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New Hampshire Famous
People listed are almost always native to the state. We do (on occasion) include those that have either lived within a state for most of their adult life, or have made a significant contribution to the state in their personal endeavors.A
- Sherman Adams politician
- Thomas Bailey Aldrich author, editor "atlantic monthly"
- Brooke Astor philanthropist
- Josiah Bartlett statesman, signer declaration of independence
- Amy Beach composer, pianist
- Matthew Bonner basketball player
- Philip Booth poet
- Henry Styles Bridges teacher, editor, politician
- Laura Bridgman first deaf-blind child to receive education in English, writer
- Alice Brown author, poet, playwright
- Dan Brown author
- Chris Carpenter baseball player
- Lewis Cass military officer, politician
- Benjamin Champney artist
- Salmon P. Chase politician, jurist
- Jonas Chickering piano manufacturer
- Joseph Cilley politician
- Gordon Clapp actor
- Ralph Adams Cram architect
- Moody Currier attorney, banker, patron of the arts
- Charles Dana author, journalist, politician
- Jonathan Daniels civil rights activist
- Henry Dearborn statesman, revolutionary and war of 1812 veteran
- Ronnie James Dio singer
- Michael Durant army helicopter pilot
- Mary Baker Eddy founder christian science religion
- William P. Fessenden politician
- Carlton Fisk baseball player
- Mike Flanagan baseball player
- Elizabeth Burley Flynn labor leader, activist, founding member american civil liberties union
- Sam Walter Foss poet
- Daniel Chester French sculptor
- Augustus Saint-Gaudens sculptor
- Jeff Giuliano hockey player
- John Goffe colonial soldier
- Horace Greeley editor, founder "new york tribune"
- Judd Gregg politician
- Doris "Granny D" Haddock politician, activist
- Sara Josepha Hale author
- Donald Hall poet
- Randy Harrison actor
- Isaac Hill publisher, editor, politician
- Paul Hodes politician
- Sam Huntington actor
- John Irving author, screenwriter
- Dean Kamen inventor (born new york)
- Jean Kasem actress
- Benjamin Franklin Keith vaudeville theater owner
- John King politician, founder n.h. sweepstakes
- Ray LaMontagne singer, songwriter
- John Langdon patriot, politician
- Lyndon LaRouche economist, activist
- Paul Michael Levesque (Triple H) professional wrestler
- William Loeb publisher
- Thaddeus S. C. Lowe scientist, inventor
- Joyce Maynard author
- Christa McAuliffe first teacher in space (challenger)
- Marice "Mac" McDonald co-founder first mcdonald's restaurant
- Richard "Dick" McDonald co-founder first mcdonald's restaurant
- Larkin Goldsmith Mead sculptor
- Nathanial Meserve shipbuilder
- Grace Metalious author
- Josh Meyers actor
- Seth Meyers actor, comedian
- Bode Miller olympic medalist
- Mandy Moore singer, songwriter, actress
- Jonathan Moulton captain, new hampshire militia
- Tara Mounsey olympic medalist
- Commodore George Washington Nutt p. t. barnum circus midget
- Chad Paronto baseball player
- Princeton Jacob Perez singer
- John Perkins activist, author
- Franklin Pierce 14th u.s. president
- John S. Pillsbury politician, philanthropist
- Penelope "Penny" Pitou olympic medalist
- Eleanor Porter author
- Richard Potter first stage magician, hypnotist, ventriloquist
- Charles Revson creator revlon cosmetics (born in Canada)
- Marilla Ricker first woman lawyer in n.h.
- Robert "Red" Rolfe baseball player
- Kevin Romine baseball player
- Tom Rush singer
- Adam Sandler comedian, actor (born in New York)
- Jeanne Shaheen first woman governor of n.h. (born in Missouri)
- Shaw Brothers music group
- John Shea actor
- Alan Shepard astronaut
- Cosy Sheridan singer, songwriter
- Sarah Silverman actress, comedian, writer
- David Souter jurist
- Bill Staines singer, songwriter
- John Stark general revolutionary war, "hero of bennington"
- Christopher Stone actor
- Harlan Fiske Stone u. s. attorney general, jurist
- John Sullivan general revolutionary war
- John Sununu politician
- Bob Tewksbury baseball player
- Celia Laighton Thaxter poet
- Jenny Thompson olympic medalist (born in Massachusetts)
- Earl Tupper inventor tupperware
- Brian Viglione drummer
- Meshech Weare first president
- Daniel Webster orator, statesman
- Benning Wentworth colonial governor
- "Long" John Wentworth editor, politician
- Stan Williams baseball player
- Henry Wilson u. s. vice president
- John Gilbert Winant politician
- Levi Woodbury politician, jurist
- Joseph Emerson Worcester lexicographer
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New Hampshire Cities, Counties & Area Codes
City | County | Area Code |
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Laconia | Belknap | 603 |
Wolfeboro | Carroll | 603 |
Keene | Cheshire | 603 |
Berlin | Coos | 603 |
Hanover | Grafton | 603 |
Manchester | Hillsborough | 603 |
Concord | Merrimack | 603 |
Derry | Rockingham | 603 |
Dover | Strafford | 603 |
Claremont | Sullivan | 603 |
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This page was last updated on April 7, 2017.