| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| George Abbott |
Playwright |
25-Jun-1887 |
31-Jan-1995 |
Damn Yankees |
| John Abizaid |
Military |
1-Apr-1951 |
|
C-in-C, US Central Command, 2003-07 |
| Morton I. Abramowitz |
Diplomat |
20-Jan-1933 |
|
US Ambassador to Turkey, 1989-91 |
| Elliott Abrams |
Government |
24-Jan-1948 |
|
Asst. Secy. of State involved in Iran-Contra |
| George S. Abrams |
Attorney |
c. 1932 |
|
Partner, Winer & Abrams |
| M. H. Abrams |
Author |
23-Jul-1912 |
|
The Mirror and the Lamp |
| Jill Abramson |
Journalist |
19-Mar-1954 |
|
New York Times managing editor |
| André Aciman |
Author |
2-Jan-1951 |
|
Out of Egypt |
| Arlene Ackerman |
Government |
1947 |
|
School superintendent of San Francisco |
| Bruce Ackerman |
Scholar |
19-Aug-1943 |
|
We the People |
| Joel Ackerman |
Business |
c. 1965 |
|
Partner, Warburg Pincus |
| Brock Adams |
Politician |
13-Jan-1927 |
10-Sep-2004 |
US Senator from Washington, 1987-93 |
| Brooks Adams |
Historian |
24-Jun-1848 |
13-Feb-1927 |
The Law of Civilization and Decay |
| Charles Francis Adams IV |
Business |
2-May-1910 |
5-Jan-1999 |
Former president of Raytheon |
| Charles Francis Adams, Jr. |
Business |
27-May-1835 |
20-May-1915 |
President of Union Pacific, 1884-90 |
| Charles Francis Adams |
Diplomat |
18-Aug-1807 |
21-Nov-1886 |
US Ambassador to the UK, 1861-68 |
| Charles Francis Adams III |
Government |
2-Aug-1866 |
11-Jun-1954 |
Secretary of the Navy, 1929-33 |
| Henry Adams |
Historian |
16-Feb-1838 |
28-Mar-1918 |
The Education of Henry Adams |
| John Adams |
Composer |
15-Feb-1947 |
|
Nixon In China |
| John Adams |
Head of State |
30-Oct-1735 |
4-Jul-1826 |
2nd President of the U.S. |
| Roger Adams |
Chemist |
2-Jan-1889 |
6-Jul-1971 |
Organic chemist at Illinois |
| Samuel Adams |
Politician |
27-Sep-1722 |
2-Oct-1803 |
Brewer led the Boston Tea Party |
| Renata Adler |
Journalist |
19-Oct-1938 |
|
Gone: The Last Days of the New Yorker |
| James Agee |
Poet |
27-Nov-1909 |
16-May-1955 |
A Death in the Family |
| Conrad Aiken |
Poet |
5-Aug-1889 |
17-Aug-1973 |
Earth Triumphant |
| George Akerson |
Government |
5-Sep-1888 |
? |
First White House Press Secretary |
| Tom A. Alberg |
Business |
c. 1940 |
|
Madrona Venture Group |
| Winthrop W. Aldrich |
Business |
2-Nov-1885 |
25-Feb-1974 |
Chairman of Chase Manhattan Bank, 1934-53 |
| Anthony J. Alexander |
Business |
c. 1951 |
|
CEO of FirstEnergy |
| Christopher Alexander |
Architect |
4-Oct-1936 |
|
A Pattern Language, The Nature of Order |
| Horatio Alger |
Author |
13-Jan-1832 |
18-Jul-1899 |
Ragged Dick |
| Tatyana Ali |
Actor |
24-Jan-1979 |
|
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air |
| Frederick Lewis Allen |
Journalist |
5-Jul-1890 |
13-Feb-1954 |
Editor of Harpers, 1941-53 |
| George V. Allen |
Diplomat |
3-Nov-1903 |
11-Jul-1970 |
US Ambassador to Iran, 1946-48 |
| Hervey Allen |
Poet |
8-Dec-1889 |
28-Dec-1949 |
Ballads of the Border |
| Graham T. Allison |
Scholar |
23-Mar-1940 |
|
Kennedy School of Government |
| Gordon W. Allport |
Psychologist |
11-Nov-1897 |
9-Oct-1967 |
Personality: A Psychological Interpretation |
| Michael Almereyda |
Film Director |
7-Apr-1959 |
|
Hamlet |
| Joseph Alsop |
Journalist |
11-Oct-1910 |
28-Aug-1989 |
Matter of Fact |
| Jonathan Alter |
Columnist |
6-Oct-1957 |
|
Newsweek Senior Editor |
| Emily Altman |
Business |
1955 |
|
Morgan Stanley |
| Sidney Altman |
Chemist |
7-May-1939 |
|
Proved enzyme role of RNA |
| Aida M. Alvarez |
Business |
1950 |
|
SBA Administrator, 1997-2001 |
| Maryanne Amacher |
Composer |
25-Feb-1943 |
|
Sound Characters (Making the Third Ear) |
| Cleveland Amory |
Author |
2-Sep-1917 |
14-Oct-1998 |
The Cat Who Came for Christmas |
| Deborah Amos |
Journalist |
? |
|
NPR foreign correspondent |
| Leroy Anderson |
Composer |
29-Jun-1908 |
18-May-1975 |
Composer of The Syncopated Clock |
| Philip W. Anderson |
Physicist |
13-Dec-1923 |
|
Solid state physics |
| Robert W. Anderson |
Playwright |
28-Apr-1917 |
|
Tea and Sympathy |
| Phil Angelides |
Politician |
11-Jun-1953 |
|
California State Treasurer |
| Rand V. Araskog |
Business |
30-Oct-1931 |
|
CEO of ITT, 1979-98 |
| Adam M. Aron |
Business |
c. 1954 |
|
CEO of Vail Resorts, 1996-2006 |
| Darren Aronofsky |
Film Director |
12-Feb-1969 |
|
Pi, Requiem for a Dream |
| Miguel Arteta |
Film Director |
1965 |
|
Chuck & Buck |
| John Ashbery |
Poet |
28-Jul-1927 |
|
Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror |
| John M. Ashbrook |
Politician |
21-Sep-1928 |
24-Apr-1982 |
Congressman from Ohio, 1961-82 |
| John Jacob Astor |
Philanthropist |
13-Jul-1864 |
15-Apr-1912 |
Died aboard the Titanic |
| Alfred L. Atherton |
Diplomat |
22-Nov-1921 |
30-Oct-2002 |
US Ambassador to Egypt, 1979-83 |
| Brooks Atkinson |
Critic |
28-Nov-1894 |
14-Jan-1984 |
New York Times drama critic |
| Margaret Atwood |
Author |
18-Nov-1939 |
|
The Handmaid's Tale |
| Dennis A. Ausiello |
Doctor |
c. 1945 |
|
Massachusetts General Hospital |
| John H. Austin |
Doctor |
c. 1944 |
|
Arcadian Management Services |
| Irving Babbitt |
Philosopher |
2-Aug-1865 |
15-Jul-1933 |
Early leader of Neohumanism |
| Robert Bacon |
Government |
5-Jul-1860 |
29-May-1919 |
US Ambassador to France, 1909-12 |
| Katherine Baicker |
Economist |
? |
|
Council of Economic Advisers, 2005-07 |
| F. Lee Bailey |
Attorney |
10-Jun-1933 |
|
Prominent attorney |
| George F. Baker |
Business |
27-Mar-1840 |
2-May-1931 |
"None of the public's business" |
| Robert T. Bakker |
Paleontologist |
1945 |
|
The Dinosaur Heresies |
| John C. Baldwin |
Doctor |
c. 1949 |
|
Health Sciences Center, Texas Tech |
| Roger Baldwin |
Activist |
21-Jan-1884 |
26-Aug-1981 |
Founder of the American Civil Liberties Union |
| W. Scott Bales |
Judge |
c. 1956 |
|
Justice, Arizona Supreme Court |
| Steve Ballmer |
Business |
24-Mar-1956 |
|
CEO of Microsoft |
| Ed Balls |
Politician |
25-Feb-1967 |
|
British MP, Normanton |
| George Bancroft |
Historian |
3-Oct-1800 |
17-Jan-1891 |
A History of the United States |
| Hugh Bancroft |
Publisher |
13-Sep-1879 |
17-Oct-1933 |
President of Dow Jones, 1928-31 |
| Benjamin Barber |
Scholar |
2-Aug-1939 |
|
Jihad vs. McWorld |
| Walworth Barbour |
Diplomat |
4-Jun-1908 |
21-Jul-1982 |
US Ambassador to Israel, 1961-73 |
| James R. Barker |
Business |
c. 1936 |
|
Interlake Steamship Co. |
| Fred Barnes |
TV Personality |
c. 1943 |
|
Fox News regular |
| Michael Barone |
Pundit |
1944 |
|
Almanac of American Politics |
| Joseph W. Barr |
Government |
17-Jan-1918 |
23-Feb-1996 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1968-69 |
| Barbara M. Barrett |
Attorney |
c. 1950 |
|
US Ambassador to Finland |
| Zvi Barzilay |
Business |
c. 1947 |
|
President of Toll Brothers |
| Walter Jackson Bate |
Critic |
23-May-1918 |
26-Jul-1999 |
Samuel Johnson |
| Robert F. Bauer |
Attorney |
22-Feb-1952 |
|
General Counsel, Obama Campaign |
| Stephen L. Baum |
Business |
c. 1941 |
|
CEO of Sempra Energy, 2000-05 |
| Lucian A. Bebchuk |
Educator |
c. 1955 |
|
Corporate governance scholar |
| Anthony Beilenson |
Politician |
26-Oct-1932 |
|
Congressman from California, 1977-97 |
| Georg von Békésy |
Scientist |
3-Jun-1899 |
13-Jun-1972 |
Mechanism of cochlear stimulation |
| Henry Whitney Bellows |
Religion |
11-Jun-1814 |
30-Jan-1882 |
Unitarian leader, civil reformer |
| Perry Belmont |
Politician |
28-Dec-1851 |
25-May-1847 |
Congressman from New York, 1881-88 |
| Peter Benchley |
Novelist |
8-May-1940 |
11-Feb-2006 |
Jaws |
| Richard Benedick |
Diplomat |
? |
|
US negotiator to the Montreal Protocol |
| Robert Benham |
Judge |
25-Sep-1946 |
|
Justice, Georgia Supreme Court |
| Doug Bereuter |
Politician |
6-Oct-1939 |
|
Congressman from Nebraska, 1979-2004 |
| William H. Berkman |
Business |
c. 1964 |
|
The Associated Group |
| Ben Bernanke |
Economist |
13-Dec-1953 |
|
Federal Reserve Chairman |
| Leonard Bernstein |
Conductor |
25-Aug-1918 |
14-Oct-1990 |
Conductor, New York Philharmonic |
| Georges Berthoin |
Politician |
17-May-1925 |
|
Trilateral Commission Euro Chair, 1973-92 |
| Michael Beschloss |
Historian |
30-Nov-1955 |
|
The Conquerors |
| Benazir Bhutto |
Head of State |
21-Jun-1953 |
27-Dec-2007 |
Former prime minister of Pakistan |
| Alexander Bickel |
Scholar |
17-Dec-1924 |
7-Nov-1974 |
The Least Dangerous Branch |
| Frank Bidart |
Poet |
1939 |
|
The Book of the Body |
| Francis Biddle |
Government |
9-May-1886 |
4-Oct-1968 |
US Attorney General, 1941-45 |
| Jacob Bigelow |
Botanist |
27-Feb-1786 |
10-Jan-1879 |
American Medical Botany |
| John H. Biggs |
Business |
19-Jul-1936 |
|
CEO of TIAA-CREF, 1993-2002 |
| Jeff Bingaman |
Politician |
3-Oct-1943 |
|
US Senator from New Mexico |
| Hiram Bingham |
Politician |
19-Nov-1875 |
6-Jun-1956 |
US Senator, discovered Machu Picchu |
| Traci Bingham |
Actor |
13-Jan-1968 |
|
Baywatch, Surreal Life |
| George David Birkhoff |
Mathematician |
21-Mar-1884 |
12-Nov-1944 |
Modern theory of dynamical systems |
| Harry Blackmun |
Judge |
12-Nov-1908 |
4-Mar-1999 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1970-94 |
| Frank Blake |
Business |
c. 1950 |
|
CEO of Home Depot |
| James Blake |
Tennis |
28-Dec-1979 |
|
2nd place, 2006 Tennis Masters Cup |
| Robert O. Blake, Jr. |
Diplomat |
c. 1958 |
|
US Ambassador to Sri Lanka |
| Lloyd C. Blankfein |
Business |
20-Sep-1954 |
|
CEO of Goldman Sachs |
| Julia Chang Bloch |
Diplomat |
1942 |
|
US Ambassador to Nepal, 1989 |
| Nicolaas Bloembergen |
Physicist |
11-Mar-1920 |
|
Nonlinear optics |
| Alfred H. Bloom |
Educator |
27-Feb-1946 |
|
President, Swarthmore College |
| Lincoln P. Bloomfield, Jr. |
Government |
c. 1952 |
|
Asst. Secy. State Politico-Military, 2001-05 |
| Roy Blount, Jr. |
Author |
5-Oct-1941 |
|
Humorist |
| Richard Blumenthal |
Government |
13-Feb-1946 |
|
Attorney General of Connecticut |
| Robert Bly |
Poet |
23-Dec-1926 |
|
Iron John: A Book About Men |
| Frederick M. Bohen |
Business |
c. 1937 |
|
COO of Rockefeller University, 2002-05 |
| Charles E. Bohlen |
Diplomat |
30-Aug-1904 |
31-Dec-1974 |
US Ambassador to USSR, 1953-57 |
| W. E. B. Du Bois |
Activist |
23-Feb-1868 |
27-Aug-1963 |
Civil rights activist |
| Sissela Bok |
Scholar |
2-Dec-1934 |
|
Ethicist |
| Charles J. Bonaparte |
Government |
9-Jun-1851 |
28-Jun-1921 |
US Attorney General, 1906-09 |
| George Phillips Bond |
Astronomer |
20-May-1825 |
17-Feb-1865 |
Father of astrophotography |
| Daniel Boorstin |
Historian |
1-Oct-1914 |
28-Feb-2004 |
The Creators |
| James Bowdoin |
Politician |
7-Aug-1726 |
6-Nov-1790 |
Governor of Massachusetts 1785-87 |
| Joseph L. Bower |
Business |
21-Sep-1938 |
|
Professor, Harvard Business School |
| Robert R. Bowie |
Government |
1909 |
|
CIA Deputy Director, 1977-79 |
| Robert A. Bowman |
Business |
c. 1955 |
|
President and CEO, MLB Advanced Media |
| John Brademas |
Politician |
2-Mar-1927 |
|
Congressman from Indiana, 1959-81 |
| David F. Bradford |
Economist |
8-Jan-1939 |
22-Feb-2005 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1991-93 |
| Robert F. Bradford |
Politician |
15-Dec-1902 |
18-Mar-1983 |
Governor of Massachusetts, 1947-49 |
| Ben Bradlee |
Journalist |
26-Aug-1921 |
|
Editor of The Washington Post, 1965-91 |
| Milton Bradley |
Business |
8-Nov-1836 |
30-May-1911 |
Board games |
| Roger D. Branigin |
Politician |
26-Jul-1902 |
19-Nov-1975 |
Governor of Indiana, 1965-69 |
| Donna Brazile |
Author |
15-Dec-1959 |
|
Al Gore's 2000 campaign manager |
| Phil Bredesen |
Politician |
21-Nov-1943 |
|
Governor of Tennessee |
| Walter W. Bregman |
Business |
c. 1933 |
|
President, International Playtex |
| Amy Brenneman |
Actor |
22-Jun-1964 |
|
Judging Amy |
| Percy Williams Bridgman |
Physicist |
21-Apr-1882 |
20-Aug-1961 |
Investigated high pressure physics |
| Andrew Brimmer |
Economist |
13-Sep-1926 |
|
Federal Reserve Governor, 1966-74 |
| Jenne K. Britell |
Business |
c. 1942 |
|
Structured Ventures, Inc. |
| David Broder |
Journalist |
11-Sep-1929 |
|
Washington Post reporter |
| Harold Brodkey |
Novelist |
25-Oct-1930 |
26-Jan-1996 |
Stories in an Almost Classical Mode |
| Christopher W. Brody |
Business |
c. 1944 |
|
Partner, Warburg Pincus, 1971-98 |
| Ernie Brooks |
Bassist |
? |
|
Ex-Bassist for The Modern Lovers |
| Fred Brooks |
Author |
19-Apr-1931 |
|
The Mythical Man-Month |
| Van Wyck Brooks |
Critic |
16-Feb-1886 |
2-May-1963 |
Finders & Makers |
| Heywood Broun |
Journalist |
7-Dec-1888 |
18-Dec-1939 |
Muckraking reporter of the 1920s and '30s |
| Anthony G. Brown |
Politician |
21-Nov-1961 |
|
Lt. Governor of Maryland |
| Michael A. Brown |
Business |
c. 1958 |
|
CEO of Quantum, 1995-2002 |
| William Andreas Brown |
Diplomat |
7-Sep-1930 |
|
US Ambassador to Israel, 1988-92 |
| Bruce C. Bruckmann |
Business |
c. 1953 |
|
Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co. |
| David Brudnoy |
Radio Personality |
5-Jun-1940 |
8-Dec-2004 |
Boston talk radio host |
| Zbigniew Brzezinski |
Government |
28-Mar-1928 |
|
National Security Advisor, 1977-81 |
| Charles Bulfinch |
Architect |
8-Aug-1763 |
15-Apr-1844 |
Architect of the U.S. Capitol |
| Ralph Bunche |
Diplomat |
4-Aug-1904 |
9-Dec-1971 |
UN Mediator in Palestine 1948 |
| William Bundy |
Government |
24-Sep-1917 |
6-Oct-2000 |
Cold War advisor to JFK, LBJ |
| Stephen B. Burbank |
Educator |
c. 1946 |
|
UPenn Law Professor |
| Geoffrey Burbidge |
Astronomer |
24-Sep-1925 |
|
Quasi-steady state cosmology |
| Kevin Burke |
Business |
c. 1951 |
|
CEO of Consolidated Edison |
| Kennett F. Burnes |
Business |
c. 1943 |
|
CEO of Cabot, 2001-08 |
| Walter Dean Burnham |
Scholar |
1930 |
|
Democracy in the Making |
| John Burns |
Journalist |
4-Oct-1944 |
|
New York Times correspondent |
| William S. Burroughs |
Author |
5-Feb-1914 |
2-Aug-1997 |
Naked Lunch |
| Dick Button |
Figure Skating |
18-Jul-1929 |
|
Olympic figure skater |
| Caroline Bynum |
Historian |
1941 |
|
Medieval historian |
| John T. Cahill |
Business |
c. 1957 |
|
CEO of Pepsi Bottling Group, 2001-06 |
| Frank V. Cahouet |
Business |
25-May-1932 |
|
CEO of Mellon Financial, 1987-98 |
| Felipe Calderón |
Head of State |
18-Aug-1962 |
|
President of Mexico |
| Cass Canfield |
Publisher |
26-Apr-1897 |
27-Mar-1986 |
Harper & Brothers |
| Claude R. Canizares |
Physicist |
1945 |
|
Bruno Rossi Professor of Physics |
| Annie Jump Cannon |
Astronomer |
11-Dec-1863 |
13-Apr-1941 |
Census-taker of the sky |
| Walter Bradford Cannon |
Scientist |
19-Oct-1871 |
1-Oct-1945 |
Fight or flight response |
| Mario Capecchi |
Scientist |
6-Oct-1937 |
|
Knock-out mice |
| Andrew Card |
Government |
10-May-1947 |
|
White House Chief of Staff, 2001-06 |
| Prudence E. Carlson |
Relative |
c. 1951 |
|
Daughter of LeRoy T. Carlson |
| Doug Carlston |
Business |
1947 |
|
Co-Founder, Br0derbund Software |
| Dennis W. Carlton |
Economist |
c. 1950 |
|
Economics Professor, University of Chicago |
| Frank Carlucci |
Government |
18-Oct-1930 |
|
US Secretary of Defense, 1987-89 |
| Leonard Carmichael |
Educator |
9-Nov-1898 |
16-Sep-1973 |
Smithsonian Chief, 1953-64 |
| Robert Caro |
Historian |
30-Oct-1935 |
|
Biographer of Lyndon Johnson |
| Nicholas G. Carr |
Author |
1959 |
|
Does IT Matter? |
| Elliott Carter |
Composer |
11-Dec-1908 |
|
The Defence of Corinth |
| Albert V. Casey |
Business |
28-Feb-1920 |
10-Jul-2004 |
CEO of American Airlines, 1974-85 |
| John Casey |
Novelist |
18-Jan-1939 |
|
Spartina |
| John L. Cassis |
Business |
c. 1948 |
|
Cross Atlantic Partners |
| David Caute |
Author |
16-Dec-1936 |
|
Comrade Jacob |
| Ana María Cetto |
Scientist |
1946 |
|
Mexican physicist |
| Martin Chalfie |
Scientist |
1947 |
|
Green Fluorescent Protein |
| Margaret F. C. Chan |
Doctor |
1947 |
|
WHO Director-General Elect |
| Alfred Chandler |
Historian |
15-Sep-1918 |
9-May-2007 |
Business historian |
| Edward Channing |
Historian |
15-Jun-1856 |
7-Jan-1931 |
A History of the United States |
| Frederic L. Chapin |
Diplomat |
13-Jul-1929 |
8-Sep-1989 |
US Ambassador to Guatemala, 1981-84 |
| Bruce Chapman |
Government |
1934 |
|
Founder of the Discovery Institute |
| John Jay Chapman |
Essayist |
2-Mar-1862 |
4-Nov-1933 |
Essayist, founder of The Nursery |
| Jean-Marc Chapus |
Business |
c. 1959 |
|
Trust Company of the West |
| Benjamin D. Chereskin |
Business |
c. 1959 |
|
Madison Dearborn Partners |
| Michael Chertoff |
Government |
28-Nov-1953 |
|
US Homeland Security Czar |
| Joseph Choate |
Attorney |
24-Jan-1832 |
14-May-1917 |
Attorney, ambassador |
| Henry Cisneros |
Politician |
11-Jun-1947 |
|
Secretary of HUD, 1993-97 |
| Grenville Clark |
Attorney |
5-Nov-1882 |
13-Jan-1967 |
World Peace Through World Law |
| Joseph Sill Clark |
Politician |
21-Oct-1901 |
21-Jan-1990 |
US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1956-69 |
| Kim B. Clark |
Business |
20-Mar-1949 |
|
President of BYU-Idaho |
| W. Edmund Clark |
Business |
c. 1947 |
|
CEO of Toronto Dominion Bank |
| James Freeman Clarke |
Religion |
4-Apr-1810 |
8-Jun-1888 |
Ten Great Religions |
| John S. Clarkeson |
Business |
c. 1943 |
|
CEO of Boston Consulting Group, 1986-97 |
| Lacy Clay |
Politician |
27-Jul-1956 |
|
Congressman, Missouri 1st |
| Hal Clement |
Novelist |
20-May-1922 |
29-Oct-2003 |
Mission of Gravity |
| Adam Clymer |
Journalist |
27-Apr-1937 |
|
New York Times major-league asshole |
| Ariel Cohen |
Scholar |
c. 1964 |
|
Expert on International Relations |
| David X. Cohen |
Film/TV Producer |
c. 1966 |
|
Simpsons, Futurama producer |
| Eliot A. Cohen |
Government |
c. 1955 |
|
Prominent neoconservative |
| Rob Cohen |
Film Director |
12-Mar-1949 |
|
The Fast and the Furious |
| Leonard S. Coleman, Jr. |
Administrator |
17-Feb-1949 |
|
President of MLB National League, 1994-99 |
| Lovida H. Coleman, Jr. |
Attorney |
21-May-1949 |
|
Partner, Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan |
| Robert Coles |
Psychiatrist |
12-Oct-1929 |
|
Children of Crisis |
| J. Barclay Collins II |
Business |
21-Oct-1944 |
|
General Counsel for Hess Corporation |
| James F. Collins |
Diplomat |
1939 |
|
US Ambassador to Russia, 1997-2001 |
| Barry Commoner |
Biologist |
28-May-1917 |
|
Science and Survival |
| James B. Conant |
Educator |
26-Mar-1893 |
11-Feb-1978 |
President of Harvard, 1933-53 |
| Jill Ker Conway |
Educator |
9-Oct-1934 |
|
President of Smith College, 1975-85 |
| Alistair Cooke |
Journalist |
20-Nov-1908 |
29-Mar-2004 |
Alistair Cooke's America |
| John S. Cooper |
Politician |
23-Aug-1901 |
21-Feb-1991 |
US Senator from Kentucky |
| Sam Coppersmith |
Politician |
22-May-1955 |
|
Congressman from Arizona, 1993-95 |
| Allan M. Cormack |
Physicist |
23-Feb-1924 |
7-May-1998 |
Computerized axial tomography (CAT scans) |
| Jerome Corsi |
Activist |
31-Aug-1946 |
|
Co-Author, Unfit for Command |
| Malcolm Cowley |
Author |
24-Aug-1898 |
27-Mar-1989 |
Exile's Return |
| Archibald Cox |
Government |
17-May-1912 |
29-May-2004 |
Target of Watergate Saturday Night Massacre |
| James Gould Cozzens |
Novelist |
19-Aug-1903 |
9-Aug-1978 |
Guard of Honor |
| Donald J. Cram |
Chemist |
22-Apr-1919 |
17-Jun-2001 |
Synthesis of molecules |
| Jim Cramer |
TV Personality |
10-Feb-1955 |
|
Mad Money |
| F. Marion Crawford |
Novelist |
2-Aug-1854 |
9-Apr-1909 |
Whosoever Shall Offend |
| Robert Creeley |
Poet |
21-May-1926 |
30-Mar-2005 |
Founded Black Mountain Review |
| Michael Crichton |
Novelist |
23-Oct-1942 |
4-Nov-2008 |
Jurassic Park |
| John H. Crimmins |
Diplomat |
26-Nov-1919 |
12-Dec-2007 |
US Ambassador to Brazil, 1973-78 |
| Herbert Croly |
Author |
23-Jan-1869 |
17-May-1930 |
The Promise of American Life |
| Ralph D. Crosby, Jr. |
Business |
23-Sep-1947 |
|
CEO of EADS North America |
| Countee Cullen |
Poet |
30-May-1903 |
9-Jan-1946 |
Harlem Renaissance poet |
| John Culver |
Politician |
8-Aug-1932 |
|
US Senator from Iowa, 1974-81 |
| e. e. cummings |
Poet |
14-Oct-1894 |
3-Sep-1962 |
Majuscule-challenged American poet |
| Rivers Cuomo |
Musician |
13-Jun-1970 |
|
Weezer frontman |
| George E. Curry |
Publisher |
23-Feb-1947 |
|
Emerge editor-in-chief |
| Haskell Curry |
Mathematician |
12-Sep-1900 |
1-Sep-1982 |
Combinatory Logic |
| George Ticknor Curtis |
Historian |
28-Nov-1812 |
28-Mar-1894 |
Constitutional History of the United States |
| Harvey Cushing |
Doctor |
8-Apr-1869 |
7-Oct-1939 |
Cushing's Syndrome |
| Robert Cutler |
Government |
1895 |
1974 |
1950s National Security Advisor |
| Matt Damon |
Actor |
8-Oct-1970 |
|
Good Will Hunting |
| Richard Henry Dana |
Author |
1-Aug-1815 |
6-Jan-1882 |
Two Years Before the Mast |
| Nicholas Daniloff |
Journalist |
1934 |
|
Journalist jailed by Soviet Union |
| Richard Darman |
Government |
10-May-1943 |
25-Jan-2008 |
Carlyle Group member, former OMB Director |
| Guy Davenport |
Author |
23-Nov-1927 |
4-Jan-2005 |
Thasos and Ohio |
| George David |
Business |
7-Apr-1942 |
|
CEO of United Technologies |
| Thayer David |
Actor |
4-Mar-1927 |
17-Jul-1978 |
Jergens in Rocky |
| Jeffrey Davidow |
Diplomat |
26-Jan-1944 |
|
US Ambassador to Mexico, 1998-2001 |
| Donald Davidson |
Philosopher |
6-Mar-1917 |
30-Aug-2003 |
Actions, Reasons And Causes |
| Richard K. Davidson |
Business |
9-Jan-1942 |
|
CEO of Union Pacific, 1991-2006 |
| Artur Davis |
Politician |
9-Apr-1967 |
|
Congressman, Alabama 7th |
| Joseph S. Davis |
Economist |
5-Nov-1885 |
1975 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1955-58 |
| John Gunther Dean |
Diplomat |
24-Feb-1926 |
|
US Ambassador to India, 1985-88 |
| Robert W. Decherd |
Business |
c. 1951 |
|
CEO of Belo, 1987-2007 |
| Christopher DeMuth |
Activist |
5-Aug-1946 |
|
American Enterprise Institute |
| Robert E. Denham |
Attorney |
27-Aug-1945 |
|
Partner, Munger, Tolles & Olson |
| James M. Derham |
Diplomat |
? |
|
US Ambassador to Guatemala |
| Peter A. Derow |
Business |
c. 1940 |
|
Institutional Investor, Inc. |
| Joseph M. DeThomas |
Diplomat |
? |
|
US Ambassador to Estonia, 2001-04 |
| C. Maury Devine |
Business |
c. 1950 |
|
Former Exxon Mobil executive |
| Peter Diamandis |
Activist |
20-May-1961 |
|
Chairman of the X-Prize Foundation |
| Charles M. Diker |
Business |
1934 |
|
Diker Management LLC |
| C. Douglas Dillon |
Government |
21-Aug-1909 |
10-Jan-2003 |
US Treasury Secretary, 1961-65 |
| S. S. Van Dine |
Novelist |
15-Oct-1888 |
11-Apr-1939 |
The Canary Murder Case |
| Viet Dinh |
Government |
22-Feb-1968 |
|
USA PATRIOT Act mastermind |
| E. J. Dionne |
Journalist |
23-Apr-1952 |
|
The Washington Post |
| Lou Dobbs |
Journalist |
24-Sep-1945 |
|
CNN Moneyline |
| Edward A. Doisy |
Scientist |
3-Nov-1893 |
23-Oct-1986 |
Chemical structure of Vitamin K |
| Elizabeth Dole |
Politician |
29-Jul-1936 |
|
US Senator from North Carolina |
| Joel Dorius |
Educator |
4-Jan-1919 |
14-Feb-2006 |
Professor fired for gay porn arrest |
| Diana Lady Dougan |
Diplomat |
13-Jan-1943 |
|
Former US Ambassador |
| Paul H. Douglas |
Politician |
26-Mar-1892 |
24-Sep-1976 |
US Senator from Illinois, 1949-67 |
| Adolph Dubs |
Diplomat |
4-Aug-1920 |
14-Feb-1979 |
US Ambassador to Afghanistan, 1978-79 |
| Philip N. Duff |
Business |
c. 1958 |
|
Front Point Partners |
| Avery Cardinal Dulles |
Religion |
24-Aug-1918 |
12-Dec-2008 |
Fordham Professor, Roman Catholic Cardinal |
| Charles F. Dunbar |
Diplomat |
1-Apr-1931 |
|
US Ambassador to Yemen, 1988-91 |
| Jeffrey D. Dunn |
Business |
c. 1955 |
|
Group COO, Nickelodeon Networks |
| Stanley H. Durwood |
Business |
5-Aug-1920 |
15-Jul-1999 |
Father of the multi-screen movie theater |
| Ronald Dworkin |
Philosopher |
11-Dec-1931 |
|
Taking Rights Seriously |
| Esther Dyson |
Business |
14-Jul-1951 |
|
EDventure Holdings, former ICANN director |
| Richard Eberhart |
Poet |
5-Apr-1904 |
9-Jun-2005 |
Collected Poems |
| Otto Eckstein |
Economist |
1-Aug-1927 |
22-Mar-1984 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1964-66 |
| Luigi R. Einaudi |
Diplomat |
1-Mar-1936 |
|
Secy. General of the OAS, 2004-05 |
| Charles William Eliot |
Educator |
20-Mar-1834 |
22-Aug-1926 |
President, Harvard University, 1869-1909 |
| T. S. Eliot |
Poet |
26-Sep-1888 |
4-Jan-1965 |
The Hollow Men |
| Theodore L. Eliot, Jr. |
Diplomat |
1928 |
|
US Ambassador to Afghanistan, 1973-78 |
| Daniel Ellsberg |
Government |
7-Apr-1931 |
|
Pentagon Papers source |
| Charles M. Elson |
Business |
c. 1960 |
|
Economist, University of Delaware |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson |
Essayist |
25-May-1803 |
27-Apr-1882 |
Essayist, wrote Nature |
| Richard S. Emmet |
Attorney |
8-Apr-1897 |
5-Oct-1969 |
Counsel to the Bank of New York |
| John F. Enders |
Scientist |
10-Feb-1897 |
8-Sep-1985 |
Cultured the polio virus |
| Thomas O. Enders |
Diplomat |
28-Nov-1932 |
17-Mar-1996 |
US Ambassador to Canada, Spain |
| Edward Everett |
Politician |
11-Apr-1794 |
15-Jan-1865 |
Governor of Massachuetts, 1836-40 |
| Thomas E. Everhart |
Physicist |
15-Feb-1932 |
|
President of CalTech, 1987-97 |
| Ursula O. Fairbairn |
Business |
c. 1943 |
|
Former EVP, American Express |
| Philip Falcone |
Business |
c. 1962 |
|
Billionaire, Harbinger Capital |
| James Fallows |
Journalist |
2-Aug-1949 |
|
Atlantic Monthly |
| Susan Faludi |
Activist |
18-Apr-1959 |
|
Backlash |
| Martha J. Farah |
Psychologist |
c. 1955 |
|
Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, UPenn |
| Oliver La Farge |
Author |
19-Dec-1901 |
2-Aug-1963 |
Laughing Boy |
| Paul Farmer |
Doctor |
1959 |
|
Doctor for the world's poorest |
| Chaka Fattah |
Politician |
21-Nov-1956 |
|
Congressman, Pennsylvania 2nd |
| Robert A. Fein |
Psychologist |
? |
|
National Threat Assessment Center |
| Douglas Feith |
Government |
16-Jul-1953 |
|
Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, 2001-05 |
| Martin Feldstein |
Economist |
25-Nov-1939 |
|
Reagan economist |
| Cornelius Felton |
Scholar |
6-Nov-1807 |
26-Feb-1862 |
Classical scholar of Greek |
| Roger W. Ferguson, Jr. |
Government |
28-Oct-1951 |
|
CEO of TIAA-CREF |
| Frances D. Fergusson |
Educator |
3-Oct-1944 |
|
President of Vassar, 1986-2006 |
| Leslie A. Fiedler |
Critic |
8-Mar-1917 |
29-Jan-2003 |
Love and Death in the American Novel |
| Marshall Field IV |
Business |
15-Jun-1916 |
18-Sep-1965 |
Owner of the Chicago Sun-Times, 1956-65 |
| Glenn Fine |
Government |
c. 1956 |
|
Justice Department Inspector General |
| Jonathan Finer |
Journalist |
c. 1976 |
|
Washington Post reporter |
| Hamilton Fish IV |
Politician |
3-Jun-1926 |
23-Jul-1996 |
Congressman from New York, 1969-95 |
| J. Dudley Fishburn |
Business |
8-Jun-1946 |
|
British MP, Kensington, 1988-97 |
| Franklin M. Fisher |
Economist |
13-Dec-1934 |
|
Economist at MIT |
| Richard W. Fisher |
Business |
18-Mar-1949 |
|
President and CEO, Dallas Fed |
| John Fiske |
Historian |
30-Mar-1842 |
4-Jul-1901 |
Outlines of Cosmic Philosophy |
| Dudley Fitts |
Scholar |
28-Apr-1903 |
10-Jul-1968 |
Translator of Greek literature |
| J. Michael Fitzpatrick |
Business |
c. 1946 |
|
President of Rohm and Haas, 1999-2005 |
| Rodman Flender |
Film Director |
9-Jun-1962 |
|
Idle Hands |
| Denise K. Fletcher |
Business |
c. 1949 |
|
EVP Finance at Vulcan Energy |
| Abraham Flexner |
Educator |
13-Nov-1866 |
21-Sep-1959 |
The American College |
| Edward T. Fogarty |
Business |
c. 1937 |
|
CEO of Tambrands, 1994-97 |
| Thomas C. Foley |
Business |
c. 1953 |
|
US Ambassador to Ireland |
| Robert L. Fornaro |
Business |
c. 1952 |
|
CEO of AirTran Holdings |
| Bill Foster |
Politician |
7-Oct-1955 |
|
Congressman, Illinois 14th |
| Vicente Fox |
Head of State |
2-Jul-1942 |
|
President of Mexico, 2000-06 |
| Ford M. Fraker |
Business |
c. 1949 |
|
US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia |
| Jonathan Frakes |
Actor |
19-Aug-1952 |
|
Commander Riker on Star Trek: TNG |
| Barney Frank |
Politician |
31-Mar-1940 |
|
Congressman, Massachusetts 4th |
| Garance Franke-Ruta |
Columnist |
c. 1975 |
|
Senior Editor, The American Prospect |
| Al Franken |
Comic |
21-May-1951 |
|
Bow-tied pundit and ex-SNL player |
| John Hope Franklin |
Historian |
2-Jan-1915 |
|
From Slavery to Freedom |
| Richard Freeman |
Economist |
29-Jun-1943 |
|
Labor economist |
| David B. Frohnmayer |
Politician |
9-Jul-1940 |
|
President, University of Oregon |
| Francis Fukuyama |
Author |
27-Oct-1952 |
|
The End of History and the Last Man |
| R. Buckminster Fuller |
Architect |
12-Jul-1895 |
1-Jul-1983 |
Futurist, invented the geodesic dome |
| Jason Furman |
Government |
c. 1970 |
|
Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution |
| Paul Fussell |
Historian |
22-Mar-1924 |
|
The Great War and Modern Memory |
| William Gaddis |
Novelist |
29-Dec-1922 |
16-Dec-1998 |
A Frolic of His Own |
| James I. Gadsden |
Diplomat |
12-Mar-1948 |
|
US Ambassador to Iceland, 2002-05 |
| John Gage |
Business |
c. 1942 |
|
Sun Microsystems |
| James K. Galbraith |
Scholar |
c. 1952 |
|
Economics Professor at UT-Austin |
| Peter Galbraith |
Diplomat |
31-Dec-1950 |
|
The End of Iraq |
| Richard N. Gardner |
Diplomat |
9-Jul-1927 |
|
US Ambassador to Spain, 1993-97 |
| William M. Gardner |
Politician |
26-Oct-1948 |
|
New Hampshire Secretary of State |
| Geoff Garin |
Business |
? |
|
Pollster |
| Anne Garrels |
Journalist |
2-Jul-1951 |
|
NPR senior foreign correspondent |
| Bill Gates |
Business |
28-Oct-1955 |
|
Co-Founder of Microsoft |
| Mark Gearan |
Government |
16-Sep-1956 |
|
Peace Corps Director, 1995-99 |
| Clifford Geertz |
Anthropologist |
23-Aug-1926 |
30-Oct-2006 |
Thick Description |
| Frank Gehry |
Architect |
28-Feb-1929 |
|
Postmodern architect |
| C. Daniel Gelatt |
Business |
c. 1947 |
|
President of NMT Corporation |
| Leslie H. Gelb |
Government |
4-Mar-1937 |
|
President, Council on Foreign Relations, 1993-2003 |
| Robert A. Gerard |
Government |
c. 1945 |
|
Assistant Treasury Secretary, 1974-77 |
| Elbridge Gerry |
Politician |
17-Jul-1744 |
23-Nov-1814 |
Patron saint of Gerrymandering |
| Ivan Getting |
Inventor |
18-Jan-1912 |
11-Oct-2003 |
Global Positioning System |
| Samir G. Gibara |
Business |
23-Apr-1939 |
|
CEO of Goodyear, 1996-2002 |
| Walter S. Gifford |
Business |
10-Jan-1885 |
7-May-1966 |
President of AT&T, 1925-48 |
| Gabrielle Giffords |
Politician |
8-Jun-1970 |
|
Congresswoman, Arizona 8th |
| Jarobin Gilbert, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1946 |
|
Former NBC executive |
| Walter Gilbert |
Chemist |
21-Mar-1932 |
|
Sequencing techniques for DNA |
| George Gilder |
Pundit |
29-Nov-1939 |
|
Technological futurist pundit |
| Carol Gilligan |
Psychologist |
28-Nov-1936 |
|
In a Different Voice |
| Allan D. Gilmour |
Business |
1934 |
|
Twice Vice Chairman of Ford |
| Todd Gitlin |
Educator |
1943 |
|
Journalism professor, social critic |
| Sheldon Glashow |
Physicist |
5-Dec-1932 |
|
Electroweak Theory |
| James Glassman |
Publisher |
1-Jan-1947 |
|
Roll Call editor |
| Robert R. Glauber |
Business |
? |
|
National Association of Securities Dealers |
| Roy J. Glauber |
Physicist |
1-Sep-1925 |
|
Quantum optics |
| Sam Goddard |
Politician |
8-Aug-1919 |
1-Feb-2006 |
Governor of Arizona, 1965-67 |
| Terry Goddard |
Politician |
29-Jan-1947 |
|
Attorney General of Arizona |
| Donald J. Gogel |
Business |
c. 1949 |
|
CEO of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice |
| Ray A. Goldberg |
Educator |
c. 1927 |
|
Agribusiness professor, Harvard |
| Stephen M. Goldfeld |
Economist |
9-Aug-1940 |
25-Aug-1995 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1980-81 |
| John P. Goldsberry |
Business |
c. 1954 |
|
CFO of Gateway |
| James Goodby |
Diplomat |
20-Dec-1929 |
|
US Ambassador to Finland, 1980-81 |
| Amy Goodman |
Radio Personality |
13-Apr-1957 |
|
Host of Democracy Now! |
| Nelson Goodman |
Philosopher |
7-Aug-1906 |
25-Nov-1998 |
Fact, Fiction, and Forecast |
| Doris Kearns Goodwin |
Historian |
4-Jan-1943 |
|
Team of Rivals |
| S. Bernard Goodwyn |
Judge |
c. 1961 |
|
Justice, Virginia Supreme Court |
| Chris Gordon |
Business |
c. 1973 |
|
Bain Capital |
| Kermit Gordon |
Economist |
1916 |
1976 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1961-62 |
| Lincoln Gordon |
Diplomat |
1913 |
|
US Ambassador to Brazil, 1961-66 |
| Al Gore |
Politician |
31-Mar-1948 |
|
US Vice President under Clinton |
| Al Gore III |
Relative |
19-Oct-1982 |
|
Al Gore's son |
| Kristin Gore |
Relative |
5-Jun-1977 |
|
Futurama, SNL writer |
| Jamie S. Gorelick |
Attorney |
6-May-1950 |
|
9-11 Commission member |
| Edward Gorey |
Author |
22-Feb-1925 |
15-Apr-2000 |
Amphigorey |
| Benjamin Apthorp Gould |
Astronomer |
27-Sep-1824 |
26-Nov-1896 |
American astronomer and star-catalogist |
| Bill Gradison |
Politician |
28-Dec-1928 |
|
Congressman from Ohio, 1975-93 |
| Laurence S. Grafstein |
Business |
c. 1960 |
|
Managing Director, Lazard |
| Donald E. Graham |
Journalist |
22-Apr-1945 |
|
Washington Post CEO |
| Fred Grandy |
Actor |
29-Jun-1948 |
|
Congressman, Gopher on The Love Boat |
| Robert Grant |
Novelist |
24-Jan-1852 |
19-May-1940 |
Unleavened Bread |
| C. Boyden Gray |
Government |
6-Feb-1943 |
|
Conservative activist, lobbyist |
| Hanna Holborn Gray |
Educator |
1930 |
|
President, University of Chicago, 1978-93 |
| Jonathan N. Grayer |
Business |
c. 1965 |
|
CEO of Kaplan |
| Joshua Green III |
Business |
1936 |
|
Joshua Green Corporation |
| S. William Green |
Politician |
16-Oct-1 |
