List of people from New Hampshire
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The following are people who were either born, raised, or who gained significant prominence for living in New Hampshire:
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[edit] Athletes
- Ernest Blood - native
- Matt Bonner - native
- Chris Carpenter - native
- Carlton Fisk - native
- Bode Miller - native
- Tara Mounsey - native
- Chad Paronto - native
- Kevin Romine - native
- Bob Tewksbury - native
- Stan Williams (baseball) - native
- Jenny Thompson (swimmer) - native
- Cathy O'Brien (runner)
[edit] Art and Literature
- Russell Banks
- Sam Bartlett - native
- Dan Brown
- Lisa Carver
- Daniel Chester French - native
- Robert Frost
- Horace Greeley
- John Irving
- Jane Kenyon
- Joyce Maynard
- Jim McDermott
- Grace Metalious
- Larkin Goldsmith Mead - native
- John Perkins
- Jodi Picoult
- J. D. Salinger - has lived in Cornish, New Hampshire for decades
[edit] Aviation/Aeronautics
- Graham "Bassw" Crews - native
- Thaddeus Lowe - native
- Christa McAuliffe - lived and taught in Concord
- Alan Shepard - native
[edit] Entertainment
[edit] Humorists/Comedians
- Adam Sandler
- Sarah Silverman - native
- Seth Meyers - native
[edit] Actor/Actress
- Erica Campbell - native
- Randy Harrison - native
- Sam Huntington - native
- John Shea - native
- Christopher Stone (actor) - native
[edit] Musicians
- GG Allin - native
- Ronnie James Dio - native
- Jay Fortin of Scissorfight
- Mandy Moore - native
- The Shaggs
- Jon Spencer - native
- Brian Viglione of the Dresden Dolls
- Jim MacDougall of the Funky Divas of Gospel
- Eric Pritchard - violinist
[edit] World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)
- Joanie Laurer a.k.a "Chyna"
- Paul Levesque a.k.a "Triple H" - native
[edit] Infamous New Hampshirites
- Carl Drega - native
- H.H. Holmes - native
- Linda Kasabian - native
- Pamela Smart - native
- Quasmir Walker - Hopstickin's black girl
[edit] Political/Military Figures
- Sherman Adams
- Josiah Bartlett
- Joseph Blanchard - native
- Timothy Bedel - native
- Jonathan Chase
- Salmon P. Chase - native
- Joseph Cilley - native
- Henry Dearborn - native
- Abraham Drake
- Michael Durant - native
- Enoch Hale
- Nathan Hale
- John Goffe
- John Langdon - native
- Lyndon Larouche - Political Activist / Economist
- Nathaniel Meserve - native
- Jonathan Moulton - native
- Moses Nichols
- Nathaniel Peabody
- Benjamin Pierce (governor)
- Franklin Pierce - native
- Enoch Poor
- James Reed
- George Reid - native
- Alexander Scammel
- John Stark - native
- Thomas Stickney - native
- David Souter
- John Sullivan - native
- Matthew Thornton
- George H. Wadleigh - native
- Daniel Webster - native
- William Whipple
- Isaac Wyman
[edit] Religious Figures
[edit] Other
- Brooke Astor - native (Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient)
- Darby Field - 1st European to climb Mount Washington (New Hampshire)
- Jennifer Lavoie - model
- Passaconaway
- Plausawa
- Wonalancet
[edit] See also
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