Editing Wicomico County, Maryland (section)

==Notable people==
* [[Erin Burnett]], born in [[Mardela Springs, Maryland|Mardela Springs]], CNBC host and currently host of ''[[Erin Burnett OutFront]]'' on [[CNN]]
* [[Joseph Stewart Cottman]] (1803–1863), born near Allen, [[United States Congressman]] from Maryland<ref name="Marquis 1607-1896">{{cite book | title = Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896 | publisher = Marquis Who's Who | location=Chicago |  year = 1963}}</ref>
* [[Alexis Denisof]], born in Salisbury, actor best known for ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' and ''[[Angel (1999 TV series)|Angel]]''
* [[Lewis J. Fields]], born in Delmar, [[United States Marine Corps]] [[Lieutenant general (United States)|Lieutenant General]]<ref name="The Washington Posts">{{cite web | url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1988/03/08/gen-lj-fields-dies/4cb04ecc-65bd-4fbf-a31a-34ab71b95228/ | access-date = November 7, 2017 | work = washingtonpost.com | title = GEN. Lewis J. Fields DIES | publisher = The Washington Posts Websites}}</ref>
* [[John Glover (actor)|John Glover]], reared in Salisbury, actor
* [[Linda Hamilton]], born in Salisbury, actress best known for her starring role in the television series ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1987 TV series)|Beauty and the Beast]]'' and the films ''[[The Terminator]]'' and ''[[Terminator 2: Judgment Day]]''
* [[Maulana Karenga]], born and lived in [[Parsonsburg, Maryland|Parsonsburg]], activist, author, and professor of [[Africana studies]], best known as the creator of [[Kwanzaa]]
* Sarah Louise Northcott, convicted of murder in 1928 in [[Riverside County, California]], and served 12 years in prison, for her role in the [[Wineville Chicken Coop murders]]—following her parole in 1940, she moved to Parsonsburg, where she resided until her death in 1944<ref name="Paul 2008">{{cite book | title = Nothing is Strange with You: The Life and Crimes of Gordon Stewart Northcott | url = https://archive.org/details/nothingisstrange0000paul | url-access = registration | publisher = Xlibris Corporation | location=Bloomington, Indiana | year = 2008}}{{self-published source|certain=yes|date=December 2017}}</ref>{{Self-published inline|certain=yes|date=December 2017}}
* [[Frank Perdue]], former president and CEO of [[Perdue Farms]]