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^[1]
• 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^[2]
• 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^{[citation needed]}
• 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^{[citation needed]}
• 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^{[citation needed]}
• John H. Caldwell, cross-country ski coach and author^[3]
• Thomas Cale, teacher and politician^{[citation needed]}
• Delino Dexter Calvin, Canadian politician^{[citation needed]}
• Jim Cantore, Weather Channel meteorologist^{[citation needed]}
• Jake Burton Carpenter, owner of Burton Snowboards; from Londonderry^[4]
• Matthew H. Carpenter, Wisconsin politician^{[citation needed]}
• Albert Carrington, clergyman^{[citation needed]}
• Hayden Carruth, poet and critic^{[citation needed]}
• Neko Case, singer^[5]
• William B. Castle, former mayor of Cleveland
• Lucien B. Caswell, politician
• Suzy Chaffee, skier, "Suzy Chapstick"^{[citation needed]}
• Beth Chamberlin, fitness coach^{[citation needed]}
• John Putnam Chapin, 19th-century mayor of Chicago^{[citation needed]}
• Welcome Chapman, Mormon leader^{[citation needed]}
• Harrie B. Chase, judge^{[citation needed]}
• Horace Chase, former mayor of Milwaukee^[6]
• Dan Chiasson, writer
• Daniel Chipman, politician^{[citation needed]}
• 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^{[citation needed]}
• Thomas Chittenden, first Governor of Vermont^{[citation needed]}
• Bonnie Christensen, artist, author, and illustrator^{[citation needed]}
• Stoyan Christowe, writer, publicist and journalist^{[citation needed]}
• Sylvester Churchill, soldier and journalist^{[citation needed]}
• Joseph A. Citro, author^[7]
• Charles Edgar Clark, admiral during the Spanish–American War^{[citation needed]}
• Kelly Clark, Olympic gold medalist, snowboarding 2002^{[citation needed]}
• William Bullock Clark, geologist^{[citation needed]}
• Skiing Cochrans, ski racers^{[citation needed]}
• Richard A. Cody, U.S. Army general^{[citation needed]}
• William Sloane Coffin Jr., clergyman; resident of Strafford^{[citation needed]}
• Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben & Jerry's^{[citation needed]}
• Zerah Colburn (1804–1840), math prodigy; born in Cabot^{[citation needed]}
• Lui Collins, singer-songwriter^{[citation needed]}
• Ray Collins, baseball player^{[citation needed]}
• Gardner Quincy Colton, pioneer of the use of nitrous oxide^{[citation needed]} (laughing gas) for dental procedures; from Georgia, Vermont^{[citation needed]}
• George Colvocoresses, American Civil War naval officer^{[citation needed]}
• George Partridge Colvocoresses, admiral^{[citation needed]}
• Jessica Comolli, Miss Vermont USA 2007^{[citation needed]}
• Thomas Jefferson Conant, Biblical scholar^{[citation needed]}
• George A. Converse, admiral^{[citation needed]}
• Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States; born in Plymouth Notch
• Barry M. Costello, US Vice admiral; native of Rutland^{[citation needed]}
• Douglas M. Costle, environmentalist^{[citation needed]}
• Elizabeth Cottrell, geologist and museum curator^[8]
• Oliver Cowdery, religious leader^{[citation needed]}
• Robert Cowdin, American Civil War colonel^{[citation needed]}
• Aaron H. Cragin, US representative and senator^{[citation needed]}
• Mary Lynde Craig (1834-1921), president, Pacific Coast Women's Press Association;^[9] born in Vermont
• Donald J. Cram, Nobel Prize-winning chemist^{[citation needed]}
• Jay Craven, film director, professor^{[citation needed]}

D

• Tim Daly, actor, producer, and director^{[citation needed]}
• 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^{[citation needed]}
• 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^{[citation needed]}
• Chris Hedges, journalist^{[citation needed]}
• William W. Henry, American Civil War colonel^{[citation needed]}
• Charles Shattuck Hill, educator^{[citation needed]}
• John A. Hill, co-founder of McGraw-Hill^{[citation needed]}
• Ethan A. Hitchcock, Major General during the American Civil War^{[citation needed]}
• Edward Hoagland, essayist, taught at Bennington College; retired to Sutton^{[citation needed]}
• Frederick Holbrook, former governor of Vermont
• Tristan Honsinger, jazz cellist; born in Burlington^{[citation needed]}
• Samuel Hopkins, holder of first American patent, for pearl and potash process, 1790^{[citation needed]}
• Charles Snead Houston, mountaineer, physician, scientist, and Peace Corps leader^{[citation needed]}
• 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^[10][11]
• 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^[12]
• 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^[13]
• 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^[14]
• 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^[15]
• 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^[16]

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^[17][18]
• 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^[19]
• 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^[20]
• Horatio Wells^{[citation needed]}
• Brevet Major General William Wells, awarded Medal of Honor; born in Waterbury^{[citation needed]}
• 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^[21]
• Daphne Zuniga, actress, raised in Reading^[22]

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  Ethan Allen
  (1738–1789), commander of the Green Mountain Boys
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  Chester A. Arthur
  (1829–1886), 21st President of the United States
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  Calvin Coolidge
  (1872–1933), 30th President of the United States
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  John Deere
  (1804–1886), inventor of steel plow, founder of Deere & Company
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  George Dewey
  (1837–1917), hero of the 1898 Battle of Manila Bay
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  Lucy Mabel Hall-Brown
  (1843–1907), physician and writer
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  Zosia Mamet
  (born 1988), actress and musician
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  Levi P. Morton
  (1824–1920), 22nd Vice President of the United States
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  Bernie Sanders
  (born 1941), U.S. Senator from Vermont and 2016 and 2020 presidential candidate
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  Joseph Smith
  (1805–1844), founder of Latter Day Saint movement
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  Rudy Vallée
  (1901–1986), actor and singer
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  Brigham Young
  (1801–1877), Mormon leader and Western settler