List of people from Delaware

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This is a list of all people prominent enough to be contained in Wikipedia who were associated with the state of Delaware, including those who were born, lived or were otherwise associated with locally performed activities in a recognizable way.

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A

B

Joe Biden

C

  • Henry Seidel Canby (1878-1961), educator and editor of The Saturday Review of Literature
  • Philip L. Cannon (1850–1929), Lieutenant Governor of Delaware
  • William Cannon (1809–1865), General Assembly and Governor of Delaware
  • Joseph M. Carey (1845–1924), lawyer and politician from Wyoming, born in Delaware
  • John C. Carney, Jr. (born 1956), Member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Delaware
  • Thomas R. Carper (born 1947), Governor and U.S. Senator from Delaware
  • Elbert N. Carvel (1910–2005), businessman and Governor of Delaware
  • Michael N. Castle (born 1939), U.S. Representative and Governor of Delaware
  • John W. Causey (1841–1908), farmer and U.S. Representative from Delaware
  • Peter F. Causey (1801–1871), General Assembly and Governor of Delaware
  • Alfred D. Chandler, Jr. (1918–2007), business history at Harvard, born of Guyencourt, Delaware
  • Anne Rogers Clark (1929–2006), dog breeder and trainer, associate in Delaware
  • John Clark (1761–1821), General Assembly and Governor of Delaware
  • John M. Clayton (1796–1856), U.S. Senator from Delaware and U.S. Secretary of State
  • Joshua Clayton (1744–1798), Governor and U.S. Senator from Delaware
  • Thomas Clayton (1777–1854), Chief Justice and U.S. Senator from Delaware
  • John P. Cochran (1809–1898), farmer and Governor of Delaware
  • Ashley Coleman (born 1981), Miss Teen 1999 of Delaware
  • John Collins (1776–1822), manufactural and Governor of Delaware
  • Thomas Collins (1732–1789), General Assembly and as President of Delaware
  • Cornelius P. Comegys (1780–1851), General Assembly and Governor of Delaware
  • Joseph P. Comegys (1813–1893), U.S. Senator and Chief Justice of Delaware
  • John Cook (1730–1789), General Assembly and Governor of Delaware
  • Charles "Tarzan" Cooper (1907–1980), Philadelphia professional basketball player
  • Thomas Cooper (1764–1829), General Assembly and U.S. Representative from Delaware
  • William B. Cooper (1777–1849), General Assembly and U.S. Representative from Delaware
  • Junnie Cross (born 1978), Miss Delaware 2000
  • Robert Crumb (born 1943), artist and illustrator lived in Milford and Dover, Delaware
  • Elisha D. Cullen (1799–1862), lawyer and U. S. Representative from Delaware
  • Nancy Currie (born 1958), astronaut

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  • Carl A. Danberg (born 1964), lawyer and Attorney General of Delaware
  • Jessica Darlin (born 1976), porn star, born in Delaware
  • Jehu Davis (1738–1802), General Assembly and President of Delaware
  • Matthew P. Denn (born 1966), Insurance Commissioner and Lieutenant Governor of Delaware
  • William D. Denney (1873–1953), General Assembly and Governor of Delaware.
  • Delino DeShields (born 1969), major league baseball player, born in Delaware
  • John Dickinson (1732–1808), President of Delaware and of Pennsylvania
  • Philemon Dickinson (1739–1809), Continental Congressman from Delaware and U. S. Senator from New Jersey
  • John Dossett, actor and singer
  • Dave Douglas (1918–1978), professional golfer in the 1940s and 1950s from Delaware
  • Charles I. du Pont (1797–1869), manufacturer and the Delaware General Assembly
  • Henry A. du Pont (1838–1926), veteran of the Civil War and U. S. Senator from Delaware
  • Pierre S. du Pont, IV (born 1935), U. S. Representative and Governor of Delaware
  • Samuel Francis Du Pont (1803–1865), Rear Admiral in the United States Navy
  • T. Coleman du Pont (1863–1930), President of du Pont Company and U. S. Senator from Delaware
  • Victor Marie du Pont (1767–1827), manufacturer and the Delaware General Assembly
  • Sara Dylan (born 1939), first wife of Bob Dylan, born in Delaware

E

  • Mark Eaton (born 1977), professional ice hockey player born in Delaware
  • Richard H. Ellis (1919–1989), General and commander in chief of the Strategic Air Command, from Delaware
  • Raúl Esparza (born 1970), actor born in Delaware
  • Oliver Evans (1755–1819), inventor born in Delaware
  • Thomas B. Evans, Jr. (born 1931), lawyer and U. S. Representative from Delaware

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G

H

J

K

  • Edward E. Kaufman (born 1939), U.S. Senator from Delaware
  • Dyre Kearney (died 1791), lawyer and delegate to the Continental Congress from Delaware
  • Pat Kenney (born 1968), professional wrestler (stage name: Simon Diamond); born in Wilmington, Delaware
  • Richard R. Kenney (1856–1931), lawyer and U.S. Senator from Delaware
  • Patrick Kerr (born 1956), television actor; born in Wilmington, Delaware
  • Muqtedar Khan (born 1966), Islamic intellectual and Professor at the University of Delaware

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M

N

O

Mehmet Oz

P

R

Judge Reinhold
  • George Read (1733–1798), U.S. Senator from Delaware and Chief Justice of Delaware
  • Judge Reinhold (born 1957), actor; born in Wilmington
  • Eugene Reybold (1884–1961), Chief of Engineers (Army Corps of Engineers)during World War II
  • Robert J. Reynolds (1838–1909), General Assembly and Governor of Delaware
  • Harry A. Richardson (1853–1928), businessman and U.S. Senator from Delaware
  • George R. Riddle (1817–1867), U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Delaware
  • Henry M. Ridgely (1779–1847), U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Delaware
  • Robert P. Robinson (1869–1939), banker and Governor of Delaware
  • Thomas Robinson, Jr. (1800–1843), lawyet and U.S. Representative from Delaware
  • Caesar Rodney (1728–1784), Continental Congressman and President of Delaware
  • Caesar A. Rodney (1772–1824), U.S. Senator from Delaware and U.S. Attorney General
  • Caleb Rodney (1767–1840), General Assembly and Governor of Delaware.
  • Daniel Rodney (1764–1846), Governor and U.S. Senator from Delaware
  • George B. Rodney (1803–1883), lawyer and U.S. Representative from Delaware
  • Thomas Rodney (1744–1811),General Assembly and Continental Congressman from Delaware
  • Daniel Rogers (1754–1806), General Assembly and Governor of Delaware
  • John W. Rollins (1916–2000), businessman and Lieutenant Governor of Delaware.
  • David Roselle (born 1939), mathematician and academic administrator
  • William H. H. Ross (1814–1887), farmer and Governor of Delaware
  • William V. Roth, Jr. (1923–2003), U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator from Delaware, and namesake of the Roth IRA and the Roth 401(k) retirement savings plans.
  • Cynthia Rothrock (born March 8, 1957), American martial artist

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Devin Smith
Thomas Stockton

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Y

Z

  • Aleksandra Ziolkowska-Boehm (born 1949), writer of Polish origin, lives in Wilmington


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