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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, Leon Cooper, and Stephen Hopkins. 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. The county seat of Providence County, it is one of the oldest cities in New England, founded in 1636 by Roger Williams, a Reformed Baptist theologian and religious exile from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He named the area in honor of "God's merciful Providence" which he believed was responsible for revealing such a haven for him and his followers. The city developed as a busy port, as it is situated at the mouth of the Providence River at the head of Narragansett Bay. 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, Leon Cooper, and Stephen Hopkins.

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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 painters (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 Nicholas Colasanto. 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 Ruth Hussey.

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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.