| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Jim Abbott |
Baseball |
19-Sep-1967 |
|
One-handed MLB pitcher |
| Wallace Calvin Abbott |
Doctor |
12-Oct-1857 |
4-Jul-1921 |
Founder of Abbott Laboratories |
| H. Gardner Ackley |
Economist |
30-Jun-1915 |
12-Feb-1998 |
US Ambassador to Italy, 1968-69 |
| A. Marshall Acuff, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1940 |
|
AMA Investment Counsel |
| Roberta Green Ahmanson |
Relative |
1949 |
|
Wife of Howard Ahmanson |
| Darryl F. Allen |
Business |
c. 1942 |
|
CEO of Aeroquip-Vickers, 1986-99 |
| George Allen |
Football |
29-Apr-1918 |
31-Dec-1990 |
The Future is Now |
| Clinton P. Anderson |
Politician |
23-Oct-1895 |
11-Nov-1975 |
US Senator from New Mexico, 1949-73 |
| Natalie Angier |
Journalist |
16-Feb-1958 |
|
Science reporter |
| Max Apple |
Author |
22-Oct-1941 |
|
I Love Gootie |
| George Ariyoshi |
Politician |
12-Mar-1926 |
|
Governor of Hawaii, 1974-86 |
| Henry F. Ashurst |
Politician |
13-Sep-1874 |
31-May-1962 |
US Senator from Arizona, 1912-41 |
| Robert Asprin |
Author |
28-Jun-1946 |
22-May-2008 |
Thieves World |
| Robert Atkins |
Doctor |
17-Oct-1930 |
17-Apr-2003 |
Atkins Diet doctor |
| Dean Baker |
Economist |
13-Jul-1958 |
|
Center for Economic and Policy Research |
| Ray Stannard Baker |
Journalist |
17-Apr-1870 |
12-Jul-1946 |
Biographer of Woodrow Wilson |
| Lillian Bauder |
Business |
c. 1939 |
|
Former VP at Masco |
| Rand Beers |
Government |
c. 1942 |
|
Kerry foreign policy advisor |
| Mary Frances Berry |
Government |
17-Feb-1938 |
|
Civil Rights Commissioner, 1980-2004 |
| Kenneth Bialkin |
Attorney |
1929 |
|
Mergers & Acquisitions lawyer |
| Theodore Bilbo |
Government |
13-Oct-1877 |
21-Aug-1947 |
Archangel of white supremacy |
| Jean S. Blackwell |
Business |
c. 1954 |
|
EVP at Cummins |
| James Blinn |
Computer Programmer |
? |
|
3D computer imaging pioneer |
| Paul H. Boeker |
Diplomat |
2-May-1938 |
29-Mar-2003 |
US Ambassador to Jordan, 1984-87 |
| Tom Brady |
Football |
3-Aug-1977 |
|
New England Patriots QB |
| David A. Brandon |
Business |
c. 1952 |
|
Chairman and CEO, Domino's Pizza |
| Joseph Brodsky |
Poet |
24-May-1940 |
28-Jan-1996 |
Social parasite turned Poet Laureate |
| John Seely Brown |
Business |
c. 1940 |
|
Director of Xerox PARC, 1990-2000 |
| William Bulow |
Politician |
13-Jan-1869 |
26-Feb-1960 |
US Senator from South Dakota, 1931-43 |
| Anson Burlingame |
Diplomat |
14-Nov-1820 |
23-Feb-1870 |
US Ambassador to China, 1861-70 |
| Leo Burnett |
Business |
21-Oct-1891 |
7-Jun-1971 |
American advertising pioneer |
| David Burtka |
Actor |
29-May-1975 |
|
American theater actor |
| Lawrence E. Butler |
Diplomat |
? |
|
US Ambassador to Macedonia, 2002-05 |
| Caroline Bynum |
Historian |
1941 |
|
Medieval historian |
| Michael J. Callahan |
Business |
c. 1938 |
|
CEO of Material Sciences, 2003-04 |
| William W. Campbell |
Astronomer |
11-Apr-1862 |
14-Jun-1938 |
Stellar Motions |
| David F. Cargo |
Politician |
13-Jan-1929 |
|
Governor of New Mexico, 1967-71 |
| Edmund M. Carpenter |
Business |
c. 1942 |
|
CEO of Barnes Group |
| Benjamin S. Carson |
Doctor |
18-Sep-1951 |
|
Neurosurgeon |
| Anthony Carter |
Football |
17-Sep-1960 |
|
Former NFL wide receiver |
| Jonathan Chait |
Journalist |
1972 |
|
Senior Editor, The New Republic |
| Roy D. Chapin, Sr. |
Government |
23-Feb-1880 |
16-Feb-1936 |
US Secretary of Commerce, 1932-33 |
| John D. Cherry |
Politician |
5-May-1951 |
|
Lt. Governor of Michigan |
| John Ciardi |
Poet |
24-Jun-1916 |
30-Mar-1986 |
How Does a Poem Mean? |
| Jeff Cohen |
Pundit |
? |
|
Fox News Watch |
| Stanley Cohen |
Scientist |
17-Nov-1922 |
|
Nerve and skin cell growth factors |
| Cindy Cohn |
Attorney |
c. 1963 |
|
EFF lawyer |
| Charles Cooley |
Educator |
17-Aug-1864 |
8-May-1929 |
Looking-glass self |
| Royal S. Copeland |
Politician |
7-Nov-1868 |
17-Jul-1938 |
US Senator from New York, 1923-38 |
| Ann Coulter |
Pundit |
8-Dec-1961 |
|
Walking rightwing rant |
| Richard L. Crandall |
Business |
c. 1942 |
|
Founder of Comshare, Inc. |
| Daniel Crane |
Politician |
10-Jan-1936 |
|
Congressman from Illinois, 1979-85 |
| Phil Crane |
Politician |
3-Nov-1930 |
|
Congressman from Illinois, 1969-2005 |
| Santiago Creel |
Politician |
11-Dec-1954 |
|
President of the PAN Senate Delegation |
| George Crumb |
Composer |
24-Oct-1929 |
|
1968 Pulitzer Prize for Music |
| Disco D |
Music Producer |
21-Sep-1980 |
23-Jan-2007 |
Ghetto-tech DJ |
| Lloyd Dangle |
Cartoonist |
13-May-1961 |
|
Troubletown |
| William J. Danhof |
Attorney |
c. 1949 |
|
Miller, Canfield, Paddock, & Stone |
| Marc Dann |
Politician |
12-Mar-1962 |
|
Attorney General of Ohio |
| Clarence Darrow |
Attorney |
18-Apr-1857 |
13-Mar-1938 |
Scopes Monkey Trial (monkey side) |
| Harry M. Daugherty |
Government |
26-Jan-1860 |
12-Oct-1941 |
US Attorney General, 1921-24 |
| James A. Davidson |
Business |
c. 1959 |
|
Silver Lake Partners |
| Ann B. Davis |
Actor |
5-May-1926 |
|
Alice from The Brady Bunch |
| Cushman Kellogg Davis |
Politician |
16-Jun-1838 |
27-Nov-1900 |
Governor and Senator from Minnesota |
| John R. Dawson |
Diplomat |
1950 |
1-Aug-2003 |
US Ambassador to Peru, 2002-03 |
| William R. Day |
Judge |
17-Apr-1849 |
9-Jul-1923 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1903-22 |
| John DeLorean |
Business |
6-Jan-1925 |
19-Mar-2005 |
Automobile designer and entepreneur |
| Dorothy Denning |
Scientist |
12-Aug-1945 |
|
Professor, interest in encryption |
| John M. Devine |
Business |
13-May-1944 |
|
Vice Chairman of GM, 2001-06 |
| Thomas E. Dewey |
Politician |
24-Mar-1902 |
16-Mar-1971 |
Did not defeat Truman |
| Dan Dierdorf |
Football |
29-Jun-1949 |
|
NFL Hall of Famer, commentator |
| Charles Diggs, Jr. |
Politician |
2-Dec-1922 |
24-Aug-1998 |
Congressman from Michigan, 1955-80 |
| James S. Duesenberry |
Economist |
18-Jul-1918 |
|
Council of Economic Advisers, 1966-68 |
| Michael Dunn |
Actor |
20-Oct-1934 |
30-Aug-1973 |
Dr. Miguelito Loveless |
| Wayne Dyer |
Religion |
10-May-1940 |
|
The father of motivation |
| Robert L. Eastaugh |
Judge |
1943 |
|
Justice, Alaska Supreme Court |
| Larry Elder |
Radio Personality |
27-Apr-1952 |
|
Republitarian radio talk show host |
| Robert F. Ellsworth |
Politician |
11-Jun-1926 |
|
Congressman from Kansas, 1961-67 |
| John Fahey |
Business |
c. 1953 |
|
CEO of National Geographic Society |
| John V. Faraci |
Business |
16-Feb-1950 |
|
CEO of International Paper |
| Peter Fitzgerald |
Politician |
20-Oct-1960 |
|
US Senator from Illinois, 1999-2005 |
| Gerald Ford |
Head of State |
14-Jul-1913 |
26-Dec-2006 |
38th US President, 1974-77 |
| Harold Ford |
Politician |
11-May-1970 |
|
Congressman from Tennessee, 1997-2007 |
| Stephen E. Frank |
Business |
c. 1942 |
|
CEO of Southern California Edison, 1995-2002 |
| Dan Froomkin |
Columnist |
c. 1963 |
|
Washington Post columnist |
| Frederick P. Furth |
Attorney |
c. 1934 |
|
Partner, The Furth Firm |
| Ralph F. Gates |
Politician |
24-Feb-1893 |
28-Jul-1978 |
Governor of Indiana, 1945-49 |
| Dick Gephardt |
Politician |
31-Jan-1941 |
|
Congressman from Missouri, 1977-2005 |
| Charles Gibson |
Journalist |
9-Mar-1943 |
|
Good Morning America |
| Paul Gillmor |
Politician |
1-Feb-1939 |
5-Sep-2007 |
Congressman from Ohio, 1989-2007 |
| Allan D. Gilmour |
Business |
1934 |
|
Twice Vice Chairman of Ford |
| Arnold Gingrich |
Journalist |
5-Dec-1903 |
9-Jul-1976 |
Founder of Esquire magazine |
| Todd Gitlin |
Educator |
1943 |
|
Journalism professor, social critic |
| Dan Glickman |
Politician |
24-Nov-1944 |
|
Former Congressman, President of the MPAA |
| Stephen Goldsmith |
Politician |
12-Dec-1946 |
|
Mayor of Indianapolis 1992-99 |
| James Goodby |
Diplomat |
20-Dec-1929 |
|
US Ambassador to Finland, 1980-81 |
| David F. Gordon |
Government |
? |
|
Director of Policy Planning |
| Mark N. Greene |
Business |
c. 1955 |
|
CEO of Fair Isaac |
| David Alan Grier |
Comic |
30-Jun-1955 |
|
In Living Color |
| Brian Griese |
Football |
18-Mar-1975 |
|
Chicago Bears backup QB |
| Michael S. Gross |
Business |
c. 1961 |
|
Partner, Apollo Management, 1990-2006 |
| Patrick W. Gross |
Business |
15-May-1944 |
|
Co-Founder, American Management Systems |
| Cathy Guisewite |
Cartoonist |
5-Sep-1950 |
|
Responsible for Cathy strip |
| Charles Guiteau |
Assassin |
8-Sep-1841 |
30-Jun-1882 |
Assassin of President Garfield |
| Sanjay Gupta |
TV Personality |
c. 1970 |
|
CNN's resident neurosurgeon |
| James P. Hackett |
Business |
c. 1955 |
|
CEO of Steelcase |
| Asaph Hall |
Astronomer |
15-Oct-1829 |
22-Nov-1907 |
Discovered the moons of Mars |
| William K. Hall |
Business |
c. 1943 |
|
CEO of Procyon Technologies, 2000-03 |
| Michael R. Hallman |
Business |
c. 1944 |
|
President and COO of Microsoft, 1990-92 |
| Steven K. Hamp |
Business |
c. 1948 |
|
President, The Henry Ford, 1996-2005 |
| Tom Harmon |
Football |
28-Sep-1919 |
15-Mar-1990 |
Winner, 1940 Heisman Trophy |
| Martin Harwit |
Astronomer |
9-Mar-1931 |
|
Helium-cooled rockets and infrared spectroscopy |
| Robert Hayden |
Poet |
4-Aug-1913 |
25-Feb-1980 |
Words in the Mourning Time |
| Tom Hayden |
Activist |
11-Dec-1939 |
|
Jane Fonda's ex |
| David W. Heleniak |
Business |
c. 1946 |
|
Vice Chairman of Morgan Stanley |
| Hugh Hewitt |
Radio Personality |
22-Feb-1956 |
|
Conservative talk radio show |
| Roger W. Heyns |
Educator |
27-Jan-1918 |
11-Sep-1995 |
Chancellor of UC Berkeley, 1965-71 |
| Kurt J. Hilzinger |
Business |
c. 1961 |
|
President of Amerisource Bergen, 2002-07 |
| Elroy "Crazy Legs" Hirsch |
Football |
17-Jun-1923 |
28-Jan-2004 |
LA Rams halfback 1949-57 |
| Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr. |
Business |
12-Aug-1936 |
|
CEO of Hallmark, 1986-2001 |
| Thomas R. Hodgson |
Business |
c. 1941 |
|
President of Abbott Laboratories, 1990-98 |
| Pete Hoekstra |
Politician |
30-Oct-1953 |
|
Congressman, Michigan 2nd |
| James P. Hoffa |
Labor Leader |
19-May-1941 |
|
Jimmy Hoffa's son |
| Aubrey Hooks |
Diplomat |
18-May-1948 |
|
US Ambassador to Ivory Coast |
| Craig Hosmer |
Politician |
6-May-1915 |
11-Oct-1982 |
Congressman from California, 1953-74 |
| Desmond Howard |
Football |
15-May-1970 |
|
Winner, 1991 Heisman Trophy |
| Steve Howe |
Baseball |
10-Mar-1958 |
28-Apr-2006 |
MLB pitcher |
| Charles B. Huggins |
Scientist |
22-Sep-1901 |
12-Jan-1997 |
Hormonal treatment of prostate and breast cancers |
| Clark L. Hull |
Psychologist |
24-May-1884 |
10-May-1952 |
Principles of Behavior |
| George M. Humphrey |
Government |
8-Mar-1890 |
20-Jan-1970 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1953-57 |
| William L. Hungate |
Politician |
14-Dec-1922 |
22-Jun-2007 |
Congressman from Missouri, 1964-77 |
| Ruth Hussey |
Actor |
30-Oct-1911 |
19-Apr-2005 |
The Philadelphia Story |
| Arthur M. Hyde |
Politician |
12-Jul-1877 |
17-Oct-1947 |
Governor of Missouri, 1921-25 |
| James Irwin |
Astronaut |
17-Mar-1930 |
8-Aug-1991 |
8th to walk on the Moon |
| Verne G. Istock |
Business |
c. 1940 |
|
President of Bank One, 1999-2000 |
| Merit E. Janow |
Educator |
13-May-1958 |
|
Professor of Int'l Affairs, Columbia University |
| Valerie B. Jarrett |
Business |
c. 1956 |
|
CEO of The Habitat Company |
| Derek Jeter |
Baseball |
26-Jun-1974 |
|
New York Yankees shortstop |
| Robert M. Johnson |
Publisher |
14-Jul-1945 |
|
Publisher of Newsday, 1986-94 |
| James Earl Jones |
Actor |
17-Jan-1931 |
|
Voice of Darth Vader and CNN |
| Bill Joy |
Computer Programmer |
8-Nov-1954 |
|
BSD designer, C shell, vi, Java |
| Ted Kaczynski |
Criminal |
22-May-1942 |
|
The Unabomber |
| Paul Kangas |
Journalist |
1937 |
|
Nightly Business Report |
| Arnold Kanter |
Government |
27-Feb-1945 |
|
Under Secy. of State for Political Affairs, 1991-93 |
| Marcy Kaptur |
Politician |
17-Jun-1946 |
|
Congresswoman, Ohio 9th |
| Jerome Karle |
Chemist |
18-Jun-1918 |
|
X-Ray diffraction studies |
| Lawrence Kasdan |
Film/TV Producer |
14-Jan-1949 |
|
The Big Chill |
| Nancy Kassebaum |
Politician |
29-Jul-1932 |
|
US Senator from Kansas, 1979-97 |
| Thomas F. Keller |
Educator |
22-Sep-1931 |
|
Dean of Fuqua School of Business, 1974-96 |
| Mark Kennedy |
Politician |
11-Apr-1957 |
|
Congressman, Minnesota 6th |
| X. J. Kennedy |
Poet |
21-Aug-1929 |
|
Juvenile poet, Brats |
| Jack Kevorkian |
Doctor |
26-May-1928 |
|
Euthanasia enthusiast |
| C. Robert Kidder |
Business |
c. 1945 |
|
CEO of Borden Chemical, 1995-2002 |
| Dale Kildee |
Politician |
16-Sep-1929 |
|
Congressman, Michigan 5th |
| Carolyn Kilpatrick |
Politician |
25-Jun-1945 |
|
Congresswoman, Michigan 13th |
| Roger King |
Business |
c. 1940 |
|
Sa Sa International Holdings |
| Lawrence R. Klein |
Economist |
14-Sep-1920 |
|
Macroeconometric modeling |
| Donald L. Kohn |
Economist |
7-Nov-1942 |
|
Vice Chairman of the Federal Reserve |
| Robert E. Kramek |
Military |
15-Dec-1939 |
|
US Coast Guard Commandant, 1994-98 |
| Philip Lader |
Government |
1946 |
|
US Ambassador to the UK, 1997-2001 |
| Christine Lahti |
Actor |
4-Apr-1950 |
|
Dr. Kate Austin on Chicago Hope |
| Celinda Lake |
Government |
? |
|
Lake Research Partners |
| Robert P. Lamont |
Politician |
1-Dec-1867 |
20-Feb-1948 |
US Commerce Secretary, 1929-32 |
| Chris Langton |
Biologist |
1948 |
|
Father of Artificial Life |
| Nicholas R. Lardy |
Economist |
c. 1946 |
|
Senior fellow, Institute for International Economics |
| Melvin J. Lasky |
Journalist |
15-Jan-1920 |
19-May-2004 |
Editor of journal Encounter |
| Steven LaTourette |
Politician |
22-Jul-1954 |
|
Congressman, Ohio 14th |
| Pierre E. Leroy |
Business |
c. 1948 |
|
Retired executive, Deere |
| Matt Letscher |
Actor |
26-Jun-1970 |
|
Good Morning, Miami |
| Armin O. Leuschner |
Astronomer |
16-Jan-1868 |
22-Apr-1953 |
Astronomer at Berkeley |
| Leon J. Level |
Business |
c. 1942 |
|
CFO of Computer Sciences Corp, 1989-2006 |
| Jerry W. Levin |
Business |
c. 1944 |
|
CEO of American Household, 1998-2005 |
| Elliott H. Levitas |
Politician |
26-Dec-1930 |
|
Congressman from Georgia, 1975-85 |
| Melvyn Levitsky |
Diplomat |
19-Mar-1938 |
|
US Ambassador to Brazil, 1994-98 |
| David B. Lewis |
Business |
c. 1951 |
|
Partner, Lewis & Munday |
| Sandra Beach Lin |
Business |
c. 1958 |
|
EVP at Celanese |
| Lucy Liu |
Actor |
2-Dec-1968 |
|
Ling on Ally McBeal |
| Oren E. Long |
Politician |
4-Mar-1889 |
6-May-1965 |
US Senator from Hawaii, 1959-62 |
| Ross Macdonald |
Novelist |
13-Dec-1915 |
11-Jul-1983 |
Creator of P.I. Lew Archer |
| Tom Mack |
Football |
1-Nov-1943 |
|
LA Rams, Hall of Famer |
| Madonna |
Singer/Songwriter |
16-Aug-1958 |
|
Truth or Dare |
| Janet Malcolm |
Journalist |
1934 |
|
The Journalist and the Murderer |
| Timothy M. Manganello |
Business |
c. 1950 |
|
CEO of BorgWarner |
| Thomas E. Mann |
Government |
10-Sep-1944 |
|
Brookings Institution |
| Strother Martin |
Actor |
26-Mar-1919 |
1-Aug-1980 |
Cool Hand Luke |
| Phillip D. Matthews |
Business |
c. 1938 |
|
Former Dart Industries executive |
| William James Mayo |
Doctor |
29-Jun-1861 |
28-Jul-1939 |
Co-Founder of the Mayo Clinic |
| Charles G. McClure |
Business |
c. 1953 |
|
CEO of ArvinMeritor |
| John P. McDaniel |
Business |
c. 1942 |
|
MedStar Health |
| James A. McDivitt |
Astronaut |
10-Jun-1929 |
|
Commander, Gemini 4 and Apollo 9 |
| Larry McDonald |
Politician |
1-Apr-1935 |
1-Sep-1983 |
Congressman from Georgia, 1975-83 |
| Douglas L. McElhaney |
Diplomat |
? |
|
US Ambassador to Bosnia-Herzegovina |
| Thomas McGuane |
Novelist |
11-Dec-1939 |
|
The Sporting Club |
| Carrie P. Meek |
Politician |
29-Apr-1926 |
|
Congresswoman from Florida, 1993-2003 |
| Sid Meier |
Computer Programmer |
1954 |
|
Father of Computer Gaming |
| Hendrick G. Meijer |
Business |
c. 1951 |
|
CEO of Meijer, Inc. |
| James R. Mellor |
Business |
c. 1930 |
|
CEO of General Dynamics, 1994-97 |
| Charles E. Merrill |
Business |
19-Oct-1885 |
6-Oct-1956 |
Founder of Merrill Lynch |
| William Milam |
Diplomat |
24-Jul-1936 |
|
US Ambassador to Pakistan, 1998-2001 |
| Les Miles |
Football |
10-Nov-1953 |
|
Head Coach, LSU Football |
| Eric Millegan |
Actor |
25-Aug-1974 |
|
Zack Addy on Bones |
| Arthur Miller |
Playwright |
17-Oct-1915 |
10-Feb-2005 |
Death of a Salesman |
| David C. Miller |
Diplomat |
15-Jul-1942 |
|
US Ambassador to Zimbabwe, 1984-86 |
| Jody Miller |
Business |
c. 1959 |
|
The Business Talent Group |
| Thomas J. Miller |
Diplomat |
1948 |
|
US Ambassador to Greece, 2001-04 |
| Raymond D. Mindlin |
Engineer |
17-Sep-1906 |
22-Nov-1987 |
Mindlin's problem |
| Jeffrey H. Miro |
Attorney |
1942 |
|
Partner, Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn |
| William E. Mitchell |
Business |
13-Mar-1944 |
|
CEO of Arrow Electronics |
| James Moeser |
Educator |
1939 |
|
Chancellor, UNC Chapel Hill |
| Thomas Monaghan |
Business |
25-Mar-1937 |
|
Domino's Pizza founder, pro-life activist |
| Michael T. Monahan |
Business |
c. 1939 |
|
President of Comerica, 1993-99 |
| Michael Moore |
Film Director |
23-Apr-1954 |
|
Fahrenheit 9/11 |
| J. Sterling Morton |
Government |
22-Apr-1832 |
27-Apr-1902 |
US Secretary of Agriculture, 1893-97 |
| Mary O. Mundinger |
Educator |
c. 1937 |
|
Dean, Columbia School of Nursing |
| Charles T. Munger |
Business |
1-Jan-1924 |
|
Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway |
| Frank Murphy |
Judge |
13-Apr-1890 |
19-Jul-1949 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1940-49 |
| Homer A. Neal |
Physicist |
13-Jun-1942 |
|
Director of the ATLAS Project |
| Robert D. Neary |
Business |
c. 1933 |
|
Co-Chairman of Ernst & Young, 1984-93 |
| Duane A. Nelles |
Business |
c. 1942 |
|
Former Partner, Coopers & Lybrand |
| Robert G. Neumann |
Diplomat |
2-Jan-1916 |
18-Jun-1999 |
US Ambassador to Afghanistan, 1969-73 |
| Michael Newdow |
Activist |
24-Jun-1953 |
|
Waged war against "under God" |
| Pamela J. Newman |
Business |
c. 1948 |
|
EVP at Aon Risk Services, Inc. |
| David G. Newton |
Diplomat |
13-Nov-1935 |
|
US Ambassador to Iraq, 1984-88 |
| Denise Nicholas |
Actor |
12-Jul-1944 |
|
A Piece of the Action |
| J. Larry Nichols |
Business |
1942 |
|
CEO of Devon Energy |
| Marshall W. Nirenberg |
Scientist |
10-Apr-1927 |
|
RNA's role in protein synthesis |
| Jessye Norman |
Singer |
15-Sep-1945 |
|
Operatic soprano |
| Frank O'Hara |
Poet |
27-Jun-1926 |
25-Jul-1966 |
Meditations in an Emergency |
| Marvin Olasky |
Pundit |
12-Jun-1950 |
|
The Tragedy of American Compassion |
| Ronald L. Olson |
Attorney |
1941 |
|
Munger Tolles & Olson |
| Norman Ornstein |
Author |
1948 |
|
American Enterprise Institute |
| Larry Page |
Business |
26-Mar-1973 |
|
Co-Founder of Google |
| William U. Parfet |
Business |
c. 1947 |
|
MPI Research |
| Robert E. Park |
Sociologist |
14-Feb-1864 |
7-Feb-1944 |
Race and Culture |
| David J. Paterson |
Business |
c. 1954 |
|
CEO of Bowater |
| David Paymer |
Actor |
30-Aug-1954 |
|
Mr. Saturday Night |
| Roslyn B. Payne |
Business |
c. 1946 |
|
Jackson Street Partners |
| Raymond Pearl |
Biologist |
3-Jun-1879 |
17-Nov-1940 |
Biogerontology |
| Jorge M. Pérez |
Business |
1950 |
|
The Related Group |
| Ramiro G. Peru |
Business |
c. 1956 |
|
CFO of Swift Transportation |
| Bart Peterson |
Politician |
15-Jun-1958 |
|
Mayor of Indianapolis |
| Michael Phelps |
Swimmer/Diver |
30-Jun-1985 |
|
Swimmer won six gold medals at Athens |
| Marge Piercy |
Novelist |
31-Mar-1936 |
|
Gone to Soldiers |
| H. David Politzer |
Physicist |
31-Aug-1949 |
|
Deep structure of matter |
| Iggy Pop |
Singer/Songwriter |
21-Apr-1947 |
|
Iggy and the Stooges |
| John Edward Porter |
Politician |
1-Jun-1935 |
|
Congressman from Illinois, 1980-2001 |
| Rob Portman |
Politician |
19-Dec-1955 |
|
US OMB Director, 2006-07 |
| Tom Price |
Politician |
8-Oct-1954 |
|
Congressman, Georgia 6th |
| Gilda Radner |
Comic |
28-Jun-1946 |
20-May-1989 |
Saturday Night Live |
| Ted Raimi |
Actor |
14-Dec-1965 |
|
Joxer on Xena, Warrior Princess |
| Clark T. Randt |
Diplomat |
1945 |
|
US Ambassador to China |
| Ruth Reichl |
Critic |
16-Jan-1948 |
|
Editor-in-Chief, Gourmet magazine |
| W. Robert Reum |
Business |
22-Jul-1942 |
|
CEO of Amsted Industries |
| Branch Rickey |
Baseball |
20-Dec-1881 |
9-Dec-1965 |
Longtime Baseball GM |
| Tony Ridder |
Business |
c. 1940 |
|
CEO of Knight Ridder, 1995-2006 |
| Don Riegle |
Politician |
4-Feb-1938 |
|
US Senator from Michigan, 1976-95 |
| Barbara K. Rimer |
Doctor |
c. 1949 |
|
Dean, UNC School of Public Health |
| Dick Riordan |
Politician |
1-May-1930 |
|
Mayor of Los Angeles, 1993-2001 |
| Lynn N. Rivers |
Politician |
19-Dec-1956 |
|
Congresswoman from Michigan, 1995-2003 |
| Dana Robbins |
Musician |
? |
|
R&B saxophonist |
| Eugene H. Robinson |
Journalist |
1955 |
|
Associate Editor, Washington Post |
| Theodore Roethke |
Poet |
25-May-1908 |
1-Aug-1963 |
The Waking |
| Mike Rogers |
Politician |
2-Jun-1963 |
|
Congressman, Michigan 8th |
| Ian M. Rolland |
Business |
3-Jun-1933 |
|
CEO of Lincoln National, 1977-98 |
| Harvey S. Rosen |
Economist |
29-Mar-1949 |
|
Council of Economic Advisers, 2003-05 |
| William Russ |
Actor |
20-Oct-1950 |
|
Roger LoCocco on Wiseguy |
| Donald S. Russell |
Politician |
22-Feb-1906 |
22-Feb-1998 |
Governor of South Carolina, 1967-71 |
| Ken Salazar |
Politician |
2-Mar-1955 |
|
US Senator from Colorado |
| Richard Samp |
Activist |
c. 1952 |
|
Chief counsel, Washington Legal Foundation |
| Stephen W. Sanger |
Business |
10-Apr-1946 |
|
CEO of General Mills, 1995-2007 |
| Gloria Santona |
Business |
c. 1948 |
|
General Counsel for McDonald's |
| Richard O. Schaum |
Business |
c. 1947 |
|
EVP at DaimlerChrysler, 2000-03 |
| Debbie Schlussel |
Radio Personality |
1969 |
|
Conservative pundit |
| Donald H. Schmude |
Business |
c. 1936 |
|
Former Texaco executive |
| Mark A. Schulz |
Business |
c. 1952 |
|
Former Ford International EVP |
| Alan E. Schwartz |
Attorney |
1925 |
|
Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn |
| Joe Schwarz |
Politician |
15-Nov-1937 |
|
Congressman from Michigan, 2005-07 |
| Anthony J. Scirica |
Judge |
1940 |
|
Chief Judge, 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Margaret Scobey |
Diplomat |
c. 1949 |
|
US Ambassador to Syria, 2004-05 |
| Martha Scott |
Actor |
22-Sep-1912 |
28-May-2003 |
Our Town |
| Martha R. Seger |
Government |
17-Feb-1932 |
|
Federal Reserve Governor, 1984-91 |
| L. William Seidman |
Economist |
29-Apr-1921 |
|
CNBC chief commentator |
| Claude Shannon |
Scientist |
30-Apr-1916 |
24-Feb-2001 |
Pioneer in information theory |
| Benson P. Shapiro |
Business |
c. 1941 |
|
Marketing Professor at HBS |
| William Shawn |
Journalist |
31-Aug-1907 |
8-Dec-1992 |
Editor of The New Yorker |
| Robert Shaye |
Business |
3-Mar-1949 |
|
Co-CEO of New Line Cinema |
| Robert Shiller |
Economist |
1946 |
|
Irrational Exuberance |
| Alvin V. Shoemaker |
Business |
c. 1938 |
|
Chairman of First Boston, 1983-89 |
| K. Ram Shriram |
Business |
? |
|
Sherpalo Ventures |
| David Shuster |
Journalist |
c. 1967 |
|
MSNBC correspondent |
| Laurie A. Siegel |
Business |
c. 1957 |
|
Senior VP HR at Tyco |
| George Sisler |
Baseball |
24-Mar-1893 |
26-Mar-1973 |
Batted .420 in 1921 |
| Richard E. Smalley |
Chemist |
6-Jun-1943 |
28-Oct-2005 |
Co-Discovered first fullerine |
| Betty Smith |
Novelist |
15-Dec-1896 |
17-Jan-1972 |
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn |
| Cece Smith |
Business |
c. 1944 |
|
Phillips-Smith-Machens Venture Partners |
| Hamilton O. Smith |
Scientist |
23-Aug-1931 |
|
Restriction enzymes (DNA cleavage) |
| Roger Smith |
Business |
12-Jul-1925 |
29-Nov-2007 |
CEO of General Motors, 1980-90 |
| David Sobel |
Attorney |
? |
|
EFF Senior Counsel |
| Andrew A. Sorensen |
Educator |
c. 1940 |
|
President, University of South Carolina |
| Robert T. Stafford |
Politician |
8-Aug-1913 |
23-Dec-2006 |
Governor and Senator from Vermont |
| Christopher Stasheff |
Novelist |
1944 |
|
The Warlock In Spite of Himself |
| Donald J. Stebbins |
Business |
c. 1958 |
|
President and COO of Visteon |
| Clifford W. Taylor |
Judge |
9-Nov-1942 |
|
Michigan Chief Justice |
| Ruy Teixeira |
Author |
c. 1955 |
|
The Emerging Democratic Majority |
| Jerald F. ter Horst |
Government |
11-Jul-1922 |
|
Gerald Ford's short-term press secretary |
| Samuel C. C. Ting |
Physicist |
27-Jan-1936 |
|
Co-Discoverer of J/psi particle |
| Bob Tisch |
Business |
29-Apr-1926 |
15-Nov-2005 |
CEO of Loews, Owner NY Giants |
| John F. Turner |
Government |
3-Mar-1942 |
|
Asst. Secy. of State for Oceans, 2001-05 |
| Reginald M. Turner, Jr. |
Attorney |
1960 |
|
Partner, Clark Hill |
| Cheryl N. Turpin |
Business |
c. 1948 |
|
CEO of The Limited Stores, 1994-97 |
| Amos Tversky |
Psychologist |
16-Mar-1937 |
2-Jun-1996 |
Cognitive psychologist, studied risks |
| Fred Upton |
Politician |
23-Apr-1953 |
|
Congressman, Michigan 6th |
| Arthur Vandenberg |
Politician |
22-Mar-1884 |
18-Apr-1951 |
US Senator from Michigan, 1928-51 |
| Guy Vander Jagt |
Politician |
26-Aug-1931 |
22-Jun-2007 |
Congressman from Michigan, 1966-93 |
| Charles Vest |
Educator |
9-Sep-1941 |
|
President of MIT, 1990-2004 |
| Charles R. Walgreen |
Business |
11-Nov-1935 |
|
Former CEO, Walgreen's drugstores |
| Mike Wallace |
Journalist |
9-May-1918 |
|
Veteran 60 Minutes correspondent |
| Richard P. Wallace |
Business |
c. 1960 |
|
CEO of KLA-Tencor |
| Raoul Wallenberg |
Activist |
4-Aug-1912 |
16-Jul-1947 |
Worked to save Hungarian Jews |
| Martha Lee Walters |
Judge |
1950 |
|
Justice, Oregon Supreme Court |
| Chris Webber |
Basketball |
1-Mar-1973 |
|
2003 NBA All-star, Sacramento Kings |
| David N. Weidman |
Business |
23-May-1955 |
|
CEO of Celanese |
| Mark Weisbrot |
Economist |
1954 |
|
Center for Economic and Policy Research |
| Ronald Weiser |
Diplomat |
7-Jul-1945 |
|
US Ambassador to Slovakia, 2001-04 |
| Thomas H. Weller |
Scientist |
15-Jun-1915 |
|
Cultured the polio virus |
| Steven M. West |
Business |
c. 1957 |
|
COO of nCUBE, 2001-03 |
| David Westin |
Business |
c. 1952 |
|
President of ABC News |
| B. Joseph White |
Educator |
6-Apr-1947 |
|
President, University of Illinois |
| Ed White |
Astronaut |
14-Nov-1930 |
27-Jan-1967 |
First American to walk in space |
| Edmund White |
Author |
13-Jan-1940 |
|
The Joy of Gay Sex |
| Gail R. Wilensky |
Activist |
c. 1944 |
|
Health care official |
| Roger Wilkins |
Educator |
1932 |
|
Author, blackademic |
| G. Mennen Williams |
Politician |
23-Feb-1911 |
2-Feb-1988 |
Governor of Michigan, 1949-61 |
| Fred Wilpon |
Business |
c. 1936 |
|
New York Mets owner |
| Thomas J. Wilson |
Business |
c. 1957 |
|
CEO of Allstate |
| Sherwin T. Wine |
Religion |
25-Jan-1928 |
21-Jul-2007 |
Humanistic Judaism |
| Philip D. Winn |
Criminal |
1-Feb-1925 |
|
HUD scandal figure pardoned by Clinton |
| Donald C. Winter |
Government |
c. 1947 |
|
US Secretary of the Navy |
| Robert L. Wood |
Business |
c. 1954 |
|
CEO of Chemtura |
| Bob Woodruff |
Journalist |
1961 |
|
Co-Anchor, World News Tonight |
| Charles Woodson |
Football |
7-Oct-1976 |
|
Winner, 1997 Heisman Trophy |
| Hubert Work |
Government |
3-Jul-1860 |
14-Dec-1942 |
US Interior Secretary, 1923-28 |
| Kathryn D. Wriston |
Attorney |
c. 1939 |
|
Wife of Walter B. Wriston |
| Francis Parker Yockey |
Author |
18-Sep-1917 |
16-Jun-1960 |
Imperium |
| Jerry York |
Business |
1938 |
|
CFO of IBM, 1993-95 |
| Samuel Zell |
Business |
28-Sep-1941 |
|
Equity Office Properties billionaire |
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Cleveland Abbe |
Physicist |
3-Dec-1838 |
28-Oct-1916 |
America's first weatherman |
| H. Gardner Ackley |
Economist |
30-Jun-1915 |
12-Feb-1998 |
US Ambassador to Italy, 1968-69 |
| Henry Carter Adams |
Economist |
31-Dec-1851 |
11-Aug-1921 |
Public Debts |
| Rebecca M. Blank |
Economist |
19-Sep-1955 |
|
Council of Economic Advisers, 1998-99 |
| Lee C. Bollinger |
Educator |
c. 1946 |
|
President of Columbia University |
| Kenneth E. Boulding |
Economist |
18-Jan-1910 |
18-Mar-1993 |
The Image: Knowledge of Life in Society |
| William W. Campbell |
Astronomer |
11-Apr-1862 |
14-Jun-1938 |
Stellar Motions |
| Nancy Cantor |
Educator |
c. 1952 |
|
Chancellor, Syracuse University |
| Wilbur J. Cohen |
Government |
10-Jun-1913 |
17-May-1987 |
HEW Secretary, 1968-69 |
| Mary Sue Coleman |
Educator |
2-Oct-1943 |
|
President, University of Michigan |
| Francis Collins |
Scientist |
14-Apr-1950 |
|
Human Genome Project, science/religion pundit |
| Charles Cooley |
Educator |
17-Aug-1864 |
8-May-1929 |
Looking-glass self |
| Royal S. Copeland |
Politician |
7-Nov-1868 |
17-Jul-1938 |
US Senator from New York, 1923-38 |
| John Patrick Crecine |
Educator |
22-Aug-1939 |
28-Apr-2008 |
President of Georgia Tech, 1987-94 |
| Paul Danos |
Educator |
c. 1942 |
|
Dean, Tuck School of Business |
| John Dewey |
Educator |
20-Oct-1859 |
1-Jun-1952 |
Pragmatist philosopher, education reformer |
| Lloyd H. Donnell |
Engineer |
20-May-1895 |
7-Nov-1997 |
Donnell's thin shell theory |
| James J. Duderstadt |
Educator |
c. 1943 |
|
President, University of Michigan, 1988-96 |
| Alexander Eckstein |
Economist |
9-Dec-1915 |
4-Dec-1976 |
Sinologist, China's Economic Revolution |
| Stephen G. Emerson |
Educator |
c. 1952 |
|
President, Haverford College |
| Jeffrey A. Frankel |
Economist |
5-Nov-1952 |
|
Council of Economic Advisers, 1997-99 |
| Donald A. Glaser |
Physicist |
21-Sep-1926 |
|
Inventor of the bubble chamber |
| David F. Gordon |
Government |
? |
|
Director of Policy Planning |
| Samuel Goudsmit |
Physicist |
11-Jul-1902 |
4-Dec-1978 |
Conceived idea of Quantum Spin |
| Sanjay Gupta |
TV Personality |
c. 1970 |
|
CNN's resident neurosurgeon |
| David M. Halperin |
Scholar |
? |
|
One Hundred Years of Homosexuality |
| Roger W. Heyns |
Educator |
27-Jan-1918 |
11-Sep-1995 |
Chancellor of UC Berkeley, 1965-71 |
| Charles B. Huggins |
Scientist |
22-Sep-1901 |
12-Jan-1997 |
Hormonal treatment of prostate and breast cancers |
| Howard P. Jones |
Diplomat |
2-Jan-1899 |
Sep-1973 |
US Ambassador to Indonesia, 1958-65 |
| Daniel Kahneman |
Psychologist |
5-Mar-1934 |
|
The psychology of economics |
| Arnold Kanter |
Government |
27-Feb-1945 |
|
Under Secy. of State for Political Affairs, 1991-93 |
| William N. Kelley |
Doctor |
23-Jun-1939 |
|
Kelley-Seegmiller Syndrome |
| Marvin Krislov |
Educator |
c. 1960 |
|
President, Oberlin College |
| Flynt Leverett |
Government |
6-Mar-1958 |
|
Former National Security Council staffer |
| Catharine MacKinnon |
Activist |
7-Oct-1946 |
|
Misguided anti-pornography activist |
| Paul W. McCracken |
Economist |
29-Dec-1915 |
|
Council of Economic Advisers, 1969-71 |
| George Herbert Mead |
Philosopher |
27-Feb-1863 |
26-Apr-1931 |
Pragmatist, social behaviorist |
| Jeffrey H. Miro |
Attorney |
1942 |
|
Partner, Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn |
| Cynthia A. Montgomery |
Educator |
c. 1952 |
|
Professor at Harvard Business School |
| Homer A. Neal |
Physicist |
13-Jun-1942 |
|
Director of the ATLAS Project |
| Nicholas Negroponte |
Educator |
1943 |
|
Founder, MIT Media Lab |
| Michel Oksenberg |
Scholar |
12-Oct-1938 |
22-Feb-2001 |
Leading sinologist |
| Gilbert S. Omenn |
Business |
30-Aug-1941 |
|
Professor, University of Michigan |
| Wolfgang Pauli |
Physicist |
25-Apr-1900 |
15-Dec-1958 |
Pauli Exclusion Principle |
| Raymond Pearl |
Biologist |
3-Jun-1879 |
17-Nov-1940 |
Biogerontology |
| Martin L. Perl |
Physicist |
24-Jun-1927 |
|
Discovered the Tau Lepton |
| C. K. Prahalad |
Educator |
1941 |
|
Management guru |
| Jehuda Reinharz |
Educator |
1944 |
|
President, Brandeis University |
| Lynn N. Rivers |
Politician |
19-Dec-1956 |
|
Congresswoman from Michigan, 1995-2003 |
| Peyton Rous |
Scientist |
5-Oct-1879 |
16-Feb-1970 |
Blood banks and carcinogenic viruses |
| Artur Schnabel |
Pianist |
17-Apr-1882 |
15-Aug-1951 |
Pianist and classical composer |
| Joel Seligman |
Educator |
11-Jan-1950 |
|
President, University of Rochester |
| Harold T. Shapiro |
Educator |
8-Jun-1935 |
|
President of Princeton, 1988-2000 |
| Warren L. Smith |
Economist |
1914 |
20-Apr-1972 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1968-69 |
| Richard H. Solomon |
Diplomat |
1937 |
|
US Ambassador to the Philippines, 1992-93 |
| Walter W. Stewart |
Economist |
1885 |
Mar-1958 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1953-55 |
| Raymond Tanter |
Scholar |
? |
|
Iran Policy Committee founder |
| Craig B. Thompson |
Doctor |
c. 1952 |
|
Director of the Abramson Institute |
| George Uhlenbeck |
Physicist |
6-Dec-1900 |
31-Oct-1988 |
Conceived idea of Quantum Spin |
| Charles Vest |
Educator |
9-Sep-1941 |
|
President of MIT, 1990-2004 |
| Elizabeth Warren |
Educator |
c. 1948 |
|
Law professor, bankruptcy expert |
| B. Joseph White |
Educator |
6-Apr-1947 |
|
President, University of Illinois |
| Leslie A. White |
Anthropologist |
19-Jan-1900 |
31-Mar-1975 |
The Science of Culture |
| Marina v.N. Whitman |
Economist |
6-Mar-1935 |
|
Council of Economic Advisers, 1972-73 |
| Ernest J. Wilson III |
Educator |
c. 1948 |
|
Dean, Annenberg School for Communication |
| Howard Wolpe |
Government |
2-Nov-1939 |
|
Congressman from Michigan, 1979-83 |
