List of people from Hanover, New Hampshire

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

Academics and writing

• Philip Booth, poet^[1]
• C. Loring Brace, anthropologist^[2]
• Gerald Warner Brace, writer, educator, sailor and boat builder^[2]
• Francis Brown, Semitic scholar^[3]
• Bill Bryson, author^[4]
• James Freeman Clarke, preacher and author^[5]
• Richard Eberhart, poet^[6]
• Janet Evanovich, writer^[7]
• Joan Halifax, activist and author^[8]
• Virginia Heffernan, critic and columnist^[9]
• Paul D. Paganucci, investment banker, university educator, college financial administrator and businessman^[10]
• Jodi Picoult, author^[11]
• Mary Roach, author^[12]
• Kate Sanborn, writer^[13]
• John Spaulding, poet
• Armstrong Sperry, author^[14]
• Eleazar Wheelock, college founder^[15]

Business and design

• Hal Barwood, game developer^[16]
• George Bissell, industrialist^[17]
• William Kamkwamba, inventor and author^[18]
• Olin Stephens, yacht designer^[19]

Media

• Tom Dey, film director
• Brad Feldman, television and radio announcer

Medical

• Dixi Crosby, a surgeon and educator at Dartmouth College^[20]

Military

• Thomas C. Kinkaid, U.S. Navy admiral during WWII^[21]

Music

• Al Barr, vocalist for Dropkick Murphys
• Kent Carter, jazz musician^[22]
• Ken Chastain, musician, engineer and producer
• Charlie Clouser, music producer and keyboardist
• Jon Spencer, musician^[23]

Politics and law

• Henry Fowle Durant, lawyer and philanthropist^[24]
• Jonathan Freeman, U.S. congressman^[25]
• C. Everett Koop, 13th U.S. Surgeon General^[26]
• James W. Patterson, U.S. congressman and senator^[27]
• James W. Ripley, U.S. congressman^[28]
• Samuel Taggart, U.S. congressman^[29]
• Daniel Webster, U.S. congressman and senator from Massachusetts^[30]
• Leonard Wilcox, U.S. senator^[31]

Sports

• Barbara Bedford, Olympic swimmer^[32]
• Hilary Knight, women's hockey forward; 2010 and 2014 Olympic silver medalist
• Kevin Pearce, former professional snowboarder
• Ben True, runner; World Cross Country Championships silver medalist (2013)^[33]

References

1. "Philip Booth". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
2. "Professor C. Loring Brace: Bringing Physical Anthropology ("Kicking and Screaming") Into the 21st Century!" (PDF). umich.ed. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
3. "PRESIDENTS OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE". Dartmouth. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
4. "COMING HOME". The New York Times. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
5. "James Freeman Clarke". Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
6. "Richard Eberhart". PoetryFoundation. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
7. "Janet Evanovich". Forbes. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
8. "Roshi Joan Halifax on compassion, women in Buddhism, and altruism". Spirituality & Health. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
9. "Virginia Heffernan, Television Critic". The New York Times. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
10. "Paul D. Paganucci '53, TU'54, Vice President and Treasurer of the College Emeritus" (PDF). Dartmouth. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
11. Donahue, Deirdre (March 3, 2009). "Jodi Picoult's life is far from her wrenching novels". USA Today. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
12. "Mary Roach". The Morning News. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
13. Marquis, Albert Nelson (1915). Who's Who in New England: A Biographical Dictionary of Leading Living Men and Women of the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut. A.N. Marquis & Company. p. 939.
14. "To Bora-Bora and Back Again: The Story of Armstrong W. Sperry". Armstrong Sperry. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
15. Alex de Sherbinin (2011). "Eleazar Wheelock: The Man and His Legacy" (PDF). Columbia University, Creative Commons. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
16. "Hal Barwood Interview". Adventure Gamers. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
17. Hall, Henry (1885). America's Successful Men of Affairs: The city of New York. New York Tribune. p. 87.
18. "An Update on William Kamkwamba, the Boy Who Harnessed the Wind". Smart Play. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
19. "US SAILING Awards National Sportsmanship Trophy to Olin J. Stephens". US Sailing. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
20. Kelly, Howard Atwood (1920). A Cyclopedia of American Medical Biography: Comprising the Lives of Eminent Deceased Physicians and Surgeons from 1610 to 1910. 1. W.B. Saunders Company.
21. "Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid, USN (1888-1972)". Naval Historical Center. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
22. "Artist Biography". All Music. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
23. "Q&A With The Blues Explosion's Jon Spencer". MAGNET Magazine Inc. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
24. "Hanover Historical Society". Town of Hanover New Hampshire. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
25. "FREEMAN, Jonathan (1745-1808)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
26. "Former Surgeon General Dr. C. Everett Koop '37 Dies at 96". Dartmouth. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
27. "PATTERSON, James Willis (1823-1893)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
28. "RIPLEY, James Wheelock (1786-1835)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
29. "TAGGART, Samuel, (1754 - 1825)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
30. "WEBSTER, Daniel (1782 - 1852)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
31. "WILCOX, Leonard (1799-1850)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
32. "B. J. Bedford". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
33. "Throwback Thursday: Ben True". Running Times. Retrieved December 14, 2013.