Founded 1895 by Beatrice and Sidney Webb.
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Elliott Abrams |
Government |
24-Jan-1948 |
|
Asst. Secy. of State involved in Iran-Contra |
| Leo Abse |
Politician |
22-Apr-1917 |
19-Aug-2008 |
Labour MP for Torfaen, 1983-87 |
| Anne Applebaum |
Author |
25-Jul-1964 |
|
Gulag: A History |
| Kate Ascher |
Author |
c. 1958 |
|
The Works: Anatomy of a City |
| Kenneth J. Bacon |
Business |
c. 1954 |
|
EVP at Fannie Mae |
| Ian Ballantine |
Publisher |
15-Feb-1916 |
9-Mar-1995 |
Paperback magnate |
| Cecil Balmond |
Engineer |
1943 |
|
Deputy Chairman, Ove Arup |
| Benjamin R. Barber |
Scholar |
2-Aug-1939 |
|
Jihad vs. McWorld |
| Pat Barker |
Novelist |
8-May-1943 |
|
Regeneration |
| Samuel D. Berger |
Diplomat |
6-Dec-1911 |
12-Feb-1980 |
US Ambassador to South Korea, 1961-64 |
| Karan K. Bhatia |
Government |
? |
|
Deputy US Trade Representative |
| Kenneth Bialkin |
Attorney |
9-Sep-1929 |
|
Mergers & Acquisitions lawyer |
| Maurice Bishop |
Head of State |
29-May-1944 |
19-Oct-1983 |
Prime Minister of Grenada. 1979-83 |
| Cherie Blair |
First Lady |
23-Sep-1954 |
|
Wife of Tony Blair |
| Alan S. Blinder |
Economist |
14-Oct-1945 |
|
Vice Chairman, Federal Reserve |
| Clifford G. Bond |
Diplomat |
23-Feb-1948 |
|
US Ambassador to Bosnia-Herzegovina, 2001-04 |
| Kenneth Bourne |
Historian |
17-Mar-1930 |
13-Dec-1992 |
Britain and the Balance of Power |
| Ed Broadbent |
Politician |
21-Mar-1936 |
|
Leader of Canada's NDP, 1975-89 |
| Ralph Bunche |
Diplomat |
4-Aug-1904 |
9-Dec-1971 |
UN Mediator in Palestine 1948 |
| Kim Campbell |
Head of State |
10-Mar-1947 |
|
Prime Minister of Canada, 1993 |
| Kitty Carlisle |
Singer |
3-Sep-1910 |
18-Apr-2007 |
A Night at the Opera |
| Ronald H. Coase |
Economist |
29-Dec-1910 |
2-Sep-2013 |
Transactions costs and property rights |
| Cindy Cohn |
Attorney |
c. 1963 |
|
EFF lawyer |
| John Compton |
Head of State |
29-Apr-1925 |
7-Sep-2007 |
Many-time Prime Minister of St. Lucia |
| Nugget Coombs |
Economist |
24-Feb-1906 |
29-Oct-1997 |
Banker, proponent of aboriginal rights |
| Bernard Crick |
Political Scientist |
16-Dec-1929 |
19-Dec-2008 |
In Defence of Politics |
| D. P. Crook |
Historian |
12-Jan-1937 |
|
Darwinism, War, and History |
| Rosa DeLauro |
Politician |
2-Mar-1943 |
|
Congresswoman, Connecticut 3rd |
| Kemal Derviş |
Government |
10-Jan-1949 |
|
Head of the UNDP |
| Myron Ebell |
Activist |
1953 |
|
Global Warming cynic |
| Jessica P. Einhorn |
Government |
c. 1945 |
|
Dean, School of Advanced International Studies |
| John Hart Ely |
Scholar |
3-Dec-1938 |
25-Oct-2003 |
Democracy and Distrust |
| Victoria Espinel |
Government |
c. 1967 |
|
White House Copyright Czar |
| Edward Evans-Pritchard |
Anthropologist |
21-Sep-1902 |
11-Sep-1973 |
Theories of Primitive Religion |
| Edwin Feulner |
Activist |
12-Aug-1941 |
|
Heritage Foundation founder |
| Paul K. Feyerabend |
Philosopher |
13-Jan-1924 |
11-Feb-1994 |
Against Method |
| Sir Raymond Firth |
Anthropologist |
25-Mar-1901 |
22-Feb-2002 |
Economic Anthropology |
| William J. Fishman |
Historian |
1-Apr-1921 |
22-Dec-2014 |
The Insurrectionists |
| Jason Furman |
Government |
c. 1970 |
|
Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution |
| William M. Gardner |
Politician |
26-Oct-1948 |
|
New Hampshire Secretary of State |
| Anthony Giddens |
Sociologist |
18-Jan-1938 |
|
New Rules of Sociological Method |
| Graeme Gill |
Historian |
10-Dec-1947 |
|
Peasants and Government in the Russian Revolution |
| John Golding |
Politician |
9-Mar-1931 |
20-Jan-1999 |
MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme, 1969-96 |
| J. A. S. Grenville |
Historian |
11-Jan-1928 |
7-Mar-2011 |
Lord Salisbury and Foreign Policy |
| Marc Grossman |
Diplomat |
23-Sep-1951 |
|
US Under Secy. for Political Affairs, 2001-05 |
| Joseph A. Grundfest |
Attorney |
8-Sep-1951 |
|
Stanford law professor |
| Amy Gutmann |
Educator |
19-Nov-1949 |
|
President, University of Pennsylvania |
| David W. Heleniak |
Business |
c. 1946 |
|
Vice Chairman of Morgan Stanley |
| Genta Hawkins Holmes |
Diplomat |
3-Sep-1940 |
|
US Ambassador to Australia, 1997-2000 |
| Robert E. Hunter |
Diplomat |
c. 1940 |
|
US Ambassador to NATO, 1993-98 |
| Leonid Hurwicz |
Economist |
21-Aug-1917 |
24-Jun-2008 |
Mechanism design theory |
| Jonathan B. Imber |
Sociologist |
18-Feb-1952 |
|
Trusting Doctors |
| Tsai Ing-wen |
Head of State |
31-Aug-1956 |
|
President-Elect of Taiwan |
| David Irving |
Activist |
24-Mar-1938 |
|
Notorious Holocaust denier |
| Mick Jagger |
Singer/Songwriter |
26-Jul-1943 |
|
Lead singer of the Rolling Stones |
| Sylvia Jay |
Business |
c. 1947 |
|
Food and Drink Federation |
| Aubrey Jones |
Politician |
20-Nov-1911 |
10-Apr-2003 |
Former MP, Birmingham Hall Green |
| G. Lewis Jones |
Diplomat |
18-May-1907 |
13-Nov-1971 |
US Ambassador to Tunisia, 1956-59 |
| Robert G. Kaiser |
Journalist |
7-Apr-1943 |
|
So Damn Much Money |
| Nicholas Kaldor |
Economist |
12-May-1908 |
30-Sep-1986 |
An Expenditure Tax |
| Ruth Kelly |
Politician |
9-May-1968 |
|
UK Minister of Transport |
| Anthony Kennedy |
Judge |
23-Jul-1936 |
|
US Supreme Court Justice |
| John F. Kennedy |
Head of State |
29-May-1917 |
22-Nov-1963 |
35th US President, 1961-63 |
| Jomo Kenyatta |
Head of State |
20-Oct-1892 |
22-Aug-1978 |
President of Kenya, 1964-78 |
| Mwai Kibaki |
Head of State |
15-Nov-1931 |
|
President of Kenya |
| Robert Kilroy-Silk |
Politician |
19-May-1942 |
|
Chat show host turned politician |
| Ron Kind |
Politician |
16-Mar-1963 |
|
Congressman, Wisconsin 3rd |
| Mark Kirk |
Politician |
15-Sep-1959 |
|
US Senator from Illinois |
| Paul Klebnikov |
Journalist |
3-Jun-1963 |
9-Jul-2004 |
Forbes journalist, killed in Moscow |
| Naomi Klein |
Author |
8-May-1970 |
|
The Shock Doctrine |
| Kenneth P. Kopelman |
Attorney |
21-Jan-1952 |
|
Partner, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel |
| Nick Kotz |
Journalist |
16-Sep-1932 |
|
Judgment Days |
| Kurt Kreuger |
Actor |
23-Jul-1916 |
12-Jul-2006 |
The Enemy Below |
| Robert Kuttner |
Editor |
17-Apr-1943 |
|
The American Prospect |
| Abba Lerner |
Economist |
28-Oct-1903 |
27-Oct-1982 |
The Economics of Control |
| Monica Lewinsky |
Government |
23-Jul-1973 |
|
Engaged in Presidential cigar play |
| Arthur Lewis |
Economist |
23-Jan-1915 |
15-Jun-1991 |
Economics of developing nations |
| Michael Lewis |
Author |
15-Oct-1960 |
|
Liar's Poker |
| Joseph Luns |
Politician |
28-Aug-1911 |
17-Jul-2002 |
Dutch Foreign Minister, 1952-71 |
| Edward N. Luttwak |
Author |
4-Nov-1942 |
|
Strategy: The Logic of War and Peace |
| Richard W. Lyman |
Educator |
18-Oct-1923 |
27-May-2012 |
President of Stanford University, 1971-80 |
| C. B. Macpherson |
Scholar |
18-Nov-1911 |
22-Jul-1987 |
Political Theory of Possessive Individualism |
| Bronislaw Malinowski |
Anthropologist |
7-Apr-1884 |
16-May-1942 |
Founder of social anthropology |
| Roy Mason |
Politician |
18-Apr-1924 |
19-Apr-2015 |
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, 1976-79 |
| Judith Maxwell |
Business |
c. 1942 |
|
Canadian Policy Research Networks |
| John W. McCarter, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1938 |
|
CEO of the Field Museum |
| David McGuinty |
Politician |
25-Feb-1960 |
|
Canadian MP, Ottawa South |
| Nana Mensah |
Business |
c. 1953 |
|
PepsiCo Restaurants International |
| Tom Mesereau |
Attorney |
1950 |
|
Defended Michael Jackson |
| Frank S. Meyer |
Author |
9-May-1909 |
1-Apr-1972 |
In Defense of Freedom |
| Ed Miliband |
Politician |
24-Dec-1969 |
|
British MP, Doncaster North |
| Ralph Miliband |
Scholar |
7-Jan-1924 |
21-May-1994 |
Parliamentary Socialism |
| Brad Miller |
Politician |
19-May-1953 |
|
Congressman, North Carolina 13th |
| John Atta Mills |
Head of State |
21-Jul-1944 |
24-Jul-2012 |
President of Ghana, 2009-12 |
| Ron Moody |
Actor |
8-Jan-1924 |
11-Jun-2015 |
Fagin in Oliver Twist |
| Edmund S. Morgan |
Historian |
17-Jan-1916 |
8-Jul-2013 |
The Puritan Dilemma |
| Daniel Patrick Moynihan |
Politician |
16-Mar-1927 |
26-Mar-2003 |
US Senator from New York, 1977-2001 |
| Robert A. Mundell |
Economist |
24-Oct-1932 |
|
Floating exchange rates |
| Michael L. Mussa |
Economist |
15-Apr-1944 |
|
Council of Economic Advisers, 1986-88 |
| Ethan Nadelmann |
Activist |
13-Mar-1957 |
|
Drug Policy Alliance |
| Lewis Namier |
Historian |
27-Jun-1888 |
19-Aug-1960 |
England in the Age of the American Revolution |
| K. R. Narayanan |
Head of State |
4-Feb-1921 |
9-Nov-2005 |
President of India, 1997-2002 |
| James B. Nicholson |
Business |
c. 1943 |
|
CEO of PVS Chemicals, Inc. |
| Jorma Ollila |
Business |
15-Aug-1950 |
|
CEO of Nokia, 1992-2006 |
| Peter R. Orszag |
Government |
16-Dec-1968 |
|
Beltway economist |
| George A. Papandreou |
Head of State |
16-Jun-1952 |
|
Prime Minister of Greece, 2009-11 |
| Talcott Parsons |
Sociologist |
13-Dec-1902 |
8-May-1979 |
The Structure of Social Action |
| Alice Paul |
Activist |
11-Jan-1885 |
9-Jul-1977 |
Suffragette |
| Sheila A. Penrose |
Business |
c. 1946 |
|
Former Northern Trust executive |
| Richard Perle |
Government |
16-Sep-1941 |
|
Prince of Darkness |
| Michael E. J. Phelps |
Business |
c. 1947 |
|
Westcoast Energy |
| Christopher Pissarides |
Economist |
c. 1948 |
|
Job creation and destruction |
| Valerie Plame |
Spy |
19-Apr-1963 |
|
CIA operative outed by Bush officials |
| Romano Prodi |
Politician |
9-Aug-1939 |
|
Prime Minister of Italy, 2006-07 |
| Philip J. Purcell |
Business |
5-Sep-1943 |
|
CEO of Morgan Stanley, 1997-2005 |
| Navin Ramgoolam |
Head of State |
14-Jul-1947 |
|
Prime Minister of Mauritius |
| Merlyn Rees |
Politician |
18-Dec-1920 |
5-Jan-2006 |
UK Home Secretary, 1976-79 |
| David Rockefeller |
Business |
12-Jun-1915 |
|
Founder of the Trilateral Commission |
| Leo Rosten |
Author |
11-Apr-1908 |
19-Feb-1997 |
The Joys of Yiddish |
| Donald C. Roth |
Business |
c. 1943 |
|
EMP Global |
| Robert E. Rubin |
Government |
29-Aug-1938 |
|
US Treasury Secretary, 1995-99 |
| Chris Ruddy |
Journalist |
c. 1965 |
|
CEO, NewsMax Media |
| Oscar Arias Sanchez |
Head of State |
13-Sep-1941 |
|
President of Costa Rica |
| Juan Manuel Santos |
Head of State |
10-Aug-1951 |
|
President of Colombia |
| Lynn Schenk |
Politician |
5-Jan-1945 |
|
US Congresswoman from California, 1993-95 |
| Peter W. Schramm |
Activist |
23-Dec-1946 |
16-Aug-2015 |
Executive Director, Ashbrook Center |
| Naomi O. Seligman |
Business |
c. 1939 |
|
The Research Board |
| Eric Sevareid |
Journalist |
26-Nov-1912 |
9-Jul-1992 |
CBS News journalist |
| Moshe Sharett |
Head of State |
15-Oct-1894 |
7-Jul-1965 |
Prime Minister of Israel, 1953-55 |
| Nate Silver |
Blogger |
13-Jan-1978 |
|
Baseball Prospectus, FiveThirtyEight.com |
| Michele J. Sison |
Diplomat |
27-May-1959 |
|
US Ambassador to Lebanon |
| George Soros |
Business |
12-Aug-1930 |
|
Financial speculator |
| Sergey Stanishev |
Head of State |
5-May-1966 |
|
Prime Minister of Bulgaria |
| John Stonehouse |
Politician |
28-Jul-1925 |
14-Apr-1988 |
British MP, faked his own death |
| Mona Sutphen |
Government |
c. 1967 |
|
White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy |
| Lionel Tiger |
Educator |
1937 |
|
The Decline of Males |
| John Tower |
Politician |
25-Sep-1925 |
5-Apr-1991 |
US Senator from Texas, 1961-85 |
| Pierre Trudeau |
Head of State |
18-Oct-1919 |
28-Sep-2000 |
Twice Prime Minister of Canada |
| Sander Vanocur |
Journalist |
8-Jan-1928 |
|
ABC and NBC correspondent |
| Stuart Varney |
Journalist |
7-Jul-1948 |
|
Varney & Co. |
| Paul Volcker |
Economist |
5-Sep-1927 |
|
Chairman of the Federal Reserve, 1979-87 |
| Dale Wainwright |
Judge |
19-Jun-1961 |
|
Justice, Texas Supreme Court |
| C. David Welch |
Diplomat |
1953 |
|
US Ambassador to Egypt, 2001-05 |
| Maureen White |
Activist |
? |
|
DNC National Finance Chair |
| James M. Whitehurst |
Business |
c. 1967 |
|
CEO of Red Hat |
| John F. Williams, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1948 |
|
VP Health Affairs, George Washington University |
| Michael H. Wilson |
Politician |
4-Nov-1937 |
|
Canadian Ambassador to the US |
| Lee Kuan Yew |
Head of State |
16-Sep-1923 |
23-Mar-2015 |
Prime Minister of Singapore, 1959-90 |
