(1821–1910) John W. Gowdy (1869–1963) Monsignor Pierre Hevey (1831–1910) Gene Robinson (born 1947) Scientists and engineers Leonard Bailey (1825–1905), inventor, toolmaker, cabinet maker C. Loring Brace (1930–2019), anthropologist Stuart Chase (1888–1985), economist and engineer Jim Collins (born 1965), MacArthur genius, bioengineer and inventor William E. Corbin (1869–1951), inventor of paper towels Sidney Darlington (1906–1997), electrical engineer and inventor of the Darlington transistor Dean Kamen (born 1951), inventor of the Segway and founder of the FIRST Robotics Competition Erasmus Darwin Leavitt Jr. (1836–1916), mechanical engineer, known for his steam engine designs Edward William Nelson (1855–1934), naturalist and ethnologist Sylvester H. Roper (1823–1896), inventor, pioneering builder of early automobiles and motorcycles Ambrose Swasey (1846–1937), mechanical engineer, inventor, and entrepreneur Earl Silas Tupper (1907–1983), chemist, inventor of Tupperware George H. Whipple (1878–1976), physician, pathologist and biomedical researcher; recipient, 1932 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Ashland) Other Brooke Astor (1902–2007), philanthropist; recipient, Presidential Medal of Freedom (native) Hal Barwood, screenwriter, film producer, game designer and game producer Stephanie Birkitt (born 1975), former assistant to David Letterman on Late Show with David Letterman William Robinson Brown (1875–1955), business leader in Coos County; founder and owner, Maynesboro Stud H. Maria George Colby (1844-1910), suffragist, activist, journalist - native Brian De Palma (born 1940), film director Tom Dey (born 1965), film director Annie Duke (born 1965), professional poker player; sister of Howard Lederer Michael Durant (born 1961), pilot and author Dan Eckman (born 1984), director, writer Ivan Edwards (physician), ex-minister, community organizer, doctor, Reserve military officer Darby Field (1610–1649), first European to climb Mount Washington Phineas Gage (1823–1860), railroad construction foreman whose survival of an accident influenced discussion about the brain George Hawkins, victim of a bad skin graft that led to the celebrated "Hairy Hand" case of 'Hawkins v. McGee'' Jenna Miscavige Hill (born 1984), critic of the Church of Scientology Gary Hirshberg (born 1954), chief executive officer, Stonyfield Farm Jigger Johnson (1871–1935), lumberjack Harriet McEwen Kimball (1834-1917), philanthropist, hospital co-founder, poet, hymnist - native A.G. Lafley (born 1947), chief executive officer, Procter & Gamble Howard Lederer (born 1964), professional poker player; brother of Annie Duke Maurice McDonald (1902–1971), co-founder of McDonald's fast food mega-chain of restaurants Richard McDonald (1909–1998), co-founder of McDonald's Alanis Obomsawin (born 1932), documentary filmmaker Chris Ohlson (born 1975), film producer and director Charles Revson (1906–1975), businessman Robert Rodat (born ), screenwriter, producer Chris Sheridan (born 1967), TV writer Lydia H.