FAMOUS NATIVES

People listed are almost always native to the state. We do (on occasion) include those that have either lived within a state for most of their adult life, or have made a significant contribution to the state in their personal endeavors.

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A

• Richard Allen slave, founder and first bishop african methodist episcopal church (born in PA)
• Charles Allmond sculptor

B

• Richard Bassett politician
• James Asheton Bayard politician
• Thomas F. Bayard politician
• Gunning Bedford, Sr. politician
• Valerie Bertinelli actress
• Robert Montgomery Bird novelist, playwright, photographer
• Emily P. Bissell leader social civic causes
• Jacob Broom politician, businessman
• Clifford "Brownie" Brown trumpeter
• Clayton Bouglass Buck, Sr. politician
• David P. Buckson politician

C

• Henry Canby author
• Annie Jump Cannon astronomer
• Joseph M. Carey politician
• Michael N. Castle politician
• John Middleton Clayton statesman
• Joshua Clayton physician, politician
• Thomas Collins politician, president of delaware

D

• John Dickinson politician, "penman of the revolution"
• Alfred Du Pont industrialist, philanthropist
• E. I. Du Pont industrialist
• Henry Algermon Du Pont industrialist, philanthropist
• Henry Francis Du Pont industrialist
• Pierre Du Pont industrialist

E - G

• Oliver Evans inventor
• Yvette Freeman actress
• Dallas Green baseball player, manager

H

• Henry Heimlich surgeon
• John Hunn abolitionist
• Doug Hutchison actor

J

• Eldridge Reeves Johnson inventor phonograph
• William Julius "Judy" Johnson baseball player
• Jacob Jones naval officer

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