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Famous people · Wilmington
Wilmington leads Delaware with 42 famous people
At the top of the list is the American actress Elisabeth Shue, covered in 65 languages. Performers are unusually common here: 15, 3.8 times the usual share. The list runs from Thomas F. Bayard, born in 1828, to Megumi Field, born in 2005. Between 1920 and 1969, 23 were born, the most of any period.
Born here
42
notable people
Best known
Elisabeth Shue
in 65 Wikipedia languages
First
1828
Thomas F. Bayard
Youngest
2005
Megumi Field
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
15 people
Also called it home
5
notable residents
What stands out about Wilmington’s famous people
A town of performersPerformers make up 15 of the 42, 3.8 times the usual share.Known worldwideElisabeth Shue has an article in 65 languages, more than anyone else from here.Still making names28 were born since 1950, the youngest in 2005.A chosen home5 more notable people chose to live in Wilmington, including Joe Biden.
★ What stands out · Known for
What Wilmington is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as performers, at 3.8 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Wilmington
Two of the three are performers.
#2Film, TV & Stage
Aubrey Plaza
born 1984American actress, producer and comedian
54 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Through the years
When Wilmington’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1950s come out on top, with 9 births.
Film, TV & StagePolitics & LawScience & MedicineSportsBusinessMusicWriting & ArtsNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Wilmington
Here are 39 more, born from 1828 to 2005.
Henry Heimlich
1920–2016American surgeon widely credited as the inventor of the Heimlich maneuver
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
Nancy J. Currie-Gregg
born 1958American engineer, army officer, astronaut, and professor
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Wilmington home
5 notable people born elsewhere made the town home, Joe Biden the best known.
The town’s pick
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Penns Grove has the most people on record, 5 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Wilmington and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (17)
- Aubrey Plaza: Original: Xfranksun / Derivative work: Danyele, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Nathans: Willy Pragher, CC BY 3.0 de, Wikimedia Commons
- Beau Biden: Lonnie Tague, United States Department of Justice, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ashley Biden: Office of the Vice President of the United States, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cynthia Rothrock: Toglenn, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Judge Reinhold: Alan Light, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sarah McBride: Ike Hayman, House Creative Services, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Valerie Bertinelli: Angela George, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nancy J. Currie-Gregg: NASA Hubble Space Telescope, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clifford Brown: Associated Booking Corporation (management), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Howard Pyle: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas F. Bayard: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ti West: tanka v, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Thorogood: Piedmontstyle at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Carney: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Neilia Hunter: This photo was on Neilia Hunter-Biden's funeral mass card., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Forsythe: CBS Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons