Biographical Records
Notable People from Rhode Island
746 notable figures born in Rhode Island, showing page 6 of 15, ranked by historical prominence.
William H. Sullivan
1922 - 2013
diplomatambassadorpolitician
William C. Gibbs
1789 - 1871
politician
Henry J. Spooner
1839 - 1918
politicianlawyer
Oscar Lapham
1837 - 1926
politicianlawyer
Elisha Dyer
1811 - 1890
entrepreneurgovernorpolitician
Charles Risk
1897 - 1943
lawyerpoliticianjudge
Isaac Wilbour
1763 - 1837
juristgovernorpolitician
John Collins
1717 - 1795
politician
Augustus O. Bourn
1834 - 1925
governorpolitician
William Arnold Anthony
1835 - 1908
university teacherphysicist
Gerald Kilmartin
1926 - 1970
ice hockey player
Esek Hopkins
1718 - 1802
privateer
William Almy Pirce
1824 - 1891
politician
Arthur Fenner
1745 - 1805
politician
Eleanor Kirk
1832 - 1908
suffragisteditorastrologer
Warren O. Arnold
1839 - 1910
politician
Harry Sandager
1887 - 1955
politician
Hezekiah Butterworth
1839 - 1905
children's writerwriter
Leonard Woodcock
1911 - 2001
trade unionistdiplomat
Frank Wheaton
1833 - 1903
military officer
Albert W. Hicks
1820 - 1860
pirateprivateer
Alfred H. Littlefield
1829 - 1893
governorpolitician
Henry Smith
1766 - 1818
governorpolitician
Benjamin Waterhouse
1754 - 1846
botanistmilitary physician
Dorothy Lovett
1915 - 1998
film actoractor
William Daniel Brayton
1815 - 1887
military officerpolitician
Catharine R. Williams
1787 - 1872
historianpoetwriter
Barry Cowsill
1954 - 2005
musiciansinger
Martha Sharp
1905 - 1999
social worker
Samuel Ward
1725 - 1776
politicianjudge
Lincoln MacVeagh
1890 - 1972
archaeologistdiplomatpolitician
E. Ruth Anderson
1907 - 1989
newspaper editormusicologistmeteorological observer
William Cotton
1880 - 1958
caricaturistpainter
Albert Gorton Greene
1802 - 1868
poetlawyerwriter
Walter Channing
1786 - 1876
obstetricianphysician
Joey Archibald
1914 - 1998
boxer
Edward de Veaux Morrell
1863 - 1917
politicianlawyer
Davey Lopes
1945 - 2026
baseball player
John M. Devine
1895 - 1971
military personnel
Emery D. Potter
1804 - 1896
politicianlawyerjudge
Eliza Grew Jones
1803 - 1838
lexicographerlinguistmissionary
George Andrews
1850 - 1928
military personnel
Gerry Philbin
1941 - 2025
American football player
Katherine Corri Harris
1890 - 1927
actor
Clark Burdick
1868 - 1948
politicianlawyer
Hugh Dudley Auchincloss Jr.
1897 - 1976
business brokermilitary officerlawyer
William Paine Sheffield, Jr.
1857 - 1919
politicianlawyer
James McAndrews
1862 - 1942
politician
Walter Russell Stiness
1854 - 1924
politicianlawyerjudge
Bill Godbout
1939 - 2018
engineerbusinessperson