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NEWPORT
Most Famous People Born in Newport, United States
- Notable people
- 357
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- Median birth year
- 1876
- Most distinctive
- Socialite 79.5×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Newport during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Newport Is Known For
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Politician is Newport's biggest profession — 19% of all notables (69).
Newport over-indexes on socialite — 79.5× the global rate.
Newport under-produces football — only 0.3× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Newport's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Politics & Law
- Sports
- Military
- Science
- Writing
- Music
- Other
- Field: Lawyer Clear ×
Horace Harmon Lurton
1844 - 1914
Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler
1869 - 1942
Brent Spence
1874 - 1967
Hugh D. Auchincloss
1897 - 1976
Richard Ward (governor)
1689 - 1763
Portus Baxter
1806 - 1868
John Gardner (Rhode Island)
1697 - 1764
Conrad Lynn
1908 - 1995
James Black (congressman)
1793 - 1872
John Thomas Hackett
1884 - 1956
Zophar M. Mansur
1843 - 1914
Paul K. Holmes III
Born 1951
Robert Carter Pitman
1825 - 1891
M. Bernard Aidinoff
1929 - 2016
Thomas J. Boynton (politician)
1856 - 1945
J. Patrick O'Neill
Born 1971
Amy Rice
Born 1966
Charles Alvin Jones
1887 - 1966
Thomas Cranston
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Felix A. Reeve
1836 - 1920
Donald E. deKieffer
1945 - 2011
Kenneth Cartwright Patty
1891 - 1967