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

 * 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
 * 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
 * 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)
 * 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 – 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)
 * 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)
 * John Morton - Olympic biathlon skier (Walpole)
 * 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
 * Adam Lanza, school shooter - born in Kingston, New Hampshire

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

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
 * 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

 * Jennifer Lavoie
 * 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
 * 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

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
 * Kristin Tate – Fox News commentator

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
 * 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


 * 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
 * Charles Revson – businessman
 * Robert Rodat – screenwriter, producer
 * Chris Sheridan – TV writer