Famous People from New Hampshire

William J. Baroody Jr. (1937 - 1996) Was an American government official best known for running the White House Office of Public Liaison under President Gerald Ford and, later, the American Enterprise Institute. Born in Manchester, NH (1567)

Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (1867 - 1944) Was an American composer and pianist. She was the first successful American female composer of large-scale art music. Most of her compositions and performances were under the name Mrs. H.H.A. Beach. Born in Henniker, NH (1551)

Ernest A. Blood (1872 - 1955) Was a former high school and college men's basketball coach. He was best known for his "Wonder Teams" at New Jersey's Passaic High School, which lost only one game in the span of a decade and set an American high school record for most consecutive victories. Born in Manchester, NH (1549)

Philip Edmund Booth (1925 - 2007) Was an American poet and educator; he has been called "Maine's clearest poetic voice. Born in Hanover, NH (1552)

Dan Brown (1964 - ) Is an American author of thriller fiction, best known for the 2003 bestselling novel, The Da Vinci Code. Born in Exeter, NH (1553)

Lewis Cass (1782 - 1866) Michigan territorial governor (1813 - 1831), U. S. senator from Michigan (1845 - 1857), U. S. cabinet officer, and Democratic candidate (1848) for the U. S . presidency. Born in Exeter, NH (270)

Charles Carleton Coffin (1823 - 1896) Was an American journalist, Civil War correspondent, author and politician. Born in Boscawen, NH (1554)

Marie Grace DeRepentigny (1924 - 1964) Was an American author, best known for her controversial novel Peyton Place, which stayed on The New York Times bestseller list for 59 weeks. Born in Manchester, NH (1556)

Horace Greeley (1811 - 1872) Was an American newspaper editor, a founder of the Liberal Republican Party, a reformer, and a politician. His New York Tribune was America's most influential newspaper from the 1840s to the 1870s and "established Greeley's reputation as the greatest editor of his day." Greeley used it to promote the Whig and Republican parties, as well as opposition to slavery and a host of reforms ranging from vegetarianism to socialism. Born in Amherst, NH (1555)

Sarah Josepha Hale (1788 - 1879) Author and journalist who wrote "Mary Had a Little Lamb". Born in Newport, NH (369)

Nathan Hale (1743 - 1780) Was an American Revolutionary War officer who died as a prisoner of the British. Born in Hampstead, NH (1568)

Sam Huntington (1982 - ) Is an American actor. Born in Peterborough, NH (1558)

John Irving (1942 - ) Famous author. Born in Exeter, NH (0)

Thomas Kopache (1945 - ) Is an American actor. Born in Manchester, NH (1559)

Raymond Charles Jack LaMontagne (1973 - ) Is an American singer-songwriter. Reportedly, after hearing a Stephen Stills song, LaMontagne decided to quit his job at a shoe factory and pursue a career in music. Born in Nashua, NH (1564)

John Langdon (1741 - 1819) Was a politician from Portsmouth, New Hampshire and one of the first two United States senators from that state. Langdon was an early supporter of the Revolutionary War and later served in the Continental Congress. After being in Congress for 12 years, including serving as the first president pro tempore of the Senate, Langdon became governor of New Hampshire. He turned down a nomination for vice presidential candidate in 1812, and later retired until his death in 1819. Born in Portsmouth, NH (1569)

Thaddeus Sobieski Coulincourt Lowe (1832 - 1913) Also known as Professor T. S. C. Lowe, was an American Civil War aeronaut, scientist and inventor, mostly self-educated in the fields of chemistry, meteorology, and aeronautics. By the late 1850s he was well known for his advanced theories in the meteorological sciences as well as his balloon building. Among his aspirations were plans for a transatlantic flight. Born in Jefferson Mills, NH (1557)

Samuel Bode Miller (1977 - ) Is an American alpine ski racer. He is an Olympic and World Championship gold medalist, a two-time overall World Cup champion in 2005 and 2008, and is generally considered the greatest American alpine skier of all time. He is also considered one of the greatest FIS Alpine World Cup skiers of all time with 32 total victories, and a victory in all five disciplines. Born in Easton, NH (1550)

Amanda Leigh "Mandy" Moore (1984 - ) Is an American singer-songwriter, actress and fashion designer. Born in Nashua, NH (1565)

Ronald James Padavona (1942 - 2010) Better known as Ronnie James Dio, was an Italian-American heavy metal vocalist and songwriter. Born in Portsmouth, NH (1563)

Franklin Pierce (1804 - 1869) The 14th President of the United States (1853-1857); He also became a brigadier general in the Mexican-American War. Born in Hillsboro, NH (368)

Keri Lynn Pratt (1978 - ) Is an American actress of film and television. Born in Concord, NH (1560)

Tom Rush (1941 - ) Is an American folk and blues singer, songwriter and recording artist. Born in Portsmouth, NH (1566)

John Victor Shea (1949 - ) Is an American actor and director who has starred on stage, television and in film. He is best known for his role as Lex Luthor in the 1990s TV series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman and also starred in the short lived 1990s TV series WIOU as Hank Zaret. Born in North Conway, NH (1561)

Alan B. Shepard Jr. (1923 - 1998) Became the first American in space when he orbited the earth in the rocket Freedom 7 in May 1961. Born in East Derry, NH (365)

Christopher Stone (1942 - 1995) Was an American actor. Born in Manchester, NH (1562)

Earl Silas Tupper (1907 - 1983) Invented tupperware while working at a DuPont chemical factory. He later founded the Tupperware Plastics Company. Born in Berlin, NH (366)

Daniel Webster (1782 - 1852) Was a leading American statesman during the nation's Antebellum Period. He first rose to regional prominence through his defense of New England shipping interests. Born in Salisbury, NH (1570)

Henry Wilson (1812 - 1875) Vice President of the United States under President Ulysses Grant. Born in Farmington, NH (364)