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Providence, Rhode Island ranks 297th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Hartford, Connecticut, Pasadena, California, and Pyongyang. Memorable people born in Providence, Rhode Island include H. P. Lovecraft, Aaron T. Beck, and Cormac McCarthy. Memorable people who died in Providence, Rhode Island include H. P. Lovecraft, Stephen Hopkins, and Roderick Chisholm. Providence, Rhode Island has been the birth place of many actors, and politicians and the death place of many physicists, and writers. Providence, Rhode Island is located in United States.

Providence is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island. It is the third-most populous city in New England with a population of 190,934 at the 2020 census, while the Providence metropolitan area extending into Massachusetts has approximately 1.7 million residents, the 39th-largest metropolitan area in the U.S. It is the county seat of Providence County. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 1999, Providence, Rhode Island was the birth place of 46 globally memorable people, including H. P. Lovecraft, Aaron T. Beck, and Cormac McCarthy. Additionaly, 7 globally memorable people have passed away in Providence, Rhode Island including H. P. Lovecraft, Stephen Hopkins, and Roderick Chisholm.

People Born in Providence, Rhode Island

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People Deceased in Providence, Rhode Island

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Providence, Rhode Island were actors (9), politicians (6), writers (4), film directors (3), and athletes (3),  while most who died were physicists (2), writers (1), politicians (1), philosophers (1), and basketball players (1).

Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Providence, Rhode Island, including Marilyn Chambers, David Hedison, and Andy On. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Providence, Rhode Island, including Marilyn Chambers, David Hedison, and George M. Cohan.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 20 globally memorable people born in Providence, Rhode Island since 1700.