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
• Lyman W. Redington (1849–1925), attorney, member of the Vermont House of Representatives and New York State Assembly
• 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

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