List of 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

Politics



 * 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
 * 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
 * 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

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