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Flag of Delaware Location of Delaware on the U.S. map. This is a list of all people prominent enough to be contained in Wikipedia who were associated with the U.S. state of Delaware, including those who were born, lived or were otherwise associated with locally performed activities in a recognizable way.
Ruth Ann Minner (née Coverdale; January 17, 1935 – November 4, 2021) was an American politician and businesswoman who served as the 72nd governor of Delaware from 2001 to 2009. She previously served in the Delaware General Assembly from 1975 to 1993, and as the 23rd lieutenant governor of Delaware from 1993 to 2001.
Newark (/ ˈ nj uː ɑːr k / NEW-ark) [note 1] is a city in New Castle County, Delaware, United States.It is located 12 miles (19 km) west-southwest of Wilmington.According to the 2010 census, the population of the city is 31,454. [5]
Mary Agnes Kaiser (June 11, 1948 – July 10, 2011) was an American chemist.She worked at E. I. DuPont de Nemours and Company, where she was the first woman promoted to senior research fellow.
Mildred Joyce Coleman Crump [1] (November 3, 1938 – December 1, 2024) was an American politician who served on the Municipal Council of Newark, New Jersey from 1994 to 1998 and again from 2006 to 2021 and is the first Black woman to have served on the city's governing body.
The Newark Post was founded in 1910, by Everett C. Johnson who later went on to become Secretary of State of Delaware. [2] The first issue came out on January 26. The motto of the paper in those early days was, "Good Roads, Flowers, Parks, Better Schools, Trees, Pure Water, Fresh Air and Sunshine for Somebody and Work for Somebody."
Newark Union Church and Cemetery is a historic meetinghouse and burial ground in Brandywine Hundred, Delaware near Carrcroft. [1] Established in 1687, the cemetery is four acres in size and contains approximately 950 graves, including seven men who fought in the American Revolution and members of some the earliest settlers of the Brandywine Hundred.
Ivar Stakgold (December 13, 1925 – May 29, 2018) [1] was a Norwegian-born American academic mathematician and bridge player from Newark, Delaware. [2] As the sole author of two books he specialized in boundary value problems . [3] [4]