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

Academics and writing

Philip Booth (1925–2007), poet Andy Borowitz (born 1958), writer, comedian, satirist, actor C. Loring Brace (1930–2019), anthropologist Gerald Warner Brace (1901–1978), writer, educator, sailor, boat builder Laura Dewey Lynn Bridgman (1829–1889), first deaf-blind American to gain a significant education in the English languageMcGinnity, B.L., Seymour-Ford, J. and Andries, K.J. (2004) "Laura Bridgman". Perkins History Museum, Perkins School for the Blind, Watertown, MA. Francis Brown (1849–1916), Semitic scholar Bill Bryson (born 1951), author James Freeman Clarke (1810–1888), preacher, author Janet Evanovich (born 1943), writer Barbara Newhall Follett (1914–disappeared 1939), author; in December 1939, aged 25, reportedly became depressed with her marriage and walked out of her apartment, never to be seen again Richard Foster (1826–1901), abolitionist, educator"Biographical Sketch of Richard Baxter Foster", Dictionary of Missouri Biographies, University of Missouri Press, Columbia, Missouri: 1999, pg. 311-313 Joan Halifax (born 1942), Zen Buddhist teacher, anthropologist, ecologist, civil rights activist, hospice caregiver, author Virginia Heffernan (born 1969), critic, columnist, author Terence Hines (born 1951), professor of psychology, author Grace Webster Haddock Hinsdale (1832–1902), author Paul D. Paganucci (1931–2001), investment banker, university educator, college financial administrator, businessman Jodi Picoult (born 1966), author Mary Roach (born 1959), author Kate Sanborn (1839–1917), author, teacher, lecturer, reviewer, compiler, essayist, farmer Armstrong Sperry (1897–1976), writer-illustrator of children's literature Eleazar Wheelock (1711–1779), college founder

Arts Nicol Allan (1931–2019), artist Dave Cole (born 1975), contemporary sculptor

Business and design

Hal Barwood, game developer George Bissell (1821–1884), industrialist William Kamkwamba (born 1987), inventor, author Olin Stephens (1908–2008), yacht designer

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 C. Everett Koop (1916–2013), Surgeon General of the United States

Military

Thomas C. Kinkaid (1888–1972), U.S. Navy admiral during WWII

Music

Sir Babygirl (born 1993), singer, songwriter, guitarist Al Barr (born 1968), vocalist for Dropkick Murphys Kent Carter (born 1939), jazz musician Ken Chastain (born 1964), musician, engineer, producer Charlie Clouser (born 1963), keyboardist, composer, record producer, remixer Noah Kahan (born 1997), singer-songwriter Jon Spencer (born 1965), singer, composer, guitarist

Politics and law

Amos Noyes Blandin, Jr. (1896–1982), Supreme Court justice, State of New Hampshire Henry Fowle Durant (1822–1881), lawyer, philanthropist Jonathan Freeman (1745–1808), U.S. congressman C. Everett Koop (1916–2013), 13th U.S. Surgeon General Sean Patrick Maloney (born 1966), U.S. congressman James W. Patterson (1823–1893), U.S. congressman and senator James W. Ripley (1786–1835), attorney, Jacksonian U.S. congressman Samuel Taggart (1754–1825), U.S. congressman Daniel Webster (1782–1852), U.S. congressman, senator from Massachusetts Leonard Wilcox (1799–1850), U.S. senator

Sports

Barbara Bedford (born 1972), Olympic swimmer Nate Fish (born 1980), baseball player and coach 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)

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