The following is a list of notable Middlebury College alumni, including both graduates and attendees. For a list of Middlebury faculty, refer to the list of Middlebury College faculty.

Notable alumni

Academia

College and university presidents Nathan S.S. Beman 1807 – president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1845–1865 Jonathan Blanchard 1832 – abolitionist and president of Knox and Wheaton Colleges Ezra Brainerd 1864 – president of Middlebury College, 1885–1908 Martin Henry Freeman 1849 – first black president of an American college, later serving as president of Liberia College Edward Hitchcock 1846 (DD) – geologist; 3rd president of Amherst College (1845–1854) Harvey Denison Kitchel 1835 – Congregationalist minister; president of Middlebury College, 1866–1875 Joel H. Linsley 1811 – Congregational minister and president of Marietta College Carolyn "Biddy" Martin (MA) – 19th president of Amherst College; chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–Madison; provost of Cornell University Charles S. Murkland 1884 – first elected president of the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts following the college's move from Hanover to Durham Stephen Olin 1820 – educator and minister; first president of Randolph Macon College (1834–1837); president of Wesleyan University (1839–1851) John Martin Thomas 1890 – ninth president of Middlebury College, ninth president of Penn State, and twelfth president of Rutgers University

Professors

Mary Annette Anderson 1899 – first black woman elected to Phi Beta Kappa; later a professor at Howard University John Barlow 1895 – entomologist and college administrator, served 35 years as chairman of the Zoology Department of University of Rhode Island Ana Cara 1972 – creolist, translator, and professor of Hispanic Studies at Oberlin College Paul O. Carrese 1989 – director of the School of Civic & Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University; author of The Cloaking of Power: Montesquieu, Blackstone, and the Rise of Judicial Activism Pamela Chasek 1983 – writer and professor in the Department of Political Science at Manhattan University Thomas Jefferson Conant 1823 – Biblical scholar Christopher D'Elia 1968 – dean of the College of the Coast & Environment at Louisiana State University Edward Diller 1961 (MA) – professor of Germanic Languages and Literature, University of Oregon Timothy M. Frye 1986 – chair of the Department of Political Science at Columbia University Peter Gries – Harold J. & Ruth Newman Chair in US-China Issues and director of the Institute for U.S.-China Issues at the University of Oklahoma Cynthia Huntington 1983 (MA) – poet, professor of English and Creative Writing at Dartmouth College Sheila Miyoshi Jager 1985 (MA) – professor of East Asian Studies at Oberlin College Edward A. Jones – linguist, scholar and diplomat Dan M. Kahan 1986 – Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor of Law at Yale Law School Lawrence Kritzman (MA) – scholar, Willard Professor of French, Comparative Literature and Oratory at Dartmouth College Jeffrey W. Legro 1982 – political scientist; executive vice president, provost, and professor at the University of Richmond; professor and vice provost for global affairs at the University of Virginia Ben Mathes 1981 – professor of Mathematics at Colby College Christopher Merrill – poet, essayist, director of the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa Martha Merrow 1979 – chronobiologist, director of the Institute of Medical Psychology at LMU Munich James Morone 1975 – John Hazen White Professor of Political Science and Public Policy; director of the A. Alfred Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy at Brown University Joseph Nevins 1987 – associate professor of Geography at Vassar College Avital Ronell 1974 – professor of German, Comparative Literature, and English at New York University Stuart B. Schwartz 1962 – George Burton Adams Professor of History at Yale University; chair of the Council of Latin American and Iberian Studies; former Master of Ezra Stiles College Suzanna Sherry 1976 – Herman O. Loewenstein Professor of Law at Vanderbilt University Law School James Reist Stoner, Jr. 1977 – chair of the Department of Government; professor of political science at Louisiana State University Hollis Summers 1943 – poet, novelist, short story writer and editor, professor of English at the University of Kentucky Anthony Julian Tamburri – dean of the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute of Queens College, CUNY; professor of Italian & Italian/American Studies Enoch Cobb Wines 1827 – minister, prison reformer and professor of Languages at Washington College

Activism

Rana Abdelhamid – activist and political candidate from NYC, Harry S. Truman Scholarship recipient Conrad Tillard (born 1964) – politician, Baptist minister, radio host, author, and civil rights activist

Arts

Fashion Tiziana Domínguez – Spanish fashion designer and artist; daughter of designer Adolfo Domínguez Alexandra Kotur – fashion journalist, Style Director and contributing editor for Vogue; author of Carolina Herrera: Portrait of a Fashion Icon; co-author of The World in Vogue: People, Parties, Places

Fine arts Peter Gallo 1981 – reclusive artist and writer known for his mixed media works which often combine a variety of unconventional materials Robert Gober 1976 – sculptor whose works are exhibited in the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Menil Collection, the Tate Modern and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Alan Gussow 1952 – artist, teacher, author and conservationist inspired by the natural environment Alison Knowles (attended) – visual artist known for her soundworks, installations, performances, and publications; was very active in the Fluxus movement, and continues to create work inspired by her Fluxus experience Charles Simonton Moffett 1967 – art curator and author Nancy Rosen – founded Nancy Rosen Incorporated, an organization which plans and implements public art programs and collections, including the Art-for-Public-Spaces program for the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. Timothy Rub 1974 – director and CEO of the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Literature John W. Aldridge (summer session 1942) – writer and literary critic, professor of English at the University of Michigan, director of the Hopwood Program, and USIA Special Ambassador to Germany Julia Alvarez 1971 – author, poet, and writer-in-residence at Middlebury Katherine Arden 2011 – novelist known for Winternight trilogy Jane F. Barry 1988 – international women's rights author and principal Deni Ellis Béchard (MA) – Canadian-American novelist Stacie Cassarino 1997 – poet and author of the collection Zero at the Bone Emma Cline – writer and novelist known for The Girls; recipient of the Plimpton Prize T Cooper – writer and two-time fellow of the MacDowell Colony Marvin Dana (1867–1926) – poet, novelist, and magazine editor Frances Frost – poet; novelist; mother of poet Paul Blackburn Dwight Garner 1988 – literary critic for The New York Times, former senior editor at the New York Times Book Review David Gilbert 1967 – novelist Patricia Goedicke 1953 – poet Andrew Gross 1974 – author of thriller novels Hall J. Kelley 1814 – explorer, settler, and writer; strong advocate for U.S. settlement of the Oregon Country in the 1830s Richard E. Kim 1959 – Korean-American writer and professor of literature; author of The Martyred (1964), The Innocent (1968), and Lost Names (1970); Guggenheim Fellow (1966) and was recipient of a Fulbright grant Peter Knobler 1968 – author, former editor-in-chief of Crawdaddy magazine Jeff Lindsay 1975 – playwright and crime novelist, best known for his novels about sociopathic vigilante Dexter Morgan Rebecca Makkai (MA) 2004 – novelist and short-story writer Judy Malloy 1964 – poet whose works inhabit the intersection of hypernarrative, magic realism, and information art Wesley McNair (MA and M.Litt) – poet, writer, editor, and professor Louise McNeill – poet, essayist, and historian of Appalachia Emily Mitchell (1997) – Anglo-American novelist Wendy Mogel 1973 – speaker and author who looks at parenting problems through the lens of the Torah, the Talmud, and important Jewish teachings Jacqueline S. Moore – poet and author of Moments of My Life Dan O'Brien – playwright whose plays include The Cherry Sisters Revisited, The Voyage of the Carcass, The Dear Boy, The House in Hydesville, and The Three Christs of Ypsilanti Joel Peckham 1992 – poet; scholar of American literature; creative writer John Perkins (attended) – activist and author of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man Rory Power – author Lawrence Raab 1968 – poet Lewis Robinson 1993 – writer, author of Officer Friendly and Other Stories John Godfrey Saxe 1839 – poet perhaps best known for his retelling of the Indian parable "The Blind Men and the Elephant" Johan Theorin (foreign guest student 1985–86) – Swedish journalist and novelist Michael Tolkin 1974 – filmmaker and novelist whose screenplays include The Player (1992), which he adapted from his 1988 novel by the same name Vendela Vida 1993 – novelist, editor of The Believer magazine Anne Walker 1995 – architectural historian and author Carol Weston 1979 (MA) – author of fiction and nonfiction books; the "Dear Carol" advice columnist at Girls' Life since the magazine's first issue in 1994

Music Cherine Anderson 2005 – Jamaican actress and dancehall/reggae vocalist Maria BC 2019 – ambient musician and singer Dispatch 1996 – indie jam band, comprising Chad Urmston, Brad Corrigan, and Pete Heimbold, formed at Middlebury Anaïs Mitchell 2004 – folk singer-songwriter and writer of Hadestown Oneida 1995 – Brooklyn-based noise rock band co-founded by John Colpitts '95 and Patrick Sullivan '95 Watermelon Slim (attended) – blues musician, real name Bill Homans John Valby 1966 – musician and comedian

Television and film Anna Belknap 1994 – actress, known for her role as Lindsay Monroe on CSI: NY Vanessa Branch 1994 – British actress, model, former Miss Vermont, noted for her role in Orbit Gum commercials Roscoe Lee Brown (MA) – actor and director, known for his rich voice and dignified bearing Jeffrey Bushell 1994 – writer, has written for The Bernie Mac Show, Drawn Together, MADtv, What I Like About You, and Zoey 101 Kristen Connolly 2002 – actress known for her roles in The Cabin in the Woods and House of Cards James Cromwell (attended) – actor noted for his roles in Babe, L.A. Confidential, The Queen, and 24 Sam Daly 2006 – actor, U.S. production of The Office Michaela Dietz 2003 – Korean-American voice actress Malaya Drew 1998 – actress known for her roles on The L Word (2008),Article about Malaya Drew on the L Word: http://lesbianlife.about.com/od/lesbiantravels/ig/Dinah-Shore-2011/Malaya-Rivera-Drew-.htm ER (2006–2007),Celebrity Photobook page of Malaya Drew on ER: Las Vegas (2006–2007) and Entourage (2005)Malaya Drew's profile on Variety: http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117949278?categoryid=28&cs=1 Lucy Faust – actress and playwright, The Revival, Mudbound and NCIS: New Orleans Cassidy Freeman 2005 – actress and singer, known for her role as Tess Mercer in Smallville Warren Frost – actor, Twin Peaks, Matlock, The Larry Sanders Show, and Seinfeld Justin Haythe 1996 – novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter, screenwriter for The Clearing and the film adaptation of Revolutionary Road William Blake Herron 1985 – screenwriter, director, TV creator and show runner, writer-director of A Texas Funeral and co-writer of The Bourne Identity Antonio Macia 2000 – screenwriter, writer of Holy Rollers Jason Mantzoukas 1995 – comedian, writer, and actor, known for The League and The Dictator Emily McLaughlin – soap opera actress