Lowe (1829-1902), poet, activist - native Edward MacDowell (1860–1908), pianist, composer Mary Stuart James MacMurphy (1846-1934), teacher, author - native Joyce Maynard (born 1953), novelist Jim McDermott (born 1960), illustrator Larkin Goldsmith Mead (1835–1910), sculptor – native Grace Metalious (1924–1964), novelist Bob Montana (1920–1975), illustrator of Archie comics Jules Olitski (1922–2007), painter P.J. O'Rourke (1947-2022), political satirist and journalist. Maxfield Parrish (1870–1966), painter John Perkins (born 1945), author – native Mary Elizabeth Perley (1863-unknown), educator, author - native Jodi Picoult (born 1966), author Fanny Runnells Poole (1863-1940), writer, book reviewer - native Eleanor H. Porter (1868–1920), novelist Edna Dean Proctor (1829-1823), poet - native Melinda Rankin (1811-1888), missionary, writer - native Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848–1907), sculptor J. D. Salinger (1919–2010), novelist – lived in Cornish for several decades Charles Simic (born 1938), poet Katherine Call Simonds (1865-1955), musician, singer, composer, author - native Martha Pearson Smith (1836-1912), poet, musician, activist - native Armstrong Sperry (1897–1976), children's book author – resident 1941–1976 Betsey Ann Stearns (1830-1914), inventor, school founder, writer - native Mark Steyn (born 1959), political commentator Celia Thaxter (1835–1894), poet Lydia H. Tilton (1839-1915), educator, activist, journalist, poet - native Clara Augusta Jones Trask (1839-1905), writer - native Adelaide Cilley Waldron (1843-1909), writer, editor - native Adam Warren (born 1967), comic book writer/artist Brady Watt, producer, bass player, and bandleader Harriet E. Wilson (1825–1900), 19th-century novelist Caroline Marshall Woodward (1828-1890), author - native Mary Parker Woodworth (1849-1919), writer - native Augusta Harvey Worthen (1823-1910), educator, author - native Athletes and sports figures Victoria Arlen (born 1994), Paralympian swimmer, ESPN personality (Exeter) Aaron Baddeley (born 1981), professional golfer (Lebanon) Kerry Bascom (born 1969), women's basketball player (Epping) Jane Blalock (born 1945), professional golfer (Portsmouth) Ernest Blood (1872–1955), men's basketball coach (Manchester) Matt Bonner (born 1980), National Basketball Association player – San Antonio Spurs (Concord) John Bosa (born 1964), NFL football player Miami Dolphins (Keene) Dunbar Bostwick (1908–2006), Olympic ice hockey player – (Concord) Kent Carlson (born 1962), NHL ice hockey player – (Concord) Chris Carpenter (born 1975), Major League Baseball player – Toronto Blue Jays-St. Louis Cardinals (Raymond) Ben Cherington (born 1974), professional baseball executive, general manager of the Boston Red Sox Bruce Cunliffe (1925–1989), Olympic ice hockey player – (Keene) Charlie Davies (born 1986), Major League Soccer player – D.C. United (Manchester) Dangerous Danny Davis (born 1956), professional wrestling referee and wrestler Matt Duffy (born 1991), Major League Baseball player