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New Hampshire
People
Every state of the Union has given birth to people who have left a lasting impression on our history and culture. The following native New Hampshirites have played distinctive roles.
Born in New Hampshire
| Famous New Hampshirites | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Born / Died | Place | ||||
| Lewis Cass
Politician, U.S. Senator |
Born: | (October 9, 1782 | Exeter | |||
| Died: | June 17, 1866 | Detroit, Mich. | ||||
| Salmon Portland Chase
Supreme Court Chief Justice |
Born: | January 13, 1808 | Cornish | |||
| Died: | May 7, 1873 | New York, N.Y. | ||||
| Jonas Chickering
Piano manufacturer |
Born: | April 5, 1798 | Mason | |||
| Died: | December 8, 1853 | Boston, Mass. | ||||
| Ralph Adams Cram
Architect, Writer, Lecturer |
Born: | December 16, 1863 | Hampton Falls | |||
| Died: | September 22, 1942 | Boston, Mass. | ||||
| Charles Anderson Dana
Journalist, Author |
Born: | August 8, 1819 | Hinsdale | |||
| Died: | October 17, 1897 | Glen Cove, N.Y. | ||||
| John Adams Dix
Civil War General, Politician |
Born: | July 24, 1798 | Boscawen | |||
| Died: | April 21, 1879 | New York, N.Y. | ||||
| Mary Baker Eddy
(born Mary Morse Baker) Founder: Church of Christ, Scientist |
Born: | July 16, 1821 | Bow | |||
| Died: | December 3, 1910 | Boston, Mass. | ||||
| William Pitt Fessenden
Lawyer, Politician, Secretary of the Treasury |
Born: | October 16, 1806 | Boscawen | |||
| Died: | September 8, 1869 | Portland, Me. | ||||
| Sam Walter Foss
Poet |
Born: | June 19, 1858 | Candia | |||
| Died: | February 26, 1911 | Somerville, Mass. | ||||
| Daniel Chester French
Sculptor |
Born: | April 20, 1850 | Exeter | |||
| Died: | October 7, 1931 | Stockbridge, Mass. | ||||
| Horace Greeley
Editor, Reformer, Politician |
Born: | February 3, 1811 | Amherst | |||
| Died: | November 29, 1872 | Pleasantville | ||||
| Doris "Granny D" Haddock
(Born: Ethel Doris Rollins) Social/Political Activist | Born: | January 24, 1910 | Laconia | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| John Parker Hale
Lawyer, Politician, Presidential nominee |
Born: | March 31, 1806 | Rochester | |||
| Died: | November 19, 1873 | Dover | ||||
| Sarah Josepha Buell Hale
Poet, Editor |
Born: | October 24, 1788 | Newport | |||
| Died: | April 30, 1879 | Philadelphia, Penn. | ||||
| John Winslow Irving
(Born: John Wallace Blunt, Jr.) Novelist, Screenwriter |
Born: | March 2, 1942 | Exeter | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Benjamin Franklin Keith
Impresario |
Born: | January 26, 1846 | Hillsborough | |||
| Died: | March 26, 1914 | Palm Beach, Fla. | ||||
| John Langdon
Politician, U.S. Senator |
Born: | June 26, 1741 | Portsmouth | |||
| Died: | September 18, 1819 | Portsmouth | ||||
| Thaddeus Sobieski Coulincourt Lowe
(AKA: Professor T.S.C. Lowe) Aeronaut, Inventor, Scientist |
Born: | August 20, 1831 | Jefferson Mills | |||
| Died: | January 16, 1913 | Pasadena, Calif. | ||||
| Samuel Bode Miller
Alpine skier, Olympic medalist |
Born: | October 12, 1977 | Easton | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Amanda Leigh "Mandy" Moore
Singer, Songwriter, Actress |
Born: | April 10, 1984 | Nashua | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Franklin Pierce
U.S. President |
Born: | November 23, 1804 | Hillsborough | |||
| Died: | October 8, 1869 | Concord | ||||
| Alan Bartlett Shepard, Jr.
Astronaut |
Born: | November 18, 1923 | Derry | |||
| Died: | July 21, 1998 | Pebble Beach, Calif. | ||||
| Sarah Kate Silverman
Comedian, Writer, Actress |
Born: | December 2, 1970 | Bedford | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Bill Staines
Folk singer, Songwriter |
Born: | February 21, 1949 | Portsmouth | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| John Stark
Colonial General |
Born: | August 28, 1728 | Londonderry | |||
| Died: | May 8, 1822 | Manchester | ||||
| Harlan Fiske Stone
Supreme Court Chief Justice |
Born: | October 11, 1872 | Chesterfield | |||
| Died: | April 22, 1946 | Washington, D.C. | ||||
| John Sullivan
Revolutionary War General, Delegate to Continental Congress |
Born: | February 17, 1740 | Somersworth | |||
| Died: | January 23, 1795 | Durham | ||||
| Daniel Webster
Politician, Statesman |
Born: | January 18, 1782 | Salisbury | |||
| Died: | October 24, 1852 | Marshfield, Mass. | ||||
| Benning Wentworth
Royal Governor of N.H., Politician |
Born: | 1696 | Portsmouth | |||
| Died: | October 14, 1770 | Portsmouth | ||||
| John (Long John) Wentworth
Politician, Newspaperman |
Born: | March 5, 1815 | Sandwich | |||
| Died: | October 16, 1888 | Chicago, Ill. | ||||
| Stanley Wilson Williams
(Nickname: Big Daddy) Baseball player |
Born: | September 15, 1936 | Enfield | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Henry Wilson
(Born: Jeremiah Jones Colbath) Politician, U.S. Vice President |
Born: | February 16, 1812 | Farmington | |||
| Died: | November 22, 1875 | Washington, D.C. | ||||
| Joseph Emerson Worcester
Lexicographer |
Born: | August 24, 1784 | Bedford | |||
| Died: | October 27, 1865 | Cambridge, Mass. | ||||
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