Famous New Hampshirites
These are just a few of the famous people who were either born in New Hampshire or spent some important time in New Hampshire.
J. Stephens Abbot, inventor of Concord Coach
Ethan Allen, patriot
Ralph Baer, inventor of first interactive video game
Josiah Bartlett, signer of U.S. Declaration of Independence
Ernest Harold Baynes, founder of first bird club in America
Style Bridges, New Hampshire governor and U.S. senator
Roy Campanella, baseball player
Francis and Alice Cleveland, founders of Barnstormers theater group
Austin Corbin II, environmentalist
Lewis Downing, inventor of Concord Coach
Mary Baker Eddy, founder of the First Church of Christ, Scientist
Robert Frost, poet
John H. Gage, built first shop devoted to the manufacture of machinists's tools
Edward Goodnow, co-founder of Barnstormers theater group
Sarah Josepha Hale, editor
William Harrison, inventor of first interactive video game
Pierre Hevey, founder of first credit union
John Paul Jones, naval hero
Dean Kamen, founder of first national robotics competition
John Kemeny, inventor of BASIC computer language
John W. King, New Hampshire governor
Thomas Kurtz, inventor of BASIC computer language
John Langdon, New Hampshire governor, U.S. acting vice president
Edward MacDowell, composer
Marian Nevins MacDowell, founder of the MacDowell Colony
Sylvester Marsh, railway engineer
Christa McAuliffe, astronaut
John McCrillis, maker of first American ski film
George and Parker Morton, designers of the first skimobile
Don Newcombe, baseball player
Salvatore Pagliuca, meteorologist
Edward C. Pickering, founder of Appalachian Mountain Club
Franklin Pierce, U.S. president
Frank West Rollins, New Hampshire governor
William Rusch, inventor of first interactive video game
Otto Schniebs, maker of first American ski film
Alan B. Shepard Jr., astronaut
Sarah Silverman, comedienne
Edith Bond Stearns, founder of the Peterborough Players
Thomas Thompson, patriot
Matthew Thornton, signer of U.S. Declaration of Independence
Amos Tuck, founder of Republican Party
Earl Tupper, inventor of tupperware
Arthur Walden, Antarctica explorer
Daniel Webster, U.S. congressman and senator, U.S. secretary of state
John Wentworth, New Hampshire governor
William Whipple, signer of U.S. Declaration of Independence, general
Henry Wilson, U.S. vice president
John Winant, New Hampshire governor
For the names of famous New Hampshire authors, see http://www.nh.gov/nhsl/nhauthors/index.html
For many other famous New Hampshirites, see http://www.nh.gov/nhinfo/people.html.
