List of people from Nashua, New Hampshire

The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in Nashua, New Hampshire.

Academics and writing

• Jim Collins (born 1965), professor of biological engineering at MIT; MacArthur fellow
• Eliza Hall Kendrick (1863–1930), professor of Biblical studies at Wellesley College
• Hollis Robbins (born 1963), academic, essayist

Business

• Stanley E. Bogdan (1918–2011), founder of S.E. Custom Built, which produced fly reels.
• Samuel A. Tamposi (1924–1995), real estate developer

Inventors

• Ralph H. Baer (1922–2014), inventor of the home video game console, credited with contributing to design of the Simon electronic game
• Deepika Kurup (born 1998), inventor of "A Novel Photocatalytic Pervious Composite for Degrading Bacteria in Wastewater", currently a student at Stanford University
• Thomas Reardon (born 1969), neuroscientist, creator of Microsoft Internet Explorer, co-founder of CTRL-labs

Arts and media

• Ernie Anastos (born 1943), news anchorman
• Aurore Chabot (born 1949), ceramic artist
• Decap (born 1984), record producer
• Pamela Gidley (1965–2018), actress, model
• Adam Grandmaison (born 1983), more commonly known as Adam22, podcast host
• Michael Graziadei (born 1979), film and television actor (Daniel Romalotti on The Young and the Restless)
• Randy Harrison (born 1977), actor
• Ray LaMontagne (born 1973), Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter
• Walter Long (1879–1952), actor in films from the 1910s
• Alvin Lucier (1931–2021), composer of experimental music and sound installations that explore acoustic phenomena and auditory perception
• Mike Lupica (born 1952), author and former American newspaper columnist, best known for his provocative commentary on sports in the New York Daily News and his appearances on ESPN
• Mandy Moore (born 1984), singer, actress; on March 25, 2019, Moore was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
• Kyle Mosher (born 1985), artist, designer known for his collage and cut-paper style
• Sean Murphy (born 1980), comics artist
• Jared Nathan (1985–2006), actor
• Tim Neverett (born 1966), sportscaster
• Mike O'Malley (born 1966), actor (Yes, Dear and Glee)
• Chris Romano (born 1978), actor Blue Mountain State
• Alexandra Socha (born 1990), Broadway actress
• Brady Watt, producer, bass player, bandleader

Military

• George P. Estey (1829–1881), Union Army general during the American Civil War
• John G. Foster (1823–1874), Union Army general during the American Civil War
• John Lovewell (1691–1725), colonial militia captain during Dummer's War
• Harry E. Miller Jr. (born c. 1958), major general who commanded the 42nd Infantry Division^[1]
• Ryan Pitts (born 1985), U.S. Army sergeant who received the Congressional Medal of Honor for heroism during the War in Afghanistan^[2]

Politics and law

• Charles G. Atherton (1804–1853), former U.S. senator^[3]
• Kelly Ayotte (born 1968), former U.S. senator and New Hampshire Attorney General^[4]
• William A. Crombie (1844–1914), mayor of Burlington, Vermont^[5]
• Stephen S. Cushing (1884–1957), Associate Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court^[6]
• Jim Donchess, mayor, registered Democrat^[7]
• Hugh Gregg (1917–2003), former New Hampshire governor and mayor of Nashua^[8]
• Judd Gregg (born 1947), former U.S. senator, member of the Republican Party^[9]
• Tony Labranche (born 2001), youngest member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives as of 2021^[10][11]
• Roujet D. Marshall (1847–1922), judge on the Wisconsin Supreme Court^[12]
• Joshua C. Pierce (1830-1904), Minnesota state legislator and businessman^[13]

Sports

• Ray Dobens (1906–1980), Major League Baseball pitcher who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the 1929 season
• Mark Fayne (born 1987), National Hockey League defenseman
• Jeff Giuliano (born 1979), ice hockey left winger for the Los Angeles Kings
• Jay Heaps (born 1976), soccer defender and former head coach for the New England Revolution in Major League Soccer
• Greg Landry (born 1946), football quarterback; played for the Detroit Lions, Baltimore Colts and Chicago Bears
• Paul LaPolice (born 1970), American and Canadian football player and coach
• Paul Levesque (born 1969), professional wrestler, actor and business executive for the WWE, known by his ring name Triple H
• Kevin McGowan (born 1991), baseball pitcher; has played for the New York Mets
• Jim McNamara (born 1965), baseball catcher; played parts of two seasons in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the San Francisco Giants in 1992–1993
• Ted Phillips, CEO of the National Football League's Chicago Bears
• Kendall Reyes (born 1989), football player
• John Roper (born 1971), baseball pitcher
• Birdie Tebbetts (1912–1999), baseball player, coach, manager of three MLB teams
• Mike Welch (born 1972), baseball pitcher

Other

• Brian Dugan (born 1956), rapist and serial killer active between 1983 and 1985 in Chicago's western suburbs
• Greggory Smart (?–1990), murder victim of Pamela Smart, an American woman who was convicted of conspiracy to commit murder, witness tampering and accomplice to first degree murder; in 1990, at age 22, Smart was accused of conspiring with her underaged sex partner, then 15-year-old William "Billy" Flynn, and three of his friends to have her 24-year-old husband Greggory Smart killed in Derry, New Hampshire

References

This page was last edited on 13 March 2024, at 14:15