Biographical Records
Notable People from Maine
1,023 notable figures born in Maine, showing page 15 of 21, ranked by historical prominence.
Winthrop G. Brown
1907 – 1987
diplomat
Louise Bates Ames
1908 – 1996
co-foundereducational psychologistresearcher
Clifford McIntire
1908 – 1974
politician
Elizabeth Hill
1901 – 1978
screenwriter
Edward Cornelius O'Leary
1920 – 2002
Catholic priestCatholic bishop
Alex Drum Hawkes
1927 – 1977
botanist
Will Holt
1929 – 2015
recording artistlibrettistfilm actor
Willis Barnstone
1927
literary scholarphilologisthispanist
Wilbur R. Ingalls, Jr.
1923 – 1997
architect
Nancy Hemenway Barton
1920 – 2008
artist
Roland L. Bragg
1923 – 1999
moverpreservationistcommunity leader
Jeremiah O'Brien
1744 – 1818
military officer
Nathan Lord
1792 – 1870
civil servant
John Frothingham
1788 – 1870
businessperson
William Burleigh
1785 – 1827
politicianlawyer
Thomas Rice
1768 – 1854
politicianlawyer
Rufus McIntire
1784 – 1866
politicianlawyer
Clark Gesner
1938 – 2002
librettistlyricistsongwriter
Conrad K. Cyr
1931 – 2016
lawyerjudge
Mark Langdon Hill
1772 – 1842
politicianjudge
Madockawando
1630 – 1698
traditional leader or chiefSachem
Gene Carter
1935 – 2021
lawyerjudge
Roland White
1938 – 2022
mandolinistmusician
Amédée Wilfrid Proulx
1932 – 1993
Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Arthur A. Small
1933 – 2015
lawyerpolitician
Richard C. Thomas
1937 – 1991
politician
Stan Hindman
1944 – 2020
American football playerarchitect
Sue Wagner
1940 – 2026
print journalistschool teacherpolitician
Leighton Cooney
1944 – 2020
politicianteacher
Linda Smith Dyer
1948 – 2001
lobbyistjurist
Hiram Belcher
1790 – 1857
politicianlawyer
John O'Leary
1947 – 2005
diplomatpoliticianlawyer
George Barrell Cheever
1807 – 1890
writer
Judith Merkle Riley
1942 – 2010
novelistpolitical scientistauthor
Charles Davis Jameson
1827 – 1862
military officerpolitician
George Lafayette Beal
1825 – 1896
military officerpolitician
Mary Hayden Pike
1824 – 1908
writer
Nathan Webb
1825 – 1902
lawyerjudge
Peter Percival Elder
1823 – 1914
editorpolitician
Samuel W. Rowse
1822 – 1901
painter
Seth Williams
1822 – 1866
military officer
Walter M. Brackett
1823 – 1919
painter
Margaret Jane Mussey Sweat
1823 – 1908
literary criticpoetwriter
James Edward Oliver
1829 – 1895
university teachermathematician
William Wirt Kimball
1848 – 1930
military officer
Frank Barbour
1870 – 1948
American football player
Fred Folsom
1871 – 1944
lawyer
Freddy Parent
1875 – 1972
baseball player
Harrison J. Hunt
1878 – 1967
explorersurgeon
William Stone
1842 – 1897
politicianlawyer