Notable people from Providence, Rhode Island

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

Arts, literature, humanities and entertainment

* Tom Adams - an illustrator most famous for his Agatha Christie paperback cover designs
* Chester Holmes Aldrich - architect and director of American Academy in Rome
* Mathuren Arthur Andrieu - painter
* Michael Corrente - Film director and producer.
* Joe Beats - hip-hop producer.
* Blu Cantrell - singer famous for hit songs "Hit 'Em Upstyle (Oops)" and "Breathe"
* Marilyn Chambers - pornographic actress and Vice-Presidential candidate.
* George M. Cohan - songwriter and entertainer, best known: "I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy" and "You're a Grand Old Flag"
* Jim Connors - Legendary Radio personality (d. Feb 24th 1987)
* Bill Conti - composer of music for film and television
* Scott Corbett - writer of children's books
* Nelson Eddy - American singer and film actor
* C. M. Eddy, Jr. - author of mysteries and horror fiction
* Elisabeth Filarski - footwear designer, "" contestant
* Sage Francis - hip hop artist and slam poet
* Ava Gaudet - singer/dancer/actress known for BWays "Rent", Abc's "Ugly Betty" and more.
* Robert Leo (Bobby) Hackett - Jazz musician (trumpet, cornet & guitar)
* Clay Hart - Country musician (guitar)
* Richard Hatch - Winner of .
* Scott Haltzman - author, "The Secrets of Happily Married Men: Eight Ways to Win Your Wife's Heart Forever"
* Scott Hamilton, famous Tenor Saxophonist was born here in 1954.
* David Hedison - actor of film, television and theater
* Ruth Hussey - MGM motion picture actress - nominated for an Oscar for The Philadelphia Story 1940
* Claudia Jordan - actress, Miss Rhode Island USA 1997
* Galway Kinnell - Pulitzer Prize-winning poet
* H. P. Lovecraft - author of fantasy and horror fiction
* Cormac McCarthy - influential 20th-Century author
* Andy On - Chinese American Hong Kong actor
* Vincent Pagano - actor of film and television, screenwriter
* Don Pardo - NBC Announcer since 1944
* S. J. Perelman - humorist, author, and screenwriter
* Sylvia Poggioli - American radio reporter for National Public Radio.
* Josh Schwartz - Creator of the teen sensation hit Television show "The O.C."
* Benjamin C. Truman - war correspondent and author
* Meredith Vieira - former moderator of ABC's "The View", co-host of NBC's Today show
* Sarah Helen Whitman - poet and the possible inspiration behind the Edgar Allan Poe poems "To Helen" and "Annabel Lee"
* Jeffrey Osborne - lead vocalist with LTD.

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

*Israel Angell - colonel in the American Revolution
* Richard Arnold - American Civil War general
* Frank Wheaton - American Civil War general

Politics

*Arunah Shepherdson Abell - creator of "Philadelphia Public Ledger" and "Baltimore Sun" newspapers. cite book | title = Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896 | publisher = Marquis Who's Who | location = Chicago | date = 1963]
*William Henry Allen - naval officer during the War of 1812
*Zachariah Allen - scientist and inventor
*Jonathan Arnold - member of the Continental Congress from Rhode Island
*Samuel G. Arnold - United States Senator from Rhode Island
*Jabez Bowen - federalist supporter, Lt. Governor of Rhode Island
*John Brown (Rhode Island) - co-founder of Brown University, U.S. Representative
*John Chafee - Rhode Island Governor, Secretary of the Navy, and a United States Senator.
*Zechariah Chafee - an American lawyer, academic and civil libertarian.
* Vincent Cianci - Longest Serving Mayor in Providence History (1974-1984) & (1991-2002). Longest Tenured Mayor in US History. First Italian-American Mayor of Providence
*Stephen Hopkins - nine-time governor of Rhode Island and signer of the Declaration of Independence
*Elisha Jenkins - New York Secretary of State, Mayor of Albany
*Pat LaMarche - Green Party vice presidential candidate in 2004 and activist
*Dee Dee Myers - The first female White House Press Secretary, served under the Clinton administration
*John O. Pastore - Democrat politician, first Italian-American governor (1945-1950) and Italian-American senator (1950-1976) of Rhode Island
*John Charles Martin - Professional slouch. Working up the ranks of K.B. Toys.

Innovators

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

ports

* Bill Almon - versatile utility player for Chicago White Sox
* Deon Anderson - an American football fullback for the Dallas Cowboys
* Rocco Baldelli - Outfielder for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays
* Marvin Barnes - an American former professional basketball player.
* Hobe Ferris - second baseman for the Boston Americans (1901-07)
* Matt Hyson - Pro wrestler, better known as Spike Dudley
* Paul Konerko - first baseman for the Chicago White Sox
* Davey Lopes - retired second baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers
* Peter Manfredo Jr. - Pro boxer
* Bill Osmanski - College Football Hall of Famer
* Chuck Palumbo - Pro wrestler
* Michael Parkhurst - Soccer defender for the New England Revolution and USMNT
* William Blackmon- Football NFL layer for the Greenbay Packers

References

Will Blackmon - Safety for Green Bay Packers