41.2678° N, 75.3935° W
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.
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- Field: Politician Clear ×
Ogden L. Mills
1884 - 1937
Horace Tabor
1830 - 1899
Ben W. Hooper
1870 - 1957
Winston L. Prouty
1906 - 1971
Samuel Ward (American statesman)
1725 - 1776
James A. Beaver
1837 - 1914
Carroll S. Page
1843 - 1925
John Collins (Continental Congress)
1717 - 1795
Christopher Ellery
1768 - 1840
Christopher G. Champlin
1768 - 1840
Henry Latimer (senator)
1752 - 1819
Lewis O. Barrows
1893 - 1967
George H. Prouty
1862 - 1918
Lucien Bonaparte Chase
1817 - 1864
Francis Malbone
1759 - 1809
William C. Gibbs
1789 - 1871
William Jones (governor)
1753 - 1822
Joseph P. Cotton
1875 - 1931
William Wright Southgate
1800 - 1849
George Gordon King
1807 - 1870
J. Hale Sypher
1837 - 1905
Hiram Bell
1808 - 1855
Henry Marchmore Shaw
1819 - 1864
Walter Clarke (governor)
1640 - 1714
Lane Dwinell
1906 - 1997
Mason Tappan
1817 - 1886
Robert B. Cranston
1791 - 1873
William C. Cozzens
1811 - 1876
Edward de Veaux Morrell
1863 - 1917
Charles Carroll Colby
1827 - 1907
Melville Bull
1854 - 1909
Clark Burdick
1868 - 1948
Henry Y. Cranston
1789 - 1864
Edwin O. Stanard
1832 - 1914
Nathaniel Hazard
1776 - 1820
William Paine Sheffield Jr.
1857 - 1919
Henry C. Bates
1843 - 1909
William S. Ladd
1826 - 1893
Josephine Henry
1846 - 1928
Charles A. Prouty
1853 - 1921
M. Teresa Paiva-Weed
Born 1959
Peter F. Martin
Born 1941
Mark Hass
Born 1956
John Edwards (Rhode Island politician)
Born 1958
George Latimer (Pennsylvania politician)
1750 - 1825
William Hunter (Assistant Secretary of State)
1805 - 1886
Barbara Leonard
1924 - 2013
Charles Inman
1810 - 1899
Sir Sidney Herbert, 1st Baronet
1890 - 1939
Katie Sieben
Born 1977
William M. Rodman
1814 - 1868
Benjamin Hunkins
1810 - 1900
Horace Chase
1810 - 1886
Anne McGihon
Born 1957
Joseph Whipple III
1725 - 1761
Leigh Larocque
1934 - 2017
Charles McClary
1833 - 1904
Nathan F. Ford
Born 1927
Pardon Stevens
1815 - 1875
Harry Morrison Cheney
Born 1860
Johnny Owen (Nebraska)
1907 - 1978
John Thornton (Canadian politician)
1823 - 1888
Rankin Wiley Jr.
1853 - 1929
Dennis Fields
Born 1945
Artie D. Valentine
Born 1927
C. W. Bangs
1814 - 1892
Hazen Kimball
1835 - 1890
Lambert Hehl
1924 - 2019
Orrin Wiley Locke
1859 - 1951