Famous Delawareans
These are just a few of the famous people who were either born in Delaware or spent some important time in Delaware.
David Allen, hot-air balloon pilot
Valerie Bertinelli, actress
Robert Montgomery Bird, playwright
Emily Bissell, designer of Christmas Seals
Ken Burns, director
Henry S. Canby, author and editor
Annie Jump Cannon, astronomer
Felix Darley, artist
John Dickinson, penman of the Revolution
Eleuthere Irenee du Pont de Nemours, industrialist, founder of Dupont
Henry Francis du Pont, art collector and philanthropist
Pierre Samuel du Pont, garden landscaper
Oliver Evans, inventor
Yvette Freeman, actress
Thomas Garrett, abolitionist
Dallas Green, baseball coach
Henry Heimlich, surgeon, inventor
John Hunn, abolitionist
Eldridge Reeves Johnson, inventor of the phonograph
Wilham Julius “Judy” Johnson, baseball player
Paul R. Jones, art collector
Bill McGowen, baseball umpire
Robert Mitchum, actor
Howard Pyle, artist and author
Ryan Phillippe, actor
John Phillips, author
Peggy Raley, vintner and jazz singer
George Read, signer of the Declaration of Independence
Judge Reinhold, actor
Caesar Rodney, signer of the Declaration of Independence
William Ross, Delaware governor
Elizabeth Shue, actress
Johnny Weir, figure skater
Randy White, football player
Andrew Wyeth, painter
Jamie Wyeth, mixed-media artist
N.C. Wyeth, painter
