Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Walter Abish |
Author |
24-Dec-1931 |
|
Alphabetical Africa |
Paul Ableman |
Novelist |
13-Jun-1927 |
25-Oct-2006 |
I Hear Voices |
Roman Abramovich |
Business |
24-Oct-1966 |
|
Russian oligarch |
Leonard Abramson |
Business |
1932 |
|
Founder, US Healthcare |
Sheldon Adelson |
Business |
1-Aug-1933 |
|
Las Vegas billionaire |
Theodor Adorno |
Philosopher |
11-Sep-1903 |
6-Aug-1969 |
Dialectic of Enlightenment |
Shmuel Agnon |
Author |
17-Jul-1888 |
17-Feb-1970 |
'Tmol Shilshom |
Larry Agran |
Politician |
2-Feb-1945 |
|
Twice Mayor of Irvine, California |
George A. Akerlof |
Economist |
17-Jun-1940 |
|
Asymmetric markets |
Marv Albert |
Sports Figure |
12-Jun-1941 |
|
Yessssssss! |
Stew Albert |
Activist |
4-Dec-1939 |
30-Jan-2006 |
Founding Yippie |
Madeleine Albright |
Diplomat |
15-May-1937 |
|
Bill Clinton's Secretary of State |
George Allen |
Politician |
8-Mar-1952 |
|
US Senator from Virginia, 2001-07 |
Herb Alpert |
Musician |
31-Mar-1935 |
|
Tijuana Brass and the "A" in A&M Records |
Barbara Amiel |
Journalist |
4-Dec-1940 |
|
Director of The Spectator |
Natalie Angier |
Journalist |
16-Feb-1958 |
|
Science reporter |
Walter Annenberg |
Business |
13-Mar-1908 |
1-Oct-2002 |
Media mogul, created TV Guide |
Eddie Antar |
Business |
18-Dec-1947 |
|
Crazy Eddie |
Diane Arbus |
Photographer |
14-Mar-1923 |
26-Jul-1971 |
Influential photographer |
Alan Arkin |
Actor |
26-Mar-1934 |
|
Catch 22 |
Roland Arnall |
Business |
29-Mar-1939 |
17-Mar-2008 |
Ameriquest billionaire |
David Arquette |
Actor |
8-Sep-1971 |
|
Muppets From Space |
Vladimir Ashkenazy |
Conductor |
6-Jul-1937 |
|
Director, NHK Symphony Orchestra |
Isaac Asimov |
Author |
2-Jan-1920 |
6-Apr-1992 |
Foundation |
Leon Askin |
Actor |
18-Sep-1907 |
3-Jun-2005 |
General Burkhalter on Hogan's Heroes |
Tobias Asser |
Activist |
28-Apr-1838 |
29-Jul-1913 |
Hague Court of Arbitration |
Red Auerbach |
Basketball |
20-Sep-1917 |
28-Oct-2006 |
Boston Celtics coach |
Jean-Pierre Aumont |
Actor |
5-Jan-1911 |
30-Jan-2001 |
La Machine Infernale |
Richard Axel |
Scientist |
2-Jul-1946 |
|
Odorant receptors and olfactory organization |
David Axelrod |
Government |
c. 1954 |
|
Obama's chief political advisor |
Hertha Ayrton |
Physicist |
28-Apr-1854 |
26-Aug-1923 |
Electric arc |
Hank Azaria |
Actor |
25-Apr-1964 |
|
Moe and Apu on The Simpsons |
Isaac Babel |
Author |
1-Jul-1894 |
17-Mar-1941 |
Soviet master of short stories |
Hector Babenco |
Film Director |
7-Feb-1946 |
|
Kiss of the Spider Woman |
Lauren Bacall |
Actor |
16-Sep-1924 |
|
Key Largo |
Dr. Michael Baden |
Doctor |
1934 |
|
Forensic pathologist on HBO's Autopsy |
Max Baer, Jr. |
Actor |
4-Dec-1937 |
|
Jethro on The Beverly Hillbillies |
Max Baer |
Boxing |
11-Feb-1909 |
21-Nov-1959 |
Beat Max Schmeling in 1933 |
Ralph Baer |
Inventor |
8-Mar-1922 |
|
Father of the home video game console |
Oksana Baiul |
Figure Skating |
16-Nov-1977 |
|
Olympic figure skater |
Bob Balaban |
Film Director |
16-Aug-1945 |
|
Parents |
Ian Ballantine |
Publisher |
15-Feb-1916 |
9-Mar-1995 |
Paperback magnate |
John Banner |
Actor |
28-Jan-1910 |
28-Jan-1973 |
Sgt. Schultz on Hogan's Heroes |
Ehud Barak |
Head of State |
12-Feb-1942 |
|
Prime Minister of Israel, 1999-2001 |
Paul Baran |
Scientist |
29-Apr-1926 |
|
Early networking pioneer |
Robert Bárány |
Doctor |
22-Apr-1876 |
8-Apr-1936 |
Studied inner ear, equilibrium system |
Binnie Barnes |
Actor |
25-May-1903 |
27-Jul-1998 |
The Private Life of Henry VIII |
Rona Barrett |
Columnist |
8-Oct-1936 |
|
Entertainment gossip columnist |
Dana Bash |
Journalist |
c. 1972 |
|
CNN Congressional correspondent |
Burt Baskin |
Business |
17-Dec-1913 |
24-Dec-1967 |
Co-Founder of Baskin-Robbins |
Beck |
Musician |
8-Jul-1970 |
|
Loser |
Baruj Benacerraf |
Scientist |
29-Oct-1920 |
|
Gene control of HLA antigens |
Lawrence Bender |
Film/TV Producer |
17-Oct-1957 |
|
A Band Apart |
Medea Benjamin |
Activist |
10-Sep-1952 |
|
CODEPINK, Global Exchange cofounder |
Alan Berg |
Radio Personality |
Jan-1934 |
18-Jun-1984 |
Murdered radio host |
Dave Berg |
Cartoonist |
12-Jun-1920 |
17-May-2002 |
The Lighter Side of... |
Lowell Bergman |
Film/TV Producer |
24-Jul-1945 |
|
Former 60 Minutes producer |
Mary Kay Bergman |
Actor |
5-Jun-1961 |
11-Nov-1999 |
South Park |
Alexander Berkman |
Anarchist |
21-Nov-1870 |
28-Jun-1936 |
A.B.C. of Anarchism |
Maximilian Berlitz |
Business |
14-Apr-1852 |
6-Apr-1921 |
Berlitz Language Schools |
J. D. Bernal |
Physicist |
10-May-1901 |
15-Sep-1971 |
X-ray crystallography |
Edward Bernays |
Business |
22-Nov-1891 |
9-Mar-1995 |
Propaganda |
Sarah Bernhardt |
Actor |
22-Oct-1844 |
26-Mar-1923 |
French theatre actress |
Steven Jesse Bernstein |
Poet |
4-Dec-1950 |
22-Oct-1991 |
Grunge poet and punk rocker |
Stuart Bernstein |
Diplomat |
9-Apr-1938 |
|
US Ambassador to Denmark, 2001-05 |
Bruno Bettelheim |
Psychologist |
28-Aug-1903 |
13-Mar-1990 |
Fraudulent child psychologist |
Kenneth Bialkin |
Attorney |
1929 |
|
Mergers & Acquisitions lawyer |
László Bíró |
Inventor |
29-Sep-1899 |
24-Oct-1985 |
Ballpoint pen |
Jack Black |
Musician |
28-Aug-1969 |
|
Half of Tenacious D |
Mr. Blackwell |
Critic |
29-Aug-1922 |
19-Oct-2008 |
Issued an annual "Worst-Dressed List" |
David Blaine |
Magician |
4-Apr-1973 |
|
World's least engrossing daredevil |
Yasmine Bleeth |
Actor |
14-Jun-1968 |
|
Baywatch |
Marc Blitzstein |
Composer |
2-Mar-1905 |
22-Jan-1964 |
The Cradle Will Rock |
Ernst Bloch |
Philosopher |
8-Jul-1885 |
4-Aug-1977 |
Principle of Hope |
Konrad Bloch |
Scientist |
21-Jan-1912 |
15-Oct-2000 |
Cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism |
Scott Bloch |
Government |
c. 1958 |
|
Office of Special Counsel |
Susan Block |
Talk Show Host |
c. 1951 |
|
Sexpert |
Leonard Bloomfield |
Linguist |
1-Apr-1887 |
18-Apr-1949 |
Structural linguistics of Tagalog |
Baruch S. Blumberg |
Scientist |
28-Jul-1925 |
|
Hepatitis B vaccine |
David Bohm |
Physicist |
20-Dec-1917 |
29-Oct-1992 |
Particle physicist |
Marc Bolan |
Musician |
30-Sep-1947 |
16-Sep-1977 |
Frontman of band T-Rex |
Lisa Bonet |
Actor |
16-Nov-1967 |
|
Denise on The Cosby Show |
Elayne Boosler |
Comic |
18-Aug-1952 |
|
Has had 7 cable comedy specials |
Alex Borstein |
Comic |
15-Feb-1971 |
|
Ms. Swan on MADtv |
Rudy Boschwitz |
Business |
7-Nov-1930 |
|
US Senator from Minnesota, 1978-91 |
Shmuley Boteach |
Religion |
19-Nov-1966 |
|
Shalom in the Home |
Rob Bourdon |
Drummer |
20-Jan-1979 |
|
Linkin Park drummer |
Caprice Bourret |
Model |
24-Oct-1971 |
|
Model and actress and singer and whatever |
Gloria Brame |
Author |
20-Aug-1955 |
|
Clinical sexologist |
Sydney Brenner |
Scientist |
13-Jan-1927 |
|
Genetic regulation of organ development |
Eli Broad |
Business |
6-Jun-1933 |
|
Billionaire |
Matthew Broderick |
Actor |
21-Mar-1962 |
|
Ferris Bueller's Day Off |
Emanuel Bronner |
Business |
1-Feb-1908 |
7-Mar-1997 |
Soap label philosopher |
Mel Brooks |
Film Director |
28-Jun-1926 |
|
Blazing Saddles |
Aaron Brown |
Journalist |
10-Nov-1948 |
|
CNN Newsnight host |
Susan Brownmiller |
Activist |
15-Feb-1935 |
|
Feminist, Against Our Will |
Lenny Bruce |
Comic |
13-Oct-1925 |
3-Aug-1966 |
Multiply obscene comic |
Lane Bryant |
Fashion Designer |
1-Dec-1879 |
26-Sep-1951 |
Plus-size designer |
Horst Buchholz |
Actor |
4-Dec-1933 |
3-Mar-2003 |
The Magnificent Seven |
Gordon Bunshaft |
Architect |
9-May-1909 |
6-Aug-1990 |
Skyscraper architect |
Dan Burros |
Activist |
5-Mar-1937 |
31-Oct-1965 |
Antisemitic Jew outed by NY Times |
Richard Burton |
Actor |
10-Nov-1925 |
5-Aug-1984 |
Nineteen Eighty Four |
Sid Caesar |
Comic |
8-Sep-1922 |
|
Your Show of Shows |
Elias Canetti |
Author |
25-Jul-1905 |
14-Aug-1994 |
Crowds and Power |
Georg Cantor |
Mathematician |
3-Mar-1845 |
6-Jan-1918 |
Founder of set theory |
Al Capp |
Cartoonist |
28-Sep-1909 |
5-Nov-1979 |
Creator of L'il Abner |
Benjamin Cardozo |
Judge |
24-May-1870 |
9-Jul-1938 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1932-38 |
Kitty Carlisle |
Singer |
3-Sep-1910 |
18-Apr-2007 |
A Night at the Opera |
Nick Carter |
Singer |
28-Jan-1980 |
|
The Backstreet Boys |
Katrin Cartlidge |
Actor |
15-May-1961 |
7-Sep-2002 |
Claire Dolan |
Max Casella |
Actor |
6-Jun-1967 |
|
Benny Fazio on The Sopranos |
Phoebe Cates |
Actor |
16-Jul-1963 |
|
Fast Times at Ridgemont High |
Dov Charney |
Business |
31-Jan-1969 |
|
American Apparel CEO |
Jule Charney |
Scientist |
1-Jan-1917 |
16-Jun-1981 |
Quasi-gesotrophic theory |
David Charvet |
Actor |
15-May-1972 |
|
Matt Brody on Baywatch |
Erwin Chemerinsky |
Scholar |
14-May-1953 |
|
Legal Scholar |
Michael Chertoff |
Government |
28-Nov-1953 |
|
US Homeland Security Czar |
Noam Chomsky |
Linguist |
7-Dec-1928 |
|
Linguist, dissident intellectual |
David N. Cicilline |
Politician |
15-Jul-1961 |
|
Mayor of Providence |
Aaron Ciechanover |
Scientist |
1-Oct-1947 |
|
Ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation |
André Citroën |
Engineer |
5-Feb-1878 |
3-Jul-1935 |
Europe's Henry Ford |
Marcia Clark |
Attorney |
31-Aug-1953 |
|
Former O.J. prosecutor |
Wesley Clark |
Military |
23-Dec-1944 |
|
Supreme Allied Commander, 1997-2000 |
Robert Clary |
Actor |
1-Mar-1926 |
|
LeBeau on Hogan's Heroes |
Eli Cohen |
Spy |
26-Dec-1924 |
18-May-1965 |
Israel's greatest spy |
Sacha Baron Cohen |
Comic |
13-Oct-1971 |
|
Boyakasha! Respec |
Joan Collins |
Actor |
23-May-1933 |
|
Alexis on Dynasty |
Alan Colmes |
Pundit |
24-Sep-1950 |
|
Fox News Channel's token liberal |
Joe Conason |
Journalist |
c. 1954 |
|
New York Observer political columnist |
Jennifer Connelly |
Actor |
12-Dec-1970 |
|
Betty Ross in The Hulk |
Hans Conried |
Actor |
15-Apr-1917 |
5-Jan-1982 |
Character actor, 1930s to 1970s |
David Copperfield |
Magician |
16-Sep-1956 |
|
Disappeared the Statue of Liberty |
Gerty Cori |
Scientist |
15-Aug-1896 |
26-Oct-1967 |
Catalytic conversion of glycogen |
Peter Coyote |
Actor |
10-Oct-1942 |
|
Dennis Ryland on The 4400 |
David Cross |
Comic |
4-Apr-1964 |
|
Mr. Show with Bob and David |
George Cukor |
Film Director |
7-Jul-1899 |
23-Jan-1983 |
My Fair Lady |
Ivor Cutler |
Poet |
15-Jan-1923 |
3-Mar-2006 |
Glasgow Dreamer |
Isaac da Costa |
Poet |
14-Jan-1798 |
28-Apr-1860 |
De Verlossing van Nederland |
Rodney Dangerfield |
Comic |
22-Nov-1921 |
5-Oct-2004 |
Never did get no respect |
Ram Dass |
Religion |
5-Apr-1931 |
|
Be Here Now |
Daniel Day-Lewis |
Actor |
29-Apr-1957 |
|
My Left Foot |
Moshe Dayan |
Politician |
20-May-1915 |
16-Oct-1981 |
Israeli military leader |
John Gunther Dean |
Diplomat |
24-Feb-1926 |
|
US Ambassador to India, 1985-88 |
Midge Decter |
Journalist |
25-Jul-1927 |
|
Neoconservative maven |
Nick Denton |
Business |
24-Aug-1966 |
|
Gawker Media |
Jacques Derrida |
Philosopher |
15-Jul-1930 |
9-Oct-2004 |
Deconstructionism, Intellectual Terrorist |
Alan Dershowitz |
Attorney |
1-Sep-1938 |
|
Lawyer, represented Klaus von Bulow |
Barry Diller |
Business |
2-Feb-1942 |
|
CEO of USA Interactive Corp. |
C. Douglas Dillon |
Government |
21-Aug-1909 |
10-Jan-2003 |
US Treasury Secretary, 1961-65 |
Benjamin Disraeli |
Head of State |
21-Dec-1804 |
19-Apr-1881 |
UK Prime Minister, 1874-80 |
Alfred Döblin |
Novelist |
10-Aug-1878 |
26-Jun-1957 |
Berlin Alexanderplatz |
Cory Doctorow |
Blogger |
17-Jul-1971 |
|
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom |
E. L. Doctorow |
Author |
6-Jan-1931 |
|
The Book of Daniel |
Illeana Douglas |
Actor |
25-Jul-1965 |
|
Grace of My Heart |
Kirk Douglas |
Actor |
9-Dec-1916 |
|
Spartacus |
Robert Downey, Jr. |
Actor |
4-Apr-1965 |
|
The Gingerbread Man |
Rachel Dratch |
Actor |
22-Feb-1966 |
|
Saturday Night Live |
Fran Drescher |
Actor |
30-Sep-1957 |
|
The Nanny |
Alfred Dreyfus |
Victim |
9-Oct-1859 |
12-Jul-1935 |
Dreyfus Affair scapegoat |
Spencer Dryden |
Drummer |
7-Apr-1938 |
11-Jan-2005 |
Jefferson Airplane drummer |
David Duchovny |
Actor |
7-Aug-1960 |
|
Mulder on The X-Files |
Kitty Dukakis |
First Lady |
26-Dec-1936 |
|
Wife of Michael Dukakis |
Stanley H. Durwood |
Business |
5-Aug-1920 |
15-Jul-1999 |
Father of the multi-screen movie theater |
Samuel Eilenberg |
Mathematician |
30-Sep-1913 |
30-Jan-1998 |
Category theory |
Albert Einstein |
Physicist |
14-Mar-1879 |
18-Apr-1955 |
Theory of relativity |
Stuart Eizenstat |
Diplomat |
15-Jan-1943 |
|
US Ambassador to the EU, 1993-96 |
Eve Ensler |
Playwright |
25-May-1953 |
|
The Vagina Monologues |
Paul Erdos |
Mathematician |
26-Mar-1913 |
20-Sep-1996 |
Loved only numbers |
Robert Evans |
Film/TV Producer |
29-Jun-1930 |
|
The Kid Stays In The Picture |
Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. |
Actor |
23-May-1883 |
12-Dec-1939 |
The Thief of Baghdad |
Marianne Faithfull |
Singer/Songwriter |
29-Dec-1946 |
|
Sister Morphine |
Peter Falk |
Actor |
16-Sep-1927 |
|
Detective Columbo |
Dianne Feinstein |
Politician |
22-Jun-1933 |
|
US Senator from California |
Richard Feynman |
Physicist |
11-May-1918 |
15-Feb-1988 |
Surely he's joking |
Howard Fineman |
Journalist |
c. 1948 |
|
Newsweek chief political analyst |
Bobby Fischer |
Chess Player |
9-Mar-1943 |
18-Jan-2008 |
Loony chess grandmaster |
Edmond H. Fischer |
Scientist |
6-Apr-1920 |
|
Protein phosphorylation |
Stanley Fish |
Scholar |
19-Apr-1938 |
|
Deconstructionist literary critic |
Eddie Fisher |
Singer |
10-Aug-1928 |
|
Crooner dumped by Liz Taylor |
Max M. Fisher |
Business |
15-Jul-1908 |
3-Mar-2005 |
Gas station tycoon |
David Flaum |
Activist |
c. 1953 |
|
Flaum Management Company |
Robert W. Fogel |
Economist |
1-Jul-1926 |
|
Cliometrics |
Shelby Foote |
Author |
17-Nov-1916 |
27-Jun-2005 |
Shiloh |
Harrison Ford |
Actor |
13-Jul-1942 |
|
Han Solo in Star Wars |
Sam Fox |
Business |
1929 |
|
US Ambassador to Belgium |
Mikhail Fradkov |
Head of State |
1-Sep-1950 |
|
Prime Minister of Russia, 2004-07 |
James Franco |
Actor |
19-Apr-1978 |
|
Freaks and Geeks |
Anne Frank |
Victim |
12-Jun-1929 |
Mar-1945 |
The Diary of Anne Frank |
Barney Frank |
Politician |
31-Mar-1940 |
|
Congressman, Massachusetts 4th |
Leo Frank |
Victim |
17-Apr-1884 |
17-Aug-1915 |
Innocent man, lynched by mob |
Al Franken |
Comic |
21-May-1951 |
|
Bow-tied pundit and ex-SNL player |
Felix Frankfurter |
Judge |
15-Nov-1882 |
22-Feb-1965 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1939-62 |
Rosalind Franklin |
Chemist |
25-Jul-1920 |
16-Apr-1958 |
Photographed DNA's structure |
Anna Freud |
Relative |
3-Dec-1895 |
9-Oct-1982 |
Daughter of Sigmund Freud |
Sigmund Freud |
Psychiatrist |
6-May-1856 |
23-Sep-1939 |
Die Traumdeutung |
Alfred Fried |
Activist |
11-Nov-1864 |
5-May-1921 |
Peace activist, Nobel Prize recipient |
Betty Friedan |
Activist |
4-Feb-1921 |
4-Feb-2006 |
Rights for women spokesperson |
Saul Friedländer |
Historian |
11-Oct-1932 |
|
Holocaust historian |
Drew Friedman |
Cartoonist |
21-Sep-1958 |
|
Celebrity pointillist |
Kinky Friedman |
Musician |
31-Oct-1944 |
|
Texas Jewboy |
William Friedman |
Scientist |
24-Sep-1891 |
12-Nov-1969 |
Cryptography pioneer |
Adam Gadahn |
Terrorist |
1-Sep-1978 |
|
Al-Qaeda terrorist, indicted for treason |
William M. Gaines |
Publisher |
1-Mar-1922 |
3-Jun-1992 |
Mad Magazine publisher |
Serge Gainsbourg |
Singer/Songwriter |
2-Apr-1928 |
2-Mar-1991 |
Je t'aime ... moi non plus |
David Geffen |
Business |
21-Feb-1943 |
|
Music industry mogul |
Max Geldray |
Jazz Musician |
12-Feb-1916 |
2-Oct-2004 |
Conks of The Goon Show |
Sarah Michelle Gellar |
Actor |
14-Apr-1977 |
|
Buffy the Vampire Slayer |
Galen Gering |
Actor |
13-Feb-1971 |
|
Passions |
George Gershwin |
Songwriter |
26-Sep-1898 |
11-Jul-1937 |
Rhapsody In Blue |
Ira Gershwin |
Composer |
6-Dec-1896 |
17-Aug-1983 |
American composer |
Christopher Gersten |
Activist |
c. 1947 |
|
Husband of Linda Chavez |
Kathie Lee Gifford |
Talk Show Host |
16-Aug-1953 |
|
Half of Regis and Kathie Lee |
Benjamin A. Gilman |
Politician |
6-Dec-1922 |
|
Congressman from New York, 1973-2003 |
Allen Ginsberg |
Poet |
3-Jun-1926 |
5-Apr-1997 |
Howl! |
Todd Gitlin |
Educator |
1943 |
|
Journalism professor, social critic |
Paul Michael Glaser |
Actor |
25-Mar-1943 |
|
Starsky and Hutch |
Ira Glass |
Radio Personality |
3-Mar-1959 |
|
This American Life |
Philip Glass |
Composer |
31-Jan-1937 |
|
Master of arpeggiation |
Ira Glasser |
Activist |
1938 |
|
ACLU Executive Director, 1978-2001 |
Louise Glück |
Author |
22-Apr-1943 |
|
The Wild Iris |
Joe Gold |
Business |
10-Mar-1922 |
12-Jul-2004 |
Founder of Gold's Gym |
Thomas Gold |
Scientist |
22-May-1920 |
22-Jun-2004 |
Certain that oil is not a fossil fuel |
Bill Goldberg |
Wrestling |
27-Dec-1966 |
|
Pro wrestler |
Jonah Goldberg |
Columnist |
21-Mar-1969 |
|
National Review Online |
Jeff Goldblum |
Actor |
22-Oct-1952 |
|
The Fly |
Duff Goldman |
Chef |
17-Dec-1974 |
|
Ace of Cakes |
Emma Goldman |
Anarchist |
27-Jun-1869 |
14-May-1940 |
Anarchist and feminist libertarian |
Al Goldstein |
Business |
10-Jan-1936 |
|
Founder of Screw magazine |
Barry Goldwater |
Politician |
1-Jan-1909 |
29-May-1998 |
US Senator from Arizona, 1953-65, 1969-87 |
E. H. Gombrich |
Historian |
30-Mar-1909 |
3-Nov-2001 |
Art and Illusion |
Ian Gomez |
Actor |
27-Dec-1964 |
|
The Drew Carey Show |
Amy Goodman |
Radio Personality |
13-Apr-1957 |
|
Host of Democracy Now! |
Eydie Gorme |
Musician |
16-Aug-1931 |
|
Blame it on the Bossa Nova |
Victoria Gotti |
Relative |
27-Nov-1962 |
|
Growing Up Gotti |
C. Boyden Gray |
Government |
6-Feb-1943 |
|
Conservative activist, lobbyist |
Gordon Gray |
Government |
30-May-1909 |
26-Nov-1982 |
Secretary of the Army, 1949-50 |
Seth Green |
Actor |
8-Feb-1974 |
|
Dr. Evil's son Scott |
Jeff Greenfield |
Pundit |
10-Jun-1943 |
|
ABC, CNN talking head |
Susan Greenfield |
Scientist |
1-Oct-1950 |
|
Brain Story |
Paul Greengard |
Scientist |
11-Dec-1925 |
|
Signal transduction in the nervous system |
Andre Gregory |
Theater Director |
11-May-1934 |
|
My Dinner with Andre |
Jennifer Grey |
Actor |
26-Mar-1960 |
|
Dirty Dancing |
Charles Grodin |
Actor |
21-Apr-1935 |
|
Perpetually angry talk-show host, actor |
David J. Gross |
Physicist |
19-Feb-1941 |
|
Deep structure of matter |
Alexander Grothendieck |
Mathematician |
28-May-1928 |
|
Grothendieck topologies |
Andy Grove |
Business |
2-Sep-1936 |
|
CEO of Intel, 1987-98 |
Victor Gruen |
Architect |
18-Jul-1903 |
14-Feb-1980 |
Popularized the shopping mall |
Mandy Grunwald |
Activist |
c. 1958 |
|
Hillary Clinton media adviser |
Christopher Guest |
Actor |
5-Feb-1948 |
|
This Is Spinal Tap |
Daniel Guggenheim |
Business |
9-Jul-1856 |
28-Sep-1930 |
Mining magnate |
Davis Guggenheim |
Film Director |
1964 |
|
An Inconvenient Truth |
Meyer Guggenheim |
Business |
1-Feb-1828 |
15-Mar-1905 |
Patriarch of Guggenheim fortune |
Peggy Guggenheim |
Socialite |
26-Aug-1898 |
23-Dec-1979 |
Renowned art collector |
Arlo Guthrie |
Musician |
10-Jul-1947 |
|
Alice's Restaurant |
Jake Gyllenhaal |
Actor |
19-Dec-1980 |
|
Donnie Darko |
Maggie Gyllenhaal |
Actor |
16-Nov-1977 |
|
Secretary |
Richard Haass |
Government |
1951 |
|
President, Council on Foreign Relations |
Fritz Haber |
Chemist |
9-Dec-1868 |
29-Jan-1934 |
Synthesized ammonia |
Nina Hagen |
Musician |
11-Mar-1955 |
|
Unbehagan |
Mark Halperin |
Journalist |
11-Jan-1965 |
|
TIME senior political analyst |
Margaret A. Hamburg |
Government |
1955 |
|
New York City Health Commissioner, 1991-97 |
Armand Hammer |
Business |
21-May-1898 |
10-Dec-1990 |
Soviet agent of influence |
Oscar Hammerstein |
Musician |
12-Jul-1895 |
23-Aug-1960 |
Rodgers and Hammerstein |
Jonathan Harris |
Actor |
6-Nov-1914 |
3-Nov-2002 |
Dr. Zachary Smith on Lost in Space |
Lorenz Hart |
Songwriter |
2-May-1895 |
22-Nov-1943 |
Lyricist, Rodgers and Hart |
Bret Harte |
Author |
25-Aug-1836 |
5-May-1902 |
Master of the western short story |
Nina Hartley |
Pornstar |
11-Mar-1959 |
|
Little Bill's slutty wife in Boogie Nights |
Laurence Harvey |
Actor |
1-Oct-1928 |
25-Nov-1973 |
Manchurian Candidate |
Goldie Hawn |
Actor |
21-Nov-1945 |
|
Private Benjamin |
Rita Hayworth |
Actor |
17-Oct-1918 |
14-May-1987 |
Gilda |
Edith Head |
Designer |
28-Oct-1897 |
24-Oct-1981 |
Hollywood costume designer |
Chic Hecht |
Politician |
30-Nov-1928 |
15-May-2006 |
US Senator from Nevada, 1983-89 |
Amy Heckerling |
Film Director |
7-May-1954 |
|
Fast Times At Ridgemont High |
Heinrich Heine |
Poet |
13-Dec-1797 |
17-Feb-1856 |
Buch der Lieder |
David Helfgott |
Musician |
19-May-1947 |
|
Subject of the biopic Shine |
Isaias W. Hellman |
Business |
3-Oct-1842 |
9-Apr-1920 |
Los Angeles banker |
Barbara Hershey |
Actor |
5-Feb-1948 |
|
Boxcar Bertha and Mary Magdalene |
Heinrich Hertz |
Physicist |
22-Feb-1857 |
1-Jan-1894 |
Discoverer of electromagnetic radiation |
Don Hewitt |
Film/TV Producer |
14-Dec-1922 |
|
60 Minutes creator |
Christopher Hitchens |
Journalist |
13-Apr-1949 |
|
Agent provocateur |
Dustin Hoffman |
Actor |
8-Aug-1937 |
|
Rain Man, The Graduate |
Roald Hoffmann |
Chemist |
18-Jul-1937 |
|
Woodward-Hoffmann reaction |
Agnieszka Holland |
Film Director |
28-Nov-1948 |
|
Europa, Europa |
Xaviera Hollander |
Author |
15-Jun-1943 |
|
The Happy Hooker |
David Horowitz |
Activist |
10-Jan-1939 |
|
Conservative activist |
H. Robert Horvitz |
Scientist |
8-May-1947 |
|
Genetic regulation of organ development |
Hendrik S. Houthakker |
Economist |
31-Dec-1924 |
15-Apr-2008 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1969-71 |
Helen Hunt |
Actor |
15-Jun-1963 |
|
As Good As It Gets |
Tab Hunter |
Actor |
11-Jul-1931 |
|
Damn Yankees |
Leonid Hurwicz |
Economist |
21-Aug-1917 |
24-Jun-2008 |
Mechanism design theory |
Edmund Husserl |
Philosopher |
8-Apr-1859 |
26-Apr-1938 |
Phenomenological philosopher |
Martin Indyk |
Diplomat |
c. 1951 |
|
US Ambassador to Israel, 1995-97, 2000-01 |
Michael Isikoff |
Journalist |
c. 1952 |
|
Newsweek reporter |
Jozef Israëls |
Painter |
27-Jan-1824 |
12-Aug-1911 |
Dutch scene painter |
François Jacob |
Scientist |
17-Jun-1920 |
|
Operon theory of genetic control |
Max Jacob |
Poet |
12-Jul-1876 |
5-Mar-1944 |
Le Cornet à dés |
Karl Gustav Jacobi |
Mathematician |
10-Dec-1804 |
18-Feb-1851 |
Investigated elliptical functions |
Eli S. Jacobs |
Baseball |
5-Oct-1937 |
|
Former Baltimore Orioles owner |
Jeff Jacoby |
Columnist |
10-Feb-1959 |
|
Boston Globe columnist |
Susan Jacoby |
Author |
1945 |
|
Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism |
Rona Jaffe |
Author |
12-Jun-1932 |
30-Dec-2005 |
Mazes & Monsters |
Rick Jason |
Actor |
21-May-1923 |
16-Oct-2000 |
Lt. Gil Hanley on Combat! |
Oscár Jászi |
Sociologist |
2-Mar-1875 |
13-Feb-1957 |
The Dissolution of the Habsburg Monarchy |
Ron Jeremy |
Pornstar |
12-Mar-1953 |
|
The Hedgehog |
Alejandro Jodorowsky |
Film Director |
7-Feb-1929 |
|
El Topo |
Billy Joel |
Pianist |
9-May-1949 |
|
Didn't start the fire |
Josef Joffe |
Editor |
15-Mar-1944 |
|
Editor of Die Zeit |
Al Jolson |
Singer |
26-May-1886 |
23-Oct-1950 |
The Jazz Singer |
Josephus |
Historian |
37 AD |
100 AD |
The Jewish War |
Joseph M. Juran |
Scientist |
24-Dec-1904 |
28-Feb-2008 |
The Pareto Principle |
Louis C. K. |
Comic |
12-Sep-1967 |
|
Lucky Louie |
Franz Kafka |
Novelist |
3-Jul-1883 |
3-Jun-1924 |
Metamorphosis |
Mauricio Kagel |
Composer |
24-Dec-1931 |
18-Sep-2008 |
Absurdist composer |
Frida Kahlo |
Painter |
6-Jul-1907 |
13-Jul-1954 |
Unibrowed Mexican painter |
Louis Kahn |
Architect |
20-Feb-1901 |
17-Mar-1974 |
Prominent architect |
Otto Kahn |
Business |
21-Feb-1867 |
29-Mar-1934 |
Banker with Kuhn, Loeb & Co. |
Daniel Kahneman |
Psychologist |
5-Mar-1934 |
|
The psychology of economics |
Philip M. Kaiser |
Diplomat |
12-Jul-1913 |
24-May-2007 |
US Ambassador to Austria, 1980-81 |
Max Kampelman |
Diplomat |
7-Nov-1920 |
|
US Ambassador to the CSCE |
Eric R. Kandel |
Scientist |
7-Nov-1929 |
|
Signal transduction in the nervous system |
Carol Kane |
Actor |
18-Jun-1952 |
|
Simka on Taxi |
Gabe Kaplan |
Actor |
31-Mar-1945 |
|
Mr. Kotter on Welcome Back, Kotter |
Mel Karmazin |
Business |
24-Aug-1943 |
|
President and COO of Viacom, 2000-04 |
Garry Kasparov |
Chess Player |
13-Apr-1963 |
|
Grand Master chess player |
Bernard Katz |
Scientist |
26-Mar-1911 |
20-Apr-2003 |
Neurotransmitters and the pineal gland |
Omri Katz |
Actor |
30-May-1976 |
|
Child star of Eerie, Indiana |
Andy Kaufman |
Comic |
17-Jan-1949 |
16-May-1984 |
Brilliant comic, prankster, professional wrestler |
Bob Kaufman |
Poet |
18-Apr-1925 |
12-Jan-1986 |
Solitudes Crowded with Loneliness |
Philip Kaufman |
Film Director |
23-Oct-1936 |
|
The Right Stuff |
Harvey Keitel |
Actor |
13-May-1939 |
|
Pimp from Taxi Driver |
John Kerry |
Politician |
11-Dec-1943 |
|
US Senator from Massachusetts |
Richard Kerry |
Diplomat |
28-Jul-1915 |
29-Jul-2000 |
Father of John Kerry |
Imre Kertész |
Author |
9-Nov-1929 |
|
Holocaust survivor, literature Nobel |
Barney Kessel |
Guitarist |
17-Oct-1923 |
6-May-2004 |
Be-bop guitarist |
Ronald Kessler |
Journalist |
31-Dec-1943 |
|
NewsMax |
John Key |
Government |
9-Aug-1961 |
|
Prime Minister of New Zealand |
Mikhail Khodorkovsky |
Business |
26-Jun-1963 |
|
Founder of Yukos, now jailed |
Ben Kingsley |
Actor |
31-Dec-1943 |
|
Gandhi |
Henry Kissinger |
Government |
27-May-1923 |
|
US Secretary of State, 1973-77 |
Andrew Klavan |
Author |
1954 |
|
True Crime |
Larry Klayman |
Activist |
20-Jul-1951 |
|
Founder, Judicial Watch |
Eugene Kleiner |
Business |
12-May-1923 |
20-Nov-2003 |
Venture capitalist |
Otto Klemperer |
Conductor |
14-May-1885 |
6-Jul-1973 |
Prominent German conductor |
Philip M. Klutznick |
Government |
9-Jul-1907 |
14-Aug-1999 |
US Secretary of Commerce 1980-81 |
David Knopfler |
Musician |
27-Dec-1952 |
|
Dire Straits, brother of Mark Knopfler |
Mark Knopfler |
Musician |
12-Aug-1949 |
|
Dire Straits |
Walter Koenig |
Actor |
14-Sep-1936 |
|
Chekov on Star Trek |
Arthur Koestler |
Author |
3-Sep-1905 |
3-Mar-1983 |
Darkness at Noon |
Herb Kohl |
Politician |
7-Feb-1935 |
|
US Senator from Wisconsin |
Susan Kohner |
Actor |
11-Nov-1936 |
|
Imitation of Life |
Mort Kondracke |
Columnist |
28-Apr-1939 |
|
Tolerated by Fox, McLaughlin |
Ted Koppel |
Journalist |
8-Feb-1940 |
|
Nightline |
Sandy Koufax |
Baseball |
30-Dec-1935 |
|
Three-time Cy Young Award winner |
Bruce Kovner |
Activist |
Feb-1945 |
|
Caxton Associates billionaire |
Jon Krakauer |
Author |
12-Apr-1954 |
|
Into Thin Air |
Lee Krasner |
Painter |
27-Oct-1908 |
19-Jun-1984 |
Abstract expressionist |
Paul Krassner |
Author |
9-Apr-1932 |
|
Editor, The Realist |
Lenny Kravitz |
Musician |
26-May-1964 |
|
Wants to fly away yeah |
Hans Krebs |
Scientist |
25-Apr-1900 |
22-Nov-1981 |
Tricarboxylic acid cycle |
Mario Kreutzberger |
Game Show Host |
28-Dec-1940 |
|
Don Francisco on Sábado Gigante |
Josef Krips |
Conductor |
8-Apr-1902 |
13-Oct-1974 |
Director, Buffalo Philharmonic, 1954-63 |
Sir Harold Kroto |
Chemist |
7-Oct-1939 |
|
Co-Discovered first fullerene |
Stanley Kubrick |
Film Director |
26-Jul-1928 |
7-Mar-1999 |
2001: A Space Odyssey |
Stanley Kunitz |
Poet |
29-Jul-1905 |
14-May-2006 |
US Poet Laureate, 2000 |
Daniel Kurtzer |
Diplomat |
Jun-1949 |
|
US Ambassador to Israel, 2001-05 |
Harvey Kurtzman |
Cartoonist |
3-Oct-1924 |
21-Feb-1993 |
Founding editor, Mad magazine |
Fiorello LaGuardia |
Politician |
11-Dec-1882 |
20-Sep-1947 |
New York City Mayor, 1934-45 |
Hedy Lamarr |
Actor |
9-Nov-1913 |
19-Jan-2000 |
Actress, invented frequency hopping |
Lorenzo Lamas |
Actor |
20-Jan-1958 |
|
Renegade |
Michael Landon |
Actor |
31-Oct-1936 |
1-Jul-1991 |
Little House on the Prairie |
Meyer Lansky |
Criminal |
2-Jul-1902 |
15-Jan-1983 |
The brains behind the Mafia's money |
Tom Lantos |
Politician |
1-Feb-1928 |
11-Feb-2008 |
Congressman from California, 1981-2008 |
Estée Lauder |
Business |
1-Jul-1908 |
24-Apr-2004 |
Cosmetics magnate |
Ralph Lauren |
Fashion Designer |
14-Oct-1939 |
|
Founder, Polo Ralph Lauren |
Anton LaVey |
Religion |
11-Apr-1930 |
29-Oct-1997 |
Founder, Church of Satan |
Linda Lavin |
Actor |
15-Oct-1937 |
|
Alice |
Marc Lawrence |
Actor |
17-Feb-1910 |
28-Nov-2005 |
Prolific character actor |
Michael Ledeen |
Government |
1-Aug-1941 |
|
Neoconservative activist |
Joshua Lederberg |
Biologist |
23-May-1925 |
2-Feb-2008 |
Genetic properties of bacteria |
Geddy Lee |
Bassist |
29-Jul-1953 |
|
Bassist for Rush |
Stan Lee |
Cartoonist |
28-Dec-1922 |
|
Created Spider-Man and The Hulk |
Herbert H. Lehman |
Politician |
28-Mar-1878 |
5-Dec-1963 |
Governor of New York, 1933-42 |
Tom Lehrer |
Comic |
9-Apr-1928 |
|
Comedic songwriter |
Jerome H. Lemelson |
Inventor |
18-Jul-1923 |
1-Oct-1997 |
Inventor with a very good lawyer |
Abba Lerner |
Economist |
28-Oct-1903 |
27-Oct-1982 |
The Economics of Control |
Primo Levi |
Author |
31-Jul-1919 |
11-Apr-1987 |
Survival in Auschwitz |
Rita Levi-Montalcini |
Scientist |
22-Apr-1909 |
|
Nerve and skin cell growth factors |
Claude Lévi-Strauss |
Anthropologist |
28-Nov-1908 |
|
French anthropologist |
Harvey Levin |
TV Personality |
2-Sep-1951 |
|
Prince of the paparazzi |
Mark Levin |
Activist |
21-Sep-1957 |
|
Landmark Legal Foundation |
Chandra Levy |
Victim |
14-Apr-1977 |
1-May-2001 |
Gary Condit's dead intern |
Monica Lewinsky |
Government |
23-Jul-1973 |
|
Engaged in Presidential cigar play |
Ann Lewis |
Activist |
? |
|
Clinton advisor |
Anthony Lewis |
Author |
27-Mar-1927 |
|
Gideon's Trumpet |
Bernard Lewis |
Scholar |
31-May-1916 |
|
Middle East scholar |
Joseph Lieberman |
Politician |
24-Feb-1942 |
|
US Senator from Connecticut |
Hal Linden |
Actor |
20-Mar-1931 |
|
Barney Miller |
James Lipton |
TV Personality |
19-Sep-1926 |
|
Host, Inside the Actors Studio |
Dahlia Lithwick |
Journalist |
c. 1968 |
|
Slate senior editor |
Solomon Loeb |
Business |
1828 |
1903 |
Co-Founder of Kuhn, Loeb and Co. |
Traci Lords |
Pornstar |
7-May-1968 |
|
We Love You, Traci |
Courtney Love |
Musician |
9-Jul-1964 |
|
Kurt Cobain's widow, Hole |
Lee Lozano |
Painter |
5-Nov-1930 |
2-Oct-1999 |
Misogyny as art form |
Jean-Marie Lustiger |
Religion |
17-Sep-1926 |
5-Aug-2007 |
Archbishop of Paris, 1981-2005 |
Rosa Luxemburg |
Activist |
5-Mar-1871 |
15-Jan-1919 |
Co-Founder, Communist Party of Germany |
Francisco Madero |
Head of State |
30-Oct-1873 |
22-Feb-1913 |
El loquito President of Mexico, 1911-13 |
Bernard L. Madoff |
Business |
29-Apr-1938 |
|
Madoff Investment Securities LLC |
Bill Maher |
Talk Show Host |
20-Jan-1956 |
|
Politically Incorrect |
Norman Mailer |
Author |
31-Jan-1923 |
10-Nov-2007 |
Armies of the Night |
Leonard Maltin |
Critic |
18-Dec-1950 |
|
Film critic |
David Mamet |
Author |
30-Nov-1947 |
|
Glengarry Glen Ross |
Melissa Manchester |
Singer/Songwriter |
15-Feb-1951 |
|
Adult contemporary songwriter |
Benoit Mandelbrot |
Mathematician |
20-Nov-1924 |
|
Fractal mathematician |
Gabriel Marcel |
Philosopher |
7-Dec-1889 |
8-Oct-1973 |
French existential philosopher |
Marc Maron |
Comic |
1963 |
|
Comedian |
Groucho Marx |
Comic |
2-Oct-1890 |
19-Aug-1977 |
You Bet Your Life |
Karl Marx |
Economist |
5-May-1818 |
14-Mar-1883 |
Das Kapital, Communist Manifesto |
Jamie Masada |
Business |
c. 1963 |
|
Laugh Factory owner |
Walter Matthau |
Actor |
1-Oct-1920 |
1-Jul-2000 |
Messy half of the Odd Couple |
Albert Maysles |
Film Director |
26-Nov-1926 |
|
Documentary filmmaker |
David Maysles |
Film Director |
10-Jan-1932 |
3-Jan-1987 |
Documentary filmmaker |
Monet Mazur |
Actor |
17-Apr-1976 |
|
Blow |
MCA |
Rapper |
5-Aug-1967 |
|
Beastie Boys |
Country Joe McDonald |
Musician |
1-Jan-1942 |
|
Country Joe and the Fish |
Alice McGrath |
Activist |
5-Apr-1917 |
|
Sleepy Lagoon Defense Committee |
Ilya Mechnikov |
Scientist |
16-May-1845 |
16-Jul-1916 |
Researched the immune system |
Mike Medavoy |
Business |
21-Jan-1941 |
|
TriStar, Orion, Phoenix Pictures chairman |
Ken Mehlman |
Government |
21-Aug-1966 |
|
RNC chairman 2005-07 |
Lise Meitner |
Physicist |
7-Nov-1878 |
27-Oct-1968 |
Discovered Nuclear Fission |
Felix Mendelssohn |
Composer |
3-Feb-1809 |
4-Nov-1847 |
Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream |
Kurt Mendelssohn |
Mathematician |
7-Jan-1906 |
18-Sep-1980 |
Cryogenics and pyramids |
Ilana Mercer |
Columnist |
? |
|
WorldNetDaily columnist |
Stephin Merritt |
Singer/Songwriter |
1966 |
|
The Magnetic Fields, The 6ths |
Inge Meysel |
Actor |
30-May-1910 |
11-Jul-2004 |
Popular German TV actress |
Adam Michnik |
Activist |
17-Oct-1946 |
|
Gazeta Wyborcza |
Stanley Milgram |
Psychologist |
15-Aug-1933 |
20-Dec-1984 |
Milgram Experiment |
Judith Miller |
Journalist |
2-Jan-1948 |
|
Credulous NY Times WMD maven |
César Milstein |
Scientist |
8-Oct-1927 |
24-Mar-2002 |
Hybridoma technique (monoclonal antibodies) |
Hermann Minkowski |
Mathematician |
22-Jun-1864 |
12-Jan-1909 |
Minkowski space |
Oskar Minkowski |
Doctor |
13-Jan-1858 |
18-Jul-1931 |
Linked pancreas to diabetes |
Rudolph Minkowski |
Astronomer |
28-May-1895 |
4-Jan-1976 |
Galaxies in collision |
Hyman Minsky |
Economist |
23-Sep-1919 |
25-Oct-1996 |
Inherently unstable markets |
Michael Moorcock |
Author |
18-Dec-1939 |
|
Wrote the Elric series |
Henry Morgentaler |
Doctor |
19-Mar-1923 |
|
Abortion rights in Canada |
Errol Morris |
Film Director |
5-Feb-1948 |
|
Documentary filmmaker |
Shelley Morrison |
Actor |
26-Oct-1936 |
|
Rosario on Will & Grace |
H. Gary Morse |
Business |
c. 1937 |
|
CEO, The Villages of Lake-Sumter |
Moses |
Religion |
c. 1392 BC |
c. 1272 BC |
Ten Commandments |
Michael Mukasey |
Judge |
28-Jul-1941 |
|
US Attorney General |
Hermann J. Muller |
Scientist |
21-Dec-1890 |
5-Apr-1967 |
Genetic effects of radiation |
Rupert Murdoch |
Business |
11-Mar-1931 |
|
Founder and CEO of News Corp |
Bess Myerson |
Model |
16-Jul-1924 |
|
First Jewish Miss America |
Daniel Nathans |
Scientist |
30-Oct-1928 |
16-Nov-1999 |
Restriction enzymes (DNA cleavage) |
Bernard Nathanson |
Activist |
31-Jul-1926 |
|
Pro-life activist, former abortionist |
Victor Navasky |
Publisher |
5-Jul-1932 |
|
Publisher of The Nation |
Taylor Negron |
Actor |
1-Aug-1958 |
|
The Last Boy Scout |
S. I. Newhouse, Sr. |
Publisher |
24-May-1895 |
29-Aug-1979 |
Founder of Advance Publications |
Laraine Newman |
Comic |
2-Mar-1952 |
|
Original member of Saturday Night Live |
Paul Newman |
Actor |
26-Jan-1925 |
26-Sep-2008 |
Salad dressing magnate |
Peter C. Newman |
Journalist |
10-May-1929 |
|
The Canadian Establishment |
Randy Newman |
Musician |
28-Nov-1943 |
|
I Love L.A., Short People |
Helmut Newton |
Photographer |
31-Oct-1920 |
23-Jan-2004 |
Celebrity photographer |
Leonard Nimoy |
Actor |
26-Mar-1931 |
|
Commander Spock on Star Trek |
Marshall W. Nirenberg |
Scientist |
10-Apr-1927 |
|
RNA's role in protein synthesis |
Alessandro Nivola |
Actor |
28-Jun-1972 |
|
Laurel Canyon |
Emperor Norton |
Royalty |
14-Feb-1819 |
8-Jan-1880 |
Emperor of the United States, Protector of Mexico |
Nostradamus |
Paranormal |
14-Dec-1503 |
1-Jul-1566 |
Notoriously ambiguous prophet |
Robert Novak |
Columnist |
26-Feb-1931 |
|
Conservative ideologue, outed Valerie Plame |
Robert Nozick |
Philosopher |
16-Nov-1938 |
23-Jan-2002 |
Libertarian philosopher |
Victoria Nuland |
Diplomat |
c. 1961 |
|
US Ambassador to NATO |
Phil Ochs |
Singer/Songwriter |
19-Dec-1940 |
9-Apr-1976 |
50 Phil Ochs fans can't be wrong |
Jacques Offenbach |
Composer |
20-Jun-1819 |
5-Oct-1880 |
Inventor of the the opérette |
Herbert S. Okun |
Diplomat |
27-Nov-1930 |
|
US Ambassador to the UN, 1985-89 |
Marvin Olasky |
Pundit |
12-Jun-1950 |
|
The Tragedy of American Compassion |
Robert Oppenheimer |
Physicist |
22-Apr-1904 |
18-Feb-1967 |
Physicist, headed the Manhattan Project |
Jerry Orbach |
Actor |
20-Oct-1935 |
28-Dec-2004 |
Lennie Briscoe from Law & Order |
Suze Orman |
Author |
5-Jun-1951 |
|
The Road to Wealth |
Mollie Orshansky |
Economist |
9-Jan-1915 |
18-Dec-2006 |
Orshansky Index |
Larry Page |
Business |
26-Mar-1973 |
|
Co-Founder of Google |
Alan J. Pakula |
Film Director |
7-Apr-1928 |
19-Nov-1998 |
All the President's Men |
Charlemagne Palestine |
Pianist |
14-Aug-1945 |
|
Strumming Music |
Gwyneth Paltrow |
Actor |
27-Sep-1972 |
|
Shakespeare in Love |
Pief Panofsky |
Physicist |
24-Apr-1919 |
24-Sep-2007 |
Stanford Linear Accelerator |
Joseph Papp |
Theater Director |
22-Jun-1921 |
31-Oct-1991 |
Founder, New York Shakespeare Festival |
Louella Parsons |
Columnist |
6-Aug-1881 |
9-Dec-1972 |
Hollywood queen of gossip |
Amy Pascal |
Business |
1959 |
|
Sony Pictures co-chairman |
Emin Pasha |
Explorer |
28-Mar-1840 |
23-Oct-1892 |
German colonial traveller in Africa |
Tera Patrick |
Pornstar |
25-Jul-1976 |
|
Nuttin' Hunnies |
St. Paul |
Religion |
c. 10 AD |
29-Jun-65 AD |
First Christian evangelist |
Corey Pavin |
Golf |
6-Nov-1959 |
|
Winner, 1995 US Open |
Sara Paxton |
Actor |
25-Apr-1988 |
|
Darcy's Wild Life |
Daniel Pearl |
Journalist |
10-Oct-1963 |
21-Feb-2002 |
Murdered Wall Street Journal reporter |
Lou Pearlman |
Business |
19-Jun-1954 |
|
Boy bands and Ponzi schemes |
Norman Pearlstine |
Journalist |
4-Oct-1942 |
|
Former Time Inc. Editor in Chief |
M. Scott Peck |
Author |
22-May-1936 |
25-Sep-2005 |
The Road Less Traveled |
Harvey Pekar |
Author |
1939 |
|
American Splendor |
Chris Penn |
Actor |
10-Oct-1965 |
24-Jan-2006 |
Nice Guy Eddie in Reservoir Dogs |
Leo Penn |
Film Director |
27-Aug-1921 |
5-Sep-1998 |
The Dark Secret of Harvest Home |
Michael Penn |
Musician |
1-Aug-1958 |
|
Sean Penn's brother |
Sean Penn |
Actor |
17-Aug-1960 |
|
Fast Times at Ridgemont High |
Grigori Perelman |
Mathematician |
13-Jun-1966 |
|
Proved the Poincaré conjecture |
S. J. Perelman |
Author |
1-Feb-1904 |
17-Oct-1979 |
New Yorker humorist |
Hy Peskin |
Photographer |
5-Nov-1915 |
2-Jun-2005 |
Sports photojournalist |
Howard Phillips |
Activist |
6-Feb-1941 |
|
Founder, US Taxpayers Party |
Irna Phillips |
Film/TV Producer |
1-Jul-1901 |
23-Dec-1973 |
Queen of soap operas |
Marge Piercy |
Novelist |
31-Mar-1936 |
|
Gone to Soldiers |
Victor Pinchuk |
Business |
14-Dec-1960 |
|
Billionaire, Interpipe Corporation |
Gregory Pincus |
Scientist |
9-Apr-1903 |
22-Aug-1967 |
Inventor of oral contraceptives |
Pink |
Singer/Songwriter |
8-Sep-1979 |
|
Can't Take Me Home |
Daniel Pinkwater |
Author |
15-Nov-1941 |
|
The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death |
Harold Pinter |
Playwright |
10-Oct-1930 |
24-Dec-2008 |
The Birthday Party |
John Podhoretz |
Columnist |
18-Apr-1961 |
|
Conservative columnist |
Norman Podhoretz |
Author |
16-Jan-1930 |
|
Prominent neocon author |
Roman Polanski |
Film Director |
18-Aug-1933 |
|
Chinatown |
Jonathan Pollard |
Spy |
7-Aug-1954 |
|
Spied for Israel |
Léa Pool |
Film Director |
8-Sep-1950 |
|
Lost and Delirious |
Dennis Prager |
Radio Personality |
2-Aug-1948 |
|
Conservative Jewish radio host |
Laura Prepon |
Actor |
7-Mar-1980 |
|
Donna on That '70s Show |
Elvis Presley |
Singer |
8-Jan-1935 |
16-Aug-1977 |
Rock and roll icon |
Freddie Prinze |
Actor |
22-Jun-1954 |
29-Jan-1977 |
Chico of Chico and the Man |
Stanley B. Prusiner |
Scientist |
28-May-1942 |
|
Prions |
Joseph Pulitzer |
Business |
10-Apr-1847 |
29-Oct-1911 |
Established the Pulitzer Prize |
Robert Purvis |
Activist |
4-Aug-1810 |
15-Apr-1898 |
President of the Underground Railroad |
Daniel Radcliffe |
Actor |
23-Jul-1989 |
|
Harry Potter |
Bob Rae |
Politician |
2-Aug-1948 |
|
Premier of Ontario, 1990-95 |
Rael |
Hoaxer |
30-Sep-1946 |
|
UFO cult leader maintains cloning laboratory |
Ayn Rand |
Author |
2-Feb-1905 |
6-Mar-1982 |
Atlas Shrugged |
Tony Randall |
Actor |
26-Feb-1920 |
18-May-2004 |
Felix Unger in The Odd Couple |
Jef Raskin |
Computer Programmer |
9-Mar-1943 |
26-Feb-2005 |
Designed Macintosh human interface |
Lou Reed |
Musician |
2-Mar-1942 |
|
The Velvet Underground |
Harry Reems |
Pornstar |
27-Aug-1947 |
|
Starred in Deep Throat with Linda Lovelace |
Otto J. Reich |
Diplomat |
16-Oct-1945 |
|
US Ambassador to Venezuela, 1986-89 |
Sidney Reilly |
Spy |
24-Mar-1874 |
5-Nov-1925 |
Ace of Spies |
Max Reinhardt |
Theater Director |
9-Sep-1873 |
30-Oct-1943 |
Filmed A Midsummer Night's Dream |
Judith Reisman |
Author |
1935 |
|
Hates Kinsey |
Tommy Rettig |
Actor |
10-Dec-1941 |
15-Feb-1996 |
Jeff Miller in Lassie |
Paul Julius Reuter |
Journalist |
21-Jul-1816 |
25-Feb-1899 |
Founder of Reuters News Agency |
Randi Rhodes |
Radio Personality |
28-Jan-1959 |
|
Liberal talk show host |
David Ricardo |
Economist |
18-Apr-1772 |
11-Sep-1823 |
Principles of Political Economy |
Denise Rich |
Socialite |
? |
|
Marc Rich's ex-wife |
Frank Rich |
Columnist |
2-Jun-1949 |
|
New York Times |
Marc Rich |
Criminal |
18-Dec-1934 |
|
Pardoned by Clinton |
Hyman Rickover |
Military |
27-Jan-1900 |
8-Jul-1986 |
Built the nuclear navy |
Josef Anton Riedl |
Composer |
11-Jun-1929 |
|
Glas-Spiele |
Martin Ritt |
Film Director |
2-Mar-1914 |
8-Dec-1990 |
The Long Hot Summer |
Joan Rivers |
Comic |
8-Jun-1933 |
|
Can we talk? |
Irv Robbins |
Business |
6-Dec-1917 |
5-May-2008 |
Co-Founder of Baskin-Robbins |
Tanya Roberts |
Actor |
15-Oct-1955 |
|
Bond Girl, Beastmaster, That 70s Show |
Tony Robinson |
Actor |
15-Aug-1946 |
|
Blackadder |
Felix Rohatyn |
Business |
29-May-1928 |
|
Financier, Lazard Frères |
Ernestine Rose |
Activist |
13-Jan-1810 |
4-Aug-1892 |
Suffragette and abolitionist |
Irwin Rose |
Scientist |
16-Jul-1926 |
|
Ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation |
Moishe Rosen |
Religion |
12-Apr-1932 |
|
Jews for Jesus founder |
Ethel Rosenberg |
Relative |
28-Sep-1915 |
19-Jun-1953 |
Executed for being married to Julius Rosenberg |
Julius Rosenberg |
Spy |
12-May-1918 |
19-Jun-1953 |
Leaked atomic bomb secrets to USSR |
Abe Rosenthal |
Journalist |
2-May-1922 |
10-May-2006 |
NY Times Executive Editor, 1977-86 |
Julius Rosenwald |
Business |
12-Aug-1862 |
6-Jan-1932 |
Sears executive and Good Samaritan |
Nina Rosenwald |
Philanthropist |
? |
|
Sears Roebuck heiress |
Dennis B. Ross |
Diplomat |
c. 1949 |
|
US Middle East Envoy, 1992-2000 |
Bruno Rossi |
Astronomer |
13-Apr-1905 |
21-Nov-1993 |
Rossi curve and magnetopause |
Emmy Rossum |
Actor |
12-Sep-1986 |
|
The Day After Tomorrow |
Eugene Victor Rostow |
Educator |
25-Aug-1913 |
25-Nov-2002 |
Dean of Yale Law School, 1955-65 |
Walt Rostow |
Government |
7-Oct-1916 |
13-Feb-2003 |
National Security Advisor, 1966-69 |
Joseph Rotblat |
Physicist |
4-Nov-1908 |
31-Aug-2005 |
Nuclear physicist, anti-nuke activist |
David Lee Roth |
Singer |
10-Oct-1954 |
|
Former lead singer, Van Halen |
Joe Roth |
Business |
13-Jun-1948 |
|
Revolution Studios, former Disney CEO |
Lillian Roth |
Actor |
13-Dec-1910 |
12-May-1980 |
I'll Cry Tomorrow |
Philip Roth |
Novelist |
19-Mar-1933 |
|
Portnoy's Complaint |
Murray Rothbard |
Economist |
2-Mar-1926 |
7-Jan-1995 |
Anarcho-capitalist |
Jack Ruby |
Assassin |
25-Mar-1911 |
3-Jan-1967 |
Killed Lee Harvey Oswald |
Neil Rudenstine |
Educator |
21-Jan-1935 |
|
President of Harvard, 1991-2001 |
Muriel Rukeyser |
Poet |
15-Dec-1913 |
12-Feb-1980 |
The Book of the Dead |
Douglas Rushkoff |
Author |
18-Feb-1961 |
|
Cyberculture analyst |
David O. Russell |
Film Director |
20-Aug-1958 |
|
I Heart Huckabees |
Aaron Russo |
Film/TV Producer |
14-Feb-1943 |
24-Aug-2007 |
Libertarian filmmaker |
Winona Ryder |
Actor |
29-Oct-1971 |
|
Actress, shoplifter |
Haim Saban |
Business |
1944 |
|
Billionaire |
Nelly Sachs |
Poet |
10-Dec-1891 |
12-May-1970 |
O the Chimneys |
Oliver Sacks |
Doctor |
9-Jul-1933 |
|
Awakenings |
Morley Safer |
Journalist |
8-Nov-1931 |
|
60 Minutes |
Carl Sagan |
Astronomer |
9-Nov-1934 |
20-Dec-1996 |
Popular astronomer, host of Cosmos |
J. D. Salinger |
Novelist |
1-Jan-1919 |
|
Catcher in the Rye |
Matt Salinger |
Actor |
13-Feb-1960 |
|
Son of J.D. Salinger |
Pierre Salinger |
Journalist |
14-Jun-1925 |
16-Oct-2004 |
Easily taken in by Internet conspiracies |
Edwin E. Salpeter |
Astronomer |
3-Dec-1924 |
|
Quantitative electron microscopic autoradiography |
Pete Sampras |
Tennis |
12-Aug-1971 |
|
Fourteen Grand Slams |
Henry Samueli |
Business |
20-Sep-1954 |
|
Co-Founder of Broadcom |
Allan R. Sandage |
Astronomer |
18-Jun-1926 |
|
Quasars and Hubble-Sandage variable stars |
Nicolas Sarkozy |
Politician |
28-Jan-1955 |
|
President of France |
David Sarnoff |
Business |
27-Feb-1891 |
12-Dec-1971 |
CEO of RCA, founder of NBC |
Siegfried Sassoon |
Poet |
8-Sep-1886 |
1-Sep-1967 |
War Poems |
Fred Savage |
Actor |
9-Jul-1976 |
|
The Wonder Years |
Herschel Savage |
Pornstar |
25-Nov-1952 |
|
Go-to performer for Seymore Butts |
Michael Savage |
Radio Personality |
31-Mar-1942 |
|
Savage Nation |
Andrew V. Schally |
Scientist |
30-Nov-1926 |
|
Hypothalamic hormones (brain peptides) |
Robert Scheer |
Columnist |
4-Apr-1936 |
|
Former L.A. Times columnist |
James H. Scheuer |
Politician |
6-Feb-1920 |
30-Aug-2005 |
Congressman from New York, 1965-93 |
Jacob Schiff |
Business |
10-Jan-1847 |
25-Sep-1920 |
New York banker |
Laura Schlessinger |
Radio Personality |
16-Jan-1947 |
|
The Dr. Laura Show |
Debbie Schlussel |
Radio Personality |
9-Apr-1969 |
|
Conservative pundit |
Helmut Schmidt |
Head of State |
23-Dec-1918 |
|
Chancellor of Germany, 1974-82 |
Rob Schneider |
Comic |
31-Oct-1963 |
|
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo |
Alex Schoenbaum |
Business |
8-Aug-1915 |
6-Dec-1996 |
Founder, Shoney's |
Daniel Schorr |
Journalist |
31-Aug-1916 |
|
Veteran journalist, Nixon enemy |
Allyson Schwartz |
Politician |
3-Oct-1948 |
|
Congresswoman, Pennsylvania 13th |
Delmore Schwartz |
Poet |
8-Dec-1913 |
11-Jul-1966 |
Summer Knowledge |
Raymond Scott |
Musician |
10-Sep-1908 |
8-Feb-1994 |
Powerhouse, invented the sequencer |
Steven Seagal |
Actor |
10-Apr-1951 |
|
Under Siege |
Sam Seder |
Radio Personality |
28-Nov-1966 |
|
Air America Radio host |
Jay Sekulow |
Activist |
10-Jun-1956 |
|
American Center for Law and Justice |
Mel Sembler |
Diplomat |
1930 |
|
US Ambassador to Italy, 2001-05 |
Maurice Sendak |
Author |
10-Jun-1928 |
|
Where The Wild Things Are |
Dan Senor |
Government |
6-Nov-1971 |
|
Senor Strategies LLC |
MC Serch |
Rapper |
6-May-1967 |
|
3rd Bass MC, produced Nas album Illmatic |
Rod Serling |
Author |
25-Dec-1924 |
28-Jun-1975 |
Creator of The Twilight Zone |
Michael Servetus |
Religion |
c. 1511 |
27-Oct-1553 |
De Trinitatis Erroribus |
Adi Shamir |
Mathematician |
1952 |
|
The S in RSA |
Garry Shandling |
Comic |
29-Nov-1949 |
|
Larry Sanders |
Albert Shanker |
Labor Leader |
14-Sep-1928 |
22-Feb-1997 |
American Federation of Teachers |
Robert Shapiro |
Attorney |
2-Sep-1942 |
|
One of OJ Simpson's attorneys |
Ariel Sharon |
Head of State |
26-Feb-1928 |
|
Prime Minister of Israel, 2001-06 |
Harry Shearer |
Comic |
23-Dec-1943 |
|
Almost half the voices on The Simpsons |
Robert Sheckley |
Author |
16-Jul-1928 |
9-Dec-2005 |
Science fiction genius |
Lou Sheldon |
Activist |
1934 |
|
Traditional Values Coalition |
Iosif S. Shklovskii |
Astronomer |
1-Jul-1916 |
3-Mar-1985 |
Synchrotron radiation of the Crab Nebula |
Shock G |
Rapper |
25-Aug-1963 |
|
The Humpty Dance is your chance |
David Shoenberg |
Physicist |
4-Jan-1911 |
10-Mar-2004 |
Physicist at Cambridge |
Isaac Shoenberg |
Engineer |
1-Mar-1880 |
25-Jan-1963 |
405-line format television |
Elaine Showalter |
Critic |
21-Jan-1941 |
|
Lead alpha Gynocritic |
Michael Showalter |
Actor |
17-Jun-1970 |
|
The State |
Bugsy Siegel |
Criminal |
28-Feb-1906 |
20-Jun-1947 |
Brought the mob to Las Vegas |
Jerry Siegel |
Author |
17-Oct-1914 |
28-Jan-1996 |
Creator of Superman |
Joel Siegel |
Critic |
7-Jul-1943 |
29-Jun-2007 |
Film critic |
Beverly Sills |
Singer |
25-May-1929 |
2-Jul-2007 |
Soprano at the New York City Opera |
Sarah Silverman |
Comic |
1-Dec-1970 |
|
The Sarah Silverman Program |
Dimitri K. Simes |
Government |
? |
|
Nixon Center |
Gene Simmons |
Bassist |
25-Aug-1949 |
|
Blood-spouting KISS bassist |
Herbert A. Simon |
Economist |
15-Jun-1916 |
9-Feb-2001 |
Administrative Behavior |
Neil Simon |
Playwright |
4-Jul-1927 |
|
The Odd Couple |
Isadore Singer |
Mathematician |
3-May-1924 |
|
Atiyah-Singer index theorem |
Michael Sitrick |
Business |
8-Jun-1947 |
|
Sitrick and Company |
Louis Slotin |
Physicist |
1-Dec-1910 |
30-May-1946 |
Died tickling the dragon's tail |
Yakov Smirnoff |
Comic |
24-Jan-1951 |
|
What a country |
Clifford Sobel |
Diplomat |
1949 |
|
US Ambassador to Brazil |
Ezra Solomon |
Economist |
1920 |
9-Dec-2002 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1971-73 |
Norman Solomon |
Critic |
1952 |
|
Media critic |
Todd Solondz |
Film Director |
15-Oct-1959 |
|
Welcome to the Dollhouse |
George Soros |
Business |
12-Aug-1930 |
|
Hungarian financial speculator |
Arlen Specter |
Politician |
12-Feb-1930 |
|
US Senator from Pennsylvania |
Phil Spector |
Music Producer |
26-Dec-1940 |
|
Creator of the Wall of Sound |
Jackie Speier |
Politician |
14-May-1950 |
|
Congresswoman, California 12th |
Stephen Spender |
Poet |
28-Feb-1909 |
16-Jul-1995 |
The Destructive Element |
Baruch de Spinoza |
Philosopher |
24-Nov-1632 |
21-Feb-1677 |
Rationalist, lensmaker |
Annie Sprinkle |
Pornstar |
23-Jul-1954 |
|
Pornstar turned performance artist |
Jerry Stahl |
Author |
1953 |
|
Permanent Midnight |
Brenda K. Starr |
Singer |
15-Oct-1966 |
|
Freestyle-turned-salsa performer |
William Steig |
Cartoonist |
14-Nov-1907 |
3-Oct-2003 |
Shrek, The New Yorker |
David Steinberg |
Comic |
9-Aug-1942 |
|
Second City alumnus |
Laurence A. Steinhardt |
Diplomat |
6-Oct-1892 |
28-Mar-1950 |
US Ambassador to USSR, 1939-41 |
Avraham Stern |
Military |
23-Dec-1907 |
12-Feb-1942 |
Founder of Lohamei Herut Israel |
Fritz Stern |
Historian |
2-Feb-1926 |
|
German historian |
Howard Stern |
Radio Personality |
12-Jan-1954 |
|
The King of All Media |
Shoshannah Stern |
Actor |
3-Jul-1980 |
|
Deaf actress |
Ben Stiller |
Actor |
30-Nov-1965 |
|
There's Something About Mary |
I. F. Stone |
Journalist |
24-Dec-1907 |
17-Jul-1989 |
I. F. Stone's Weekly |
Matt Stone |
Cartoonist |
26-May-1971 |
|
Co-Creator of South Park |
John Stossel |
Journalist |
6-Mar-1947 |
|
Libertarian reporter |
Leo Strauss |
Philosopher |
20-Sep-1899 |
18-Oct-1973 |
Patron saint of Neoconservatism |
Levi Strauss |
Business |
26-Feb-1829 |
26-Sep-1902 |
Blue jeans |
Robert Strausz-Hupé |
Diplomat |
25-Mar-1903 |
24-Feb-2002 |
US Ambassador to Turkey, 1981-89 |
Nadine Strossen |
Activist |
18-Aug-1950 |
|
President of the ACLU |
Joel Surnow |
Film/TV Producer |
18-Dec-1955 |
|
24, Half Hour News Hour |
Mona Sutphen |
Government |
c. 1967 |
|
White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy |
Adolph Sutro |
Politician |
29-Apr-1830 |
8-Aug-1898 |
San Francisco mayor, 1895-97 |
Leo Szilard |
Physicist |
11-Feb-1898 |
30-May-1964 |
Nuclear chain reaction |
Jeffrey Tambor |
Actor |
8-Jul-1944 |
|
Hank Kingsley on The Larry Sanders Show |
Myles Tanenbaum |
Business |
c. 1930 |
|
Real Estate developer |
Alfred Tarski |
Mathematician |
14-Jan-1902 |
26-Oct-1983 |
Tarski's indefinability theorem |
Teller |
Magician |
14-Feb-1948 |
|
The nonspeaking half of Penn and Teller |
Teresa of Avila |
Religion |
28-Mar-1515 |
4-Oct-1582 |
Mystic, Carmelite nun |
Irving Thalberg |
Film/TV Producer |
30-May-1899 |
14-Sep-1936 |
De-facto boss of MGM Studios |
Brother Theodore |
Comic |
11-Nov-1906 |
5-Apr-2001 |
Stand-up Tragedist |
Tiny Tim |
Musician |
12-Apr-1932 |
30-Nov-1996 |
Tip Toe Thru the Tulips |
Jonathan Togo |
Actor |
25-Aug-1977 |
|
Ryan Wolfe on CSI: Miami |
Mel Tormé |
Singer |
13-Sep-1925 |
5-Jun-1999 |
The Velvet Fog |
Jack Tramiel |
Business |
13-Dec-1928 |
|
Commodore Business Machines |
Laurence Tribe |
Attorney |
10-Oct-1941 |
|
Harvard Law Professor |
Calvin Trillin |
Comic |
5-Dec-1935 |
|
Humorist |
Leon Trotsky |
Activist |
26-Oct-1879 |
21-Aug-1940 |
Bolshevik exile murdered by Stalin |
François Truffaut |
Film Director |
6-Feb-1932 |
21-Oct-1984 |
Last Metro |
Paul Turan |
Mathematician |
28-Aug-1910 |
26-Sep-1976 |
Hungarian mathematician |
Anneliese van der Pol |
Actor |
23-Sep-1984 |
|
Chelsea Daniels on That's So Raven |
Mordechai Vanunu |
Activist |
13-Oct-1954 |
|
Blew whistle on Israel's nukes |
Harold E. Varmus |
Scientist |
18-Dec-1939 |
|
Genetic causes of cancer |
Francis Veber |
Screenwriter |
28-Jul-1937 |
|
The Dinner Game |
Lillian Vernon |
Business |
1927 |
|
Mail-order maven of America |
Pancho Villa |
Military |
5-Jun-1878 |
20-Jul-1923 |
Revolutionary, invaded United States |
Ludwig von Mises |
Economist |
29-Sep-1881 |
10-Oct-1973 |
Libertarian Economist |
John von Neumann |
Scientist |
28-Dec-1903 |
8-Feb-1957 |
Computing pioneer, inventor of Game Theory |
Sam Waksal |
Business |
8-Sep-1947 |
|
CEO, ImClone |
Lillian Wald |
Activist |
10-Mar-1867 |
1-Sep-1940 |
Henry Street Settlement |
Mike Wallace |
Journalist |
9-May-1918 |
|
Veteran 60 Minutes correspondent |
Eli Wallach |
Actor |
7-Dec-1915 |
|
The Magnificent Seven |
Henry C. Wallich |
Economist |
10-Jun-1914 |
16-Sep-1988 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1959-61 |
Bruno Walter |
Conductor |
15-Sep-1876 |
17-Feb-1962 |
Conductor, Leipzig Gewandhaus, 1929-33 |
Aby Warburg |
Scholar |
13-Jun-1866 |
26-Oct-1929 |
Founder of the Warburg Institute |
Felix M. Warburg |
Business |
14-Jan-1871 |
20-Oct-1937 |
Kuhn, Loeb and Co. |
Max M. Warburg |
Business |
5-Jun-1867 |
26-Dec-1946 |
M. M. Warburg & Company |
Otto Warburg |
Scientist |
8-Oct-1883 |
1-Aug-1970 |
Effect of oxygen on cancer |
Paul M. Warburg |
Business |
10-Aug-1868 |
24-Jan-1932 |
The Federal Reserve System |
Jack L. Warner |
Business |
2-Aug-1892 |
9-Sep-1978 |
Co-Founder, Warner Bros. |
Lesley Ann Warren |
Actor |
16-Aug-1946 |
|
The Limey |
Lew Wasserman |
Business |
22-Mar-1913 |
3-Jun-2002 |
Chairman and CEO of MCA, 1946-95 |
Wendy Wasserstein |
Playwright |
18-Oct-1950 |
30-Jan-2006 |
The Heidi Chronicles |
Ben Wattenberg |
Pundit |
26-Aug-1933 |
|
Think Tank moderator |
Weegee |
Photographer |
12-Jun-1899 |
26-Dec-1968 |
Crime photographer |
Simone Weil |
Philosopher |
3-Feb-1909 |
24-Aug-1943 |
The Iliad, or the Poem of Force |
Sanford I. Weill |
Business |
16-Mar-1933 |
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CEO of Citigroup, 1998-2003 |
Caspar Weinberger |
Government |
18-Aug-1917 |
28-Mar-2006 |
Iran-Contra figure pardoned by Bush |
Gene Weingarten |
Columnist |
2-Oct-1951 |
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Below the Beltway |
Joseph Weizenbaum |
Computer Programmer |
8-Jan-1923 |
5-Mar-2008 |
ELIZA |
Chaim Weizmann |
Head of State |
27-Nov-1874 |
9-Nov-1952 |
First President of Israel |
Roy Welensky |
Head of State |
20-Jan-1907 |
5-Dec-1991 |
Rhodesian Prime Minister, 1956-63 |
Paul Wellstone |
Politician |
21-Jul-1944 |
25-Oct-2002 |
US Senator killed in plane crash |
Nathanael West |
Author |
17-Oct-1903 |
22-Dec-1940 |
The Day of the Locust |
Ruth Westheimer |
Talk Show Host |
4-Jun-1928 |
|
4'7" of concentrated sex |
Harry Whittington |
Attorney |
3-Mar-1927 |
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Shot by Dick Cheney |
Simon Wiesenthal |
Activist |
31-Dec-1908 |
20-Sep-2005 |
Nazi hunter |
Gene Wilder |
Actor |
11-Jun-1933 |
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Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory |
Lee Wilkof |
Actor |
25-Jun-1951 |
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Broadway actor |
Betty Williams |
Activist |
22-May-1943 |
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Peace activist, Nobel Prize recipient |
Fred Wilpon |
Business |
c. 1936 |
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New York Mets owner |
Sherwin T. Wine |
Religion |
25-Jan-1928 |
21-Jul-2007 |
Humanistic Judaism |
Henry Winkler |
Actor |
30-Oct-1945 |
|
Fonz on Happy Days |
Michael Winner |
Film Director |
30-Oct-1935 |
|
Death Wish |
Billy Wirth |
Actor |
23-Jun-1962 |
|
The Lost Boys |
Jules Witcover |
Columnist |
16-Jul-1927 |
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Longtime Baltimore Sun columnist |
Joel-Peter Witkin |
Photographer |
13-Sep-1939 |
|
Photographer of the macabre |
Ludwig Wittgenstein |
Philosopher |
26-Apr-1889 |
29-Apr-1951 |
Destroyed metaphysics |
Naomi Wolf |
Author |
12-Nov-1962 |
|
The Beauty Myth |
Paul Wolfowitz |
Government |
22-Dec-1943 |
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President of the World Bank, 2005-07 |
Stephen Wolfram |
Mathematician |
29-Aug-1959 |
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Creator of Mathematica |
Eric Woolfson |
Musician |
18-Mar-1945 |
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Former Alan Parsons Project collaborator |
Steve Wynn |
Business |
27-Jan-1942 |
|
Las Vegas billionaire |
Rosalyn Sussman Yalow |
Physicist |
19-Jul-1921 |
|
Developed radioimmunoassay technique |
Abraham Zapruder |
Cinematographer |
15-May-1905 |
30-Aug-1970 |
Documented JFK's assassination on film |
Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. |
Actor |
30-Nov-1918 |
|
The F.B.I. |
Howard Zinn |
Historian |
24-Aug-1922 |
|
A People's History of the United States |
Mort Zuckerman |
Business |
4-Jun-1937 |
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Owner, New York Daily News |