List of people from Hanover, New Hampshire

The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in Hanover, New Hampshire.

Academics and writing

• Philip Booth (1925–2007), poet
• Andy Borowitz (born 1958), writer, comedian, satirist, actor
• C. Loring Brace (1930–2019), anthropologist
• Gerald Warner Brace (1901–1978), writer, educator, sailor, boat builder
• Laura Dewey Lynn Bridgman (1829–1889), first deaf-blind American to gain a significant education in the English language
• Francis Brown (1849–1916), Semitic scholar
• Bill Bryson (born 1951), author
• James Freeman Clarke (1810–1888), preacher, author
• Janet Evanovich (born 1943), writer
• Barbara Newhall Follett (1914–disappeared 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 (1826–1901), 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 (1832–1902), author
• Paul D. Paganucci (1931–2001), investment banker, university educator, college financial administrator, businessman
• Jodi Picoult (born 1966), author
• Mary Roach (born 1959), author
• Kate Sanborn (1839–1917), author, teacher, lecturer, reviewer, compiler, essayist, farmer
• Armstrong Sperry (1897–1976), writer-illustrator of children's literature
• Eleazar Wheelock (1711–1779), college founder

Arts

• Nicol Allan (1931–2019), artist
• Dave Cole (born 1975), contemporary sculptor

Business and design

• Hal Barwood, game developer
• George Bissell (1821–1884), industrialist
• William Kamkwamba (born 1987), inventor, author
• Olin Stephens (1908–2008), yacht designer

Media

• Jack Beatty (born 1945), writer, commentator
• Tom Dey (born 1965), film director
• Brad Feldman (born 1967), television and radio announcer
• Dana Vespoli, pornographic actress

Medical

• Dixi Crosby (1800–1873), surgeon, educator at Dartmouth College
• C. Everett Koop (1916–2013), Surgeon General of the United States

Military

• Thomas C. Kinkaid (1888–1972), U.S. Navy admiral during WWII

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 (1822–1881), lawyer, philanthropist
• Jonathan Freeman (1745–1808), U.S. congressman
• C. Everett Koop (1916–2013), 13th U.S. Surgeon General
• Sean Patrick Maloney (born 1966), U.S. congressman
• James W. Patterson (1823–1893), U.S. congressman and senator
• James W. Ripley (1786–1835), attorney, Jacksonian U.S. congressman
• Samuel Taggart (1754–1825), U.S. congressman
• Daniel Webster (1782–1852), U.S. congressman, senator from Massachusetts
• Leonard Wilcox (1799–1850), U.S. senator

Sports

• Barbara Bedford (born 1972), Olympic swimmer
• Nate Fish (born 1980), baseball player and coach
• Hilary Knight (born 1989), women's hockey forward; 2010 and 2014 Olympic silver medalist
• Kevin Pearce (born 1987), former professional snowboarder; competed professionally from 2007 to 2009, when a crash during snowboard training left him with a traumatic brain injury
• Ben True (born 1985), runner; World Cross Country Championships silver medalist (2013)

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