# List of people from Rutland (city), Vermont

The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in Rutland, Vermont, United States.

## Academics and writing

* Julia C. R. Dorr, author; resident of Rutland
* Joy Hakim, history writer
* Mary McGarry Morris, novelist
* John Martin Thomas, ninth president of Middlebury College, ninth president of Penn State, and twelfth president of Rutgers University; resident of Rutland
* Charles E. Tuttle, publisher

## Business

* James E. Burke, CEO of Johnson & Johnson
* John Deere, industrialist
* George E. Royce, pioneer of marble quarrying industry, state senator

## Military

* Francis William Billado, Major General and Adjutant General of the Vermont National Guard
* Barry M. Costello, US Navy vice admiral
* Merritt A. Edson, US Marine Corps major general
* Frederic Williams Hopkins, Adjutant General of the Vermont National Guard, 1837–1852
* Daniel Murray, Loyalist Major for the British during the American Revolutionary War
* Edward H. Ripley, American Civil War Brevet Brigadier General, brother of William Y. W. Ripley
* William Y. W. Ripley, American Civil War recipient of the Medal of Honor
* Leonard F. Wing, National Guard major general who commanded the 43rd Infantry Division in World War II
* John E. Woodward, U.S. Army brigadier general

## Music

* Aaron Lewis, lead guitarist and founding member of Staind
* Dan Tyminski, bluegrass composer, vocalist and instrumentalist

## Politics

* Horace W. Bailey, U.S. Marshal for Vermont
* Edward L. Burke, U.S. Marshal for Vermont
* Fred M. Butler, Associate Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court
* Frank H. Chapman, U.S. Marshal for Vermont
* Percival W. Clement, 57th Governor of Vermont
* Thomas W. Costello, state representative
* Walter C. Dunton, Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court
* Fred A. Field, U.S. Marshal for Vermont
* Henry F. Field, Vermont State Treasurer
* George Tisdale Hodges, U.S. congressman
* Steven Howard, state representative
* William Brown Ide (1796–1852), state legislator, central figure in California's Bear Flag Revolt of 1846, named President of the Republic of California
* Jim Jeffords, U.S. senator
* Olin M. Jeffords, Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court, father of Senator Jim Jeffords
* Lawrence C. Jones, Vermont Attorney General
* Charles Linsley, Vermont attorney and politician
* Kevin J. Mullin, member of the Vermont House of Representatives and Vermont Senate
* John Prout, Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court
* Joseph F. Radigan, United States Attorney for Vermont
* Lyman W. Redington (1849–1925), attorney, member of the Vermont House of Representatives and New York State Assembly
* Israel Smith (1759–1810), member of the United States House of Representatives; member of the United States Senate; Governor of Vermont; resident of Rutland
* Milford K. Smith, Associate Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court
* Bert L. Stafford, mayor of Rutland
* Robert Stafford, U.S. congressman and senator; 71st Governor of Vermont
* Richard C. Thomas, Secretary of State of Vermont
* Charles K. Williams, Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court 1834–1846; Governor of Vermont 1850–1852; raised in Rutland

## Sports

* Rick Chaffee, Olympic ski racer
* Suzy Chaffee, Olympic ski racer and actress
* Andrea Mead Lawrence, first American to win two Olympic gold medals in skiing
* Arlie Pond, pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles
* Steve Wisniewski, guard and assistant offensive line coach for the Los Angeles/Oakland Raiders

## Television and film

* David Franzoni, Oscar-winning writer and producer of film Gladiator
* David Giancola, filmmaker; born in Rutland
* Carlene King Johnson, Miss Vermont USA 1955, Miss USA 1955

## Fictional residents

* Fitzgerald Thomas Grant III, President of the United States on the TV series Scandal; has a house in Rutland
* Master Pandemonium, comic book villain
* Snow Job, character from G.I. Joe