This is: a list of all people prominent enoughββto be, contained in XIV who were associated with theββU.S. state of Delaware, including those who were born, lived/were otherwise associated with locally performed activities in a recognizable way.
This is a dynamic list and may never be ableββto satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by, adding missing items with reliable sources.
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- Wilbur L. Adams (1884β1937) β U.S. Representative from Delaware
- J. Edward Addicks (1841β1919) β gas tycoon; his attempts to buy a U.S. Senate seat bolstered support for the Seventeenth Amendment to the "U."S. Constitution; lived in Claymont
- J. Frank Allee (1857β1938) β jeweler; Senator from Delaware
- Richard Allen (1760β1831) β founder, African Methodist Episcopal Church
- William F. Allen (1883β1946) β U.S. Representative from Delaware
- Ann Althouse (born 1951) β law professor, legal blogger; born in Wilmington
- Thomas L. Ambro (born 1949) β Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals; worked in Wilmington
- John Andrews (1746β1813) β minister; academic
- Anthony J. Arduengo, III (born 1952) β chemist; material scientist; discoverer of stable carbenes
- Adrienne Arsht (born 1942) β lawyer; philanthropist; born in Wilmington
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- John Backus (1924β2007) β computer scientist; invented Fortran and BackusβNaur form; raised in Wilmington
- Walter W. Bacon (1879β1962) β Mayor of Wilmington; Governor of Delaware
- L. Heisler Ball (1861β1932) β U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Delaware
- Samuel Bancroft (1840β1915) β industrialist; art philanthropist; born in Wilmington
- William Poole Bancroft (1835β1928) β industrialist; land conservationist
- Phineas Banning (1830β1885) β businessman and "entrepreneur in Delaware." And California
- Richard Bassett (1745β1815) β U.S. Senator from Delaware; Governor of Delaware
- Alice M. Batchelder (born 1944) β attorney; judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- Martin W. Bates (1786β1869) β State Representative; U.S. Senator from Delaware
- Alexis I. du Pont Bayard (1918β1985) β veteran, World War II; Lieutenant Governor of Delaware
- James A. Bayard Sr. (1767β1815) β U.S. Representative; U.S. Senator from Delaware
- James A. Bayard Jr. (1799β1880) β lawyer; U.S. Senator from Delaware
- Richard H. Bayard (1796β1868) β Chief Justice, Delaware Supreme Court; U.S. Senator from Delaware
- Thomas F. Bayard (1828β1898) β U.S. Senator from Delaware; U.S. Secretary of State
- Thomas F. Bayard Jr. (1868β1942) β U.S. Senator from Delaware
- Paul Lorin Bechly (born 1958) β chemical engineer
- Gunning Bedford Sr. (1742β1797) β Revolutionary officer; Governor of Delaware
- Gunning Bedford Jr. (1747β1812) β lawyer; Continental Congressman from Delaware
- Caleb P. Bennett (1758β1836) β Revolutionary officer; Governor of Delaware
- Valerie Bertinelli (born 1960) β actress (One Day at a Time, Hot in Cleveland); born in Wilmington
- Huck Betts (1897β1987) β Major League Baseball player, born in Millsboro
- Mahlon Betts (1795β1867) β banker; transportation businessman
- Stephen Biddle (born 1959) β author; historian; policy analyst; columnist
- Beau Biden (1969β2015) β lawyer; Attorney General of Delaware; son of Joe Biden
- Jill Biden (born 1951) β college professor; current First Lady of the United States
- Joe Biden (born 1942) β current President of the United States; former Vice President of the United States (2009β2017); longtime Senator from Delaware (1973β2009); (born in Scranton, PA)
- Benjamin T. Biggs (1821β1893) β U.S. Representative; Governor of Delaware
- John Biggs Jr. (1895β1979) β former Chief Judge of the 3rd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
- Clyde Bishop β U.S. Ambassador to the Marshall Islands
- Emily Bissell (1861β1948) β anti-suffragist; introduced Christmas seals to the U.S.
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- J. Caleb Boggs (1909β1993) β Governor of Delaware; U.S. Senator from Delaware
- Cedella Booker (1926β2008) β singer; Jamaica native, lived in Delaware; mother of singer Bob Marley
- Nicole Bosso (born 1986) β Miss Delaware USA 2007
- William H. Boyce (1855β1942) β Justice of the Superior Court; U.S. Representative from Delaware
- John Walter Bratton (1867β1947) β Tin Pan Alley composer
- Madison Brengle (born 1990) β tennis player; 2007 Juniors Wimbledon runner-up
- Jay Briscoe (born 1984) β professional wrestler; ROH World Champion and eight-time ROH World Tag Team Champion with his brother Mark Briscoe
- Mark Briscoe (born 1985) β professional wrestler; eight-time ROH World Tag Team Champion with brother Jay
- Dennis Brockenborough β trombone player
- Franklin Brockson (1865β1942) β State Representative and U.S. Representative from Delaware
- James M. Broom (1776β1850) β lawyer and U.S. Representative from Delaware
- Hugh T. Broomall (born 1948) β Major General, Delaware Air National Guard
- Clifford Brown (1930β1956) β jazz trumpeter, born in Wilmington
- C. Douglass Buck (1890β1965) β Governor of Delaware; U.S. Senator from Delaware
- David P. Buckson (1920-2017) β Attorney General of Delaware; Governor of Delaware
- Edward G. Budd (1870β1946) β automotive inventor; founder, Budd Company
- Colin Burns (born 1982) β professional soccer player in Norway
- Hiram R. Burton (1841β1927) β physician and U.S. Representative from Delaware
- William Burton (1789β1866) β physician and Governor of Delaware
- Randy Bush (born 1958) β MLB pitcher and executive; born in Dover
- William Sharp Bush (1786β1812) β U.S. Marine-award winner, War of 1812; born in Wilmington
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- Henry Seidel Canby (1878β1961) β educator; editor, The Saturday Review of Literature
- Annie Jump Cannon (1863β1941) β pioneering female astronomer
- Philip L. Cannon (1850β1929) β Lieutenant Governor of Delaware
- William Cannon (1809β1865) β General Assemblyman; Governor of Delaware
- Joseph M. Carey (1845β1924) β Wyoming politician; born in Delaware
- Louis Carlet (born 1966) β union activist
- John Carney (born 1956) β U.S. Representative for Delaware, current Governor
- Wallace Carothers (1896β1937) β chemist; inventor of neoprene and nylon
- Charles I. Carpenter (1906β1994) β Major General; first Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Air Force
- R. R. M. Carpenter (1877β1949) β businessman; DuPont executive; owner, Philadelphia Phillies
- R. R. M. Carpenter Jr. (1915β1990) β owner, Philadelphia Phillies
- Ruly Carpenter (1940β2021) β former owner, Philadelphia Phillies
- Walter S. Carpenter Jr. (1888β1976) β businessman; oversaw construction of Manhattan Project facilities
- Thomas R. Carper (born 1947) β Governor of Delaware; U.S. Senator from Delaware
- Vincenza Carrieri-Russo β Miss Delaware USA 2008; second runner up, Miss United States 2014
- Elbert N. Carvel (1910β2005) β businessman; Governor of Delaware
- Michael N. Castle (born 1939) β U.S. Representative; Governor of Delaware
- John W. Causey (1841β1908) β farmer; U.S. Representative from Delaware
- Peter F. Causey (1801β1871) β General Assemblyman; Governor of Delaware
- John T. Chain Jr. (born 1934) β U.S. Air Force General; commander, Strategic Air Command
- Alfred D. Chandler Jr. (1918β2007) β business history professor, Harvard University; born in Guyencourt
- Thomas H. Chilton (1899β1972) β pioneer, modern chemical engineering; member, Manhattan Project
- Uma Chowdhry (born 1947) β scientist
- Anne Rogers Clark (1929β2006) β dog breeder and trainer
- John Clark (1761β1821) β General Assemblyman; Governor of Delaware
- John M. Clayton (1796β1856) β U.S. Senator from Delaware; U.S. Secretary of State
- Joshua Clayton (1744β1798) β Governor of Delaware; U.S. Senator from Delaware
- Thomas Clayton (1777β1854) β Chief Justice; U.S. Senator from Delaware
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- John P. Cochran (1809β1898) β farmer; Governor of Delaware
- Ashley Coleman (born 1981) β Miss Teen USA 1999
- John Collins (1776β1822) β manufacturer; Governor of Delaware
- Thomas Collins (1732β1789) β General Assemblymann; President of Delaware
- Cornelius P. Comegys (1780β1851) β General Assemblyman; Governor of Delaware
- Joseph P. Comegys (1813β1893) β U.S. Senator from Delaware; Chief Justice of Delaware
- John Cook (1730β1789) β General Assemblyman; Governor of Delaware
- Charles "Tarzan" Cooper (1907β1980) β Philadelphia professional basketball player
- Thomas Cooper (1764β1829) β General Assemblyman; U.S. Representative from Delaware
- William B. Cooper (1777β1849) β General Assembly and U.S. Representative from Delaware
- Lammot du Pont Copeland (1905β1983) β president, DuPont (1962β1967); co-founder, Population Action International
- Louise E. du Pont Crowninshield (1877β1958) β philanthropist; preservationist; founding trustee, National Trust for Historic Preservation
- Robert Crumb (born 1943) β artist; illustrator; lived in Milford and Dover
- Elisha D. Cullen (1799β1862) β lawyer; U. S. Representative from Delaware
- Nancy Currie (born 1958) β astronaut, born in Wilmington
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- Carl C. Danberg (born 1964) β lawyer; Attorney General of Delaware
- F. O. C. Darley (1822β1888) β painter; illustrator
- Samuel Davies (1723β1761) β writer, "preacher," 4th President of Princeton University
- Jehu Davis (1738β1802) β General Assemblyman; President of Delaware
- Elena Delle Donne (born 1989) β Women's National Basketball Association player
- Matthew P. Denn (born 1966) β Insurance Commissioner; Lieutenant Governor of Delaware
- William D. Denney (1873β1953) β General Assemblyman; Governor of Delaware
- Delino DeShields (born 1969) β Major League Baseball player; born in Delaware
- John Dickinson (1732β1808) β President of Delaware; President of Pennsylvania
- Mary Norris Dickinson (1740β1803) β owner of one of the largest libraries in colonial America
- Philemon Dickinson (1739β1809) β Continental Congressman from Delaware; U.S. Senator from New Jersey
- Donte DiVincenzo (born 1997) - National Basketball Association Shooting Guard for the Milwaukee Bucks
- John Dossett β actor; singer
- Dave Douglas (1918β1978) β professional golfer (1940s and 1950s)
- A. Felix du Pont Jr. (1905β1996) β aviator; co-founder, predecessor of US Airways
- Alfred I. du Pont (1864β1935) β businessman; philanthropist; established the Nemours Foundation
- Alfred V. du Pont (1798β1856) β head of the DuPont Company (1837β1850)
- Charles I. du Pont (1797β1869) β manufacturer; Delaware General Assemblyman
- E. Paul du Pont (1887β1950) β founder, Du Pont Motors; president, Indian Motocycle Manufacturing Company
- ΓleuthΓ¨re IrΓ©nΓ©e du Pont (1771β1834) β founder, DuPont Company
- Eugene du Pont (1840β1902) β head of the DuPont Company (1889β1902)
- Henry du Pont (1812β1889) β head of the DuPont Company; Major General, American Civil War
- Henry A. du Pont (1838β1926) β veteran, American Civil War; U.S. Senator from Delaware
- Henry Francis du Pont (1880β1969) β art collector; established the Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library
- IrΓ©nΓ©e du Pont (1876β1963) β president, DuPont Company (1919β1926)
- Lammot du Pont I (1831β1884) β scientist; inventor; soldier, American Civil War
- Lammot du Pont II (1880β1952) β president, DuPont Company (1926β1940)
- Pierre S. du Pont (1870β1954) β inventor; president, DuPont Company and General Motors
- Pierre S. du Pont IV (1935β2021) β U. S. Representative; Governor of Delaware
- Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (1739β1817) β helped negotiate the 1783 Treaty of Paris and the Louisiana Purchase
- Richard C. du Pont (1911β1943) β aviator, "co-founder," All American Aviation, the forerunner of US Airways
- Samuel Francis Du Pont (1803β1865) β Rear Admiral, United States Navy
- T. Coleman du Pont (1863β1930) β president, DuPont Company; U. S. Senator from Delaware
- Victor Marie du Pont (1767β1827) β manufacturer; Delaware General Assemblyman
- Sara Dylan (born 1939) β first wife of Bob Dylan; born in Delaware
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- Mark Eaton (born 1977) β professional ice hockey player; born in Delaware
- Richard H. Ellis (1919β1989) β General; commander in chief, Strategic Air Command; from Delaware
- RaΓΊl Esparza (born 1970) β actor, born in Delaware
- Oliver Evans (1755β1819) β inventor, born in Delaware
- Thomas B. Evans Jr. (born 1931) β lawyer; U. S. Representative from Delaware
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- George P. Fisher (1817β1899) β U. S. Representative from Delaware; Justice of District Court
- William H. Forwood (1838β1915) β 19th Surgeon General of the United States Army
- Wayne Franklin (born 1974) β professional baseball player; born in Wilmington
- J. Allen Frear Jr. (1903β1993) β veteran, World War II; U.S. Senator from Delaware
- Louis Freeh (born 1950) β fifth director, Federal Bureau of Investigation; lives in Wilmington
- Yvette Freeman (born 1957) β actress; born in Wilmington
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- Chris Gutierrez (born 1992) β actor
- John Gallagher Jr. (born 1984) β actor; musician
- Thomas Garrett (1789β1871) β abolitionist; leader in the Underground Railroad
- Jake Gelof (born 2002) β baseball third baseman
- Zack Gelof (born 1999) β baseball second baseman for the Oakland A's
- Michael Gibson (1944β2005) β Broadway trombonist and musical arranger; born in Wilmington
- Commodore John P. Gillis (1803β1873) β officer, United States Navy, born in Wilmington
- Paul Goldschmidt (born 1987) β first baseman for St. Louis Cardinals, born in Wilmington
- Bill Gore (1912β1986) β scientist, founder of W. L. Gore and Associates
- Robert W. Gore (1937β2020) β businessman; inventor of Gore-Tex; lived in Newark
- Annie Ryder Gracey (1836β1908) β writer, missionary; born in Christiana
- Joseph (Joey) Graham (born 1982) β former professional basketball player; now coach; born in Wilmington
- Stephen Graham (born 1982) β professional basketball player; born in Wilmington
- George Gray (1840β1925) β Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals; U.S. Senator from Delaware
- Dallas Green (1934β2017) β pitcher, manager, and executive in Major League Baseball; born in Newport
- Crawford Hallock Greenewalt (1902β1993) β president, DuPont Company and the American Philosophical Society
- Crawford Hallock Greenewalt Jr. (1937β2012) β award-winning archaeologist
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- David Hall (1752β1817) β Continental Army officer; Governor of Delaware
- John W. Hall (1817β1893) β General Assemblyman; Governor of Delaware
- Willard Hall (1780β1875) β U.S. Representative; Justice for the United States District Court
- L. Irving Handy (1861β1922) β educator; U.S. Representative from Delaware
- Duron Harmon (born 1991) β professional football player; born in Magnolia
- Kwame Harris (born 1982) β professional football player; lived and went to high school in Newark
- Orien Harris (born 1983) β professional football player; lived and went to high school in Newark
- Harry G. Haskell Jr. (1921β2020) β businessman; U.S. Representative from Delaware
- John Haslet (c. 1727β1777) β soldier, American Revolutionary War; from Milford
- Joseph Haslet (1769β1823) β farmer; Governor of Delaware
- Daniel O. Hastings (1874β1966) β lawyer; U.S. Senator from Delaware
- David Hazzard (1781β1864) β Associate Justice; Governor of Delaware
- Walt Hazzard (1942β2011) β college, Olympic and professional basketball player; college basketball coach; born in Wilmington
- William H. Heald (1864β1939) β lawyer; U.S. Representative from Delaware
- Henry Heimlich (1920β2016) β physician; inventor, Heimlich Maneuver; born in Wilmington
- Anthony Higgins (1840β1912) β lawyer; U.S. Senator from Delaware
- John H. Hoffecker (1827β1900) β engineer; U.S. Representative from Delaware
- Walter O. Hoffecker (1854β1934) β businessman; U.S. Representative from Delaware
- General Thomas Holcomb (1879β1965) β 17th Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps; born in New Castle
- Outerbridge Horsey (1777β1842) β General Assembly; U.S. Senator from Delaware
- Cisco Houston (1918β1961) β folk singer; closely associated with Woody Guthrie; born in Wilmington
- Henry A. Houston (1847β1925) β businessman; U.S. Representative from Delaware
- John W. Houston (1814β1896) β U.S. Representative; Justice, Delaware Superior Court
- Robert G. Houston (1867β1946) β lawyer; U.S. Representative from Delaware
- Richard Howell (1754β1802) β 3rd Governor of New Jersey; born in Newark
- James H. Hughes (1867β1953) β lawyer; U.S. Senator from Delaware
- John Hunn (1818β1894) β farmer; abolitionist; from Odessa
- John Hunn (1849β1926) β businessman; Governor of Delaware
- Morgan Hurd (born 2001) β artistic gymnast; world gold medalist; hometown Middletown
- Doug Hutchison (born 1960) β actor; born in Dover
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- John Johns (1796β1876) β college president; bishop; brother of Kensey Johns Jr.
- Kensey Johns Jr. (1791β1857) β U.S. Representative and Chancellor of Delaware; brother of John Johns
- Eldridge R. Johnson (1867β1945) β co-creator, Victor Talking Machine Company; born in Wilmington
- Judy Johnson (1899β1989) β Negro league baseball player; National Baseball Hall of Famer; lived and died in Wilmington
- Absalom Jones (1746β1818) β abolitionist; minister
- Commodore Jacob Jones (1768β1850) β officer, U.S. Navy; born near Smyrna
- Kent A. Jordan (born 1957) β judge, U.S. Court of Appeals
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- Dorothy Andrews Elston Kabis (1917β1971) β Treasurer of the United States; lived in Middletown
- Edward E. Kaufman (born 1939) β U.S. Senator from Delaware
- Dyre Kearney (died 1791) β lawyer; delegate, Continental Congress from Delaware
- Pat Kenney (born 1968) β professional wrestler (stage name: Simon Diamond); born in Wilmington
- Richard R. Kenney (1856β1931) β lawyer; U.S. Senator from Delaware
- Patrick Kerr (born 1956) β television actor; born in Wilmington
- Muqtedar Khan (born 1966) β Islamic intellectual; professor, University of Delaware
- Robert Kirkwood (1746β1791) β officer, American Revolutionary War
- Horace G. Knowles (1863β1937) β diplomat (U.S. Ambassador to Bolivia β Bulgaria, the Dominican Republic, Romania, Serbia); served under three different U.S. presidents
- Arturs KriΕ‘jΔnis KariΕΕ‘ (born 1964) β current Prime Minister of Latvia
- Ellen J. Kullman (born 1956) β president and chief executive officer, DuPont Company
- Stephanie Kwolek (1923β2014) β scientist; inventor, Kevlar
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- Corinne Landrey (born 1986) β Director of Baseball Operations, the Philadelphia Phillies
- Henry Latimer (1752β1819) β U.S. Representative; U.S. Senator from Delaware
- Caleb R. Layton (1851β1930) β physician; U.S. Representative from Delaware
- Daniel J. Layton (1879β1960) β Chief Justice; Attorney General of Delaware
- Isaac Lea (1792β1886) β conchologist; geologist; businessman; born in Wilmington
- Preston Lea (1841β1916) β businessman; Governor of Delaware
- Judith LeClair (born 1958) β bassoonist, New York Philharmonic; faculty, Juilliard School; from Newark
- Jennifer Leigh (also known as Jennicide) (born 1983) β professional poker player; Playboy model; born in Wilmington
- Warren K. Lewis (1882β1975) β chemical engineer; professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- John Bernard "Hans" Lobert (1881β1968) β Major League Baseball player, coach, manager and scout; born in Wilmington
- Henry Hayes Lockwood (1814β1899) β co-founder, U.S. Naval Academy; Brigadier General, American Civil War
- James R. Lofland (1823β1894) β lawyer; U.S. Representative from Delaware
- Edward L. Loper Sr. (1916β2011) β impressionist and colorist artist; from Wilmington
- Charles B. Lore (1831β1911) β lawyer; U.S. Representative from Delaware
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- John Mabry (born 1970) β professional baseball player; born in Wilmington
- Isaac J. MacCollum (1889β1968) β physician; Lieutenant Governor of Delaware
- Thomas MacDonough (1783β1825) β commodore, U.S. Navy; victor, Battle of Lake Champlain in the War of 1812
- Jack A. Markell (born 1960) β State Treasurer; Governor of Delaware
- Edward L. Martin (1837β1897) β lawyer; U.S. Representative from Delaware
- Joshua H. Marvil (1825β1895) β merchant; Governor of Delaware
- Joseph Maull (1781β1846) β General Assemblyman; Governor of Delaware
- Dave May (1943β2012) β professional baseball player; born in New Castle
- Sarah McBride (born 1990) β transgender rights activist
- Thomas M'Clintock (1792β1876) β abolitionist; women's rights activist
- Eleazer McComb (1740β1798) β Continental soldier; Continental Congressman from Delaware
- Harris B. McDowell Jr. (1906β1988) β General Assemblyman; U.S. Representative from Delaware
- James D. McGinnis (1932β2009) β realtor; Lieutenant Governor of Delaware
- Bill McGowan (1896β1954) β Baseball Hall of Fame umpire; born in Wilmington
- Bernie McInerney (born 1936) β actor; born in Wilmington
- Thomas McKean (1734β1817) β Chief Justice; Governor of Pennsylvania; educated in Delaware
- Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan (1794β1852) β 2nd U.S. Secretary of the Interior
- John McKinly (1721β1796) β General Assemblyman; President of Delaware
- Marshall Kirk McKusick (born 1954) β computer scientist
- Louis McLane (1786β1857) β U.S. Representative from Delaware; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury; U.S. Secretary of State; father of Robert Milligan McLane; born in Smyrna
- Robert Milligan McLane (1815β1898) β diplomat (U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, France and China; Governor of Maryland); son of Louis McLane; born in Wilmington
- Richard C. McMullen (1868β1944) β manufacturer; Governor of Delaware
- William Medill (1802β1865) β Governor of Ohio; Commissioner of Indian Affairs; Comptroller of the Treasury (U.S.)
- Kevin Mench (born 1978) β professional baseball player, born in Wilmington
- Charles R. Miller (1857β1927) β General Assemblyman; Governor of Delaware
- Thomas W. Miller (1886β1973) β lawyer; U.S. Representative from Delaware
- Henry Milligan (born 1958) β AAU boxing champion (1983)
- John J. Milligan (1795β1875) β lawyer; U.S. Representative from Delaware
- David L. Mills (born 1938) β computer engineer; Internet pioneer
- Ruth Ann Minner (1935-2021) β Lieutenant Governor and Governor of Delaware
- Nathaniel Mitchell (1753β1815) β Continental Congressman; Governor of Delaware
- Roxanne Modafferi (born 1982) β mixed martial artist, born in Wilmington
- Henry Molleston (1762β1819) β General Assemblyman; Governor of Delaware
- Hugh Montgomery (died 1780) β sea captain, raised the first American flag in a foreign port
- Jacob Moore β Attorney General of Delaware
- John Bassett Moore (1860β1947) β member, Permanent Court of Arbitration (also known as the Hague Tribunal); first American judge, International Court of Justice (also known as the World Court)
- Vinnie Moore (born 1964) β musician, born in New Castle
- Morgan Morgan (1688β1766) β pioneer
- Hugh M. Morris β federal judge
- John Morris (born 1941) β MLB pitcher, born in Lewes
Nβ»
- Daniel Nathans (1928β1999) β microbiologist; recipient, 1978 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- Arnold Naudain (1790β1892) β General Assemblyman; U.S. Senator from Delaware
- Garrett Neff (born 1984) β fashion model
- Alice Dunbar Nelson (1875β1935) β poet; journalist; anti-lynching activist
- David M. Nelson (1920β1991) β football coach; College Football Hall of Famer
- John A. Nicholson (1827β1906) β lawyer; U. S. Representative from Delaware
Oβ»
- Alfie Oakes (born 1968) β farmer and businessman; born in Delaware City
- Brett Oberholtzer β baseball pitcher, Houston Astros; born in Christiana
- Charles Oberly (born 1946) β attorney; born in Wilmington
- John W. O'Daniel β general, U.S. Army; commander, 3rd Infantry Division during World War II
- Christine O'Donnell (born 1969) β Republican candidate, U.S. Senate (2006, 2008 and 2010)
- Brian O'Neill (born 1995) β NFL offensive lineman; born in Wilmington
- Shane O'Neill (born 1972) β tattoo artist, season one winner of Ink Master; born in Middletown
- Kirk Olivadotti (born 1974) β NFL coach; born in Wilmington
- Ed Oliver (1915β1961) β professional golfer; born in Wilmington
- Jeff Otah (born 1986) β former NFL offensive lineman; attended William Penn High School
- William Outten (1948β2020) β member of the Delaware House of Representatives; born in Milford
- Montell Owens β professional football player; born in Wilmington
- Mehmet Oz β surgeon; television personality; attended Tower Hill School
Pβ»
- William Jackson Palmer (1836β1909) β general, American Civil War; railroad developer; philanthropist; born in Leipsic
- Rudolph Pariser (1923β2021) β scientist; formulator, PariserβParrβPople method
- George Parshall (1929β2019) β scientist; chemical weapons destruction activist
- John Patten (1746β1800) β General Assemblyman; U.S. Representative from Delaware
- Samuel Paynter (1768β1845) β General Assemblyman; Governor of Delaware
- Charles J. Pedersen (1904β1989) β co-recipient, 1987 Nobel Prize in Chemistry; lived in Delaware (1927β1969)
- William Peery (1743β1800) β General Assemblyman; Continental Congressman from Delaware
- John B. Penington (1825β1902) β Attorney General of Delaware; U. S. Representative from Delaware
- Simeon S. Pennewill (1867β1935) β General Assemblyman; Governor of Delaware
- Arthur Perry (born 1946) β basketball player and coach
- Russell W. Peterson (1916β2011) β scientist; Governor of Delaware; chairman, White House Council on Environmental Quality; president, National Audubon Society
- Daniel Pfeiffer (born 1975) β Senior Advisor to the President under U.S. President Barack Obama
- Ryan Phillippe (born 1974) β actor; born in New Castle
- Aubrey Plaza (born 1984) β actress; comedian; April Ludgate on Parks and Recreation
- David Plouffe (born 1967) β Senior Advisor to the President under U.S. President Barack Obama; born in Wilmington
- Albert F. Polk (1869β1955) β lawyer; U.S. Representative from Delaware
- Charles Polk Jr. (1788β1857) β General Assemblyman; Governor of Delaware
- Teri Polo (born 1969) β actress; born in Dover
- James Ponder (1819β1897) β General Assemblyman; Governor of Delaware
- William Poole (born 1937) β member, Council of Economic Advisers; chief executive, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
- Bill Press (born 1940) β talk radio host; liberal commentator; author; raised in Delaware City
- Ellen Bernard Thompson Pyle (1876β1936) β illustrator of covers for The Saturday Evening Post; student and sister-in-law of Howard Pyle
- Howard Pyle (1853β1911) β illustrator; author; founder, Brandywine School, brother-in-law of Ellen Bernard Thompson Pyle
- Katharine Pyle (1863β1938) β illustrator; author
- Joe Pyne β broadcaster, worked in Delaware
Rβ»
- John J. Raskob (1879β1950) β businessman; builder, Empire State Building
- Harold R. "Tubby" Raymond (1926β2017) β University of Delaware football coach; College Football Hall of Famer
- George Read (1733β1798) β U.S. Senator from Delaware; Chief Justice of Delaware
- George Read Jr. (1765β1836) β U.S. Attorney, U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware; built the Read House and Gardens
- Thomas Read (1740β1788) β first Commodore, Continental Navy
- Louis L. Redding (1901β1998) β civil rights attorney; participant, Brown v. Board of Education case
- Judge Reinhold (born 1957) β actor; born in Wilmington
- Eugene Reybold (1884β1961) β Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during World War II
- Robert J. Reynolds (1838β1909) β General Assemblyman; Governor of Delaware
- Harry A. Richardson (1853β1928) β businessman; U.S. Senator from Delaware
- John E. Rickards (1848β1927) β 2nd Governor of Montana; born in Delaware City
- George R. Riddle (1817β1867) β U.S. Representative; U.S. Senator from Delaware
- Henry M. Ridgely (1779β1847) β U.S. Representative; U.S. Senator from Delaware
- Robert P. Robinson (1869β1939) β banker; Governor of Delaware
- Thomas Robinson Jr. (1800β1843) β lawyer; U.S. Representative from Delaware
- Caesar Rodney (1728β1784) β Continental Congressman; President of Delaware
- Caesar A. Rodney (1772β1824) β U.S. Senator from Delaware; U.S. Attorney General
- Caleb Rodney (1767β1840) β General Assemblyman; Governor of Delaware
- Daniel Rodney (1764β1846) β Governor of Delaware; U.S. Senator from Delaware
- George B. Rodney (1803β1883) β lawyer; U.S. Representative from Delaware
- Thomas Rodney (1744β1811) β General Assemblyman; Continental Congressman from Delaware
- Daniel Rogers (1754β1806) β General Assemblyman; Governor of Delaware
- John W. Rollins (1916β2000) β businessman; Lieutenant Governor of Delaware
- David Roselle (1939β2024) β mathematician; academic administrator
- George Ross (1730β1779) β represented Pennsylvania in the Continental Congress
- William H. H. Ross (1814β1887) β farmer; Governor of Delaware
- Jane Richards Roth (born 1935) β judge, U.S. Court of Appeals
- William V. Roth Jr. (1923β2003) β U.S. Representative; U.S. Senator from Delaware; namesake of Roth IRA and the Roth 401(k) retirement savings plans
- Cynthia Rothrock (born 1957) β martial artist; actress; born in Wilmington
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- Eli Saulsbury (1817β1893) β General Assemblyman; U.S. Senator from Delaware
- Gove Saulsbury (1815β1881) β General Assemblyman; Governor of Delaware
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. (1820β1892) β Chancellor of Delaware; U.S. Senator from Delaware
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. (1861β1927) β lawyer; U.S. Senator from Delaware
- Frank Schoonover (1877β1972) β illustrator, Brandywine School
- Marion duPont Scott (1894β1983) β preservationist; last private owner of Montpelier, the mansion and land estate of former U.S. President James Madison; born in Wilmington
- Collins J. Seitz (1914β1998) β judge, U.S. Court of Appeals; presided over Gebhart v. Belton case
- Virginia A. Seitz (born 1956) β U.S. Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel
- Frederic Kimber Seward (1878β1943) β corporate attorney; survivor, RMS Titanic
- Mary Ann Shadd (1823β1893) β educator; newspaper publisher; abolitionist; suffragist; born in Wilmington
- Dave Sheridan (born 1969) β actor, born in Newark
- Chris Short β Major League Baseball player, born in Milford
- Andrew Shue (born 1967) β actor; born in Wilmington
- Elisabeth Shue (born 1963) β actress; born in Wilmington
- Helen Farr Sloan (1911β2005) β art philanthropist; former wife of John French Sloan
- Melanie Sloan β executive director, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
- Devin Smith β professional basketball player, Maccabi Tel Aviv
- Nathaniel B. Smithers (1818β1896) β lawyer; U.S. Representative from Delaware
- Thomas Alfred Smyth β last Union Army general killed in the American Civil War
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- Ian Snell (born 1981) β Major League Baseball player; born in Dover
- Peter Spencer (1782β1843) β founder, A.U.M.P. Church
- Presley Spruance (1785β1863) β General Assemblyman; U.S. Senator from Delaware
- E. R. Squibb (1819β1900) β pharmaceutical inventor; founder, E. R. Squibb and Sons, a forerunner of Bristol-Myers Squibb
- W. Laird Stabler Jr. (1930β2008) β lawyer; Attorney General of Delaware
- Walter King Stapleton (born 1934) β judge, U.S. Court of Appeals
- J. George Stewart (1890β1970) β architect; U.S. Representative from Delaware
- Michael Stewart (born 1977) β professional boxer, lived in New Castle
- Charles C. Stockley (1819β1901) β General Assemblyman; Governor of Delaware
- Thomas Stockton (1781β1846) β soldier; Governor of Delaware
- Jacob Stout (1764β1857) β General Assemblyman; Governor of Delaware
- Susan Stroman (born 1954) β choreographer; director; born in Wilmington
- George Sykes (1822β1880) β major general, American Civil War
- James Sykes (1725β1792) β General Assemblyman; Continental Congressman
- James Sykes (1761β1822) β General Assemblyman; Governor of Delaware
- Timothy Szymanski (born 1964) β Vice Admiral, U.S. Navy SEAL
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- William Temple (1814β1863) β Governor of Delaware; U.S. Representative from Delaware
- Charles L. Terry Jr. (1900β1970) β Chief Justice; Governor of Delaware
- William Tharp (1803β1865) β General Assemblyman; Governor of Delaware
- Charles Thomas (1790β1848) β General Assemblyman; Governor of Delaware
- Lorenzo Thomas (1804β1875) β adjutant general, U.S. Army; acting U.S. Secretary of War
- Sean Patrick Thomas (born 1970) β actor; born in Wilmington
- Jim Thompson (1906β1967) β businessman; born in Greenville
- George Thorogood (born 1950) β blues-rock musician; from Wilmington
- James Tilton (1745β1822) β 7th Surgeon General of the United States Army; delegate, Continental Congress; from Dover
- Alfred Thomas Archimedes Torbert (1833β1880) β general, Union Army; diplomat; born in Georgetown
- Reorus Torkillus (1608β1643) β first Swedish Lutheran minister to New Sweden
- Jeff Townes, also known as DJ Jazzy Jeff (born 1965) β hip hop, R&B disc jockey; record producer; turntablist; actor; has lived in Delaware since 2004
- John G. Townsend Jr. (1871β1964) β Governor of Delaware; U.S. Senator from Delaware
- Philip A. Traynor (1874β1962) β dentist, U.S. Representative from Delaware; born in Wilmington
- Sherman W. Tribbitt (1922β2010) β Lieutenant Governor of Delaware; Governor of Delaware
- George Truitt (1756β1818) β General Assemblyman; Governor of Delaware
- Ebe W. Tunnell (1844β1917) β General Assemblyman; Governor of Delaware
- James M. Tunnell (1879β1957) β lawyer; U.S. Senator from Delaware
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- Nicholas Van Dyke (1738β1789) β Continental Congressman; President of Delaware
- Nicholas Van Dyke (1770β1826) β U.S. Representative; U.S. Senator from Delaware
- James C. Van Sice β rear admiral, U.S. Coast Guard; born in Wilmington
- Francis D. Vavala (born 1947) β major general, Army National Guard; adjutant general, Delaware National Guard
- Tom Verlaine β musician
- Mabel Vernon (1883β1975) β leader, women's suffrage movement (1910s); born in Wilmington
- John M. Vining (1758β1802) β U.S. Representative; U.S. Senator from Delaware
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- John Wales (1783β1863) β lawyer; U.S. Senator from Delaware
- Herbert B. Warburton (1916β1983) β lawyer; U.S. Representative from Delaware
- Herta Ware (1917β2005) β actress; political activist; born in Wilmington
- William T. Watson (1849β1917) β General Assemblyman; Governor of Delaware
- Dave Weigel β journalist, born in Wilmington
- Johnny Weir (born 1984) β figure skater; three-time U.S. national champion; lived in Newark
- William H. Wells (1769β1829) β General Assemblyman; U.S. Senator from Delaware
- Joey Wendle (born 1990) β second baseman for the Tampa Bay Rays
- George Alexis Weymouth (1936β2016) β painter; land conservationist; founder, Brandywine River Museum; born in Wilmington
- Samuel Wharton (1732β1800) β merchant; Continental Congressman
- John P. Wheeler III (1944β2010) β government official; chair, Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund
- William G. Whiteley (1819β1886) β Mayor of Wilmington; U.S. Representative from Delaware
- Randy White β Pro Football Hall of Famer; attended high school in Delaware
- Samuel White (1770β1809) β lawyer; U.S. Senator from Delaware
- Kathleen Widdoes (born 1939) β actress; born in Wilmington
- Earle D. Willey (1889β1950) β lawyer; U.S. Representative from Delaware
- George S. Williams (1877β1961) β businessman; U.S. Representative from Delaware
- James Williams (1825β1899) β General Assemblyman; U. S. Representative from Delaware
- John J. Williams (1904β1988) β businessman; U.S. Senator from Delaware
- Jonathan S. Willis (1830β1903) β minister; U.S. Representative from Delaware
- James H. Wilson (1837β1925) β major general, American Civil War (captured Jefferson Davis and Henry Wirz)
- Josiah O. Wolcott (1877β1938) β U.S. Senator from Delaware; Chancellor of Delaware
- Dale E. Wolf (1924β2021) β Lieutenant Governor of Delaware; Governor of Delaware
- Shien Biau Woo (born 1937) β professor; Lieutenant Governor of Delaware
- Daniel Woodall (1841β1880) β brigadier general, American Civil War
- Victor Baynard Woolley (1867β1945) β judge, U.S. Court of Appeals
- Paul Worrilow (born 1990) β professional football player; born in Wilmington
- Thomas Wynne (1627β1691) β physician; justice, Sussex County (1687β1691)
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- Cori Yarckin (born 1982) β actress; singer; born in Seaford
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- Aleksandra Ziolkowska-Boehm (born 1949) β writer; of Polish origin; lives in Wilmington
See alsoβ»
- List of Delaware state senators
- List of governors of Delaware
- List of justices of the Delaware Supreme Court
- List of lieutenant governors of Delaware
- List of Delaware suffragists
- List of mayors of Wilmington, Delaware
- List of people from Wilmington, Delaware
- List of United States congressional delegations from Delaware
- List of United States representatives from Delaware
- List of United States senators from Delaware
- List of University of Delaware people
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