| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| King Abdullah II |
Royalty |
30-Jan-1962 |
|
King of Jordan |
| Edward P. Abraham |
Chemist |
10-Jun-1913 |
8-May-1999 |
Cephalosporins |
| Richard Adams |
Author |
9-May-1920 |
|
Watership Down |
| Henry Addington |
Head of State |
30-May-1757 |
15-Feb-1844 |
UK Prime Minister, 1801-04 |
| Joseph Addison |
Author |
1-May-1672 |
17-Jun-1719 |
The Spectator |
| Prince Akishino |
Royalty |
30-Nov-1965 |
|
Second son of Emperor Akihito |
| Carl B. Albert |
Politician |
10-May-1908 |
4-Feb-2000 |
Congressman from Oklahoma, 1946-76 |
| Edward Albert |
Actor |
20-Feb-1951 |
22-Sep-2006 |
Butterflies Are Free |
| Samuel Alexander |
Philosopher |
6-Jan-1859 |
13-Sep-1938 |
Space, Time, and Deity |
| David Allen |
Business |
c. 1955 |
|
Group Chief of Staff, BP, 2000-08 |
| Tom Allen |
Politician |
16-Apr-1945 |
|
Congressman from Maine, 1997-2009 |
| Graham T. Allison |
Scholar |
23-Mar-1940 |
|
Kennedy School of Government |
| Kenneth Allsop |
Critic |
29-Jan-1920 |
23-May-1973 |
London Evening News book critic |
| Nicholas Amhurst |
Author |
16-Oct-1697 |
12-Apr-1742 |
The Craftsman |
| Kingsley Amis |
Novelist |
16-Apr-1922 |
22-Oct-1995 |
Lucky Jim |
| Martin Amis |
Author |
25-Aug-1949 |
|
The Rachel Papers |
| Lindsay Anderson |
Film Director |
17-Apr-1923 |
30-Aug-1994 |
If... |
| Jeffrey Archer |
Novelist |
15-Apr-1940 |
|
First Among Equals |
| David Arculus |
Business |
1946 |
|
Chairman of Severn Trent, 1998-2004 |
| Karen Armstrong |
Author |
14-Nov-1944 |
|
A History of God |
| Matthew Arnold |
Poet |
24-Dec-1822 |
15-Apr-1888 |
Culture and Anarchy |
| Les Aspin |
Politician |
21-Jul-1938 |
21-May-1995 |
US Secretary of Defense, 1993-94 |
| Herbert Henry Asquith |
Head of State |
12-Sep-1852 |
15-Feb-1928 |
UK Prime Minister, 1908-16 |
| Rowan Atkinson |
Actor |
6-Jan-1955 |
|
Mr. Bean |
| Clement Attlee |
Head of State |
3-Jan-1883 |
8-Oct-1967 |
UK Prime Minister, 1945-51 |
| John Aubrey |
Historian |
12-Mar-1626 |
7-Jun-1697 |
English antiquary |
| W. H. Auden |
Poet |
21-Feb-1907 |
29-Sep-1973 |
The Age of Anxiety |
| A. J. Ayer |
Philosopher |
29-Oct-1910 |
27-Jun-1989 |
Language, Truth and Logic |
| Kenneth Baker |
Politician |
3-Nov-1934 |
|
UK Home Secretary, 1990-92 |
| Sir Richard Baker |
Historian |
c. 1568 |
18-Feb-1645 |
Chronicle of the Kings of England |
| Ed Balls |
Politician |
25-Feb-1967 |
|
British MP, Normanton |
| Sir Joseph Banks |
Botanist |
13-Feb-1743 |
19-Jun-1820 |
Accompanied James Cook |
| Leslie Banks |
Actor |
9-Jun-1890 |
21-Apr-1952 |
The Most Dangerous Game |
| Roger Bannister |
Track and Field |
23-Mar-1929 |
|
First to run a four-minute mile |
| Anthony Barber |
Politician |
4-Jul-1920 |
16-Dec-2005 |
Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1970-74 |
| Julian Barnes |
Novelist |
19-Jan-1946 |
|
Flaubert's Parrot |
| James E. Barrett |
Judge |
8-Apr-1922 |
|
10th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1971-87 |
| Patrick Bauchau |
Actor |
6-Dec-1938 |
|
Sydney on The Pretender |
| John Bayley |
Novelist |
25-Mar-1925 |
|
Widower's House |
| William Bayliss |
Doctor |
2-May-1860 |
27-Aug-1924 |
Co-Discovered hormones |
| David Beaty |
Novelist |
28-Mar-1919 |
4-Dec-1999 |
Cone of Silence |
| Francis Beaumont |
Playwright |
1584 |
6-Mar-1616 |
Collaborator with John Fletcher |
| Emily Morison Beck |
Editor |
c. 1916 |
28-Mar-2004 |
Editor of Bartlett's Quotations |
| Kate Beckinsale |
Actor |
26-Jul-1973 |
|
Pearl Harbor |
| Thomas Beecham |
Conductor |
29-Apr-1879 |
8-Mar-1961 |
Founder, London and Royal Philharmonics |
| Max Beerbohm |
Critic |
24-Aug-1872 |
20-May-1956 |
Caricaturist, Seven Men |
| Peter Beinart |
Columnist |
1971 |
|
Washington Post columnist |
| Hilaire Belloc |
Author |
27-Jul-1870 |
16-Jul-1953 |
The Bad Child's Book of Beasts |
| Shlomo Ben-Ami |
Politician |
17-Jul-1943 |
|
Israeli Foreign Minister, 2000-01 |
| Richard Benedick |
Diplomat |
? |
|
US negotiator to the Montreal Protocol |
| David Benedictus |
Novelist |
16-Sep-1938 |
|
The Fourth of June |
| Peter Benenson |
Activist |
31-Jul-1921 |
25-Feb-2005 |
Founder of Amnesty International |
| Tony Benn |
Politician |
3-Apr-1925 |
|
Radical left Labour MP |
| Alan Bennett |
Playwright |
9-May-1934 |
|
The Madness of George III |
| Jeremy Bentham |
Philosopher |
15-Feb-1748 |
6-Jun-1832 |
Proponent of Utilitarianism |
| Eric Bentley |
Critic |
14-Sep-1916 |
|
The Life of the Drama |
| Lennox Berkeley |
Composer |
12-May-1903 |
26-Dec-1989 |
Stabat Mater |
| Isaiah Berlin |
Philosopher |
6-Jun-1909 |
5-Nov-1997 |
The Hedgehog and the Fox |
| Tim Berners-Lee |
Computer Programmer |
8-Jun-1955 |
|
Inventor of the World Wide Web |
| Afsaneh M. Beschloss |
Business |
c. 1956 |
|
The Rock Creek Group |
| John Betjeman |
Poet |
28-Aug-1906 |
19-May-1984 |
Summoned By Bells |
| William Beveridge |
Economist |
5-Mar-1879 |
16-Mar-1963 |
Social Insurance and Allied Services |
| Benazir Bhutto |
Head of State |
21-Jun-1953 |
27-Dec-2007 |
Former prime minister of Pakistan |
| Zulfikar Ali Bhutto |
Head of State |
5-Jan-1928 |
4-Apr-1979 |
Head of Pakistan, hanged |
| John Biddle |
Religion |
1615 |
22-Sep-1662 |
Father of English Unitarianism |
| James Billington |
Historian |
1-Jun-1929 |
|
13th Librarian of Congress |
| William Blackstone |
Judge |
10-Jul-1723 |
14-Feb-1780 |
Commentaries on the Laws of England |
| Tony Blair |
Head of State |
6-May-1953 |
|
UK Prime Minister, 1997-2007 |
| Allan Blakeney |
Politician |
7-Sep-1925 |
|
Premier of Saskatchewan, 1971-82 |
| Brebis Bleaney |
Physicist |
6-Jun-1915 |
4-Nov-2006 |
Electron paramagnetic resonance |
| Baruch S. Blumberg |
Scientist |
28-Jul-1925 |
|
Hepatitis B vaccine |
| Edmund Blunden |
Poet |
1-Nov-1896 |
20-Jan-1974 |
Undertones of War |
| Thomas Bodley |
Scholar |
2-Mar-1545 |
28-Jan-1613 |
Bodleian Library |
| Cory Booker |
Politician |
27-Apr-1969 |
|
Mayor of Newark, NJ |
| Daniel Boorstin |
Historian |
1-Oct-1914 |
28-Feb-2004 |
The Creators |
| David L. Boren |
Politician |
21-Apr-1941 |
|
Governor and Senator from Oklahoma |
| Kenneth E. Boulding |
Economist |
18-Jan-1910 |
18-Mar-1993 |
The Image: Knowledge of Life in Society |
| Adrian Boult |
Conductor |
8-Apr-1889 |
23-Feb-1983 |
Conductor, BBC Symphony Orchestra, 1930-50 |
| Elizabeth Bowen |
Author |
7-Jun-1899 |
22-Feb-1973 |
The Heat of the Day |
| Charles Boyle |
Military |
1676 |
28-Aug-1731 |
4th Earl of Orrery |
| Robert Boyle |
Chemist |
25-Jan-1627 |
30-Dec-1691 |
Pioneer of modern chemistry |
| John Brademas |
Politician |
2-Mar-1927 |
|
Congressman from Indiana, 1959-81 |
| Bill Bradley |
Politician |
28-Jul-1943 |
|
US Senator from New Jersey, 1979-97 |
| James Bradley |
Astronomer |
1693 |
13-Jul-1762 |
Aberration of Light |
| John Brand |
Historian |
19-Aug-1744 |
11-Sep-1806 |
Observations on Popular Antiquities |
| Sydney Brenner |
Scientist |
13-Jan-1927 |
|
Genetic regulation of organ development |
| Stephen Breyer |
Judge |
15-Aug-1938 |
|
US Supreme Court Justice |
| Robert Bridges |
Poet |
23-Oct-1844 |
21-Apr-1930 |
Prometheus the Firegiver |
| Vera Brittain |
Author |
29-Dec-1893 |
29-Mar-1970 |
Testament of Youth |
| Peter Brook |
Theater Director |
21-Mar-1925 |
|
Lord of the Flies |
| Henry Brooke |
Politician |
9-Apr-1903 |
29-Mar-1984 |
UK Home Secretary, 1962-64 |
| Peter Brooke |
Politician |
3-Mar-1934 |
|
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, 1989-92 |
| Christine Brooke-Rose |
Novelist |
16-Jan-1923 |
|
Out |
| Cleanth Brooks |
Critic |
16-Oct-1906 |
10-May-1994 |
The Well Wrought Urn |
| Brigid Brophy |
Author |
12-Jun-1929 |
7-Aug-1995 |
Black Ship to Hell |
| Norman O. Brown |
Historian |
25-Sep-1913 |
2-Oct-2002 |
Life Against Death |
| Tina Brown |
Journalist |
21-Nov-1953 |
|
Vanity Fair and The New Yorker |
| Sir Thomas Browne |
Author |
19-Oct-1605 |
19-Oct-1682 |
Pseudodoxia Epidemica |
| Beau Brummell |
Socialite |
7-Jun-1778 |
30-Mar-1840 |
Dandy, 19th c. arbiter of fashion |
| Arthur Bryant |
Historian |
18-Feb-1899 |
2-Jan-1985 |
Biographer of Samuel Pepys |
| John Buchan |
Author |
26-Aug-1875 |
11-Feb-1940 |
The Thirty-Nine Steps |
| William Buckland |
Geologist |
12-Mar-1784 |
15-Aug-1856 |
Reliquiae Diluvianae |
| John Bull |
Composer |
c. 1562 |
12-Mar-1628 |
English composer and organist |
| Alan Bullock |
Historian |
13-Dec-1914 |
2-Feb-2004 |
Historian of Hitler, Stalin |
| Edward Burne-Jones |
Painter |
28-Aug-1833 |
16-Jun-1898 |
British Pre-Raphaelite painter |
| William Joseph Burns |
Diplomat |
4-Apr-1956 |
|
Under Secy. State for Political Affairs |
| Richard Burton |
Actor |
10-Nov-1925 |
5-Aug-1984 |
Nineteen Eighty Four |
| Sir Richard Burton |
Explorer |
19-Mar-1821 |
20-Oct-1890 |
Translated The Arabian Nights |
| Robert Burton |
Author |
8-Feb-1577 |
25-Jan-1640 |
The Anatomy of Melancholy |
| W. Walton Butterworth |
Diplomat |
7-Sep-1903 |
31-Mar-1975 |
US Ambassador to Canada, 1962-68 |
| William Camden |
Scholar |
2-May-1551 |
9-Nov-1623 |
Britannia |
| David Cameron |
Politician |
9-Oct-1966 |
|
Leader, UK Conservative Party |
| Edmund Campion |
Religion |
24-Jan-1540 |
1-Dec-1581 |
Jesuit martyr, hanged at Tyburn |
| Cass Canfield |
Publisher |
26-Apr-1897 |
27-Mar-1986 |
Harper & Brothers |
| David Cannadine |
Historian |
1950 |
|
Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy |
| Charles John Canning |
Government |
14-Dec-1812 |
17-Jun-1862 |
Governor-General of India |
| George Canning |
Politician |
11-Apr-1770 |
8-Aug-1827 |
Twice Foreign Secretary of Britain |
| Thomas Carew |
Poet |
1595 |
22-Mar-1639 |
A Rapture |
| Gretchen Carlson |
TV Personality |
1966 |
|
Fox & Friends |
| John Le Carré |
Novelist |
19-Oct-1931 |
|
The Spy Who Came In From the Cold |
| Lewis Carroll |
Author |
27-Jan-1832 |
14-Jan-1898 |
Alice in Wonderland |
| Brad Carson |
Politician |
11-Mar-1967 |
|
Congressman from Oklahoma, 2001-05 |
| Edmund Cartwright |
Inventor |
24-Apr-1743 |
30-Oct-1823 |
Invented the power loom |
| Joyce Cary |
Novelist |
6-Dec-1888 |
29-Mar-1957 |
The Horse's Mouth |
| Daniel H. Case III |
Business |
27-Jul-1957 |
27-Jun-2002 |
Hambrecht & Quist |
| Lee Caudill |
Business |
c. 1950 |
|
Former Avon/Liz Claiborne executive |
| David Caute |
Author |
16-Dec-1936 |
|
Comrade Jacob |
| George Cave |
Politician |
23-Feb-1856 |
29-Mar-1928 |
Lord Chancellor of Britain, 1922-28 |
| Christopher Cazenove |
Actor |
17-Dec-1945 |
|
English character actor |
| Lord David Cecil |
Author |
9-Apr-1902 |
1-Jan-1986 |
Melbourne |
| Robert Cecil |
Politician |
14-Sep-1864 |
24-Nov-1958 |
Diplomat, Nobel Prize recipient |
| Richard Celeste |
Politician |
11-Nov-1937 |
|
Governor of Ohio, 1983-91 |
| Paul W. Chellgren |
Business |
c. 1942 |
|
CEO of Ashland, 1996-2002 |
| Gordon Childe |
Archaeologist |
14-Apr-1892 |
19-Oct-1957 |
The Dawn of European Civilisation |
| Caryl Churchill |
Playwright |
3-Sep-1938 |
|
Having a Wonderful Time |
| Randolph Churchill |
Journalist |
28-May-1911 |
6-Jun-1968 |
Son of Winston Churchill |
| Lord Randolph Churchill |
Politician |
13-Feb-1849 |
24-Jan-1895 |
Father of Winston Churchill |
| Winston S. Churchill |
Politician |
10-Oct-1940 |
2-Mar-2010 |
British MP, Manchester, 1970-97 |
| Lord Clarendon |
Government |
18-Feb-1609 |
9-Dec-1674 |
The Clarendon Code |
| Alan Clark |
Politician |
13-Apr-1928 |
5-Sep-1999 |
Controversial, Conservative MP and minister |
| Kenneth Clark |
Historian |
10-Jul-1903 |
21-May-1983 |
Civilisation |
| Manning Clark |
Historian |
3-Mar-1915 |
23-May-1991 |
A History of Australia |
| Wesley Clark |
Military |
23-Dec-1944 |
|
Supreme Allied Commander, 1997-2000 |
| Harlan Cleveland |
Government |
19-Jan-1918 |
30-May-2008 |
Futurist, diplomat |
| Bill Clinton |
Head of State |
19-Aug-1946 |
|
42nd US President, 1993-2001 |
| Chelsea Clinton |
Relative |
27-Feb-1980 |
|
Daughter of Hillary and Bill Clinton |
| Alexander Cockburn |
Columnist |
6-Jun-1941 |
|
The Nation, CounterPunch |
| Claud Cockburn |
Journalist |
12-Apr-1904 |
15-Dec-1981 |
Radical British journalist |
| Robert P. Tristram Coffin |
Poet |
18-Mar-1892 |
20-Jan-1955 |
Strange Holiness |
| Jared Cohen |
Government |
c. 1982 |
|
Children of Jihad |
| Ronald Cohen |
Business |
1945 |
|
British venture capitalist, Apax |
| George Douglas Howard Cole |
Economist |
25-Sep-1889 |
14-Jan-1959 |
British Labour theorist |
| R. G. Collingwood |
Historian |
22-Feb-1889 |
9-Jan-1943 |
The Idea of History |
| Cyril Connolly |
Critic |
10-Sep-1903 |
26-Nov-1974 |
Enemies of Promise |
| Jim Cooper |
Politician |
19-Jun-1954 |
|
Congressman, Tennessee 5th |
| Wendy Cope |
Poet |
21-Jul-1945 |
|
If I Don't Know |
| John Cornforth |
Chemist |
7-Sep-1917 |
|
Stereochemistry of enzyme-catalysts |
| William Courtenay |
Religion |
c. 1342 |
31-Jul-1396 |
Archbishop of Canterbury, 1381-96 |
| Thomas George Cowling |
Mathematician |
17-Jun-1906 |
16-Jun-1990 |
Cowling model |
| Alex Cox |
Film Director |
15-Dec-1954 |
|
Repo Man |
| Donald Crisp |
Actor |
27-Jul-1880 |
25-May-1974 |
Silent film actor, survived into talkies |
| Harry Crookshank |
Politician |
27-May-1893 |
17-Oct-1961 |
Leader, House of Commons, 1951-55 |
| Anthony Crosland |
Politician |
29-Aug-1918 |
19-Feb-1977 |
UK Foreign Secretary, 1976-77 |
| Richard Crossman |
Politician |
15-Dec-1907 |
5-Apr-1974 |
Leader, House of Commons, 1966-68 |
| L. Gordon Crovitz |
Publisher |
c. 1959 |
|
Publisher, Wall Street Journal, 2006-07 |
| William C. Crowley |
Business |
c. 1957 |
|
CFO of Sears Roebuck |
| George Nathaniel Curzon |
Government |
11-Jan-1859 |
20-Mar-1925 |
Created the Kingdom of Jordan |
| Hugh Dancy |
Actor |
19-Jun-1975 |
|
Galahad in King Arthur |
| George Dangerfield |
Historian |
28-Oct-1904 |
26-Dec-1986 |
The Strange Death of Liberal England |
| Drew Daniel |
Electronic Musician |
1971 |
|
Half of Matmos |
| Samuel Daniel |
Poet |
1562 |
14-Oct-1619 |
The First Four Books of the Civil Wars |
| Richard Danzig |
Government |
8-Sep-1944 |
|
US Secretary of the Navy, 1998-2001 |
| Colgate W. Darden, Jr. |
Politician |
11-Feb-1897 |
9-Jun-1981 |
Governor of Virginia, 1942-46 |
| Guy Davenport |
Author |
23-Nov-1927 |
4-Jan-2005 |
Thasos and Ohio |
| Nigel Davenport |
Actor |
23-May-1928 |
|
Chariots of Fire |
| Howard J. Davies |
Business |
c. 1951 |
|
Director, London School of Economics |
| Sir John Davies |
Poet |
16-Apr-1569 |
8-Dec-1626 |
Orchestra, or a Poem of Dancing |
| Norman Davies |
Historian |
8-Jun-1939 |
|
God's Playground |
| Robertson Davies |
Author |
28-Aug-1913 |
3-Dec-1995 |
Fifth Business |
| Crispin Davis |
Business |
c. 1949 |
|
CEO of Reed Elsevier |
| Ian Davis |
Business |
c. 1951 |
|
Managing Partner of McKinsey & Co. |
| Pete Dawkins |
Football |
8-Mar-1938 |
|
Winner, 1958 Heisman Trophy |
| Richard Dawkins |
Biologist |
26-Mar-1941 |
|
Zoologist and evolutionary biologist |
| Julian C. Day |
Business |
14-May-1952 |
|
CEO of Radio Shack |
| Cecil Day-Lewis |
Poet |
27-Apr-1904 |
22-May-1972 |
UK Poet Laureate, 1968-72 |
| Reginald De Koven |
Composer |
3-Apr-1859 |
16-Jan-1920 |
Oh, Promise Me |
| Thomas De Quincey |
Author |
15-Aug-1785 |
8-Dec-1859 |
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater |
| Roxanne J. Decyk |
Business |
c. 1951 |
|
Executive at Shell Oil |
| Christopher W. Dell |
Diplomat |
1956 |
|
US Ambassador to Zimbabwe, 2004-07 |
| Sir John Denham |
Poet |
1615 |
10-Mar-1669 |
Cooper's Hill |
| Nick Denton |
Business |
24-Aug-1966 |
|
Gawker Media |
| Nancy-Ann DeParle |
Business |
17-Dec-1956 |
|
Health care administrator |
| Thomas Frognall Dibdin |
Author |
1776 |
18-Nov-1847 |
English bibliographer |
| Thorold Dickinson |
Film Director |
16-Nov-1903 |
14-Apr-1984 |
Gaslight |
| Kenelm Digby |
Scientist |
11-Jul-1603 |
11-Jun-1665 |
Founding member of the Royal Society |
| E. J. Dionne |
Journalist |
23-Apr-1952 |
|
The Washington Post |
| Pete Doherty |
Musician |
12-Mar-1979 |
|
Ex-frontman for The Libertines |
| Elizabeth Dole |
Politician |
29-Jul-1936 |
|
US Senator from North Carolina, 2003-09 |
| Lee Dong-Won |
Politician |
1926 |
18-Nov-2006 |
Foreign Minister of South Korea, 1964-66 |
| John Donne |
Poet |
1572 |
31-Mar-1631 |
Anniversaries |
| Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck |
Film Director |
2-May-1973 |
|
The Lives of Others |
| George Douglas |
Novelist |
26-Jan-1869 |
28-Aug-1902 |
The House With the Green Shutters |
| Alec Douglas-Home |
Head of State |
2-Jul-1903 |
9-Oct-1995 |
UK Prime Minister, 1963-64 |
| Kenneth Dover |
Scholar |
11-Mar-1920 |
7-Mar-2010 |
Greek Homosexuality |
| John Dowland |
Composer |
c. 1562 |
21-Jan-1626 |
Lachrimae, Lutenist |
| Ernest Dowson |
Poet |
2-Aug-1867 |
23-Feb-1900 |
English Decadent poet |
| Michael Drayton |
Poet |
1563 |
23-Dec-1631 |
Poly-Olbion |
| Dermot Dunphy |
Business |
15-Apr-1932 |
|
CEO of Sealed Air, 1971-99 |
| John Duns Scotus |
Religion |
c. 1265 |
8-Nov-1308 |
14th century Scottish scholar |
| John Dury |
Religion |
1596 |
26-Sep-1680 |
The Reformed Librarie-Keeper |
| Ronald Dworkin |
Philosopher |
11-Dec-1931 |
|
Taking Rights Seriously |
| William J. Dyess |
Diplomat |
1-Aug-1929 |
6-Jan-1996 |
US Ambassador to the Netherlands, 1982-83 |
| Eddie Eagan |
Boxing |
26-Apr-1897 |
14-Jun-1967 |
Won Summer and Winter Olympic Gold |
| Thomas Eagleton |
Politician |
4-Sep-1929 |
4-Mar-2007 |
US Senator from Missouri, 1969-87 |
| John Eccles |
Scientist |
27-Jan-1903 |
2-May-1997 |
Membrane potential of nerves |
| Rod Eddington |
Business |
2-Jan-1950 |
|
CEO of British Airways, 2000-05 |
| E. R. Eddison |
Novelist |
24-Nov-1882 |
18-Aug-1945 |
The Worm Ouroboros |
| Anthony Eden |
Head of State |
12-Jun-1897 |
14-Jan-1977 |
UK Prime Minister, 1955-57 |
| Francis Edgeworth |
Mathematician |
8-Feb-1845 |
13-Feb-1926 |
Pure Theory of Taxation |
| Peter P. Edwards |
Chemist |
1949 |
|
Metal-non-metal transition |
| Artur Ekert |
Physicist |
19-Sep-1961 |
|
Quantum cryptography |
| Charles Elton |
Scientist |
29-Mar-1900 |
1-May-1991 |
Animal Ecology |
| Richard A. Epstein |
Scholar |
17-Apr-1943 |
|
Takings |
| Edward Evans-Pritchard |
Anthropologist |
21-Sep-1902 |
11-Sep-1973 |
Theories of Primitive Religion |
| John Evelyn |
Author |
31-Oct-1620 |
27-Feb-1706 |
English diarist |
| James Fallows |
Journalist |
2-Aug-1949 |
|
Atlantic Monthly |
| Thomas L. Farmer |
Attorney |
c. 1926 |
|
Overseas Development Council |
| Russ Feingold |
Politician |
2-Mar-1953 |
|
US Senator from Wisconsin |
| Martin Feldstein |
Economist |
25-Nov-1939 |
|
Reagan economist |
| Niall Ferguson |
Historian |
18-Apr-1964 |
|
The House of Rothschild |
| Helen Fielding |
Novelist |
19-Feb-1958 |
|
Bridget Jones's Diary |
| Mark Filip |
Government |
1-Jun-1966 |
|
US Deputy Attorney General |
| Glenn Fine |
Attorney |
c. 1956 |
|
Justice Department Inspector General |
| Jonathan Finer |
Journalist |
c. 1976 |
|
Washington Post reporter |
| Richard W. Fisher |
Business |
18-Mar-1949 |
|
President and CEO, Dallas Fed |
| Penelope Fitzgerald |
Novelist |
17-Dec-1916 |
28-Apr-2000 |
The Blue Flower |
| William A. Fletcher |
Judge |
6-Jun-1945 |
|
9th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Antony Flew |
Philosopher |
11-Feb-1923 |
|
British Libertarian philosopher |
| Joel West Flood |
Judge |
2-Aug-1894 |
27-Apr-1964 |
Virginia Congressman, Judge |
| Howard Florey |
Scientist |
24-Sep-1898 |
21-Feb-1968 |
Discovered penicillin |
| Michael Foot |
Politician |
23-Jul-1913 |
3-Mar-2010 |
Leader, House of Commons, 1976-79 |
| Henrietta Holsman Fore |
Government |
c. 1948 |
|
Acting Administrator, USAID |
| John Fowles |
Novelist |
31-Mar-1926 |
5-Nov-2005 |
The French Lieutenant's Woman |
| Charles James Fox |
Politician |
24-Jan-1749 |
13-Sep-1806 |
U.K.'s first Foreign Secretary |
| Emilia Fox |
Actor |
31-Jul-1974 |
|
Nikki Alexander on Silent Witness |
| Henry Richard Vassall Fox |
Politician |
21-Nov-1773 |
22-Oct-1840 |
3rd Baron Holland |
| John Foxe |
Religion |
1516 |
18-Apr-1587 |
Foxe's Book of Martyrs |
| Malcolm Fraser |
Politician |
21-May-1930 |
|
Prime Minister of Australia, 1975-83 |
| Charles Fried |
Government |
15-Apr-1935 |
|
US Solicitor General, 1985-89 |
| Thomas Friedman |
Journalist |
20-Jul-1953 |
|
New York Times |
| David B. Frohnmayer |
Politician |
9-Jul-1940 |
|
President, University of Oregon |
| Northrop Frye |
Author |
14-Jul-1912 |
23-Jan-1991 |
Fearful Symmetry |
| J. William Fulbright |
Politician |
9-Apr-1905 |
9-Feb-1995 |
Conceived the Fulbright Scholarships |
| Thomas Gaisford |
Scholar |
22-Dec-1779 |
2-Jun-1855 |
English classical scholar |
| Hugh Gaitskell |
Politician |
9-Apr-1906 |
18-Jan-1963 |
Leader of the Labour Party, 1955-63 |
| Peter Galbraith |
Diplomat |
31-Dec-1950 |
|
The End of Iraq |
| Delia Gallagher |
Journalist |
11-Mar-1970 |
|
CNN Faith and Values Correspondent |
| John Galsworthy |
Novelist |
14-Aug-1867 |
31-Jan-1933 |
The Forsyte Saga |
| Richard N. Gardner |
Diplomat |
9-Jul-1927 |
|
US Ambassador to Spain, 1993-97 |
| Geoffrey Garrett |
Educator |
c. 1958 |
|
President of the Pacific Council |
| Michael Garrison |
Educator |
c. 1970 |
|
President, West Virginia University |
| Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil |
Head of State |
3-Feb-1830 |
22-Aug-1903 |
UK Prime Minister three times |
| Geoffrey of Monmouth |
Historian |
c. 1100 |
1155 |
Historia regum Britanniae |
| Thomas P. Gerrity |
Business |
13-Jul-1941 |
|
Former Dean, Wharton School |
| Ivan Getting |
Inventor |
18-Jan-1912 |
11-Oct-2003 |
Global Positioning System |
| J. Paul Getty, Sr. |
Business |
15-Dec-1892 |
6-Jun-1976 |
Founder of Getty Oil Company |
| Edward Gibbon |
Historian |
8-May-1737 |
16-Jan-1794 |
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire |
| Ian Gilmour |
Politician |
8-Jul-1926 |
21-Sep-2007 |
Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar |
| Herbert Gladstone |
Politician |
18-Feb-1854 |
6-Mar-1930 |
UK Home Secretary, 1905-10 |
| William Ewart Gladstone |
Head of State |
29-Dec-1809 |
19-May-1898 |
Four times UK Prime Minister |
| Joseph Glanvill |
Philosopher |
1636 |
4-Nov-1680 |
The Vanity of Dogmatizing |
| Peter Glenville |
Film Director |
28-Oct-1913 |
3-Jun-1996 |
Becket |
| Donald J. Gogel |
Business |
c. 1949 |
|
CEO of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice |
| William Golding |
Novelist |
19-Sep-1911 |
19-Jun-1993 |
Lord of The Flies |
| Jack Goldsmith |
Government |
26-Sep-1962 |
|
The Terror Presidency |
| Victor Gollancz |
Publisher |
9-Apr-1893 |
8-Feb-1967 |
Founder of Victor Gollancz, Ltd. |
| Jane Goodall |
Naturalist |
3-Apr-1934 |
|
Primate researcher |
| Kermit Gordon |
Economist |
1916 |
1976 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1961-62 |
| Lincoln Gordon |
Diplomat |
10-Sep-1913 |
19-Dec-2009 |
US Ambassador to Brazil, 1961-66 |
| Neil M. Gorsuch |
Judge |
29-Aug-1967 |
|
10th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| John Gorton |
Head of State |
9-Sep-1911 |
19-May-2002 |
Prime Minister of Australia, 1968-71 |
| Bryan Gould |
Politician |
11-Feb-1939 |
|
Former MP, Dagenham |
| Laurence S. Grafstein |
Business |
c. 1960 |
|
Managing Director, Lazard |
| Ragnar Granit |
Scientist |
30-Oct-1900 |
31-Mar-1990 |
Physiology of the retina |
| George Grant |
Philosopher |
13-Nov-1918 |
27-Sep-1988 |
Propagator of Red Toryism |
| Hugh Grant |
Actor |
9-Sep-1960 |
|
Four Weddings and a Funeral |
| Robert Graves |
Poet |
24-Jul-1895 |
7-Dec-1985 |
I, Claudius |
| Hanna Holborn Gray |
Educator |
1930 |
|
President, University of Chicago, 1978-93 |
| William Grayson |
Politician |
1736 |
12-Mar-1790 |
US Senator from Virginia, 1789-90 |
| Henry Green |
Novelist |
29-Oct-1905 |
13-Dec-1973 |
Loving |
| T. H. Green |
Philosopher |
7-Apr-1836 |
26-Mar-1882 |
Prolegomena to Ethics |
| Brian Greene |
Author |
9-Feb-1963 |
|
The Elegant Universe |
| Graham Greene |
Novelist |
2-Oct-1904 |
3-Apr-1991 |
The Third Man |
| Susan Greenfield |
Scientist |
1-Oct-1950 |
|
Brain Story |
| George Grenville |
Politician |
14-Oct-1712 |
13-Nov-1770 |
UK Prime Minister, 1763-65 |
| William Wyndham Grenville |
Politician |
25-Oct-1759 |
12-Jan-1834 |
UK Prime Minister, 1806-07 |
| Jo Grimond |
Politician |
29-Jul-1913 |
24-Oct-1993 |
Leader of the UK Liberal Party, 1956-67 |
| John Grogan |
Politician |
24-Feb-1961 |
|
British MP, Selby |
| Richard Haass |
Government |
1951 |
|
President, Council on Foreign Relations |
| Mark Haddon |
Author |
1962 |
|
The Curious Incident |
| Pat Haden |
Football |
23-Jan-1953 |
|
LA Rams Quarterback, Investor |
| William Hague |
Politician |
26-Mar-1961 |
|
Conservative Party leader, 1997-2001 |
| Douglas Haig |
Military |
19-Jun-1861 |
29-Jan-1928 |
British Field Marshall in WWI |
| Richard Hakluyt |
Author |
c. 1552 |
23-Nov-1616 |
Voiages and Discoveries of the English nation |
| J. B. S. Haldane |
Biologist |
5-Nov-1892 |
1-Dec-1964 |
The Causes of Evolution |
| Sir Matthew Hale |
Judge |
1-Nov-1609 |
25-Dec-1676 |
Lord Chief Justice of England |
| Stephen Hales |
Scientist |
7-Sep-1677 |
4-Jan-1761 |
Statical Essays |
| Donald Hall |
Poet |
20-Sep-1928 |
|
The One Day |
| Henry Hallam |
Historian |
9-Jul-1777 |
21-Jan-1859 |
View of the Middle Ages |
| Edmund Halley |
Astronomer |
8-Nov-1656 |
14-Jan-1742 |
Predicted return of Halley's Comet |
| Bill Halter |
Politician |
30-Nov-1960 |
|
Lt. Governor of Arkansas |
| John Hampden |
Politician |
1594 |
24-Jun-1643 |
English Parliamentarian |
| Christopher Hampton |
Playwright |
26-Jan-1946 |
|
Dangerous Liaisons |
| R. M. Hare |
Philosopher |
21-Mar-1919 |
29-Jan-2002 |
Moral Thinking |
| John Marshall Harlan |
Judge |
20-May-1899 |
29-Dec-1971 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1955-71 |
| James Harrington |
Philosopher |
7-Jan-1611 |
11-Sep-1677 |
Oceana |
| Roy Harrod |
Economist |
13-Feb-1900 |
9-Mar-1978 |
Towards a Dynamic Economics |
| Mary Harron |
Film Director |
12-Jan-1953 |
|
American Psycho |
| Gary Hart |
Politician |
28-Nov-1936 |
|
US Senator from Colorado, 1975-87 |
| L. P. Hartley |
Novelist |
30-Dec-1895 |
13-Dec-1972 |
The Boat |
| Max Hastings |
Journalist |
28-Dec-1945 |
|
Editor of the Daily Telegraph, 1986-95 |
| Steven Hatfill |
Scientist |
24-Oct-1953 |
|
US biowarfare researcher |
| Sir Christopher Hatton |
Government |
1540 |
1591 |
Lord Chancellor of England, 1587-91 |
| Jerry A. Hausman |
Economist |
5-May-1946 |
|
Hausman Specification Test |
| Stephen Hawes |
Poet |
c. 1474 |
c. 1523 |
The Passetyme of Pleasure |
| Robert Hawke |
Head of State |
9-Dec-1929 |
|
Prime Minister of Australia, 1983-91 |
| Stephen Hawking |
Physicist |
8-Jan-1942 |
|
Wheelchair-bound physicist |
| Richard Haythornthwaite |
Business |
c. 1957 |
|
Chairman of Mastercard |
| Denis Healey |
Politician |
30-Aug-1917 |
|
Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1974-79 |
| Thomas Hearne |
Historian |
Jul-1678 |
10-Jun-1735 |
Edited many English chronicles |
| Edward Heath |
Head of State |
9-Jul-1916 |
17-Jul-2005 |
British Prime Minister, 1970-74 |
| Derick Heathcoat-Amory |
Politician |
26-Dec-1899 |
20-Jan-1981 |
Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1958-60 |
| Joseph Heller |
Author |
1-May-1923 |
12-Dec-1999 |
Catch-22 |
| Mark Helprin |
Author |
28-Jun-1947 |
|
Winter's Tale |
| Herbert of Cherbury |
Philosopher |
3-Mar-1583 |
5-Aug-1648 |
De Veritate |
| Michael Heseltine |
Politician |
21-Mar-1933 |
|
UK Deputy Prime Minister, 1995-97 |
| John Heywood |
Playwright |
1497 |
c. 1580 |
The Play of Love |
| George Hickes |
Religion |
20-Jun-1642 |
15-Dec-1715 |
Provoked the Bangorian controversy |
| John R. Hicks |
Economist |
8-Apr-1904 |
20-May-1989 |
Value and Capital |
| Carla Hills |
Diplomat |
3-Jan-1934 |
|
US Trade Representative, 1989-93 |
| Jim Himes |
Politician |
5-Jul-1966 |
|
Congressman, Connecticut 4th |
| Sir Cyril Hinshelwood |
Chemist |
19-Jun-1897 |
9-Oct-1967 |
The Kinetics of Chemical Change |
| Christopher Hitchens |
Journalist |
13-Apr-1949 |
|
Agent provocateur |
| Samuel Hoare |
Politician |
24-Feb-1880 |
7-May-1959 |
UK Home Secretary, 1937-39 |
| Thomas Hobbes |
Philosopher |
5-Apr-1588 |
4-Dec-1679 |
Leviathan |
| Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin |
Chemist |
12-May-1910 |
29-Jul-1994 |
Determined structure of Vitamin B12 |
| Michael Hoffman |
Film Director |
30-Nov-1956 |
|
One Fine Day |
| John Holmes |
Diplomat |
29-Apr-1951 |
|
UN Under Sec. Gen. for Humanitarian Affairs |
| Robert Hooke |
Scientist |
18-Jul-1635 |
3-Mar-1703 |
Law of Elasticity, microscopist |
| Richard Hooker |
Religion |
c. 1553 |
2-Nov-1600 |
Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity |
| Anthony Hope |
Novelist |
9-Feb-1863 |
8-Jul-1933 |
The Prisoner of Zenda |
| Gerard Manley Hopkins |
Poet |
28-Jul-1844 |
8-Jun-1889 |
Defeated the tyranny of poetic meter |
| Ralph Hopton |
Military |
1596 |
Sep-1652 |
Royalist commander, English Civil War |
| John Howe |
Religion |
17-May-1630 |
2-Apr-1706 |
The Living Temple |
| Edwin Hubble |
Astronomer |
20-Nov-1889 |
28-Sep-1953 |
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble's Law |
| Trevor Huddleston |
Religion |
15-Jun-1913 |
20-Apr-1998 |
Anti-Apartheid activist |
| Richard Hughes |
Author |
19-Apr-1900 |
28-Aug-1976 |
A High Wind in Jamaica |
| Thomas Hughes |
Author |
20-Oct-1822 |
22-Mar-1896 |
Tom Brown's School Days |
| Thomas L. Hughes |
Government |
? |
|
Carnegie Endowment for Int'l Peace |
| Edmund J. Hull |
Diplomat |
1949 |
|
US Ambassador to Yemen, 2001-04 |
| Basil Cardinal Hume |
Religion |
2-Mar-1923 |
17-Jun-1999 |
Archbishop of Westminster, 1976-99 |
| Nick Hurd |
Politician |
13-May-1962 |
|
British MP, Ruislip-Northwood |
| John Hutton |
Politician |
6-May-1955 |
|
British MP, Barrow and Furness |
| Aldous Huxley |
Author |
26-Jul-1894 |
22-Nov-1963 |
Brave New World |
| Julian Huxley |
Biologist |
22-Jun-1887 |
14-Feb-1975 |
Evolutionary biologist |
| Henry Ireton |
Military |
1611 |
28-Nov-1651 |
Soldier under Oliver Cromwell |
| Reed Irvine |
Activist |
29-Sep-1922 |
16-Nov-2004 |
Founder, Accuracy in Media |
| John N. Irwin II |
Diplomat |
31-Dec-1913 |
28-Feb-2000 |
US Deputy Secretary of State, 1970-73 |
| Walter Isaacson |
Author |
20-May-1952 |
|
Former Managing Editor for Time |
| Richard Jago |
Poet |
1715 |
8-May-1781 |
The Blackbirds |
| Michael Jay |
Diplomat |
Jun-1946 |
|
UK Ambassador to France, 1996-2001 |
| Benjamin Todd Jealous |
Activist |
c. 1972 |
|
President of the NAACP |
| Gladwyn Jebb |
Diplomat |
25-Apr-1900 |
24-Oct-1996 |
Acting UN Secretary General, 1945-46 |
| John I. Jenkins |
Educator |
17-Dec-1953 |
|
President, University of Notre Dame |
| Roy Jenkins |
Politician |
11-Nov-1920 |
5-Jan-2003 |
Twice UK Home Secretary |
| Elizabeth Jennings |
Poet |
18-Jul-1926 |
26-Oct-2001 |
Song for a Birth or a Death |
| John Jewel |
Religion |
24-May-1522 |
23-Sep-1571 |
Defender of Anglicanism |
| Bobby Jindal |
Politician |
10-Jun-1971 |
|
Governor of Louisiana |
| John Scarlett |
Spy |
18-Aug-1948 |
|
Head of MI6 |
| Boris Johnson |
Journalist |
19-Jun-1964 |
|
Mayor of London |
| Samuel Johnson |
Lexicographer |
18-Sep-1709 |
13-Dec-1784 |
A Dictionary of the English Language |
| Boisfeuillet Jones, Jr. |
Publisher |
1946 |
|
Washington Post publisher, 2000-08 |
| Terry Jones |
Comic |
1-Feb-1942 |
|
Monty Python |
| Keith Joseph |
Politician |
17-Jan-1918 |
10-Dec-1994 |
Conservative UK Minister, Thatcher influence |
| Benjamin Jowett |
Scholar |
15-Apr-1817 |
1-Oct-1893 |
Translator of Plato, etc. |
| Robert Joy |
Actor |
17-Aug-1951 |
|
Dr. Sid Hammerback on CSI: NY |
| Elena Kagan |
Attorney |
28-Apr-1960 |
|
US Solicitor General |
| Philip M. Kaiser |
Diplomat |
12-Jul-1913 |
24-May-2007 |
US Ambassador to Austria, 1980-81 |
| Emmanuel A. Kampouris |
Business |
c. 1936 |
|
CEO of American Standard, 1989-99 |
| Martin Karplus |
Chemist |
15-Mar-1930 |
|
Karplus Equation |
| Nicholas Katzenbach |
Government |
17-Jan-1922 |
|
US Attorney General, 1965-66 |
| Cresson H. Kearny |
Inventor |
7-Jan-1914 |
18-Dec-2003 |
Patriot, inventor, survivalist idol |
| John Keegan |
Historian |
15-May-1934 |
|
The Face of Battle |
| William N. Kelley |
Doctor |
23-Jun-1939 |
|
Kelley-Seegmiller Syndrome |
| Ruth Kelly |
Politician |
9-May-1968 |
|
UK Minister of Transport |
| Elizabeth T. Kennan |
Business |
c. 1938 |
|
President of Mt. Holyoke College, 1978-95 |
| Margaret Kennedy |
Novelist |
23-Apr-1896 |
31-Jul-1967 |
The Constant Nymph |
| Paul Kennedy |
Historian |
Jun-1945 |
|
The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers |
| Nan Keohane |
Scholar |
18-Sep-1940 |
|
Political scientist |
| Michael Kergin |
Diplomat |
26-Apr-1942 |
|
Canadian Ambassador to the US, 2000-05 |
| William T. Kerr |
Business |
17-Apr-1941 |
|
CEO of Meredith Corporation, 1997-2006 |
| Rashid Khalidi |
Author |
1950 |
|
Resurrecting Empire |
| Christoph M. Kimmich |
Educator |
16-Jan-1939 |
|
President, Brooklyn College |
| Sophie Kinsella |
Author |
12-Dec-1969 |
|
Shopaholic series |
| Michael Kinsley |
Pundit |
9-Mar-1951 |
|
Slate founder |
| Andrew S. B. Knight |
Journalist |
1-Nov-1939 |
|
Editor of The Economist, 1974-86 |
| Jeremy R. Knowles |
Business |
1935 |
|
Chemistry Professor, Harvard University |
| Michael Korda |
Publisher |
8-Oct-1933 |
|
Editor-in-Chief of Simon & Schuster |
| Jonathan Kozol |
Educator |
1936 |
|
Death at an Early Age |
| Charles Krauthammer |
Columnist |
13-Mar-1950 |
|
Washington Post columnist |
| Marvin Krislov |
Educator |
c. 1960 |
|
President, Oberlin College |
| Nicholas D. Kristof |
Journalist |
27-Apr-1959 |
|
New York Times Op-Ed columnist |
| Kris Kristofferson |
Actor |
22-Jun-1936 |
|
Me and Bobby McGee |
| George A. Krol |
Diplomat |
1956 |
|
US Ambassador to Belarus, 2003-06 |
| Robert C. Krueger |
Politician |
19-Sep-1935 |
|
Congressman from Texas, 1975-79 |
| John Kufuor |
Head of State |
8-Dec-1938 |
|
President of Ghana, 2001-09 |
| Aung San Suu Kyi |
Activist |
19-Jun-1945 |
|
Political activist, Nobel Prize recipient |
| Philip Lader |
Government |
1946 |
|
US Ambassador to the UK, 1997-2001 |
| Corliss Lamont |
Activist |
28-Mar-1902 |
26-Apr-1995 |
Millionaire socialist |
| Richard Land |
Religion |
1947 |
|
Southern Baptist Convention |
| Andrew Lang |
Author |
31-Mar-1844 |
20-Jul-1912 |
Scottish man of letters, historian, author |
| Philip Larkin |
Poet |
9-Aug-1922 |
2-Dec-1985 |
The Whitsun Weddings |
| Arthur Larson |
Politician |
4-Jul-1910 |
27-Mar-1993 |
Moderate conservative thinker |
| Mary Lasker |
Activist |
30-Nov-1900 |
21-Feb-1994 |
Health care advocate |
| Harold Laski |
Economist |
30-Jun-1893 |
24-Mar-1950 |
A Grammar of Politics |
| Richmond Lattimore |
Poet |
6-May-1906 |
26-Feb-1984 |
Translator of Iliad and Odyssey |
| William Laud |
Religion |
7-Oct-1573 |
10-Jan-1645 |
Archbishop of Canterbury, 1633-45 |
| T. E. Lawrence |
Author |
16-Aug-1888 |
19-May-1935 |
Lawrence of Arabia |
| Nigel Lawson |
Politician |
11-Mar-1932 |
|
Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1983-89 |
| Harper Lee |
Novelist |
28-Apr-1926 |
|
To Kill A Mockingbird |
| Anthony J. Leggett |
Physicist |
26-Mar-1938 |
|
Particle physicist, explored superfluidity |
| Richard C. Levin |
Educator |
7-Apr-1947 |
|
President of Yale University |
| Elliott H. Levitas |
Politician |
26-Dec-1930 |
|
Congressman from Georgia, 1975-85 |
| C. S. Lewis |
Novelist |
29-Nov-1898 |
22-Nov-1963 |
Chronicles of Narnia |
| David Lewis |
Politician |
23-Jun-1909 |
23-May-1981 |
Leader of Canada's NDP, 1971-75 |
| Christopher P. Liddell |
Business |
c. 1957 |
|
CFO of Microsoft |
| Thomas Linacre |
Doctor |
c. 1460 |
20-Oct-1524 |
Established the Royal Academy of Physicians |
| Goodwin Liu |
Attorney |
1970 |
|
Boalt Hall law professor |
| Penelope Lively |
Novelist |
17-Mar-1933 |
|
Moon Tiger |
| Andrew Lloyd Webber |
Composer |
22-Mar-1948 |
|
Evita |
| Ken Loach |
Film Director |
17-Jun-1936 |
|
My Name is Joe |
| Alain Locke |
Author |
13-Sep-1886 |
9-Jun-1954 |
Leader in the Harlem Renaissance |
| John Locke |
Philosopher |
29-Aug-1632 |
28-Oct-1704 |
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding |
| Richard Lovelace |
Poet |
1618 |
1658 |
To Althea from Prison |
| Henry R. Luce |
Business |
3-Apr-1898 |
28-Feb-1967 |
Founded Time Magazine |
| Dick Lugar |
Politician |
4-Apr-1932 |
|
US Senator from Indiana |
| Frank Luntz |
Pundit |
23-Feb-1962 |
|
Republican pollster, strategist |
| Robert Luskin |
Attorney |
21-Jan-1950 |
|
Karl Rove's lawyer |
| Charles Lyell |
Geologist |
14-Nov-1797 |
22-Feb-1875 |
Principles of Geology |
| John Lyly |
Playwright |
1554 |
18-Nov-1606 |
Euphues |
| Robert Morrison MacIver |
Sociologist |
17-Apr-1882 |
15-Jun-1970 |
The Web of Government |
| Compton MacKenzie |
Novelist |
17-Jan-1883 |
30-Nov-1972 |
Carnival |
| Hugh MacLennan |
Novelist |
20-Mar-1907 |
7-Nov-1990 |
Barometer Rising |
| Harold Macmillan |
Head of State |
10-Feb-1894 |
29-Dec-1986 |
UK Prime Minister, 1957-63 |
| Louis MacNeice |
Poet |
12-Sep-1907 |
3-Sep-1963 |
Autumn Journal |
| Salvador de Madariaga |
Author |
23-Jul-1886 |
14-Dec-1978 |
Englishmen, Frenchmen, Spaniards |
| Rachel Maddow |
TV Personality |
1-Apr-1973 |
|
The Rachel Maddow Show |
| Peter A. Magowan |
Business |
5-Apr-1942 |
|
President, San Francisco Giants |
| Terrence Malick |
Film Director |
30-Nov-1943 |
|
Badlands |
| Robert Malley |
Government |
1963 |
|
Ex-National Security Council |
| Peter Mandelson |
Politician |
21-Oct-1953 |
|
EU Commissioner for Trade |
| Patrick Marber |
Playwright |
19-Sep-1964 |
|
Closer |
| John Marston |
Playwright |
7-Oct-1576 |
25-Jun-1634 |
The Malcontent |
| A. E. W. Mason |
Novelist |
7-May-1865 |
22-Nov-1948 |
The Four Feathers |
| Raymond Massey |
Actor |
30-Aug-1896 |
29-Jul-1983 |
Things to Come |
| Vincent Massey |
Government |
20-Feb-1887 |
30-Dec-1967 |
Governor-General of Canada, 1952-59 |
| Sylvia M. Mathews |
Administrator |
1965 |
|
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation |
| F. O. Matthiessen |
Critic |
19-Feb-1902 |
1-Apr-1950 |
American Renaissance |
| Reginald Maudling |
Politician |
7-Mar-1917 |
14-Feb-1979 |
UK Home Secretary, 1970-72 |
| Frederick Denison Maurice |
Religion |
29-Aug-1805 |
1-Apr-1872 |
19th c. Anglican theologian |
| David Maxwell Fyfe |
Politician |
29-May-1900 |
27-Jan-1967 |
UK Home Secretary, 1951-54 |
| Charles T. Maxwell |
Business |
c. 1931 |
|
Energy Analyst, Weeden & Co. |
| Jodhi May |
Actor |
1-May-1975 |
|
Sister My Sister |
| Patrick Mayhew |
Politician |
11-Sep-1929 |
|
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, 1992-97 |
| Michael G. McCaffery |
Business |
c. 1953 |
|
Makena Capital Management |
| Gordon D. McCallum |
Business |
c. 1960 |
|
Virgin Management, Ltd. |
| Robert D. McCallum, Jr. |
Diplomat |
1946 |
|
US Ambassador to Australia |
| John McDowell |
Philosopher |
7-Mar-1942 |
|
Mind and World |
| K. T. McFarland |
Government |
1952 |
|
Former Kissinger staffer |
| George C. McGhee |
Diplomat |
1912 |
4-Jul-2005 |
US Ambassador to Germany, 1963-68 |
| Tim McInnerny |
Actor |
18-Sep-1956 |
|
Percy on Blackadder |
| P. Michael McKinley |
Diplomat |
? |
|
US Ambassador to Peru |
| C. Thomas McMillen |
Politician |
26-May-1952 |
|
Congressman from Maryland, 1987-93 |
| Norris McWhirter |
Author |
12-Aug-1925 |
19-Apr-2004 |
Co-founder, Guinness Book of World Records |
| James Edward Meade |
Economist |
23-Jun-1907 |
22-Dec-1995 |
Theory of International Economic Policy |
| Peter Medawar |
Zoologist |
28-Feb-1915 |
2-Oct-1987 |
Acquired immunological tolerance |
| Ved Mehta |
Author |
21-Mar-1934 |
|
Face to Face |
| Bob Metcalfe |
Business |
1946 |
|
Co-Inventor of Ethernet |
| Mary Midgley |
Philosopher |
13-Sep-1919 |
|
Beast and Man |
| David Miliband |
Politician |
15-Jul-1965 |
|
British Foreign Secretary |
| Ed Miliband |
Politician |
24-Dec-1969 |
|
British MP, Doncaster North |
| J. Irwin Miller |
Business |
26-May-1909 |
16-Aug-2004 |
Former CEO of Cummins Engine |
| Stephen Milligan |
Politician |
12-May-1948 |
7-Feb-1994 |
British MP and autoerotic asphyxiate |
| Peter Milliken |
Politician |
12-Nov-1946 |
|
Speaker, Canadian House of Commons |
| Alfred Milner |
Government |
23-Mar-1854 |
13-May-1925 |
Architect of the Balfour Declaration |
| Festus Mogae |
Head of State |
21-Aug-1939 |
|
President of Botswana |
| Walter Monckton |
Politician |
17-Jan-1891 |
9-Jan-1965 |
UK Minister of Defence, 1955-56 |
| Sir Thomas More |
Philosopher |
7-Feb-1477 |
6-Jul-1535 |
Utopia |
| Michael Moritz |
Business |
c. 1954 |
|
Partner, Sequoia Capital |
| Jan Morris |
Journalist |
2-Oct-1926 |
|
Transsexual travel writer |
| William Morris |
Artist |
24-Mar-1834 |
3-Oct-1896 |
Arts and Crafts Movement |
| Willie Morris |
Author |
29-Nov-1934 |
2-Aug-1999 |
North Toward Home |
| Emily Mortimer |
Actor |
1-Dec-1971 |
|
Lovely & Amazing |
| John Mortimer |
Playwright |
21-Apr-1923 |
16-Jan-2009 |
Rumpole of the Bailey |
| Henry Gwyn Jeffreys Moseley |
Physicist |
23-Nov-1887 |
10-Aug-1915 |
Confirmed importance of atomic number |
| Robert Moses |
Government |
18-Dec-1888 |
29-Jul-1981 |
New York City planner |
| Max Mosley |
Auto Racing |
13-Apr-1940 |
|
Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile |
| David C. Mulford |
Business |
1937 |
|
US Ambassador to India |
| Frederick Mulley |
Politician |
3-Jul-1918 |
15-Mar-1995 |
UK Minister of Defence, 1976-79 |
| Robert S. Mulliken |
Chemist |
7-Jun-1896 |
31-Oct-1986 |
Studied molecular structure |
| George B. Munroe |
Business |
5-Jan-1922 |
|
CEO of Phelps Dodge, 1969-87 |
| Iris Murdoch |
Novelist |
15-Jul-1919 |
8-Feb-1999 |
The Sea, the Sea |
| Rupert Murdoch |
Business |
11-Mar-1931 |
|
Founder and CEO of News Corp |
| Christopher Murphy |
Politician |
3-Aug-1973 |
|
Congressman, Connecticut 5th |
| Paul Murphy |
Politician |
25-Nov-1948 |
|
British MP, Torfaen |
| Al Murray |
Comic |
10-May-1968 |
|
The Pub Landlord |
| John Middleton Murry |
Critic |
6-Aug-1889 |
13-Mar-1957 |
The Story of D. H. Lawrence |
| Thomas Nagel |
Philosopher |
4-Jul-1937 |
|
What is it like to be a bat? |
| V. S. Naipaul |
Author |
17-Aug-1932 |
|
A House for Mr. Biswas |
| Prince Naruhito |
Royalty |
23-Feb-1960 |
|
Crown Prince of Japan |
| David Naylor |
Educator |
26-Oct-1954 |
|
President, University of Toronto |
| Ted Nelson |
Computer Programmer |
17-Jun-1937 |
|
Hypertext pioneer, Xanadu |
| George Neumayr |
Columnist |
c. 1972 |
|
Editor, Catholic World Report |
| Sir Roger Newdigate |
Historian |
30-May-1719 |
23-Nov-1806 |
Established the Newdigate Prize |
| John Henry Newman |
Religion |
21-Feb-1801 |
11-Aug-1890 |
Oxford Movement |
| Charles Thomas Newton |
Archaeologist |
16-Sep-1816 |
28-Nov-1894 |
Discovered Halicarnassus mausoleum |
| Tony Newton |
Politician |
29-Aug-1937 |
|
Leader, House of Commons, 1992-97 |
| Steven Norris |
Politician |
24-May-1945 |
|
Former Conservative MP, Epping Forest |
| Joseph Nye |
Government |
19-Jan-1937 |
|
Chairman, National Intelligence Council, 1993-94 |
| Harriet O'Neill |
Judge |
20-Apr-1957 |
|
Justice, Texas Supreme Court |
| William of Ockham |
Philosopher |
c. 1285 |
9-Apr-1348 |
Occam's Razor |
| James Edward Oglethorpe |
Government |
22-Dec-1696 |
1-Jul-1785 |
Founder of Georgia colony |
| Olav V |
Royalty |
2-Jul-1903 |
17-Jan-1991 |
King of Norway, 1957-91 |
| Ronald L. Olson |
Attorney |
1941 |
|
Munger Tolles & Olson |
| Nicky Oppenheimer |
Business |
8-Jun-1945 |
|
Chairman of De Beers |
| George Osborne |
Politician |
23-May-1971 |
|
Conservative MP for Tatton |
| Thomas Otway |
Playwright |
3-Mar-1652 |
14-Apr-1685 |
Venice Preserved |
| Sir Thomas Overbury |
Poet |
18-Jun-1581 |
15-Sep-1613 |
The Wife |
| Lindsay Owen-Jones |
Business |
17-Mar-1946 |
|
CEO of L'Oreal, 1988-2006 |
| William A. Owens |
Military |
8-May-1940 |
|
Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs, 1994-96 |
| J. I. Packer |
Religion |
22-Jul-1926 |
|
Biblical scholar |
| Michael Palin |
Comic |
5-May-1943 |
|
Monty Python |
| Chip Pashayan |
Politician |
27-Mar-1941 |
|
Congressman from California, 1979-91 |
| Eboo Patel |
Activist |
? |
|
Interfaith Youth Core |
| Chris Patten |
Politician |
12-May-1944 |
|
EU Commissioner for External Relations |
| Lester Bowles Pearson |
Head of State |
23-Apr-1897 |
27-Dec-1972 |
Prime Minister of Canada, 1963-68 |
| Robert Peel |
Head of State |
5-Feb-1788 |
2-Jul-1850 |
U.K. Prime Minister |
| George Peele |
Playwright |
1558 |
9-Nov-1596 |
The Old Wives Tale |
| Henry Pelham |
Head of State |
1696 |
6-Mar-1754 |
UK Prime Minister, 1743-54 |
| William Penn |
Government |
14-Oct-1644 |
30-Jul-1718 |
Founder of Pennsylvania |
| Thomas Percy |
Author |
13-Apr-1729 |
30-Sep-1811 |
Percy Reliques |
| Pierre Pettigrew |
Politician |
18-Apr-1951 |
|
Candian Foreign Minister |
| John Philips |
Poet |
30-Dec-1676 |
15-Feb-1708 |
The Splendid Shilling |
| Caryl Phillips |
Novelist |
13-Mar-1958 |
|
Crossing the River |
| Patrick Pichette |
Business |
c. 1963 |
|
CFO of Google |
| Rosamund Pike |
Actor |
27-Jan-1979 |
|
Die Another Day |
| Thomas Pinckney |
Politician |
23-Oct-1750 |
2-Nov-1828 |
Governor of South Carolina, 1787-89 |
| Michael Pinto-Duschinsky |
Scholar |
c. 1940 |
|
Political scientist |
| James Plaskitt |
Politician |
23-Jun-1954 |
|
British MP, Warwick and Leamington |
| Robin A. Plumbridge |
Business |
c. 1936 |
|
Gold Fields of South Africa |
| Frank Podmore |
Author |
5-Feb-1856 |
14-Aug-1910 |
Fabian Society |
| Michael Pollan |
Author |
6-Feb-1955 |
|
The Omnivore's Dilemma |
| Roger B. Porter |
Educator |
19-Jun-1946 |
|
Professor, Kennedy School of Government |
| Wesley W. Posvar |
Educator |
14-Sep-1925 |
27-Jul-2001 |
Chancellor, University of Pittsburgh, 1967-91 |
| Anthony Powell |
Novelist |
21-Dec-1905 |
28-Mar-2000 |
A Dance to the Music of Time |
| Charles Powell |
Business |
6-Jun-1941 |
|
Private Secretary to Thatcher, 1983-90 |
| Franklyn G. Prendergast |
Doctor |
7-Mar-1945 |
|
Mayo Clinic |
| Larry Pressler |
Politician |
29-Mar-1942 |
|
US Senator from South Dakota, 1979-97 |
| Anthony Price |
Novelist |
16-Aug-1928 |
|
Other Paths to Glory |
| Dennis Price |
Actor |
23-Jun-1915 |
6-Oct-1973 |
The World of Wooster |
| Reynolds Price |
Author |
1-Feb-1933 |
|
A Long and Happy Life |
| Archibald Philip Primrose |
Head of State |
7-May-1847 |
21-Mar-1929 |
UK Prime Minister 1894-95 |
| John Profumo |
Politician |
30-Jan-1915 |
10-Mar-2006 |
Resigned House of Commons over an affair |
| Philip Pullman |
Novelist |
19-Oct-1946 |
|
His Dark Materials |
| James Purnell |
Politician |
2-Oct-1970 |
|
British MP, Stalybridge and Hyde |
| Barbara Pym |
Novelist |
2-Jun-1913 |
11-Jan-1980 |
Some Tame Gazelle |
| Anthony Quainton |
Diplomat |
4-Apr-1934 |
|
US Ambassador to Peru, 1989-92 |
| Lois E. Quam |
Business |
c. 1961 |
|
Managing Director, Piper Jaffray |
| John A. Quelch |
Educator |
c. 1951 |
|
Professor at HBS |
| Bob Rae |
Politician |
2-Aug-1948 |
|
Premier of Ontario, 1990-95 |
| Franklin Raines |
Government |
14-Jan-1949 |
|
CEO of Fannie Mae, 1999-2004 |
| John Crowe Ransom |
Poet |
30-Apr-1888 |
4-Jul-1974 |
God Without Thunder |
| Hormuzd Rassam |
Archaeologist |
1826 |
16-Sep-1910 |
Discovered Epic of Gilgamesh |
| Mike Ratledge |
Musician |
Apr-1943 |
|
Soft Machine keyboardist |
| Terence Rattigan |
Playwright |
10-Jun-1911 |
30-Nov-1977 |
Separate Tables |
| John Rawls |
Philosopher |
21-Feb-1921 |
24-Nov-2002 |
A Theory of Justice |
| Charles Reade |
Novelist |
8-Jun-1814 |
11-Apr-1884 |
The Cloister and the Hearth |
| John Redwood |
Politician |
15-Jun-1951 |
|
British MP, Wokingham |
| Robert Reich |
Government |
24-Jun-1946 |
|
US Secretary of Labor, 1993-97 |
| John T. Reid |
Business |
c. 1940 |
|
CTO of Colgate-Palmolive, 1997-2000 |
| Mitchell B. Reiss |
Government |
? |
|
Director of Policy Planning, 2003-05 |
| Mary Renault |
Novelist |
4-Sep-1905 |
13-Dec-1983 |
The Last of the Wine |
| James Reston, Jr. |
Author |
1941 |
|
The Conviction of Richard Nixon |
| Mel Reynolds |
Politician |
8-Jan-1952 |
|
Congressman from Illinois, 1993-95 |
| Simon Reynolds |
Journalist |
1963 |
|
Rip It Up And Start Again |
| Cecil Rhodes |
Business |
5-Jul-1853 |
26-Mar-1902 |
De Beers |
| Nicholas V. Riasanovsky |
Historian |
c. 1920 |
|
A History of Russia |
| Susan E. Rice |
Diplomat |
17-Nov-1964 |
|
US Ambassador to the UN |
| Nicholas Ridley |
Politician |
17-Feb-1929 |
4-Mar-1993 |
Thatcherite MP and Minister |
| Geoffrey Rippon |
Politician |
28-May-1924 |
28-Jan-1997 |
Former MP, Hexham |
| Mark Roberts |
Activist |
1945 |
|
UK's most famous drug smuggler |
| Paul Craig Roberts |
Economist |
1939 |
|
The Supply-Side Revolution |
| Win Rockefeller |
Politician |
17-Sep-1948 |
16-Jul-2006 |
Billionaire, Arkansas Lt. Governor |
| Nick Rose |
Business |
Oct-1957 |
|
CFO of Diageo |
| Jeffrey A. Rosensweig |
Economist |
c. 1957 |
|
Finance Professor at Emory |
| Eugene Victor Rostow |
Educator |
25-Aug-1913 |
25-Nov-2002 |
Dean of Yale Law School, 1955-65 |
| Walt Rostow |
Government |
7-Oct-1916 |
13-Feb-2003 |
National Security Advisor, 1966-69 |
| Jacob Rothschild |
Business |
29-Apr-1936 |
|
RIT Capital Partners |
| Neil Rudenstine |
Educator |
21-Jan-1935 |
|
President of Harvard, 1991-2001 |
| Robert Runcie |
Religion |
2-Oct-1921 |
11-Jul-2000 |
Archbishop of Canterbury, 1980-91 |
| Dean Rusk |
Government |
9-Feb-1909 |
21-Dec-1994 |
US Secretary of State, 1961-69 |
| John Ruskin |
Critic |
8-Feb-1819 |
20-Jan-1900 |
Greatest Victorian art critic |
| Martin Ryle |
Astronomer |
27-Sep-1918 |
14-Oct-1984 |
Radio astronomer |
| Larry J. Sabato |
Educator |
c. 1948 |
|
Widely-quoted political scientist |
| Oliver Sacks |
Doctor |
9-Jul-1933 |
|
Awakenings |
| George Saintsbury |
Critic |
23-Oct-1845 |
28-Jan-1933 |
A History of Criticism |
| Herbert Samuel |
Politician |
6-Nov-1870 |
2-Feb-1963 |
High Commissioner of Palestine, 1920-25 |
| Duncan Sandys |
Politician |
24-Jan-1908 |
26-Nov-1987 |
UK Colonial Secretary, 1962-64 |
| Paul Sarbanes |
Politician |
3-Feb-1933 |
|
US Senator from Maryland, 1977-2007 |
| Nathalie Sarraute |
Novelist |
18-Jul-1900 |
19-Oct-1999 |
Portrait of a Man Unknown |
| Mario Savio |
Activist |
8-Dec-1942 |
6-Nov-1996 |
Free Speech Movement |
| Dorothy L. Sayers |
Novelist |
13-Jun-1893 |
17-Dec-1957 |
Lord Peter Wimsey detective novels |
| John Schlesinger |
Film Director |
16-Feb-1926 |
25-Jul-2003 |
Marathon Man |
| Eric Schlosser |
Author |
17-Aug-1959 |
|
Fast Food Nation |
| Kurt L. Schmoke |
Politician |
1-Dec-1949 |
|
Mayor of Baltimore, 1988-99 |
| David G. Scholey |
Business |
28-Jun-1935 |
|
Former CEO of SG Warburg |
| John Searle |
Philosopher |
Dec-1932 |
|
Chinese Room Argument, Philosopher of Language |
| John Selden |
Scholar |
16-Dec-1584 |
30-Nov-1654 |
English orientalist and jurist |
| Will Self |
Novelist |
26-Sep-1961 |
|
The Book of Dave |
| Wilfrid Sellars |
Philosopher |
20-May-1912 |
2-Jul-1989 |
Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind |
| Dr. Seuss |
Author |
2-Mar-1904 |
24-Sep-1991 |
The Cat in the Hat |
| Thomas A. Shannon, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1958 |
|
Asst. Secy. State, Western Hemisphere |
| Philip R. Sharp |
Politician |
15-Jul-1942 |
|
Congressman from Indiana, 1975-95 |
| Wallace Shawn |
Actor |
12-Nov-1943 |
|
Ate dinner with Andre |
| Wilfrid Sheed |
Author |
27-Dec-1930 |
|
Office Politics |
| Gilbert Sheldon |
Religion |
1598 |
1677 |
Archbishop of Canterbury, 1663-77 |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley |
Poet |
4-Aug-1792 |
8-Jul-1822 |
Prometheus Unbound |
| James Shirley |
Playwright |
1596 |
29-Oct-1666 |
Love Tricks |
| Nevil Shute |
Novelist |
17-Jan-1899 |
12-Jan-1960 |
On the Beach |
| Sir Philip Sidney |
Author |
30-Nov-1554 |
17-Oct-1586 |
The Defence of Poesie |
| Don Siegelman |
Politician |
24-Feb-1946 |
|
Governor of Alabama, 1999-2003 |
| Adele Simmons |
Administrator |
21-Jun-1941 |
|
President, MacArthur Foundation, 1989-99 |
| Claude Simon |
Novelist |
10-Oct-1913 |
6-Jul-2005 |
Le Tricheur |
| John Simon |
Politician |
28-Feb-1873 |
11-Jan-1954 |
Lord Chancellor of Britain, 1940-45 |
| Neil P. Simpkins |
Business |
c. 1941 |
|
Senior Managing Director, Blackstone |
| Peter Singer |
Philosopher |
6-Jul-1946 |
|
Animal Liberation |
| John Skelton |
Poet |
c. 1460 |
21-Jun-1529 |
Why come ye nat to courte |
| Anne-Marie Slaughter |
Government |
27-Sep-1958 |
|
Director of Policy Planning, State Dept. |
| Walter B. Slocombe |
Government |
23-Sep-1941 |
|
Defense analyst |
| Adam Smith |
Economist |
5-Jun-1723 |
17-Jul-1790 |
Wealth of Nations |
| Goldwin Smith |
Historian |
13-Aug-1823 |
7-Jun-1910 |
Controversialist |
| Howard K. Smith |
Journalist |
12-May-1914 |
15-Feb-2002 |
Face the Nation |
| Jacqui Smith |
Politician |
3-Nov-1962 |
|
UK Home Secretary |
| Mel Smith |
Actor |
3-Dec-1952 |
|
Alas Smith & Jones |
| Sydney Smith |
Religion |
3-Jun-1771 |
22-Feb-1845 |
Instigated the Edinburgh Review |
| Oliver Smithies |
Scientist |
23-Jun-1925 |
|
Knock-out mice |
| James Smithson |
Chemist |
1765 |
27-Jun-1829 |
Chemist, funded the Smithsonian Institution |
| Frederick Soddy |
Chemist |
2-Sep-1877 |
22-Sep-1956 |
Isotopes |
| Donald Somervell |
Politician |
24-Aug-1889 |
18-Nov-1960 |
AG for England and Wales, 1936-45 |
| Frank Soskice |
Politician |
23-Jul-1902 |
1-Jan-1979 |
UK Home Secretary, 1964-65 |
| David Souter |
Judge |
17-Sep-1939 |
|
US Supreme Court Justice, 1990-2009 |
| Robert Southey |
Poet |
12-Aug-1774 |
21-Mar-1843 |
A Vision of Judgment |
| A. Michael Spence |
Economist |
7-Nov-1943 |
|
Asymmetric markets |
| Stephen Spender |
Poet |
28-Feb-1909 |
16-Jul-1995 |
The Destructive Element |
| William Archibald Spooner |
Educator |
22-Jul-1844 |
29-Aug-1930 |
Spoonerisms |
| John Spratt |
Politician |
1-Nov-1942 |
|
Congressman, South Carolina 5th |
| Norman St. John-Stevas |
Politician |
18-May-1929 |
|
Leader, House of Commons, 1979-81 |
| Dennis Stanfill |
Business |
1-Apr-1927 |
|
CEO of 20th Century Fox, 1971-81 |
| Richard Steele |
Author |
1672 |
1-Sep-1729 |
The Spectator |
| George Steiner |
Critic |
23-Apr-1929 |
|
After Babel |
| Joshua Steiner |
Business |
c. 1965 |
|
Quadrangle Group |
| Richard Stengel |
Journalist |
c. 1955 |
|
Managing Editor, Time magazine |
| George Stephanopoulos |
TV Personality |
10-Feb-1961 |
|
Bill Clinton's communications director |
| Jay B. Stephens |
Attorney |
5-Nov-1946 |
|
General Counsel of Raytheon |
| William E. Stevenson |
Diplomat |
25-Oct-1900 |
2-Apr-1985 |
US Ambassador to the Philippines, 1962-64 |
| Michael Stewart |
Politician |
6-Nov-1906 |
13-Mar-1990 |
Former UK Foreign Secretary |
| John de Stratford |
Religion |
? |
23-Aug-1348 |
Archbishop of Canterbury, 1333-48 |
| P. F. Strawson |
Philosopher |
23-Nov-1919 |
13-Feb-2006 |
Individuals |
| William Strode |
Politician |
1598 |
9-Sep-1645 |
Opponent of King Charles I |
| Carl W. Strom |
Diplomat |
22-Dec-1899 |
27-Jan-1969 |
US Ambassador to Bolivia, 1959-61 |
| William Stubbs |
Historian |
21-Jun-1825 |
22-Apr-1901 |
Constitutional History of England |
| Roscoe S. Suddarth |
Diplomat |
1935 |
|
US Ambassador to Jordan, 1987-90 |
| Andrew Sullivan |
Journalist |
10-Aug-1963 |
|
The Daily Dish |
| Kathleen Sullivan |
Scholar |
20-Aug-1955 |
|
Scholar of constitutional law |
| William Graham Sumner |
Educator |
30-Oct-1840 |
12-Apr-1910 |
Laissez faire sociologist |
| Robert Surtees |
Historian |
1779 |
11-Feb-1834 |
History of Durham |
| Jonathan Swift |
Author |
30-Nov-1667 |
19-Oct-1745 |
Gulliver's Travels |
| Algernon Charles Swinburne |
Poet |
5-Apr-1837 |
10-Apr-1909 |
Masochist Victorian poet |
| Thomas Sydenham |
Doctor |
13-Sep-1624 |
29-Dec-1689 |
The English Hippocrates |
| Plum Sykes |
Author |
4-Dec-1969 |
|
Bergdorf Blondes |
| John Addington Symonds |
Critic |
5-Oct-1840 |
19-Apr-1893 |
Renaissance in Italy |
| Archibald Campbell Tait |
Religion |
21-Dec-1811 |
3-Dec-1882 |
Archbishop of Canterbury, 1868-82 |
| Strobe Talbott |
Government |
25-Apr-1946 |
|
Time journalist, Deputy Secy. of State |
| R. H. Tawney |
Scholar |
30-Nov-1880 |
16-Jan-1962 |
The Acquisitive Society |
| A. J. P. Taylor |
Historian |
25-Mar-1906 |
7-Sep-1990 |
The Origins of the Second World War |
| Charles Taylor |
Philosopher |
5-Nov-1931 |
|
Sources of the Self |
| Paul Tellier |
Business |
1939 |
|
CEO of Canadian National Railway, 1992-2002 |
| Frederick Temple |
Religion |
30-Nov-1821 |
23-Dec-1902 |
Archbishop of Canterbury, 1896-1902 |
| William Temple |
Religion |
15-Oct-1881 |
26-Oct-1944 |
Archbishop of Canterbury, 1942-44 |
| Margaret Thatcher |
Head of State |
13-Oct-1925 |
|
UK Prime Minister, 1979-90 |
| James D. Theberge |
Diplomat |
28-Dec-1930 |
20-Jan-1988 |
US Ambassador to Chile, 1982-85 |
| Louis Theroux |
TV Personality |
20-May-1970 |
|
Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends |
| John L. Thornton |
Business |
c. 1954 |
|
President of Goldman Sachs, 1999-2003 |
| Jeremy Thorpe |
Politician |
29-Apr-1929 |
|
Leader of the UK Liberal Party, 1967-76 |
| Lester Thurow |
Economist |
7-May-1938 |
|
Sloan School of Management |
| Edward Titchener |
Psychologist |
11-Jan-1867 |
3-Aug-1927 |
Structural psychology |
| Alexander R. Todd |
Chemist |
2-Oct-1907 |
10-Jan-1997 |
Studied nucleotides, ATP, etc |
| J. R. R. Tolkien |
Author |
3-Jan-1892 |
2-Sep-1973 |
Lord of the Rings |
| Hugh Trevor-Roper |
Historian |
15-Jan-1914 |
26-Jan-2003 |
Historian fooled by fake Hitler diaries |
| Jethro Tull |
Agriculturalist |
1674 |
21-Feb-1741 |
The Horse-hoeing Husbandry |
| John Turner |
Head of State |
7-Jun-1929 |
|
Prime Minister of Canada, 1984 |
| Stansfield Turner |
Government |
1-Dec-1923 |
|
CIA Director, 1977-81 |
| Kenneth Tynan |
Critic |
2-Apr-1927 |
26-Jul-1980 |
British theatre critic |
| William Tyndale |
Religion |
1492 |
6-Oct-1536 |
Bible translator, burnt at the stake |
| David Urquhart |
Diplomat |
1805 |
16-May-1877 |
Diplomatic Review |
| John R. Vane |
Scientist |
29-Mar-1927 |
19-Nov-2004 |
Prostaglandins |
| Eric Varley |
Politician |
11-Aug-1932 |
|
Former MP, Chesterfield |
| Thomas Vaughan |
Chemist |
17-Apr-1622 |
27-Feb-1666 |
English alchemist and mystic |
| Peter Viereck |
Poet |
5-Aug-1916 |
13-May-2006 |
Terror and Decorum |
| André Villeneuve |
Business |
23-Nov-1944 |
|
Chairman of Euronext.LIFFE |
| David Vitter |
Politician |
3-May-1961 |
|
US Senator from Louisiana |
| Lutz Schwerin von Krosigk |
Head of State |
22-Aug-1887 |
4-Mar-1977 |
German Chancellor, 1945 |
| Helen Waddell |
Author |
31-May-1889 |
5-Mar-1965 |
The Wandering Scholars |
| David Waddington |
Politician |
2-Aug-1929 |
|
UK Home Secretary, 1989-90 |
| Sonya Walger |
Actor |
6-Jun-1974 |
|
The Mind of the Married Man |
| John E. Walker |
Chemist |
7-Jan-1941 |
|
ATP process |
| Patrick Gordon Walker |
Politician |
7-Apr-1907 |
2-Dec-1980 |
UK Foreign Secretary, 1964-66 |
| Henry C. Wallich |
Economist |
10-Jun-1914 |
16-Sep-1988 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1959-61 |
| Thomas Walsingham |
Historian |
? |
c. 1422 |
Historia Anglicana |
| William Walton |
Composer |
29-Mar-1902 |
8-Mar-1983 |
Troilus and Cressida |
| Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck |
Royalty |
21-Feb-1980 |
|
King of Bhutan |
| William Warham |
Religion |
c. 1450 |
22-Aug-1532 |
Archbishop of Canterbury, 1504-32 |
| Robert Penn Warren |
Poet |
24-Apr-1905 |
15-Sep-1989 |
First US Poet Laureate |
| Thomas Warton |
Poet |
9-Jan-1728 |
21-May-1790 |
English Poet Laureate, 1785-90 |
| Auberon Waugh |
Columnist |
17-Nov-1939 |
16-Jan-2001 |
Columnist for Private Eye |
| Jacob Weisberg |
Journalist |
1964 |
|
Slate Group chairman |
| Richard von Weizsäcker |
Head of State |
15-Apr-1920 |
|
President of Germany, 1984-94 |
| Bill Weld |
Politician |
31-Jul-1945 |
|
Governor of Massachusetts, 1991-97 |
| John Wesley |
Religion |
17-Jun-1703 |
2-Mar-1791 |
Founder of Methodism |
| Jessamyn West |
Author |
18-Jul-1902 |
23-Feb-1984 |
The Friendly Persuasion |
| Samuel West |
Actor |
19-Jun-1966 |
|
Howard's End |
| Peter Westmacott |
Diplomat |
c. 1950 |
|
UK Ambassador to France |
| Roger Wheeler |
Military |
1943 |
|
Head of the British Army, 1997-2000 |
| Mark Whitaker |
Journalist |
1957 |
|
NBC Washington Bureau Chief |
| Byron White |
Judge |
8-Jun-1917 |
15-Apr-2002 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1962-93 |
| Gilbert White |
Naturalist |
18-Jul-1720 |
26-Jun-1793 |
Natural History of Selborne |
| George Whitefield |
Religion |
27-Dec-1714 |
30-Sep-1770 |
Evangelist, early Methodist |
| John Hay Whitney |
Business |
17-Aug-1904 |
8-Feb-1982 |
New York Herald Tribune |
| John Edgar Wideman |
Novelist |
14-Jun-1941 |
|
Sent for You Yesterday |
| Leon Wieseltier |
Editor |
14-Jun-1952 |
|
The New Republic |
| Oscar Wilde |
Playwright |
16-Oct-1854 |
30-Nov-1900 |
The Picture of Dorian Gray |
| Sean Wilentz |
Historian |
c. 1950 |
|
The Rise of American Democracy |
| Andrew Wiles |
Mathematician |
11-Apr-1953 |
|
Proved Fermat's Last Theorem |
| George Will |
Columnist |
4-May-1941 |
|
Conservative pundit, baseball lover |
| Bernard Williams |
Philosopher |
21-Sep-1929 |
10-Jun-2003 |
Leading moral philosopher |
| Emlyn Williams |
Playwright |
26-Nov-1905 |
25-Sep-1987 |
Night Must Fall |
| Mark Williams |
Actor |
1959 |
|
The Borrowers |
| Rowan Williams |
Religion |
14-Jun-1950 |
|
Archbishop of Canterbury |
| John Wilmot |
Poet |
1-Apr-1647 |
26-Jul-1680 |
Sodom, or the Quintessence of Debauchery |
| A. N. Wilson |
Novelist |
27-Oct-1950 |
|
The Lampitt Papers |
| Angus Wilson |
Novelist |
11-Aug-1913 |
31-May-1991 |
Hemlock and After |
| Harold Wilson |
Head of State |
11-Mar-1916 |
24-May-1995 |
Two-time Prime Minister of Britain |
| Heather Wilson |
Politician |
30-Dec-1960 |
|
Congresswoman from New Mexico, 1998-2009 |
| Simon Winchester |
Journalist |
28-Sep-1944 |
|
The Professor and the Madman |
| Peter Wingfield |
Actor |
5-Sep-1962 |
|
Dan Clifford on Holby City |
| Michael Winterbottom |
Film Director |
29-Mar-1961 |
|
24 Hour Party People |
| Jeanette Winterson |
Novelist |
27-Aug-1959 |
|
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit |
| Neil R. Withington |
Attorney |
c. 1957 |
|
General Counsel, British American Tobacco |
| Naomi Wolf |
Author |
12-Nov-1962 |
|
The Beauty Myth |
| Tobias Wolff |
Author |
19-Jun-1945 |
|
The Barracks Thief |
| Richard Wolffe |
Journalist |
17-Sep-1968 |
|
Newsweek Senior White House Correspondent |
| Stephen Wolfram |
Mathematician |
29-Aug-1959 |
|
Creator of Mathematica |
| Anthony à Wood |
Historian |
17-Dec-1632 |
29-Nov-1695 |
Oxford historian |
| John Wood |
Actor |
1930 |
|
Dr. Falken in WarGames |
| Peter M. Wood |
Business |
c. 1938 |
|
Former Managing Director, JP Morgan |
| Cecil Woodham-Smith |
Historian |
29-Apr-1896 |
16-Mar-1977 |
Florence Nightingale |
| Simon Woods |
Actor |
1980 |
|
Pride & Prejudice |
| James Woolsey |
Government |
21-Sep-1941 |
|
CIA Director, 1993-95 |
| Christopher Wren |
Architect |
20-Oct-1632 |
25-Feb-1723 |
Designed St. Paul's Cathedral |
| William Wycherley |
Playwright |
1640 |
1-Jan-1716 |
The Plain Dealer |
| Michael York |
Actor |
27-Mar-1942 |
|
Logan's Run |
| Edward Young |
Poet |
1683 |
5-Apr-1765 |
Night Thoughts |
| John Zachary Young |
Zoologist |
18-Mar-1907 |
4-Jul-1997 |
British zoological neurologist |
| George Younger |
Politician |
22-Sep-1931 |
26-Jan-2003 |
UK Minister of Defence, 1986-89 |
