List of people from Rutland (city), Vermont

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

Academics and writing

 * Julia C. R. Dorr, author; resident of Rutland


 * Joy Hakim, history writer
 * Mary McGarry Morris, novelist
 * John Martin Thomas, ninth president of Middlebury College, ninth president of Penn State, and twelfth president of Rutgers University; resident of Rutland
 * Charles E. Tuttle, publisher

Business

 * James E. Burke, CEO of Johnson & Johnson
 * John Deere, industrialist
 * George E. Royce, pioneer of marble quarrying industry, state senator

Military

 * Francis William Billado, Major General and Adjutant General of the Vermont National Guard
 * Barry M. Costello, US Navy vice admiral
 * Merritt A. Edson, US Marine Corps major general
 * Frederic Williams Hopkins, Adjutant General of the Vermont National Guard, 1837–1852
 * Daniel Murray, Loyalist Major for the British during the American Revolutionary War
 * Edward H. Ripley, American Civil War Brevet Brigadier General, brother of William Y. W. Ripley
 * William Y. W. Ripley, American Civil War recipient of the Medal of Honor
 * Leonard F. Wing, National Guard major general who commanded the 43rd Infantry Division in World War II
 * John E. Woodward, U.S. Army brigadier general

Music

 * Aaron Lewis, lead guitarist and founding member of Staind
 * Dan Tyminski, bluegrass composer, vocalist and instrumentalist

Politics

 * Horace W. Bailey, U.S. Marshal for Vermont
 * Edward L. Burke, U.S. Marshal for Vermont
 * Fred M. Butler, Associate Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court
 * Frank H. Chapman, U.S. Marshal for Vermont
 * Percival W. Clement, 57th Governor of Vermont
 * Thomas W. Costello, state representative
 * Walter C. Dunton, Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court
 * Fred A. Field, U.S. Marshal for Vermont
 * Henry F. Field, Vermont State Treasurer
 * George Tisdale Hodges, U.S. congressman
 * Steven Howard, state representative
 * William Brown Ide (1796–1852), state legislator, central figure in California's Bear Flag Revolt of 1846, named President of the Republic of California
 * Jim Jeffords, U.S. senator
 * Olin M. Jeffords, Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court, father of Senator Jim Jeffords
 * Lawrence C. Jones, Vermont Attorney General
 * Charles Linsley, Vermont attorney and politician
 * Kevin J. Mullin, member of the Vermont House of Representatives and Vermont Senate
 * John Prout, Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court
 * Joseph F. Radigan, United States Attorney for Vermont
 * Israel Smith (1759–1810), member of the United States House of Representatives; member of the United States Senate; Governor of Vermont; resident of Rutland
 * Milford K. Smith, Associate Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court
 * Bert L. Stafford, mayor of Rutland
 * Robert Stafford, U.S. congressman and senator; 71st Governor of Vermont
 * Richard C. Thomas, Secretary of State of Vermont
 * Charles K. Williams, Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court 1834–1846; Governor of Vermont 1850–1852; raised in Rutland

Sports

 * Rick Chaffee, Olympic ski racer
 * Suzy Chaffee, Olympic ski racer and actress
 * Andrea Mead Lawrence, first American to win two Olympic gold medals in skiing
 * Arlie Pond, pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles
 * Steve Wisniewski, guard and assistant offensive line coach for the Los Angeles/Oakland Raiders

Television and film

 * David Franzoni, Oscar-winning writer and producer of film Gladiator
 * David Giancola, filmmaker; born in Rutland
 * Carlene King Johnson, Miss Vermont USA 1955, Miss USA 1955

Fictional residents

 * Fitzgerald Thomas Grant III, President of the United States on the TV series Scandal; has a house in Rutland
 * Master Pandemonium, comic book villain
 * Snow Job, character from G.I. Joe