Biographical Records
Notable People from Rhode Island
746 notable figures born in Rhode Island, showing page 10 of 15, ranked by historical prominence.
Elias Keyes
1758 - 1844
politicianlawyerjudge
Bill Osmanski
1915 - 1996
American football playerdentist
Charles H. Berry
1823 - 1900
politicianlawyerjudge
Theodora Mead Abel
1899 - 1998
university teacherclinical psychologistpsychologist
Edith Vanderbilt
1873 - 1958
feministpatron of the artsphilanthropist
Gideon Olin
1743 - 1823
politicianjudge
Samuel King
1749 - 1819
paintermusical instrument maker
George Masso
1926 - 2019
music educatorjazz musiciantrombonist
George Tibbits
1763 - 1849
politician
Robert B. Cranston
1791 - 1873
politician
Ralph Warburton
1924 - 2021
ice hockey player
Barbara Leonard
1924 - 2013
politician
Job Durfee
1790 - 1847
poetpoliticianlawyer
Ann Aldrich
1927 - 2010
lawyerjudge
F. Burge Griswold
1826 - 1900
writer
Mary E. Bibb
1820 - 1877
business executivejournalistteacher
Abraham Whipple
1733 - 1819
soldierslave tradermilitary officer
George Champlin Mason, Sr.
1820 - 1894
architect
Russell McVinney
1898 - 1971
Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Joseph Lindon Smith
1863 - 1950
painter
Francis Joseph Boyle
1927 - 2006
lawyerjudge
Frederick Irving
1921 - 2016
autobiographerdiplomateconomist
Fuzzy Cupid
1928 - 1976
professional wrestleractor
Whipple Van Buren Phillips
1833 - 1904
businessperson
Howard Francis Corcoran
1906 - 1989
lawyerjudge
Joe Connolly
1884 - 1943
baseball player
Ogden Lindsley
1922 - 2004
psychologist
William "Billy" Costello
1898 - 1971
stage actorvoice actor
Richard H. Bube
1927 - 2018
university teacherphysicist
Robert P. Coogan
1922 - 2015
military officer
Edward Pelham Brenton
1774 - 1839
military historian
William West
1733 - 1814
lawyerjudge
Robert Glaser
1921 - 2012
university teacherpsychologist
Bert Shurtleff
1897 - 1967
American football player
Albert Benjamin West
1883 - 1929
lawyer
Dudley Newton
1845 - 1907
architect
William C. Baker
1858 - 1931
politicianlawyer
Robert I. Jewett
1937 - 2022
university teachermathematician
Richard Jackson
1764 - 1838
politician
C. M. Eddy, Jr.
1896 - 1967
writer
Jeremiah Bailey
1773 - 1853
politicianlawyerjudge
William Henry Allen
1784 - 1813
soldiermilitary officer
Dave Stenhouse
1933 - 2023
baseball playerbasketball player
Jabez Bowen
1739 - 1815
slave traderjuristpolitician
Thomas Tillinghast
1742 - 1821
politicianlawyerjudge
Harold G. Bowen, Sr.
1883 - 1965
military officer
Dave Gavitt
1937 - 2011
baseball playerbasketball coachbasketball player
Chet Nichols, Sr.
1897 - 1982
baseball player
Joseph Brown
1733 - 1785
astronomer
John Gardner
1697 - 1764
lawyerjudge