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WILMINGTON

Most Famous People Born in Wilmington, United States

Notable people
564
Peak decade
1950s
Median birth year
1942
Most distinctive
Baseball 6.4×
Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Wilmington during each.

Notable Births by Decade

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What Wilmington Is Known For

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Politician is Wilmington's biggest profession — 14% of all notables (80).

Wilmington over-indexes on baseball — 6.4× the global rate.

Wilmington under-produces painter — only 0.5× the global rate.

  1. Politician80
  2. Baseball41
  3. Football40
  4. Lawyer39
  5. Actor37
  6. Basket27
  7. Singer14
  8. Writer14
  1. Baseball416.4×
  2. Lawyer394.0×
  3. Basket273.8×
  4. Officer133.5×
  5. Judge62.3×
  6. Business101.8×
  1. Painter80.5×
  2. Football400.7×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Wilmington's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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0057 ENTREPRENEUR

Eldridge R. Johnson

1867 - 1945

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0104 WRITER

Katharine Pyle

1863 - 1938

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0122 POLITICIAN

Thomas F. Bayard Jr.

1868 - 1942

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0126 PRIEST

Thomas Frederick Price

1860 - 1919

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0162 POLITICIAN

Charles Q. Hildebrant

1864 - 1953

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0170 POLITICIAN

Robert P. Robinson

1869 - 1939

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0183 PAEDIATRICIAN

Isaac Arthur Abt

1867 - 1955

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0206 POLITICIAN

Alfred G. Allen

1867 - 1932

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0219 TEACHER

Edwin Alderman

1861 - 1931

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0232 OFFICER

Edwin Anderson Jr.

1860 - 1933

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0234 WORKER

Emily Bissell

1861 - 1948

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0235 ARCHITECT

Robert Robinson Taylor

1868 - 1942

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0243 LAWYER

William H. Heald

1864 - 1939

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0260 BASEBALL

Sadie McMahon

1867 - 1954

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0261 ECONOMIST

Frank L. McVey

1869 - 1953

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0277 PAINTER

Eli Harvey

1860 - 1957

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0304 PHILOSOPHER

William Romaine Newbold

1865 - 1926

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0305 PRIEST

Edward Thomas Demby

1869 - 1957

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0326 ACTIVIST

Ruth Randall Edström

1867 - 1944

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0401 BASEBALL

Bert Cunningham

1865 - 1952

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0412 LAWYER

John Percy Nields

1868 - 1943

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0434 BASEBALL

Wes Curry

1860 - 1933

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0440 ACADEMIC

Thomas Atkinson Jenkins

1868 - 1935

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0462 JUDGE

Victor Baynard Woolley

1867 - 1945

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0472 BASEBALL

John Newell (baseball)

1868 - 1919

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0478 BASEBALL

Charles Murphy (baseball)

1868 - 1931

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0492 POLITICIAN

Alfred Hennen Morris

1864 - 1959

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