| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Bob Abernethy |
Journalist |
? |
|
Former NBC News correspondent |
| William F. Achtmeyer |
Business |
c. 1955 |
|
Partner, The Parthenon Group |
| Samuel Alito |
Judge |
1-Apr-1950 |
|
US Supreme Court Justice |
| Arthur Glenn Andrews |
Politician |
15-Jan-1909 |
|
Congressman from Alabama, 1965-67 |
| Decker Anstrom |
Business |
2-Aug-1950 |
|
COO of Landmark Communications |
| John Armstrong |
Politician |
25-Nov-1758 |
1-Apr-1843 |
US Secretary of War, 1813-14 |
| Norman Augustine |
Business |
27-Jul-1935 |
|
CEO of Martin Marietta, 1996-97 |
| Robert J. Aumann |
Economist |
8-Jun-1930 |
|
Game theorist |
| Milton Babbitt |
Composer |
10-May-1916 |
|
Music for Synthesizer |
| Andrew Bacevich |
Historian |
1947 |
|
American Empire |
| Elizabeth E. Bailey |
Educator |
1938 |
|
Professor, the Wharton School |
| Kenneth Bainbridge |
Physicist |
27-Jul-1904 |
14-Jul-1996 |
Director of the Trinity atomic test |
| James Baker |
Government |
28-Apr-1930 |
|
US Secretary of State, 1989-92 |
| John D. Baker II |
Business |
7-Aug-1948 |
|
CEO of Florida Rock Industries |
| John Bardeen |
Physicist |
23-May-1908 |
30-Jan-1991 |
Co-Inventor of the transistor |
| Jon E. Barfield |
Business |
c. 1952 |
|
Chairman of Bartech Group |
| Sarah M. Barpoulis |
Business |
c. 1965 |
|
Interim Energy Solutions, LLC |
| Dewey F. Bartlett |
Politician |
28-Mar-1919 |
1-Mar-1979 |
Governor and Senator from Oklahoma |
| Richard A. Bartlett |
Business |
c. 1958 |
|
Resource Holdings Ltd. |
| Adrian A. Basora |
Diplomat |
18-Jul-1938 |
|
NSC European Director, 1989-91 |
| John Batchelor |
Radio Personality |
1948 |
|
The John Batchelor Show |
| Jacob D. Beam |
Diplomat |
24-Mar-1908 |
16-Aug-1993 |
US Ambassador to the USSR, 1969-73 |
| Gary S. Becker |
Economist |
2-Dec-1940 |
|
Human Capital |
| William W. Belknap |
Government |
22-Sep-1829 |
13-Oct-1890 |
US Secretary of War, impeached |
| Roger S. Berlind |
Film/TV Producer |
c. 1931 |
|
Broadway producer |
| Jeff Bezos |
Business |
12-Jan-1964 |
|
Founder of Amazon |
| Karan K. Bhatia |
Government |
? |
|
Deputy US Trade Representative |
| Nicholas Biddle |
Business |
8-Jan-1786 |
27-Feb-1844 |
Second Bank of the United States |
| James Billington |
Historian |
1-Jun-1929 |
|
13th Librarian of Congress |
| Frank Biondi |
Business |
9-Jan-1945 |
|
Former CEO, Viacom, Universal Studios |
| John P. Birkelund |
Business |
c. 1930 |
|
Chairman of Dillon Read, 1986-98 |
| J. A. Blanchard III |
Business |
c. 1943 |
|
CEO of eFunds, 2000-02 |
| Alan S. Blinder |
Economist |
14-Oct-1945 |
|
Vice Chairman, Federal Reserve |
| Alfred H. Bloom |
Educator |
27-Feb-1946 |
|
President, Swarthmore College |
| W. Michael Blumenthal |
Government |
3-Jan-1926 |
|
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1977-79 |
| Frederick M. Bohen |
Administrator |
c. 1937 |
|
COO of Rockefeller University, 2002-05 |
| George Henry Boker |
Playwright |
6-Oct-1823 |
2-Jan-1890 |
Francesca da Rimini |
| Josh Bolten |
Government |
16-Aug-1955 |
|
White House Chief of Staff |
| Kit Bond |
Politician |
6-Mar-1939 |
|
US Senator from Missouri |
| Kate Bosworth |
Actor |
2-Jan-1983 |
|
Wonderland |
| William G. Bowen |
Educator |
6-Oct-1933 |
|
President, Princeton University, 1972-88 |
| Robert R. Bowie |
Government |
1909 |
|
CIA Deputy Director, 1977-79 |
| Thomas Boyatt |
Diplomat |
4-Mar-1933 |
|
US Ambassador to Colombia, 1980-83 |
| Ralph L. Boyce, Jr. |
Diplomat |
1-Feb-1952 |
|
US Ambassador to Thailand, 2004-07 |
| David F. Bradford |
Economist |
8-Jan-1939 |
22-Feb-2005 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1991-93 |
| Bill Bradley |
Politician |
28-Jul-1943 |
|
US Senator from New Jersey, 1979-97 |
| John C. Breckinridge |
Politician |
21-Jan-1821 |
17-May-1875 |
James Buchanan's Vice President |
| Daniel Brewster |
Politician |
23-Nov-1923 |
19-Aug-2007 |
US Senator from Maryland, 1963-69 |
| Michael E. Brown |
Astronomer |
c. 1965 |
|
Explorer of trans-Neptunian space |
| David K. E. Bruce |
Diplomat |
12-Feb-1898 |
5-Dec-1977 |
US Ambassador to England, France, Germany |
| Robert N. Burt |
Business |
c. 1937 |
|
CEO of FMC, 1992-2001 |
| Lawrence E. Butler |
Diplomat |
? |
|
US Ambassador to Macedonia, 2002-05 |
| W. Walton Butterworth |
Diplomat |
7-Sep-1903 |
31-Mar-1975 |
US Ambassador to Canada, 1962-68 |
| Brendan T. Byrne |
Politician |
1-Apr-1924 |
|
Governor of New Jersey, 1974-82 |
| Bruce L. Byrnes |
Business |
29-Mar-1948 |
|
Vice Chairman of Procter & Gamble |
| William T. Cahill |
Politician |
25-Jun-1912 |
1-Jul-1996 |
Governor of New Jersey, 1970-74 |
| Dean Cain |
Actor |
31-Jul-1966 |
|
Superman |
| J. Donald Cameron |
Politician |
14-May-1833 |
30-Aug-1918 |
US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1877-97 |
| John F. Campbell |
Diplomat |
1944 |
|
US Ambassador to Nigeria |
| Robert H. Campbell |
Business |
c. 1937 |
|
CEO of Sunoco, 1991-2000 |
| Frank Carlucci |
Government |
18-Oct-1930 |
|
US Secretary of Defense, 1987-89 |
| Robert Caro |
Historian |
30-Oct-1935 |
|
Biographer of Lyndon Johnson |
| Hodding Carter III |
Journalist |
7-Apr-1935 |
|
Carter Administration mouthpiece |
| Peter Cartwright |
Business |
1930 |
|
CEO of Calpine, 1984-2005 |
| Daniel H. Case III |
Business |
27-Jul-1957 |
27-Jun-2002 |
Hambrecht & Quist |
| John Cavanagh |
Economist |
? |
|
Institute for Policy Studies |
| James M. Clarke |
Politician |
12-Jun-1917 |
13-Apr-1999 |
Congressman from North Carolina, 1987-91 |
| Janet M. Clarke |
Business |
c. 1952 |
|
Clarke Littlefield LLC |
| Harlan Cleveland |
Government |
19-Jan-1918 |
30-May-2008 |
Futurist, diplomat |
| Ethan Coen |
Film Director |
21-Sep-1957 |
|
Half of the Coen brothers |
| Robert P. Tristram Coffin |
Poet |
18-Mar-1892 |
20-Jan-1955 |
Strange Holiness |
| Charles W. Coker |
Business |
10-May-1933 |
|
CEO of Sonoco Products, 1990-98 |
| William Colby |
Spy |
4-Jan-1920 |
27-Apr-1996 |
CIA Director 1973-75 |
| Leonard S. Coleman, Jr. |
Administrator |
17-Feb-1949 |
|
President of MLB National League, 1994-99 |
| Arthur H. Compton |
Physicist |
10-Sep-1892 |
15-Mar-1962 |
Discovered the Compton Effect |
| Karl T. Compton |
Physicist |
15-Sep-1887 |
22-Jun-1954 |
Bikini Island atomic tests |
| Philip M. Condit |
Business |
2-Aug-1941 |
|
CEO of Boeing, 1996-2003 |
| Pete Conrad |
Astronaut |
2-Jun-1930 |
8-Jul-1999 |
Apollo 12 mission commander, 3rd on moon |
| Prentice Cooper |
Government |
28-Sep-1895 |
18-May-1969 |
Governor of Tennessee, 1939-45 |
| George A. Cowan |
Physicist |
c. 1919 |
|
Founder, Santa Fe Institute |
| Howard E. Cox, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1933 |
|
Greylock Partners |
| Edward Cox |
Attorney |
2-Oct-1946 |
|
Nixon's son-in-law |
| David W. Crane |
Business |
c. 1958 |
|
CEO of NRG Energy |
| Ryan C. Crocker |
Diplomat |
19-Jun-1949 |
|
US Ambassador to Iraq |
| William J. Crowe, Jr. |
Government |
2-Jan-1925 |
18-Oct-2007 |
US Navy Admiral |
| Robert Curvin |
Activist |
23-Feb-1934 |
|
Former Black Power activist |
| George M. Dallas |
Politician |
10-Jul-1792 |
31-Dec-1864 |
Vice President under James Knox Polk |
| John Danforth |
Politician |
5-Sep-1936 |
|
US Ambassador to the UN, 2004 |
| Mitch Daniels |
Politician |
7-Apr-1949 |
|
Governor of Indiana |
| Rodger P. Davies |
Diplomat |
7-May-1921 |
19-Aug-1974 |
US Ambassador to Cyprus, 1974 |
| William L. Davis |
Business |
c. 1943 |
|
CEO of RR Donnelley, 1997-2004 |
| Clinton Davisson |
Physicist |
22-Oct-1881 |
1-Feb-1958 |
Diffraction of electrons |
| Pete Dawkins |
Football |
8-Mar-1938 |
|
Winner, 1958 Heisman Trophy |
| Wolfgang H. Demisch |
Business |
c. 1945 |
|
Demisch Associates LLC |
| Ralph D. DeNunzio |
Business |
17-Nov-1931 |
|
CEO of Kidder Peabody, 1980-87 |
| Robert H. Dicke |
Physicist |
6-May-1916 |
4-Mar-1997 |
Dicke radiometer |
| Robert Sherwood Dillon |
Diplomat |
7-Jan-1929 |
|
US Ambassador to Lebanon, 1981-83 |
| Harold W. Dodds |
Educator |
28-Jun-1889 |
25-Oct-1980 |
President, Princeton University, 1932-57 |
| Cleveland H. Dodge |
Business |
1860 |
1926 |
Woodrow Wilson's financier and advisor |
| Sidney D. Drell |
Physicist |
13-Sep-1926 |
|
In the Shadow of the Bomb |
| Pete du Pont |
Politician |
22-Jan-1935 |
|
Governor of Delaware, 1977-85 |
| David Duchovny |
Actor |
7-Aug-1960 |
|
Mulder on The X-Files |
| John Foster Dulles |
Government |
25-Feb-1888 |
24-May-1959 |
Eisenhower's Secretary of State |
| Charles F. Dunbar |
Diplomat |
1-Apr-1931 |
|
US Ambassador to Yemen, 1988-91 |
| Jack B. Dunn IV |
Business |
c. 1951 |
|
CEO of FTI Consulting |
| John Gregory Dunne |
Author |
25-May-1932 |
30-Dec-2003 |
True Confessions |
| Timothy Dwight |
Educator |
14-May-1752 |
11-Jan-1817 |
President of Yale, 1795-1817 |
| Henry van Dyke |
Author |
10-Nov-1852 |
10-Apr-1933 |
The Unknown Quantity |
| Michael Eric Dyson |
Scholar |
23-Oct-1958 |
|
Know What I Mean? |
| William L. Eagleton, Jr. |
Diplomat |
17-Aug-1926 |
|
US Ambassador to Syria, 1984-88 |
| Donald Easum |
Diplomat |
1923 |
|
US Ambassador to Nigeria, 1975-77 |
| Otto Eckstein |
Economist |
1-Aug-1927 |
22-Mar-1984 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1964-66 |
| Thomas J. Edelman |
Business |
c. 1951 |
|
Chairman, BioFuel Energy Corporation |
| Robert Ehrlich |
Politician |
25-Nov-1957 |
|
Governor of Maryland, 2003-07 |
| Jessica P. Einhorn |
Administrator |
c. 1945 |
|
Dean, School of Advanced International Studies |
| John Hart Ely |
Scholar |
3-Dec-1938 |
25-Oct-2003 |
Democracy and Distrust |
| Richard W. Erdman |
Diplomat |
1945 |
|
US Ambassador to Algeria, 2003-06 |
| Michael R. Farese |
Business |
c. 1946 |
|
CEO of WJ Communications, 2002-05 |
| Steve Feinberg |
Business |
29-Mar-1960 |
|
Cerberus Capital Management |
| Jose Ferrer |
Actor |
8-Jan-1909 |
26-Jan-1992 |
The Caine Mutiny |
| Mel Ferrer |
Actor |
25-Aug-1917 |
2-Jun-2008 |
War and Peace |
| Mark Feuerstein |
Actor |
8-Jun-1971 |
|
Good Morning, Miami |
| Richard Feynman |
Physicist |
11-May-1918 |
15-Feb-1988 |
Surely he's joking |
| Robert Finn |
Diplomat |
19-Dec-1945 |
|
US Ambassador to Afghanistan, 2002-03 |
| John D. Finnegan |
Business |
31-Jan-1949 |
|
CEO of Chubb |
| Leonard K. Firestone |
Business |
10-Jun-1907 |
24-Dec-1996 |
US Ambassador to Belgium, 1974-77 |
| Robert J. Fisher |
Business |
1954 |
|
Interim CEO of The Gap |
| F. Scott Fitzgerald |
Author |
24-Sep-1896 |
21-Dec-1940 |
The Great Gatsby |
| Jim Flaherty |
Politician |
30-Dec-1949 |
|
Canadian Minister of Finance |
| Jonathan Safran Foer |
Novelist |
1977 |
|
Everything Is Illuminated |
| Malcolm Forbes |
Business |
19-Aug-1919 |
24-Feb-1990 |
Forbes publisher, Faberge collector |
| William Clay Ford, Jr. |
Business |
3-May-1957 |
|
CEO of Ford, 2001-06 |
| James V. Forrestal |
Government |
15-Feb-1892 |
22-May-1949 |
US Secretary of Defense, 1947-49 |
| John Forsyth |
Politician |
22-Oct-1780 |
21-Oct-1841 |
US Secretary of State, 1834-41 |
| Raymond B. Fosdick |
Business |
9-Jun-1883 |
19-Jul-1972 |
President of the Rockefeller Foundation |
| Peter Frelinghuysen, Jr. |
Politician |
17-Jan-1916 |
|
Congressman from New Jersey, 1953-75 |
| Charles Fried |
Government |
15-Apr-1935 |
|
US Solicitor General, 1985-89 |
| Paul A. Friedman |
Business |
c. 1942 |
|
CEO of Incyte |
| Bill Frist |
Politician |
22-Feb-1952 |
|
US Senate Majority Leader, 2003-07 |
| Thomas F. Frist III |
Business |
c. 1968 |
|
Frist Capital Partners |
| James I. Gadsden |
Diplomat |
12-Mar-1948 |
|
US Ambassador to Iceland, 2002-05 |
| Wilbur H. Gantz |
Business |
1937 |
|
President of Baxter International, 1987-92 |
| Jason Garrett |
Football |
28-Mar-1966 |
|
Dallas Cowboys OC |
| Alice P. Gast |
Educator |
25-May-1958 |
|
President, Lehigh University |
| Murray Gell-Mann |
Physicist |
15-Sep-1929 |
|
Weak interaction of particles |
| Ronald M. George |
Judge |
11-Mar-1940 |
|
California Chief Justice |
| Reuel Marc Gerecht |
Government |
? |
|
PNAC Middle East Initiative |
| Charles Gibson |
Journalist |
9-Mar-1943 |
|
Good Morning America |
| Charles K. Gifford |
Business |
8-Nov-1942 |
|
Bank of America Chairman, 2004-05 |
| Roy J. Glauber |
Physicist |
1-Sep-1925 |
|
Quantum optics |
| Robert F. Goheen |
Educator |
15-Aug-1919 |
31-Mar-2008 |
President of Princeton University, 1957-72 |
| Jonathan Golden |
Attorney |
c. 1936 |
|
Arnall Golden Gregory |
| Ralph E. Gomory |
Business |
c. 1938 |
|
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation |
| Shira D. Goodman |
Business |
c. 1961 |
|
EVP at Staples |
| Clive W.J. Granger |
Economist |
4-Sep-1934 |
|
Granger causality |
| Michael S. Greco |
Attorney |
22-Nov-1942 |
|
President of the ABA, 2005-06 |
| Gerald Greenwald |
Business |
11-Sep-1935 |
|
CEO of United Air Lines, 1994-99 |
| Philip Greer |
Business |
c. 1936 |
|
Weiss, Peck & Greer |
| Benjamin H. Griswold IV |
Business |
c. 1940 |
|
Alex. Brown & Sons |
| Francisco R. Gros |
Business |
c. 1943 |
|
CEO of Fosfertil |
| Brandon Grove |
Diplomat |
8-Apr-1929 |
|
US Ambassador to Zaire, 1984-87 |
| Martin J. Gruenberg |
Government |
? |
|
FDIC Vice Chairman |
| Ben A. Guill |
Business |
c. 1950 |
|
First Reserve Corporation |
| Douglas A. Hacker |
Business |
1955 |
|
EVP at United Air Lines, 1999-2006 |
| George Hager |
Journalist |
c. 1950 |
|
USA Today economics reporter |
| William R. Hambrecht |
Business |
c. 1935 |
|
W.R. Hambrecht & Co. |
| F. Philip Handy |
Business |
c. 1945 |
|
Strategic Industries Inc. |
| Stephen Hardis |
Business |
1935 |
|
CEO of Eaton, 1995-2000 |
| John Marshall Harlan |
Judge |
20-May-1899 |
29-Dec-1971 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1955-71 |
| William Harrop |
Diplomat |
19-Feb-1929 |
|
US Ambassador to Israel, 1991-93 |
| Ethel Browne Harvey |
Zoologist |
14-Dec-1885 |
2-Sep-1965 |
Embryology of sea urchins |
| James J. Heckman |
Economist |
19-Apr-1944 |
|
Statistical analysis of individual and household behavior |
| James A. Henderson |
Business |
c. 1934 |
|
CEO of Cummins, 1994-99 |
| John Grier Hibben |
Educator |
19-Apr-1861 |
16-May-1933 |
President, Princeton University, 1912-32 |
| Frederick P. Hitz |
Government |
14-Oct-1939 |
|
CIA Inspector General, 1990-98 |
| Mellody Hobson |
Business |
3-Apr-1969 |
|
President of Ariel Capital Management |
| Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr. |
Business |
12-Aug-1936 |
|
CEO of Hallmark, 1986-2001 |
| Robert Hofstadter |
Physicist |
5-Feb-1915 |
17-Nov-1990 |
Investigated electron scattering and nuclei |
| Richard C. Holbrooke |
Diplomat |
24-Apr-1941 |
|
US Ambassador to UN, 1998-2001 |
| Amy Holmes |
Columnist |
c. 1973 |
|
BET host, conservative commentator |
| H. Allen Holmes |
Diplomat |
31-Jan-1933 |
|
US Ambassador to Portugal, 1982-85 |
| Janet L. Holmgren |
Educator |
c. 1946 |
|
President, Mills College |
| Douglas Holtz-Eakin |
Economist |
3-Feb-1958 |
|
McCain chief economic advisor |
| William H. Hudnut III |
Politician |
17-Oct-1932 |
|
Mayor of Indianapolis, 1976-91 |
| Deal Hudson |
Religion |
30-Nov-1949 |
|
Karl Rove's favorite Catholic |
| Edmund J. Hull |
Diplomat |
1949 |
|
US Ambassador to Yemen, 2001-04 |
| Russell A. Hulse |
Astronomer |
28-Nov-1950 |
|
Co-Discovered first pulsar |
| Cameron R. Hume |
Diplomat |
1947 |
|
US Ambassador to Indonesia |
| Andrew D. Hurwitz |
Judge |
c. 1946 |
|
Justice, Arizona Supreme Court |
| Lee Iacocca |
Business |
15-Oct-1924 |
|
Former chairman, Chrysler Corporation |
| Carl Icahn |
Business |
16-Feb-1936 |
|
Billionaire took over TWA |
| John N. Irwin II |
Diplomat |
31-Dec-1913 |
28-Feb-2000 |
US Deputy Secretary of State, 1970-73 |
| Juanita T. James |
Business |
1-Oct-1952 |
|
Pitney Bowes executive |
| Edgar D. Jannotta |
Business |
c. 1931 |
|
Chairman, William Blair & Company |
| Miriam E. John |
Scientist |
c. 1948 |
|
VP at Sandia, 1999-2006 |
| Darryl N. Johnson |
Diplomat |
? |
|
US Ambassador to Thailand, 2002-04 |
| James A. Johnson |
Business |
24-Dec-1943 |
|
CEO of Fannie Mae, 1991-98 |
| Robert L. Johnson |
Business |
8-Apr-1946 |
|
CEO of BET |
| Michael H. Jordan |
Business |
13-Jun-1936 |
|
CEO of EDS, 2003-07 |
| Stanley Jordan |
Guitarist |
31-Jul-1959 |
|
Touch-technique guitarist |
| Andrea Jung |
Business |
1959 |
|
CEO of Avon |
| Elena Kagan |
Attorney |
28-Apr-1960 |
|
Dean of Harvard Law School |
| Robert E. Kahn |
Scientist |
23-Dec-1938 |
|
Co-Inventor, Internet's TCP-IP protocol |
| Theodore H. Kattouf |
Diplomat |
1946 |
|
US Ambassador to the UAE, 1999-2001 |
| Nicholas Katzenbach |
Government |
17-Jan-1922 |
|
US Attorney General, 1965-66 |
| Samuel H. Kauffmann |
Business |
c. 1923 |
4-Apr-2002 |
California tract housing developer |
| Dick Kazmaier |
Football |
23-Nov-1930 |
|
Winner, 1951 Heisman Trophy |
| Thomas H. Kean |
Politician |
21-Apr-1935 |
|
Governor of New Jersey, 1982-90 |
| Cresson H. Kearny |
Inventor |
7-Jan-1914 |
18-Dec-2003 |
Patriot, inventor, survivalist idol |
| Robert Keeley |
Diplomat |
4-Sep-1929 |
|
US Ambassador to Greece, 1985-89 |
| Dennis J. Keller |
Business |
c. 1941 |
|
DeVry Institute of Technology |
| David E. Kelley |
Film/TV Producer |
4-Apr-1956 |
|
L. A. Law |
| Larry Kelley |
Football |
30-May-1915 |
27-Jun-2000 |
Winner, 1936 Heisman Trophy |
| Edward J. Kelly III |
Business |
c. 1953 |
|
CEO of Mercantile Bankshares, 2001-07 |
| David B. Kelso |
Business |
c. 1952 |
|
EVP at Aetna, 2001-03 |
| George F. Kennan |
Diplomat |
16-Feb-1904 |
17-Mar-2005 |
Architect of US policy of Soviet containment |
| John F. Kennedy |
Head of State |
29-May-1917 |
22-Nov-1963 |
35th US President, 1961-63 |
| Nan Keohane |
Scholar |
18-Sep-1940 |
|
Political scientist |
| Brian Kernighan |
Computer Programmer |
1942 |
|
The C Programming Language, awk |
| Galway Kinnell |
Poet |
1-Feb-1927 |
|
Selected Poems |
| Roger Kirk |
Diplomat |
2-Nov-1930 |
|
US Ambassador to Romania, 1985 |
| Michael Klosson |
Diplomat |
22-Aug-1949 |
|
US Ambassador to Cyprus, 2002-05 |
| A. B. Krongard |
Business |
1936 |
|
CIA Executive Director, 2001-04 |
| Howard J. Krongard |
Government |
12-Dec-1940 |
|
US State Dept Inspector General |
| Lawrence Kudlow |
Economist |
20-Aug-1947 |
|
Kudlow & Cramer |
| Bowie Kuhn |
Baseball |
28-Oct-1926 |
15-Mar-2007 |
Commissioner of Baseball, 1969-84 |
| Anthony Lake |
Government |
2-Apr-1939 |
|
Clinton's National Security Advisor |
| Richard Land |
Religion |
1947 |
|
Southern Baptist Convention |
| Sidney Lapidus |
Business |
c. 1937 |
|
Warburg Pincus |
| Jim Leach |
Politician |
15-Oct-1942 |
|
Congressman from Iowa, 1977-2007 |
| Joseph LeBaron |
Diplomat |
c. 1947 |
|
US Ambassador to Mauritania |
| Blair Lee III |
Politician |
19-May-1916 |
25-Oct-1985 |
Governor of Maryland, 1977-79 |
| Charles Godfrey Leland |
Poet |
15-Aug-1824 |
20-Mar-1903 |
Hans Breitmann's Ballads |
| James F. Leonard |
Diplomat |
30-May-1920 |
|
US Ambassador to the UN, 1977-79 |
| Richard C. Leone |
Government |
? |
|
President of the Century Foundation |
| Wolf Lepenies |
Sociologist |
11-Jan-1941 |
|
Melancholy and Society |
| Flynt Leverett |
Government |
6-Mar-1958 |
|
Former National Security Council staffer |
| Mel Levine |
Politician |
7-Jun-1943 |
|
Congressman from California, 1983-93 |
| Arthur D. Levinson |
Business |
31-Mar-1950 |
|
CEO of Genentech |
| Lawrence S. Lewin |
Business |
c. 1938 |
|
The Lewin Group |
| Morgan Lewis |
Politician |
16-Oct-1754 |
7-Apr-1844 |
Governor of New York, 1804-07 |
| Perry J. Lewis III |
Business |
c. 1937 |
|
Heartland Industrial Partners |
| Peter B. Lewis |
Business |
11-Nov-1933 |
|
CEO of Progressive, 1965-2000 |
| Samuel W. Lewis |
Diplomat |
1-Oct-1930 |
|
US Ambassador to Israel, 1977-85 |
| William S. Lind |
Activist |
9-Jul-1947 |
|
Free Congress Foundation |
| Brink Lindsey |
Author |
c. 1962 |
|
The Age of Abundance |
| Charles Y. S. Liu |
Business |
c. 1950 |
|
On Capital China Technology Fund |
| Joshua Logan |
Film Director |
5-Oct-1908 |
12-Jul-1988 |
South Pacific |
| Walter G. Lohr, Jr. |
Attorney |
c. 1945 |
|
Partner, Hogan & Hartson |
| Clarence D. Long |
Politician |
11-Dec-1908 |
18-Sep-1994 |
Congressman from Maryland, 1963-85 |
| Carrie Lukas |
Activist |
? |
|
Independent Women's Forum |
| Hugh MacLennan |
Novelist |
20-Mar-1907 |
7-Nov-1990 |
Barometer Rising |
| James Madison |
Head of State |
16-Mar-1751 |
28-Jun-1836 |
Fourth President of the United States |
| Burton Malkiel |
Economist |
28-Aug-1932 |
|
A Random Walk Down Wall Street |
| Greg Mankiw |
Economist |
3-Feb-1958 |
|
George W Bush economist |
| Philip F. Maritz |
Business |
c. 1960 |
|
Maritz, Wolff & Co. |
| Lorna R. Marsden |
Educator |
6-Mar-1942 |
|
President of York University, 1997-2007 |
| Jim Marshall |
Politician |
31-Mar-1948 |
|
Congressman, Georgia 3rd |
| Joshua Micah Marshall |
Pundit |
15-Feb-1969 |
|
Talking Points Memo |
| James G. Martin |
Politician |
11-Dec-1935 |
|
Governor of North Carolina, 1985-93 |
| Anthony W. Marx |
Educator |
28-Feb-1959 |
|
President, Amherst College |
| H. Freeman Matthews |
Diplomat |
26-May-1899 |
1986 |
Career US Ambassador |
| Norman S. Matthews |
Business |
1933 |
|
President and COO of Federated, 1987-88 |
| Charles T. Maxwell |
Business |
c. 1931 |
|
Energy Analyst, Weeden & Co. |
| Michael G. McCaffery |
Business |
c. 1953 |
|
Makena Capital Management |
| John W. McCarter, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1938 |
|
CEO of the Field Museum |
| John McCarthy |
Computer Programmer |
4-Sep-1927 |
|
Created LISP programming language |
| George B. McClellan, Jr. |
Politician |
23-Nov-1865 |
30-Nov-1940 |
Mayor of New York City, 1904-09 |
| Mike McCurry |
Government |
21-Dec-1954 |
|
White House Press Secretary 1994-98 |
| John F. McDonnell |
Business |
18-Mar-1938 |
|
CEO of McDonnell-Douglas, 1988-94 |
| William D. McElroy |
Biologist |
22-Jan-1917 |
17-Feb-1999 |
Bioluminescence |
| Richard B. McGlynn |
Attorney |
c. 1938 |
|
LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae |
| Harold W. McGraw, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1918 |
|
Chairman of McGraw-Hill, 1968-88 |
| Edwin M. McMillan |
Physicist |
18-Sep-1907 |
7-Sep-1991 |
Discovered neptunium |
| John McPhee |
Author |
8-Mar-1931 |
|
Annals of the Former World |
| Lyle Menendez |
Criminal |
10-Jan-1968 |
|
Killed parents with brother Erik |
| Livingston T. Merchant |
Diplomat |
23-Nov-1903 |
15-May-1976 |
Twice US Ambassador to Canada |
| William Meredith |
Poet |
9-Jan-1919 |
30-May-2007 |
Partial Accounts |
| W. S. Merwin |
Poet |
30-Sep-1927 |
|
The Carrier of Ladders |
| Franklin C. Miller |
Government |
Oct-1950 |
|
National Security Council, 2001-05 |
| Heidi G. Miller |
Business |
c. 1954 |
|
EVP at JP Morgan Chase |
| Judith Miller |
Journalist |
2-Jan-1948 |
|
Credulous NY Times WMD maven |
| Wentworth Miller |
Actor |
2-Jun-1972 |
|
Michael Scofield on Prison Break |
| Marvin Minsky |
Scientist |
9-Aug-1927 |
|
Father of Artificial Intelligence |
| William E. Mitchell |
Business |
13-Mar-1944 |
|
CEO of Arrow Electronics |
| Andrew T. Molson |
Business |
c. 1967 |
|
Res Publica Consulting Group |
| Eric H. Molson |
Business |
c. 1937 |
|
Chairman of Molson Coors Brewing |
| Errol Morris |
Film Director |
5-Feb-1948 |
|
Documentary filmmaker |
| Robert Mueller |
Government |
7-Aug-1944 |
|
GWB's FBI Director |
| Lachlan Murdoch |
Business |
8-Sep-1971 |
|
Son of Rupert Murdoch |
| Nathan Myhrvold |
Business |
3-Aug-1959 |
|
CTO of Microsoft, 1996-2000 |
| Ralph Nader |
Activist |
27-Feb-1934 |
|
Unsafe at Any Speed |
| Andrew Napolitano |
Pundit |
6-Jun-1950 |
|
Senior Judicial Analyst, FOX News |
| John Nash |
Mathematician |
13-Jun-1928 |
|
Nutball math genius |
| William R. Newlin |
Attorney |
c. 1940 |
|
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney |
| N. J. Nicholas, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1940 |
|
President of Time Inc., 1986-90 |
| J. Larry Nichols |
Business |
1942 |
|
CEO of Devon Energy |
| Queen Noor |
Royalty |
23-Aug-1951 |
|
Queen of Jordan |
| John Norman |
Author |
3-Jun-1931 |
|
Chronicles of Gor |
| Robert Nozick |
Philosopher |
16-Nov-1938 |
23-Jan-2002 |
Libertarian philosopher |
| Joseph Nye |
Government |
19-Jan-1937 |
|
Chairman, National Intelligence Council, 1993-94 |
| Michael O'Hanlon |
Scholar |
c. 1958 |
|
Brookings Institution |
| Eugene O'Neill |
Playwright |
16-Oct-1888 |
27-Nov-1953 |
America's greatest playwright |
| Robert B. Oakley |
Diplomat |
12-Mar-1931 |
|
US Ambassador to Pakistan, 1988-91 |
| Michelle Obama |
Relative |
17-Jan-1964 |
|
VP Community Affairs, UChicago Hospitals |
| Don Oberdorfer |
Journalist |
1931 |
|
The Washington Post |
| Gilbert S. Omenn |
Business |
30-Aug-1941 |
|
Professor, University of Michigan |
| Donald E. Osterbrock |
Astronomer |
13-Jul-1924 |
11-Jan-2007 |
Director of Lick Observatory, 1973-81 |
| Pief Panofsky |
Physicist |
24-Apr-1919 |
24-Sep-2007 |
Stanford Linear Accelerator |
| William Paterson |
Judge |
24-Dec-1745 |
9-Sep-1806 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1793-1806 |
| Jerry K. Pearlman |
Business |
27-Mar-1939 |
|
CEO of Zenith Electronics, 1983-95 |
| P. James E. Peebles |
Astronomer |
25-Apr-1935 |
|
Galaxy formation |
| Jeffrey M. Peek |
Business |
c. 1947 |
|
CEO of CIT Group |
| Claiborne Pell |
Politician |
22-Nov-1918 |
|
US Senator from Rhode Island, 1961-97 |
| Richard Perle |
Government |
16-Sep-1941 |
|
Prince of Darkness |
| David Petraeus |
Military |
7-Nov-1952 |
|
Commander, Multi-National Force, Iraq |
| David Graham Phillips |
Journalist |
31-Oct-1867 |
24-Jan-1911 |
Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise |
| Edward Platt |
Actor |
14-Feb-1916 |
19-Mar-1974 |
Chief on Get Smart |
| John C. Polanyi |
Chemist |
23-Jan-1929 |
|
Infrared chemiluminescence |
| Ramesh Ponnuru |
Columnist |
16-Aug-1974 |
|
Senior Editor, National Review |
| Michael Porter |
Scholar |
1947 |
|
Competitive Strategy |
| Anthony Quainton |
Diplomat |
4-Apr-1934 |
|
US Ambassador to Peru, 1989-92 |
| Jennifer J. Raab |
Educator |
c. 1956 |
|
President, Hunter College |
| Stuart Rabner |
Judge |
30-Jun-1960 |
|
New Jersey Chief Justice |
| Don Michael Randel |
Educator |
9-Dec-1940 |
|
President, University of Chicago, 2000-06 |
| John Randolph of Roanoke |
Politician |
2-Jun-1773 |
24-May-1833 |
US Senator from Virginia, 1825-27 |
| Karl L. Rankin |
Diplomat |
4-Sep-1898 |
15-Jan-1991 |
US Ambassador to Taiwan, 1950-57 |
| David M. Ransom |
Diplomat |
c. 1938 |
4-Dec-2003 |
US Ambassador to Bahrain, 1994-97 |
| Andrew S. Rappaport |
Business |
1957 |
|
Venture capitalist, August Capital |
| John Rawls |
Philosopher |
21-Feb-1921 |
24-Nov-2002 |
A Theory of Justice |
| Martyn R. Redgrave |
Business |
c. 1953 |
|
CFO of Limited Brands |
| Chuck Reed |
Politician |
1948 |
|
Mayor of San Jose |
| David Remnick |
Editor |
29-Oct-1958 |
|
Editor of The New Yorker |
| Nicholas A. Rey |
Business |
1938 |
|
US Ambassador to Poland, 1993-97 |
| Syngman Rhee |
Head of State |
26-Mar-1875 |
19-Jul-1965 |
First President of South Korea |
| Dick Riordan |
Politician |
1-May-1930 |
|
Mayor of Los Angeles, 1993-2001 |
| James Robertson |
Judge |
1938 |
|
Judge, resigned from FISA court |
| Thomas B. Robertson |
Diplomat |
? |
|
US Ambassador to Slovenia |
| Laurance Rockefeller |
Business |
26-May-1910 |
11-Jul-2004 |
Financier behind Eastern Airlines |
| Thomas Rockwell |
Author |
13-Mar-1933 |
|
How to Eat Fried Worms |
| John W. Rogers, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1958 |
|
CEO of Ariel Capital Management |
| Wayne Rogers |
Actor |
7-Apr-1933 |
|
Trapper John on M*A*S*H |
| William D. Rogers |
Diplomat |
12-May-1927 |
22-Sep-2007 |
Under Secretary of State, 1976-77 |
| Anthony Romero |
Activist |
? |
|
ACLU Executive Director |
| Michael N. Rosen |
Attorney |
c. 1940 |
|
Partner, Bryan Cave |
| Christopher W. S. Ross |
Diplomat |
3-Mar-1943 |
|
US Ambassador to Syria, 1991-98 |
| Donald C. Roth |
Business |
c. 1943 |
|
EMP Global |
| Michael S. Roth |
Educator |
c. 1956 |
|
President, Wesleyan University |
| J. Stapleton Roy |
Diplomat |
16-Jun-1935 |
|
US Ambassador to China, 1991-95 |
| William Ruckelshaus |
Government |
24-Jul-1932 |
|
Twice EPA administrator |
| Neil Rudenstine |
Educator |
21-Jan-1935 |
|
President of Harvard, 1991-2001 |
| Louis Rukeyser |
Talk Show Host |
30-Jan-1933 |
2-May-2006 |
Host of PBS's Wall $treet Week |
| William S. Rukeyser |
Journalist |
? |
|
Managing Editor of Fortune |
| Donald Rumsfeld |
Government |
9-Jul-1932 |
|
US Secretary of Defense, 2001-06 |
| Benjamin Rush |
Politician |
4-Jan-1746 |
19-Apr-1813 |
Signed Declaration of Independence |
| Richard Rush |
Diplomat |
29-Aug-1780 |
30-Jul-1859 |
Negotiated the Rush-Bagot Agreement |
| Douglas Rushkoff |
Author |
18-Feb-1961 |
|
Cyberculture analyst |
| Henry Norris Russell |
Astronomer |
25-Oct-1877 |
18-Feb-1957 |
Giant stars and dwarfs |
| Larry J. Sabato |
Educator |
c. 1948 |
|
Widely-quoted political scientist |
| Edward Said |
Educator |
1-Nov-1935 |
25-Sep-2003 |
Orientalism |
| John Sarbanes |
Politician |
20-May-1962 |
|
Congressman, Maryland 3rd |
| Paul Sarbanes |
Politician |
3-Feb-1933 |
|
US Senator from Maryland, 1977-2007 |
| Hal Saunders |
Government |
27-Dec-1930 |
|
Asst. Secy. of State for the Near East, 1978-81 |
| Leonard D. Schaeffer |
Business |
28-Jul-1945 |
|
CEO of WellPoint, 1992-2004 |
| Howard B. Schaffer |
Diplomat |
21-Jul-1929 |
|
US Ambassador to Bangladesh, 1984-87 |
| Eric Schlosser |
Author |
17-Aug-1959 |
|
Fast Food Nation |
| Eric Schmidt |
Business |
1955 |
|
CEO of Google |
| Gregory L. Schulte |
Government |
? |
|
US Ambassador to the IAEA |
| Thomas J. Scotes |
Diplomat |
6-Jan-1932 |
|
US Ambassador to Yemen, 1975-78 |
| C. Scott Bartlett, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1933 |
|
National Westminster Bank USA |
| O. Griffith Sexton |
Business |
1944 |
|
Former investment banker, Morgan Stanley |
| Harold T. Shapiro |
Educator |
8-Jun-1935 |
|
President of Princeton, 1988-2000 |
| Harlow Shapley |
Astronomer |
2-Nov-1885 |
20-Oct-1972 |
Organizer of Heaven |
| James G. Shennan, Jr. |
Business |
? |
|
Trinity Ventures |
| Randall T. Shepard |
Judge |
c. 1947 |
|
Indiana Chief Justice |
| Brooke Shields |
Model |
31-May-1965 |
|
Suddenly Susan |
| Martin Shubik |
Economist |
24-Mar-1926 |
|
Economist |
| George Shultz |
Government |
13-Dec-1920 |
|
US Secretary of State, 1982-89 |
| Ruth J. Simmons |
Educator |
3-Jul-1945 |
|
President, Brown University |
| Louis A. Simpson |
Business |
c. 1937 |
|
Head of investments at GEICO |
| Anne-Marie Slaughter |
Educator |
27-Sep-1958 |
|
Dean, Woodrow Wilson School |
| Walter B. Slocombe |
Government |
23-Sep-1941 |
|
Defense analyst |
| Richard E. Smalley |
Chemist |
6-Jun-1943 |
28-Oct-2005 |
Co-Discovered first fullerine |
| Jeffery Smisek |
Business |
c. 1954 |
|
President of Continental Airlines |
| Harold B. Smith |
Business |
7-Apr-1933 |
|
President and COO of ITW, 1972-81 |
| Peter Smith |
Educator |
31-Oct-1945 |
|
President, CSU Monterey Bay, 1995-2005 |
| Gerald A. Soffen |
Astronomer |
7-Feb-1926 |
22-Nov-2000 |
Viking I mission to mars |
| A. Michael Spence |
Economist |
7-Nov-1943 |
|
Asymmetric markets |
| Ronald Spiers |
Diplomat |
9-Jul-1925 |
|
US Ambassador to Pakistan, 1981-83 |
| Eliot Spitzer |
Government |
10-Jun-1959 |
|
Governor of New York, 2007-08 |
| Philip D. Sprouse |
Diplomat |
27-Sep-1906 |
28-Apr-1977 |
US Ambassador to Cambodia, 1962-64 |
| George Steiner |
Critic |
23-Apr-1929 |
|
After Babel |
| Frank Stella |
Painter |
12-May-1936 |
|
Minimalist painter, later mixed media artist |
| Richard Stengel |
Journalist |
c. 1955 |
|
Managing Editor, Time magazine |
| Adlai Stevenson |
Politician |
5-Feb-1900 |
14-Jul-1965 |
Governor of Illinois, 1949-53 |
| William E. Stevenson |
Diplomat |
25-Oct-1900 |
2-Apr-1985 |
US Ambassador to the Philippines, 1962-64 |
| Jimmy Stewart |
Actor |
20-May-1908 |
2-Jul-1997 |
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington |
| William A. Stoltzfus, Jr. |
Diplomat |
3-Nov-1924 |
|
US Ambassador to Kuwait, 1972-76 |
| John Stossel |
Journalist |
6-Mar-1947 |
|
Libertarian reporter |
| Michael L. Strang |
Politician |
17-Jun-1929 |
|
Congressman from Colorado, 1985-87 |
| Morton Subotnick |
Electronic Musician |
13-Apr-1933 |
|
Silver Apples of the Moon |
| Harold R. Swearer |
Educator |
13-Oct-1932 |
19-Oct-1991 |
President of Brown University, 1977-88 |
| Bob Taft |
Politician |
8-Jan-1942 |
|
Governor of Ohio, 1999-2007 |
| Booth Tarkington |
Novelist |
29-Jul-1869 |
19-May-1946 |
The Magnificent Ambersons |
| John B. Taylor |
Economist |
8-Dec-1946 |
|
Council of Economic Advisers, 1989-91 |
| Nicholas G. Thacher |
Diplomat |
20-Aug-1915 |
|
US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, 1970-73 |
| Michael H. Thaman |
Business |
c. 1964 |
|
CEO of Owens Corning |
| Lewis Thomas |
Doctor |
25-Nov-1913 |
3-Dec-1993 |
The Lives of a Cell |
| Lowell Thomas |
Journalist |
6-Apr-1892 |
29-Aug-1981 |
With Lawrence in Arabia |
| Hank Thompson |
Country Musician |
3-Sep-1925 |
6-Nov-2007 |
Honky Tonk Swing musician |
| Chang-Lin Tien |
Educator |
24-Jul-1935 |
29-Oct-2002 |
Chancellor of UC Berkeley, 1990-97 |
| Arne Tiselius |
Chemist |
10-Aug-1902 |
29-Aug-1971 |
Electrophoresis |
| John R. Torell III |
Business |
c. 1940 |
|
CEO of Fortune Bancorp, 1990-94 |
| William T. Torgerson |
Business |
c. 1944 |
|
Vice Chairman of Pepco Holdings |
| William C. Trimble |
Diplomat |
2-May-1907 |
24-Jun-1996 |
US Ambassador to Cambodia, 1959-62 |
| Alexander Trowbridge |
Politician |
12-Dec-1929 |
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