List of people from Waterville, Maine

See also: Category:People from Waterville, Maine

The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in Waterville, Maine.

Authors and academics

• David Brancaccio, radio and television journalist; born in Waterville
• Ron Currie Jr., author
• Eric Hooglund, political scientist; born in Waterville
• Richard Hooker, surgeon and author
• Alvin Lombard, inventor
• Marston Morse, mathematician; born in Waterville

Business and philanthropy

• Sharon H. Abrams, executive director, Maine Children's Home for Little Wanderers
• Gardner Colby, philanthropist, namesake of Colby College
• George Gilman, founder of the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
• Charles Foster Hathaway, founder of C.F. Hathaway Company shirt company

Military

• David B. Champagne, Corporal, recipient of the Medal of Honor during the Korean War
• Donald L. Harlow, second chief master sergeant of the Air Force
• Charles Heywood, ninth Commandant of the Marine Corps
• Charles L. Phillips, U.S. Army brigadier general ^[1]

Politics

Edmund Muskie practiced law in Waterville prior to the launching of his long political career.

• Walter A. Burleigh, U.S. congressman
• Clinton Clauson, mayor and 66th Governor of Maine
• Samuel S. Conner, U.S. congressman
• Pam Iorio, 57th mayor of Tampa
• Charles Fletcher Johnson, U.S. senator and judge
• David Lemoine, state treasurer of Maine
• Paul LePage, mayor of Waterville, 74th Governor of Maine
• Nelson Madore, professor and Mayor of Waterville (1999–2004)
• George J. Mitchell, U.S. senator ^[2]
• Wyman B. S. Moor, U.S. senator
• Edmund Muskie, U.S. senator; 64th Governor of Maine, Secretary of State, 1968 vice presidential candidate
• Jane Muskie, First Lady of Maine ^[3]
• Charles P. Nelson, U.S. congressman
• Bruce Poliquin, U.S. congressman, state treasurer of Maine
• Samuel Shapiro, Maine State Treasurer (1981–1996)
• Bruce A. White, State representative ^[4]

Religion

• Donald Edmond Pelotte, Roman Catholic bishop

Sports

• Dan Bolduc, hockey forward with the Detroit Red Wings, U.S. team in the 1976 Winter Olympics, and at Harvard University
• John Huard, football linebacker for Denver Broncos, New Orleans Saints, Montreal Alouettes and Toronto Argonauts
• Jeff Libby, hockey defense-man with the New York Islanders

Entertainment

• Lew Cody, stage and screen actor
• David E. Kelley, television and film producer, born in Waterville
• Judy Pancoast, singer and songwriter
• Kurt Marshall, model and actor, born in Waterville
• Vaughn Meader, comedian, born in Waterville
• Jamie Sears, American actor, born in Waterville

References

1. Brewster, Mary Phillips (June 10, 1939). "Obituary, Charles Leonard Phillips". Seventieth Annual Report of the Association of Graduates of the United States Military Academy. Newburgh, NY: Moore Printing Company. p. 139 – via West Point Digital Library.
2. "Former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell diagnosed with leukemia". August 21, 2020.
3. Don Nicoll. "Muskie, Jane Gray oral history interview". Scarab.bates.edu. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
4. "Bruce White". Ballotpedia. Retrieved January 20, 2024.