# List of people from Burlington, Vermont

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

## Academics and educators

* Ralph Abraham, mathematician
* Murray Bookchin, ecologist and anarchist/Communalist philosopher
* Davis Rich Dewey, economist and statistician
* John Dewey, philosopher, psychologist and educational reformer
* Fred Householder, linguist
* Jacqueline Noonan, cardiologist and professor
* Henry Farnham Perkins, zoologist, professor and eugenicist
* Timothy Steele, poet and academic

## Actors and theater figures

* Orson Bean, film, television and stage actor
* Ben Bagley, musical theater producer and innovator
* Field Cate, actor, musician
* Luis Guzmán, actor
* Will Lyman, actor
* Kevin McKenzie, artistic director, American Ballet Theatre
* Alessandro Nivola, actor & producer

## Artists and illustrators

* Tom Atwood, photographer
* Marc Awodey, artist and writer
* Alison Bechdel, cartoonist known for comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For
* James Kochalka, cartoonist, singer/songwriter
* Shane Lavalette, photographer, publisher and editor of Lavalette, director of Light Work
* Joseph Mozier, sculptor
* Truman Seymour, watercolorist, military figure

## Athletes and athletics personnel

* Jeanne Ashworth, skater
* Harry Blanchard, Formula One driver, raced for Porsche team
* Kelly Clark, snowboarder
* Jimmy Cochran, former Olympic and World Cup alpine ski racer and member of the Skiing Cochrans
* Ryan Cochran-Siegle, Olympic and World Cup Alpine ski racer and member of the Skiing Cochrans
* Paul Hackett, football coach
* Doc Hazelton, professional baseball player and college coach
* Tim Kelley, former World Cup alpine ski racer and member of the Skiing Cochrans
* Robby Kelley, World Cup alpine ski racer and member of the Skiing Cochrans
* Billy Kidd, world champion and Olympic skier
* Jeremy Kimball, Mixed Martial Artist
* Joe Kirkwood Sr., golfer
* Ilona Maher, Rugby union player, Olympic bronze medalist
* Ross Miner (born 1991), skating coach and retired competitive figure skater
* Ross Powers, snowboarder, Olympic gold medalist
* Patrick Sharp, National Hockey League player, attended University of Vermont
* LJ Strenio, Professional freestyle skier
* Birdie Tebbetts, Major League Baseball player and manager
* Mark Warburton, gymnast
* Len Whitehouse, baseball player and assistant coach of Burlington High School's varsity baseball team

## Business figures

* Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben & Jerry's
* Jerry Greenfield, co-founder of Ben & Jerry's
* Greg Noonan, early American brew master
* William Hepburn Russell, founder of Pony Express
* Gustavus Blin Wright, roadbuilder and entrepreneur

## Lawyers and jurists

* Albert Wheeler Coffrin, judge
* George Gale, judge
* Seneca Haselton, Associate Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court, mayor of Burlington, U.S. Minister to Venezuela
* John A. Lovely, Minnesota Supreme Court justice
* Joseph A. McNamara, U.S. Attorney for Vermont
* Sherman R. Moulton, Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court
* Jerome O'Neill, U.S. Attorney for Vermont
* Daniel Roberts, attorney
* John C. Thompson, Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court

## Military figures

* George Grenville Benedict, Civil War recipient of the Medal of Honor and delegate to the Republican National Convention
* Francis William Billado, United States Army Major General and Adjutant General of the Vermont National Guard
* Reginald M. Cram, United States Air Force Major General and Adjutant General of the Vermont National Guard
* George Dewey, Admiral; hero of the Manilla Bay Campaign of the Spanish American War
* Charles Doolittle, brevet major general and regimental commander in the Union Army during the American Civil War
* Oliver O. Howard, major general, Civil War veteran, United States Military Academy commandant, Medal of Honor recipient
* Stephen Perry Jocelyn, US Army brigadier general, lived in Burlington during retirement
* Henry T. Mayo, United States Navy admiral, Atlantic Fleet commander in World War I
* Crosby P. Miller, US Army brigadier general, retired to Burlington
* Theodore S. Peck, Civil War recipient of the Medal of Honor and Adjutant General of the Vermont National Guard
* Truman Seymour, Mexican–American War and Civil War veteran who attained the rank of major general
* William Wells, Civil War recipient of the Medal of Honor and adjutant general of the Vermont National Guard
* William I. Westervelt, US Army brigadier general

## Musicians

* Morton Estrin, pianist
* Tristan Honsinger, musician
* Eugene Hütz, actor and lead singer of Gogol Bordello
* Peter McPoland, singer-songwriter
* Nothing, Nowhere, musician
* Morgan Page, electronic dance music artist
* Members of the rock band Phish:
** Trey Anastasio, guitarist
** Jon Fishman, drummer
** Mike Gordon, bassist
** Page McConnell, keyboardist
* Peter Pisarczyk, musician

## Politicians

* Ebenezer Allen, soldier, pioneer, and member of the Vermont General Assembly
* Harold J. Arthur, 68th governor of Vermont
* Warren Austin, senator from Vermont and ambassador to the United Nations
* Walter J. Bigelow, mayor of Burlington
* Calvin H. Blodgett, mayor of Burlington
* Rufus E. Brown, Vermont Attorney General, member of Vermont State Senate
* Vernon A. Bullard, United States Attorney for the District of Vermont
* John J. Burns, mayor of Burlington
* Peter Clavelle, mayor of Burlington
* Grace Coolidge, first lady, wife of Calvin Coolidge
* William A. Crombie, mayor of Burlington, Vermont
* Frank H. Davis, Vermont State Treasurer
* Howard Dean, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, presidential candidate in 2004, and 79th governor of Vermont
* Judith Steinberg Dean, physician and First Lady of Vermont
* Luther C. Dodge, mayor of Burlington
* Johannah Leddy Donovan, Vermont state representative
* Louis F. Dow, mayor of Burlington from 1935 to 1939
* Albert S. Drew, mayor of Burlington
* David J. Foster, congressman
* Aaron H. Grout, son of Governor Josiah Grout and Vermont Secretary of State
* Isaac R. Harrington, mayor of Buffalo, New York
* Joseph D. Hatch, Vermont state legislator and mayor of Burlington, Vermont
* Donly C. Hawley, mayor of Burlington, Vermont
* Henry Hitchcock, first attorney general of Alabama
* Philip H. Hoff, 73rd governor of Vermont
* Bob Kiss, mayor of Burlington
* Madeleine M. Kunin, diplomat and 77th governor of Vermont
* Patrick Leahy, Senator from Vermont from 1975 to 2023
* James P. Leddy, politician
* Jason Lorber, politician
* Heman Lowry, U.S. Marshal for Vermont
* Earle B. McLaughlin, U.S. Marshal for Vermont
* George H. Morse, mayor of Burlington
* Jason Niles, congressman
* Hamilton S. Peck, mayor of Burlington, state legislator, city court judge
* Doug Racine, member of the Vermont Senate and lieutenant governor
* Robert Roberts, mayor of Burlington
* John E. Rouille, U.S. Marshal for Vermont
* Bernie Sanders, former mayor of Burlington (1981–1989), U.S. Senator from Vermont since 2007, and 2016 and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate
* Charles Plympton Smith, banker and politician
* Thomas W. Sorrell, U.S. Marshal for Vermont
* William Sorrell, attorney general of Vermont
* Jake Sullivan, U.S. National Security Advisor
* Elliot M. Sutton, mayor of Burlington
* Cornelius P. Van Ness, 10th governor of Vermont
* Martin Joseph Wade, congressman and judge
* Urban A. Woodbury, businessman and 45th governor of Vermont

## Writers

* Dan Chiasson, poet
* Jack Du Brul, author
* John C. Farrar, editor, writer and publisher
* Theodora Agnes Peck, novelist and poet
* Suzi Wizowaty, author and politician

## Others

* Ted Bundy, serial killer, born at the Elizabeth Lund Home for Unwed Mothers
* Truman C. Everts, Washburn–Langford–Doane Expedition
* Mary Fletcher, philanthropist and founder of the future University of Vermont Medical Center
* Horatio Nelson Jackson, first person to drive an automobile across the U.S.
* Brianna Maitland, missing girl