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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 ...
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]
The following people lived in Rhode Island prior to Colonial settlement: [1] Wampanoag people lived throughout Plymouth Colony and around Mount Hope Bay in Bristol, Rhode Island. Massasoit, tribal leader, met the Pilgrims at Plymouth; Wamsutta, son of Massasoit, renamed Alexander; became tribal leader upon father's death but died shortly after
Rhode Island’s sole billionaire Jonathan Nelson, of Providence Equity Partners, lives in Providence and is worth $3.1 billion, according to Forbes. More: RI billionaires club a lonely place. See ...
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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
But, in the 1760s, during the run-up to the Revolutionary War, Rhode Islanders had no use for the king and needed a different name. The South County History Center has found a 1767 reference to ...
Pages in category "People from Providence, Rhode Island" The following 114 pages are in this category, out of 114 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .