Robert Frost (1874 - 1963) Poet that won four Pulitzer Prizes in poetry; lived in Derry and Franconia.
	Sarah Josepha Hale (1788 - 1879) Author and journalist who wrote "Mary Had a Little Lamb"; born on a New Hampshire farm.
	John Irving (1942 - ) Famous author; born in Exeter.
	Christa McAuliffe (1948 - 1986) Teacher that died in the space shuttle Challenger explosion on January 28, 1986; taught in Concord.
	Bob Montana (1920 - 1975) Creator of the comic strip Archie in 1942; lived in Manchester.
	Franklin Pierce (1804 - 1869) The 14th President of the United States (1853-1857); born in Hillsborough.
	Eleanor Porter (1868 - 1920) Children’s author that wrote Pollyanna; born in Littleton.
	Alan B. Shepard Jr. (1923 - 1998) Became the first American in space when he orbited the earth in the rocket Freedom 7 in May 1961; born in East Derry.
	Earl Silas Tupper (1907 - 1983) Founder of Tupperware; born in Berlin.
	Eleazar Wheelock (1711 - 1779) Founded Dartmouth College in 1769 in the city of Hanover, he also served as the first president.
	Henry Wilson (born Jeremiah Jones Colbath) (1812 - 1875) Vice President of the United States under President Ulysses Grant, was born in Farmington.

More Famous People of New Hampshire

	Salmon Portland Chase jurist, Cornish
	Ralph Addams Cram architect, Hampton Falls
	Charles Anderson Dana editor, Hinsdale
	Mary Morse Baker Eddy founder, religious leader, Bow
	William Pitt Fessenden politician, Boscawer
	Sam Walter Foss journalist, poet
	Daniel Chester French sculptor, Exeter
	Horace Greeley journalist, politician, Amherst
	Benjamin F. Keith theater entrepreneur, Hillsboro
	John Langdon political leader, Portsmouth
	Harlan F. Stone jurist, Chesterfield
	Daniel Webster statesman, Salisbury
	Joseph Worcester Lexicographer, Bedford