Famous People Born in Delaware
See our top list of the most famous people from Delaware. We’ve chosen people like athletes, actors, civil rights activists, scientists and people from other walks of life that have come from the “The First State”.
Valerie Bertinelli actress, Wilmington
Robert Montgomery Bird playwright, author, New Castle
Henry S. Canby editor, author, Seidel
Annie Jump Cannon astronomer, Dover
Felix Darley artist, Claymont
E. I. du Pont industrialist, Wilmington
Henry Heimlich surgeon, inventor, Wilmington
Wilham Julius Johnson basketball player, Wilmington
Howard Pyle artist, author, Wilmington
John Phillips author, Wilmington
George Read jurist, signer of Declaration of Independence, New Castle
Caesar Rodney patriot, signer of Declaration of Independence, Dover