The following is a list of prominent people who were born in the U.S. state of Vermont, live in Vermont, or for whom Vermont is a significant part of their identity:
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); noted physician, author, violin maker; born in Pawlet
- Sherman Adams (1899-1986), politician, Chief of Staff for President Dwight D. Eisenhower, born in East Dover
- Ben Affleck actor. Attended one semester at the University of Vermont[1]
- Charles Augustus Aiken (1827-1892); clergyman and academic; born in Manchester
- Ivan Albright (1897–1983); painter and artist; lived in Woodstock, Vermont
- Henry Mills Alden, editor of Harper's Weekly
- Ebenezer Allen
- Ethan Allen, commander of the Green Mountain Boys
- Fanny Allen after whom the hospital is named.
- Ira Allen
- Jerome Allen, author
- Julia Alvarez, author
- Trey Anastasio, vocals/guitar for Phish, a popular jam-band
- Piers Anthony, (pseudonym) science fiction author
- Lemuel H. Arnold, a Governor of Rhode Island
- Chester A. Arthur, twenty-first president of the United States
- Warren Austin, early U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
- Charlotte Ayanna, actress and the 1993 Miss Teen Vermont & Miss Teen USA.
- Mary Azarian, children's book illustrator
B
C
D
- Tim Daly, actor, producer, and director
- John Cotton Dana
- Jeff Danziger, political cartoonist
- Thomas Davenport, inventor of the electric motor
- Howard Dean, Democratic National Committee Chairman 2005-9
- John Deere, blacksmith and manufacturer who founded Deere & Company - one of the largest agricultural and construction equipment manufacturers in the world
- David Dellinger, one of Chicago Seven
- George Dewey, hero of Manila Bay and the only Admiral of the Navy ever appointed in America
- John Dewey, philosopher and educator
- 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
- Chris Duffy, baseball player. Born in Brattleboro
E
F
G
- Phineas Gage
- Larry Gardner, Former MLB Third Baseman
- David Giancola (b. 1969), film director, born in Rutland, Vermont
- Cynthia Gibb, actress born in Bennington
- Amanda Gilman
- Joseph A. Gilmore
- Louise Glück, Pulitzer Prize winning poet
- Isaac Goodnow, founder of Kansas State University and Manhattan, Kansas
- Walter W. Granger
- Lewis A. Grant
- Duane Graveline
- Milford Graves
- Peter Gray, psychologist
- Jerry Greenfield
- Theodore P. Greene
- Wallace M. Greene
- Josiah Grout
- Luis Guzmán, actor
H
- Paul Hackett
- William Haile
- Joy Hakim
- Enoch Hale
- Hiland Hall
- William Laurel Harris
- Bill Haugland
- William Babcock Hazen
- William W. Henry
- Charles Shattuck Hill
- Ethan A. Hitchcock, Major General during the Civil War
- Frederick Holbrook
- Tristan Honsinger (b. 1949), jazz cello player, born in Burlington
- Charles Snead Houston, Mountaineer, physician, scientist, and Peace Corps leader
- Charles Edward Hovey
- Jacob M. Howard
- Steven James Howard
- James F. Howard, Jr.
- William Alanson Howard
- Felicity Huffman, actor
- Richard Morris Hunt, architect
- William Morris Hunt
- Stanley Edgar Hyman
I
J
K
L
- Walt Lanfranconi, baseball player from Barre
- Patrick Leahy
- John LeClair, first native born Vermonter to play in the National Hockey League
- Bill "Spaceman" Lee, Baseball Player[4]
- Harry David Lee who developed Lee Jeans
- Brady Leisenring hockey player from Stowe
- Henry M. Leland, developed Cadillac and Lincoln. Born in Barton.
- Melissa Leo, actress. Resided in Putney.[5]
- Kevin Lepage NASCAR driver from Shelburne
- Aaron Lewis Band member from Rutland
- Joanna 'JoJo' Levesque (b. 1990); singer, actress; born in Brattleboro
- Sinclair Lewis, Nobel prize winning novelist, short story writer, and playwright.
- Ki Longfellow, novelist
- Alfred Lebbeus Loomis, president, Association of American Physicians
- Gustavus Loomis, breveted Brigadier General
- Horatio G. Loomis, one of the organizers of the Chicago Board of Trade
- Phillips Lord, creator of radio programs
- Will Lyman, television actor
- Lucius Lyon, helped charter the state of Michigan
M
N
O
P
- Grace Paley
- Alden Partridge
- Katherine Paterson
- Moses Pendleton, choreographer
- Elizabeth Perkins, actress
- Joe Perry, Lead guitarist for Aerosmith
- Tom Peters
- Charles E. Phelps
- John W. Phelps
- William Lamb Picknell, nineteenth century painter, member of the National Academy of Design
- Samuel E. Pingree
- Russell W. Porter
- Grace Potter, Front runner Grace Potter of the rock band Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
- Ross Powers, Olympic gold medal winner, snowboarding, 2002
- Silas G. Pratt
- Cyrus Pringle
- Annie Proulx, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, lived in Vermont for more than 30 years
- Harvey Putnam
Q
R
S
- Alvah Sabin
- Truman Henry Safford
- Matt Salinger
- Philetus Sawyer
- Eric Schaeffer, film writer, director, and actor.
- Helen Bonchek Schneyer
- Stephen Alonzo Schoff
- Peter Schumann, founder and director of Bread and Puppet Theater
- Arthur E. Scott
- Julian Scott, nineteenth century painter and muralist
- Thomas O. Seaver
- Rudolf Serkin
- Truman Seymour
- L. M. Shaw
- Patty Sheehan, professional golfer
- Charles H. Sheldon
- George Dallas Sherman
- Alexander O. Smith
- "Dr. Bob" Smith, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous
- Charles Plympton Smith
- David Smith
- Hyrum Smith
- J. Gregory Smith
- John Butler Smith
- Joseph Smith, Sr., father of Joseph Smith, Jr.
- Joseph Smith, Jr. (1805–1844); founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; born in Sharon
- Samuel Harrison Smith
- William Smith
- William Farrar Smith
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian author, historian, and 1970 recipient of Nobel Prize for Literature, lived in Vermont to avoid persecution in Russia, returned to Russia after Perestroika
- Ignat Solzhenitsyn, conductor and pianist
- Allen Soule, actor - often has speaking parts in films by David Mamet, former Vermont State Historian, published author
- Ronald I. Spiers
- Martin St. Louis, NHL hockey player
- Michael A. Stackpole, Science Fiction/Fantasy author
- Henry Alexander Stafford, baseball player for the New York Giants[6][7]
- Robert Stafford, namesake of the Stafford Loan
- Timothy Steele
- Ralph Steiner
- Rockwell Stephens
- Nettie Stevens
- Thaddeus Stevens
- Charles B. Stoughton
- Edwin H. Stoughton
- F. Stewart Stranahan
- George Crockett Strong
- William Barstow Strong
- Willis Sweet
T
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor, one of the "Silver Kings"
- Alphonso Taft
- Cherilee Taylor
- Louise Taylor
- Birdie Tebbetts, Former All-Star MLB Catcher and Manager
- Hannah Teter
- Elswyth Thane
- Harry Bates Thayer
- John Martin Thomas
- Stephen Thomas
- Dorothy Thompson
- Ernest Thompson
- John Mellen Thurston
- George Tooker, painter, lives in Hartland.
- Andrew Tracy
- Joseph Tracy
- Maria von Trapp
- Tasha Tudor
- KT Tunstall, musician
- Fred Tuttle, senatorial candidate and star of the movie, 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, playwright and first Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court
- Dan Tyminski, sang vocals for George Clooney in film O Brother, Where Art Thou?
U
V
W
Y
- Brigham Young (1801–1877); second prophet and president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; born in Whittingham
Z
- Aleksandra Zakrzewska A notable nordic skier and important Vermonter. Was the smartest in her class.
- Daphne Zuniga
References
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