Famous People from Maine

Maine Biographies, Famous People from Maine

Alexander McGillivray

Joshua L. Chamberlain (1828 - 1914) Civil War general, governor of Maine, president of Bowdoin College; born in Brewer.

Dorothea Dix (1802 - 1887) Humanitarian and social reformer; born in Hampden.

Dustin Farnum (1874 - 1929) Popular star of silent films, primarily Westerns.

Hannibal Hamlin (1809 - 1891) U.S. Vice-President during Abraham Lincoln's first term, and was a senator and a representative from Maine.

Stephen King (1947 - ) Writer whose novels often are made into motion pictures. Some works include The Shining, Salem's Lot, Carrie, Pet Sematary, and Midnight Shift; born in Portland.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) Considered the most influential poet of his day with famous works such as The Courtship of Miles Standish and Evangeline; born in Portland.

Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869 - 1935) Poet; raised in Gardiner.

Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (1908 - 1979) U.S. vice president; born in Bar Harbor.

Margaret Chase Smith (1897 - 1995) The first woman to be elected to both houses of Congress; born in Skowhegan.

Percy Lebaron Spencer (1894 - 1970) Invented the microwave oven; born in Howland.

Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811 - 1896), abolitionist and humanitarian, author of Uncle Tom's Cabin; lived in Brunswick.

More Famous People of Maine

Walter Van Tilburg Clark writer, East Oreland

Cyrus Curtis publisher, Portland

John Ford film director, Cape Elizabeth

Melville Fuller jurist, Augusta

Marsden Hartley painter, Lewiston

Sarah Orne Jewett author, South Berwick

Linda Lavin actress, Portland

Hiram Stevens Maxim inventor, Sangerville

Edna St. Vincent Millay poet, Rockland

Marston Morse mathematician, Waterville

Frank Munsey publisher, Mercer

Walter Piston composer, Rockland

George Palmer Putnam publisher, Brunswick

Kenneth Roberts historical author, Kennebunk

Francis & Freelan Stanley inventors, Kingfield

John Hay Whitney publisher, Ellsworth

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