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.
- Pamela Blair, actress, singer and dancer (Val in the musical A Chorus Line); 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
- Miles Hyman, author and illustrator
- Stanley Edgar Hyman, literary critic; instructor at Bennington College
- Shirley Jackson, novelist and short story writer, author of "The Lottery"; Wife of Stanley Edgar Hyman; lived in Bennington
- Jamaica Kincaid, novelist (Lucy); lived in Bennington
- Ray Magliozzi, co-host of NPR's weekly radio show, Car Talk; taught science in Bennington
- Bernard Malamud, novelist and short story writer; taught at Bennington College
- Jules Olitski, painter; taught at Bennington College (1963–1967)
- Mary Oliver, poet; lived in Bennington
- Beverley Owen, actress; lived and died in Bennington
- Allen Shawn, composer; instructor at Bennington College
- David Smith, sculptor
- R. John Wright, doll designer and maker; lives in Bennington
Professionals
- Ethan Allen, soldier, author, philosopher, land speculator and businessman[1]
- Hiram Bingham, missionary
- William L. Burke, professor
- Edward Hamlin Everett, founder of the Bennington Museum
- Lydia Mary Fay (1804–1878), missionary, educator, writer, and translator
- Nathaniel Fillmore, farmer and father of President Millard Fillmore
- James Fisk Jr., financier
- Simon Fraser, fur trader and explorer
- Daniel Williams Harmon, fur trader and diarist
- Anthony Haswell, printer, journalist and free speech champion
- Herbert William Heinrich, industrial safety pioneer
- Horace Chapin Henry, businessman and art gallery founder
- Alfred Lebbeus Loomis, physician
- Alexander Nemerov, art historian
- Trenor W. Park, lawyer, businessman, politician and philanthropist
- Isaac G. Perry, architect
- Henry W. Putnam, inventor, manufacturer, businessman and philanthropist
- John Spargo, author, historian and socialist intellectual
- John F. Winslow, industrialist and college president
Military
- Reginald W. Buzzell, U.S. Army brigadier general, resided in Bennington[2]
- 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
- David Robinson, major general in the state militia and U.S. marshal for Vermont
- Seth Warner, officer in the Green Mountain Boys
Murderers
- Mary Rogers, murderer[3]
- Elizabeth Van Valkenburgh, murderer[4]
Law
- Orion M. Barber, U.S. federal judge[5]
- Samuel H. Blackmer, associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court[6]
- Charles Dewey Day, superior court judge in Canada[7]
- John Fassett Jr., justice of the Vermont Supreme Court[8]
- David Fay, justice of the Vermont Supreme Court[9]: 123
- Jonas Fay, justice of the Vermont Supreme Court[9]: 119–120
- James Stuart Holden, federal judge[10]
- Pierpoint Isham, justice of the Vermont Supreme Court[11]
- John Robinson, US marshal for Vermont[12]