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:

Aeronautics and aviation

• Jay C. Buckey – astronaut
• Michael Durant – pilot – native
• Richard M. Linnehan – 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

A–M

• Eric Aho – painter
• Thomas Bailey Aldrich – poet, novelist, travel writer
• Russell Banks – novelist
• Amy Beach – composer – 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
• E. E. Cummings – poet
• Decap – artist and record producer
• Joseph Dennie – 18th-century writer
• Tomie dePaola – children's book author
• Richard Eberhart – poet
• James Thomas Fields – publisher, editor, poet
• 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

N–Z

• 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, New Hampshire 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

• 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)
• 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)
• 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
• Tricia Dunn-Luoma – Olympic ice hockey player – (Derry)
• Chad Eaton – National Football League defensive tackle (Exeter)
• 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 – Oakland A's (Durham)
• Rich Gale – Major League Baseball pitcher – Kansas City Royals (Littleton)
• Jeff Giuliano – professional ice hockey player – Iserlohn Roosters (Nashua)
• Jesse P. 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)
• Chip Kelly – NFL 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)
• Jason LeHoullier – boxer (Nottingham)
• 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)
• Tara Mounsey – gold medalist at 1998 Winter Olympics (Concord)
• 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)

Criminals

• Lisa Biron – child molester and child pornographer
• 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
• Daniel Maldonado – Al-Shabaab terrorist – native
• Dennis Moran – computer hacker
• Richard Paul Pavlick – stalked John F. Kennedy – native
• 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

Native Americans

• Passaconaway
• Plausawa
• Wonalancet

Political and military figures

A–M

• 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
• 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

N–Z

• 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
• 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 – founder and owner, Maynesboro Stud
• Ben Cherington – professional baseball executive, general manager of the Boston Red Sox
• Kitty DeGree – 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
• 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
• Jed Hoyer – executive vice-president and general manager of the Chicago Cubs
• Bill Jackowski – MLB umpire
• Jigger Johnson – lumberjack
• A.G. Lafley – chief executive officer, Procter & Gamble
• Howard Lederer – professional poker player
• William Loeb III – publisher, Union Leader (1946–1981); conservative political figure
• Alanis Obomsawin – documentary filmmaker
• Chris Ohlson – film producer and director
• Mary Josephine Ray – world's second-oldest person at the time of her death in 2010
• Charles Revson – businessman
• Robert Rodat – screenwriter, producer
• Chris Sheridan – TV writer

Gallery

• 
  Alan Shepard
  (1923–1998), astronaut
• 
  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

See also