History · Providence
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Wikipedia doesn’t list anyone born in Providence yet, but 17 notable people were born within 35 miles. Here they are, nearest first.
Linden · 3 mi
Lucy Hannah
American supercentenarian
Roy Rogers
American basketball player-coach
Theo Ratliff
American basketball playerWaldo Semon
American inventorDuck Williams
American professional basketball playerTony Cox
American actor
Erwin Dudley
Turkish-American basketball playerAugusta Clark
American politicianJuanita Abernathy
American civil rights activistMario Austin
American basketball playerJohnny Ruffin
American baseball player
Carol Forman
American actress
Coretta Scott King
American author, activist, and civil rights leader; wife of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Hal Kemp
American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader, composer, and arranger