The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in Hallowell, Maine.
Academics and writing
- Gorham Dummer Abbott, clergyman, educator and author
- Jacob Abbott, children's writer
- Martha Ballard, colonial midwife; her diary inspired the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785–1812
- George Baron, mathematician
- Elias Bond, missionary and teacher
- William H. Getchell, 19th-century photographer
- Hall J. Kelley, settler and writer
- Lilian Vaughan Morgan (née Sampson; 1870–1952), experimental biologist
- Emma Huntington Nason (1845–1921), poet, author, and musical composer
- Howard Parshley, zoologist
- Thomas Sewall, doctor, writer and professor
Business and finance
- Thomas Hamlin Hubbard, general, lawyer, philanthropist and financier
- William Ladd, Ladd & Company founder
- Samuel Vaughan Merrick, manufacturer
- Thelma C. Swain, philanthropist
- Benjamin Vaughan, political economist, merchant and doctor
Entertainment
- Abbott Vaughn Meader, political humorist
Military
- Amos Stoddard, US Army officer (American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812)
Music
- Supply Belcher, composer, singer, and compiler of tune books
Politics and law
- Hiram Belcher, US congressman
- Joseph R. Bodwell, 40th governor of Maine
- Scott Cowger, state legislator
- George Evans, US congressman and senator
- John Hubbard, 22nd governor of Maine
- Dale McCormick, first openly gay member of the Maine state legislature
- Patrick K. McGowan, state legislator, candidate for governor
- Amos Nourse, doctor and US senator
- John Otis, US congressman
- James L. Reid, state representative and Maine Superior Court Justice
- Daniel Shagoury (born 1981 or 1982), state representative
- Peleg Sprague, US federal judge
- Sharon Treat, state representative for Maine's 79th District
- Samuel Wells, 25th governor of Maine
- Reuel Williams, US senator
Religion
- George B. Cheever, abolitionist minister and writer
Sports
- Charlie Waitt, first baseman for the St. Louis Brown Stockings, Chicago White Stockings, Baltimore Orioles, and Philadelphia Quakers
References
The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in Hallowell, Maine.
Academics and writing
- Gorham Dummer Abbott, clergyman, educator and author
- Jacob Abbott, children's writer
- Martha Ballard, colonial midwife; her diary inspired the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785–1812
- George Baron, mathematician
- Elias Bond, missionary and teacher
- William H. Getchell, 19th-century photographer
- Hall J. Kelley, settler and writer
- Lilian Vaughan Morgan (née Sampson; 1870–1952), experimental biologist
- Emma Huntington Nason (1845–1921), poet, author, and musical composer
- Howard Parshley, zoologist
- Thomas Sewall, doctor, writer and professor
Business and finance
- Thomas Hamlin Hubbard, general, lawyer, philanthropist and financier
- William Ladd, Ladd & Company founder
- Samuel Vaughan Merrick, manufacturer
- Thelma C. Swain, philanthropist
- Benjamin Vaughan, political economist, merchant and doctor
Entertainment
- Abbott Vaughn Meader, political humorist
Military
- Amos Stoddard, US Army officer (American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812)
Music
- Supply Belcher, composer, singer, and compiler of tune books
Politics and law
- Hiram Belcher, US congressman
- Joseph R. Bodwell, 40th governor of Maine
- Scott Cowger, state legislator
- George Evans, US congressman and senator
- John Hubbard, 22nd governor of Maine
- Dale McCormick, first openly gay member of the Maine state legislature
- Patrick K. McGowan, state legislator, candidate for governor
- Amos Nourse, doctor and US senator
- John Otis, US congressman
- James L. Reid, state representative and Maine Superior Court Justice
- Daniel Shagoury (born 1981 or 1982), state representative
- Peleg Sprague, US federal judge
- Sharon Treat, state representative for Maine's 79th District
- Samuel Wells, 25th governor of Maine
- Reuel Williams, US senator
Religion
- George B. Cheever, abolitionist minister and writer
Sports
- Charlie Waitt, first baseman for the St. Louis Brown Stockings, Chicago White Stockings, Baltimore Orioles, and Philadelphia Quakers