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State flag of Rhode Island Location of Rhode Island on the U.S. map This is a list of prominent people who were born in the state of Rhode Island or who spent significant periods of their lives in the state. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. Academia Elizabeth Buffum Chace ...
A New York Times best-selling author and an investigative reporter for the Wall Street Journal, George Zuckerman grew up in Rhode Island. His latest book is “A Shot to Save the World” about ...
Jabez Bowen, federalist supporter, Deputy Governor of Rhode Island and Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court [24] John Brown, co-founder of Brown University, U.S. Representative [25] John Chafee, Governor of Rhode Island, Secretary of the Navy, and United States Senator [26] Zechariah Chafee, lawyer, academic and civil libertarian [27]
Now bearing the pedestrian moniker, 111 Westminster, for the street address of the "back" of the building, it has had several official names, starting with Industrial Trust Co. Building and ...
Tanya Donelly, musician; vocalist for Rhode Island–based bands Belly and Throwing Muses; guitarist for the band The Breeders; Charlie Fern, White House speechwriter, journalist; Van Johnson, actor, known best for "all-American" roles in MGM films during World War II; Lawson Little, 1940 U.S. Open golf champion; Lillian Richter, lithographer
The other non-Puerto Rico U.S. territories (American Samoa, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands) do not have any places with more than 10,000 people per square mile (as of the 2010 U.S. Census). China Town, Northern Mariana Islands is a census-designated place; it is also a village within the larger municipality of Saipan. China Town would rank ...
Classification: People: By nationality: American: By state: Rhode Island Also: Countries: United States: States: Rhode Island: People For more information, see List of people from Rhode Island Subcategories
Rhode Island (/ ˌ r oʊ d-/ ⓘ, pronounced "road") [6] [7] is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.It borders Connecticut to its west; Massachusetts to its north and east; and the Atlantic Ocean to its south via Rhode Island Sound and Block Island Sound; and shares a small maritime border with New York, east of Long Island. [8]