Jeffrey Quillen, official Mayor of Claymont
A list of notable people born in and around Wilmington, Delaware, and including long and short term residents.
Israel Acrelius, Lutheran clergyman
John Backus, computer scientist, Fortran inventor, and Turing Award laureate
Bertice Berry, comedian, sociologist, author, and former talk show host
Valerie Bertinelli, actress
Joe Biden, longtime Delaware Senator (1973-2009) and 47th Vice President of the United States under Barack Obama
James Garretson, father of oral surgery
David Bromberg, musician
Clifford Brown, jazz trumpeter
Cab Calloway, musician and bandleader
Henry Seidel Canby, founder and editor of The Saturday Review of Literature
Thomas J. Capano, prominent city lawyer convicted of murder
Charles I. Carpenter, first Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Air Force
Kathleen Cassello, opera singer
Christopher Castellani, writer
Victor DelCampo, bodybuilding champion
Elena Delle Donne, professional basketball player
John Dossett, stage and film actor
William C. Drinkard, scientist and inventor
Sara Dylan, first wife of Bob Dylan
Mark Eaton, professional hockey player
Herbert S. Eleuterio, scientist and inventor
John Gallagher Jr., musician, performer, and actor
Andrew Gemmell, open water swimmer
Barbara Gittings, gay and lesbian civil rights activist
Paul Goldschmidt, baseball player
Joey Graham, power forward for Denver Nuggets
Stephen Graham, small forward for Charlotte Bobcats
Dallas Green, baseball player, manager, executive
Dionna Harris, softball player, 1996 Olympic gold medalist
Henry Heimlich, inventor, scientist
Charles Hope, NFL player
Cisco Houston, folk singer, political activist
Steven Ittel, scientist
Celia Kaye, actress
Pat Kenney, professional wrestler better known as Simon Diamond
Ellen J. Kullman, CEO of DuPont
Stephanie Kwolek, scientist
Richard Lankford, U.S. Congressman
Jennifer Leigh, professional poker player
Edward L. Loper, Sr., artist/painter
John Mabry, baseball player
Stephen Marley, musician
John P. Marquand, 20th century author and novelist
Luke Matheny, Oscar-winning director of God of Love
Bill McGowan, Baseball Hall of Fame umpire
Robert Milligan McLane, U.S. Congressman
Marshall Kirk McKusick, computer scientist and author
Tom Mees, sports broadcaster
Kevin Mench, professional baseball player
Meagan Miller, opera singer
Roxanne Modafferi, professional women's mixed-martial artist
Garrett Neff, model
George Parshall, scientist
Samuel Peterson, one of the founders of Wilmington
Aubrey Plaza, actress
Keith Powell, actor and director
Bill Press, author, commentator
Howard Pyle, author and illustrator
Joe Pyne, broadcaster
Judge Reinhold, actor
Betty Roche, singer in Duke Ellington Orchestra, jazz vocalist
William V. Roth, Jr., U.S. Senator
Matthew Shipp, avant-garde pianist
Andrew Shue, actor
Elisabeth Shue, actress
Susan Stroman, Broadway and film director and choreographer
Din Thomas, mixed martial arts fighter
Sean Patrick Thomas, actor
George Thorogood, blues/rock musician
Chadwick A. Tolman, scientist
Reorus Torkillus, Lutheran minister to New Sweden
Don A. J. Upham, Mayor of Milwaukee
Tom Verlaine, rock musician
Rick Wagoner, former Chairman and Chief Executive Office of General Motors
Herta Ware, stage and screen actress, political activist, wife of Will Geer
Gloria Warren, actress
Randy White, NFL Hall of Famer
Kathleen Widdoes, actress
Aleksandra Ziolkowska-Boehm, author of Polish descent
