List of people from Dover, New Hampshire

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

Academics and writing

• Kenneth Appel, mathematician; solved the four-color theorem^[1]
• Jeremy Belknap, clergyman and historian^[2]
• Lisa Crystal Carver, writer and performance artist
• Frank M. Rines, landscape artist and professor

Acting and modeling

• Regan Hartley, 2011 Miss New Hampshire

Architecture

• Alvah T. Ramsdell (1852–1928), architect practicing in Dover from 1889 on^[3]
• Fred Wesley Wentworth (1864–1943), architect known for many buildings in downtown Paterson, New Jersey, and for the Lucius Varney House in Dover^[4]

Military

• Joshua James Guppey, Union Army brigadier general during the Civil War
• John Hart, colonial militia officer
• Dan Christie Kingman, U.S. Army brigadier general
• Joseph C. McConnell (1922–1954), top U.S. fighter ace in the Korean War
• Hercules Mooney, officer and teacher during the Revolutionary War
• Richard O'Kane, U.S. Navy rear admiral^[5]
• John Underhill, settler and colonial soldier
• George H. Wadleigh, U.S. Navy rear admiral^[6]

Music

• Spencer Albee, musician
• Nelson Bragg, musician
• Tommy Makem, Irish folk musician with his sons The Makem Brothers
• Andrea Ross, singer and actress

Politics and law

• Frank Willey Clancy, Attorney General of New Mexico^[7]
• Daniel Meserve Durell, U.S. congressman^[8]
• John P. Hale, U.S. senator^[9]
• William Hale, U.S. congressman^[10]
• Joshua G. Hall, U.S. congressman and state senator^[11]
• Maurice J. Murphy, Jr., U.S. senator^[12]
• Marilla Ricker, suffragist, freethinker, first woman to run for governor of New Hampshire^[13]
• Charles H. Sawyer, manufacturer and Governor of New Hampshire^[14]
• Richard Waldron, businessman and the second President of New Hampshire^[15]
• John Wentworth, judge and colonial leader
• John Wentworth, Jr., lawyer, signatory of the Articles of Confederation^[16]
• Tappan Wentworth, U.S. congressman^[17]
• Timothy R. Young, U.S. congressman^[18]

Sports

• Conor Casey, Major League Soccer player for the Philadelphia Union^[19]
• Dangerous Danny Davis, former professional wrestling referee and wrestler
• Chip Kelly, head coach for the San Francisco 49ers in the NFL^[20]
• Cathy O'Brien, Olympic long-distance runner^[21]
• Ray Thomas, catcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers^[22]
• Jenny Thompson, Olympic swimmer; won twelve medals including eight gold medals^[23]
• Dike Varney, pitcher for the Cleveland Bronchos^[24]

See also

• Pine Hill Cemetery (Dover, New Hampshire)

References

1. "Kenneth I. Appel, Mathematician Who Harnessed Computer Power, Dies at 80". The New York Times. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
2. "The History of New-Hampshire: Jeremy Belknap as Literary Craftsman". Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
3. "Alvah T. Ramsdell". Biographical Review: Containing Life Sketches of Leading Citizens of Strafford and Belknap Counties, New Hampshire. Vol. 21. 1897.
4. Polton, Richard E. (2012), The Life and Times of Fred Wesley Wentworth: The Architect Who Shaped Paterson, New Jersey and Its People, Pine Hill Architectural Press, LLC, ISBN 9780813560786
5. "Rear Admiral Richard H. O'Kane, U.S. Navy". University of New Hampshire. Retrieved 2010-07-06.
6. "Wadleigh, George H., U.S. Navy rear admiral". Naval Historical Center. www.history.navy.mil. Retrieved 2010-07-06.
7. Fifield, James Clark (1918). The American Bar. J.C. Fifield Company. p. 427.
8. "DURELL, Daniel Meserve, (1769-1841)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
9. "Hale, John Parker". Biographical Guide to the U.S. Congress. bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved 2010-07-06.
10. "HALE, William, (1765-1848)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
11. "HALL, Joshua Gilman, (1828-1898)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
12. "Murphy, Maurice J., Jr.". Biographical Guide to the U. S. Congress. bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved 2010-07-06.
13. Marilla Ricker, "A Job Lot of Anti-Suffragists", Dover Tribune, December 7, 1911
14. Sons of the American Revolution (1902). A National Register of the Society, Sons of the American Revolution, Volume 1. Press of A. H. Kellogg,. p. 667.
15. Dover (N.H.). (1882). Charter and Ordinances, with the Rules and Order of the City Councils, and Related Papers. Morning star steam job printing house,. p. 140.
16. "WENTWORTH, John, Jr., (1745 - 1787)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
17. "Wentworth, Tappan". Biographical Guide to the U.S. Congress. bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved 2010-07-06.
18. "YOUNG, Timothy Roberts, (1811-1898)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
19. "Conor Casey". MLS Soccer.com. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
20. "Chip Kelly". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
21. "Chicago Marathon Just Part Of O`brien`s Maturing Process". Chicago Tribune Sports. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
22. "Ray Thomas". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
23. "Jenny Thompson". Swim Outlet. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
24. "Dike Varney". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved December 3, 2013.