Roger Williams Roger Williams (21 September 1603between 27 January and 15 March 1683) was an English-born New England Puritan minister, theologian, and author who founded Providence Plantations, which became the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantation ...

(1603–1683) was an English theologian, author, and the founder of Rhode Island. Roger Williams may also refer to:

People

* Roger Williams (soldier) (1539/40–1595), Welsh soldier of fortune and military theorist * Roger Williams (Assemblyman) (1836–?), American politician * Roger D. Williams (1856–1925), American army officer * Roger Williams (actor) (1898–1964), American film actor *

Roger Q. Williams Roger Quincy Williams (April 30, 1894 - August 12, 1976) was an American aviator. He established The Roger Q. Williams School of Aeronautics. He designed the Yankee Aerocoupe. Biography He was born in Brooklyn, New York on April 30, 1894. In Ju ...

(1894–1976), American aviator * Roger Williams (pianist) (1924–2011), American pianist *

Roger Williams (organist) Roger Bevan Williams, MBE (born 1943) is a Welsh organist and musicologist. In 2010, he retired as Master of Ceremonial Music and Organist to the University of Aberdeen, a music department in which he had been a member for over 30 years. Biogr ...

(born 1943), British (Welsh) organist and musicologist *

Roger Williams (British politician) Roger Hugh Williams, Order of the British Empire, CBE (born 22 January 1948) is a Welsh Liberal Democrats, Welsh Liberal Democrat politician who was the Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for Brecon and Radnorshire ...

(born 1948), British politician *

Roger Williams (Texas politician) John Roger Williams (born September 13, 1949) is an American businessman and politician who has been the U.S. representative for Texas's 25th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Republican Party, he served under Governor Rick Per ...

(born 1949), American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas * Roger Williams (Georgia politician), member of the Georgia House of Representatives * Roger Williams (playwright) (born 1974), Welsh playwright and screenwriter * Roger Williams (born 1979), with Roger Williams and the All Mixed-Up Quartet * Roger Williams (author), American science fiction author of ''The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect'' * Roger Ross Williams (born 1962), American television director, producer and writer

Scientists and engineers

* Roger Williams (chemist) (1890–1978), American chemist at Du Pont, Perkin Medal recipient * Roger J. Williams (1893–1988), American biochemist * Roger L. Williams, structural biologist *

Roger Lawrence Williams Roger Lawrence Williams (June 22, 1923 – July 4, 2017), was an American historian with major interests in French political history, particularly the Second Empire associated with Napoleon III. He served on the faculty in History departments at ...

(1923–2017), American historian *

Roger Williams (professor) Sir Roger Williams is a Welsh academic. He was vice-chancellor of the University of Reading from 1993 until 2002, and chair of Higher Education Funding Council for Wales from 2002 to 2008. He received a knighthood in June 2006 for his services to ...

, Welsh educationalist *

Roger Williams (hepatologist) Roger Stanley Williams CBE FRCS FRCP FRCPE FRACP FMedSci (28 August 1931 – 26 July 2020) was a British professor of hepatology (treatment of pathological conditions of the liver The liver is a major Organ (anatomy), organ only foun ...

(1931–2020), British liver specialist

Other

* Roger Williams Park, Rhode Island, United States * Roger Williams University, Rhode Island, United States * ''Roger Williams'' (train), an innovative DMU train introduced by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad in the United States in the 1960s

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