Bill Cowsill

Bill Cowsill

male, deceased (2006)
singer, Death from emphysema, billy, American, From Calgary, fromNewport, RhodeIsland
William "Bill" Cowsill, Jr., also known as Billy was an American singer best known as lead singer and guitarist of The Cowsills who had two top 5...
Richard Hatch

Richard Hatch

male, 48 years old
tax evader, reality TV participant, Survivor contestant, reality tv, real estate agent, Reality show winner…fromNewport, RhodeIsland
Richard Hatch (born April 8, 1961) is the winner of the first American "Survivor" series, which aired in 2000 and was set in Borneo. He is...
John Adams

John Adams

male, deceased (1740)
Harvard University, Congregationalist, poet, Harvard University alumni, congregational church, Massachusetts writer…From Boston, fromNewport, RhodeIsland, from Cambridge, Massachusetts, Rhode Island writer, What numerous volumes, scattered from his hand
John Adams (1704 - January 1740), was an American poet. Adams was the only son of Hon. John Adams (merchant) of Nova Scotia, and he graduated from...
Matthew C. Perry

Matthew C. Perry

male, deceased (1858)
Matthew Calbraith Perry, U.S. NAVY, American people in Japan, commodore, United States Navy, Edo period…fromNewport, RhodeIsland, from Barnstable County, Massachusetts, from New York City
Matthew Calbraith Perry (April 10, 1794 - March 4, 1858) was the Commodore of the U.S. Navy who compelled the opening of Japan to the West with the...
Mena Suvari

Mena Suvari

female, 30 years old
actor, actress, Rhode Island actor, Italian-American, Greek-American, american beauty…fromNewport, RhodeIsland, born in Newport, Rhode Island
Mena Adrienne Suvari (born February 13, 1979) is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her work in "American Beauty" (1999) and the...
Harry Anderson

Harry Anderson

male, 57 years old
Night Court, Leslie Pollack, Wise Guy, Cheers, Tales from the Crypt actor, fromNewport, RhodeIsland…from New Orleans
Harry Anderson (born October 14, 1952) is an American actor and magician. Born in Newport, Rhode Island, Anderson was a street magician before...

Ida Lewis

female, deceased (1911)
The Keeper of Lime Rock, Putnam's Magazine, Lighthouse keeper, fromNewport, RhodeIsland, USCG coastal buoy tender, Idawalley Zorada Lewis
Idawalley Zorada Lewis (later Lewis-Wilson) (25 February 1842-24 October 1911) was an American lighthouse keeper noted for her heroism. Ida Lewis...
Van Johnson

Van Johnson

male, 93 years old
from the United States, LGBT actor, film actor, Columbia Pictures, Broadway theatre, fromNewport, RhodeIsland
Van Johnson (born Charles Van Johnson on August 25, 1916, in Newport, Rhode Island) is an American film and television actor and dancer. Johnson...
Thomas Harper Ince

Thomas Harper Ince

male, deceased (1924)
Hollywood Walk of Fame, director, film producer, film director, Cinema pioneer, actor…fromNewport, RhodeIsland
Thomas Harper Ince was an American silent film actor, director, producer and screenwriter. His brothers, John and Ralph Ince, were also actors and...