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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 baseball6.4× 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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Showing 72 of 564 notable people

0002 BOXER

Sugar Ray Leonard

Born 1956

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0005 ACTOR

Judge Reinhold

Born 1957

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0011 ACTOR

Cynthia Rothrock

Born 1957

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0013 SINGER

George Thorogood

Born 1950

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0029 POLITICIAN

John Carney (politician)

Born 1956

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0039 ACTOR

Diane Salinger

Born 1951

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0042 CHOREOGRAPHER

Susan Stroman

Born 1954

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0050 SCREENWRITER

Yvette Freeman

Born 1957

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0055 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Marshall Kirk McKusick

Born 1954

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0058 ACTOR

Stephanie Hodge

Born 1956

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0090 BASKET

Clarence Kea

Born 1959

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0094 BUSINESS

Rick Wagoner

Born 1953

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0097 SINGER

Kathleen Cassello

1958 - 2017

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0100 COMPOSER

Libby Larsen

Born 1950

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0102 ACTOR

Patrick Kerr

Born 1956

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0108 BUSINESS

Nicola Leibinger-Kammüller

Born 1959

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0115 BUSINESS

Ellen J. Kullman

Born 1956

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0116 ASTRONAUT

Nancy J. Currie-Gregg

Born 1958

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0129 MUSIC

Johnny Neel

Born 1954

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0134 PHYSICIST

Louise Dolan

Born 1950

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0137 BASKET

Sam Pellom

Born 1951

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0139 AUTHOR

Tory Dent

1958 - 2005

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0148 PLAYER

Aldis Berzins

Born 1956

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0153 COMPOSER

James Singleton (musician)

Born 1955

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0163 BASEBALL

Rod Delmonico

Born 1958

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0168 LAWYER

Reuben Jeffery III

Born 1953

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0179 LAWYER

Mike Nifong

Born 1950

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0193 RESTAURATEUR

Tom Douglas

Born 1958

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0207 WRESTLER

Brickhouse Brown

1958 - 2018

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0212 SWIMMER

Steve Gregg

Born 1955

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0225 BASEBALL

Chris Welsh

Born 1955

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0233 COLUMNIST

Stephen Biddle

Born 1959

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0239 BIOLOGIST

Anthony Monaco

Born 1959

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0246 SAXOPHONIST

Fostina Dixon

Born 1956

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0288 MUSIC

Don Schiff

Born 1955

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0291 BASKET

Kevin Whitted

Born 1957

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0292 ACTOR

Suzanne Savoy

Born 1955

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0310 POLITICIAN

Jeremy Harris (politician)

Born 1950

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0311 LAWYER

Virginia A. Seitz

Born 1956

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0325 FOOTBALL

Anthony Anderson (American football)

Born 1956

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0327 PHOTOGRAPHER

John R. Ellis

Born 1955

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0328 POLITICIAN

Keith J. Gillespie

Born 1952

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0339 BLOGGER

Ann Althouse

Born 1951

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0360 LAWYER

M. Jane Brady

Born 1951

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0371 POLITICIAN

Dennis P. Williams

Born 1953

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0372 POLITICIAN

David Sokola

Born 1955

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0374 FOOTBALL

Joe Campbell (American football)

Born 1955

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0378 POLITICIAN

John Mitchell Jr. (politician)

Born 1954

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0381 SONGWRITER

Jeffrey Frederick

1950 - 1997

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0385 CARDIOLOGIST

S. Ward Casscells

1952 - 2012

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0387 POLITICIAN

Patricia Blevins

Born 1954

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0393 SWIMMER

Jenny Bartz

Born 1955

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0397 FOOTBALL

Kevin Reilly (American football)

Born 1951

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0399 POLITICIAN

Thomas P. Gordon

Born 1952

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0402 DIPLOMAT

Jacob Walles

Born 1957

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0405 POLITICIAN

Lee Constantine

Born 1952

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0422 BASEBALL

Ron Musselman

Born 1954

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0428 NOVELIST

Kass Fleisher

Born 1959

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0431 ACTOR

Joan Goodfellow

Born 1950

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0432 POLITICIAN

Shannon Valentine

Born 1959

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0439 FOOTBALL

Jimmy Jones (quarterback)

Born 1950

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0451 ACTOR

Ike Gingrich

Born 1952

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0453 FOOTBALL

Rick Donnalley

Born 1958

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0458 POLITICAL

David Fine

Born 1952

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0467 FOOTBALL

Steve Kenney

Born 1955

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0484 ENGINEER

Frank J. Canova

Born 1956

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0488 DRUMMER

Wilby Fletcher

1954 - 2009

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0494 FOOTBALL

Jim Krapf

Born 1950

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0501 PLAYER

Nick Screnci

Born 1957

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0507 POLITICIAN

Ted Davis Jr.

Born 1950

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0510 POLITICIAN

Richard B. Weldon Jr.

Born 1958

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0549 ATTORNEY

Kathy Jennings

Born 1952

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