List of people from Wilmington, Delaware
A list of notable people born in and around Wilmington, Delaware, and including long and short term residents.
- Israel Acrelius, Lutheran clergyman
- John Backus, computer scientist, Fortran inventor, and Turing Award laureate
- Bertice Berry, comedian, sociologist, author, and former talk show host
- Valerie Bertinelli, actress
- Joe Biden, Vice President of the United States
- David Bromberg, musician
- Clifford Brown, jazz trumpeter
- Thomas J. Capano, prominent city lawyer convicted of murder
- Cab Calloway, musician and bandleader
- Henry Seidel Canby, founder and editor of The Saturday Review of Literature
- Charles I. Carpenter, first Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Air Force
- Kathleen Cassello, opera singer
- Christopher Castellani, writer
- Victor DelCampo, bodybuilding champion
- Elena Delle Donne, professional basketball player
- John Dossett, stage and film actor
- Sara Dylan, first wife of Bob Dylan
- Mark Eaton, professional hockey player
- John Gallagher Jr., musician, performer, and actor
- Andrew Gemmell, open water swimmer
- Barbara Gittings, gay and lesbian civil rights activist
- Joey Graham, power forward for Denver Nuggets
- Stephen Graham, small forward for Charlotte Bobcats
- Dallas Green, baseball player, manager, executive
- Paul Goldschmidt, baseball player
- Dionna Harris, softball player, 1996 Olympic gold medalist
- Henry Heimlich, inventor, scientist
- Charles Hope, NFL player
- Cisco Houston, folk singer, political activist
- Steven Ittel, scientist
- Celia Kaye, actress
- Pat Kenney, professional wrestler better known as Simon Diamond
- Ellen J. Kullman, CEO of DuPont
- Stephanie Kwolek, scientist
- Richard Lankford, U.S. Congressman
- Jennifer Leigh, professional poker player
- Edward L. Loper, Sr., African American artist/painter
- John Mabry, baseball player
- Stephen Marley, musician
- John P. Marquand, 20th century author and novelist
- Luke Matheny, Oscar-winning director of God of Love
- Tom Mees, sports broadcaster
- Bill McGowan, Baseball Hall of Fame umpire
- Robert Milligan McLane, U.S. Congressman
- Marshall Kirk McKusick, computer scientist and author
- Kevin Mench, professional baseball player
- Meagan Miller, opera singer
- Roxanne Modafferi, professional women's mixed-martial artist
- Garrett Neff, model
- George Parshall, scientist
- Samuel Peterson, one of the founders of Wilmington
- Aubrey Plaza, actress
- Keith Powell, actor and director
- Bill Press, author, commentator
- Howard Pyle, author and illustrator
- Joe Pyne, broadcaster
- Judge Reinhold, actor
- Betty Roche, singer in Duke Ellington Orchestra, jazz vocalist
- William V. Roth, Jr., U.S. Senator
- Matthew Shipp, avant-garde pianist
- Andrew Shue, actor
- Elisabeth Shue, actress
- Susan Stroman, Broadway and film director and choreographer
- Din Thomas, mixed martial arts fighter
- Sean Patrick Thomas, actor
- George Thorogood, blues/rock musician
- Chadwick A. Tolman, scientist
- Reorus Torkillus, Lutheran minister to New Sweden
- Don A. J. Upham, Mayor of Milwaukee[1]
- Tom Verlaine, rock musician
- Rick Wagoner, former Chairman and Chief Executive Office of General Motors
- Herta Ware, stage and screen actress, political activist, wife of Will Geer
- Randy White, NFL Hall of Famer
- Aleksandra Ziolkowska-Boehm, author of Polish descent
References
- ↑ Gilman, Marcus Davis (1897). The Bibliography of Vermont: Or, A List of Books and Pamphlets Relating in Any Way to the State. With Biographical and Other Notes. Free Press association. p. 290.