List of people from Maine
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The following is a list of prominent people who were born in the U.S. state of Maine, live in Maine, or for whom Maine is a significant part of their identity:
- Joan Benoit, first women's Olympic marathon champion
- Joshua Chamberlain, American Civil War Major General
- William Cohen, US Secretary of Defense, 1997-2001 (Bangor)
- Susan Collins, U.S. Senator (Caribou)
- George Barrell Emerson, American Educator
- Stephen King, horror novelist
- James B. Longley, first Independent Governor of Maine
- Rachel Nichols, model turned actress
- H.S. Maxim, inventor of Maxim gun
- Shirley Povich, longtime Washington Post sports columnist
- Olympia Snowe, Congresswoman and U.S. Senator (Auburn)
- Sam Webb, Chairman of Communist Party USA
- Janwillem van de Wetering (1931-), Dutch-born, Maine based novelist who often writes about Maine
