Polo (born 1969) – actress; born in Dover James Ponder (1819–1897) – General Assemblyman; Governor of Delaware William Poole (born 1937) – member, Council of Economic Advisers; chief executive, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Bill Press (born 1940) – talk radio host; liberal commentator; author; raised in Delaware City Ellen Bernard Thompson Pyle (1876–1936) – illustrator of covers for The Saturday Evening Post; student and sister-in-law of Howard Pyle Howard Pyle (1853–1911) – illustrator; author; founder, Brandywine School, brother-in-law of Ellen Bernard Thompson Pyle Katharine Pyle (1863–1938) – illustrator; author Joe Pyne – broadcaster, worked in Delaware R John J. Raskob (1879–1950) – businessman; builder, Empire State Building Harold R. "Tubby" Raymond (1926–2017) – University of Delaware football coach; College Football Hall of Famer George Read (1733–1798) – U.S. Senator from Delaware; Chief Justice of Delaware George Read Jr. (1765–1836) – U.S. Attorney, U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware; built the Read House and Gardens Thomas Read (1740–1788) – first Commodore, Continental Navy Louis L. Redding (1901–1998) – civil rights attorney; participant, Brown v. Board of Education case Judge Reinhold (born 1957) – actor; born in Wilmington Eugene Reybold (1884–1961) – Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during World War II Robert J. Reynolds (1838–1909) – General Assemblyman; Governor of Delaware Harry A. Richardson (1853–1928) – businessman; U.S. Senator from Delaware John E. Rickards (1848–1927) – 2nd Governor of Montana; born in Delaware City George R. Riddle (1817–1867) – U.S. Representative; U.S. Senator from Delaware Henry M. Ridgely (1779–1847) – U.S. Representative; U.S. Senator from Delaware Robert P. Robinson (1869–1939) – banker; Governor of Delaware Thomas Robinson Jr. (1800–1843) – lawyer; U.S. Representative from Delaware Caesar Rodney (1728–1784) – Continental Congressman; President of Delaware Caesar A. Rodney (1772–1824) – U.S. Senator from Delaware; U.S. Attorney General Caleb Rodney (1767–1840) – General Assemblyman; Governor of Delaware Daniel Rodney (1764–1846) – Governor of Delaware; U.S. Senator from Delaware George B. Rodney (1803–1883) – lawyer; U.S. Representative from Delaware Thomas Rodney (1744–1811) – General Assemblyman; Continental Congressman from Delaware Daniel Rogers (1754–1806) – General Assemblyman; Governor of Delaware John W. Rollins (1916–2000) – businessman; Lieutenant Governor of Delaware David Roselle (born 1939) – mathematician; academic administrator George Ross (1730–1779) – represented Pennsylvania in the Continental Congress William H. H. Ross (1814–1887) – farmer; Governor of Delaware Jane Richards Roth (born 1935) – judge, U.S. Court of Appeals William