List of people from Maine
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The following is a list of prominent people who were born in the U.S. state of Maine, live in Maine, or for whom Maine is a significant part of their identity:
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[edit] B
- Joan Benoit (born 1957); first women's Olympic marathon champion; born in Cape Elizabeth
[edit] C
- Joshua Chamberlain (1828–1914); American Civil War Major General,Governor of Maine
- William Cohen (born 1940); US Secretary of Defense 1997-2001; born in Bangor
- Susan Collins (born 1952); U.S. Senator from Maine; born in Caribou
- Edward James Conquest; Entrepreneur of Beancon Corporations, Jurist; Bangor, ME [Bangor]
- Earl Cunningham Folk painter
[edit] D
- Patrick Dempsey (born 1966); actor; born in Lewiston
- Dorothea Dix (1802-1878) pioneering advocate for treatment and care of handicapped and mentally ill
- Nelson Dingley Jr. (born 1832); Governor of Maine, US House of Representatives (Dingley Tariff), Editor of Lewiston Journal.
[edit] E
- George Barrell Emerson (1797–1881); American Educator; born in Kennebunk, Maine
[edit] F
- John Ford (1894–1973); American film director, winner of 6 Oscars; born in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, raised on Munjoy Hill (Portland neighborhood)
[edit] G
- Joey Gamache (b. 1967); World Boxing Association Lightweight Champion who boxed from 1992-2000; originally from Lewiston, Maine
[edit] H
- James Chico Hernandez (born 1954); Sombo Champion & Wheaties Fame, Washburn, Maine
- Joe Hill (born 1971); horror novelist
[edit] K
- Owen King; author
- Sumner I. Kimball (1834–1923). General Supt. U.S. Life-Saving Service
- Stephen King (born 1947); horror novelist
- Tabitha King (born 1949); horror novelist
[edit] L
- James B. Longley (1924–1980); first Independent Governor of Maine
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882); poet:Born and raised in Portland; attended Bowdoin College
[edit] M
- H.S. Maxim (1840–1916); inventor of Maxim gun
- Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950); poet; born in Rockland
- George J. Mitchell (born 1933); former U.S. Senate Majority Leader
- Edmund Muskie (1914–1996); politician, Governor of Maine, and Vice Presidential candidate
Bob Marley
[edit] R
- Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869–1935); poet; born in Alna & raised in Gardiner
[edit] S
- Samantha Smith (1972-1985); child peace activist, child actress; born in Houlton, Maine, later lived in Manchester, Maine.
- Olympia Snowe (born 1947); Congresswoman and U.S. Senator; born in Augusta & raised in Auburn
- Bob Stanley (born 1954); Major League Baseball player; relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, pitched in the 1986 World Series
- C.A. Stephens (1844–1931); Writer and gerontologist; born and died in Norway; much of his fiction is set near Norway
- Noel Paul Stookey (born 1937); Folk singer and songwriter; member of Peter Paul and Mary group; settled in Blue Hill in mid-70's.
- Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896); author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, the novel that stirred up debate about slavery around the time of the U.S. Civil War
[edit] W
- Sam Webb; Chairman of Communist Party USA; born in Maine
- Janwillem van de Wetering (born 1931); Dutch-born, Maine based novelist who often writes about Maine
- E.B. White (1899–1985); essayist, author, humorist, poet; lived in Maine
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