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It's always interesting to check out a list of
famous people who were born, lived in and still live in various
states from which you might not expect a famous person to hail.
It's always a mistake to think a state with a smaller population
is not the likely place of origin of a celebrity. With Maine being
a state the vast majority of which comprises pristine forest land
and bucolic wilderness, one might think that not too many famous
people would come from or live there. But the list of Maine celebrities
is plenty long and full of some very famous names.
It's certainly no surprise to anyone that Stephen
King is a Maine native. What started with Carrie, a book he threw
in his waste basket while living in a trailer home as an English teacher
barely getting by catapulted him to literary stardom. As the story
goes, his wife, Tabitha, an excellent writer in her own right, fished
the book from his trash can, read it and encouraged him to send it
to a publisher. Had he not heeded her advice, he'd still be teaching
English.
Some of the people appearing on Maine's celebrity list may also appear on the celebrity lists of other states. It's certainly not an uncommon situation. In fact, while Ethan Allen is most closely associated with Vermont's Green Mountain Boys, he came from Connecticut and moved to Vermont.
Below is the list of celebrities associated with Maine. If you disagree with any we list or find us in
error for not listing one of your favorite people, please let us
know by sending and email to: jim.hyde@newenglandtimes.com. We'll take your recommendation under advisement, research the person named and make any correction should they pan out. The criteria we use to select those who appear below aren't necessarily based on the degree of fame they have achieved. That's one variable tough to nail down, but if they have achieved some fame, however fleeting, we believe they deserve a mention. Some may be better known to you than others, but they are all notable for one reason or another.
| ACTORS, DIRECTORS, PRODUCERS, ENTERTAINERS |
Kirstie Alley, Islesboro
Anna Belknap, Damariscotta
Patrick Dempsey, Lewiston
Dustin Farnum, Hampton Beach
John Ford, Cape Elizabeth
David E. Kelley, Waterville
Linda Lavin, Portland
Bob Ludwig , Portland
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Andrea Martin , Portland
Martha Stewart, Mount Desert Island
Ralph "Bud" Leavitt, Old Town
David Mallett, Sebec
Don McLean, Castine
Abbott Vaughn Meader, Waterville
Judd Nelson, Portland
Walter Piston, Rockland
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Victoria Rowell, Portland
Tim Sample, Fort Fairfield
Robert Skoglund, (The Humble Farmer), Maine Coast
Noel Paul Stookey,Blue Hill
John Travolta, Islesboro
Liv Tyler, actress (daughter of singer Steven Tyler), Portland
Rudy Vallée, Westbrook
Chuck Winfield, Augusta
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| ARTS AND LITERATURE |
Martha Ballard, Hallowell
Charles F. Browne (Artemus Ward)
Gladys Hasty Carroll, Berwick,
Rachel Carson, Southport Island
Northrup Christiane, Yarmouth
Walter Van Tilburg Clark, East Oreland
Cyrus Curtis, Portland
Chansonetta S. Emmons
Tess Gerritsen, Camden
John T. Gould , Brighton
Linda Greenlaw, Isle au Haut
R. B. Hall, Marsden Hartley, Lewiston
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Nathaniel Hawthorne, Bowdoin College
Winslow Homer, Proutrquote s Neck
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Portland
Sarah Orne Jewett, South Berwick
Rockwell Kent, Monhegan Island
Stephen King, Portland
Tabitha King, Portland
Robert McCloskey, Deer Isle
Edna St. Vincent Millay, Rockland
Frank Munsey, Mercer
Elisabeth Ogilvie, Gay Island
George P. Putnam, Brunswick
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Kenneth Roberts, Kennebunk
Edwin Arlington Robinson, Gardiner
Richard Russo, May Sarton, York
John Calvin Stevens, Boston
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Brunswick (Also CT)
E. B. White, North Brooklin
John Hay Whitney, Ellsworth
Kate Douglas Wiggin, Hollis
Dorothy Clark Wilson, Gardiner
Andrew Wyeth, Cushing
Jamie Wyeth, Tenants Harbor
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| ATHLETES |
Joan Benoit Samuelson, Cape Elizabeth
Cindy Blodgett, Clinton
Mike Bordick, Winterport
Ricky Craven, Newburgh
Ian Crocker, Portland |
Cornelia "Fly Rod" Crosby, Phillips
Joey Gamache, Portland
Anna Goodale, Camden
Joan Benoit Samuelson, Cape Elizabeth
Robert Stanley, Kingfield
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Bill Swift, Portland
Andrew Sockalexis, Indian Island
Louis Sockalexis, Indian Island
Seth Wescott, Farmington
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| BUSINESS MOGULS AND ENTREPRENEURS |
Harold Alfond, Waterville
Leon Leonwood Bean, Freeport
Milton Bradley, Vienna
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Chester Greenwood, Farmington
Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim, Sangerville
Percy Lebaron Spencer, Howland
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Marston Morse, Waterville
Bernard Osher, Biddeford
Francis & Freelan Stanley, Kingfield
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| EXPLORERS |
| Robert E. Peary, Portland |
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| POLITICIANS |
Benedict Arnold, Kennebec River
Percival Baxter, Portland
James G. Blaine, Kennebec
Barbara Pierce Bush, Kennebunkport
George H.W. Bush, Kennebunkport
George W. Bush, Kennebunkport
Jeb Bush, Kennebunkport
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Joshua Chamberlain, Brewer
William Cohen, Bangor
Susan M. Collins, Caribou
Dorothea Dix, Hampden
Melville Fuller, Augusta
Hannibal Hamlin, Paris Hill
Oliver Otis Howard, Leeds, Brunswick |
William King, Scarboro
George J. Mitchell, Waterville
Edmund S. Muskie, Rumford
Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller, Bar Harbor.
Margaret Chase Smith, Skowhegan
Samantha Smith, Manchester
Olympia J. Snowe, augusta
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