The following are people who were born, raised, or who gained significant prominence for living in U.S. state of New Hampshire: Aeronautics and aviation Jay C. Buckey (born 1956), astronaut Michael Durant (born 1961), pilot – native Thaddeus Lowe (1832–1913), 19th-century balloonist – native Christa McAuliffe (1948–1986), astronaut Lee Morin (born 1952), astronaut – native Richard A. Searfoss (1956–2018), astronaut Alan Shepard (1923–1998), astronaut; first American in space – native Arts and literature Eric Aho (born 1966), painter Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836–1907), poet, novelist, travel writer Minnie Willis Baines (1845-unknown), author - native Russell Banks (born 1940), novelist Lucy Barnes (1780-1809), writer- native Amy Beach (1867–1944), composer – native Brian Sidney Bembridge (born 1973), artist, designer – native Adelaide George Bennett (1848-1911), teacher, poet - native Henry Ames Blood (1836–1900), poet, playwright – native Philip Booth (1925–2007), poet Helen L. Bostwick (1826-1907), author, poet - native Ben Bradlee Jr. (born 1948), journalist, author – native Dan Brown (born 1964), novelist – native Emma Elizabeth Brown (1847-unknown), writer, artist - native Bill Bryson (born 1951), author – resident, 1995–2003 Lisa Carver (born 1968), writer Luella J. B. Case (1807-1858), author, hymnist - native Willa Cather (1873–1947), novelist Charles Carleton Coffin (1823–1896), American Civil War correspondent Matt Chandler (writer) (born 1972), children's book author David Cote (born 1969), playwright, opera librettist, theater critic – native E. E. Cummings (1894–1962), poet Decap (born 1984), artist and record producer Joseph Dennie (1768–1812), 18th-century writer Tomie dePaola (1934–2020), children's book author Richard Eberhart (1904–2005), poet Clayton Emery (born 1953), author Lydia Mary Fay (1804-1878), missionary, writer, translator - native James T. Fields (1817–1881), publisher, editor, poet Lisa Anne Fletcher (1844-1905), poet, correspondent Barbara Newhall Follett (1914–disappeared 1939), writer – native Ron Fortier (born 1946), comic book writer Daniel Chester French (1850–1931), sculptor – native Robert Frost (1874–1963), poet Horace Greeley (1811–1872), journalist – native Wayne Green (1922–2013), publisher – native Donald Hall (1928–2018), poet Mary R. Platt Hatch (1848-1905), poet, novelist, short story writer - native Grace Webster Hinsdale (1832-1902), author - native Nicholas Hondrogen (1952–2007), painter, photographer, sculptor Dan Hurlin (born 1955), poet, literary critic – native John Irving (born 1942), novelist – native Carrie Jones, novelist Elizabeth Orton Jones (1910–2005), illustrator Jane Kenyon (1947–1995), poet Heather King (born 1952), blogger Maxine Kumin (1925–2014), poet Dudley Leavitt (1772–1851), publisher Minnie Mary Lee (1826-1903), author - native Alan Lelchuk (born 1938), novelist, editor Martha Perry