| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Dan Abrams |
Journalist |
20-May-1966 |
|
Host of MSNBC's The Abrams Report |
| Joel Ackerman |
Business |
c. 1965 |
|
Partner, Warburg Pincus |
| Edie Adams |
Actor |
16-Apr-1925 |
|
Lover Come Back |
| Felix Adler |
Educator |
13-Aug-1851 |
24-Apr-1933 |
Ethical Culture |
| Mortimer J. Adler |
Philosopher |
28-Dec-1902 |
28-Jun-2001 |
How to Read a Book |
| Casey Affleck |
Actor |
12-Aug-1975 |
|
Ben Affleck's brother |
| James F. Albaugh |
Business |
31-May-1950 |
|
EVP at Boeing |
| Mitch Albom |
Novelist |
23-May-1958 |
|
Tuesdays with Morrie |
| Madeleine Albright |
Diplomat |
15-May-1937 |
|
Bill Clinton's Secretary of State |
| Hafizullah Amin |
Head of State |
1-Aug-1929 |
27-Dec-1979 |
President of Afghanistan, 1979 |
| Laurie Anderson |
Artist |
5-Jun-1947 |
|
Tape bow violinist and performance artist |
| Regina M. Anderson |
Playwright |
21-May-1901 |
5-Feb-1993 |
Climbing Jacob's Ladder |
| Roone Arledge |
Sports Figure |
8-Jul-1931 |
5-Dec-2002 |
Created Wide World of Sports |
| Michael Armacost |
Diplomat |
15-Apr-1937 |
|
US Ambassador to Japan, 1989-93 |
| Edwin H. Armstrong |
Inventor |
18-Dec-1890 |
31-Jan-1954 |
Inventor of FM radio |
| Morten Arntzen |
Business |
c. 1955 |
|
CEO of Overseas Shipholding Group |
| Kenneth J. Arrow |
Economist |
23-Aug-1921 |
|
Social Choice and Individual Values |
| John Ashbery |
Poet |
28-Jul-1927 |
|
Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror |
| Isaac Asimov |
Author |
2-Jan-1920 |
6-Apr-1992 |
Foundation |
| William Waldorf Astor |
Publisher |
31-Mar-1848 |
18-Oct-1919 |
The Observer |
| Paul Auster |
Novelist |
3-Feb-1947 |
|
New York Trilogy |
| Richard Avedon |
Photographer |
13-May-1923 |
1-Oct-2004 |
Photographer of the human predicament |
| Richard Axel |
Scientist |
2-Jul-1946 |
|
Odorant receptors and olfactory organization |
| John Backus |
Computer Programmer |
3-Dec-1924 |
17-Mar-2007 |
Inventor of BNF, led FORTRAN team |
| Richard C. Barkley |
Diplomat |
23-Dec-1932 |
|
US Ambassador to East Germany, 1988-90 |
| Harry Barnes |
Diplomat |
5-Jun-1926 |
|
US Ambassador to Chile, 1985-88 |
| William Barr |
Government |
23-May-1950 |
|
US Attorney General, 1991-93 |
| Robert L. Barry |
Diplomat |
28-Aug-1934 |
|
US Ambassador to Indonesia, 1992-95 |
| Jacqueline K. Barton |
Chemist |
7-May-1952 |
|
Professor of Chemistry at CalTech |
| Jacques Barzun |
Historian |
30-Nov-1907 |
|
From Dawn to Decadence |
| J. T. Battenberg III |
Business |
1944 |
|
CEO of Delphi, 1998-2005 |
| Vincent M. Battle |
Diplomat |
1940 |
|
US Ambassador to Lebanon, 2001-04 |
| Charles A. Beard |
Historian |
27-Nov-1874 |
1-Sep-1948 |
The Rise of American Civilization |
| Carl Becker |
Historian |
7-Sep-1873 |
10-Apr-1945 |
Everyman His Own Historian |
| William Beebe |
Scientist |
29-Jul-1877 |
4-Jun-1962 |
Ocean explorer |
| Marek Belka |
Head of State |
9-Jan-1952 |
|
Prime Minister of Poland 2004-05 |
| Daniel Bell |
Sociologist |
10-May-1919 |
|
The End of Ideology |
| Baruj Benacerraf |
Scientist |
29-Oct-1920 |
|
Gene control of HLA antigens |
| Richard Benedick |
Diplomat |
? |
|
US negotiator to the Montreal Protocol |
| Ruth Benedict |
Anthropologist |
5-Jun-1887 |
17-Sep-1948 |
Anthropologist, Patterns of Culture |
| Medea Benjamin |
Activist |
10-Sep-1952 |
|
CODEPINK, Global Exchange cofounder |
| Gwendolyn Bennett |
Author |
8-Jul-1902 |
30-May-1981 |
Harlem Renaissance writer |
| Thomas Berger |
Novelist |
20-Jul-1924 |
|
Little Big Man |
| Sune K. Bergström |
Scientist |
10-Jan-1916 |
15-Aug-2004 |
Prostaglandins |
| John Berryman |
Poet |
25-Oct-1914 |
7-Jan-1972 |
Homage to Mistress Bradstreet |
| Kathryn Bigelow |
Film Director |
27-Nov-1951 |
|
Strange Days |
| Poultney Bigelow |
Author |
10-Sep-1855 |
28-May-1954 |
The German Struggle for Liberty |
| Jeffrey L. Bleustein |
Business |
c. 1940 |
|
CEO of Harley-Davidson, 1997-2005 |
| James Blish |
Author |
23-May-1921 |
30-Jul-1975 |
Cities in Flight |
| Hans Blix |
Government |
28-Jun-1928 |
|
Weapons inspector before Iraq War |
| Konrad Bloch |
Scientist |
21-Jan-1912 |
15-Oct-2000 |
Cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism |
| Baruch S. Blumberg |
Scientist |
28-Jul-1925 |
|
Hepatitis B vaccine |
| Louis D. Boccardi |
Journalist |
c. 1938 |
|
CEO of Associated Press, 1985-2003 |
| Avis Bohlen |
Diplomat |
20-Apr-1940 |
|
US Ambassador to Bulgaria, 1996-99 |
| Sorrell Booke |
Actor |
4-Jan-1930 |
11-Feb-1994 |
Boss Hogg on Dukes of Hazzard |
| Pat Boone |
Singer |
1-Jun-1934 |
|
Whitens up those black songs |
| Ari Bousbib |
Business |
c. 1962 |
|
President of Otis Elevator |
| John Bowe |
Author |
1964 |
|
Nobodies: Modern American Slave Labor |
| Albert H. Bowker |
Educator |
8-Sep-1919 |
20-Jan-2008 |
Chancellor of UC Berkeley, 1971-80 |
| Erskine Bowles |
Government |
8-Aug-1945 |
|
Clinton's Chief of Staff |
| Jesse Bradford |
Actor |
28-May-1979 |
|
Clockstoppers |
| Gloria Brame |
Author |
20-Aug-1955 |
|
Clinical sexologist |
| Aurelia E. Brazeal |
Diplomat |
24-Nov-1943 |
|
US Ambassador to Ethiopia, 2002-05 |
| Jenne K. Britell |
Business |
c. 1942 |
|
Structured Ventures, Inc. |
| Geraldine Brooks |
Novelist |
1955 |
|
March |
| Joyce Brothers |
Psychologist |
20-Sep-1928 |
|
Pop psychologist |
| Harold Brown |
Government |
19-Sep-1927 |
|
US Secretary of Defense, 1977-81 |
| L. Dean Brown |
Diplomat |
21-Aug-1920 |
2-May-2001 |
US Ambassador to Jordan, 1970-73 |
| Robert L. Brown |
Judge |
30-Jun-1941 |
|
Justice, Arkansas Supreme Court |
| Frank Bruni |
Journalist |
31-Oct-1964 |
|
New York Times food critic |
| Charles F. Brush III |
Archaeologist |
3-Apr-1923 |
1-Jun-2006 |
Explorers Club president 1978-81 |
| Robert Brustein |
Educator |
21-Apr-1927 |
|
Founder, American Reportory Theatre |
| Pat Buchanan |
Columnist |
2-Nov-1938 |
|
Right-wing conservative throwback |
| Algis Budrys |
Author |
9-Jan-1931 |
|
Rogue Moon |
| Warren Buffett |
Business |
30-Aug-1930 |
|
Billionaire in Omaha |
| Elisabeth Bumiller |
Journalist |
c. 1955 |
|
New York Times Washington correspondent |
| Raymond Burghardt |
Diplomat |
1945 |
|
US Ambassador to Vietnam, 2002-04 |
| Kenneth Burke |
Critic |
5-May-1897 |
19-Nov-1993 |
Language as Symbolic Action |
| Arthur F. Burns |
Economist |
27-Apr-1904 |
6-Jun-1987 |
Chairman of the Federal Reserve, 1970-78 |
| Ursula M. Burns |
Business |
20-Sep-1958 |
|
President of Xerox |
| Raymond Burr |
Actor |
21-May-1917 |
12-Sep-1993 |
Perry Mason |
| Frederick Busch |
Novelist |
1-Aug-1941 |
23-Feb-2006 |
Don't Tell Anyone |
| Patricia A. Butenis |
Diplomat |
? |
|
US Ambassador to Bangladesh |
| Addie J. Butler |
Religion |
1946 |
|
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
| Nicholas Murray Butler |
Educator |
2-Apr-1862 |
7-Dec-1947 |
President of Columbia University |
| Thomas Cahill |
Author |
1940 |
|
How the Irish Saved Civilization |
| Mary Calderone |
Activist |
1-Jul-1904 |
24-Oct-1998 |
Questions and Answers about Love and Sex |
| Bill Campbell |
Business |
31-Aug-1940 |
|
Chairman of Intuit |
| Joseph Campbell |
Author |
26-Mar-1904 |
31-Oct-1987 |
The Power of Myth |
| Eric Cantor |
Politician |
6-Jun-1963 |
|
Congressman, Virginia 7th |
| Richard G. Capen |
Publisher |
c. 1935 |
|
US Ambassador to Spain, 1992-93 |
| Ernesto Cardenal |
Poet |
20-Jan-1925 |
|
Liberation theologist, important Nicaraguan poet |
| Benjamin Cardozo |
Judge |
24-May-1870 |
9-Jul-1938 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1932-38 |
| Gene R. Carter |
Educator |
c. 1940 |
|
Executive Director, ASCD |
| Helena Carter |
Actor |
24-Aug-1923 |
11-Jan-2000 |
Invaders from Mars |
| Hodding Carter III |
Journalist |
7-Apr-1935 |
|
Carter Administration mouthpiece |
| Peter Cartwright |
Business |
1930 |
|
CEO of Calpine, 1984-2005 |
| Robert B. Catell |
Business |
1-Feb-1937 |
|
CEO of KeySpan, 1998-2007 |
| Bennett Cerf |
Business |
25-May-1898 |
27-Aug-1971 |
Founder of Random House |
| Whittaker Chambers |
Author |
1-Apr-1901 |
9-Jul-1961 |
Accuser of Alger Hiss |
| Elaine Chao |
Government |
26-Mar-1953 |
|
US Secretary of Labor |
| Jerome Charyn |
Novelist |
13-May-1937 |
|
The Good Policeman |
| Shirley Chisholm |
Politician |
30-Nov-1924 |
1-Jan-2005 |
First black woman elected to US House |
| Kenneth B. Clark |
Psychologist |
14-Jul-1914 |
1-May-2005 |
Dark Ghetto: Dilemmas of Social Power |
| Robert C. Clark |
Educator |
c. 1944 |
|
Dean of Harvard Law School, 1989-2003 |
| William Clark, Jr. |
Diplomat |
12-Oct-1930 |
|
US Ambassador to India, 1989-92 |
| Lucille Clifton |
Poet |
27-Jun-1936 |
|
Good Woman |
| De Witt Clinton |
Politician |
2-Mar-1769 |
11-Feb-1828 |
Twice Governor of New York |
| Richard Cohen |
Columnist |
1941 |
|
Washington Post columnist |
| Roy Cohn |
Government |
20-Feb-1927 |
2-Aug-1986 |
Joseph McCarthy's henchman |
| James S. Coleman |
Sociologist |
12-May-1926 |
25-Mar-1995 |
Foundations of Social Theory |
| Barry Commoner |
Biologist |
28-May-1917 |
|
Science and Survival |
| Bill Condon |
Film Director |
22-Oct-1955 |
|
Gods and Monsters, Kinsey |
| Robin Cook |
Novelist |
4-May-1940 |
|
Coma |
| Leon N. Cooper |
Physicist |
28-Feb-1930 |
|
BCS Theory of Superconductivity |
| Matthew Cooper |
Journalist |
c. 1962 |
|
Reluctant to name Plame leak source |
| André F. Cournand |
Scientist |
24-Sep-1895 |
19-Feb-1988 |
Cardiac catheterization |
| Norman Cousins |
Author |
24-Jun-1912 |
30-Nov-1990 |
Editor of The Saturday Review |
| Monica Crowley |
Pundit |
19-Sep-1968 |
|
Conservative commentator on FOX News |
| Heidi Cullen |
TV Personality |
c. 1971 |
|
The Climate Code |
| Edward Dahlberg |
Novelist |
22-Jul-1900 |
27-Feb-1977 |
Because I Was Flesh |
| Jonathan Daniels |
Government |
26-Apr-1902 |
6-Nov-1981 |
FDR and Truman's press secretary |
| Borzou Daragahi |
Journalist |
? |
|
Los Angeles Times reporter |
| Robert J. Darnall |
Business |
c. 1938 |
|
CEO of Inland Steel, 1992-98 |
| Eugene I. Davis |
Business |
c. 1953 |
|
Pirinate Consulting Group |
| Ossie Davis |
Actor |
18-Dec-1917 |
4-Feb-2005 |
Do The Right Thing |
| Brian De Palma |
Film Director |
11-Sep-1940 |
|
Carrie |
| Karl Dean |
Politician |
20-Sep-1955 |
|
Mayor of Nashville |
| Rosa DeLauro |
Politician |
2-Mar-1943 |
|
Congresswoman, Connecticut 3rd |
| Christopher W. Dell |
Diplomat |
1956 |
|
US Ambassador to Zimbabwe |
| Brian Dennehy |
Actor |
9-Jul-1938 |
|
First Blood |
| T. G. Dobzhansky |
Scientist |
25-Jan-1900 |
18-Dec-1975 |
Genetics and the Origin of Species |
| E. L. Doctorow |
Author |
6-Jan-1931 |
|
The Book of Daniel |
| Troy Donahue |
Actor |
27-Jan-1936 |
2-Sep-2001 |
A Summer Place |
| Timothy Donnelly |
Poet |
1969 |
|
Twenty-Seven Props |
| Wild Bill Donovan |
Government |
1-Jan-1883 |
8-Feb-1959 |
Founded the OSS |
| Paul H. Douglas |
Politician |
26-Mar-1892 |
24-Sep-1976 |
US Senator from Illinois, 1949-67 |
| Hugh Downs |
Journalist |
14-Feb-1921 |
|
20/20 |
| Charles Drew |
Doctor |
3-Jun-1904 |
1-Apr-1950 |
First to separate blood plasma |
| Michael Drosnin |
Journalist |
c. 1944 |
|
The Bible Code |
| Daniel C. Drucker |
Engineer |
1918 |
25-Aug-2001 |
Drucker's stability postulate |
| Tan Dun |
Composer |
18-Aug-1957 |
|
Heaven, Earth, Mankind |
| Charles F. Dunbar |
Diplomat |
1-Apr-1931 |
|
US Ambassador to Yemen, 1988-91 |
| James F. Dunnigan |
Historian |
Aug-1943 |
|
Military historian, wargame designer |
| Max Eastman |
Author |
12-Jan-1883 |
25-Mar-1969 |
Socialist writer, later embraced McCarthyism |
| Fred Ebb |
Musician |
8-Apr-1935 |
11-Sep-2004 |
Top Broadway lyricist |
| Martin L. Edelman |
Attorney |
c. 1941 |
|
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker |
| Niles Eldredge |
Paleontologist |
25-Aug-1943 |
|
Theory of Punctuated Equilibrium |
| Albert Ellis |
Psychologist |
27-Sep-1913 |
24-Jul-2007 |
Rational emotive behavior therapy |
| Richard T. Ely |
Economist |
13-Apr-1854 |
4-Oct-1943 |
Introduction to Political Economy |
| Richard Epstein |
Scholar |
17-Apr-1943 |
|
Takings |
| Bonnie Erbe |
TV Personality |
? |
|
Host of To the Contrary |
| Weeb Ewbank |
Football |
6-May-1907 |
17-Nov-1998 |
Head Coach, Baltimore Colts and NY Jets |
| Meyer Feldberg |
Educator |
17-Mar-1942 |
|
Dean of Columbia Business School, 1989-2004 |
| Lawrence Ferlinghetti |
Poet |
24-Mar-1919 |
|
A Coney Island of the Mind |
| Howard Fineman |
Journalist |
c. 1948 |
|
Newsweek chief political analyst |
| Hamilton Fish |
Politician |
3-Aug-1808 |
7-Sep-1893 |
US Secretary of State, 1869-77 |
| Dorothy Canfield Fisher |
Author |
17-Feb-1879 |
9-Nov-1958 |
Understood Betsy |
| Alan H. Fishman |
Business |
c. 1946 |
|
Meridian Capital Group |
| Steven S. Fishman |
Business |
c. 1950 |
|
CEO of Big Lots |
| Val Fitch |
Physicist |
10-Mar-1923 |
|
Time not necessarily reversible |
| James Florio |
Politician |
29-Aug-1937 |
|
Governor of New Jersey, 1990-94 |
| Robert W. Fogel |
Economist |
1-Jul-1926 |
|
Cliometrics |
| Matthew Fox |
Actor |
14-Jul-1966 |
|
Jack on Lost |
| J. Richard Fredericks |
Business |
1945 |
|
US Ambassador to Switzerland, 1999-2001 |
| Peter Frelinghuysen, Jr. |
Politician |
17-Jan-1916 |
|
Congressman from New Jersey, 1953-75 |
| Daniel Fried |
Diplomat |
? |
|
US Asst. Secy. of State for European Affairs |
| Milton Friedman |
Economist |
31-Jul-1912 |
16-Nov-2006 |
1976 Nobel Prize for Economics |
| Robert L. Friedman |
Business |
c. 1942 |
|
Managing Partner, Blackstone Group |
| Ira H. Fuchs |
Administrator |
? |
|
Founder of BITNET |
| Klaus Fuchs |
Physicist |
29-Dec-1911 |
28-Jan-1988 |
Manhattan Project scientist, spy for USSR |
| Susan Fuhrman |
Educator |
c. 1943 |
|
President, Teachers College, Columbia |
| Allen Funt |
Film/TV Producer |
16-Sep-1914 |
5-Sep-1999 |
Producer and host of Candid Camera |
| Dan Futterman |
Actor |
8-Jun-1967 |
|
Vincent on Judging Amy |
| Clarence Gaines |
Basketball |
21-May-1923 |
18-Apr-2005 |
Winston-Salem Head Coach, 1946-93 |
| Art Garfunkel |
Singer/Songwriter |
5-Nov-1941 |
|
Simon and Garfunkel |
| Jason Garrett |
Football |
28-Mar-1966 |
|
Dallas Cowboys OC |
| Lorraine Gary |
Actor |
16-Aug-1937 |
|
Jaws |
| Peter Gay |
Historian |
20-Jun-1923 |
|
The Enlightenment: An Interpretation |
| Gordon Gee |
Educator |
2-Feb-1944 |
|
President, Ohio State University |
| Lou Gehrig |
Baseball |
19-Jun-1903 |
2-Jun-1941 |
Played 2,130 consecutive games |
| Philip H. Geier, Jr. |
Business |
22-Feb-1935 |
|
CEO of Interpublic Group, 1980-2000 |
| Vitas Gerulaitis |
Tennis |
26-Jul-1954 |
18-Sep-1994 |
Tennis champ |
| Allen Ginsberg |
Poet |
3-Jun-1926 |
5-Apr-1997 |
Howl! |
| Nikki Giovanni |
Poet |
7-Jun-1943 |
|
Black Feeling, Black Talk |
| Nathan Glazer |
Pundit |
25-Feb-1923 |
|
Co-Editor, The Public Interest |
| Thomas H. Glocer |
Business |
8-Oct-1959 |
|
CEO of Reuters Group |
| Louise Glück |
Author |
22-Apr-1943 |
|
The Wild Iris |
| Susan Golding |
Politician |
18-Aug-1945 |
|
Mayor of San Diego, 1992-2000 |
| William Goldman |
Novelist |
12-Aug-1931 |
|
Marathon Man, Princess Bride |
| Harvey J. Goldschmid |
Government |
6-May-1940 |
|
SEC Commissioner, 2002-05 |
| Matt Gonzalez |
Politician |
4-Jun-1965 |
|
Progressive politician, activist |
| Joseph Gordon-Levitt |
Actor |
17-Feb-1981 |
|
Third Rock From the Sun |
| Gordon Gould |
Physicist |
17-Jul-1920 |
16-Sep-2005 |
Invented the laser |
| Stephen Jay Gould |
Biologist |
10-Sep-1941 |
20-May-2002 |
Evolutionary biologist and paleontologist |
| Henry F. Grady |
Economist |
12-Feb-1882 |
14-Sep-1957 |
First US Ambassador to India, 1947-48 |
| Gerrit Graham |
Actor |
27-Nov-1949 |
|
Class Reunion |
| Patricia A. Graham |
Educator |
1935 |
|
Dean of Harvard GSE, 1982-91 |
| Mike Gravel |
Politician |
13-May-1930 |
|
US Senator from Alaska, 1969-81 |
| Alan Greenspan |
Economist |
6-Mar-1926 |
|
Federal Reserve Chairman, 1987-2006 |
| Judd Gregg |
Politician |
14-Feb-1947 |
|
US Senator from New Hampshire |
| Robert H. Grubbs |
Chemist |
27-Feb-1942 |
|
Metathesis |
| Jack Grubman |
Business |
8-Oct-1953 |
|
Shady-dealings securities analyst |
| Ursula K. Le Guin |
Novelist |
21-Oct-1929 |
|
The Left Hand of Darkness |
| Alan Guth |
Physicist |
27-Feb-1947 |
|
Inflationary theory |
| Samuel Guthrie |
Doctor |
1782 |
19-Oct-1848 |
Discovered chloroform |
| Maggie Gyllenhaal |
Actor |
16-Nov-1977 |
|
Secretary |
| James C. Hagerty |
Government |
9-May-1909 |
11-Apr-1981 |
Eisenhower's press secretary |
| Rosanne Haggerty |
Administrator |
c. 1960 |
|
Common Ground Community |
| Alexander Haig |
Government |
2-Dec-1924 |
|
US Secretary of State, 1981-82 |
| Suzanne K. Hale |
Diplomat |
21-Apr-1948 |
|
US Ambassador to Micronesia |
| Jane Hall |
Journalist |
? |
|
Fox News Watch commentator |
| William Stewart Halsted |
Doctor |
23-Sep-1852 |
7-Sep-1922 |
Father of American surgery |
| Alexander Hamilton |
Government |
11-Jan-1757 |
12-Jul-1804 |
Primary author of The Federalist Papers |
| 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 |
| Donna Hanover |
Radio Personality |
13-Feb-1950 |
|
WOR Radio Morning Co-Host, NYC |
| James E. Hansen |
Scientist |
29-Mar-1941 |
|
Greenhouse effect and global warming |
| Phil Hardberger |
Politician |
27-Jul-1934 |
|
Mayor of San Antonio |
| Elizabeth Hardwick |
Critic |
27-Jul-1916 |
2-Dec-2007 |
Seduction and Betrayal |
| Ed Harris |
Actor |
28-Nov-1950 |
|
The Rock |
| Marvin Harris |
Anthropologist |
18-Aug-1927 |
25-Oct-2001 |
Anthropological historian |
| Lorenz Hart |
Songwriter |
2-May-1895 |
22-Nov-1943 |
Lyricist, Rodgers and Hart |
| Matthew J. Hart |
Business |
c. 1953 |
|
CEO of Hilton Hotels |
| E. Newton Harvey |
Zoologist |
25-Nov-1887 |
21-Jul-1959 |
Light-emitting organisms |
| Ethel Browne Harvey |
Zoologist |
14-Dec-1885 |
2-Sep-1965 |
Embryology of sea urchins |
| Patricia M. Haslach |
Diplomat |
c. 1956 |
|
US Ambassador to Laos |
| Herbert A. Hauptman |
Mathematician |
14-Feb-1917 |
|
X-Ray diffraction studies |
| Anthony Hecht |
Poet |
16-Jan-1923 |
20-Oct-2004 |
The Hard Hours |
| Carolyn Heilbrun |
Novelist |
13-Jan-1926 |
9-Oct-2003 |
Amanda Cross, mystery novelist |
| Joseph Heller |
Author |
1-May-1923 |
12-Dec-1999 |
Catch-22 |
| Lillian Hellman |
Playwright |
20-Jun-1905 |
30-Jun-1984 |
Little Foxes |
| Fletcher Henderson |
Jazz Musician |
18-Dec-1897 |
29-Dec-1952 |
Pioneering swing and jazz bandleader |
| Louis Henyey |
Astronomer |
3-Feb-1910 |
18-Feb-1970 |
Henyey method |
| Mayo D. Hersey |
Engineer |
30-Aug-1886 |
5-Sep-1978 |
Tribology |
| Abram Stevens Hewitt |
Politician |
31-Jul-1822 |
18-Jan-1903 |
Mayor of New York City, 1887-88 |
| Jim Hightower |
Radio Personality |
11-Jan-1943 |
|
Texan, radio voice, author |
| Utada Hikaru |
Singer |
19-Jan-1983 |
|
J-Pop crossover singer |
| Lauryn Hill |
Singer |
26-May-1975 |
|
Soul/hip hop singer and producer |
| Martin J. Hillenbrand |
Diplomat |
1-Aug-1915 |
2-Feb-2005 |
US Ambassador to Germany, 1972-76 |
| Shere Hite |
Author |
2-Nov-1942 |
|
The Hite Report on sexuality |
| Jim Hoagland |
Journalist |
22-Jan-1940 |
|
The Washington Post |
| Chuck Hoberman |
Inventor |
1956 |
|
Creator of unfolding structures |
| Roald Hoffmann |
Chemist |
18-Jul-1937 |
|
Woodward-Hoffmann reaction |
| Richard Hofstadter |
Historian |
6-Aug-1916 |
24-Oct-1970 |
Anti-Intellectualism in American Life |
| Eric H. Holder, Jr. |
Government |
21-Jan-1951 |
|
Deputy Attorney General, 1997-2001 |
| John Hollander |
Poet |
28-Oct-1929 |
|
Powers of Thirteen |
| Herman Hollerith |
Inventor |
29-Feb-1860 |
17-Nov-1929 |
Invented the punchcard |
| Katie Holmes |
Actor |
18-Dec-1978 |
|
Joey Potter on Dawson's Creek |
| Nicole Holofcener |
Film Director |
22-Mar-1960 |
|
Brainy chick flick director |
| Sidney Hook |
Philosopher |
20-Dec-1902 |
12-Jul-1989 |
Pragmatist |
| David Horowitz |
Activist |
10-Jan-1939 |
|
Conservative activist |
| José Ramos Horta |
Politician |
26-Dec-1949 |
|
President of East Timor, Nobel laureate |
| Edward Everett Horton |
Actor |
18-Mar-1886 |
29-Sep-1970 |
Prolific 1930s comedic actor |
| John Hospers |
Politician |
9-Jun-1918 |
|
First Libertarian presidential candidate |
| Richard Howard |
Poet |
13-Oct-1929 |
|
Untitled Subjects |
| Franklin P. Huddle |
Diplomat |
9-May-1943 |
|
US Ambassador to Tajikistan, 2001-03 |
| Langston Hughes |
Poet |
1-Feb-1902 |
22-May-1967 |
The Negro Speaks of Rivers |
| Vernon W. Hughes |
Physicist |
28-May-1921 |
25-Mar-2003 |
Muons |
| Zora Neale Hurston |
Novelist |
7-Jan-1891 |
28-Jan-1960 |
Their Eyes Were Watching God |
| Louis J. Ignarro |
Scientist |
31-May-1941 |
|
Nitric oxide as a cardiovascular signal |
| Toomas Hendrik Ilves |
Head of State |
26-Dec-1953 |
|
President of Estonia |
| Andy Ireland |
Politician |
23-Aug-1930 |
|
Congressman from Florida, 1977-93 |
| Douglas A. Irwin |
Economist |
c. 1962 |
|
Free Trade Under Fire |
| Molly Ivins |
Columnist |
30-Aug-1944 |
31-Jan-2007 |
Loudmouthed Texas dame |
| Ralph Izzo |
Business |
c. 1957 |
|
CEO of PSEG |
| Donald P. Jacobs |
Economist |
22-Jun-1927 |
|
Dean of the Kellogg School, 1975-2001 |
| Sam Jaffe |
Actor |
10-Mar-1891 |
24-Mar-1984 |
Gunga Din |
| Famke Janssen |
Actor |
5-Nov-1965 |
|
X-Men, Bond Girl |
| Jerry J. Jasinowski |
Business |
4-Jan-1939 |
|
National Association of Manufacturers |
| Leigh Jason |
Film Director |
26-Jul-1904 |
19-Feb-1979 |
The Mad Miss Manton |
| Robert Jastrow |
Astronomer |
7-Sep-1925 |
8-Feb-2008 |
Red Giants and White Dwarfs |
| Jacob K. Javits |
Politician |
18-Mar-1904 |
7-Mar-1986 |
US Senator from New York, 1957-81 |
| John Jay |
Judge |
12-Dec-1745 |
17-May-1829 |
First Chief Justice of the Supreme Court |
| Benjamin Todd Jealous |
Activist |
c. 1972 |
|
President of the NAACP |
| Leonard Jeffries |
Scholar |
19-Jan-1937 |
|
Controversial blackademic |
| James Weldon Johnson |
Author |
17-Jun-1871 |
26-Jun-1938 |
God's Trombones |
| Howard P. Jones |
Diplomat |
2-Jan-1899 |
Sep-1973 |
US Ambassador to Indonesia, 1958-65 |
| Matthew Josephson |
Historian |
15-Feb-1899 |
13-Mar-1978 |
The Robber Barons |
| Heidi Julavits |
Author |
1968 |
|
The Mineral Palace |
| Tina S. Kaidanow |
Government |
? |
|
US Chief of Mission in Kosovo |
| Bernard Kalb |
Journalist |
4-Feb-1922 |
|
CBS and NBC news correspondent |
| Henry Kaufman |
Business |
c. 1927 |
|
Ex Managing Director, Salomon Brothers |
| David Kay |
Government |
c. 1941 |
|
Chief Weapons Inspector |
| Alfred Kazin |
Critic |
5-Jun-1915 |
5-Jun-1998 |
On Native Grounds |
| Thomas H. Kean |
Politician |
21-Apr-1935 |
|
Governor of New Jersey, 1982-90 |
| Philip Kearny |
Military |
2-Jun-1815 |
1-Sep-1862 |
U.S. Civil War general |
| Jean Louisa Kelly |
Actor |
9-Mar-1972 |
|
Kim Warner on Yes, Dear |
| Edward C. Kendall |
Scientist |
8-Sep-1886 |
4-May-1972 |
Adrenocortical hormones |
| X. J. Kennedy |
Poet |
21-Aug-1929 |
|
Juvenile poet, Brats |
| Rockwell Kent |
Painter |
21-Jun-1882 |
13-Mar-1971 |
Early 20th c. American realist painter |
| Jack Kerouac |
Novelist |
12-Mar-1922 |
21-Oct-1969 |
On The Road |
| Alicia Keys |
Musician |
25-Jan-1980 |
|
Fallin' |
| Leon H. Keyserling |
Economist |
22-Jan-1908 |
9-Aug-1987 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1946-53 |
| Bobbie Kilberg |
Administrator |
? |
|
Northern Virginia Technology Council |
| Joyce Kilmer |
Poet |
6-Dec-1886 |
30-Jul-1918 |
Trees |
| Reatha Clark King |
Business |
11-Apr-1938 |
|
President of Metropolitan State, 1977-88 |
| Lester A. Kirkendall |
Sociologist |
1903 |
31-May-1991 |
Premarital Intercourse and Interpersonal Relationships |
| Jeane Kirkpatrick |
Government |
19-Nov-1926 |
7-Dec-2006 |
Reagan's UN Ambassador |
| Carolyn Kizer |
Poet |
10-Dec-1925 |
|
Yin: New Poems |
| John Kluge |
Business |
21-Sep-1914 |
|
Media mogul, Metromedia, Inc. |
| Alfred A. Knopf |
Publisher |
12-Sep-1892 |
11-Aug-1984 |
American publisher |
| William S. Knowles |
Chemist |
1-Jun-1917 |
|
Chiral catalysts |
| Kenneth Koch |
Poet |
27-Feb-1925 |
6-Jul-2002 |
On the Great Atlantic Rainway |
| Arthur Kornberg |
Scientist |
3-Mar-1918 |
26-Oct-2007 |
Synthesized DNA |
| Tom C. Korologos |
Diplomat |
16-Apr-1933 |
|
US Ambassador to Belgium, 2004-07 |
| Richard Kostelanetz |
Artist |
14-May-1940 |
|
Prodigious avant-garde artist and author |
| Peter H. Kostmayer |
Politician |
27-Sep-1946 |
|
Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1983-93 |
| Sandy Koufax |
Baseball |
30-Dec-1935 |
|
Three-time Cy Young Award winner |
| Robert Kraft |
Business |
5-Jun-1941 |
|
Owner, New England Patriots |
| Hilton Kramer |
Critic |
25-Mar-1928 |
|
The New Criterion |
| Stephen Krasner |
Educator |
15-Feb-1942 |
|
State Dept Policy Planning Dir., 2005-07 |
| Henry Kravis |
Business |
6-Jan-1944 |
|
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts |
| Kurt Kreuger |
Actor |
23-Jul-1916 |
12-Jul-2006 |
The Enemy Below |
| Alfred Kroeber |
Anthropologist |
11-Jun-1876 |
5-Oct-1960 |
Pioneer in American Anthropology |
| Steve Kroft |
Journalist |
22-Aug-1945 |
|
60 Minutes |
| Joseph Wood Krutch |
Naturalist |
25-Nov-1893 |
22-May-1970 |
The Modern Temper |
| Madeleine M. Kunin |
Politician |
28-Sep-1933 |
|
Governor of Vermont, 1985-91 |
| Howard Kurtz |
Journalist |
1-Aug-1953 |
|
Media critic |
| Paul Kurtz |
Philosopher |
21-Dec-1925 |
|
The pope of unbelievers |
| Daniel Kurtzer |
Diplomat |
Jun-1949 |
|
US Ambassador to Israel, 2001-05 |
| Tony Kushner |
Playwright |
16-Jul-1956 |
|
Angels in America |
| Simon Kuznets |
Economist |
30-Apr-1901 |
8-Jul-1985 |
National Income and Its Composition |
| Maria Elena Lagomasino |
Business |
c. 1950 |
|
CEO of JP Morgan Private Bank, 2001-05 |
| Corliss Lamont |
Activist |
28-Mar-1902 |
26-Apr-1995 |
Millionaire socialist |
| Lisa Lampanelli |
Comic |
19-Jul-1961 |
|
Insult Comic |
| Audrey Landers |
Actor |
18-Jul-1959 |
|
Afton Cooper on Dallas |
| Dorothea Lange |
Photographer |
26-May-1895 |
11-Oct-1965 |
Depression-era photographer |
| William Langer |
Politician |
30-Sep-1886 |
8-Nov-1959 |
Governor and Senator from North Dakota |
| Irving Langmuir |
Physicist |
31-Jan-1881 |
16-Aug-1957 |
Inventor of the high-vacuum tube |
| Jaron Lanier |
Scientist |
3-May-1960 |
|
Coined the term "virtual reality" |
| Frank Lautenberg |
Politician |
23-Jan-1924 |
|
US Senator from New Jersey |
| George P. Lawrence |
Politician |
19-May-1859 |
21-Nov-1917 |
Congressman, committed suicide |
| Karen R. Lawrence |
Educator |
c. 1949 |
|
President, Sarah Lawrence College |
| Rochelle B. Lazarus |
Business |
c. 1948 |
|
CEO of Ogilvy & Mather |
| Paul LeClerc |
Administrator |
28-May-1941 |
|
CEO of New York Public Library |
| Joshua Lederberg |
Biologist |
23-May-1925 |
2-Feb-2008 |
Genetic properties of bacteria |
| Leon M. Lederman |
Physicist |
15-Jul-1922 |
|
Researcher of neutrinos |
| Roger S. Leeds |
Business |
? |
|
Emerging Markets Private Equity Association |
| James F. Leonard |
Diplomat |
30-May-1920 |
|
US Ambassador to the UN, 1977-79 |
| Robert Sean Leonard |
Actor |
28-Feb-1969 |
|
House, M.D. |
| Alfred Lerner |
Business |
8-May-1933 |
23-Oct-2002 |
CEO of MBNA, 1982-2002 |
| Gerda Lerner |
Historian |
30-Apr-1920 |
|
The Woman in American History |
| Carl Leubsdorf |
Journalist |
17-Mar-1938 |
|
Dallas Morning News |
| Burton Levin |
Diplomat |
28-Sep-1930 |
|
US Ambassador to Burma, 1987-90 |
| Sandy Levin |
Politician |
6-Sep-1931 |
|
Congressman, Michigan 12th |
| Sara Levinson |
Business |
c. 1950 |
|
President of NFL Properties, 1994-2000 |
| Oscar Lewis |
Anthropologist |
25-Dec-1914 |
16-Dec-1970 |
Culture of Poverty |
| Mara Liasson |
Journalist |
13-Jun-1955 |
|
Fox News political analyst |
| A. J. Liebling |
Journalist |
18-Oct-1904 |
28-Dec-1963 |
The New Yorker |
| Ronald D. Liebowitz |
Educator |
c. 1957 |
|
President, Middlebury College |
| Thomas W. Lippman |
Journalist |
c. 1939 |
|
Washington Post Mideast Correspondent |
| Seymour M. Lipset |
Sociologist |
18-Mar-1922 |
31-Dec-2006 |
American Exceptionalism |
| Robert R. Livingston |
Politician |
27-Nov-1746 |
26-Feb-1813 |
Architected the Louisiana Purchase |
| Daniel S. Loeb |
Business |
c. 1962 |
|
Third Point LLC |
| John V. Lombardi |
Educator |
1942 |
|
President, Louisiana State University |
| Oren E. Long |
Politician |
4-Mar-1889 |
6-May-1965 |
US Senator from Hawaii, 1959-62 |
| Audre Lorde |
Author |
18-Feb-1934 |
17-Nov-1992 |
A Burst of Light |
| Konrad Lorenz |
Zoologist |
7-Nov-1903 |
27-Feb-1989 |
Founder of modern ethology |
| Frank Lorenzo |
Business |
19-May-1940 |
|
Former CEO, Eastern Airlines |
| Robert H. Lowie |
Anthropologist |
12-Jun-1883 |
21-Sep-1957 |
American ethnologist |
| Edward Luck |
Scholar |
? |
|
International Affairs professor at Columbia |
| Sid Luckman |
Football |
21-Nov-1916 |
5-Jul-1998 |
Chicago Bears QB, Hall of Famer |
| William H. Luers |
Diplomat |
15-May-1929 |
|
US Ambassador to Czechoslovakia, 1983-86 |
| Sidney Lumet |
Film Director |
25-Jun-1924 |
|
Dog Day Afternoon |
| Grace Lumpkin |
Novelist |
3-Mar-1891 |
1980 |
To Make My Bread |
| Salvador Luria |
Biologist |
13-Aug-1912 |
6-Feb-1991 |
Demonstrated natural selection in bacteria |
| Staughton Lynd |
Historian |
22-Nov-1929 |
|
Intellectual Origins of American Radicalism |
| Eugene Lyons |
Author |
1-Jul-1898 |
1985 |
Anti-Communist Editor of American Mercury |
| Andrea Mackris |
Victim |
c. 1971 |
|
Allegedly harassed by Bill O'Reilly |
| Bernard Malamud |
Author |
26-Apr-1914 |
18-Mar-1986 |
The Fixer |
| Albert Maltz |
Playwright |
28-Oct-1908 |
26-Apr-1985 |
One of the Hollywood Ten |
| James Mangold |
Film Director |
16-Dec-1963 |
|
Walk the Line |
| Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
Film Director |
11-Feb-1909 |
5-Feb-1993 |
The Barefoot Contessa |
| Martin Manulis |
Film/TV Producer |
30-May-1915 |
28-Sep-2007 |
Creator of Playhouse 90 |
| David F. Marquardt |
Business |
c. 1951 |
|
Venture capital investor |
| René Marqués |
Playwright |
4-Oct-1919 |
22-Mar-1979 |
La Carreta |
| Robert Maschio |
Actor |
25-Aug-1966 |
|
Dr. Todd Quinlan on Scrubs |
| John C. Mather |
Physicist |
7-Aug-1946 |
|
Big Bang |
| F. David Mathews |
Government |
6-Dec-1935 |
|
HEW Secretary under Ford |
| Jack Matlock |
Diplomat |
1-Oct-1929 |
|
US Ambassador to the USSR, 1987-91 |
| Brander Matthews |
Critic |
21-Feb-1852 |
31-Mar-1929 |
The Study of American Literature |
| Tony Mauro |
Journalist |
c. 1949 |
|
Legal Times reporter |
| Rollo May |
Psychologist |
21-Apr-1909 |
22-Oct-1994 |
Love and Will |
| Mark P. Mays |
Business |
c. 1963 |
|
CEO of Clear Channel |
| Megan McCafferty |
Novelist |
3-Feb-1973 |
|
Juvenile novelist, Sloppy Firsts |
| James McClatchy |
Publisher |
17-Dec-1920 |
26-May-2006 |
Former Chairman, McClatchy Newspapers |
| Douglas H. McCorkindale |
Business |
c. 1939 |
|
CEO of Gannett, 2000-05 |
| Carson McCullers |
Author |
19-Feb-1917 |
29-Sep-1967 |
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter |
| Douglas L. McElhaney |
Diplomat |
? |
|
US Ambassador to Bosnia-Herzegovina |
| Joseph McElroy |
Novelist |
21-Aug-1930 |
|
Lookout Cartridge |
| James McGreevey |
Politician |
6-Aug-1957 |
|
Governor of New Jersey, 2002-04 |
| John McLaughlin |
Talk Show Host |
29-Mar-1927 |
|
The McLaughlin Group |
| Terry McMillan |
Author |
18-Oct-1951 |
|
Waiting to Exhale |
| Terrence McNally |
Playwright |
3-Nov-1939 |
|
Frankie and Johnny |
| William McNamara |
Actor |
31-Mar-1965 |
|
Beggars and Choosers |
| Harry C. McPherson |
Attorney |
22-Aug-1929 |
|
White House Counsel to Johnson |
| Margaret Mead |
Anthropologist |
16-Dec-1901 |
15-Nov-1978 |
Coming of Age in Samoa |
| Louis Menand |
Critic |
21-Jan-1952 |
|
The Metaphysical Club |
| Charles E. Merriam |
Scholar |
15-Nov-1874 |
8-Jan-1953 |
American Political Ideas |
| Robert C. Merton |
Economist |
31-Jul-1944 |
|
Risk management and options |
| Thomas Merton |
Author |
31-Jan-1915 |
10-Dec-1968 |
The Seven Storey Mountain |
| Dick Miller |
Actor |
25-Dec-1928 |
|
A Bucket of Blood |
| Kate Millett |
Activist |
14-Sep-1934 |
|
Sexual Politics |
| Steven Millhauser |
Author |
3-Aug-1943 |
|
Martin Dressler |
| Robert A. Millikan |
Physicist |
22-Mar-1868 |
19-Dec-1953 |
Determined the charge of an electron |
| Robert L. Mills |
Physicist |
15-Apr-1927 |
27-Oct-1999 |
Subatomic particles |
| Ira M. Millstein |
Attorney |
c. 1925 |
|
Weil, Gotshal & Manges |
| Ilhan Mimaroglu |
Electronic Musician |
11-Mar-1926 |
|
Sing Me A Song of Songmy |
| Raymond D. Mindlin |
Engineer |
17-Sep-1906 |
22-Nov-1987 |
Mindlin's problem |
| Wayne Mixson |
Politician |
16-Jun-1922 |
|
Governor of Florida, 1987 |
| Gerald Mohr |
Actor |
11-Jun-1914 |
9-Nov-1968 |
American character actor |
| Ashley Montagu |
Anthropologist |
28-Jun-1905 |
26-Nov-1999 |
The Natural Superiority of Women |
| Rick Moody |
Author |
18-Oct-1961 |
|
Purple America |
| Robert Moog |
Inventor |
23-May-1934 |
21-Aug-2005 |
Invented the synthesizer |
| Clement Clarke Moore |
Poet |
15-Jul-1779 |
