List of people from Concord, New Hampshire explained

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

Artists, authors, and entertainers

• John Adams (born 1947), Pulitzer Prize-winning composer^[1]
• Emma Elizabeth Brown (born 1847–?), artist, writer
• Carson Cistulli (born 1979), poet, essayist, baseball analyst^[2]
• JooYoung Choi (born 1982), artist^[3]
• George Condo (born 1957), artist^[4]
• Tony Conrad (1940–2016), experimental filmmaker, musician, composer^[5]
• Annie Duke (born 1965), professional poker player
• Dan Habib, photojournalist, documentary filmmaker
• Richard Lederer (born 1938), author, commentator on the English language^[6]
• Frederick Ferdinand Moore (1881–1947), novelist, soldier, recipient of Japanese Order of the Rising Sun^[7]
• Tad Mosel (1922–2008), Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright^[8]
• Tom Rush (born 1941), folk and blues singer and songwriter^[9]
• Mary Parker Woodworth (1849–1919), writer, speaker

Business and organizations

• Gary Hirshberg (born 1954), CEO of Stonyfield Farm^[10]
• Benjamin Holt (1849–1920), inventor; founder of Holt Manufacturing Company^[11]
• Levi Hutchins (1761–1855), clockmaker, inventor in 1787 of the first American alarm clock
• Sylvester Marsh (1803–1884), builder of the Mount Washington Cog Railway^[12]
• Fanny E. Minot (1847–1919), national president Woman's Relief Corps
• Sarah Thompson, Countess Rumford (1774–1852), philanthropist, founder of Rolfe and Rumford Asylum and daughter of Benjamin Thompson (loyalist to Britain during the American Revolutionary War)^[13]

Military

• Onslow S. Rolfe (1895–1985), U.S. Army brigadier general^[14]

Politics

• Joseph Carter Abbott (1825–1881), Union Army general in the Civil War, U.S. senator from North Carolina^[15]
• Styles Bridges (1898–1961), U.S. senator, 63rd governor of New Hampshire^[16]
• Frank O. Briggs (1851–1913), U.S. Senator from New Jersey, New Jersey State Senator, Mayor of Trenton, New Jersey, born in Concord^[17]
• Henry G. Burleigh (1832–1900), U.S. congressman^[18]
• Benjamin F. Carter (1824–1916), Wisconsin legislator^[19]
• William E. Chandler (1835–1917), U.S. senator, U.S. Secretary of the Navy^[20]
• Ezra Durgin (1796–1863), Wisconsin legislator^{[21] [22]}
• John R. French (1819–1890), U.S. congressman^[23]
• Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (1890–1964), labor leader, activist^[24]
• Joseph A. Gilmore (1811–1867), railroad superintendent, 29th governor of New Hampshire^[25]
• Isaac Hill (1788–1851), U.S. senator, 16th governor of New Hampshire^[26]
• Paul Hodes (born 1951), U.S. congressman^[27]
• Arthur Livermore (1766–1853), U.S. congressman^[28]
• Mace Moulton (1796–1867), U.S. congressman^[29]
• Franklin Pierce (1804–1869), 14th president of the United States^[30]
• David Souter (born 1939), retired Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States^[31]
• Thomas Stickney (1729–1809), soldier in the American Revolution, statesman^[32]
• George P. Tebbetts (1828–1909), third mayor of San Diego (1852)^[33]
• Robert W. Upton (1884–1972), U.S. senator^[34]

Religious workers

• Mary Baker Eddy (1821–1910), founder of the Church of Christ, Scientist^[35]
• Ruth A. Parmelee (1885–1973), Christian missionary, witness to the Armenian genocide
• Armenia S. White (1817–1916) suffragette, philanthropist, social reformer^[36]

Scientists and academics

• Judy Fortin (born 1961), medical correspondent for CNN
• Jane Elizabeth Hoyt-Stevens (1860–1933), physician, writer, and suffragist based in Concord
• Christa McAuliffe (1948–1986), teacher, first Teacher in Space project winner, died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster^[37]
• Jane M. Olson (1952–2004), genetic epidemiologist and biostatistician
• Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford (1753–1814), scientist, inventor, loyalist during the American Revolution War^[38]

Sports

• Gavin Bayreuther (born 1994), defensemen for the Columbus Blue Jackets^[39]
• Matt Bonner (born 1980), power forward and center for the Toronto Raptors and San Antonio Spurs^[40]
• Joe Lefebvre (born 1956), right fielder for the New York Yankees, San Diego Padres, and Philadelphia Phillies^[41]
• Ben Lovejoy (born 1984), former NHL defensemen^[42]
• Tara Mounsey (born 1978), hockey defenseman, played for the U.S. Women's Olympic Hockey Team
• Red Rolfe (1908–1969), New York Yankees starting player, five-time World Series winner^[43]
• Brian Sabean (born 1956), general manager of the San Francisco Giants
• Bob Tewksbury (born 1960), pitcher for six Major League Baseball teams^[44]

References

Notes and References

1. Web site: CONCORD HIGH SCHOOL NOTABLES . Concord High School . December 17, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131221172824/http://www.concord.k12.nh.us/alumni/hist/disting/notables.htm . December 21, 2013 .
2. Web site: FSWA Profile: Carson Cistulli. Fantasy Sports Writer Association. December 17, 2013.
3. Web site: Art leads to many discoveries for JooYoung Choi. Houston Chronicle. February 1, 2022.
4. Web site: GEORGE CONDO. Whitney Museum of American Art. December 17, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130227052232/http://whitney.org/Exhibitions/2010Biennial/GeorgeCondo. February 27, 2013. dead. mdy-all.
5. News: Tony Conrad, Experimental Filmmaker and Musician, Dies at 76 . Hoberman . J. . The New York Times . April 9, 2016 . March 8, 2023.
6. Web site: Richard Lederer Gets a Jolt from Mixed-Up Metaphors, Malapropisms and Other Faucets of Errant English. People Magazine. December 17, 2013.
7. Book: Alberta Lawrence. Who's Who Among North American Authors Vol - IV 1929-1930. 1921.
8. Web site: Tad Mosel, TV Dramatist, Dies at 86. The New York Times. December 17, 2013.
9. Web site: The Socially Acceptable Bohemian. Harvard Magazine. December 17, 2013.
10. Web site: Complete Interview with Gary Hirshberg. NHHEAF Network Organizations. December 18, 2013.
11. Book: Concord (N.H.). City History Commission. History of Concord, New Hampshire: from the original grant in seventeen hundred and twenty-five to the opening of the twentieth century, Volume 1. 1896. The Rumford Press. 643.
12. Book: New Hampshire. Railroad Commissioner. Annual Report of the Railroad Commissioners of the State of New Hampshire. 1884. 146.
13. Book: The Grafton Press. The Grafton Magazine of History and Genealogy, Volume 2. 1910. The Grafton Press. 67.
14. Book: Trinkner, Charles L. . 1966 . Florida Lives: The Sunshine State Who's Who, a Reference Edition Recording the Biographies of Contemporary Leaders in Florida . Hopkinsville, KY . Historical Record Association . 454.
15. Web site: ABBOTT, Joseph Carter, (1825–1881). Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. December 18, 2013.
16. Web site: BRIDGES, Henry Styles (Styles), (1898–1961). Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. December 18, 2013.
17. News: Ex-Senator Briggs Dead in Trenton . . May 19, 1913 . 6 Dec 2021 .
18. Book: Hammond, Otis Grant. The Granite State Monthly, Volume 29. 1900. J.N. McClintock. 243.
19. Web site: Official Directory.. The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin. June 13, 2015. 1874.
20. Web site: CHANDLER, William Eaton, (1835–1917). Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. December 18, 2013.
21. Web site: American Biography: A New Cyclopedia. Cutter. William Richard. 1921.
22. Web site: The State of Wisconsin Blue Book. 2007.
23. Web site: FRENCH, John Robert, (1819–1890). Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. December 14, 2013.
24. Book: Byrne, James Patrick and Coleman, Phillip. Ireland and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History : a Multidisciplinary Encyclopedia, Volume 2. 2009. ABC-CLIO. 342. 978-1-85109-614-5.
25. Web site: In Concord, Republican railway executive Joseph Gilmore is sworn in as governor of New Hampshire. Dickinson College. December 18, 2013.
26. Web site: HILL, Isaac, (1789–1851). Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. December 18, 2013.
27. Web site: Paul W. Hodes. National Endowment For The Arts. December 18, 2013.
28. Web site: LIVERMORE, Arthur, (1766–1853). Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 14, 2014.
29. Web site: MOULTON, Mace, (1796–1867). Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. December 18, 2013.
30. Web site: Welcome to the Pierce Manse. The Pierce Manse. December 18, 2013.
31. Web site: David Souter Gets Rock Star Welcome, Offers Constitution Day Warning. PBS NewsHour. December 18, 2013.
32. Book: Bouton, Nathaniel. Nathaniel Bouton

    . Nathaniel Bouton. The History of Concord: From Its First Grant in 1725, to the Organization of the City Government in 1853, with a History of the Ancient Penacooks ; the Whole Interspersed with Numerous Interesting Incidents and Anecdotes, Down to the Present Period, 1885 ; Embellished with Maps ; with Portraits of Distinguished Citizens, and Views of Ancient and Modern Residences. 1856. Benning W. Sanborn. 688. Thomas Stickney..

33. Web site: GEORGE PARRISH TEBBETTS (1828–1909). San Diego History Center. December 18, 2013.
34. Web site: UPTON, Robert William, (1884–1972). Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . December 18, 2013.
35. Web site: This is Woman's Hour...The Life of Mary Baker Eddy. New Hampshire Historical Society. December 18, 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131219031333/http://www.nhhistory.org/eddyexhibit.html. December 19, 2013.
36. Web site: 2020-07-16 . Lost in History . 2022-11-09 . New Hampshire Magazine . en-US.
37. Book: Corrigan, Grace George. A Journal for Christa: Christa McAuliffe, Teacher in Space. 2000. U of Nebraska Press. 141. 0-8032-6411-9.
38. Book: Ellis, George E.. Memoir of Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, With Notices of his Daughter: Published in connection with an Edition of Rumford's complete Works by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Boston. 1872. Claxton. 79.
39. Web site: Gavin Bayreuther. Hockey-Reference.com. March 4, 2023.
40. Web site: Bonner gives rousing keynote speech at his old high school. Spurs Nation. December 17, 2013.
41. Web site: Joe Lefebvre Stats. Baseball Almanac. December 17, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131219024450/http://www.nhlegendsofhockey.com/news.php?id=6. December 19, 2013. dead. mdy-all.
42. Web site: NH's Ben Lovejoy Hoists Stanley Cup. New Hampshire Legends of Hockey. December 17, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131219024450/http://www.nhlegendsofhockey.com/news.php?id=6. December 19, 2013. dead. mdy-all.
43. Web site: Red Rolfe. Baseball-Reference.com. September 6, 2012.
44. Web site: Bob Tewksbury Stats. Baseball Almanac. December 17, 2013.