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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