List of people from Burlington, Vermont

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

Academics and educators

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

Actors and theater figures

Alessandro Nivola, actor & producer
Ben Bagley, musical theater producer and innovator
Field Cate, actor, musician
Kevin McKenzie, artistic director, American Ballet Theatre
Luis Guzmán, actor
Orson Bean, film, television and stage actor^[1]
Will Lyman, actor

Artists and illustrators

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

Athletes and athletics personnel

Billy Kidd, world champion and Olympic skier
Birdie Tebbetts, Major League Baseball player and manager
Doc Hazelton, professional baseball player and college coach^[2]
Harry Blanchard, Formula One driver, raced for Porsche team
Jeanne Ashworth, skater
Jeremy Kimball, Mixed Martial Artist
Jimmy Cochran, former Olympic and World Cup alpine ski racer and member of the Skiing Cochrans
Joe Kirkwood Sr., golfer
Kelly Clark, snowboarder^[3]
Len Whitehouse, baseball player and assistant coach of Burlington High School's varsity baseball team
LJ Strenio, Professional freestyle skier
Patrick Sharp, National Hockey League player, attended University of Vermont
Paul Hackett, football coach
Robby Kelley, World Cup alpine ski racer and member of the Skiing Cochrans
Ross Miner (born 1991), skating coach and retired competitive figure skater
Ross Powers, snowboarder, Olympic gold medalist
Ryan Cochran-Siegle, Olympic and World Cup Alpine ski racer and member of the Skiing Cochrans
Tim Kelley, former World Cup alpine ski racer and member of the Skiing Cochrans

Business figures

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

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^[4]
John A. Lovely, Minnesota Supreme Court justice
Joseph A. McNamara, U.S. Attorney for Vermont^[5]
Sherman R. Moulton, Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court^[6]
Jerome O'Neill, U.S. Attorney for Vermont^[7]
Daniel Roberts, attorney^[8]
John C. Thompson, Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court^[9]

Military figures

Charles Doolittle, brevet Major General and regimental commander in the Union Army during the American Civil War
Francis William Billado, United States Army Major General and Adjutant General of the Vermont National Guard
George Dewey, Admiral; hero of the Manilla Bay Campaign of the Spanish American War
Henry T. Mayo, United States Navy Admiral, Atlantic Fleet commander in World War I
Oliver O. Howard, Major General, Civil War veteran, United States Military Academy Commandant, Medal of Honor recipient
Reginald M. Cram, United States Air Force Major General and Adjutant General of the Vermont National Guard
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
George Grenville Benedict, Civil War recipient of the Medal of Honor and delegate to the Republican National Convention.

Musicians

Eugene Hütz, actor and lead singer of Gogol Bordello^[10]
Members of the rock band Phish:
- Jon Fishman, drummer
- Mike Gordon, bassist
- Page McConnell, keyboardist
- Trey Anastasio, guitarist
Morgan Page, electronic dance music artist
Morton Estrin, pianist
Nothing, Nowhere, musician
Peter McPoland, singer-songwriter
Peter Pisarczyk, musician
Tristan Honsinger, musician

Politicians

Aaron H. Grout, son of Governor Josiah Grout and Vermont Secretary of State
Albert S. Drew, mayor of Burlington^[11]
Bernie Sanders, former Mayor of Burlington (1981–1989), U.S. Senator from Vermont since 2007, and 2016 and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate
Bob Kiss, mayor
Calvin H. Blodgett, mayor of Burlington^[12]
Charles Plympton Smith, banker and politician
Cornelius P. Van Ness, 10th governor of Vermont^[13]
David J. Foster, congressman
Donly C. Hawley, mayor of Burlington, Vermont^[14]
Doug Racine, member of the Vermont Senate and lieutenant governor
Earle B. McLaughlin, U.S. Marshal for Vermont^[15]
Ebenezer Allen, soldier, pioneer, and member of the Vermont General Assembly
Elliot M. Sutton, mayor of Burlington^[16]
Frank H. Davis, Vermont State Treasurer
George H. Morse, mayor of Burlington^[17]
Grace Coolidge, first lady, wife of Calvin Coolidge
Hamilton S. Peck, mayor of Burlington, state legislator, city court judge^[18]
Harold J. Arthur, 68th governor of Vermont
Heman Lowry, U.S. Marshal for Vermont^[19]
Henry Hitchcock, first attorney general of Alabama
Howard Dean, former chairman of the Democratic Party, former presidential candidate in 2004, and 79th governor of Vermont
Isaac R. Harrington, mayor of Buffalo, New York^[20]^[21]
Jake Sullivan, U.S. National Security Advisor^[22]
James P. Leddy, politician
Jason Lorber, politician
Jason Niles, congressman
Johannah Leddy Donovan, Vermont state representative
John J. Burns, mayor of Burlington^[23]
Joseph D. Hatch, Vermont state legislator and mayor of Burlington, Vermont^[24]
Judith Steinberg Dean, physician and First Lady of Vermont
Louis F. Dow, mayor of Burlington from 1935 to 1939^[25]
Luther C. Dodge, mayor of Burlington^[26]
Madeleine M. Kunin, diplomat and 77th governor of Vermont
Martin Joseph Wade, congressman and judge^[27]
Patrick Leahy, Vermont’s senior US Senator
Peter Clavelle, mayor of Burlington
Philip H. Hoff, 73rd governor of Vermont
Robert Roberts, mayor of Burlington^[28]
Rufus E. Brown, Vermont Attorney General, member of Vermont State Senate
Thomas W. Sorrell, U.S. Marshal for Vermont^[29]
Urban A. Woodbury, businessman and 45th governor of Vermont^[30]
Vernon A. Bullard, United States Attorney for the District of Vermont^[31]
Walter J. Bigelow, mayor of Burlington^[32]
Warren Austin, senator from Vermont and ambassador to the United Nations
William A. Crombie, mayor of Burlington, Vermont^[33]
William Sorrell, attorney general of Vermont

Writers

Dan Chiasson, poet
Jack Du Brul, author
John C. Farrar, editor, writer and publisher
Theodora Agnes Peck, novelist and poet^[34]
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 U.S.
Brianna Maitland, missing girl

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