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Joshua L. Chamberlain
(1828 - 1914) Civil War
general, governor of Maine,
president of Bowdoin
College; born in Brewer.
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Dorothea Dix
(1802 - 1887) Humanitarian
and social reformer; born in
Hampden.
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Dustin Farnum
(1874 - 1929) Popular star
of silent films, primarily
Westerns.
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Hannibal Hamlin
(1809 - 1891) U.S.
Vice-President during
Abraham Lincoln's first
term, and was a senator and
a representative from Maine.
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Stephen King (1947 -
) Writer whose novels often
are made into motion
pictures. Some works include
The Shining, Salem's Lot,
Carrie, Pet Sematary, and
Midnight Shift; born in
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
(1807-1882) Considered the
most influential poet of his
day with famous works such
as “The Courtship of Miles
Standish” and “Evangeline”;
born in Portland.
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Edwin Arlington Robinson
(1869 - 1935) Poet; raised
in Gardiner.
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Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller
(1908 - 1979) U.S. vice
president; born in Bar
Harbor.
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Margaret Chase Smith
(1897 - 1995) The first
woman to be elected to both
houses of Congress; born in
Skowhegan.
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Percy Lebaron Spencer
(1894 - 1970) Invented the
microwave oven; born in
Howland.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
(1811 - 1896), abolitionist
and humanitarian, author of
Uncle Tom's Cabin; lived in
Brunswick.
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More Famous People of Maine
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Walter Van Tilburg
Clark writer, East
Oreland
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Cyrus Curtis
publisher, Portland
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John Ford film
director, Cape Elizabeth
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Melville Fuller
jurist, Augusta
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Marsden Hartley
painter, Lewiston
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Sarah Orne Jewett
author, South Berwick
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Linda Lavin
actress, Portland
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Hiram Stevens Maxim
inventor, Sangerville
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Edna St. Vincent
Millay poet, Rockland
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Marston Morse
mathematician, Waterville
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Frank Munsey
publisher, Mercer
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Walter Piston
composer, Rockland
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George Palmer Putnam
publisher, Brunswick
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Kenneth Roberts
historical author, Kennebunk
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Francis & Freelan
Stanley inventors,
Kingfield
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John Hay Whitney
publisher, Ellsworth
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Famous People of
Maine