The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in Hanover, New Hampshire.
Academics and writing
- Philip Booth (1925âÂÂ2007), poet
- Andy Borowitz (born 1958), writer, comedian, satirist, actor
- C. Loring Brace (1930âÂÂ2019), anthropologist
- Gerald Warner Brace (1901âÂÂ1978), writer, educator, sailor, boat builder
- Laura Dewey Lynn Bridgman (1829âÂÂ1889), first deaf-blind American to gain a significant education in the English language
- Francis Brown (1849âÂÂ1916), Semitic scholar
- Bill Bryson (born 1951), author
- James Freeman Clarke (1810âÂÂ1888), preacher, author
- Janet Evanovich (born 1943), writer
- Barbara Newhall Follett (1914âÂÂdisappeared 1939), author; in December 1939, aged 25, reportedly became depressed with her marriage and walked out of her apartment, never to be seen again
- Richard Foster (1826âÂÂ1901), abolitionist, educator
- Joan Halifax (born 1942), Zen Buddhist teacher, anthropologist, ecologist, civil rights activist, hospice caregiver, author
- Virginia Heffernan (born 1969), critic, columnist, author
- Terence Hines (born 1951), professor of psychology, author
- Grace Webster Haddock Hinsdale (1832âÂÂ1902), author
- Paul D. Paganucci (1931âÂÂ2001), investment banker, university educator, college financial administrator, businessman
- Jodi Picoult (born 1966), author
- Mary Roach (born 1959), author
- Kate Sanborn (1839âÂÂ1917), author, teacher, lecturer, reviewer, compiler, essayist, farmer
- Armstrong Sperry (1897âÂÂ1976), writer-illustrator of children's literature
- Eleazar Wheelock (1711âÂÂ1779), college founder
Arts
Business and design
Media
Medical
Military
Music
- Sir Babygirl (born 1993), singer, songwriter, guitarist
- Al Barr (born 1968), vocalist for Dropkick Murphys
- Kent Carter (born 1939), jazz musician
- Ken Chastain (born 1964), musician, engineer, producer
- Charlie Clouser (born 1963), keyboardist, composer, record producer, remixer
- Noah Kahan (born 1997), singer-songwriter
- Jon Spencer (born 1965), singer, composer, guitarist
Politics and law
- Amos Noyes Blandin, Jr. (1896-1982) Supreme Court Justice State of New Hampshire
- Henry Fowle Durant (1822âÂÂ1881), lawyer, philanthropist
- Jonathan Freeman (1745âÂÂ1808), U.S. congressman
- C. Everett Koop (1916âÂÂ2013), 13th U.S. Surgeon General
- Sean Patrick Maloney (born 1966), U.S. congressman
- James W. Patterson (1823âÂÂ1893), U.S. congressman and senator
- James W. Ripley (1786âÂÂ1835), attorney, Jacksonian U.S. congressman
- Samuel Taggart (1754âÂÂ1825), U.S. congressman
- Daniel Webster (1782âÂÂ1852), U.S. congressman, senator from Massachusetts
- Leonard Wilcox (1799âÂÂ1850), U.S. senator
Sports
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