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
• Charles I. Carpenter, first Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Air Force
• Kathleen Cassello, opera singer
• Christopher Castellani, writer
• Victor DelCampo, bodybuilding champion
• 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 the Denver Nuggets
• Stephen Graham, small forward for the Charlotte Bobcats
• Dallas Green, baseball player/manager
• Charles Hope, NFL player
• Cisco Houston, folk singer, political activist.
• Celia Kaye, actress
• Pat Kenney, professional wrestler better known by his stage name Simon Diamond
• Ellen J. Kullman, CEO of DuPont
• Richard Lankford, U.S. Congressman
• Jennifer Leigh, professional poker player
• 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
• Robert Milligan McLane, U.S. Congressman
• Marshall Kirk McKusick, computer scientist and author
• Kevin Mench, professional baseball player
• Roxanne Modafferi, professional women's mixed-martial artist
• Garrett Neff, model
• Samuel Peterson, one of the founders of Wilmington, Delaware
• 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
• Jessica Savitch, newscaster
• 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
• Reorus Torkillus, Lutheran Minster to New Sweden
• 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