Biographical Records
Notable People from Delaware
345 notable figures born in Delaware, showing page 4 of 7, ranked by historical prominence.
Pierre Samuel Du Pont
1870 - 1954
botanistentrepreneurbusinessperson
Richard Lankford
1914 - 2003
politicianlawyer
Silas Simmons
1895 - 2006
baseball player
Thomas Stockton
1781 - 1846
Majorgovernorpolitician
John Cook
1730 - 1789
politician
John P. Cochran
1809 - 1898
governorpolitician
Lorenzo Thomas
1804 - 1875
adjutantmilitary officerpolitician
John Collins
1776 - 1822
politician
John Clark
1761 - 1821
governorcolonelfarmer
Elisha D. Cullen
1799 - 1862
politicianlawyer
Thomas Collins
1732 - 1789
juristpoliticianlawyer
Jacob Jones
1768 - 1850
military officer
William H. Keating
1799 - 1840
botanistchemistgeologist
Charles C. Stockley
1819 - 1901
governorchamberlainsheriff
James Ponder
1819 - 1897
governorentrepreneurpolitician
Nathaniel B. Smithers
1818 - 1896
United States representativebankerjurist
Sarah Fisher Ames
1817 - 1901
artistsculptor
John H. Hoffecker
1827 - 1900
politicianengineer
Robert J. Reynolds
1838 - 1909
governorpolitician
Charles B. Lore
1831 - 1911
politicianlawyerjudge
Edward L. Martin
1837 - 1897
politicianlawyer
Gideon Jacques Denny
1830 - 1886
painter
John W. Causey
1841 - 1908
politicianlawyer
Katharine Pyle
1863 - 1938
children's writerpainterwriter
Walter O. Hoffecker
1854 - 1934
politicianengineer
William H. Boyce
1855 - 1942
politicianlawyerjudge
Richard C. McMullen
1868 - 1944
governorpolitician
Franklin Brockson
1865 - 1942
politicianlawyer
Robert G. Houston
1867 - 1946
politicianlawyer
William D. Denney
1873 - 1953
governorpolitician
Edward Gowen Budd Sr.
1870 - 1946
engineer
Wilbur L. Adams
1884 - 1937
politicianlawyer
William F. Allen
1883 - 1946
politician
John W. O'Daniel
1894 - 1975
career soldierlieutenant general
Harris B. McDowell, Jr.
1906 - 1988
politician
Henriette Wyeth
1907 - 1997
draftspersonpainter
Herbert B. Warburton
1916 - 1983
politicianlawyer
Harry G. Haskell Jr.
1921 - 2020
politician
William D. Rogers
1927 - 2007
juristlawyer
Dallas Green
1934 - 2017
baseball player
Dorothy Rudd Moore
1940 - 2022
musicologistmusic educatorlibrettist
Joyce Brabner
1952 - 2024
comics creatorcomics writercomics artist
Brickhouse Brown
1960 - 2018
professional wrestler
Clement Woodnutt Miller
1916 - 1962
politician
Henry A. Houston
1847 - 1925
politician
Thomas Culbreth
1786 - 1843
politicianlawyerjudge
Eugene Reybold
1884 - 1961
military engineer
James P. Heath
1777 - 1854
politician
George David Cummins
1822 - 1876
Anglican priest
Alfred Thomas Archimedes Torbert
1833 - 1880
diplomatmilitary officer