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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.

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A
  • 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
B
  • 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
  • Moses Brown abolitionist, industrialist
  • Nicholas Brown manufacturer, philanthropist
  • Ambrose Burnside soldier, industrialist, inventor, politician (born in IN)
  • Ruth Buzzi actress, comedian
C
  • 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
D
  • 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

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