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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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0025 POLITICIAN

David Plouffe

Born 1967

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0029 POLITICIAN

John Carney (politician)

Born 1956

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0041 POLITICIAN

Mike Castle

Born 1939

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0043 POLITICIAN

Robert Milligan McLane

1815 - 1898

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0052 POLITICIAN

Jacob Broom

1752 - 1810

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0060 POLITICIAN

Pete du Pont

Born 1935

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0088 POLITICIAN

James A. Bayard Jr.

1799 - 1880

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0098 POLITICIAN

George Davis (American politician)

1820 - 1896

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0101 POLITICIAN

Alton Lennon

1906 - 1986

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0105 POLITICIAN

Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš

Born 1964

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0109 POLITICIAN

William Gilpin (governor)

1813 - 1894

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0114 POLITICIAN

Preston Lea

1841 - 1916

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0121 POLITICIAN

Clement Woodnutt Miller

1916 - 1962

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0122 POLITICIAN

Thomas F. Bayard Jr.

1868 - 1942

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0124 POLITICIAN

J. George Stewart

1890 - 1970

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0146 POLITICIAN

John Hathorn

1749 - 1825

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0162 POLITICIAN

Charles Q. Hildebrant

1864 - 1953

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0164 POLITICIAN

Matthew Denver

1870 - 1954

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0170 POLITICIAN

Robert P. Robinson

1869 - 1939

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0171 POLITICIAN

James M. Broom

1776 - 1850

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0173 POLITICIAN

William R. Myers

1836 - 1907

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0175 POLITICIAN

James Owen (American politician)

1784 - 1865

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0180 POLITICIAN

Calvin Cowgill

1819 - 1903

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0181 POLITICIAN

Andrew J. Harlan

1815 - 1907

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0182 POLITICIAN

John Dillard Bellamy

1854 - 1942

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0185 POLITICIAN

Robert E. Doan

1831 - 1919

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0198 POLITICIAN

William E. McVey

1885 - 1958

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0200 POLITICIAN

Philip A. Traynor

1874 - 1962

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0201 POLITICIAN

Harry G. Haskell Jr.

1921 - 2020

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0202 POLITICIAN

Charles B. Timberlake

1854 - 1941

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0203 POLITICIAN

Jack Eckerd

1913 - 2004

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0205 POLITICIAN

Alexis I. du Pont Bayard

1918 - 1985

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0206 POLITICIAN

Alfred G. Allen

1867 - 1932

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0215 POLITICIAN

John Goddard Watmough

1793 - 1861

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0217 POLITICIAN

Samuel D. Purviance

1774 - 1806

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0223 POLITICIAN

John J. Feely

1875 - 1905

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0242 POLITICIAN

William F. Harrity

1850 - 1912

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0248 POLITICIAN

Joshua Hill (Pitcairn Island leader)

1773 - 1840

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0270 POLITICIAN

Bill Saffo

Born 1960

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0282 POLITICIAN

William Francis Strudwick

1765 - 1812

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0286 POLITICIAN

David McBride

Born 1942

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0287 POLITICIAN

Terry R. Spence

Born 1941

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0293 POLITICIAN

Daniel Short

Born 1961

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0310 POLITICIAN

Jeremy Harris (politician)

Born 1950

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0314 POLITICIAN

William W. J. Kelly

1814 - 1878

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0316 POLITICIAN

Tom Gallagher

Born 1944

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0328 POLITICIAN

Keith J. Gillespie

Born 1952

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0335 POLITICIAN

Helene Keeley

Born 1965

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0337 POLITICIAN

Nicholas Miccarelli III

Born 1982

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0340 POLITICIAN

Gregory Lavelle

Born 1963

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0344 POLITICIAN

Glen Sturtevant

Born 1982

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0345 POLITICIAN

Cliff Rosenberger

Born 1981

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0355 POLITICIAN

Charles A. McClenahan

1941 - 2017

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0367 POLITICIAN

Robert I. Marshall

Born 1946

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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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0377 POLITICIAN

Michael Ramone

Born 1961

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0378 POLITICIAN

John Mitchell Jr. (politician)

Born 1954

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0384 POLITICIAN

Bryan Townsend (American politician)

Born 1981

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0387 POLITICIAN

Patricia Blevins

Born 1954

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0390 POLITICIAN

Stephanie Bolden

Born 1946

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0399 POLITICIAN

Thomas P. Gordon

Born 1952

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0404 POLITICIAN

Charles Potter Jr.

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0405 POLITICIAN

Lee Constantine

Born 1952

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0430 POLITICIAN

Jean-François Vidal de Lingendes

1796 - 1857

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0432 POLITICIAN

Shannon Valentine

Born 1959

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0447 POLITICIAN

Edward E. Haddock

1911 - 1996

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0492 POLITICIAN

Alfred Hennen Morris

1864 - 1959

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0495 POLITICIAN

Jeanne Bonds

-

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0506 POLITICIAN

William Hemphill Jones

1811 - 1880

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0507 POLITICIAN

Ted Davis Jr.

Born 1950

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0508 POLITICIAN

William Spencer Anderson

1832 - 1872

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0510 POLITICIAN

Richard B. Weldon Jr.

Born 1958

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0520 POLITICIAN

John Broujos

Born 1929

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0523 POLITICIAN

Earl Vann

1913 - 1985

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0537 POLITICIAN

Samuel Vestal

1844 - 1928

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0539 POLITICIAN

John Cox (Virginia politician)

Born 1944

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0555 POLITICIAN

V. Gilpin Robinson

1851 - 1942

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0563 POLITICIAN

Mary Ann Dunwell

-

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0564 POLITICIAN

Enoch H. Williams

1927 - 2012

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