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See also: Category:People from St. Johnsbury, Vermont

The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in St. Johnsbury, Vermont.

Artists and authors

Name Image Birth Death Known for Association Reference
GG Allin Aug 29, 1956 Jun 28, 1993 Punk rock musician Raised in East St. Johnsbury
Edward Behr 1951 Author; publisher of The Art of Eating Magazine Lives in St. Johnsbury [1][2]
Chris Hedges Sep 18, 1956 Journalist and author Born in St. Johnsbury
Stephen Huneck Oct 8, 1948 Jan 7, 2010 Artist and wood carver Had studio in St. Johnsbury
Connor Long

(a.k.a. Khonnor)

Jul 24, 1986 Musician Lives in St. Johnsbury

Military

Name Image Birth Death Known for Association Reference
Asa P. Blunt Oct 19, 1826 Oct 4, 1889 Civil War-era brevet general Lived in St. Johnsbury

Politics

Name Image Birth Death Known for Association Reference
Jonathan Arnold Dec 3, 1741 Feb 1, 1793 Delegate to the Continental Congress [3]
Lemuel H. Arnold Jan 29, 1792 Jun 27, 1852 U.S. congressman and 12th governor of Rhode Island Born in St. Johnsbury [4]
George Baldwin Jan 22, 1830 Dec 7, 1907 Wisconsin politician Born in St. Johnsbury
Albert W. Barney Oct 23, 1920 May 10, 2010 Vermont jurist Born in St. Johnsbury [5]
Helen E. Burbank Jul 27, 1898 Feb 22, 1981 Secretary of State of Vermont Raised, educated and buried in St. Johnsbury [6]
Alexander Dunnett Nov 29, 1852 Sep 14, 1920 United States Attorney for the District of Vermont
President of the Vermont Bar Association
Member of the Vermont Senate from Caledonia County
State's Attorney of Caledonia County, Vermont 		Lived and worked in St. Johnsbury [7]
Erastus Fairbanks Oct 28, 1792 Nov 20, 1864 21st and 26th governor of Vermont Lived in St. Johnsbury [8]
Horace Fairbanks Mar 21, 1820 Mar 17, 1888 36th governor of Vermont Lived in St. Johnsbury [9]
Frederick G. Fleetwood Sep 27, 1868 Jan 28, 1938 US congressman Born in St. Johnsbury [10]
Charles E. Gibson Jr. Dec 20, 1925 Oct 10, 2017 Vermont Attorney General Born and raised in St. Johnsbury [11]
Ellery Albee Hibbard Jul 31, 1826 Jul 24, 1903 US congressman [12]
Harland Bradley Howe Feb 19, 1873 Apr 22, 1946 Judge [13]
Henry Clay Ide Sep 18, 1844 Jun 13, 1921 Governor-General of the Philippines Practiced law in St. Johnsbury [14]
Luther Jewett Dec 24, 1772 Mar 8, 1860 US congressman Lived and died in St. Johnsbury [15]
Graham S. Newell Nov 27, 1915 Jun 20, 2008 State senator Born and died in St. Johnsbury [16]
Ephraim Paddock Jan 4, 1780 Jul 27, 1859 Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court; uncle of Erastus Fairbanks and Thaddeus Fairbanks Lived in St. Johnsbury [17]
Jonathan Ross Apr 30, 1826 Feb 23, 1905 US senator Lived and died in St. Johnsbury [18]
Wendell Phillips Stafford May 1, 1861 Apr 21, 1953 Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia Lived and worked in St. Johnsbury [19]
Frank D. Thompson Apr 9, 1876 Jun 12, 1940 Associate Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court Lived and worked in St. Johnsbury [20]

Professionals

Name Image Birth Death Known for Association Reference
Walter J. Bigelow Jan 22, 1865 May 2, 1935 Publisher of the St. Johnsbury Caledonian, former mayor of Burlington, Vermont Resided in St. Johnsbury while publishing the Caledonian [21]
Franklin Fairbanks Jun 18, 1828 Apr 24, 1895 Businessman, philanthropist, and co-founder of Winter Park and Rollins College
Thaddeus Fairbanks Jan 17, 1796 Apr 12, 1886 Inventor
Albert B. Jewett March 20, 1829 March 6, 1887 Railroad executive Lived in St. Johnsbury [22]
Milo Parker Jewett April 27, 1808 June 9, 1882 Educator Born in St. Johnsbury [23]
Charles Hosmer Morse Sep 23, 1833 May 5, 1921 Businessman and co-founder of Winter Park and Rollins College Born in St. Johnsbury
Henry O'Malley Mar 22, 1876 Apr 24, 1936 United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries (1922–1933) Born and raised in St. Johnsbury [24]

Religion

Name Image Birth Death Known for Association Reference
Jacob Gates May 9, 1811 Apr 14, 1892 Early Mormon leader Born in St. Johnsbury
Edward A. Lawrence, Sr. Oct 7, 1808 Sep 4, 1883 Congregational pastor Born in St. Johnsbury


Edwin Wallace Parker Jan 21, 1833 Jun 4, 1901 Methodist Episcopal missionary bishop Born in St. Johnsbury
Bob Smith Aug 8, 1879 Nov 16, 1950 Co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous Born in St. Johnsbury
Erastus Snow Nov 9, 1818 May 27, 1888 Early Mormon leader Born in St. Johnsbury
Zerubbabel Snow Mar 29, 1809 Sep 27, 1888 Early Mormon pioneer Born in St. Johnsbury

Sports

Name Image Birth Death Known for Association Reference
Jean Dubuc Sep 15, 1888 Aug 28, 1958 Pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox, and New York Giants Born in St. Johnsbury [25]

References

  1. ^ "Vermont Food Writer ed Behr Publishes a "Guide to Good Taste"".
  2. ^ "Edward Behr's 50 Foods is not a cookbook". Archived from the original on 2018-08-01.
  3. ^ "ARNOLD, Jonathan, (1741 - 1793)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
  4. ^ "ARNOLD, Lemuel Hastings, (1792 - 1852)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
  5. ^ "Albert Wilkins Barney". NNDb. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
  6. ^ "Ex-Secretary of State Helen Burbank Dies". Burlington Free Press. Burlington, VT. February 24, 1981. p. 4.
  7. ^ "Demise of Alexander Dunnett". The Evening Argus. Montpelier, VT. September 15, 1920. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Childs, Hamilton (1887). Gazetteer of Caledonia and Essex Counties, Vt. 1764-1887. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse Journal Company. p. 84.
  9. ^ "Fairbanks, Horace (1820-1888)". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
  10. ^ "FLEETWOOD, Frederick Gleed, (1868 - 1938)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
  11. ^ State of Vermont Legislative Directory. Montpelier, VT: Vermont Secretary of State. 1969. p. 651.
  12. ^ "HIBBARD, Ellery Albee, (1826 - 1903)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
  13. ^ "Biographical Directory of Federal Judges: Howe, Harland Bradley". Federal Judicial Center. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
  14. ^ John E. Findling (1989). "Ide, Henry Clay". Dictionary of American diplomatic history (2nd ed.). Greenwood Press. p. 254. ISBN 9780313260247.
  15. ^ "JEWETT, Luther, (1772 - 1860)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
  16. ^ Duffy, John J. (2003). The Vermont Encyclopedia. UPNE. p. 215. ISBN 9781584650867.
  17. ^ "Obituary, Ephraim Paddock". The Historical Magazine and Notes and Queries. New York, NY: C. Benjamin Richardson. September 1, 1859. pp. 286–287.
  18. ^ "ROSS, Jonathan, (1826 - 1905)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
  19. ^ Crockett, Walter Hill (1921). Vermont: The Green Mountain State. Vol. 4. New York, NY: Century History Company. p. 373.
  20. ^ Baldwin, Frederick W. (1916). History of Bank of Orleans. Burlington, VT: Free Press Printing Company. p. 117.}
  21. ^ "Former Mayor of Burlington Dead". St. Albans Daily Messenger. St. Albans, VT. May 3, 1935. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  22. ^ "Col. Jewett Dead". St. Johnsbury Republican. St. Johnsbury, VT. March 10, 1887. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  23. ^ "Milo P. Jewett - Vassar College Encyclopedia - Vassar College".
  24. ^ Anonymous, "Passing of Former United States Commissioner of Fisheries Henry O'Malley," Fisheries Service Bulletin Number 252, May 1, 1936, p. 1 Accessed 9 August 2021.
  25. ^ "Jean Dubuc". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_from_St._Johnsbury,_Vermont