Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Jacob Abbott |
Author |
14-Nov-1803 |
31-Oct-1879 |
Franconia Stories |
Paul Adelstein |
Actor |
29-Apr-1969 |
|
Prison Break |
Tom Allen |
Politician |
16-Apr-1945 |
|
Congressman from Maine, 1997-2009 |
Vance Bourjaily |
Novelist |
17-Sep-1922 |
31-Aug-2010 |
The End of My Life |
Owen Brewster |
Politician |
22-Feb-1888 |
25-Dec-1961 |
Governor and Senator from Maine |
Harold H. Burton |
Judge |
22-Jun-1888 |
28-Oct-1964 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1945-58 |
Lawrence E. Butler |
Diplomat |
? |
|
US Ambassador to Macedonia, 2002-05 |
Geoffrey Canada |
Educator |
13-Jan-1952 |
|
Harlem Children's Zone |
Hodding Carter |
Journalist |
3-Feb-1907 |
4-Apr-1972 |
Delta Democrat-Times |
Kenneth Chenault |
Business |
2-Jun-1951 |
|
CEO of American Express |
Jonathan Cilley |
Politician |
2-Jul-1802 |
24-Feb-1838 |
US Congressman from Maine, 1837-38 |
Robert P. Tristram Coffin |
Poet |
18-Mar-1892 |
20-Jan-1955 |
Strange Holiness |
William Cohen |
Government |
28-Aug-1940 |
|
US Secretary of Defense, 1997-01 |
Albert Dekker |
Actor |
20-Dec-1905 |
5-May-1968 |
The Wild Bunch |
Paul H. Douglas |
Politician |
26-Mar-1892 |
24-Sep-1976 |
US Senator from Illinois, 1949-67 |
George Evans |
Politician |
12-Jan-1797 |
6-Apr-1867 |
US Senator from Maine, 1841-47 |
William P. Fessenden |
Politician |
16-Oct-1806 |
8-Sep-1869 |
Senator from Maine, Treasury Secretary |
Melville W. Fuller |
Judge |
11-Feb-1833 |
4-Jul-1910 |
US Chief Justice, 1888-1910 |
David F. Gordon |
Government |
? |
|
State Dept. Dir. Policy Planning, 2007-08 |
John Parker Hale |
Politician |
31-Mar-1806 |
19-Dec-1873 |
Anti-slavery US Senator from NH |
Edwin Hall |
Physicist |
7-Nov-1855 |
20-Nov-1938 |
Discovered the Hall Effect |
Reed Hastings |
Business |
8-Oct-1960 |
|
Founder and CEO of Netflix |
Nathaniel Hawthorne |
Author |
4-Jul-1804 |
19-May-1864 |
The House of the Seven Gables |
Christopher Hill |
Diplomat |
1952 |
|
US Ambassador to Iraq, 2009-10 |
Oliver O. Howard |
Military |
8-Nov-1830 |
26-Oct-1909 |
Headed the Freedmen's Bureau |
Alfred Kinsey |
Scientist |
23-Jun-1894 |
25-Aug-1956 |
Researched human sexual behavior |
Burt Kwouk |
Actor |
18-Jul-1930 |
24-May-2016 |
Cato in Pink Panther films |
Edwin M. Lee |
Government |
5-May-1952 |
|
Mayor of San Francisco |
Charles M. Leighton |
Business |
c. 1935 |
|
CEO of CML Group, 1969-98 |
Larry Lindsey |
Economist |
18-Jul-1954 |
|
Masterminded GWB's tax cut |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
Poet |
27-Feb-1807 |
24-Mar-1882 |
Evangeline |
David J. Lubar |
Business |
c. 1955 |
|
President of Lubar & Co. |
James L. McConaughy |
Politician |
21-Oct-1887 |
7-Mar-1948 |
Governor of Connecticut, 1947-48 |
Hugh McCulloch |
Government |
7-Dec-1808 |
24-May-1895 |
Twice US Treasury Secretary |
Cynthia McFadden |
Journalist |
27-May-1956 |
|
Primetime Live |
Robin McKinley |
Author |
16-Nov-1952 |
|
The Hero and the Crown |
Patrick Meehan |
Politician |
20-Oct-1955 |
|
Congressman, Pennsylvania 7th |
Barry Mills |
Attorney |
8-Sep-1950 |
|
President, Bowdoin College |
George J. Mitchell |
Politician |
20-Aug-1933 |
|
US Senator from Maine, 1980-95 |
David A. Olsen |
Business |
c. 1937 |
|
CEO of Johnson & Higgins, 1990-97 |
John O. Parker, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1944 |
|
Partner, Rho Ventures |
Robert E. Peary |
Explorer |
6-May-1856 |
20-Feb-1920 |
First to reach the North Pole |
Thomas Pickering |
Diplomat |
5-Nov-1931 |
|
Career US Ambassador |
Franklin Pierce |
Head of State |
23-Nov-1804 |
8-Oct-1869 |
14th President of the U.S. |
Thomas B. Reed |
Politician |
18-Oct-1839 |
7-Dec-1902 |
Speaker of the House, 1889-91 and 1895-99 |
Robert V. Schnabel |
Educator |
28-Sep-1922 |
1-Sep-2009 |
President of Valparaiso University, 1978-88 |
Wilbert Snow |
Politician |
6-Apr-1884 |
28-Sep-1977 |
Governor of Connecticut, 1946-47 |
Raymond S. Troubh |
Business |
3-May-1926 |
|
Independent Financial Consultant |
Wallace H. White, Jr. |
Politician |
6-Aug-1877 |
31-Mar-1952 |
US Senator from Maine, 1931-49 |