Rhode Island
Rhode Island, a U. S. state in New England, is known for sandy shores and seaside Colonial towns. It's home to several large cities, including Newport, which is famed for sailing and Gilded Age mansions, such as The Breakers. Providence, its capital, is home to Brown University, green Roger Williams Park, landscaped Waterplace Park and Riverwalk, with the famed WaterFire art installation.
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Henry F. Lippitt
Former member of the United States Senate
Peter G. Gerry
Former United States Senator
Martin J. Beckmann
Professor
John Ferguson Weir
American painter
Marvin Barnes
American professional basketball player
Matilda Sissieretta Joyner Jones
American soprano
Ulf Grenander
Statistician
Christopher Del Sesto
Former Governor of Rhode Island
Frank Licht
Former Governor of Rhode Island
Nelson de la Rosa
Dominican actor
William Torrey Harris
Former United States Commissioner of Education
Samuel G. Arnold
Former member of the United States Senate
William Sprague III
Former Governor of Rhode Island
Theodore F. Green
Former Governor of Rhode Island
Carl Barus
American physicist
Charles R. Jackson
Former Governor of Rhode Island
Alpheus Spring Packard
American entomologist
Joey Archibald
Horatio Rogers
Author
David Wallis Reeves
American composer
Arthur Fenner
Former Governor of Rhode Island
Paulina Kellogg Wright Davis
American author
Emery J. San Souci
Former Governor of Rhode Island
Samuel Ward King
Former Governor of Rhode Island
Thomas Wilson Dorr
Former Governor of Rhode Island
James Y. Smith
Former Governor of Rhode Island
Seth Padelford
Former Governor of Rhode Island
Nehemiah R. Knight
Former Governor of Rhode Island
Harold G. Bowen Sr.
Officer
Patrick J. McCarthy
Katsumi Nomizu
Japanese mathematician
Francis Wayland
American writer
Giuseppe Pettine
Italian composer
Joe Mullaney
American basketball player
Albert C. Greene
Former United States Senator
Theodore Foster
Former member of the United States Senate
Owen Lattimore
American author
Barbara Meek
American actress
David Pingree
University professor
Scott Corbett
American novelist
Jean Madeira
Opera singer
James Rood Doolittle
Former American senator
Martha Sharp
Social worker
Alexis Caswell
American astronomer
Alva Woods
American minister
Barnaby Keeney
Former Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities
Daniel Russell Brown
Former Governor of Rhode Island
