FAMOUS NEW HAMPSHIRE PEOPLE
FAMOUS NEW HAMPSHIRE
| Abenaki | 1500s-1600s | Fought against Robert Rogers in the French and Indian War | ABENAKI |
| Eunice "Goody" Cole | 1590-1680 | Only NH woman convicted of witchcraft | COLE |
| John Smith | 1579-1631 | Started Jamestown; discovered Smith's Islands now called Isle of Shoals | SMITH |
| John Mason | 1600-1672 | Paid people to settle in Strawbery Banke and search for gold | MASON |
| Hannah Duston | 1657-1736 | Captured by Indians; she killed them and escaped | DUSTON |
| Benning Wentworth | 1699-1770 | Royal governor and chief magistrate in NH from 1741-1766 | B. WENTWORTH |
| Josiah Bartlett | 1729-1795 | NH delegate who signed the Declaration of Independence | BARTLETT |
| Matthew Thornton | 1714-1803 | Delegate from NH who signed the Declaration of Independence | THORNTON |
| John Wentworth | 1737-1820 | Last colonial governor of NH | J. WENTWORTH |
| Robert Rogers | 1731-1795 | Led colonial troops during French and Indian War | ROGERS |
| Daniel Webster | 1782-1852 | USA representative, senator and orator; born in salisbury, NH | WEBSTER |
| Benjamin Thompson | 1753-1814 | Scientist and administrator; major in NH regiment (Count Rumford) | THOMPSON |
| John Stark | 1728-1822 | Born in Londonderry, NH; served in Rogers Rangers | STARK |
| William Whipple | 1730-1785 | Portsmouth sea captain; delegate to Continental Congress; signed Declaration of Independence | WHIPPLE
CONSTITUTION |
| Molly Stark | 1731-1814 | Born Elizabeth Page. Married John Stark. | MOLLY |
| Anne Lee | 1736-1784 | Founder of the Shakers in America | LEE |
| Gen. John Sullivan | 1740-1795 | Soldier in Revolution; served 3 terms as governor of NH | SULLIVAN |
| John Paul Jones | 1747-1792 | Naval officer and Revolutionary war hero | JONES |
| Samuel Morey | 1762-1842 | Inventor from Orford, NH | MOREY |
| Horace Greely | 1811-1872 | Founder of the NY Tribune | GREELY |
| Laura Dewey Bridgman | 1829-1889 | First successfully taught deaf-mute. | BRIDGMAN |
| Celia Thaxter | 1835-1895 | NH writer and poet; lived on the Isle of Shoals | THAXTER |
| Marilla Ricker | 1840-1920 | First woman admitted to the state bar association. | RICKER |
| George Washington Morrison Nutt | 1844-1881 | P.T. Barunum paid Manchester native 30,000 to perform. | NUTT |
| Augustus Saint Gaudens | 1848-1907 | Sculptor | SAINT GAUDENS |
| Amy Beach | 1835-1956 | First American woman to compose a symphony. | AMY
BEACH
COMPOSER |
| Maxfield Parish | 1870-1966 | Illustrator and painter | PARISH |
| Franklin Pierce | 1804-1869 | US president from NH | PIERCE
PRESIDENT |
| Daniel French | 1850-1931 | Sculptor born in Exeter, NH; known for his Abe Lincoln statue in the Lincoln Memorial | FRENCH |
| Sarah Hale | 1788-1879 | Author of "Mary Had A Little Lamb"; born in Newport, NH | HALE |
| Mary Baker Eddy | 1821-1910 | Founder of the Church of Christ; born in Bow, NH | BAKER |
| Edward MacDowell | 1860-1908 | Founded MacDowell Colony of Artists | MACDOWELL |
| Robert Frost | 1874-1963 | Poet, teacher in NH; Poet Laureate | FROST |
| Thornton Wilder | 1907-1975 | Wrote his most famous play , Our Town, based on Peterborough, NH. | WILDER |
| Elizabeth Yates | 1905- | Wrote Amos Fortune, Free Man | YATES |
| Red Rolfe | 1908-1969 | Baseball player for the NY Yankees | ROLFE |
| Bob Montana | 1920-1975 | The genius behind the characters and humor of Archie and his Gang lived in Meredith, NH. | MONTANA |
| Alan Shepard | 1923-1998 | Born in East Derry, NH; America's first spaceman | SHEPARD |
| Maxine Kumin | 1925- | One of America's most highly regarded contemporary poets lives in Warner, NH. | KUMIN |
| Donald Hall and
Jane Kenyon |
1927-
1947-1995 |
Hall: Poet Laureate of NH 1984-1989.
Kenyon: 1995 Poet Laureate of NH. |
HALL AND KENYON |
| Tommie de Paola | 1934- | Best known for his children's books. | PAOLA |
| Jonathan Daniels | 1939-1965 | Civil Rights Worker from Keene, NH, slain in Alabama. | DANIELS
CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER |
| Carlton Fiske | 1947- | Nicknamed Pudge. Hit famous 12th inning homer that won Game six of the 1975 World Series. | FISKE |
| Christa McAuliffe | 1948-1986 | First teacher in space; taught at Concord High School; died in Challenger explosion | MCAULIFFE |
| Bob Tewksbury | 1960- | Plays for Minn. Twins; pitcher; won the 1992 Cy Young Pitcher's Award | TEWKSBURY |
| David Souter | 1930- | Supreme Court Justice from NH | SOUTER |
| Jeanne Shaheen | 1947- | First Woman NH governor | SHAHEEN |
| Jenny Thompson | 1973 | From Dover, NH, this Olympic swimmer is the most decorated female Olympian in US history. | THOMPSON |
| Tara Mounsey | 1978- | Concord's own Olympic champion on ice. | MOUNSEY |
