This is a list of prominent people who were born in the town of South Kingstown, Rhode Island or who spent significant periods of their lives in the town.
Academia
Herman Churchill (1869–1941) – historian, college professor, and founder of the University of Rhode Island's history department T. Stephen Crawford (1900–1987) – chemical engineer and dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Rhode Island Caroline Hazard (1856–1945) – fifth president of Wellesley College William Metz (1914–2013) – historian and chairman of the University of Rhode Island's history department Roy G. Poulsen (1918–2006) – economist and director of the Research Center in Business and Economics at the University of Rhode Island Michael Rice (born 1955) – chairman of the Department of Fisheries, Animal and Veterinary Science at the University of Rhode Island Hermann Viets (1943–2017) – astronautics engineer and president of the Milwaukee School of Engineering Homer Jay Wheeler (1861–1945) – chemist and director of the Rhode Island Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of Rhode Island
Activism, civil rights, and philanthropy
George Fayerweather (1802–1869) – abolitionist and blacksmith Sarah Harris Fayerweather (1812–1878) – abolitionist Edward Everett Hale (1822–1909) – religious leader and abolitionist Joe Patrick II (born 1963) – activist and retired Army soldier
Art, literature, and design
C. J. Chivers (born 1964) – author Jhumpa Lahiri (born 1967) – author
Business
Augustus George Hazard (1802–1868) – businessman and gunpowder manufacturer Rowland G. Hazard (1801–1888) – industrialist and politician Rowland Hazard III (1881–1945) – businessman and politician
Crime
Michael Woodmansee (born 1958) – child murderer
Film, television, and stage
Mark Atkinson – actor Andrew Burnap (born 1991) – actor Kate French (born 1984) – actress Brendan O'Malley (born 1969) – actor
Journalism
Lindsay Crouse (born 1984) – documentary film producer Bob Rathbun (born 1954) – sportscaster
Military
William J. Babcock (1841–1897) – Medal of Honor recipient David B. Champagne (1932–1952) – Medal of Honor recipient Stephen Champlin (1789–1870) – Navy officer William G. Fournier (1913–1943) – Medal of Honor recipient Christopher Raymond Perry (1761–1818) – Navy officer and chief justice of the Court of Common Pleas for Washington County Matthew C. Perry (1794–1858) – Navy officer Oliver Hazard Perry (1785–1819) – Navy officer Isaac P. Rodman (1822 – 1862) – Army officer and politician
Music
Aaron Rossi (born 1980) – drummer Erika Van Pelt (born 1985) – singer
Politics and government
Lemuel H. Arnold (1792–1852) – governor of Rhode Island and U.S. representative from Rhode Island James V. Aukerman (born 1948) – member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives George Brown (1746–1836) – lieutenant governor of Rhode Island Erasmus D. Campbell (1811–1873) – governor of Wisconsin Kathleen Fogarty (born 1965) – member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives John Gardner (1747–1808) – delegate to the Congress of the Confederation from Rhode Island Walter Gray (born 1926) – member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives Grafton Kenyon (1882–1960) – member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives and Rhode Island Senate Carder Hazard (1734–1792) – associate justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court George Hazard (1700–1738) – deputy governor of Colonial Rhode Island Robert Hazard (1702–1751) – deputy governor of Colonial Rhode Island Edward Holland (1931 or 1932–2015) – Rhode Island senator Gilbert V. Indeglia (born 1941) – associate justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court Henry Marchant (1741–1796) – Founding Father and attorney general of Rhode Island Paul Mumford (1734–1805) – lieutenant governor of Rhode Island and chief justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court Thomas Mumford (1625–1692) – settled South Kingstown and served as the first high sheriff Peter Neronha (born 1963) – 74th attorney general of Rhode Island Nathaniel Niles (1741–1828) – U.S. representative from Vermont Elisha R. Potter (1764–1835) – U.S. representative from Rhode Island Elisha R. Potter Jr. (1811–1882) – U.S. representative from Rhode Island Samuel J. Potter (1753–1804) – lieutenant governor of Rhode Island and U.S. senator from Rhode Island Rob Roy Rawlings (1920–2001) – member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives Roy Willard Rawlings (1883–1973) – speaker of the Rhode Island House of Representatives William Robinson (1693–1751) – deputy governor of Colonial Rhode Island John Shanley Jr. (1944–2021) – member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives V. Susan Sosnowski (born 1955) – Rhode Island senator Teresa Tanzi (born 1971) – member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives Robert Tiernan (1929–2014) – U.S. representative from Rhode Island Lucy Rawlings Tootell (1911–2010) – member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives
Science
John Barlow (1872–1944) – entomologist Dorothy Bliss (1916–1987) – carcinologist and president of the American Society of Zoologists Alexander M. Cruickshank (1919–2017) – chemist and director of the Gordon Research Conferences Silvester Gardiner (1708 – 1786) – physician W. George Parks (1904–1975) – chemist and director of the Gordon Research Conferences John Sieburth (1927–2006) – biologist Samuel Slocum (1792–1861) – inventor Clarence M. Tarzwell (1907–1993) – biologist Malford W. Thewlis (1889–1956) – physician Richard W. Traxler (1928–2010) – microbiologist
Sports
William Beck (1929–2017) – U.S. Olympian (1952 and 1956) Harry P. Cross (1873–1955) – football player and coach Martha Fierro (born 1977) – chess grandmaster and vice president of FIDE Parker Ford (born 2000) – NHL hockey player Ron Locke (born 1942) – baseball player Sean Maloney (born 1971) – baseball player Fred Tootell (1902–1964) – U.S. Olympian (1924)
See also
List of University of Rhode Island people List of people from Rhode Island Hazard family Perry family
References