List of Newport, Rhode Island people

List of Newport, Rhode Island people

This entry lists notable people who were born, resided or worked in Newport, Rhode Island.

Notable people born in Newport

The philosopher Bishop Berkeley resided in Newport

Eighteenth Century

Nineteenth Century

  • D. Putnam Brinley, artist
  • Thomas Harper Ince, actor
  • Ida Lewis, lighthouse keeper credited with saving 18 lives in Newport Harbor throughout the nineteenth century; she received national attention and numerous honors. A United States Coast Guard buoy tender bears her name.
  • Matthew C. Perry, Commodore of the U.S. Navy who forced the opening of Japan to the West with the Convention of Kanagawa in 1854, under the threat of military force.

Twentieth Century

Notable people who lived or worked in Newport

17th Century

18th Century

19th Century to 1885

The Gilded Age, 1885–1914

20th Century, 1914–2000

21st Century, 2001–present


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