List of people from Wilmington, Delaware
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This is 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
- Ashley Biden, activist, social worker, daughter of President Joe Biden
- Beau Biden, former attorney general of Delaware, son of President Joe Biden
- Hunter Biden, lawyer, second son of President Joe Biden
- Jill Biden, First Lady of the United States (2021–present), Second Lady of the United States (2009–2017), wife of President Joe Biden
- Joe Biden, 46th President of the United States (2021–present), 47th Vice President of the United States (2009–2017), and U.S. Senator from Delaware (1973–2009)
- David S. Breslow, industrial chemist[1]
- David Bromberg, musician
- Clifford Brown, jazz trumpeter
- Cab Calloway, musician and bandleader
- Henry Seidel Canby, founder and editor of The Saturday Review of Literature
- John Carney, Governor of Delaware since 2017
- Thomas J. Capano, prominent city lawyer convicted of murder
- 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
- William C. Drinkard, scientist and inventor
- Sara Dylan, first wife of Bob Dylan
- Mark Eaton, professional hockey player
- Herbert S. Eleuterio, scientist and inventor
- Raul Esparza, actor
- John Gallagher Jr., musician, performer, and actor
- James Garretson, "father of oral surgery"
- Andrew Gemmell, open water swimmer
- Barbara Gittings, gay and lesbian civil rights activist
- Paul Goldschmidt, baseball player
- Joan Goodfellow, film, TV, and stage actress; mezzo-soprano
- Joey Graham, power forward for Denver Nuggets
- Stephen Graham, small forward for Charlotte Bobcats
- Dallas Green, baseball player, manager, executive
- Niem Green, businessperson
- Dionna Harris, softball player, 1996 Olympic gold medalist
- Henry Heimlich, inventor, scientist
- Bankson T. Holcomb Jr., Marine Corps Brigadier General, cryptanalyst and linguist during World War II
- Charles Hope, NFL player
- Cisco Houston, folk singer, political activist
- Steven Ittel, scientist
- Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš, Prime Minister of Latvia
- Pat Kenney, professional wrestler better known as Simon Diamond
- Lisa C. Klein, engineer, distinguished professor, Rutgers University[2]
- Ellen J. Kullman, former CEO of DuPont
- Stephanie Kwolek, scientist
- Richard Lankford, U.S. Congressman
- Jennifer Leigh, professional poker player
- Edward L. Loper, Sr., artist/painter
- John Mabry, baseball player
- Bob Marley, musician
- Stephen Marley, musician
- John P. Marquand, 20th century author and novelist
- Luke Matheny, Oscar-winning director of God of Love
- Sarah McBride, State senator, LGBT rights activist, and National Press Secretary of the Human Rights Campaign
- Bill McGowan, Baseball Hall of Fame umpire
- Robert Milligan McLane, U.S. Congressman
- Marshall Kirk McKusick, computer scientist and author
- Tom Mees, sports broadcaster
- Kevin Mench, professional baseball player
- Meagan Miller, opera singer
- Roxanne Modafferi, professional women's mixed-martial artist
- Mary Nash, writer
- Garrett Neff, model
- George Parshall, scientist
- Peppermint, drag queen
- Samuel Peterson, one of the founders of Wilmington
- Daniel Pfeiffer, political activist and podcaster
- 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
- Will Sheridan, Villanova Basketball player, American rapper, LGBT pioneer
- 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[3]
- Tom Verlaine, rock musician
- Rick Wagoner, former chairman and chief executive officer of General Motors
- Mary T. Wales, co-founder of Johnson and Wales University, born in Wilmington[4]
- Herta Ware, stage and screen actress, political activist, wife of Will Geer
- Gloria Warren, actress
- Joey Wendle, baseball player
- Randy White, NFL Hall of Famer
- Kathleen Widdoes, actress
- Chris Widger, baseball player
- Young Guru (born 1974 as Gimel Androus Keaton), audio engineer, record producer, disc jockey, and record executive
- Aleksandra Ziolkowska-Boehm, author of Polish descent
References
- ^ "David S. Breslow, 78, Hercules Corp. chemist". The News Journal. May 29, 1995. p. 6. Retrieved December 6, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Madsen, Lynnette D. (2016). Successful women ceramic and glass scientists and engineers: 100 inspirational profiles. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons. pp. 315–320. ISBN 978-1-118-73359-2. OCLC 929332211.
- ^ 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.
- ^ DeSimone, Russell (2015). "Mary T. Wales". Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Retrieved 1 January 2018.