List of personalities of the city of Portland (Maine)
The following list deals with the personalities of Portland .
Sons and Daughters of Portland
1781-1850
- Edward Russell (1782-1835), politician of the Secretary of State of Maine was
- Bellamy Storer (1796–1875), politician
- Joseph C. Noyes (1798–1868), politician
- David Humphreys Storer (1804-1891), medical doctor and zoologist
- Asa Clapp (1805-1891), politician
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882), novelist, poet and playwright
- JH Ingraham (1809–1860), author and Anglican clergyman
- James Brooks (1810–1873), politician
- William Augustus Hall (1815–1888), politician
- John Lynch (1825-1892), politician
- Thomas Fessenden (1826–1868), politician
- Samuel Colman (1832–1920), painter and interior designer
- Edward S. Morse (1838–1925), zoologist and expert on Japanese ceramics
- John Knowles Paine (1839–1906), organist and composer
- Thomas Brackett Reed (1839–1902), politician
- Helen Blanchard (1840-1922), inventor
1851-1900
- Shailer Mathews (1863-1941), theologian
- Oakley C. Curtis (1865–1924), politician and Governor of Maine
- Owen Davis (1874–1956), playwright, Pulitzer Prize winner
- Percival Proctor Baxter (1876–1969), politician and governor of Maine
- Hiram Abrams (1878–1926), first president of the United Artists film distributor
- Francis Ford (1881–1953), film actor, screenwriter and director
- Paul Franklin Clark (1882–1983), bacteriologist and university professor
- Fletcher Hale (1883-1931), politician
- Robert Hale (1889–1976), politician
- Daniel Joseph Feeney (1894–1969), Roman Catholic clergyman, Bishop of Portland
- Joseph A. McDonough (1896–1944), assistant director and film director
- Mildred Gillars (1900–1988), radio presenter during the Second World War, who participated in propaganda programs on behalf of Radio Berlin
1901-1950
- Michael A. Napolitano (1908–2000), politician, state auditor, and state trasurer from Maine
- Ruthie Tompson (* 1910), animator with the Walt Disney Company
- William Vacchiano (1912–2005), music professor and solo trumpeter with the New York Philharmonic for 31 years
- Cliff Leeman (1913–1986), jazz drummer
- Edward Gurney (1914–1996), politician
- Harry Brown (1917–1986), screenwriter and novelist
- Alvin Morell Bentley (1918–1969), politician
- Phyllis Thaxter (1919–2012), actress
- Rodney S. Quinn (1923-2012), soldier and politician of the Secretary of State of Maine was
- Peter N. Kyros (1925–2012), politician
- Bryce Bayer (1929-2012), physicist, the Bayer filter developed
- Joseph E. Brennan (born 1934), politician and governor of Maine
- Linda Lavin (born 1937), singer and actress
- Sue Wagner (* 1940), politician
- Terry O'Brien (* 1943), luge rider
- Tom Allen (* 1945), politician
- Stephen King (born 1947), writer
- Andrea Martin (* 1947), actress
- Nicholas Wyman (* 1950), musical actor and film actor
1951-2000
- Edson Mitchell (1953-2000), investment banker
- Alan Taylor (* 1955), historian
- Elizabeth Strout (* 1956) writer
- Dave Bowler (* 1957), jazz musician
- Judd Nelson (born 1959), actor
- Victoria Rowell (born 1959), actress
- Richard Wallace (* 1960), software entrepreneur, chairman and co-founder of ALICE
- Rebecca Martin (* 1969), singer
- Amanda Buckner (* 1975), martial artist
- Christopher Daniel Barnes (* 1972), actor and voice actor
- Mike Pride (* 1979), jazz musician
- Ian Crocker (* 1982), swimmer
- Greg Finley (born 1984), actor
- Anna Kendrick (born 1985), actress
- Elle Logan (b.1987), rower
- Megan Sweeney (* 1987), luge rider
- Emily Sweeney (* 1993), luge rider
Personalities who worked in Portland
- James B. Cahoon (1802–1867), politician and Mayor of Portland
- John Anderson (1792–1853), politician and Mayor of Portland
- John Joubert (1963-1996), serial killer
- Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (1828–1914), officer and politician
- Mark Harris (1779–1843), politician
- Horace A. Hildreth (1902–1988), politician and governor of Maine, ran a radio station in Portland
- Joel Hastings Metcalf (1866–1925), astronomer and discoverer of many asteroids
- Bill Slavick (born 1927), peace activist and English professor
- Lorenzo De Medici Sweat (1818–1898), politician