List of Famous people born in Maine, United States of America
Rene Rancourt
Rene Rancourt is an American singer, who is best known for having performed the national Anthem(s) at home games of the National Hockey League's Boston Bruins for 42 years. Rancourt's final combined performance of both The Star-Spangled Banner and O Canada took place before Game 7 of the Bruins' Eastern Conference first round playoff series against the Toronto Maple Leafs on April 25, 2018. His final anthem performance, of the Star-Spangled Banner alone, took place on May 4, 2018 as Boston hosted Game 4 of the Eastern Conference second round series against the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Steve Clifford
Steven Gerald Clifford is an American basketball coach who is the head coach of the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He previously was the head coach of the Charlotte Hornets.
Tawny Little
Tawny Little, Miss America 1976 and Miss New York 1975, is an American television personality.
Cody Christian
Cody Allen Christian is an American actor and voice actor. He is known for his recurring role as Mike Montgomery in the ABC Family/Freeform series Pretty Little Liars, and for his role as Theo Raeken from the fifth and sixth seasons of the MTV series Teen Wolf. He currently stars as Asher Adams, a high school football player, in the CW Network's All American. He has also done voice acting, as the voice of Cloud Strife in the video game Final Fantasy VII Remake.
Scott Brown
Scott Philip Brown is an American diplomat, attorney, and politician who served as the United States Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa. He is a former United States Senator for Massachusetts (2010–2013), and also was the 2014 Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate in New Hampshire. Prior to his Senate tenure, Brown served as a member of the Massachusetts General Court, first in the State House of Representatives (1998–2004) and then in the State Senate (2004–2010).
Emily Sweeney
Emily Carolyn Sweeney is an American luger. She is the sister of fellow luger Megan Sweeney.
Victoria Rowell
Victoria Lynn Rowell is an American actress, writer, producer and dancer. Rowell began her career as a ballet dancer and model, before making her acting debut in the 1987 comedy film, Leonard Part 6. In 1990, Rowell joined the cast of the CBS daytime soap opera, The Young and the Restless, as Drucilla Winters, her signature and longest role on television, for which she was nominated for three Daytime Emmy Awards. She departed from the show in 2007. Rowell is also well known for her role as Dr. Amanda Bentley in the CBS medical crime drama Diagnosis: Murder (1993–2001). From 1993 to 2000, she appeared on both series simultaneously.
Patricia Millett
Patricia Ann Millett is a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. She formerly headed the Supreme Court practice at the law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld. Millett also was a longtime former assistant to the United States Solicitor General and served as an occasional blogger for SCOTUSblog. At the time of her confirmation to the D.C. Circuit, she had argued 32 cases before the United States Supreme Court. In February 2016 The New York Times identified her as a potential nominee to replace Justice Antonin Scalia.
Janet T. Mills
Janet Trafton Mills is an American politician and lawyer serving as the 75th governor of Maine since January 2019. She previously served as the Maine Attorney General on two occasions.
Jared Golden
Jared Forrest Golden is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Maine's 2nd congressional district since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, his district, the largest east of the Mississippi River, covers the northern four-fifths of the state, including Lewiston, Bangor and Auburn. Golden is the first member of Congress elected by ranked-choice voting. He was deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan as a United States Marine.