Biographical Records
Notable People from Maine
1,023 notable figures born in Maine, showing page 4 of 21, ranked by historical prominence.
Elmer McCurdy
1880 – 1911
bank robber
Edward Kavanagh
1795 – 1844
member of parliamentdiplomatjurist
Mary Ellen Chase
1887 – 1973
novelistuniversity teacher
William Batchelder Bradbury
1816 – 1868
music teachermusical instrument makerhymnwriter
Ralph H. Cameron
1863 – 1953
politician
Sidney Irving Smith
1843 – 1926
carcinologistentomologistuniversity teacher
Charles Ranlett Flint
1850 – 1934
entrepreneur
Edward Page Mitchell
1852 – 1927
science fiction writernovelistjournalist
William King
1768 – 1852
politician
Peter Buck
1930 – 2021
nuclear physicistrestaurateurentrepreneur
Edith Nourse Rogers
1881 – 1960
social workerpolitician
Clyde H. Smith
1876 – 1940
politicianteacher
Vaughn Meader
1936 – 2004
film actorimpressionistpianist
Hugh J. Anderson
1801 – 1881
politician
John W. Dana
1808 – 1867
diplomatgovernorambassador
Minot Judson Savage
1841 – 1918
essayistwriter
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
William V. Pratt
1869 – 1957
military officer
Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford
1835 – 1921
short story writernovelistauthor
John B. Curtis
1827 – 1897
inventorentrepreneur
Cyrus Hamlin
1811 – 1900
pedagoguebiographermissionary
Robert Haskell
1903 – 1987
governorpolitician
Horace Hildreth
1902 – 1988
diplomatjuristgovernor
Fannie Pearson Hardy Eckstorm
1865 – 1946
ethnologistornithologistauthor
Edward Austin Kent
1854 – 1912
architect
Edgar Wilson Nye
1850 – 1896
humoristjournalistwriter
John F. Dryden
1839 – 1911
entrepreneurpolitician
Reuel Williams
1783 – 1862
politicianlawyer
James Brooks
1810 – 1873
journalisteditorpolitician
Frank Munsey
1854 – 1925
newspaper proprietorjournalistpublisher
Chester Greenwood
1858 – 1937
inventorengineer
Joseph John Gerry
1928 – 2023
Catholic priestCatholic bishop
Edwin F. Ladd
1859 – 1925
university teacherchemistpolitician
William D. Washburn
1831 – 1912
politicianbusinessperson
Samuel Cony
1811 – 1870
juristgovernorpolitician
Amos Whitney
1832 – 1920
inventorentrepreneur
Rebecca Sophia Clarke
1833 – 1906
children's writerwriter
Joe Harris
1870 – 1953
actor
Arthur R. Gould
1857 – 1946
politician
Reginald Bartholomew
1936 – 2012
diplomat
Charles Deering
1852 – 1927
patron of the artsart collectorentrepreneur
Carl E. Milliken
1877 – 1961
governorpoliticianbusinessperson
Nelson Dingley
1832 – 1899
journalistjuristgovernor
Abner Coburn
1803 – 1885
governorpoliticianbusinessperson
Henry Plummer
1832 – 1864
prospectorsheriff
William G. Crosby
1805 – 1881
juristgovernorpolitician
Ernie Coombs
1927 – 2001
television actoractorscreenwriter