List of people from South Kingstown, Rhode Island
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This is a list of prominent people who were born in the town of South Kingstown, Rhode Island or who spent significant periods of their lives in the town.
Academia
[edit]- Herman Churchill (1869–1941) – historian, college professor, and founder of the University of Rhode Island's history department
- T. Stephen Crawford (1900–1987) – chemical engineer and dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Rhode Island
- Caroline Hazard (1856–1945) – fifth president of Wellesley College
- William Metz (1914–2013) – historian and chairman of the University of Rhode Island's history department
- Roy G. Poulsen (1918–2006) – economist and director of the Research Center in Business and Economics at the University of Rhode Island
- Michael Rice (born 1955) – Chairman of the Department of Fisheries, Animal and Veterinary Science at the University of Rhode Island
- Hermann Viets (1943–2017) – astronautics engineer and president of the Milwaukee School of Engineering
- Homer Jay Wheeler (1861–1945) – chemist and director of the Rhode Island Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of Rhode Island
Activism, civil rights, and philanthropy
[edit]- George Fayerweather (1802–1869) – abolitionist and blacksmith
- Sarah Harris Fayerweather (1812–1878) – abolitionist
- Edward Everett Hale (1822–1909) – religious leader and abolitionist
- Joe Patrick II (born 1963) – activist and retired Army soldier
Art, literature, and design
[edit]- Jhumpa Lahiri (born 1967) – author
- C. J. Chivers (born 1964) – author
Business
[edit]- Augustus George Hazard (1802–1868) – businessman and gunpowder manufacturer
- Rowland Hazard III (1881–1945) – businessman and politician
- Rowland G. Hazard (1801–1888) – industrialist and politician
Crime
[edit]- Michael Woodmansee (born 1958) – child murderer
Film, television, and stage
[edit]- Mark Atkinson – actor
- Andrew Burnap (born 1991) – actor[1]
- Kate French (born 1984) – actress
- Brendan O'Malley (born 1969) – actor
Journalism
[edit]- Bob Rathbun (born 1954) – sportscaster
- Lindsay Crouse (born 1984) - documentary film producer
Military
[edit]- William J. Babcock (1841–1897) – Medal of Honor recipient
- David B. Champagne (1932–1952) – Medal of Honor recipient
- William G. Fournier (1913–1943) – Medal of Honor recipient
- Stephen Champlin (1789–1870) – Navy officer
- Christopher Raymond Perry (1761–1818) – Navy officer and Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for Washington County
- Matthew C. Perry (1794–1858) – Navy officer
- Oliver Hazard Perry (1785–1819) – Navy officer
- Isaac P. Rodman (1822 – 1862) – Army officer and politician
Music
[edit]- Aaron Rossi (born 1980) – drummer
- Erika Van Pelt (born 1985) – singer[2]
Politics and government
[edit]- Lemuel H. Arnold (1792–1852) – Governor of Rhode Island and U.S. Representative from Rhode Island
- James V. Aukerman (born 1948) – member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives
- George Brown (1746–1836) – Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island
- Erasmus D. Campbell (1811–1873) – Governor of Wisconsin
- Kathleen Fogarty (born 1965) – member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives
- John Gardner (1747–1808) – delegate to the Congress of the Confederation from Rhode Island
- Walter Gray (born 1926) – member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives
- Grafton Kenyon (1882–1960) – member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives and Rhode Island Senate
- Tom Keefe – member of the Branford (Connecticut) Representative Town Meeting and former member of the Colorado First Judicial District Retention Commission
- Carder Hazard (1734–1792) – Associate Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court
- George Hazard (1700–1738) – Deputy Governor of Colonial Rhode Island
- Edward Holland (1931 or 1932-2015) – Rhode Island Senator
- Robert Hazard (1702–1751) – Deputy Governor of Colonial Rhode Island
- Gilbert V. Indeglia (born 1941) – Associate Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court
- John Shanley Jr. (1944–2021) – member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives
- Henry Marchant (1741–1796) – Founding Father and Attorney General of Rhode Island
- Paul Mumford (1734–1805) – Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island and Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court
- Thomas Mumford (1625–1692) – settled South Kingstown and served as the first High Sheriff
- Peter Neronha (born 1963) – 74th Attorney General of Rhode Island
- Nathaniel Niles (1741–1828) – U.S. Representative from Vermont
- Elisha R. Potter (1764–1835) – U.S. Representative from Rhode Island
- Elisha R. Potter Jr. (1811–1882) – U.S. Representative from Rhode Island
- Samuel J. Potter (1753–1804) – Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island and U.S. Senator from Rhode Island
- William Robinson (1693–1751) – Deputy Governor of Colonial Rhode Island
- Rob Roy Rawlings (1920–2001) – member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives
- Roy Willard Rawlings (1883–1973) – Speaker of the Rhode Island House of Representatives
- V. Susan Sosnowski (born 1955) – Rhode Island Senator
- Teresa Tanzi (born 1971) – member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives
- Robert Tiernan (1929–2014) – U.S. Representative from Rhode Island
- Lucy Rawlings Tootell (1911–2010) – member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives
Science
[edit]- John Barlow (1872–1944) – entomologist
- Dorothy Bliss (1916–1987) – carcinologist and president of the American Society of Zoologists
- Alexander M. Cruickshank (1919–2017) – chemist and director of the Gordon Research Conferences
- Silvester Gardiner (1708 – 1786) – physician
- W. George Parks (1904–1975) – chemist and director of the Gordon Research Conferences
- John Sieburth (1927–2006) – biologist
- Samuel Slocum (1792–1861) – inventor
- Clarence M. Tarzwell (1907–1993) – biologist
- Malford W. Thewlis (1889–1956) – physician
- Richard W. Traxler (1928–2010) – microbiologist[3]
Sports
[edit]- William Beck (1929-2017) – U.S. Olympian (1952 and 1956)
- Bob Bellemore (born 1959) – ice hockey coach
- Harry P. Cross (1873–1955) – football player and coach
- Martha Fierro (born 1977) – chess grandmaster and vice president of FIDE
- Ron Locke (born 1942) – baseball player
- Sean Maloney (born 1971) – baseball player
- Fred Tootell (1902–1964) – U.S. Olympian (1924)
See also
[edit]- List of University of Rhode Island people
- List of people from Rhode Island
- Hazard Family
- Perry Family
References
[edit]- ^ Fenton, Josh. "URI Grad Andrew Burnap Wins Tony for Best Performance by a Leading Actor". GoLocalProv. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
- ^ Kristina Dorsey (March 1, 2012). "Former Chorus of Westerly singer makes 'Idol' top 13". theday.com.
- ^ "Richard W. Traxler obituary". Obituaries Online. Retrieved 21 December 2011.