Notable People from Maine

Ben C. Eastman

American politician (1812-1856)

Charles Arthur "Charlie" Akers

American cross-country skier and biathlete (1939-2016)

William B. Small

American politician (1817–1878)

William S. Soule

American photographer (1836-1908)

Horatio Collins King

United States Army Medal of Honor recipient (1837–1918)

Harrison Bird Brown

American artist (1831–1915)

James Bates

American politician (1789-1882)

Marcia Oakes Woodbury

American painter (1865–1913)

Isaac McLellan

American writer

Frank E. Guernsey

American politician (1866–1927)

John W. Heselton

American politician (1900-1962)

Samuel Longfellow

American clergyman

Carl Ring

American athletics competitor

Seth L. Milliken

American politician (1831-1897)

Alfred Eliab Buck

Union United States Army officer (1832-1902)

Edmund Needham Morrill

American politician (1834–1909)

Boyd Bartlett

American military officer and physicist (1897–1965)

Aaron S. Daggett

American Army general (1837-1938)

Joseph A. McDonough

American film director (1896–1944)

James C. Oliver

American politician (1895–1986)

Samuel Blake

American lawyer and politician (1807–1887)

Joseph Cummings

American clergyman and educator; president of Wesleyan University, later president of Northwestern University (1817–1890)

Natalie Kalmus

American media executive (1882–1965)

John Wingate Thornton

American genealogist

Edward Hatch

Union Army general (1832–1889)

Martha Gallison Moore Avery

American socialist and Roman-catholic activist (1851-1929)

Ethel Bailey Higgins

U.S. botanist (1866-1963)

Walker Blaine

American lawyer (1855–1890)

Charles Russell Clason

American politician (1890-1985)

William Conway

United States Navy sailor (1802–1865)

Herbert L. Osgood

American historian (1855–1918)

John Lewis Childs

American horticultural entrepreneur and politician (1856-1921)

Stephen Coburn

American politician (1817-1882)

George Rowe

American actor (1894-1975)

Samuel Thurston

American pioneer (1815-1851)

George W. Emery

11th Governor of the Territory of Utah (1830-1909)

Joshua Maria Young

American bishop

Josiah Pierce

American politician

Moses Macdonald

American congressman for Maine (1815-1869)

Mark Trafton

American congressman for Massachusetts (1810-1901)

John W. Howe

American politician

John Ripley Freeman

American civil engineer

C. J. Stevens

American poet

John H. Rice

American politician (1816-1911)

Daniel J. McGillicuddy

American politician (1859-1936)

David A. Boody

United States Representative (1837–1930)

Horatio Bisbee, Jr.

American politician, Florida (1839-1916)

Elbridge Gerry

American politician 1813-1886

John F. Appleton

Union Army general (1838-1870)

Allen Alexander Bradford

American jurist (1815–1888)