| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for | 
|---|
| Alex Abella | Author | 8-Nov-1950 |  | Soldiers of Reason: The RAND Corporation | 
| Max Abramovitz | Architect | 23-May-1908 | 12-Sep-2004 | Designed UN Headquarters | 
| Dan Abrams | Journalist | 20-May-1966 |  | NBC legal reporter | 
| Joel Ackerman | Business | c. 1965 |  | Partner, Warburg Pincus | 
| Edie Adams | Actor | 16-Apr-1925 | 15-Oct-2008 | Lover Come Back | 
| Lee Adams | Songwriter | 14-Aug-1924 |  | Bye Bye Birdie | 
| Felix Adler | Educator | 13-Aug-1851 | 24-Apr-1933 | Ethical Culture | 
| Mortimer J. Adler | Philosopher | 28-Dec-1902 | 28-Jun-2001 | How to Read a Book | 
| Casey Affleck | Actor | 12-Aug-1975 |  | The Assassination of Jesse James | 
| Herbert Agar | Journalist | 29-Sep-1897 | 24-Nov-1980 | The People's Choice | 
| James F. Albaugh | Business | 31-May-1950 |  | EVP at Boeing | 
| Mitch Albom | Novelist | 23-May-1958 |  | Tuesdays with Morrie | 
| Madeleine Albright | Diplomat | 15-May-1937 |  | Bill Clinton's Secretary of State | 
| Hafizullah Amin | Head of State | 1-Aug-1929 | 27-Dec-1979 | President of Afghanistan, 1979 | 
| Glenn Anders | Actor | 1-Sep-1889 | 26-Oct-1981 | The Lady from Shanghai | 
| Benjamin M. Anderson | Economist | 1-May-1886 | 19-Jan-1949 | Social Value | 
| Laurie Anderson | Performance Artist | 5-Jun-1947 |  | Tape bow violinist and performance artist | 
| Regina M. Anderson | Playwright | 21-May-1901 | 5-Feb-1993 | Climbing Jacob's Ladder | 
| Virginia Apgar | Doctor | 7-Jun-1909 | 7-Aug-1974 | Anesthesiologist, Apgar Score | 
| Roone Arledge | Sports Figure | 8-Jul-1931 | 5-Dec-2002 | Created Wide World of Sports | 
| Michael Armacost | Diplomat | 15-Apr-1937 |  | US Ambassador to Japan, 1989-93 | 
| Edwin H. Armstrong | Inventor | 18-Dec-1890 | 31-Jan-1954 | Inventor of FM radio | 
| Morten Arntzen | Business | c. 1955 |  | CEO of Overseas Shipholding Group | 
| Kenneth J. Arrow | Economist | 23-Aug-1921 |  | Social Choice and Individual Values | 
| John Ashbery | Poet | 28-Jul-1927 |  | Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror | 
| Isaac Asimov | Author | 2-Jan-1920 | 6-Apr-1992 | Foundation | 
| William Waldorf Astor | Publisher | 31-Mar-1848 | 18-Oct-1919 | The Observer | 
| Paul Auster | Novelist | 3-Feb-1947 |  | New York Trilogy | 
| Richard Avedon | Photographer | 13-May-1923 | 1-Oct-2004 | Photographer of the human predicament | 
| Oswald Avery | Biologist | 21-Oct-1877 | 20-Feb-1955 | Antibodies and DNA | 
| Richard Axel | Scientist | 2-Jul-1946 |  | Odorant receptors and olfactory organization | 
| Bill Ayers | Activist | 26-Dec-1944 |  | Weather Underground | 
| John H. Backer | Historian | 18-Oct-1902 | 15-May-1985 | Winds of History | 
| John Backus | Computer Programmer | 3-Dec-1924 | 17-Mar-2007 | Inventor of BNF, led FORTRAN team | 
| Kenneth H. Bacon | Journalist | 21-Nov-1944 | 15-Aug-2009 | President of Refugees International, 2001-09 | 
| Ramin Bahrani | Film Director | 20-Mar-1975 |  | At Any Price | 
| Stephen Baker | Author | 15-Nov-1955 |  | The Numerati | 
| Ian Ballantine | Publisher | 15-Feb-1916 | 9-Mar-1995 | Paperback magnate | 
| Richard C. Barkley | Diplomat | 23-Dec-1932 |  | US Ambassador to East Germany, 1988-90 | 
| Harry Barnes | Diplomat | 5-Jun-1926 | 9-Aug-2012 | US Ambassador to Chile, 1985-88 | 
| Harry Elmer Barnes | Historian | 15-Jun-1889 | 25-Aug-1968 | American conspiracy theorist | 
| William Barr | Government | 23-May-1950 |  | US Attorney General, 1991-93 | 
| William Barrett | Philosopher | 30-Dec-1913 | 8-Sep-1992 | Irrational Man | 
| Maryanne Trump Barry | Judge | 5-Apr-1937 |  | 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals | 
| Robert L. Barry | Diplomat | 28-Aug-1934 |  | US Ambassador to Indonesia, 1992-95 | 
| Jacqueline K. Barton | Chemist | 7-May-1952 |  | Professor of Chemistry at CalTech | 
| Jacques Barzun | Historian | 30-Nov-1907 | 25-Oct-2012 | From Dawn to Decadence | 
| J. T. Battenberg III | Business | 25-Apr-1943 |  | CEO of Delphi, 1998-2005 | 
| Vincent M. Battle | Diplomat | 1940 |  | US Ambassador to Lebanon, 2001-04 | 
| Charles A. Beard | Historian | 27-Nov-1874 | 1-Sep-1948 | The Rise of American Civilization | 
| Carl Becker | Historian | 7-Sep-1873 | 10-Apr-1945 | Everyman His Own Historian | 
| William Beebe | Scientist | 29-Jul-1877 | 4-Jun-1962 | Ocean explorer | 
| Marek Belka | Head of State | 9-Jan-1952 |  | Prime Minister of Poland, 2004-05 | 
| Daniel Bell | Sociologist | 10-May-1919 | 25-Jan-2011 | The End of Ideology | 
| Doron S. Ben-Atar | Historian | 25-May-1957 |  | The Origins of Jeffersonian Commercial Policy | 
| Baruj Benacerraf | Scientist | 29-Oct-1920 | 2-Aug-2011 | Gene control of HLA antigens | 
| Richard Benedick | Diplomat | ? |  | US negotiator to the Montreal Protocol | 
| Ruth Benedict | Anthropologist | 5-Jun-1887 | 17-Sep-1948 | Anthropologist, Patterns of Culture | 
| Medea Benjamin | Activist | 10-Sep-1952 |  | CODEPINK, Global Exchange cofounder | 
| Gwendolyn Bennett | Author | 8-Jul-1902 | 30-May-1981 | Harlem Renaissance writer | 
| Cathy Berberian | Singer | 4-Jul-1925 | 6-Mar-1983 | Operatic mezzo-soprano | 
| Gertrude Berg | Radio Personality | 3-Oct-1899 | 14-Sep-1966 | The Goldbergs | 
| Thomas Berger | Novelist | 20-Jul-1924 | 13-Jul-2014 | Little Big Man | 
| Sune K. Bergström | Scientist | 10-Jan-1916 | 15-Aug-2004 | Prostaglandins | 
| Warren Berlinger | Actor | 31-Aug-1937 |  | American character actor | 
| Marshall Berman | Scholar | 24-Nov-1940 | 11-Sep-2013 | All That Is Solid Melts Into Air | 
| John Berryman | Poet | 25-Oct-1914 | 7-Jan-1972 | Homage to Mistress Bradstreet | 
| Anthony Cardinal Bevilacqua | Religion | 17-Jun-1923 | 31-Jan-2012 | Catholic Archbishop of Philadelphia, 1987-2003 | 
| Hakim Bey | Author | 1945 |  | Temporary Autonomous Zone | 
| Kathryn Bigelow | Film Director | 27-Nov-1951 |  | The Hurt Locker | 
| Poultney Bigelow | Author | 10-Sep-1855 | 28-May-1954 | The German Struggle for Liberty | 
| Bill de Blasio | Politician | 8-May-1961 |  | Mayor of New York City | 
| Burt Blechman | Novelist | 2-Mar-1927 | 29-Dec-1998 | How Much? | 
| Jeffrey L. Bleustein | Business | c. 1940 |  | CEO of Harley-Davidson, 1997-2005 | 
| James Blish | Author | 23-May-1921 | 30-Jul-1975 | Cities in Flight | 
| Hans Blix | Government | 28-Jun-1928 |  | Weapons inspector before Iraq War | 
| Konrad Bloch | Scientist | 21-Jan-1912 | 15-Oct-2000 | Cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism | 
| Baruch S. Blumberg | Scientist | 28-Jul-1925 | 5-Apr-2011 | Hepatitis B vaccine | 
| Mark Blyth | Political Scientist | 29-Sep-1967 |  | Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea | 
| Louis D. Boccardi | Journalist | c. 1938 |  | CEO of Associated Press, 1985-2003 | 
| Avis Bohlen | Diplomat | 20-Apr-1940 |  | US Ambassador to Bulgaria, 1996-99 | 
| Sorrell Booke | Actor | 4-Jan-1930 | 11-Feb-1994 | Boss Hogg on Dukes of Hazzard | 
| Pat Boone | Singer | 1-Jun-1934 |  | Lounge singer, 45-million records sold | 
| David Boreanaz | Actor | 16-May-1969 |  | Bones | 
| Ari Bousbib | Business | c. 1962 |  | President of Otis Elevator | 
| John Bowe | Author | 1964 |  | Nobodies: Modern American Slave Labor | 
| Albert H. Bowker | Educator | 8-Sep-1919 | 20-Jan-2008 | Chancellor of UC Berkeley, 1971-80 | 
| Erskine Bowles | Government | 8-Aug-1945 |  | White House Chief of Staff, 1996-98 | 
| Jesse Bradford | Actor | 28-May-1979 |  | Clockstoppers | 
| Gloria Brame | Author | 20-Aug-1955 |  | Clinical sexologist | 
| Walter H. Brattain | Physicist | 10-Feb-1902 | 13-Oct-1987 | Co-Inventor of the transistor | 
| Aurelia E. Brazeal | Diplomat | 24-Nov-1943 |  | US Ambassador to Ethiopia, 2002-05 | 
| Jenne K. Britell | Business | c. 1942 |  | Structured Ventures, Inc. | 
| Louis Bromfield | Author | 27-Dec-1896 | 18-Mar-1956 | Early Autumn | 
| Geraldine Brooks | Novelist | 14-Sep-1955 |  | March | 
| Joyce Brothers | Psychologist | 20-Sep-1927 | 13-May-2013 | Pop psychologist | 
| Harold Brown | Government | 19-Sep-1927 |  | US Secretary of Defense, 1977-81 | 
| Jeffrey Brown | Journalist | c. 1952 |  | Correspondent, PBS News Hour | 
| L. Dean Brown | Diplomat | 21-Aug-1920 | 2-May-2001 | US Ambassador to Jordan, 1970-73 | 
| Robert L. Brown | Judge | 30-Jun-1941 |  | Justice, Arkansas Supreme Court | 
| Frank Bruni | Journalist | 31-Oct-1964 |  | New York Times food critic | 
| Charles F. Brush III | Archaeologist | 3-Apr-1923 | 1-Jun-2006 | Explorers Club president 1978-81 | 
| Robert Brustein | Educator | 21-Apr-1927 |  | Founder, American Reportory Theatre | 
| Pat Buchanan | Columnist | 2-Nov-1938 |  | Crossfire | 
| Linda B. Buck | Biologist | 29-Jan-1947 |  | Odorant receptors and olfactory organization | 
| Algis Budrys | Author | 9-Jan-1931 | 9-Jun-2008 | Rogue Moon | 
| Warren Buffett | Business | 30-Aug-1930 |  | Billionaire in Omaha | 
| Elisabeth Bumiller | Journalist | c. 1955 |  | New York Times Washington correspondent | 
| Raymond Burghardt | Diplomat | 27-May-1945 |  | US Ambassador to Vietnam, 2002-04 | 
| Kenneth Burke | Critic | 5-May-1897 | 19-Nov-1993 | Language as Symbolic Action | 
| Arthur F. Burns | Economist | 27-Apr-1904 | 6-Jun-1987 | Chairman of the Federal Reserve, 1970-78 | 
| Ursula M. Burns | Business | 20-Sep-1958 |  | CEO of Xerox | 
| Raymond Burr | Actor | 21-May-1917 | 12-Sep-1993 | Perry Mason | 
| Frederick Busch | Novelist | 1-Aug-1941 | 23-Feb-2006 | Don't Tell Anyone | 
| Richard C. Bush III | Government | c. 1947 |  | Former Chair, American Institute in Taiwan | 
| Patricia A. Butenis | Diplomat | c. 1957 |  | US Ambassador to Bangladesh, 2006-08 | 
| Addie J. Butler | Religion | 1946 |  | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | 
| Nicholas Murray Butler | Educator | 2-Apr-1862 | 7-Dec-1947 | President of Columbia University, 1901-45 | 
| Robert N. Butler | Doctor | 21-Jan-1927 | 4-Jul-2010 | Expert on aging | 
| Daniel E. Button | Politician | 1-Nov-1917 | 7-Mar-2009 | Congressman from New York, 1967-71 | 
| José A. Cabranes | Judge | 22-Dec-1940 |  | 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals | 
| Thomas Cahill | Author | 29-Mar-1940 |  | How the Irish Saved Civilization | 
| Mary Calderone | Activist | 1-Jul-1904 | 24-Oct-1998 | Questions and Answers about Love and Sex | 
| Charles W. Calhoun | Historian | 24-Feb-1948 |  | Conceiving a New Republic | 
| John Calley | Film/TV Producer | 8-Jul-1930 | 13-Sep-2011 | CEO of Sony Pictures, 1996-2003 | 
| Bill Campbell | Business | 31-Aug-1940 | 18-Apr-2016 | CEO of Intuit, 1994-98 and 1999-2000 | 
| Joseph Campbell | Author | 26-Mar-1904 | 31-Oct-1987 | The Power of Myth | 
| Eric Cantor | Politician | 6-Jun-1963 |  | House Majority Leader, 2011-15 | 
| Richard G. Capen | Publisher | c. 1935 |  | US Ambassador to Spain, 1992-93 | 
| Demetrios James Caraley | Educator | 22-Jun-1932 |  | President, Academy of Political Science | 
| Ernesto Cardenal | Poet | 20-Jan-1925 |  | Liberation theologist, important Nicaraguan poet | 
| Benjamin Cardozo | Judge | 24-May-1870 | 9-Jul-1938 | US Supreme Court Justice, 1932-38 | 
| Wendy Carlos | Electronic Musician | 14-Nov-1939 |  | Switched On Bach | 
| Gene R. Carter | Educator | c. 1940 |  | Executive Director, ASCD | 
| Helena Carter | Actor | 24-Aug-1923 | 11-Jan-2000 | Invaders from Mars | 
| Hodding Carter III | Journalist | 7-Apr-1935 |  | Carter Administration mouthpiece | 
| Peter Cartwright | Business | 6-Jan-1930 |  | CEO of Calpine, 1984-2005 | 
| Tim Carvell | Comic | c. 1973 |  | Head writer, The Daily Show | 
| Robert B. Catell | Business | 1-Feb-1937 |  | CEO of KeySpan, 1998-2007 | 
| Emanuel Celler | Politician | 6-May-1888 | 15-Jan-1981 | Congressman from New York, 1923-73 | 
| Bennett Cerf | Publisher | 25-May-1898 | 27-Aug-1971 | Founder of Random House | 
| David Cesarani | Historian | 13-Nov-1956 | 25-Oct-2015 | Eichmann: His Life and Crimes | 
| Richard D. Challener | Historian | 15-Nov-1923 | 23-Sep-2002 | The French Theory of the Nation in Arms | 
| Whittaker Chambers | Author | 1-Apr-1901 | 9-Jul-1961 | Accuser of Alger Hiss | 
| Elaine Chao | Government | 26-Mar-1953 |  | US Secretary of Labor, 2001-09 | 
| Jerome Charyn | Novelist | 13-May-1937 |  | The Good Policeman | 
| Shirley Chisholm | Politician | 30-Nov-1924 | 1-Jan-2005 | First black woman elected to US House | 
| Lisa Cholodenko | Film Director | 5-Jun-1964 |  | Laurel Canyon | 
| Robert Cialdini | Psychologist | 27-Apr-1945 |  | Influence | 
| Kenneth B. Clark | Psychologist | 14-Jul-1914 | 1-May-2005 | Studied the effects of prejudice on children | 
| Robert C. Clark | Educator | c. 1944 |  | Dean of Harvard Law School, 1989-2003 | 
| Spencer Treat Clark | Actor | 24-Sep-1987 |  | Unbreakable | 
| William Clark, Jr. | Diplomat | 12-Oct-1930 |  | US Ambassador to India, 1989-92 | 
| Lucille Clifton | Poet | 27-Jun-1936 | 13-Feb-2010 | Good Woman | 
| Chelsea Clinton | Relative | 27-Feb-1980 |  | Daughter of Hillary and Bill Clinton | 
| De Witt Clinton | Politician | 2-Mar-1769 | 11-Feb-1828 | Twice Governor of New York | 
| William D. Cohan | Author | 20-Feb-1960 |  | The Last Tycoons | 
| Morris Raphael Cohen | Philosopher | 25-Jul-1880 | 28-Jan-1947 | Reason and Nature | 
| Naomi W. Cohen | Historian | 13-Nov-1927 |  | Jews in Christian America | 
| Richard Cohen | Columnist | 1941 |  | Washington Post columnist | 
| Warren I. Cohen | Historian | 20-Jun-1934 |  | America's Response to China | 
| Roy Cohn | Government | 20-Feb-1927 | 2-Aug-1986 | Joseph McCarthy's henchman | 
| James S. Coleman | Sociologist | 12-May-1926 | 25-Mar-1995 | Foundations of Social Theory | 
| James B. Collins | Historian | c. 1949 |  | The State in Early Modern France | 
| Barry Commoner | Biologist | 28-May-1917 | 30-Sep-2012 | Science and Survival | 
| Bill Condon | Film Director | 22-Oct-1955 |  | Gods and Monsters | 
| Morgan Conway | Actor | 16-Mar-1903 | 16-Nov-1981 | Dick Tracy | 
| Robin Cook | Novelist | 4-May-1940 |  | Coma | 
| Ben Cooper | Actor | 30-Sep-1933 |  | The Last Command | 
| Leon N. Cooper | Physicist | 28-Feb-1930 |  | BCS Theory of Superconductivity | 
| Matthew Cooper | Journalist | 1963 |  | Reluctant to name Plame leak source | 
| André F. Cournand | Scientist | 24-Sep-1895 | 19-Feb-1988 | Cardiac catheterization | 
| Norman Cousins | Author | 24-Jun-1912 | 30-Nov-1990 | Editor of The Saturday Review | 
| Richard Ben Cramer | Author | 12-Jun-1950 | 7-Jan-2013 | What It Takes: The Way to the White House | 
| Arthur G. Crane | Educator | 1-Sep-1877 | 11-Aug-1955 | President, University of Wyoming, 1922-41 | 
| Judith Crist | Critic | 22-May-1922 | 7-Aug-2012 | Ascerbic film critic | 
| Monica Crowley | Pundit | 19-Sep-1968 |  | Conservative commentator on FOX News | 
| Heidi Cullen | TV Personality | c. 1971 |  | The Climate Code | 
| Edward Dahlberg | Author | 22-Jul-1900 | 27-Feb-1977 | Because I Was Flesh | 
| Robert Dallek | Historian | 16-May-1934 |  | An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963 | 
| Jonathan Daniels | Government | 26-Apr-1902 | 6-Nov-1981 | FDR and Truman's press secretary | 
| Borzou Daragahi | Journalist | c. 1966 |  | Los Angeles Times reporter | 
| Colgate W. Darden, Jr. | Politician | 11-Feb-1897 | 9-Jun-1981 | Governor of Virginia, 1942-46 | 
| Robert J. Darnall | Business | c. 1938 |  | CEO of Inland Steel, 1992-98 | 
| Eugene I. Davis | Business | c. 1953 |  | Pirinate Consulting Group | 
| Ossie Davis | Actor | 18-Dec-1917 | 4-Feb-2005 | Do The Right Thing | 
| Brian De Palma | Film Director | 11-Sep-1940 |  | Carrie | 
| Karl Dean | Politician | 20-Sep-1955 |  | Mayor of Nashville | 
| Rosa DeLauro | Politician | 2-Mar-1943 |  | Congresswoman, Connecticut 3rd | 
| Christopher W. Dell | Diplomat | 1956 |  | US Ambassador to Zimbabwe, 2004-07 | 
| Brian Dennehy | Actor | 9-Jul-1938 |  | First Blood | 
| Howard Dietz | Songwriter | 8-Sep-1896 | 30-Jul-1983 | MGM songwriter, publicity chief | 
| William T. Dillard | Business | 2-Sep-1914 | 8-Feb-2002 | Founder of Dillard's | 
| T. G. Dobzhansky | Scientist | 25-Jan-1900 | 18-Dec-1975 | Genetics and the Origin of Species | 
| E. L. Doctorow | Novelist | 6-Jan-1931 | 21-Jul-2015 | The Book of Daniel | 
| Troy Donahue | Actor | 27-Jan-1936 | 2-Sep-2001 | A Summer Place | 
| Timothy Donnelly | Poet | 3-Jun-1969 |  | Twenty-Seven Props | 
| Wild Bill Donovan | Government | 1-Jan-1883 | 8-Feb-1959 | Founded the OSS | 
| Paul H. Douglas | Politician | 26-Mar-1892 | 24-Sep-1976 | US Senator from Illinois, 1949-67 | 
| Truman B. Douglass | Religion | 15-Jul-1901 | 27-May-1969 | United Church of Christ | 
| Hugh Downs | Journalist | 14-Feb-1921 |  | 20/20 | 
| Theodore Draper | Historian | 11-Sep-1912 | 21-Feb-2006 | The Roots of American Communism | 
| Charles Drew | Doctor | 3-Jun-1904 | 1-Apr-1950 | First to separate blood plasma | 
| Michael Drosnin | Journalist | c. 1944 |  | The Bible Code | 
| Daniel C. Drucker | Engineer | 1918 | 25-Aug-2001 | Drucker's stability postulate | 
| Foster Rhea Dulles | Historian | 24-Jan-1900 | 11-Sep-1970 | Prelude to World Power | 
| Tan Dun | Composer | 18-Aug-1957 |  | Heaven, Earth, Mankind | 
| Charles F. Dunbar | Diplomat | 1-Apr-1931 |  | US Ambassador to Yemen, 1988-91 | 
| James F. Dunnigan | Historian | Aug-1943 |  | Military historian, wargame designer | 
| Amelia Earhart | Aviator | 24-Jul-1897 | 2-Jul-1937 | Misplaced aviatrix | 
| Max Eastman | Author | 12-Jan-1883 | 25-Mar-1969 | Socialist writer, later embraced McCarthyism | 
| Fred Ebb | Musician | 8-Apr-1935 | 11-Sep-2004 | Top Broadway lyricist, Cabaret | 
| Wallace J. Eckert | Astronomer | 19-Jun-1902 | 24-Aug-1971 | First scientist hired by IBM | 
| Martin L. Edelman | Attorney | c. 1941 |  | Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker | 
| Arthur A. Ekirch, Jr. | Historian | 15-Dec-1915 | 5-Feb-2000 | The Decline of American Liberalism | 
| Niles Eldredge | Paleontologist | 25-Aug-1943 |  | Theory of Punctuated Equilibrium | 
| Ray Eliot | Football | 13-Jun-1905 | 24-Feb-1980 | Illini Head Coach, 1942-59 | 
| Stanley M. Elkins | Historian | 27-Apr-1925 | 16-Sep-2013 | Slavery | 
| Josh Elliott | TV Personality | 6-Jul-1971 |  | Good Morning America | 
| Albert Ellis | Psychologist | 27-Sep-1913 | 24-Jul-2007 | Rational emotive behavior therapy | 
| Richard T. Ely | Economist | 13-Apr-1854 | 4-Oct-1943 | Introduction to Political Economy | 
| Richard A. Epstein | Scholar | 17-Apr-1943 |  | Takings | 
| Bonnie Erbe | TV Personality | ? |  | Host of To the Contrary | 
| Weeb Ewbank | Football | 6-May-1907 | 17-Nov-1998 | Head Coach, Baltimore Colts and NY Jets | 
| Mark Eyskens | Head of State | 29-Apr-1933 |  | Prime Minister of Belgium, 1981 | 
| Mallory Factor | Activist | c. 1950 |  | Merchant banker | 
| Harold Underwood Faulkner | Historian | 25-Feb-1890 | 19-Jun-1968 | American Economic History | 
| Meyer Feldberg | Educator | 17-Mar-1942 |  | Dean of Columbia Business School, 1989-2004 | 
| Lawrence Ferlinghetti | Poet | 24-Mar-1919 |  | A Coney Island of the Mind | 
| Howard Fineman | Journalist | c. 1948 |  | Huffington Post political analyst | 
| Hamilton Fish II | Politician | 17-Apr-1849 | 15-Jan-1936 | Congressman from New York, 1909-11 | 
| Hamilton Fish | Politician | 3-Aug-1808 | 7-Sep-1893 | US Secretary of State, 1869-77 | 
| Dorothy Canfield Fisher | Author | 17-Feb-1879 | 9-Nov-1958 | Understood Betsy | 
| Alan H. Fishman | Business | c. 1946 |  | Meridian Capital Group | 
| Steven S. Fishman | Business | c. 1950 |  | CEO of Big Lots | 
| Val Fitch | Physicist | 10-Mar-1923 | 5-Feb-2015 | Time not necessarily reversible | 
| James Florio | Politician | 29-Aug-1937 |  | Governor of New Jersey, 1990-94 | 
| Robert W. Fogel | Economist | 1-Jul-1926 | 11-Jun-2013 | Cliometrics | 
| Eric Foner | Historian | 7-Feb-1943 |  | Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution | 
| Philip S. Foner | Historian | 14-Dec-1910 | 13-Dec-1994 | History of the Labor Movement in the United States | 
| Matthew Fox | Actor | 14-Jul-1966 |  | Jack on Lost | 
| James Franco | Actor | 19-Apr-1978 |  | Freaks and Geeks | 
| Max Frankel | Journalist | 3-Apr-1930 |  | The New York Times | 
| Helen Frankenthaler | Painter | 12-Dec-1928 | 27-Dec-2011 | Mountains and Sea | 
| David Freddoso | Journalist | c. 1976 |  | National Review Online | 
| J. Richard Fredericks | Business | 1945 |  | US Ambassador to Switzerland, 1999-2001 | 
| Hugo Fregonese | Film Director | 8-Apr-1908 | 17-Jan-1987 | Old Shatterhand | 
| Peter Frelinghuysen, Jr. | Politician | 17-Jan-1916 | 23-May-2011 | Congressman from New Jersey, 1953-75 | 
| Daniel Fried | Diplomat | 1952 |  | US Asst. Secy. of State for European Affairs | 
| Milton Friedman | Economist | 31-Jul-1912 | 16-Nov-2006 | Free market economic theorist | 
| Robert L. Friedman | Business | c. 1942 |  | Managing Partner, Blackstone Group | 
| Edward A. Frieman | Physicist | 19-Jan-1926 | 11-Apr-2013 | Director of Scripps, 1986-96 | 
| Ira H. Fuchs | Administrator | ? |  | Founder of BITNET | 
| Klaus Fuchs | Spy | 29-Dec-1911 | 28-Jan-1988 | Manhattan Project scientist, spy for USSR | 
| Susan Fuhrman | Educator | c. 1943 |  | President, Teachers College, Columbia | 
| Allen Funt | Film/TV Producer | 16-Sep-1914 | 5-Sep-1999 | Producer and host of Candid Camera | 
| George Furth | Playwright | 14-Dec-1932 | 11-Aug-2008 | Company | 
| Dan Futterman | Actor | 8-Jun-1967 |  | Vincent on Judging Amy | 
| Clarence Gaines | Basketball | 21-May-1923 | 18-Apr-2005 | Winston-Salem Head Coach, 1946-93 | 
| Paul Gallico | Author | 26-Jul-1897 | 15-Jul-1975 | The Snow Goose | 
| Zach Galligan | Actor | 14-Feb-1964 |  | Gremlins | 
| Martin Garbus | Attorney | 8-Aug-1934 |  | Attorney for Lenny Bruce | 
| Eric Garcetti | Politician | 4-Feb-1971 |  | Mayor of Los Angeles | 
| Art Garfunkel | Singer/Songwriter | 5-Nov-1941 |  | Simon and Garfunkel | 
| Jason Garrett | Football | 28-Mar-1966 |  | Dallas Cowboys head coach | 
| Lorraine Gary | Actor | 16-Aug-1937 |  | Jaws | 
| Peter Gay | Historian | 20-Jun-1923 | 12-May-2015 | The Enlightenment: An Interpretation | 
| Gordon Gee | Educator | 2-Feb-1944 |  | President, Ohio State University | 
| Will Geer | Actor | 9-Mar-1902 | 22-Apr-1978 | Zebulon Walton in The Waltons | 
| Lou Gehrig | Baseball | 19-Jun-1903 | 2-Jun-1941 | Played 2,130 consecutive games | 
| Philip H. Geier, Jr. | Business | 22-Feb-1935 |  | CEO of Interpublic Group, 1980-2000 | 
| Julius Genachowski | Government | 19-Aug-1962 |  | FCC Chairman | 
| Eugene D. Genovese | Historian | 19-May-1930 | 26-Sep-2012 | Roll, Jordan, Roll: The World the Slaves Made | 
| Vitas Gerulaitis | Tennis | 26-Jul-1954 | 17-Sep-1994 | Winner, 1977 Australian Open | 
| Lesley Gill | Anthropologist | 1955 |  | Peasants, Entrepreneurs, and Social Change | 
| Allen Ginsberg | Poet | 3-Jun-1926 | 5-Apr-1997 | Howl! | 
| Nikki Giovanni | Poet | 7-Jun-1943 |  | Black Feeling, Black Talk | 
| Greg Giraldo | Comic | 10-Dec-1965 | 29-Sep-2010 | Friday Night Stand-Up | 
| Robert Giroux | Publisher | 8-Apr-1914 | 5-Sep-2008 | Farrar, Straus & Giroux | 
| Nathan Glazer | Pundit | 25-Feb-1923 |  | Co-Editor, The Public Interest | 
| Alexis Glick | Journalist | 7-Aug-1972 |  | Fox Business Network anchor, 2007-09 | 
| Thomas H. Glocer | Business | 8-Oct-1959 |  | CEO of Thomson Reuters | 
| Louise Glück | Author | 22-Apr-1943 |  | The Wild Iris | 
| Maria Goeppert-Mayer | Physicist | 28-Jun-1906 | 20-Feb-1972 | Shell nuclear model | 
| Susan Golding | Politician | 18-Aug-1945 |  | Mayor of San Diego, 1992-2000 | 
| William Goldman | Novelist | 12-Aug-1931 |  | Marathon Man | 
| Harvey J. Goldschmid | Government | 6-May-1940 | 12-Feb-2015 | SEC Commissioner, 2002-05 | 
| Matt Gonzalez | Politician | 4-Jun-1965 |  | Progressive politician, activist | 
| Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Actor | 17-Feb-1981 |  | Third Rock From the Sun | 
| Neil M. Gorsuch | Judge | 29-Aug-1967 |  | 10th Circuit Court of Appeals | 
| Gordon Gould | Physicist | 17-Jul-1920 | 16-Sep-2005 | Invented the laser, arguably | 
| Stephen Jay Gould | Biologist | 10-Sep-1941 | 20-May-2002 | Evolutionary scientist | 
| Henry F. Grady | Economist | 12-Feb-1882 | 14-Sep-1957 | First US Ambassador to India, 1947-48 | 
| Gerrit Graham | Actor | 27-Nov-1949 |  | Class Reunion | 
| Patricia A. Graham | Educator | 1935 |  | Dean of Harvard GSE, 1982-91 | 
| Mike Gravel | Politician | 13-May-1930 |  | US Senator from Alaska, 1969-81 | 
| Alan Greenspan | Economist | 6-Mar-1926 |  | Federal Reserve Chairman, 1987-2006 | 
| Judd Gregg | Politician | 14-Feb-1947 |  | US Senator from New Hampshire, 1993-2011 | 
| Martin L. Gross | Author | 15-Aug-1925 | 21-Aug-2013 | The Government Racket | 
| Robert H. Grubbs | Chemist | 27-Feb-1942 |  | Metathesis | 
| Jack Grubman | Business | 8-Oct-1953 |  | Shady-dealings securities analyst | 
| Erich S. Gruen | Historian | 7-May-1935 |  | The Last Generation of the Roman Republic | 
| Ursula K. Le Guin | Novelist | 21-Oct-1929 |  | The Left Hand of Darkness | 
| Alan Guth | Physicist | 27-Feb-1947 |  | Inflationary theory of cosmology | 
| Samuel Guthrie | Doctor | 1782 | 19-Oct-1848 | Discovered chloroform | 
| Maggie Gyllenhaal | Actor | 16-Nov-1977 |  | Secretary | 
| James C. Hagerty | Government | 9-May-1909 | 11-Apr-1981 | Eisenhower's press secretary | 
| Rosanne Haggerty | Administrator | c. 1960 |  | Common Ground Community | 
| Alexander Haig | Government | 2-Dec-1924 | 20-Feb-2010 | US Secretary of State, 1981-82 | 
| Suzanne K. Hale | Diplomat | 21-Apr-1948 |  | US Ambassador to Micronesia | 
| Edward T. Hall | Anthropologist | 16-May-1914 | 20-Jul-2009 | The Silent Language | 
| Jane Hall | Journalist | ? |  | Fox News Watch commentator | 
| William Stewart Halsted | Doctor | 23-Sep-1852 | 7-Sep-1922 | Pioneer of sterile surgical technique | 
| Alexander Hamilton | Government | 11-Jan-1757 | 12-Jul-1804 | Primary author of The Federalist Papers | 
| Armand Hammer | Business | 21-May-1898 | 10-Dec-1990 | Soviet agent of influence | 
| Oscar Hammerstein II | Musician | 12-Jul-1895 | 23-Aug-1960 | Rodgers and Hammerstein | 
| Donna Hanover | Radio Personality | 13-Feb-1950 |  | WOR Radio Morning Co-Host, NYC | 
| James E. Hansen | Scientist | 29-Mar-1941 |  | Greenhouse effect and global warming | 
| Otto Harbach | Songwriter | 18-Aug-1873 | 24-Jan-1963 | Smoke Gets in Your Eyes | 
| William Henry Harbaugh | Historian | 16-Jan-1920 | 28-Apr-2005 | Power and Responsibility | 
| Phil Hardberger | Politician | 27-Jul-1934 |  | Mayor of San Antonio | 
| Elizabeth Hardwick | Critic | 27-Jul-1916 | 2-Dec-2007 | Seduction and Betrayal | 
| Ed Harris | Actor | 28-Nov-1950 |  | The Rock | 
| Marvin Harris | Anthropologist | 18-Aug-1927 | 25-Oct-2001 | Anthropological historian | 
| Robert Harrison | Publisher | 14-Apr-1904 | 17-Feb-1978 | Publisher of tabloid Confidential | 
| C. Lowell Harriss | Economist | 2-Aug-1912 | 14-Dec-2009 | Columbia University Economist | 
| Jeffrey Hart | Author | 22-Apr-1930 |  | The American Dissent | 
| Lorenz Hart | Songwriter | 2-May-1895 | 22-Nov-1943 | Lyricist, Rodgers and Hart | 
| Matthew J. Hart | Business | c. 1953 |  | CEO of Hilton Hotels | 
| E. Newton Harvey | Zoologist | 25-Nov-1887 | 21-Jul-1959 | Light-emitting organisms | 
| Ethel Browne Harvey | Zoologist | 14-Dec-1885 | 2-Sep-1965 | Embryology of sea urchins | 
| Patricia M. Haslach | Diplomat | c. 1956 |  | US Senior Official for APEC | 
| Herbert A. Hauptman | Mathematician | 14-Feb-1917 | 23-Oct-2011 | X-ray diffraction studies | 
| Alexander Heard | Educator | 14-Mar-1917 | 24-Jul-2009 | Chancellor of Vanderbilt University, 1963-82 | 
| Ken Hechler | Politician | 20-Sep-1914 |  | Congressman from West Virginia, 1959-77 | 
| Anthony Hecht | Poet | 16-Jan-1923 | 20-Oct-2004 | The Hard Hours | 
| Dorothy Height | Activist | 24-Mar-1912 | 20-Apr-2010 | National Council of Negro Women | 
| Carolyn Heilbrun | Novelist | 13-Jan-1926 | 9-Oct-2003 | Amanda Cross, mystery novelist | 
| F. Augustus Heinze | Business | 1869 | 4-Nov-1914 | Copper baron, went broke in the Panic of 1907 | 
| Joseph Heller | Author | 1-May-1923 | 12-Dec-1999 | Catch-22 | 
| Lillian Hellman | Playwright | 20-Jun-1905 | 30-Jun-1984 | Little Foxes | 
| Fletcher Henderson | Jazz Musician | 18-Dec-1897 | 29-Dec-1952 | Pioneering swing and jazz bandleader | 
| Louis Henyey | Astronomer | 3-Feb-1910 | 18-Feb-1970 | Henyey method | 
| Mayo D. Hersey | Engineer | 30-Aug-1886 | 5-Sep-1978 | Tribology | 
| Melville J. Herskovits | Anthropologist | 10-Sep-1895 | 25-Feb-1963 | The Myth of the Negro Past | 
| Abram Stevens Hewitt | Politician | 31-Jul-1822 | 18-Jan-1903 | Mayor of New York City, 1887-88 | 
| Jim Hightower | Radio Personality | 11-Jan-1943 |  | Texan, radio voice, author | 
| Utada Hikaru | Singer | 19-Jan-1983 |  | J-Pop crossover singer | 
| Raul Hilberg | Historian | 2-Jun-1926 | 4-Aug-2007 | The Destruction of the European Jews | 
| Lauryn Hill | Singer | 26-May-1975 |  | Soul/hip hop singer and producer | 
| Martin J. Hillenbrand | Diplomat | 1-Aug-1915 | 2-Feb-2005 | US Ambassador to Germany, 1972-76 | 
| Starr Roxanne Hiltz | Sociologist | c. 1943 |  | Mother of on-line education | 
| Michael Hiltzik | Columnist | 9-Nov-1952 |  | Los Angeles Times columnist | 
| Shere Hite | Author | 2-Nov-1942 |  | The Hite Report on sexuality | 
| Philip K. Hitti | Scholar | 24-Jun-1886 | 24-Dec-1978 | History of the Arabs | 
| Jim Hoagland | Journalist | 22-Jan-1940 |  | The Washington Post | 
| Chuck Hoberman | Inventor | 1956 |  | Creator of unfolding structures | 
| Roald Hoffmann | Chemist | 18-Jul-1937 |  | Woodward-Hoffmann reaction | 
| Richard Hofstadter | Historian | 6-Aug-1916 | 24-Oct-1970 | Anti-Intellectualism in American Life | 
| Eric H. Holder, Jr. | Government | 21-Jan-1951 |  | US Attorney General, 2009-15 | 
| John Hollander | Poet | 28-Oct-1929 | 17-Aug-2013 | Powers of Thirteen | 
| Herman Hollerith | Inventor | 29-Feb-1860 | 17-Nov-1929 | Invented the punchcard | 
| Katie Holmes | Actor | 18-Dec-1978 |  | Joey Potter on Dawson's Creek | 
| Nicole Holofcener | Film Director | 22-Mar-1960 |  | Friends with Money | 
| Sidney Hook | Philosopher | 20-Dec-1902 | 12-Jul-1989 | Pragmatist | 
| Ben Horowitz | Business | 13-Jun-1966 |  | Andreessen Horowitz | 
| David Horowitz | Activist | 10-Jan-1939 |  | Conservative activist | 
| José Ramos Horta | Politician | 26-Dec-1949 |  | President of East Timor, Nobel laureate | 
| Edward Everett Horton | Actor | 18-Mar-1886 | 29-Sep-1970 | Prolific 1930s comedic actor | 
| John Hospers | Politician | 9-Jun-1918 | 12-Jun-2011 | First Libertarian presidential candidate | 
| Richard Howard | Poet | 13-Oct-1929 |  | Untitled Subjects | 
| Evelyn Hu | Physicist | c. 1947 |  | Nanoscale device fabrication | 
| Franklin P. Huddle | Diplomat | 9-May-1943 |  | US Ambassador to Tajikistan, 2001-03 | 
| Langston Hughes | Poet | 1-Feb-1902 | 22-May-1967 | The Negro Speaks of Rivers | 
| Lisa Bobbie Schreiber Hughes | Diplomat | 1958 |  | US Ambassador to Suriname | 
| Vernon W. Hughes | Physicist | 28-May-1921 | 25-Mar-2003 | Muons | 
| Zora Neale Hurston | Novelist | 7-Jan-1891 | 28-Jan-1960 | Their Eyes Were Watching God | 
| Dick Hyman | Pianist | 8-Mar-1927 |  | Pianist, Organist, Conductor, Composer | 
| Louis J. Ignarro | Scientist | 31-May-1941 |  | Nitric oxide as a cardiovascular signal | 
| Sandra S. Ikuta | Judge | 24-Jun-1954 |  | 9th Circuit Court of Appeals | 
| Toomas Hendrik Ilves | Head of State | 26-Dec-1953 |  | President of Estonia | 
| Andy Ireland | Politician | 23-Aug-1930 |  | Congressman from Florida, 1977-93 | 
| Douglas A. Irwin | Economist | c. 1962 |  | Free Trade Under Fire | 
| Molly Ivins | Columnist | 30-Aug-1944 | 31-Jan-2007 | Loudmouthed Texas dame | 
| Ralph Izzo | Business | c. 1957 |  | CEO of PSEG | 
| Donald P. Jacobs | Economist | 22-Jun-1927 |  | Dean of the Kellogg School, 1975-2001 | 
| Jane Jacobs | Author | 4-May-1916 | 25-Apr-2006 | The Death and Life of Great American Cities | 
| Sam Jaffe | Actor | 10-Mar-1891 | 24-Mar-1984 | Gunga Din | 
| Famke Janssen | Actor | 5-Nov-1965 |  | X-Men, Bond Girl | 
| Jim Jarmusch | Film Director | 22-Jan-1953 |  | Permanent Vacation | 
| Jerry J. Jasinowski | Business | 4-Jan-1939 |  | National Association of Manufacturers | 
| Leigh Jason | Film Director | 26-Jul-1904 | 19-Feb-1979 | The Mad Miss Manton | 
| Robert Jastrow | Astronomer | 7-Sep-1925 | 8-Feb-2008 | Red Giants and White Dwarfs | 
| Jacob K. Javits | Politician | 18-Mar-1904 | 7-Mar-1986 | US Senator from New York, 1957-81 | 
| John Jay | Judge | 12-Dec-1745 | 17-May-1829 | First Chief Justice of the Supreme Court | 
| Benjamin Todd Jealous | Activist | c. 1972 |  | President of the NAACP | 
| Leonard Jeffries | Scholar | 19-Jan-1937 |  | Controversial blackademic | 
| James Weldon Johnson | Author | 17-Jun-1871 | 26-Jun-1938 | God's Trombones | 
| Howard P. Jones | Diplomat | 2-Jan-1899 | 18-Sep-1973 | US Ambassador to Indonesia, 1958-65 | 
| Matthew Josephson | Historian | 15-Feb-1899 | 13-Mar-1978 | The Robber Barons | 
| Heidi Julavits | Author | 20-Apr-1968 |  | The Mineral Palace | 
| Tina S. Kaidanow | Government | ? |  | US Chief of Mission in Kosovo | 
| Bernard Kalb | Journalist | 4-Feb-1922 |  | CBS and NBC news correspondent | 
| John Kander | Composer | 18-Mar-1927 |  | Top Broadway composer | 
| Robert A. Kann | Historian | 11-Feb-1906 | 30-Aug-1981 | The Multinational Empire | 
| Robert A. Katzmann | Judge | 22-Apr-1953 |  | 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals | 
| Henry Kaufman | Business | 20-Oct-1927 |  | Ex Managing Director, Salomon Brothers | 
| David Kay | Government | c. 1941 |  | Chief Weapons Inspector | 
| Alfred Kazin | Critic | 5-Jun-1915 | 5-Jun-1998 | On Native Grounds | 
| Thomas H. Kean | Politician | 21-Apr-1935 |  | Governor of New Jersey, 1982-90 | 
| Philip Kearny | Military | 2-Jun-1815 | 1-Sep-1862 | US Civil War general | 
| Max Kellerman | Sports Journalist | 6-Aug-1973 |  | Boxing commentator | 
| Jean Louisa Kelly | Actor | 9-Mar-1972 |  | Kim Warner on Yes, Dear | 
| Edward C. Kendall | Scientist | 8-Sep-1886 | 4-May-1972 | Adrenocortical hormones | 
| X. J. Kennedy | Poet | 21-Aug-1929 |  | Juvenile poet, Brats | 
| Rockwell Kent | Painter | 21-Jun-1882 | 13-Mar-1971 | Early 20th c. American realist painter | 
| Linda K. Kerber | Historian | 23-Jan-1940 |  | Federalists in Dissent | 
| Jack Kerouac | Novelist | 12-Mar-1922 | 21-Oct-1969 | On The Road | 
| Alicia Keys | Singer | 25-Jan-1981 |  | Fallin' | 
| Leon H. Keyserling | Economist | 22-Jan-1908 | 9-Aug-1987 | Council of Economic Advisers, 1946-53 | 
| Rushworth M. Kidder | Author | 8-May-1944 | 5-Mar-2012 | Founder, Institute for Global Ethics | 
| Bobbie Kilberg | Administrator | 25-Oct-1944 |  | Northern Virginia Technology Council | 
| Joyce Kilmer | Poet | 6-Dec-1886 | 30-Jul-1918 | Trees | 
| Charles P. Kindleberger | Economist | 12-Oct-1910 | 7-Jul-2003 | The World in Depression | 
| Reatha Clark King | Business | 11-Apr-1938 |  | President of Metropolitan State, 1977-88 | 
| Lester A. Kirkendall | Sociologist | 15-Nov-1903 | 31-May-1991 | Premarital Intercourse and Interpersonal Relationships | 
| Jeane Kirkpatrick | Government | 19-Nov-1926 | 7-Dec-2006 | Reagan's UN Ambassador | 
| Carolyn Kizer | Poet | 10-Dec-1925 | 9-Oct-2014 | Yin: New Poems | 
| Michael T. Klare | Scholar | 1942 |  | Resource Wars | 
| John Kluge | Business | 21-Sep-1914 | 7-Sep-2010 | Media mogul, Metromedia, Inc. | 
| Alfred A. Knopf | Publisher | 12-Sep-1892 | 11-Aug-1984 | American publisher | 
| William S. Knowles | Chemist | 1-Jun-1917 | 13-Jun-2012 | Chiral catalysts | 
| Kenneth Koch | Poet | 27-Feb-1925 | 6-Jul-2002 | On the Great Atlantic Rainway | 
| Peter Kolchin | Historian | 3-Jun-1943 |  | American Slavery, 1619-1877 | 
| Arthur Kornberg | Scientist | 3-Mar-1918 | 26-Oct-2007 | Synthesized DNA | 
| Tom C. Korologos | Diplomat | 16-Apr-1933 |  | US Ambassador to Belgium, 2004-07 | 
| Joseph Kosinski | Film Director | 3-May-1974 |  | Tron: Legacy | 
| Richard Kostelanetz | Artist | 14-May-1940 |  | Prodigious avant-garde artist and author | 
| Peter H. Kostmayer | Politician | 27-Sep-1946 |  | Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1983-93 | 
| Sandy Koufax | Baseball | 30-Dec-1935 |  | Three-time Cy Young Award winner | 
| Robert Kraft | Business | 5-Jun-1941 |  | Owner, New England Patriots | 
| Hilton Kramer | Critic | 25-Mar-1928 | 27-Mar-2012 | The New Criterion | 
| Stephen Krasner | Educator | 15-Feb-1942 |  | State Dept Policy Planning Dir., 2005-07 | 
| Henry Kravis | Business | 6-Jan-1944 |  | Kohlberg Kravis Roberts | 
| Kurt Kreuger | Actor | 23-Jul-1916 | 12-Jul-2006 | The Enemy Below | 
| Alfred Kroeber | Anthropologist | 11-Jun-1876 | 5-Oct-1960 | Pioneer in American Anthropology | 
| Steve Kroft | Journalist | 22-Aug-1945 |  | 60 Minutes | 
| Joseph Wood Krutch | Naturalist | 25-Nov-1893 | 22-May-1970 | The Modern Temper | 
| Madeleine M. Kunin | Politician | 28-Sep-1933 |  | Governor of Vermont, 1985-91 | 
| Howard Kurtz | Journalist | 1-Aug-1953 |  | Media critic | 
| Paul Kurtz | Philosopher | 21-Dec-1925 | 20-Oct-2012 | Pro-skeptic activist | 
| Daniel Kurtzer | Diplomat | Jun-1949 |  | US Ambassador to Israel, 2001-05 | 
| Polykarp Kusch | Physicist | 26-Jan-1911 | 20-Mar-1993 | Magnetic moment of the electron | 
| Tony Kushner | Playwright | 16-Jul-1956 |  | Angels in America | 
| Simon Kuznets | Economist | 30-Apr-1901 | 8-Jul-1985 | National Income and Its Composition | 
| Maria Elena Lagomasino | Business | c. 1950 |  | CEO of JP Morgan Private Bank, 2001-05 | 
| Charles R. LaMantia | Business | c. 1940 |  | CEO of Arthur D. Little, 1988-99 | 
| Corliss Lamont | Activist | 28-Mar-1902 | 26-Apr-1995 | Millionaire socialist | 
| Lisa Lampanelli | Comic | 19-Jul-1961 |  | Insult Comic | 
| Audrey Landers | Actor | 18-Jul-1959 |  | Afton Cooper on Dallas | 
| Richard Landes | Scholar | 24-Jun-1949 |  | Center for Millennial Studies | 
| Dorothea Lange | Photographer | 26-May-1895 | 11-Oct-1965 | Depression-era photographer | 
| William Langer | Politician | 30-Sep-1886 | 8-Nov-1959 | Governor and Senator from North Dakota | 
| Irving Langmuir | Chemist | 31-Jan-1881 | 16-Aug-1957 | Inventor of the high-vacuum tube | 
| Jaron Lanier | Scientist | 3-May-1960 |  | Coined the term "virtual reality" | 
| Christopher Lasch | Author | 1-Jun-1932 | 14-Feb-1994 | The Culture of Narcissism | 
| Frank Lautenberg | Politician | 23-Jan-1924 | 3-Jun-2013 | US Senator from New Jersey | 
| George P. Lawrence | Politician | 19-May-1859 | 21-Nov-1917 | Congressman, committed suicide | 
| Karen R. Lawrence | Educator | 18-Mar-1949 |  | President, Sarah Lawrence College | 
| Rochelle B. Lazarus | Business | 1947 |  | CEO of Ogilvy & Mather, 1996-2009 | 
| Lewis Leary | Educator | 18-Apr-1906 | 1-May-1990 | That Rascal Freneau | 
| Paul LeClerc | Administrator | 28-May-1941 |  | CEO of New York Public Library | 
| Joshua Lederberg | Biologist | 23-May-1925 | 2-Feb-2008 | Genetic properties of bacteria | 
| Leon M. Lederman | Physicist | 15-Jul-1922 |  | Researcher of neutrinos | 
| Roger S. Leeds | Business | c. 1944 |  | Emerging Markets Private Equity Association | 
| Jonah Lehrer | Author | 25-Jun-1981 |  | Imagine: How Creativity Works | 
| Luis Leloir | Chemist | 6-Sep-1906 | 2-Dec-1987 | Conversion of carbohydrates | 
| James F. Leonard | Diplomat | 30-May-1920 |  | US Ambassador to the UN, 1977-79 | 
| Robert Sean Leonard | Actor | 28-Feb-1969 |  | House, M.D. | 
| Alfred Lerner | Business | 8-May-1933 | 23-Oct-2002 | CEO of MBNA, 1982-2002 | 
| Gerda Lerner | Historian | 30-Apr-1920 | 2-Jan-2013 | The Woman in American History | 
| Carl Leubsdorf | Journalist | 17-Mar-1938 |  | Dallas Morning News | 
| William E. Leuchtenburg | Historian | 28-Sep-1922 |  | FDR scholar | 
| Burton Levin | Diplomat | 28-Sep-1930 |  | US Ambassador to Burma, 1987-90 | 
| Sandy Levin | Politician | 6-Sep-1931 |  | Congressman, Michigan 12th | 
| Irving R. Levine | Journalist | 26-Aug-1922 | 27-Mar-2009 | NBC Correspondent, 1950-95 | 
| Sara Levinson | Business | c. 1950 |  | President of NFL Properties, 1994-2000 | 
| Oscar Lewis | Anthropologist | 25-Dec-1914 | 16-Dec-1970 | Culture of Poverty | 
| Tom Lewis | Author | 29-May-1942 |  | Empire of the Air | 
| Mara Liasson | Journalist | 13-Jun-1955 |  | Fox News political analyst | 
| Willard F. Libby | Chemist | 17-Dec-1908 | 8-Sep-1980 | Carbon-14 dating technique | 
| A. J. Liebling | Journalist | 18-Oct-1904 | 28-Dec-1963 | The New Yorker | 
| Ronald D. Liebowitz | Educator | c. 1957 |  | President, Middlebury College | 
| Thomas W. Lippman | Journalist | c. 1939 |  | Washington Post Mideast Correspondent | 
| Seymour M. Lipset | Sociologist | 18-Mar-1922 | 31-Dec-2006 | American Exceptionalism | 
| Robert R. Livingston | Politician | 27-Nov-1746 | 26-Feb-1813 | Architected the Louisiana Purchase | 
| Henry Demarest Lloyd | Journalist | 1-May-1847 | 28-Sep-1903 | Radical reporter | 
| Joseph Byrne Lockey | Historian | 2-Feb-1877 | 24-Sep-1946 | Pan-Americanism: Its Beginnings | 
| Daniel S. Loeb | Business | c. 1962 |  | Third Point LLC | 
| John V. Lombardi | Educator | 1942 |  | President, Louisiana State University | 
| Oren E. Long | Politician | 4-Mar-1889 | 6-May-1965 | US Senator from Hawaii, 1959-62 | 
| Phillip Lopate | Critic | 16-Nov-1943 |  | Portrait of My Body | 
| Audre Lorde | Author | 18-Feb-1934 | 17-Nov-1992 | A Burst of Light | 
| Konrad Lorenz | Zoologist | 7-Nov-1903 | 27-Feb-1989 | Founder of modern ethology | 
| Frank Lorenzo | Business | 19-May-1940 |  | Former CEO, Eastern Airlines | 
| Eric Lott | Scholar | 20-May-1959 |  | Love and Theft: Blackface Minstrelsy | 
| Kennett Love | Journalist | 17-Aug-1924 | 13-May-2013 | Suez: The Twice-Fought War | 
| Robert H. Lowie | Anthropologist | 12-Jun-1883 | 21-Sep-1957 | American ethnologist | 
| Edward Luck | Scholar | ? |  | International Affairs professor at Columbia | 
| Sid Luckman | Football | 21-Nov-1916 | 5-Jul-1998 | Chicago Bears QB, Hall of Famer | 
| William H. Luers | Diplomat | 15-May-1929 |  | US Ambassador to Czechoslovakia, 1983-86 | 
| Sidney Lumet | Film Director | 25-Jun-1924 | 9-Apr-2011 | Dog Day Afternoon | 
| Grace Lumpkin | Novelist | 3-Mar-1891 | 1980 | To Make My Bread | 
| Salvador Luria | Biologist | 13-Aug-1912 | 6-Feb-1991 | Natural selection in bacteria | 
| Gerard E. Lynch | Judge | 4-Sep-1951 |  | 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals | 
| Staughton Lynd | Historian | 22-Nov-1929 |  | Intellectual Origins of American Radicalism | 
| Barry C. Lynn | Journalist | 20-Aug-1961 |  | Cornered: The New Monopoly Capitalism | 
| Eugene Lyons | Author | 1-Jul-1898 | 10-Jan-1985 | Anti-Communist Editor of American Mercury | 
| Andrea Mackris | Victim | c. 1971 |  | Allegedly harassed by Bill O'Reilly | 
| Dan Maffei | Politician | 4-Jul-1968 |  | Congressman from New York, 2009-11 | 
| Alfred Thayer Mahan | Author | 27-Sep-1840 | 1-Dec-1914 | The Influence of Sea Power upon History | 
| Theodore Maiman | Physicist | 11-Jul-1927 | 5-May-2007 | Built the first working laser | 
| Bernard Malamud | Author | 26-Apr-1914 | 18-Mar-1986 | The Fixer | 
| Albert Maltz | Playwright | 28-Oct-1908 | 26-Apr-1985 | One of the Hollywood Ten | 
| James Mangold | Film Director | 16-Dec-1963 |  | Walk the Line | 
| Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Film Director | 11-Feb-1909 | 5-Feb-1993 | The Barefoot Contessa | 
| Martin Manulis | Film/TV Producer | 30-May-1915 | 28-Sep-2007 | Creator of Playhouse 90 | 
| David F. Marquardt | Business | c. 1951 |  | Venture capital investor | 
| René Marqués | Playwright | 4-Oct-1919 | 22-Mar-1979 | La Carreta | 
| Jared Martin | Actor | 21-Dec-1941 |  | Steven Farlow on Dallas | 
| William McChesney Martin | Economist | 17-Dec-1906 | 29-Jul-1998 | Federal Reserve Chairman, 1951-70 | 
| Robert Maschio | Actor | 25-Aug-1966 |  | Dr. Todd Quinlan on Scrubs | 
| John C. Mather | Physicist | 7-Aug-1946 |  | Big Bang | 
| F. David Mathews | Government | 6-Dec-1935 |  | HEW Secretary under Ford | 
| Jack Matlock | Diplomat | 1-Oct-1929 |  | US Ambassador to the USSR, 1987-91 | 
| Brander Matthews | Critic | 21-Feb-1852 | 31-Mar-1929 | The Study of American Literature | 
| Tony Mauro | Journalist | c. 1949 |  | Legal Times reporter | 
| Clifford D. May | Activist | c. 1951 |  | Foundation for the Defense of Democracies | 
| Rollo May | Psychologist | 21-Apr-1909 | 22-Oct-1994 | Love and Will | 
| Mark P. Mays | Business | c. 1963 |  | CEO of Clear Channel | 
| Megan McCafferty | Novelist | 3-Feb-1973 |  | Juvenile novelist, Sloppy Firsts | 
| Meghan McCain | Blogger | 23-Oct-1984 |  | John McCain's daughter | 
| Andrew C. McCarthy | Pundit | ? |  | National Review Online | 
| Betsy McCaughey | Politician | 20-Oct-1948 |  | Lt. Governor of New York, 1995-98 | 
| James McClatchy | Publisher | 17-Dec-1920 | 26-May-2006 | Former Chairman, McClatchy Newspapers | 
| James L. McConaughy | Politician | 21-Oct-1887 | 7-Mar-1948 | Governor of Connecticut, 1947-48 | 
| Robert J. McCool | Business | c. 1939 |  | Former EVP at Mobil | 
| Douglas H. McCorkindale | Business | c. 1939 |  | CEO of Gannett, 2000-05 | 
| James McCracken | Singer | 16-Dec-1926 | 30-Apr-1988 | Operatic tenor, Otello | 
| Carson McCullers | Author | 19-Feb-1917 | 29-Sep-1967 | The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter | 
| Nancy E. McEldowney | Diplomat | c. 1959 |  | US Ambassador to Bulgaria | 
| Douglas L. McElhaney | Diplomat | ? |  | US Ambassador to Bosnia-Herzegovina, 2004-07 | 
| Joseph McElroy | Novelist | 21-Aug-1930 |  | Lookout Cartridge | 
| John McGiver | Actor | 5-Nov-1913 | 9-Sep-1975 | Midnight Cowboy | 
| James McGreevey | Politician | 6-Aug-1957 |  | Governor of New Jersey, 2002-04 | 
| Kate McKinnon | Actor | 6-Jan-1984 |  | Saturday Night Live | 
| John McLaughlin | Talk Show Host | 29-Mar-1927 | 16-Aug-2016 | The McLaughlin Group | 
| Terry McMillan | Novelist | 18-Oct-1951 |  | Waiting to Exhale | 
| Terrence McNally | Playwright | 3-Nov-1939 |  | Frankie and Johnny | 
| William McNamara | Actor | 31-Mar-1965 |  | Beggars and Choosers | 
| Harry C. McPherson | Attorney | 22-Aug-1929 | 16-Feb-2012 | White House Counsel to Johnson | 
| Margaret Mead | Anthropologist | 16-Dec-1901 | 15-Nov-1978 | Coming of Age in Samoa | 
| Allan Melvin | Actor | 18-Feb-1923 | 17-Jan-2008 | Archie Bunker's Place | 
| Louis Menand | Critic | 21-Jan-1952 |  | The Metaphysical Club | 
| J. Ezra Merkin | Business | c. 1954 |  | Chairman of GMAC | 
| Charles E. Merriam | Scholar | 15-Nov-1874 | 8-Jan-1953 | American Political Ideas | 
| Robert C. Merton | Economist | 31-Jul-1944 |  | Risk management and options | 
| Thomas Merton | Author | 31-Jan-1915 | 10-Dec-1968 | The Seven Storey Mountain | 
| Dick Miller | Actor | 25-Dec-1928 |  | A Bucket of Blood | 
| Kate Millett | Activist | 14-Sep-1934 |  | Sexual Politics | 
| Steven Millhauser | Author | 3-Aug-1943 |  | Martin Dressler | 
| Robert A. Millikan | Physicist | 22-Mar-1868 | 19-Dec-1953 | Determined the charge of an electron | 
| Robert L. Mills | Physicist | 15-Apr-1927 | 27-Oct-1999 | Subatomic particles | 
| Ira M. Millstein | Attorney | 8-Nov-1926 |  | Weil, Gotshal & Manges | 
| Ilhan Mimaroglu | Electronic Musician | 11-Mar-1926 | 17-Jul-2012 | Sing Me A Song of Songmy | 
| Raymond D. Mindlin | Engineer | 17-Sep-1906 | 22-Nov-1987 | Mindlin's problem | 
| Wayne Mixson | Politician | 16-Jun-1922 |  | Governor of Florida, 1987 | 
| Gerald Mohr | Actor | 11-Jun-1914 | 9-Nov-1968 | American character actor | 
| Ashley Montagu | Anthropologist | 28-Jun-1905 | 26-Nov-1999 | The Natural Superiority of Women | 
| Rick Moody | Author | 18-Oct-1961 |  | Purple America | 
| Robert Moog | Inventor | 23-May-1934 | 21-Aug-2005 | Invented the synthesizer | 
| Clement Clarke Moore | Poet | 15-Jul-1779 | 10-Jul-1863 | 'Twas the Night Before Christmas | 
| Hector E. Morales, Jr. | Diplomat | ? |  | US Ambassador to the OAS | 
| Dick Morris | Government | 28-Nov-1948 |  | Fox News lapdog, former Clinton advisor | 
| Gouverneur Morris | Politician | 31-Jan-1752 | 6-Nov-1816 | American financier, Revolutionary politician | 
| Richard B. Morris | Historian | 24-Jul-1904 | 3-Mar-1989 | The Peacemakers | 
| Robert Moses | Government | 18-Dec-1888 | 29-Jul-1981 | New York City planner | 
| Arnold Moss | Actor | 28-Jan-1910 | 15-Dec-1989 | My Favorite Spy | 
| Walter Mossberg | Columnist | 27-Mar-1947 |  | Technology columnist, Wall Street Journal | 
| Robert Motherwell | Painter | 24-Jan-1915 | 16-Jul-1991 | Abstract expressionist | 
| Greg Mottola | Film Director | 11-Jul-1964 |  | Superbad | 
| Anson Mount | Actor | 25-Feb-1973 |  | Cullen Bohannan on Hell on Wheels | 
| Michael Mukasey | Judge | 28-Jul-1941 |  | US Attorney General, 2007-09 | 
| Hermann J. Muller | Scientist | 21-Dec-1890 | 5-Apr-1967 | Genetic effects of radiation | 
| Richard Mulligan | Actor | 13-Nov-1932 | 26-Sep-2000 | Burt Campbell in Soap | 
| Bill Mundell | Business | c. 1960 |  | CEO of Vidyah, Inc. | 
| Mary O. Mundinger | Educator | c. 1937 |  | Dean, Columbia School of Nursing | 
| Story Musgrave | Astronaut | 19-Aug-1935 |  | Spent 1281 hours in space | 
| Michael Musto | Columnist | 3-Dec-1955 |  | Village Voice gossip columnist | 
| Jerrold Nadler | Politician | 13-Jun-1947 |  | Congressman, New York 8th | 
| Dennis M. Nally | Business | c. 1952 |  | Chairman of Price Waterhouse Coopers | 
| Christopher Napolitano | Journalist | c. 1963 |  | Playboy editorial director | 
| David Nasaw | Historian | 18-Jul-1945 |  | Schooled to Order | 
| Daniel Nathans | Scientist | 30-Oct-1928 | 16-Nov-1999 | Restriction enzymes (DNA cleavage) | 
| Victor Navasky | Publisher | 5-Jul-1932 |  | Publisher of The Nation | 
| Pauline Newman | Judge | 20-Jun-1927 |  | US Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit | 
| Richard G. Newman | Business | c. 1934 |  | CEO of AECOM, 1990-2005 | 
| David D. Newsom | Diplomat | 6-Jan-1918 | 30-Mar-2008 | US Ambassador to Philippines, 1977-78 | 
| Richard Ney | Actor | 12-Nov-1916 | 18-Jul-2004 | Mrs. Miniver | 
| Roy Franklin Nichols | Historian | 3-Mar-1896 | 12-Jan-1973 | The Disruption of American Democracy | 
| Jim Nicholson | Government | 4-Feb-1938 |  | US Secretary of Veterans Affairs | 
| Daniel A. Ninivaggi | Business | c. 1966 |  | CEO of Icahn Enterprises LP | 
| John Niven | Historian | 26-Oct-1921 | 14-Aug-1997 | John C. Calhoun and the Price of Union | 
| Louis Nizer | Attorney | 6-Feb-1902 | 10-Nov-1994 | My Life in Court | 
| Mary Nolan | Historian | 17-Jan-1944 |  | The Transatlantic Century | 
| Flemming L. Norcott, Jr. | Judge | 11-Oct-1943 |  | Justice, Connecticut Supreme Court | 
| Charles Norris | Government | 4-Dec-1867 | 11-Sep-1935 | New York's first Chief Medical Examiner | 
| John H. Northrop | Chemist | 5-Jul-1891 | 27-May-1987 | Bacteriophages | 
| Bernard W. Nussbaum | Attorney | 23-Mar-1937 |  | White House Counsel for Bill Clinton | 
| Barbara O'Brien | Politician | 18-Apr-1950 |  | Lt. Governor of Colorado | 
| Beto O'Rourke | Politician | 26-Sep-1972 |  | Congressman, Texas 16th | 
| Mary Rose Oakar | Politician | 5-Mar-1940 |  | Congresswoman from Ohio, 1977-93 | 
| Barack Obama | Head of State | 4-Aug-1961 |  | 44th President of the United States | 
| William Odom | Military | 23-Jun-1932 | 30-May-2008 | NSA Director 1985-88 | 
| Daniel Okrent | Author | 2-Apr-1948 |  | Former public editor, New York Times | 
| Michel Oksenberg | Scholar | 12-Oct-1938 | 22-Feb-2001 | Leading sinologist | 
| Arthur M. Okun | Economist | 28-Nov-1928 | 23-Mar-1980 | Council of Economic Advisers, 1964-69 | 
| Sharon Olds | Poet | 19-Nov-1942 |  | The Dead and the Living | 
| Victor Oristano | Business | 10-Sep-1916 |  | Alda Limited Partners | 
| Catherine Oxenberg | Actor | 22-Sep-1961 |  | Amanda Carrington on Dynasty | 
| Vance Packard | Sociologist | 22-May-1914 | 12-Dec-1996 | The Hidden Persuaders | 
| Susan Page | Journalist | 12-Feb-1951 |  | USA Today Washington bureau chief | 
| Vikram Pandit | Business | 1957 |  | CEO of Citigroup | 
| Stuart Pankin | Actor | 8-Apr-1946 |  | Arachnophobia | 
| Anna Paquin | Actor | 24-Jul-1982 |  | The Piano and X-Men | 
| Mitchell Parish | Songwriter | 10-Jul-1900 | 31-Mar-1993 | Volare | 
| Herbert S. Parmet | Historian | 28-Sep-1929 |  | Eisenhower and the American Crusades | 
| B. Lynn Pascoe | Diplomat | 7-Jul-1943 |  | UN Under Secy. Gen. for Political Affairs | 
| David A. Paterson | Politician | 20-May-1954 |  | Governor of New York, 2008-11 | 
| Harry Thurston Peck | Scholar | 24-Nov-1856 | 23-Mar-1914 | A History of Classical Philology | 
| M. Scott Peck | Author | 22-May-1936 | 25-Sep-2005 | The Road Less Traveled | 
| Jan Peerce | Singer | 3-Jun-1904 | 15-Dec-1984 | Operatic tenor, NY Metropolitan Opera | 
| Amanda Peet | Actor | 11-Jan-1972 |  | Touch Me | 
| Kimberly Peirce | Film Director | 8-Sep-1967 |  | Boys Don't Cry | 
| Claiborne Pell | Politician | 22-Nov-1918 | 1-Jan-2009 | US Senator from Rhode Island, 1961-97 | 
| Herbert C. Pell | Diplomat | 16-Feb-1884 | 17-Jul-1961 | US Ambassador to Portugal, 1937-41 | 
| Nat Pendleton | Actor | 9-Aug-1895 | 12-Oct-1967 | At the Circus | 
| Mark Penn | Government | 5-Jan-1954 |  | Hillary Clinton 2008 campaign strategist | 
| Arno Penzias | Astronomer | 26-Apr-1933 |  | Detected primordial radiation | 
| Jacques Pépin | Chef | 18-Dec-1935 |  | Frequent Julia Child collaborator | 
| Walker Percy | Author | 28-May-1916 | 10-May-1990 | The Moviegoer | 
| Anthony Perkins | Actor | 4-Apr-1932 | 12-Sep-1992 | Psycho | 
| Frances Perkins | Government | 10-Apr-1882 | 14-May-1965 | First female US cabinet member | 
| Martin L. Perl | Physicist | 24-Jun-1927 | 30-Sep-2014 | Discovered the tau lepton | 
| Ann Petry | Novelist | 12-Oct-1908 | 28-Apr-1997 | The Street | 
| Kitty Pilgrim | Journalist | 14-Aug-1954 |  | Lou Dobbs Tonight | 
| Lionel Pincus | Business | 2-Mar-1931 | 10-Oct-2009 | Co-Founder, Warburg Pincus | 
| Bill Plante | Journalist | 14-Jan-1938 |  | CBS White House correspondent | 
| Brenda Gayle Plummer | Historian | 20-Oct-1946 |  | Haiti and the United States | 
| Norman Podhoretz | Author | 16-Jan-1930 |  | Prominent neocon author | 
| Michael Pollan | Author | 6-Feb-1955 |  | The Omnivore's Dilemma | 
| Richard H. Popkin | Philosopher | 27-Dec-1923 | 14-Apr-2005 | The History of Scepticism | 
| Adam Posen | Scholar | ? |  | Institute for International Economics | 
| Neil Postman | Educator | 8-Mar-1931 | 5-Oct-2003 | Amusing Ourselves to Death | 
| Alvin F. Poussaint | Doctor | 15-May-1934 |  | Child-rearing expert | 
| Adam Clayton Powell | Politician | 29-Nov-1908 | 4-Apr-1972 | Congressman from New York, 1945-71 | 
| Dennis Prager | Radio Personality | 2-Aug-1948 |  | Conservative Jewish radio host | 
| Josephine Premice | Actor | 21-Jul-1926 | 13-Apr-2001 | Calypso singer, Broadway actress | 
| Soon-Yi Previn | Relative | 8-Oct-1970 |  | Woody Allen's scandalously young wife | 
| Dana Priest | Journalist | c. 1959 |  | Washington Post Pentagon reporter | 
| Susan Kaufman Purcell | Scholar | c. 1941 |  | Center for Hemispheric Study | 
| Mario Puzo | Novelist | 15-Oct-1920 | 2-Jul-1999 | The Godfather | 
| John Quiñones | Journalist | 23-May-1952 |  | Primetime: What Would You Do? | 
| Isidor Isaac Rabi | Physicist | 29-Jul-1898 | 11-Jan-1988 | Magnetic beam resonances | 
| Dotson Rader | Author | 25-Jul-1942 |  | I Ain't Marchin' Anymore! | 
| Richard W. Rahn | Economist | c. 1941 |  | The End of Money | 
| Daniel R. Raichel | Scientist | 1935 | 22-Dec-2006 | Acoustics expert | 
| James Rainwater | Physicist | 9-Dec-1917 | 31-May-1986 | Determined shapes of nuclei | 
| David Rakoff | Author | 27-Nov-1964 | 9-Aug-2012 | Don't Get Too Comfortable | 
| Ted Rall | Cartoonist | 26-Aug-1963 |  | Godless heathen cartoonist | 
| Norman F. Ramsey | Physicist | 27-Aug-1915 | 4-Nov-2011 | Energy levels of atoms | 
| Tony Randall | Actor | 26-Feb-1920 | 18-May-2004 | Felix Unger in The Odd Couple | 
| John Randolph of Roanoke | Politician | 2-Jun-1773 | 24-May-1833 | US Senator from Virginia, 1825-27 | 
| Sally Jessy Raphael | Talk Show Host | 25-Feb-1935 |  | Controversialist talk show host | 
| Irving Rapper | Film Director | 16-Jan-1898 | 20-Dec-1999 | Now, Voyager | 
| Diane Ravitch | Government | 1-Jul-1938 |  | Education reformer | 
| James Rebhorn | Actor | 1-Sep-1948 | 21-Mar-2014 | Independence Day | 
| Alan Reed | Actor | 20-Aug-1907 | 14-Jun-1977 | Voice of Fred Flintstone | 
| Stanley Reed | Judge | 31-Dec-1884 | 2-Apr-1980 | US Supreme Court Justice, 1938-57 | 
| William K. Reilly | Business | 26-Jan-1940 |  | EPA Administrator, 1989-93 | 
| Ad Reinhardt | Painter | 24-Dec-1913 | 30-Aug-1967 | Abstract expressionist | 
| Jehuda Reinharz | Educator | 1944 |  | President, Brandeis University | 
| Irving Reis | Film Director | 7-May-1906 | 3-Jul-1953 | The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer | 
| Robert D. Reischauer | Administrator | c. 1941 |  | President of the Urban Institute | 
| Robert V. Remini | Historian | 17-Jul-1921 | 28-Mar-2013 | Andrew Jackson | 
| James Renwick | Architect | 11-Nov-1818 | 23-Jun-1895 | Gothic Revival architect | 
| Andrew Revkin | Journalist | c. 1956 |  | New York Times science reporter | 
| Richard Samuel Reynolds | Business | 15-Aug-1881 | 29-Jul-1955 | Founder of Reynolds Metals | 
| Elmer Rice | Playwright | 28-Sep-1892 | 8-May-1967 | Street Scene | 
| Dickinson W. Richards | Scientist | 30-Oct-1895 | 23-Feb-1973 | Cardiac catheterization | 
| Hyman Rickover | Military | 27-Jan-1900 | 8-Jul-1986 | Built the nuclear navy | 
| Deborah D. Rieman | Business | c. 1951 |  | CEO of CheckPoint Software, 1995-99 | 
| Geraldo Rivera | Journalist | 4-Jul-1943 |  | Fox News commentator | 
| Henry Roberts | Politician | 22-Jun-1853 | 1-May-1929 | Governor of Connecticut, 1905-07 | 
| Edward G. Robinson | Actor | 12-Dec-1893 | 26-Jan-1973 | Key Largo | 
| Joyce M. Roché | Business | c. 1948 |  | CEO of Girls Incorporated | 
| Gene Roddenberry | Screenwriter | 19-Aug-1921 | 24-Oct-1991 | Creator of Star Trek | 
| Richard Rodgers | Composer | 28-Jun-1902 | 30-Dec-1979 | Rodgers and Hammerstein | 
| Judith Rodin | Educator | 9-Sep-1944 |  | President of UPenn, 1994-2004 | 
| Richard Rodriguez | Essayist | 31-Jul-1944 |  | Hunger of Memory | 
| Carl Rogers | Psychologist | 8-Jan-1902 | 4-Feb-1987 | Non-directive theory of psychology | 
| Christy Carlson Romano | Actor | 20-Mar-1984 |  | Ren on Even Stevens | 
| Wayne Allyn Root | Author | 1963 |  | The Zen of Gambling | 
| Louis Rossetto | Publisher | 1949 |  | Wired co-founder | 
| Emmy Rossum | Actor | 12-Sep-1986 |  | The Day After Tomorrow | 
| Murray Rothbard | Economist | 2-Mar-1926 | 7-Jan-1995 | Anarcho-capitalist | 
| David Rothkopf | Author | 24-Dec-1955 |  | Superclass | 
| Karen Rothmyer | Journalist | c. 1947 |  | Editor of The Nation | 
| Carlo Rubbia | Physicist | 31-Mar-1934 |  | Co-Discovered W and Z particles | 
| James P. Rubin | Government | 1960 |  | State Department Spokesman, 1997-2000 | 
| Chris Ruddy | Journalist | c. 1965 |  | CEO, NewsMax Media | 
| David B. Ruderman | Historian | 29-May-1944 |  | Jewish Enlightenment in an English Key | 
| William A. Rugh | Diplomat | 10-May-1936 |  | US Ambassador to Yemen, 1984-87 | 
| Muriel Rukeyser | Poet | 15-Dec-1913 | 12-Feb-1980 | The Book of the Dead | 
| Michael Rumaker | Author | 5-Mar-1932 |  | Beat author, The Butterfly | 
| Adolph Rupp | Basketball | 2-Sep-1901 | 10-Dec-1977 | Kentucky Head Coach, 1930-72 | 
| J. D. Salinger | Novelist | 1-Jan-1919 | 27-Jan-2010 | The Catcher in the Rye | 
| Sidney Salkow | Film Director | 16-Jun-1909 | 18-Oct-2000 | Twice-Told Tales | 
| Richard E. Salomon | Business | c. 1942 |  | Chairman of Mecox Ventures | 
| Karim Samii | Business | c. 1963 |  | Pardus Capital Management | 
| Lewis A. Sanders | Business | c. 1946 |  | CEO of AllianceBernstein | 
| Edward Sapir | Anthropologist | 26-Jan-1884 | 4-Feb-1939 | Anthropological linguist | 
| Andrew Sarris | Critic | 31-Oct-1928 | 20-Jun-2012 | The American Cinema | 
| Norman E. Saul | Historian | 26-Nov-1932 |  | Distant Friends: The United States and Russia | 
| Raymond J. Saulnier | Economist | 20-Sep-1908 | 30-Apr-2009 | Council of Economic Advisers, 1955-61 | 
| Telly Savalas | Actor | 22-Jan-1922 | 22-Jan-1994 | Kojak | 
| Max Savelle | Historian | 8-Jan-1896 | 12-Sep-1979 | The Origins of American Diplomacy | 
| Hal Scardino | Actor | 25-Dec-1984 |  | The Indian in the Cupboard | 
| Dick Schaap | Journalist | 27-Sep-1934 | 21-Dec-2001 | Flashing Before My Eyes | 
| Jack Schaefer | Novelist | 19-Nov-1907 | 24-Jan-1991 | Shane | 
| Howard B. Schaffer | Diplomat | 21-Jul-1929 |  | US Ambassador to Bangladesh, 1984-87 | 
| Herbert I. Schiller | Author | 5-Nov-1919 | 29-Jan-2000 | Mass Communications and American Empire | 
| Arthur M. Schlesinger | Historian | 27-Feb-1888 | 30-Oct-1965 | The Rise of the City | 
| Frank Schlesinger | Astronomer | 11-May-1871 | 10-Jul-1943 | Stellar parallaxes | 
| Laura Schlessinger | Radio Personality | 16-Jan-1947 |  | The Dr. Laura Show | 
| Carl E. Schorske | Historian | 15-Mar-1915 | 13-Sep-2015 | Fin-de-Siècle Vienna: Politics and Culture | 
| Paul Schrader | Film Director | 22-Jul-1946 |  | Writer, Taxi Driver | 
| William Schuman | Composer | 4-Aug-1910 | 15-Feb-1992 | Symphony No. 6 | 
| Anna J. Schwartz | Economist | 11-Nov-1915 | 21-Jun-2012 | A Monetary History of the United States | 
| Arthur Schwartz | Composer | 4-Nov-1900 | 3-Sep-1984 | That's Entertainment | 
| Melvin Schwartz | Physicist | 2-Nov-1932 | 28-Aug-2006 | Researcher of neutrinos | 
| Julian Schwinger | Physicist | 12-Feb-1918 | 16-Jul-1994 | Quantum electrodynamics | 
| Brent Scowcroft | Government | 19-Mar-1925 |  | National Security Advisor to Ford and GHWB | 
| George Segal | Actor | 13-Feb-1934 |  | Fun with Dick and Jane | 
| David O. Selznick | Film/TV Producer | 10-May-1902 | 22-Jun-1965 | Producer of A Star Is Born | 
| Albert Shanker | Labor Leader | 14-Sep-1928 | 22-Feb-1997 | American Federation of Teachers | 
| Andrew J. Shapiro | Government | 1967 |  | Asst. Secy. for Politico-Military Affairs, 2009-13 | 
| Judith Shapiro | Educator | 24-Jan-1942 |  | President, Barnard College | 
| Sid Sheinberg | Business | 14-Jan-1935 |  | President and COO of MCA, 1973-95 | 
| William Sheluck, Jr. | Business | c. 1941 | 29-Dec-2007 | CEO of Nationar, 1983-93 | 
| Bob Sheppard | Sports Journalist | 20-Oct-1910 | 11-Jul-2010 | Voice of Yankee Stadium | 
| Claire Shipman | Journalist | 1962 |  | Good Morning America | 
| Irving Shulman | Author | 21-May-1913 | 23-Mar-1995 | The Amboy Dukes | 
| Robert Siegel | Radio Personality | 1947 |  | All Things Considered | 
| Robert Silverberg | Novelist | 15-Jan-1935 |  | Nightwings | 
| Louis Simpson | Poet | 27-Mar-1923 | 14-Sep-2012 | At The End of the Open Road | 
| Upton Sinclair | Novelist | 20-Sep-1878 | 25-Nov-1968 | The Jungle | 
| Elliott P. Skinner | Scholar | 20-Jun-1924 | 1-Apr-2007 | US Ambassador to Upper Volta, 1966-69 | 
| Jean Edward Smith | Political Scientist | 13-Oct-1931 |  | Grant | 
| Richard M. Smith | Journalist | 1946 |  | Editor-in-Chief of Newsweek | 
| Wilbert Snow | Politician | 6-Apr-1884 | 28-Sep-1977 | Governor of Connecticut, 1946-47 | 
| Charles W. Socarides | Activist | 24-Jan-1922 | 25-Dec-2005 | Deprogrammer of homosexuals | 
| Oliver R. Sockwell, Jr. | Business | c. 1944 |  | CEO of Connie Lee, 1987-97 | 
| Stephen Solarz | Politician | 12-Sep-1940 | 29-Nov-2010 | Congressman from New York, 1975-93 | 
| Fred Sommers | Philosopher | 1-Jan-1923 | 2-Oct-2014 | The Logic of Natural Language | 
| Erroll Southers | Government | c. 1957 |  | 2009 TSA Director nominee | 
| Michael I. Sovern | Educator | 1-Dec-1931 |  | President of Columbia University, 1980-93 | 
| Thomas Sowell | Economist | 30-Jul-1930 |  | Conservative economist, Hoover fellow | 
| Joan Spero | Diplomat | 2-Oct-1944 |  | Under Secretary of State, 1993-97 | 
| Jerry I. Speyer | Business | 23-Jun-1940 |  | Tishman Speyer Properties | 
| Carl Spielvogel | Business | 27-Dec-1928 |  | Advertising executive, Bates Worldwide | 
| Joel Elias Spingarn | Critic | 17-May-1875 | 26-Jul-1939 | Literary critic, NAACP leader | 
| Benjamin Spock | Doctor | 2-May-1903 | 15-Mar-1998 | Baby and Child Care | 
| Philip Sporn | Engineer | 25-Nov-1896 | 23-Jan-1978 | American Electric Power Company | 
| Jasmin St. Claire | Pornstar | 23-Oct-1970 |  | World's Biggest Gang Bang II | 
| Jerry Stahl | Author | 28-Sep-1953 |  | Permanent Midnight | 
| Maurice H. Stans | Government | 22-Mar-1908 | 14-Apr-1998 | US Commerce Secretary, 1969-72 | 
| Paul Starr | Educator | 12-May-1949 |  | The Social Transformation of American Medicine | 
| Monteagle Stearns | Diplomat | 5-Dec-1924 | 14-May-2016 | US Ambassador to Greece, 1981-85 | 
| Francis Steegmuller | Author | 3-Jul-1906 | 20-Oct-1994 | Cocteau: A Biography | 
| Elizabeth Steele | Business | ? |  | Main Street Landing | 
| Ben Stein | Game Show Host | 25-Nov-1944 |  | Host of Win Ben Stein's Money | 
| Joseph Stein | Playwright | 30-May-1912 | 24-Oct-2010 | Fiddler on the Roof librettist | 
| William H. Stein | Chemist | 25-Jun-1911 | 2-Feb-1980 | Amino-acid analyzer | 
| Laurence A. Steinhardt | Diplomat | 6-Oct-1892 | 28-Mar-1950 | US Ambassador to USSR, 1939-41 | 
| George Stephanopoulos | TV Personality | 10-Feb-1961 |  | Bill Clinton's communications director | 
| Fritz Stern | Historian | 2-Feb-1926 | 18-May-2016 | German historian | 
| Gerald Stern | Poet | 22-Feb-1925 |  | Leaving Another Kingdom | 
| Marc I. Stern | Business | c. 1944 |  | Chairman, GIMS North America | 
| Robert J. Stevens | Business | c. 1954 |  | CEO of Lockheed Martin | 
| George R. Stewart | Author | 31-May-1895 | 22-Aug-1980 | Earth Abides | 
| Paul Stewart | Actor | 13-Mar-1908 | 17-Feb-1986 | Citizen Kane | 
| Walter W. Stewart | Economist | 1885 | Mar-1958 | Council of Economic Advisers, 1953-55 | 
| Julia Stiles | Actor | 28-Mar-1981 |  | 10 Things I Hate About You | 
| T. J. Stiles | Historian | c. 1964 |  | The First Tycoon | 
| Walter Stoessel | Diplomat | 24-Jan-1920 | 9-Dec-1986 | Ambassador to the USSR, Germany, Poland | 
| Patrick T. Stokes | Business | 1942 |  | Chairman of Anheuser-Busch | 
| Peter Straub | Novelist | 2-Mar-1943 |  | Ghost Story | 
| Oscar S. Straus | Diplomat | 23-Dec-1850 | 3-May-1926 | Thrice Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire | 
| Annette Strauss | Politician | 26-Jan-1924 | 14-Dec-1998 | Mayor of Dallas 1987-91 | 
| Leo Strauss | Philosopher | 20-Sep-1899 | 18-Oct-1973 | Patron saint of Neoconservatism | 
| Edward W. Strong | Educator | 1901 | 13-Jan-1990 | Chancellor of UC Berkeley, 1961-65 | 
| Rider Strong | Actor | 11-Dec-1979 |  | Shawn on Boy Meets World | 
| Albert Stubblebine | Military | c. 1930 |  | The Men Who Stare at Goats | 
| Thomas J. Sugrue | Historian | 24-Jul-1962 |  | The Origins of the Urban Crisis | 
| Arthur Hays Sulzberger | Publisher | 12-Sep-1891 | 11-Dec-1968 | New York Times Publisher, 1935-61 | 
| Punch Sulzberger | Publisher | 5-Feb-1926 | 29-Sep-2012 | New York Times Publisher, 1963-91 | 
| Ron Suskind | Journalist | 20-Nov-1959 |  | The Price of Loyalty | 
| Frank Sutton | Actor | 23-Oct-1923 | 28-Jun-1974 | Sgt. Vince Carter on Gomer Pyle | 
| Dolph Sweet | Actor | 18-Jul-1920 | 8-May-1985 | Chief Carl Kanisky on Gimme a Break! | 
| Leo Szilard | Physicist | 11-Feb-1898 | 30-May-1964 | Nuclear chain reaction | 
| William Taubman | Author | 13-Nov-1940 |  | Khrushchev: The Man and His Era | 
| Sidney Taurel | Business | 9-Feb-1949 |  | CEO of Eli Lilly, 1998-2008 | 
| Alan Taylor | Film Director | 1959 |  | Thor: The Dark World | 
| Diana Taylor | Business | c. 1955 |  | NY Superindendent of Banks, 2003-07 | 
| John Tebbel | Journalist | 16-Nov-1912 | 9-Oct-2004 | A History of Book Publishing in the United States | 
| George Tenet | Government | 5-Jan-1953 |  | CIA Director, 1997-2004 | 
| James D. Theberge | Diplomat | 28-Dec-1930 | 20-Jan-1988 | US Ambassador to Chile, 1982-85 | 
| Franklin A. Thomas | Attorney | 27-May-1934 |  | President of the Ford Foundation, 1979-96 | 
| Harry K. Thomas | Diplomat | c. 1956 |  | US Ambassador to Bangladesh, 2003-05 | 
| Richard Thomas | Actor | 13-Jun-1951 |  | John Boy on The Waltons | 
| Hunter S. Thompson | Journalist | 18-Jul-1937 | 20-Feb-2005 | Gonzo journalist and author | 
| Samuel C. C. Ting | Physicist | 27-Jan-1936 |  | Co-Discoverer of J/psi meson | 
| Daniel D. Tompkins | Politician | 21-Jun-1774 | 11-Jun-1825 | Vice President under James Monroe | 
| John Kennedy Toole | Novelist | 7-Dec-1937 | 26-Mar-1969 | A Confederacy of Dunces | 
| Touré | Author | 20-Mar-1971 |  | The Portable Promised Land | 
| Leonard Tow | Business | 30-May-1928 |  | CEO of Citizens Communications, 1990-2004 | 
| Stephen Joel Trachtenberg | Educator | c. 1937 |  | GWU President, 1988-2007 | 
| Hans L. Trefousse | Historian | 18-Dec-1921 | 8-Jan-2010 | The Radical Republicans | 
| Claire Trevor | Actor | 8-Mar-1910 | 8-Apr-2000 | Key Largo | 
| Lionel Trilling | Critic | 4-Jul-1905 | 5-Nov-1975 | The Liberal Imagination | 
| Liz Trotta | Journalist | 28-Mar-1937 |  | Fox News contributor | 
| Jonathan Tucker | Actor | 31-May-1982 |  | The Black Donnellys | 
| Anne Tyler | Author | 25-Oct-1941 |  | The Accidental Tourist | 
| Neil deGrasse Tyson | Astronomer | 5-Oct-1958 |  | Astrophysicist | 
| Al Ullman | Politician | 9-Mar-1914 | 11-Oct-1986 | Congressman from Oregon, 1957-81 | 
| Vladimir Ussachevsky | Composer | 3-Nov-1911 | 2-Jan-1990 | Tape music composer | 
| Carl Van Doren | Critic | 10-Sep-1885 | 18-Jul-1950 | The American Novel | 
| Charles Van Doren | TV Personality | 12-Feb-1926 |  | Won the rigged game show Twenty-One | 
| Mark Van Doren | Poet | 13-Jun-1894 | 10-Dec-1972 | The Happy Critic | 
| Mario Van Peebles | Actor | 15-Jan-1957 |  | Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song | 
| Harold E. Varmus | Scientist | 18-Dec-1939 |  | Genetic causes of cancer | 
| Sofia Vassilieva | Actor | 22-Oct-1992 |  | Ariel Dubois on Medium | 
| Alexander Vershbow | Diplomat | 1952 |  | US Ambassador to South Korea | 
| William Vickrey | Economist | 21-Jun-1914 | 11-Oct-1996 | Asymmetric information in economics | 
| George Wald | Biologist | 18-Nov-1906 | 12-Apr-1997 | Physiology of the retina | 
| Immanuel Wallerstein | Sociologist | 28-Sep-1930 |  | The Modern World System | 
| Eric Walrond | Author | 18-Dec-1898 | 8-Aug-1966 | Tropic Death | 
| Lawrence E. Walsh | Government | 8-Jan-1912 | 19-Mar-2014 | Independent Prosecutor for Iran-Contra | 
| Kenneth N. Waltz | Scholar | 8-Jun-1924 | 12-May-2013 | Man, the State, and War | 
| Lynd Ward | Engraver | 26-Jun-1905 | 28-Jun-1985 | Gods' Man | 
| Margaret Floy Washburn | Psychologist | 25-Jul-1871 | 29-Oct-1939 | First female American psychologist | 
| Faye Wattleton | Activist | 8-Jul-1943 |  | President, Planned Parenthood, 1978-92 | 
| Roy Webb | Composer | 3-Oct-1888 | 10-Dec-1982 | Music Director at RKO, 1929-55 | 
| Murray L. Weidenbaum | Economist | 10-Feb-1927 | 20-Mar-2014 | Council of Economic Advisers, 1981-82 | 
| Steven Weinberg | Physicist | 3-May-1933 |  | Electroweak Theory | 
| Tim Weiner | Journalist | 20-Jun-1956 |  | Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA | 
| Allen Weinstein | Historian | 1-Sep-1937 | 18-Jun-2015 | US National Archivist, 2005-08 | 
| William H. Welch | Scientist | 8-Apr-1850 | 30-Apr-1934 | Johns Hopkins School of Medicine | 
| Eudora Welty | Author | 13-Apr-1909 | 23-Jul-2001 | The Optimist's Daughter | 
| Paul Wendkos | Film Director | 20-Sep-1922 | 12-Nov-2009 | Gidget | 
| David Wessel | Journalist | 21-Feb-1954 |  | Wall Street Journal | 
| Ruth Westheimer | Talk Show Host | 4-Jun-1928 |  | 4'7" of concentrated sex | 
| Larry L. Weyers | Business | c. 1946 |  | CEO of Intergrys Energy | 
| 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 | 
| Leon Wieseltier | Editor | 14-Jun-1952 |  | The New Republic | 
| Craig Steven Wilder | Historian | 24-Nov-1965 |  | Ebony & Ivy | 
| Sean Wilentz | Historian | 20-Feb-1951 |  | The Rise of American Democracy | 
| Mark H. Willes | Business | 16-Jul-1941 |  | CEO of Times Mirror, 1995-2000 | 
| Pete Williams | Politician | 10-Dec-1919 | 17-Nov-2001 | US Senator snagged in ABSCAM | 
| Ross Wilson | Diplomat | 1955 |  | US Ambassador to Turkey | 
| Paul Winchell | Actor | 21-Dec-1922 | 24-Jun-2005 | Ventriloquist and inventor | 
| Ralph D. Winter | Religion | ? |  | US Center for World Mission | 
| David Wise | Author | 10-May-1930 |  | The Invisible Government | 
| Jules Witcover | Columnist | 16-Jul-1927 |  | Longtime Baltimore Sun columnist | 
| Joel-Peter Witkin | Photographer | 13-Sep-1939 |  | Photographer of the macabre | 
| Albert Wohlstetter | Scholar | 19-Dec-1913 | 10-Jan-1997 | Nuclear strategist | 
| Bertram D. Wolfe | Historian | 19-Jan-1896 | 21-Feb-1977 | Three Who Made a Revolution | 
| William H. Woodin | Business | 27-May-1868 | 3-May-1934 | US Treasury Secretary, 1933 | 
| C. Vann Woodward | Historian | 13-Nov-1908 | 17-Dec-1999 | The Strange Career of Jim Crow | 
| Cornell Woolrich | Novelist | 4-Dec-1903 | 25-Sep-1968 | The Bride Wore Black | 
| Herman Wouk | Novelist | 27-May-1915 |  | The Caine Mutiny | 
| Kari Wuhrer | Actor | 28-Apr-1967 |  | Capt. Beckett on Sliders | 
| Charles Wuorinen | Composer | 9-Jun-1938 |  | Time's Encomium | 
| Kenneth S. Yalowitz | Diplomat | 28-May-1941 |  | US Ambassador to Georgia, 1998-2001 | 
| Donald Yamamoto | Diplomat | ? |  | US Ambassador to Ethiopia | 
| Anzia Yezierska | Novelist | c. 1880 | 21-Nov-1970 | Bread Givers | 
| John Young | Architect | c. 1936 |  | Cryptome | 
| Stark Young | Critic | 11-Oct-1881 | 6-Jan-1963 | So Red the Rose | 
| Dov S. Zakheim | Government | 18-Dec-1948 |  | A Vulcan's Tale | 
| Roger Zelazny | Novelist | 13-May-1937 | 14-Jun-1995 | Damnation Alley | 
| Herbert S. Zim | Author | 12-Jul-1909 | 5-Dec-1994 | Golden Guides | 
| Howard Zinn | Historian | 24-Aug-1922 | 27-Jan-2010 | A People's History of the United States | 
| Hans Zinsser | Scientist | 17-Nov-1878 | 4-Sep-1940 | Typhus vaccine | 
| Louis Zukofsky | Poet | 23-Jan-1904 | 12-May-1978 | Co-Founded Objectivist poetry movement | 
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for | 
|---|
| Arlene Ackerman | Educator | 10-Jan-1947 | 2-Feb-2013 | School superintendent of San Francisco | 
| Bruce Ackerman | Scholar | 19-Aug-1943 |  | We the People | 
| Felix Adler | Educator | 13-Aug-1851 | 24-Apr-1933 | Ethical Culture | 
| Sidney Altman | Chemist | 7-May-1939 |  | Proved enzyme role of RNA | 
| Benjamin M. Anderson | Economist | 1-May-1886 | 19-Jan-1949 | Social Value | 
| Martin Anderson | Economist | 5-Aug-1936 | 3-Jan-2015 | Revolution: The Reagan Legacy | 
| Virginia Apgar | Doctor | 7-Jun-1909 | 7-Aug-1974 | Anesthesiologist, Apgar Score | 
| David Armitage | Historian | 1965 |  | The Ideological Origins of the British Empire | 
| Edwin H. Armstrong | Inventor | 18-Dec-1890 | 31-Jan-1954 | Inventor of FM radio | 
| Oswald Avery | Biologist | 21-Oct-1877 | 20-Feb-1955 | Antibodies and DNA | 
| Richard Axel | Scientist | 2-Jul-1946 |  | Odorant receptors and olfactory organization | 
| William Bagley | Educator | 15-Mar-1874 | 1-Jul-1946 | Opponent of Dewey's progressive education | 
| Ian Ballantine | Publisher | 15-Feb-1916 | 9-Mar-1995 | Paperback magnate | 
| Harry Elmer Barnes | Historian | 15-Jun-1889 | 25-Aug-1968 | American conspiracy theorist | 
| A. Doak Barnett | Scholar | 8-Oct-1921 | 17-Mar-1999 | China on the Eve of Communist Takeover | 
| Jacqueline K. Barton | Chemist | 7-May-1952 |  | Professor of Chemistry at CalTech | 
| Jacques Barzun | Historian | 30-Nov-1907 | 25-Oct-2012 | From Dawn to Decadence | 
| Charles A. Beard | Historian | 27-Nov-1874 | 1-Sep-1948 | The Rise of American Civilization | 
| Gary S. Becker | Economist | 2-Dec-1930 | 3-May-2014 | Human Capital | 
| Daniel Bell | Sociologist | 10-May-1919 | 25-Jan-2011 | The End of Ideology | 
| Ruth Benedict | Anthropologist | 5-Jun-1887 | 17-Sep-1948 | Anthropologist, Patterns of Culture | 
| Lipman Bers | Mathematician | 22-May-1914 | 29-Oct-1993 | Riemann surfaces | 
| Roy Blough | Economist | 1901 | 2000 | Council of Economic Advisers, 1950-52 | 
| Franz Boas | Anthropologist | 9-Jul-1858 | 22-Dec-1942 | Father of American Anthropology | 
| Stephen W. Bosworth | Diplomat | 4-Dec-1939 | 4-Jan-2016 | US Ambassador to South Korea, 1997-2000 | 
| Catherine Breillat | Film Director | 13-Jul-1948 |  | Anatomy of Hell | 
| Joseph Brodsky | Poet | 24-May-1940 | 28-Jan-1996 | "Social parasite" turned Poet Laureate | 
| Stuart W. Bruchey | Historian | 6-Aug-1917 | 20-Dec-2010 | Enterprise: The Dynamic Economy of a Free People | 
| Robert Brustein | Educator | 21-Apr-1927 |  | Founder, American Reportory Theatre | 
| Zbigniew Brzezinski | Government | 28-Mar-1928 |  | National Security Advisor, 1977-81 | 
| Arthur F. Burns | Economist | 27-Apr-1904 | 6-Jun-1987 | Chairman of the Federal Reserve, 1970-78 | 
| Richard L. Bushman | Historian | 20-Jun-1931 |  | Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling | 
| Nicholas Murray Butler | Educator | 2-Apr-1862 | 7-Dec-1947 | President of Columbia University, 1901-45 | 
| Caroline Bynum | Historian | 1941 |  | Medieval historian | 
| David Cannadine | Historian | 7-Sep-1950 |  | Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy | 
| Demetrios James Caraley | Educator | 22-Jun-1932 |  | President, Academy of Political Science | 
| R. V. Cassill | Novelist | 17-May-1919 | 25-Mar-2002 | Dr. Cobb's Game | 
| Ernst Cassirer | Philosopher | 28-Jul-1874 | 13-Apr-1945 | The Myth of the State | 
| James McKeen Cattell | Psychologist | 24-May-1860 | 20-Jan-1944 | Academic freedom | 
| Martin Chalfie | Scientist | 1947 |  | Green Fluorescent Protein | 
| Erwin Chargaff | Biologist | 11-Aug-1905 | 20-Jun-2002 | Biochemist at Columbia University | 
| John Bates Clark | Economist | 26-Jan-1847 | 21-Mar-1938 | Philosophy of Wealth | 
| Henry Steele Commager | Historian | 25-Oct-1902 | 2-Mar-1998 | The American Mind | 
| Edward Condon | Physicist | 2-Mar-1902 | 26-Mar-1974 | Quantum Mechanics | 
| André F. Cournand | Scientist | 24-Sep-1895 | 19-Feb-1988 | Cardiac catheterization | 
| Henry Cowell | Composer | 11-Mar-1897 | 10-Dec-1965 | New Musical Resources | 
| Judith Crist | Critic | 22-May-1922 | 7-Aug-2012 | Ascerbic film critic | 
| Michael M. Crow | Educator | c. 1955 |  | President, Arizona State University | 
| Mario Davidovsky | Composer | 4-Mar-1934 |  | Synchronisms | 
| W. Edwards Deming | Mathematician | 14-Oct-1900 | 20-Dec-1993 | Quality Control guru | 
| John Dewey | Educator | 20-Oct-1859 | 1-Jun-1952 | Pragmatist philosopher, education reformer | 
| David Dinkins | Politician | 10-Jul-1927 |  | Mayor of New York City, 1989-93 | 
| T. G. Dobzhansky | Scientist | 25-Jan-1900 | 18-Dec-1975 | Genetics and the Origin of Species | 
| Alphonse Dochez | Doctor | 21-Apr-1882 | 30-Jun-1964 | Scarlet fever, pneumonia, common cold | 
| David Herbert Donald | Historian | 1-Oct-1920 | 17-May-2009 | Lincoln's Herndon | 
| Timothy Donnelly | Poet | 3-Jun-1969 |  | Twenty-Seven Props | 
| Michael Eric Dyson | Scholar | 23-Oct-1958 |  | Know What I Mean? | 
| Max Eastman | Author | 12-Jan-1883 | 25-Mar-1969 | Socialist writer, later embraced McCarthyism | 
| Wallace J. Eckert | Astronomer | 19-Jun-1902 | 24-Aug-1971 | First scientist hired by IBM | 
| Thomas Byrne Edsall | Journalist | 22-Aug-1941 |  | Columnist, The New York Times | 
| Samuel Eilenberg | Mathematician | 30-Sep-1913 | 30-Jan-1998 | Category theory | 
| Niles Eldredge | Paleontologist | 25-Aug-1943 |  | Theory of Punctuated Equilibrium | 
| Enrico Fermi | Physicist | 29-Sep-1901 | 29-Nov-1954 | First controlled nuclear chain reaction | 
| Eric Foner | Historian | 7-Feb-1943 |  | Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution | 
| Carolyn Forché | Poet | 28-Apr-1950 |  | The Country Between Us | 
| Milos Forman | Film Director | 18-Feb-1932 |  | One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest | 
| Joshua B. Freeman | Historian | 1949 |  | In Transit | 
| Erich Fromm | Psychologist | 23-Mar-1900 | 18-Mar-1980 | Psychoanalyst, Humanist | 
| Richard N. Gardner | Diplomat | 9-Jul-1927 |  | US Ambassador to Spain, 1993-97 | 
| Peter Gay | Historian | 20-Jun-1923 | 12-May-2015 | The Enlightenment: An Interpretation | 
| Michael Gershon | Scientist | c. 1936 |  | Gut neurobiology | 
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Judge | 15-Mar-1933 |  | US Supreme Court Justice | 
| Todd Gitlin | Educator | 6-Jan-1943 |  | Journalism professor, social critic | 
| Maria Goeppert-Mayer | Physicist | 28-Jun-1906 | 20-Feb-1972 | Shell nuclear model | 
| Arthur J. Goldberg | Judge | 8-Aug-1908 | 19-Jan-1990 | Supreme Court Justice, 1962-65 | 
| Brian Greene | Author | 9-Feb-1963 |  | The Elegant Universe | 
| William Stewart Halsted | Doctor | 23-Sep-1852 | 7-Sep-1922 | Pioneer of sterile surgical technique | 
| James E. Hansen | Scientist | 29-Mar-1941 |  | Greenhouse effect and global warming | 
| Marvin Harris | Anthropologist | 18-Aug-1927 | 25-Oct-2001 | Anthropological historian | 
| William V. Harris | Historian | 13-Sep-1938 |  | War and Imperialism in Republican Rome | 
| C. Lowell Harriss | Economist | 2-Aug-1912 | 14-Dec-2009 | Columbia University Economist | 
| James J. Heckman | Economist | 19-Apr-1944 |  | Statistical analysis of individual and household behavior | 
| Chris Hedges | Journalist | 18-Sep-1956 |  | War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning | 
| Carolyn Heilbrun | Novelist | 13-Jan-1926 | 9-Oct-2003 | Amanda Cross, mystery novelist | 
| Bob Herbert | Columnist | 7-Mar-1945 |  | Former New York Times columnist | 
| Melville J. Herskovits | Anthropologist | 10-Sep-1895 | 25-Feb-1963 | The Myth of the Negro Past | 
| George W. Hill | Astronomer | 3-Mar-1838 | 16-Apr-1914 | A New Theorie of Jupiter and Saturn | 
| Marc Lamont Hill | Educator | 17-Dec-1978 |  | Beats, Rhymes, and Classroom Life | 
| Starr Roxanne Hiltz | Sociologist | c. 1943 |  | Mother of on-line education | 
| Richard Hofstadter | Historian | 6-Aug-1916 | 24-Oct-1970 | Anti-Intellectualism in American Life | 
| Douglas Holtz-Eakin | Economist | 3-Feb-1958 |  | McCain chief economic advisor | 
| Glenn Hubbard | Economist | 4-Sep-1958 |  | George W. Bush economist | 
| Vernon W. Hughes | Physicist | 28-May-1921 | 25-Mar-2003 | Muons | 
| Samuel P. Huntington | Author | 18-Apr-1927 | 24-Dec-2008 | The Clash of Civilizations | 
| David Ignatow | Poet | 7-Feb-1914 | 17-Nov-1997 | Rescue the Dead | 
| Merit E. Janow | Educator | 13-May-1958 |  | Professor of Int'l Affairs, Columbia University | 
| Robert Jastrow | Astronomer | 7-Sep-1925 | 8-Feb-2008 | Red Giants and White Dwarfs | 
| Jacob K. Javits | Politician | 18-Mar-1904 | 7-Mar-1986 | US Senator from New York, 1957-81 | 
| Robert Jervis | Historian | 1940 |  | The Illogic of American Nuclear Strategy | 
| Howard P. Jones | Diplomat | 2-Jan-1899 | 18-Sep-1973 | US Ambassador to Indonesia, 1958-65 | 
| Eric R. Kandel | Scientist | 7-Nov-1929 |  | Signal transduction in the nervous system | 
| Martin Karplus | Chemist | 15-Mar-1930 |  | Karplus Equation | 
| Frank Kermode | Critic | 29-Nov-1919 | 17-Aug-2010 | The Sense of an Ending | 
| Zalmay Khalilzad | Diplomat | 22-Mar-1951 |  | US Ambassador to the UN, 2007-09 | 
| Penn Kimball | Journalist | 12-Oct-1915 | 8-Nov-2013 | Persecuted by US Government | 
| Christoph M. Kimmich | Educator | 16-Jan-1939 |  | President, Brooklyn College | 
| Kenneth Koch | Poet | 27-Feb-1925 | 6-Jul-2002 | On the Great Atlantic Rainway | 
| Joseph Wood Krutch | Naturalist | 25-Nov-1893 | 22-May-1970 | The Modern Temper | 
| Stanley Kunitz | Poet | 29-Jul-1905 | 14-May-2006 | US Poet Laureate, 2000 | 
| Polykarp Kusch | Physicist | 26-Jan-1911 | 20-Mar-1993 | Magnetic moment of the electron | 
| Willis Lamb | Physicist | 12-Jul-1913 | 15-May-2008 | Detailed the hydrogen spectrum | 
| Corliss Lamont | Activist | 28-Mar-1902 | 26-Apr-1995 | Millionaire socialist | 
| Lewis Leary | Educator | 18-Apr-1906 | 1-May-1990 | That Rascal Freneau | 
| Leon M. Lederman | Physicist | 15-Jul-1922 |  | Researcher of neutrinos | 
| Tsung-Dao Lee | Physicist | 25-Nov-1926 |  | Violations of parity law | 
| Abba Lerner | Economist | 28-Oct-1903 | 27-Oct-1982 | The Economics of Control | 
| William E. Leuchtenburg | Historian | 28-Sep-1922 |  | FDR scholar | 
| Anthony Lewis | Journalist | 27-Mar-1927 | 25-Mar-2013 | Gideon's Trumpet | 
| Peter W. Likins | Educator | 1936 |  | President, University of Arizona, 1997-2006 | 
| Ralph Linton | Anthropologist | 27-Feb-1893 | 25-Dec-1953 | The Study of Man | 
| Eric Lott | Scholar | 20-May-1959 |  | Love and Theft: Blackface Minstrelsy | 
| Leo Lowenthal | Sociologist | 3-Nov-1900 | 21-Jan-1993 | Literature and the Image of Man | 
| Edward Luck | Scholar | ? |  | International Affairs professor at Columbia | 
| Edward MacDowell | Composer | 18-Dec-1860 | 23-Jan-1908 | American piano composer | 
| Robert Morrison MacIver | Sociologist | 17-Apr-1882 | 15-Jun-1970 | The Web of Government | 
| Dumas Malone | Historian | 10-Jan-1892 | 27-Dec-1986 | Jefferson and His Time | 
| Herbert Marcuse | Philosopher | 19-Jul-1898 | 29-Jul-1979 | One-Dimensional Man | 
| Anthony W. Marx | Educator | 28-Feb-1959 |  | President, Amherst College | 
| Jack Matlock | Diplomat | 1-Oct-1929 |  | US Ambassador to the USSR, 1987-91 | 
| Brander Matthews | Critic | 21-Feb-1852 | 31-Mar-1929 | The Study of American Literature | 
| Garrett Mattingly | Historian | 6-May-1900 | 18-Dec-1962 | Renaissance Diplomacy | 
| Thom Mayne | Architect | 1943 |  | Architect, 2005 Pritzker Prize winner | 
| Betsy McCaughey | Politician | 20-Oct-1948 |  | Lt. Governor of New York, 1995-98 | 
| Margaret Mead | Anthropologist | 16-Dec-1901 | 15-Nov-1978 | Coming of Age in Samoa | 
| Robert K. Merton | Sociologist | 4-Jul-1910 | 23-Feb-2003 | On the Shoulders of Giants | 
| Thomas Merton | Author | 31-Jan-1915 | 10-Dec-1968 | The Seven Storey Mountain | 
| Stanley Miller | Chemist | 7-Mar-1930 | 20-May-2007 | Miller-Urey Experiment | 
| C. Wright Mills | Sociologist | 28-Aug-1916 | 20-Mar-1962 | The Power Elite | 
| Raymond D. Mindlin | Engineer | 17-Sep-1906 | 22-Nov-1987 | Mindlin's problem | 
| Frederic S. Mishkin | Economist | 11-Jan-1951 |  | Federal Reserve Governor | 
| Wesley Clair Mitchell | Economist | 5-Aug-1874 | 29-Oct-1948 | Business Cycles | 
| Franco Modigliani | Economist | 18-Jun-1918 | 25-Sep-2003 | Life-cycle theory | 
| Douglas Stuart Moore | Composer | 10-Aug-1893 | 25-Jul-1969 | The Devil and Daniel Webster | 
| Thomas H. Morgan | Scientist | 25-Sep-1866 | 4-Dec-1945 | Fruit fly chromosomes and heredity | 
| Richard B. Morris | Historian | 24-Jul-1904 | 3-Mar-1989 | The Peacemakers | 
| Siddhartha Mukherjee | Doctor | 1970 |  | The Emperor of All Maladies | 
| Hermann J. Muller | Scientist | 21-Dec-1890 | 5-Apr-1967 | Genetic effects of radiation | 
| Mary O. Mundinger | Educator | c. 1937 |  | Dean, Columbia School of Nursing | 
| Mira Nair | Film Director | 15-Oct-1957 |  | Salaam Bombay! | 
| Allan Nevins | Historian | 20-May-1890 | 5-Mar-1971 | The War for the Union | 
| Ernest Fox Nichols | Physicist | 1-Jun-1869 | 29-Apr-1924 | Infrared radiation | 
| Robert A. Nisbet | Sociologist | 30-Sep-1913 | 9-Sep-1996 | The Sociological Tradition | 
| Michel Oksenberg | Scholar | 12-Oct-1938 | 22-Feb-2001 | Leading sinologist | 
| Ramon de Oliveira | Business | c. 1955 |  | Former JP Morgan executive | 
| Mehmet Oz | Doctor | 11-Jun-1960 |  | Healing from the Heart | 
| George G. C. Parker | Educator | c. 1939 |  | Finance Professor Emeritus, Stanford | 
| David A. Paterson | Politician | 20-May-1954 |  | Governor of New York, 2008-11 | 
| John Allen Paulos | Mathematician | 4-Jul-1945 |  | Innumeracy | 
| Harry Thurston Peck | Scholar | 24-Nov-1856 | 23-Mar-1914 | A History of Classical Philology | 
| Edmund S. Phelps | Economist | 26-Jul-1933 |  | Golden Rules of Economic Growth | 
| Walter B. Pitkin | Psychologist | 6-Feb-1878 | 25-Jan-1953 | Life Begins at Forty | 
| Frances Fox Piven | Activist | 10-Oct-1932 |  | Regulating The Poor | 
| Karl Polanyi | Scholar | 25-Oct-1886 | 23-Apr-1964 | The Great Transformation | 
| V. S. Pritchett | Author | 16-Dec-1900 | 20-Mar-1997 | Midnight Oil | 
| Isidor Isaac Rabi | Physicist | 29-Jul-1898 | 11-Jan-1988 | Magnetic beam resonances | 
| James Rainwater | Physicist | 9-Dec-1917 | 31-May-1986 | Determined shapes of nuclei | 
| Diane Ravitch | Government | 1-Jul-1938 |  | Education reformer | 
| Andrew Revkin | Journalist | c. 1956 |  | New York Times science reporter | 
| Dickinson W. Richards | Scientist | 30-Oct-1895 | 23-Feb-1973 | Cardiac catheterization | 
| James Harvey Robinson | Historian | 29-Jun-1863 | 16-Feb-1936 | The Mind in the Making | 
| Christopher W. S. Ross | Diplomat | 3-Mar-1943 |  | US Ambassador to Syria, 1991-98 | 
| Walt Rostow | Government | 7-Oct-1916 | 13-Feb-2003 | National Security Advisor, 1966-69 | 
| Karen Rothmyer | Journalist | c. 1947 |  | Editor of The Nation | 
| Barnett R. Rubin | Educator | 10-Jan-1950 |  | The Fragmentation of Afghanistan | 
| Jeffrey Sachs | Economist | 5-Nov-1954 |  | The End of Poverty | 
| Oliver Sacks | Doctor | 9-Jul-1933 | 30-Aug-2015 | Awakenings | 
| Raymond J. Saulnier | Economist | 20-Sep-1908 | 30-Apr-2009 | Council of Economic Advisers, 1955-61 | 
| Simon Schama | Historian | 13-Feb-1945 |  | Landscape and Memory | 
| Arthur L. Schawlow | Physicist | 5-May-1921 | 28-Apr-1999 | Laser spectroscopy | 
| Béla Schick | Doctor | 16-Jul-1877 | 6-Dec-1967 | Schick test for diphtheria | 
| Michael Schudson | Sociologist | 3-Nov-1946 |  | Discovering the News | 
| Melvin Schwartz | Physicist | 2-Nov-1932 | 28-Aug-2006 | Researcher of neutrinos | 
| Martin Schwarzschild | Astronomer | 31-May-1912 | 10-Apr-1997 | Structure and Evolution of the Stars | 
| O. Griffith Sexton | Business | 1944 |  | Former investment banker, Morgan Stanley | 
| Donna Shalala | Government | 14-Feb-1941 |  | Secretary of HHS, 1993-2001 | 
| Dimitri K. Simes | Government | ? |  | Nixon Center | 
| Louis Simpson | Poet | 27-Mar-1923 | 14-Sep-2012 | At The End of the Open Road | 
| Isadore Singer | Mathematician | 3-May-1924 |  | Atiyah-Singer index theorem | 
| Elliott P. Skinner | Scholar | 20-Jun-1924 | 1-Apr-2007 | US Ambassador to Upper Volta, 1966-69 | 
| Mark Skousen | Economist | c. 1948 |  | Forecasts & Strategies | 
| Charles W. Socarides | Activist | 24-Jan-1922 | 25-Dec-2005 | Deprogrammer of homosexuals | 
| Fred Sommers | Philosopher | 1-Jan-1923 | 2-Oct-2014 | The Logic of Natural Language | 
| Joan Spero | Diplomat | 2-Oct-1944 |  | Under Secretary of State, 1993-97 | 
| Joel Elias Spingarn | Critic | 17-May-1875 | 26-Jul-1939 | Literary critic, NAACP leader | 
| Gayatri Spivak | Scholar | 24-Feb-1942 |  | Postcolonialist theorist, Can the Subaltern Speak? | 
| Jack Steinberger | Physicist | 25-May-1921 |  | Researcher of neutrinos | 
| George Stephanopoulos | TV Personality | 10-Feb-1961 |  | Bill Clinton's communications director | 
| Fritz Stern | Historian | 2-Feb-1926 | 18-May-2016 | German historian | 
| George J. Stigler | Economist | 17-Jan-1911 | 1-Dec-1991 | Economic Theory of Regulation | 
| Joseph Stiglitz | Economist | 9-Feb-1943 |  | Ex-Chief Economist of the World Bank | 
| Horst L. Störmer | Physicist | 6-Apr-1949 |  | Fractional quantum Hall effect | 
| Phillips Talbot | Diplomat | 7-Jun-1915 | 1-Oct-2010 | US Ambassador to Greece, 1965-69 | 
| James Tate | Poet | 8-Dec-1943 | 8-Jul-2015 | The Lost Pilot | 
| John B. Taylor | Economist | 8-Dec-1946 |  | Council of Economic Advisers, 1989-91 | 
| E. Donnall Thomas | Scientist | 15-Mar-1920 | 20-Oct-2012 | Bone marrow transplants | 
| Charles H. Townes | Physicist | 28-Jul-1915 | 27-Jan-2015 | Invention of the maser and laser | 
| Lionel Trilling | Critic | 4-Jul-1905 | 5-Nov-1975 | The Liberal Imagination | 
| Harold C. Urey | Chemist | 29-Apr-1893 | 5-Jan-1981 | Discovered Deuterium | 
| Vladimir Ussachevsky | Composer | 3-Nov-1911 | 2-Jan-1990 | Tape music composer | 
| Mark Van Doren | Poet | 13-Jun-1894 | 10-Dec-1972 | The Happy Critic | 
| Kirk Varnedoe | Curator | 19-Jan-1946 | 15-Aug-2003 | Curator at MOMA, 1988-2001 | 
| William Vickrey | Economist | 21-Jun-1914 | 11-Oct-1996 | Asymmetric information in economics | 
| Immanuel Wallerstein | Sociologist | 28-Sep-1930 |  | The Modern World System | 
| Kenneth N. Waltz | Scholar | 8-Jun-1924 | 12-May-2013 | Man, the State, and War | 
| Waloddi Weibull | Mathematician | 18-Jun-1887 | 12-Oct-1979 | Weibull distribution | 
| Anthony A. Williams | Politician | 28-Jul-1951 |  | Mayor of Washington DC, 1999-2007 | 
| Edmund Beecher Wilson | Biologist | 19-Oct-1856 | 3-Mar-1939 | X and Y chromosomes | 
| Peter Woit | Physicist | c. 1957 |  | String Theorist | 
| Paul Wonnacott | Economist | 16-Mar-1933 |  | Council of Economic Advisers, 1991-93 | 
| Liu Xiaobo | Activist | 28-Dec-1955 |  | Chinese human rights activist | 
| John Young | Architect | c. 1936 |  | Cryptome | 
| Michael K. Young | Educator | c. 1950 |  | President, University of Utah | 
| Hideki Yukawa | Physicist | 23-Jan-1907 | 8-Sep-1981 | Predicted existence of mesons | 
| Warren Zimmermann | Diplomat | 16-Nov-1934 | 2-Feb-2004 | US Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1989-92 | 
| Hans Zinsser | Scientist | 17-Nov-1878 | 4-Sep-1940 | Typhus vaccine |