|
|
|
Description
Fast Facts
Famous Natives
Flag
Land Statistics
Landforms
Lat/Long
Links
Maps Symbols
Time
Timeline
Travel Info
Weather
USA PAGE RHODE ISLAND PAGE
PRINT THIS MAP
   
PRINT THIS MAP  
|
|
Famous Natives
People listed are almost always native to the state. We do (on occasion) include those that have either lived within a state for most of their adult life, or have made a significant contribution to the state in their personal endeavors. Pat Abbruzzi football player, coach Norm Abram television master carpenter Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich politician Robert Aldrich film director, writer, producer Zachariah Allen inventor Harry Anderson actor Billy Andrade golfer David Angell television producer William Arnold Anthony physicist Joshua Appleby lighthouse keeper Jon B. singer, songwriter John Baca u.s. army solider, medal of honor recipient Sullivan Ballou u.s. army major, politician William Barton continental army officer Willard L. Beaulac u.s. ambassador Harvey Bennett, Jr. hockey player Will Blackmon football player Jabez Brown politician, jurist Nicholas Brown manufacturer, philanthropist Ambrose Burnside soldier, industrialist, inventor, politician (born in Indiana) Ruth Buzzi actress, comedian Sasha Cagen author Bruce Caldwell baseball player, football player Erasmus D. Campbell politician Donald Carcieri politician Wendy Carlos composer, musician Sandra Cassel actress Stephen Champlin war of 1812 u.s. navy officer William A. Chanler politician William Ellery Channing clergyman George Cohan playwright, composer, actor, singer Michael Corrente film director, producer John Edward Costigan artist Jill Craybas tennis player George William Curtis writer, editor John DePetro radio talk show host Ernie DiGregorio basketball player Tanya Donelly singer, songwriter Thomas Wilson Dorr politician, reformer Eddie Dowling actor, screenwriter, playwright Alice Drummond actress Nelson Eddy singer Jason Estrada olympic medalist, boxer Maude Read Farnum first rhode island woman banker Bobby Farrelly film director, screenwriter, producer Melissa "Missy" Fiorentino boxer Ava Gaudet actress Glass Ghost songwriter Adelino "Billy" Gonsalves soccer player Charles Gorham silversmith Robert Gray explorer Spalding Gray actor, screenwriter, playwright Nathanael Greene revolutionary war general, hero Andy Gresh sports talk radio host Bobby Hackett musician David Hartman actor, television host Nathanael Herreshoff naval architect, engineer James H. Higgins politician Stephen Hopkins governor, continental congress member, signer declaration of independence Henry Howard politician Mark Anthony De Wolfe Howe, Jr. author, editor Ruth Hussey actress Thomas Ince actor, film director, producer, screenwriter Joseph Jenks, Jr. ironworker, founder of pawtucket (born in england) Jeff Jillson hockey player Joyce Jillson astrologer Charles "Van" Johnson actor Galway Kinnell poet Napoleon "Nap" Lajoie baseball player Irving R. Levine television journalist H. P. Lovecraft author William C. Lovering politician Eric Lutes actor Mike Maronna actor Don McGregor comic book writer, author John McLaughlin television political commentator Metacomet (King Philip) wampanoag indian war chief David Moretti actor Dana Carleton Munro historian, author Wilfred Harold Munro historian, author Christopher Murney actor Arden Myrin actress, comedian Johnny Nicholas musician Chet Nichols, Jr. baseball player Don Panciera football player Sam Patch first u.s. daredevil Les Pawson runner, three-time winner boston marathon Vinny Paz boxer Matthew C. Perry u.s. navy commodore Oliver Hazard Perry war of 1812 u.s. navy officer, "hero of lake erie" David Quinn hockey player Charles Reilly author Don Reo television writer, producer Elisha Hunt Rhodes civil war veteran, patriot Abby Aldrich Rockefeller philanthropist Al Rockoff photojournalist Isaac P. Rodman civil war army general, politician Dave Shalansky actor Thomas W. Sherman civil war officer Sherwood C. Spring astronaut (born in connecticut) Arthur Steere politician Gilbert Stuart artist William H. Sullivan u.s. ambassador Aldo Tatangelo politician Thomas Alexander Tefft architect Benjamin Franklin Tilley civil war navy officer Danny Walsh bootlegger William West general revolutionary war, jurist Sarah Helen Whitman poet Dennis Wholey television host, producer, author John Wilbur religious leader Roger Williams founder rhode island (born in england) Leonard Woodcock labor union leader James Woods actor (born in utah) Is someone missing from this list?
Submit your famous Rhode Islander
here!
Contact Us | Privacy Statement Copyrighted by Graphic Maps All rights reserved! All maps, graphics, flags and original descriptions created by Graphic Maps, a d/b/a of the Woolwine-Moen Group, unless otherwise noted and/or directly linked to the source, and use of same for any application whatsoever (with the exception of outline maps) requires written permission.
We make no copyright claim on any statistical data on this page, nor on any non-original graphics, and/or pictures not produced by us. Certain statistical data is gathered from the CIA World Factbook, as well as numerous public domain reference materials.
Every effort is made to be as accurate as possible when disseminating information on any worldwide destination. We are not responsible for unintentional data entry errors or omissions. If you would like to submit an addition, change or correction, or suggest a new link, please forward it to our map department and we will give it our immediate attention.
|
|
|
