List of people from Hanover, New Hampshire

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

Academics and writing

 * Philip Booth (1925–2007), poet
 * Andy Borowitz (born 1958), writer, comedian, satirist, actor
 * C. Loring Brace (1930–2019), anthropologist
 * Gerald Warner Brace (1901–1978), writer, educator, sailor, boat builder
 * Laura Dewey Lynn Bridgman (1829 - 1889), the first deaf-blind American to gain a significant education in the English language.
 * Francis Brown (1849–1916), Semitic scholar
 * Bill Bryson (born 1951), author
 * James Freeman Clarke (1810–1888), preacher, author
 * Richard Eberhart (1904–2005), Pulitzer Prize-winning poet
 * Janet Evanovich (born 1943), writer
 * Barbara Newhall Follett (1914–disappeared 1939), author; in December 1939, aged 25, Follett reportedly became depressed with her marriage and walked out of her apartment, never to be seen again
 * Richard Foster (1826–1901), abolitionist, educator
 * Joan Halifax (born 1942), Zen Buddhist teacher, anthropologist, ecologist, civil rights activist, hospice caregiver, author
 * Virginia Heffernan (born 1969), critic, columnist, author
 * Grace Webster Haddock Hinsdale (1832–1902), author
 * Paul D. Paganucci (1931–2001), investment banker, university educator, college financial administrator, businessman
 * Jodi Picoult (born 1966), author
 * Mary Roach (born 1959), author
 * Kate Sanborn (1839–1917), author, teacher, lecturer, reviewer, compiler, essayist, farmer
 * Armstrong Sperry (1897–1976), writer-illustrator of children's literature
 * Eleazar Wheelock (1711–1779), college founder

Arts

 * Nicol Allan (1931–2019), artist
 * Dave Cole (born 1975), contemporary sculptor

Business and design

 * Hal Barwood, game developer
 * George Bissell (1821–1884), industrialist
 * William Kamkwamba (born 1987), inventor, author
 * Olin Stephens (1908–2008), yacht designer

Media

 * Jack Beatty (born 1945), writer, commentator
 * Tom Dey (born 1965), film director
 * Brad Feldman (born 1967), television and radio announcer
 * Dana Vespoli, pornographic actress

Medical

 * Dixi Crosby (1800–1873), surgeon, educator at Dartmouth College
 * C. Everett Koop (1916–2013), Surgeon General of the United States

Military

 * Thomas C. Kinkaid (1888–1972), U.S. Navy admiral during WWII

Music

 * Al Barr (born 1968), vocalist for Dropkick Murphys
 * Kent Carter (born 1939), jazz musician
 * Ken Chastain (born 1964), musician, engineer, producer
 * Charlie Clouser (born 1963), keyboardist, composer, record producer, remixer
 * Jon Spencer (born 1965), singer, composer, guitarist
 * Sir Babygirl (born 1993), singer, songwriter, guitarist
 * Noah Kahan (born 1997), singer-songwriter

Politics and law

 * Henry Fowle Durant (1822–1881), lawyer, philanthropist
 * Jonathan Freeman (1745–1808), U.S. congressman
 * C. Everett Koop (1916–2013), 13th U.S. Surgeon General
 * Sean Patrick Maloney (born 1966), U.S. congressman
 * James W. Patterson (1823–1893), U.S. congressman and senator
 * James W. Ripley (1786–1835), attorney, Jacksonian U.S. congressman
 * Samuel Taggart (1754–1825), U.S. congressman
 * Daniel Webster (1782–1852), U.S. congressman, senator from Massachusetts
 * Leonard Wilcox (1799–1850), U.S. senator

Sports

 * Barbara Bedford (born 1972), Olympic swimmer
 * Nate Fish (born 1980), baseball player and coach
 * Hilary Knight (born 1989), women's hockey forward; 2010 and 2014 Olympic silver medalist
 * Kevin Pearce (born 1987), former professional snowboarder; competed professionally from 2007 to 2009, when a crash during snowboard training left him with a traumatic brain injury
 * Ben True (born 1985), runner; World Cross Country Championships silver medalist (2013)