Notable Alumni of Middlebury College

Lado Gurgenidze 1970–

Former prime minister of Georgia, banker

Also attended: Emory University

Mark Gordon 1957–

33rd Governor of Wyoming

Bachelor of Arts · History

Frank Pallone 1951–

U.S. Representative for New Jersey

Bachelor of Arts · Class of 1973

Also attended: Tufts University

Ron Brown 1941–1996

30th United States Secretary of Commerce

Jim Douglas 1951–

80th governor of Vermont

Barbara Comstock 1959–

Former U.S. Representative from Virginia

Bachelor of Arts · Class of 1981

Also attended: Georgetown University

Ari Fleischer 1960–

23rd White House press secretary under George W. Bush

Bachelor of Arts

Albio Sires 1951–

Cuban-born politician, mayor of West New York, New Jersey

Master of Arts · Class of 1985

Also attended: Saint Peter's University

Robert Stafford 1913–2006

Former Vermont governor and US senator

Also attended: Boston University, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Silas Wright 1795–1847

Democratic politician, lawyer and governor

Brian Deese 1978–

13th director of the National Economic Council

Also attended: Yale University

John Wolcott Stewart 1825–1915

33rd Governor of Vermont and U.S. Senator

John Deere 1804–1886

Founder of Deere & Company

Lord Ivar Mountbatten 1963–

British aristocrat and businessman

Bachelor of Arts

Henry Schoolcraft 1793–1864

Geographer and ethnologist of Native American cultures

Also attended: Union College

Myrtle Bachelder 1908–1997

Chemist who worked on the Manhattan Project

Also attended: Boston University

Edward Hitchcock 1793–1864

Geologist and third President of Amherst College

Also attended: Yale University

Child: Charles Henry Hitchcock (Amherst College, Dartmouth College)

Child: Edward Hitchcock Jr. (Amherst College, Harvard University)

Walter Granger 1872–1941

Paleontologist who explored fossils in China and Mongolia

James Cromwell 1940–

Actor nominated for an Oscar for Babe

Also attended: Carnegie Mellon University

Mother: Kay Johnson (American Academy of Dramatic Arts-New York)

Amanda Plummer 1957–

Actress of stage and film

Also attended: Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater

Mother: Tammy Grimes (Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater)

Jeff Lindsay 1952–

Playwright and crime novelist, Dexter author

Eve Ensler 1953–

Playwright and activist, author of The Vagina Monologues

Child: Dylan McDermott (Fordham University, Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater)

Kristen Connolly 1980–

Actress known for The Cabin in the Woods

Also attended: Yale University

Achal Prabhala 1980–

Indian writer

Also attended: Yale University

Ta-Nehisi Coates 1975–

Author and journalist, formerly of The Atlantic

Also attended: Howard University

John Perkins 1945–

Author of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

Also attended: Boston University

Roscoe Lee Browne 1922–2007

Actor and director, narrator in Babe

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York, Lincoln University

Julia Alvarez 1950–

Poet, novelist and essayist

Also attended: Connecticut College, Syracuse University

Cassidy Freeman 1982–

Actress and singer, known for Smallville

Sibling: Crispin Freeman (Williams College, Columbia University in the City of New York)

Amanda Peterson 1971–2015

Actress known for Can't Buy Me Love

Also attended: Colorado State University-Fort Collins, University of Northern Colorado

Anna Belknap 1972–

Television and film actress

Dana Reeve 1961–2006

Actress and singer, wife of Christopher Reeve

Also attended: California Institute of the Arts

Spouse: Christopher Reeve (Cornell University, The Juilliard School)

Warren Frost 1925–2017

Actor in theater, film and television

Child: Mark Frost (Carnegie Mellon University)

Jake Weber 1963–

English actor known for Dawn of the Dead

Also attended: The Juilliard School

Jason Mantzoukas 1972–

Actor, comedian and podcaster

Julianna Rose Mauriello 1991–

Former actress and dancer, played Stephanie in LazyTown

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York

Anaïs Mitchell 1981–

Singer-songwriter and playwright

Michaela Dietz 1982–

Voice actress known for Amethyst in Steven Universe

Rebecca Makkai 1978–

Novelist, author of The Great Believers

Also attended: Washington and Lee University

Father: Ádám Makkai (Harvard University)

Jessica St. Clair 1976–

Actress and improvisational comedian

Jimmy Wong 1986–

Actor, singer and YouTuber

Sibling: Freddie Wong (University of Southern California)

Vanessa Branch 1973–

Actress and model, Giselle in Pirates of the Caribbean

Hiro Kanagawa 1963–

Canadian actor and playwright

Also attended: Temple University

Emma Cline 1989–

Novelist, author of The Girls

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York

Alison Knowles 1933–2025

Fluxus founding member and performance artist

Also attended: Pratt Institute-Main

Spouse: Dick Higgins (Yale University, Columbia University in the City of New York)

Child: Hannah Higgins (University of Chicago, Oberlin College)

Malaya Drew 1978–

Actress known for The L Word and ER

Rodney Rothman

Filmmaker, co-director of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Katherine Arden 1987–

Novelist, author of the Winternight trilogy

John Godfrey Saxe 1816–1887

Poet known for retelling Blind men and an elephant

Also attended: Wesleyan University

Robert Gober 1954–

Sculptor known for sinks, doors and domestic objects

Also attended: Temple University

Michael Tolkin 1950–

Screenwriter, novelist and director of The Player

Also attended: Bard College

Megan Guarnier 1985–

Cyclist, 2016 UCI Women's World Tour overall winner

Hedda Berntsen 1976–

Norwegian freestyle skier

Penny Pitou 1938–

Alpine skier, first American Olympic downhill medalist

Guttorm Berge 1929–2004

Norwegian alpine skier

Simi Hamilton 1987–

Cross-country skier

Spouse: Sophie Caldwell Hamilton (Dartmouth College)

Ted King 1983–

Retired professional road racing cyclist

Sarah Groff 1981–

Triathlete

Spouse: Ben True (Dartmouth College)

Lea Davison 1983–

Cross-country mountain biker and two-time Olympian

Hiram Bingham I 1789–1869

Leader of first American missionaries to Hawaii

Child: Hiram Bingham II (Yale University, Andover Newton Theological School)