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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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- Field: Music Clear ×
Jeffrey Osborne
Born 1948
Bobby Hackett
1915 - 1976
Frankie Carle
1903 - 2001
Jesse Leach
Born 1978
Carol Sloane
Born 1937
Joe Maini
1930 - 1964
Andrew Sega
Born 1975
Richard Aldrich (music critic)
1863 - 1937
Richie Barshay
Born 1983
George Crum (musician)
1926 - 2007
Eddie Zack
1922 - 2002
Bruce Gertz
Born 1952
Brad Barr
Born 1975
Reuben Phillips (musician)
1920 - 1974
John Dwyer (musician)
Born 1974
Dick Meldonian
1930 - 2017
Frank Paparelli
1917 - 1973
Eric Paul
Born 1974
Gavin Rayna Russom
Born 1974
Feliciano Vierra Tavares
1920 - 2008