List of people from Brattleboro, Vermont explained

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

Artists and entertainers

• Sam Amidon, folk artist
• Tony Barrand, musician
• Saul Bellow, winner of the 1976 Nobel Prize in Literature^[1]
• H. H. Bennett, photographer
• Thomas Chubbuck, engraver and designer of the "Brattleboro stamp"
• Douglas Cox, violin maker
• Ely Culbertson, contract bridge player and promoter^[2]
• Doveman (real name Thomas Bartlett), musician
• Jacob Estey, reed organ maker
• Karen Hesse, children's author
• Leavitt Hunt, photography pioneer and attorney
• Richard Morris Hunt, architect
• William Morris Hunt, painter
• Wolf Kahn, painter
• Rudyard Kipling, British author, wrote The Jungle Book, Captains Courageous, "Mandalay" and Gunga Din while residing there; later received the Nobel Prize in Literature
• Joanna "JoJo" Levesque, singer and actor
• Ki Longfellow, novelist, playwright and screenwriter
• Leslie William Miller, artistic subject
• Blanche Honegger Moyse, choral conductor
• Marcel Moyse, flute player
• Bing Russell, actor, baseball player and executive, father of Kurt Russell
• Patrick Schneeweis, folk-punk artist
• King Tuff, musician
• Royall Tyler, playwright^[3]
• Kit Watkins, musician
• Claude Williamson, musician
• Stu Williamson, musician

Bands

• Johnny Hobo and the Freight Trains
• Witch (American band)

Military

• Theodore P. Greene, U.S. Navy rear admiral^[4]
• George Bradley Kellogg, Adjutant General of the Vermont National Guard, Lieutenant Colonel of the 1st Vermont Cavalry Regiment in the American Civil War^[5]
• John W. Phelps, brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War, and later a minor party candidate for president^[6]

Politics

• Becca Balint, U.S. Congresswoman, President pro tempore of the Vermont Senate^[7]
• F. Elliott Barber, Jr., Vermont Attorney General^[8]
• Herbert G. Barber, Vermont Attorney General^[9]
• John S. Burgess, lieutenant governor of Vermont^[10]
• Arthur P. Carpenter, US Marshal for Vermont^[11]
• Willard H. Chandler, Wisconsin state senator^[12]
• Harrie B. Chase, Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, brother of Paul A. Chase^[13]
• Paul A. Chase, Associate Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court, brother of Harrie B. Chase^{[14] [15]}
• Ezra Clark, Jr., U.S. congressman^[16]
• James Elliot, U.S. congressman^[17]
• Clarke C. Fitts, Vermont Attorney General^[18]
• Levi K. Fuller, 44th Governor of Vermont^[19]
• Ernest Willard Gibson, U.S. Senator^[20]
• Ernest W. Gibson Jr., Governor of Vermont^[21]
• Ernest W. Gibson III, Associate Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court^[22]
• Abram A. Hammond, 12th Governor of Indiana^[23]
• Broughton Harris, Vermont newspaper editor and businessman; one of the Runaway Officials of 1851 as Secretary of the Utah Territory^[24]
• Christian Hansen Jr., U.S. Marshal for Vermont and member of the Vermont House of Representatives^[25]
• Kittredge Haskins, U.S. congressman^[26]
• Mark Higley, Vermont state legislator
• Frederick Holbrook, 27th Governor of Vermont^[27]
• Frank E. Howe, lieutenant governor of Vermont^[28]
• George Howe, State's Attorney of Windham County, United States Attorney for the District of Vermont, member of the Vermont Senate^[29]
• Jonathan Hunt, bank president and congressman^[30]
• Daniel Kellogg, U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont and Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court^[31]
• Samuel Knight, chief justice of the Vermont Supreme Court^[32]
• James Loren Martin, Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont^[33]
• John Humphrey Noyes, utopian socialist, free love advocate, and founder of the Oneida Community^[34]
• Samuel E. Perkins, Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court^[35]
• Harvey Putnam, U.S. congressman^[36]
• Peter Shumlin, 81st Governor of Vermont^[37]
• Micah Townshend, Secretary of State of Vermont^[38]
• Sharon Treat, member of the Maine House of Representatives and Maine Senate^[39]
• James Manning Tyler, U.S. congressman^[40]
• Eleazer L. Waterman, Judge of the Vermont Superior Court^[41]
• Miro Weinberger, mayor of Burlington, Vermont^[42]
• Hoyt Henry Wheeler, Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont^[43]

Philanthropist

• Ronald Read, philanthropist, investor, janitor, and gas station attendant who received media coverage after his death in 2014 due to bequeathing US$1.2 million to Brooks Memorial Library and $4.8 million to Brattleboro Memorial Hospital.

Professionals

• Emma Bailey, first American woman auctioneer
• Walter J. Bigelow, editor at the Brattleboro Reformer, former mayor of Burlington, Vermont^[44]
• Dr. Charles Chapin, U.S. Marshal for Vermont^[45]
• Alonzo Church, college president^[46]
• William Bullock Clark, geologist
• Donald J. Cram, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, grew up in Brattleboro^[47]
• Charles N. Davenport, attorney, Democratic Party leader, founder of the Brattleboro Reformer^[48]
• James Fisk, financier
• Charles Christopher Frost, botanist
• Edwin Brant Frost, astronomer
• Ida May Fuller, first recipient of Social Security check
• John Holbrook, publisher and businessman
• Richard Morris Hunt, architect
• Leif K-Brooks, computer programmer and web designer
• William Rutherford Mead, architect
• James L. Oakes, judge
• Herbert Reiner Jr., diplomat
• Samuel Stearns, astronomer and doctor
• William Willard, school founder
• Jody Williams, teacher, aid worker, anti-land mines activist, and Nobel laureate

Sports

• Brad Baker, minor league baseball player^[49]
• Chris Duffy, center fielder and first baseman for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Milwaukee Brewers, and Philadelphia Phillies^[50]
• James Galanes, Olympic cross-country skier^[51]
• Ernie Johnson, pitcher for the Boston Braves/Milwaukee Braves and Baltimore Orioles^[52]
• Bill Koch, cross-country skier, Olympic silver medalist, World championship bronze medalist, World cup winner^{[53] [54]}
• Joe Shield, quarterback for the Green Bay Packers^[55]
• George Schildmiller, college baseball, basketball, and football player and college football coach^[56]

Notes and References

1. Stephanie Greene, Vermont Public Radio, Small Town, Big Names, September 30, 2013
2. Ely Culbertson, Contract Bridge Complete, 1936, page xviii
3. News: September 12, 2018 . Spotlight on Brattleboro's Royall Tyler . Berkshire Eagle . Pittsfield, MA.
4. Web site: Biography, Theodore Phinney Greene . Vermont in the Civil War . Tom Ledoux & Associates . February 24, 2022.
5. Lyman Simpson Hayes, History of the Town of Rockingham, Vermont, 1907, page 691
6. Book: Fuller, James . 2001 . Men of Color, to Arms!: Vermont African-Americans in the Civil War . San Jose, CA . iUniversity Press . 28 . 978-0-595-15826-3.
7. News: Rodriguez . Barbara . January 15, 2021 . Women hold unprecedented power in Vermont's statehouse. This is how they'll lead. . 19thnews.org . The 19th . Austin, TX.
8. Book: 1983 . The Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory . 6 . New Providence, New Jersey . Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, Incorporated . 82.
9. Book: Fifield, James Clark . 1918 . The American Bar: Contemporary Lawyers of the United States and Canada . Minneapolis, MN . James C. Fifield Company . 670.
10. Web site: House Concurrent Resolution in Memory Of Former Speaker of the House and Lieutenant Governor John Burgess Of Brattleboro . Milkey . Virginia A., Representative . 2008 . leg.state.vt.us . Vermont General Assembly . February 25, 2022.
11. News: February 19, 1914 . Carpenter for U.S. Marshal . . St. Albans, VT . 6 . . .
12. 1901 . Memorial Addresses: Willard Harris Chandler . Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters . Madison, WI . Democrat Printing Company, State Printer . 617 . Google Books.
13. News: April 11, 1919 . Corporal Chase Receives Discharge . Brattleboro Daily Reformer . Brattleboro, VT . . 1 . .
14. News: October 6, 1922 . Paul A. Chase Passes Bar Exams . Brattleboro Daily Reformer . Brattleboro, VT . . 1 . .
15. News: July 31, 1925 . Photo Caption: Paul A. Chase of Brattleboro... . The News-Messenger . Fremont, OH . . .
16. Web site: CLARK, Ezra, Jr., (1813-1896) . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . October 24, 2012.
17. Web site: ELLIOT, James, (1775-1839). Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. October 24, 2012.
18. News: December 29, 1916 . Funeral of Clarke C. Fitts . Vermont Phoenix . Brattleboro, Vermont . 7.
19. Web site: Funeral of Ex Governor Fuller of Vermont. Boston Evening Transcript . October 24, 2012.
20. Book: Dodge, Prentiss Cutler . 1912 . Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography . Burlington, VT . Ullery Publishing Company . 199 . Google Books.
21. Book: 1952 . The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography . New York, NY . J. T. White . 214 . Google Books.
22. News: Graff . Chris . Associated Press . February 3, 1983 . Gibson Named to Court . Burlington Free Press . Burlington, VT . 1 . .
23. Web site: Indiana Governor Abram Adams Hammond. National Governors Association . October 24, 2012.
24. Jacob G. Ullery, Men of Vermont Illustrated, 1894, page 182
25. News: December 24, 1965 . Hansen New Tel. Co. Mgr. . . Brattleboro, VT . 2 . Newspapers.com.
26. Web site: HASKINS, Kittredge, (1836-1916). Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . October 24, 2012.
27. Web site: Vermont Governor Frederick Holbrook. National Governors Association . October 24, 2012.
28. News: July 20, 1956 . Frank E. Howe, Banner Owner, Esteemed Vermonter, Dies . . Bennington, VT . 1 . Newspapers.com.
29. Book: Cabot, Mary R. . 1922 . Annals of Brattleboro, 1681-1895 . II . Brattleboro . E. L. Hildreth & Co. . 708–709 . .
30. Web site: HUNT, Jonathan, (1787 - 1832). Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . October 24, 2012.
31. Hiram Carleton, Genealogical and Family History of the State of Vermont, Volume 1, 1903, page 286
32. Taft . Russell S. . January 1, 1894 . The Supreme Court of Vermont, Part II . . Boston, MA . Boston Book Company . .
33. Book: 1900 . Manual of the Legislature of Vermont . Montpelier, VT . Vermont Watchman Company . 29 30 . Google Books.
34. News: Bushnell . Mark . October 19, 2002 . History: John Humphrey Noyes and his utopian settlement . . Rutland, VT.
35. Book: Sulgrove, Berry R. . 1884 . History of Indianapolis and Marion County, Indiana . Philadelphia, PA . L.H. Everts & Co. . 182 . InternetArchive.
36. Web site: Putnam, Harvey, (1793 - 1855). Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . October 24, 2012.
37. Web site: Governor Peter E. Shumlin's Biography. Project Vote Smart . October 24, 2012.
38. Book: Walton, E. P. . 1873 . Records of the Governor and Council of the State of Vermont . I . Montpelier, VT . J. and J. M. Poland . 518–519.
39. News: Adams . Glenn . . December 24, 2002 . New Senate Leader Learned Ropes As Lobbyist . . Bangor, ME . B2 . Newspapers.com.
40. Web site: TYLER, James Manning, (1835-1926) . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . October 24, 2012.
41. Book: Crockett, Walter Hill . 1923 . Vermont, the Green Mountain State . 5 . 180-181 . New York, NY . Century History Company . .
42. News: 2019 . Honors College Scholars Recognition Ceremony Speaker: The Honorable Miro L. Weinberger, Mayor of Burlington . UVM.edu . University of Vermont . Burlington, VT . February 25, 2022.
43. News: November 20, 1906 . Judge Wheeler's Funeral . . St. Albans, VT . 1 . . .
44. News: May 3, 1935 . Former Mayor of Burlington Dead . . St. Albans, VT . 1 . Newspapers.com.
45. Book: Burnham, Henry . Hemenway . Abby Maria . 1880 . Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont: Early History, with Biographical Sketches of some of its Citizens . Brattleboro, VT . D. Leonard . 134 . . .
46. Book: White, James Terry. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. 1899. J.T. White. 180.
47. Web site: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1987. 2021-12-07. NobelPrize.org. en-US.
48. Book: Child, Hamilton . 1884 . Gazetteer and Business Directory of Windham County, Vt., 1724-1884 . Syracuse, NY . Syracuse Journal . 138–139 . Google Books.
49. Web site: Brad Baker . Baseball-Reference.Com . October 24, 2012.
50. Web site: Chris Duffy . Baseball-Reference.Com . October 24, 2012.
51. Web site: Jim Galanes. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418094208/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ga/jim-galanes-1.html. dead. April 18, 2020. SR/Olympic Sports . October 24, 2012.
52. Web site: Ernie Johnson. Baseball-Reference.Com . October 24, 2012.
53. Web site: Bill Koch. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417161622/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ko/bill-koch-1.html. dead. April 17, 2020. SR/Olympic Sports . October 24, 2012.
54. https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/athlete-biography.html?sectorcode=CC&competitorid=31319&type=cups World Cup Standings
55. Web site: Joe Shield. Pro-Football-Reference.Com . October 24, 2012.
56. News: June 19, 1908 . Sporting Notes: George Schildmiller . . Brattleboro, VT . 3 . Newspapers.com.