Belfast, Maine - Notable People

Notable People

  • Nehemiah Abbott, U.S. Congressman
  • Hugh J. Anderson, U.S. Congressman and 20th governor of Maine
  • Charles G. Bryant, architect, soldier and adventurer
  • Dorothy Cannell, writer
  • William G. Crosby, poet and 23rd governor of Maine
  • Herbert L. Foss, Medal of Honor recipient (Navy), Spanish-American War
  • Jonathan Frakes, actor
  • Genie Francis, actress
  • Albert G. Jewett, diplomat (U.S. Chargé d'Affaires in Peru, 1845–47; later Mayor of Belfast)
  • Hugh Dean McLellan, judge
  • Seth L. Milliken, U.S. Congressman
  • Bern Porter, artist
  • William Veazie Pratt, admiral
  • Phineas Quimby, mesmerist
  • Nathan Read, judge
  • Robert P. Skinner, ambassador to Greece.
  • Joseph B. Smith, naval officer
  • Matt "Money" Smith, sports radio personality
  • Albert William Stevens, army officer, balloonist and photographer
  • William Wilder, U.S. Congressman
  • Joseph Williamson, U.S. Senate President
  • John Wilson, U.S. Congressman
  • Wendall Woodbury, television journalist and anchor

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