38.4504° N, 76.6668° W
WILMINGTON
Most Famous People Born in Wilmington, United States
- Notable people
- 564
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- Median birth year
- 1942
- Most distinctive
- Baseball 6.4×
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.
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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- Filtered to 1950s Clear ×
Sugar Ray Leonard
Born 1956
Judge Reinhold
Born 1957
Cynthia Rothrock
Born 1957
George Thorogood
Born 1950
John Carney (politician)
Born 1956
Diane Salinger
Born 1951
Susan Stroman
Born 1954
Yvette Freeman
Born 1957
Marshall Kirk McKusick
Born 1954
Stephanie Hodge
Born 1956
Clarence Kea
Born 1959
Rick Wagoner
Born 1953
Kathleen Cassello
1958 - 2017
Libby Larsen
Born 1950
Patrick Kerr
Born 1956
Nicola Leibinger-Kammüller
Born 1959
Ellen J. Kullman
Born 1956
Nancy J. Currie-Gregg
Born 1958
Johnny Neel
Born 1954
Louise Dolan
Born 1950
Sam Pellom
Born 1951
Tory Dent
1958 - 2005
Aldis Berzins
Born 1956
James Singleton (musician)
Born 1955
Rod Delmonico
Born 1958
Reuben Jeffery III
Born 1953
Mike Nifong
Born 1950
Tom Douglas
Born 1958
Brickhouse Brown
1958 - 2018
Steve Gregg
Born 1955
Chris Welsh
Born 1955
Stephen Biddle
Born 1959
Anthony Monaco
Born 1959
Fostina Dixon
Born 1956
Don Schiff
Born 1955
Kevin Whitted
Born 1957
Suzanne Savoy
Born 1955
Jeremy Harris (politician)
Born 1950
Virginia A. Seitz
Born 1956
Anthony Anderson (American football)
Born 1956
John R. Ellis
Born 1955
Keith J. Gillespie
Born 1952
Ann Althouse
Born 1951
M. Jane Brady
Born 1951
Dennis P. Williams
Born 1953
David Sokola
Born 1955
Joe Campbell (American football)
Born 1955
John Mitchell Jr. (politician)
Born 1954
Jeffrey Frederick
1950 - 1997
S. Ward Casscells
1952 - 2012
Patricia Blevins
Born 1954
Jenny Bartz
Born 1955
Kevin Reilly (American football)
Born 1951
Thomas P. Gordon
Born 1952
Jacob Walles
Born 1957
Lee Constantine
Born 1952
Ron Musselman
Born 1954
Kass Fleisher
Born 1959
Joan Goodfellow
Born 1950
Shannon Valentine
Born 1959
Jimmy Jones (quarterback)
Born 1950
Ike Gingrich
Born 1952
Rick Donnalley
Born 1958
David Fine
Born 1952
Steve Kenney
Born 1955
Frank J. Canova
Born 1956
Wilby Fletcher
1954 - 2009
Jim Krapf
Born 1950
Nick Screnci
Born 1957
Ted Davis Jr.
Born 1950
Richard B. Weldon Jr.
Born 1958
Kathy Jennings
Born 1952