List of Sons and Daughters of the City of Providence
This is a list of public figures that American US in the city of Providence ( Rhode Iceland ) were born. The list does not claim to be complete.
18th and 19th centuries
1701-1850
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- Stephen Hopkins (1707–1785), signed the United States 'Declaration of Independence for Rhode Island, making him one of the United States' founding fathers
- Nicholas Cooke (1717–1782), politician and governor of Rhode Island
- John Brown (1736-1803), politician
- Jabez Bowen (1739-1815), British trader, politician and lawyer
- Jonathan Arnold (1741–1793), doctor and politician
- Richard Jackson junior (1764-1838), politician
- Jeremiah B. Howell (1771-1822), US Senator
- Jonathan Russell (1771–1832), diplomat and politician
- James Burrill (1772-1820), US Senator
- Elisha Jenkins (1772–1848), trader and politician
- Philip Allen (1785–1865), politician
- Christopher Robinson (1806-1889), politician
- Samuel G. Arnold (1821–1880), US Senator
- Charles De Wolf Brownell (1822–1909), painter
- Elisha Dyer junior (1839–1906), politician
- Henry J. Spooner (1839-1918), politician
- Elisha Hunt Rhodes (1842–1917), businessman and soldier in the American Civil War
- Lewis Boss (1846-1912), astronomer
- John Bates Clark (1847–1938), neoclassical economist
- George Hitchcock (1850-1913), painter
- Annie Smith Peck (1850-1935), mountaineer
1851-1900
- Daniel LD Granger (1852–1909), politician
- Thomas B. Dunn (1853–1924), politician
- Henry F. Lippitt (1856–1933), US Senator
- Alexis Caswell Angell (1857-1932), federal judge
- Jesse H. Metcalf (1860-1942), US Senator
- Frederic M. Sackett (1868–1941), politician and diplomat
- William Seaman Bainbridge (1870-1947), military surgeon
- Abby Aldrich Rockefeller (1874–1948), patron, art collector and co-founder of the Museum of Modern Art in New York
- Walter Guyton Cady (1874–1974), physicist and electrical engineer
- George M. Cohan (1878–1942), actor, writer, composer, director and producer
- Elizabeth Okie Paxton (1878–1972), painter
- Bob Olsen (1884-1956), science fiction writer
- Harry Sandager (1887–1955), politician
- Alvin Loftes (1890–1971), racing cyclist
- HP Lovecraft (1890–1937), horror writer, inventor of the Cthulhu myth
- George Boas (1891–1980), historian of philosophy and professor
- Norman Taber (1891–1952), track and field athlete
- Clara Thompson (1893–1958), doctor, psychoanalyst and psychotherapist
- George Macready (1899–1973), theater and film actor
20th century
1901-1920
- Nelson Eddy (1901–1967), opera singer (baritone) and film actor
- John McGovern (1902–1985), actor
- Frankie Carle (1903–2001), big band leader, composer and pianist
- Dennis J. Roberts (1903-1994), politician
- John O. Pastore (1907–2000), Governor and Senator of Rhode Island
- Ruth Hussey (1911-2005), film actress
- Leonard Woodcock (1911–2001), trade union official and diplomat
- Michael James Dempsey (1912–1996), Roman Catholic bishop
- John E. Fogarty (1913-1967), politician
- Joseph J. Lilley (1913–1971), composer, arranger and conductor
- Joey Archibald (1914-1998), featherweight boxer
- Grace Lee Boggs (1915–2015), writer, civil rights activist, and feminist
- Irving Gertz (1915-2008), film composer
- Bobby Hackett (1915–1976), jazz trumpeter, cornet player and guitarist
- Bill Osmanski (1915-1996), American football player and coach
- Joe Osmanski (1917-1993), American football player
- Frank Paparelli (1917–1973), jazz pianist and composer
- Bernard Matthew Kelly (1918-2006), Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop in Providence
- Edwin O'Connor (1918-1968), writer
- Robert Bennett (1919–1974), hammer thrower
- Lucien Cardin (1919–1988), Canadian lawyer and politician
- Bruce Sundlun (1920–2011), politician
1921-1940
- Aaron T. Beck (* 1921), is considered the "father of cognitive behavioral therapy"
- Ben Weisman (1921–2007), songwriter and pianist
- John Chafee (1922–1999), politician
- Eddie Zack (1922-2002), country musician
- Nicholas Colasanto (1924–1985), actor
- Ernest Bertrand Boland OP (* 1925), Roman Catholic bishop
- George Crum (1926–2007), conductor and pianist
- Gerald Kilmartin (1926-1970), ice hockey player
- Gordon Pettengill (* 1926), radio astronomer
- David Hedison (1927-2019), actor
- Galway Kinnell (1927-2014), poet
- John McLaughlin (1927-2016), television producer and presenter
- Alice Drummond (1928-2016), actress
- Francis Xavier Roque (1928–2019), auxiliary bishop in the US military ordinariate
- George Field (* 1929), astrophysicist
- Robert Tiernan (1929–2014), politician
- Kenneth Anthony Angell (1930–2016), Roman Catholic Bishop of Burlington
- Beverly Baker (1930-2014), tennis player
- Lee Bontecou (* 1931), sculptor
- Dudley Richards (1932–1961), figure skater
- Otis Young (1932–2001), actor and peace activist
- Harold Gomes (born 1933), boxer
- Cormac McCarthy (born 1933), novelist
- Ted Berrigan (1934-1983), poet
- Glen Bowersock (* 1936), ancient historian
- Alvin Curran (* 1938), composer
- Stanley Fish (* 1938), literary scholar and lawyer
- Jane Kramer (* 1938), journalist and writer
- Edward Beard (born 1940), politician
- Peter Gerety (born 1940), actor
- David Blue , actually Stuart Cohen (1941–1982), singer, guitarist and actor
1941-1970
- Charles Ansbacher (1942–2010), conductor
- Bill Conti (* 1942), film composer
- Margaret Ladd (born 1942), actress
- Lou Lamoriello (* 1942), ice hockey official
- Henry Giroux (* 1943), author and professor of education
- Joan Nathan (* 1943), cookbook author
- Victor Bers (* 1944), classical philologist
- David S. Ward (* 1945), director and screenwriter
- Don D'Ammassa (* 1946), science fiction author and lexicographer
- Ron McLarty (1947-2020), actor and writer
- David Olney (1948-2020), singer-songwriter
- Jeffrey Osborne (* 1948), funk and R&B musician and songwriter
- James McNerney (born 1949), businessman
- Jack Reed (born 1949), politician
- Lilly Kilvert (* 1950), film architect
- Don Carmody (* 1951), American-Canadian film producer
- Marilyn Chambers (1952–2009), porn actress and actress
- Bruce Gertz (* 1952), jazz musician
- Amy Van Nostrand (born 1953), actress
- Meredith Vieira (* 1953), journalist and show host
- Scott Hamilton (* 1954), swing jazz tenor saxophonist
- Brian Burke (born 1955), ice hockey player and official
- Thomas E. Donilon (* 1955), lawyer
- Joe Hassett (born 1955), basketball player
- Jane Rosenthal (* 1956), film producer
- Charles Clapp (born 1959), rower
- David Cicilline (born 1961), politician
- Brian Helgeland (* 1961), screenwriter, director and producer
- Pat Toomey (born 1961), politician
- James Langevin (born 1964), Congressman
- Tony Tedeschi (born 1964), porn actor
- Chris Terreri (* 1964), ice hockey goalkeeper
- Christopher Stanley (born 1965), actor
- Charlie Hunter (* 1967), jazz, rock and fusion guitarist
- Keith Carney (born 1970), ice hockey player
- Allan Fung (* 1970), politician
1971-2000
- Jill Craybas (* 1974), tennis player
- Thomas Mullen (* 1974), writer
- Jason Marsden (born 1975), actor
- Shanna Moakler (* 1975), actress and playmate
- Blu Cantrell (* 1976), R&B and soul singer
- Paul Konerko (born 1976), baseball player
- Josh Schwartz (* 1976), television producer and screenwriter
- Fabio Milano (* 1977), Italian baseball player
- Andy On (born 1977), actor
- Jesse Leach (born 1978), singer
- Mark Famiglietti (* 1979), actor
- Jason Estrada (* 1980), heavyweight boxer
- Peter Manfredo (* 1980), boxer
- Deon Anderson (born 1983), American football player
- Richie Barshay (* 1983), jazz musician
- Mapei (* 1983), Swedish-American musician
- Michael Parkhurst (born 1984), football player
- Damien Chazelle (* 1985), screenwriter and film director
- Demetrius Andrade (* 1988), boxer
- Marissa Castelli (* 1990), figure skater
- Louisa Chafee (* 1991), sailor
- Anders Weiss (* 1992), rower
- Sam Berns (1996–2014), progeria patient and documentary film actor
- Jared Donaldson (born 1996), tennis player
- Robert Capron (born 1998), actor
See also
Web links
Commons : People of Providence, Rhode Island - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alvin Loftes in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
- ↑ Joe Hassett in the database of basketball-reference.com (English)
- ^ Charles Clapp in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
- ↑ Fabio Milano in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
- ^ Andy On , imdb.com
- ↑ Marissa Castelli in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
- ↑ Louisa Chafee in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
- ↑ Anders Weiss in the database of Sports-Reference (English)