New Hampshire

New Hampshire Famous

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• 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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