WPF Databinding to Generics

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I am doing something wrong .. you know how it is.

I have simplified the problem as I am having difficulty in general with databinding generics.

I have created a simple Generic List of Person and want to bind it to a combo. (also want to try use a ListView too).

I either get a list of blanks or a list of 'xxxx.Person' where xxxx = namespace

<Window x:Class="BindingGenerics.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
Title="MainWindow" Height="300" Width="300">
<Grid>

<ComboBox Name="ComboBox1"
ItemsSource="{Binding}"
Height="50"
DisplayMemberPath="Name"
SelectedValuePath="ID"
FontSize="14"
VerticalAlignment="Top">
</ComboBox>

</Grid>
</Window>

using System.Windows;
using System.ComponentModel;
namespace BindingGenerics
{
/// <summary>
/// Interaction logic for MainWindow.xaml
/// </summary>
public partial class MainWindow : Window
{
public MainWindow()
{
InitializeComponent();
Person p = new Person();
// I have tried List and BindingList
//List<Person> list = new List<Person>();
BindingList<Person> list = new BindingList<Person>();
p.Name = "aaaa";
p.ID = "1111";
list.Add(p);
p = new Person();
p.Name = "bbbb";
p.ID = "2222";
list.Add(p);
p = new Person();
p.Name = "cccc";
p.ID = "3333";
list.Add(p);
p = new Person();
p.Name = "dddd";
p.ID = "4444";
list.Add(p);
ComboBox1.DataContext = list;
}
}
public struct Person
{
public string Name;
public string ID;
}