# List of people from Nashua, New Hampshire

The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in Nashua, New Hampshire.

## Academics and writing

* Jim Collins (born 1965), professor of biological engineering at MIT; MacArthur fellow
* Eliza Hall Kendrick (1863–1930), professor of Biblical studies at Wellesley College
* Hollis Robbins (born 1963), academic, essayist

## Business

* Stanley E. Bogdan (1918–2011), founder of S.E. Custom Built, which produced fly reels
* Steve Salis, co-founder of &pizza, and founder of Sizzle Acquisition
* Samuel A. Tamposi (1924–1995), real estate developer

## Inventors

* Ralph H. Baer (1922–2014), inventor of the home video game console, credited with contributing to design of the Simon electronic game
* Deepika Kurup (born 1998), inventor of "A Novel Photocatalytic Pervious Composite for Degrading Bacteria in Wastewater", currently a student at Stanford University
* Thomas Reardon (born 1969), neuroscientist, creator of Microsoft Internet Explorer, co-founder of CTRL-labs

## Arts and media

* Ernie Anastos (born 1943), news anchorman
* Aurore Chabot (born 1949), ceramic artist
* Decap (born 1984), record producer
* Pamela Gidley (1965–2018), actress, model
* Adam Grandmaison (born 1983), more commonly known as Adam22, podcast host
* Michael Graziadei (born 1979), film and television actor (Daniel Romalotti on The Young and the Restless)
* Randy Harrison (born 1977), actor
* Ray LaMontagne (born 1973), Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter
* Walter Long (1879–1952), actor in films from the 1910s
* Alvin Lucier (1931–2021), composer and sound artist
* Mike Lupica (born 1952), author and former newspaper columnist, best known for his provocative commentary on sports in the New York Daily News and his appearances on ESPN
* Mandy Moore (born 1984), singer, actress; on March 25, 2019, was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
* Kyle Mosher (born 1985), artist, designer known for his collage and cut-paper style
* Sean Murphy (born 1980), comics artist
* Jared Nathan (1985–2006), actor
* Tim Neverett (born 1966), sportscaster
* Mike O'Malley (born 1966), actor (Yes, Dear and Glee)
* Chris Romano (born 1978), actor Blue Mountain State
* Alexandra Socha (born 1990), Broadway actress
* Brady Watt, producer, bass player, bandleader

## Military

* George P. Estey (1829–1881), Union Army general during the American Civil War
* John G. Foster (1823–1874), Union Army general during the American Civil War
* John Lovewell (1691–1725), colonial militia captain during Dummer's War
* Harry E. Miller Jr. (born c. 1958), major general who commanded the 42nd Infantry Division
* Ryan Pitts (born 1985), U.S. Army sergeant who received the Congressional Medal of Honor for heroism during the War in Afghanistan

## Politics and law

* Charles G. Atherton (1804–1853), former U.S. senator
* Kelly Ayotte (born 1968), U.S. senator
* William A. Crombie (1844–1914), mayor of Burlington, Vermont
* Stephen S. Cushing (1884–1957), Associate Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court
* Jim Donchess, mayor, registered Democrat
* Hugh Gregg (1917–2003), former New Hampshire governor and mayor of Nashua
* Judd Gregg (born 1947), former U.S. senator, member of the Republican Party
* Tony Labranche (born 2001), youngest member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives as of 2021
* Roujet D. Marshall (1847–1922), judge on the Wisconsin Supreme Court
* Joshua C. Pierce (1830-1904), Minnesota state legislator and businessman

## Sports

* Ray Dobens (1906–1980), Major League Baseball pitcher who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the 1929 season
* Mark Fayne (born 1987), National Hockey League defenseman
* Jeff Giuliano (born 1979), ice hockey left winger for the Los Angeles Kings
* Jay Heaps (born 1976), soccer defender and former head coach for the New England Revolution in Major League Soccer
* Greg Landry (born 1946), football quarterback; played for the Detroit Lions, Baltimore Colts and Chicago Bears
* Paul LaPolice (born 1970), American and Canadian football player and coach
* Paul Levesque (born 1969), professional wrestler, actor and business executive for the professional wrestling promotion World Wrestling Entertainment, known by his ring name Triple H
* Kevin McGowan (born 1991), baseball pitcher; has played for the New York Mets
* Jim McNamara (born 1965), baseball catcher; played parts of two seasons in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the San Francisco Giants in 1992–1993
* Ted Phillips, CEO of the National Football League's Chicago Bears
* Kendall Reyes (born 1989), football player
* John Roper (born 1971), baseball pitcher
* Birdie Tebbetts (1912–1999), baseball player, coach, manager of three MLB teams
* Mike Welch (born 1972), baseball pitcher

## Other

* Brian Dugan (born 1956), rapist and serial killer active between 1983 and 1985 in Chicago's western suburbs
* Greggory Smart (?–1990), murder victim of Pamela Smart, an American woman who was convicted of conspiracy to commit murder, witness tampering and accomplice to first degree murder; in 1990, at age 22, Smart was accused of conspiring with her underaged sex partner, then 15-year-old William "Billy" Flynn, and three of his friends to have her 24-year-old husband Greggory Smart killed in Derry, New Hampshire