Arts
Writers and journalists
- Jason Brennan (b. 1979), philosopher
- Brendan DuBois (born c. 1959), writer, author of Resurrection Day (1982)
- Daniel Ford (b. 1931), author/journalist, resident scholar at the University of New Hampshire (1954)
- Ursula Hegi (b. 1946), novelist, including best-selling Oprah's Book Club novel Stones from the River (1978, MA 1979)
- John Irving (b. 1942), Academy Award-winning screenwriter and novelist (1965)
- Michael Kelly (1957–2003), editor-at-Large of the Atlantic Monthly , first US reporter killed in the Iraq War (1979)
- Richard Lederer (b. 1938), linguist, columnist, and humorist (Ph.D. 1980)
- Jackie MacMullan (b. 1960), sportswriter, columnist, editor and author
- Alice McDermott (b. 1953), author, National Book Award winner (1998), Writer-in-Residence at Johns Hopkins University (MA 1978)
- Joseph Moreau, author of Schoolbook Nation and teacher
- Brendan Emmett Quigley (b. 1974), crossword puzzle constructor, author, musician
- Laurel Thatcher Ulrich (b. 1938), Pulitzer Prize–winning author, professor of history at Harvard University (Ph.D.)
- Barbara Walsh (b. 1958), Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and author (1981)
- Thomas Williams (1926–1990), National Book Award-winning novelist, and teacher at UNH [1]
- Wayne Worcester (b. 1947), author/journalist, professor of journalism at the University of Connecticut
Film
- James Broderick (1927–1982), actor, Dog Day Afternoon , Family (1948)
- Dane DiLiegro (2007-2011), actor, Prey (2022), American Horror Stories (2021)
- Michael Graziadei (b. 1979), actor, The Young and the Restless (2001)
- Peter Jurasik (b. 1950), actor, Babylon 5 , Hill Street Blues (1972)
- Jennifer Lee (b. 1971), writer, director of Frozen (1992)
- Mike O'Malley (b. 1966), actor, Yes, Dear , The Mike O'Malley Show (1988)
- Michael Ontkean (b. 1946), starred in 1977 movie Slap Shot , TV series Twin Peaks (1970)
- Andrew Robinson (b. 1942), actor, director, author, Dirty Harry , Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (transferred)
- Blanchard Ryan (b. 1967), actress, Open Water (1989)
- Jack Torrence, fictional protagonist and antagonist in Stephen King’s novel The Shining (1977) and the 1980 film adaptation [2]
- Duncan Watson (b. 1963), voice actor, voice of Charlie Brown (1975-1977) [3]
Music
- Barbara Bonney (b. 1956), soprano
- Jeff Coffin (b. 1965), jazz saxophonist, flutist, clarinetist
- Spose (b. 1985), rapper, producer (transferred)
Visual arts
- James Aponovich, painter, New Hampshire Artist Laureate 2006 (1971) [4]
- Richard Whitney (b. 1946), portrait painter, Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts (2015) (1968)
Television and radio
- Andy Brickley (b. 1961), Bruins color analyst, NESN, played in the NHL for 14 years, including four years for the Boston Bruins (1982)
- Marcy Carsey (b. 1944), television producer, Carsey-Werner (Mork and Mindy, The Cosby Show, Roseanne, 3rd Rock from the Sun, Men Behaving Badly) (1966)
- Jim Colony, sportscaster for Pittsburgh's KDKA-FM, "The Fan"
- Jack Edwards (b. 1957), sportscaster, formerly on Versus, and ESPN; now play-by-play announcer for Boston Bruins games on NESN
- Mary Ann Esposito (b. 1942), TV chef of Ciao! Italia (MA 1991)
- Sally Hirsh-Dickinson (b. 1971), New Hampshire Public Radio producer and host, professor of English at Rivier University
- Natalie Jacobson (b. 1943), retired news anchor on WCVB-TV (1965)
- Chris Wragge (b. 1970), news anchor on WCBS-TV
