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PROVIDENCE
Most Famous People Born in Providence, United States
- Notable people
- 736
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- Median birth year
- 1927
- Most distinctive
- Bank 5.8×
Providence's Bank bench is what's left of the old Rhode Island mercantile and textile fortunes that built Federal Hill and the Brown family empire, with a Lawyer class drawn from the same patrician pipeline. The Baseball count reaches back to the Providence Grays of the 1880s, while a modern RISD-and-Brown creative vein runs through the Music and Screenwriter lines — Damien Chazelle and a thick seam of film composers.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Providence during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Providence Is Known For
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Politician is Providence's biggest profession — 16% of all notables (116).
Providence over-indexes on bank — 5.8× the global rate.
Providence under-produces football — only 0.3× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Providence's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Filtered to 1990s Clear ×
Robert Capron
Born 1998
Sam Berns
1996 - 2014
Ricky Ledo
Born 1992
Marissa Castelli
Born 1990
Jared Donaldson
Born 1996
Louisa Chafee
Born 1991
Anders Weiss
Born 1992
Katelyn Bouyssou
Born 1994
Colin Grafton
Born 1991
Davina Davis
Born 1995
Moira Walsh
Born 1990