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[1]
- C. Loring Brace (1930–2019), anthropologist[2]
- Gerald Warner Brace (1901–1978), writer, educator, sailor, boat builder[2]
- Francis Brown (1849–1916), Semitic scholar[3]
- Bill Bryson (born 1951), author[4]
- James Freeman Clarke (1810–1888), preacher, author[5]
- Richard Eberhart (1904–2005), Pulitzer Prize-winning poet[6]
- Janet Evanovich (born 1943), writer[7]
- Barbara Newhall Follett (1914–disappeared 1939), author; in December 1939, aged 25, Follett reportedly became depressed with her marriage and walked out of her apartment, never to be seen again
- Richard Foster (1826–1901), abolitionist, educator[8]
- Joan Halifax (born 1942), Zen Buddhist teacher, anthropologist, ecologist, civil rights activist, hospice caregiver, author[9]
- Virginia Heffernan (born 1969), critic, columnist, author[10]
- Grace Webster Haddock Hinsdale (1832–1902), author[11]
- Paul D. Paganucci (1931–2001), investment banker, university educator, college financial administrator, businessman[12]
- Jodi Picoult (born 1966), author[13]
- Mary Roach (born 1959), author[14]
- Kate Sanborn (1839–1917), author, teacher, lecturer, reviewer, compiler, essayist, farmer[15]
- Armstrong Sperry (1897–1976), writer-illustrator of children's literature[16]
- Eleazar Wheelock (1711–1779), college founder[17]
Arts
- Nicol Allan (1931–2019), artist
- Dave Cole (born 1975), contemporary sculptor[18]
Business and design
- Hal Barwood, game developer[19]
- George Bissell (1821–1884), industrialist[20]
- William Kamkwamba (born 1987), inventor, author[21]
- Olin Stephens (1908–2008), yacht designer[22]
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[23]
- C. Everett Koop (1916–2013), Surgeon General of the United States[24]
Military
- Thomas C. Kinkaid (1888–1972), U.S. Navy admiral during WWII[25]
Music
- Al Barr (born 1968), vocalist for Dropkick Murphys
- Kent Carter (born 1939), jazz musician[26]
- Ken Chastain (born 1964), musician, engineer, producer
- Charlie Clouser (born 1963), keyboardist, composer, record producer, remixer
- Jon Spencer (born 1965), singer, composer, guitarist[27]
- Sir Babygirl (born 1993), singer, songwriter, guitarist
- Noah Kahan (born 1997), singer-songwriter
Politics and law
- Henry Fowle Durant (1822–1881), lawyer, philanthropist[28]
- Jonathan Freeman (1745–1808), U.S. congressman[29]
- C. Everett Koop (1916–2013), 13th U.S. Surgeon General[30]
- Sean Patrick Maloney (born 1966), U.S. congressman
- James W. Patterson (1823–1893), U.S. congressman and senator[31]
- James W. Ripley (1786–1835), attorney, Jacksonian U.S. congressman[32]
- Samuel Taggart (1754–1825), U.S. congressman[33]
- Daniel Webster (1782–1852), U.S. congressman, senator from Massachusetts[34]
- Leonard Wilcox (1799–1850), U.S. senator[35]
Sports
- Barbara Bedford (born 1972), Olympic swimmer[36]
- Nate Fish (born 1980), baseball player and coach[37]
- 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)[38]
References
- "Philip Booth". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
- "Professor C. Loring Brace: Bringing Physical Anthropology ("Kicking and Screaming") Into the 21st Century!" (PDF). umich.ed. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
- "PRESIDENTS OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE". Dartmouth. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
- "COMING HOME". The New York Times. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
- "James Freeman Clarke". Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
- "Richard Eberhart". PoetryFoundation. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
- "Janet Evanovich". Forbes. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
- "Biographical Sketch of Richard Baxter Foster", Dictionary of Missouri Biographies, University of Missouri Press, Columbia, Missouri: 1999, pg. 311-313
- "Roshi Joan Halifax on compassion, women in Buddhism, and altruism". Spirituality & Health. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
- "Virginia Heffernan, Television Critic". The New York Times. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
- Robinson, Charles Seymour (1893). Annotations Upon Popular Hymns (Public domain ed.). Hunt & Easton. pp. 368–.
- "Paul D. Paganucci '53, TU'54, Vice President and Treasurer of the College Emeritus" (PDF). Dartmouth. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
- Donahue, Deirdre (March 3, 2009). "Jodi Picoult's life is far from her wrenching novels". USA Today. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
- "Mary Roach". The Morning News. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
- Marquis, Albert Nelson (1915). Who's Who in New England: A Biographical Dictionary of Leading Living Men and Women of the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut. A.N. Marquis & Company. p. 939.
- "To Bora-Bora and Back Again: The Story of Armstrong W. Sperry". Armstrong Sperry. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
- Alex de Sherbinin (2011). "Eleazar Wheelock: The Man and His Legacy" (PDF). Columbia University, Creative Commons. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
- "About". davecoledavecol.com. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
- "Hal Barwood Interview". Adventure Gamers. 23 July 2002. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
- Hall, Henry (1885). America's Successful Men of Affairs: The city of New York. New York Tribune. p. 87.
- "An Update on William Kamkwamba, the Boy Who Harnessed the Wind". Smart Play. Archived from the original on December 14, 2013. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
- "US SAILING Awards National Sportsmanship Trophy to Olin J. Stephens". US Sailing. Archived from the original on December 18, 2013. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
- Kelly, Howard Atwood (1920). A Cyclopedia of American Medical Biography: Comprising the Lives of Eminent Deceased Physicians and Surgeons from 1610 to 1910. Vol. 1. W.B. Saunders Company.
- "Former surgeon general C. Everett Koop dead at age 96".
- "Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid, USN (1888-1972)". Naval Historical Center. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
- "Artist Biography". All Music. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
- "Q&A With The Blues Explosion's Jon Spencer". MAGNET Magazine Inc. 17 May 2010. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
- "Hanover Historical Society". Town of Hanover New Hampshire. Archived from the original on December 17, 2013. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
- "FREEMAN, Jonathan (1745-1808)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
- "Former Surgeon General Dr. C. Everett Koop '37 Dies at 96". Dartmouth. Archived from the original on October 24, 2013. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
- "PATTERSON, James Willis (1823-1893)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
- "RIPLEY, James Wheelock (1786-1835)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
- "TAGGART, Samuel, (1754 - 1825)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
- "WEBSTER, Daniel (1782 - 1852)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
- "WILCOX, Leonard (1799-1850)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
- "B. J. Bedford". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
- "Major Leaguers - the Baseball Cube".
- "Throwback Thursday: Ben True". Running Times. 14 November 2013. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
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