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Re: Go to your city's Wikipedia article; post notable people.
Wilmington, Delaware
We have a lot of really great people from here
Bob Marley's Mother still lives in Wilmington Also, ( Somewhere on Walnut St)
- Israel Acrelius, (1714-1800), pastor in Christina (now part of Wilmington), noted Lutheran clergyman[2]
- Bertice Berry, comedian, sociologist, author, and former talk show host
- Valerie Bertinelli, actress
- Joseph R. Biden Jr., U.S. Senator
- Clifford Brown, jazz trumpeter
- Thomas Capano, prominent city lawyer convicted of murdering Anne-Marie Fahey, an employee of then-Delaware Governor Thomas R. Carper
- Cab Calloway, musician and bandleader (lived in Hockessin near Wilmington during his later years)
- Kathleen Cassello, opera singer
- Christopher Castellani, writer
- Geoff Daking, musician and recording engineer, member of rock group The Blues Magoos.
- Sara Dylan, first wife of Bob Dylan
- Mark Eaton, professional hockey player. (born/raised in Wilmington, attended Dickinson High School.
- Pat Kenney, professional wrestler better known by his stage name Simon Diamond
- Richard Lankford, U.S. Congressman for Maryland's 5th District, born in Wilmington in 1914.
- Jennifer "Jennicide" Leigh, professional poker player
- John Mabry, baseball player
- Bob Marley, musician, lived in Wilmington for two years
- John P. Marquand, 20th century author and novelist
- Robert Milligan McLane, U.S. Congressman for Maryland's 4th District, 1879-1883.
- Robert Mitchum, actor raised in Felton, Delaware
- Ryan Phillippe, actor (born and raised in New Castle, a suburb of Wilmington)
- Keith Powell, actor and Artistic Director (raised in New Castle, a suburb of Wilmington)
- Plow United, punk rock band
- Bill Press, author, commentator (born and raised in Delaware City, a suburb of Wilmington)
- Brian Figarol Comedian and Actor raised in Wilmington.
- Howard Pyle, author and illustrator
- Judge Reinhold, actor
- Elisabeth Shue, actress (born in Wilmington, raised in Bergen County, NJ)
- Susan Stroman, Broadway and film director and choreographer
- Sean Patrick Thomas, actor
- George Thorogood, blues/rock musician
- Tom Verlaine, rock musician (attended high school in suburban Wilmington)
- Rick Wagoner, Chairman and Chief Executive Office of General Motors.
- Dave Walls, entertainer and radio/tv personality. (born/raised in suburban Wilmington)
- Randy White (American football), NFL Hall-Of-Famer (attended Thomas McKean high school in suburban Wilmington).
- Aleksandra Ziolkowska-Boehm, of Polish descent, author
- The Spinto Band, indie rock band
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