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The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in
Providence, Rhode Island .
Arts, literature, humanities and entertainment
This statue of George M. Cohan stands near his birthplace in the
Fox Point neighborhood
This plaque commemorates the residence of opera singer
Sissieretta Jones , not far from
Prospect Terrace Park
The H. P. Lovecraft Memorial Plaque is located on Prospect Street
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
Omar Bah , journalist and founder of the Refugee Dream Center
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
Blu Cantrell , singer of 2001 hit "Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops)"
William Carpenter , early settler of Providence
Marilyn Chambers (1952–2009), 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 "
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
Pauly D , television personality, noted for contributions to the MTV program
Jersey Shore .
Charlotte F. Dailey , editor and exposition official
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
Ronald Dworkin , author, professor of constitutional law
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
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
Greta Hodgkinson , ballet dancer
Ruth Hussey , actress, Oscar-nominated for
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
Joe S. Jackson , sportswriter and editor
Matilda Sissieretta Joyner Jones (1868–1933), pioneering black soprano who played to audiences around the world
[4]
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
James Sullivan Lincoln (1811–1888), "Father of Rhode Island Art" and first president of the
Providence Art Club
[5]
H. P. Lovecraft (1890–1937), author of fantasy and horror fiction
[6]
Dorothy Lovett , actress
Albert Lythgoe (1868–1934), archaeologist and curator of the
Metropolitan Museum of Art
[7]
Dodge MacKnight , painter
George Macready , actor,
Gilda ,
Paths of Glory
Jason Marsden , voice actor
Cormac McCarthy , Pulitzer Prize-winning author,
The Road ,
No Country for Old Men ,
Blood Meridian
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
John Pagano , R&B and pop singer
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
Chris Sparling , screenwriter and film director
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 "
Mabel May Woodward (1877–1945), prominent impressionist painter and RISD faculty
[8]
Business
Innovators
Military
Politics
Arunah Shepherdson Abell , creator of
Philadelphia Public Ledger and
Baltimore Sun newspapers
[18]
Nelson W. Aldrich , U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator, grandfather of Vice President
Nelson Rockefeller and father of Richard S. Aldrich
[20]
Richard S. Aldrich , U.S. Representative
[21]
Philip Allen , 22nd
Governor of Rhode Island and U.S. Senator
[22]
William Henry Allen , naval officer during
War of 1812
[18]
Zachariah Allen , scientist and inventor
[18]
Jonathan Arnold , member of
Continental Congress from Rhode Island
[18]
Samuel G. Arnold ,
United States Senator from Rhode Island
[18]
Edward Beard , U.S. Representative
[23]
Grace Lee Boggs , social activist and feminist, known for work done in
Detroit
Jabez Bowen , federalist supporter, Deputy Governor of Rhode Island and Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court
[24]
John Brown , co-founder of
Brown University , U.S. Representative
[25]
John Chafee , Governor of
Rhode Island ,
Secretary of the Navy , and
United States Senator
[26]
Zechariah Chafee , lawyer, academic and
civil libertarian
[27]
Vincent Cianci , longest-serving mayor in Providence history (1974–1984) and (1991–2002); city's first Italian-American mayor
[28]
Thomas Davis , U.S. Representative
[29]
Herbert F. DeSimone , Attorney General of Rhode Island and Assistant Secretary of Transportation
[30]
Ray Fogarty , Rhode Island state representative
[31]
Dwight Foster , U.S. Senator and U.S. Representative
[32]
Theodore Foster , U.S. Senator
[33]
J. Joseph Garrahy , 69th Governor of Rhode Island
Albert C. Greene , U.S. Senator and
Attorney General of Rhode Island
[34]
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
[35]
Nicole Love Hendrickson , chair of the
Gwinnett County, Georgia Board of Commissioners
[36]
Stephen Hopkins , nine-time
Governor of Rhode Island and signer of
Declaration of Independence
[37]
David Jagolinzer , American litigation attorney, born in Providence.
Elisha Jenkins ,
New York Secretary of State ,
Mayor of Albany
Pat LaMarche ,
Green Party vice presidential candidate in 2004 and activist
[38]
Oscar Lapham , U.S. Congressman
[39]
Henry Lippitt (1818–1891), textile magnate, governor of Rhode Island,
his Victorian mansion is one of the finest in Providence
[40]
Audri Mukhopadhyay , Canadian diplomat
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
[41]
John Rucho , Massachusetts state legislator and businessman, was born in Providence
[42]
Pamela Sawyer , member of
Connecticut House of Representatives
[43]
Bruce Sundlun , 71st
Governor of Rhode Island and businessman
Robert Tiernan , U.S. Representative and member of Rhode Island General Assembly
[44]
Pat Toomey , U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania
Reformers
Paulina Kellogg Wright Davis (1813–1876),
abolitionist ,
suffragist , and
educator
[45]
Arthur L. Hardge (1927–1983), African American civil rights activist, minister, and administrator
[46]
Bertha G. Higgins (1872–1944), African American suffragist, civil rights activist and clubwoman
[47]
Mary E. Jackson (1867–1923),
African-American female suffrage activist ,
YWCA leader and writer, born in Providence and active in RI politics
[48]
Marion Simon Misch (1869–1941), activist, teacher, writer, businesswoman
[49]
Elizabeth J. Smith (1842–unknown), Canadian-American temperance activist; newspaper editor and publisher
[50]
Science and medicine
Sports
Bill Almon , player for eight
MLB teams
[51]
Deon Anderson , NFL fullback
[52]
Rocco Baldelli , MLB outfielder
[53]
Marvin Barnes , NBA player
[54]
Will Blackmon ,
NFL cornerback
[55]
Paul Briggs , NFL player
[56]
Jill Craybas , professional tennis player
Ernie DiGregorio , NBA rookie of the year in 1974
[57]
William Butler Duncan II, leader in
New York Yacht Club 's long defense of the
America's Cup
Hobe Ferris ,
second baseman for the
Boston Americans
[58]
Beverly Baker Fleitz , tennis player, 1955 Wimbledon singles and doubles finalist, French Open doubles champion
Anita Foss ,
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
[59]
Harold Gomes , boxer
Matt Hyson , pro wrestler, better known as Spike Dudley
Chris Ianetta , MLB catcher
[60]
Ray Jarvis ,
MLB pitcher
[61]
Marilyn Jones , All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
[62]
Paul Konerko , MLB first baseman
[63]
Davey Lopes , player, coach for the
Los Angeles Dodgers
[64]
Tom Lovett ,
MLB pitcher
[65]
Peter Manfredo Jr. , boxer
[66]
Bill Osmanski ,
College Football Hall of Fame
[67]
Chuck Palumbo , pro wrestler
[68]
Michael Parkhurst , soccer defender for
USMNT
[69]
Others
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