George Dewey, military leader - the only person in U.S. history to ever attain the rank of Admiral of the Navy
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Top 10 Famous and Notable People Born in Vermont
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Thomas Davenport, inventor - built the first DC electric motor in America
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Elisha Graves Otis, inventor/entrepreneur - designed and built elevators and successfully founded the company that still produces lift equipment today
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Shirley Muldowney, race car driver/athlete - successful drag racer with multiple championships and credited as the first woman of the sport
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John Deere, inventor/entrepreneur/businessman - founded one of the world's largest construction and farm equipment companies
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Richard Morris Hunt, architect - one of the most revered figures in 19th century American architecture, designing both private and public structures
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Levi Spear Parmly, dentist/inventor/educator - considered the inventor of dental floss
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Charles E. Billings, inventor - devised new production methods and metal forging that improved quality and output at various businesses and invented the copper commutator for electrical generators
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John Dewey, philosopher/psychologist/educator/reformist - a political and social reformist whose ideas spanned the 19th and 20th centuries
