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The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in Portland, Maine.

Authors and academics

John Howard Appleton, chemist
Louisa Dow Benton, linguist and letter writer
Hannah Johnson Carter, art educator
Elisabeth Cavazza (1849–1926), author, journalist, and music critic
Jennie Maria Drinkwater Conklin (1841–1900), author
Leo Connellan, Beat poet and Poet Laureate of Connecticut
Owen Davis, dramatist
Robert F. Griffin, essayist
Dorothy M. Healy, professor at Westbrook College and Curator of the Maine Women Writers Collection
Stephen King, author
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, poet
John Neal, author and critic
Alan Taylor, historian
William Irwin Thompson, poet and cultural historian

Business

James Phinney Baxter, canning magnate and Mayor
Asa Clapp, international merchant
Cyrus Curtis, publisher and philanthropist
John A. Poor, railroad developer
Roxanne Quimby, founder of Burt's Bees
Reuben Ruby, businessman and political activist
Thomas A. Sanders, real estate developer and politician
Donald Valle, founder and owner of the Valle's Steak House restaurant chain

Explorers and settlers

George Baker Leavitt Sr., whaling captain, arctic explorer
Capt. Christopher Levett, English explorer of Casco Bay, founded first settlement
Francis Pettygrove, one of Portland Oregon's founders

Media and arts

Dorothy Appleby, American film actress
Maria a'Becket, painter
Hiram Abrams, motion picture mogul
Bebe Buell, model, musician, and mother of Liv Tyler^{[citation needed]}
Howie Carr, radio personality
Cody Christian, actor and rapper
John Greenleaf Cloudman, artist, portrait painter and cabinet maker
Charles Codman, painter
Jerry Crasnick, sports journalist
Kevin Eastman, co-creator of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles^{[citation needed]}.
Greg Finley II, actor
Frank Fixaris, sportscaster
Francis Ford, actor
John Ford, director
Charles L. Fox, painter, labor unionist, and two-time candidate for Governor of Maine with the Socialist Party
Adam Gardner, musician
Peter Garland, composer
Jeremiah Hacker, journalist and reformer
Will Holt, songwriter
Avery Yale Kamila, journalist and community organizer
Anna Kendrick, actress
Charles F. Kimball, artist
Jennie Kimball, actor, soubrette, theatrical manager
Linda Lavin, actress
Tawny Little, television newscaster and Miss America (1976)
Bob Ludwig, Grammy Award-winning audio mastering engineer
Bob Marley, comedian
Andrea Martin, actress
Judd Nelson, actor
Lincoln Peirce, comic strip creator, Big Nate
Ryan Peters, aka Spose, rapper
Victoria Rowell, actress
Ethelynde Smith, concert singer and botanical painter
Stuart Saunders Smith, composer and percussionist
Brett Somers, actress
Franklin Stanwood, painter
Phyllis Thaxter, actress
Liv Tyler, actress
Louise Brown Verrill, composer

Military

James Alden Jr., rear admiral in the United States Navy
George G. Gatley, brigadier general who commanded brigades and divisions in World War I^[1]
John H. Hall, inventor of the first United States Army breech-loading rifle
Horatio Collins King, Medal of Honor recipient
Charles J. Loring Jr., Medal of Honor recipient
Holman S. Melcher, mayor, Civil War veteran
Edward Preble, naval officer
Herbert E. Schonland, Medal of Honor recipient
Ronald Speirs, army officer with the Easy Company, 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment
Peleg Wadsworth, Revolutionary War general

Politics

Joseph Adams, state legislator
Justin Alfond, President of the Maine Senate
George H. Allan, state legislator and women's suffrage proponent
Daniel W. Ames, Civil War veteran and state legislator
James Appleton, state legislator and activist
Joseph E. Brennan, 70th Governor of Maine
Michael F. Brennan, Mayor and state legislator
Joshua Chamberlain, Civil War veteran, governor, served as Surveyor of the Portland Port
W. Edward Crockett, state legislator
Winfred Thaxter Denison, United States Assistant Attorney General and Secretary of the Interior for the Philippines; born in Portland
Santo DiPietro, Maine state legislator and businessman; born in Portland
Neal Dow, mayor of Portland; Civil War general; temperance movement leader
John Eder, state legislator and Maine Green Independent Party organizer
William P. Fessenden, U.S. Senator
Fletcher Hale, U.S. Congressman from New Hampshire
Charles Harlow, mayor of Portland; state legislator
Anne Haskell, state legislator
Jon Hinck, state legislator and attorney
John Lynch, U.S. Congressman
George Mitchell, U.S. Senate Majority Leader (1989 to 1995); chairman of Walt Disney; U.S. special envoy to the Middle East
Merle Nelson, state legislator
William Pitt Preble, Justice of the Maine Supreme Court; U.S. Minister to the Netherlands; President of the St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad
Anne Rand, state legislator
Thomas Brackett Reed, U.S. Congressman; Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
George Ruby, Black Republican legislator in Reconstruction-era Texas; raised in Portland
James E. Thorne, state legislator^[2]
Charles W. Walton, U.S. Congressman
Herman W. Waterman, politician from Wisconsin

Professionals

Edville Gerhardt Abbott, surgeon
Oscar Cox, lawyer
Walter M. Fleming, physician, founder of the Shriners
Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow Jr., architect
Robert E. McAfee, physician
Alexander Parris, architect
Lois Rice, College Board executive & education scholar
Thomas J. Sparrow, architect
Henry Aiken Worcester, 19th century minister & vegetarian

Sports

Mike Brown (born 1975), mixed martial arts fighter
Nik Caner-Medley (born 1983), basketball forward
Dick Capp (born 1942), American football tight end and linebacker
Ian Crocker (born 1982), Olympic swimmer
Rob Elowitch (born 1943), wrestler
Terry Farnsworth (born 1942), Canadian Olympic judoka
Ryan Flaherty (born 1986), baseball second baseman
Charlie Furbush (born 1986), baseball pitcher
Rip Jordan (1889–1960), baseball pitcher
Pete Ladd (born 1956), baseball pitcher
Gary McAdam (born 1955), ice hockey forward
Quinton Porter (born 1982), American football quarterback
Joan Benoit Samuelson (born 1957), marathon runner
Bob Stanley (born 1954), baseball pitcher
Coley Welch (1919–2000), middleweight boxer

Other

Cornelia Dow (1842–1905), philanthropist, temperance activist; born and died in Portland, Maine
Sarah E. Fuller (1838-1913), national president, Woman's Relief Corps; born in Portland, Maine
Nathaniel Gordon, only American slave trader to be tried, convicted, and executed under the Piracy Law of 1820 "for being engaged in the Slave Trade"
L. Isabel Heald (1842–1932), social leader and philanthropic worker
Ellen Martin Henrotin, social reformer; born in Portland, Maine
Augusta Merrill Hunt (1842-1932), philanthropist, suffragist, temperance leader; lived in Portland her entire life
Lois Galgay Reckitt (born 1944), executive director of Family Crisis Services, Portland, Maine
Frederick L. Small (1866–1918), stockbroker; convicted and hanged by the state of New Hampshire for the murder of his wife

References

^ Davis, Henry Blaine Jr. (1998). Generals in Khaki. Raleigh, NC: Pentland Press. pp. 140–141. ISBN 978-1-57197-088-6.
^ "James Thorne (Maine)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-03-27.