List of people from Rhode Island
Location of Rhode Island in the U.S. map
This is a list of prominent people who were born in the U.S. state of Rhode Island or spent significant periods of their lives in the state.
Academia
- James Burrill Angell (1829–1916) – educator, academic administrator, and diplomat
- Glen Bowersock (born 1936) – scholar of the ancient world and the history of ancient Greece, Rome and the Near East
- David Carlin (born 1938) – professor of sociology and philosophy at Community College of Rhode Island
- Robert Carothers (born 1942) – president of the University of Rhode Island
- Ronald Champagne – president of Elmira College, Merrimack College, and Shimer College[1]
- Sarah Doyle (1830–1922) – educator and reformer
- Paula Fredriksen (born 1951) – historian and scholar of religious studies
- Henry Giroux (born 1943) – radical educator and cultural critic
- Neil Lanctot (born 1966) – historian
- Francis Leo Lawrence (1937–2013) – educator, scholar of French literature, and university administrator
- Edward T. Lewis (also known as Ted Lewis) – president of St. Mary's College of Maryland, president of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, writer and poet
- Helen Adelia Rowe Metcalf (1830–1895) – founder and director of the Rhode Island School of Design
- Barry Mills (born 1950) – fourteenth president of Bowdoin College
- Salvatore D. Morgera (born 1946) – Professor of Electrical Engineering at University of South Florida
- Wilfred Harold Munro (1849–1934) – historian
- Richard Vangermeersch (born 1940) – economist, Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Rhode Island
- Minton Warren (1850–1907) – classical scholar
Activism, civil rights, and philanthropy
- Zechariah Chafee (1885–1957) – judicial philosopher, civil rights advocate
- Elizabeth Buffum Chace (1806–1899) – activist in the anti-slavery, women's-rights, and prison-reform movements of the mid-to-late 19th century
- Abby Aldrich Rockefeller (1874–1948) – philanthropist
- Robert Ellis Smith (1940–) – publisher and consumer activist, Privacy Journal; civil rights journalist in Alabama
- Marjorie van Vliet (1923–1990) – teacher and aviator
Art, literature, and design
- Jacob M. Appel (born 1973) – novelist
- John Noble Barlow (1861–1917) – painter
- Lee Bontecou (born 1931) – sculptor and printmaker
- George M. Cohan (1878–1942) – playwright, composer and vaudeville performer
- Paul Di Filippo (born 1954) – science fiction author and critic
- Denise Duhamel (born 1961) – poet
- Judith Dupré – author
- C. M. Eddy, Jr. (1896–1967) – author
- Jeanpaul Ferro – poet, short fiction author, novelist
- John Hawkes (1925–1998) – novelist
- Greta Hodgkinson – ballet dancer
- Ann Hood (born 1956) – novelist and short story writer
- Raymond Mathewson Hood (1881–1934) – architect
- Galway Kinnell – Pulitzer Prize-winning poet
- Christopher La Farge –novelist and poet
- Jhumpa Lahiri – Pulitzer Prize-winning short fiction author and novelist
- H. P. Lovecraft (1890–1937) – author
- Maxwell Mays (1918–2009) – painter
- David Macaulay (born 1946) – author
- Cormac McCarthy (born 1933) – novelist
- Don McGregor (born 1945) – comic book writer
- Edwin O'Connor (1918–1968) – novelist
- S.J. Perelman (1904–1979) – humorist, critic
- Peter Pezzelli (born 1959) – author
- David Plante (born 1940) – novelist
- George Schuyler (1895–1977) – author
- Gilbert Stuart (1755–1828) – painter
- Philemon Sturges (1929–2005) – architect and children's author
- Thomas Alexander Tefft (1826–1859) – architect
- Don Winslow (born 1953) – author
Athletics
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- A–G
- Lou Abbruzzi (1917–1982) – football player
- Pat Abbruzzi (1932–1998) – football player
- Noel Acciari (born 1991) – ice hockey player
- Gary Albright (1963–2000) – wrestler
- Bill Almon (born 1952) – baseball player
- Deon Anderson (born 1983) – football player
- Billy Andrade (born 1964) – golfer
- Demetrius Andrade (born 1988) – boxer
- Earl Audet (1921–2002) – football player
- Rocco Baldelli (born 1981) – baseball player
- Marvin Barnes (born 1952) – basketball player
- Elizabeth Beisel (born 1992) – Olympic swimmer (2008, 2012)
- Jeff Beliveau (born 1987) – baseball player
- Curt Bennett (born 1948) – ice hockey player
- Harvey Bennett (born 1952) – ice hockey player
- John Bennett (born 1950) – ice hockey player
- Bryan Berard (born 1977) – ice hockey player
- Will Blackmon (born 1984) – football player
- Brian Boucher (born 1977) – ice hockey player
- Pedro Braz (born 1985) – soccer player
- Paul Briggs (1920–2011) – football player
- Ellison "Tarzan" Brown (1914–1975) – two-time Boston Marathon champion and U.S. Olympian
- Brian Burke (born 1955) – ice hockey executive
- Ernie Calverley (1924–2003) – basketball player
- Dave Capuano (born 1968) – ice hockey player
- Jack Capuano (born 1966) – ice hockey player, head coach
- Keith Carney (born 1970) – ice hockey player and U.S. Olympian (1998)
- Marissa Castelli (born 1990) – Olympic pairs figure skater (2014)
- Tom Cavanagh (1982–2011) – hockey player
- Malcolm Chance (1875–1955) – Hall of Fame tennis player
- Mike Cloud (born 1975) – football player
- Fred Corey (1855–1912) – baseball player
- Miguel Cotto (born 1980) – boxer
- Jill Craybas (born 1974) – tennis player
- Sara DeCosta (born 1977) – Olympic ice hockey champion and silver medalist (1998, 2002)
- Al Del Greco (born 1962) – football player, radio personality
- Ernie DiGregorio (born 1951) – basketball player
- Clark Donatelli (born 1967) – ice hockey player and U.S. Olympian (1988, 1992)
- Allen Doyle (born 1948) – professional golfer
- Pat Duff (1875–1925) – baseball player
- Anthony Durante (1967–2003) – professional wrestler
- Joe Exter (born 1978) – ice hockey player
- Brad Faxon (born 1961) – golfer
- Claire Waters Ferguson (born 1935) – ice skating executive
- Melissa Fiorentino (born 1977) – boxer
- Steve Furness (1950–2000) – football player, coach
- Tom Garrick (born 1966) – basketball player
- Rob Gaudreau (born 1970) – ice hockey player
- Dave Gavitt (born 1937) – basketball coach
- Billy Gonsalves (1908–1977) – soccer player
- Lou Gorman (1929–2011) – baseball executive
- Paul Guay (born 1963) – ice hockey player
- H–Z
- Gabby Hartnett (1900–1972) – baseball player
- Joe Hassett (born 1955) – basketball player
- Tom Healey (1853–1891) – baseball player
- P. H. Horgan III (born 1960) – golfer
- Tony Horton (born 1958) – physical fitness expert
- Robert Howard (1975–2004) – 1996 and 2000 U.S. Olympic Track & Field Team
- John Hynes (born 1975) – ice hockey head coach
- Matt Hyson (born 1970) – wrestler
- Chris Iannetta (born 1983) – baseball player
- Drew Inzer (born 1979) – football player
- Jeff Jillson (born 1980) – ice hockey player
- Steven King (born 1969) – ice hockey player
- Paul Konerko (born 1976) – baseball player
- Clem Labine (1926–2007) – baseball player
- Nap Lajoie (1874–1959) – Hall of Fame baseball player
- Clara LaMore (born 1924) – International Swimming Hall of Fame inductee
- Lou Lamoriello (born 1942) – ice hockey executive
- Rick Lancellotti (born 1956) – baseball player
- John LaRose (born 1951) – baseball player
- Brian Lawton (born 1965) – hockey player
- Ricky Ledo (born 1992) – basketball player
- Ed Lee (born 1961) – ice hockey player
- David Littman (born 1967) – ice hockey player
- Davey Lopes (born 1945) – baseball player and coach
- Peter Manfredo (born 1980) – boxer
- Ken McDonald (born 1970) – basketball player, coach
- John Mellekas (1933–2015) – football player
- Tom Mellor (born 1950) – hockey player and U.S. Olympian (1972)
- Ray Monaco (1918–2002) – football player
- Chet Nichols, Jr. (1931–1995) – baseball player
- Bill Osmanski (born 1915–1996) – College Football Hall of Fame inductee
- Chuck Palumbo (born 1971) – wrestler
- Don Panciera (1927–2012) – football player
- Les Pawson (1905–1992) – two-time Boston Marathon winner
- Vinny Paz (born 1962) – boxer, five-time world champion
- Gerry Philbin (born 1941) – football player
- David Quinn (born 1966) – ice hockey player
- Joe Reed (born 1948) – football player
- Aileen Riggin (1906–2002) – swimmer
- Bill Sandeman (born 1942) – football player
- Mathieu Schneider (born 1969) – professional ice hockey player
- Bobby Sewall (born 1988) – football player
- Bert Shurtleff (1897–1967) – football player
- Jamie Silva (born 1984) – football player
- Jim Siwy (born 1958) – baseball player
- A.J. Smith (born 1949) – football executive
- Hank Soar (1914–2001) – football player
- Joe Soares – rugby player
- Sean Soriano – mixed martial artist
- Mike Stefanik (born 1958) – NASCAR driver
- Bill Summers (1895–1966) – Major League Baseball umpire
- Chris Terreri (born 1964) – NHL goalie, two Stanley Cups and U.S. Olympian (1988)
- Mark Van Eeghen (born 1952) – NFL Pro Bowl running back
- Dan Wheeler (born 1977) – baseball player
- Cody Wild (born 1987) – ice hockey player
- Mason Williams (born 1991) – baseball player
- Ron Wilson (born 1955) – ice hockey player, head coach
- Jeff Xavier (born 1985) – basketball player
Business
- Zachariah Allen (1795–1882) – textile manufacturer, scientist, lawyer, writer, inventor and civil leader
- Everett M. "Busy" Arnold (1899–1974) – comic book publisher
- John Brown (1736–1803) – merchant and slave-trader, original owner of the John Brown House, co-founder of the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (later Brown University, named after his nephew)
- Moses Brown (1738–1836) – co-founder of the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (later Brown University, named after his nephew)
- Nicholas Brown, Jr. (1769–1841) – businessman and philanthropist for whom Brown University is named (co-founded by his uncles Moses Brown and John Brown as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations but renamed after Nicholas Brown Jr.'s financial contributions)
- Robert Crandall (born 1935) – former president and chairman of American Airlines
- Glenn Creamer – senior managing director of Providence Equity Partners
- Marcel Desaulniers (born 1945) – chef and director emeritus of the Culinary Institute of America
- Wylie Dufresne (born 1970) – celebrity chef, owner of wd~50 restaurant in the Manhattan borough of New York City[2]
- Ann Smith Franklin (1696–1763) – publisher
- Darius Goff (1809–1891), Pawtucket textile mill owner
- Catherine Littlefield Greene (1755–1814) – wife of Nathanael Greene
- Daniel Harple (born 1959) – entrepreneur, investor, inventor
- Bradley S. Jacobs (born 1956) – chairman and chief executive officer of XPO Logistics
- Laura Lang – former chief executive officer of Time Inc.
- Aaron Lopez (1731–1782) – slave merchant and philanthropist, wealthiest person in Newport
- Edward J. McElroy (born 1941) – labor union executive
- James McNerney (born 1949) – business executive
- David Nason (born 1970) – president and CEO of GE Energy Financial Services
- Jonathan M. Nelson (born 1956) – businessman and investor, founder of Providence Equity Partners
- Carolyn Rafaelian – designer – philanthropist, and business woman, founder of Alex and Ani
- Henry J. Steere (1830–1889) – textile industrialist, philanthropist
- Aldo Tatangelo (1913—2008) – businessman and politician
- Judah Touro (1775–1854) – businessman
- William Kissam Vanderbilt (1849–1920) – member of the prominent American Vanderbilt family, original owner of Marble House in Newport
- William Vernon (1719–1806) – trader
Crime
- Thomas Tew (?–1695) – pirate
Film and television
- A–L
- Norm Abram (born 1950) – carpenter and television performer
- Robert Aldrich (1918–1983) – film director
- Gianna Amore (born 1968) – model and actress
- Harry Anderson (1952–2018) – actor, Night Court
- David Angell (1946–2001) – television producer
- Nadia Bjorlin (born 1980) – actress
- Billy Bush (born 1971) – radio & TV host, Access Hollywood, Today
- Ruth Buzzi (born 1936) – comedian, Laugh-In
- Sean Callery (born 1964) – film and television composer
- Robert Capron (born 1998) – actor
- Marilyn Chambers (1952–2009) – adult film actress
- Harry Cicma (born 1982) – Emmy Award-winning sports anchor, professional tennis player
- Nicholas Colasanto (1924–1985) – actor and director, Cheers
- Michael Corrente (born 1959) – film director and producer
- Olivia Culpo (born 1992) – Miss Rhode Island USA 2012, Miss USA 2012, Miss Universe 2012
- Sam Daly (born 1984) – actor
- Viola Davis (born 1965) – Academy Award-winning actress
- Charlie Day (born 1976) – actor, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
- Vin Di Bona (born 1944) – television producer
- Eddie Dowling (1895–1976) – actor
- Alice Drummond (born 1929) – actress
- Jack Duffy (1882–1939) – film actor
- Nelson Eddy (1901–1967) – actor and singer
- Susan Eisenberg (born 1964) – voice actress
- Mark Famiglietti (born 1979) – actor
- Bobby Farrelly (born 1958) – film director
- Peter Farrelly (born 1956) – film director
- Mat Franco (born 1988) – magician, America's Got Talent winner
- Peter Frechette (born 1956) – actor
- Ava Gaudet – actor, singer
- Peter Gerety (born 1940) – actor
- Joanna Going (born 1963) – actress
- Spalding Gray (1941–2004) – actor and writer
- Richard Hart (1915–1951) – actor
- Elisabeth Hasselbeck (born 1977) – television personality
- Sam Hyde – comedian
- Richard Hatch (born 1961) – reality-television contestant
- Jason Hawes (born 1971) – television actor
- David Hedison (born 1927) – actor
- Brian Helgeland (born 1961) – screenwriter, film producer and director
- Ruth Hussey (1911–2005) – Academy Award-nominated actress
- Thomas Harper Ince (1882–1924) – film producer, director, actor
- Richard Jenkins (born 1953) – Academy Award-nominated actor
- Joyce Jillson (1946–2004) – actress, author, and astrologer
- Van Johnson (1916–2008) – actor, The Caine Mutiny, Brigadoon
- Claudia Jordan (born 1973) – Miss Rhode Island Teen USA 1997
- Ted Knight (1923–1986) – actor, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Caddyshack
- Geoffrey Lewis (born 1935) – actor
- Eric Lutes (born 1962) – actor
- M–Z
- Seth MacFarlane (born 1973) – voice actor, creator of Family Guy, American Dad!, The Cleveland Show and Ted
- George Macready (1899–1973) – actor
- Mike Maronna (born 1977) – actor
- Jason Marsden (born 1975) – actor
- Louis B. Mayer (1884–1957) – film producer and MGM studio mogul
- Matt McCarthy (born 1979) – comedian, actor
- Ron McLarty (born 1947) – actor, playwright, novelist
- Michaela McManus (born 1983) – actress, Law & Order: SVU, One Tree Hill
- Caroline McWilliams (born 1945) – actress
- Debra Messing (born 1968) – actress, Will and Grace
- Shanna Moakler (born 1975) – Miss Rhode Island Teen USA 1992, Miss New York USA 1995, Miss USA 1995
- Mark Morettini (born 1962) – actor, Prison Break
- Christopher Murney (born 1943) – actor
- Arden Myrin (born 1973) – actress
- Brendan O'Malley (born 1969) – actor and writer[3]
- Vincent Pagano (born 1967) – actor
- Pauly D (born 1980) – television personality, DJ, cast member of Jersey Shore
- David Petrarca (born 1962) – film, television and theatre director
- Ben Powers (1950–2015) – actor, Laugh-In
- Ford Rainey (1908–2005) – actor
- Don Reo – television producer
- Kali Rocha (born 1971) – actress
- Charles Rocket (1945–2005) – actor
- Josh Schwartz (born 1976) – television producer
- Dave Shalansky (born 1973), actor
- Christopher Stanley (born 1986) – actor, Henry Francis on Mad Men
- Mena Suvari (born 1979) – actress, American Beauty
- Aimee Sweet (born 1977) – model and actress
- Saucy Sylvia (born 1920) – comedian, singer, radio personality
- Erika Van Pelt – American Idol finalist
- Meredith Vieira (born 1953) – television personality
- David S. Ward (born 1945) – film director, Academy Award-winning screenwriter (The Sting)
- Desiree Washington (born 1973) – model
- James Woods (born 1947) – Academy Award-nominated actor
Journalism
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- Allen Bestwick (born 1961) – sportscaster
- Angelo Cataldi – sportscaster
- David Hartman (born 1935) – actor, television personality
- Irving R. Levine (1922–2009) – journalist
- Walter Mossberg (born 1947) – columnist
- Al Rockoff – photographer
- George Schuyler (1895–1977) – author, journalist
- A. O. Scott (born 1966) – film critic
- Jeff Stein (born 1944) – columnist, blogger
- Doug White (1944–2006) – television newscaster
- Jack White (1942–2005) – journalist
Military
- William Henry Allen (1784–1813) – U.S. Navy officer
- John Nicholas Brown II (1900–1979) – United States Assistant Secretary of the Navy (AIR)
- Ambrose Burnside (1824–1881) – U.S. Army officer
- Stephen Champlin (1789–1870) – U.S. Navy officer
- Godfrey Chevalier (1889–1922) – U.S. Navy officer
- Nathanael Greene (1742–1786) – Continental Army officer
- Esek Hopkins (1718–1802) – the only Commander in Chief of the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War
- Leon J. LaPorte (born 1946) – U.S. Army officer, former U.S. Forces Korea commander
- Matthew C. Perry (1794–1858) – U.S. Navy officer
- Oliver Hazard Perry (1785–1819) – U.S. Navy officer
- Elisha Hunt Rhodes (1842–1917) – U.S. Army
- Isaac P. Rodman (1822–1862) – U.S. Army officer
- James Mitchell Varnum (1748–1789) – general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War
- Samuel Ward, Jr. (1756–1832) – American Revolutionary War soldier and delegate to the secessionist Hartford Convention
- Frank Wheaton (1833–1903) – U.S. Army officer
- Abraham Whipple (1733–1819) – Continental Navy commander-in-chief
Music
- Greg Abate (born 1947) – jazz musician
- AraabMuzik (born 1989) – record producer and DJ
- Dicky Barrett (born 1964) – popular musician known as frontman of The Mighty Mighty Bosstones and announcer for Jimmy Kimmel Live!
- David Blue (1941–1982) – singer-songwriter
- John Cafferty – musician known for work with The Beaver Brown Band and for the Eddie and the Cruisers soundtrack
- Blu Cantrell (born 1976) – musician
- Wendy Carlos (born 1939) – composer and electronic music pioneer
- George M. Cohan (1878–1942) – entertainer, singer, dancer, subject of the film, Yankee Doodle Dandy
- Bill Conti (born 1942) – film music composer, Rocky
- Bill Cowsill (1948–2006) – musician
- Tanya Donelly (born 1966) – musician
- John Dwyer (born 1974) – multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, songwriter, visual artist and record label owner
- Eileen Farrell (1920–2002) – opera singer
- Sage Francis (born 1976) – musician
- Billy Gilman (born 1988) – musician
- Al Gomes (born 1960) – record producer and songwriter
- Lukasz Gottwald (born 1973) – songwriter
- Bobby Hackett (1915–1976) – jazz musician
- Scott Hamilton (born 1954) – jazz tenor saxophonist
- Kristin Hersh (born 1966) – musician
- Jon B. (born 1974) – musician
- Jesse Leach (born 1978) – popular musician
- Mapei (born 1983) – recording artist
- Dave McKenna (1930–2008) – jazz pianist
- Paul Motian (1931–2011) – jazz drummer, composer, bandleader
- Nico Muhly (born 1981) – contemporary classical music composer
- David Narcizo (born 1966) –musician
- David Olney (born 1948) – musician
- Jeffrey Osborne (born 1948) – musician
- Mike Renzi (born 1946) – pianist
- Duke Robillard (born 1948) – blues musician
- Kim Schifino – musician
- Carol Sloane (born 1937) – jazz singer
- Mike Stud (born 1988) – rapper, former athlete
- Erika Van Pelt (born 1985) – singer
- Don Wise (born 1942) – tenor saxophonist, music producer, songwriter
Politics and government
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- A–L
- Lincoln Almond (born 1936) – former governor
- Thomas Angell (1618–1694) – co-founder of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
- Jonathan Earle Arnold (1814–1869) – member of the Wisconsin Territorial Council
- Peleg Arnold (1751–1820) – lawyer, tavern-keeper, jurist, and statesman
- Joshua Babcock (1707–1783) – physician, American Revolution general, state Supreme Court justice, and postmaster
- Latimer Whipple Ballou (1812–1900) – member of the United States House of Representatives
- Sullivan Ballou (1829–1861) – state representative and U.S. Army officer
- Oliver Belmont (1858–1908) – charter member of the Rhode Island Society of Sons of the Revolution, United States Representative for New York
- Charles R. Brayton (1840–1910) – politician and lobbyist whom The New York Times called the "Blind Boss of Rhode Island"
- Samuel W. Bridgham (1776–1740) – first mayor of Providence
- Frank Caprio (born 1936) – judge and television performer
- John Chafee (1922–1999) – U.S. Senator
- Lincoln Chafee (born 1953) – U.S. Senator, governor of Rhode Island, presidential candidate
- Vincent "Buddy" Cianci, Jr. (1941–2016) – former mayor of Providence
- David Cicilline (born 1961) – U.S. Representative and Mayor of Providence (first openly gay mayor of a U.S. State capital)
- William Coddington (1601–1678) – magistrate of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Judge of Portsmouth, Judge of Newport, Governor of Portsmouth and Newport, Deputy Governor of the entire (four-town) colony, and then Governor of the colony
- Thomas Corcoran (1900–1981) – member of President Franklin Roosevelt's "Brain Trust" during the New Deal and an advisor to President Lyndon B. Johnson
- Percy Daniels (1840–1916) – Populist politician
- Edward D. DiPrete (born 1934) – former governor of Rhode Island
- Thomas Donilon – National Security Adviser under President Barack Obama
- Thomas A. Doyle (1827–1886) – Mayor of Providence for eighteen years
- Job Durfee (1790–1847) – U.S. Congressman
- Elisha Dyer, Jr. (1839–1906) – 45th Governor of Rhode Island, mayor of Providence
- William Ellery (1727–1820) – a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Rhode Island
- Arthur Fenner (1745–1805) – fourth Governor of Rhode Island
- Michael T. Flynn (born 1958) – retired United States Army lieutenant general and National Security Advisor
- Theodore Foster (1752–1828) – one of the first two United States Senators from Rhode Island
- Samuel Gorton (1593–1677) – settled the area of Shawomet (later called Warwick)
- Daniel L. D. Granger (1852–1909) – U.S. Representative and mayor of Providence
- Theodore F. Green (1867–1866) – United States Senator, 57th Governor of Rhode Island, and namesake of Rhode Island's largest airport, T. F. Green Airport
- Christopher R. Hill (born 1952) – diplomat, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
- Stephen Hopkins (1707–1785) – Governor of Rhode Island, RI Supreme Court justice, Signatory of the Declaration of Independence
- Joseph B. Keenan – Chief Prosecutor in the International Military Tribunal for the Far East
- Ambrose Kennedy (1875–1967) – U.S. Congressman
- Pat LaMarche (born 1960) – Green Party presidential candidate
- William C. Lovering (1835–1910) – U.S. Congressman
- M–Z
- James McAndrews (1862–1942) – U.S. Congressman
- William McCormick (born 1939) – diplomat, United States Ambassador to New Zealand
- J. Howard McGrath (1903–1966) – Governor of Rhode Island, U.S. Solicitor General, U.S. Senator, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, and Attorney General of the United States
- Edwin D. McGuinness (1856–1901) – first Irish-Catholic mayor of Providence
- Florence K. Murray (1916–2004) – officer in Women's Army Corps, first female state senator in Rhode Island, first female judge in Rhode Island, and first female member of the Rhode Island Supreme Court
- Dee Dee Myers (born 1961) – White House Press Secretary
- Annette Nazareth (born 1956) – commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
- Joseph R. Paolino, Jr. – U.S. Ambassador to Malta, former Mayor of Providence
- John O. Pastore (1907–2000) – Governor of Rhode Island, U.S. Senator
- Claiborne Pell (1918–2009) – U.S. Senator, diplomat, sponsor of Pell grants
- Aram J. Pothier (1854–1928) – Governor of Rhode Island, banker
- Jack Reed (born 1949) – U.S. Senator
- Dennis J. Roberts (1903–1994) – 63rd Governor of Rhode Island
- Christopher Robinson (1806–1889) – congressman
- James Y. Smith (1809–1876) – mayor of Providence and 29th Governor of Rhode Island
- Sean Spicer (born 1971) – White House Press Secretary for President Donald Trump
- William Sprague (1799–1856) – 14th Governor, a U.S. Representative, and a U.S. Senator
- William H. Sullivan (born 1922) – U.S. Ambassador
- Bruce Sundlun (1920–2011) – former governor
- Charles Tillinghast James (1805–1862) – U.S. Senator
- Pat Toomey (born 1961) – U.S. Senator for Pennsylvania
- Samuel Ward (1725–1776) – Supreme Court Justice, Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, and a delegate to the Continental Congress
- William West (1733–1816) – American Revolution general, Lieutenant Governor, RI Supreme Court justice, anti-federalist leader
- Sheldon Whitehouse (born 1955) – state Attorney General, U.S. Senator
- Charles C. Van Zandt (1830–1894) – former governor
Religion
- Alfred W. Anthony (1860–1939) – author, Free Will Baptist leader, and religion professor at Bates College
- William Ellery Channing (1780–1842) – Unitarian theologian
- John Clarke (1609–1676) – Baptist minister, co-founder of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, author of its influential charter, and a leading advocate of religious freedom in the Americas
- Maurice Davis (1921–1993) – Rabbi and human-rights activist
- Ernest Fortin (1923–2002) – Assumptionist and professor of theology and Boston College
- Mark Antony De Wolfe Howe (1808–1895) – Episcopal Church bishop
- Anne Hutchinson (1591–1643) – theologian, religious dissident and colony co-founder
- James Manning (1738–1791) – American Baptist minister, co-founder and first president of the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (now Brown University)
- Edwards Amasa Park (1808–1900) – theologian
- Ezra Stiles (1727–1795) – Congregationalist minister and co-founder of the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (now Brown University)
- Roger Williams (1603–1684) – theologian and colony founder
Science
- Aaron T. Beck (born 1921) – psychiatrist
- George Brayton (1830–1892) – mechanical engineer
- Joseph Brown (1733–1785) – astronomer
- Rita Charon (born 1949) – physician
- Solomon Drowne (1753–1834) – physician, academic and surgeon during the American Revolution
- Sylvester Gardiner (1707–1786) – physician
- Stuart Gitlow (born 1962) – psychiatrist
- Frederic Poole Gorham (1871–1933) – bacteriologist
- Nathanael Herreshoff (1848–1938) – naval engineer
- Domina Jalbert (1904–1991) – inventor
- Melanie Sanford (born 1975) – chemist
- Sherwood C. Spring (born 1944) – astronaut
- Robert Henry Thurston (1839–1903) – first president of the ASME
- Frank E. Winsor (1870–1939) – civil engineer
See also
- by educational institution affiliation
- by location
References
- ↑ Contreras, Russell (September 4, 2008). "Champagne Takes the Reins at Merrimack College". The Boston Globe.
- ↑ "wd~50 – The Team". wd~50.
- ↑ "Brendan O'Malley". IMDb.
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