List of people from Waterville, Maine
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The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in Waterville, Maine.
Authors and academics
- David Brancaccio, radio and television journalist; born in Waterville
- Ron Currie Jr., author
- Eric Hooglund, political scientist; born in Waterville
- Richard Hooker, surgeon and author
- Alvin Lombard, inventor
- Marston Morse, mathematician; born in Waterville
Business and philanthropy
- Sharon H. Abrams, executive director, Maine Children's Home for Little Wanderers
- Gardner Colby, philanthropist, namesake of Colby College
- George Gilman, founder of the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
- Charles Foster Hathaway, founder of C.F. Hathaway Company shirt company
Military
- Donald L. Harlow, 2nd chief master sergeant of the Air Force
- Charles Heywood, major general
Politics
- Walter A. Burleigh, U.S. congressman
- Clinton Clauson, mayor and 66th Governor of Maine
- Samuel S. Conner, U.S. congressman
- Pam Iorio, 57th mayor of Tampa
- Charles Fletcher Johnson, U.S. senator and judge
- David Lemoine, state treasurer of Maine
- Paul LePage, mayor of Waterville, 74th Governor of Maine
- Nelson Madore, professor and Mayor of Waterville (1999-2004)
- George J. Mitchell, U.S. senator
- Wyman B. S. Moor, U.S. senator
- Edmund Muskie, U.S. senator; 64th Governor of Maine, Secretary of State, 1968 vice presidential candidate
- Charles P. Nelson, U.S. congressman
- Bruce Poliquin, state treasurer of Maine
- Samuel Shapiro, Maine State Treasurer (1981-1996)
Religion
- Donald Edmond Pelotte, Roman Catholic bishop
Sports
- Dan Bolduc, hockey forward with the Detroit Red Wings, U.S. team in the 1976 Winter Olympics, and at Harvard University
- John Huard, football linebacker for Denver Broncos, New Orleans Saints, Montreal Alouettes and Toronto Argonauts
- Jeff Libby, hockey defense-man with the New York Islanders
Show business
- Lew Cody, stage and screen actor
- David E. Kelley, television and film producer, born in Waterville
- Vaughn Meader, comedian, born in Waterville
- Kurt Marshall, model and actor, born in Waterville