The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in Burlington, Vermont .
Church Street in 1907
Academics and educators [ edit ]
Ralph Abraham , mathematician
Murray Bookchin , ecologist and anarchist/Communalist philosopher
Davis Rich Dewey , economist and statistician
John Dewey , philosopher, psychologist and educational reformer
Fred Householder , linguist
Jacqueline Noonan , cardiologist and professor
Henry Farnham Perkins , zoologist, professor and eugenicist
Timothy Steele , poet and academic
Orson Bean , film, television and stage actor[ 1]
Ben Bagley , musical theater producer and innovator
Field Cate , actor, musician
Luis Guzmán , actor
Will Lyman , actor
Kevin McKenzie , artistic director, American Ballet Theatre
Alessandro Nivola , actor & producer
Artists and illustrators [ edit ]
Tom Atwood , photographer
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 [ edit ]
Jeanne Ashworth , skater
Harry Blanchard , Formula One driver, raced for Porsche team
Kelly Clark , snowboarder[ 2]
Jimmy Cochran , former Olympic and World Cup alpine ski racer and member of the Skiing Cochrans
Ryan Cochran-Siegle , 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[ 3]
Tim Kelley , former World Cup alpine ski racer and member of the Skiing Cochrans
Robby Kelley , World Cup alpine ski racer and member of the Skiing Cochrans
Billy Kidd , world champion and Olympic skier
Jeremy Kimball , Mixed Martial Artist
Joe Kirkwood Sr. , golfer
Ilona Maher , Rugby union player, Olympic bronze medalist
Ross Miner (born 1991), skating coach and retired competitive figure skater
Ross Powers , snowboarder, Olympic gold medalist
Patrick Sharp , National Hockey League player, attended University of Vermont
LJ Strenio , Professional freestyle skier
Birdie Tebbetts , Major League Baseball player and manager
Mark Warburton , gymnast
Len Whitehouse , baseball player and assistant coach of Burlington High School's varsity baseball team
Lawyers and jurists [ edit ]
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]
George Grenville Benedict , Civil War recipient of the Medal of Honor and delegate to the Republican National Convention
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
George Dewey , Admiral; hero of the Manilla Bay Campaign of the Spanish American War
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
Stephen Perry Jocelyn , US Army brigadier general, lived in Burlington during retirement[ 10]
Henry T. Mayo , United States Navy admiral , Atlantic Fleet commander in World War I
Crosby P. Miller , US Army brigadier general, retired to Burlington[ 11]
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
William I. Westervelt , US Army brigadier general[ 12] [ 13]
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[ 15]
Calvin H. Blodgett , mayor of Burlington[ 16]
Rufus E. Brown , Vermont Attorney General , member of Vermont State Senate
Vernon A. Bullard , United States Attorney for the District of Vermont [ 17]
John J. Burns , mayor of Burlington[ 18]
Peter Clavelle , mayor of Burlington
Grace Coolidge , first lady, wife of Calvin Coolidge
William A. Crombie , mayor of Burlington, Vermont[ 19]
Frank H. Davis , Vermont State Treasurer
Howard Dean , former chairman of the Democratic National Committee , presidential candidate in 2004, and 79th governor of Vermont
Judith Steinberg Dean , physician and First Lady of Vermont
Luther C. Dodge , mayor of Burlington[ 20]
Johannah Leddy Donovan , Vermont state representative
Louis F. Dow , mayor of Burlington from 1935 to 1939[ 21]
Albert S. Drew , mayor of Burlington[ 22]
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 [ 23] [ 24]
Joseph D. Hatch , Vermont state legislator and mayor of Burlington, Vermont [ 25]
Donly C. Hawley , mayor of Burlington, Vermont [ 26]
Henry Hitchcock , first attorney general of Alabama
Philip H. Hoff , 73rd governor of Vermont
Bob Kiss , mayor of Burlington
Madeleine M. Kunin , diplomat and 77th governor of Vermont
Patrick Leahy , Senator from Vermont from 1975 to 2023
James P. Leddy , politician
Jason Lorber , politician
Heman Lowry , U.S. Marshal for Vermont[ 27]
Earle B. McLaughlin , U.S. Marshal for Vermont[ 28]
George H. Morse , mayor of Burlington[ 29]
Jason Niles , congressman
Hamilton S. Peck , mayor of Burlington, state legislator, city court judge[ 30]
Doug Racine , member of the Vermont Senate and lieutenant governor
Robert Roberts , mayor of Burlington[ 31]
John E. Rouille , U.S. Marshal for Vermont[ 32]
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
Thomas W. Sorrell , U.S. Marshal for Vermont[ 33]
William Sorrell , attorney general of Vermont
Jake Sullivan , U.S. National Security Advisor[ 34]
Elliot M. Sutton , mayor of Burlington[ 35]
Cornelius P. Van Ness , 10th governor of Vermont [ 36]
Martin Joseph Wade , congressman and judge[ 37]
Urban A. Woodbury , businessman and 45th governor of Vermont [ 38]
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