List of 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
 * Jeremy Belknap (1744–1798), clergyman, historian
 * Lisa Crystal Carver (born 1968), writer, performance artist
 * Matt Chandler, children's book author
 * Peter K. Hepler (born 1936), biologist
 * Frank M. Rines (1892–1962), landscape artist, professor

Acting and modeling

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

Architecture

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

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
 * John Underhill (1597–1672), settler, colonial soldier
 * George H. Wadleigh (1842–1927), U.S. Navy rear admiral

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

 * Frank Willey Clancy (1852–1928), Attorney General of New Mexico
 * Daniel Meserve Durell (1769–1841), U.S. congressman
 * John P. Hale (1806–1873), U.S. senator
 * William Hale (1765–1848), U.S. congressman
 * Joshua G. Hall (1828–1898), U.S. congressman, state senator
 * Maurice J. Murphy, Jr. (1927–2002), U.S. senator
 * Marilla Ricker (1840–1920), suffragist, first woman to run for governor of New Hampshire
 * Charles H. Sawyer (1840–1908), manufacturer and Governor of New Hampshire
 * Richard Waldron (1615–1689), businessman and the second President of New Hampshire
 * John Wentworth (1719–1781), judge, colonial leader
 * John Wentworth, Jr. (1745–1787), Founding Father, lawyer, signatory of the Articles of Confederation
 * Tappan Wentworth (1802–1875), U.S. congressman
 * Timothy R. Young (1811–1898), U.S. congressman

Sports

 * Conor Casey (born 1981), Major League Soccer player for the Philadelphia Union
 * Dangerous Danny Davis (born 1956), former professional wrestling referee, wrestler
 * Chip Kelly (born 1963), head coach for UCLA
 * Cathy O'Brien (born 1967), Olympic long-distance runner
 * Ian Hamilton (born 1995), pitcher for the New York Yankees
 * Jessica Parratto (born 1994), Olympic medal-winning diver
 * Ray Thomas (1910–1993), catcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers
 * Jenny Thompson (born 1973), Olympic swimmer; won twelve medals including eight gold medals
 * Dike Varney (1880–1950), pitcher for the Cleveland Bronchos

Other

 * Sarah Jane Farmer (1847-1916), founder of the Greenacre Conferences