List of Famous people born in Maine, United States of America
Sarah Parcak
Sarah Helen Parcak is an American archaeologist, Egyptologist, and remote sensing expert, who has used satellite imaging to identify potential archaeological sites in Egypt, Rome, and elsewhere in the former Roman Empire. She is a professor of Anthropology and director of the Laboratory for Global Observation at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. In partnership with her husband, Greg Mumford, she directs survey and excavation projects in the Faiyum, Sinai, and Egypt's East Delta.
Derek Rivers
Derek Rivers is an American football outside linebacker for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Youngstown State.
Tabitha King
Tabitha Jane King is an American author, and the wife of Stephen King.
Kate Aldrich
Kate Aldrich is an American mezzo-soprano.
Katie Aselton
Kathryn Aselton is an American actress, film director and producer. She directed and co-starred in The Freebie, which was shown in the non-competition "Next" category at the Sundance Film Festival in 2010. She also starred in the FX sitcom The League for its seven-season run from 2009 to 2015, and in the first two seasons of FX's Marvel Comics X-Men drama Legion.
Timothy Simons
Timothy Charles Simons is an American actor and comedian best known for his role as Jonah Ryan on the HBO television series Veep, for which he has received five nominations and one win for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. He has also had acting roles in the films The Interview, Christine, and The Boss.
Clare Egan
Clare Egan is a U.S. 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.
Anna Belknap
Anna C. Belknap is an American actress. She is known for her role as Detective Lindsay Monroe Messer on CSI: NY.
Olympia Snowe
Olympia Jean Snowe is an American businesswoman and politician who was a United States Senator from Maine from 1995 to 2013. Snowe, a member of the Republican Party, became known for her ability to influence the outcome of close votes, including whether to end filibusters. In 2006, she was named one of America's Best Senators by Time magazine. Snowe was known for her ability to compromise and her strong sense of bipartisanship. Throughout her senate career, she was considered one of the most moderate members of the Senate.
Elizabeth Strout
Elizabeth Strout is an American novelist and author. She is widely known for her works in literary fiction and her descriptive characterization. Born and raised in Portland, Maine, her experiences in her youth served as inspiration for her novels–the fictional "Shirley Falls, Maine" is the setting of four of her seven novels.