List of people from Dover, New Hampshire

See also: Category:People from Dover, New Hampshire

The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in Dover, New Hampshire.

Academics and writing

• Kenneth Appel (1932–2013), mathematician; solved the four-color theorem ^[1]
• Jeremy Belknap (1744–1798), clergyman, historian ^[2]
• Lisa Crystal Carver (born 1968), writer, performance artist ^[3]
• Matt Chandler, children's book author ^[4]
• Peter K. Hepler (born 1936), biologist
• Joseph Moreau, author
• Frank M. Rines (1892–1962), landscape artist, professor ^[5]

Architecture

• Alvah T. Ramsdell (1852–1928), architect practicing in Dover from 1889 to 1928 ^[6]
• Fred Wesley Wentworth (1864–1943), architect known for many buildings in downtown Paterson, New Jersey, and for the Lucius Varney House in Dover ^[7]

Business

• Mary Edna Hill Gray Dow (1848–1914), financier, school principal, correspondent

Military

• Joshua James Guppey (1820–1893), Union Army brigadier general during the Civil War
• John Hart (1706–1777), colonial militia officer
• Dan Christie Kingman (1852–1916), U.S. Army brigadier general
• Joseph C. McConnell (1922–1954), United States Air Force fighter pilot who was the top American flying ace during the Korean War
• Hercules Mooney (1715–1800), officer, teacher during the Revolutionary War
• Richard O'Kane (1911–1994), U.S. Navy rear admiral ^[8]
• John Underhill (1597–1672), settler, colonial soldier
• George H. Wadleigh (1842–1927), U.S. Navy rear admiral ^[9]

Music

• Spencer Albee (born 1976), musician, singer, songwriter
• Nelson Bragg (born 1961), percussionist, vocalist, songwriter
• Tommy Makem (1932–2007), Irish folk musician with his sons The Makem Brothers
• Nellie Brown Mitchell (1845–1924), concert singer, music educator, "one of Boston's favorite cantatrices."

Politics and law

• John J. Ballentine (1927–2016), member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives ^[10]
• Frank Willey Clancy (1852–1928), Attorney General of New Mexico ^[11]
• Daniel Meserve Durell (1769–1841), U.S. congressman ^[12]
• John P. Hale (1806–1873), U.S. senator ^[13]
• William Hale (1765–1848), U.S. congressman ^[14]
• Joshua G. Hall (1828–1898), U.S. congressman, state senator ^[15]
• Maurice J. Murphy, Jr. (1927–2002), U.S. senator ^[16]
• Marilla Ricker (1840–1920), suffragist, first woman to run for governor of New Hampshire ^[17]
• Charles H. Sawyer (1840–1908), manufacturer and Governor of New Hampshire ^[18]
• Richard Waldron (1615–1689), businessman and the second President of New Hampshire ^[19]
• John Wentworth (1719–1781), judge, colonial leader ^[20]
• John Wentworth, Jr. (1745–1787), Founding Father, lawyer, signatory of the Articles of Confederation ^[21]
• Tappan Wentworth (1802–1875), U.S. congressman ^[22]
• Timothy R. Young (1811–1898), U.S. congressman ^[23]

Sports

• Conor Casey (born 1981), soccer player who represented the United States national team ^[24]
• Dangerous Danny Davis (born 1956), former professional wrestling referee, wrestler
• Chip Kelly (born 1963), college football coach and former NFL coach ^[25]
• Cathy O'Brien (born 1967), Olympic long-distance runner ^[26]
• Ian Hamilton (born 1995), major-league baseball pitcher
• Jessica Parratto (born 1994), Olympic medal-winning diver
• Ray Thomas (1910–1993), catcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers ^[27]
• Jenny Thompson (born 1973), Olympic swimmer; won twelve medals including eight gold medals ^[28]
• Dike Varney (1880–1950), pitcher for the Cleveland Bronchos ^[29]

Other

• Sarah Jane Farmer (1847–1916), founder of the Greenacre Conferences
• Joseph Brown Smith (1823–1859), first blind person to graduate from a college in the United States
• Harper Watters, ballet dancer

References

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