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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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Showing 39 of 564 notable people

0015 LAWYER

Thomas F. Bayard

1828 - 1898

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0032 LAWYER

Beau Biden

1969 - 2015

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0074 LAWYER

Hunter Biden

Born 1970

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0078 LAWYER

Richard H. Bayard

1796 - 1868

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0081 LAWYER

William Wing Loring

1818 - 1886

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0127 LAWYER

William D. Rogers

1927 - 2007

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0130 LAWYER

Thomas W. Miller

1886 - 1973

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0136 LAWYER

Alice M. Batchelder

Born 1944

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0159 LAWYER

Daniel Ullman

1810 - 1892

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0161 LAWYER

Midge Rendell

Born 1947

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0168 LAWYER

Reuben Jeffery III

Born 1953

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0177 LAWYER

Matthew Denn

Born 1966

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0179 LAWYER

Mike Nifong

Born 1950

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0189 LAWYER

Lucien C. Gause

1836 - 1880

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0191 LAWYER

Richard Lankford

1914 - 2003

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0192 LAWYER

James Thorington

1816 - 1887

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0240 LAWYER

Joseph diGenova

Born 1945

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0243 LAWYER

William H. Heald

1864 - 1939

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0254 LAWYER

Frederic Kimber Seward

1878 - 1943

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0265 LAWYER

Herbert Warburton

1916 - 1983

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0272 LAWYER

John Bonifaz

Born 1966

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0274 LAWYER

Kara Farnandez Stoll

Born 1968

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0295 LAWYER

Timothy Walker (judge)

1806 - 1856

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0301 LAWYER

Collins J. Seitz

1914 - 1998

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0311 LAWYER

Virginia A. Seitz

Born 1956

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0324 LAWYER

Henry G. Connor

1852 - 1924

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0332 LAWYER

Joseph J. Longobardi

Born 1930

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0336 LAWYER

Robert Daniel Potter

1923 - 2009

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0360 LAWYER

M. Jane Brady

Born 1951

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0408 LAWYER

Edward Green Bradford II

1848 - 1928

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0412 LAWYER

John Percy Nields

1868 - 1943

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0418 LAWYER

Adrienne Arsht

Born 1942

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0423 LAWYER

Samuel Sullivan (politician)

1773 - 1853

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0444 LAWYER

Colm Connolly

Born 1964

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0532 LAWYER

Thomas Richard Purnell

1847 - 1908

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0535 LAWYER

Charles Oberly

Born 1946

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0551 LAWYER

Paul Conway Leahy

1904 - 1966

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0553 LAWYER

Leonard Eugene Wales

1823 - 1897

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0557 LAWYER

Francis Kerschner Myers

1874 - 1940

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