List of people from Brattleboro, Vermont
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The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in Brattleboro, Vermont
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Brattleboro, Vermont
Brattleboro, originally Brattleborough, is a town in Windham County, Vermont, United States, located in the southeast corner of the state, along the state line with New Hampshire. The population was 12,046 at the 2010 census...
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Artists and entertainers
- Will Ackerman, music producer and guitarist.
- Sam AmidonSam AmidonSam Amidon is an American independent folk artist born in Brattleboro, Vermont, June 3, 1981. His parents are folk artists Peter and Mary Alice Amidon. His younger brother, Stefan Amidon, is a professional drummer who performs with The Sweetback Sisters among other groups. Sam attended The Putney...
, folk artist. - Tony BarrandTony BarrandDr. Anthony Grant Barrand is an academic and musician residing in Brattleboro, Vermont. He is Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences, Boston University, where his courses include "Stalking the Wild Mind: The Psychology and Folklore of Extra-Sensory Perception and Psychic...
, musician. - H. H. BennettH. H. BennettHenry Hamilton Bennett was a photographer famous for his pictures of the Dells of the Wisconsin River and surrounding region taken between 1865 and 1908. The popularity of his photographs helped turn the city of Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin into a major tourist destination.-Early life:H. H...
, photographer. - Douglas CoxDouglas CoxDouglas C. Cox is a contemporary American violinmaker. He has been building instruments since 1981, and has made over 700 violins, violas and cellos....
, violin maker. - Jacob EsteyJacob EsteyJacob Estey was the founder of Estey Organ.-Biography:He was born in 1814 in Hinsdale, New Hampshire and ran away from an orphanage to Worcester, Massachusetts, where he learned the plumbing trade. He arrived in Brattleboro, Vermont in 1835 at age 21 to work in a plumbing shop which he soon bought...
, reed organ maker. - Levi K. FullerLevi K. FullerLevi Knight Fuller was the 44th Governor of Vermont from 1892 to 1894.-Early life:Born in Westmoreland, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, and attended Brattleboro High School and later apprenticed as a machinist in Boston, also working as telegrapher to finance additional studies in engineering and...
, governor of Vermont. - Karen HesseKaren HesseKaren Hesse is an American author of children's literature and literature for young adults, often with historical settings.-Life:...
, children's author. - Leavitt HuntLeavitt HuntCol. Leavitt Hunt was a Harvard-educated attorney and photography pioneer who was one of the first people to photograph the Middle East...
, photography pioneer and attorney. - William Morris HuntWilliam Morris HuntWilliam Morris Hunt , American painter, was born at Brattleboro, Vermont to Jane Maria Hunt and Hon. Jonathan Hunt, who raised one of the preeminent families in American art...
, painter. - Wolf KahnWolf KahnWolf Kahn is a German-born American painter.Kahn is known for his combination of realism and Color Field, and known to work in pastel and oil paint. He studied under Hans Hofmann, and also graduated from the University of Chicago...
, painter. - Ki LongfellowKi LongfellowKi Longfellow is an American novelist, playwright, theatrical producer, theater director and entrepreneur. In Britain, as the widow of Vivian Stanshall, she is well known as the guardian of his artistic heritage, but elsewhere she is best known for her own work, especially the novel The Secret...
, novelist, playwright and screenwriter. - Joanna Noëlle Levesque, singer and actor.
- Blanche Honegger MoyseBlanche Honegger MoyseBlanche Honegger Moyse was a conductor living in Brattleboro, Vermont. She was particularly admired for her devotion to the choral works of Johann Sebastian Bach and her ability to draw deeply moving performances from both amateur and professional musicians...
, choral conductor. - Marcel MoyseMarcel MoyseMarcel Moyse was a famous French flutist. Many works were composed for Moyse including the 1934 Flute Concerto by Jacques Ibert...
, flute player. - Bing RussellBing RussellBing Russell was an American actor and baseball club owner, and was the father of Golden Globe-nominated actor Kurt Russell.-Personal life:...
, film actor. - Royall TylerRoyall TylerRoyall Tyler , American jurist and playwright who wrote The Contrast in 1787 and published The Algerine Captive in 1797. He wrote several legal tracts, six plays, a musical drama, two long poems, a semifictional travel narrative, The Yankey in London , and essays...
, playwright. - Kit WatkinsKit WatkinsKit Watkins is an American progressive-ambient-jazz recording artist based in Brattleboro, Vermont. He was previously a member of the band Happy the Man.-Beginnings:...
, musician. - Claude WilliamsonClaude WilliamsonClaude Berkeley Williamson is a jazz pianist.Williamson studied at the New England Conservatory of Music before moving to jazz, influenced mainly by Teddy Wilson, then by Al Haig and Bud Powell...
, musician. - Stu WilliamsonStu WilliamsonStu Williamson was an American jazz trumpeter.Born in Brattleboro, Vermont, Williamson was the younger brother of jazz pianist Claude Williamson. Williamson relocated to Los Angeles in 1949 and became a regular on the West Coast scene, playing with Stan Kenton , Woody Herman , Billy May, and...
, musician.
Politics
- Alonzo S. ChurchAlonzo S. ChurchAlonzo S. Church was the sixth president of the University of Georgia in Athens. He served in that capacity from 1829 until his resignation in 1859....
, college president. - Ezra Clark, Jr.Ezra Clark, Jr.Ezra Clark, Jr. was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.Born in Brattleboro, Vermont, Clark moved with his parents to Hartford, Connecticut, in 1819.He attended the public schools....
, congressman. - Abram A. HammondAbram A. HammondAbram Adams Hammond was the 12th Governor of the U.S. state of Indiana. He succeeded to the office upon the death of Governor Ashbel P. Willard and completed the remaining three months of Willard's term.-Early life:...
, governor of Indiana. - Kittredge HaskinsKittredge HaskinsKittredge Haskins was a Vermont lawyer and politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives.Born in Dover, Vermont, Haskins attended the public schools and received instruction from a private tutor....
, congressman. - Frederick HolbrookFrederick HolbrookFrederick Holbrook was an agriculturist, politician, and the 27th Governor of Vermont.-Early life:Holbrook was born in East Windsor, Connecticut, son of John and Sara Holbrook. He attended Berkshire Gymnasium, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, for two years, then visited Europe in 1833...
, governor of Vermont. - Jonathan HuntJonathan Hunt (Vermont Representative)General Jonathan Hunt was a member of the United States House of Representatives and the prominent Hunt family of Vermont. He was born in Vernon, Windham County, Vermont, and graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, in 1807. Afterwards, Hunt studied law and was admitted to the bar...
, bank president and congressman. - John Humphrey NoyesJohn Humphrey NoyesJohn Humphrey Noyes was an American utopian socialist. He founded the Oneida Community in 1848. He coined the term "free love".-Early activism:...
, Utopian socialist. - Harvey PutnamHarvey PutnamHarvey Putnam was a United States House of Representative from New York. Born in Brattleboro, Vermont, he attended the common schools, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1816 and commenced practice in Attica, New York in 1817...
, congressman. - Peter Shumlin, former president pro tempore of the Vermont State Senate, elected Vermont Governor and inaugurated in January 2011.
- James Manning TylerJames Manning TylerJames Manning Tyler was a U.S. Representative from Vermont.-Biography:Born in Wilmington, Vermont, Tyler attended the Brattleboro Academy and was graduated from the Law University of Albany, New York....
, congressman.
Professionals
- William Bullock ClarkWilliam Bullock ClarkWilliam Bullock Clark, Ph. D., LL.D , was an American geologist.He was born at Brattleboro, Vermont, and educated at Amherst College and in Munich...
, geologist. - Edwin Brant FrostEdwin Brant Frost-Biography:He was born in Brattleboro, Vermont. His father, Carlton Pennington Frost, was dean of Dartmouth Medical School.Frost graduated from Dartmouth in 1886. He continued his education as a post-graduate student in chemistry and in 1887 became an instructor in physics while only 21 years old...
, astronomer. - Ida May FullerIda May FullerIda May Fuller was the first American to receive a monthly benefit Social Security check. She received the check, amounting to $22.54, on January 31, 1940.Fuller was born on a farm outside Ludlow, Vermont...
, first recipient of Social Security check. - Richard Morris HuntRichard Morris HuntRichard Morris Hunt was an American architect of the nineteenth century and a preeminent figure in the history of American architecture...
, architect. - William Rutherford MeadWilliam Rutherford MeadWilliam Rutherford Mead was an American architect, and was the "Center of the Office" of McKim, Mead, and White, a noted Gilded Age architectural firm. The firm's other two founding partners were Charles Follen McKim , and Stanford White .-Life and career:Mead was born in Brattleboro, Vermont...
, architect. - William WillardWilliam WillardWilliam Willard founded Indiana's school for the deaf in Indianapolis, Indiana, which later became the Indiana School for the Deaf. He was one of the most important deaf persons in the deaf community....
, school founder. - Jody WilliamsJody WilliamsJody Williams is an American teacher and aid worker who received the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize jointly with the campaign she worked for, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines...
, teacher, aid worker, anti land mines activist, and Nobel laureate
Sports
- Brad BakerBrad BakerBradley Donald Baker is a former Minor League Baseball right-handed relief pitcher. Baker threw a fastball which consistently hit 90 mph, an above-average change and an average curve.- High school :...
, baseball player. - Chris Duffy, baseball player.
- James GalanesJames GalanesJames Barrett Galanes was an American cross country skier who competed from 1980 to 1985. He finished eighth in the 4 x 10 km relay at the 1980 and 1984 Winter Olympics....
, cross-country skier. - Ernie JohnsonErnie Johnson (pitcher)Ernest Thorwald Johnson was a Major League Baseball pitcher. The 6'4", 195 lb. right-hander was signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent before the season. He played for the Boston Braves , Milwaukee Braves , and Baltimore Orioles .-Playing career:After serving three years in the U.S...
, baseball player. - Bill KochBill Koch (skier)Bill Koch is an American ski racer and the first world-class cross-country skier from the United States.A native of Brattleboro, Vermont, he is a graduate of the nearby The Putney School in Putney, Vermont. He originally competed in the NIS in the Nordic combined, but later switched to cross...
, skier. - Joe ShieldJoe Shield-Career:Shield was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the eleventh round of the 1985 NFL Draft and was a member of the team for two seasons. He played at the collegiate level at Trinity College.-References:...
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