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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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0018 BIOCHEMIST

Daniel Nathans

1928 - 1999

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0022 PHYSICIAN

Henry Heimlich

1920 - 2016

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0026 MUSIC

Percy Heath

1923 - 2005

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0033 NEWS PRESENTER

David Brinkley

1920 - 2003

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0046 OCEANOGRAPHER

Henry Stommel

1920 - 1992

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0063 POET

Barbara Guest

1920 - 2006

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0067 SINGER

Betty Roché

1920 - 1999

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0113 CLARINET

Norris Turney

1921 - 2001

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0127 LAWYER

William D. Rogers

1927 - 2007

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0184 MUSIC

Andy McGhee

1927 - 2017

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0194 SINGER

Gloria Warren

Born 1926

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0201 POLITICIAN

Harry G. Haskell Jr.

1921 - 2020

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0213 DIPLOMAT

Clarence Clyde Ferguson Jr.

1924 - 1983

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0218 PASTOR

Peter Ruckman

1921 - 2016

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0228 PSYCHOLOGIST

Gardner Lindzey

1920 - 2008

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0241 ACTOR

Ed Hinton (actor)

1927 - 1958

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0253 PHOTOGRAPHER

Hugh Morton (photographer)

1921 - 2006

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0336 LAWYER

Robert Daniel Potter

1923 - 2009

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0346 JUDGE

Emory M. Sneeden

1927 - 1987

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0347 ENGINEER

Edward E. David Jr.

1925 - 2017

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0357 TRADE UNION

Will Inman (poet)

1923 - 2009

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0368 FOOTBALL

Keever Jankovich

1928 - 1979

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0376 MILITAR

James Madison Lee

1926 - 2017

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0498 MUSIC

Shot Jackson

1920 - 1991

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0520 POLITICIAN

John Broujos

Born 1929

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0530 BASKET

Ed Koffenberger

1926 - 2014

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0540 MAGIC

Al Cohen

Born 1926

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0544 REPUBLICAN

James E. Sheridan

1922 - 2015

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0561 MUSIC

Floyd Standifer

1929 - 2007

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0564 POLITICIAN

Enoch H. Williams

1927 - 2012

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