List of people from Burlington, Vermont
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The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in Burlington, Vermont.
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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
- 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 the Porsche team
- Kelly Clark, snowboarder[1]
- Paul Hackett, football coach
- Billy Kidd, skier
- Ross Miner, figure skater
- Ross Powers, snowboarder, Olympic gold medalist[citation needed]
- Birdie Tebbetts, baseball player
- Len Whitehouse, baseball player and assistant coach of Burlington High School's varsity baseball team
Business figures
- 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
- John A. Lovely, Minnesota Supreme Court justice
- George Gale, judge
Military figures
- 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[2]
- Members of the rock band Phish:
- Trey Anastasio, guitarist
- Jon Fishman, drummer
- Mike Gordon, bassist
- Page McConnell, keyboardist
- Morgan Page, electronic dance music artist
- Peter Pisarczyk, musician
Politicians
- Ebenezer Allen, soldier, pioneer, and member of the Vermont General Assembly[3]
- 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
- Peter Clavelle, former mayor of Burlington
- Grace Coolidge, first lady, wife of Calvin Coolidge
- Howard Dean, 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
- Doug Racine, politician
- Bernie Sanders, Former Mayor of Burlington, Junior U.S. Senator from Vermont, as well as a candidate for the Democratic Party's nomination in the 2016 presidential race.
- 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 the United States
References
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