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:
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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
- 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
- P.J. O'Rourke – novelist
- Jules Olitski – painter
- 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
- 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 – left-handed pitcher – Baltimore Orioles (Manchester)
- Brian Foster – professional ice hockey player – (Pembroke)
- Sam Fuld – Major League Baseball player – Oakland A's (Durham)
- 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 (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 the 1998 Winter Olympics (Concord)
- Chad Paronto – baseball player (Woodsville)
- Penny Pitou – United States Olympic alpine skier (Gilford and Laconia)
- Johnny Punch – professional wrestler (Lebanon)
- 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 – third baseman, manager (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 – professional baseball player (Nashua)
- Bob Tewksbury – Major League Baseball pitcher (Concord)
- Jenny Thompson – competitive swimmer (Dover)
- Paul Thompson – NHL ice hockey player (Derry)
- Triple H – professional wrestler (Nashua)
- Harold Weber – Olympic golfer (Littleton)
- 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
- 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
- Adam Lanza – involved in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
- 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
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
- Jared Nathan – native
- Mike O'Malley
- Sandeep Parikh – native
- Maggi Parker – native
- Keri Lynn Pratt – native
- Nick Purcell – native
- Perrey Reeves – native
- Chris Romano – native
- Adam Sandler
- Erika Schaefer – native
- John Shea – native
- Laura Silverman – native
- Christopher Stone – native
- Ilene Woods – native
Comedians and humorists
- Ant – native
- Ronny Chieng
- Jamie Kaler – native
- Josh Meyers – brother of Seth Meyers
- Seth Meyers – native; brother of Josh Meyers
- Sarah Silverman – native
Models
- Jillian Beyor
- Erica Campbell – native
- Jennifer Lavoie
- Mia Tyler – native
Musicians
- 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
- Gary Hoey
- 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
- 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
- Vattnet Viskar
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
- Jenna Lewis – reality show contestant
- Don Orsillo – baseball broadcaster
- Trish Regan – Fox Business anchor
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
- 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
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
- Betty Hill – notable alien abduction captive
- 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
- 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
See also
- List of Dartmouth College alumni
- List of Dartmouth College faculty
- List of people from Concord, New Hampshire
- List of people from Dover, New Hampshire
- List of people from Exeter, New Hampshire
- List of people from Hanover, New Hampshire
- List of people from Manchester, New Hampshire
- List of people from Nashua, New Hampshire
- List of people from Portsmouth, New Hampshire
- List of Phillips Exeter Academy alumni
- List of St. Paul's School alumni
- Lists of Americans
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