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.
- Politics & Law
- Sports
- Military
- Science
- Writing
- Music
- Other
Pop-Boy Smith
1892 - 1924
Daniel F. Clark
1954 - 2014
Ed Adams
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Susan York
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Kenton Jernigan
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W. W. Behrens Jr.
1922 - 1986
Leigh Larocque
1934 - 2017
Charles McClary
1833 - 1904
Dempster McIntosh
1896 - 1984
Roberta Como
1922 - 2006
Tommy Reis
1914 - 2009
A. LeRoy Greason
1922 - 2011
William Tyler (bishop)
1806 - 1849
Charles Alvin Jones
1887 - 1966
Julius Pruitt
Born 1985
Bob Clark (pitcher)
1897 - 1944
George Champlin Mason Jr.
1849 - 1924
Thomas Cranston
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Nathan F. Ford
Born 1927
Da'shawn Thomas
Born 1987
Pardon Stevens
1815 - 1875
William Greene Turner
1833 - 1917
William T. Swinburne
1847 - 1928
Harry Morrison Cheney
Born 1860
Johnny Owen (Nebraska)
1907 - 1978
John Thornton (Canadian politician)
1823 - 1888
Luther A. Cole
1812 - 1880
Andrew C. Tartaglino
1926 - 1997
Zeke Zechella
1920 - 2009
William Steinmetz
1847 - 1903
Susan Ridgway Willing
1866 - 1933
Samson Dyer
1773 - 1843
Rankin Wiley Jr.
1853 - 1929
Gordon Battelle (minister)
1814 - 1862
Dennis Fields
Born 1945
Henry Albert Baker
1848 - 1934
John J. Kirwin
1918 - 1943
Robert P. Coogan
1922 - 2015
Benjamin H. Steele
1837 - 1873
Artie D. Valentine
Born 1927
Stoddard B. Colby
1816 - 1867
Felix A. Reeve
1836 - 1920
C. W. Bangs
1814 - 1892
Michael Hogan (writer)
Born 1943
Harvey Butterfield
1908 - 1998
David E. Buckingham
1840 - 1915
Hazen Kimball
1835 - 1890
Donald E. deKieffer
1945 - 2011
Sybil Kent Kane
1856 - 1946
Timothy P. Redfield
1812 - 1888
Caroline B. Eager
1862 - 1929
Kenneth Cartwright Patty
1891 - 1967
Joseph Anthony (silversmith)
1762 - 1814
Philip M. Rhinelander
1869 - 1939
Lambert Hehl
1924 - 2019
Orrin Wiley Locke
1859 - 1951
Dennett Richardson
Born 1905