List of people from Newport, Rhode Island

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The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in Newport, Rhode Island.

See also: Category:People from Newport, Rhode Island

Notable people born in Newport[]

Philosopher Bishop Berkeley resided in Newport

18th century[]

19th century[]

  • D. Putnam Brinley, artist
  • Clarence G. Child, scholar
  • Thomas Harper Ince, actor
  • Clarence R. King, geologist, mountaineer, and first director of the U.S. Geological Survey (1879-1881); noted for exploration of Sierra Nevada
  • Ida Lewis, lighthouse keeper credited with saving 18 lives in Newport Harbor; received national attention and numerous honors; a Coast Guard buoy tender bears her name
  • David Melville, credited with first gas street lighting in the United States
  • Matthew C. Perry, Navy Commodore who opened Japan to the West with the Convention of Kanagawa in 1854, under the threat of military force
  • Cornelia Bryce Pinchot, native of Newport who became a conservationist, Progressive politician, women’s rights activist, and First Lady of Pennsylvania
  • Cynthia Taggart, poet
  • Charles C. Van Zandt, 34th Governor of Rhode Island[1]

20th century[]

Notable people who lived or worked in Newport[]

17th century[]

18th century[]

19th century to 1885[]

The Gilded Age, 1885–1914[]

20th century, 1914–2000[]

21st century, 2001–present[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Rhode Island Governor Charles Collins Van Zandt". National Governors Association. Retrieved October 10, 2012.
  2. ^ http://articles.philly.com/1986-08-21/news/26062433_1_bois-dore-costume-jewelry-carolyn-skelly
  3. ^ "Archives". Los Angeles Times.
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