In the 1880s, Mary Baker Eddy created the Christian Science Church and developed its philosophy.  Today, one can still see Christian Science reading rooms in many cities.  Birthplace: Bow.
One of the best-loved and most famous American poets, Robert Frost was asked to read a poem at John F. Kennedy's inauguration.  His poems were often identified with the rural areas of New Hampshire.  Birthplace: San Francisco, California.
Horace Greeley was a noted journalist who wrote strong antislavery editorials.  He helped found the Republican Party in 1854.  He is most commonly associated with the phrase 'Go West Young Man.'  Birthplace: Amherst.
The fourteenth president of the United States and the leader of the country before the outbreak of the Civil War, Franklin Pierce was pro-slavery in his views.  He made the Gadsden Purchase, an acquisition of considerable amount of land in what is now New Mexico and Arizona.  Birthplace:  Hillsboro.
In 1961, Alan B. Shepard was the first man to be shot into space.  He later became the fifth man to walk on the moon.  Birthplace: East Derry.
An excellent statesman and politician, Daniel Webster was at his best when dealing with difficult situations in foreign countries.  Through the Webster-Ashburton Treaty, he helped settle the border dispute between the state of Maine and Canada's province of New Brunswick.  Birthplace: Salisbury.