Delaware, Wilmington Delaware
1. Preston Lea (1841)
American Businessman
Member of the Republican Party who served as Governor of Delaware from 1905 to 1909. He abolished the state pillory and passed a law requiring children to attend at least...
2. Daniel Nathans (1928)
American Microbiologist
An American microbiologist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1978 for his discovery of restriction enzymes. He was also the President of Johns Hopkins University in...
3. Michael Castle (1939)
American Politician
Republican politician who was the 68th Governor of Delaware from 1985 and 1992. After his tenure as Governor ended he served his state as it's representative in the US House...
4. David Plouffe (1967)
Political Activist And Strategis
Best known as President Barack Obama's campaign manager for his 2008 U.S. presidential campaign.
5. Clement Woodnutt Miller (1916)
American Politician
Clement Woodnutt Miller was a U. S. Representative from California He was a grandson of Charles R. Miller and a nephew of Thomas W.
6. Alexis I. du Pont Bayard (1918)
Delaware Politician
Alexis Irénée du Pont Lex Bayard was an American lawyer and politician from Rockland near Greenville in New Castle County Delaware. He was a veteran of World War II and...
7. Philip A. Traynor (1874)
American Politician
Dr. Philip Andrew Traynor was an American dentist and politician from Wilmington in New Castle County Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party and served two terms as...
8. Libby Larsen (1950)
American Composer
Libby Larsen is a Grammy Award winning and frequently programmed American composer. Along with composer Stephen Paulus she is a co-founder of the Minnesota Composers Forum now the American Composers...
9. Robert P. Robinson (1869)
American Businessman
Robert Pyle Robinson was an American banker and politician from Wilmington in New Castle County Delaware. He was a member of the Republican Party who served as Governor of Delaware.
10. Ann Althouse (1951)
Law Professor And Blogger
Ann Althouse is an American law professor and blogger.
11. William H. Heald (1864)
American Politician
Henry Heald was an American banker lawyer and politician from Wilmington in New Castle County Delaware. He was a member of the Republican Party who served two terms as U....
12. Thomas P. Gordon (1952)
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Thomas P. Gordon is an American politician law enforcement expert and current County Executive of New Castle County Delaware. Prior to serving two terms as New Castle County Executive Tom...
13. Terry R. Spence (1941)
American Politician
Terry R. Spence is a United States statesman and politician from New Castle in New Castle County Delaware. He is a member of the Republican Party who served in the...
14. Michael Ramone (1961)
American Politician
Michael J. Ramone is an American politician from the state of Delaware. A member of the Republican Party Ramone was elected to the Delaware House of Representatives in 2008.
15. Stephen Speed (1963)
American Mayor
Stephen R. Speed is a U. S. Naval Officer and politician from Dover in Kent County Delaware. He was the non-partisan Mayor of Dover Delaware. Speed was Dover's second full-time...
16. Chris Welsh (1955)
American Baseball Player
Christopher Charles Welsh is a former Major League Baseball pitcher and a current sportscaster for the Cincinnati Reds. He was a left-hander with a career ERA of 4. 45 and...
17. James A. Bayard, Jr. (1799)
American Politician
James Asheton Bayard Jr. was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington in New Castle County Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party and served as U....
18. Thomas F. Bayard, Jr. (1868)
American Politician
Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington in New Castle County Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party who served two terms...
19. Herbert B. Warburton (1916)
American Politician
Herbert Birchby Warburton was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington in New Castle County Delaware and Frankford in Sussex County Delaware. He was a veteran of World War II...
20. J. George Stewart (1890)
American Politician
John George Stewart was an American architect and politician from Wilmington in New Castle County Delaware. He was a member of the Republican Party who served as U. S. Representative...
21. John C. Carney, Jr. (1956)
American Politician
John Charles Carney Jr. is an American politician who has served as the U. S. Representative for Delaware's at-large congressional district since 2011. He is a member of the...
22. Dexter Boney (1970)
American Basketball Player
Dexter Lyndell Boney is an American former college and professional basketball player. Boney played for Brandywine High School where he was named all-state three times and holds the boys scoring...
23. Elizabeth Margaret Chandler (1807)
American Abolitionist And Writer
Elizabeth Margaret Chandler was an American poet and writer from Pennsylvania and Michigan. She became the first female writer in the United States to make the abolition of slavery her...
24. Marc Egerson (1986)
American Basketball Player
Marc Egerson is an American professional basketball player for the Saint John Mill Rats of the National Basketball League of Canada. Before going professional Egerson was an American college basketball...
