List of people from Maine

A

• Angela Adams, designer; born in North Haven
• Paul André Albert, scientist; born in Van Buren
• Tom Allen, politician, congressman ; born in Portland
• Daniel B. Allyn, Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army, 2014–2017
• Adelbert Ames, military officer, politician, governor of Mississippi, United States senator from Mississippi ; born in Rockland
• Benjamin Ames, politician, governor of Maine ; lived in Houlton
• Erin Andrews, sportscaster, Dancing With the Stars contestant and co-host; born in Lewiston

B

• John Baldacci, politician, governor of Maine, congressman ; born in Bangor, lives in Portland
• Christopher Daniel Barnes, actor, voice actor, The Little Mermaid film, Spider-Man television series; born in Portland
• Charles P. Barnes, 17th Chief Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court and 67th Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives; born and died in Houlton
• Trevor Bates, former professional football player; born in Portland
• Marie Battiste, indigenous scholar; born in Houlton
• Leon Leonwood Bean, founder of L.L. Bean Inc., a large private retail company in Freeport
• Linda Bean, businessperson and political candidate, granddaughter of Leon Leonwood Bean; lived in Freeport
• Corey Beaulieu, musician, guitarist in Trivium; born in Brunswick
• Anna Belknap, actress, Lindsay Monroe on CSI: NY; born in Damariscotta
• Shenna Bellows, politician, Secretary of State of Maine; lives in Manchester
• Rick Bennett, politician, former President of the Maine Senate; lives in Norway
• Joan Benoit, first women's Olympic marathon champion; born in Cape Elizabeth
• Louisa Dow Benton, linguist, translator; born in Portland
• Jacques Berlinerblau, religious scholar, Georgetown University professor; born in Portland
• Carroll Thayer Berry, printmaker, woodcut engraver, painter and photographer; born in New Gloucester
• Albert S. Bickmore, naturalist, originator and principal founder of the American Museum of Natural History; born in St. George
• Del Bissonette, professional baseball player and coach; born in Winthrop
• Nina Blackwood, radio and television personality, actor, model; lives in Mid Coast region
• James G. Blaine, United States representative from Maine, senator from Maine, and secretary of state, Republican presidential candidate in 1884; lived in Augusta
• Dennis Blair, US Director of National Intelligence, four-star U.S. Navy admiral; born in Kittery
• Cindy Blodgett, former professional basketball player and coach; born in Clinton
• Tim Boetsch, mixed martial artist; born in Lincolnville
• Gordon Bok, folk singer-songwriter; born in Camden
• Dan Bolduc, former professional hockey player; born in Waterville
• Ralph Botting, pitcher for the California Angels; born in Houlton
• William B. Bradbury, musician, teacher, composer, piano manufacturer, entrepreneur; born in York
• Milton Bradley, board game manufacturer with the Milton Bradley Company; born in Vienna
• Joseph E. Brennan, politician, governor of Maine, congressman ; born in Portland
• Contessa Brewer, news anchor for MSNBC; born in Parsonsfield
• Styles Bridges, politician, governor of New Hampshire and U.S. senator from New Hampshire ; born in Pembroke
• James Brooks, congressman from New York; born in Portland
• Brett Brown, professional basketball coach and executive; born in Portland, Maine|South Portland]
• Harry Brown, poet, novelist, screenwriter; born in Portland
• Scott Brown, U.S. senator from Massachusetts ; born in Kittery
• Ashley Bryan, writer and illustrator; resided in Islesford
• Chet Bulger, professional football player; born in Rumford
• John Bunting, former professional football player; born in Portland
• John Jay Butler, minister and professor; born in Berwick
• Marisa Butler, model, singer and beauty pageant title holder; Miss Maine USA 2016, Miss World America 2018, and Miss Earth USA 2021
• Brian Butterfield, professional baseball coach; born in Bangor

C

• Nik Caner-Medley, former professional basketball player; raised in Portland
• Al Carbee, outsider artist; born in Portland, lived in Saco
• Robert Card, US Army reserve sergeant first class and mass murderer
• John Cariani, actor, Law & Order; grew up in Presque Isle
• Tom Caron, sportscaster and soccer executive; born in Lewiston
• Howie Carr, journalist, author, radio talk-show host; born in Portland
• Michael E. Carpenter, Maine Attorney General and state legislator; born in Houlton
• Bill Carrigan, professional baseball player and manager; born in Lewiston
• Rachel Carson, author; lived in Southport
• Shepard Cary US congressman; died in Houlton
• Walter Case Jr., harness racer
• Elisabeth Cavazza, author, journalist; born in Portland
• Joshua Chamberlain, Civil War major general, governor of Maine
• Thomas Davee Chamberlain, Civil War lieutenant colonel, brother of Major General Joshua Chamberlain
• Conrad Chase, actor, singer; born in Portland
• Oren Burbank Cheney, student, teacher, principal Parsonsfield Seminary; Free Will Baptist clergyman; abolitionist; founding president of Bates College
• Yvon Chouinard, founder of Black Diamond Equipment and Patagonia; born in Lewiston
• Cody Christian, actor; Pretty Little Liars, Teen Wolf; born in Portland and grew up on a Penobscot reservation
• Frank Churchill, Oscar-winning composer for many Disney animated films; born in Rumford
• Carolyn Chute, novelist, populist political activist; born in Portland; lives in Parsonsfield
• Nathan Clifford, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, Attorney General of the United States; lived in Newfield
• Eunice Hale Cobb, writer, activist; born in Kennebunk
• William Cohen, U.S. congressman, senator, US secretary of defense ; born in and mayor of Bangor
• Samuel Colman, artist, writer, interior designer; born in Portland
• Susan Collins, U.S. senator from Maine; born in Caribou
• Jennie Maria Drinkwater Conklin, author, activist; born in Portland
• Ernie Coombs, children's entertainer, known for Mr. Dressup; born in Lewiston
• Michelle Coombs, geologist currently working in Alaska, originally from Maine
• Thurlow Cooper, professional football player; born in Augusta
• William Coperthwaite, educator and yurt advocate; born in Monticello
• Ron Corning, TV host at WFAA in Dallas, Texas; raised in Calais
• Mike "Fluff" Cowan, PGA Tour golf caddy; born in Winslow
• Ricky Craven, ESPN broadcaster, NASCAR driver; born in Newburgh
• Laura Creavalle, Guyanese-born Canadian/American professional bodybuilder; lives in Old Orchard Beach
• Ian Crocker, three-time Olympic champion in swimming; born in Portland
• Effie Crockett, actress, wrote and composed the lullaby "Rock-a-bye Baby"; born in Rockland
• John Crowley, author of fantasy, science fiction and mainstream fiction; born in Presque Isle
• Earl Cunningham, folk artist; born in Edgecomb
• Dick Curless, country singer; born in Fort Fairfield
• Ron Currie Jr., author; lives in Portland

D

• Robert L. Dale, pilot in Antarctica and namesake of the Dale Glacier; lived in Brunswick
• Sarah D'Alelio, professional mixed martial artist; born in Belfast
• Frances Brackett Damon, poet, writer; born in Dexter
• Olive E. Dana, writer, poet; born in Augusta
• Bette Davis, two-time Oscar-winning actress; born in Massachusetts and lived in Cape Elizabeth
• Marcus Davis, mixed martial arts fighter with the Ultimate Fighting Championship; born in Houlton
• Nate Davis, professional football player; born in York
• Owen Davis, Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatist; born in Portland
• Howie Day, singer; born and raised in Brewer
• Everett De Roche, screenwriter; born in Lincoln
• William Deering, businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of International Harvester; born in South Paris
• Grace DeGennaro, artist; resides in Yarmouth
• Patrick Dempsey, actor; born in Lewiston
• Nelson Dingley Jr., governor of Maine, member of US House of Representatives, responsible for the Dingley Tariff
• Rick DiPietro, former professional hockey player; born in Lewiston
• Dorothea Dix, pioneering advocate for treatment and care of the handicapped and mentally ill; born in Hampden
• George Dole, Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics; born in Michigan and lived in Bath
• Jeff Donnell, actress; born in Windham
• Alice May Douglas, poet, author, editor; born in Bath
• Paul Douglas, economist and Illinois senator ; partly raised in Onawa
• Cornelia M. Dow, philanthropist, temperance activist; born and died in Portland
• William Dufris, original voice of Bob the Builder in North America; born in Houlton; died in South Portland
• Brian Dumoulin, professional hockey player; born in Biddeford
• Emma B. Dunham, poet, teacher; born in Minot; died in Deering

E

• Kevin Eastman, comic book artist and writer; co-created Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; born in Portland
• Stanley Boyd Eaton, radiologist, one of the originators of the concept of Paleolithic nutrition; born in Old Town
• Gertrude Elliott, actress on stage and in silent movies; born in Rockland
• Maxine Elliott, stage actress; born in Rockland
• Robbie Ellis, professional wrestler who was featured in Sports Illustrated; born in Portland
• Ellen Russell Emerson, author, ethnologist; born in New Sharon
• George Barrell Emerson, educator; born in Kennebunk

F

• Myrna Fahey, actress, Father of the Bride; born in Carmel
• Hannah Tobey Farmer, philanthropist, writer, social reformer; born in Berwick; died in Eliot
• Terry Farnsworth, Canadian Olympic judoka; born in Portland
• Wallace Rider Farrington, journalist and government administrator, Territorial Governor of Hawaii ; born in Orono
• Parker Fennelly, actor; born in Northeast Harbor
• William Pitt Fessenden, politician, Secretary of the Treasury ; Congressman ; Senator ; lived in Portland
• Greg Finley, actor, The Secret Life of the American Teenager; born in Portland
• Frank Fixaris, sportscaster; resident of Falmouth
• Cooper Flagg, collegiate basketball player; born in Newport
• Ryan Flaherty, former professional baseball player and current coach; born in Portland
• James Flavin, film and television actor; born in Portland
• Charles Flint, businessman, founder of Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company, which later became IBM; born in Thomaston
• Francis Ford, actor, writer, director, brother of John Ford; born in Portland
• John Ford, film director, winner of six Oscars; born in Cape Elizabeth, raised on Munjoy Hill in Portland
• Philip Ford, film director, nephew of John Ford; born in Portland
• Doug Friedman, former professional hockey player; born in Cape Elizabeth
• Melville Fuller, eighth Chief Justice of the United States ; born in Augusta
• Charlie Furbush, former professional baseball player; born in Portland

G

• Joey Gamache, lightweight champion who boxed from 1976 to 2000; originally from Lewiston
• Peter A. Garland, politician, congressman ; lived in Brunswick
• Scott Garland, WWE wrestler, ring name Scotty 2 Hotty; born in Westbrook
• Gladys George, actress, The Maltese Falcon, The Best Years of Our Lives; born in Patten
• Frank Bunker Gilbreth, Sr., early advocate of scientific management and pioneer of motion study; born in Fairfield
• Jon Gillies, professional hockey player; raised in South Portland
• Everett Glass, actor; born in Bangor
• Charles Goddard, playwright and screenwriter for silent films; born in Portland
• Jared Golden, politician, congressman ; lives in Lewiston
• George Gore, professional baseball player; born in Saccarappa
• Gary Gordon, master sergeant in the U.S. Army who died during Operation Gothic Serpent; born in Lincoln
• Noah Gray-Cabey, teen actor, My Wife and Kids, Heroes; raised in Newry
• Chris Greeley, politician, Cosmopolitan magazine's Bachelor of the Month in June 1993; appeared on multiple TV shows in the 1990s
• Mace Greenleaf, stage and screen actor in silent films; born in Dixfield
• Patty Griffin, Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter and musician; born in Old Town
• Einar Gustafson, childhood cancer patient, namesake of The Jimmy Fund; born and raised in New Sweden

H

• Edwin Hall, physicist who discovered the "Hall effect"; born in Gorham
• John H. Hall, inventor of the M1819 Hall breech-loading rifle; mass production innovator; born in Portland
• Hannibal Hamlin, 15th vice president of the United States and U.S. senator; born in Paris
• Simon Hamlin, politician, congressman ; born in Standish
• Frank Handlen, artist and shipwright; born in Brooklyn
• Al Harris, former professional football player and coach; born in Bangor
• Marsden Hartley, artist, poet; born in Lewiston
• George Haskins, law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School
• Juliana Hatfield, guitarist and singer-songwriter; born in Wiscasset
• Garnet Hathaway, professional hockey player; raised in Kennebunkport
• Benjamin Franklin Hayes, legislator and judge; born in Berwick
• Frederick Hayes, Civil War veteran, awarded medal of honor; born in Berwick
• John Alfred Hayes, Union Army physician; born in Berwick
• Heather Hemmens, actress, Hellcats; raised in Waldo
• James Chico Hernandez, sambo martial artist; resides in Washburn
• Richard Herrick, received the first successful organ transplant from identical twin brother Ronald Herrick in 1954; born and lived in Maine
• Ira G. Hersey, US congressman; born in Hodgdon
• Charlie Hewitt, artist; born in Lewiston
• Joe Hill, horror novelist; born in Hermon
• Stan Hindman, professional football player; born in Houlton
• John Hodgman, actor, writer and comedian; lives in Brooklin
• Mackenzie Holmes, professional basketball player; born in Gorham
• Will Holt, singer-songwriter, librettist and lyricist; born in Portland
• Winslow Homer, 19th-century painter; lived in Prouts Neck
• Jean E. Howard, George Delacorte Professor of the Humanities at Columbia University; born in Houlton
• Oliver Otis Howard, United States Army officer and a Union general; born in Leeds
• Caroline Dana Howe, writer, poet, hymnwriter; born in Fryeburg
• Debra Lee Hovey, Connecticut State Representative
• Frank M. Hume, colonel; commanding officer of the 103rd Infantry, 26th Division during World War I; born in Bridgewater; died in Houlton
• Helen Marr Hurd, educator, poet; born in Harmony; died in St. Albans

I

• Robert Indiana, pop artist; lived in Vinalhaven
• Happy Iott, Major League Baseball outfielder; born in Houlton; died in Island Falls

J

• Sandi Jackson, politician, former member of the Chicago City Council; born in Kittery
• Troy Jackson, politician, former president of the Maine Senate; lives in Allagash
• Theodora R. Jenness, writer, editor; born in Greenwood
• Sarah Orne Jewett, novelist and short story writer; lived in South Berwick
• Jigger Johnson, logger and American folk hero known for his numerous off-the-job exploits; born in Fryeburg

K

• Natalie Kalmus, "color supervisor" of virtually all Technicolor feature films made from 1934 to 1949; born in Houlton
• Linda Kasabian, member of Charles Manson's "family"; born in Biddeford
• Alton Kelley, psychedelic poster artist; born in Houlton
• David E. Kelley, Emmy-winning television producer and writer; born in Waterville
• Anna Kendrick, Oscar-nominated actress; born in Portland
• Matthew Kenney, celebrity chef, author, educator and entrepreneur; raised in Searsport
• Sumner Kimball, general supt. of U.S. Life-Saving Service; born in Lebanon; raised in Sanford
• Matt Kinney, former professional baseball player; born in Bangor
• Angus King, governor of Maine, US senator from Maine ; lives in Brunswick
• Owen King, author; raised in Bangor
• Stephen King, novelist whose books have sold more than 350 million copies; born in Portland; raised in Durham; lives in Bangor
• Tabitha King, novelist, wife of Stephen King; born in Old Town; lives in Bangor
• William King, politician, first Governor of Maine ; born in Scarborough

L

• Pete Ladd, professional baseball player; born in Portland
• Thomas Lavigne, state legislator; lives in Berwick
• Linda Lavin, actress, Alice, six-time Tony Award nominee; born and raised in Portland
• Abby Fisher Leavitt, social reformer, newspaper publisher; born in Bangor
• Bud Leavitt Jr., Bangor sportswriter, outdoor columnist, television host
• Ray Lemek, professional football player; lived in Readfield
• Paul LePage, politician, governor of Maine, mayor of Waterville ; born in Lewiston
• Jonathan Lethem, writer; lives in Berwick
• Roger Levesque, former professional soccer player; born in Portland
• Enoch Lincoln, politician, governor of Maine, US congressman ; lived in Augusta
• Tawny Little, 1976 Miss America, television journalist; born in Portland
• Elle Logan, 2008 Olympic gold medalist in women's rowing; born in Portland
• Alvin Orlando Lombard, inventor of continuous tracked vehicles; born in Springfield
• James B. Longley, first Independent governor of Maine ; born in Bangor
• James B. Longley Jr., politician, congressman ; born in Lewiston
• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, poet; born and raised in Portland; attended Bowdoin College
• Barry B. Longyear, novelist, author of Enemy Mine; lived in New Sharon
• Bob Ludwig, audio mastering engineer, founder of Gateway Mastering and DVD in Portland
• Alphonso M. Lunt, army sergeant; born in Berwick

M

• Marc Macaulay, actor, Burn Notice; born in Millinocket
• Frances Laughton Mace, poet; born in Orono
• Dick MacPherson, football coach; born in Old Town
• Nicole Maines, actress, Supergirl, LGBT rights activist; lives in Portland
• Lester D. Mallory, diplomat; born in Houlton
• Ella M. S. Marble, physician; born in Gorham; died in Paris
• Bob Marley, stand-up comedian; from Portland; born in Bangor
• Andrea Martin, actress, comedian, voice actress, SCTV, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Kim Possible, Earthworm Jim; born in Portland
• Steve Martin, sportscaster; born in Millinocket
• H.S. Maxim, inventor of Maxim gun; born in Sangerville
• Julia Harris May, poet, teacher, founder; born in Strong
• David McCullough, author, historian, Pulitzer Prize winner; lived in Camden
• Cynthia McFadden, co-anchor of Nightline and Primetime; born in Lewiston
• Mike McHugh, former professional hockey player; born in Bowdoin
• John McKernan, politician, governor of Maine, congressman ; born in Bangor
• Victor McKusick, physician, scientist, "father of medical genetics"; born in Parkman
• Vincent McKusick, attorney, chief justice of Maine Supreme Judicial Court; born in Parkman
• Christian McLaughlin, TV writer, producer, novelist; born in Houlton
• Don McLean, singer-songwriter; lives in Camden
• Vaughn Meader, comedian, impersonator, musician, film actor; born in Waterville
• Holman Melcher, soldier, businessman, and politician; 35th Mayor of Portland
• Henry Clay Merriam, Civil War-era general, awarded the Medal of Honor; born in Houlton
• Estelle M. H. Merrill, journalist, editor; born in Jefferson
• Helen Maud Merrill, litterateur, poet; born in Bangor; died in Portland; died in Portland
• Mike Michaud, politician, congressman ; lives in East Millinocket
• Edna St. Vincent Millay ; poet; born in Rockland * Janet T. Mills ; politician, governor of Maine ; born in Farmington
• George J. Mitchell, U.S. Senate Majority Leader, significant player in peace process of Northern Ireland; born in Waterville
• Herb Mitchell, actor, director; born in Bar Harbor
• Will Montgomery, former professional football player; born in Brunswick
• Matthew Mulligan, former professional football player; born in Bangor and lived in Enfield
• Edmund Muskie ; politician, governor and then senator of Maine, and Democratic vice presidential nominee, U.S. secretary of state ; born in Rumford

N

• Emma Huntington Nason, poet, author, musical composer; born in Hallowell
• John Neal, writer, critic, editor, lecturer, and activist; lived entire life in Portland except for sixteen years in Boston, Baltimore, and London
• Judd Nelson, actor, The Breakfast Club, Suddenly Susan; born in Portland
• Louise Nevelson, sculptor of found objects; came to Maine when she was five and lived in Rockland
• Rachel Nichols, actress, Alias, Star Trek, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra; born and raised in Augusta
• Stephanie Niznik, actress, Everwood, Vanishing Son, Life Is Wild; born in Bangor
• Lillian Nordica, opera singer known as one of the foremost dramatic sopranos of the 19th and 20th centuries; born in Farmington
• William North, Revolutionary soldier, later made a general, aide-de-camp to Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, U.S. senator from New York ; born in Pemaquid
• Edward Lawry Norton, Bell Labs engineer and scientist famous for developing the concept of the Norton equivalent circuit; born in Rockland

O

• Harry Oakes, discovered second-largest gold mine in Canada; mysteriously murdered in the Bahamas, which became basis of several books and movies; born in Sangerville
• Jeremiah O'Brien, naval officer of American Revolutionary War; born in Kittery
• John O'Hurley, actor, voice actor, TV personality; J. Peterman on Seinfeld; born in Kittery
• Wyatt Omsberg, professional soccer player; born in Belgrade

P

• Freddy Parent, professional baseball player; born in Biddeford
• Albion K. Parris, politician, governor of Maine, US senator ; born in Hebron
• Gilbert Patten, author of the Frank Merriwell novels; born in Corinna
• Frannie Peabody, HIV/AIDS activist, helped establish The AIDS Project, and co-founded the Peabody House
• Waldo Peirce, artist; born in Bangor; lived most of his life in Maine
• Maynard Pennell, Boeing executive and chief engineer of the 707 prototype; born in Skowhegan
• Greenleaf Whittier Pickard, radio pioneer and 1926 IEEE Medal of Honor winner; born in Portland
• Chellie Pingree, politician, congresswoman ; lives in North Haven
• Hannah Pingree, politician, former Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives; lives in North Haven
• Bruce Poliquin, politician, congressman ; born in Waterville, lives in Oakland
• Darryl Pollard, former professional football player; born in Ellsworth
• John A. Poor, developer of the Portland gauge Maine railway system; born in Andover
• Bern Porter, artist, writer, publisher, and physicist; born in Houlton
• Quinton Porter, former professional football player; born in Portland
• Zach Porter, singer-songwriter for Allstar Weekend; born in Bath
• Shirley Povich, sports columnist and reporter for The Washington Post; born in Bar Harbor

Q

• Althea G. Quimby, president, Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Maine; born in Norway
• Colby Quiñones, professional soccer player, Portland Hearts of Pine and Puerto Rico national team; born in Biddeford
• Tracy Quint, politician; lives in Hodgdon

R

• Esther Ralston, silent film actress; born in Bar Harbor
• Thomas Brackett Reed, U.S. representative from Maine, and Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1889–1891 and 1895–1899; born in Portland
• Ryan Reid, former professional baseball player; born in Portland
• Lois Rice, businesswoman and educator, mother of Susan Rice; born in Portland
• Derek Rivers, professional football player; born in Augusta
• Aaron Robinson, composer; born in Camden and raised in Waldoboro
• Duncan Robinson, professional basketball player; born in York
• Edwin Arlington Robinson, poet; born in Alna and raised in Gardiner
• Nelson Rockefeller, businessman, philanthropist, public servant, vice president of the United States and governor of New York ; born in Bar Harbor
• Charles Rocket, actor, Saturday Night Live, Tequila and Bonetti, Dumb and Dumber; born in Bangor
• Lou Rogers, suffrage cartoonist, writer, and radio personality; born in Patten
• Mark Rogers, former professional baseball player; born in Brunswick
• Daniel Rose, politician, governor of Maine ; lived in Thomaston
• Henrietta Gould Rowe, litterateur, author; born in East Corinth
• Victoria Rowell, actress, The Young and the Restless, Diagnosis: Murder, Dumb and Dumber; born and raised in Portland
• Travis Roy, college ice hockey player and disability rights activist; born in Augusta
• Robert Rushworth, U.S. Air Force major general and test pilot; born in Madison

S

• Tim Sample, humorist and author; born in Fort Fairfield and raised in Boothbay Harbor
• Sue A. Sanders, teacher, clubwoman, author; born in Casco
• Salome Sellers, centenarian; born in Deer Isle
• Tony Shalhoub, actor; attended University of Southern Maine
• Reta Shaw, actress, The Ghost & Mrs. Muir, Mary Poppins; born in South Paris
• Arthur Shawcross, serial killer; born in Kittery
• Roger Sherman, politician; born in Hodgdon
• Timothy Simons, actor, Veep; born in Readfield
• Mark Sisson, blogger and co-founder of Primal Kitchen
• Albion Woodbury Small, sociologist and founder of first university department of sociology in United States; born in Buckfield and raised in Bangor
• Taylor Small, politician, member of the Vermont House of Representatives ; born in Portland
• Margaret Chase Smith, first woman to serve in both houses of U.S. Congress ; first woman to have her name placed in nomination for the presidency at a major political party's convention; born in Skowhegan
• George Otis Smith, geologist; born in Hodgdon, died in Portland
• Samantha Smith, child peace activist, child actress; born in Houlton, later lived in Manchester
• Kate Snow, television journalist for NBC News; born in Bangor
• Olympia Snowe, congresswoman and U.S. senator; born in Augusta and raised in Auburn
• Louis Sockalexis, professional baseball player; born on Penobscot Indian Island Reservation
• Brett Somers, actress; born in Canada and raised in Portland
• Silas Soule, Union Army officer and hero for refusing to participate in the Sand Creek Massacre; born in Bath
• Susan Marr Spalding, poet; born in Bath
• Aly Spaltro, musician known professionally as Lady Lamb; began her recording career in Brunswick
• Ellis Spear, Civil War lieutenant colonel of the 20th Maine Infantry Regiment
• Percy Spencer, inventor of the microwave oven; born in Howland
• Spose, rapper, podcaster; lives in Wells
• Andrew St. John, actor, General Hospital, Life Is Wild; born in Millinocket
• Bob Stanley, former professional baseball player; born in Portland
• Cordelia Stanwood, teacher, ornithologist, and wildlife photographer; born in Ellsworth
• Tim Stauffer, former professional baseball player; born in Portland
• C. A. Stephens, writer and gerontologist; born and died in Norway
• C. J. Stevens, author; born in Smithfield and has lived in Phillips, Weld, and Temple
• Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom's Cabin; lived in Brunswick
• Noel Paul Stookey ; folk singer and songwriter; member of Peter Paul and Mary group; resides in Blue Hill
• Charlie Summers ; politician, Secretary of State of Maine ; lives in Biddeford
• James Sullivan, seventh governor of Massachusetts; born and raised in Berwick
• Gregory Swallow, state legislator; lives in Houlton
• Bill Swift, former professional baseball player; born in Portland
• Tim Sylvia, mixed martial arts fighter, professional wrestler; born in Ellsworth

T

• Drew Taggart, musician, DJ, singer of the Chainsmokers; grew up in Freeport
• Gerald Talbot, Maine state legislator, African American civil rights activist; born in Bangor
• Phyllis Thaxter, actress; born in Portland
• Augustin Thompson, creator of Moxie; born in Union
• Brigadier Samuel Thompson, soldier of the American Revolutionary War; lived in Brunswick
• Gary Thorne, sportscaster; born in Bangor
• Luis Tiant, professional baseball player; lived in Wells
• Andrew J. Tozier, soldier, Congressional Medal of Honor recipient; born in Litchfield
• Novella Jewell Trott, author, editor; born in Woolwich
• Jeff Turner, retired professional basketball player; born in Bangor
• Liv Tyler, actress, daughter of Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler; grew up in Maine

U

• John G. Utterback, politician, congressman ; lived in Bangor

V

• Donald Valle, founder and owner of Valle's Steak House restaurant chain; born in Italy, moved to Portland in 1912
• Richard Valle, son of Donald Valle and owner of eponymously named Valle's Steak House; born in Portland
• Rudy Vallée, singer, actor, bandleader, and entertainer; lived in Westbrook
• Todd Verow, filmmaker, cinematographer, actor; born in Bangor

W

• Oliver Wahlstrom, professional hockey player; born in Yarmouth
• John Bruce Wallace, composer, musician, author; born in Calais
• Dan Walters, baseball player; born in Brunswick
• Sam Webb, former chairman of Communist Party USA; born in Maine
• Janwillem van de Wetering, novelist; lived in Blue Hill
• Clarence White, bluegrass, country rock, and rock guitarist; born in Lewiston
• E. B. White, essayist, author, humorist, poet; lived in Brooklin
• Ellen G. White, author, co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church; born in Gorham
• Charles Whitman, zoologist, influential to the founding of classical ethology; born in Woodstock
• Danny Wilde, guitarist, singer, and founding member of pop group The Rembrandts; born in Houlton
• JoAnn Willette, actress, Just the Ten of Us; born in Lewiston
• Carl Willey, professional baseball player; born in Cherryfield
• William D. Williamson, politician, governor of Maine ; lived in Bangor
• Dorothy Clarke Wilson, author, playwright; born in Gardiner
• Sarah Wilson, thief and convict; died in Berwick.
• Abba Goold Woolson, writer; born in Windham
• Andrew Wyeth, 20th-century painter; had a home in Cushing
• Jamie Wyeth, contemporary painter; lives in Monhegan
• N. C. Wyeth, artist and illustrator; bought a home in Port Clyde in the 1930s
• Nick Wyman, actor, Die Hard with a Vengeance; born in Portland

Z

• Steven Zirnkilton, voice actor and former politician; lives in Seal Harbor