List of people from Portsmouth, New Hampshire

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

Market Square c. 1905

Academics and science

• John Knowlton Bartlett, physician^[1]
• Edmund March Blunt, navigator and publisher^[2]
• E. Warren Clark, educator^[3]
• Laurence G. Leavitt, headmaster of Vermont Academy^[4]
• Richard A. Searfoss, astronaut^[5]
• Count Rumford, physicist and inventor; Count of the Holy Roman Empire^[6]
• Frederick Pearson Treadwell, chemist^[7]

Arts and architecture

• Alfred Thompson Bricher, artist^[8]
• Marc Drogin, writer and illustrator^[9]
• William Harrison Folsom, architect^[10]
• Jim McDermott, painter, illustrator and cartoonist

Business

• Brooke Astor, socialite and philanthropist; chairwoman of the Vincent Astor Foundation^[11]
• Robert Harris, railway president^[12]
• Frederick W. Tilton, businessman and philanthropist

Judiciary

• Edward Henry Durell, US federal judge^[13]
• John L. Rand, 22nd Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court^[14]
• John Samuel Sherburne, soldier and US federal judge^[15]
• Samuel Treat, US federal judge^[16]
• Joshua Winslow, soldier, politician and judge^[17]

Media

• Tom Bergeron, TV presenter^[18]
• Peter Bonerz, actor^[19]
• Samantha Brown, Travel Channel host/TV personality^[20]
• William F. Haddock, film director
• Betty and Barney Hill, alleged UFO abductees^[21]
• Jean Kasem, actress^[22]
• Milton Selzer, actor^[23]
• Ilene Woods, actress, voice of Cinderella^[24]

Military

• Charles C. Carpenter (1834–1899), United States Navy rear admiral who rose to command of the Asiatic Squadron; resided in Portsmouth^[25]
• Francis Cogswell, U.S. Navy captain; Navy Cross recipient (World War I)^[26]
• Frederick Franklin, U.S. Navy quartermaster; Medal of Honor recipient (1871 Korean Campaign)^[27]
• Mark G. Ham, U.S. Navy sailor; Medal of Honor recipient (American Civil War)^[28]
• John Hart, colonel in the New Hampshire militia^[29]
• Charles Hovey, U.S. Navy officer (Philippine–American War)^[30]
• John Paul Jones, "father" of U.S. Navy^[31]
• Nathaniel Meserve, shipwright and soldier^[32]
• Enoch Greenleafe Parrott, U.S. Navy rear admiral (Mexican–American War and American Civil War)^[33]
• Fitz John Porter, Union Army major general (American Civil War)^[34]
• Robert H. Wyman, U.S. Navy rear admiral^[35]

Music

• Al Barr, musician^[36]
• The Bruisers, punk rock band^[37]
• Gina Catalino, singer-songwriter
• The Connection, rock and roll band
• Ronnie James Dio, singer-songwriter^[38]
• Geoff Palmer, musician, member of The Connection and The Queers
• The Queers, punk rock band
• Tom Rush, singer-songwriter
• Scissorfight, acid mountain rock band^[39]
• Bill Staines, folk musician

Politics

• Amos T. Akerman, US attorney general^[40]
• Ichabod Bartlett, US congressman^[41]
• Clifton Clagett, US congressman^[42]
• Samuel Cushman, US congressman^[43]
• John Cutt, merchant, mill owner, and provincial president of New Hampshire^[44]
• Charles Cutts, US senator^[45]
• Charles M. Dale, mayor, state senator, and the 66th governor of New Hampshire^[46]
• William S. Damrell, US congressman^[47]
• John A. Durkin, US senator^[48]
• Eileen Foley, eight-term mayor of Portsmouth (1968-1971, 1984-1985, 1988-1997), state senator, and former minority leader of the New Hampshire Senate^[49]
• Ichabod Goodwin, 34th governor of New Hampshire^[50]
• William Hale, US congressman^[51]
• Nathaniel Appleton Haven, US congressman^[52]
• Andrew Jarvis, mayor and member of the Governor's Council
• Frank Jones, businessman, US congressman and mayor^[53]
• John Langdon, merchant, President pro tempore of the US senate, and the governor of New Hampshire (2nd, 4th, 8th & 10th)^[54]
• Woodbury Langdon, merchant, statesman, and judge; Delegate from New Hampshire to the Continental Congress^[55]
• Tobias Lear, secretary to George Washington^[56]
• Edward St. Loe Livermore, US congressman^[57]
• Pierse Long, merchant and US senator^[58]
• Henry B. Lovering, US congressman^[59]
• Daniel Marcy, US congressman^[60]
• Richard Martyn, early Portsmouth representative, speaker of the house, and chief justice
• John Fabyan Parrott, US congressman and senator^[61]
• Charles H. Peaslee, US congressman and lawyer^[62]
• Joseph Peirce, US congressman and soldier^[63]
• John J. Perry, US congressman^[64]
• Wesley Powell, lawyer and 70th Governor of New Hampshire^[65]
• John Randall Reding, US congressman^[66]
• James Sheafe, US congressman and senator^[67]
• James R. Splaine, New Hampshire state legislator and Portsmouth vice-mayor^[68]
• Clement Storer, US congressman and senator^[69]
• Daniel Webster, US senator from Massachusetts and the 14th and 19th US Secretary of State^[70]
• Benning Wentworth, royal governor^[71]
• Sir John Wentworth, last royal governor^[72]
• William Whipple, signer of Declaration of Independence^[73]

Religion

• Joseph Stevens Buckminster, minister^[74]
• Samuel Langdon, clergyman, educator and college president^[75]
• Samuel Parker, bishop^[76]

Sports

• Jane Blalock, golfer with the LPGA Tour^[77]
• Dick Scott, pitcher with the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs^[78]

Slavery

• Oney Judge, runaway slave^[79]
• Prince Whipple, slave^[80]

Writing

• John Greenleaf Adams, hymn writer^[81]
• Thomas Bailey Aldrich, poet, novelist and editor^[82]
• Helen Dore Boylston, author^[83]
• Elliott Coues, surgeon, historian and author^[84]
• Alfred L. Elwyn, author and philanthropist^[85]
• Clayton Emery, author^[86]
• James Thomas Fields, publisher and author^[87]
• Eliza Lee, author^[88]
• John Lord, historian^[89]
• Samuel Penhallow, historian^[90]
• Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber, humorist^[91]
• Celia Thaxter, poet and writer^[92]
• Dave White, writer and critic

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