Famous People from Providence, Rhode Island

• Chafee, Lincoln

  U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, 1999-2007

• Chazelle, Damien

  The director of 'Whiplash' and "La La Land"

• Cohan, George M.

  "Mr. Broadway" and the composer of "Yankee Doodle Dandy"

• Gray, Spalding

  Creator of Swimming to Cambodia and other monologues

• Lovecraft, H.P.

  The horror writer who came up with Cthulhu

• McCarthy, Cormac

  Author of All the Pretty Horses

• Mossberg, Walter

  Creator of the Wall Street Journal column "Personal Technology"

• Vieira, Meredith

  Co-host of the Today show, 2006-11

See also: Born in Rhode Island