List of personalities of the City of Bangor (Maine)
The following list deals with the personalities of Bangor .
Sons and daughters of Bangor
1777-1850
- James Carr (1777-1818), politician
- Mark Trafton (1810-1901), politician
- Silas C. Hatch (1821–1890), politician and businessman
- Donald C. McRuer (1826–1898), politician
- Abner Taylor (1829-1903), politician
- Henry Williamson Haynes (1831-1912), archaeologist
- John F. Appleton (1838–1870), lawyer and brevet brigadier general
- Blanche Willis Howard (1847–1898), writer
1851-1900
- Frederic Parkhurst (1864–1921), politician and governor of Maine
- Frederick W. Plaisted (1865–1943), politician and governor of Maine
- John Irwin Hutchinson (1867-1935), mathematician
- Benjamin Oliver Foster (1872–1938), classical philologist
- Donald F. Snow (1877-1958), politician
- Elliott Cutler (1888-1947), surgeon
- Paul White (1895–1973), conductor
1901-1950
- Robert Haskell (1903–1987), politician and governor of Maine
- Edward Cornelius O'Leary (1920–2002), clergyman and Roman Catholic Bishop of Portland
- Chuck Peddle (1937–2019), electronics engineer
- William Cohen (* 1940), politician and Secretary of Defense of the United States
- John McKernan junior (born 1948), politician and governor of Maine
- Charles Rocket (1949-2005), actor
1951-2000
- John Baldacci (born 1955), politician and governor of Maine
- Chris Kelsey (* 1961), soprano saxophonist, composer and music journalist
- Scott Douglas (* 1963), wheelchair tennis player
- Todd Verow (born 1966), filmmaker
- Stephanie Niznik (1967–2019), actress
- Eric Saindon (born 1969), VFX Supervisor
- Kate Snow (born 1969), journalist
- Sarah Parcak (* 1979), archaeologist
- Derek Damon (born 1980), ice hockey player
- Howie Day (born 1981), singer and songwriter
- Jon DiSalvatore (born 1981), ice hockey player
- Jeremy Viner (* 1985), jazz musician
Personalities who worked in Bangor
- Gorham Parks (1794–1877), politician and lawyer
- Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891), politician and Vice President of the United States
- Charles A. Boutelle (1839–1901), politician and newspaper publisher
- Daniel F. Davis (1843–1897), politician and governor of Maine
- Hannibal Emery Hamlin (1858–1938), politician and Maine Attorney General
- John G. Utterback (1872–1955), politician and entrepreneur
- Stephen King (born 1947), writer
- Tabitha King (* 1949), writer
- Stephen Typaldos (1957-2006), physician and osteopath
- Joe Hill (born 1972), writer