List of people from Montpelier, Vermont

The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in the US city of Montpelier, Vermont.

Artists and authors

 * Frederick W. Adams, physician and author
 * Michael Arnowitt, classical and jazz pianist
 * Ruth Payne Burgess, painter
 * Jessica Comolli, beauty queen
 * Kathryn Davis, novelist
 * Garrett Graff, editor and educator
 * Rob Mermin, founder of Circus Smirkus
 * Frank Miller, comic book writer and artist
 * Anaïs Mitchell, singer-songwriter
 * Angelia Thurston Newman, poet, author, lecturer
 * Arthur E. Scott, photo-historian of US senate
 * Daniel Pierce Thompson, author
 * Samuel C. Upham, journalist and counterfeiter
 * Thomas Waterman Wood, painter
 * Eric Zencey, novelist and essayist

Military

 * John W. Clark, Union Army veteran and recipient of the Medal of Honor
 * Dayton P. Clarke, Union Army veteran and recipient of the Medal of Honor
 * Richard A. Cody, general, 31st Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army
 * Robert J. Coffey, Union Army veteran and recipient of the Medal of Honor
 * Hannibal Day, Union Army brigadier general
 * George Dewey, US Navy admiral
 * William Charles Fitzgerald, US Navy lieutenant
 * William W. Noyes, Union Army veteran and recipient of the Medal of Honor
 * James Stevens Peck, American Civil War officer who later served as Adjutant General of the Vermont National Guard
 * Francis V. Randall, Union Army officer in the American Civil War
 * Stephen Thomas, Union Army brigadier general and recipient of the Medal of Honor

Politicians

 * James H. Agen, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
 * George H. Amidon, Vermont State Treasurer
 * Howard E. Armstrong, Secretary of State of Vermont
 * George W. Barker, U.S. Marshal for Vermont, Judge of Maniwitoc County, Wisconsin
 * Francis K. Brooks, majority leader of the Vermont House of Representatives and member of the Vermont Senate
 * George W. Cate, U.S. congressman
 * Augustine Clarke, Anti-Masonic Party leader and Vermont State Treasurer
 * Jedd Philo Clark Cottrill, Wisconsin state senator
 * Ann Cummings, Montpelier mayor and member of the Vermont Senate
 * Madelyn Davidson, Vermont State Treasurer
 * Luther C. Dodge, mayor of Burlington, Vermont
 * Benjamin F. Fifield, lawyer who served as United States Attorney for the District of Vermont, 1869–1880
 * Charles E. Gibson Jr., Vermont Attorney General
 * Mary Hooper, state representative and mayor of Montpelier
 * George Howes, Vermont State Treasurer
 * Vincent Illuzzi, state senator
 * Elisha P. Jewett, Vermont State Treasurer
 * Levi R. Kelley, Vermont State Treasurer
 * Patrick Leahy, U.S. senator, President pro tempore of the United States Senate
 * Farrand F. Merrill, Secretary of State of Vermont
 * Timothy Merrill, Secretary of State of Vermont
 * Lucas Miltiades Miller, U.S. congressman from Wisconsin
 * William Paddock, Wisconsin State Assembly
 * John A. Page, Vermont State Treasurer
 * Asahel Peck, 35th governor of Vermont
 * Lucius Benedict Peck, U.S. congressman
 * Andrew Perchlik, member of the Vermont Senate
 * Clarence H. Pitkin, U.S. Attorney for Vermont and Washington County State's Attorney
 * Charles W. Porter, Secretary of State of Vermont
 * Samuel Prentiss, U.S. senator
 * Theodore Prentiss, Wisconsin state assemblyman
 * John H. Senter, U.S. Attorney for Vermont, Mayor of Montpelier, Vermont
 * Jeb Spaulding, member of the Vermont Senate, Vermont State Treasurer, Vermont Secretary of Administration, Chancellor of the Vermont State Colleges
 * John Spaulding, Vermont State Treasurer
 * John Mellen Thurston, U.S. senator
 * William Upham, U.S. senator
 * Eliakim Persons Walton, U.S. congressman
 * Anne Watson, mayor of Montpelier
 * Charles W. Willard, U.S. congressman
 * David Wing Jr., Secretary of State of Vermont

Law and judiciary

 * Nicholas Baylies, Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court
 * Louis P. Peck, Associate Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court
 * Marilyn Skoglund, Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court, notable for becoming an attorney and judge without attending law school
 * Charles Tetzlaff, United States Attorney for the District of Vermont
 * John H. Watson, Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court

Sports

 * Jim Laird, running back for several NFL teams
 * Dave Moody, NASCAR commentator
 * Amanda Pelkey, Team USA hockey team member
 * Bob Yates, professional football player