List of people from Providence, Rhode Island
The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in Providence, Rhode Island.
Arts, literature, humanities and entertainment
- Tom Adams – illustrator most famous for his Agatha Christie paperback cover designs[1]
- Daniel Adel – painter and illustrator
- Chester Holmes Aldrich – architect and director of American Academy in Rome
- David Aldrich – artist and architect[2]
- Mathuren Arthur Andrieu – painter
- Mildred Barker – Shaker eldress, musician, and scholar who lived at the Alfred and Sabbathday Lake Shaker communities
- Joe Bastardi – meteorologist
- Joe Beats – hip-hop producer
- Ted Berrigan – poet
- The Brother Kite – indie rock band
- Blu Cantrell – singer of "Hit 'Em Upstyle (Oops)" and "Breathe"
- William Carpenter – early settler of Providence
- Marilyn Chambers – adult-film actress
- Damien Chazelle - director and screenwriter, Whiplash and La La Land
- Nicole Chesney - artist[3]
- George M. Cohan – songwriter and entertainer, composed "I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy" and "You're a Grand Old Flag"
- Jim Connors – radio personality (d. 1987)
- Bill Conti – composer of music for film and television, including theme from Rocky
- Scott Corbett – writer of children's books
- Michael Corrente – film director and producer
- Christopher Denise – illustrator of children's books, including many in the Redwall series
- Bruce DeSilva – author of the Liam Mulligan series of mystery novels
- Paul Di Filippo – author of Steampunk Trilogy
- John Dwyer – multi-instrumentalist, primary songwriter and core member of Thee Oh Sees, visual artist, record label owner
- C. M. Eddy, Jr. – author of mysteries and horror fiction
- Nelson Eddy – singer and film actor
- Susan Eisenberg – voice actress
- Jeanpaul Ferro – poet, short fiction author, novelist
- Elisabeth Filarski – footwear designer, Survivor: The Australian Outback contestant
- Sage Francis – hip hop artist and slam poet
- Ava Gaudet – singer, dancer, actress known for Broadway's Rent, ABC's Ugly Betty
- Margaret Burnham Geddes – architect, activist, and urban planner
- Al Gomes – record producer and songwriter
- Roger A. Graham – lyricist, songwriter
- Robert Leo (Bobby) Hackett – jazz musician (trumpet, cornet, guitar)
- Scott Haltzman – author, The Secrets of Happily Married Men: Eight Ways to Win Your Wife's Heart Forever
- Scott Hamilton – tenor saxophonist
- Clay Hart – country musician (guitar)
- Richard Hatch – winner of Survivor: Borneo
- David Hedison – actor, star of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
- Ruth Hussey – actress, Oscar-nominated for The Philadelphia Story (1940)
- Joe S. Jackson – sportswriter and editor
- Claudia Jordan – actress, Miss Rhode Island USA 1997
- Galway Kinnell – Pulitzer Prize-winning poet
- Jesse Leach – vocalist and musician, original frontman of Killswitch Engage, Seemless, The Empire Shall Fall and Times of Grace
- H. P. Lovecraft (1890 – 1937) – author of fantasy and horror fiction[4]
- Dorothy Lovett – actress
- Dodge MacKnight – painter
- George Macready – actor, Gilda, Paths of Glory
- Cormac McCarthy – Pulitzer Prize-winning author, The Road, No Country for Old Men
- Shanna Moakler – 1992 Miss Rhode Island Teen USA, 1995 Miss New York USA and Miss USA
- Nico Muhly – composer
- Andy On – Chinese-American Hong Kong actor
- Jeffrey Osborne – lead vocalist with L.T.D.
- Monty Oum (1981–2015) – animator for Rooster Teeth Productions; creator of RWBY
- Vincent Pagano – actor, screenwriter
- Don Pardo (1918–2014) – NBC announcer since 1944, Saturday Night Live 1975–2014
- S. J. Perelman – humorist, author, and screenwriter
- Sylvia Poggioli – reporter for National Public Radio
- Ira Rakatansky (1919–2014) – modernist architect
- Josh Schwartz – creator of television series The O.C.
- A. O. Scott – film critic for New York Times
- Daniel Sully – stage actor and playwright
- Benjamin C. Truman – war correspondent and author
- Meredith Vieira – television personality
- Sarah Helen Whitman – poet, possible inspiration for Edgar Allan Poe poems "To Helen" and "Annabel Lee"
Business
- Arunah Shepherdson Abell – publisher and philanthropist
- Everett M. "Busy" Arnold – comic-book entrepreneur and publisher[5]
- Andrew Dexter Jr. - financier of Exchange Coffee House
- Wylie Dufresne – chef
- Alan Shawn Feinstein – finance expert and philanthropist; Feinstein High School in Providence is named in his honor[6]
- William Hamlin – entrepreneur and Rhode Island's first engraver[7]
- Henry J. Steere – industrialist and philanthropist[8]
Innovators
- Zachariah Allen – scientist and inventor, patented automatic cut-off valve for steam engines[9]
- George Henry Corliss – inventor of the Corliss steam engine, which revolutionized industry by making steam-power cheaper than water-power for powering factories[10]
- John Peirce – inventor who participated in the development of the telephone
Military
- George K. Anderson – general
- George Andrews – Adjutant General of the U.S. Army from 1912 to 1914
- Israel Angell – colonel in the American Revolution[11]
- Richard Arnold – Civil War general
- William Seaman Bainbridge – military physician, surgeon and gynecologist
- Albert Martin – defender of the Alamo
- Frank Wheaton – Civil War general
Politics
- Arunah Shepherdson Abell – creator of Philadelphia Public Ledger and Baltimore Sun newspapers[11]
- Nelson W. Aldrich – U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator, grandfather of Vice President Nelson Rockefeller and father of Richard S. Aldrich[12]
- Richard S. Aldrich – U.S. Representative[13]
- Philip Allen – 22nd Governor of Rhode Island and U.S. Senator[14]
- William Henry Allen – naval officer during War of 1812[11]
- Zachariah Allen – scientist and inventor[11]
- Jonathan Arnold – member of Continental Congress from Rhode Island[11]
- Samuel G. Arnold – United States Senator from Rhode Island[11]
- Edward Beard – U.S. Representative[15]
- Jabez Bowen – federalist supporter, Deputy Governor of Rhode Island and Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court[16]
- John Brown – co-founder of Brown University, U.S. Representative[17]
- John Chafee – Governor of Rhode Island, Secretary of the Navy, and United States Senator[18]
- Zechariah Chafee – lawyer, academic and civil libertarian[19]
- Vincent Cianci – longest-serving mayor in Providence history (1974–1984) and (1991–2002); city's first Italian-American mayor[20]
- Thomas Davis – U.S. Representative[21]
- Herbert F. DeSimone – Attorney General of Rhode Island and Assistant Secretary of Transportation[22]
- Ray Fogarty - Rhode Island state representative[23]
- Dwight Foster – U.S. Senator and U.S. Representative[24]
- Theodore Foster – U.S. Senator[25]
- Albert C. Greene – U.S. Senator and Attorney General of Rhode Island[26]
- John Patrick Hartigan – Judge of United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and of United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island[27]
- Stephen Hopkins – nine-time Governor of Rhode Island and signer of Declaration of Independence[28]
- Elisha Jenkins – New York Secretary of State, Mayor of Albany
- Pat LaMarche – Green Party vice presidential candidate in 2004 and activist[29]
- Oscar Lapham – U.S. Congressman[30]
- Dee Dee Myers – first female White House Press Secretary, served during Clinton administration
- John O. Pastore – Democratic politician, first Italian-American governor (1945–1950) and Italian-American senator (1950–1976) of Rhode Island[31]
- John Rucho – Massachusetts state legislator and businessman, was born in Providence[32]
- Pamela Sawyer – member of Connecticut House of Representatives[33]
- Bruce Sundlun - 71st Governor of Rhode Island and businessman
- Robert Tiernan – U.S. Representative and member of Rhode Island General Assembly[34]
- Pat Toomey - U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania
- Grace Lee Boggs – Social activist and feminist, known for work done in Detroit.
Reformers
- Paulina Kellogg Wright Davis (1813–1876) – abolitionist, suffragist, and educator[35]
- Marion Simon Misch (1869–1941) – activist, teacher, writer, businesswoman[36]
- Mary E. Jackson (1867–1923) – African-American female suffrage activist, YWCA leader and writer, born in Providence and active in RI politics.[37]
Sports
- Bill Almon – player for eight MLB teams[38]
- Deon Anderson – NFL fullback[39]
- Rocco Baldelli – MLB outfielder[40]
- Marvin Barnes – NBA player[41]
- Will Blackmon – NFL cornerback[42]
- Paul Briggs – NFL player[43]
- Jill Craybas -- professional tennis player
- Ernie DiGregorio – NBA rookie of the year in 1974[44]
- Hobe Ferris – second baseman for the Boston Americans[45]
- Beverly Baker Fleitz -- tennis player, 1955 Wimbledon singles and doubles finalist, French Open doubles champion
- Anita Foss – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player[46]
- Matt Hyson – pro wrestler, better known as Spike Dudley
- Chris Ianetta – MLB catcher[47]
- Ray Jarvis – MLB pitcher[48]
- Marilyn Jones – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player[49]
- Paul Konerko – MLB first baseman[50]
- Davey Lopes – player, coach for the Los Angeles Dodgers[51]
- Tom Lovett – MLB pitcher[52]
- Peter Manfredo Jr. – boxer[53]
- Bill Osmanski – College Football Hall of Fame[54]
- Chuck Palumbo – pro wrestler[55]
- Michael Parkhurst – soccer defender for USMNT[56]
- Harold Gomes - boxer[57]
References
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- ↑ "A History of Swan Point Cemetery". Swan Point Cemetery. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
- ↑ Lorenz, Elizabeth (27 May 2014). "The Glass Dreamscape". Providence Monthly. Providence Media. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- ↑ "H.P. Lovecraft Walking Tour Returns". Official Website of the City of Providence, Rhode Island. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
- ↑ "Sequence of Events". Cosmic Teams. Retrieved April 7, 2014.
- ↑ "90s FAMILY At Feinstein, Youths Learn the Value of Volunteering". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 7, 2014.
- ↑ "American Silversmiths". Ancestry.com. Retrieved April 7, 2014.
- ↑ "A legacy of more than 140 years of serviceto the elder community of Rhode Island". Steere House. Retrieved April 7, 2014.
- ↑ "Zachariah Allen Papers". Rhode Island Historical Society. Retrieved April 7, 2014.
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- ↑ "BROWN, John, (1736 - 1803)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved April 7, 2014.
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- ↑ "In Memoriam" (PDF). Rhode Island Bar Journal. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
- ↑ Raymond W. Fogarty-obituary
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- ↑ "LAPHAM, Oscar, (1837 - 1926)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
- ↑ "PASTORE, John Orlando, (1907 - 2000)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved April 4, 2014.
- ↑ '1977-1978 Public Officials of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Biographical Sketch of John Rucho, pg. 282
- ↑ "About Pamela Sawyer". Connecticut House Republican Office. Archived from the original on March 25, 2014. Retrieved April 4, 2014.
- ↑ "TIERNAN, Robert Owens, (1929 - )". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
- ↑ James, Edward T. and Wilson, Janet (1971). Notable American Women, 1607–1950: A Biographical Dictionary, Volume 2. Harvard University Press. p. 444.
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- ↑ Hubbard, Donald. The Red Sox Before the Babe: Boston's Early Days in the American League, 1901-1914. McFarland, Jul 15, 2009. p. 19.
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- ↑ "Bill Osmanski". 2001-2013 National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc. Archived from the original on April 27, 2014. Retrieved April 27, 2014.
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