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The following is a list of notable people who were born in the
U.S. state of
Vermont , live or lived in Vermont, or for whom Vermont is a significant part of their identity and who have entries in Wikipedia:
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Bert Abbey (1869–1962), Major League baseball pitcher; born in
Essex
[1]
Charles Francis Adams (1876–1947), first owner of the
Boston Bruins (1924–1925), born in
Newport
Charles Kendall Adams (1835–1902), educator and historian; born in
Derby
Frederick W. Adams (1786–1858), physician, author, violin maker; born in
Pawlet
Sherman Adams (1899–1986), politician, Chief of Staff for President
Dwight D. Eisenhower ; born in
East Dover
Eric Aho , painter
[2]
Charles Augustus Aiken (1827–1892), clergyman and academic; born in
Manchester
George Aiken (1892–1984), Governor and US Senator; from
Putney
Ivan Albright (1897–1983), painter and artist; lived in
Woodstock
Henry Mills Alden , editor of
Harper's Weekly ; born in
Mount Tabor
Ebenezer Allen , 18th-century soldier
Ethan Allen , commander of the
Green Mountain Boys
Fanny Allen , nun, daughter of
Ethan Allen ; namesake of the
Fanny Allen Hospital in
Colchester
Ira Allen , one of Vermont's founders; brother of
Ethan Allen
Jerome Allen , author; born in
Westminster
Julia Alvarez , author; writer-in-residence at
Middlebury College
Trey Anastasio , vocalist and guitarist for
Phish ; attended
University of Vermont
Piers Anthony (pseudonym), science-fiction author
Harriett Ellen Grannis Arey , author, editor, and publisher; born in
Cavendish, Vermont
Lemuel H. Arnold , Governor of Rhode Island (1831–1833); born in
St. Johnsbury
Chester A. Arthur , 21st
President of the United States ; born in
Fairfield
Warren Austin , early
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations ; born in
Highgate
Charlotte Ayanna , actress, 1993
Miss Teen USA
Mary Azarian , woodcut artist, children's book illustrator; resides in
Plainfield
B
Orville E. Babcock ,
American Civil War general[
citation needed ]
Edwin Eugene Bagley , composer of "
National Emblem " and other marches
Maxine Bahns , actress, born in
Stowe
Arthur Scott Bailey , author of children's books, born in
St. Albans
Emma Bailey , first American woman auctioneer, lived in
Brattleboro
Brad Baker , baseball pitcher, born in
Brattleboro
David Ball , NFL football player
Ella Maria Ballou (1852-1937), writer; born in
Wallingford, Vermont
Hosea Ballou , a father of American Universalism
Bradley Barlow , politician; born in
Fairfield
John Barrett , diplomat; born in
Grafton
John S. Barry , 5th and 8th governor of
Michigan
John L. Barstow , 39th Governor of Vermont
Daric Barton , baseball player; born in
Springfield
Lindon Wallace Bates , civil engineer; born in
Marshfield
Stephen Bates , long-time sheriff of
Vergennes
Portus Baxter , politician
Fernando C. Beaman , politician
Orson Bean , actor, born in
Burlington
Alison Bechdel , cartoonist
Johnny Behan , 19th-century sheriff of
Tombstone, Arizona
Hiram Bell , politician, born in
Salem
H. H. Bennett , photographer; raised in
Brattleboro
Wilson "Snowflake" Bentley , scientist and photographer
Bill W. , founder of
Alcoholics Anonymous ; born in
East Dorset
Charles E. Billings , inventor; born in
Weathersfield
Franklin S. Billings , 60th
Governor of Vermont
Frederick H. Billings , lawyer, financier and President of the
Northern Pacific Railway
Henrietta A. Bingham 19th-century writer, editor, and preceptress; born in
Burke
Stephen Bissette , comic book artist
Pamela Blair , actress; born in
Bennington
George Bliss , politician; born in
Jericho
Lou Blonger , saloon owner, con man
Aretas Blood , locomotive manufacturer; born in
Weathersfield
Asa P. Blunt , American Civil War general
Tom Bodett , spokesman for
Motel 6
Chris Bohjalian , author
Andrew Bowen , actor[
citation needed ]
Charles Bowles , minister
Elmer Bowman , baseball player; born in
Proctor
Keegan Bradley , golfer,
2011 PGA Champion ; grew up in
Woodstock
Ezra Brainerd , college president; born in
St. Albans
L. Paul Bremer , with Coalition Provisional Authority, Iraq (2003–2004)
Richard M. Brewer (1852–1878), cowboy; born in
St. Albans
Francis Fisher Browne , editor, poet
Orestes Brownson , activist
Pearl S. Buck , author, died in
Danby
T. Garry Buckley , former lieutenant governor
Ted Bundy (1946–1989), serial killer; born in
Burlington
James E. Burke , former chief executive officer of
Johnson & Johnson
Alex Burnham , of
The Burnham Brothers Band
Andre Burnham , of The Burnham Brothers Band
Forrest Burnham , of The Burnham Brothers Band
Steven T. Byington , anarchist
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John C. Caldwell ,
American Civil War general[
citation needed ]
John H. Caldwell , cross-country ski coach and author
[3]
Thomas Cale , teacher and politician[
citation needed ]
Delino Dexter Calvin , Canadian politician[
citation needed ]
Jim Cantore ,
Weather Channel meteorologist[
citation needed ]
Jake Burton Carpenter , owner of
Burton Snowboards ; from Londonderry
[4]
Matthew H. Carpenter ,
Wisconsin politician[
citation needed ]
Albert Carrington , clergyman[
citation needed ]
Hayden Carruth , poet and critic[
citation needed ]
Neko Case , singer
[5]
William B. Castle , former mayor of
Cleveland
Lucien B. Caswell , politician
Suzy Chaffee , skier, "Suzy Chapstick"[
citation needed ]
Beth Chamberlin , fitness coach[
citation needed ]
John Putnam Chapin , 19th-century mayor of
Chicago [
citation needed ]
Welcome Chapman , Mormon leader[
citation needed ]
Harrie B. Chase , judge[
citation needed ]
Horace Chase , former mayor of
Milwaukee
[6]
Dan Chiasson , writer
Daniel Chipman , politician[
citation needed ]
Nathaniel Chipman , U.S. senator from Vermont, federal judge for the district of Vermont, chief justice of the supreme court of Vermont, satirical poet
Lucius E. Chittenden , politician in
Abraham Lincoln administration[
citation needed ]
Thomas Chittenden , first Governor of Vermont[
citation needed ]
Bonnie Christensen , artist, author, and illustrator[
citation needed ]
Stoyan Christowe , writer, publicist and journalist[
citation needed ]
Sylvester Churchill , soldier and journalist[
citation needed ]
Joseph A. Citro , author
[7]
Charles Edgar Clark , admiral during the
Spanish–American War [
citation needed ]
Kelly Clark , Olympic gold medalist, snowboarding 2002[
citation needed ]
William Bullock Clark , geologist[
citation needed ]
Skiing Cochrans , ski racers[
citation needed ]
Richard A. Cody , U.S. Army general[
citation needed ]
William Sloane Coffin Jr., clergyman; resident of Strafford[
citation needed ]
Ben Cohen , co-founder of
Ben & Jerry's [
citation needed ]
Zerah Colburn (1804–1840), math prodigy; born in
Cabot [
citation needed ]
Lui Collins , singer-songwriter[
citation needed ]
Ray Collins , baseball player[
citation needed ]
Gardner Quincy Colton , pioneer of the use of
nitrous oxide [
citation needed ] (laughing gas) for dental procedures; from
Georgia, Vermont [
citation needed ]
George Colvocoresses , American Civil War naval officer[
citation needed ]
George Partridge Colvocoresses , admiral[
citation needed ]
Jessica Comolli ,
Miss Vermont USA 2007[
citation needed ]
Thomas Jefferson Conant , Biblical scholar[
citation needed ]
George A. Converse , admiral[
citation needed ]
Calvin Coolidge , 30th
President of the United States ; born in
Plymouth Notch
Barry M. Costello , US Vice admiral; native of Rutland[
citation needed ]
Douglas M. Costle , environmentalist[
citation needed ]
Elizabeth Cottrell , geologist and museum curator
[8]
Oliver Cowdery , religious leader[
citation needed ]
Robert Cowdin , American Civil War colonel[
citation needed ]
Aaron H. Cragin , US representative and senator[
citation needed ]
Mary Lynde Craig (1834-1921), president,
Pacific Coast Women's Press Association ;
[9] born in Vermont
Donald J. Cram ,
Nobel Prize -winning chemist[
citation needed ]
Jay Craven , film director, professor[
citation needed ]
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Tim Daly , actor, producer, and director[
citation needed ]
John Cotton Dana , museum director, librarian
Jeff Danziger , political cartoonist
Thomas Davenport , inventor of electric motor; born in
Williamstown
Howard Dean , Governor of Vermont (1991–2003),
Democratic National Committee chairman (2005–2009)
John Deere , inventor of steel plow, founder of agricultural equipment manufacturer
Deere & Company ; born in
Rutland
David Dellinger , one of
Chicago Seven ; died in
Montpelier
Davis Rich Dewey , MIT professor
George Dewey , hero of the 1898
Battle of Manila Bay ; only Admiral of the Navy ever appointed in America
Joel Dewey , Brigadier General, Union Army
John Dewey , philosopher, psychologist, and educator, born in
Burlington
Michael Dante DiMartino , co-creator, executive producer, writer, and story editor of the animated TV series,
Avatar: The Last Airbender and
The Legend of Korra .
Charles Doolittle , Brigadier general under Andrew Johnson
Julia Caroline Dorr , author
Stephen A. Douglas ,
U.S. Senator from Illinois ; born in
Brandon ; nominated for president 1860
A. E. Douglass , astronomer
Norman Dubie , poet
Jean Dubuc , baseball pitcher; born in
St. Johnsbury
William Wade Dudley , politician
Chris Duffy , baseball player; born in
Brattleboro
Charles Durkee Governor of Utah Territory and US senator
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Horatio Earle , promoted "good roads" when the automobile was introduced[
citation needed ]
Dorman Bridgman Eaton , instrumental in federal civil service reform
John Eaton , US commissioner of education
Scot Eaton , comic book artist
Eddy Brothers , psychics
George F. Edmunds , senator; born in
Richmond
Merritt A. Edson , decorated U.S. Marine officer; born in
Chester
Chesselden Ellis , politician; born in
Windsor
George F. Emmons , admiral; born in
Clarendon
Roger Enos , general in the American revolution
Jacob Estey , organ manufacturer
Jeremiah Evarts , missionary and reformer; born in
Sunderland
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Franklin Fairbanks , political figure,
philanthropist , co-founder of
Rollins College , president of Fairbanks Scales
William Fairfield , Canada politician
John C. Farrar , book publisher; born in
Burlington
Thomas Green Fessenden , early American writer
Young Firpo , boxer
Dorothy Canfield Fisher , writer; died in
Arlington
Robert M. Fisher , abstract artist
Jon Fishman , drummer, vocalist from band
Phish
Carlton Fisk , Baseball Hall of Fame catcher; born in
Bellows Falls
James Fisk , financier
Irving Fiske , playwright; lived in
Rochester
William Charles Fitzgerald , naval officer; born in
Montpelier
John Fitzpatrick , former mayor of
New Orleans ; born in
Fairfield
Ed Flanagan , auditor of accounts and state senator
Helen Hartness Flanders , collector of traditional ballads
Ralph Flanders , industrialist and senator
Henry A. Fletcher , American Civil War soldier, politician
George P. Foster , American Civil War general
Hal Fowler , professional poker player
Simon Fraser , fur trader, Canada explorer
Martin Henry Freeman , college president
Robert Frost , iconic poet; poet laureate of Vermont
Ida May Fuller , first recipient of
Social Security
John Fusco , film producer, screenwriter of
Hidalgo and
Young Guns
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Phineas Gage , railroad man, medical test patient
Barbara Galpin , journalist; born in
Weathersfield, Vermont
Larry Gardner , baseball player; born in
Enosburgh
Elmina M. Roys Gavitt , physician; born in
Fletcher
David Giancola , film director; born in
Rutland
Cynthia Gibb , actress; born in
Bennington
Amanda Gilman ,
Miss Vermont USA 2006
Joseph A. Gilmore ,
Governor of New Hampshire (1863–1865)
Louise Glück ,
Pulitzer Prize -winning poet
Thyrza Nichols Goodeve , writer
Isaac Goodnow , founder of
Kansas State University and
Manhattan, Kansas ; born in
Whitingham
Mike Gordon , vocals, bassist from band
Phish ; attended
UVM
Walter W. Granger , paleontologist; born in
Middletown Springs
Lewis A. Grant ,
American Civil War soldier
Duane Graveline , astronaut; born in
Newport
Milford Graves , drummer
Peter Gray , psychologist
Horace Greeley , editor, reformer, politician; apprenticed in
East Poultney
Hetty Green , financier from
Bellows Falls
Theodore P. Greene , admiral during American Civil War
Wallace M. Greene , U.S. Marine general
Jerry Greenfield , co-founder of
Ben & Jerry's ice cream
Josiah Grout , Canadian-born politician; 46th
Governor of Vermont
Efrain Guigui , orchestra conductor
Luis Guzmán , actor; resides in
Sutton
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Paul Hackett , football coach; born in
Burlington
William Haile , politician
Joy Hakim , author; attended school in
Rutland
Enoch Hale ,
American Revolutionary War officer
Hiland Hall , judge and governor of Vermont
Lucy Mabel Hall-Brown , physician; born in
Holland
William Laurel Harris , muralist
James Hartness , machine tool entrepreneur
Bill Haugland , Canada television journalist
William Babcock Hazen , American Civil War general[
citation needed ]
Chris Hedges , journalist[
citation needed ]
William W. Henry , American Civil War colonel[
citation needed ]
Charles Shattuck Hill , educator[
citation needed ]
John A. Hill , co-founder of
McGraw-Hill [
citation needed ]
Ethan A. Hitchcock , Major General during the American Civil War[
citation needed ]
Edward Hoagland , essayist, taught at
Bennington College ; retired to Sutton[
citation needed ]
Frederick Holbrook , former governor of Vermont
Tristan Honsinger , jazz cellist; born in
Burlington [
citation needed ]
Samuel Hopkins , holder of first American patent, for pearl and potash process, 1790[
citation needed ]
Charles Snead Houston , mountaineer, physician, scientist, and
Peace Corps leader[
citation needed ]
Charles Edward Hovey , educator,
American Civil War general
Jacob M. Howard , 19th-century politician
James F. Howard Jr. , professor of medicine
Steven James Howard , politician
William Alanson Howard , politician
Felicity Huffman , actress; attended school in
Putney
Stephen Huneck , artist
Richard Morris Hunt , architect
William Morris Hunt , painter
Stanley Edgar Hyman , literary critic; taught at
Bennington
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Horatio Nelson Jackson , auto pioneer; attended
University of Vermont
William Henry Jackson , painter; raised in
Rutland
Lindsey Jacobellis , snowboarder; from
Stratton
Jim Jeffords , politician; born in
Rutland
Milo Parker Jewett , educator
Andrew Johnson , skier; born in
Greensboro
Ernie Johnson , baseball pitcher; born in
Brattleboro
Kenny Johnson , actor,
The Shield
Luke S. Johnson , religious leader
Lyman E. Johnson , religious leader
George Jones , publisher and co-founder of
The New York Times
Miranda July , screenwriter and actress; born in
Barre
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Noah Kahan , musician from
Strafford
Bob Keeshan (1927–2004), television personality "Captain Kangaroo"; lived last 14 years of his life in Vermont
A. Atwater Kent (1873–1949), inventor and radio maker; born in
Burlington
Henry W. Keyes , politician; born in
Newbury
Dan Kiley , landscape architect
Christopher Kimball , host of
PBS television's
America's Test Kitchen
Heber C. Kimball , religious leader
Jamaica Kincaid , novelist
King Tuff , musician
Rudyard Kipling , British author; resident of
Brattleboro when he wrote
The Jungle Book
M. Jane Kitchel , politician; born in
St. Johnsbury
Bill Koch , skier, Olympic silver medalist; born in
Brattleboro
James Kochalka , comic book artist
Ed Koren , illustrator and cartoonist for
The New Yorker
Madeleine M. Kunin , ambassador
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Walt Lanfranconi , baseball player; from
Barre
Shane Lavalette , photographer, publisher and editor of Lavalette ; director of
Light Work , a non-profit photography organization
[10]
[11]
Patrick Leahy , U.S. Senator since 1975; born in
Montpelier
John LeClair , first native-born Vermonter to play in
National Hockey League ; born in
St. Albans
Bill "Spaceman" Lee , baseball pitcher
[12]
Harry David Lee , developer of
Lee Jeans ; educated in
Tunbridge
Brady Leisenring , hockey player; from
Stowe
Henry M. Leland , developed
Cadillac and
Lincoln automobiles; born in
Barton
Emmanuel Lemelson ,
Greek Orthodox priest,
social commentator and
hedge fund manager
Melissa Leo ,
Academy Award -winning actress, resided in
Putney
[13]
Kevin Lepage ,
NASCAR driver; from
Shelburne
Joanna 'JoJo' Levesque (born 1990), singer, actress; born in
Brattleboro
Aaron Lewis , band member; from
Rutland
Barbour Lewis US Congressman
Sinclair Lewis (1885–1951),
Nobel Prize -winning author; lived in
Barnard
Sam Lloyd , actor (Scrubs ); born in
Weston
Ki Longfellow , novelist
Alfred Lebbeus Loomis , president,
Association of American Physicians
Gustavus Loomis , breveted Brigadier General
Horatio G. Loomis , organizer of
Chicago Board of Trade
Phillips Lord , creator of radio programs; born in
Hartford
Will Lyman , actor; born in
Burlington
Lucius Lyon , helped charter State of
Michigan ; born in
Shelburne
M
Margaret MacArthur , musician, folk music archivist known as "Vermont's Songcatcher"
Sean Patrick Maloney ,
Canadian -born
U.S. Representative from
New York since 2013
David Mamet , playwright, screenwriter, film director; attended
Goddard College
Zosia Mamet , actress and musician
Zophar M. Mansur , lieutenant governor
William Marks , religious leader; born in
Rutland
Anna Marsh , philanthropist; created
Brattleboro Retreat
John Martin , businessman; born in
Peacham
Philip Maxwell , physician and politician; namesake of Chicago's
Maxwell Street ; born in
Guilford
Henry T. Mayo , four-star admiral; born in
Burlington
Archer Mayor , author; lives in
Newfane
John McCardell Jr. , educator
Page McConnell , keyboardist and vocalist for the band Phish
[14]
Bill McKibben , environmentalist
James Meacham , politician; born in
Rutland
William Rutherford Mead , architect; born in
Brattleboro
Andrea Mead Lawrence , first American to win two Olympic skiing gold medals; born in
Rutland County
Samuel Merrill ,
Indiana politician; born in
Peacham
Alexander Kennedy Miller , proponent of
Autogyro
Frank Miller , creator of comic books, graphic novels; raised in
Montpelier
Susan Tolman Mills , educator; born in
Enosburgh
Ross Miner (born 1991), skating coach and retired competitive figure skater
Graham Mink , hockey player
Anaïs Mitchell , singer; raised in
Addison County
Samuel Morey , inventor
Justin Morgan , horse breeder; died in
Randolph
Justin Smith Morrill , sponsor of
Land Grant College Act establishing "public ivies"
George Sylvester Morris , educator
Levi P. Morton ,
Vice President of United States and
Governor of New York ; born in
Shoreham
Howard Frank Mosher , author
[15]
Joseph A. Mower , Civil War general; born in
Woodstock
Michael Moynihan , journalist
Nico Muhly , classical music composer
Dennis Murphy , musician
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Rachel Oakes Preston , religious leader, born in
Vernon
John O'Brien , filmmaker, born in
Tunbridge
Franklin W. Olin , manufacturer
Buster Olney , sportswriter, sportscaster; born in
Randolph Center
Darcy Olsen , president of
Goldwater Institute
Ebenezer J. Ormsbee , politician
Elisha Otis , founder of
Otis Elevator Company ; born in
Halifax
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Emily Rebecca Page , poet and editor; born in
Bradford
Morgan Page , music producer
Grace Paley , poet
Jay Parini , writer
Alden Partridge , educator,
West Point superintendent
Katherine Paterson , author of children's books
Theodore S. Peck , Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
Moses Pendleton , choreographer
Joe Perry , lead guitarist for
Aerosmith
Tom Peters , business writer
Belle L. Pettigrew , educator and missionary; born in
Ludlow
Charles E. Phelps , American Civil War colonel, politician
John W. Phelps , American Civil War general, presidential candidate
Hannah Maynard Pickard , teacher, writer; born in
Chester
William Lamb Picknell , 19th-century painter, member of
National Academy of Design
Samuel E. Pingree , American Civil War officer, politician
Hester M. Poole , writer and social reformer; born in
Whiting
Russell W. Porter , explorer, artist
Grace Potter , of rock band
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
Ross Powers , snowboarder, 2002 Olympics gold medalist
Silas G. Pratt , composer
Cyrus Pringle , botanist
Annie Proulx ,
Pulitzer Prize -winning novelist; lived in Vermont for more than 30 years
Harvey Putnam ,
New York politician
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Thomas E. G. Ransom ,
American Civil War general, surveyor
Edward Rawson ,
Atlanta businessman; born in
Craftsbury
Edmund Rice , politician; born in
Waitsfield
Henry Mower Rice ,
Minnesota politician; born in
Waitsfield
Linda Richards , America's first trained nurse; attended
St. Johnsbury Academy
Mark Richards , U.S. congressman; lived in
Westminster
Israel B. Richardson , American Civil War officer
Benjamin S. Roberts , American Civil War officer
Edward D. Robie , American Civil War officer
Moses Robinson , governor of Vermont pre-statehood
Theodore Robinson , painter
Norman Rockwell , artist; lived in
Arlington
David McGregor Rogers , Canada politician; born in
Londonderry
Mark Ronchetti , Republican nominee for Governor of New Mexico (2022)
Brian Rooney , convicted murderer
Thomas Rowley , poet
Homer Elihu Royce , politician, jurist; born in
Berkshire
Carl Ruggles , composer
Rudolph Ruzicka , typeface designer and engraver
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Alvah Sabin , minister, politician; born in
Georgia, Vermont
William James Shaw , entrepreneur
Truman Henry Safford , mathematics whiz; born in
Royalton
Matt Salinger , actor, son of
J.D. Salinger ; born in
Windsor
Bernie Sanders , politician, Vermont
Senator since 2007, former
Mayor of
Burlington (1981–1989), Democratic presidential candidate (
2016 and
2020 )
Philetus Sawyer ,
Wisconsin politician; born in
Whiting
Eric Schaeffer , screenwriter, director, actor
Helen Bonchek Schneyer , folk musician; died in
Vermont
Stephen Alonzo Schoff , engraver; born in
Danville
Peter Schumann , founder and director of
Bread and Puppet Theater
Arthur E. Scott , photographer; born in
Montpelier
Julian Scott , 19th-century painter and muralist; born in
Johnson
Thomas O. Seaver ,
American Civil War officer
Rudolf Serkin , classical pianist; lived in
Guilford
Truman Seymour , American Civil War officer
Patrick Sharp ,
Canadian -born hockey player; attended
University of Vermont
L. M. Shaw ,
governor of Iowa , presidential candidate; born in
Morristown
Patty Sheehan , golfer, winner of 35
LPGA tournaments; born in
Middlebury
Charles H. Sheldon , 19th-century
governor of South Dakota ; born in
Johnson
George Dallas Sherman , military bandleader
Alexander O. Smith , author,
Japanese translator
"Dr. Bob" Smith , co-founder of
Alcoholics Anonymous
Charles Plympton Smith , banker, politician
David Smith , sculptor; died in
South Shaftsbury
Eva Munson Smith , composter, author, poet; born in
Monkton
Hyrum Smith , religious leader
J. Gregory Smith , railroad executive, politician
John Butler Smith , manufacturer, politician
Joseph Smith, Sr. , father of
Joseph Smith
Joseph Smith (1805–1844), founder of
Latter Day Saint movement ; born in
Sharon
Samuel Harrison Smith , of Latter Day Saints
William Smith , of Latter Day Saints
William Farrar Smith , American Civil War officer
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn ,
Russian author, historian; recipient, 1970
Nobel Prize for Literature ; lived in Vermont to avoid persecution in
Russia ; returned to Russia after
Perestroika
Ignat Solzhenitsyn , conductor and pianist
Ronald I. Spiers , diplomat, ambassador
Ken Squier ,
NASCAR commentator and announcer, founder and owner of
Thunder Road International Speedbowl in
Barre and co-founder of
American Canadian Tour racing series; lives in
Stowe
Michael A. Stackpole , science fiction and fantasy author
Henry Alexander Stafford , baseball player for the
New York Giants
[17]
[18]
Robert Stafford , namesake of the
Stafford Loan
George J. Stannard , American Civil War general
Timothy Steele , poet
Ralph Steiner , photographer, filmmaker
Rockwell Stephens , writer, ski instructor
Nettie Stevens ,
geneticist
Thaddeus Stevens , 19th-century Pennsylvania politician
Charles B. Stoughton ,
American Civil War officer
Edwin H. Stoughton , American Civil War officer
F. Stewart Stranahan , American Civil War officer
George Crockett Strong , American Civil War officer
William Barstow Strong , railroad president
Jake Sullivan , government official
Pete Sutherland , folk musician
[19]
Phil Scott , Vermont politician
Willis Sweet , Idaho politician; born in
Alburgh
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Horace Austin Warner Tabor , prospector, one of the "Silver Kings"
Elisabeth von Trapp , folk singer, guitarist artist and musician
Alphonso Taft , politician, Attorney General, Secretary of War under
Ulysses S. Grant ; born in
Townshend
Louise Taylor , singer-songwriter; born in
Brattleboro
Birdie Tebbetts , baseball player and manager; born in
Burlington
Hannah Teter , snowboarder, 2006 Olympic gold medalist; born in
Belmont
Elswyth Thane , romance novelist; lived in
Wilmington
Harry Bates Thayer , president and chairman of
AT&T ; educated in
Northfield
John Martin Thomas , university president,
Middlebury College
Stephen Thomas , American Civil War officer
Tim Thomas , professional hockey player, played for
UVM
Dorothy Thompson , journalist and radio broadcaster
Ernest Thompson , writer of
On Golden Pond ; born in
Bellows Falls
John Mellen Thurston , Nebraska senator; born in
Montpelier
George Tooker , painter; lives in
Hartland
Andrew Tracy , politician, born in
Hartford
Joseph Tracy , minister, historian
Maria von Trapp , stepmother to Von Trapp family singers,
The Sound of Music ; died in
Morrisville
Tasha Tudor , author of children's books; died in
Marlboro
KT Tunstall , musician
Fred Tuttle , senatorial candidate, star of film
Man with a Plan
Alexander Twilight , first African American to receive a college degree, and to be elected to public office in the United States
Royall Tyler , one of the earliest American playwrights
Dan Tyminski , sang vocals for
George Clooney in film
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
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M. Emmet Walsh , actor
James M. Warner , American Civil War general
Seth Warner ,
American Revolutionary War officer
Cephas Washburn , missionary, educator
Ebenezer Washburn , Canada politician
Peter T. Washburn , early governor of Vermont
Lucy H. Washington , poet, social reformer; born in
Whiting
Charles W. Waterman ,
Colorado senator
Sterry R. Waterman , judge
Damon Wayans Jr. , actor, born in Huntington
Henry Wells , businessman, co-founded
American Express and
Wells Fargo
[20]
Sterling Weed (1901–2005), bandleader
[21]
[22] [
better source needed ]
Horatio Wells [
citation needed ]
Brevet Major General William Wells , awarded
Medal of Honor ; born in Waterbury[
citation needed ]
Andrew Wheating , middle-distance track athlete for the
University of Oregon , 2008 Olympian
William Almon Wheeler ,
Vice President of the United States , attended the
University of Vermont for two years
Dora V. Wheelock , activist, writer; born in
Calais
Hilton Wick , politician
Jody Williams , recipient, 1997
Nobel Peace Prize for efforts to clear away and ban anti-personnel mines
John Henry Williams , baseball player; son of
Ted Williams
Treat Williams , actor
Bill W. (Bill Wilson), co-founder of
Alcoholics Anonymous
James Wilson , globe maker
Helen M. Winslow , journalist, editor, publisher; born in
Westfield
Steve Wisniewski , football player
Brian Wood , illustrator
George Woodard , dairy farmer, actor
Urban A. Woodbury , former Vermont governor
Edwin T. Woodward , American Civil War officer
Dean Conant Worcester , zoologist, authority on the
Philippines
Samuel Worcester , missionary
Jay Wright , poet
Silas Wright , politician
Y
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Gallery
Ethan Allen (1738–1789), commander of the Green Mountain Boys
Chester A. Arthur (1829–1886), 21st President of the United States
Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933), 30th President of the United States
John Deere (1804–1886), inventor of steel plow, founder of Deere & Company
George Dewey (1837–1917), hero of the 1898 Battle of Manila Bay
Lucy Mabel Hall-Brown (1843–1907), physician and writer
Zosia Mamet (born 1988), actress and musician
Levi P. Morton (1824–1920), 22nd Vice President of the United States
Bernie Sanders (born 1941), U.S. Senator from Vermont and 2016 and 2020 presidential candidate
Joseph Smith (1805–1844), founder of Latter Day Saint movement
Rudy Vallée (1901–1986), actor and singer
Brigham Young (1801–1877), Mormon leader and Western settler
See also
By educational institution affiliation
By governmental office
By location
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