| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Louis Adamic |
Author |
23-Mar-1899 |
4-Sep-1951 |
Laughing in the Jungle |
| Scott Adams |
Cartoonist |
8-Jun-1957 |
|
Creator, Dilbert |
| Ilesanmi Adesida |
Educator |
c. 1949 |
|
Dean, College of Engineering, UIUC |
| Larry Agran |
Politician |
2-Feb-1945 |
|
Twice Mayor of Irvine, California |
| David Allen |
Author |
28-Dec-1945 |
|
Getting Things Done |
| A. R. Ammons |
Poet |
18-Feb-1926 |
25-Feb-2001 |
Sphere |
| Tom Anderson |
Business |
13-Oct-1975 |
|
Co-Founder of MySpace |
| David R. Andrews |
Business |
c. 1942 |
|
Senior VP at Pepsi, 2002-04 |
| Brent R. Appel |
Judge |
c. 1951 |
|
Justice, Iowa Supreme Court |
| Werner Arber |
Scientist |
3-Jun-1929 |
|
Restriction enzymes (DNA cleavage) |
| Alfred L. Atherton |
Diplomat |
22-Nov-1921 |
30-Oct-2002 |
US Ambassador to Egypt, 1979-83 |
| Harold D. Babcock |
Astronomer |
24-Jan-1882 |
8-Apr-1968 |
Solar radiation |
| Horace W. Babcock |
Astronomer |
13-Sep-1912 |
29-Aug-2003 |
Adaptive optics and the Babcock Model |
| Kathleen M. Bader |
Business |
c. 1951 |
|
Former Dow Chemical executive |
| Zoë Baird |
Government |
20-Jun-1952 |
|
Atty Gen. nominee, thwarted by Nannygate |
| Kathy Baker |
Actor |
8-Jun-1950 |
|
Picket Fences |
| Mitchell Baker |
Activist |
c. 1957 |
|
Mozilla Foundation |
| R. H. Barlow |
Author |
18-May-1918 |
2-Jan-1951 |
Literary executor of H. P. Lovecraft |
| John Battelle |
Blogger |
c. 1967 |
|
The Industry Standard |
| Susan B. Bayh |
Government |
c. 1959 |
|
Water Treaty Act |
| Stephen D. Bechtel |
Business |
24-Sep-1900 |
14-Mar-1989 |
Ran Bechtel from 1936-60 |
| Brian Behlendorf |
Computer Programmer |
30-Mar-1973 |
|
Author of Apache web server |
| Melvin Belli |
Attorney |
29-Jul-1907 |
9-Jul-1996 |
The King of Torts |
| Ezra Taft Benson |
Religion |
4-Aug-1899 |
30-May-1994 |
President of the Mormon Church, 1985-94 |
| Jeffrey S. Berg |
Business |
c. 1947 |
|
CEO, International Creative Management |
| Daniel J. Bernstein |
Computer Programmer |
29-Oct-1971 |
|
Bernstein v. United States |
| Zulfikar Ali Bhutto |
Head of State |
5-Jan-1928 |
4-Apr-1979 |
Head of Pakistan, hanged |
| Hiram Bingham |
Politician |
19-Nov-1875 |
6-Jun-1956 |
US Senator, discovered Machu Picchu |
| Matt Biondi |
Swimmer/Diver |
8-Oct-1965 |
|
Competitive swimmer, 10 Olympic medals |
| Rose Bird |
Judge |
2-Nov-1936 |
4-Dec-1999 |
California Chief Justice, 1977-87 |
| Bill Bixby |
Actor |
22-Jan-1934 |
21-Nov-1993 |
David Banner on The Incredible Hulk |
| Joan Blades |
Activist |
c. 1956 |
|
Cofounder of MoveOn.org |
| Julia Chang Bloch |
Diplomat |
1942 |
|
US Ambassador to Nepal, 1989 |
| Richard C. Blum |
Business |
c. 1936 |
|
Husband of Dianne Feinstein |
| W. Michael Blumenthal |
Government |
3-Jan-1926 |
|
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1977-79 |
| David Bohm |
Physicist |
20-Dec-1917 |
29-Oct-1992 |
Particle physicist |
| Kyle Boller |
Football |
17-Jun-1981 |
|
Baltimore Ravens QB |
| Max Boot |
Columnist |
1969 |
|
Conservative pundit |
| Michael J. Boskin |
Economist |
23-Sep-1945 |
|
Economics Professor, Stanford University |
| Charles R. Bowers |
Diplomat |
26-May-1940 |
|
US Ambassador to Bolivia, 1991-94 |
| Fletcher Bowron |
Politician |
13-Aug-1887 |
11-Sep-1968 |
Mayor of Los Angeles, 1938-53 |
| Lloyd Bridges |
Actor |
15-Jan-1913 |
10-Mar-1998 |
Airplane! |
| Kenneth C. Brill |
Diplomat |
1947 |
|
US Ambassador to the IAEA, 2001-04 |
| David Brock |
Journalist |
1962 |
|
Blinded by the Right |
| Golden Brooks |
Actor |
1-Dec-1970 |
|
Maya Wilkes on Girlfriends |
| Dirk Brouwer |
Astronomer |
1-Sep-1902 |
31-Jan-1966 |
Celestial mechanics |
| Jerry Brown |
Politician |
7-Apr-1938 |
|
Attorney General of California |
| Lee P. Brown |
Politician |
4-Oct-1937 |
|
Mayor of Houston, 1998-2004 |
| Michael E. Brown |
Astronomer |
c. 1965 |
|
Explorer of trans-Neptunian space |
| H. Monroe Browne |
Diplomat |
9-May-1917 |
|
US Ambassador to New Zealand, 1981-85 |
| Bill Budge |
Computer Programmer |
c. 1954 |
|
Programmed Raster Blaster |
| Don Budge |
Tennis |
13-Jun-1915 |
26-Jan-2000 |
First ever to win Grand Slam |
| M. Anthony Burns |
Business |
1-Nov-1942 |
|
CEO of Ryder System, 1983-2000 |
| Peter Camejo |
Activist |
31-Dec-1939 |
|
Persistent Green Party candidate |
| Walter L. Carpeneti |
Judge |
1-Dec-1945 |
|
Justice, Alaska Supreme Court |
| Thomas R. Cech |
Chemist |
8-Dec-1947 |
|
Proved enzyme role of RNA |
| Owen Chamberlain |
Physicist |
10-Jul-1920 |
28-Feb-2006 |
Co-Discoverer of the antiproton |
| Peter Chernin |
Business |
29-May-1951 |
|
President of News Corporation |
| John Cho |
Actor |
16-Jun-1972 |
|
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
| Rachelle B. Chong |
Government |
1959 |
|
FCC Commissioner, 1994-97 |
| Steven Chu |
Physicist |
28-Feb-1948 |
|
Trapped atoms with laser light |
| Beverly Cleary |
Author |
12-Apr-1916 |
|
Children's author, Ramona Quimby series |
| G. Wayne Clough |
Educator |
c. 1942 |
|
President, Georgia Institute of Technology |
| George D. Clyde |
Politician |
21-Jul-1898 |
2-Apr-1972 |
Governor of Utah, 1957-65 |
| David X. Cohen |
Film/TV Producer |
c. 1966 |
|
Simpsons, Futurama producer |
| Peter Collier |
Publisher |
? |
|
Encounter Books |
| Philip M. Condit |
Business |
2-Aug-1941 |
|
CEO of Boeing, 1996-2003 |
| Edward Condon |
Physicist |
2-Mar-1902 |
26-Mar-1974 |
Quantum Mechanics |
| Robert D. Coombe |
Educator |
c. 1948 |
|
Chancellor, University of Denver |
| Stewart Copeland |
Drummer |
16-Jul-1952 |
|
Drummer for The Police |
| Frederick G. Cottrell |
Inventor |
10-Jan-1877 |
16-Nov-1948 |
Electrostatic precipitator |
| Henry Cowell |
Composer |
11-Mar-1897 |
10-Dec-1965 |
New Musical Resources |
| Molly J. Coye |
Business |
c. 1946 |
|
Founder, Health Technology Center |
| L. Dale Crandall |
Business |
c. 1941 |
|
President and COO of Kaiser Health, 2000-02 |
| Edward H. Crane |
Activist |
c. 1944 |
|
Founder, Cato Institute |
| Donald T. Critchlow |
Historian |
1948 |
|
The Conservative Ascendancy |
| Charles Crocker |
Business |
c. 1939 |
|
Crocker Capital |
| Charles K. Crovitz |
Business |
c. 1953 |
|
EVP at Gap, 1998-2003 |
| Robert F. Curl, Jr. |
Chemist |
23-Aug-1933 |
|
Co-Discovered first fullerine |
| Edward Dahlberg |
Novelist |
22-Jul-1900 |
27-Feb-1977 |
Because I Was Flesh |
| Drew Daniel |
Electronic Musician |
1971 |
|
Half of Matmos |
| Ruth A. Davis |
Diplomat |
28-Mar-1942 |
|
US Ambassador to Benin, 1992-95 |
| Susan Davis |
Politician |
13-Apr-1944 |
|
Congresswoman, California 53rd |
| Roxann Dawson |
Actor |
11-Sep-1958 |
|
B'Elanna on Star Trek: Voyager |
| Ron Dellums |
Politician |
24-Nov-1935 |
|
Mayor of Oakland |
| Joan Didion |
Author |
5-Dec-1934 |
|
Slouching Toward Bethlehem |
| James V. Diller |
Business |
c. 1936 |
|
CEO of PMC-Sierra, 1983-97 |
| Dave Ditzel |
Engineer |
c. 1956 |
|
Founder of Transmeta |
| James Doolittle |
Aviator |
14-Dec-1896 |
27-Sep-1993 |
Doolittle Raid against Tokyo in 1942 |
| Robert Duncan |
Poet |
7-Jan-1919 |
3-Feb-1988 |
Bending the Bow |
| John T. Dunlop |
Government |
5-Jul-1914 |
2-Oct-2003 |
US Secretary of Labor, 1975-76 |
| Patricia Dunn |
Business |
27-Mar-1953 |
|
Hewlett Packard chair, 2005-06 |
| Adam Duritz |
Musician |
1-Aug-1964 |
|
Frontman for Counting Crows |
| Alexander Eckstein |
Economist |
9-Dec-1915 |
4-Dec-1976 |
Sinologist, China's Economic Revolution |
| Herman Edwards |
Football |
27-Apr-1954 |
|
Head Coach, Kansas City Chiefs |
| Ralph Edwards |
Game Show Host |
13-Jun-1913 |
16-Nov-2005 |
This Is Your Life |
| Jan Egeland |
Government |
1957 |
|
UN Undersecretary for Humanitarian Affairs |
| Vernon Ehlers |
Politician |
6-Feb-1934 |
|
Congressman, Michigan 3rd |
| John A. Elston |
Politician |
10-Feb-1874 |
15-Dec-1921 |
US Congressman from California, 1915-21 |
| Doug Engelbart |
Scientist |
30-Jan-1925 |
|
Inventor of computer mouse |
| Joseph Erlanger |
Scientist |
5-Jan-1874 |
5-Dec-1965 |
Nerve conduction |
| March Fong Eu |
Politician |
29-Mar-1922 |
|
California Secretary of State, 1975-93 |
| John Fahey |
Guitarist |
28-Feb-1939 |
22-Feb-2001 |
The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death |
| Frank Fahrenkopf |
Business |
28-Aug-1939 |
|
CEO, American Gaming Association |
| Bruce Fein |
Government |
c. 1947 |
|
Former Reagan lawyer |
| Andrew Z. Fire |
Scientist |
27-Apr-1959 |
|
RNA interference |
| Donald Fisher |
Business |
1928 |
|
Co-Founder of The Gap |
| Milton Frank |
Diplomat |
18-Nov-1919 |
13-Jan-1993 |
US Ambassador to Nepal, 1988-89 |
| Gene J. Frantz |
Business |
c. 1967 |
|
Partner, Texas Pacific Group |
| Betty Friedan |
Activist |
4-Feb-1921 |
4-Feb-2006 |
Rights for women spokesperson |
| David B. Frohnmayer |
Politician |
9-Jul-1940 |
|
President, University of Oregon |
| Nils Frykdahl |
Musician |
? |
|
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum and Idiot Flesh |
| Rob Fulop |
Computer Programmer |
c. 1958 |
|
Demon Attack, Cosmic Ark |
| John Gage |
Business |
c. 1942 |
|
Sun Microsystems |
| John Kenneth Galbraith |
Economist |
15-Oct-1908 |
29-Apr-2006 |
Modern economics renegade |
| Scott Galloway |
Business |
c. 1965 |
|
Firebrand Partners LLC |
| John Garamendi |
Politician |
24-Jan-1945 |
|
Lt. Governor of California |
| John W. Gardner |
Administrator |
8-Oct-1912 |
16-Feb-2002 |
Founder of Common Cause |
| Julie Gerberding |
Doctor |
22-Aug-1955 |
|
Director, Centers for Disease Control |
| J. Paul Getty, Sr. |
Business |
15-Dec-1892 |
6-Jun-1976 |
Founder of Getty Oil Company |
| William F. Giauque |
Chemist |
12-May-1895 |
28-Mar-1982 |
Adiabatic demagnetization |
| Todd Gitlin |
Educator |
1943 |
|
Journalism professor, social critic |
| Jerry Gitt |
Business |
c. 1943 |
|
Former VP at Merrill Lynch |
| Rube Goldberg |
Cartoonist |
4-Jul-1883 |
7-Dec-1970 |
Designer of impossible contraptions |
| Neil Goldschmidt |
Government |
16-Jun-1940 |
|
Governor of Oregon, 1987-91 |
| Mark Goodson |
Film/TV Producer |
14-Jan-1915 |
18-Dec-1992 |
Goodson-Todman Productions |
| Ronald Graham |
Mathematician |
31-Oct-1935 |
|
Mathematician, Computer Scientist |
| Jennifer Granholm |
Politician |
5-Feb-1959 |
|
Governor of Michigan |
| Karen Grassle |
Actor |
25-Feb-1944 |
|
Ma on Little House on the Prairie |
| Diane Greene |
Business |
c. 1954 |
|
Co-Founder, CEO of VMware, 1998-2004 |
| Zvi Griliches |
Economist |
12-Sep-1930 |
4-Nov-1999 |
Technology, Education, and Productivity |
| David J. Gross |
Physicist |
19-Feb-1941 |
|
Deep structure of matter |
| Andy Grove |
Business |
2-Sep-1936 |
|
CEO of Intel, 1987-98 |
| Philip C. Habib |
Diplomat |
25-Feb-1920 |
24-May-1992 |
US Ambassador to South Korea, 1971-74 |
| Kirk S. Hachigian |
Business |
c. 1959 |
|
CEO of Cooper Industries |
| Marshall B. Haines |
Business |
c. 1968 |
|
Tarrant Partners |
| Kathryn Walt Hall |
Diplomat |
1947 |
|
US Ambassador to Austria, 1997-2001 |
| Harry Hamlin |
Actor |
30-Oct-1951 |
|
Lawyer on L.A. Law |
| Susan Hammer |
Politician |
21-Dec-1938 |
|
Mayor of San Jose, 1991-98 |
| Walter L. Harris |
Business |
c. 1952 |
|
CEO of Tanenbaum-Harber Co. |
| Byron Haskin |
Film Director |
22-Apr-1899 |
16-Apr-1984 |
The War of the Worlds |
| Davey Havok |
Musician |
20-Nov-1975 |
|
AFI |
| Jeff Hawkins |
Inventor |
1-Jun-1957 |
|
Inventor of the Palm Pilot and Treo |
| Victoria F. Haynes |
Business |
c. 1947 |
|
CEO of RTI International |
| Paul Hazen |
Business |
1941 |
|
CEO of Wells Fargo Bank, 1995-98 |
| Edith Head |
Designer |
28-Oct-1897 |
24-Oct-1981 |
Hollywood costume designer |
| Patty Hearst |
Victim |
20-Feb-1954 |
|
Kidnapped by SLA |
| Alan J. Heeger |
Physicist |
22-Jan-1936 |
|
Metallic polymers |
| George Herbig |
Astronomer |
2-Jan-1920 |
|
Herbig-Haro objects |
| Josephine Herbst |
Novelist |
5-Mar-1892 |
28-Jan-1969 |
Pity Is Not Enough |
| Maryellen C. Herringer |
Attorney |
c. 1944 |
|
Former Partner, Morrison & Foerster |
| Andy Hertzfeld |
Computer Programmer |
6-Apr-1953 |
|
Macintosh designer |
| Bonnie G. Hill |
Business |
30-Oct-1941 |
|
VP of Times Mirror Co., 1997-2001 |
| Stanley Hiller, Jr. |
Inventor |
15-Nov-1924 |
20-Apr-2006 |
Helicopter designer |
| Christopher Hitchens |
Journalist |
13-Apr-1949 |
|
Agent provocateur |
| Gregory J. Hobbs, Jr. |
Judge |
15-Dec-1944 |
|
Justice, Colorado Supreme Court |
| Eric Hoffer |
Author |
25-Jul-1902 |
21-May-1983 |
The True Believer |
| Abbie Hoffman |
Activist |
30-Nov-1936 |
12-Apr-1989 |
Steal This Book |
| Susanna Hoffs |
Musician |
17-Jan-1959 |
|
Lead singer of The Bangles |
| David Horowitz |
Activist |
10-Jan-1939 |
|
Conservative activist |
| Craig Hosmer |
Politician |
6-May-1915 |
11-Oct-1982 |
Congressman from California, 1953-74 |
| Sidney Coe Howard |
Playwright |
26-Jun-1891 |
23-Aug-1939 |
They Knew What They Wanted |
| Norman Hsu |
Philanthropist |
Oct-1951 |
|
Notorious Democratic donor |
| William Hung |
Singer |
13-Jan-1983 |
|
Hong Kong Ricky Martin on American Idol |
| David R. Hunter |
Administrator |
17-May-1916 |
25-Nov-2000 |
Progressive fund advisor |
| Lance Ito |
Judge |
2-Aug-1950 |
|
Presided over the OJ Simpson trial |
| Paul E. Jacobs |
Business |
c. 1963 |
|
CEO of Qualcomm |
| Eugene Jarvis |
Computer Programmer |
1955 |
|
Defender, Robotron, Smash TV |
| Stephan Jenkins |
Musician |
27-Sep-1964 |
|
Lead singer, Third Eye Blind |
| Jackie Jensen |
Baseball |
9-Mar-1927 |
14-Jul-1982 |
American League MVP, 1958 |
| Hiram Johnson |
Politician |
2-Sep-1866 |
6-Aug-1945 |
Governor and Senator from California |
| Bill Joy |
Computer Programmer |
8-Nov-1954 |
|
BSD designer, C shell, vi, Java |
| Daniel Kahneman |
Psychologist |
5-Mar-1934 |
|
The psychology of economics |
| Larry Kaplan |
Computer Programmer |
c. 1952 |
|
Kaboom! |
| Stacy Keach |
Actor |
2-Jun-1941 |
|
Mike Hammer, also voice narrator |
| Stephen F. Keller |
Business |
c. 1937 |
|
Former Los Angeles attorney |
| Clark Kerr |
Educator |
17-May-1911 |
1-Dec-2003 |
Chancellor of UC Berkeley, 1952-58 |
| Ancel Keys |
Scientist |
26-Jan-1904 |
20-Nov-2004 |
Nutritionist, created the K ration |
| Jason Kidd |
Basketball |
23-Mar-1973 |
|
Point guard, Dallas Mavericks |
| Maxine Hong Kingston |
Author |
27-Oct-1940 |
|
The Woman Warrior |
| Thomas Kinkade |
Painter |
19-Jan-1958 |
|
Self-proclaimed "Painter of Light" |
| Paul Klebnikov |
Journalist |
3-Jun-1963 |
9-Jul-2004 |
Forbes journalist, killed in Moscow |
| Lawrence R. Klein |
Economist |
14-Sep-1920 |
|
Macroeconometric modeling |
| William F. Knowland |
Politician |
26-Jun-1908 |
23-Feb-1974 |
US Senator, committed suicide |
| Michael G. Kozak |
Diplomat |
1946 |
|
US Ambassador to Belarus, 2000-03 |
| Joanne C. Kozberg |
Administrator |
? |
|
California Strategies |
| Robert P. Kraft |
Astronomer |
16-Jun-1927 |
|
Lick Observatory |
| Robert Kuttner |
Editor |
c. 1943 |
|
The American Prospect |
| E. Floyd Kvamme |
Business |
1938 |
|
Partner, Kleiner Perkins |
| Willis Lamb |
Physicist |
12-Jul-1913 |
15-May-2008 |
Detailed the hydrogen spectrum |
| Richard Lamm |
Politician |
12-Sep-1935 |
|
Governor of Colorado, 1975-87 |
| Franklin K. Lane |
Government |
15-Jul-1864 |
18-May-1921 |
US Secretary of the Interior 1913-20 |
| Tom Lantos |
Politician |
1-Feb-1928 |
11-Feb-2008 |
Congressman from California, 1981-2008 |
| Sanaa Lathan |
Actor |
19-Sep-1971 |
|
Love & Basketball |
| Robert B. Laughlin |
Physicist |
1-Nov-1950 |
|
Fractional quantum Hall effect |
| Rita Lavelle |
Government |
8-Sep-1947 |
|
EPA official |
| Timothy Leary |
Activist |
22-Oct-1920 |
31-May-1996 |
Tune in, turn on, drop out |
| Charles Lederer |
Screenwriter |
31-Dec-1911 |
5-Mar-1976 |
His Girl Friday |
| Barbara Lee |
Politician |
16-Jul-1946 |
|
Anti-war Congresswoman, California 9th |
| Tsung-Dao Lee |
Physicist |
25-Nov-1926 |
|
Investigated parity law |
| Yuan T. Lee |
Chemist |
29-Nov-1936 |
|
Crossed molecular beam experiments |
| Matthew S. Levin |
Naturalist |
c. 1966 |
|
Bain Capital |
| Mel Levine |
Politician |
7-Jun-1943 |
|
Congressman from California, 1983-93 |
| Willard F. Libby |
Chemist |
17-Dec-1908 |
8-Sep-1980 |
Carbon-14 dating technique |
| Joseph Limprecht |
Diplomat |
22-Jul-1946 |
19-May-2002 |
US Ambassador to Albania, 1999-2002 |
| Bill Lockyer |
Politician |
8-May-1941 |
|
Attorney General of California |
| Daniel S. Loeb |
Business |
c. 1962 |
|
Third Point LLC |
| Jack London |
Novelist |
12-Jan-1876 |
22-Nov-1916 |
Call of the Wild |
| Arthur O. Lovejoy |
Historian |
10-Oct-1873 |
30-Dec-1962 |
The Great Chain of Being |
| Susan M. Lyne |
Business |
c. 1951 |
|
CEO of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia |
| Francisco Madero |
Head of State |
30-Oct-1873 |
22-Feb-1913 |
El loquito President of Mexico, 1911-13 |
| Alex J. Mandl |
Business |
14-Dec-1943 |
|
President and COO of AT&T, 1994-96 |
| Jeffrey A. Marcus |
Business |
13-Oct-1946 |
|
Cable TV magnate |
| Hans Mark |
Physicist |
17-Jun-1929 |
|
US Air Force Secretary, 1979-81 |
| Merrill Markoe |
Comic |
1951 |
|
Late Night with David Letterman |
| Forrest Mars |
Business |
21-Mar-1904 |
1-Jul-1999 |
Invented M&Ms |
| Ray Marshall |
Government |
22-Aug-1928 |
|
US Secretary of Labor 1977-81 |
| Quinn Martin |
Business |
22-May-1922 |
6-Sep-1987 |
Quinn Martin Productions |
| John C. Mather |
Physicist |
7-Aug-1946 |
|
Big Bang |
| Jerry Mathers |
Actor |
2-Jun-1948 |
|
Beaver in Leave it to Beaver |
| Doris O. Matsui |
Politician |
25-Sep-1944 |
|
Congresswoman, California 5th |
| Robert Matsui |
Politician |
17-Sep-1941 |
1-Jan-2005 |
Congressman from California, 1993-2005 |
| John McCone |
Government |
4-Jan-1902 |
14-Feb-1991 |
CIA Director, 1961-65 |
| Terence McKenna |
Author |
16-Nov-1946 |
3-Apr-2000 |
Mushrooms, UFOs, end of fractal time |
| Cynthia McKinney |
Politician |
17-Mar-1955 |
|
Congresswoman from Georgia, 2005-07 |
| Norman Z. McLeod |
Film Director |
20-Sep-1898 |
27-Jan-1964 |
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty |
| Edwin M. McMillan |
Physicist |
18-Sep-1907 |
7-Sep-1991 |
Discovered neptunium |
| Terry McMillan |
Author |
18-Oct-1951 |
|
Waiting to Exhale |
| Robert McNamara |
Government |
9-Jun-1916 |
|
US Secretary of Defense, 1961-68 |
| Ed Meese |
Government |
2-Dec-1931 |
|
Attorney General under Reagan, 1985-88 |
| Bob Melvin |
Baseball |
28-Oct-1961 |
|
Manager, Arizona Diamondbacks |
| Teresa H. Meng |
Business |
c. 1961 |
|
Co-Founder, Atheros Communications |
| Ralph Merkle |
Scientist |
2-Feb-1952 |
|
Public key cryptographer |
| Matthew Miau |
Business |
c. 1947 |
|
Chairman of MiTAC-Synnex |
| Richard M. Miles |
Diplomat |
8-Jan-1937 |
|
Former US Ambassador to Georgia, Bulgaria |
| Michael Milken |
Business |
4-Jul-1946 |
|
Convicted financial executive |
| G. William Miller |
Government |
9-Mar-1925 |
17-Mar-2006 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1979-81 |
| Stanley Miller |
Chemist |
7-Mar-1930 |
20-May-2007 |
Miller-Urey Experiment |
| Jay Miner |
Engineer |
31-May-1932 |
20-Jun-1994 |
Father of the Amiga Computer |
| Norm Mineta |
Politician |
12-Nov-1931 |
|
Congressman from California, 1975-95 |
| Mario J. Molina |
Chemist |
19-Mar-1943 |
|
Ozone depletion |
| Jorge P. Montoya |
Business |
1946 |
|
Procter & Gamble Executive |
| Jim Moody |
Politician |
2-Sep-1935 |
|
Congressman from Wisconsin, 1983-93 |
| Gordon Moore |
Business |
3-Jan-1929 |
|
Intel, Moore's Law |
| Albert F. Moreno |
Attorney |
c. 1944 |
|
General Counsel of Levi Strauss, 1996-2005 |
| Julia Morgan |
Architect |
20-Jan-1872 |
2-Feb-1957 |
Designed Hearst Castle |
| Kenneth P. Moritsugu |
Doctor |
5-Mar-1945 |
|
US Surgeon General, 2006-07 |
| Errol Morris |
Film Director |
5-Feb-1948 |
|
Documentary filmmaker |
| C. D. Mote, Jr. |
Educator |
c. 1937 |
|
President, University of Maryland |
| Kary Mullis |
Chemist |
28-Dec-1944 |
|
Nutball 1993 Nobel laureate |
| Shantanu Narayen |
Business |
c. 1963 |
|
CEO of Adobe |
| Barry Nelson |
Actor |
16-Apr-1920 |
7-Apr-2007 |
Yank on the Burma Road |
| Ronald L. Nelson |
Business |
c. 1953 |
|
CEO of Avis Budget Group |
| David D. Newsom |
Diplomat |
6-Jan-1918 |
30-Mar-2008 |
US Ambassador to Philippines, 1977-78 |
| Seth Barnes Nicholson |
Astronomer |
12-Nov-1891 |
2-Jul-1963 |
Four satellites of Jupiter |
| Frank Norris |
Novelist |
5-Mar-1870 |
25-Oct-1902 |
The Octopus |
| Douglass C. North |
Economist |
5-Nov-1920 |
|
Cliometrics |
| Raymond L. Ocampo |
Business |
c. 1952 |
|
General Counsel at Oracle, 1990-96 |
| Ted Olson |
Government |
11-Sep-1940 |
|
US Solicitor General, 2001-04 |
| John M. Ordway |
Diplomat |
1950 |
|
US Ambassador to Kazakhstan |
| Doug Ose |
Politician |
27-Jun-1955 |
|
Congressman from California, 1999-2005 |
| Paul S. Otellini |
Business |
12-Oct-1950 |
|
CEO of Intel |
| David W. Oxtoby |
Educator |
1951 |
|
President, Pomona College |
| Nell Irvin Painter |
Historian |
2-Aug-1942 |
|
Creating Black Americans |
| Octavio Paz |
Poet |
31-Mar-1914 |
19-Apr-1998 |
The Labyrinth of Solitude |
| Gregory Peck |
Actor |
5-Apr-1916 |
12-Jun-2003 |
To Kill A Mockingbird |
| Saul Perlmutter |
Astronomer |
1959 |
|
Supernova Cosmology Project |
| David Pescovitz |
Blogger |
? |
|
Boing Boing |
| Chris Pine |
Actor |
26-Aug-1980 |
|
The Princess Diaries 2 |
| Patricia S. Pineda |
Business |
c. 1952 |
|
General Counsel, Toyota Motors NA |
| Kenneth S. Pitzer |
Chemist |
6-Jan-1914 |
26-Dec-1997 |
President of Rice University, 1961-68 |
| Mary Lake Polan |
Doctor |
c. 1943 |
|
OG Professor at Stanford |
| Gerald Posner |
Journalist |
20-May-1954 |
|
Case Closed |
| Boone Powell, Jr. |
Business |
9-Feb-1937 |
|
CEO of Baylor Health Care, 1980-2001 |
| William C. Powers, Jr. |
Educator |
30-May-1946 |
|
President, University of Texas at Austin |
| Jade Puget |
Guitarist |
28-Nov-1973 |
|
AFI |
| Ed Quinn |
Actor |
26-Feb-1968 |
|
Eureka |
| Rodrigo Rato |
Government |
18-Mar-1949 |
|
IMF managing director |
| Hans Reiser |
Computer Programmer |
19-Dec-1963 |
|
ReiserFS |
| John Riccitiello |
Business |
c. 1959 |
|
CEO of Electronic Arts |
| Anne Rice |
Novelist |
4-Oct-1941 |
|
Vampire novelist |
| Roy Riegels |
Football |
4-Apr-1908 |
26-Mar-1993 |
Ran wrong way in 1929 Rose Bowl |
| Terry Riley |
Composer |
24-Jun-1935 |
|
In C |
| Paul Craig Roberts |
Economist |
1939 |
|
The Supply-Side Revolution |
| Warren Robinett |
Computer Programmer |
c. 1951 |
|
Atari 2600 game Adventure |
| Charles W. Robinson |
Business |
c. 1919 |
|
Deputy Secretary of State, 1976-77 |
| Johnathan A. Rodgers |
Business |
c. 1946 |
|
CEO of TV One |
| Richard Rodriguez |
Essayist |
31-Jul-1944 |
|
Hunger of Memory |
| Jim Rogan |
Politician |
21-Aug-1957 |
|
Congressman from California, 1997-2001 |
| Mario M. Rosati |
Business |
20-Jun-1946 |
|
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati |
| Jerry Rubin |
Activist |
14-Jul-1938 |
28-Nov-1994 |
Yippie, one of the Chicago 7 |
| Zelda Rubinstein |
Actor |
1-Jan-1933 |
|
Tangina in Poltergeist |
| R. J. Rushdoony |
Religion |
25-Apr-1916 |
8-Feb-2001 |
Institutes of Biblical Law |
| Dean Rusk |
Government |
9-Feb-1909 |
21-Dec-1994 |
US Secretary of State, 1961-69 |
| J. Phillip Samper |
Business |
c. 1935 |
|
Gabriel Venture Partners |
| Linda Sánchez |
Politician |
28-Jan-1969 |
|
Congresswoman, California 39th |
| Janet A. Sanderson |
Diplomat |
1955 |
|
US Ambassador to Haiti |
| Fayez Sarofim |
Business |
c. 1928 |
|
Billionaire, Fayez Sarofim & Co. |
| Michael Savage |
Radio Personality |
31-Mar-1942 |
|
Savage Nation |
| Mario Savio |
Activist |
8-Dec-1942 |
6-Nov-1996 |
Free Speech Movement |
| AnnaLee Saxenian |
Scholar |
c. 1954 |
|
Information technologist |
| Robert Scheer |
Columnist |
4-Apr-1936 |
|
Former L.A. Times columnist, former Commie |
| Orville Schell |
Author |
20-May-1940 |
|
Prominent sinologist |
| Thomas C. Schelling |
Economist |
14-Apr-1921 |
|
The Strategy of Conflict |
| Leslie T. Schilling |
Business |
? |
|
Union Square Investments Company |
| Eric Schmidt |
Business |
1955 |
|
CEO of Google |
| Eric W. Schrier |
Business |
? |
|
CEO of Readers Digest |
| Gregory L. Schulte |
Government |
? |
|
US Ambassador to the IAEA |
| Julian Schwinger |
Physicist |
12-Feb-1918 |
16-Jul-1994 |
Quantum electrodynamics |
| Glenn Seaborg |
Physicist |
19-Apr-1912 |
25-Feb-1999 |
Co-Discoverer of Plutonium |
| Donald Segretti |
Criminal |
17-Sep-1941 |
|
Dirty trickster for Nixon |
| Oren G. Shaffer |
Business |
c. 1942 |
|
Vice Chairman and CFO of Qwest, 2002-07 |
| Judith Shapiro |
Educator |
24-Jan-1942 |
|
President, Barnard College |
| William F. Sharpe |
Economist |
16-Jun-1934 |
|
Capital asset pricing model |
| Willy C. Shih |
Business |
c. 1951 |
|
VP at Kodak, 1997-2005 |
| Wilmar H. Shiras |
Novelist |
1908 |
1990 |
Children of the Atom |
| Zalman Shoval |
Diplomat |
28-Apr-1930 |
|
Twice Israeli Ambassdor to the US |
| William E. B. Siart |
Business |
c. 1946 |
|
Former CEO, First Interstate Bancorp |
| Mark S. Siegel |
Attorney |
c. 1950 |
|
REMY Investors |
| Herbert A. Simon |
Economist |
15-Jun-1916 |
9-Feb-2001 |
Administrative Behavior |
| James Simons |
Mathematician |
c. 1938 |
|
Renaissance Technologies hedge fund |
| Charles Simonyi |
Computer Programmer |
10-Sep-1948 |
|
Hungarian notation |
| Hamilton O. Smith |
Scientist |
23-Aug-1931 |
|
Restriction enzymes (DNA cleavage) |
| Tower Snow |
Attorney |
1947 |
|
Chairman of Brobeck, 1998-2001 |
| Gary Snyder |
Poet |
8-May-1930 |
|
Turtle Island |
| Susan Sontag |
Author |
16-Jan-1933 |
28-Dec-2004 |
Novelist, critic, intellectual |
| Joe Spano |
Actor |
7-Jul-1946 |
|
Hill Street Blues |
| Robert G. Sproul |
Administrator |
22-May-1891 |
10-Sep-1975 |
President, University of California, 1930-58 |
| Owsley Stanley |
Activist |
19-Jan-1935 |
|
Johnny Appleseed of LSD |
| Pete Stark |
Politician |
11-Nov-1931 |
|
Congressman, California 13th |
| Joel Stebbins |
Astronomer |
30-Jul-1878 |
16-Mar-1966 |
Photoelectric photometry |
| Lincoln Steffens |
Journalist |
6-Apr-1866 |
9-Aug-1936 |
Early muckraking journalist |
| Darryl Stephens |
Actor |
7-Mar-1974 |
|
Noah's Arc |
| Howard K. Stern |
TV Personality |
29-Nov-1968 |
|
Anna Nicole Smith's lawyer |
| Dean Stockwell |
Actor |
5-Mar-1936 |
|
Blue Velvet |
| Cliff Stoll |
Author |
? |
|
The Cuckoo's Egg |
| Irving Stone |
Novelist |
14-Jul-1903 |
26-Aug-1989 |
Historical biographical novelist |
| J. Curtis Struble |
Diplomat |
? |
|
US Ambassador to Peru |
| Gloria Stuart |
Actor |
4-Jul-1910 |
|
The old lady in Titanic |
| Joel Surnow |
Film/TV Producer |
18-Dec-1955 |
|
24, Half Hour News Hour |
| Genevieve Taggard |
Poet |
28-Nov-1894 |
8-Nov-1948 |
Travelling Standing Still |
| George Takei |
Actor |
20-Apr-1937 |
|
Sulu on original Star Trek |
| Amy Tan |
Author |
19-Feb-1952 |
|
The Joy Luck Club |
| Andrew Tanenbaum |
Computer Programmer |
1944 |
|
Creator of Minix |
| Deborah Tannen |
Linguist |
7-Jun-1951 |
|
You Just Don't Understand |
| Shibley Telhami |
Scholar |
c. 1952 |
|
Middle East scholar |
| Cary H. Thompson |
Business |
c. 1957 |
|
Managing Director, Bear Stearns |
| Ken Thompson |
Computer Programmer |
4-Feb-1943 |
|
Co-creator of UNIX |
| Porter E. Thompson |
Business |
1916 |
26-Feb-2008 |
President of Bechtel, 1975-83 |
| John M. Toups |
Business |
c. 1927 |
|
Planning Research Corporation |
| Roger J. Traynor |
Judge |
12-Feb-1900 |
14-May-1983 |
California Chief Justice, 1964-70 |
| Kenneth Tsang |
Actor |
1938 |
|
Hong Kong character actor |
| Robert W. Tucker |
Author |
c. 1925 |
|
The Inequality of Nations |
| Laura D. Tyson |
Economist |
28-Jun-1947 |
|
Dean of London Business School |
| Ian Underwood |
Musician |
22-May-1939 |
|
Multi-instrumentalist for The Mothers of Invention |
| Laura S. Unger |
Government |
c. 1961 |
|
SEC Commissioner, 1997-2001 |
| Harold C. Urey |
Chemist |
29-Apr-1893 |
5-Jan-1981 |
Discovered Deuterium |
| Jack Vance |
Novelist |
28-Aug-1916 |
|
The Dying Earth |
| Nicholas Veliotes |
Diplomat |
28-Oct-1928 |
|
US Ambassador to Egypt, 1984-86 |
| Ann Veneman |
Government |
29-Jun-1949 |
|
Executive Director of UNICEF |
| Carl W. Vogt |
Attorney |
20-Apr-1936 |
|
Former Partner, Fulbright & Jaworski |
| Diane Wakoski |
Poet |
3-Aug-1937 |
|
Coins & Coffins |
| Selman A. Waksman |
Scientist |
22-Jul-1888 |
16-Aug-1973 |
Streptomycin and other antibiotics |
| Jerome R. Waldie |
Politician |
15-Feb-1925 |
|
Congressman from California, 1966-75 |
| DeWitt Wallace |
Author |
12-Nov-1889 |
30-Mar-1981 |
Founder of Reader's Digest |
| Cher Wang |
Business |
c. 1958 |
|
CEO of HTC, VIA Technologies |
| Earl Warren |
Judge |
19-Mar-1891 |
9-Jul-1974 |
US Supreme Court Chief Justice, 1953-69 |
| Robert Penn Warren |
Poet |
24-Apr-1905 |
15-Sep-1989 |
First US Poet Laureate |
| Alice Waters |
Chef |
28-Apr-1944 |
|
Chez Panisse |
| Earl Anthony Wayne |
Diplomat |
c. 1950 |
|
US Ambassador to Argentina |
| Peter Welch |
Politician |
2-May-1947 |
|
Congressman from Vermont |
| Jonathan Wells |
Religion |
c. 1956 |
|
Moonie for Intelligent Design |
| Kathryn M. Werdegar |
Judge |
1936 |
|
Justice, California Supreme Court |
| Jessamyn West |
Author |
18-Jul-1902 |
23-Feb-1984 |
The Friendly Persuasion |
| Fred Whipple |
Astronomer |
5-Nov-1906 |
30-Aug-2004 |
Comet Guy |
| Mike White |
Football |
4-Jan-1936 |
|
Fighting Illini Head Coach, 1980-87 |
| Ernest J. Wilson III |
Educator |
c. 1948 |
|
Dean, Annenberg School for Communication |
| Pete Wilson |
Politician |
23-Aug-1933 |
|
Governor of California, 1991-99 |
| Daniel E. Winfree |
Judge |
c. 1953 |
|
Justice, Alaska Supreme Court |
| Jay S. Wintrob |
Business |
1958 |
|
CEO, AIG Retirement Services |
| Niklaus Wirth |
Computer Programmer |
15-Feb-1934 |
|
Inventor of Pascal, Modula-2 |
| Richard B. Wirthlin |
Business |
15-Mar-1931 |
|
Pollster |
| Werner F. Wolfen |
Attorney |
15-May-1930 |
|
Former Partner, Irell & Manella |
| Victor Wong |
Actor |
31-Jul-1927 |
12-Sep-2001 |
Egg Shen |
| Joan B. Woodard |
Scientist |
c. 1951 |
|
EVP at Sandia National Laboratories |
| Donald Woods |
Actor |
2-Dec-1906 |
5-Mar-1998 |
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms |
| Steve Wozniak |
Computer Programmer |
11-Aug-1950 |
|
Co-Founder of Apple Computer |
| Kurt Wüthrich |
Chemist |
4-Oct-1938 |
|
Magnetic resonance spectroscopy |
| Charles A. Yamarone |
Business |
c. 1959 |
|
Libra Securities |
| Leland Yee |
Politician |
? |
|
California Assembly Speaker Pro Tem |
| Victor Sen Yung |
Actor |
18-Oct-1915 |
9-Nov-1980 |
Hop Sing on Bonanza |
| Ahmed H. Zewail |
Chemist |
26-Feb-1946 |
|
Femtochemistry |
