Important people in Maine?
Angela Adams (born 1965); Designer; born in North Haven, MaineErin Andrews (born 1978); ESPN sportscaster; born in Lewiston, MaineDorothy Appleby (1906-1990); film actress from the 1930s and 1940s; born in PortlandKatie Aselton (born 1978); actress, The League; born in Milbridge[edit]BChristopher Daniel Barnes (born 1972); actor, voice actor, The Little Mermaid, Spider-Man: The Animated Series, Day by Day; born in PortlandAnna Belknap (born 1972); actress, Lindsay Monroe on CSI: NY; born in DamariscottaJoan Benoit (born 1957); first women's Olympic marathon champion; born in Cape ElizabethCarroll Thayer Berry (1886-1978); printmaker, woodcut engraver, painter and photographer; born in New Gloucester, MaineCorey Beaulieu (born November 22, 1983); musician, guitarist in Trivium. Born in Brunswick, MaineDennis Blair(born 1947); third U.S. Director of National Intelligence from 2009 to 2010 and retired four-star U.S. Navyadmiral; born in KitteryGordon Bok(born 1939) folk singer/songwriter; born in CamdenContessa Brewer (born 1974); news anchorfor MSNBC; born in ParsonsfieldBrett Brown; assistant coach for the San Antonio Spurs; raised in South PortlandHarry Brown(1917-1986); poet, novelist, screenwriter; born in PortlandScott Brown (born 1959); U.S. Senator of Massachusetts; born in KitteryBrian Butterfield (born 1958); third base coach for the Toronto Blue Jays; born in Bangor[edit]CJohn Cariani, actor, Law & Order; grew up in Presque IsleHowie Carr, journalist, author, radio talk-show host; born in PortlandBill Carrigan (1883-1969); catcher and manager for the Boston Red Sox; born in LewistonJosh Casaubon (born 1978), actor, Hugh Hugheson One Life to Live; born in BrunswickJoshua Chamberlain (1828-1914); American Civil War Major General, Governor of Maine (1867-71)Conrad Chase (born 1965), actor, singer; born in PortlandFrank Churchill (1901-1942); Oscar-winningcomposer for many Disneyanimated films; born in RumfordWilliam Cohen (born 1940); US Congressman (1973-79), Senator (1979-97), US Secretary of Defense (1997-2001); born in and Mayor (1971-73) of BangorSamuel Colman (1832-1920); artist, writer, interior designer; born in PortlandRobert P Collins (born 1988); Professional dancer from Maine; born in ChinaSusan Collins (born 1952); U.S. Senator from Maine; born in CaribouRicky Craven (born 1966); ESPNbroadcaster, NASCARdriver, born in NewburghIan Crocker (born 1982); three-time Olympic champion in swimming; born in PortlandEarl Cunningham (1893-1977; folk artist[edit]DBette Davis (1908-1989); actress; lived in Cape Elizabeth, MaineOwen Davis(1874-1956); Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatist; born in PortlandPatrick Dempsey (born 1966); actor; born in LewistonDorothea Dix (1802-1878) pioneering advocate for treatment and care of handicapped and mentally illNelson Dingley Jr. (born 1832); Governor of Maine, US House of Representatives (Dingley Tariff), Editor of Lewiston JournalJeff Donnell (1921-1988); actress; born in WindhamPaul Douglas (1892-1976); economist and Illinois senator from 1949 to 1967; partly raised in Onawa in Piscataquis County[edit]EKevin Eastman (born 1962); comic book artist and writer; co-created the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; born in SpringvaleMonique Edwards; actress, Chicago Hope; born in KitteryMaxine Elliott (1868-1940); stage actress; born in RocklandGeorge Barrell Emerson (1797-1881); educator; born in KennebunkDouglas Elder; Christian singer, Lead singer of a band "The Wrecking"; born in Portland[edit]FMyrna Fahey (1933-1973); actress, Father of the Bride; born in CarmelParker Fennelly (1891-1988); actor; born in Northeast HarborGreg Finley (born 1984); actor, The Secret Life of the American Teenager; born in PortlandFrank Fixaris (1934-2006); sportscaster; resident of FalmouthRyan Flaherty (born 1986); infielder for the Baltimore Orioles; born in PortlandJames Flavin (1906-1976); film and television actor; born in PortlandFrancis Ford(1881-1953); actor, writer, director, brother of John Ford; born in PortlandJohn Ford(1894-1973); film director, winner of 6 Oscars; born in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, raised on Munjoy Hill in PortlandPhilip Ford(1900-1976); film director, nephew of John Ford; born in PortlandMelville Fuller (1833-1910); eighth Chief Justice of the United States between 1888 and 1910; born in AugustaCharlie Furbush (born 1986); starting pitcher for the Seattle Mariners; born in Portland[edit]GJoey Gamache (born 1967); World Boxing Association Lightweight Champion who boxed from 1992 to 2000; originally from Lewiston, MaineGladys George (1904-1954), actress, The Maltese Falcon, The Best Years of Our Lives; born in PattenFrank Bunker Gilbreth, Sr. (1868-1924), early advocate of scientific management and pioneer of motion study; born in FairfieldEverett Glass (1891-1966), actor; born in BangorCharles Goddard (1879-1951), playwright and screenwriter for silent films; born in PortlandGary Gordon (1960-1993), Master Sergant in the U.S. Army who perished during Operation Gothic Serpent; born in LincolnNoah Gray-Cabey (born 1995), teen actor, My Wife and Kids, Heroes; raised in NewryPatty Griffin (born 1964), Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter and musician; born in Old Town[edit]HEdwin Hall(1855-1938); physicist who discovered the "Hall effect"; born in GorhamJohn H. Hall(1781-1841); inventor of the M1819 Hallbreech-loading rifle and a mass production innovator; born in PortlandMarsden Hartley (1877-1943); artist, poet; born in LewistonJuliana Hatfield (born 1967); guitarist/singer-songwriter; born in WiscassetHeather Hemmens (born 1988); actress, Hellcats; raised in WaldoJames Chico Hernandez (born 1954); SomboChampion & WheatiesFame, Washburn, MaineJoe Hill(born 1971); horror novelist; born in HermonPatrick Aaron Hodgkins (born 1977); musician and bass guitarist for the alternative rock band As Fast AsWill Holt(born 1929); singer, songwriter, librettistand lyricist; born in Portland[edit]JDave Jackson (Maine game warden) (1902-1978), Allagash Wilderness Waterway guideSarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909), novelist and short story writer, lifelong resident of South Berwick[edit]KDavid E. Kelley (born 1956); Emmy-winning television producer and writer; born in WatervilleAnna Kendrick (born 1985); Oscar-nominated actress, Jessica Stanley in The Twilight Saga; born in PortlandSumner Kimball (1834-1923). General Supt. U.S. Life-Saving Service; born in Lebanon; raised in SanfordOwen King; author; raised in BangorStephen King (born 1947); horror novelist; born in Portland; raised in DurhamTabitha King (born 1949); horror novelist; born in Old Town[edit]LLinda Lavin (born 1937), actress, Alice; born and raised in PortlandRalph W. 'Bud' Leavitt Jr. (1917-94), longtime Bangor sportswriter, outdoor columnist, television hostTawny Little (born 1956); former Miss America in 1976; born in PortlandElle Logan(born 1987), 2008 OlympicGold Medalistin Women's rowing; born in PortlandAlvin Orlando Lombard (1856-1937), inventor of continuous tracked vehicles, born in SpringfieldJames B. Longley (1924-1980); first Independent Governor of MaineHenry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882); poet:Born and raised in Portland; attended Bowdoin CollegeLeon Leonwood Bean (1872-1967); Founder of L.L. Bean the Maine outdoorsports, camping, huntingand fishingstore. Also inventor of many products, such as the "Bean Boot."[edit]MMarc Macaulay (born 1957); actor, Burn Notice; born in MillinocketBob Marley, stand-up comedian; from Portland; born in BangorAndrea Martin (born 1947), actress, comedienne, voice actress, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Kim Possible, Earthworm Jim; born in PortlandH.S. Maxim(1840-1916); inventor of Maxim gun; born in SangervilleCynthia McFadden (born 1956); co-anchor of Nightlineand Primetime; born in LewistonEdna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950); poet; born in RocklandGeorge J. Mitchell (born 1933); former U.S. Senate Majority LeaderMatthew Mulligan (born 1985); tight end for the New York Jets; born in Bangorand lived in EnfieldEdmund Muskie (1914-1996); politician, Governor of Maine, and Vice Presidential candidate[edit]NJudd Nelson (born 1959), actor, Breakfast Club, Suddenly Susan; born in PortlandRachel Nichols (born 1980), actress, Alias, Star Trek, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra; born and raised in AugustaStephanie Niznik (born 1967), actress, Everwood, Vanishing Son, Life Is Wild; born in Bangor[edit]OHarry Oakes, discovered second-largest gold mine in Canada. Later mysteriously murdered in the Bahamas which became basis of several books and movies; born in SangervilleJeremiah O'Brien (1744-1818), naval officer of the American Revolutionary War; born in KitteryJohn O'Hurley(born 1954), actor, voice actor, TV personality; J. Petermanon Seinfeld; born in Kittery[edit]PGreenleaf Whittier Pickard (1877-1956), radio pioneer and 1926 IEEE Medal of Honor winner; born in PortlandJohn A. Poor (1808-1871), developer of the Portland gauge Maine railway system; born in AndoverShirley Povich (1905-1998), sports columnist and reporter for The Washington Post; born in Bar Harbor[edit]REsther Ralston (1902-1994); silent film actress; born in Bar HarborEdwin Arlington Robinson (1869-1935); poet; born in Alna& raised in GardinerCharles Rocket (1949-2005), actor, Saturday Night Live, Tequila and Bonetti, Dumb and Dumber; born in BangorVictoria Rowell (born 1959), actress, The Young and the Restless, Diagnosis: Murder, Dumb and Dumber; born and raised in Portland[edit]STim Sample(born 1951); Humorist and author; born in Fort Fairfield & raised in Boothbay HarborReta Shaw(1912-1982), character actress, The Ghost & Mrs. Muir, Mary Poppins; born in South ParisAlbion Woodbury Small (1854-1926); prominent sociologistand founder of the first universitydepartment of sociology in the United States; born in Buckfield and raised inBangorSamantha Smith (1972-1985); child peace activist, child actress; born in Houlton, Maine, later lived in Manchester, Maine.Olympia Snowe (born 1947); Congresswoman and U.S. Senator; born in Augusta & raised in AuburnNathan Soule (born 1977); Singer and guitar player in The Mallett Brother's Band; born in Portland& raised in YarmouthPercy Spencer (1894-1970); inventor of the microwave oven; born in HowlandSpose (born 1985); Rapper from Wells, MaineAndrew St. John (born 1982), actor, General Hospital, Life Is Wild; born in MillinocketBob Stanley (born 1954); Major League Baseball player; relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, pitched in the 1986 World SeriesC.A. Stephens(1844-1931); Writer and gerontologist; born and died in Norway; much of his fiction is set near NorwayC. J. Stevens (born 1927); Author; born in Smithfield and has lived in Philips, Weld, and Temple; much of his writing is set in MaineNoel Paul Stookey (born 1937); Folk singer and songwriter; member of Peter Paul and Mary group; settled in Blue Hill in mid-70's.[edit]TPhyllis Thaxter (born 1921), actress, Superman; born in PortlandBrigadier Samuel Thompson (1734-1798), soldier of the American Revolutionary War; lived in Brunswick[edit]VTodd Verow(born 1966), filmmaker, cinematographer, actor; born in Bangor[edit]WSam Webb; Chairman of Communist Party USA; born in MaineJanwillem van de Wetering (1931-2008); Dutch-born, Maine-based novelist who often wrote about MaineClarence White (1944-1973); bluegrass, country rock, and rockguitarist; born in LewistonE.B. White(1899-1985); essayist, author, humorist, poet; lived in MaineJoAnn Willette (born 1963); actress, Just the Ten of Us; born in LewistonVirginia Wright(born 1958); writer, author; born in BelfastNick Wyman(born 1950); actor, Die Hard with a Vengeance; born in Portland
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