Lots of people were born in Maine. I assume you mean famous people though so here's a list. * Business * Leon Leonwood (L.L.) Bean, clothing maker and retailer * Milton Bradley, board game inventor * Reuben Colburn, shipbuilder from Pittston, and guide for Benedict Arnold's March to Quebec, part of the Invasion of Canada (1775) * Francis Edgar Stanley and Freelan O. Stanley, inventors, Stanley Steamer * Entertainment and media * Christopher Daniel Barnes, actor * Corey Beaulieu, Band member/songwriter of Trivium * Anna Belknap, actress * Gordon Bok, folksinger/songwriter * John Cariani, actor * Ernie Coombs, actor (Mr. Dressup) * Howie Day, singer/songwriter * Patrick Dempsey, actor * Richard Dysart, actor * Kevin Eastman, co-creator of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles * James Flavin, actor * Jonathan Frakes, actor * Dan Fogelberg, singer/songwriter * Todd Field, writer/director, actor * John Ford, director, actor * Frank Fixaris, sports broadcaster * Patty Griffin, singer/songwriter * Marsden Hartley, Artist * Juliana Hatfield, musician * David E. Kelley, producer * Ray Lamontagne, singer/songwriter * Linda Lavin, actress * David Mallett, singer/songwriter * Bob Marley, comedian * Andrea Martin, actress, comedienne * Hiram Stevens Maxim, Sangerville Invented the machine gun. * Judd Nelson, actor (member of the Brat Pack) * Rachel Nichols, actress * Shirley Povich, Washington Post sports columnist * Victoria Rowell, actress * Tim Sample, humorist * Andrew St. John, actor * Noel Paul Stookey, singer/songwriter * Phyllis Thaxter, actress * Gary Thorne, sports broadcaster * Liv Tyler, actress (daughter of singer Steven Tyler) * Steven Zirnkilton, voiceover actor, best known for the opening narration of the NBC television drama series Law & Order. * Bob Ludwig, Owner and founder of Gateway Mastering and DVD, a resident of Maine. * Literature and the Arts * Artemus Ward, writer * Walter Van Tilburg Clark, writer * Thomas A. Desjardin, writer * Nancy A. Henry, poet * Winslow Homer, artist (27 year resident) * Sarah Orne Jewett, writer * Stephen King, writer * Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, poet * Robert McCloskey writer * Edna St. Vincent Millay, poet * Ruth Moore, writer * George Lorenzo Noyes, writer and artist * Lincoln Peirce, cartoonist * Walter Piston, composer * Van Reid, novelist * Phineas Quimby, 19th century philosopher, writer * Kenneth Roberts, historical novelist * Edwin Arlington Robinson, poet * Richard Russo, writer * Harriet Beecher Stowe, novelist & abolitionist * E.B. White, writer (28 year resident) * Andrew Wyeth, artist * Marguerite Yourcenar, writer and first female chosen for the French Academy (Resident in Mount Desert Island, from 1950 to 1987 * John Gould, author and newspaper editor * National Public Service * Ed Muskie, Governor of Maine, U.S. Senator, Secretary of State under President Carter, Democratic nominee for Vice President in 1968, and ran for the presidency in 1972 * George Mitchell, U.S. Senator, Senate Majority Leader * Margaret Chase Smith, U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator
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Yes, Rudy Vallee, the famous American singer and actor, spent part of his childhood in Rumford, Maine. He was born on July 28, 1901, in Island Pond, Vermont, but moved to Rumford with his family during his early years. Vallee's experiences in Maine influenced his later career and performances.
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What famous bands are from Maine you ask? Well, the only one that I can think of right off the top of my head is a christian band called, "The Wrecking". They are from Portland Maine.
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Robert Peary is a famous explorer from Maine. He claimed to have reached the North Pole during his expedition in the year 1909.
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