The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in Bath, Maine.
Authors and academics
McDonald Clarke, poet Glenn Cummings, economist, politician and University of Southern Maine president Eleanor P. Cushing, mathematics professor at Smith College Alice May Douglas, poet and author George F. Magoun, first president of Iowa College (now Grinnell College) Edward Page Mitchell, editorial and short story writer William Maxwell Reed, author of children's science books Susan Marr Spalding (1841–1908), poet Geoffrey Wolff, novelist, essayist, biographer, and travel writer; lives in Bath
Business
Charles W. Morse, businessman
Media and arts
Georgia Cayvan, stage actress Claude Demetrius, songwriter Emma Eames, singer Chad Finn, sportswriter John Adams Jackson, sculptor William Zorach, sculptor and painter
Military
Charles Frederick Hughes, US Navy admiral William Smith, US Army private, Medal of Honor recipient Silas Soule, abolitionist and Civil War era soldier, whistleblower
Politics
Nathaniel S. Berry, 28th governor of New Hampshire Samuel Davis, US congressman Thomas W. Hyde, US senator; Union Army general and Metal of Honor recipient; founder of Bath Iron Works William King, first governor of Maine Arthur Mayo, state legislator Freeman H. Morse, US congressman and mayor Amos Nourse, physician and US senator William LeBaron Putnam, lawyer and politician Harold M. Sewall, last United States Minister to Hawaii Sumner Sewall, 58th governor of Maine David Sinclair, politician and resident of Bath Mary Small, politician Francis B. Stockbridge, US senator Peleg Tallman, US congressman
Science and engineering
Edward Davis, buccaneer and engineer Francis H. Fassett, architect Henry Gannett, geographer George Edward Harding, architect"The Death of George Edward Harding," American Architect and Building News 92, no. 1663 (November 9, 1907): 146. Robert Jaffe, physicist, Professor of Physics at MIT
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