the Louisiana Purchase Richard C. du Pont (1911–1943) – aviator, co-founder, All American Aviation, the forerunner of US Airways Samuel Francis Du Pont (1803–1865) – Rear Admiral, United States Navy T. Coleman du Pont (1863–1930) – president, DuPont Company; U. S. Senator from Delaware Victor Marie du Pont (1767–1827) – manufacturer; Delaware General Assemblyman Sara Dylan (born 1939) – first wife of Bob Dylan; born in Delaware E Mark Eaton (born 1977) – professional ice hockey player; born in Delaware Richard H. Ellis (1919–1989) – General; commander in chief, Strategic Air Command; from Delaware Raúl Esparza (born 1970) – actor, born in Delaware Oliver Evans (1755–1819) – inventor, born in Delaware Thomas B. Evans Jr. (born 1931) – lawyer; U. S. Representative from Delaware F George P. Fisher (1817–1899) – U. S. Representative from Delaware; Justice of District Court William H. Forwood (1838–1915) – 19th Surgeon General of the United States Army Wayne Franklin (born 1974) – professional baseball player; born in Wilmington J. Allen Frear Jr. (1903–1993) – veteran, World War II; U.S. Senator from Delaware Louis Freeh (born 1950) – fifth director, Federal Bureau of Investigation; lives in Wilmington Yvette Freeman (born 1957) – actress; born in Wilmington G Chris Gutierrez (born 1992) – actor John Gallagher Jr. (born 1984) – actor; musician Thomas Garrett (1789–1871) – abolitionist; leader in the Underground Railroad Zack Gelof (born 1999) - baseball player Michael Gibson (1944–2005) – Broadway trombonist and musical arranger; born in Wilmington Commodore John P. Gillis (1803–1873) – officer, United States Navy, born in Wilmington Paul Goldschmidt (born 1987) – first baseman for St. Louis Cardinals, born in Wilmington Bill Gore (1912–1986) – scientist, founder of W. L. Gore and Associates Robert W. Gore (1937–2020) – businessman; inventor of Gore-Tex; lived in Newark Annie Ryder Gracey (1836-1908) – writer, missionary; born in Christiana Joseph (Joey) Graham (born 1982) – professional basketball player; born in Wilmington Stephen Graham (born 1982) – professional basketball player; born in Wilmington George Gray (1840–1925) – Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals; U.S. Senator from Delaware Dallas Green (1934–2017) – pitcher, manager, and executive in Major League Baseball; born in Newport Crawford Hallock Greenewalt (1902–1993) – president, DuPont Company and the American Philosophical Society Crawford Hallock Greenewalt Jr. (1937–2012) – award-winning archaeologist H David Hall (1752–1817) – Continental Army officer; Governor of Delaware John W. Hall (1817–1893) – General Assemblyman; Governor of Delaware Willard