# List of people from Vermont

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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* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z
* See also
* References

## A

* Bert Abbey (1869–1962), Major League baseball pitcher; born in Essex
* 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
* Charles Augustus Aiken (1827–1892), clergyman and academic; born in Manchester
* George Aiken (1892–1984), governor and U.S. 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
* Tom Atwood, photographer
* 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
* 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
* Evalyn Bates, educator; born in Williamstown
* 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
* 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

## C

* John C. Caldwell, American Civil War general
* John H. Caldwell, cross-country ski coach and author
* Thomas Cale, teacher and politician
* Delino Dexter Calvin, Canadian politician
* Jim Cantore, Weather Channel meteorologist
* Jake Burton Carpenter, owner of Burton Snowboards; from Londonderry
* Matthew H. Carpenter, Wisconsin politician
* Albert Carrington, clergyman
* Hayden Carruth, poet and critic
* Neko Case, singer
* William B. Castle, former mayor of Cleveland
* Lucien B. Caswell, politician
* Suzy Chaffee, skier, "Suzy Chapstick"
* Beth Chamberlin, fitness coach
* John Putnam Chapin, 19th-century mayor of Chicago
* Welcome Chapman, Mormon leader
* Harrie B. Chase, judge
* Horace Chase, former mayor of Milwaukee
* Dan Chiasson, writer
* Daniel Chipman, politician
* 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
* Thomas Chittenden, first Governor of Vermont
* Bonnie Christensen, artist, author, and illustrator
* Stoyan Christowe, writer, publicist and journalist
* Sylvester Churchill, soldier and journalist
* Joseph A. Citro, author
* Charles Edgar Clark, admiral during the Spanish–American War
* Ezra Clark Jr. (1813–1896), US representative for Connecticut's 1st district; born in Brattleboro, Vermont
* Kelly Clark, Olympic gold medalist, snowboarding 2002
* William Bullock Clark, geologist
* Skiing Cochrans, ski racers
* Richard A. Cody, U.S. Army general
* William Sloane Coffin Jr., clergyman; resident of Strafford
* Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben & Jerry's
* Zerah Colburn (1804–1840), math prodigy; born in Cabot
* Lui Collins, singer-songwriter
* Ray Collins, baseball player
* Gardner Quincy Colton, pioneer of the use of nitrous oxide (laughing gas) for dental procedures; from Georgia, Vermont
* George Colvocoresses, American Civil War naval officer
* George Partridge Colvocoresses, admiral
* Jessica Comolli, Miss Vermont USA 2007
* Thomas Jefferson Conant, Biblical scholar
* George A. Converse, admiral
* Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States; born in Plymouth Notch
* Barry M. Costello, US Vice admiral; native of Rutland
* Douglas M. Costle, environmentalist
* Elizabeth Cottrell, geologist and museum curator
* Oliver Cowdery, religious leader
* Robert Cowdin, American Civil War colonel
* Aaron H. Cragin, U.S. representative and senator
* Mary Lynde Craig (1834–1921), president, Pacific Coast Women's Press Association; born in Vermont
* Donald J. Cram, Nobel Prize-winning chemist
* Jay Craven, film director, professor

## D

* Tim Daly, actor, producer, and director
* 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
* Nicholas Deml, attorney, intelligence officer, and Commissioner of the Vermont Department of Corrections
* 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 in 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 U.S. senator

## E

* Horatio Earle, promoted "good roads" when the automobile was introduced
* Dorman Bridgman Eaton, instrumental in federal civil service reform
* John Eaton, U.S. 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

## F

* 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

## G

* 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

## H

* 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
* Chris Hedges, journalist
* William W. Henry, American Civil War colonel
* John A. Hill, co-founder of McGraw-Hill
* Ethan A. Hitchcock, Major General during the American Civil War
* Edward Hoagland, essayist, taught at Bennington College; retired to Sutton
* Frederick Holbrook, former governor of Vermont
* Tristan Honsinger, jazz cellist; born in Burlington
* Samuel Hopkins, holder of first American patent, for pearl and potash process, 1790
* Charles Snead Houston, mountaineer, physician, scientist, and Peace Corps leader
* 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

## I

* James Monroe Ingalls, ballistics expert
* John Irving, author

## J

* 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

## K

* 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

## L

* Walt Lanfranconi, baseball player; from Barre
* Shane Lavalette, photographer, publisher and editor of Lavalette; director of Light Work, a non-profit photography organization
* 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
* 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
* 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
* Craig Martell, inaugural Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer for the U.S. Department of Defense
* 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
* 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
* Sarah M. Dawson Merrill, educator
* 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
* Joseph A. Mower, Civil War general; born in Woodstock
* Michael Moynihan, journalist
* Nico Muhly, classical music composer
* Dennis Murphy, musician

## N

* Andrew Neel, filmmaker
* Harvey Newcomb, clergyman; born in Thetford
* Angie F. Newman, poet, writer, editor; born in Montpelier
* Clarina I. H. Nichols, reformer; born in Townshend
* David H. Nichols, Colorado sheriff, politician; born in Hardwick
* John Humphrey Noyes, socialist; born in Brattleboro

## O

* 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

## P

* 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

## Q

* Randy Quaid, actor

## R

* 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

## S

* 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
* 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
* Phil Scott, Vermont politician
* Willis Sweet, Idaho politician; born in Alburgh

## T

* 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?

## U

* Don A. J. Upham, Wisconsin politician; born in Weathersfield
* Samuel C. Upham, journalist, counterfeiter

## V

* Rudy Vallée, singer and actor; born in Island Pond
* James Van Ness, 19th-century mayor of San Francisco; born in Burlington
* Stewart Van Vliet, American Civil War officer; born in Ferrisburg
* Rick Veitch, comic book artist; raised in Bellows Falls
* William Freeman Vilas, politician; born in Chelsea

## W

* 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
* Horatio Wells
* Brevet Major General William Wells, awarded Medal of Honor; born in Waterbury
* Mark Whalon, poet and author
* 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

* Thomas Yamamoto, artist; lived and died in Plainfield
* Brigham Young (1801–1877), second prophet and president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; born in Whitingham

## Z

* Barry Zorthian, chief spokesperson for U.S. government in Saigon, Vietnam (1964–1968); once worked in St. Johnsbury
* Daphne Zuniga, actress, raised in Reading

## 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