer
  • Ivan Edwards (physician) – ex-minister, community organizer, doctor, Reserve military officer
  • Darby Field – first European to climb Mount Washington
  • Phineas Gage – railroad construction foreman whose survival of an accident influenced discussion about the brain
  • George Hawkins – victim of a bad skin graft that led to the celebrated "Hairy Hand" case of 'Hawkins v. McGee
  • Barney and Betty Hill – alleged alien abduction captives
  • Jenna Miscavige Hill – critic of the Church of Scientology
  • Gary Hirshberg – chief executive officer, Stonyfield Farm
  • Jigger Johnson – lumberjack
  • A.G. Lafley – chief executive officer, Procter & Gamble
  • Howard Lederer – professional poker player
  • Richard and Maurice McDonald – founders of McDonald's
  • Alanis Obomsawin – documentary filmmaker
  • Chris Ohlson – film producer and director
  • Charles Revson – businessman
  • Robert Rodat – screenwriter, producer
  • Chris Sheridan – TV writer
  • Jonathan Daniels – Civil rights martyr

Gallery[]

  • Alan Shepard
    (1923–1998), first American to travel into space

  • Daniel Chester French
    (1850–1931), acclaimed sculptor

  • Carlton Fisk
    (born 1947), Baseball Hall of Famer

  • H. H. Holmes
    (1861–1896), serial killer

  • Adam Sandler
    (born 1966), actor and comedian

  • Seth Meyers
    (born 1973), comedian and television host

  • Franklin Pierce
    (1804–1869), 14th President of the United States

  • Daniel Webster
    (1782–1852), U.S. Senator and Representative from Massachusetts and New Hampshire

  • Mary Baker Eddy
    (1821–1910), founder of Christian Science

  • Henry Wilson
    (1812–1875), 18th Vice President of the United States

  • Willa Cather
    (1873–1947), novelist

See also[]

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