The following are people who were either born, raised, or who gained significant prominence for living in New Hampshire:
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Athletes
- Ernest Blood - native
- Matt Bonner - native
- Chris Carpenter - native
- Charlie Davies - native
- Carlton Fisk - native
- Jeff Giuliano- native
- Bode Miller - native
- Tara Mounsey - native
- Chad Paronto - native
- Penny Pitou
- Kevin Romine - native
- Birdie Tebbetts
- Bob Tewksbury - native
- Jenny Thompson - native
- Triple H - native
- Stan Williams (baseball) - native
Arts and literature
- Russell Banks
- Samuel Bartlett - native
- Amy Beach - native
- Philip Booth
- Dan Brown - native
- Bill Bryson - resident, 1995–2003
- Lisa Carver
- Joseph Dennie - resident, 1790s
- Tomie dePaola - resident
- Richard Eberhart
- Ron Fortier
- Daniel Chester French - native
- Robert Frost
- Horace Greeley
- Donald Hall - resident
- John Irving - native
- Elizabeth Orton Jones
- Jane Kenyon
- Heather King
- Dudley Leavitt
- Edward MacDowell
- Joyce Maynard
- Jim McDermott
- Larkin Goldsmith Mead - native
- Grace Metalious
- P.J. O'Rourke
- John Perkins - native
- Jodi Picoult
- J. D. Salinger - has lived in Cornish, New Hampshire for decades
- Charles Simic
- Armstrong Sperry - resident 1941–1976
- Mark Steyn
- Harriet E. Wilson
Aviation/aeronautics
- Thaddeus Lowe - native
- Alan Shepard - native
Educators
- Christa McAuliffe - first teacher in space
- Richard Lederer - former St. Paul's School English teacher; author of Anguished English
Entertainment
Humorists/comedians
- Ant - native
- Jamie Kaler - native
- Seth Meyers - native
- Josh Meyers - Seth's brother
- Adam Sandler
- Sarah Silverman - native
Actors/actresses
- Bradford Anderson - native
- Richard Backus - native
- Gordon Clapp - native
- Randy Harrison - native
- Sam Huntington - native
- Jean Kasem - native
- Thomas Kopache - native
- Keri Lynn Pratt - native
- Perrey Reeves - native
- John Shea - native
- Christopher Stone - native
Television personalities
Models
- Jillian Beyor
- Erica Campbell - native
- Jennifer Lavoie
Musicians
- GG Allin - native
- Dale Bozzio of Missing Persons - resident
- Ronnie James Dio - native
- Julie Dubela
- Sully Erna of Godsmack
- JoJo - native
- Ray LaMontagne - native
- Tommy Makem - resident
- Mandy Moore - native
- Bill Morrissey
- Joe Queer - native
- Tom Rush
- Will Sheff of Okkervil River and Shearwater - native
- Cosy Sheridan
- Jon Spencer - native
- Bill Staines - native
- Steven Tyler of Aerosmith
- Brian Viglione of The Dresden Dolls
Infamous New Hampshirites
- Edward and Elaine Brown
- Carl Drega - native
- H.H. Holmes - native
- Linda Kasabian - native
- Pamela Smart - native
Native Americans
Political/military figures
Religious figures
Other
- Brooke Astor - native (Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient)
- Jim Collins - MacArthur genius, bioengineer and inventor
- Darby Field - first European to climb Mount Washington
- Mary Josephine Ray - as of February 2009, the world's third-oldest person
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