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The staring line up for Maine would be writers and artist. There is Stephen King a writer and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow a poet, both are from Portland, Maine. Edna St. Vincent a poet from Rockland and Edwin Arlington Robinson from Alna. Authors Harriet Beecher Stowe is from Brunswick and E.B. White is from North Brooklin, Maine. Marsden Hartley haled from Lewiston and Catie Curtis a folk singer and songwriter from Saco, Maine.

Yes sir ladies and gentlemen, look at what Portland have, Andrea Martin actress and comedian, Judd Nelson, Victoria Rowell, Liv Tyler, and Linda Lavin. You talk about hamming it up, actors and actress coming from Maine is very common. Do not forget (Abbott) Vaughn Meader a comedian and David E. Kelly a producer/director, both are from Waterville, Maine. Patrick Dampsey from Lewiston, John OHurley from Kittery, Charles Rocket from Bangor and John Ford from Cape Elizabeth, these are all people who are in show business.

Ricky Craven from Newburgh love of cars made him a NASCAR driver. Joey Gamahc decided to fight for Lewiston, Maine, from a boxing ring. Joan Benoit made a mark for Freeport, Maine by being an athlete-marathoner. Moreover, bouncing a basketball put Cindy Blodgett from Clinton on the map. Bill Swift from South Portland, Robert Stanley, Portland, Mike Bordick of Winterport and Louis Sockalexis of Old Town, all made a name for Maine through baseball.

Let us not leave out politics, Samantha Smith of Manchester, Maine a goodwill ambassador. Maine does all right with U.S. Vice President Candidates, like Edmund Muskie from Rumford, and he serve as U.S. Sect. of State. The U.S Sect. of State have had a few Maine natives to hold it seat, there is James Blaine of PA, whom also held candidate for President. George Mitchell of Waterville held U.S. Sect. of State, senator and statesman. William Cohen of Bangor held U.S. Sect. of Defense and senator.

Abraham Lincoln had a Vice President from Maine; he was Hannibal Hamlin of Paris Hill. In addition, there is Margaret Chase Smith, U.S. senator from Skowhegan. Melville Fuller, Chief Justice U.S. Supreme Court, of Augusta, Maine. There also was, General Joshua L. Chamberlain, of Brunswick, Maine a civil war soldier and politician.

Entrepreneur, L.L. Bean hailed from Freeport, Maine and Chester Greenwood; an inventor got his ideas in Farmington, Maine.

Maine got it going on!

Look around in your backyard; you never know whom you might meet.

Look in the mirror, there might be a famous person looking back.

It is not where you are from but where you want to go!

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