The following are people who were born, raised, or who gained significant prominence for living in U.S. state of New Hampshire:

Aeronautics and aviation

Jay C. Buckey (born 1956), astronaut Michael Durant (born 1961), pilot, native Thaddeus Lowe (1832–1913), 19th-century balloonist, native Christa McAuliffe (1948–1986), teacher, astronaut Lee Morin (born 1952), astronaut, native Richard A. Searfoss (1956–2018), astronaut Alan Shepard (1923–1998), astronaut; first American in space, native

Arts and literature

Eric Aho (born 1966), painter Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836–1907), poet, novelist, travel writer Minnie Willis Baines (1845–unknown), author, native Russell Banks (born 1940), novelist Lucy Barnes (1780–1809), writer, native Amy Beach (1867–1944), composer, native Brian Sidney Bembridge (born 1973), artist, designer, native Adelaide George Bennett (1848–1911), teacher, poet, native Henry Ames Blood (1836–1900), poet, playwright, native Philip Booth (1925–2007), poet Helen L. Bostwick (1826–1907), author, poet, native Ben Bradlee Jr. (born 1948), journalist, author, native Dan Brown (born 1964), novelist, native Emma Elizabeth Brown (1847–unknown), writer, artist, native Bill Bryson (born 1951), author, resident, 1995–2003 Cathy Burnham Martin (born 1954), author, actress, native Lisa Carver (born 1968), writer Luella J. B. Case (1807–1858), author, hymnist, native Willa Cather (1873–1947), novelist Matt Chandler (born 1972), children's book author Charles Carleton Coffin (1823–1896), American Civil War correspondent George Condo, artist David Cote (born 1969), playwright, opera librettist, theater critic, native E. E. Cummings (1894–1962), poet Decap (born 1984), artist and record producer Joseph Dennie (1768–1812), 18th-century writer Tomie dePaola (1934–2020), children's book author Kevin Eastman (born 1962), comic book writer, co-creator of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Richard Eberhart (1904–2005), poet Clayton Emery (born 1953), author Lydia Mary Fay (1804–1878), missionary, writer, translator, native James T. Fields (1817–1881), publisher, editor, poet Lisa Anne Fletcher (1844–1905), poet, correspondent Barbara Newhall Follett (1914–disappeared 1939), writer, native Ron Fortier (born 1946), comic book writer Daniel Chester French (1850–1931), sculptor, native Robert Frost (1874–1963), poet Horace Greeley (1811–1872), journalist, native Wayne Green (1922–2013), publisher, native Sarah Josepha Hale (1788–1879), editor, writer, author known for the nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb" Donald Hall (1928–2018), poet Mary R. Platt Hatch (1848–1905), poet, novelist, short story writer, native Grace Webster Hinsdale (1832–1902), author, native Nicholas Hondrogen (1952–2007), painter, photographer, sculptor Dan Hurlin (born 1955), poet, literary critic, native John Irving (born 1942), novelist, native Carrie Jones, novelist Elizabeth Orton Jones (1910–2005), illustrator Jane Kenyon (1947–1995), poet Heather King (born 1952), blogger Maxine Kumin (1925–2014), poet Peter Laird (born 1954), comic book writer, co-creator of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Dudley Leavitt (1772–1851), publisher Minnie Mary Lee (1826–1903), author, native Alan Lelchuk (born 1938), novelist, editor Martha Perry Lowe (1829–1902), poet, activist, native Edward MacDowell (1860–1908), pianist, composer Mary Stuart James MacMurphy (1846–1934), teacher, author, native Joyce Maynard (born 1953), novelist Jim McDermott (born 1960), illustrator Larkin Goldsmith Mead (1835–1910), sculptor, native Grace Metalious (1924–1964), novelist Bob Montana (1920–1975), illustrator of Archie comics Jules Olitski (1922–2007), painter P.J. O'Rourke (1947–2022), political satirist and journalist Maxfield Parrish (1870–1966), painter John Perkins (born 1945), author, native Mary Elizabeth Perley (1863–unknown), educator, author, native Jodi Picoult (born 1966), author Fanny Runnells Poole (1863–1940), writer, book reviewer, native Eleanor H. Porter (1868–1920), novelist Edna Dean Proctor (1829–1823), poet, native Melinda Rankin (1811–1888), missionary, writer, native Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848–1907), sculptor J. D. Salinger (1919–2010), novelist – lived in Cornish for several decades Charles Simic (born 1938), poet Katherine Call Simonds (1865–1955), musician, singer, composer, author, native Martha Pearson Smith (1836–1912), poet, musician, activist, native Armstrong Sperry (1897–1976), children's book author, resident 1941–1976 Betsey Ann Stearns (1830–1914), inventor, school founder, writer, native Mark Steyn (born 1959), political commentator Celia Thaxter (1835–1894), poet Lydia H. Tilton (1839–1915), educator, activist, journalist, poet, native Clara Augusta Jones Trask (1839–1905), writer, native Adelaide Cilley Waldron (1843–1909), writer, editor, native Adam Warren (born 1967), comic book writer/artist Brady Watt, producer, bass player, and bandleader Harriet E. Wilson (1825–1900), 19th-century novelist Caroline Marshall Woodward (1828–1890), author, native Mary Parker Woodworth (1849–1919), writer, native Augusta Harvey Worthen (1823–1910), educator, author, native

Athletes and sports figures

Victoria Arlen (born 1994), Paralympian swimmer, ESPN personality (Exeter) Aaron Baddeley (born 1981), professional golfer (Lebanon) Kerry Bascom (born 1969), women's basketball player (Epping) Jane Blalock (born 1945), professional golfer (Portsmouth) Ernest Blood (1872–1955), men's basketball coach (Manchester) Matt Bonner (born 1980), National Basketball Association player – San Antonio Spurs (Concord) John Bosa (born 1964), NFL football player Miami Dolphins (Keene) Dunbar Bostwick (1908–2006), Olympic ice hockey player (Concord) Kent Carlson (born 1962), NHL ice hockey player (Concord) Chris Carpenter (born 1975), Major League Baseball player – Toronto Blue Jays-St. Louis Cardinals (Raymond) Ben Cherington (born 1974), professional baseball executive, general manager of the Boston Red Sox Bruce Cunliffe (1925–1989), Olympic ice hockey player (Keene) Charlie Davies (born 1986), Major League Soccer player – D.C. United (Manchester) Dangerous Danny Davis (born 1956), professional wrestling referee and wrestler Matt Duffy (born 1991), Major League Baseball player – Tampa Bay Rays (Salem) Tricia Dunn-Luoma (born 1974), Olympic ice hockey player (Derry) Chad Eaton (born 1972), National Football League defensive tackle (Exeter) Eva Fabian (born 1993), American-Israeli world champion swimmer (Keene) Mark Fayne (born 1987), NHL ice hockey player – New Jersey Devils (Nashua) Carlton Fisk (born 1947), Major League Baseball catcher – Boston Red Sox (grew up in Charlestown) Mike Flanagan (1951–2011), Major League Baseball pitcher – Baltimore Orioles (Manchester) Brian Foster (born 1987), professional ice hockey player (Pembroke) Sam Fuld (born 1981), Major League Baseball player and Philadelphia Phillies general manager – Oakland A's (Durham) Rich Gale (born 1954), Major League Baseball pitcher – Kansas City Royals (Littleton) Jeff Giuliano (born 1979), professional ice hockey player – Iserlohn Roosters (Nashua) Jesse Guilford (1895–1962), amateur golfer (Manchester) Kirk Hanefeld (born 1956), professional golfer (Claremont) Jay Heaps (born 1976), former professional soccer player and current soccer manager – New England Revolution (Nashua) James H. Horne (1874–1959), athletic director and coach at Indiana University (Berlin) Jed Hoyer (born 1973), executive vice-president and general manager of the Chicago Cubs Bill Jackowski (1914–1996), MLB umpire Chip Kelly (born 1963), NFL and college football head coach – Philadelphia Eagles, San Francisco 49ers (Dover) Katie King-Crowley (born 1975), Olympic ice hockey player (Salem) Scotty Lago (born 1987), snowboarder (Seabrook) Greg Landry (born 1946), NFL quarterback (Nashua) Paul LaPolice (born 1970), Canadian Football League coach (Nashua) Jeff Locke (born 1987), Major League Baseball player – Pittsburgh Pirates (Redstone) Hunter Long (born 1998), NFL tight end (Exeter) Ben Lovejoy (born 1984), NHL ice hockey player (Concord) Hubie McDonough (born 1963), NHL ice hockey player (Manchester) Jack McGowan (1930–2001), professional golfer (Concord) Justin McIsaac (born 1978), professional wrestler Freddy Meyer (born 1981), ice hockey player – Modo Hockey (Sanbornville) Bode Miller (born 1977), alpine ski racer (Easton) Bill Moisan (1925–2010), Major League Baseball pitcher – Chicago Cubs (Newton) John Morton (born 1946), Olympic biathlon skier (Walpole) Tara Mounsey (born 1978), gold medalist at 1998 Winter Olympics (Concord) Josh Owens (born 1988), basketball player for Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League Chad Paronto (born 1975), baseball player (Woodsville) Penny Pitou (born 1938), Olympic alpine skier silver medalist (Gilford and Laconia) Deron Quint (born 1976), NHL ice hockey player (Durham) Kendall Reyes (born 1989), American football defensive end (Nashua) Jon Rheault (born 1986), professional ice hockey player (Deering) Brandon Rogers (born 1982), professional ice hockey player (Rochester) Red Rolfe (1908–1969), Major League Baseball third baseman, manager and Yale coach (Penacook) Kevin Romine (born 1961), utility outfielder in Major League Baseball (Exeter) Jeff Serowik (born 1967), NHL ice hockey player (Manchester) Leanne Smith (born 1987), alpine skier (Conway) Darius Songaila (born 1978), Lithuanian professional basketball player (attended school in New Hampton) Matt Taven (born 1985), professional wrestler (Derry) Birdie Tebbetts (1912–1999), Major League Baseball player and manager (Nashua) Bob Tewksbury (born 1960), Major League Baseball pitcher (Concord) Jenny Thompson (born 1973), swimmer, 12-time Olympic medalist (Dover) Paul Thompson (born 1988), NHL ice hockey player (Derry) Triple H (born 1969), professional wrestler (Nashua) Harold Weber (1882–1933), Olympic golfer (Littleton) Bob Whitcher (1917–1997), Major League Baseball pitcher – Boston Braves (Berlin) Stan Williams (1936–2021), Major League Baseball pitcher (Enfield) Brian Wilson (born 1982), Major League Baseball relief pitcher – San Francisco Giants (Londonderry)

Business people

Richard and Maurice McDonald (1909–1998 and 1902–1971 respectively), founders of original McDonald's restaurant and franchised several of the other early locations Herbert Archer "H.A." Richardson (1852–1942), timber and shipping magnate Betsey Ann Stearns (1830–1914), inventor

Criminals

Lisa Biron (born 1969), child molester Carl Drega (1935–1997), killer of state troopers, native Brian Dugan (born 1956), rapist and serial killer, native Samuel Green (1796–1822), serial killer and robber, native H.H. Holmes (1861–1896), serial killer of 1893, native Linda Kasabian (1949–2023), member of Manson family Adam Lanza (1992-2012), school shooter, native Daniel Maldonado (born ), Al-Shabaab terrorist, native Dennis Moran (1982–2013), computer hacker Richard Paul Pavlick (1887–1975), stalked John F. Kennedy, native Terry Peder Rasmussen (1943–2010), serial killer Pamela Smart (born 1967), convicted murderer, native Forbes Smiley (born 1956), thief of rare maps, found guilty and sentenced to 42 months in prison Henry Tufts (1748–1831), 18th century thief, native

Educators

Samuel Colcord Bartlett (1817–1898), Dartmouth president Richard Lederer (born 1938), former St. Paul's School English teacher; author of Anguished English Christa McAuliffe (1948–1986), first teacher in space, killed aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger launch

Entertainment

Actors and actresses

Bradford Anderson (born 1979), native Sam Ayers, native Richard Backus (born 1945), native Jane Badler (born 1953), native Wilson Bethel (born 1984), native Peter Bonerz (born 1938) James Broderick (1927–1982), native Gordon Clapp (born 1948), native