Philip L. Cannon (1850–1929) – Lieutenant Governor of Delaware William Cannon (1809–1865) – General Assemblyman; Governor of Delaware Joseph M. Carey (1845–1924) – Wyoming politician; born in Delaware Louis Carlet (born 1966) – union activist John Carney (born 1956) – U.S. Representative for Delaware, current Governor Wallace Carothers (1896–1937) – chemist; inventor of neoprene and nylon Charles I. Carpenter (1906–1994) – Major General; first Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Air Force R. R. M. Carpenter (1877–1949) – businessman; DuPont executive; owner, Philadelphia Phillies R. R. M. Carpenter Jr. (1915–1990) – owner, Philadelphia Phillies Ruly Carpenter (1940–2021) – former owner, Philadelphia Phillies Walter S. Carpenter Jr. (1888–1976) – businessman; oversaw construction of Manhattan Project facilities Thomas R. Carper (born 1947) – Governor of Delaware; U.S. Senator from Delaware Vincenza Carrieri-Russo – Miss Delaware USA 2008; second runner up, Miss United States 2014 Elbert N. Carvel (1910–2005) – businessman; Governor of Delaware Michael N. Castle (born 1939) – U.S. Representative; Governor of Delaware John W. Causey (1841–1908) – farmer; U.S. Representative from Delaware Peter F. Causey (1801–1871) – General Assemblyman; Governor of Delaware John T. Chain Jr. (born 1934) – U.S. Air Force General; commander, Strategic Air Command Alfred D. Chandler Jr. (1918–2007) – business history professor, Harvard University; born in Guyencourt Thomas H. Chilton (1899–1972) – pioneer, modern chemical engineering; member, Manhattan Project Uma Chowdhry (born 1947) – scientist Anne Rogers Clark (1929–2006) – dog breeder and trainer John Clark (1761–1821) – General Assemblyman; Governor of Delaware John M. Clayton (1796–1856) – U.S. Senator from Delaware; U.S. Secretary of State Joshua Clayton (1744–1798) – Governor of Delaware; U.S. Senator from Delaware Thomas Clayton (1777–1854) – Chief Justice; U.S. Senator from Delaware Cn–Cz John P. Cochran (1809–1898) – farmer; Governor of Delaware Ashley Coleman (born 1981) – Miss Teen USA 1999 Isaac Collins (1746–1817) – early American printer; freedom-of-the-press activist John Collins (1776–1822) – manufacturer; Governor of Delaware Thomas Collins (1732–1789) – General Assemblymann; President of Delaware Cornelius P. Comegys (1780–1851) – General Assemblyman; Governor of Delaware Joseph P. Comegys (1813–1893) – U.S. Senator from Delaware; Chief Justice of Delaware John Cook (1730–1789) – General Assemblyman; Governor of Delaware Charles "Tarzan" Cooper (1907–1980) – Philadelphia professional basketball player Thomas Cooper (1764–1829) – General Assemblyman; U.S. Representative from Delaware William B. Cooper (1777–1849) – General Assembly and U.S. Representative from Delaware Lammot du Pont Copeland (1905–1983) – president, DuPont (1962–1967); co-founder, Population