The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in Providence, Rhode Island .
Arts, literature, humanities and entertainment[ edit ] 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] 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 PennsylvaniaPaulina 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 [ edit ] 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]
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