| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Winthrop W. Aldrich |
Business |
2-Nov-1885 |
25-Feb-1974 |
Chairman of Chase Manhattan Bank, 1934-53 |
| Blu Cantrell |
Singer |
1-Oct-1976 |
|
So Blu |
| John H. Chafee |
Politician |
22-Oct-1922 |
24-Oct-1999 |
US Senator from Rhode Island, 1976-99 |
| Marilyn Chambers |
Pornstar |
22-Apr-1952 |
|
Behind the Green Door |
| David N. Cicilline |
Politician |
15-Jul-1961 |
|
Mayor of Providence |
| John Bates Clark |
Economist |
26-Jan-1847 |
21-Mar-1938 |
Philosophy of Wealth |
| George M. Cohan |
Composer |
3-Jul-1878 |
5-Nov-1942 |
Yankee Doodle Dandy |
| Christopher Del Sesto |
Politician |
10-Mar-1907 |
23-Dec-1973 |
Governor of Rhode Island, 1959-61 |
| Wylie Dufresne |
Chef |
1970 |
|
WD-50 |
| Nelson Eddy |
Singer |
29-Jun-1901 |
6-Mar-1967 |
Phantom of the Opera |
| Stanley Fish |
Scholar |
19-Apr-1938 |
|
Deconstructionist literary critic |
| Fred Friendly |
Journalist |
30-Oct-1915 |
3-Mar-1998 |
President of CBS News, 1964-66 |
| J. Joseph Garrahy |
Politician |
26-Nov-1930 |
|
Governor of Rhode Island, 1977-85 |
| Charles K. Gifford |
Business |
8-Nov-1942 |
|
Bank of America Chairman, 2004-05 |
| James Goodby |
Diplomat |
20-Dec-1929 |
|
US Ambassador to Finland, 1980-81 |
| Theodore F. Green |
Politician |
2-Oct-1867 |
19-May-1966 |
Governor and Senator from Rhode Island |
| David Hedison |
Actor |
20-May-1927 |
|
Twice Felix Leiter in Bond films |
| Franklin P. Huddle |
Diplomat |
9-May-1943 |
|
US Ambassador to Tajikistan, 2001-03 |
| Charlie Hunter |
Jazz Musician |
23-May-1967 |
|
8-string jazz guitar virtuoso |
| Ruth Hussey |
Actor |
30-Oct-1911 |
19-Apr-2005 |
The Philadelphia Story |
| Galway Kinnell |
Poet |
1-Feb-1927 |
|
Selected Poems |
| Jim Langevin |
Politician |
22-Apr-1964 |
|
Congressman, Rhode Island 2nd |
| Frank Licht |
Politician |
13-Mar-1916 |
30-May-1987 |
Governor of Rhode Island, 1969-73 |
| Richard A. Licht |
Politician |
25-Mar-1948 |
|
Lt. Governor of Rhode Island, 1985-89 |
| H. P. Lovecraft |
Author |
20-Aug-1890 |
15-Mar-1937 |
Necronomicon and Cthulhu mythos author |
| George Macready |
Actor |
29-Aug-1908 |
2-Jul-1973 |
Paths of Glory |
| Jason Marsden |
Actor |
3-Jan-1975 |
|
Eerie, Indiana |
| Cormac McCarthy |
Novelist |
20-Jul-1933 |
|
All the Pretty Horses |
| William P. McCormick |
Diplomat |
18-Aug-1939 |
|
US Ambassador to New Zealand |
| John S. McKiernan |
Politician |
15-Oct-1911 |
1-Jan-1997 |
Governor of Rhode Island, 1950-51 |
| John McLaughlin |
Talk Show Host |
29-Mar-1927 |
|
The McLaughlin Group |
| James McNerney |
Business |
22-Aug-1949 |
|
CEO of Boeing |
| Barry Mills |
Attorney |
8-Sep-1950 |
|
President, Bowdoin College |
| Shanna Moakler |
Actor |
28-Mar-1975 |
|
Pacific Blue |
| Dee Dee Myers |
Government |
1-Sep-1961 |
|
Bill Clinton's press secretary |
| Annette L. Nazareth |
Government |
c. 1956 |
|
Securities and Exchange Commission |
| John A. Notte, Jr. |
Politician |
3-May-1909 |
7-Mar-1983 |
Governor of Rhode Island, 1961-63 |
| Edwin O'Connor |
Novelist |
29-Jul-1918 |
23-Mar-1968 |
The Last Hurrah |
| Jeffrey Osborne |
Musician |
9-Mar-1948 |
|
On the Wings of Love |
| John O. Pastore |
Politician |
17-Mar-1907 |
15-Jul-2000 |
Governor and Senator from Rhode Island |
| Jack Reed |
Politician |
12-Nov-1949 |
|
US Senator from Rhode Island |
| Dennis J. Roberts |
Politician |
8-Apr-1903 |
30-Jun-1994 |
Governor of Rhode Island, 1951-59 |
| Josh Schwartz |
Screenwriter |
6-Aug-1976 |
|
Creator, The O.C. |
| William Schwartz |
Business |
6-May-1933 |
|
Dean of Boston University Law, 1980-88 |
| Brendan V. Sullivan, Jr. |
Attorney |
11-Mar-1942 |
|
Oliver North's counsel during Iran-Contra |
| Bruce Sundlun |
Politician |
19-Jan-1920 |
|
Governor of Rhode Island, 1991-95 |
| Stuart A. Taylor II |
Business |
28-Nov-1960 |
|
The Taylor Group LLC |
| Pat Toomey |
Politician |
17-Nov-1961 |
|
Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1999-2005 |
| Meredith Vieira |
Game Show Host |
30-Dec-1953 |
|
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire |
| David S. Ward |
Film Director |
25-Oct-1945 |
|
The Sting |
| Sheldon Whitehouse |
Politician |
20-Oct-1955 |
|
US Senator from Rhode Island |
| Leonard Woodcock |
Diplomat |
15-Feb-1911 |
16-Jan-2001 |
5th UAW President, 1970-77 |
