List of people from South Kingstown, Rhode Island

This is a list of prominent people who were born in the town of South Kingstown, Rhode Island or who spent significant periods of their lives in the town.

Academia

 * Herman Churchill (1869–1941) – historian, college professor, and founder of the University of Rhode Island's history department
 * T. Stephen Crawford (1900–1987) – chemical engineer and dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Rhode Island
 * Caroline Hazard (1856–1945) – fifth president of Wellesley College
 * William Metz (1914–2013) – historian and chairman of the University of Rhode Island's history department
 * Roy G. Poulsen (1918–2006) – economist and director of the Research Center in Business and Economics at the University of Rhode Island
 * Michael Rice (born 1955) – Chairman of the Department of Fisheries, Animal and Veterinary Science at the University of Rhode Island
 * Hermann Viets (1943–2017) – astronautics engineer and president of the Milwaukee School of Engineering
 * Homer Jay Wheeler (1861–1945) – chemist and director of the Rhode Island Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of Rhode Island

Activism, civil rights, and philanthropy

 * George Fayerweather (1802–1869) – abolitionist and blacksmith
 * Sarah Harris Fayerweather (1812–1878) – abolitionist
 * Edward Everett Hale (1822–1909) – religious leader and abolitionist
 * Joe Patrick II (born 1963) – activist and retired Army soldier

Art, literature, and design

 * Jhumpa Lahiri (born 1967) – author
 * C. J. Chivers (born 1964) – author

Business

 * Augustus George Hazard (1802–1868) – businessman and gunpowder manufacturer
 * Rowland Hazard III (1881–1945) – businessman and politician
 * Rowland G. Hazard (1801–1888) – industrialist and politician

Crime

 * Michael Woodmansee (born 1958) – child murderer

Film, television, and stage

 * Mark Atkinson – actor
 * Andrew Burnap (born 1991) – actor
 * Kate French (born 1984) – actress
 * Brendan O'Malley (born 1969) – actor

Journalism

 * Bob Rathbun (born 1954) – sportscaster
 * Lindsay Crouse (born 1984) - documentary film producer

Military

 * William J. Babcock (1841–1897) – Medal of Honor recipient
 * David B. Champagne (1932–1952) – Medal of Honor recipient
 * William G. Fournier (1913–1943) – Medal of Honor recipient
 * Stephen Champlin (1789–1870) – Navy officer
 * Christopher Raymond Perry (1761–1818) – Navy officer and Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for Washington County
 * Matthew C. Perry (1794–1858) – Navy officer
 * Oliver Hazard Perry (1785–1819) – Navy officer
 * Isaac P. Rodman (1822 – 1862) – Army officer and politician

Music

 * Aaron Rossi (born 1980) – drummer
 * Erika Van Pelt (born 1985) – singer

Politics and government

 * Lemuel H. Arnold (1792–1852) – Governor of Rhode Island and U.S. Representative from Rhode Island
 * James V. Aukerman (born 1948) – member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives
 * George Brown (1746–1836) – Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island
 * Erasmus D. Campbell (1811–1873) – Governor of Wisconsin
 * Kathleen Fogarty (born 1965) – member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives
 * John Gardner (1747–1808) – delegate to the Congress of the Confederation from Rhode Island
 * Walter Gray (born 1926) – member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives
 * Grafton Kenyon (1882–1960) – member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives and Rhode Island Senate
 * Tom Keefe – member of the Branford (Connecticut) Representative Town Meeting and former member of the Colorado First Judicial District Retention Commission
 * Carder Hazard (1734–1792) – Associate Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court
 * George Hazard (1700–1738) – Deputy Governor of Colonial Rhode Island
 * Edward Holland (1931 or 1932-2015) – Rhode Island Senator
 * Robert Hazard (1702–1751) – Deputy Governor of Colonial Rhode Island
 * Gilbert V. Indeglia (born 1941) – Associate Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court
 * John Shanley Jr. (1944–2021) – member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives
 * Henry Marchant (1741–1796) – Founding Father and Attorney General of Rhode Island
 * Paul Mumford (1734–1805) – Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island and Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court
 * Thomas Mumford (1625–1692) – settled South Kingstown and served as the first High Sheriff
 * Peter Neronha (born 1963) – 74th Attorney General of Rhode Island
 * Nathaniel Niles (1741–1828) – U.S. Representative from Vermont
 * Elisha R. Potter (1764–1835) – U.S. Representative from Rhode Island
 * Elisha R. Potter Jr. (1811–1882) – U.S. Representative from Rhode Island
 * Samuel J. Potter (1753–1804) – Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island and U.S. Senator from Rhode Island
 * William Robinson (1693–1751) – Deputy Governor of Colonial Rhode Island
 * Rob Roy Rawlings (1920–2001) – member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives
 * Roy Willard Rawlings (1883–1973) – Speaker of the Rhode Island House of Representatives
 * V. Susan Sosnowski (born 1955) – Rhode Island Senator
 * Teresa Tanzi (born 1971) – member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives
 * Robert Tiernan (1929–2014) – U.S. Representative from Rhode Island
 * Lucy Rawlings Tootell (1911–2010) – member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives

Science

 * John Barlow (1872–1944) – entomologist
 * Dorothy Bliss (1916–1987) – carcinologist and president of the American Society of Zoologists
 * Alexander M. Cruickshank (1919–2017) – chemist and director of the Gordon Research Conferences
 * Silvester Gardiner (1708 – 1786) – physician
 * W. George Parks (1904–1975) – chemist and director of the Gordon Research Conferences
 * John Sieburth (1927–2006) – biologist
 * Samuel Slocum (1792–1861) – inventor
 * Clarence M. Tarzwell (1907–1993) – biologist
 * Malford W. Thewlis (1889–1956) – physician
 * Richard W. Traxler (1928–2010) – microbiologist

Sports

 * William Beck (1929-2017) – U.S. Olympian (1952 and 1956)
 * Bob Bellemore (born 1959) – ice hockey coach
 * Harry P. Cross (1873–1955) – football player and coach
 * Martha Fierro (born 1977) – chess grandmaster and vice president of FIDE
 * Ron Locke (born 1942) – baseball player
 * Sean Maloney (born 1971) – baseball player
 * Fred Tootell (1902–1964) – U.S. Olympian (1924)