List of people from Burlington, Vermont

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

Church Street in 1907

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
• Robert John Giroux, college president
• Jacqueline Noonan, cardiologist and professor
• Henry Farnham Perkins, zoologist, professor and eugenicist
• Timothy Steele, poet and academic

Actors and theater figures

• Ben Bagley, musical theater producer and innovator
• Orson Bean, film, television and stage actor
• Field Cate, actor, musician
• Christian XXX, adult film star
• Will Lyman, actor
• Kevin McKenzie, artistic director, American Ballet Theater

Artists and illustrators

• 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[1]
• Jimmy Cochran, former 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[2]
• Billy Kidd, world champion and Olympic skier
• Joe Kirkwood Sr., golfer
• Ross Miner, figure skater
• Ross Powers, snowboarder, Olympic gold medalist
• Patrick Sharp, National Hockey League player, attended University of Vermont
• Birdie Tebbetts, Major League Baseball player and manager
• 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[3]
• John A. Lovely, Minnesota Supreme Court justice
• Joseph A. McNamara, U.S. Attorney for Vermont[4]
• Sherman R. Moulton, Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court[5]
• John C. Thompson, Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court[6]

Military figures

• Admiral George Dewey, hero of the Manilla Bay Campaign of the Spanish American War.
• 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
• 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
• Henry T. Mayo, United States Navy Admiral, Atlantic Fleet commander in World War I
• 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

Musicians

• Morton Estrin, pianist
• Tristan Honsinger, musician
• Eugene Hütz, actor and lead singer of Gogol Bordello[7]
• 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[8]
• Calvin H. Blodgett, mayor of Burlington[9]
• Rufus E. Brown, Vermont Attorney General, member of Vermont State Senate
• Vernon A. Bullard, United States Attorney for the District of Vermont[10]
• John J. Burns, mayor of Burlington[11]
• Peter Clavelle, mayor of Burlington
• Grace Coolidge, first lady, wife of Calvin Coolidge
• William A. Crombie, mayor of Burlington, Vermont[12]
• Frank H. Davis, Vermont State Treasurer
• Howard Dean, former chairman of the Democratic Party, former presidential candidate in 2004, and 79th governor of Vermont
• Judith Steinberg Dean, physician and First Lady of Vermont
• Luther C. Dodge, mayor of Burlington[13]
• Johannah Leddy Donovan, Vermont state representative
• Albert S. Drew, mayor of Burlington[14]
• 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[15][16]
• Joseph D. Hatch, Vermont state legislator and mayor of Burlington, Vermont[17]
• Donly C. Hawley, mayor of Burlington, Vermont[18]
• Henry Hitchcock, first attorney general of Alabama
• Philip H. Hoff, 73rd governor of Vermont
• Bob Kiss, mayor
• Madeleine M. Kunin, diplomat and 77th governor of Vermont
• Patrick Leahy, Vermont’s senior US Senator
• James P. Leddy, politician
• Jason Lorber, politician
• Heman Lowry, U.S. Marshal for Vermont[19]
• George H. Morse, mayor of Burlington[20]
• Jason Niles, congressman
• Hamilton S. Peck, mayor of Burlington, state legislator, city court judge[21]
• Doug Racine, member of the Vermont Senate and lieutenant governor
• Robert Roberts, mayor of Burlington[22]
• 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
• William Sorrell, attorney general of Vermont
• Elliot M. Sutton, mayor of Burlington[23]
• Cornelius P. Van Ness, 10th governor of Vermont
• Martin Joseph Wade, congressman and judge
• Urban A. Woodbury, businessman and 45th governor of Vermont

Writers

• Jack Du Brul, author
• Dan Chiasson, poet
• John C. Farrar, editor, writer and publisher
• Theodora Agnes Peck, novelist and poet[24]
• 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
• Horatio Nelson Jackson, first person to drive an automobile across U.S.

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