List of people from Manchester, New Hampshire

Business

• Joseph Carter Abbott (1825–1881), owner and editor of the Manchester Daily American
• Aretas Blood (1816–1897), executive at Manchester Locomotive Works
• Jeremy Hitchcock (born 1981), founder and former CEO of Dyn
• Gary Hirshberg (born 1954), chairman and former president and CEO of Stonyfield Farm, an organic yogurt producer; graduate of The Derryfield School
• Dean Kamen (born 1951), inventor of the iBot and founder of the FIRST Robotics competition (resident of Bedford, company based in Manchester)
• Alyssa LaRoche (born 1979), founder of Aimee Weber Studio Inc.
• Richard McDonald (1909–1998), one half of the McDonald's brothers, entrepreneurs who founded the fast food company McDonald's
• Maurice McDonald (1902–1971), one half of the McDonald's brothers, entrepreneurs who founded the fast food company McDonald's
• Charles Revson (1906–1975), businessman, founder of the cosmetics company Revlon
• Max I. Silber (1911–2004), businessman, scouting enthusiast

Government

• Daniel Adams (1773–1864), physician, author, state legislator
• Emile Beaulieu (1931–2016), mayor of Manchester
• Josephat T. Benoit (1900–1976), mayor of Manchester
• Jay C. Block (born 1970), Former candidate for New Mexico Governor and current New Mexico State Senator

• Albert O. Brown (1852–1937), lawyer, banker and the 58th governor of New Hampshire

• Hiram Brown (1801–1890), first mayor of Manchester
• Raymond Buckley (born 1959), NH Democratic Party chairman
• Henry E. Burnham (1844–1917), U.S. senator
• Sherman Everett Burroughs (1870–1923), U.S. congressman
• Ernest E. Chabot (1922–2019), member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives and United States Postal Service worker
• Person Colby Cheney (1828–1901), industrialist, abolitionist and the 35th governor of New Hampshire
• Daniel Clark (1809–1891), U.S. senator
• Channing H. Cox (1879–1968), politician and the 49th governor of Massachusetts
• Joyce Craig, first female mayor of Manchester
• Moody Currier (1806–1898), lawyer, banker and the 40th governor of New Hampshire; Manchester's Currier Museum of Art is named after him and was founded based on a bequest in his will
• Robert K. Dodge (1928–2017), member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
• Charles M. Floyd (1861–1923), manufacturer and the 51st governor of New Hampshire
• Ted Gatsas (born 1950), mayor of Manchester and president of the New Hampshire Senate
• Frank Guinta (born 1970), U.S. congressman and mayor of Manchester
• John W. King (1916–1996), lawyer, jurist, state legislator and chief justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court
• Martin F. Loughlin (1923–2007), chief justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court and justice of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire
• Steve Marchand (born 1974), mayor of Portsmouth, New Hampshire
• Mace Moulton (1796–1867), U.S. congressman
• Chris Pappas (born 1980), U.S. representative with New Hampshire
• Eugene Elliott Reed (1866–1940), U.S. congressman
• Alphonse Roy (1897–1967), U.S. congressman
• Nicholas Sarwark (born 1979), former chairman of the Libertarian Party (2014-2020)
• Edward Clarke Smith (1864–1926), mayor of Manchester
• Donna Soucy (born 1967), member of the New Hampshire Senate
• Barbara Shaw (1942–2021), member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
• Ezekiel A. Straw (1819–1882), engineer, businessman, and the 34th governor of New Hampshire
• John L. Sullivan (1899–1982), Assistant Secretary of Treasury under FDR; Secretary of the Navy under President Truman
• Charles William Tobey (1880–1953), U.S. senator and congressman; 62nd governor of New Hampshire
• Arthur C. Vailas (born 1951), president of Idaho State University (2006–2018)
• Louis C. Wyman (1917–2002), U.S. congressman

Military

• Chris Carr (1914–1970), U.S. Army sergeant; Medal of Honor recipient (WWII)
• Robert W. Cone (1957–2016), U.S. Army 4-star general
• Jason K. Fettig (born ), Director, United States Marine Band, 2014–present
• Rene Gagnon (1925–1979), U.S. Marine; helped raise the flag over Iwo Jima (WWII)
• John Goffe (1701–1786), soldier in colonial America; his name is preserved in the name of Goffstown, New Hampshire and the Goffe's Falls neighborhood of Manchester, New Hampshire
• Cyrus A. Reed (1825-1910), adjutant general in Oregon in the 1860s.
• John Stark (1728–1822), Revolutionary War-era general; widely known as the "Hero of Bennington" for his exemplary service at the Battle of Bennington in 1777

Science

• Thomas J. Bouchard, Jr. (born 1937), professor of psychology; director of the Minnesota Center for Twin and Adoption Research
• George A. Economou (1923–2003), optical expert; instrumental in the development of the atomic bomb
• Lee M. E. Morin (born 1952), NASA astronaut

Sports

• Jamie Aube (born 1953), NASCAR driver
• Steve Balboni (born 1957), first baseman and designated hitter with five MLB teams; World Series champion (1985)
• Courtney Banghart (born 1978), head women's basketball coach at the University of North Carolina
• Charlie Davies (born 1986), striker with Sochaux (French Ligue 1) and the USA soccer team
• Ryan Day (born 1979), head coach of Ohio State University football team
• Mike Flanagan (1951–2011), All-Star pitcher with Baltimore Orioles and Toronto Blue Jays; World Series champion (1983)
• Wenyen Gabriel (born 1997), basketball player with the Los Angeles Lakers
• Chip Kelly (born 1963), former head coach of NFL's Philadelphia Eagles, San Francisco 49ers
• Don Macek (born 1954), center with the San Diego Chargers
• Hubie McDonough (born 1963), center with NHL's Los Angeles Kings, New York Islanders, and San Jose Sharks
• Dan Mullen (born 1972), college football head coach at UNLV
• Dave Philistin (born 1986), linebacker with Seattle Seahawks and Kiel Baltic Hurricanes (Germany)
• John Francis "Phenomenal" Smith (1864–1952), pitcher with several MLB teams
• Sherman White (born 1948), defensive end with Cincinnati Bengals and Buffalo Bills, second pick of 1972 NFL draft

Other

• Jennie Collins (1828–1887), labor reformer, humanitarian, suffragist
• Lisa Anne Fletcher (1844-1905), poet, correspondent
• Mariano Gagnon (1929–2017), Franciscan friar, Roman Catholic priest, missionary
• Marie-Josephine Gaudette (1902–2017), supercentenarian, oldest nun ever and oldest living person in Italy
• Alice Hughes (journalist) (1898–1977), journalist and syndicated fashion columnist
• Bernice Blake Perry (1905–1996), pilot and photographer, first woman to earn a pilot's license in New Hampshire
• Horace Riviere (1887–1942), Union organizer in the 1920s and 30s, head of the New England district of the United Textile Workers of America

References