List of people from Vermont

The following is a list of notable people who were born in the U.S. state of Vermont, live or lived in Vermont, or for whom Vermont is a significant part of their identity and who have entries in Wikipedia:

A

 * Bert Abbey (1869–1962), Major League baseball pitcher; born in Essex
 * Charles Francis Adams (1876–1947), first owner of the Boston Bruins (1924–1925), born in Newport
 * Charles Kendall Adams (1835–1902), educator and historian; born in Derby
 * Frederick W. Adams (1786–1858), physician, author, violin maker; born in Pawlet
 * Sherman Adams (1899–1986), politician, Chief of Staff for President Dwight D. Eisenhower; born in East Dover
 * Eric Aho, painter
 * Charles Augustus Aiken (1827–1892), clergyman and academic; born in Manchester
 * George Aiken (1892–1984), Governor and US Senator; from Putney
 * Ivan Albright (1897–1983), painter and artist; lived in Woodstock
 * Henry Mills Alden, editor of Harper's Weekly; born in Mount Tabor
 * Ebenezer Allen, 18th-century soldier
 * Ethan Allen, commander of the Green Mountain Boys
 * Fanny Allen, nun, daughter of Ethan Allen; namesake of the Fanny Allen Hospital in Colchester
 * Ira Allen, one of Vermont's founders; brother of Ethan Allen
 * Jerome Allen, author; born in Westminster
 * Julia Alvarez, author; writer-in-residence at Middlebury College
 * Trey Anastasio, vocalist and guitarist for Phish; attended University of Vermont


 * Piers Anthony (pseudonym), science-fiction author
 * Harriett Ellen Grannis Arey, author, editor, and publisher; born in Cavendish, Vermont
 * Lemuel H. Arnold, Governor of Rhode Island (1831–1833); born in St. Johnsbury
 * Chester A. Arthur, 21st President of the United States; born in Fairfield
 * Warren Austin, early U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations; born in Highgate
 * Charlotte Ayanna, actress, 1993 Miss Teen USA
 * Mary Azarian, woodcut artist, children's book illustrator; resides in Plainfield

B

 * Orville E. Babcock, American Civil War general
 * Edwin Eugene Bagley, composer of "National Emblem" and other marches
 * Maxine Bahns, actress, born in Stowe
 * Arthur Scott Bailey, author of children's books, born in St. Albans
 * Emma Bailey, first American woman auctioneer, lived in Brattleboro
 * Brad Baker, baseball pitcher, born in Brattleboro
 * David Ball, NFL football player
 * Ella Maria Ballou (1852-1937), writer; born in Wallingford, Vermont
 * Hosea Ballou, a father of American Universalism
 * Bradley Barlow, politician; born in Fairfield
 * John Barrett, diplomat; born in Grafton
 * John S. Barry, 5th and 8th governor of Michigan
 * John L. Barstow, 39th Governor of Vermont
 * Daric Barton, baseball player; born in Springfield
 * Lindon Wallace Bates, civil engineer; born in Marshfield
 * Stephen Bates, long-time sheriff of Vergennes
 * Portus Baxter, politician
 * Fernando C. Beaman, politician
 * Orson Bean, actor, born in Burlington
 * Alison Bechdel, cartoonist
 * Johnny Behan, 19th-century sheriff of Tombstone, Arizona
 * Hiram Bell, politician, born in Salem
 * H. H. Bennett, photographer; raised in Brattleboro
 * Wilson "Snowflake" Bentley, scientist and photographer
 * Bill W., founder of Alcoholics Anonymous; born in East Dorset
 * Charles E. Billings, inventor; born in Weathersfield
 * Franklin S. Billings, 60th Governor of Vermont
 * Frederick H. Billings, lawyer, financier and President of the Northern Pacific Railway
 * Henrietta A. Bingham 19th-century writer, editor, and preceptress; born in Burke
 * Stephen Bissette, comic book artist
 * Pamela Blair, actress; born in Bennington
 * George Bliss, politician; born in Jericho
 * Lou Blonger, saloon owner, con man
 * Aretas Blood, locomotive manufacturer; born in Weathersfield
 * Asa P. Blunt, American Civil War general
 * Tom Bodett, spokesman for Motel 6
 * Chris Bohjalian, author
 * Andrew Bowen, actor
 * Charles Bowles, minister
 * Elmer Bowman, baseball player; born in Proctor
 * Keegan Bradley, golfer, 2011 PGA Champion; grew up in Woodstock
 * Ezra Brainerd, college president; born in St. Albans
 * L. Paul Bremer, with Coalition Provisional Authority, Iraq (2003–2004)
 * Richard M. Brewer (1852–1878), cowboy; born in St. Albans
 * Francis Fisher Browne, editor, poet
 * Orestes Brownson, activist
 * Pearl S. Buck, author, died in Danby
 * T. Garry Buckley, former lieutenant governor
 * Ted Bundy (1946–1989), serial killer; born in Burlington
 * James E. Burke, former chief executive officer of Johnson & Johnson
 * Alex Burnham, of The Burnham Brothers Band
 * Andre Burnham, of The Burnham Brothers Band
 * Forrest Burnham, of The Burnham Brothers Band
 * Steven T. Byington, anarchist

C

 * John C. Caldwell, American Civil War general
 * John H. Caldwell, cross-country ski coach and author
 * Thomas Cale, teacher and politician
 * Delino Dexter Calvin, Canadian politician
 * Jim Cantore, Weather Channel meteorologist
 * Jake Burton Carpenter, owner of Burton Snowboards; from Londonderry
 * Matthew H. Carpenter, Wisconsin politician
 * Albert Carrington, clergyman
 * Hayden Carruth, poet and critic
 * Neko Case, singer
 * William B. Castle, former mayor of Cleveland
 * Lucien B. Caswell, politician
 * Suzy Chaffee, skier, "Suzy Chapstick"
 * Beth Chamberlin, fitness coach
 * John Putnam Chapin, 19th-century mayor of Chicago
 * Welcome Chapman, Mormon leader
 * Harrie B. Chase, judge
 * Horace Chase, former mayor of Milwaukee
 * Dan Chiasson, writer
 * Daniel Chipman, politician
 * Nathaniel Chipman, U.S. senator from Vermont, federal judge for the district of Vermont, chief justice of the supreme court of Vermont, satirical poet
 * Lucius E. Chittenden, politician in Abraham Lincoln administration
 * Thomas Chittenden, first Governor of Vermont
 * Bonnie Christensen, artist, author, and illustrator
 * Stoyan Christowe, writer, publicist and journalist
 * Sylvester Churchill, soldier and journalist
 * Joseph A. Citro, author
 * Charles Edgar Clark, admiral during the Spanish–American War
 * Kelly Clark, Olympic gold medalist, snowboarding 2002
 * William Bullock Clark, geologist


 * Skiing Cochrans, ski racers
 * Richard A. Cody, U.S. Army general
 * William Sloane Coffin Jr., clergyman; resident of Strafford
 * Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben & Jerry's


 * Zerah Colburn (1804–1840), math prodigy; born in Cabot
 * Lui Collins, singer-songwriter
 * Ray Collins, baseball player
 * Gardner Quincy Colton, pioneer of the use of nitrous oxide (laughing gas) for dental procedures; from Georgia, Vermont
 * George Colvocoresses, American Civil War naval officer
 * George Partridge Colvocoresses, admiral
 * Jessica Comolli, Miss Vermont USA 2007
 * Thomas Jefferson Conant, Biblical scholar
 * George A. Converse, admiral
 * Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States; born in Plymouth Notch
 * Barry M. Costello, US Vice admiral; native of Rutland
 * Douglas M. Costle, environmentalist
 * Elizabeth Cottrell, geologist and museum curator
 * Oliver Cowdery, religious leader
 * Robert Cowdin, American Civil War colonel


 * Aaron H. Cragin, US representative and senator
 * Mary Lynde Craig (1834-1921), president, Pacific Coast Women's Press Association; born in Vermont
 * Donald J. Cram, Nobel Prize-winning chemist
 * Jay Craven, film director, professor

D

 * Tim Daly, actor, producer, and director
 * John Cotton Dana, museum director, librarian
 * Jeff Danziger, political cartoonist
 * Thomas Davenport, inventor of electric motor; born in Williamstown
 * Howard Dean, Governor of Vermont (1991–2003), Democratic National Committee chairman (2005–2009)
 * John Deere, inventor of steel plow, founder of agricultural equipment manufacturer Deere & Company; born in Rutland
 * David Dellinger, one of Chicago Seven; died in Montpelier
 * Nicholas Deml, attorney, intelligence officer, and Commissioner of the Vermont Department of Corrections
 * Davis Rich Dewey, MIT professor
 * George Dewey, hero of the 1898 Battle of Manila Bay; only Admiral of the Navy ever appointed in America
 * Joel Dewey, Brigadier General, Union Army
 * John Dewey, philosopher, psychologist, and educator, born in Burlington
 * Michael Dante DiMartino, co-creator, executive producer, writer, and story editor of the animated TV series, Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra.
 * Charles Doolittle, Brigadier general under Andrew Johnson
 * Julia Caroline Dorr, author
 * Stephen A. Douglas, U.S. Senator from Illinois; born in Brandon; nominated for president 1860
 * A. E. Douglass, astronomer
 * Norman Dubie, poet
 * Jean Dubuc, baseball pitcher; born in St. Johnsbury
 * William Wade Dudley, politician
 * Chris Duffy, baseball player; born in Brattleboro
 * Charles Durkee Governor of Utah Territory and US senator

E

 * Horatio Earle, promoted "good roads" when the automobile was introduced
 * Dorman Bridgman Eaton, instrumental in federal civil service reform
 * John Eaton, US commissioner of education
 * Scot Eaton, comic book artist
 * Eddy Brothers, psychics
 * George F. Edmunds, senator; born in Richmond
 * Merritt A. Edson, decorated U.S. Marine officer; born in Chester
 * Chesselden Ellis, politician; born in Windsor
 * George F. Emmons, admiral; born in Clarendon
 * Roger Enos, general in the American revolution
 * Jacob Estey, organ manufacturer
 * Jeremiah Evarts, missionary and reformer; born in Sunderland

F

 * Franklin Fairbanks, political figure, philanthropist, co-founder of Rollins College, president of Fairbanks Scales
 * William Fairfield, Canada politician
 * John C. Farrar, book publisher; born in Burlington
 * Thomas Green Fessenden, early American writer
 * Young Firpo, boxer
 * Dorothy Canfield Fisher, writer; died in Arlington
 * Robert M. Fisher, abstract artist
 * Jon Fishman, drummer, vocalist from band Phish
 * Carlton Fisk, Baseball Hall of Fame catcher; born in Bellows Falls
 * James Fisk, financier
 * Irving Fiske, playwright; lived in Rochester
 * William Charles Fitzgerald, naval officer; born in Montpelier
 * John Fitzpatrick, former mayor of New Orleans; born in Fairfield
 * Ed Flanagan, auditor of accounts and state senator
 * Helen Hartness Flanders, collector of traditional ballads
 * Ralph Flanders, industrialist and senator
 * Henry A. Fletcher, American Civil War soldier, politician


 * George P. Foster, American Civil War general
 * Hal Fowler, professional poker player
 * Simon Fraser, fur trader, Canada explorer
 * Martin Henry Freeman, college president
 * Robert Frost, iconic poet; poet laureate of Vermont
 * Ida May Fuller, first recipient of Social Security
 * John Fusco, film producer, screenwriter of Hidalgo and Young Guns

G

 * Phineas Gage, railroad man, medical test patient
 * Barbara Galpin, journalist; born in Weathersfield, Vermont
 * Larry Gardner, baseball player; born in Enosburgh
 * Elmina M. Roys Gavitt, physician; born in Fletcher
 * David Giancola, film director; born in Rutland
 * Cynthia Gibb, actress; born in Bennington
 * Amanda Gilman, Miss Vermont USA 2006
 * Joseph A. Gilmore, Governor of New Hampshire (1863–1865)
 * Louise Glück, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet
 * Thyrza Nichols Goodeve, writer
 * Isaac Goodnow, founder of Kansas State University and Manhattan, Kansas; born in Whitingham
 * Mike Gordon, vocals, bassist from band Phish; attended UVM
 * Walter W. Granger, paleontologist; born in Middletown Springs
 * Lewis A. Grant, American Civil War soldier
 * Duane Graveline, astronaut; born in Newport
 * Milford Graves, drummer
 * Peter Gray, psychologist
 * Horace Greeley, editor, reformer, politician; apprenticed in East Poultney
 * Hetty Green, financier from Bellows Falls
 * Theodore P. Greene, admiral during American Civil War
 * Wallace M. Greene, U.S. Marine general
 * Jerry Greenfield, co-founder of Ben & Jerry's ice cream
 * Josiah Grout, Canadian-born politician; 46th Governor of Vermont
 * Efrain Guigui, orchestra conductor
 * Luis Guzmán, actor; resides in Sutton

H

 * Paul Hackett, football coach; born in Burlington
 * William Haile, politician
 * Joy Hakim, author; attended school in Rutland
 * Enoch Hale, American Revolutionary War officer
 * Hiland Hall, judge and governor of Vermont
 * Lucy Mabel Hall-Brown, physician; born in Holland
 * William Laurel Harris, muralist
 * James Hartness, machine tool entrepreneur
 * Bill Haugland, Canada television journalist
 * William Babcock Hazen, American Civil War general
 * Chris Hedges, journalist
 * William W. Henry, American Civil War colonel
 * Charles Shattuck Hill, educator
 * John A. Hill, co-founder of McGraw-Hill
 * Ethan A. Hitchcock, Major General during the American Civil War
 * Edward Hoagland, essayist, taught at Bennington College; retired to Sutton
 * Frederick Holbrook, former governor of Vermont
 * Tristan Honsinger, jazz cellist; born in Burlington
 * Samuel Hopkins, holder of first American patent, for pearl and potash process, 1790
 * Charles Snead Houston, mountaineer, physician, scientist, and Peace Corps leader
 * Charles Edward Hovey, educator, American Civil War general
 * Jacob M. Howard, 19th-century politician
 * James F. Howard Jr., professor of medicine
 * Steven James Howard, politician
 * William Alanson Howard, politician
 * Felicity Huffman, actress; attended school in Putney
 * Stephen Huneck, artist
 * Richard Morris Hunt, architect
 * William Morris Hunt, painter
 * Stanley Edgar Hyman, literary critic; taught at Bennington

I

 * James Monroe Ingalls, ballistics expert
 * John Irving, author

J

 * Horatio Nelson Jackson, auto pioneer; attended University of Vermont
 * William Henry Jackson, painter; raised in Rutland
 * Lindsey Jacobellis, snowboarder; from Stratton
 * Jim Jeffords, politician; born in Rutland
 * Milo Parker Jewett, educator
 * Andrew Johnson, skier; born in Greensboro


 * Ernie Johnson, baseball pitcher; born in Brattleboro
 * Kenny Johnson, actor, The Shield
 * Luke S. Johnson, religious leader
 * Lyman E. Johnson, religious leader
 * George Jones, publisher and co-founder of The New York Times
 * Miranda July, screenwriter and actress; born in Barre

K

 * Noah Kahan, musician from Strafford
 * Bob Keeshan (1927–2004), television personality "Captain Kangaroo"; lived last 14 years of his life in Vermont
 * A. Atwater Kent (1873–1949), inventor and radio maker; born in Burlington
 * Henry W. Keyes, politician; born in Newbury
 * Dan Kiley, landscape architect
 * Christopher Kimball, host of PBS television's America's Test Kitchen
 * Heber C. Kimball, religious leader
 * Jamaica Kincaid, novelist
 * King Tuff, musician
 * Rudyard Kipling, British author; resident of Brattleboro when he wrote The Jungle Book
 * M. Jane Kitchel, politician; born in St. Johnsbury
 * Bill Koch, skier, Olympic silver medalist; born in Brattleboro
 * James Kochalka, comic book artist
 * Ed Koren, illustrator and cartoonist for The New Yorker
 * Madeleine M. Kunin, ambassador

L

 * Walt Lanfranconi, baseball player; from Barre


 * Shane Lavalette, photographer, publisher and editor of Lavalette; director of Light Work, a non-profit photography organization
 * Patrick Leahy, U.S. Senator since 1975; born in Montpelier
 * John LeClair, first native-born Vermonter to play in National Hockey League; born in St. Albans
 * Bill "Spaceman" Lee, baseball pitcher
 * Harry David Lee, developer of Lee Jeans; educated in Tunbridge
 * Brady Leisenring, hockey player; from Stowe
 * Henry M. Leland, developed Cadillac and Lincoln automobiles; born in Barton
 * Emmanuel Lemelson, Greek Orthodox priest, social commentator and hedge fund manager
 * Melissa Leo, Academy Award-winning actress, resided in Putney
 * Kevin Lepage, NASCAR driver; from Shelburne
 * Joanna 'JoJo' Levesque (born 1990), singer, actress; born in Brattleboro
 * Aaron Lewis, band member; from Rutland
 * Barbour Lewis US Congressman
 * Sinclair Lewis (1885–1951), Nobel Prize-winning author; lived in Barnard
 * Sam Lloyd, actor (Scrubs); born in Weston
 * Ki Longfellow, novelist
 * Alfred Lebbeus Loomis, president, Association of American Physicians
 * Gustavus Loomis, breveted Brigadier General
 * Horatio G. Loomis, organizer of Chicago Board of Trade
 * Phillips Lord, creator of radio programs; born in Hartford
 * Will Lyman, actor; born in Burlington
 * Lucius Lyon, helped charter State of Michigan; born in Shelburne

M

 * Margaret MacArthur, musician, folk music archivist known as "Vermont's Songcatcher"


 * Sean Patrick Maloney, Canadian-born U.S. Representative from New York since 2013
 * David Mamet, playwright, screenwriter, film director; attended Goddard College
 * Zosia Mamet, actress and musician
 * Zophar M. Mansur, lieutenant governor
 * William Marks, religious leader; born in Rutland
 * Anna Marsh, philanthropist; created Brattleboro Retreat
 * John Martin, businessman; born in Peacham
 * Philip Maxwell, physician and politician; namesake of Chicago's Maxwell Street; born in Guilford
 * Henry T. Mayo, four-star admiral; born in Burlington
 * Archer Mayor, author; lives in Newfane
 * John McCardell Jr., educator
 * Page McConnell, keyboardist and vocalist for the band Phish
 * Bill McKibben, environmentalist
 * James Meacham, politician; born in Rutland
 * William Rutherford Mead, architect; born in Brattleboro
 * Andrea Mead Lawrence, first American to win two Olympic skiing gold medals; born in Rutland County
 * Samuel Merrill, Indiana politician; born in Peacham
 * Alexander Kennedy Miller, proponent of Autogyro
 * Frank Miller, creator of comic books, graphic novels; raised in Montpelier
 * Susan Tolman Mills, educator; born in Enosburgh
 * Ross Miner (born 1991), skating coach and retired competitive figure skater
 * Graham Mink, hockey player
 * Anaïs Mitchell, singer; raised in Addison County
 * Samuel Morey, inventor
 * Justin Morgan, horse breeder; died in Randolph
 * Justin Smith Morrill, sponsor of Land Grant College Act establishing "public ivies"
 * George Sylvester Morris, educator
 * Levi P. Morton, Vice President of United States and Governor of New York; born in Shoreham
 * Howard Frank Mosher, author
 * Joseph A. Mower, Civil War general; born in Woodstock
 * Michael Moynihan, journalist
 * Nico Muhly, classical music composer
 * Dennis Murphy, musician

N

 * Andrew Neel, filmmaker
 * Harvey Newcomb, clergyman; born in Thetford
 * Angie F. Newman, poet, writer, editor; born in Montpelier
 * Clarina I. H. Nichols, reformer; born in Townshend
 * David H. Nichols, Colorado sheriff, politician; born in Hardwick
 * John Humphrey Noyes, socialist; born in Brattleboro

O

 * Rachel Oakes Preston, religious leader, born in Vernon
 * John O'Brien, filmmaker, born in Tunbridge
 * Franklin W. Olin, manufacturer
 * Buster Olney, sportswriter, sportscaster; born in Randolph Center
 * Darcy Olsen, president of Goldwater Institute
 * Ebenezer J. Ormsbee, politician
 * Elisha Otis, founder of Otis Elevator Company; born in Halifax

P

 * Emily Rebecca Page, poet and editor; born in Bradford
 * Morgan Page, music producer
 * Grace Paley, poet
 * Jay Parini, writer
 * Alden Partridge, educator, West Point superintendent
 * Katherine Paterson, author of children's books
 * Theodore S. Peck, Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
 * Moses Pendleton, choreographer
 * Joe Perry, lead guitarist for Aerosmith
 * Tom Peters, business writer
 * Belle L. Pettigrew, educator and missionary; born in Ludlow
 * Charles E. Phelps, American Civil War colonel, politician
 * John W. Phelps, American Civil War general, presidential candidate
 * Hannah Maynard Pickard, teacher, writer; born in Chester
 * William Lamb Picknell, 19th-century painter, member of National Academy of Design
 * Samuel E. Pingree, American Civil War officer, politician
 * Hester M. Poole, writer and social reformer; born in Whiting
 * Russell W. Porter, explorer, artist
 * Grace Potter, of rock band Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
 * Ross Powers, snowboarder, 2002 Olympics gold medalist
 * Silas G. Pratt, composer
 * Cyrus Pringle, botanist
 * Annie Proulx, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist; lived in Vermont for more than 30 years
 * Harvey Putnam, New York politician

Q

 * Randy Quaid, actor

R

 * Thomas E. G. Ransom, American Civil War general, surveyor
 * Edward Rawson, Atlanta businessman; born in Craftsbury
 * Edmund Rice, politician; born in Waitsfield
 * Henry Mower Rice, Minnesota politician; born in Waitsfield
 * Linda Richards, America's first trained nurse; attended St. Johnsbury Academy
 * Mark Richards, U.S. congressman; lived in Westminster
 * Israel B. Richardson, American Civil War officer
 * Benjamin S. Roberts, American Civil War officer
 * Edward D. Robie, American Civil War officer
 * Moses Robinson, governor of Vermont pre-statehood
 * Theodore Robinson, painter
 * Norman Rockwell, artist; lived in Arlington
 * David McGregor Rogers, Canada politician; born in Londonderry
 * Mark Ronchetti, Republican nominee for Governor of New Mexico (2022)
 * Brian Rooney, convicted murderer
 * Thomas Rowley, poet
 * Homer Elihu Royce, politician, jurist; born in Berkshire
 * Carl Ruggles, composer
 * Rudolph Ruzicka, typeface designer and engraver

S

 * Alvah Sabin, minister, politician; born in Georgia, Vermont
 * William James Shaw, entrepreneur
 * Truman Henry Safford, mathematics whiz; born in Royalton
 * Matt Salinger, actor, son of J.D. Salinger; born in Windsor


 * Bernie Sanders, politician, Vermont Senator since 2007, former Mayor of Burlington (1981–1989), Democratic presidential candidate (2016 and 2020)
 * Philetus Sawyer, Wisconsin politician; born in Whiting
 * Eric Schaeffer, screenwriter, director, actor
 * Helen Bonchek Schneyer, folk musician; died in Vermont
 * Stephen Alonzo Schoff, engraver; born in Danville
 * Peter Schumann, founder and director of Bread and Puppet Theater
 * Arthur E. Scott, photographer; born in Montpelier
 * Julian Scott, 19th-century painter and muralist; born in Johnson
 * Thomas O. Seaver, American Civil War officer
 * Rudolf Serkin, classical pianist; lived in Guilford
 * Truman Seymour, American Civil War officer
 * Patrick Sharp, Canadian-born hockey player; attended University of Vermont
 * L. M. Shaw, governor of Iowa, presidential candidate; born in Morristown
 * Patty Sheehan, golfer, winner of 35 LPGA tournaments; born in Middlebury
 * Charles H. Sheldon, 19th-century governor of South Dakota; born in Johnson
 * George Dallas Sherman, military bandleader
 * Alexander O. Smith, author, Japanese translator
 * "Dr. Bob" Smith, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous
 * Charles Plympton Smith, banker, politician
 * David Smith, sculptor; died in South Shaftsbury
 * Eva Munson Smith, composter, author, poet; born in Monkton
 * Hyrum Smith, religious leader
 * J. Gregory Smith, railroad executive, politician
 * John Butler Smith, manufacturer, politician
 * Joseph Smith, Sr., father of Joseph Smith
 * Joseph Smith (1805–1844), founder of Latter Day Saint movement; born in Sharon
 * Samuel Harrison Smith, of Latter Day Saints
 * William Smith, of Latter Day Saints
 * William Farrar Smith, American Civil War officer
 * Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian author, historian; recipient, 1970 Nobel Prize for Literature; lived in Vermont to avoid persecution in Russia; returned to Russia after Perestroika
 * Ignat Solzhenitsyn, conductor and pianist
 * Ronald I. Spiers, diplomat, ambassador
 * Ken Squier, NASCAR commentator and announcer, founder and owner of Thunder Road International Speedbowl in Barre and co-founder of American Canadian Tour racing series; lives in Stowe
 * Michael A. Stackpole, science fiction and fantasy author
 * Henry Alexander Stafford, baseball player for the New York Giants
 * Robert Stafford, namesake of the Stafford Loan
 * George J. Stannard, American Civil War general
 * Timothy Steele, poet
 * Ralph Steiner, photographer, filmmaker
 * Rockwell Stephens, writer, ski instructor
 * Nettie Stevens, geneticist
 * Thaddeus Stevens, 19th-century Pennsylvania politician
 * Charles B. Stoughton, American Civil War officer
 * Edwin H. Stoughton, American Civil War officer
 * F. Stewart Stranahan, American Civil War officer
 * George Crockett Strong, American Civil War officer
 * William Barstow Strong, railroad president
 * Jake Sullivan, government official
 * Pete Sutherland, folk musician
 * Phil Scott, Vermont politician
 * Willis Sweet, Idaho politician; born in Alburgh

T

 * Horace Austin Warner Tabor, prospector, one of the "Silver Kings"
 * Elisabeth von Trapp, folk singer, guitarist artist and musician
 * Alphonso Taft, politician, Attorney General, Secretary of War under Ulysses S. Grant; born in Townshend
 * Louise Taylor, singer-songwriter; born in Brattleboro
 * Birdie Tebbetts, baseball player and manager; born in Burlington
 * Hannah Teter, snowboarder, 2006 Olympic gold medalist; born in Belmont
 * Elswyth Thane, romance novelist; lived in Wilmington
 * Harry Bates Thayer, president and chairman of AT&T; educated in Northfield
 * John Martin Thomas, university president, Middlebury College
 * Stephen Thomas, American Civil War officer
 * Tim Thomas, professional hockey player, played for UVM
 * Dorothy Thompson, journalist and radio broadcaster
 * Ernest Thompson, writer of On Golden Pond; born in Bellows Falls
 * John Mellen Thurston, Nebraska senator; born in Montpelier
 * George Tooker, painter; lives in Hartland
 * Andrew Tracy, politician, born in Hartford
 * Joseph Tracy, minister, historian
 * Maria von Trapp, stepmother to Von Trapp family singers, The Sound of Music; died in Morrisville
 * Tasha Tudor, author of children's books; died in Marlboro
 * KT Tunstall, musician
 * Fred Tuttle, senatorial candidate, star of film Man with a Plan
 * Alexander Twilight, first African American to receive a college degree, and to be elected to public office in the United States
 * Royall Tyler, one of the earliest American playwrights
 * Dan Tyminski, sang vocals for George Clooney in film O Brother, Where Art Thou?

U

 * Don A. J. Upham, Wisconsin politician; born in Weathersfield
 * Samuel C. Upham, journalist, counterfeiter

V

 * Rudy Vallée, singer and actor; born in Island Pond
 * James Van Ness, 19th-century mayor of San Francisco; born in Burlington
 * Stewart Van Vliet, American Civil War officer; born in Ferrisburg
 * Rick Veitch, comic book artist; raised in Bellows Falls
 * William Freeman Vilas, politician; born in Chelsea

W

 * M. Emmet Walsh, actor
 * James M. Warner, American Civil War general
 * Seth Warner, American Revolutionary War officer
 * Cephas Washburn, missionary, educator
 * Ebenezer Washburn, Canada politician
 * Peter T. Washburn, early governor of Vermont
 * Lucy H. Washington, poet, social reformer; born in Whiting
 * Charles W. Waterman, Colorado senator
 * Sterry R. Waterman, judge
 * Damon Wayans Jr., actor, born in Huntington
 * Henry Wells, businessman, co-founded American Express and Wells Fargo
 * Horatio Wells
 * Brevet Major General William Wells, awarded Medal of Honor; born in Waterbury
 * Mark Whalon, poet and author
 * Andrew Wheating, middle-distance track athlete for the University of Oregon, 2008 Olympian
 * William Almon Wheeler, Vice President of the United States, attended the University of Vermont for two years
 * Dora V. Wheelock, activist, writer; born in Calais
 * Hilton Wick, politician
 * Jody Williams, recipient, 1997 Nobel Peace Prize for efforts to clear away and ban anti-personnel mines
 * John Henry Williams, baseball player; son of Ted Williams
 * Treat Williams, actor
 * Bill W. (Bill Wilson), co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous
 * James Wilson, globe maker
 * Helen M. Winslow, journalist, editor, publisher; born in Westfield
 * Steve Wisniewski, football player
 * Brian Wood, illustrator
 * George Woodard, dairy farmer, actor
 * Urban A. Woodbury, former Vermont governor
 * Edwin T. Woodward, American Civil War officer
 * Dean Conant Worcester, zoologist, authority on the Philippines
 * Samuel Worcester, missionary
 * Jay Wright, poet
 * Silas Wright, politician

Y

 * Thomas Yamamoto, artist; lived and died in Plainfield
 * Brigham Young (1801–1877), second prophet and president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; born in Whitingham

Z

 * Barry Zorthian, chief spokesperson for U. S. government in Saigon, Vietnam (1964–1968); once worked in St. Johnsbury
 * Daphne Zuniga, actress, raised in Reading