List of people from Bennington, Vermont

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
• 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

1. "HALL, Hiland, (1795 - 1885)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
2. "MERRILL, Orsamus Cook, (1775 - 1865)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
3. "NORTON, Jesse Olds, (1812 - 1875)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
4. "Term: Offner, Paul 1942". Wisconsin istorical Society. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
5. "ROBINSON, Jonathan, (1756 - 1819)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
6. "ROBINSON, Moses, (1741 - 1813)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
7. "SWIFT, Benjamin, (1781 - 1847)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
8. "TICHENOR, Isaac, (1754 - 1838)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
9. "WALBRIDGE, David Safford, (1802 - 1868)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 27, 2012.