V. Roth Jr. (1923–2003) – U.S. Representative; U.S. Senator from Delaware; namesake of Roth IRA and the Roth 401(k) retirement savings plans Cynthia Rothrock (born 1957) – martial artist; actress; born in Wilmington S Sa–Sn Eli M. Saulsbury (1817–1893) – General Assemblyman; U.S. Senator from Delaware Gove Saulsbury (1815–1881) – General Assemblyman; Governor of Delaware Willard Saulsbury Sr. (1820–1892) – Chancellor of Delaware; U.S. Senator from Delaware Willard Saulsbury Jr. (1861–1927) – lawyer; U.S. Senator from Delaware Frank Schoonover (1877–1972) – illustrator, Brandywine School Marion duPont Scott (1894–1983) – preservationist; last private owner of Montpelier, the mansion and land estate of former U.S. President James Madison; born in Wilmington Collins J. Seitz (1914–1998) – judge, U.S. Court of Appeals; presided over Gebhart v. Belton case Virginia A. Seitz (born 1956) – U.S. Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel Frederic Kimber Seward (1878–1943) – corporate attorney; survivor, RMS Titanic Mary Ann Shadd (1823–1893) – educator; newspaper publisher; abolitionist; suffragist; born in Wilmington Dave Sheridan (born 1969) – actor, born in Newark Chris Short – Major League Baseball player, born in Milford Andrew Shue (born 1967) – actor; born in Wilmington Elisabeth Shue (born 1963) – actress; born in Wilmington John C. Sigler (born 1945) – former president, National Rifle Association Helen Farr Sloan (1911–2005) – art philanthropist; former wife of John French Sloan Melanie Sloan – executive director, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington Devin Smith – professional basketball player, Maccabi Tel Aviv Nathaniel B. Smithers (1818–1896) – lawyer; U.S. Representative from Delaware Thomas Alfred Smyth – last Union Army general killed in the American Civil War Sn–Sz Ian Snell (born 1981) – Major League Baseball player; born in Dover Peter Spencer (1782–1843) – founder, A.U.M.P. Church Presley Spruance (1785–1863) – General Assemblyman; U.S. Senator from Delaware E. R. Squibb (1819–1900) – pharmaceutical inventor; founder, E. R. Squibb and Sons, a forerunner of Bristol-Myers Squibb W. Laird Stabler Jr. (1930–2008) – lawyer; Attorney General of Delaware Walter King Stapleton (born 1934) – judge, U.S. Court of Appeals J. George Stewart (1890–1970) – architect; U.S. Representative from Delaware Michael Stewart (born 1977) – professional boxer, lived in New Castle Charles C. Stockley (1819–1901) – General Assemblyman; Governor of Delaware Thomas Stockton (1781–1846) – soldier; Governor of Delaware Jacob Stout (1764–1857) – General Assemblyman; Governor of Delaware Susan Stroman (born 1954) – choreographer; director; born in Wilmington George Sykes (1822–1880) –