| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Dan Abrams |
Journalist |
20-May-1966 |
|
NBC legal reporter |
| Danny Aiello |
Actor |
20-Jun-1933 |
|
The Last Don |
| Barbara Jo Allen |
Radio Personality |
2-Sep-1906 |
14-Sep-1974 |
Vera Vague |
| Geoffrey Arend |
Actor |
28-Feb-1978 |
|
Ethan Gross on Body of Proof |
| David Axelrod |
Government |
22-Feb-1955 |
|
NBC talking head |
| Adrienne Bailon |
Actor |
24-Oct-1983 |
|
The Cheetah Girls |
| Peter Bart |
Journalist |
24-Jul-1932 |
|
Former editor of Variety |
| Matthew A. Berdon |
Business |
31-Jul-1919 |
27-Mar-2010 |
Senior Partner, F. B. & Co. |
| Mark Bittman |
Chef |
c. 1950 |
|
The Minimalist |
| William Peter Blatty |
Author |
7-Jan-1928 |
12-Jan-2017 |
The Exorcist |
| Peter J. Brennan |
Government |
24-May-1918 |
2-Oct-1996 |
US Secretary of Labor, 1973-75 |
| John Bunny |
Actor |
21-Sep-1863 |
26-Apr-1915 |
Comic starred in over 200 short films |
| Billy Bush |
TV Personality |
13-Oct-1971 |
|
Co-Host of Access Hollywood |
| James Cagney |
Actor |
17-Jul-1899 |
30-Mar-1986 |
New York tough guy |
| Bobby Caldwell |
Singer/Songwriter |
15-Aug-1951 |
|
What You Won't Do for Love |
| George Carlin |
Comic |
12-May-1937 |
22-Jun-2008 |
Seven Dirty Words |
| Robert Caro |
Historian |
30-Oct-1935 |
|
Biographer of Lyndon Johnson |
| Caleb Carr |
Novelist |
2-Aug-1955 |
|
The Alienist |
| Bennett Cerf |
Publisher |
25-May-1898 |
27-Aug-1971 |
Founder of Random House |
| Lee Chamberlin |
Actor |
14-Feb-1938 |
30-May-2014 |
The Electric Company |
| Harry Chapin |
Singer/Songwriter |
7-Dec-1942 |
16-Jul-1981 |
Cat's in the Cradle |
| Rhys Chatham |
Composer |
19-Sep-1952 |
|
An Angel Moves Too Fast To See |
| Leonardo Cimino |
Actor |
4-Mar-1917 |
3-Mar-2012 |
Dune |
| Bram Cohen |
Computer Programmer |
12-Oct-1975 |
|
Creator of BitTorrent |
| Terence Cardinal Cooke |
Religion |
1-Mar-1921 |
6-Oct-1983 |
Archbishop of New York, 1968-83 |
| Wanda De Jesus |
Actor |
26-Aug-1960 |
|
The Glass Shield |
| Eamon de Valera |
Head of State |
14-Oct-1882 |
29-Aug-1975 |
President of Ireland, 1959-73 |
| Dana Delany |
Actor |
13-Mar-1956 |
|
China Beach |
| William Donohue |
Activist |
18-Jul-1947 |
|
Catholic League president |
| Elizabeth L. Eisenstein |
Historian |
11-Oct-1923 |
31-Jan-2016 |
The Printing Press as an Agent of Change |
| Diane Farr |
Actor |
7-Sep-1969 |
|
Megan Reeves on Numb3rs |
| Bobby Flay |
Chef |
10-Dec-1964 |
|
Southwestern cuisine impresario |
| James Thomas Flexner |
Historian |
13-Jan-1908 |
13-Feb-2003 |
George Washington |
| Philip S. Foner |
Historian |
14-Dec-1910 |
13-Dec-1994 |
History of the Labor Movement in the United States |
| Eddie Foy |
Singer |
9-Mar-1856 |
16-Feb-1928 |
The Seven Little Foys |
| Helen Frankenthaler |
Painter |
12-Dec-1928 |
27-Dec-2011 |
Mountains and Sea |
| Drew Friedman |
Cartoonist |
21-Sep-1958 |
|
Celebrity pointillist |
| William Gaddis |
Novelist |
29-Dec-1922 |
16-Dec-1998 |
A Frolic of His Own |
| Ira Gershwin |
Songwriter |
6-Dec-1896 |
17-Aug-1983 |
They Can't Take That Away from Me |
| Tony Gilroy |
Screenwriter |
11-Sep-1956 |
|
The Bourne Legacy |
| Erica Gimpel |
Actor |
25-Jun-1964 |
|
Angel Brown on Profiler |
| Sheldon Glashow |
Physicist |
5-Dec-1932 |
|
Electroweak Theory |
| Jonah Goldberg |
Columnist |
21-Mar-1969 |
|
National Review Online |
| Marian Goodman |
Art Dealer |
1928 |
|
Marian Goodman Gallery |
| Gordon Gould |
Physicist |
17-Jul-1920 |
16-Sep-2005 |
Invented the laser, arguably |
| David Greenglass |
Spy |
2-Mar-1922 |
1-Jul-2014 |
Gave atomic secrets to Julius Rosenberg |
| Thomas Guinzburg |
Publisher |
30-Mar-1926 |
8-Sep-2010 |
Former owner, Viking Press |
| John Gutfreund |
Business |
14-Sep-1929 |
9-Mar-2016 |
CEO of Salomon Brothers, 1984-91 |
| Petra Haden |
Violinist |
11-Oct-1971 |
|
Indie rock violinist |
| Rachel Haden |
Musician |
11-Oct-1971 |
|
One of the musical Haden triplets |
| Armand Hammer |
Business |
21-May-1898 |
10-Dec-1990 |
Soviet agent of influence |
| Robert L. Heilbroner |
Economist |
24-Mar-1919 |
4-Jan-2005 |
The Worldly Philosophers |
| Maurice Hinchey |
Politician |
27-Oct-1938 |
|
Congressman, New York 22nd |
| John Hollander |
Poet |
28-Oct-1929 |
17-Aug-2013 |
Powers of Thirteen |
| Peter Kaplan |
Editor |
10-Feb-1954 |
29-Nov-2013 |
Editor-in-Chief, New York Observer |
| Raymond W. Kelly |
Law Enforcement |
4-Sep-1941 |
|
NYPD Commissioner, 2002-13 |
| Alicia Keys |
Singer |
25-Jan-1981 |
|
Fallin' |
| Leon Klinghoffer |
Victim |
24-Sep-1916 |
7-Oct-1985 |
Shot and thrown overboard by terrorists |
| Christopher Knight |
Actor |
7-Nov-1957 |
|
Peter on The Brady Bunch |
| Tony Kushner |
Playwright |
16-Jul-1956 |
|
Angels in America |
| Lawrence Lader |
Activist |
6-Aug-1919 |
7-May-2006 |
Father of abortion rights activism |
| Lady Gaga |
Singer |
28-Mar-1986 |
|
The Fame |
| Richard W. Leopold |
Historian |
6-Jan-1912 |
23-Nov-2006 |
Robert Dale Owen: A Biography |
| Jeffrey Loria |
Baseball |
20-Nov-1940 |
|
Miami Marlins owner |
| Henry Luce III |
Publisher |
28-Apr-1925 |
7-Sep-2005 |
Former Time magazine publisher |
| Gerald W. Lynch |
Educator |
24-Mar-1937 |
17-Apr-2013 |
President of John Jay College, 1977-2004 |
| Roma Maffia |
Actor |
31-May-1958 |
|
Dr. Liz Cruz on Nip/Tuck |
| Thomas J. Manton |
Politician |
3-Nov-1932 |
22-Jul-2006 |
Congressman from New York, 1985-99 |
| Jared Martin |
Actor |
21-Dec-1941 |
|
Steven Farlow on Dallas |
| Harry Mathews |
Author |
14-Feb-1930 |
25-Jan-2017 |
My Life in CIA |
| Matt McGorry |
Actor |
12-Apr-1986 |
|
Asher Millstone on How to Get Away with Murder |
| Julia Migenes |
Singer |
13-Mar-1949 |
|
Operatic soprano |
| Dash Mihok |
Actor |
24-May-1974 |
|
Lynn McKennan on Felicity |
| Paul Milstein |
Business |
12-May-1922 |
9-Aug-2010 |
Manhattan real estate developer |
| Lin-Manuel Miranda |
Playwright |
16-Jan-1980 |
|
Creator of Hamilton |
| Richard B. Morris |
Historian |
24-Jul-1904 |
3-Mar-1989 |
The Peacemakers |
| Viggo Mortensen |
Actor |
20-Oct-1958 |
|
Aragorn in Lord of the Rings |
| Joe Morton |
Actor |
18-Oct-1947 |
|
The brother from another planet |
| Bruce E. Mosler |
Business |
c. 1958 |
|
CEO of Cushman & Wakefield |
| George Cardinal Mundelein |
Religion |
2-Jul-1872 |
2-Oct-1939 |
Archbishop of Chicago, 1915-39 |
| Gloria Naylor |
Novelist |
25-Jan-1950 |
28-Sep-2016 |
The Women of Brewster Place |
| Nicholas Negroponte |
Educator |
1-Dec-1943 |
|
Founder, MIT Media Lab |
| Sheila Nevins |
Film/TV Producer |
6-Apr-1939 |
|
President, HBO Documentary and Family |
| S. I. Newhouse, Sr. |
Publisher |
24-May-1895 |
29-Aug-1979 |
Founder of Advance Publications |
| Carroll O'Connor |
Actor |
2-Aug-1924 |
21-Jun-2001 |
Archie Bunker in All in the Family |
| Bill O'Reilly |
Talk Show Host |
10-Sep-1949 |
|
The O'Reilly Factor |
| Ana Ortiz |
Actor |
25-Jan-1971 |
|
Hilda Suarez on Ugly Betty |
| Regis Philbin |
Talk Show Host |
25-Aug-1931 |
|
Live with Regis & Kathie Lee and Kelly |
| Jeremy Piven |
Actor |
26-Jul-1965 |
|
Ari Gold on Entourage |
| Richard H. Popkin |
Philosopher |
27-Dec-1923 |
14-Apr-2005 |
The History of Scepticism |
| David H. Popper |
Diplomat |
3-Oct-1912 |
24-Jul-2008 |
US Ambassador to Chile, 1974-77 |
| Mario Puzo |
Novelist |
15-Oct-1920 |
2-Jul-1999 |
The Godfather |
| Henry Hope Reed |
Critic |
25-Sep-1915 |
1-May-2013 |
American Skyline |
| Morris Renek |
Novelist |
12-Mar-1925 |
10-May-2013 |
Heck |
| Robin Riker |
Actor |
2-Oct-1952 |
|
Kelly Hall on Brothers |
| Chase T. Rogers |
Judge |
12-Nov-1956 |
|
Connecticut Chief Justice |
| Eleanor Roosevelt |
First Lady |
11-Oct-1884 |
7-Nov-1962 |
First Lady under FDR |
| Billy Rose |
Theatre Producer |
6-Sep-1899 |
10-Feb-1966 |
Ziegfeld Theatre, Billy Rose Theater |
| Susan Rosenberg |
Activist |
1955 |
|
Radical |
| Judith Rossner |
Novelist |
31-Mar-1935 |
9-Aug-2005 |
Looking for Mr. Goodbar |
| Harry Ruby |
Songwriter |
27-Jan-1895 |
23-Feb-1974 |
Who's Sorry Now? |
| Carmine De Sapio |
Government |
10-Dec-1908 |
27-Jul-2004 |
The Last Boss of Tammany Hall |
| Raphael Sbarge |
Actor |
12-Feb-1964 |
|
Archie Hopper on Once Upon a Time |
| James H. Scheuer |
Politician |
6-Feb-1920 |
30-Aug-2005 |
Congressman from New York, 1965-93 |
| John Schoenherr |
Artist |
5-Jul-1935 |
8-Apr-2010 |
Owl Moon |
| Albert Shanker |
Labor Leader |
14-Sep-1928 |
22-Feb-1997 |
American Federation of Teachers |
| Ally Sheedy |
Actor |
13-Jun-1962 |
|
The Breakfast Club |
| Martin Shubik |
Economist |
24-Mar-1926 |
|
Economist and game theorist |
| Sheldon Silver |
Politician |
13-Feb-1944 |
|
Former Speaker, NY State Assembly |
| Sue Simmons |
TV Personality |
27-May-1943 |
|
WNBC-TV News Anchor, 1980-2012 |
| Guy Siner |
Actor |
16-Oct-1947 |
|
Lt. Gruber on Allo 'Allo! |
| Ruth Snyder |
Criminal |
27-Mar-1895 |
12-Jan-1928 |
Electrocuted for murdering husband |
| Ronnie Spector |
Singer |
10-Aug-1943 |
|
Be her baby |
| James Speyer |
Business |
22-Jul-1861 |
31-Oct-1941 |
New York Banker |
| Joe Spinell |
Actor |
28-Oct-1936 |
13-Jan-1989 |
Frank Zito in Maniac |
| Jordana Spiro |
Actor |
12-Apr-1977 |
|
PJ Franklin on My Boys |
| Richard Stallman |
Computer Programmer |
16-Mar-1953 |
|
Founder, GNU software project |
| Arnold Stang |
Actor |
28-Sep-1918 |
20-Dec-2009 |
Bespectacled character actor |
| Paul Stanley |
Musician |
20-Jan-1952 |
|
Lead singer for Kiss |
| Brenda K. Starr |
Singer |
15-Oct-1966 |
|
Freestyle-turned-salsa performer |
| Jan Sterling |
Actor |
3-Apr-1921 |
26-Mar-2004 |
Ace in the Hole |
| Margot Stevenson |
Actor |
8-Feb-1912 |
2-Jan-2011 |
Margo Lane on The Shadow |
| Corey Stoll |
Actor |
14-Mar-1976 |
|
Peter Russo on House of Cards |
| Steven Strait |
Model |
23-Mar-1986 |
|
The Covenant |
| Ethan Suplee |
Actor |
25-May-1976 |
|
Frankie on Boy Meets World |
| Susan J. Tolchin |
Political Scientist |
14-Jan-1941 |
18-May-2016 |
To the Victor... |
| Jim Valvano |
Basketball |
10-Mar-1946 |
28-Apr-1993 |
NCSU Basketball Coach, 1980-89 |
| Peter Viereck |
Poet |
5-Aug-1916 |
13-May-2006 |
Terror and Decorum |
| Jennifer Warren |
Actor |
12-Aug-1941 |
|
Night Moves |
| Sigourney Weaver |
Actor |
8-Oct-1949 |
|
Alien |
| Chloe Webb |
Actor |
25-Jun-1956 |
|
Sid and Nancy |
| Gillian Welch |
Singer/Songwriter |
2-Oct-1967 |
|
Revival |
| Albert Wohlstetter |
Scholar |
19-Dec-1913 |
10-Jan-1997 |
Nuclear strategist |
| Alex Wolff |
Drummer |
1-Nov-1997 |
|
The Naked Brothers Band |
| John E. Zuccotti |
Business |
23-Jun-1937 |
19-Nov-2015 |
Real estate tycoon |
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Joey Adams |
Comic |
6-Jan-1911 |
2-Dec-1999 |
Borscht Belt comedian |
| Mason Adams |
Actor |
26-Feb-1919 |
26-Apr-2005 |
Charlie Hume on Lou Grant |
| Herbert A. Allen, Sr. |
Business |
13-Feb-1908 |
18-Jan-1997 |
Allen & Company, Inc. |
| Cleveland Amory |
Author |
2-Sep-1917 |
14-Oct-1998 |
The Cat Who Came for Christmas |
| Albert Anastasia |
Criminal |
26-Feb-1902 |
25-Oct-1957 |
Gambino crime boss |
| Robert W. Anderson |
Playwright |
28-Apr-1917 |
9-Feb-2009 |
Tea and Sympathy |
| Virginia Apgar |
Doctor |
7-Jun-1909 |
7-Aug-1974 |
Anesthesiologist, Apgar Score |
| Victor Argo |
Actor |
5-Nov-1934 |
6-Apr-2004 |
Taxi Driver and Mean Streets |
| Harold Arlen |
Songwriter |
15-Feb-1905 |
23-Apr-1986 |
Wrote score to Wizard of Oz |
| Richie Ashburn |
Baseball |
19-Mar-1927 |
9-Sep-1997 |
MLB Hall of Fame Whiz Kid |
| Mohammed Atta |
Terrorist |
1-Sep-1968 |
11-Sep-2001 |
Mastermind behind the 9-11 attacks |
| Louis Auchincloss |
Author |
27-Sep-1917 |
26-Jan-2010 |
Portrait in Brownstone |
| Aram Avakian |
Film Director |
23-Apr-1926 |
17-Jan-1987 |
End of the Road |
| Val Avery |
Actor |
14-Jul-1924 |
12-Dec-2009 |
The Anderson Tapes |
| Herman Badillo |
Politician |
21-Aug-1929 |
3-Dec-2014 |
Congressman from New York, 1971-77 |
| Ralph M. Bahna |
Business |
23-Aug-1942 |
24-Feb-2014 |
CEO of Cunard Line, 1980-89 |
| LaVern Baker |
Singer |
11-Nov-1929 |
10-Mar-1997 |
Jim Dandy |
| Robert L. Bartley |
Editor |
12-Oct-1937 |
10-Dec-2003 |
Editor of the Wall Street Journal, 1979-2003 |
| Ol' Dirty Bastard |
Rapper |
15-Nov-1968 |
13-Nov-2004 |
Profoundly deranged rapper, Wu-Tang Clan |
| Robert H. Benmosche |
Business |
29-May-1944 |
27-Feb-2015 |
CEO of AIG, 2009-14 |
| Marshall Berman |
Scholar |
24-Nov-1940 |
11-Sep-2013 |
All That Is Solid Melts Into Air |
| Elisabeth Bing |
Activist |
8-Jul-1914 |
15-May-2015 |
Natural childbirth movement |
| Earl Blackwell |
Business |
3-May-1913 |
1-Mar-1995 |
Celebrity publicist |
| Leo Bogart |
Sociologist |
23-Sep-1921 |
15-Oct-2005 |
Preserving the Press |
| Stephen F. Bollenbach |
Business |
14-Jul-1942 |
8-Oct-2016 |
CEO of Hilton Hotels, 1996-2007 |
| Louise Bourgeois |
Sculptor |
25-Dec-1911 |
31-May-2010 |
Crouching Spider |
| Julie Bovasso |
Actor |
1-Aug-1930 |
14-Sep-1991 |
Saturday Night Fever |
| David Bowie |
Singer/Songwriter |
8-Jan-1947 |
10-Jan-2016 |
Ziggy Stardust |
| John Brademas |
Politician |
2-Mar-1927 |
11-Jul-2016 |
Congressman from Indiana, 1959-81 |
| Edmund Breese |
Actor |
18-Jun-1871 |
6-Apr-1936 |
Duck Soup |
| Helen Gurley Brown |
Author |
18-Feb-1922 |
13-Aug-2012 |
Editor of Cosmopolitan, 1965-97 |
| Lew Brown |
Songwriter |
10-Dec-1893 |
5-Feb-1958 |
Beer Barrel Polka |
| Charles F. Brush III |
Archaeologist |
3-Apr-1923 |
1-Jun-2006 |
Explorers Club president 1978-81 |
| Arnold I. Burns |
Attorney |
14-Apr-1930 |
1-Oct-2013 |
Deputy US Attorney General, 1986-88 |
| Nicholas Murray Butler |
Educator |
2-Apr-1862 |
7-Dec-1947 |
President of Columbia University, 1901-45 |
| Hortense Calisher |
Novelist |
20-Dec-1911 |
15-Jan-2009 |
In the Absence of Angels |
| Vincent Canby |
Critic |
27-Jul-1924 |
15-Sep-2000 |
Film/Theater Critic, The New York Times |
| Milton Caniff |
Cartoonist |
28-Feb-1907 |
3-Apr-1988 |
Terry and the Pirates |
| Kitty Carlisle |
Singer |
3-Sep-1910 |
18-Apr-2007 |
A Night at the Opera |
| Jim Carroll |
Author |
1-Aug-1950 |
11-Sep-2009 |
The Basketball Diaries |
| Peggy Cass |
Actor |
21-May-1924 |
8-Mar-1999 |
Auntie Mame |
| Lionel Casson |
Scholar |
22-Jul-1914 |
18-Jul-2009 |
The Ancient Mariners |
| Paul Castellano |
Criminal |
20-Jun-1915 |
16-Dec-1985 |
Gambino crime boss |
| George M. Cohan |
Composer |
3-Jul-1878 |
5-Nov-1942 |
Yankee Doodle Dandy |
| Ornette Coleman |
Jazz Musician |
19-Mar-1930 |
11-Jun-2015 |
Free Jazz innovator |
| Alan Colmes |
Pundit |
24-Sep-1950 |
23-Feb-2017 |
Left-leaning political pundit |
| Betty Comden |
Songwriter |
3-May-1915 |
23-Nov-2006 |
Singin' in the Rain |
| Barry Commoner |
Biologist |
28-May-1917 |
30-Sep-2012 |
Science and Survival |
| Bob Considine |
Journalist |
4-Nov-1906 |
25-Sep-1975 |
Ghostwriter, Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo |
| Terence Cardinal Cooke |
Religion |
1-Mar-1921 |
6-Oct-1983 |
Archbishop of New York, 1968-83 |
| Irwin Corey |
Comic |
29-Jul-1914 |
6-Feb-2017 |
World's Foremost Authority |
| Joseph Force Crater |
Victim |
5-Jan-1889 |
6-Aug-1930 |
NY State Judge vanished |
| Judith Crist |
Critic |
22-May-1922 |
7-Aug-2012 |
Ascerbic film critic |
| Joseph F. Cullman III |
Business |
9-Apr-1912 |
30-Apr-2004 |
CEO of Philip Morris, 1957-78 |
| Bill Cunningham |
Photographer |
13-Mar-1929 |
25-Jun-2016 |
Fashion photographer, The New York Times |
| Nick De Noia |
Dancer |
c. 1941 |
7-Apr-1987 |
First choreographer for Chippendales |
| Dave DeBusschere |
Basketball |
16-Oct-1940 |
14-May-2003 |
NBA Hall of Famer |
| Alice Denham |
Author |
21-Jan-1927 |
27-Jan-2016 |
Sleeping with the Bad Boys |
| Adrian W. DeWind |
Attorney |
1-Dec-1913 |
7-Aug-2009 |
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison |
| Howard Dietz |
Songwriter |
8-Sep-1896 |
30-Jul-1983 |
MGM songwriter, publicity chief |
| DJ AM |
Disc Jockey |
30-Mar-1973 |
28-Aug-2009 |
New York Club DJ |
| Ernst von Dohnányi |
Composer |
27-Jul-1877 |
9-Feb-1960 |
Opus 25 |
| Truman B. Douglass |
Religion |
15-Jul-1901 |
27-May-1969 |
United Church of Christ |
| Alfred Drake |
Actor |
7-Oct-1914 |
25-Jul-1992 |
Broadway actor, Kismet |
| Edward R. Dudley |
Diplomat |
11-Mar-1911 |
8-Feb-2005 |
First Black US Ambassador |
| Dominick Dunne |
Novelist |
29-Oct-1925 |
26-Aug-2009 |
High society novelist, true crime writer |
| John Gregory Dunne |
Novelist |
25-May-1932 |
30-Dec-2003 |
True Confessions |
| Edward Cardinal Egan |
Religion |
2-Apr-1932 |
5-Mar-2015 |
Catholic Archbishop of New York, 2000-09 |
| Mischa Elman |
Violinist |
20-Jan-1891 |
5-Apr-1967 |
Ukrainian-American violin prodigy |
| Charles H. Erhart, Jr. |
Business |
31-Jul-1925 |
16-Jan-2009 |
President of W.R. Grace & Co., 1989-90 |
| Kenneth Fearing |
Novelist |
28-Jul-1902 |
26-Jun-1961 |
The Big Clock |
| Fyvush Finkel |
Actor |
9-Oct-1923 |
14-Aug-2016 |
Picket Fences |
| Fred Fisher |
Songwriter |
30-Sep-1875 |
14-Jan-1942 |
Dardanella |
| Thomas King Forcade |
Journalist |
11-Sep-1945 |
17-Nov-1978 |
Founder of High Times |
| Ruth Ford |
Actor |
7-Jul-1915 |
12-Aug-2009 |
American stage actress |
| Lukas Foss |
Conductor |
15-Aug-1922 |
1-Feb-2009 |
Director, Buffalo Philharmonic, 1963-71 |
| Joe Franklin |
Talk Show Host |
9-Mar-1926 |
24-Jan-2015 |
Pioneer talk show host |
| Daniel J. Freed |
Legal Scholar |
12-May-1927 |
17-Jan-2010 |
Yale Law professor |
| Marilyn French |
Author |
21-Nov-1929 |
2-May-2009 |
The Women's Room |
| Betty Furness |
Actor |
3-Jan-1916 |
2-Apr-1994 |
You can be sure if it's a Westinghouse |
| Evan Griffith Galbraith |
Business |
2-Jul-1928 |
21-Jan-2008 |
US Ambassador to France, 1981-85 |
| Leonard Garment |
Attorney |
11-May-1924 |
13-Jul-2013 |
Former Special Counsel to Nixon |
| Peter Gay |
Historian |
20-Jun-1923 |
12-May-2015 |
The Enlightenment: An Interpretation |
| Ben Gazzara |
Actor |
28-Aug-1930 |
3-Feb-2012 |
The Thomas Crown Affair |
| Arthur Gelb |
Editor |
3-Feb-1924 |
20-May-2014 |
Editor, The New York Times, 1986-89 |
| Harvey J. Goldschmid |
Government |
6-May-1940 |
12-Feb-2015 |
SEC Commissioner, 2002-05 |
| Olivia Goldsmith |
Novelist |
c. 1949 |
15-Jan-2004 |
The First Wives Club |
| Mack Gordon |
Composer |
21-Jun-1904 |
28-Feb-1959 |
Chattanooga Choo Choo |
| Lesley Gore |
Singer |
2-May-1946 |
16-Feb-2015 |
It's My Party |
| Jay Gorney |
Composer |
12-Dec-1896 |
14-Jun-1990 |
Brother, Can You Spare A Dime? |
| 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 |
| Farley Granger |
Actor |
1-Jul-1925 |
27-Mar-2011 |
Strangers on a Train |
| Alan C. Greenberg |
Business |
3-Sep-1927 |
25-Jul-2014 |
CEO of Bear Stearns, 1978-93 |
| Ellie Greenwich |
Songwriter |
23-Oct-1940 |
26-Aug-2009 |
Leader of the Pack |
| George Grizzard |
Actor |
1-Apr-1928 |
2-Oct-2007 |
Advise and Consent |
| Ulu Grosbard |
Film Director |
9-Jan-1929 |
19-Mar-2012 |
The Subject Was Roses |
| Thomas Guinzburg |
Publisher |
30-Mar-1926 |
8-Sep-2010 |
Former owner, Viking Press |
| John Gutfreund |
Business |
14-Sep-1929 |
9-Mar-2016 |
CEO of Salomon Brothers, 1984-91 |
| Charles Gwathmey |
Architect |
19-Jun-1938 |
3-Aug-2009 |
Designed extension to the Guggenheim |
| Uta Hagen |
Actor |
12-Jun-1919 |
14-Jan-2004 |
Renowned thespian and acting teacher |
| Grayson Hall |
Actor |
18-Sep-1922 |
7-Aug-1985 |
The Night of the Iguana |
| Gus Hall |
Activist |
8-Oct-1910 |
13-Oct-2000 |
Leader, Communist Party USA |
| Lionel Hampton |
Jazz Musician |
20-Apr-1908 |
31-Aug-2002 |
Jazz vibrophonist and bandleader |
| Elizabeth Hardwick |
Critic |
27-Jul-1916 |
2-Dec-2007 |
Seduction and Betrayal |
| Ned Harrigan |
Actor |
26-Oct-1844 |
6-Jun-1911 |
Harrigan & Hart |
| Jill Haworth |
Actor |
15-Aug-1946 |
3-Jan-2011 |
In Harm's Way |
| Shirley Hazzard |
Novelist |
30-Jan-1931 |
12-Dec-2016 |
The Transit of Venus |
| Robert L. Heilbroner |
Economist |
24-Mar-1919 |
4-Jan-2005 |
The Worldly Philosophers |
| Levon Helm |
Drummer |
26-May-1940 |
19-Apr-2012 |
Drummer for The Band |
| Nat Hentoff |
Critic |
10-Jun-1925 |
7-Jan-2017 |
The Jazz Life |
| Oscar Hijuelos |
Novelist |
24-Aug-1951 |
12-Oct-2013 |
The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love |
| Steven Hill |
Actor |
24-Feb-1922 |
23-Aug-2016 |
Adam Schiff on Law & Order |
| Jerome Hines |
Singer |
8-Nov-1921 |
4-Feb-2003 |
Operatic bass, NY Metropolitan Opera |
| Al Hirschfeld |
Artist |
21-Jun-1903 |
20-Jan-2003 |
Pen and ink caricaturist |
| Philip Seymour Hoffman |
Actor |
23-Jul-1967 |
2-Feb-2014 |
Capote |
| Sidney Homer |
Economist |
20-Oct-1902 |
9-Aug-1983 |
A History of Interest Rates |
| Lena Horne |
Singer |
30-Jun-1917 |
9-May-2010 |
Stormy Weather |
| Kevork S. Hovnanian |
Business |
16-May-1923 |
24-Sep-2009 |
Founder of Hovnanian Enterprises |
| Barnard Hughes |
Actor |
16-Jul-1915 |
11-Jul-2006 |
High priest in TRON |
| Harold L. Humes |
Author |
11-Apr-1926 |
10-Sep-1992 |
Co-Founder, The Paris Review |
| Josephine Hutchinson |
Actor |
12-Oct-1903 |
4-Jun-1998 |
North by Northwest |
| Oscar Hammerstein I |
Theatre Producer |
8-May-1847 |
1-Aug-1919 |
Olympia Theatre |
| Roy Innis |
Activist |
6-Jun-1934 |
8-Jan-2017 |
Congress of Racial Equality |
| Anne Jackson |
Actor |
3-Sep-1926 |
12-Apr-2016 |
Folks! |
| Milt Jackson |
Jazz Musician |
1-Jan-1923 |
9-Oct-1999 |
Vibrophonist, The Modern Jazz Quartet |
| Lou Jacobi |
Actor |
28-Dec-1913 |
23-Oct-2009 |
Avalon |
| Peter Jennings |
Journalist |
29-Jul-1938 |
7-Aug-2005 |
Former anchor, ABC World News Tonight |
| Ruth Prawer Jhabvala |
Novelist |
7-May-1927 |
3-Apr-2013 |
Heat and Dust |
| Howard Johnson |
Songwriter |
2-Jun-1887 |
1-May-1941 |
We All Scream for Ice Cream |
| Donald Judd |
Sculptor |
3-Jun-1928 |
12-Feb-1994 |
Post-war minimalist |
| Tony Judt |
Historian |
2-Jan-1948 |
6-Aug-2010 |
Postwar |
| Louis Kahn |
Architect |
20-Feb-1901 |
17-Mar-1974 |
Prominent architect |
| Madeline Kahn |
Actor |
29-Sep-1942 |
3-Dec-1999 |
Paper Moon and Blazing Saddles |
| Madame Chiang Kai-Shek |
First Lady |
5-Mar-1898 |
23-Oct-2003 |
The Dragon Lady |
| Dick Kallman |
Actor |
7-Jul-1933 |
22-Feb-1980 |
Hank |
| Peter Kaplan |
Editor |
10-Feb-1954 |
29-Nov-2013 |
Editor-in-Chief, New York Observer |
| Stanley H. Kaplan |
Business |
24-May-1919 |
23-Aug-2009 |
Developed SAT study aids |
| Stanley Kauffmann |
Critic |
24-Apr-1916 |
9-Oct-2013 |
Film critic for The New Republic |
| Judith S. Kaye |
Judge |
4-Aug-1938 |
7-Jan-2016 |
Chief Judge, State of New York, 1993-2008 |
| Elia Kazan |
Film Director |
7-Sep-1909 |
28-Sep-2003 |
A Streetcar Named Desire |
| Alfred Kazin |
Critic |
5-Jun-1915 |
5-Jun-1998 |
On Native Grounds |
| Nan Kempner |
Socialite |
24-Jul-1930 |
3-Jul-2005 |
New York City socialite |
| Martin S. Kimmel |
Business |
9-Apr-1916 |
15-Apr-2008 |
Founder of Kimco Realty |
| Alan King |
Comic |
26-Dec-1927 |
9-May-2004 |
Jewish comic and Friars Club fixture |
| Leon Kirchner |
Composer |
24-Jan-1919 |
17-Sep-2009 |
Quartet No. 3 |
| Ed Koch |
Politician |
12-Dec-1924 |
1-Feb-2013 |
Mayor of New York City, 1978-89 |
| Charles Korvin |
Actor |
21-Nov-1907 |
18-Jun-1998 |
Interpol Calling |
| Tuli Kupferberg |
Singer/Songwriter |
28-Sep-1923 |
12-Jul-2010 |
The Fugs |
| Lawrence Lader |
Activist |
6-Aug-1919 |
7-May-2006 |
Father of abortion rights activism |
| Ring Lardner, Jr. |
Playwright |
19-Aug-1915 |
31-Oct-2000 |
Screenwriter, M*A*S*H |
| Estée Lauder |
Business |
1-Jul-1908 |
24-Apr-2004 |
Cosmetics magnate |
| Arthur Laurents |
Playwright |
14-Jul-1918 |
5-May-2011 |
West Side Story |
| David Laventhol |
Publisher |
15-Jul-1933 |
8-Apr-2015 |
President of Times Mirror, 1987-93 |
| Hector Lavoe |
Singer |
30-Sep-1946 |
29-Jun-1993 |
Puerto Rican salsa singer |
| Patricia Kennedy Lawford |
Socialite |
6-May-1924 |
17-Sep-2006 |
Kennedy sister, wife of Peter Lawford |
| Joshua Lederberg |
Biologist |
23-May-1925 |
2-Feb-2008 |
Genetic properties of bacteria |
| Carolyn Leigh |
Songwriter |
21-Aug-1926 |
19-Nov-1983 |
Young at Heart |
| John Lennon |
Musician |
9-Oct-1940 |
8-Dec-1980 |
Beatle |
| Larry Levenson |
Business |
1935 |
23-Jan-1999 |
Founder of Plato's Retreat |
| Ira Levin |
Novelist |
27-Aug-1929 |
12-Nov-2007 |
Rosemary's Baby |
| David Levine |
Cartoonist |
20-Dec-1926 |
29-Dec-2009 |
Caricaturist, New York Review of Books |
| Cory Lidle |
Baseball |
22-Mar-1972 |
11-Oct-2006 |
Yankees pitcher flew his plane into a high rise |
| Daniel K. Ludwig |
Business |
24-Jun-1897 |
27-Aug-1992 |
The Invisible Billionaire |
| Sidney Lumet |
Film Director |
25-Jun-1924 |
9-Apr-2011 |
Dog Day Afternoon |
| Peter Maas |
Author |
27-Jun-1929 |
23-Aug-2001 |
Serpico |
| Norman Mailer |
Author |
31-Jan-1923 |
10-Nov-2007 |
Armies of the Night |
| Manning Marable |
Educator |
13-May-1950 |
1-Apr-2011 |
Beyond Black and White |
| David Margulies |
Actor |
19-Feb-1937 |
11-Jan-2016 |
Ghostbusters |
| Albert Maysles |
Film Director |
26-Nov-1926 |
5-Mar-2015 |
Documentary filmmaker |
| David Maysles |
Film Director |
10-Jan-1932 |
3-Jan-1987 |
Documentary filmmaker |
| George Barr McCutcheon |
Novelist |
26-Jul-1866 |
23-Oct-1928 |
Brewster's Millions |
| Anne Meara |
Comic |
20-Sep-1929 |
23-May-2015 |
Stiller and Meara |
| Ana Mendieta |
Performance Artist |
18-Nov-1948 |
8-Sep-1985 |
Feminist performance artist |
| Ethel Merman |
Singer |
16-Jan-1908 |
15-Feb-1984 |
There's No Business Like Show Business |
| Charles Merz |
Journalist |
23-Feb-1893 |
31-Aug-1977 |
Editor of the New York Times, 1938-61 |
| Thomas M. Messer |
Curator |
9-Feb-1920 |
15-May-2013 |
Director of the Guggenheim, 1961-88 |
| James W. Michaels |
Journalist |
17-Jun-1921 |
2-Oct-2007 |
Longtime Forbes editor |
| Marvin Miller |
Labor Leader |
14-Apr-1917 |
27-Nov-2012 |
MLB Player Association, 1966-82 |
| Mitch Miller |
Musician |
4-Jul-1911 |
31-Jul-2010 |
Sing Along with Mitch |
| William Lee Miller |
Historian |
21-Apr-1926 |
27-May-2012 |
Arguing About Slavery |
| Paul Milstein |
Business |
12-May-1922 |
9-Aug-2010 |
Manhattan real estate developer |
| Ilhan Mimaroglu |
Electronic Musician |
11-Mar-1926 |
17-Jul-2012 |
Sing Me A Song of Songmy |
| Joseph Mitchell |
Author |
27-Jul-1908 |
24-May-1996 |
The New Yorker |
| Richard B. Morris |
Historian |
24-Jul-1904 |
3-Mar-1989 |
The Peacemakers |
| Arnold Moss |
Actor |
28-Jan-1910 |
15-Dec-1989 |
My Favorite Spy |
| Bharati Mukherjee |
Novelist |
27-Jul-1940 |
28-Jan-2017 |
The Tiger's Daughter |
| Jules Munshin |
Actor |
22-Feb-1915 |
19-Feb-1970 |
On the Town |
| Grayson Murphy |
Business |
1878 |
Nov-1937 |
Banker, Co-Founder of American Legion |
| Rosemary Murphy |
Actor |
13-Jan-1927 |
5-Jul-2014 |
Eleanor and Franklin |
| Tony Musante |
Actor |
30-Jun-1936 |
26-Nov-2013 |
Toma |
| Nat Nakasa |
Journalist |
12-May-1937 |
14-Jul-1965 |
Anti-Apartheid journalist, exiled |
| LeRoy Neiman |
Painter |
8-Jun-1921 |
20-Jun-2012 |
Painter of sports scenes |
| Arnold Newman |
Photographer |
3-Mar-1918 |
6-Jun-2006 |
Environmental portraitist |
| Mike Nichols |
Film Director |
6-Nov-1931 |
19-Nov-2014 |
Primary Colors |
| Marni Nixon |
Singer |
22-Feb-1930 |
24-Jul-2016 |
The Voice of Hollywood |
| Carrie Nye |
Actor |
14-Oct-1936 |
14-Jul-2006 |
Theater actress |
| Lawrence F. O'Brien |
Politician |
7-Jul-1917 |
28-Sep-1990 |
Target of Watergate break-in |
| John P. O'Neill |
Law Enforcement |
6-Feb-1952 |
11-Sep-2001 |
Anti-Terrorism expert, died in 9/11 |
| Milo O'Shea |
Actor |
2-Jun-1926 |
2-Apr-2013 |
Ulysses |
| Jerry Orbach |
Actor |
20-Oct-1935 |
28-Dec-2004 |
Lennie Briscoe from Law & Order |
| Mollie Orshansky |
Economist |
9-Jan-1915 |
18-Dec-2006 |
Orshansky Index |
| Ignace Paderewski |
Pianist |
18-Nov-1860 |
29-Jun-1941 |
Polish pianist and composer |
| William S. Paley |
Business |
28-Sep-1901 |
26-Oct-1990 |
Chairman of CBS, 1946-83 |
| Mitchell Parish |
Songwriter |
10-Jul-1900 |
31-Mar-1993 |
Volare |
| Alton B. Parker |
Judge |
14-May-1852 |
10-May-1926 |
Chief Judge, NY Court of Appeals, 1898-1904 |
| Arthur Penn |
Film Director |
27-Sep-1922 |
28-Sep-2010 |
Bonnie and Clyde |
| McCandlish Phillips |
Journalist |
4-Dec-1927 |
9-Apr-2013 |
The New York Times |
| Lionel Pincus |
Business |
2-Mar-1931 |
10-Oct-2009 |
Co-Founder, Warburg Pincus |
| George Plimpton |
Author |
18-Mar-1927 |
25-Sep-2003 |
Paper Lion |
| Richard Poirier |
Critic |
9-Sep-1925 |
15-Aug-2009 |
Raritan, A Quarterly Review |
| Josephine Premice |
Actor |
21-Jul-1926 |
13-Apr-2001 |
Calypso singer, Broadway actress |
| Henry Hope Reed |
Critic |
25-Sep-1915 |
1-May-2013 |
American Skyline |
| Dana Reeve |
Activist |
17-Mar-1961 |
6-Mar-2006 |
Christopher Reeve Foundation |
| Ad Reinhardt |
Painter |
24-Dec-1913 |
30-Aug-1967 |
Abstract expressionist |
| Morris Renek |
Novelist |
12-Mar-1925 |
10-May-2013 |
Heck |
| Rick Rescorla |
Victim |
27-May-1939 |
11-Sep-2001 |
Anticipated both WTC attacks, died in 9/11 |
| Harry Revel |
Composer |
21-Dec-1905 |
3-Nov-1958 |
Poor Little Rich Girl |
| Natasha Richardson |
Actor |
11-May-1963 |
18-Mar-2009 |
Widows' Peak |
| John Ringling |
Business |
31-May-1866 |
2-Dec-1936 |
Ringling Brothers Circus |
| Max Roach |
Jazz Musician |
10-Jan-1924 |
16-Aug-2007 |
Enduring jazz drummer |
| Richard Rodgers |
Composer |
28-Jun-1902 |
30-Dec-1979 |
Rodgers and Hammerstein |
| Robert Rosenblum |
Art Historian |
24-Jul-1927 |
6-Dec-2006 |
Transformations in Late Eighteenth-Century Art |
| Abe Rosenthal |
Journalist |
2-May-1922 |
10-May-2006 |
NY Times Executive Editor, 1977-86 |
| Janice Rule |
Actor |
15-Aug-1931 |
17-Oct-2003 |
3 Women |
| Jimmy Rushing |
Singer |
26-Aug-1901 |
8-Jun-1972 |
Mr. Five By Five |
| Charles Ryskamp |
Administrator |
21-Oct-1928 |
26-Mar-2010 |
Frick Collection Director, 1987-97 |
| Morley Safer |
Journalist |
8-Nov-1931 |
19-May-2016 |
60 Minutes |
| Carmine De Sapio |
Government |
10-Dec-1908 |
27-Jul-2004 |
The Last Boss of Tammany Hall |
| Herbert Sargent |
Screenwriter |
15-Jul-1923 |
6-May-2005 |
SNL writer |
| Andrew Sarris |
Critic |
31-Oct-1928 |
20-Jun-2012 |
The American Cinema |
| James Schuyler |
Poet |
9-Nov-1923 |
12-Apr-1991 |
Freely Espousing |
| Anna J. Schwartz |
Economist |
11-Nov-1915 |
21-Jun-2012 |
A Monetary History of the United States |
| Pete Seeger |
Singer/Songwriter |
3-May-1919 |
27-Jan-2014 |
We Shall Overcome |
| Adrienne Shelly |
Actor |
24-Jun-1966 |
1-Nov-2006 |
Waitress |
| Lee Shubert |
Theatre Producer |
25-Mar-1871 |
25-Dec-1953 |
Broke the Erlanger theater syndicate |
| Harry Simeone |
Musician |
9-May-1911 |
22-Feb-2005 |
The Harry Simeone Chorale |
| Bob Simon |
Journalist |
29-May-1941 |
11-Feb-2015 |
60 Minutes |
| Jacques Singer |
Conductor |
9-May-1910 |
11-Aug-1980 |
Music Director, Oregon Symphony, 1962-72 |
| Ted Sorensen |
Attorney |
8-May-1928 |
31-Oct-2010 |
Aide to JFK |
| Terry Southern |
Novelist |
1-May-1924 |
29-Oct-1995 |
Dr. Strangelove |
| Albert Spalding |
Violinist |
15-Aug-1888 |
26-May-1953 |
American violin virtuoso |
| Raymond Spillenger |
Painter |
24-Oct-1924 |
20-Nov-2013 |
Abstract Expressionist, New York School |
| Henry Spira |
Activist |
19-Jun-1927 |
12-Sep-1998 |
Animal rights activist |
| Elan Steinberg |
Activist |
2-Jun-1952 |
6-Apr-2012 |
World Jewish Congress |
| Fritz Stern |
Historian |
2-Feb-1926 |
18-May-2016 |
German historian |
| Risë Stevens |
Singer |
11-Jun-1913 |
20-Mar-2013 |
Mezzo-Soprano at the Metropolitan Opera |
| Margot Stevenson |
Actor |
8-Feb-1912 |
2-Jan-2011 |
Margo Lane on The Shadow |
| Henry Taub |
Business |
20-Sep-1927 |
31-Mar-2011 |
Founder of ADP |
| Nikola Tesla |
Inventor |
10-Jul-1856 |
7-Jan-1943 |
Invented alternating current |
| Bob Tisch |
Business |
29-Apr-1926 |
15-Nov-2005 |
CEO of Loews, Owner NY Giants |
| Ernst Toller |
Playwright |
1-Dec-1893 |
22-May-1939 |
Transformation |
| Marvin S. Traub |
Business |
14-Apr-1925 |
11-Jul-2012 |
CEO of Bloomingdale's, 1978-92 |
| Tatiana Troyanos |
Singer |
12-Sep-1938 |
21-Aug-1993 |
Operatic Mezzo-Soprano |
| Harold R. Tyler, Jr. |
Attorney |
14-May-1922 |
25-May-2005 |
Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler |
| Garrick Utley |
Journalist |
19-Nov-1939 |
20-Feb-2014 |
NBC correspondent for 30 years |
| Michael Vale |
TV Personality |
28-Jun-1922 |
24-Dec-2005 |
Time to make the donuts |
| Evelyn Varden |
Actor |
12-Jun-1893 |
11-Jul-1958 |
The Bad Seed |
| Kirk Varnedoe |
Curator |
19-Jan-1946 |
15-Aug-2003 |
Curator at MOMA, 1988-2001 |
| Harold Vermilyea |
Actor |
10-Oct-1889 |
8-Jan-1958 |
Sorry, Wrong Number |
| Lillian Vernon |
Business |
18-Mar-1927 |
14-Dec-2015 |
Mail-order maven of America |
| Sunny von Bulow |
Victim |
1-Sep-1932 |
6-Dec-2008 |
Heiress in a coma for 28 years |
| Harry Von Tilzer |
Songwriter |
8-Jul-1872 |
10-Jan-1946 |
Just Like The Girl Who Married Dear Old Dad |
| Kurt Vonnegut |
Novelist |
11-Nov-1922 |
11-Apr-2007 |
Slaughterhouse Five |
| Eli Wallach |
Actor |
7-Dec-1915 |
24-Jun-2014 |
The Magnificent Seven |
| Kenneth N. Waltz |
Scholar |
8-Jun-1924 |
12-May-2013 |
Man, the State, and War |
| Fritz Weaver |
Actor |
19-Jan-1926 |
26-Nov-2016 |
Fail Safe |
| Elie Wiesel |
Activist |
30-Sep-1928 |
2-Jul-2016 |
Anti-Holocaust and human-rights activist |
| Joseph Wiseman |
Actor |
15-May-1918 |
19-Oct-2009 |
Dr. No |
| Jack Wrangler |
Pornstar |
11-Jul-1946 |
7-Apr-2009 |
Eyes of a Gay Stranger |
| Fay Wray |
Actor |
15-Sep-1907 |
8-Aug-2004 |
King Kong |
| Walter B. Wriston |
Business |
3-Aug-1919 |
19-Jan-2005 |
CEO of Citibank, 1967-84 |
