The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in Dover, New Hampshire.
Academics and writing
Kenneth Appel (1932–2013), mathematician; solved the four-color theorem Jeremy Belknap (1744–1798), clergyman, historian Lisa Crystal Carver (born 1968), writer, performance artist Matt Chandler, children's book author Peter K. Hepler (born 1936), biologist Joseph Moreau, author Frank M. Rines (1892–1962), landscape artist, professor
Architecture Alvah T. Ramsdell (1852–1928), architect practicing in Dover from 1889 to 1928"Alvah T. Ramsdell". Biographical Review: Containing Life Sketches of Leading Citizens of Strafford and Belknap Counties, New Hampshire. Vol. 21. 1897. Fred Wesley Wentworth (1864–1943), architect known for many buildings in downtown Paterson, New Jersey, and for the Lucius Varney House in Dover
Business
Mary Edna Hill Gray Dow (1848–1914), financier, school principal, correspondent
Military
Joshua James Guppey (1820–1893), Union Army brigadier general during the Civil War John Hart (1706–1777), colonial militia officer Dan Christie Kingman (1852–1916), U.S. Army brigadier general Joseph C. McConnell (1922–1954), United States Air Force fighter pilot who was the top American flying ace during the Korean War Hercules Mooney (1715–1800), officer, teacher during the Revolutionary War Richard O'Kane (1911–1994), U.S. Navy rear admiral John Underhill (1597–1672), settler, colonial soldier George H. Wadleigh (1842–1927), U.S. Navy rear admiral
Music
Spencer Albee (born 1976), musician, singer, songwriter Nelson Bragg (born 1961), percussionist, vocalist, songwriter Tommy Makem (1932–2007), Irish folk musician with his sons The Makem Brothers Nellie Brown Mitchell (1845–1924), concert singer, music educator, "one of Boston's favorite cantatrice."
Politics and law
John J. Ballentine (1927–2016), member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives Frank Willey Clancy (1852–1928), attorney general of New Mexico Daniel Meserve Durell (1769–1841), U.S. congressman John P. Hale (1806–1873), U.S. senator William Hale (1765–1848), U.S. congressman Joshua G. Hall (1828–1898), U.S. congressman, state senator Maurice J. Murphy, Jr. (1927–2002), U.S. senator Marilla Ricker (1840–1920), suffragist, first woman to run for governor of New HampshireMarilla Ricker, "A Job Lot of Anti-Suffragists", Dover Tribune, December 7, 1911 Charles H. Sawyer (1840–1908), manufacturer and governor of New Hampshire Richard Waldron (1615–1689), businessman and the second president (acting) of New Hampshire Richard Waldron III (1694–1753) Speaker of New Hampshire Assembly and political opponent to the Wentworths.Jere Daniell, Colonial New Hampshire - A History (1982), p. 203. John Wentworth (1719–1781), judge, colonial leader John Wentworth, Jr. (1745–1787), Founding Father, lawyer, signatory of the Articles of Confederation Tappan Wentworth (1802–1875), U.S. congressman Timothy R. Young (1811–1898), U.S. congressman
Sports
Conor Casey (born 1981), soccer player who represented the United States national team Dangerous Danny Davis (born 1956), former professional wrestling referee, wrestler Chip Kelly (born 1963), college football coach and former NFL coach Cathy O'Brien (born 1967), Olympic long-distance runner Ian Hamilton (born 1995), major-league baseball pitcher Jessica Parratto (born 1994), Olympic medal-winning diver Ray Thomas (1910–1993), catcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers Jenny Thompson (born 1973), Olympic swimmer; won twelve medals including eight gold medals Dike Varney (1880–1950), pitcher for the Cleveland Bronchos
Other
Sarah Jane Farmer (1847–1916), founder of the Greenacre Conferences Joseph Brown Smith (1823–1859), first blind person to graduate from a college in the United States Harper Watters, ballet dancer
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