List of people from Manchester, New Hampshire
This is a list of people who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Manchester, New Hampshire.
Arts and entertainment
- GG Allin, punk rock singer; known as the "madman of Manchester"
- Jane Badler, Miss New Hampshire 1973; star of early 1980s version and guest-star of 2011 season version of sci-fi series V
- Louis O. Coxe, poet, playwright and academic
- Matt Czuchry, actor (The Good Wife, Gilmore Girls and Hack)
- Shawn Handyside, author of the webcomic Staccato and administrator of the webcomic portal Inksandwich
- Josh Logan, musician and contestant on the television program Rock Star: Supernova
- Grace Metalious, author of the novel Peyton Place
- Seth Meyers, actor, comedian; co-anchor of 'Weekend Update' segment and head writer of NBC's Saturday Night Live
- Bob Montana, cartoonist and creator of the characters of Archie Comics
- Patricia Racette, international opera soprano
- Adam Sandler, actor, comedian, and producer
- Sarah Silverman, controversial comedian, actor, producer; star of the Comedy Channel's The Sarah Silverman Program (2007-10)
- Christopher Stone, actor
- Joseph Philbrick Webster, composer
Business
- Joseph Carter Abbott, owner and editor of the Manchester Daily American[1]
- Aretas Blood, executive at Manchester Locomotive Works
- Dean Kamen, inventor of the iBot and founder of the FIRST Robotics competition (resident of Bedford, company based in Manchester)
- Alyssa LaRoche, founder of Aimee Weber Studio Inc.
- William Loeb, publisher of the New Hampshire Union Leader
- Dick and Mac McDonald, founders of McDonald's
- Charles Revson, businessman, founder of the cosmetics company Revlon
- Max I. Silber, businessman and scouting enthusiast
Government
- Daniel Adams, physician, author, and state legislator[1]
- Emile D. Beaulieu, mayor
- Josephat T. Benoit, mayor
- Albert O. Brown, lawyer, banker and Governor of New Hampshire
- Raymond Buckley, politician
- Henry E. Burnham, senator
- Sherman Everett Burroughs, congressman
- Person Colby Cheney, industrialist, abolitionist and governor of New Hampshire
- Daniel Clark, politician
- Channing H. Cox, politician and Governor of Massachusetts
- Moody Currier, lawyer, banker and governor of New Hampshire
- Charles M. Floyd, manufacturer and politician
- Ted Gatsas, politician and President of the New Hampshire Senate
- Frank Guinta, mayor
- Jean Jeudy, politician
- John W. King, lawyer, jurist, state legislator and Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court
- Martin F. Loughlin, Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court and justice of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire
- Steve Marchand, politician
- Eugene Elliott Reed, congressman
- Alphonse Roy, congressman
- Edward Clarke Smith, mayor
- Ezekiel A. Straw, engineer, businessman, and governor of New Hampshire
- John L. Sullivan, Assistant Secretary of Treasury under FDR, Secretary of the Navy under President Truman
- Peter Sullivan, alderman
- Saghir "Saggy" Tahir, politician
- Charles William Tobey, governor of New Hampshire and senator
- Arthur C. Vailas, president Idaho State University 2006-present
- Louis C. Wyman, congressman
Military
- Sgt. Chris Carr (1914-1917), US Army, Medal of Honor recipient, WWII
- Rene Gagnon, a US Marine who helped raise the flag over Iwo Jima
- John Goffe, soldier and pioneer
- 2nd Lieutenant Jean Donat Grenier (1909 - 1934), Army Air Corps pilot killed while mapping air mail routes in Utah. Manchester-Boston Regional Airport was formerly named, consecutively, Grenier Army Air Field, Grenier Air Force Base, and Grenier Airport in his honor.
- General John Stark, Revolutionary War commander
Science
Sports
- Jamie Aube, race car driver
- Steve Balboni, major league baseball player
- Chris Brickley, college basketball player (University of Louisville)
- Chris Carpenter, Major League Baseball, graduate of Trinity High School
- Charlie Davies, soccer player, USA Soccer Team member
- Mike Flanagan, baseball player, 1979 AL Cy Young
- Chip Kelly, head football coach, University of Oregon
- Don Macek, former pro football player for the San Diego Chargers Center/Guard
- Hubie McDonough, former professional ice hockey player
- Dan Mullen, college football head coach, Mississippi State University
- Dave Philistin, NFL player
- John Francis "Phenomenal" Smith, Major League Baseball player (born: John Francis Gammon)
- Sherman White, former professional football player
Other
References
- ^ a b Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who. 1963.