List of people from Delaware explained
This is a list of all people prominent enough to be contained in Wikipedia who were associated with the U.S. 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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- Henry Seidel Canby (1878–1961) – educator; editor, The Saturday Review of Literature
- Annie Jump Cannon (1863–1941) – pioneering female astronomer
- Philip L. Cannon (1850–1929) – Lieutenant Governor of Delaware
- William Cannon (1809–1865) – General Assemblyman; Governor of Delaware
- Joseph M. Carey (1845–1924) – Wyoming politician; born in Delaware
- Louis Carlet (born 1966) – union activist
- John Carney (born 1956) – U.S. Representative for Delaware, current Governor
- Wallace Carothers (1896–1937) – chemist; inventor of neoprene and nylon
- Charles I. Carpenter (1906–1994) – Major General; first Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Air Force
- R. R. M. Carpenter (1877–1949) – businessman; DuPont executive; owner, Philadelphia Phillies
- R. R. M. Carpenter Jr. (1915–1990) – owner, Philadelphia Phillies
- Ruly Carpenter (1940–2021) – former owner, Philadelphia Phillies
- Walter S. Carpenter Jr. (1888–1976) – businessman; oversaw construction of Manhattan Project facilities
- Thomas R. Carper (born 1947) – Governor of Delaware; U.S. Senator from Delaware
- Vincenza Carrieri-Russo – Miss Delaware USA 2008; second runner up, Miss United States 2014
- Elbert N. Carvel (1910–2005) – businessman; Governor of Delaware
- Michael N. Castle (born 1939) – U.S. Representative; Governor of Delaware
- John W. Causey (1841–1908) – farmer; U.S. Representative from Delaware
- Peter F. Causey (1801–1871) – General Assemblyman; Governor of Delaware
- John T. Chain Jr. (born 1934) – U.S. Air Force General; commander, Strategic Air Command
- Alfred D. Chandler Jr. (1918–2007) – business history professor, Harvard University; born in Guyencourt
- Thomas H. Chilton (1899–1972) – pioneer, modern chemical engineering; member, Manhattan Project
- Uma Chowdhry (born 1947) – scientist
- Anne Rogers Clark (1929–2006) – dog breeder and trainer
- John Clark (1761–1821) – General Assemblyman; Governor of Delaware
- John M. Clayton (1796–1856) – U.S. Senator from Delaware; U.S. Secretary of State
- Joshua Clayton (1744–1798) – Governor of Delaware; U.S. Senator from Delaware
- Thomas Clayton (1777–1854) – Chief Justice; U.S. Senator from Delaware
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- Carl C. Danberg (born 1964) – lawyer; Attorney General of Delaware
- F. O. C. Darley (1822–1888) – painter; illustrator
- Samuel Davies (1723–1761) – writer, preacher, 4th President of Princeton University
- Jehu Davis (1738–1802) – General Assemblyman; President of Delaware
- Elena Delle Donne (born 1989) – Women's National Basketball Association player
- Matthew P. Denn (born 1966) – Insurance Commissioner; Lieutenant Governor of Delaware
- William D. Denney (1873–1953) – General Assemblyman; Governor of Delaware
- Delino DeShields (born 1969) – Major League Baseball player; born in Delaware
- John Dickinson (1732–1808) – President of Delaware; President of Pennsylvania
- Mary Norris Dickinson (1740–1803) – owner of one of the largest libraries in colonial America
- Philemon Dickinson (1739–1809) – 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 – actor; singer
- Dave Douglas (1918–1978) – professional golfer (1940s and 1950s)
- A. Felix du Pont Jr. (1905–1996) – aviator; co-founder, predecessor of US Airways
- Alfred I. du Pont (1864–1935) – businessman; philanthropist; established the Nemours Foundation
- Alfred V. du Pont (1798–1856) – head of the DuPont Company (1837–1850)
- Charles I. du Pont (1797–1869) – manufacturer; Delaware General Assemblyman
- E. Paul du Pont (1887–1950) – founder, Du Pont Motors; president, Indian Motocycle Manufacturing Company
- Éleuthère Irénée du Pont (1771–1834) – founder, DuPont Company
- Eugene du Pont (1840–1902) – head of the DuPont Company (1889–1902)
- Henry du Pont (1812–1889) – head of the DuPont Company; Major General, American Civil War
- Henry A. du Pont (1838–1926) – veteran, American Civil War; U.S. Senator from Delaware
- Henry Francis du Pont (1880–1969) – art collector; established the Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library
- Irénée du Pont (1876–1963) – president, DuPont Company (1919–1926)
- Lammot du Pont I (1831–1884) – scientist; inventor; soldier, American Civil War
- Lammot du Pont II (1880–1952) – president, DuPont Company (1926–1940)
- Pierre S. du Pont (1870–1954) – inventor; president, DuPont Company and General Motors
- Pierre S. du Pont IV (1935–2021) – U. S. Representative; Governor of Delaware
- Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (1739–1817) – helped negotiate the 1783 Treaty of Paris and the Louisiana Purchase
- Richard C. du Pont (1911–1943) – aviator, co-founder, All American Aviation, the forerunner of US Airways
- Samuel Francis Du Pont (1803–1865) – Rear Admiral, United States Navy
- T. Coleman du Pont (1863–1930) – president, DuPont Company; U. S. Senator from Delaware
- Victor Marie du Pont (1767–1827) – manufacturer; Delaware General Assemblyman
- Sara Dylan (born 1939) – first wife of Bob Dylan; born in Delaware
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- John Mabry (born 1970) – professional baseball player; born in Wilmington
- Isaac J. MacCollum (1889–1968) – physician; Lieutenant Governor of Delaware
- Thomas MacDonough (1783–1825) – commodore, U.S. Navy; victor, Battle of Lake Champlain in the War of 1812
- Jack A. Markell (born 1960) – State Treasurer; Governor of Delaware
- Edward L. Martin (1837–1897) – lawyer; U.S. Representative from Delaware
- Joshua H. Marvil (1825–1895) – merchant; Governor of Delaware
- Joseph Maull (1781–1846) – General Assemblyman; Governor of Delaware
- Dave May (1943–2012) – professional baseball player; born in New Castle
- Sarah McBride (born 1990) – transgender rights activist
- Thomas M'Clintock (1792–1876) – abolitionist; women's rights activist
- Eleazer McComb (1740–1798) – Continental soldier; Continental Congressman from Delaware
- Harris B. McDowell Jr. (1906–1988) – General Assemblyman; U.S. Representative from Delaware
- James D. McGinnis (1932–2009) – realtor; Lieutenant Governor of Delaware
- Bill McGowan (1896–1954) – Baseball Hall of Fame umpire; born in Wilmington
- Bernie McInerney (born 1936) – actor; born in Wilmington
- Thomas McKean (1734–1817) – Chief Justice; Governor of Pennsylvania; educated in Delaware
- Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan (1794–1852) – 2nd U.S. Secretary of the Interior
- John McKinly (1721–1796) – General Assemblyman; President of Delaware
- Marshall Kirk McKusick (born 1954) – computer scientist
- Louis McLane (1786–1857) – 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 (1815–1898) – diplomat (U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, France and China; Governor of Maryland); son of Louis McLane; born in Wilmington
- Richard C. McMullen (1868–1944) – manufacturer; Governor of Delaware
- William Medill (1802–1865) – Governor of Ohio; Commissioner of Indian Affairs; Comptroller of the Treasury (U.S.)
- Kevin Mench (born 1978) – professional baseball player, born in Wilmington
- Charles R. Miller (1857–1927) – General Assemblyman; Governor of Delaware
- Thomas W. Miller (1886–1973) – lawyer; U.S. Representative from Delaware
- Henry Milligan (born 1958) – AAU boxing champion (1983)
- John J. Milligan (1795–1875) – lawyer; U.S. Representative from Delaware
- David L. Mills (born 1938) – computer engineer; Internet pioneer
- Ruth Ann Minner (1935-2021) – Lieutenant Governor and Governor of Delaware
- Nathaniel Mitchell (1753–1815) – Continental Congressman; Governor of Delaware
- Roxanne Modafferi (born 1982) – mixed martial artist, born in Wilmington
- Henry Molleston (1762–1819) – General Assemblyman; Governor of Delaware
- Hugh Montgomery (died 1780) – sea captain, raised the first American flag in a foreign port
- Jacob Moore – Attorney General of Delaware
- John Bassett Moore (1860–1947) – 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) – musician, born in New Castle
- Morgan Morgan (1688–1766) – pioneer
- Hugh M. Morris – federal judge
- John Morris (born 1941) – MLB pitcher, born in Lewes
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- William Jackson Palmer (1836–1909) – general, American Civil War; railroad developer; philanthropist; born in Leipsic
- Rudolph Pariser (1923–2021) – scientist; formulator, Pariser–Parr–Pople method
- George Parshall (1929–2019) – scientist; chemical weapons destruction activist
- John Patten (1746–1800) – General Assemblyman; U.S. Representative from Delaware
- Samuel Paynter (1768–1845) – General Assemblyman; Governor of Delaware
- Charles J. Pedersen (1904–1989) – co-recipient, 1987 Nobel Prize in Chemistry; lived in Delaware (1927–1969)
- William Peery (1743–1800) – General Assemblyman; Continental Congressman from Delaware
- John B. Penington (1825–1902) – Attorney General of Delaware; U. S. Representative from Delaware
- Simeon S. Pennewill (1867–1935) – General Assemblyman; Governor of Delaware
- Arthur Perry (born 1946) – basketball player and coach
- Russell W. Peterson (1916–2011) – scientist; Governor of Delaware; chairman, White House Council on Environmental Quality; president, National Audubon Society
- Daniel Pfeiffer (born 1975) – Senior Advisor to the President under U.S. President Barack Obama
- Ryan Phillippe (born 1974) – actor; born in New Castle
- Aubrey Plaza (born 1984) – actress; comedian; April Ludgate on Parks and Recreation
- David Plouffe (born 1967) – Senior Advisor to the President under U.S. President Barack Obama; born in Wilmington
- Albert F. Polk (1869–1955) – lawyer; U.S. Representative from Delaware
- Charles Polk Jr. (1788–1857) – General Assemblyman; Governor of Delaware
- Teri Polo (born 1969) – actress; born in Dover
- James Ponder (1819–1897) – General Assemblyman; Governor of Delaware
- William Poole (born 1937) – member, Council of Economic Advisers; chief executive, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
- Bill Press (born 1940) – talk radio host; liberal commentator; author; raised in Delaware City
- Ellen Bernard Thompson Pyle (1876–1936) – illustrator of covers for The Saturday Evening Post; student and sister-in-law of Howard Pyle
- Howard Pyle (1853–1911) – illustrator; author; founder, Brandywine School, brother-in-law of Ellen Bernard Thompson Pyle
- Katharine Pyle (1863–1938) – illustrator; author
- Joe Pyne – broadcaster, worked in Delaware
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Notes and References
- Web site: Phillies Front Office .