| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for | 
|---|
| Edie Adams | Actor | 16-Apr-1925 | 15-Oct-2008 | Lover Come Back | 
| Jane Adams | Actor | 1-Apr-1965 |  | Dr. Mel Karnofsky on Frasier | 
| Morena Baccarin | Actor | 2-Jun-1979 |  | Inara Serra on Firefly | 
| Christine Baranski | Actor | 2-May-1952 |  | Mary Sunshine in Chicago | 
| John Barth | Novelist | 27-May-1930 |  | Lost in the Funhouse | 
| Michael Beach | Actor | 30-Oct-1963 |  | Doc Parker on Third Watch | 
| Wes Bentley | Actor | 4-Sep-1978 |  | American Beauty | 
| Elmer Bernstein | Composer | 4-Apr-1922 | 18-Aug-2004 | Scored The Magnificent Seven | 
| Herbert Blomstedt | Conductor | 11-Jul-1927 |  | Director, Leipzig Gewandhaus, 1998-2005 | 
| Andre Braugher | Actor | 1-Jul-1962 |  | Det. Pembleton on Homicide | 
| Sid Caesar | Comic | 8-Sep-1922 | 12-Feb-2014 | Your Show of Shows | 
| Jeffrey Carlson | Actor | 23-Jun-1975 |  | Broadway actor, transgender soap star | 
| Jennifer Carpenter | Actor | 7-Dec-1979 |  | The Exorcism of Emily Rose | 
| Phoebe Cates | Actor | 16-Jul-1963 |  | Fast Times at Ridgemont High | 
| Jessica Chastain | Actor | 29-Mar-1981 |  | The Tree of Life | 
| Leonardo Cimino | Actor | 4-Mar-1917 | 3-Mar-2012 | Dune | 
| Van Cliburn | Pianist | 12-Jul-1934 | 27-Feb-2013 | Piano prodigy | 
| Lynn Collins | Actor | 16-May-1977 |  | X-Men Origins: Wolverine | 
| David Conrad | Actor | 17-Aug-1967 |  | Jim Clancy on Ghost Whisperer | 
| Frances Conroy | Actor | 13-Nov-1953 |  | Ruth Fisher on Six Feet Under | 
| Marcia Cross | Actor | 25-Mar-1962 |  | Desperate Housewives | 
| Viola Davis | Actor | 11-Aug-1965 |  | Nurse Peeler on City of Angels | 
| John de Lancie | Actor | 20-Mar-1948 |  | Q on Star Trek: TNG | 
| Reed Diamond | Actor | 20-Jul-1967 |  | Det. Mike Kellerman on Homicide | 
| Adam Driver | Actor | 19-Nov-1983 |  | Kylo Ren in The Force Awakens | 
| Nelsan Ellis | Actor | 30-Nov-1977 |  | Lafayette Reynolds on True Blood | 
| JoAnn Falletta | Conductor | 27-Feb-1954 |  | Music Director, Buffalo Philharmonic | 
| Renée Fleming | Singer | 14-Feb-1959 |  | The Beautiful Voice | 
| Dann Florek | Actor | 1-May-1950 |  | Law & Order: SVU | 
| Megan Gallagher | Actor | 6-Feb-1960 |  | Tina Russo on Hill Street Blues | 
| Thomas Gibson | Actor | 3-Jul-1962 |  | Greg on Dharma & Greg | 
| Philip Glass | Composer | 31-Jan-1937 |  | Einstein on the Beach | 
| Kelsey Grammer | Actor | 21-Feb-1955 |  | Frasier | 
| Alan Greenspan | Economist | 6-Mar-1926 |  | Federal Reserve Chairman, 1987-2006 | 
| Bruce Haack | Musician | 4-May-1932 | 26-Sep-1988 | The Electric Lucifer | 
| Lisa Gay Hamilton | Actor | 25-Mar-1964 |  | Rebecca Washington in The Practice | 
| Marvin Hamlisch | Composer | 2-Jun-1944 | 6-Aug-2012 | The Way We Were | 
| Harriet Sansom Harris | Actor | 8-Jan-1955 |  | Thoroughly Modern Millie | 
| James B. Harris | Film Director | 3-Aug-1928 |  | The Bedford Incident | 
| Skitch Henderson | Conductor | 27-Jan-1918 | 1-Nov-2005 | Original Tonight Show bandleader | 
| Bernard Herrmann | Composer | 29-Jun-1911 | 24-Dec-1975 | Scored Psycho, Citizen Kane | 
| Glenn Howerton | Actor | 13-Apr-1976 |  | Dennis Reynolds on It's Always Sunny | 
| Doug Hutchison | Actor | 26-May-1960 |  | The Green Mile | 
| Oscar Isaac | Actor | 9-Mar-1979 |  | Poe Dameron in The Force Awakens | 
| Gillian Jacobs | Actor | 20-Oct-1982 |  | Britta Perry on Community | 
| Peter Jacobson | Actor | 24-Mar-1965 |  | Dr. Chris Taub on House | 
| Penny Johnson Jerald | Actor | 14-Mar-1961 |  | Beverly on The Larry Sanders Show | 
| Norman Dello Joio | Composer | 24-Jan-1913 | 24-Jul-2008 | Meditation on Ecclesiastes | 
| Matt Keeslar | Actor | 15-Oct-1972 |  | Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen | 
| Nigel Kennedy | Violinist | 28-Dec-1956 |  | British 'punk' violinist | 
| Perry King | Actor | 30-Apr-1948 |  | Class of 1984 | 
| Kevin Kline | Actor | 24-Oct-1947 |  | A Fish Called Wanda | 
| Linda Kozlowski | Actor | 7-Jan-1958 |  | Crocodile Dundee | 
| Erin Krakow | Actor | 6-Sep-1984 |  | Elizabeth Thatcher on When Calls the Heart | 
| Eriq La Salle | Actor | 23-Jul-1962 |  | ER | 
| Audrey Landers | Actor | 18-Jul-1959 |  | Afton Cooper on Dallas | 
| Judy Landers | Actor | 7-Oct-1958 |  | Stewardess School | 
| James Levine | Conductor | 23-Jun-1943 |  | Music Director, NY Metropolitan Opera | 
| David Lindsay-Abaire | Playwright | 30-Nov-1969 |  | Rabbit Hole | 
| Laura Linney | Actor | 5-Feb-1964 |  | Meryl in The Truman Show | 
| Cleavon Little | Actor | 1-Jun-1939 | 22-Oct-1992 | Blazing Saddles | 
| Andrew Litton | Conductor | 16-May-1959 |  | Music Director, Bergen Philharmonic | 
| Patti LuPone | Actor | 21-Apr-1949 |  | Won Tony for Evita | 
| Yo-Yo Ma | Cellist | 7-Oct-1955 |  | Cellist, The Silk Road Ensemble | 
| Luke MacFarlane | Actor | 19-Jan-1980 |  | Over There | 
| Anthony Mackie | Actor | 23-Sep-1979 |  | The Manchurian Candidate | 
| Jean Madeira | Singer | 14-Nov-1924 | 11-Jul-1972 | Operatic contralto, Carmen | 
| Henry Mancini | Composer | 16-Apr-1924 | 14-Jun-1994 | Moon River | 
| Barry Manilow | Singer/Songwriter | 17-Jun-1943 |  | I Write The Songs | 
| James Marsters | Actor | 20-Aug-1962 |  | Spike on Buffy the Vampire Slayer | 
| Leigh McCloskey | Actor | 21-Jun-1955 |  | Mitch Cooper on Dallas | 
| Audra McDonald | Actor | 3-Jul-1970 |  | A Raisin in the Sun | 
| Kelly McGillis | Actor | 9-Jul-1957 |  | Love interest in Top Gun | 
| Elizabeth McGovern | Actor | 18-Jul-1961 |  | Cora on Downton Abbey | 
| Robert Duncan McNeill | Actor | 9-Nov-1964 |  | Tom Paris on Star Trek: Voyager | 
| John McTiernan | Film Director | 8-Jan-1951 |  | The Hunt for Red October | 
| Thelonious Monk | Jazz Musician | 10-Oct-1917 | 17-Feb-1982 | Influential Bebop pianist and composer | 
| Garrett Morris | Comic | 25-Jan-1937 |  | Saturday Night Live | 
| Peter Nero | Pianist | 22-May-1934 |  | Philly Pops | 
| Bebe Neuwirth | Actor | 31-Dec-1958 |  | Dr. Lilith Sternin-Crane on Cheers | 
| Michael O'Hare | Actor | 6-May-1952 | 28-Sep-2012 | Jeffrey Sinclair on Babylon 5 | 
| Lee Pace | Actor | 25-Mar-1979 |  | Pushing Daisies | 
| Itzhak Perlman | Violinist | 31-Aug-1945 |  | Israeli violinist | 
| Edward Platt | Actor | 14-Feb-1916 | 19-Mar-1974 | Chief on Get Smart | 
| Carrie Preston | Actor | 21-Jun-1967 |  | Arlene Fowler on True Blood | 
| Leontyne Price | Singer | 10-Feb-1927 |  | Operatic soprano | 
| Sara Ramirez | Actor | 31-Aug-1975 |  | Dr. Callie Torres on Grey's Anatomy | 
| Wes Ramsey | Actor | 6-Oct-1977 |  | Latter Days | 
| Elizabeth Reaser | Actor | 15-Jun-1975 |  | Amnesiac on Grey's Anatomy | 
| Alfred Reed | Composer | 25-Jan-1921 | 17-Sep-2005 | Russian Christmas Music | 
| Christopher Reeve | Actor | 25-Sep-1952 | 10-Oct-2004 | Superman | 
| Judith Regan | Publisher | 1953 |  | ReganBooks | 
| Steve Reich | Composer | 3-Oct-1936 |  | Minimalist composer, Different Trains | 
| Nicola Rescigno | Conductor | 28-May-1916 | 4-Aug-2008 | Conductor, Dallas Opera, 1957-90 | 
| Ving Rhames | Actor | 12-May-1959 |  | Marsellus Wallace in Pulp Fiction | 
| Larry Rivers | Painter | 17-Aug-1923 | 14-Aug-2002 | American pop artist | 
| Dallas Roberts | Actor | 10-May-1970 |  | Miles Fiedler on Rubicon | 
| Richard Rodgers | Composer | 28-Jun-1902 | 30-Dec-1979 | Rodgers and Hammerstein | 
| Matt Ross | Actor | 3-Jan-1970 |  | Alby Grant on Big Love | 
| Mark Rydell | Film Director | 23-Mar-1934 |  | On Golden Pond | 
| William Schuman | Composer | 4-Aug-1910 | 15-Feb-1992 | Symphony No. 6 | 
| Gerard Schwarz | Conductor | 19-Aug-1947 |  | Music Director, Seattle Symphony | 
| Raymond Scott | Musician | 10-Sep-1908 | 8-Feb-1994 | Powerhouse, invented the sequencer | 
| Neil Sedaka | Singer/Songwriter | 13-Mar-1939 |  | Laughter In The Rain | 
| Leif Segerstam | Conductor | 2-Mar-1944 |  | Conductor, Helsinki Philharmonic, 1995-2007 | 
| Adam Shankman | Film Director | 27-Nov-1964 |  | Hairspray 2007 | 
| Harry Simeone | Musician | 9-May-1911 | 22-Feb-2005 | The Harry Simeone Chorale | 
| Jacques Singer | Conductor | 9-May-1910 | 11-Aug-1980 | Music Director, Oregon Symphony, 1962-72 | 
| Lori Singer | Actor | 6-Nov-1957 |  | Footloose | 
| Leonard Slatkin | Conductor | 1-Sep-1944 |  | Music Director, Detroit Symphony | 
| Bern Nadette Stanis | Actor | 22-Dec-1953 |  | Thelma on Good Times | 
| Risë Stevens | Singer | 11-Jun-1913 | 20-Mar-2013 | Mezzo-Soprano at the Metropolitan Opera | 
| David Ogden Stiers | Actor | 31-Oct-1942 |  | Maj. Winchester on M*A*S*H | 
| Maureen Teefy | Actor | 26-Oct-1953 |  | Grease 2 | 
| James Tenney | Composer | 10-Aug-1934 | 24-Aug-2006 | A History of 'Consonance' and 'Dissonance' | 
| Jon Tenney | Actor | 16-Dec-1961 |  | Brooklyn South | 
| Maria Thayer | Actor | 30-Oct-1975 |  | Redhead on Strangers with Candy | 
| Tracie Thoms | Actor | 19-Aug-1975 |  | Kat Miller on Cold Case | 
| Lorraine Toussaint | Actor | 4-Apr-1960 |  | Renée Jackson on Any Day Now | 
| Jeanne Tripplehorn | Actor | 10-Jun-1963 |  | Office Killer | 
| Tatiana Troyanos | Singer | 12-Sep-1938 | 21-Aug-1993 | Operatic Mezzo-Soprano | 
| Alan Tudyk | Actor | 16-Mar-1971 |  | Hoban Washburne on Firefly | 
| Leslie Uggams | Actor | 25-May-1943 |  | Roots | 
| Michael Urie | Actor | 8-Aug-1980 |  | Marc St. James on Ugly Betty | 
| Jaap van Zweden | Conductor | 12-Dec-1960 |  | Music Director, Dallas Symphony Orchestra | 
| Diane Venora | Actor | 10-Aug-1952 |  | Bird | 
| Shirley Verrett | Singer | 31-May-1931 | 5-Nov-2010 | Mezzo-soprano at the Met | 
| Jake Weber | Actor | 19-Mar-1964 |  | Joe Dubois on Medium | 
| Frederick Weller | Actor | 1966 |  | Marshall Mann on In Plain Sight | 
| Bradley Whitford | Actor | 10-Oct-1959 |  | The West Wing | 
| Samira Wiley | Actor | 15-Apr-1987 |  | Poussey Washington on Orange Is the New Black | 
| Robin Williams | Comic | 21-Jul-1951 | 11-Aug-2014 | Mork from Ork | 
| Meredith Willson | Composer | 18-May-1902 | 15-Jun-1984 | The Music Man | 
| Michael Wincott | Actor | 21-Jan-1958 |  | The Crow | 
| Sam Witwer | Actor | 20-Oct-1977 |  | Being Human | 
| Bernie Worrell | Musician | 19-Apr-1944 | 24-Jun-2016 | Blacktronic Scientist | 
| Stephanie Zimbalist | Actor | 8-Oct-1956 |  | Remington Steele |