Biographical Records
Notable People from Maine
1,023 notable figures born in Maine, showing page 4 of 21, ranked by historical prominence.
Daniel D. Pratt
1813 - 1877
politicianlawyer
William North
1755 - 1836
politician
Edward Kavanagh
1795 - 1844
member of parliamentdiplomatjurist
Elmer McCurdy
1880 - 1911
bank robber
Mary Ellen Chase
1887 - 1973
novelistuniversity teacher
William Batchelder Bradbury
1816 - 1868
music teachermusical instrument makerhymnwriter
Edith Nourse Rogers
1881 - 1960
social workerpolitician
Charles Ranlett Flint
1850 - 1934
entrepreneur
William King
1768 - 1852
politician
Edward Page Mitchell
1852 - 1927
science fiction writernovelistjournalist
George Evans
1797 - 1867
juristpoliticianlawyer
Vaughn Meader
1936 - 2004
film actorimpressionistpianist
Clyde H. Smith
1876 - 1940
politicianteacher
Hugh J. Anderson
1801 - 1881
politician
John W. Dana
1808 - 1867
diplomatgovernorambassador
John H. Reed
1921 - 2012
diplomatjuristgovernor
Roswell K. Colcord
1839 - 1939
mining engineerjuristcarpenter
Lewis Millett
1920 - 2009
military personnel
Percival Proctor Baxter
1876 - 1969
governorpolitician
Minot Judson Savage
1841 - 1918
essayistwriter
Cyrus Hamlin
1811 - 1900
pedagoguebiographermissionary
Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford
1835 - 1921
short story writernovelistauthor
Robert Haskell
1903 - 1987
governorpolitician
Fannie Pearson Hardy Eckstorm
1865 - 1946
ethnologistornithologistauthor
John B. Curtis
1827 - 1897
inventorentrepreneur
Frank Munsey
1854 - 1925
newspaper proprietorjournalistpublisher
Reuel Williams
1783 - 1862
politicianlawyer
Edward Austin Kent
1854 - 1912
architect
Horace Hildreth
1902 - 1988
diplomatjuristgovernor
John F. Dryden
1839 - 1911
entrepreneurpolitician
James Brooks
1810 - 1873
journalisteditorpolitician
Chester Greenwood
1858 - 1937
inventorengineer
William D. Washburn
1831 - 1912
politicianbusinessperson
Samuel Cony
1811 - 1870
juristgovernorpolitician
Amos Whitney
1832 - 1920
inventorentrepreneur
Edwin F. Ladd
1859 - 1925
university teacherchemistpolitician
Rebecca Sophia Clarke
1833 - 1906
children's writerwriter
Joe Harris
1870 - 1953
actor
Edgar Wilson Nye
1850 - 1896
humoristjournalistwriter
Arthur R. Gould
1857 - 1946
politician
William V. Pratt
1869 - 1957
military officer
Joseph John Gerry
1928 - 2023
Catholic priestCatholic bishop
Reginald Bartholomew
1936 - 2012
diplomat
Carl E. Milliken
1877 - 1961
governorpoliticianbusinessperson
Nelson Dingley
1832 - 1899
journalistjuristgovernor
Abner Coburn
1803 - 1885
governorpoliticianbusinessperson
Charles Deering
1852 - 1927
patron of the artsart collectorentrepreneur
Henry Plummer
1832 - 1864
prospectorsheriff
William G. Crosby
1805 - 1881
juristgovernorpolitician
Anson Morrill
1803 - 1887
politician