List of people from Providence, Rhode Island

List of people from Providence, Rhode Island

The following is a list of notable people from Providence, Rhode Island.

Contents

Arts, literature, humanities and entertainment

Business

  • Arunah Shepherdson Abell - publisher and philanthropist
  • Everett M. "Busy" Arnold - comics books entrepreneur and publisher
  • Alan Shawn Feinstein - finance expert and philanthropist
  • Henry J. Steere - industrialist and philanthropist

Military

Politics

Innovators

  • Zachariah Allen - scientist and inventor, patented automatic cut-off valve for steam engines

Sports

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who. 1963. 

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