100 Notable alumni of
University of New Hampshire

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The University of New Hampshire is 516th in the world, 195th in North America, and 180th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from the University of New Hampshire sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.

  1. Chip Kelly

    Chip Kelly
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1963-.. (age 61)
    Occupations
    American football coach
    Biography

    Charles Edward Kelly is an American football coach who is the offensive coordinator for the Ohio State Buckeyes. He came to prominence as a college football head coach for the Oregon Ducks from 2009 to 2012, leading them to the 2011 BCS National Championship Game. His success led to a stint in the National Football League (NFL), where he coached for four seasons, three with the Philadelphia Eagles (2013–2015) and one with the San Francisco 49ers (2016). After the NFL, Kelly returned to college in 2018 as the head coach of UCLA Bruins, coaching for six seasons before joining Ohio State as a coordinator.

  2. John Irving

    John Irving
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1942-.. (age 82)
    Occupations
    novelistwriterscreenwriter
    Biography

    John Winslow Irving is an American-Canadian novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter.

  3. Andrew Robinson

    Andrew Robinson
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1942-.. (age 82)
    Occupations
    directorfilm actoractorscience fiction writerwriter
    Biography

    Andrew Jordt Robinson is an American actor and the former director of the Master of Fine Arts acting program at the University of Southern California. Originally a stage actor, he works predominantly in supporting roles on television and in low-budget films. He is known for his portrayals of the psychotic serial killer Scorpio in Dirty Harry (1971), Larry Cotton in the horror film Hellraiser (1987), and Elim Garak in the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999). He and his wife Irene have a daughter, actress Rachel Robinson, who appeared in Deep Space Nine episode "The Visitor".

  4. Jennifer Lee

    Jennifer Lee
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1971-.. (age 53)
    Occupations
    writerscreenwriteractorfilm producerfilm director
    Biography

    Jennifer Michelle Lee is an American filmmaker. She is the chief creative officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios. She is best known as the writer and one of the directors of Frozen (2013) and its sequel Frozen II (2019), the former of which earned her an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. Lee is the first female director of a Walt Disney Animation Studios feature film and the first female director of a feature film that earned more than $1 billion in gross box office revenue. She has won an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award and an Annie Award, and has been nominated for one more BAFTA Award and two more Annie Awards.

  5. Mike O'Malley

    Mike O'Malley
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1966-.. (age 58)
    Occupations
    playwrightwritertelevision actoractorvoice actor
    Biography

    Michael Edward O'Malley is an American actor, writer and television producer. Born in Boston and raised in New Hampshire, O'Malley hosted the early 1990s children's game shows Get the Picture and Nickelodeon Guts before moving to Los Angeles later that decade to star in his own sitcom for NBC called The Mike O'Malley Show. He is best known for his role as Jimmy Hughes on Yes, Dear, a CBS series which aired from 2000 to 2006. He was nominated for an Emmy Award for his role as Burt Hummel on the Fox series Glee.

  6. Michael Ontkean

    Michael Ontkean
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1946-.. (age 78)
    Occupations
    actor
    Biography

    Michael Leonard Ontkean is a retired Canadian actor. Born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Ontkean relocated to the United States to attend the University of New Hampshire on a hockey scholarship before pursuing a career in acting in the early 1970s.

  7. Dean Potter

    Dean Potter
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1972-2015 (aged 43)
    Occupations
    mountaineerrock climberskydiver
    Biography

    Dean Spaulding Potter was an American free climber, alpinist, BASE jumper, and highliner. He completed many hard first ascents, free solo ascents, speed ascents, and enchainments in Yosemite National Park and Patagonia. In 2015, he died in a wingsuit flying accident in Yosemite National Park.

  8. Tim Ryan

    Tim Ryan
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1973-.. (age 51)
    Enrolled in the University of New Hampshire
    In 2000 graduated with Juris Doctor
    Occupations
    lawyerwriterpoliticianinternational forum participant
    Biography

    Timothy John Ryan is an American politician who served as a U.S. representative for Ohio from 2003 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Ohio's 13th congressional district from 2013 to 2023, having previously represented Ohio's 17th congressional district from 2003 to 2013. Ryan's district included a large swath of northeastern Ohio, from Youngstown to Akron. He was the Democratic nominee in the 2022 United States Senate election in Ohio.

  9. James Broderick

    James Broderick
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1927-1982 (aged 55)
    Occupations
    stage actortelevision actorfilm actoractor
    Biography

    James Joseph Broderick III was an American actor. He is known for his role as Doug Lawrence in the television series Family, which ran from 1976 to 1980, and he played a pivotal role in the 1975 film Dog Day Afternoon.

  10. Carlton Fisk

    Carlton Fisk
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1947-.. (age 77)
    Occupations
    baseball player
    Biography

    Carlton Ernest Fisk, nicknamed "Pudge" and "the Commander", is an American former professional baseball catcher who played 24 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox and the Chicago White Sox. In 1972, he was the first player to be unanimously voted American League (AL) Rookie of the Year. Fisk is best known for his game-winning home run in the 12th inning of Game 6 of the 1975 World Series, during which he memorably waved his arms hoping for the batted ball to remain fair.

  11. Chris Wedge

    Chris Wedge
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1957-.. (age 67)
    Occupations
    voice actorexecutive produceranimatoractordirector
    Biography

    John Christian Wedge is an American filmmaker, animator, and voice actor. He is best known for directing the films Ice Age (2002), Robots (2005), Epic (2013), and Monster Trucks (2016). He also wrote and directed the short film Bunny (1998), where he won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. Wedge co-founded the now-defunct animation studio Blue Sky Studios and has voiced the character Scrat in the Ice Age franchise since the year of 2002.

  12. James van Riemsdyk

    James van Riemsdyk
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1989-.. (age 35)
    Occupations
    ice hockey player
    Biography

    James van Riemsdyk, often known by his initials JVR, is an American professional ice hockey left winger for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL). Between 2012 and 2018, he played in the NHL for the Toronto Maple Leafs, and played with the Philadelphia Flyers until 2023.

  13. Peter Jurasik

    Peter Jurasik
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1950-.. (age 74)
    Occupations
    television actorscreenwriterfilm actoractorcomedian
    Biography

    Peter Jurasik is an American actor known for his television roles as Londo Mollari in the 1990s science fiction series Babylon 5 and Sid the Snitch on the 1980s series Hill Street Blues and its short-lived spinoff Beverly Hills Buntz. Peter Jurasik also portrayed Oberon Geiger, Diana's boss, in the T.V. series Sliders.

  14. Dane DiLiegro

    Dane DiLiegro
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1988-.. (age 36)
    Occupations
    actorbasketball player
    Biography

    Dane Robert DiLiegro is an American actor and former basketball player. DiLiegro played professional basketball for eight seasons for teams in Italy and Israel. DiLiegro has appeared in productions such as American Horror Stories, Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 3, Sweet Home, and starred as the Predator in the film Prey; which currently holds the record for biggest movie or tv series premiere in hulu history.

  15. Blanchard Ryan

    Blanchard Ryan
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1967-.. (age 57)
    Occupations
    actorfilm actortelevision actor
    Biography

    Susan Blanchard Ryan is an American actress. After working in MTV and taking other minor parts on television and independent film, she starred in the 2003 film Open Water, for which she won the 2004 Saturn Award for Best Actress. She has since starred in the films The Brooklyn Heist and It's Complicated.

  16. Donna Edwards

    Donna Edwards
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1958-.. (age 66)
    Enrolled in the University of New Hampshire
    In 1989 graduated with Juris Doctor
    Occupations
    lawyerexecutive directorpoliticiandirector
    Biography

    Donna Fern Edwards is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Maryland's 4th congressional district from 2008 to 2017. The district included most of Prince George's County, as well as part of Anne Arundel County. She is a member of the Democratic Party.

  17. Lori Robinson

    Lori Robinson
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1959-.. (age 65)
    Enrolled in the University of New Hampshire
    Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in English
    Occupations
    military officer
    Biography

    Lori Jean Robinson is a retired United States Air Force general who served as commander of the United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) and commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) from May 2016 to May 2018. She was the first female officer in the history of the United States Armed Forces to command a major Unified Combatant Command.

  18. George O'Leary

    George O'Leary
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1946-.. (age 78)
    Occupations
    American football coachhead coach
    Biography

    George Joseph O'Leary is a former American football coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets from 1994 to 2001 and the UCF Knights from 2004 to 2015. He was famously hired in 2001 to be the head coach of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish but resigned after five days for lying on his resume. O'Leary was an assistant coach for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL) from 2002 to 2004, and an assistant coach for the Syracuse Orange and San Diego Chargers.

  19. Elaine Duke

    Elaine Duke
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1958-.. (age 66)
    Occupations
    businesspersoncivil servant
    Biography

    Elaine Costanzo Duke is an American civil servant and former United States Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, serving from April 10, 2017 until April 15, 2018. She became acting Secretary of Homeland Security on July 31, 2017, when John F. Kelly assumed the office of White House Chief of Staff. She left the acting position on December 6, 2017, upon the confirmation of Kirstjen Nielsen.

  20. Jackie MacMullan

    Jackie MacMullan
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1960-.. (age 64)
    Occupations
    sportswriterjournalist
    Biography

    Jackie "Mac" MacMullan Boyle is a retired American freelance newspaper sportswriter and NBA columnist for the sports website ESPN.com. She retired from ESPN on August 31, 2021.

  21. Trevor van Riemsdyk

    Trevor van Riemsdyk
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1991-.. (age 33)
    Occupations
    ice hockey player
    Biography

    Trevor van Riemsdyk is an American professional ice hockey defenseman for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL). He won the Stanley Cup in 2015, his rookie season, with the Chicago Blackhawks and has also played for the Carolina Hurricanes.

  22. Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

    Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1938-.. (age 86)
    Enrolled in the University of New Hampshire
    In 1980 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in history
    Occupations
    historian of Modern Agehistorianwriteruniversity teacher
    Biography

    Laurel Thatcher Ulrich is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American historian specializing in early America and the history of women, and a professor at Harvard University. Her approach to history has been described as a tribute to "the silent work of ordinary people". Ulrich has also been a MacArthur Genius Grant recipient. Her most famous book, A Midwife’s Tale, was later the basis for a PBS documentary film.

  23. Daniel Winnik

    Daniel Winnik
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1985-.. (age 39)
    Occupations
    ice hockey player
    Biography

    Daniel Spencer Winnik is a Canadian professional ice hockey winger for Genève-Servette HC of the National League (NL).

  24. Anne Finucane

    Anne Finucane
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1952-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    international forum participantbanker
    Biography

    Anne Finucane is an American banker who is vice chair of Bank of America and chair of the board of Bank of America Europe. She leads the bank's socially responsible investing, global public policy, and environmental, social and corporate governance committee. She has worked in the banking industry since 1995, when she joined Fleet Financial, which later merged with the short-lived BankBoston to become part of Bank of America. She serves on the boards of several organizations. She lives in Lincoln, Massachusetts.

  25. Corey Graham

    Corey Graham
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1985-.. (age 39)
    Occupations
    player of American football
    Biography

    Corey Dewayne Graham is an American former professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at New Hampshire Wildcats and was selected by the Chicago Bears in the fifth round of the 2007 NFL Draft. He played for the Baltimore Ravens, Buffalo Bills, and Philadelphia Eagles. Graham was a one-time Pro Bowl selection and two-time Super Bowl champion.

  26. Casey DeSmith

    Casey DeSmith
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1991-.. (age 33)
    Occupations
    ice hockey player
    Biography

    Casey DeSmith is an American professional ice hockey goaltender for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL). He holds the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins record for most saves in a playoff game. DeSmith was named to the AHL's 2016–17 All-Rookie Team and was a co-recipient of the 2017 Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award.

  27. Rod Langway

    Rod Langway
    Born in
    Taiwan Flag Taiwan
    Years
    1957-.. (age 67)
    Occupations
    ice hockey player
    Biography

    Rodney Cory Langway is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman who played for the Montreal Canadiens and Washington Capitals in the National Hockey League (NHL) and Birmingham Bulls of the World Hockey Association (WHA). He won the 1979 Stanley Cup with the Canadiens.

  28. David M. Cote

    David M. Cote
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1952-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    international forum participantentrepreneur
    Biography

    David M. Cote is an American businessman. Cote previously worked for General Electric and TRW Inc. before he was appointed chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Honeywell in 2002, following their acquisition by AlliedSignal. Cote also sat on the JP Morgan Chase risk committee during the period in which the firm lost $6 billion trading credit derivatives. Cote stepped down as CEO at Honeywell at the end of March 2017 and was succeeded by Darius Adamczyk. Cote is currently the executive chairman of Vertiv.

  29. Jason Brennan

    Jason Brennan
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1979-.. (age 45)
    Enrolled in the University of New Hampshire
    Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in philosophy
    Occupations
    philosopherprofessor of philosophynon-fiction writeruniversity teacher
    Biography

    Jason F. Brennan is an American philosopher and business professor. He is the Robert J. and Elizabeth Flanagan Family Professor of Strategy, Economics, Ethics, and Public Policy at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University.

  30. Sharon Smith

    Sharon Smith
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1952-.. (age 72)
    Biography

    Sharon Murray is the founder and CEO of Teddy Share and the director of development for Cristo Rey Brooklyn High School. She is the former wife of Neil Bush.

  31. Alice McDermott

    Alice McDermott
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1953-.. (age 71)
    Occupations
    novelistwriteressayist
    Biography

    Alice McDermott is an American writer and university professor. For her 1998 novel Charming Billy she won an American Book Award and the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction.

  32. Carol Shea-Porter

    Carol Shea-Porter
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1952-.. (age 72)
    Enrolled in the University of New Hampshire
    In 1975 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
    In 1979 graduated with Master in Public Administration
    Occupations
    university teacherpoliticiansocial worker
    Biography

    Carol Shea-Porter is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who is the former member of the United States House of Representatives for New Hampshire's 1st congressional district. She held the seat from 2007 to 2011, 2013 to 2015, and 2017 to 2019.

  33. Milton Selzer

    Milton Selzer
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1918-2006 (aged 88)
    Occupations
    film actorstage actortelevision actor
    Biography

    Milton Selzer was an American stage, film, and television actor.

  34. Andy Brickley

    Andy Brickley
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1961-.. (age 63)
    Occupations
    ice hockey player
    Biography

    Andrew Brickley is an American former professional hockey player, who spent 14 seasons playing in the National Hockey League, American Hockey League, and the International Hockey League. He currently serves as the color commentator for the Boston Bruins on the New England Sports Network.

  35. Rich Gale

    Rich Gale
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1954-.. (age 70)
    Occupations
    baseball playerbasketball player
    Biography

    Richard Blackwell Gale is an American former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played with four teams between 1978 and 1984. Listed at 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) and 225 lb (102 kg), Gale batted and threw right-handed. During 1992 and 1993, he served as pitching coach for the Boston Red Sox. In 2006, he earned honorable mention for the New Hampshire Athlete of the Century.

  36. Liz MacDonald

    Liz MacDonald
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1962-.. (age 62)
    Occupations
    astrophysicistphysicistastronomer
    Biography

    Elizabeth MacDonald is a space weather scientist who works at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. She is a co-investigator on the Helium, Oxygen, Proton, and Electron Spectrometer on the NASA Radiation Belts Storm Probe mission.

  37. Jaleen Smith

    Jaleen Smith
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1994-.. (age 30)
    Occupations
    basketball player
    Biography

    Jaleen Devon Smith is an American-born naturalized Croatian professional basketball player for Partizan of the Basketball League of Serbia (KLS), the Adriatic League and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for the New Hampshire Wildcats.

  38. Ty Conklin

    Ty Conklin
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1976-.. (age 48)
    Occupations
    ice hockey player
    Biography

    Ty Curtis Conklin is an American former professional ice hockey goaltender. Throughout his National Hockey League (NHL) career, he played for the Edmonton Oilers, Columbus Blue Jackets, Buffalo Sabres, Pittsburgh Penguins, St. Louis Blues and two stints with the Detroit Red Wings.

  39. Blake Kessel

    Blake Kessel
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1989-.. (age 35)
    Occupations
    ice hockey player
    Biography

    Blake Kessel is an American retired professional ice hockey defenseman who most recently was coaching Ironbound Elite 16U Premier in the USA Hockey Women's 16U AA. He most recently played for the Orlando Solar Bears in the ECHL. He was selected by the New York Islanders in the 6th round (166th overall) of the 2007 NHL Entry Draft.

  40. Frank Guinta

    Frank Guinta
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1970-.. (age 54)
    Enrolled in the University of New Hampshire
    In 2000 graduated with Master of Arts
    Occupations
    politicianbusinessperson
    Biography

    Frank Christopher Guinta is an American businessman and politician who represented New Hampshire's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2011 to 2013 and 2015 to 2017. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire, from 2006 to 2010. He is identified by National Journal as a moderate.

  41. Tito Jackson

    Tito Jackson
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1975-.. (age 49)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Tito Jackson is an American politician who was a member of the Boston City Council. He represented council District 7, representing parts of the Roxbury neighborhood and parts of Dorchester, South End, and Fenway. In 2017, he ran unsuccessfully for mayor of Boston. After leaving the Boston City Council, Jackson worked in the cannabis industry. In 2022, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu appointed Jackson to the city's Commission on Black Men and Boys.

  42. Warren Foegele

    Warren Foegele
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1996-.. (age 28)
    Occupations
    ice hockey player
    Biography

    Warren Foegele is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward for the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted by the Carolina Hurricanes in the third round, 67th overall, at the 2014 NHL Entry Draft.

  43. Donna Lynne

    Donna Lynne
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1953-.. (age 71)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Donna Lynne is the chief executive officer of Denver Health. She was the senior vice president and chief operating officer of Columbia University Irving Medical Center before joining Denver Health in September 2022. Lynne is a member of the Democratic Party who served as the 49th Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, from 2016 to 2019. She also served in a dual capacity as the chief operating officer of the State of Colorado. She was appointed to the position by Colorado governor John Hickenlooper on March 23, 2016, and was confirmed by the Colorado House of Representatives and the state Senate on May 4, 2016. Lynne replaced the outgoing lieutenant governor, Joseph A. Garcia. Prior to her appointment, Lynne was an executive with Kaiser Permanente.

  44. John Lynch

    John Lynch
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1952-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    politicianlawyer
    Biography

    John Hayden Lynch is an American attorney, businessman, and politician who served as the 80th governor of New Hampshire from 2005 to 2013. Lynch was first elected governor in 2004, defeating first-term Republican incumbent Craig Benson – the first time a first-term incumbent New Hampshire governor was defeated for re-election in 80 years. Lynch won re-election in landslide victories in 2006 and 2008, and comfortably won a fourth term in 2010.

  45. Bobby Butler

    Bobby Butler
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1987-.. (age 37)
    Occupations
    ice hockey player
    Biography

    Robert "Bobby" Butler is an American professional ice hockey forward. He is currently playing with the Worcester Railers in the ECHL. He formerly played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Ottawa Senators, New Jersey Devils, Nashville Predators and Florida Panthers and won the 2011 Calder Cup championship while with the Binghamton Senators.

  46. Jeffrey Snover

    Jeffrey Snover
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    20th Century
    Occupations
    software architectcomputer scientist
    Biography

    Jeffrey Snover is a Distinguished Engineer at Google. Previously a Microsoft Technical Fellow, PowerShell Chief Architect, and the Chief Architect for Windows Server and the Azure Infrastructure and Management group which includes Azure Stack, System Center and Operations Management Suite. Snover is the inventor of Windows PowerShell, an object-based distributed automation engine, scripting language, and command line shell and was the chief architect for Windows Server.

  47. Kacey Bellamy

    Kacey Bellamy
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1987-.. (age 37)
    Occupations
    ice hockey player
    Biography

    Kacey Lee Bellamy is an American ice hockey defender for the Calgary section of the PWHPA, an Olympic Silver medalist, and seven-time IIHF World Women's Championship winner. She currently plays for the Boston Pride in the National Women's Hockey League and the United States women's national ice hockey team. She won the Isobel Cup with the Pride and is a two-time Clarkson Cup champion with the Boston Blades of the Canadian Women's Hockey League.

  48. Elinor Purrier

    Elinor Purrier
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1995-.. (age 29)
    Occupations
    athletics competitor
    Biography

    Elinor Purrier St. Pierre is an American track and field athlete who specializes in middle-distance and long-distance running. She competed at the 2020 Olympic Games.

  49. Richard Lederer

    Richard Lederer
    Years
    1938-.. (age 86)
    Occupations
    linguistscholar of Englishteacher
    Biography

    Richard Lederer is an American linguist, author, speaker, and teacher. He is best known for his books on the English language and on wordplay such as puns, oxymorons, and anagrams. He has been dubbed "the Wizard of Idiom," "Attila the Pun," and "Conan the Grammarian." His weekly column, "Lederer on Language," appears in the San Diego Union-Tribune and his articles are in newspapers and magazines throughout the United States including the Mensa Bulletin.

  50. Ellen Lord

    Ellen Lord
    Occupations
    politicianbusinesspersoncivil servant
    Biography

    Ellen M. Lord is an American businesswoman and government official who previously served as the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment in the Trump administration. She was previously the CEO of Textron Systems, a global aerospace, defense, security, and advanced technologies industrial conglomerate. In her position, she was the chief weapons purchaser for the United States, responsible for overseeing hundreds of billions of dollars of weapons and services acquisitions programs in the United States Department of Defense.

  51. Steve Merrill

    Steve Merrill
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1946-2020 (aged 74)
    Enrolled in the University of New Hampshire
    Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
    Occupations
    military officerlawyer
    Biography

    Stephen Everett Merrill was an American lawyer and Republican politician from Manchester, New Hampshire. He served as the 77th governor of New Hampshire from 1993 to 1997.

  52. Dawn Zimmer

    Dawn Zimmer
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1968-.. (age 56)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Dawn Zimmer is an American politician who served as the 38th mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey. As president of the Hoboken City Council, she became acting mayor after incumbent Peter Cammarano's resignation on July 31, 2009 following his arrest on corruption charges. Zimmer is the first female mayor of Hoboken. She was first elected mayor in a special election for the balance of Cammarano's term on November 6, 2009 and was re-elected mayor for another four-year term in November 2013. In 2012, 2013 and 2014, she was ranked #3, #4 and #5, respectively, on The Hudson Reporter's list of the 50 most influential people in Hudson County.

  53. Bill Gardner

    Bill Gardner
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1948-.. (age 76)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Bill Gardner is an American politician who was the New Hampshire Secretary of State from 1976 to 2022. In that role, he was in charge of the department that oversees all general elections, primary elections, voter registration and recounts within the state, including the New Hampshire primary. His tenure is the longest of any secretary of state in U.S. history. He is a member of the Democratic Party.

  54. Vladimir Pištalo

    Vladimir Pištalo
    Born in
    Bosnia and Herzegovina Flag Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Years
    1960-.. (age 64)
    Enrolled in the University of New Hampshire
    Graduated with Doctor
    Occupations
    university teachernon-fiction writertranslatorwriterjurist
    Biography

    Vladimir Pištalo is a Serbian American writer, most notably winning the NIN Award for novel of the year in 2008.

  55. Richard M. Linnehan

    Richard M. Linnehan
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1957-.. (age 67)
    Occupations
    veterinarianastronaut
    Biography

    Richard Michael Linnehan is a United States Army veterinarian and a NASA astronaut.

  56. Molly Kelly

    Molly Kelly
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1949-.. (age 75)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Molly Kelly is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, she served in the New Hampshire Senate, representing the 10th District from 2006 until 2016. She was the Democratic nominee for Governor of New Hampshire in the 2018 election.

  57. Jason Krog

    Jason Krog
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1975-.. (age 49)
    Occupations
    ice hockey player
    Biography

    Jason Krog is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre last contracted by Lørenskog IK in the Norwegian GET-ligaen (GET).

  58. Dudley Dudley

    Dudley Dudley
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1936-.. (age 88)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Dudley Dudley is an American political activist, known for her 1974 legislation that helped prevent shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis from building an oil pipeline on the Isles of Shoals and a refinery near Durham, New Hampshire. In 1976, Dudley became the first woman elected to the New Hampshire Executive Council, where she served four consecutive terms. In 1984, she won the Democratic primary to represent New Hampshire's First Congressional District.

  59. Sean McDonnell

    Sean McDonnell
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1956-.. (age 68)
    Occupations
    head coach
    Biography

    Sean Patrick McDonnell is a retired college football coach and former player, best known for his tenure as head football coach at the University of New Hampshire.

  60. Trevor Smith

    Trevor Smith
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1985-.. (age 39)
    Occupations
    ice hockey player
    Biography

    Trevor Smith is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre. He most recently played with the San Antonio Rampage in the American Hockey League (AHL).

  61. Mary A. Legere

    Mary A. Legere
    Biography

    Mary A. Legere is a retired lieutenant general and the former Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence of the United States Army.

  62. Donna Soucy

    Donna Soucy
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1967-.. (age 57)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Donna M. Soucy is an American attorney and Democratic member of the New Hampshire Senate, first elected in 2012 in the 18th district. She is previously served as the President of the New Hampshire Senate, from December 5, 2018 until December 2, 2020. Soucy serves on the Senate Commerce, and Rules and Enrolled Bills committees, in addition to the Joint Fiscal Committee Soucy has also previously served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives and as a Manchester alderman.

  63. Clare Egan

    Clare Egan
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1987-.. (age 37)
    Occupations
    cross-country skierbiathlete
    Biography

    Laurent Clare Egan is an American biathlete. She has represented the United States in World Cup Biathlon from 2015 through the 2018-2019 season and at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang. Clare was elected in 2018 to chair the International Biathlon Union Athletes’ Committee until 2022.

  64. Louis C. Wyman

    Louis C. Wyman
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1917-2002 (aged 85)
    Occupations
    lawyerpoliticianjudgemilitary officer
    Biography

    Louis Crosby Wyman was an American politician and lawyer. He was a U.S. Representative and, for three days, a U.S. Senator from New Hampshire. This was one of the shortest tenures in Senate history. He was a member of the Republican Party.

  65. Heather King

    Heather King
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1952-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    essayist
    Biography

    Heather King is a Los Angeles-based writer, blogger and speaker. Raised on the coast of New Hampshire, she struggled with alcoholism—a period during which she made the ill-advised decision to attend law school—sobered up in 1987, quit her job as an attorney, and converted to Catholicism in 1996.

  66. Jenn Wakefield

    Jenn Wakefield
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1989-.. (age 35)
    Occupations
    ice hockey player
    Biography

    Jennifer Dorothy June Wakefield is a Canadian ice hockey player and coach, currently playing in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) with MoDo Hockey Dam. She has served as an assistant coach to the Netherlands' women's national ice hockey team and the women's representative team of Almtuna IS in the Damettan. As a member of the Canadian national ice hockey team, she was a substitute for the roster that participated in 2010 Winter Olympics and played on the gold-medal winning team at the 2014 Winter Olympics, and the silver-medal winning team at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

  67. Bob Miller

    Bob Miller
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1956-2020 (aged 64)
    Occupations
    ice hockey player
    Biography

    Robert Michael Miller was an American professional ice hockey player who played 404 games in the National Hockey League between 1977 and 1985. He played for the Boston Bruins, Colorado Rockies, Los Angeles Kings. He featured in the 1978 Stanley Cup Finals with the Bruins. Miller also played in the SM-liiga in Finland for Kärpät and the Nationalliga A in Switzerland for HC Sierre.

  68. Darren Haydar

    Darren Haydar
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1979-.. (age 45)
    Occupations
    ice hockey player
    Biography

    Darren J. Haydar is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger. Haydar was selected by the Nashville Predators in the ninth round (248th overall) of the 1999 NHL Entry Draft. He is one of the top AHL players of all-time, having won two Calder Cup championships and is the AHL’s all-time leader in playoff goals (63), assists (80) and points (143). Despite his prowess in the AHL, Haydar played little in the NHL, scoring only a single goal and eight points over 23 games.

  69. Paul Thompson

    Paul Thompson
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1988-.. (age 36)
    Occupations
    ice hockey player
    Biography

    Paul Thompson is an American ice hockey forward who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He most recently played with the Bridgeport Islanders in the American Hockey League (AHL). During the 2010–11 season, he was the Hockey East player of the year, led the Hockey East in scoring, and then led the nation in power play goals while playing with the University of New Hampshire.

  70. Lee Morin

    Lee Morin
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1952-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    submarinerastronautnaval officermilitary physician
    Biography

    Lee Miller Emile Morin is a United States Navy Captain and NASA astronaut. He flew on STS-110 in 2002.

  71. Andrew Poturalski

    Andrew Poturalski
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1994-.. (age 30)
    Occupations
    ice hockey player
    Biography

    Andrew Poturalski is an American professional ice hockey center currently playing with the Coachella Valley Firebirds in the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract to the Seattle Kraken of the National Hockey League (NHL).

  72. Martin Kimani

    Martin Kimani
    Born in
    Kenya Flag Kenya
    Years
    1971-.. (age 53)
    Enrolled in the University of New Hampshire
    Studied in 1996
    Occupations
    writerdiplomat
    Biography

    Mbugua Martin Kimani is a Kenyan government official and diplomat. He has served as Kenya's Permanent Representative to the United Nations since December 2020. He previously served as the Director of the National Counter Terrorism Centre and as a Special Envoy for Countering Violent Extremism in Kenya.

  73. Caitlin Rivers

    Caitlin Rivers
    Enrolled in the University of New Hampshire
    In 2011 graduated with bachelor's degree in anthropology
    Occupations
    epidemiologist
    Biography

    Caitlin M. Rivers is an American epidemiologist who as Senior Scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, specializing on improving epidemic preparedness. Rivers is currently working on the American response to the COVID-19 pandemic with a focus on the incorporation of infectious disease modeling and forecasting into public health decision making.

  74. Alma M. Grocki

    Alma M. Grocki
    Enrolled in the University of New Hampshire
    Graduated with Master of Science in mechanical engineering
    Occupations
    military personnel
    Biography

    Alma M. Grocki is a retired United States Navy rear admiral. After graduating from the United States Naval Academy in 1981, she served in a succession of warship and submarine maintenance postings before transferring to the United States Navy Reserve in 1988. Grocki commanded various U.S. Navy facilities, shipyards and programs before becoming director of fleet maintenance for the United States Pacific Fleet and deputy commander of Naval Sea Systems Command.

  75. Daniel Ford

    Daniel Ford
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1931-.. (age 93)
    Occupations
    novelistjournalist
    Biography

    Daniel Ford is an American journalist, novelist, and historian. The son of Patrick and Anne Ford, he attended public schools in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, graduating in 1950 from Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. He was educated at the University of New Hampshire (A.B. Political Science 1954), the University of Manchester (Fulbright Scholar, Modern European History 1954–55), and King's College London (M.A. War Studies 2010).

  76. Kevin Sullivan

    Kevin Sullivan
    Years
    1959-.. (age 65)
    Occupations
    journalist
    Biography

    Kevin Sullivan is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist, best-selling author and senior correspondent at The Washington Post.

  77. Wesley Powell

    Wesley Powell
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1915-1981 (aged 66)
    Occupations
    politicianlawyer
    Biography

    Wesley Powell was an American lawyer and Republican politician from Hampton Falls, New Hampshire.

  78. Lou D'Allesandro

    Lou D'Allesandro
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1938-.. (age 86)
    Occupations
    politicianbasketball coach
    Biography

    Lou D'Allesandro is a Democratic member of the New Hampshire Senate, representing the 20th district since 1998. D'Allesandro has served as chair of Senate Finance and vice chair of the Ways & Means and Capital Budget committees. Previously he was a member of the New Hampshire Executive Council from 1975 to 1981 and the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 1996 through 1998 and from 1972 to 1974. D'Allesandro appears frequently on the Paul Westcott Show on WGIR (AM) and WQSO.

  79. Tod Papageorge

    Tod Papageorge
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1940-.. (age 84)
    Occupations
    university teacherphotographer
    Biography

    Tod Papageorge is an American photographer whose career began in the New York City street photography movement of the 1960s. He is the recipient of two Guggenheim fellowships and two NEA Visual Artists Fellowships. His work is in public collections including the Museum of Modern Art and the Art Institute of Chicago. Between 1979 and 2013 he directed the graduate program in photography at the Yale School of Art.

  80. Chad Kackert

    Chad Kackert
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1986-.. (age 38)
    Occupations
    player of American footballCanadian football player
    Biography

    Charles Kackert is a former Canadian football running back who played for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football at New Hampshire. He was also a member of the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL).

  81. Samuel Der-Yeghiayan

    Samuel Der-Yeghiayan
    Born in
    Syria Flag Syria
    Years
    1952-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    judgelawyer
    Biography

    Samuel Der-Yeghiayan is a former United States District Court Judge of the Northern District of Illinois. He was appointed in 2003. Der-Yeghiayan is noteworthy as being the first Armenian immigrant U.S. District Court Judge in the United States and served over 40 years of distinguished government service.

  82. Sumner Shapiro

    Sumner Shapiro
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1926-2006 (aged 80)
    Occupations
    military officer
    Biography

    Sumner Shapiro was a United States Navy rear admiral who served as Director of the Office of Naval Intelligence from 1978 to 1982.

  83. Joseph Uscinski

    Joseph Uscinski
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1975-.. (age 49)
    Occupations
    political scientistuniversity teacher
    Biography

    Joseph E. Uscinski is an American political scientist specializing in the study of conspiracy theories. His most notable work is American Conspiracy Theories (Oxford, 2014) co-authored with Joseph M. Parent. He is an associate professor at the University of Miami's Political Science department, and author of several academic publications. He has been made a Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry in 2020.

  84. Bryan Muir

    Bryan Muir
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1973-.. (age 51)
    Occupations
    ice hockey player
    Biography

    Bryan D. Muir is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played 279 games in the National Hockey League, winning a Stanley Cup Championship with the Colorado Avalanche in 2001. He last played with the Frankfurt Lions in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga during the 2008–09 season.

  85. Mark Mowers

    Mark Mowers
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1974-.. (age 50)
    Occupations
    ice hockey player
    Biography

    Mark C. Mowers is a former professional ice hockey forward and current pro scout for the Minnesota Wild. He had previously played in the National Hockey League with the Nashville Predators, Detroit Red Wings, Boston Bruins, and Anaheim Ducks.

  86. Jacob Micflikier

    Jacob Micflikier
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1984-.. (age 40)
    Occupations
    ice hockey player
    Biography

    Jacob Micflikier is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who is currently a free agent. He last played for the Växjö Lakers in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).

  87. Scott Poteet

    Scott Poteet
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1973-.. (age 51)
    Enrolled in the University of New Hampshire
    1992-1996 graduated with Bachelor of Science in outdoor education
    Occupations
    fighter pilotastronaut
    Biography

    Scott "Kidd" Poteet is an American pilot retired from the United States Air Force scheduled to fly on Polaris Dawn, a private space mission.

  88. Mike Sislo

    Mike Sislo
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1988-.. (age 36)
    Occupations
    ice hockey player
    Biography

    Michael James Sislo is an American former professional ice hockey player. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the New Jersey Devils.

  89. Brian Coppola

    Brian Coppola
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1957-.. (age 67)
    Enrolled in the University of New Hampshire
    1974-1978 graduated with Bachelor of Science in Chemistry in chemistry
    Occupations
    chemistresearcher
    Biography

    Brian P. Coppola is a chemistry professor at the University of Michigan.

  90. Bruce Crowder

    Bruce Crowder
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1957-.. (age 67)
    Occupations
    ice hockey player
    Biography

    Bruce James Crowder is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who played four seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Boston Bruins and Pittsburgh Penguins from 1981–82 to 1984–85. He is the brother of Keith Crowder and also the brother of Craig Crowder.

  91. Brendan Emmett Quigley

    Brendan Emmett Quigley
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1974-.. (age 50)
    Occupations
    crossword creatormusician
    Biography

    Brendan Emmett Quigley is an American crossword constructor. He has been described as a "crossword wunderkind". His work has been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, by the Los Angeles Times Syndicate, and The Onion. He appeared in the documentary Wordplay and the book Crossworld: One Man's Journey into America's Crossword Obsession.

  92. Kevin H. Smith

    Kevin H. Smith
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1977-.. (age 47)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Kevin H. Smith is an American politician who was a candidate for the Republican nomination in the 2022 United States Senate election in New Hampshire. Smith is a former state representative and previously served as the town manager of Londonderry, New Hampshire. Smith previously ran the conservative advocacy organization Cornerstone, and served on the staffs of United States Senator Bob Smith, and former New Hampshire Governor Craig Benson. Smith also served as the Deputy Director for New Hampshire’s Division for Juvenile Justice.

  93. Robert Laurent Caret

    Robert Laurent Caret
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1947-.. (age 77)
    Occupations
    writer
    Biography

    Robert Laurent Caret is an American academic and the former chancellor of the University System of Maryland. He became chancellor on July 1, 2015. Caret, a native of New England, became chancellor of the University System of Maryland after completing presidencies at San Jose State University, Towson University and the University of Massachusetts.

  94. Tanner Leissner

    Tanner Leissner
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1995-.. (age 29)
    Occupations
    basketball player
    Biography

    Tanner Leissner is an American professional basketball player for Akita Northern Happinets of the B.League. He played college basketball for the New Hampshire Wildcats.

  95. Beth Pearce

    Beth Pearce
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1953-.. (age 71)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Elizabeth A. Pearce is an American politician from Vermont who served as Vermont State Treasurer.

  96. Beth Bye

    Beth Bye
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Elizabeth Bye is an American politician from Connecticut. A Democrat, she is the commissioner of the state's Office of Early Childhood. She served as a member of the Connecticut State Senate from 2011 to 2019, representing the 5th district, which includes part of Bloomfield, most of Farmington, all of Burlington and all of West Hartford. Bye also served two terms in the Connecticut House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011.

  97. Joann Ginal

    Joann Ginal
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Joann Ginal is an American politician who serves in the Colorado Senate from the 14th district since 2019, as a member of the Democratic Party. Before her tenure in the state senate she served in the Colorado House of Representatives from the 52nd district from 2013 to 2019.

  98. Stefanie Marty

    Stefanie Marty
    Born in
    Switzerland Flag Switzerland
    Years
    1988-.. (age 36)
    Occupations
    ice hockey coachice hockey player
    Biography

    Stefanie Andrea Marty is a Swiss retired ice hockey player who currently serves as assistant coach to SC Reinach of the SWHL A. She was a member of the Swiss national team from 2003 until her retirement in 2017. With the Swiss national team, she won bronze medals at the 2014 Olympic Games and the 2012 IIHF Women's World Championship. At the 2010 Olympic Games, Marty scored 9 goals and tied with Meghan Agosta of Team Canada as top goal scorer of the tournament.

  99. Roger Manno

    Roger Manno
    Years
    1966-.. (age 58)
    Occupations
    politicianlawyer
    Biography

    Roger P. Manno is an American politician. He was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in 2006 to represent the 19th Legislative District, and in 2010 was elected to the Maryland State Senate.

  100. Garrett Stafford

    Garrett Stafford
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1980-.. (age 44)
    Occupations
    ice hockey player
    Biography

    Garrett Stafford is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Detroit Red Wings, Dallas Stars and Phoenix Coyotes.