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- Tim Daly, actor, producer, and director
- John Cotton Dana
- Jeff Danziger, political cartoonist
- Thomas Davenport, inventor of the electric motor
- Howard Dean, Democratic National Committee Chairman 2005-9
- John Deere, inventor of the steel plow and founder of agricultural equipment manufacturer Deere & Company
- David Dellinger, one of Chicago Seven
- George Dewey, hero of Manila Bay and the only Admiral of the Navy ever appointed in America
- John Dewey, philosopher and educator
- Julia Caroline Dorr, author
- Stephen A. Douglas, U.S. Senator from Illinois, born in Brandon. Nominated for president 1860.
- A. E. Douglass, astronomer
- Norman Dubie, poet
- Jean Dubuc, baseball pitcher. Born in St. Johnsbury
- William Wade Dudley
- Chris Duffy, baseball player. Born in Brattleboro
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