The People of Rhode Island (original) (raw)

| Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich | Foster | 1841-1915 | Politician | | | ----------------------- | -------------- | --------- | ---------------------- | | | Zachariah Allen | Providence | 1795-1882 | Inventor | | | Nicholas Brown | Providence | 1729-1791 | Manufacturer | | | William Ellery Channing | Newport | 1780-1842 | Clergyman | | | George Michael Cohan | Providence | 1878-1942 | Composer, actor | | | George William Curtis | Providence | 1824-1892 | Author, lecturer | | | Thomas Wilson Dorr | Providence | 1805-1854 | Political reformer | | | Robert Gray | Tiverton | 1755-1806 | Explorer | | | Nathanael Greene | Warwick | 1742-1786 | Revolutionary soldier | | | Stephen Hopkins | Providence | 1707-1785 | Colonial administrator | | | Napoleon (Larry) Lajoie | Woonsocket | 1874-1959 | Baseball player | | | Matthew Calbraith Perry | Newport | 1794-1858 | Naval officer | | | Oliver Hazard Perry | South Kingston | 1785-1819 | Naval officer | | | Gilbert Charles Stuart | North Kingston | 1755-1828 | Artist | |

Source: The World Almanac of the U.S.A. by Allan Carpenter and Carl Provorse, Copyright 1996.