The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in Hanover, New Hampshire.
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Academics and writing
- Philip Booth (1925–2007), poet[1]
- Andy Borowitz (born 1958), writer, comedian, satirist, actor[2]
- C. Loring Brace (1930–2019), anthropologist[3]
- Gerald Warner Brace (1901–1978), writer, educator, sailor, boat builder[3]
- Laura Dewey Lynn Bridgman (1829 - 1889), the first deaf-blind American to gain a significant education in the English language.[4]
- Francis Brown (1849–1916), Semitic scholar[5]
- Bill Bryson (born 1951), author[6]
- James Freeman Clarke (1810–1888), preacher, author[7]
- Richard Eberhart (1904–2005), Pulitzer Prize-winning poet[8]
- Janet Evanovich (born 1943), writer[9]
- 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[10]
- Joan Halifax (born 1942), Zen Buddhist teacher, anthropologist, ecologist, civil rights activist, hospice caregiver, author[11]
- Virginia Heffernan (born 1969), critic, columnist, author[12]
- Grace Webster Haddock Hinsdale (1832–1902), author[13]
- Paul D. Paganucci (1931–2001), investment banker, university educator, college financial administrator, businessman[14]
- Jodi Picoult (born 1966), author[15]
- Mary Roach (born 1959), author[16]
- Kate Sanborn (1839–1917), author, teacher, lecturer, reviewer, compiler, essayist, farmer[17]
- Armstrong Sperry (1897–1976), writer-illustrator of children's literature[18]
- Eleazar Wheelock (1711–1779), college founder[19]
Arts
- Nicol Allan (1931–2019), artist
- Dave Cole (born 1975), contemporary sculptor[20]
Business and design
- Hal Barwood, game developer[21]
- George Bissell (1821–1884), industrialist[22]
- William Kamkwamba (born 1987), inventor, author[23]
- Olin Stephens (1908–2008), yacht designer[24]
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[25]
- C. Everett Koop (1916–2013), Surgeon General of the United States[26]
Military
- Thomas C. Kinkaid (1888–1972), U.S. Navy admiral during WWII[27]
Music
- Al Barr (born 1968), vocalist for Dropkick Murphys
- Kent Carter (born 1939), jazz musician[28]
- Ken Chastain (born 1964), musician, engineer, producer
- Charlie Clouser (born 1963), keyboardist, composer, record producer, remixer
- Jon Spencer (born 1965), singer, composer, guitarist[29]
- Sir Babygirl (born 1993), singer, songwriter, guitarist
- Noah Kahan (born 1997), singer-songwriter
Politics and law
- Henry Fowle Durant (1822–1881), lawyer, philanthropist[30]
- Jonathan Freeman (1745–1808), U.S. congressman[31]
- C. Everett Koop (1916–2013), 13th U.S. Surgeon General[32]
- Sean Patrick Maloney (born 1966), U.S. congressman
- James W. Patterson (1823–1893), U.S. congressman and senator[33]
- James W. Ripley (1786–1835), attorney, Jacksonian U.S. congressman[34]
- Samuel Taggart (1754–1825), U.S. congressman[35]
- Daniel Webster (1782–1852), U.S. congressman, senator from Massachusetts[36]
- Leonard Wilcox (1799–1850), U.S. senator[37]
Sports
- Barbara Bedford (born 1972), Olympic swimmer[38]
- Nate Fish (born 1980), baseball player and coach[39]
- 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)[40]
References
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- ^ Hanson, Alex (2022-10-06). "Art Notes: Satirist Andy Borowitz sets sights on politics' cult of ignorant personality". Valley News. Archived from the original on 2022-10-13. Retrieved 2023-07-29.
- ^ a b "Professor C. Loring Brace: Bringing Physical Anthropology ("Kicking and Screaming") Into the 21st Century!" (PDF). umich.ed. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
- ^ McGinnity, B.L., Seymour-Ford, J. and Andries, K.J. (2004) "Laura Bridgman". Perkins History Museum, Perkins School for the Blind, Watertown, MA.
- ^ "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. p. 87.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ "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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