List of people from New Hampshire
The following are people who were either born, raised, or who gained significant prominence for living in New Hampshire:
Athletes
- Ernest Blood – men's basketball coach (Manchester)
- Matt Bonner – National Basketball Association player - San Antonio Spurs (Concord)
- Chris Carpenter – Major League Baseball player - Toronto Blue Jays-St. Louis Cardinals (Raymond)
- Charlie Davies – Major League Soccer player - D.C. United (Manchester)
- Chad Eaton - National Football League defensive tackle (Exeter)
- Mark Fayne – NHL ice hockey player - New Jersey Devils (Nashua)
- Carlton Fisk - Major League Baseball catcher - Boston Red Sox - (grew up in Charlestown)
- Mike Flanagan - left-handed pitcher - Baltimore Orioles (Manchester)
- Sam Fuld – Major League Baseball player - Tampa Bay Rays (Durham)
- Jeff Giuliano – professional ice hockey player - Iserlohn Roosters (Nashua)
- Scotty Lago – snowboarder (Seabrook)
- Ben Lovejoy - NHL ice hockey player (Concord)
- Freddy Meyer – ice hockey player - Modo Hockey (Sanbornville)
- Bode Miller – alpine ski racer (Easton)
- Tara Mounsey – gold medalist at the 1998 Winter Olympics (Concord)
- Chad Paronto – baseball player (Woodsville)
- Penny Pitou - United States Olympic alpine skier (Gilford and Laconia)
- Red Rolfe - third baseman, manager (Penacook)
- Kevin Romine – utility outfielder in Major League Baseball (Exeter)
- Leanne Smith – alpine skier (Conway)
- Darius Songaila- Lithuanian professional basketball player (attended school in New Hampton)
- Birdie Tebbetts - professional baseball player (Nashua)
- Bob Tewksbury – Major League Baseball pitcher (Concord)
- Jenny Thompson – competitive swimmer (Dover)
- Triple H – professional wrestler (Nashua)
- Stan Williams – Major League Baseball player (Enfield)
- Brian Wilson – professional baseball relief pitcher - San Francisco Giants (Londonderry)
Arts and literature
- Russell Banks
- Samuel Bartlett – native
- Amy Beach – native
- Philip Booth
- Dan Brown – native
- Bill Bryson – resident, 1995–2003
- Lisa Carver
- Charles Carleton Coffin
- Edward Estlin Cummings
- Joseph Dennie
- Tomie dePaola
- Richard Eberhart
- Ron Fortier
- Daniel Chester French – native
- Robert Frost
- Horace Greeley - native
- Donald Hall
- John Irving – native
- Elizabeth Orton Jones
- Jane Kenyon
- Heather King
- Maxine Kumin
- Dudley Leavitt
- Alan Lelchuk
- Edward MacDowell
- Joyce Maynard
- Jim McDermott
- Larkin Goldsmith Mead – native
- Grace Metalious
- P.J. O'Rourke
- John Perkins – native
- Jodi Picoult
- J. D. Salinger – lived in Cornish, New Hampshire for several decades
- Charles Simic
- Armstrong Sperry – resident 1941–1976
- Mark Steyn
- Harriet E. Wilson
Aviation/aeronautics
- Jay C. Buckey
- Richard M. Linnehan
- Thaddeus Lowe – native
- Lee Morin – native
- Richard A. Searfoss
- Alan Shepard – native
Educators
- Christa McAuliffe – first teacher in space
- Richard Lederer – former St. Paul's School English teacher; author of Anguished English
Entertainment
Humorists/comedians
- Ant – native
- Jamie Kaler – native
- Seth Meyers – native
- Josh Meyers – Seth's brother
- Sarah Silverman – native
Actors/actresses
- Bradford Anderson – native
- Sam Ayers – native
- Richard Backus – native
- Jane Badler – native
- Gordon Clapp – native
- Andy Comeau – native
- Eliza Coupe – native
- Michael Graziadei
- Randy Harrison – native
- Sam Huntington – native
- Jean Kasem – native
- Thomas Kopache – native
- Keri Lynn Pratt – native
- Perrey Reeves – native
- Adam Sandler
- John Shea – native
- Christopher Stone – native
Television personalities
Models
- Jillian Beyor
- Erica Campbell – native
- Jennifer Lavoie
Musicians
- GG Allin – native
- Dale Bozzio of Missing Persons
- Brad Delp of Boston
- Ronnie James Dio – native
- Julie Dubela
- Sully Erna of Godsmack
- JoJo
- Ray LaMontagne – native
- Tommy Makem
- Mandy Moore – native
- Bill Morrissey
- Joe Queer – native
- Tom Rush - native
- Will Sheff of Okkervil River and Shearwater – native
- Cosy Sheridan
- Jon Spencer – native
- Bill Staines
- Steven Tyler of Aerosmith
- Brian Viglione of The Dresden Dolls
Infamous New Hampshirites
- Edward and Elaine Brown
- Carl Drega – native
- H.H. Holmes – native
- Linda Kasabian
- Pamela Smart – native
Native Americans
Scientists and engineers
- Stuart Chase – economist and engineer
- Jim Collins – MacArthur genius, bioengineer and inventor
- Sidney Darlington – electrical engineer and inventor of the Darlington transistor
- Dean Kamen – inventor of the Segway and founder of the FIRST Robotics Competition
- Erasmus Darwin Leavitt, Jr. – mechanical engineer, known for his steam engine designs
- Ambrose Swasey – mechanical engineer, inventor, and entrepreneur
- Earl Silas Tupper - chemist, inventor of Tupperware
Political/military figures
Religious figures
Other
- Brooke Astor – native (Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient)
- Tom Dey – film director
- Darby Field – first European to climb Mount Washington
- Phineas Gage – railroad construction foreman whose survival of an accident influenced discussion about the brain
- Betty Hill – notable alien abduction captive
- William Loeb III – publisher of the Union Leader from 1946-1981, conservative political figure
- Mary Josephine Ray – the world's second-oldest person at the time of her death in 2010
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