List of people from Hanover, New Hampshire explained

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

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Philip Booth. Poetry Foundation. December 14, 2013.
2. Web site: Hanson . Alex . 2022-10-06 . Art Notes: Satirist Andy Borowitz sets sights on politics' cult of ignorant personality . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221013145035/https://www.vnews.com/Art-Notes-Andy-Borowitz-performs-in-his-adopted-hometown-48294942 . 2022-10-13 . 2023-07-29 . Valley News.
3. Web site: Professor C. Loring Brace: Bringing Physical Anthropology ("Kicking and Screaming") Into the 21st Century!. umich.ed. December 14, 2013.
4. McGinnity, B.L., Seymour-Ford, J. and Andries, K.J. (2004) "Laura Bridgman". Perkins History Museum, Perkins School for the Blind, Watertown, MA.
5. Web site: PRESIDENTS OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE. Dartmouth. December 14, 2013.
6. News: COMING HOME. The New York Times. December 14, 2013.
7. Web site: James Freeman Clarke . Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.. December 14, 2013.
8. Web site: Richard Eberhart. PoetryFoundation. December 14, 2013.
9. News: Janet Evanovich. Forbes. December 14, 2013.
10. "Biographical Sketch of Richard Baxter Foster", Dictionary of Missouri Biographies, University of Missouri Press, Columbia, Missouri: 1999, pg. 311-313
11. News: Roshi Joan Halifax on compassion, women in Buddhism, and altruism . Spirituality & Health. December 14, 2013.
12. News: Virginia Heffernan, Television Critic. The New York Times. December 14, 2013.
13. Book: Robinson, Charles Seymour. Annotations Upon Popular Hymns. Public domain. 1893. Hunt & Easton. 368–.
14. Web site: Paul D. Paganucci '53, TU'54, Vice President and Treasurer of the College Emeritus. Dartmouth. December 14, 2013.
15. News: Jodi Picoult's life is far from her wrenching novels. USA Today. December 14, 2013. Deirdre. Donahue. March 3, 2009.
16. Web site: Mary Roach. The Morning News. December 14, 2013.
17. Book: Marquis, Albert Nelson. 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. 1915. A.N. Marquis & Company. 939.
18. Web site: To Bora-Bora and Back Again: The Story of Armstrong W. Sperry. Armstrong Sperry. December 14, 2013.
19. Web site: Eleazar Wheelock: The Man and His Legacy. Alex de Sherbinin. 2011. Columbia University, Creative Commons. 29 March 2013.
20. Web site: About. davecoledavecol.com. May 24, 2019.
21. Web site: Hal Barwood Interview. 23 July 2002. Adventure Gamers. December 14, 2013.
22. Book: Hall, Henry. America's Successful Men of Affairs: The city of New York. 1885. New York Tribune. 87.
23. Web site: An Update on William Kamkwamba, the Boy Who Harnessed the Wind . Smart Play . December 14, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131214202056/http://www.thinkfun.com/smartplayblog/?p=1749 . December 14, 2013 . dead .
24. Web site: US SAILING Awards National Sportsmanship Trophy to Olin J. Stephens. US Sailing. December 14, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131218144422/http://about.ussailing.org/Awards/National_Sportsmanship_Award/Past_Winners/Olin_J__Stephens.htm. December 18, 2013. dead.
25. Book: Kelly, Howard Atwood . 1920. A Cyclopedia of American Medical Biography: Comprising the Lives of Eminent Deceased Physicians and Surgeons from 1610 to 1910. 1 . W.B. Saunders Company .
26. Web site: Former surgeon general C. Everett Koop dead at age 96.
27. Web site: Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid, USN (1888-1972) . Naval Historical Center . December 14, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121102174736/http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/pers-us/uspers-k/t-kinkad.htm . November 2, 2012 .
28. Web site: Artist Biography. All Music. December 14, 2013.
29. Web site: Q&A With The Blues Explosion's Jon Spencer. 17 May 2010. MAGNET Magazine Inc.. December 14, 2013.
30. Web site: Hanover Historical Society . Town of Hanover New Hampshire . December 14, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131217191342/http://www.hanovernh.org/Pages/HanoverNH_Bcomm/historical/index . December 17, 2013 .
31. Web site: FREEMAN, Jonathan (1745-1808). Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. December 14, 2013.
32. Web site: Former Surgeon General Dr. C. Everett Koop '37 Dies at 96. Dartmouth. December 14, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131024040120/http://now.dartmouth.edu/2013/02/former-surgeon-general-dr-c-everett-koop-37-dies-at-96/. October 24, 2013. dead.
33. Web site: PATTERSON, James Willis (1823-1893). Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. December 14, 2013.
34. Web site: RIPLEY, James Wheelock (1786-1835). Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. December 14, 2013.
35. Web site: TAGGART, Samuel, (1754 - 1825). Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 14, 2014.
36. Web site: WEBSTER, Daniel (1782 - 1852). Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. December 14, 2013.
37. Web site: WILCOX, Leonard (1799-1850). Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. December 14, 2013.
38. Web site: B. J. Bedford. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417230125/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/b-j-bedford-1.html. dead. April 17, 2020. Sports Reference LLC.. December 14, 2013.
39. Web site: Major Leaguers - the Baseball Cube.
40. Web site: Throwback Thursday: Ben True. 14 November 2013. Running Times. December 14, 2013.