Biographical Records
Notable People from Delaware
345 notable figures born in Delaware, showing page 4 of 7, ranked by historical prominence.
Richard Lankford
1914 – 2003
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Peter F. Causey
1801 – 1871
governorpolitician
James Ponder
1819 – 1897
governorentrepreneurpolitician
Harry G. Haskell Jr.
1921 – 2020
politician
Herbert B. Warburton
1916 – 1983
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John H. Hoffecker
1827 – 1900
politicianengineer
Sarah Fisher Ames
1817 – 1901
artistsculptor
Walter O. Hoffecker
1854 – 1934
politicianengineer
William H. Boyce
1855 – 1942
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Lorenzo Thomas
1804 – 1875
adjutantmilitary officerpolitician
John Cook
1730 – 1789
politician
Richard C. McMullen
1868 – 1944
governorpolitician
Nathaniel B. Smithers
1818 – 1896
United States representativebankerjurist
Franklin Brockson
1865 – 1942
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Charles C. Stockley
1819 – 1901
governorchamberlainsheriff
William H. Keating
1799 – 1840
botanistchemistgeologist
Robert G. Houston
1867 – 1946
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Jacob Jones
1768 – 1850
military officer
John P. Cochran
1809 – 1898
governorpolitician
John Clark
1761 – 1821
governorcolonelfarmer
William D. Denney
1873 – 1953
governorpolitician
Edward Gowen Budd Sr.
1870 – 1946
engineer
Brickhouse Brown
1960 – 2018
professional wrestler
Thomas Collins
1732 – 1789
juristpoliticianlawyer
Wilbur L. Adams
1884 – 1937
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William F. Allen
1883 – 1946
politician
Elisha D. Cullen
1799 – 1862
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Joyce Brabner
1952 – 2024
comics creatorcomics writercomics artist
Silas Simmons
1895 – 2006
baseball player
Dorothy Rudd Moore
1940 – 2022
musicologistmusic educatorlibrettist
John W. O'Daniel
1894 – 1975
career soldierlieutenant general
Dallas Green
1934 – 2017
baseball player
Thomas Stockton
1781 – 1846
Majorgovernorpolitician
Harris B. McDowell, Jr.
1906 – 1988
politician
William D. Rogers
1927 – 2007
juristlawyer
Henriette Wyeth
1907 – 1997
draftspersonpainter
John Collins
1776 – 1822
politician
Gideon Jacques Denny
1830 – 1886
painter
Edward L. Martin
1837 – 1897
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Charles B. Lore
1831 – 1911
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Robert J. Reynolds
1838 – 1909
governorpolitician
John W. Causey
1841 – 1908
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Katharine Pyle
1863 – 1938
children's writerpainterwriter
Alfred Thomas Archimedes Torbert
1833 – 1880
diplomatmilitary officer
Joseph Haslet
1769 – 1823
politician
George B. Rodney
1803 – 1883
juristpoliticianlawyer
Roland Grubb Kent
1877 – 1952
classical philologistlinguist
Amy Biden
1971 – 1972
Clement Woodnutt Miller
1916 – 1962
politician
Thomas Cooper
1764 – 1829
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