CITY

Official Website:
http://www.cityofnewport.com/

Population:
26475 (2000 census)

Founding Date:
1639

County:
Newport County

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
Salve Regina University	1934
St. George's School, Newport, RI	1896
US Naval War College	1884

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Harry Anderson	Actor	14-Oct-1952		Judge Harry Stone on Night Court
Nadia Bjorlin	Actor	2-Aug-1980		Days of Our Lives
Tanya Donelly	Musician	14-Jul-1966		Throwing Muses, Belly, solo artist
Richard Hatch	TV Personality	8-Apr-1961		Survivor
Van Johnson	Actor	25-Aug-1916	12-Dec-2008	The Caine Mutiny
Roger Kirk	Diplomat	2-Nov-1930		US Ambassador to Romania, 1985
Leslie Langston	Bassist	1-Apr-1964		Bassist for Throwing Muses
Ogden L. Mills	Government	23-Aug-1884	11-Oct-1937	US Treasury Secretary, 1932-33
Robert J. Mrazek	Politician	6-Nov-1945		Congressman from New York, 1983-93
Daniel J. Murphy, Jr.	Military	30-May-1948		CEO of Alliant Techsystems
David Narcizo	Drummer	6-May-1966		Drummer for Throwing Muses
Paula Rosput Reynolds	Business	c. 1956		CEO of Safeco
Mena Suvari	Actor	13-Feb-1979		American Beauty and American Pie

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Alexander Dallas Bache	Physicist	19-Jul-1806	17-Feb-1867	First President, National Academy of Sciences
Perry Belmont	Politician	28-Dec-1851	25-May-1947	Congressman from New York, 1881-88
Samuel Blatchford	Judge	9-Mar-1820	7-Jul-1893	US Supreme Court Justice, 1882-93
Susan Coolidge	Novelist	29-Jan-1835	9-Apr-1905	What Katy Did
Benjamin Robbins Curtis	Judge	4-Nov-1809	15-Sep-1874	US Supreme Court Justice, 1851-57
Silvester Gardiner	Doctor	29-Jun-1708	8-Aug-1786	Colonial American pharmacist
Fernand St. Germain	Politician	9-Jan-1928	16-Aug-2014	Congressman from Rhode Island, 1961-89
Samuel Hopkins	Religion	17-Sep-1721	20-Dec-1803	Hopkinsian, opponent of slavery
John Pendleton Kennedy	Politician	25-Oct-1795	18-Aug-1870	Horse-Shoe Robinson
Clement Clarke Moore	Poet	15-Jul-1779	10-Jul-1863	'Twas the Night Before Christmas
Claiborne Pell	Politician	22-Nov-1918	1-Jan-2009	US Senator from Rhode Island, 1961-97
Charles Pfizer	Chemist	1824	19-Oct-1906	Founder of Pfizer Pharmaceuticals
Gouverneur Kemble Warren	Military	8-Jan-1830	8-Aug-1882	Union Army General

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