Notable and Famous Maine People from StuffAboutStates.com

Every state of the Union has given birth to people who have left a lasting impression on our history and culture. The following native Mainers have played distinctive roles.

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Famous Mainers
Name	Born / Died		Place
Leon Leonwood "L.L." Bean Hunter, Fisherman, Entreprenuer	Born:	February 13, 1873	Greenwood
Leon Leonwood "L.L." Bean Hunter, Fisherman, Entreprenuer	Died:	February 5, 1967	Pompano Beach, Fla.
Milton Bradley Game pioneer, Businessman, Printer	Born:	November 5, 1836	Vienna
Milton Bradley Game pioneer, Businessman, Printer	Died:	May 30, 1911	Springfield, Mass.
Dorothy Wear Walker Bush Mother & Grandmother to presidents	Born:	July 1, 1901	near Walker's Point
Dorothy Wear Walker Bush Mother & Grandmother to presidents	Died:	November 19, 1992	Greenwich, Conn.
Walter Van Tilburg Clark Writer	Born:	August 3, 1909	East Orland
Walter Van Tilburg Clark Writer	Died:	November 10, 1971	Reno, Nev.
Cyrus Hermann Kotzschmar Curtis Newspaper/Magazine publisher	Born:	June 18, 1850	Portland
	Died:	June 7, 1933	Wyncote, Penn.
Dorothea Lynde Dix Social activist	Born:	April 4, 1802	Hampden
Dorothea Lynde Dix Social activist	Died:	July 17, 1887	Trenton, N.J.
John Ford (born John Martin Feeney) Film director	Born:	February 1, 1894	Cape Elizabeth
John Ford (born John Martin Feeney) Film director	Died:	August 31, 1973	Palm Desert, Calif.
Melville Weston Fuller Supreme Court Chief Justice	Born:	February 11, 1833	Augusta
Melville Weston Fuller Supreme Court Chief Justice	Died:	July 4, 1910	Washington, D.C.
Hannibal Hamlin Vice President of the United States, Politician	Born:	August 27, 1809	Paris
	Died:	July 04, 1891	Bangor
Marsden Hartley Painter, Poet	Born:	January 4, 1877	Lewiston
Marsden Hartley Painter, Poet	Died:	September 2, 1943	Ellsworth
Sarah Orne Jewett Writer	Born:	September 3, 1849	South Berwick
Sarah Orne Jewett Writer	Died:	June 24, 1909	South Berwick
Stephen Edwin King Writer, Screenwriter	Born:	September 21, 1947	Portland
Stephen Edwin King Writer, Screenwriter	Died:
Linda Lavin Singer, Actress	Born:	October 15, 1937	Portland
Linda Lavin Singer, Actress	Died:
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Poet, Educator, Linguist	Born:	February 27, 1807	Portland
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Poet, Educator, Linguist	Died:	March 24, 1882	Cambridge, Mass.
Hiram Stevens Maxim Inventor	Born:	February 5, 1840	Sangerville
Hiram Stevens Maxim Inventor	Died:	November 24, 1916	London, England
Edna St. Vincent Millay Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet, Dramatist	Born:	February 22, 1892	Rockland
	Died:	October 19, 1950	Austerlitz, N.Y.
Harold Calvin Marston Morse Mathematician	Born:	March 24, 1892	Waterville
Harold Calvin Marston Morse Mathematician	Died:	June 11, 1977	Princeton, N.J.
Frank Andrew Munsey Newspaper/Magazine publisher, Author	Born:	August 21, 1854	Mercer
Frank Andrew Munsey Newspaper/Magazine publisher, Author	Died:	December 22, 1925	New York, N.Y.
Edmund Sixtus "Ed" Muskie Politician, Lawyer	Born:	March 28, 1914	Rumford
Edmund Sixtus "Ed" Muskie Politician, Lawyer	Died:	March 26, 1996	Washington, D.C.
Lillian Nordica (born Lillan Norton) Soprano	Born:	May 12, 1857	Farmington
Lillian Nordica (born Lillan Norton) Soprano	Died:	May 10, 1914	Batavia, Java, Dutch East Indies (now Jakarta, Indonesia)
John Knowles Paine Orchestral composer, Organist, Professor	Born:	January 9, 1839	Portland
John Knowles Paine Orchestral composer, Organist, Professor	Died:	April 25, 1906	Cambridge, Mass.
Sir William Phips Governor, Carpenter, Shepard	Born:	February 2, 1651	Woolrich
Sir William Phips Governor, Carpenter, Shepard	Died:	February 18, 1695	London, England
Walter Hamer Piston, Jr. Composer, Theorist	Born:	January 20, 1894	Rockland
Walter Hamer Piston, Jr. Composer, Theorist	Died:	November 12, 1976	Belmont, Mass.
George Palmer Putnam Publisher, Librarian of Congress	Born:	February 7, 1814	Brunswick
George Palmer Putnam Publisher, Librarian of Congress	Died:	December 20, 1872	New York, N.Y.
Thomas Brackett Reed Politician	Born:	October 18, 1839	Portland
Thomas Brackett Reed Politician	Died:	December 7, 1902	Washington, D.C.
Kenneth Lewis Roberts Pulitzer Prize-winning Author, Military officer, Journalist	Born:	December 8, 1885	Kennebunk
	Died:	July 21, 1957	Kennebunkport
Edwin Arlington Robinson Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet	Born:	December 22, 1869	Head Tide
Edwin Arlington Robinson Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet	Died:	April 6, 1935	New York, N.Y.
Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller Vice President of the United States, Politician, Philanthropist, Businessman	Born:	July 8, 1908	Bar Harbor
	Died:	January 26, 1979	New York, N.Y.
Victoria Rowell Dancer, Actress	Born:	May 10, 1960	Portland
Victoria Rowell Dancer, Actress	Died:
Joan Benoit Samuelson Gold Medal-winning Olympic Marathoner	Born:	May 16, 1957	Cape Elizabeth
Joan Benoit Samuelson Gold Medal-winning Olympic Marathoner	Died:
Margaret Chase Smith Politician, Businesswoman, Teacher	Born:	December 14, 1897	Skowhegan
Margaret Chase Smith Politician, Businesswoman, Teacher	Died:	May 29, 1995	Skowhegan
Percy Lebaron Spencer Engineer, Inventor	Born:	July 9, 1894	Howland
Percy Lebaron Spencer Engineer, Inventor	Died:	September 8, 1970
Francis Edgar Stanley Inventor, Photographer, Painter	Born:	June 1, 1849	Kingfield
Francis Edgar Stanley Inventor, Photographer, Painter	Died:	July 31, 1918	Ipswich, Mass.
Freelan Oscar Stanley Businessman	Born:	June 1, 1849	Kingfield
Freelan Oscar Stanley Businessman	Died:	October 2, 1940	Boston, Mass.
John Hay "Jock" Whitney Businessman, Publisher, Financier, Sportman, Ambassador, Philanthropist	Born:	August 27, 1904	Ellsworth
	Died:	February 8, 1982	Manhasset, N.Y.
Nathaniel Parker Willis Journalist, Editor, Author	Born:	January 20, 1806	Portland
Nathaniel Parker Willis Journalist, Editor, Author	Died:	January 20, 1867	Tarrytown, N.Y.

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