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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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0061 BUSINESS

Pierre S. du Pont

1870 - 1954

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0092 ACTOR

Jane Barnell

1871 - 1951

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0131 LITERARY

Henry Seidel Canby

1878 - 1961

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0164 POLITICIAN

Matthew Denver

1870 - 1954

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0165 BUSINESS

A. Felix du Pont

1879 - 1948

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0167 CARTOONIST

Clare Victor Dwiggins

1874 - 1958

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0200 POLITICIAN

Philip A. Traynor

1874 - 1962

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0223 POLITICIAN

John J. Feely

1875 - 1905

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0254 LAWYER

Frederic Kimber Seward

1878 - 1943

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0262 ACTOR

Stanton Heck

1877 - 1929

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0290 PHILOLOGIST

Roland Grubb Kent

1877 - 1952

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0352 ACTOR

John Larkin (actor, born 1877)

1877 - 1936

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0366 ACTOR

Louis Dean

1874 - 1933

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0448 BASEBALL

George Prentiss

1876 - 1902

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0497 COACH

Herbert Rice

1876 - 1932

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0522 TEACHER

Mary T. Wales

1874 - 1952

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0550 BASEBALL

Pete Cassidy

1873 - 1929

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0552 BASEBALL

Burt Keeley

1879 - 1952

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0557 LAWYER

Francis Kerschner Myers

1874 - 1940

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0562 BISHOP

Samuel Harrington Littell

1873 - 1967

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