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
• Morgan Benoit, actor and martial artist
• Bruce Campbell, actor
• Field Cate, actor
• 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
• 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^[2]
• John A. Lovely, Minnesota Supreme Court justice
• Sherman R. Moulton, Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court^[3]
• John C. Thompson, Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court^[4]

Military figures

• 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry soldiers of the first all-black regiment of the Civil War are buried at Lakeview Cemetery in Burlington, including but not limited to Private William A. Davis^[5] and his son-in-law Private Leander Freeman.^[6]
• 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^[8]
• Harold J. Arthur, 68th governor of Vermont
• Warren Austin, senator from Vermont and ambassador to the United Nations
• Rufus E. Brown, Vermont Attorney General, member of Vermont State Senate
• Vernon A. Bullard, United States Attorney for the District of Vermont^[9]
• Peter Clavelle, former mayor of Burlington
• Grace Coolidge, first lady, wife of Calvin Coolidge
• 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
• Johannah Leddy Donovan, Vermont state representative
• David J. Foster, congressman
• Aaron H. Grout, son of Governor Josiah Grout and Vermont Secretary of State
• 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, senator and current chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee
• James P. Leddy, politician
• Jason Lorber, politician
• Jason Niles, congressman
• Gordon H. Paquette, former Mayor of Burlington (1971–1981)
• Doug Racine, politician
• Bernie Sanders, former Mayor of Burlington (1981–1989), U.S. Senator from Vermont since 2007, and 2016 Democratic presidential candidate
• Charles Plympton Smith, banker and politician
• William Sorrell, attorney general of Vermont
• 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
• John C. Farrar, editor, writer and publisher
• Suzi Wizowaty, author and politician

Others

• Ted Bundy, serial killer
• Truman C. Everts, Washburn-Langford-Doane Expedition
• Horatio Nelson Jackson, first person to drive an automobile across U.S.

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