Internet-based liberal grassroots political action group founded on September 22, 1998, in response to the uproar over President Bill Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky. Their inaugural email was titled "Disgusted Citizens Organize on the Internet: Urge Congress to Censure [the President] and Move On."
Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Judd Apatow |
Film Director |
6-Dec-1967 |
|
Anchorman, The 40 Year Old Virgin |
Darren Aronofsky |
Film Director |
12-Feb-1969 |
|
Requiem for a Dream |
Ed Asner |
Actor |
15-Nov-1929 |
|
Lou Grant |
John Backus |
Computer Programmer |
3-Dec-1924 |
17-Mar-2007 |
Inventor of BNF, led FORTRAN team |
Kevin Bacon |
Actor |
8-Jul-1958 |
|
Everybody cut Footloose |
William Baldwin |
Actor |
21-Feb-1963 |
|
A Baldwin Brother |
Russell Banks |
Author |
28-Mar-1940 |
|
The Sweet Hereafter |
Julia Barr |
Actor |
8-Feb-1949 |
|
Brooke English in All My Children |
Steven Bauer |
Actor |
2-Dec-1956 |
|
Scarface |
Brian Behlendorf |
Computer Programmer |
30-Mar-1973 |
|
Author of Apache web server |
Frank J. Belatti |
Business |
c. 1948 |
|
Founder of AFC Enterprises |
Tim Berners-Lee |
Computer Programmer |
8-Jun-1955 |
|
Inventor of the World Wide Web |
Steve Bing |
Film Director |
31-Mar-1965 |
|
Film producer and massive political donor |
Jack Black |
Musician |
28-Aug-1969 |
|
Half of Tenacious D |
Joan Blades |
Activist |
c. 1956 |
|
Cofounder of MoveOn.org |
Alan S. Blinder |
Economist |
14-Oct-1945 |
|
Vice Chairman, Federal Reserve |
Elayne Boosler |
Comic |
18-Aug-1952 |
|
Has had 7 cable comedy specials |
Wayne C. Booth |
Critic |
22-Feb-1921 |
10-Oct-2005 |
The Rhetoric of Fiction |
Wes Boyd |
Activist |
c. 1960 |
|
Cofounder of MoveOn.org |
Donna Brazile |
Author |
15-Dec-1959 |
|
Al Gore's 2000 campaign manager |
Amy Brenneman |
Actor |
22-Jun-1964 |
|
Judging Amy |
Jeff Bridges |
Actor |
4-Dec-1949 |
|
The Dude abides |
Christie Brinkley |
Model |
2-Feb-1954 |
|
Supermodel |
John Seely Brown |
Business |
c. 1940 |
|
Director of Xerox PARC, 1990-2000 |
Lester R. Brown |
Activist |
28-Mar-1934 |
|
Earth Policy Institute |
Jackson Browne |
Singer/Songwriter |
9-Oct-1948 |
|
Running on Empty |
Steve Buscemi |
Actor |
13-Dec-1957 |
|
Reservoir Dogs |
Caroline Bynum |
Historian |
1941 |
|
Medieval historian |
Doug Carlston |
Business |
1947 |
|
Co-Founder, Br0derbund Software |
James Carville |
Government |
25-Oct-1944 |
|
Clinton campaign strategist |
Neko Case |
Singer/Songwriter |
8-Sep-1970 |
|
New Pornographers |
Rosanne Cash |
Country Musician |
24-May-1955 |
|
Rhythm and Romance |
Anne Cox Chambers |
Business |
1-Dec-1919 |
|
Billionaire, former US Ambassador to Belgium |
Lois Chiles |
Actor |
15-Apr-1947 |
|
Moonraker |
Margaret Cho |
Comic |
5-Dec-1968 |
|
Loud-mouthed standup comic |
Kevin Corrigan |
Actor |
27-Mar-1969 |
|
Eddie Finnerty on Grounded for Life |
Don Coscarelli |
Film Director |
17-Feb-1954 |
|
Bubba Ho-tep |
Molly J. Coye |
Business |
c. 1946 |
|
Founder, Health Technology Center |
Peter Coyote |
Actor |
10-Oct-1942 |
|
Dennis Ryland on The 4400 |
James Cromwell |
Actor |
27-Jan-1940 |
|
Babe, L.A. Confidential |
John Cusack |
Actor |
28-Jun-1966 |
|
High Fidelity |
Chuck D |
Rapper |
1-Aug-1960 |
|
The rhyme animal |
Matt Damon |
Actor |
8-Oct-1970 |
|
Good Will Hunting |
Frank Darabont |
Film Director |
28-Jan-1959 |
|
The Shawshank Redemption |
Gordon J. Davis |
Attorney |
7-Aug-1941 |
|
Partner, Dewey & LeBoeuf |
Jan de Bont |
Film Director |
22-Oct-1943 |
|
Minority Report |
Benicio Del Toro |
Actor |
19-Feb-1967 |
|
Traffic |
Leonardo DiCaprio |
Actor |
11-Nov-1974 |
|
Titanic |
Annie Dillard |
Author |
30-Apr-1945 |
|
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek |
Betty Dodson |
Author |
24-Aug-1929 |
|
Sex for One |
Richard Donner |
Film Director |
24-Apr-1930 |
|
Superman |
Illeana Douglas |
Actor |
25-Jul-1965 |
|
Grace of My Heart |
Ervin Drake |
Songwriter |
3-Apr-1919 |
15-Jan-2015 |
It Was a Very Good Year |
Richard Dysart |
Actor |
30-Mar-1929 |
5-Apr-2015 |
Leland McKenzie on L.A. Law |
Danny Elfman |
Musician |
29-May-1953 |
|
Oingo Boingo, movie composer |
Hector Elizondo |
Actor |
22-Dec-1936 |
|
Dr. Neven Bell on Monk |
Doug Engelbart |
Computer Programmer |
30-Jan-1925 |
2-Jul-2013 |
Pioneer of human-computer interaction |
Eve Ensler |
Playwright |
25-May-1953 |
|
The Vagina Monologues |
Ben Folds |
Singer/Songwriter |
12-Sep-1966 |
|
Pianist, Ben Folds Five |
Jane Fonda |
Actor |
21-Dec-1937 |
|
Barbarella |
Robert Foxworth |
Actor |
1-Nov-1941 |
|
Chase Gioberti on Falcon Crest |
Al Franken |
Politician |
21-May-1951 |
|
US Senator from Minnesota |
Janeane Garofalo |
Comic |
28-Sep-1964 |
|
Actor, Comedian, Author, Activist |
George Gaynes |
Actor |
16-May-1917 |
|
Henry Warnimont on Punky Brewster |
Michael Gershon |
Scientist |
c. 1936 |
|
Gut neurobiology |
Walter Gilbert |
Chemist |
21-Mar-1932 |
|
Sequencing techniques for DNA |
Todd Gitlin |
Educator |
6-Jan-1943 |
|
Journalism professor, social critic |
Lincoln Gordon |
Diplomat |
10-Sep-1913 |
19-Dec-2009 |
US Ambassador to Brazil, 1961-66 |
Al Gore |
Politician |
31-Mar-1948 |
|
US Vice President under Clinton |
Robert Greenwald |
Film/TV Producer |
28-Aug-1945 |
|
Outfoxed, Xanadu |
Christopher Guest |
Actor |
5-Feb-1948 |
|
This Is Spinal Tap |
Ursula K. Le Guin |
Novelist |
21-Oct-1929 |
|
The Left Hand of Darkness |
John Hall |
Politician |
23-Jul-1948 |
|
Congressman from New York, 2007-11 |
Jan Hammer |
Musician |
17-Apr-1948 |
|
Wrote the theme for Miami Vice |
Gale Harold |
Actor |
10-Jul-1969 |
|
Brian Kinney on Queer as Folk |
Woody Harrelson |
Actor |
23-Jul-1961 |
|
Woody from Cheers |
Ethan Hawke |
Actor |
6-Nov-1970 |
|
Dead Poets Society |
Todd Haynes |
Film Director |
2-Jan-1961 |
|
Far From Heaven |
Buck Henry |
Comic |
9-Dec-1930 |
|
Frequent SNL host |
Leslie Hope |
Actor |
6-May-1965 |
|
Teri Bauer on 24 |
Smokey Hormel |
Guitarist |
1959 |
|
Session guitarist, Beck, Tom Waits |
Mick Jackson |
Film Director |
4-Oct-1943 |
|
The Bodyguard |
Rona Jaffe |
Author |
12-Jun-1932 |
30-Dec-2005 |
Mazes & Monsters |
Michael Patrick Jann |
Film Director |
15-May-1970 |
|
Reno 911!, The State |
Scarlett Johansson |
Actor |
22-Nov-1984 |
|
Ghost World, Lost in Translation |
Jane Kaczmarek |
Actor |
21-Dec-1955 |
|
Pleasantville |
Lawrence Kasdan |
Film/TV Producer |
14-Jan-1949 |
|
The Big Chill |
Garrison Keillor |
Radio Personality |
7-Aug-1942 |
|
A Prairie Home Companion |
Ron Kirk |
Politician |
27-Jun-1954 |
|
US Trade Representative |
David Koepp |
Screenwriter |
9-Jun-1963 |
|
Screenwriter, Jurassic Park |
John Korty |
Film Director |
22-Jul-1936 |
|
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman |
Tony Kushner |
Playwright |
16-Jul-1956 |
|
Angels in America |
Anne Lamott |
Author |
10-Apr-1954 |
|
Operating Instructions |
David L. Lander |
Actor |
22-Jun-1947 |
|
Squiggy on Laverne & Shirley |
Arthur Laurents |
Playwright |
14-Jul-1918 |
5-May-2011 |
West Side Story |
Leon M. Lederman |
Physicist |
15-Jul-1922 |
|
Researcher of neutrinos |
Carol Leifer |
Comic |
27-Jul-1956 |
|
Comic inspired Seinfeld's Elaine |
Gerda Lerner |
Historian |
30-Apr-1920 |
2-Jan-2013 |
The Woman in American History |
Phil Lesh |
Bassist |
15-Mar-1940 |
|
Bassist for Grateful Dead |
Lawrence Lessig |
Attorney |
3-Jun-1961 |
|
Constitutional and internet law |
Matthew Lillard |
Actor |
24-Jan-1970 |
|
Scream, Scooby-Doo, SLC Punk |
Richard Linklater |
Film Director |
30-Jul-1960 |
|
Slacker |
Donal Logue |
Actor |
27-Feb-1966 |
|
Jimmy the Cab Driver |
Scott Lowell |
Actor |
22-Feb-1965 |
|
Ted Schmidt on Queer as Folk |
Lois Lowry |
Author |
19-Feb-1937 |
|
The Giver |
Sidney Lumet |
Film Director |
25-Jun-1924 |
9-Apr-2011 |
Dog Day Afternoon |
Princeton Lyman |
Diplomat |
20-Nov-1935 |
|
US Ambassador to South Africa, 1992-95 |
Norman Mailer |
Author |
31-Jan-1923 |
10-Nov-2007 |
Armies of the Night |
Michael Mann |
Film Director |
5-Feb-1943 |
|
Manhunter |
Moby |
Electronic Musician |
11-Sep-1965 |
|
Play |
Michael Moore |
Film Director |
23-Apr-1954 |
|
Fahrenheit 9/11 |
Alanis Morissette |
Singer |
1-Jun-1974 |
|
Jagged Little Pill |
Errol Morris |
Film Director |
5-Feb-1948 |
|
Documentary filmmaker |
Rob Morrow |
Actor |
21-Sep-1962 |
|
Fleischman on Northern Exposure |
Dennis Muren |
Artist |
1-Nov-1946 |
|
Special effects for Star Wars |
Kathy Najimy |
Actor |
6-Feb-1957 |
|
Voice of Peggy on King of the Hill |
Graham Nash |
Musician |
2-Feb-1942 |
|
Crosby, Stills, and Nash |
Allan P. Newell |
Business |
c. 1946 |
|
Newell-Rubbermaid heir |
Leonard Nimoy |
Actor |
26-Mar-1931 |
27-Feb-2015 |
Commander Spock on Star Trek |
Tim O'Reilly |
Publisher |
6-Jun-1954 |
|
Publisher, O'Reilly Media |
Patton Oswalt |
Comic |
27-Jan-1969 |
|
King of Queens |
Nell Irvin Painter |
Historian |
2-Aug-1942 |
|
Creating Black Americans |
Sara Paretsky |
Novelist |
8-Jun-1947 |
|
V. I. Warshawski detective novels |
Eli Pariser |
Activist |
17-Dec-1980 |
|
MoveOn.org |
Sean Penn |
Actor |
17-Aug-1960 |
|
Fast Times at Ridgemont High |
Rhea Perlman |
Actor |
31-Mar-1948 |
|
Cheers |
Mekhi Phifer |
Actor |
29-Dec-1974 |
|
Dr. Greg Pratt on E.R. |
Bonnie Raitt |
Singer |
8-Nov-1949 |
|
Redhaired blueswoman |
David Rakoff |
Author |
27-Nov-1964 |
9-Aug-2012 |
Don't Get Too Comfortable |
David Rasche |
Actor |
7-Aug-1944 |
|
Sledge Hammer! |
David Rees |
Cartoonist |
1972 |
|
Get Your War On |
Rob Reiner |
Actor |
6-Mar-1947 |
|
Meathead |
Paul Reiser |
Actor |
30-Mar-1957 |
|
Mad About You |
Ryan Reynolds |
Actor |
23-Oct-1976 |
|
Van Wilder |
Patricia Richardson |
Actor |
23-Feb-1951 |
|
Tim's wife on Home Improvement |
Burton Richter |
Physicist |
22-Mar-1931 |
|
Co-Discoverer of J/psi meson |
Deborah D. Rieman |
Business |
c. 1951 |
|
CEO of CheckPoint Software, 1995-99 |
Ron Rifkin |
Actor |
31-Oct-1939 |
|
Arvin Sloane on Alias |
Ron Rivest |
Computer Programmer |
1947 |
|
The R in RSA |
Tim Robbins |
Actor |
16-Oct-1958 |
|
The Player, Jacob's Ladder |
Rebecca Romijn |
Model |
6-Nov-1972 |
|
Swimsuit supermodel |
Richard Rorty |
Philosopher |
4-Oct-1931 |
8-Jun-2007 |
Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature |
Edwin E. Salpeter |
Astronomer |
3-Dec-1924 |
26-Nov-2008 |
Quantitative electron microscopic autoradiography |
Herbert Sandler |
Philanthropist |
16-Nov-1931 |
|
Golden West Financial |
Marion O. Sandler |
Philanthropist |
17-Oct-1930 |
1-Jun-2012 |
Golden West Financial |
Susan Sarandon |
Actor |
4-Oct-1946 |
|
Louise in Thelma and Louise |
John Sayles |
Film Director |
28-Sep-1950 |
|
The Secret of Roan Inish |
Ed Schultz |
Radio Personality |
27-Jan-1954 |
|
Talk radio host |
Kyra Sedgwick |
Actor |
19-Aug-1965 |
|
The Closer |
Tony Shalhoub |
Actor |
9-Oct-1953 |
|
Monk |
Martin Sheen |
Actor |
3-Aug-1940 |
|
The West Wing |
Wil Shipley |
Computer Programmer |
16-Oct-1969 |
|
The Omni Group, Delicious Monster |
Ione Skye |
Actor |
4-Sep-1971 |
|
Say Anything |
Alan Sokal |
Hoaxer |
1955 |
|
Transgressing the Boundaries |
Aaron Sorkin |
Author |
9-Jun-1961 |
|
The West Wing, Sports Night |
George Soros |
Business |
12-Aug-1930 |
|
Financial speculator |
Hal Sparks |
Actor |
25-Sep-1969 |
|
Michael Novotny on Queer as Folk |
Art Spiegelman |
Cartoonist |
15-Feb-1948 |
|
Maus |
Jack Steinberger |
Physicist |
25-May-1921 |
|
Researcher of neutrinos |
Julia Stiles |
Actor |
28-Mar-1981 |
|
10 Things I Hate About You |
Michael Stipe |
Musician |
4-Jan-1960 |
|
Lead singer of R.E.M. |
Mike Stoller |
Songwriter |
13-Mar-1933 |
|
Hitmaker for Elvis |
Rider Strong |
Actor |
11-Dec-1979 |
|
Shawn on Boy Meets World |
Deborah Tannen |
Linguist |
7-Jun-1951 |
|
You Just Don't Understand |
Sheri S. Tepper |
Author |
16-Jul-1929 |
|
The Gate to Women's Country |
Heather Thomas |
Actor |
8-Sep-1957 |
|
Jody Banks on The Fall Guy |
Lily Tomlin |
Actor |
1-Sep-1939 |
|
Laugh-In |
Gus Van Sant |
Film Director |
24-Jul-1952 |
|
My Own Private Idaho |
Eddie Vedder |
Singer |
23-Dec-1964 |
|
Lead singer, Pearl Jam |
John Warnock |
Computer Programmer |
6-Oct-1940 |
|
Co-Founder of Adobe |
Steven Weber |
Actor |
4-Mar-1961 |
|
Brian Hackett on Wings |
Jann Wenner |
Business |
7-Jan-1946 |
|
Publisher of Rolling Stone magazine |
Terry Winograd |
Scientist |
24-Feb-1946 |
|
Understanding Natural Language |
Edward Witten |
Physicist |
26-Aug-1951 |
|
String theorist at Princeton |
Tobias Wolff |
Author |
19-Jun-1945 |
|
The Barracks Thief |
Howard Wolfson |
Government |
c. 1967 |
|
Hillary Clinton campaign spokesman |
Steve Wozniak |
Computer Programmer |
11-Aug-1950 |
|
Co-Founder of Apple Computer |
Phil Zimmermann |
Computer Programmer |
12-Feb-1954 |
|
Creator of PGP |