List of people from New Hampshire
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[change | change source]
- Jay C. Buckey – astronaut
- 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[change | change source]
- A–M
- Eric Aho – painter
- Thomas Bailey Aldrich – poet, novelist, travel writer
- Russell Banks – novelist
- Amy Beach – composer – native
- Philip Booth, poet
- Jon Brooks – songwriter – 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
- 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
- Donald Hall – poet
- Dan Hurlin – poet, literary critic – native
- John Irving – novelist – native
- 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
- P.J. O'Rourke – novelist
- Jules Olitski – painter
- Maxfield Parrish – painter
- John Perkins – author – native
- Jodi Picoult – author
- 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
- Adam Warren – comic book writer/artist
- Harriet E. Wilson – 19th-century novelist
Athletes[change | change source]
- Kerry Bascom – women's basketball player (Epping)
- Ernest Blood – men's basketball coach (Manchester)
- Matt Bonner – National Basketball Association player – San Antonio Spurs (Concord)
- Chris Carpenter – Major League Baseball player – Toronto Blue Jays-St. Louis Cardinals (Raymond)
- Charlie Davies – Major League Soccer player – D.C. United (Manchester)
- 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 – left-handed pitcher – Baltimore Orioles (Manchester)
- Sam Fuld – Major League Baseball player – Oakland A's (Durham)
- Jeff Giuliano – professional ice hockey player – Iserlohn Roosters (Nashua)
- 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 (Dover)
- Scotty Lago – snowboarder (Seabrook)
- Paul LaPolice – Canadian Football League coach (Nashua)
- Jeff Locke – Major League Baseball player – Pittsburgh Pirates (Redstone)
- Ben Lovejoy – NHL ice hockey player (Concord)
- Freddy Meyer – ice hockey player – Modo Hockey (Sanbornville)
- Bode Miller – alpine ski racer (Easton)
- Tara Mounsey – gold medalist at the 1998 Winter Olympics (Concord)
- Chad Paronto – baseball player (Woodsville)
- Penny Pitou – United States Olympic alpine skier (Gilford and Laconia)
- Kendall Reyes – football player (Nashua)
- Red Rolfe – third baseman, manager (Penacook)
- Kevin Romine – utility outfielder in Major League Baseball (Exeter)
- Leanne Smith – alpine skier (Conway)
- Darius Songaila – Lithuanian professional basketball player (attended school in New Hampton)
- Birdie Tebbetts – professional baseball player (Nashua)
- Bob Tewksbury – Major League Baseball pitcher (Concord)
- Jenny Thompson – competitive swimmer (Dover)
- Triple H – professional wrestler (Nashua)
- Bob Whitcher – pitcher with the Boston Braves (Berlin)
- Stan Williams – Major League Baseball player (Enfield)
- Brian Wilson – professional baseball relief pitcher – San Francisco Giants (Londonderry)
Criminals[change | change source]
- Edward and Elaine Brown – tax evaders
- Carl Drega – killer of state troopers – native
- H.H. Holmes – serial killer of 1893 – native
- Linda Kasabian – member of Manson Family
- Adam Lanza – involved in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
- Pamela Smart – convicted murderer – native
Educators[change | change source]
- 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[change | change source]
Actors and actresses[change | change source]
- Bradford Anderson – native
- Sam Ayers – native
- Richard Backus – native
- Jane Badler – native
- Wilson Bethel - native
- Peter Bonerz
- Gordon Clapp – native
- Andy Comeau – native
- Eliza Coupe – native
- Ashley Fires
- Michael Graziadei
- Randy Harrison – native
- Sam Huntington – native
- Jean Kasem – native
- Thomas Kopache – native
- Mike O'Malley
- Keri Lynn Pratt – native
- Perrey Reeves – native
- Chris Romano – native
- Adam Sandler
- John Shea – native
- Christopher Stone – native
Comedians and humorists[change | change source]
- Ant – native
- Jamie Kaler – native
- Josh Meyers – brother of Seth Meyers
- Seth Meyers – native; brother of Josh Meyers
- Sarah Silverman – native
Models[change | change source]
- Jillian Beyor
- Erica Campbell – native
- Jennifer Lavoie
Musicians[change | change source]
- Gaston Allaire – native
- GG Allin – native
- Dale Bozzio – member, Missing Persons
- Mark Brunswick
- Brad Delp – member, Boston
- Ronnie James Dio – native
- Julie Dubela
- Sully Erna – member, Godsmack
- JoJo
- Ray LaMontagne – native
- Tommy Makem
- Mandy Moore – native
- Bill Morrissey
- Our Last Night
- Matt Pond – member, Matt Pond PA
- Joe Queer – native
- Tom Rush – native
- Will Sheff – member, Okkervil River and Shearwater – native
- Cosy Sheridan
- Jon Spencer – native
- Bill Staines
- Steven Tyler – member, Aerosmith
- Brian Viglione – member, The Dresden Dolls
- Dot, Betty and Helen Wiggin – members, The Shaggs – natives
Television personalities[change | change source]
- Dana Bash – CNN journalist
- Tom Bergeron – host of Dancing with the Stars
- Samantha Brown – travel journalist
- Ken Burns – documentary filmmaker
- Don Orsillo – baseball broadcaster
Native Americans[change | change source]
Political and military figures[change | change source]
- 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
- John Langdon – native
- Lyndon LaRouche
- John Lynch
- Thomas J. McIntyre
- Nathaniel Meserve – 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 – native
- 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[change | change source]
Scientists and engineers[change | change source]
- 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
- 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[change | change source]
- Brooke Astor – philanthropist; recipient, Presidential Medal of Freedom (native)
- Cam Brensinger – founder and chief executive officer, NEMO Equipment
- 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
- Tom Dey – film director
- Annie Duke – professional poker player
- Michael Durant – pilot and author
- 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
- Betty Hill – notable alien abduction captive
- Gary Hirshberg – chief executive officer, Stonyfield Farm
- A.G. Lafley – chief executive officer, Procter & Gamble
- Howard Lederer – professional poker player
- William Loeb III – publisher, Union Leader (1946–1981); conservative political figure
- Mary Josephine Ray – world's second-oldest person at the time of her death in 2010
- Charles Revson – businessman
