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Maine Notables - Fascinating People, Remarkable Accomplishments
Maine Notables is an informational database of people with Maine connections who have gained fame or notoriety for a variety of reasons. You may be surprised at some of the people who are from Maine or have a connection to Maine.
Listed in each entry is biographical data, connection to Maine, and claim to fame.
The listings include ways to find out more about the Notable including resources by or about the Notable and a link to our catalog, URSUS.
Maine Notables
| Person |
Birth - Death |
Category |
| Alfond, Harold |
1914 – 2007 |
Entrepreneurs |
| Arnold, Benedict |
1741 - 1801 |
Political Figures |
| Avery, Myron |
1899 - 1952 |
Other |
| Ballard, Martha |
1734/35 – 1812 |
Literature |
| Bean, Leon Leonwood |
1872 – 1967 |
Entrepreneurs |
| Blaine, James G. |
1830 – 1893 |
Political Figures |
| Blair, Dennis C. |
1947 - |
Political Figures |
| Breau, Lenny |
1941 – 1984 |
Entertainment |
| Bryan, Ashley |
1923 - |
Arts |
| Bush, Barbara Pierce (Mrs. George H. W.) |
1925 - |
Other |
| Bush, George Herbert Walker |
1924 - |
Political Figures |
| Carroll, Gladys Hasty |
1904-1999 |
Literature |
| Carson, Rachel |
1907 - 1964 |
Literature |
| Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence |
1828 – 1914 |
Political Figures |
| Cohen, William S. |
1940 – |
Political Figures |
| Collins, Susan M. |
1952 - |
Political Figures |
| Craven, Ricky |
1966 - |
Sports |
| Crocker, Ian |
1982 - |
Sports |
| Crosby, Cornelia "Fly Rod" |
1854 – 1946 |
Sports |
| Dempsey, Patrick |
1966 - |
Entertainment |
| Dix, Dorothea |
1802 – 1887 |
Other |
| Emmons, Chansonetta Stanley |
1858-1937 |
Arts |
| Ford, John |
1894 – 1973 |
Entertainment |
| Gerritsen, Tess |
1953 - |
Literature |
| Goodale, Anna |
1983 - |
Sports |
| Gould, John T. |
1908 - 2003 |
Literature |
| Greenlaw, Linda |
1960 - |
Literature |
| Greenwood, Chester |
1858 - 1937 |
Entrepreneurs |
| Hamlin, Hannibal |
1809 – 1891 |
Political Figures |
| Hartley, Marsden |
1877 – 1943 |
Arts |
| Hawthorne, Nathaniel |
1804 – 1864 |
Literature |
| Homer, Winslow |
1836 - 1910 |
Arts |
| Hoose, Phillip |
1947 - |
Literature |
| Howard, Oliver Otis |
1830 – 1909 |
Political Figures |
| Jewett, Sarah Orne |
1849 – 1909 |
Literature |
| Kent, Rockwell |
1882 - 1971 |
Arts |
| Kidder, Tracy |
1945 - |
Literature |
| King, Stephen |
1947 - |
Literature |
| King, Tabitha |
1949 - |
Literature |
| Leavitt, Ralph "Bud" |
1917 - 1994 |
Entertainment |
| Logan, Elle |
1987 - |
Sports |
| Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth |
1807 – 1882 |
Literature |
| Lown, Bernard |
1921 - |
Other |
| Mallett, David |
1951 - |
Entertainment |
| Maxim, Sir Hiram Stevens |
1840 – 1916 |
Entrepreneurs |
| McCloskey, Robert |
1914 – 2003 |
Literature |
| McKusick, Victor A. |
1921- 2008 |
Other |
| Millay, Edna St Vincent |
1892 – 1950 |
Literature |
| Mills, Karen Gordon |
1953? - |
Political Figures |
| Mitchell, George J. |
1933 - |
Political Figures |
| Muskie, Edmund S. |
1914 - 1996 |
Political Figures |
| Northrup, Christiane |
1949 - |
Literature |
| Ogilvie, Elisabeth |
1917 – 2006 |
Literature |
| Osher, Bernard |
1927(?) - |
Entrepreneurs |
| Peary, Robert E. |
1856 – 1920 |
Other |
| Porter, Fairfield |
1907-1975 |
Arts |
| Roberts, Kenneth |
1885 – 1957 |
Literature |
| Robinson, Edwin Arlington |
1869 – 1935 |
Literature |
| Rowell, Victoria |
1960 - |
Entertainment |
| Russo, Richard |
1949 - |
Literature |
| Sample. Tim |
1951 |
Entertainment |
| Samuelson, Joan Benoit |
1957 - |
Sports |
| Sarton, May |
1912 – 1995 |
Literature |
| Skoglund, Robert (The Humble Farmer) |
1936 - |
Entertainment |
| Smith, Margaret Chase |
1897 – 1995 |
Political Figures |
| Smith, Samantha |
1972-1985 |
Political Figures |
| Snowe, Olympia J. |
1947 - |
Political Figures |
| Sockalexis, Andrew |
1891 - 1919 |
Sports |
| Sockalexis, Louis Francis |
1871 - 1913 |
Sports |
| Spotted Elk, Molly (AKA Molly Nelson Archambaud or Molly Dellis) |
1903 - 1977 |
Arts |
| Stanley, Francis Edgar and Stanley, Freelan Oscar |
1849 - 1940 |
Entrepreneurs |
| Stevens, John Calvin |
1855-1940 |
Arts |
| Stookey, Noel Paul |
1937 - |
Entertainment |
| Stowe, Harriet Beecher |
1811 – 1896 |
Literature |
| Taylor, Alan |
1955 - |
Literature |
| Vallée, Rudy |
1901 – 1986 |
Entertainment |
| White, E.B. |
1899 - 1985 |
Literature |
| Wiggin, Kate Douglas |
1856 – 1923 |
Literature |
| Wilson, Dorothy Clark. |
1904-2003 |
Literature |
| Wyeth, Andrew |
1917 - 2009 |
Arts |
| Wyeth, Jamie |
1946 - |
Arts |
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