List of people from Bennington, Vermont
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The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in Bennington, Vermont.
Artists and entertainers
- Pamela Blair, actress, singer and dancer (Val in the musical A Chorus Line); born in Bennington
- Beatrice Boepple, actress (A Nightmare on Elm Street 5); born in Bennington
- Henry Brant, composer, awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music (2002); taught at Bennington College
- Carleton Carpenter, actor (Summer Stock); born in Bennington
- Helen Frankenthaler, painter; attended Bennington College
- Robert Frost, poet, four time Pulitzer Prize winner; lived and buried in Bennington
- Cynthia Gibb, actress and former model (Suzi on Search for Tomorrow); born in Bennington
- Milford Graves, free jazz drummer, percussion musician; instructor at Bennington College
- Stanley Edgar Hyman, literary critic; instructor at Bennington College
- Jamaica Kincaid, novelist (Lucy); lived in Bennington
- Ray Magliozzi, co-host of NPR's weekly radio show, Car Talk; taught science in Bennington
- Shane Meaney, contestant on Big Brother 14
- Jules Olitski, painter; taught at Bennington College (1963–67)
- Mary Oliver, poet; lived in Bennington
- Allen Shawn, composer; instructor at Bennington College
- David Smith, sculptor[citation needed]
- R. John Wright, doll designer and maker; lives in Bennington
Professionals
- Hiram Bingham, missionary
- William L. Burke, professor
- James Fisk, Jr., financier
- Simon Fraser, fur trader and explorer
- Daniel Williams Harmon, fur trader and diarist
- Horace Chapin Henry, businessman and art gallery founder
- Alfred Lebbeus Loomis, physician
- Isaac G. Perry, architect
- John F. Winslow, industrialist and college president
Military
- David Fay, participant in the Battle of Bennington during the American Revolution, Adjutant General of the Vermont Militia during the War of 1812, Judge of the Vermont Supreme Court
- Seth Warner, captain of Green Mountain Boys
Murderess
- Mary Rogers, murderess
- Elizabeth Van Valkenburgh, murderess
Politics
- Elijah Brush, second mayor of Detroit, Michigan
- Charles Dewey Day, judge
- Hiland Hall, US congressman, governor of Vermont[1]
- James Stuart Holden, judge
- Frederick S. Lovell, Wisconsin state legislator Wisconsin and military officer
- Orsamus Cook Merrill, US congressman[2]
- Joseph Naper, founder of Naperville, Illinois
- Jesse O. Norton, US congressman[3]
- Paul Offner, educator and Wisconsin state legislator[4]
- Jonathan Robinson, US senator[5]
- Moses Robinson, US senator and governor of Vermont prior to statehood[6]
- Benjamin Swift, US senator[7]
- Isaac Tichenor, jurist, US senator and the 5th governor of Vermont[8]
- David S. Walbridge, US congressman[9]
Sports
- Peter Graves, Olympic announcer and cross-country ski coach for Harvard University
- Andrew Newell, Olympic cross country skier
References
- ^ "HALL, Hiland, (1795 - 1885)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
- ^ "MERRILL, Orsamus Cook, (1775 - 1865)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
- ^ "NORTON, Jesse Olds, (1812 - 1875)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
- ^ "Term: Offner, Paul 1942". Wisconsin istorical Society. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
- ^ "ROBINSON, Jonathan, (1756 - 1819)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
- ^ "ROBINSON, Moses, (1741 - 1813)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
- ^ "SWIFT, Benjamin, (1781 - 1847)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
- ^ "TICHENOR, Isaac, (1754 - 1838)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
- ^ "WALBRIDGE, David Safford, (1802 - 1868)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 27, 2012.