List of Famous people born in Rhode Island, United States of America

Salvatore Ronald Matano is an American prelate of the Catholic Church serving as the Bishop of Rochester. He previously served as Bishop of Burlington.

Mark Famiglietti is an American actor and screenwriter. He is also a film producer and author. He is best known for appearing in television shows such as Hang Time and Young Americans. He also appeared in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines.

David Petrarca is an American director and producer of theatre, television and film.

Thomas Edward Donilon is an American lawyer, business executive, and former government official who served as the 23rd National Security Advisor in the Obama administration from 2010 to 2013. Donilon also worked in the Carter and Clinton administrations, including as Chief of Staff of the U.S. State Department. He is now Chairman of the BlackRock Investment Institute, the firm's global think tank.

Jonathan Milton Nelson is an American businessman and investor. He is the founder of Providence Equity Partners, a global private equity firm based in Providence, Rhode Island, which manages funds with US$40.7 billion (inflation-adjusted) in commitments.

Les Dudek is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter.

Eric Lutes is an American actor, known for his roles as Del Cassidy on Caroline in the City, Jerry Stanton in Switching Goals, and Jake Carlson on So Little Time, starring both Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen. His career started with several commercial spots. He then moved to New York City and appeared in many off-Broadway productions before finally making the move to Los Angeles where he landed the role on Caroline in the City. He also played the KACL station manager, Tom Duran in the second season of Frasier and has appeared in numerous TV movies. He also guest-starred on The Suite Life of Zack & Cody as Harry O'Neal, a guest who conned the Tipton staff into giving him free stuff. He also guest-starred in 90210 as the date of Annie's and Dixon's mother.

Marissa Castelli is an American retired pair skater. With her skating partner, Mervin Tran, she is the 2017 U.S. national silver medalist.

Richard Anthony Lancellotti is a former first baseman-outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the San Diego Padres (1982), San Francisco Giants (1986) and Boston Red Sox (1990). He batted and threw left-handed.

Anea Wuneegen Rasch is a Native American–Dominican model and beauty queen. She represented Rhode Island in the 2015 Miss USA pageant, where she placed 2nd runner up. She later represented the Dominican Republic at the Miss Grand International 2015 in Bangkok, Thailand and won the first crown for the country. In March 2016 she resigned or was fired, and was succeeded as Miss Grand International by Claire Elizabeth Pearl Parker.