| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Philip J. Ablove |
Business |
c. 1940 |
|
CFO of W. R. Berkley, 1973-83 |
| Shirley S. Abrahamson |
Judge |
17-Dec-1933 |
|
Wisconsin Chief Justice |
| Kathy Acker |
Author |
18-Apr-1947 |
30-Nov-1997 |
Blood and Guts in High School |
| Arthur Agatston |
Doctor |
1947 |
|
The South Beach Diet |
| G. Steven Agee |
Judge |
12-Nov-1952 |
|
Justice, Virginia Supreme Court |
| Marv Albert |
Sports Figure |
12-Jun-1941 |
|
Yessssssss! |
| Lamar Alexander |
Politician |
3-Jul-1940 |
|
US Senator from Tennessee |
| Woody Allen |
Film Director |
1-Dec-1935 |
|
Annie Hall |
| Gloria Allred |
Attorney |
3-Jul-1941 |
|
Feminist lawyer |
| Paul Thomas Anderson |
Film Director |
26-Jun-1970 |
|
Boogie Nights |
| Robert E. Angelica |
Business |
c. 1949 |
|
CEO of AT&T Investment Mgmt., 1999-2006 |
| David Antin |
Artist |
1-Feb-1932 |
|
Improv artist, talk poet |
| Allan Arkush |
Film Director |
30-Apr-1948 |
|
Rock 'n' Roll High School |
| Martina Arroyo |
Singer |
2-Feb-1937 |
|
Operatic soprano |
| John G. Avildsen |
Film Director |
21-Dec-1935 |
|
Rocky |
| Julius Axelrod |
Chemist |
30-May-1912 |
29-Dec-2004 |
Research of neurotransmitters |
| Milton Babbitt |
Composer |
10-May-1916 |
|
Music for Synthesizer |
| Dr. Michael Baden |
Doctor |
? |
|
Forensic pathologist on HBO's Autopsy |
| Alec Baldwin |
Actor |
3-Apr-1958 |
|
A Baldwin Brother |
| Paul Banks |
Musician |
3-May-1978 |
|
Interpol |
| Mohamed El Baradei |
Government |
17-Jun-1942 |
|
UN International Atomic Energy Agency |
| Rona Barrett |
Columnist |
8-Oct-1936 |
|
Entertainment gossip columnist |
| Stanley F. Barshay |
Business |
c. 1938 |
|
Schering-Plough executive |
| Justin Bartha |
Actor |
21-Jul-1978 |
|
National Treasure |
| Maria Bartiromo |
Journalist |
11-Sep-1967 |
|
CNBC financial correspondent |
| Romare Bearden |
Painter |
2-Sep-1911 |
12-Mar-1988 |
Collagist |
| Candace K. Beinecke |
Attorney |
26-Nov-1946 |
|
Chairman of Hughes Hubbard & Reed |
| Kristen Bell |
Actor |
18-Jul-1980 |
|
Veronica Mars |
| P. George Benson |
Educator |
3-Jun-1946 |
|
President, College of Charleston |
| Julie Benz |
Actor |
1-May-1972 |
|
Jawbreaker |
| William R. Berkley |
Business |
c. 1944 |
|
CEO of W. R. Berkley |
| Daniel J. Bernstein |
Computer Programmer |
29-Oct-1971 |
|
Bernstein v. United States |
| Elmer Bernstein |
Composer |
4-Apr-1922 |
18-Aug-2004 |
Scored The Magnificent Seven |
| Jason Biggs |
Actor |
12-May-1978 |
|
American Pie |
| Michael J. Birck |
Business |
25-Jan-1938 |
|
CEO of Tellabs, 1975-2004 |
| Michael Ian Black |
Actor |
12-Aug-1971 |
|
Stella |
| Ronald E. Blaylock |
Business |
c. 1960 |
|
Blaylock & Company, Inc. |
| Alexis Bledel |
Actor |
16-Sep-1981 |
|
Rory on Gilmore Girls |
| Tempestt Bledsoe |
Actor |
1-Aug-1973 |
|
Vanessa Huxtable on The Cosby Show |
| Judy Blume |
Author |
12-Feb-1938 |
|
Author of children's books |
| Steven Bochco |
Film/TV Producer |
16-Dec-1943 |
|
Responsible for Cop Rock |
| Chastity Bono |
Relative |
4-Mar-1969 |
|
Lesbian daughter of Sonny and Cher |
| Rudy Boschwitz |
Business |
7-Nov-1930 |
|
US Senator from Minnesota, 1978-91 |
| Barry Bostwick |
Actor |
24-Feb-1945 |
|
Brad in Rocky Horror Picture Show |
| Marc C. Breslawsky |
Business |
c. 1941 |
|
President of Pitney Bowes, 1996-2001 |
| Martin Brest |
Film Director |
8-Aug-1951 |
|
Beverly Hills Cop |
| Bill Brochtrup |
Actor |
7-Mar-1963 |
|
NYPD Blue |
| James L. Brooks |
Film/TV Producer |
9-May-1940 |
|
Producer of The Simpsons |
| Joyce F. Brown |
Educator |
c. 1946 |
|
Fashion Institute of Technology |
| Kenneth L. Brown |
Diplomat |
6-Dec-1936 |
|
US Ambassador to Ghana, 1992-95 |
| Rita Mae Brown |
Author |
28-Nov-1944 |
|
Rubyfruit Jungle |
| Hilarie Burton |
Actor |
1-Jul-1982 |
|
Peyton Sawyer on One Tree Hill |
| Candace Bushnell |
Journalist |
1-Dec-1958 |
|
Columnist, Sex and the City |
| Mortimer M. Caplin |
Business |
c. 1915 |
|
Caplin & Drysdale |
| Chris Carmack |
Actor |
22-Dec-1980 |
|
Luke Ward on The O.C. |
| Caleb Carr |
Novelist |
2-Aug-1955 |
|
The Alienist |
| John A. Carrig |
Business |
14-Jan-1952 |
|
CFO of Conoco-Phillips |
| Diahann Carroll |
Singer |
17-Jul-1935 |
|
Claudine |
| Emily Carter |
Author |
1960 |
|
Glory Goes and Gets Some |
| Zachary W. Carter |
Attorney |
19-Mar-1950 |
|
Partner, Dorsey & Whitney |
| John Catsimatidis |
Business |
7-Sep-1948 |
|
Supermarket billionaire |
| Rhys Chatham |
Composer |
19-Sep-1952 |
|
An Angel Moves Too Fast To See |
| Alfred Chester |
Novelist |
7-Sep-1928 |
1-Aug-1971 |
The Exquisite Corpse |
| Christine Chubbuck |
Journalist |
24-Aug-1944 |
15-Jul-1974 |
Newscaster, suicided on live TV |
| Keith Hamilton Cobb |
Actor |
28-Jan-1962 |
|
Tyr Anasazi on Andromeda |
| Lee J. Cobb |
Actor |
8-Dec-1911 |
11-Feb-1976 |
The Left Hand of God |
| Ben Cohen |
Business |
18-Mar-1951 |
|
Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc. |
| Larry Cohen |
Film Director |
15-Jul-1938 |
|
The Stuff |
| Richard Cohen |
Columnist |
1941 |
|
Washington Post columnist |
| Tom Coleman |
Politician |
29-May-1943 |
|
Congressman from Missouri, 1976-93 |
| Chris Columbus |
Film Director |
10-Sep-1958 |
|
Director of Harry Potter |
| Frank Coraci |
Film Director |
3-Feb-1966 |
|
The Waterboy |
| Kathleen A. Corbet |
Business |
c. 1960 |
|
President of Standard & Poor's, 2004-07 |
| Bud Cort |
Actor |
29-Mar-1948 |
|
Harold in Harold and Maude |
| Howard Cosell |
Sports Figure |
25-Mar-1918 |
23-Apr-1995 |
Straight-shooting, toupee-wearing commentator |
| Allen Covert |
Actor |
13-Oct-1964 |
|
Grandma's Boy |
| Susan Crown |
Business |
c. 1958 |
|
VP at Henry Crown and Company |
| Billy Crudup |
Actor |
8-Jul-1968 |
|
Almost Famous and Stage Beauty |
| Billy Crystal |
Comic |
14-Mar-1947 |
|
When Harry Met Sally |
| Countee Cullen |
Poet |
30-May-1903 |
9-Jan-1946 |
Harlem Renaissance poet |
| John Cusack |
Actor |
28-Jun-1966 |
|
High Fidelity |
| G. Peter D'Aloia |
Business |
c. 1944 |
|
CFO of Trane |
| Clive Davis |
Business |
4-Apr-1932 |
|
Founder of Arista Records |
| Marvin Davis |
Business |
31-Aug-1925 |
25-Sep-2004 |
Oil magnate, former owner of 20th Century Fox |
| Midge Decter |
Journalist |
25-Jul-1927 |
|
Neoconservative maven |
| Diana DeGette |
Politician |
29-Jul-1957 |
|
Congresswoman, Colorado 1st |
| Julie Delpy |
Actor |
21-Dec-1969 |
|
Europa Europa |
| Steven B. Derounian |
Politician |
6-Apr-1918 |
17-Apr-2007 |
Congressman from New York, 1953-65 |
| Amanda Detmer |
Actor |
27-Sep-1971 |
|
Deena Greco on What About Brian |
| Neil Diamond |
Singer/Songwriter |
24-Jan-1941 |
|
Cherry Baby |
| Mike Diana |
Artist |
5-Jun-1969 |
|
Boiled Angel |
| Tom DiCillo |
Film Director |
14-Aug-1953 |
|
Living in Oblivion |
| George A. Dickerman |
Business |
c. 1939 |
|
President of Spalding, 1976-2000 |
| Ernest R. Dickerson |
Film Director |
25-Jun-1951 |
|
Bulletproof |
| William Donohue |
Activist |
18-Jul-1947 |
|
Catholic League president |
| Jeffrey Donovan |
Actor |
11-May-1968 |
|
Michael Westen on Burn Notice |
| Linda Douglass |
Journalist |
? |
|
Former journalist, Obama spokeswoman |
| Morton Downey, Jr. |
Talk Show Host |
9-Dec-1933 |
12-Mar-2001 |
Mort the Mouth |
| Henry Draper |
Astronomer |
7-Mar-1837 |
20-Nov-1882 |
Early astrophotographer |
| Bill Duke |
Actor |
26-Feb-1943 |
|
Sister Act 2 |
| Fred Ebb |
Musician |
8-Apr-1935 |
11-Sep-2004 |
Top Broadway lyricist |
| Fred J. Eckert |
Politician |
6-May-1941 |
|
US Congressman, ambassador |
| Lisa Edelstein |
Actor |
21-May-1966 |
|
Dr. Lisa Cuddy on House, MD |
| Gertrude B. Elion |
Scientist |
23-Jan-1918 |
21-Feb-1999 |
Developed medicines for leukemia, herpes, AIDS |
| Perry Ellis |
Fashion Designer |
3-Mar-1940 |
30-May-1986 |
Founder, Perry Ellis International |
| Guillermo Endara |
Head of State |
12-May-1936 |
|
President of Panama, 1989-94 |
| Charles L. English |
Diplomat |
? |
|
US Ambassador to Bosnia-Herzegovina |
| Klaus Eppler |
Attorney |
8-May-1930 |
|
Retired Partner, Proskauer Rose |
| Jeffrey E. Epstein |
Business |
20-Jan-1953 |
|
Reclusive money manager |
| Kathryn Erbe |
Actor |
5-Jul-1966 |
|
Law and Order: Criminal Intent |
| M. Stanton Evans |
Activist |
20-Jul-1934 |
|
Conservative activist |
| Frankie Faison |
Actor |
10-Jun-1949 |
|
In every Hannibal Lecter film |
| John F. Farrell, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1938 |
|
North American Mortgage Company |
| Eric C. Fast |
Business |
c. 1949 |
|
CEO of Crane |
| Robert Finn |
Diplomat |
19-Dec-1945 |
|
US Ambassador to Afghanistan, 2002-03 |
| Hamilton Fish IV |
Politician |
3-Jun-1926 |
23-Jul-1996 |
Congressman from New York, 1969-95 |
| Andrew Fleming |
Film Director |
14-Mar-1963 |
|
The Craft |
| Steven Florio |
Publisher |
19-Apr-1949 |
27-Dec-2007 |
CEO of Condé Nast, 1995-2005 |
| Bridget Fonda |
Actor |
27-Jan-1964 |
|
Single White Female |
| Tom Ford |
Fashion Designer |
27-Aug-1961 |
|
Influential Gucci designer |
| Marc Forster |
Film Director |
27-Jan-1969 |
|
Quantum of Solace |
| Gail D. Fosler |
Economist |
c. 1948 |
|
President, The Conference Board |
| Bob Frankston |
Computer Programmer |
14-Jun-1949 |
|
Programmer of Visicalc |
| Louis Freeh |
Government |
6-Jan-1950 |
|
FBI Director, 1993-2001 |
| Morgan Freeman |
Actor |
1-Jun-1937 |
|
Unforgiven |
| Bart Freundlich |
Film Director |
17-Jan-1970 |
|
The Myth of Fingerprints |
| Henry F. Frigon |
Business |
c. 1936 |
|
CEO of CARSTAR, Inc., 1998-2001 |
| Anne Sutherland Fuchs |
Publisher |
c. 1948 |
|
Former publisher of Woman's Day |
| Seth Gabel |
Actor |
3-Oct-1981 |
|
Dirty Sexy Money |
| William M. Gaines |
Publisher |
1-Mar-1922 |
3-Jun-1992 |
Mad Magazine publisher |
| Richard H. Gallagher |
Engineer |
17-Nov-1927 |
30-Sep-1997 |
Finite element method |
| Victor F. Ganzi |
Business |
14-Feb-1947 |
|
CEO of Hearst |
| Ben Garant |
Actor |
14-Sep-1970 |
|
Reno 911!, The State |
| Martin Garbus |
Attorney |
8-Aug-1934 |
|
Attorney for Lenny Bruce |
| Galen Gering |
Actor |
13-Feb-1971 |
|
Passions |
| Gina Gershon |
Actor |
10-Jun-1962 |
|
Showgirls |
| Jami Gertz |
Actor |
28-Oct-1965 |
|
Muffy on Square Pegs |
| Elizabeth Gilbert |
Author |
18-Jul-1969 |
|
Eat, Pray, Love |
| Judith Giuliani |
Relative |
16-Dec-1954 |
|
Wife of Rudy Giuliani |
| Rudy Giuliani |
Politician |
28-May-1944 |
|
Mayor of New York City, 1994-2001 |
| Frederick W. Gluck |
Business |
c. 1935 |
|
Vice Chairman of Bechtel, 1994-98 |
| Bernhard Goetz |
Criminal |
1947 |
|
Subway vigilante |
| Alan E. Goldberg |
Business |
1-Sep-1954 |
|
Former Morgan Stanley executive |
| Arthur F. Golden |
Attorney |
1946 |
|
Partner, Davis Polk & Wardwell |
| Olivia Goldsmith |
Novelist |
c. 1949 |
15-Jan-2004 |
The First Wives Club |
| Linda A. Goldstein |
Business |
25-Jun-1954 |
|
Electronic Retailing Association |
| Harvey Golub |
Business |
1939 |
|
CEO of American Express, 1993-2001 |
| Cliff Gorman |
Actor |
13-Oct-1936 |
5-Sep-2002 |
Stage actor, Lenny |
| Nancy Grace |
Journalist |
23-Oct-1958 |
|
CourtTV and CNN legal host |
| Jean Grae |
Rapper |
27-Nov-1976 |
|
What? What? |
| Jorie Graham |
Poet |
9-May-1951 |
|
The Dream of the Unified Field |
| John M. Greaney |
Judge |
8-Apr-1939 |
|
Justice, Massachusetts Supreme Court |
| Bryan Greenberg |
Actor |
24-May-1978 |
|
Jake Jagielski on One Tree Hill |
| Alan Greenspan |
Economist |
6-Mar-1926 |
|
Federal Reserve Chairman, 1987-2006 |
| Glenn Greenwald |
Blogger |
1967 |
|
Political blogger for Salon.com |
| Henry A. Grunwald |
Journalist |
3-Dec-1922 |
26-Feb-2005 |
Managing Editor of Time, 1968-79 |
| Frank J. Guarini |
Politician |
20-Aug-1924 |
|
Congressman from New Jersey, 1979-93 |
| Matthew Gray Gubler |
Actor |
9-Mar-1980 |
|
Dr. Spencer Reid on Criminal Minds |
| Christopher Guest |
Actor |
5-Feb-1948 |
|
This Is Spinal Tap |
| Marilyn Hacker |
Poet |
27-Nov-1942 |
|
Presentation Piece |
| Michael C. Hall |
Actor |
1-Feb-1971 |
|
David Fisher on Six Feet Under |
| Regina Hall |
Actor |
12-Dec-1970 |
|
Scary Movie |
| Lisa Gay Hamilton |
Actor |
25-Mar-1964 |
|
Rebecca Washington in The Practice |
| Stephen L. Hammerman |
Business |
18-Apr-1938 |
|
Former Vice Chairman, Merrill Lynch |
| Sean Hannity |
Radio Personality |
30-Dec-1961 |
|
Hannity & Colmes |
| Marcia Gay Harden |
Actor |
14-Aug-1959 |
|
Verna in Miller's Crossing |
| Walter L. Harris |
Business |
c. 1952 |
|
CEO of Tanenbaum-Harber Co. |
| Wood Harris |
Actor |
17-Oct-1969 |
|
Avon Barksdale in The Wire |
| Rita E. Hauser |
Activist |
12-Jul-1934 |
|
Former Partner, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan |
| Ethan Hawke |
Actor |
6-Nov-1970 |
|
Dead Poets Society |
| Amy Heckerling |
Film Director |
7-May-1954 |
|
Fast Times At Ridgemont High |
| Charles A. Heimbold, Jr. |
Business |
27-May-1933 |
|
CEO of Bristol Myers Squibb, 1994-2001 |
| Carol Heiss |
Figure Skating |
20-Jan-1940 |
|
Figure skater, Gold Medal in 1960 Olympics |
| Joseph Heller |
Author |
1-May-1923 |
12-Dec-1999 |
Catch-22 |
| Lillian Hellman |
Playwright |
20-Jun-1905 |
30-Jun-1984 |
Little Foxes |
| Martin Hellman |
Scientist |
2-Oct-1945 |
|
Public key cryptographer |
| Sally Hernandez |
Attorney |
c. 1952 |
|
Deputy Mayor of NYC, 1990-92 |
| Bernard Herrmann |
Composer |
29-Jun-1911 |
24-Dec-1975 |
Scored Psycho, Citizen Kane |
| Dennis S. Hersch |
Attorney |
c. 1945 |
|
Former Partner, Davis Polk & Wardwell |
| Don Hewitt |
Film/TV Producer |
14-Dec-1922 |
|
60 Minutes creator |
| Steven J. Heyer |
Business |
c. 1952 |
|
CEO of Starwood Hotels, 2004-07 |
| Perez Hilton |
Columnist |
23-Mar-1978 |
|
Gossip columnist |
| Marin Hinkle |
Actor |
23-Mar-1966 |
|
Judy Brooks on Once and Again |
| Philip Seymour Hoffman |
Actor |
23-Jul-1967 |
|
Character actor |
| Laurel Holloman |
Actor |
23-May-1971 |
|
Tina Kennard on The L Word |
| Todd Holoubek |
Actor |
10-Sep-1969 |
|
The State |
| Rush Holt |
Politician |
15-Oct-1948 |
|
Congressman, New Jersey 12th |
| Bryce Dallas Howard |
Actor |
2-Mar-1981 |
|
The Village |
| Felicity Huffman |
Actor |
9-Dec-1962 |
|
Desperate Housewives |
| Robert P. Hunter |
Activist |
23-Aug-1940 |
|
Mackinac Center for Public Policy |
| Mary Beth Hurt |
Actor |
26-Sep-1952 |
|
The World According to Garp |
| Carl Icahn |
Business |
16-Feb-1936 |
|
Billionaire took over TWA |
| Michael Patrick Jann |
Film Director |
15-May-1970 |
|
Reno 911!, The State |
| Robert Jarvik |
Doctor |
11-May-1946 |
|
Co-Inventor, Jarvik-7 artificial heart |
| Rick Jason |
Actor |
21-May-1923 |
16-Oct-2000 |
Lt. Gil Hanley on Combat! |
| Jacob K. Javits |
Politician |
18-Mar-1904 |
7-Mar-1986 |
US Senator from New York, 1957-81 |
| Kristen Johnston |
Actor |
20-Sep-1967 |
|
3rd Rock from the Sun |
| Lauren Jones |
TV Personality |
27-Aug-1982 |
|
Anchorwoman |
| William H. Joyce |
Business |
c. 1935 |
|
CEO of Union Carbide, 1995-2001 |
| Frank J. Fanzilli Jr. |
Business |
c. 1957 |
|
Former CIO, Credit Suisse First Boston |
| Jeremy Paul Kagan |
Film Director |
14-Dec-1945 |
|
The Journey of Natty Gann |
| Meir Kahane |
Activist |
1-Aug-1932 |
5-Nov-1990 |
Founder of Jewish Defense League |
| Max Kampelman |
Diplomat |
7-Nov-1920 |
|
US Ambassador to the CSCE |
| Eric R. Kandel |
Scientist |
7-Nov-1929 |
|
Signal transduction in the nervous system |
| Paul Kangas |
Journalist |
1937 |
|
Nightly Business Report |
| Helene L. Kaplan |
Attorney |
19-Jun-1933 |
|
Of Counsel, Skadden Arps |
| Jonathan Kaplan |
Film Director |
25-Nov-1947 |
|
Over the Edge |
| Jeffrey Katzenberg |
Business |
21-Dec-1950 |
|
Produced Shrek |
| Stanley Kauffmann |
Critic |
24-Apr-1916 |
|
Film critic for The New Republic |
| Charlie Kaufman |
Screenwriter |
20-Sep-1958 |
|
Being John Malkovich, Adaptation |
| Henry Kaufman |
Business |
c. 1927 |
|
Ex Managing Director, Salomon Brothers |
| Victor A. Kaufman |
Business |
c. 1943 |
|
Vice Chairman of IAC |
| Judith S. Kaye |
Judge |
4-Aug-1938 |
|
Chief Judge, State of New York |
| Herb Kelleher |
Business |
12-Mar-1931 |
|
Founder of Southwest Airlines |
| John Harvey Kellogg |
Doctor |
26-Feb-1852 |
14-Dec-1943 |
Battle Creek Sanitarium |
| Raymond W. Kelly |
Government |
4-Sep-1941 |
|
NYPD Commissioner |
| D. James Kennedy |
Religion |
3-Nov-1930 |
5-Sep-2007 |
Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church |
| John F. Kennedy, Jr. |
Relative |
25-Nov-1960 |
16-Jul-1999 |
Son of John F. Kennedy |
| Kerri Kenney |
Actor |
20-Jan-1970 |
|
Reno 911!, The State |
| Daniel Kessler |
Guitarist |
25-Sep-1974 |
|
Guitarist for Interpol |
| Roger King |
Business |
c. 1940 |
|
Sa Sa International Holdings |
| Cédric Klapisch |
Film Director |
4-Sep-1961 |
|
L'auberge Espagnole |
| Eugene Kleiner |
Business |
12-May-1923 |
20-Nov-2003 |
Venture capitalist |
| Ed Koch |
Politician |
12-Dec-1924 |
|
Mayor of New York City, 1978-89 |
| James A. Kohlberg |
Business |
c. 1959 |
|
Kohlberg & Co. |
| Abby F. Kohnstamm |
Business |
1953 |
|
Senior VP at IBM, 1993-2005 |
| Bernie Kopell |
Actor |
21-Jun-1933 |
|
Doc on The Love Boat |
| Arthur Kornberg |
Scientist |
3-Mar-1918 |
26-Oct-2007 |
Synthesized DNA |
| Harley Jane Kozak |
Actor |
28-Jan-1957 |
|
All I Want for Christmas |
| Stanley Kramer |
Film Director |
29-Sep-1913 |
19-Feb-2001 |
It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World |
| Peter Krause |
Actor |
12-Aug-1965 |
|
Nate Fisher on Six Feet Under |
| Barbara J. Krumsiek |
Business |
c. 1952 |
|
CEO of Calvert Group, Ltd. |
| Paul Kurtz |
Philosopher |
21-Dec-1925 |
|
The pope of unbelievers |
| Tony Kushner |
Playwright |
16-Jul-1956 |
|
Angels in America |
| Eriq La Salle |
Actor |
23-Jul-1962 |
|
ER |
| Neil LaBute |
Film Director |
19-Mar-1963 |
|
In the Company of Men |
| Fiorello LaGuardia |
Politician |
11-Dec-1882 |
20-Sep-1947 |
New York City Mayor, 1934-45 |
| George W. Landau |
Diplomat |
4-Mar-1920 |
|
US Ambassador to Venezuela, 1982 |
| Jennifer Landon |
Actor |
29-Aug-1983 |
|
As the World Turns |
| Ang Lee |
Film Director |
23-Oct-1954 |
|
Brokeback Mountain |
| Henry C. Lee |
Scientist |
22-Nov-1938 |
|
Prominent criminologist |
| Spike Lee |
Film Director |
20-Mar-1957 |
|
Do The Right Thing |
| Barbara Leigh |
Actor |
16-Nov-1946 |
|
Vampirella |
| Jerome H. Lemelson |
Inventor |
18-Jul-1923 |
1-Oct-1997 |
Inventor with a very good lawyer |
| Thomas Lennon |
Actor |
9-Aug-1970 |
|
Reno 911!, The State |
| Mark Leslie |
Business |
c. 1944 |
|
CEO of VERITAS Software, 1990-2000 |
| Ira Levin |
Novelist |
27-Aug-1929 |
12-Nov-2007 |
Rosemary's Baby |
| Gerald M. Lieberman |
Business |
? |
|
President of AllianceBernstein |
| Bai Ling |
Actor |
10-Oct-1970 |
|
Anna and the King |
| Robert I. Lipp |
Business |
c. 1938 |
|
CEO of Travelers Property Casualty, 2001-04 |
| Martin Lipton |
Attorney |
22-Jun-1931 |
|
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz |
| Charles Y. S. Liu |
Business |
c. 1950 |
|
On Capital China Technology Fund |
| Lucy Liu |
Actor |
2-Dec-1968 |
|
Ling on Ally McBeal |
| Joe Lo Truglio |
Actor |
2-Dec-1970 |
|
The State |
| Jack Lord |
Actor |
30-Dec-1922 |
21-Jan-1998 |
McGarrett on Hawaii 5-O |
| Stan Lundine |
Politician |
4-Feb-1939 |
|
Congressman from New York, 1976-87 |
| Katharine C. Lyall |
Business |
26-Apr-1941 |
|
President of the UW System, 1992-2004 |
| Sean Maher |
Actor |
16-Apr-1975 |
|
Dr. Simon Tam on Firefly |
| Leonard Maltin |
Critic |
18-Dec-1950 |
|
Film critic |
| Melissa Manchester |
Singer/Songwriter |
15-Feb-1951 |
|
Adult contemporary songwriter |
| Camryn Manheim |
Actor |
8-Mar-1961 |
|
Ellenor Frutt on The Practice |
| Vito Marcantonio |
Politician |
10-Dec-1902 |
9-Aug-1954 |
American Labor Party |
| Ken Marino |
Actor |
19-Dec-1968 |
|
The State |
| Demetri Martin |
Comic |
25-May-1973 |
|
Daily Show trend spotter |
| Jesse L. Martin |
Actor |
18-Jan-1969 |
|
Det. Green on Law & Order |
| Mary Stuart Masterson |
Actor |
28-Jun-1966 |
|
Dogtown |
| Richard Masur |
Actor |
20-Nov-1948 |
|
Who'll Stop the Rain |
| Drea de Matteo |
Actor |
19-Jan-1972 |
|
Adriana on The Sopranos |
| Andrew McCarthy |
Actor |
29-Nov-1962 |
|
St. Elmo's Fire |
| Carson McCullers |
Author |
19-Feb-1917 |
29-Sep-1967 |
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter |
| John C. McGinley |
Actor |
3-Aug-1959 |
|
Dr. Perry Cox on Scrubs |
| Robert J. McGuire |
Government |
c. 1937 |
|
NYC Police Commissioner, 1978-83 |
| John McHugh |
Politician |
29-Sep-1948 |
|
Congressman, New York 23rd |
| Michael McKean |
Actor |
17-Oct-1947 |
|
This Is Spinal Tap, SNL |
| John McWhorter |
Linguist |
c. 1963 |
|
Linguist, social critic |
| Idina Menzel |
Singer |
30-May-1971 |
|
Rent |
| Debra Messing |
Actor |
15-Aug-1968 |
|
Grace on Will & Grace |
| Harold M. Messmer, Jr. |
Business |
20-Feb-1946 |
|
CEO of Robert Half International |
| Jesse Metcalfe |
Actor |
9-Dec-1978 |
|
Desperate Housewives |
| James B. Milliken |
Educator |
c. 1957 |
|
President, University of Nebraska |
| Paul Milstein |
Business |
1923 |
|
Manhattan real estate developer |
| Cathy E. Minehan |
Business |
15-Feb-1947 |
|
President of the Boston Fed, 1994-2007 |
| Mark E. Mlotek |
Business |
c. 1956 |
|
EVP at Henry Schein |
| Thomas L. Monahan III |
Business |
c. 1966 |
|
The Corporate Executive Board Company |
| Robert Mueller |
Government |
7-Aug-1944 |
|
GWB's FBI Director |
| Donna Murphy |
Actor |
7-Mar-1959 |
|
The King and I |
| Albert L. Murray |
Author |
12-May-1916 |
|
Stomping the Blues |
| Joseph Nacchio |
Business |
22-Jun-1949 |
|
Qwest CEO, convicted of fraud |
| Patricia Nachtigal |
Business |
? |
|
Senior VP at Ingersoll-Rand |
| Jan Nicholson |
Business |
c. 1945 |
|
Former Citicorp/MBIA executive |
| Martha Nussbaum |
Philosopher |
6-May-1947 |
|
The Fragility of Goodness |
| Jerry O'Connell |
Actor |
17-Feb-1974 |
|
Fat kid in Stand By Me |
| James A. O'Gorman |
Politician |
5-May-1860 |
17-May-1943 |
US Senator from New York, 1911-17 |
| Dean R. O'Hare |
Business |
c. 1941 |
|
CEO of Chubb, 1988-2002 |
| George O'Leary |
Football |
17-Aug-1946 |
|
Head Coach, U. of Central Florida |
| Thomas F. O'Neill |
Business |
c. 1946 |
|
Sandler O'Neill & Partners |
| Ashley Olsen |
Actor |
13-Jun-1986 |
|
Olsen Twin |
| Mary-Kate Olsen |
Actor |
13-Jun-1986 |
|
Olsen Twin |
| Marian P. Opala |
Judge |
20-Jan-1921 |
|
Justice, Oklahoma Supreme Court |
| Joan Osborne |
Singer/Songwriter |
8-Jul-1962 |
|
One of Us |
| Haley Joel Osment |
Actor |
10-Apr-1988 |
|
Saw dead people in The Sixth Sense |
| Cynthia Ozick |
Author |
17-Apr-1928 |
|
The Puttermesser Papers |
| Bob Packwood |
Politician |
11-Sep-1932 |
|
Oregon Senator, sexual harrasser |
| George E. Palade |
Scientist |
19-Nov-1912 |
7-Oct-2008 |
Microstructure of the cell |
| Dean Parisot |
Film Director |
? |
|
Galaxy Quest |
| Nicole Ari Parker |
Actor |
7-Oct-1970 |
|
Soul Food |
| John Paulson |
Business |
c. 1956 |
|
Billionaire hedge fund manager |
| Leonard Peikoff |
Philosopher |
1933 |
|
Proseletyzer of objectivism |
| Victor A. Pelson |
Business |
c. 1937 |
|
Former AT&T Executive |
| Shirley D. Peterson |
Attorney |
3-Sep-1941 |
|
Attorney, Steptoe & Johnson |
| Leo Pfeffer |
Scholar |
25-Dec-1910 |
4-Jun-1993 |
Religious liberty scholar, attorney |
| Summer Phoenix |
Actor |
10-Dec-1978 |
|
The Laramie Project |
| Samuel R. Pierce |
Politician |
8-Sep-1922 |
31-Oct-2000 |
US Secretary of HUD, 1981-89 |
| Jeremy Piven |
Actor |
26-Jul-1965 |
|
Ari Gold on Entourage |
| E. Gail de Planque |
Physicist |
c. 1944 |
|
Nuclear physicist |
| Chris Policinski |
Business |
c. 1959 |
|
CEO of Land O'Lakes |
| Ron Pollack |
Activist |
? |
|
Families USA |
| Robert W. Poole |
Editor |
? |
|
Founder, Reason Foundation |
| Faith Popcorn |
Pundit |
c. 1948 |
|
The Popcorn Report |
| Frederic M. Poses |
Business |
c. 1943 |
|
CEO of Trane |
| Peter J. Powers |
Attorney |
c. 1945 |
|
First Deputy Mayor of New York City, 1994-96 |
| Robert A. Profusek |
Business |
c. 1950 |
|
Partner, Jones Day |
| Frank C. Puleo |
Attorney |
c. 1945 |
|
Partner, Milbank Tweed |
| Martha Quinn |
TV Personality |
11-May-1959 |
|
Original MTV veejay |
| Josh Radnor |
Actor |
29-Jul-1974 |
|
How I Met Your Mother |
| Daniel R. Raichel |
Scientist |
1935 |
22-Dec-2006 |
Acoustics expert |
| Ted Raimi |
Actor |
14-Dec-1965 |
|
Joxer on Xena, Warrior Princess |
| Charles Rangel |
Politician |
11-Jun-1930 |
|
Congressman, New York 15th |
| Anthony Rapp |
Actor |
26-Oct-1971 |
|
Broadway cast of Rent |
| Irving Rapper |
Film Director |
16-Jan-1898 |
20-Dec-1999 |
Now, Voyager |
| Brett Ratner |
Film Director |
28-Mar-1969 |
|
Red Dragon |
| Charles A. Ratner |
Business |
c. 1942 |
|
CEO of Forest City Enterprises |
| Martyn R. Redgrave |
Business |
c. 1953 |
|
CFO of Limited Brands |
| B. Carroll Reece |
Politician |
22-Dec-1889 |
19-Mar-1961 |
Congressman from Tennessee |
| Catherine A. Rein |
Business |
7-Feb-1943 |
|
Senior EVP at MetLife |
| Frederick Reines |
Physicist |
16-Mar-1918 |
26-Aug-1998 |
Co-Discover of the Neutrino |
| Nicolas P. Retsinas |
Government |
? |
|
Joint Center for Housing Studies, Harvard |
| James Ford Rhodes |
Author |
1-May-1848 |
22-Jan-1927 |
History of the Civil War |
| Abraham Ribicoff |
Politician |
9-Apr-1910 |
22-Feb-1998 |
Senator and Governor from Connecticut |
| Marc Rich |
Criminal |
18-Dec-1934 |
|
Pardoned by Clinton |
| LaTanya Richardson |
Actor |
21-Oct-1949 |
|
Actress/wife of Samuel L. Jackson |
| Leonard Riggio |
Business |
28-Feb-1941 |
|
CEO of Barnes & Noble, 1986-2002 |
| Matthew Rinaldo |
Politician |
1-Sep-1931 |
|
Congressman from New Jersey, 1973-93 |
| Robert Ripp |
Business |
c. 1941 |
|
CEO of AMP, 1998-99 |
| Jason Ritter |
Actor |
17-Feb-1980 |
|
Kevin on Joan of Arcadia |
| Gerard R. Roche |
Business |
c. 1931 |
|
Chairman of Heidrick & Struggles |
| James Roday |
Actor |
4-Apr-1976 |
|
Shawn Spencer on Psych |
| Elihu Root |
Government |
15-Feb-1845 |
7-Feb-1937 |
Senator, Secretary of War, State |
| Charlie Rose |
Talk Show Host |
5-Jan-1942 |
|
Charlie Rose Show |
| Irwin Rose |
Scientist |
16-Jul-1926 |
|
Ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation |
| Stuart Rosenberg |
Film Director |
11-Aug-1927 |
15-Mar-2007 |
Cool Hand Luke |
| Robert Rossen |
Screenwriter |
16-Mar-1908 |
18-Feb-1966 |
The Hustler |
| Eli Roth |
Film Director |
18-Apr-1972 |
|
Cabin Fever |
| Michael I. Roth |
Business |
c. 1946 |
|
CEO of Interpublic Group |
| Rick Rubin |
Music Producer |
10-Mar-1963 |
|
Ubiquitous record producer, Def Jam |
| William C. Rudin |
Business |
c. 1957 |
|
Rudin Management Company |
| James Russo |
Actor |
23-Apr-1953 |
|
The Box |
| Meg Ryan |
Actor |
19-Nov-1961 |
|
Sleepless In Seattle |
| Albert Sabin |
Biologist |
26-Aug-1906 |
3-Mar-1993 |
Developed oral polio vaccine |
| J. D. Salinger |
Novelist |
1-Jan-1919 |
|
Catcher in the Rye |
| Jonas Salk |
Scientist |
28-Oct-1914 |
23-Jun-1995 |
Discoverer of the polio vaccine |
| Thomas P. Salmon |
Politician |
19-Aug-1932 |
|
Governor of Vermont, 1973-77 |
| Barry Salzberg |
Business |
1953 |
|
CEO of Deloitte & Touche |
| Andy Samberg |
Actor |
18-Aug-1978 |
|
SNL, The Lonely Island |
| Adam Sandler |
Comic |
9-Sep-1966 |
|
The Wedding Singer, SNL alumnus |
| Thomas A. Sansone |
Business |
c. 1949 |
|
Vice Chairman of Jabil Circuit |
| Dolph Schayes |
Basketball |
19-May-1928 |
|
NBA Hall of Famer, coach |
| Vincent Schiavelli |
Actor |
10-Nov-1948 |
26-Dec-2005 |
Character actor and cookbook author |
| Roger W. Schipke |
Business |
c. 1937 |
|
CEO of Sunbeam, 1993-96 |
| Daniel Schulman |
Business |
c. 1958 |
|
CEO of Virgin Mobile USA |
| Delmore Schwartz |
Poet |
8-Dec-1913 |
11-Jul-1966 |
Summer Knowledge |
| Martin Scorsese |
Film Director |
17-Nov-1942 |
|
Taxi Driver |
| Susan Seidelman |
Film Director |
11-Dec-1952 |
|
Desperately Seeking Susan |
| John Shad |
Government |
27-Jun-1923 |
Jul-1994 |
SEC Chairman, 1981-87 |
| Ben Shahn |
Painter |
12-Sep-1898 |
14-Mar-1969 |
American Social Realist painter |
| Molly Shannon |
Comic |
16-Sep-1964 |
|
Saturday Night Live |
| Robert Sheckley |
Author |
16-Jul-1928 |
9-Dec-2005 |
Science fiction genius |
| William Sheluck, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1941 |
29-Dec-2007 |
CEO of Nationar, 1983-93 |
| Ben Shenkman |
Actor |
26-Sep-1968 |
|
Pi |
| Cybill Shepherd |
Actor |
18-Feb-1950 |
|
Moonlighting |
| James Shigeta |
Actor |
17-Jun-1933 |
|
Flower Drum Song |
| Walter V. Shipley |
Business |
2-Nov-1935 |
|
CEO of Chase Manhattan, 1996-99 |
| Wayne Shorter |
Jazz Musician |
25-Aug-1933 |
|
Influential sax player and jazz composer |
| Bob Shrum |
Activist |
1943 |
|
Democratic political strategist |
| Clifford G. Shull |
Physicist |
23-Sep-1915 |
31-Mar-2001 |
Neutron scattering |
| M. Night Shyamalan |
Film Director |
6-Aug-1970 |
|
The Sixth Sense |
| Jamie-Lynn Sigler |
Actor |
15-May-1981 |
|
Tony Soprano's bratty daughter |
| Joel Silver |
Film/TV Producer |
14-Jul-1952 |
|
Producer, The Matrix |
| Sarah Silverman |
Comic |
1-Dec-1970 |
|
The Sarah Silverman Program |
| Charles Simic |
Poet |
9-May-1938 |
|
The World Doesn't End |
| Neil Simon |
Playwright |
4-Jul-1927 |
|
The Odd Couple |
| Elliott P. Skinner |
Scholar |
20-Jun-1924 |
1-Apr-2007 |
US Ambassador to Upper Volta, 1966-69 |
| Robert Smigel |
Actor |
7-Feb-1960 |
|
Triumph the Insult Comic Dog |
| Allison Smith |
Actor |
9-Dec-1969 |
|
Kate & Allie |
| Lawrence J. Smith |
Politician |
25-Apr-1941 |
|
Congressman from Florida, 1983-93 |
| R. J. Smith |
Activist |
? |
|
Center for Private Conservation |
| Jay Snyder |
Business |
c. 1961 |
|
HBJ Investments |
| Clifford Sobel |
Diplomat |
1949 |
|
US Ambassador to Brazil |
| Gerald A. Soffen |
Astronomer |
7-Feb-1926 |
22-Nov-2000 |
Viking I mission to mars |
| Todd Solondz |
Film Director |
15-Oct-1959 |
|
Welcome to the Dollhouse |
| Christina Hoff Sommers |
Author |
1950 |
|
Who Stole Feminism? |
| Barry Sonnenfeld |
Film Director |
1-Apr-1953 |
|
Men in Black |
| David P. Spalding |
Business |
c. 1954 |
|
Vice Chairman, The Cypress Group |
| John Spencer |
Actor |
20-Dec-1946 |
16-Dec-2005 |
Leo McGarry on The West Wing |
| Morgan Spurlock |
Film Director |
7-Nov-1970 |
|
Filmmaker, took on McDonald's |
| Danielle Steel |
Novelist |
14-Aug-1947 |
|
Romance novelist |
| Vivian M. Stephenson |
Business |
c. 1937 |
|
COO of Williams-Sonoma, 2003-06 |
| Oliver Stone |
Film Director |
15-Sep-1946 |
|
JFK |
| Robert Stone |
Novelist |
21-Aug-1937 |
|
Dog Soldiers |
| Stuttering John |
Radio Personality |
4-Oct-1965 |
|
Howard Stern's celebrity interviewer |
| Ray Suarez |
Journalist |
5-Mar-1957 |
|
Correspondent for Lehrer News Hour |
| Daniel Sunjata |
Actor |
30-Dec-1971 |
|
Franco Rivera on Rescue Me |
| D. B. Sweeney |
Actor |
14-Nov-1961 |
|
Shoeless Joe in Eight Men Out |
| Paul Tagliabue |
Football |
24-Nov-1940 |
|
Commissioner of the NFL, 1989-2006 |
| Anne M. Tatlock |
Business |
c. 1940 |
|
CEO of Fiduciary Trust, 1999-2006 |
| Henry Taub |
Business |
1927 |
|
Founder of ADP |
| Vincent S. Tese |
Attorney |
c. 1943 |
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