Notable people from Providence, Rhode Island
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The following is a list of notable people from Providence, Rhode Island.
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[edit] Arts, literature, humanities and entertainment
- Tom Adams - an illustrator most famous for his Agatha Christie paperback cover designs
- Chester Holmes Aldrich - architect and director of American Academy in Rome
- Mathuren Arthur Andrieu - painter
- Michael Corrente - Film director and producer.
- Joe Beats - hip-hop producer.
- Blu Cantrell - singer famous for hit songs "Hit 'Em Upstyle (Oops)" and "Breathe"
- Marilyn Chambers - pornographic actress and Vice-Presidential candidate.
- George M. Cohan - songwriter and entertainer, best known: "I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy" and "You're a Grand Old Flag"
- Bill Conti - composer of music for film and television
- Scott Corbett - writer of children's books
- Nelson Eddy - American singer and film actor
- C. M. Eddy, Jr. - author of mysteries and horror fiction
- Elisabeth Filarski - footwear designer, Survivor: The Australian Outback contestant
- Sage Francis - hip hop artist and slam poet
- Ava Gaudet - singer/dancer/actress known for BWays "Rent", Abc's "Ugly Betty" and more.
- Robert Leo (Bobby) Hackett - Jazz musician (trumpet, cornet & guitar)
- Clay Hart - Country musician (guitar)
- Richard Hatch - Winner of Survivor: Borneo.
- Scott Haltzman - author, The Secrets of Happily Married Men: Eight Ways to Win Your Wife's Heart Forever
- Scott Hamilton, famous Tenor Saxophonist was born here in 1954.
- David Hedison - actor of film, television and theater
- Ruth Hussey - MGM motion picture actress - nominated for an Oscar for The Philadelphia Story 1940
- Claudia Jordan - actress, Miss Rhode Island USA 1997
- Galway Kinnell - Pulitzer Prize-winning poet
- H. P. Lovecraft - author of fantasy and horror fiction
- Cormac McCarthy - influential 20th-Century author
- Andy On - Chinese American Hong Kong actor
- Vincent Pagano - actor of film and television, screenwriter
- Don Pardo - NBC Announcer since 1944
- S. J. Perelman - humorist, author, and screenwriter
- Sylvia Poggioli - American radio reporter for National Public Radio.
- Josh Schwartz - Creator of the teen sensation hit Television show "The O.C."
- Benjamin C. Truman - war correspondent and author
- Meredith Vieira - former moderator of ABC's The View, co-host of NBC's Today show
- Sarah Helen Whitman - poet and the possible inspiration behind the Edgar Allan Poe poems "To Helen" and "Annabel Lee"
[edit] Business
- Arunah Shepherdson Abell - publisher and philanthropist
- Everett M. "Busy" Arnold - comics books entrepreneur and publisher
- Alan Shawn Feinstein - finance expert and philanthropist
- Henry J. Steere - industrialist and philanthropist
[edit] Military
- Israel Angell - colonel in the American Revolution[1]
- Richard Arnold - American Civil War general
- Frank Wheaton - American Civil War general
[edit] Politics
- Arunah Shepherdson Abell - creator of Philadelphia Public Ledger and Baltimore Sun newspapers. [1]
- William Henry Allen - naval officer during the War of 1812[1]
- Zachariah Allen - scientist and inventor[1]
- Jonathan Arnold - member of the Continental Congress from Rhode Island[1]
- Samuel G. Arnold - United States Senator from Rhode Island[1]
- Jabez Bowen - federalist supporter, Lt. Governor of Rhode Island
- John Brown (Rhode Island) - co-founder of Brown University, U.S. Representative
- John Chafee - Rhode Island Governor, Secretary of the Navy, and a United States Senator.
- Vincent Cianci - Longest Serving Mayor in Providence History (1974-1984) & (1991-2002). Longest Tenured Mayor in US History. First Italian-American Mayor of Providence
- Stephen Hopkins - nine-time governor of Rhode Island and signer of the Declaration of Independence
- Elisha Jenkins - New York Secretary of State, Mayor of Albany
- Pat LaMarche - Green Party vice presidential candidate in 2004 and activist
- Dee Dee Myers - The first female White House Press Secretary, served under the Clinton administration
- John O. Pastore - Democrat politician, first Italian-American governor (1945-1950) and Italian-American senator (1950-1976) of Rhode Island
[edit] Innovators
- Zachariah Allen - scientist and inventor, patented automatic cut-off valve for steam engines
[edit] Sports
- Bill Almon - versatile utility player for Chicago White Sox
- Deon Anderson - an American football fullback for the Dallas Cowboys
- Rocco Baldelli - Outfielder for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays
- Marvin Barnes - an American former professional basketball player.
- Hobe Ferris - second baseman for the Boston Americans (1901-07)
- Matt Hyson - Pro wrestler, better known as Spike Dudley
- Paul Konerko - first baseman for the Chicago White Sox
- Davey Lopes - retired second baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers
- Peter Manfredo Jr. - Pro boxer
- Bill Osmanski - College Football Hall of Famer
- Chuck Palumbo - Pro wrestler
- Michael Parkhurst - Soccer defender for the New England Revolution and USMNT
