Famous people · Delaware
Close to home: 32 famous people born near Delaware
Wikipedia doesn’t list anyone born in Delaware yet, so here are the best-known people born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Born nearby
32
within 35 miles
Closest
9 mi
Byron K. Lichtenberg
Best known
Byron K. Lichtenberg
in 21 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Delaware’s famous people
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★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Delaware
Wikipedia doesn’t list anyone born in Delaware yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
John Insley Blair
1802–1899American entrepreneur and philanthropist
George Lakey
born 1937American activist, sociologist, and writer
Byron K. Lichtenberg
born 1948American astronaut and engineer
Kyshoen Jarrett
born 1993American football player, coach, and executive
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Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town bordering Delaware.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Delaware, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Nearby people are those born in a town within 35 miles; distances are town center to town center. People known mainly for crimes aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (16)
- Byron K. Lichtenberg: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ernest Schelling: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- A. Elizabeth Adams: No photographer credited, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Schoonover: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- G. E. Smith: Philkon Phil Konstantin, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ely Moore: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Everett Kent: National Photo Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles W. Buttz: "North Dakota Magazine". North Dakota Department of Agriculture and Labor (Bismarck, ND)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Cortright: University of Notre Dame, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry S. Harris: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Philip Johnson: Mathew Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gladys Reichard: Photographer: Not known @ upload, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kyshoen Jarrett: original: Keith Allisonderivative: Diddykong1130, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Insley Blair: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Anthony D'Amato: CMH1969 (talk) (Uploads), CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- David A. Depue: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons