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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 ...
George Thomas Downing was born in New York City on December 30, 1819, to Thomas Downing and Rebecca (West). His father Thomas was born in 1791 in Chincoteague, Virginia, to parents who had been freed from slavery when their master, John Downing, a prominent planter, converted to Methodism.
Rhode Island has its fair share of famous people. ... Named Miss Universe in 2012, the Cranston native has gone on to be a well-known public figure, with her reality television show and is a co ...
Jabez Bowen, federalist supporter, Deputy Governor of Rhode Island and Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court [25] John Brown, co-founder of Brown University, U.S. Representative [26] John Chafee, Governor of Rhode Island, Secretary of the Navy, and United States Senator [27] Zechariah Chafee, lawyer, academic and civil libertarian [28]
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
Roger Williams was born in London, and many historians cite 1603 as the probable year of his birth. [6] His birth records were destroyed when St. Sepulchre church burned during the Great Fire of London, [7] and his entry in American National Biography notes that Williams gave contradictory information about his age throughout his life. [8]
Stephen Hopkins (March 7, 1707 – July 13, 1785) was a Founding Father of the United States. [2] He served as governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, chief justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, and was a signer of both the Continental Association and Declaration of Independence.
A bronze statue gilded in gold, the Independent Man was was designed by George Brewster, a Massachusetts sculptor who taught at the Rhode Island School of Design, and installed on top of the State ...