| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Jim Acosta |
Journalist |
17-Apr-1971 |
|
CNN Senior White House Correspondent |
| Jane Adams |
Actor |
1-Apr-1965 |
|
Dr. Mel Karnofsky on Frasier |
| David Addington |
Government |
22-Jan-1957 |
|
Dick Cheney's Chief of Staff |
| Edward Albee |
Playwright |
12-Mar-1928 |
16-Sep-2016 |
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
| Bernadette M. Allen |
Diplomat |
c. 1955 |
|
US Ambassador to Niger |
| Laz Alonso |
Actor |
25-Mar-1974 |
|
Charlie Duchamp on Breakout Kings |
| Donna M. Alvarado |
Business |
8-Nov-1948 |
|
Aguila International |
| Anne Applebaum |
Author |
25-Jul-1964 |
|
Gulag: A History |
| Jeannetta Arnette |
Actor |
29-Jul-1954 |
|
Bernadette Meara on Head of the Class |
| Ron Asheton |
Guitarist |
17-Jul-1948 |
1-Jan-2009 |
Guitarist for the Stooges |
| Jonathan Banks |
Actor |
31-Jan-1947 |
|
Frank McPike on Wiseguy |
| Juanita P. Baranco |
Business |
19-Mar-1949 |
|
Baranco Automotive Group |
| Michael D. Barnes |
Politician |
3-Sep-1943 |
|
Congressman from Maryland, 1979-87 |
| Dave Batista |
Wrestling |
18-Jan-1969 |
|
Deacon Batista, WWE star |
| Elgin Baylor |
Basketball |
16-Sep-1934 |
22-Mar-2021 |
Los Angeles Lakers forward |
| Ann Beattie |
Author |
8-Sep-1947 |
|
Chilly Scenes of Winter |
| Robert M. Beavers, Jr. |
Business |
6-Jan-1944 |
19-Aug-2015 |
Best Harvest Bakeries |
| Ralph Becker |
Politician |
30-May-1952 |
|
Mayor of Salt Lake City |
| Michelle Bernard |
Activist |
c. 1964 |
|
Conservative commentator |
| Carl Bernstein |
Journalist |
14-Feb-1944 |
|
Broke the Watergate story |
| Stuart Bernstein |
Diplomat |
9-Apr-1938 |
|
US Ambassador to Denmark, 2001-05 |
| Jon Bernthal |
Actor |
20-Sep-1977 |
|
Shane Walsh on The Walking Dead |
| Dave Bing |
Basketball |
24-Nov-1943 |
|
NBA Hall of Famer, Detroit mayor |
| David Birney |
Actor |
23-Apr-1939 |
|
Nightfall |
| Cory Booker |
Politician |
27-Apr-1969 |
|
US Senator from New Jersey |
| David L. Boren |
Politician |
21-Apr-1941 |
|
Governor and Senator from Oklahoma |
| Stuart Bowen |
Government |
1958 |
|
Iraq Inspector General |
| Ralph L. Boyce, Jr. |
Diplomat |
1-Feb-1952 |
|
US Ambassador to Thailand, 2004-07 |
| Brent Bozell |
Activist |
14-Jul-1955 |
|
Media Research Center |
| William Reynolds Braisted |
Historian |
14-Mar-1918 |
|
The United States Navy in the Pacific |
| David C. Broderick |
Politician |
4-Feb-1820 |
16-Sep-1859 |
US Senator from California, 1857-59 |
| Edward Brooke |
Politician |
26-Oct-1919 |
3-Jan-2015 |
US Senator from Massachusetts, 1967-79 |
| Blair Brown |
Actor |
23-Apr-1946 |
|
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd |
| Judge Joe Brown |
Judge |
5-Jul-1947 |
|
TV judge |
| Ron Brown |
Government |
1-Aug-1941 |
3-Apr-1996 |
US Commerce Secretary, 1993-96 |
| Stuart W. Bruchey |
Historian |
6-Aug-1917 |
20-Dec-2010 |
Enterprise: The Dynamic Economy of a Free People |
| Richard Bryan |
Politician |
16-Jul-1937 |
|
Governor of Nevada, 1983-89 |
| Pat Buchanan |
Columnist |
2-Nov-1938 |
|
Crossfire |
| Tim Buckley |
Singer/Songwriter |
14-Feb-1947 |
29-Jun-1975 |
Experimental singer/songwriter |
| William Bundy |
Government |
24-Sep-1917 |
6-Oct-2000 |
Cold War advisor to JFK, LBJ |
| Billie Burke |
Actor |
7-Aug-1885 |
14-May-1970 |
Glinda, the Good Witch of the North |
| Charles Burns |
Artist |
27-Sep-1955 |
|
Creepy graphic novelist |
| H. Ralph Burton |
Government |
1882 |
5-Aug-1971 |
Red-baiting Senate staffer |
| Prudence Bushnell |
Diplomat |
? |
|
US Ambassador to Kenya, 1996-99 |
| Julie Cafritz |
Guitarist |
5-May-1965 |
|
Guitarist for Pussy Galore |
| John F. Campbell |
Diplomat |
1944 |
|
US Ambassador to Nigeria, 2004-07 |
| Mortimer M. Caplin |
Business |
11-Jul-1916 |
|
Caplin & Drysdale |
| Timothy Carhart |
Actor |
24-Dec-1953 |
|
Pink Cadillac |
| Chris Carmack |
Actor |
22-Dec-1980 |
|
Luke Ward on The O.C. |
| Jean Carnahan |
Politician |
20-Dec-1933 |
|
US Senator from Missouri, 2001-02 |
| Jay Carney |
Government |
22-May-1965 |
|
White House Press Secretary, 2011-14 |
| Jack Casady |
Bassist |
13-Apr-1944 |
|
Jefferson Airplane |
| Max Casella |
Actor |
6-Jun-1967 |
|
Benny Fazio on The Sopranos |
| Eva Cassidy |
Singer |
2-Feb-1963 |
2-Nov-1996 |
Eva by Heart |
| Michael Chabon |
Novelist |
24-May-1963 |
|
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay |
| Jim Chapman |
Politician |
8-Mar-1945 |
|
Congressman from Texas, 1985-97 |
| Dave Chappelle |
Comic |
24-Aug-1973 |
|
Chappelle's Show |
| J. C. Chasez |
Singer |
8-Aug-1976 |
|
*NSYNC |
| Tracy Chevalier |
Novelist |
1962 |
|
Girl with a Pearl Earring |
| Gabrielle Christian |
Actor |
30-Jul-1984 |
|
Spencer Carlin on South of Nowhere |
| Connie Chung |
Journalist |
20-Aug-1946 |
|
NBC news anchor |
| Alonzo Church |
Mathematician |
14-Jun-1903 |
11-Aug-1995 |
Lambda calculus, Church-Turing thesis |
| Ina Claire |
Actor |
15-Oct-1893 |
21-Feb-1985 |
Ninotchka |
| Bill Cobey |
Politician |
13-May-1939 |
|
Congressman from North Carolina, 1985-87 |
| Stephen Colbert |
Talk Show Host |
13-May-1964 |
|
The Colbert Report |
| Lovida H. Coleman, Jr. |
Attorney |
21-May-1949 |
|
Partner, Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan |
| Steve Coll |
Journalist |
8-Oct-1958 |
|
Ghost Wars |
| Bob Considine |
Journalist |
4-Nov-1906 |
25-Sep-1975 |
Ghostwriter, Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo |
| Benjamin Franklin Cooling III |
Historian |
8-Dec-1938 |
|
Gray Steel and Blue Water Navy |
| Chet Culver |
Politician |
25-Jan-1966 |
|
Governor of Iowa, 2007-11 |
| Whitney Cummings |
Comic |
4-Sep-1982 |
|
Whitney |
| Chris Cutler |
Drummer |
4-Jan-1947 |
|
Henry Cow |
| Adrian Dantley |
Basketball |
28-Feb-1956 |
|
Former NBA small forward |
| Tommy Davidson |
Actor |
18-Dec-1965 |
|
The Proud Family |
| F. Elwood Davis |
Attorney |
15-Dec-1915 |
17-Jan-2012 |
Prominent Washington lawyer |
| Raymond Davis, Jr. |
Scientist |
14-Oct-1914 |
31-May-2006 |
Detected solar neutrinos |
| Whitfield Diffie |
Scientist |
5-Jun-1944 |
|
Invented public key cryptography |
| Julian C. Dixon |
Politician |
8-Aug-1934 |
8-Dec-2000 |
Congressman from California, 1979-2000 |
| DJ Spooky |
Disc Jockey |
1970 |
|
That Subliminal Kid |
| Maureen Dowd |
Columnist |
14-Jan-1952 |
|
New York Times columnist |
| Jim Doyle |
Politician |
23-Nov-1945 |
|
Governor of Wisconsin, 2003-11 |
| Charles Drew |
Doctor |
3-Jun-1904 |
1-Apr-1950 |
First to separate blood plasma |
| John Foster Dulles |
Government |
25-Feb-1888 |
24-May-1959 |
Eisenhower's Secretary of State |
| Kevin Durant |
Basketball |
29-Sep-1988 |
|
Oklahoma City Thunder |
| Margaret O'Neill Eaton |
Relative |
1796 |
8-Nov-1879 |
War Secy.'s wife caused cabinet shakeup |
| Dartanyan Edmonds |
Actor |
3-Jan-1972 |
|
Deliver Us From Eva |
| Julie Nixon Eisenhower |
Relative |
5-Jul-1948 |
|
Richard M. Nixon's daughter |
| Paul Ekman |
Psychologist |
15-Feb-1934 |
|
Facial Action Coding System |
| Duke Ellington |
Jazz Musician |
29-Apr-1899 |
24-May-1974 |
It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing |
| Georgia Engel |
Actor |
28-Jul-1948 |
12-Apr-2019 |
Georgette on Mary Tyler Moore |
| Hugh Everett |
Physicist |
11-Nov-1930 |
19-Jul-1982 |
Many Worlds Theory of quantum physics |
| Andrew Fastow |
Business |
22-Dec-1961 |
|
Disgraced CFO of Enron |
| Walter E. Fauntroy |
Activist |
6-Feb-1933 |
|
Congressman from DC, 1971-91 |
| Ben Feldman |
Actor |
27-May-1980 |
|
Fred on Drop Dead Diva |
| Adrian Fenty |
Politician |
7-Dec-1970 |
|
Mayor of Washington DC, 2007-11 |
| Roger W. Ferguson, Jr. |
Government |
28-Oct-1951 |
|
CEO of TIAA-CREF |
| Raul J. Fernandez |
Business |
c. 1967 |
|
Founder of Proxicom |
| Albert Fish |
Criminal |
19-May-1870 |
16-Jan-1936 |
Serial killer and cannibal |
| Hamilton Fish, Jr. |
Politician |
3-Jun-1926 |
23-Jul-1996 |
Congressman from New York, 1969-95 |
| James R. Flynn |
Scholar |
18-Apr-1934 |
|
Flynn Effect |
| Jonathan Safran Foer |
Novelist |
21-Feb-1977 |
|
Everything Is Illuminated |
| Bill France, Jr. |
Auto Racing |
4-Apr-1933 |
4-Jun-2007 |
CEO of NASCAR, 1972-2003 |
| Matt Frewer |
Actor |
4-Jan-1958 |
|
Max Headroom |
| Ann M. Fudge |
Business |
23-Apr-1951 |
|
CEO of Young & Rubicam, 2003-07 |
| Isabelle Fuhrman |
Actor |
25-Feb-1997 |
|
Orphan |
| Ana Gasteyer |
Actor |
4-May-1967 |
|
Saturday Night Live |
| Marvin Gaye |
Singer |
2-Apr-1939 |
1-Apr-1984 |
Heard It Through the Grapevine |
| Nona Gaye |
Actor |
4-Sep-1974 |
|
The Polar Express |
| Johnny Gill |
Singer |
22-May-1966 |
|
R&B singer, New Edition |
| James M. Gilliss |
Astronomer |
6-Sep-1811 |
9-Feb-1865 |
Founder, US Naval Observatory |
| Ginuwine |
Singer |
15-Oct-1970 |
|
R&B singer, Pony |
| James Glassman |
Publisher |
1-Jan-1947 |
|
Roll Call editor |
| Joanna Going |
Actor |
22-Jul-1963 |
|
Phantoms |
| Eric F. Goldman |
Historian |
17-Jun-1916 |
19-Feb-1989 |
The Tragedy of Lyndon Johnson |
| Amy Goodman |
Radio Personality |
13-Apr-1957 |
|
Host of Democracy Now! |
| Al Gore |
Politician |
31-Mar-1948 |
|
US Vice President under Clinton |
| Tipper Gore |
First Lady |
19-Aug-1948 |
|
Estranged wife of Al Gore |
| Jane Greer |
Actor |
9-Sep-1924 |
24-Aug-2001 |
Out of the Past |
| Dorian Gregory |
Actor |
26-Jan-1971 |
|
Darryl Morris on Charmed |
| Winston Groom |
Novelist |
23-Mar-1943 |
16-Sep-2020 |
Forrest Gump |
| David J. Gross |
Physicist |
19-Feb-1941 |
|
Deep structure of matter |
| Gilbert Gude |
Politician |
9-Mar-1923 |
7-Jun-2007 |
Congressman from Maryland, 1967-77 |
| Tim Gunn |
TV Personality |
29-Jul-1953 |
|
Project Runway |
| Alan Hale, Sr. |
Actor |
10-Feb-1892 |
22-Jan-1950 |
The Adventures of Robin Hood |
| Regina Hall |
Actor |
12-Dec-1970 |
|
Scary Movie |
| Charles Halton |
Actor |
16-Mar-1876 |
16-Apr-1959 |
Bespectacled character actor |
| Nicholas Hammond |
Actor |
15-May-1950 |
|
The Sound of Music |
| Alyson Hannigan |
Actor |
24-Mar-1974 |
|
Willow on Buffy the Vampire Slayer |
| Michael J. Harner |
Anthropologist |
27-Apr-1929 |
|
The Jivaro: People of the Sacred Waterfalls |
| Patricia Harty |
Actor |
5-Nov-1941 |
|
Greta Patterson on Occasional Wife |
| Helen Hayes |
Actor |
10-Oct-1900 |
17-Mar-1993 |
First Lady of the Theater |
| David Headley |
Terrorist |
30-Jun-1960 |
|
American implicated in Mumbai bombing |
| John Heard |
Actor |
7-Mar-1945 |
21-Jul-2017 |
The Pelican Brief |
| Katherine Heigl |
Actor |
24-Nov-1978 |
|
Isobel Stevens on Grey's Anatomy |
| Smith Hempstone, Jr. |
Diplomat |
1-Feb-1929 |
19-Nov-2006 |
US Ambassador to Kenya, 1989-93 |
| Wade Henderson |
Activist |
1948 |
|
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights |
| Taraji P. Henson |
Actor |
11-Sep-1970 |
|
The Division |
| Edward Herrmann |
Actor |
21-Jul-1943 |
31-Dec-2014 |
Richard Gilmore on Gilmore Girls |
| Fred Hiatt |
Columnist |
30-Apr-1955 |
|
Washington Post Editorial Page Editor |
| Frederick P. Hitz |
Government |
14-Oct-1939 |
|
CIA Inspector General, 1990-98 |
| Larry Hogan |
Politician |
25-May-1956 |
|
Governor of Maryland |
| J. Holiday |
Singer |
22-Nov-1984 |
|
Bed |
| Elizabeth Holmes |
Business |
3-Feb-1984 |
|
Disgraced CEO of Theranos |
| Jerome A. Holmes |
Judge |
18-Nov-1961 |
|
10th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Robert Hooks |
Actor |
18-Apr-1937 |
|
Trouble Man |
| J. Edgar Hoover |
Government |
1-Jan-1895 |
2-May-1972 |
Director of the FBI, 1924-72 |
| Hume Alexander Horan |
Diplomat |
13-Aug-1934 |
22-Jul-2004 |
US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, 1988 |
| Shirley Horn |
Singer |
1-May-1934 |
20-Oct-2005 |
Here's To Life |
| Tony Horwitz |
Journalist |
9-Jun-1958 |
27-May-2019 |
Confederates in the Attic |
| Walter Howe |
Diplomat |
10-Jun-1907 |
8-Apr-1966 |
US Ambassador to Chile, 1958-61 |
| Brit Hume |
Journalist |
22-Jun-1943 |
|
Fox News DC correspondent |
| Sandy Hume |
Journalist |
c. 1969 |
22-Feb-1998 |
The Hill Correspondent, 1996-98 |
| William Hurt |
Actor |
20-Mar-1950 |
|
Altered States, Broadcast News |
| Gregory Itzin |
Actor |
20-Apr-1948 |
|
President Charles Logan on 24 |
| Samuel L. Jackson |
Actor |
21-Dec-1948 |
|
Pulp Fiction |
| Shirley A. Jackson |
Physicist |
5-Aug-1946 |
|
NRC Chairman, 1995-99 |
| Thomas Penfield Jackson |
Judge |
10-Jan-1937 |
15-Jun-2013 |
Federal district court judge |
| Donna A. James |
Business |
30-Jun-1957 |
|
Former EVP at Nationwide |
| Franklyn G. Jenifer |
Educator |
26-Mar-1939 |
|
President of UT-Dallas, 1994-2003 |
| Hank Johnson |
Politician |
2-Oct-1954 |
|
Congressman, Georgia 4th |
| Luci Baines Johnson |
Relative |
2-Jul-1947 |
|
Daughter of LBJ |
| Lynda Bird Johnson |
Relative |
19-Mar-1944 |
|
Daughter of LBJ |
| Stephen L. Johnson |
Government |
21-Mar-1951 |
|
EPA Administrator |
| Kristen Johnston |
Actor |
20-Sep-1967 |
|
3rd Rock from the Sun |
| Edward P. Jones |
Author |
1951 |
|
The Known World |
| Eddie Jordan |
Basketball |
29-Jan-1955 |
|
Retired NBA guard and coach |
| Max Julien |
Actor |
1945 |
|
The Mack |
| Charles Kaiser |
Journalist |
13-Nov-1950 |
|
1968 in America |
| Robert G. Kaiser |
Journalist |
7-Apr-1943 |
|
So Damn Much Money |
| Samuel H. Kauffmann |
Business |
17-Jan-1924 |
4-Apr-2002 |
California tract housing developer |
| Jorma Kaukonen |
Guitarist |
23-Dec-1940 |
|
Jefferson Airplane |
| Brett M. Kavanaugh |
Judge |
12-Feb-1965 |
|
US Court of Appeals, DC Circuit |
| John F. Kennedy, Jr. |
Relative |
25-Nov-1960 |
16-Jul-1999 |
Son of John F. Kennedy |
| Kerry Kennedy |
Activist |
8-Sep-1959 |
|
Human rights activist |
| Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. |
Relative |
17-Jan-1954 |
|
Son of Robert F. Kennedy |
| Rory Kennedy |
Film/TV Producer |
12-Dec-1968 |
|
Documentary filmmaker |
| Kristie Kenney |
Diplomat |
c. 1955 |
|
US Ambassador to the Philippines |
| James Kimsey |
Business |
15-Sep-1939 |
1-Mar-2016 |
AOL's founding CEO |
| Colbert King |
Columnist |
20-Sep-1939 |
|
Washington Post columnist |
| Garry Kitchen |
Computer Programmer |
18-Aug-1958 |
|
Keystone Capers |
| Michael Klosson |
Diplomat |
22-Aug-1949 |
|
US Ambassador to Cyprus, 2002-05 |
| Peter Kolchin |
Historian |
3-Jun-1943 |
|
American Slavery, 1619-1877 |
| Suzanne Kosmas |
Politician |
25-Feb-1944 |
|
Congresswoman from Florida, 2009-11 |
| Robert W. Lane |
Business |
14-Nov-1949 |
|
CEO of Deere, 2000-09 |
| Owen Lattimore |
Author |
29-Jul-1900 |
31-May-1989 |
Scholar of Mongolia |
| Michael Learned |
Actor |
9-Apr-1939 |
|
The Waltons |
| Dave Lebling |
Computer Programmer |
30-Oct-1949 |
|
Co-Founder of Infocom, helped write Zork |
| Katie Ledecky |
Swimmer |
17-Mar-1997 |
|
Five-time Olympic Gold Medalist |
| Philip Leder |
Biologist |
19-Nov-1934 |
|
Harvard Geneticist |
| John Walker Lindh |
Criminal |
9-Feb-1981 |
|
The American Taliban |
| John Davis Lodge |
Politician |
20-Oct-1903 |
29-Oct-1985 |
Governor of Connecticut, 1951-55 |
| Rayford W. Logan |
Historian |
7-Jan-1897 |
4-Nov-1982 |
The Negro in American Life and Thought |
| Andrew Luck |
Football |
12-Sep-1989 |
|
Indianapolis Colts QB |
| Hall S. Lusk |
Judge |
21-Sep-1883 |
15-May-1983 |
Oregon State Supreme Court Justice, 1937-68 |
| Lester L. Lyles |
Military |
20-Apr-1946 |
|
Commander, USAF Materiel Command, 2000-03 |
| Ian MacKaye |
Musician |
16-Apr-1962 |
|
Punk rock icon |
| Ben Mankiewicz |
TV Personality |
25-Mar-1967 |
|
TCM Host, Young Turk |
| J. W. Marriott, Jr. |
Business |
25-Mar-1932 |
|
Billionaire, CEO of Marriott |
| David C. Martin |
Journalist |
28-Jul-1943 |
|
CBS News national security correspondent |
| Judith Martin |
Columnist |
13-Sep-1938 |
|
Miss Manners |
| Garrett Mattingly |
Historian |
6-May-1900 |
18-Dec-1962 |
Renaissance Diplomacy |
| Kevin Mattson |
Historian |
25-Dec-1966 |
|
Intellectuals in Action |
| Armistead Maupin |
Author |
13-May-1944 |
|
Tales of the City series |
| Christopher McCandless |
Victim |
12-Feb-1968 |
18-Aug-1992 |
Subject of Into the Wild |
| James McDaniel |
Actor |
25-Mar-1958 |
|
Lt. Arthur Fancy on NYPD Blue |
| Country Joe McDonald |
Musician |
1-Jan-1942 |
|
Country Joe and the Fish |
| Wesley L. McDonald |
Military |
6-Jul-1924 |
8-Feb-2008 |
Led 1983 invasion of Grenada |
| Punky Meadows |
Guitarist |
6-Feb-1950 |
|
Pouting guitarist, Angel |
| Christopher Meloni |
Actor |
2-Apr-1961 |
|
Law & Order: SVU, Oz |
| Francis E. Meloy, Jr. |
Diplomat |
28-Mar-1917 |
16-Jun-1976 |
US Ambassador to Lebanon, assassinated |
| Harold Melton |
Judge |
25-Sep-1966 |
|
Justice, Georgia Supreme Court |
| Bridgit Mendler |
Actor |
18-Dec-1992 |
|
Teddy Duncan on Good Luck Charlie |
| Cord Meyer |
Spy |
10-Nov-1920 |
13-Mar-2001 |
Facing Reality: From World Federalism to the CIA |
| May Miller |
Playwright |
26-Jan-1899 |
8-Feb-1995 |
The Bog Guide |
| David Mills |
Screenwriter |
20-Nov-1961 |
30-Mar-2010 |
Writer for The Wire |
| Florence Mills |
Singer |
25-Jan-1896 |
1-Nov-1927 |
Jazz singer, Queen of Happiness |
| Judson Mills |
Actor |
10-May-1969 |
|
Walker, Texas Ranger |
| Karen Nelson Moore |
Judge |
19-Nov-1948 |
|
6th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Thomas Gale Moore |
Economist |
6-Nov-1930 |
|
Council of Economic Advisers, 1985-89 |
| Diana G. Motz |
Judge |
15-Jul-1943 |
|
4th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Roger Mudd |
Journalist |
9-Feb-1928 |
9-Mar-2021 |
Newscaster |
| Mary Murphy |
Actor |
26-Jan-1931 |
4-May-2011 |
The Wild One |
| Philip Musica |
Business |
1884 |
16-Dec-1938 |
Bootlegger, drug magnate, arms smuggler |
| Mya |
Musician |
10-Oct-1978 |
|
My Love Is Like...Wo |
| Hassan Nemazee |
Business |
27-Jan-1950 |
|
Nemazee Capital Corporation |
| Ron Nessen |
Government |
25-May-1934 |
|
Gerald Ford's press secretary |
| Ronald E. Neumann |
Diplomat |
30-Sep-1944 |
|
US Ambassador to Afghanistan, 2005-07 |
| Bob Newman |
Radio Personality |
1958 |
|
The Gunny Bob Show |
| Queen Noor |
Royalty |
23-Aug-1951 |
|
Queen of Jordan |
| Blake W. Nordstrom |
Business |
4-Oct-1960 |
2-Jan-2019 |
President of Nordstrom, 2000-14 |
| Eleanor Holmes Norton |
Politician |
13-Jun-1937 |
|
Congresswoman, Washington DC |
| Michael Nouri |
Actor |
9-Dec-1945 |
|
Flashdance |
| Lisa Nowak |
Astronaut |
10-May-1963 |
|
According to lawyer, no diaper |
| Richard Nugent |
Author |
2-Jul-1906 |
27-May-1987 |
Harlem Renaissance writer |
| Bill Nye |
TV Personality |
27-Nov-1955 |
|
Bill Nye the Science Guy |
| Maureen O'Connor |
Judge |
7-Aug-1951 |
|
Justice, Ohio Supreme Court |
| David W. Ogden |
Attorney |
12-Nov-1953 |
|
Deputy US Attorney General, 2009-10 |
| Carl C. Perkins |
Politician |
6-Aug-1954 |
|
Congressman from Kentucky, 1984-93 |
| Jane C. Pfeiffer |
Business |
29-Sep-1932 |
|
Chairman of NBC, 1978-81 |
| Scott Plank |
Actor |
11-Nov-1958 |
24-Oct-2002 |
L.A. Takedown |
| Bill Posey |
Politician |
18-Dec-1947 |
|
Congressman, Florida 8th |
| Maury Povich |
Talk Show Host |
17-Jan-1939 |
|
The Maury Povich Show |
| J. A. Preston |
Actor |
? |
|
Allen Brooks on All's Fair |
| Hugh B. Price |
Activist |
1941 |
|
President of the Urban League, 1994-2003 |
| Martin Puryear |
Sculptor |
23-May-1941 |
|
Post-minimalist |
| Norman F. Ramsey |
Physicist |
27-Aug-1915 |
4-Nov-2011 |
Energy levels of atoms |
| Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings |
Novelist |
8-Aug-1896 |
14-Dec-1953 |
The Yearling |
| J. Paul Reason |
Military |
22-Mar-1941 |
|
C-in-C of US Atlantic Fleet, 1996-99 |
| Shari Redstone |
Business |
14-Apr-1954 |
|
President of National Amusements |
| Madlyn Rhue |
Actor |
3-Oct-1935 |
16-Dec-2003 |
Marjorie Grant on Bracken's World |
| Susan E. Rice |
Diplomat |
17-Nov-1964 |
|
National Security Advisor, 2013-17 |
| Frank Rich |
Columnist |
2-Jun-1949 |
|
New York magazine |
| Robert C. Richardson |
Physicist |
26-Jun-1937 |
19-Feb-2013 |
Superfluidity of helium-3 |
| James W. Riddleberger |
Diplomat |
21-Sep-1904 |
17-Oct-1982 |
Chief of Central European Affairs, 1944-47 |
| Adam G. Riess |
Astronomer |
1969 |
|
Accelerating expansion of the universe |
| Chita Rivera |
Dancer |
23-Jan-1933 |
|
Anita in West Side Story on Broadway |
| Elizabeth H. Roberts |
Politician |
17-Apr-1957 |
|
Lt. Governor of Rhode Island |
| Hugh G. Robinson |
Military |
4-Aug-1932 |
|
CEO of Global Building Systems |
| Mo Rocca |
Comic |
28-Jan-1969 |
|
Senior correspondent, The Daily Show |
| Henry Rollins |
Musician |
13-Feb-1961 |
|
Black Flag |
| Archie Roosevelt |
Relative |
9-Apr-1894 |
13-Oct-1979 |
Conservative leader against New Deal |
| Quentin Roosevelt |
Relative |
19-Nov-1897 |
14-Jul-1918 |
Theodore Roosevelt's son |
| Leonard Rose |
Cellist |
28-Jul-1918 |
16-Nov-1984 |
Virtuoso cellist |
| Tim Russ |
Actor |
22-Jun-1956 |
|
Tuvok on Star Trek: Voyager |
| Luke Russert |
TV Personality |
22-Aug-1985 |
|
NBC News corrspondent, son of Tim Russert |
| Melissa Sagemiller |
Actor |
1-Jun-1974 |
|
Gayle on Sleeper Cell |
| Pete Sampras |
Tennis |
12-Aug-1971 |
|
Fourteen Grand Slams |
| James Sanborn |
Sculptor |
1945 |
|
Kryptos sculpture at CIA Headquarters |
| Sheryl Sandberg |
Business |
28-Aug-1969 |
|
COO of Facebook |
| Miguel Sandoval |
Actor |
16-Nov-1951 |
|
D.A. Manuel Devalos on Medium |
| Eric Schmidt |
Business |
27-Apr-1955 |
|
CEO of Google, 2001-11 |
| Susan Schwab |
Government |
23-Mar-1955 |
|
US Trade Representative |
| Bobby Scott |
Politician |
30-Apr-1947 |
|
Congressman, Virginia 3rd |
| Fred A. Seaton |
Politician |
11-Dec-1909 |
16-Jan-1974 |
US Secretary of the Interior, 1956-61 |
| Louis Michael Seidman |
Legal Scholar |
16-Feb-1947 |
|
Our Unsettled Constitution |
| Lou Sheldon |
Activist |
11-Jun-1934 |
29-May-2020 |
Traditional Values Coalition |
| Kevin Shelley |
Government |
16-Nov-1955 |
|
California Secretary of State, 2003-05 |
| Brad Silberling |
Film Director |
8-Sep-1963 |
|
City of Angels |
| Alexis Simendinger |
Journalist |
c. 1959 |
|
National Journal reporter |
| David Simon |
Author |
1960 |
|
The Wire |
| Christopher A. Sims |
Economist |
21-Oct-1942 |
|
Statistical theory of time series |
| Edna Skinner |
Actor |
23-May-1921 |
8-Aug-2003 |
Kay Addison on Mister Ed |
| Melanie Sloan |
Activist |
16-Dec-1965 |
|
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington |
| Tucker Smallwood |
Actor |
22-Feb-1944 |
|
Space: Above and Beyond |
| Adam Smith |
Politician |
15-Jun-1965 |
|
Congressman, Washington 9th |
| Jean Edward Smith |
Political Scientist |
13-Oct-1931 |
|
Grant |
| John Philip Sousa |
Composer |
6-Nov-1854 |
6-Mar-1932 |
Stars and Stripes Forever |
| Harley O. Staggers, Jr. |
Politician |
22-Feb-1951 |
|
Congressman from West Virginia, 1983-93 |
| Jackie Stallone |
Relative |
29-Nov-1921 |
|
Astrologer-Mother of Sylvester Stallone |
| Cliff Stearns |
Politician |
16-Apr-1941 |
|
Congressman from Florida, 1989-2013 |
| Ben Stein |
Game Show Host |
25-Nov-1944 |
|
Host of Win Ben Stein's Money |
| Frances Sternhagen |
Actor |
13-Jan-1930 |
|
Misery |
| Ben Stevens |
Politician |
18-Mar-1959 |
|
Alaska state senator |
| Whit Stillman |
Film Director |
25-Jan-1952 |
|
The Last Days of Disco |
| Patrick T. Stokes |
Business |
1942 |
|
Chairman of Anheuser-Busch |
| A. G. Sulzberger |
Publisher |
5-Aug-1980 |
|
Deputy Publisher, New York Times |
| David S. Tatel |
Judge |
16-Mar-1942 |
|
US Court of Appeals, DC Circuit |
| Anna Diggs Taylor |
Judge |
9-Dec-1932 |
|
Federal judge |
| Rip Taylor |
Comic |
13-Jan-1934 |
|
Walking confetti fountain |
| Leigh Taylor-Young |
Actor |
25-Jan-1945 |
|
I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! |
| Ruy Teixeira |
Author |
15-Dec-1951 |
|
The Emerging Democratic Majority |
| Justin Theroux |
Actor |
10-Aug-1971 |
|
Mulholland Dr. |
| Cal Thomas |
Columnist |
2-Dec-1942 |
|
Fox News Watch |
| John Thompson |
Basketball |
2-Sep-1941 |
30-Aug-2020 |
Georgetown Head Coach, 1972-99 |
| Baratunde Thurston |
Comic |
11-Sep-1977 |
|
How to Be Black |
| Mary Timony |
Musician |
17-Oct-1970 |
|
Frontwoman for Helium |
| Tony Todd |
Actor |
4-Dec-1954 |
|
Candyman |
| Jean Toomer |
Author |
26-Dec-1894 |
30-Mar-1967 |
Cane |
| Peter Tork |
Musician |
13-Feb-1942 |
21-Feb-2019 |
Guitar and vocals for The Monkees |
| Christine A. Varney |
Attorney |
17-Dec-1955 |
|
Partner, Hogan & Hartson |
| Daniel Walker |
Politician |
6-Aug-1922 |
29-Apr-2015 |
Governor of Illinois, 1973-77 |
| John Anthony Walker |
Spy |
28-Jul-1937 |
28-Aug-2014 |
Naval CWO, spy for the Soviet Union |
| John Warner |
Politician |
18-Feb-1927 |
25-May-2021 |
US Senator from Virginia, 1979-2009 |
| Bill Watterson |
Cartoonist |
5-Jul-1958 |
|
Reclusive creator of Calvin and Hobbes |
| Henry Watterson |
Journalist |
16-Feb-1840 |
22-Dec-1921 |
Founder of Louisville Courier-Journal |
| Robert C. Weaver |
Government |
29-Dec-1907 |
17-Jul-1997 |
US HUD Secretary, 1966-68 |
| William Weaver |
Translator |
24-Jul-1923 |
12-Nov-2013 |
Translator from the Italian |
| Ali Wentworth |
Actor |
12-Jan-1965 |
|
Elizabeth Goode on Head Case |
| Earle G. Wheeler |
Military |
13-Jan-1908 |
18-Dec-1975 |
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1964-70 |
| John Edgar Wideman |
Novelist |
14-Jun-1941 |
|
Sent for You Yesterday |
| Samira Wiley |
Actor |
15-Apr-1987 |
|
Poussey Washington on Orange Is the New Black |
| Delaney Williams |
Actor |
12-Dec-1962 |
|
Det. Landsman on The Wire |
| Karen Hastie Williams |
Business |
30-Sep-1944 |
|
Retired Partner, Crowell & Moring |
| Kellie Williams |
Actor |
22-Mar-1976 |
|
Laura Winslow on Family Matters |
| Maury Wills |
Baseball |
2-Oct-1932 |
|
Stole 104 bases in 1962 |
| Bob Wise |
Politician |
6-Jan-1948 |
|
Governor of West Virginia, 2001-05 |
| Rob Wittman |
Politician |
3-Feb-1959 |
|
Congressman, Virginia 1st |
| Jerry M. Woodall |
Inventor |
c. 1938 |
|
Inventor of the red LED |
| Dennis R. Wraase |
Business |
c. 1944 |
|
CEO of Pepco Holdings, 2001-09 |
| Jeffrey Wright |
Actor |
7-Dec-1965 |
|
Basquiat |
| William Allen Young |
Actor |
1953 |
|
Frank Mitchell on Moesha |
| Zane |
Novelist |
c. 1967 |
|
The Sex Chronicles |
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Charles Francis Adams, Jr. |
Business |
27-May-1835 |
20-May-1915 |
President of Union Pacific, 1884-90 |
| Henry Adams |
Historian |
16-Feb-1838 |
28-Mar-1918 |
The Education of Henry Adams |
| John Quincy Adams |
Head of State |
11-Jul-1767 |
23-Feb-1848 |
6th US President, 1825-29 |
| Louisa Adams |
First Lady |
12-Feb-1775 |
15-May-1852 |
Wife of US President John Quincy Adams |
| Robert Adams, Jr. |
Politician |
26-Feb-1849 |
1-Jun-1906 |
Congressman, committed suicide |
| Martin Agronsky |
Journalist |
12-Jan-1915 |
25-Jul-1999 |
Agronsky & Co. |
| Russell A. Alger |
Government |
27-Feb-1836 |
24-Jan-1907 |
McKinley's Secretary of War, 1897-99 |
| Joseph Alsop |
Columnist |
11-Oct-1910 |
28-Aug-1989 |
Matter of Fact |
| John Anderson |
Politician |
15-Feb-1922 |
3-Dec-2017 |
Independent candidate for President, 1980 |
| Henry F. Ashurst |
Politician |
13-Sep-1874 |
31-May-1962 |
US Senator from Arizona, 1912-41 |
| Les Aspin |
Politician |
21-Jul-1938 |
21-May-1995 |
US Secretary of Defense, 1993-94 |
| Alfred L. Atherton |
Diplomat |
22-Nov-1921 |
30-Oct-2002 |
US Ambassador to Egypt, 1979-83 |
| Ray Atherton |
Diplomat |
28-Mar-1883 |
14-Mar-1960 |
US Ambassador to Canada, 1943-48 |
| Lee Atwater |
Politician |
27-Feb-1951 |
29-Mar-1991 |
RNC Chairman, 1988-90 |
| Red Auerbach |
Basketball |
20-Sep-1917 |
28-Oct-2006 |
Boston Celtics coach |
| Alexander T. Augusta |
Doctor |
8-Mar-1825 |
21-Dec-1890 |
First black battlefield surgeon |
| George Bancroft |
Historian |
3-Oct-1800 |
17-Jan-1891 |
A History of the United States |
| Philip Pendleton Barbour |
Judge |
25-May-1783 |
25-Feb-1841 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1836-41 |
| A. Doak Barnett |
Scholar |
8-Oct-1921 |
17-Mar-1999 |
China on the Eve of Communist Takeover |
| Marion Barry |
Politician |
6-Mar-1936 |
22-Nov-2014 |
Twice Mayor of Washington, DC |
| Mustafa Barzani |
Military |
14-Mar-1903 |
1-Mar-1979 |
Kurdish nationalist |
| Lucius Battle |
Diplomat |
1-Jun-1918 |
13-May-2008 |
US Ambassador to Egypt, 1964-67 |
| Thomas M. Bayne |
Politician |
14-Jun-1836 |
16-Jun-1894 |
Congressman, committed suicide |
| James M. Beck |
Politician |
9-Jul-1861 |
12-Apr-1936 |
US Solicitor General, 1921-25 |
| William W. Belknap |
Government |
22-Sep-1829 |
13-Oct-1890 |
US Secretary of War, impeached |
| Thomas Hart Benton |
Politician |
14-Mar-1782 |
10-Apr-1858 |
US Senator from Missouri, 1821-51 |
| Samuel D. Berger |
Diplomat |
6-Dec-1911 |
12-Feb-1980 |
US Ambassador to South Korea, 1961-64 |
| Sandy Berger |
Government |
28-Oct-1945 |
2-Dec-2015 |
National Security Advisor for Bill Clinton |
| George M. Bibb |
Politician |
30-Oct-1776 |
14-Apr-1859 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1844-45 |
| Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, Jr. |
Diplomat |
17-Dec-1897 |
13-Nov-1961 |
Ambassador to governments in exile |
| Leslie Biffle |
Government |
9-Oct-1880 |
6-Apr-1966 |
Secretary of the Senate |
| James Billington |
Historian |
1-Jun-1929 |
20-Nov-2018 |
13th Librarian of Congress |
| Hiram Bingham |
Politician |
19-Nov-1875 |
6-Jun-1956 |
US Senator, discovered Machu Picchu |
| James G. Blaine |
Politician |
31-Jan-1830 |
27-Jan-1893 |
Twice US Secretary of State |
| Robert O. Blake |
Diplomat |
7-Apr-1921 |
28-Dec-2015 |
US Ambassador to Mali, 1971-73 |
| Tony Blankley |
Pundit |
21-Jan-1948 |
7-Jan-2012 |
McLaughlin Group pundit |
| Erich Bloch |
Business |
9-Jan-1925 |
25-Nov-2016 |
Director of NSF, 1984-90 |
| Charles E. Bohlen |
Diplomat |
30-Aug-1904 |
31-Dec-1974 |
US Ambassador to USSR, 1953-57 |
| Richard W. Bolling |
Politician |
17-May-1916 |
21-Apr-1991 |
Congressman from Missouri, 1949-83 |
| Jeremy M. Boorda |
Military |
26-Nov-1939 |
16-May-1996 |
Chief of Naval Operations, 1994-96 |
| Daniel Boorstin |
Historian |
1-Oct-1914 |
28-Feb-2004 |
The Creators |
| William E. Borah |
Politician |
29-Jun-1865 |
19-Jan-1940 |
US Senator from Idaho, 1907-40 |
| Ben Bradlee |
Editor |
26-Aug-1921 |
21-Oct-2014 |
Editor of The Washington Post, 1965-91 |
| Joseph P. Bradley |
Judge |
14-Mar-1813 |
22-Jan-1892 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1870-92 |
| Frank B. Brandegee |
Politician |
8-Jul-1864 |
14-Oct-1924 |
US Senator, committed suicide |
| Louis D. Brandeis |
Judge |
13-Nov-1856 |
5-Oct-1941 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1916-39 |
| Tom Brazaitis |
Columnist |
8-Aug-1940 |
30-Mar-2005 |
Cleveland Plain Dealer columnist |
| David Josiah Brewer |
Judge |
20-Jan-1837 |
28-Mar-1910 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1890-1910 |
| Andrew Brimmer |
Economist |
13-Sep-1926 |
7-Oct-2012 |
Federal Reserve Governor, 1966-74 |
| Wallace R. Brode |
Chemist |
12-Jun-1900 |
10-Aug-1974 |
Absorption spectra of dyes |
| Robert S. Brookings |
Business |
22-Jan-1850 |
15-Nov-1932 |
Brookings Institution |
| Preston S. Brooks |
Politician |
5-Aug-1819 |
27-Jan-1857 |
Beat Charles Sumner with a cane |
| Arthur Brown |
Politician |
8-Mar-1843 |
13-Dec-1906 |
US Senator from Utah, 1896-97 |
| George S. Brown |
Military |
17-Aug-1918 |
5-Dec-1978 |
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1974-78 |
| L. Dean Brown |
Diplomat |
21-Aug-1920 |
2-May-2001 |
US Ambassador to Jordan, 1970-73 |
| Winthrop G. Brown |
Diplomat |
12-Jul-1907 |
25-May-1987 |
US Ambassador to South Korea, 1964-67 |
| Blanche K. Bruce |
Politician |
1-Mar-1841 |
17-Mar-1898 |
US Senator, former slave |
| David K. E. Bruce |
Diplomat |
12-Feb-1898 |
5-Dec-1977 |
US Ambassador to England, France, Germany |
| Philip W. Buchen |
Government |
17-Feb-1916 |
21-May-2001 |
White House Counsel, 1974-77 |
| Art Buchwald |
Columnist |
20-Oct-1925 |
17-Jan-2007 |
Syndicated columnist and humorist |
| William Bulow |
Politician |
13-Jan-1869 |
26-Feb-1960 |
US Senator from South Dakota, 1931-43 |
| Usher L. Burdick |
Politician |
21-Feb-1879 |
19-Aug-1960 |
Congressman from North Dakota |
| Warren Burger |
Judge |
17-Sep-1907 |
25-Jun-1995 |
US Chief Justice, 1969-86 |
| Harold H. Burton |
Judge |
22-Jun-1888 |
28-Oct-1964 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1945-58 |
| Benjamin Franklin Butler |
Attorney |
5-Nov-1818 |
11-Jan-1893 |
Criminal lawyer, Civil War general |
| Pierce Butler |
Judge |
17-Mar-1866 |
16-Nov-1939 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1923-39 |
| Patricia M. Byrne |
Diplomat |
1-Jun-1925 |
23-Nov-2007 |
US Ambassador to Burma, 1979-83 |
| Katharine Byron |
Politician |
25-Oct-1903 |
28-Dec-1976 |
Congresswoman from Maryland, 1941-43 |
| John C. Calhoun |
Politician |
18-Mar-1782 |
31-Mar-1850 |
US Vice President, champion of the South |
| Clarence Cannon |
Politician |
11-Apr-1879 |
12-May-1964 |
Congressman from Missouri, 1923-64 |
| Leonard Carmichael |
Educator |
9-Nov-1898 |
16-Sep-1973 |
Smithsonian Chief, 1953-64 |
| Eugene Asa Carr |
Military |
20-Mar-1830 |
2-Dec-1910 |
Union Army General |
| Orlow W. Chapman |
Government |
7-Jan-1832 |
19-Jan-1890 |
US Solicitor General, 1889-90 |
| Oscar L. Chapman |
Government |
22-Oct-1896 |
8-Feb-1978 |
US Secretary of the Interior, 1949-53 |
| Isaac Chauncey |
Military |
20-Feb-1772 |
27-Feb-1840 |
US Naval commander, War of 1812 |
| Dennis Chavez |
Politician |
8-Apr-1888 |
18-Nov-1962 |
US Senator from New Mexico, 1935-62 |
| Francis Cherry |
Politician |
5-Sep-1908 |
15-Jul-1965 |
Governor of Arkansas, 1953-55 |
| Champ Clark |
Politician |
7-Mar-1850 |
2-Mar-1921 |
Speaker of the US House, 1911-19 |
| Henry Clay |
Politician |
12-Apr-1777 |
29-Jun-1852 |
American statesman and orator |
| George Clinton |
Military |
26-Jul-1739 |
20-Apr-1812 |
US Vice President, 1805-12 |
| Adam Clymer |
Journalist |
27-Apr-1937 |
10-Sep-2018 |
The New York Times |
| William W. Coblentz |
Astronomer |
20-Nov-1873 |
15-Sep-1962 |
Infrared spectroscopy |
| Jeffery Cohelan |
Politician |
24-Jun-1914 |
15-Feb-1999 |
Congressman from California, 1959-71 |
| Morris Raphael Cohen |
Philosopher |
25-Jul-1880 |
28-Jan-1947 |
Reason and Nature |
| Cardiss Collins |
Politician |
24-Sep-1931 |
2-Feb-2013 |
Congresswoman from Illinois, 1973-97 |
| Samuel C. Collins |
Chemist |
28-Dec-1898 |
19-Jun-1984 |
Collins-type cryocooler |
| John S. Cooper |
Politician |
23-Aug-1901 |
21-Feb-1991 |
US Senator from Kentucky |
| Royal S. Copeland |
Politician |
7-Nov-1868 |
17-Jul-1938 |
US Senator from New York, 1923-38 |
| Frank Corder |
Aviator |
26-May-1956 |
12-Sep-1994 |
Crashed a Cessna into White House lawn |
| Guy Cordon |
Politician |
24-Apr-1890 |
8-Jun-1969 |
US Senator from Oregon, 1944-55 |
| Thomas Corwin |
Politician |
29-Jul-1794 |
18-Dec-1865 |
Ohio Governor, Senator, Treasury Secretary |
| Shelby M. Cullom |
Politician |
22-Nov-1829 |
28-Jan-1914 |
Governor and Senator from Illinois |
| Charles Curtis |
Politician |
25-Jan-1860 |
8-Feb-1936 |
US Vice President, 1929-33 |
| William Barker Cushing |
Military |
4-Nov-1842 |
17-Dec-1874 |
Civil War naval hero |
| Lloyd Cutler |
Attorney |
10-Nov-1917 |
8-May-2005 |
White House Counsel for Carter, Clinton |
| Emilio Daddario |
Politician |
24-Sep-1918 |
6-Jul-2010 |
Congressman from Connecticut, 1959-71 |
| Justin Dart, Jr. |
Activist |
29-Aug-1930 |
22-Jun-2002 |
Father of the Americans with Disabilities Act |
| Sam Dash |
Government |
27-Feb-1925 |
29-May-2004 |
Chief counsel, Senate Watergate committee |
| Joseph E. Davies |
Diplomat |
29-Nov-1876 |
9-May-1958 |
US Ambassador to the USSR, 1937-38 |
| F. Elwood Davis |
Attorney |
15-Dec-1915 |
17-Jan-2012 |
Prominent Washington lawyer |
| Henry G. Davis |
Politician |
16-Nov-1823 |
11-Mar-1916 |
US Senator from West Virginia, 1871-83 |
| Arnaud De Borchgrave |
Journalist |
26-Oct-1926 |
15-Feb-2015 |
Washington Times, Insight magazine |
| Ron Dellums |
Politician |
24-Nov-1935 |
30-Jul-2018 |
Mayor of Oakland, 2007-11 |
| Olcott H. Deming |
Diplomat |
28-Feb-1909 |
20-Mar-2007 |
First US Ambassador to Uganda, 1963-66 |
| W. Edwards Deming |
Mathematician |
14-Oct-1900 |
20-Dec-1993 |
Quality Control guru |
| George H. Dern |
Government |
8-Sep-1872 |
27-Aug-1936 |
Governor of Utah, 1925-33 |
| George Dewey |
Military |
26-Dec-1837 |
16-Jan-1917 |
Sank the Spanish fleet at Manila |
| Charles Diggs, Jr. |
Politician |
2-Dec-1922 |
24-Aug-1998 |
Congressman from Michigan, 1955-80 |
| Nelson Dingley, Jr. |
Politician |
15-Feb-1832 |
13-Jan-1899 |
Congressman from Maine, 1881-99 |
| Everett Dirksen |
Politician |
4-Jan-1896 |
7-Sep-1969 |
US Senator from Illinois, 1951-69 |
| Jeane Dixon |
Paranormal |
5-Jan-1918 |
25-Jan-1997 |
High profile astrologer |
| Terry Dolan |
Activist |
1950 |
28-Dec-1986 |
Conservative activist |
| 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 |
| William O. Douglas |
Judge |
16-Oct-1898 |
19-Jan-1980 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1939-75 |
| Frederick Douglass |
Activist |
Feb-1817 |
20-Feb-1895 |
Anti-slavery activist and autobiographer |
| Robert Drinan |
Politician |
15-Nov-1920 |
28-Jan-2007 |
Jesuit priest, Massachusetts Congressman |
| James H. Duff |
Politician |
21-Jan-1883 |
20-Dec-1969 |
Governor of Pennsylvania, 1947-51 |
| Allen W. Dulles |
Spy |
7-Apr-1893 |
29-Jan-1969 |
CIA Director, 1953-61 |
| Martin P. Durkin |
Government |
18-Mar-1894 |
19-Jan-1955 |
US Secretary of Labor, 1953 |
| Andrea Dworkin |
Activist |
26-Sep-1946 |
9-Apr-2005 |
Anti-pornography activist |
| William J. Dyess |
Diplomat |
1-Aug-1929 |
6-Jan-1996 |
US Ambassador to the Netherlands, 1982-83 |
| Margaret O'Neill Eaton |
Relative |
1796 |
8-Nov-1879 |
War Secy.'s wife caused cabinet shakeup |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Head of State |
14-Oct-1890 |
28-Mar-1969 |
34th US President, 1953-61 |
| Mamie Eisenhower |
First Lady |
14-Nov-1896 |
1-Nov-1979 |
Ike's First Lady |
| Elizabeth L. Eisenstein |
Historian |
11-Oct-1923 |
31-Jan-2016 |
The Printing Press as an Agent of Change |
| C. Burke Elbrick |
Diplomat |
25-Mar-1908 |
12-Apr-1983 |
Career US Ambassador |
| John A. Elston |
Politician |
10-Feb-1874 |
15-Dec-1921 |
US Congressman from California, 1915-21 |
| Clair Engle |
Politician |
21-Sep-1911 |
30-Jul-1964 |
US Senator from California, 1959-64 |
| Rowland Evans |
Columnist |
28-Apr-1921 |
23-Mar-2001 |
Evans and Novak |
| Charles Fahy |
Attorney |
27-Aug-1892 |
17-Sep-1979 |
Solicitor General, Appellate Judge |
| Thomas L. Farmer |
Attorney |
26-Jul-1923 |
5-Feb-2015 |
Overseas Development Council |
| William J. Fellner |
Economist |
31-May-1905 |
15-Sep-1983 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1973-75 |
| Stephen J. Field |
Judge |
4-Nov-1816 |
9-Apr-1899 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1863-97 |
| Abigail Fillmore |
First Lady |
13-Mar-1798 |
30-Mar-1853 |
Wife of US President Millard Fillmore |
| Hamilton Fish, Jr. |
Politician |
3-Jun-1926 |
23-Jul-1996 |
Congressman from New York, 1969-95 |
| John Spalding Flannery |
Attorney |
16-May-1870 |
17-Feb-1954 |
Prominent Washington attorney |
| Duncan U. Fletcher |
Politician |
6-Jan-1859 |
17-Jun-1936 |
Congressman from Florida, 1909-36 |
| Tom Foley |
Politician |
6-Mar-1929 |
18-Oct-2013 |
Speaker of the House, 1989-95 |
| John Forsyth |
Politician |
22-Oct-1780 |
21-Oct-1841 |
US Secretary of State, 1834-41 |
| Abe Fortas |
Judge |
19-Jun-1910 |
5-Apr-1982 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1965-69 |
| Bob Fosse |
Choreographer |
23-Jun-1927 |
23-Sep-1987 |
Choreographer |
| John W. Foster |
Diplomat |
2-Mar-1836 |
15-Mar-1917 |
US Secretary of State, 1892-93 |
| William Price Fox |
Novelist |
9-Apr-1926 |
19-Apr-2015 |
Southern Fried |
| Felix Frankfurter |
Judge |
15-Nov-1882 |
22-Feb-1965 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1939-62 |
| E. Franklin Frazier |
Sociologist |
24-Sep-1894 |
17-May-1962 |
Black Bourgeoisie |
| Al Freeman, Jr. |
Actor |
21-Mar-1934 |
10-Aug-2012 |
Malcolm X |
| Betty Friedan |
Activist |
4-Feb-1921 |
4-Feb-2006 |
Rights for women spokesperson |
| William Friedman |
Scientist |
24-Sep-1891 |
12-Nov-1969 |
Cryptography pioneer |
| J. William Fulbright |
Politician |
9-Apr-1905 |
9-Feb-1995 |
Conceived the Fulbright Scholarships |
| James Rudolph Garfield |
Politician |
17-Oct-1865 |
24-Mar-1950 |
US Secretary of the Interior, 1907-09 |
| Finis J. Garrett |
Politician |
26-Aug-1875 |
25-May-1956 |
Congressman from Tennessee, 1905-29 |
| Elbridge Gerry |
Politician |
17-Jul-1744 |
23-Nov-1814 |
Patron saint of Gerrymandering |
| Philip Geyelin |
Journalist |
27-Feb-1923 |
9-Jan-2004 |
Former editor, The Washington Post |
| James M. Gilliss |
Astronomer |
6-Sep-1811 |
9-Feb-1865 |
Founder, US Naval Observatory |
| Paul Gillmor |
Politician |
1-Feb-1939 |
5-Sep-2007 |
Congressman from Ohio, 1989-2007 |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg |
Judge |
15-Mar-1933 |
18-Sep-2020 |
US Supreme Court Justice |
| Carter Glass |
Politician |
4-Jan-1858 |
28-May-1946 |
US Senator from Virginia, 1920-46 |
| William H. Gleysteen |
Politician |
8-May-1926 |
6-Dec-2002 |
US Ambassador to South Korea, 1978-81 |
| Arthur J. Goldberg |
Judge |
8-Aug-1908 |
19-Jan-1990 |
Supreme Court Justice, 1962-65 |
| Charles E. Goodell |
Politician |
16-Mar-1926 |
21-Jan-1987 |
US Senator from New York, 1968-71 |
| John Oliver La Gorce |
Explorer |
22-Sep-1880 |
23-Dec-1959 |
Antarctica explorer, National Geographic editor |
| Kermit Gordon |
Economist |
1916 |
1976 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1961-62 |
| Thomas P. Gore |
Politician |
10-Dec-1870 |
16-Mar-1949 |
Blind US Senator from Oklahoma |
| Edward M. Gramlich |
Economist |
18-Jun-1939 |
5-Sep-2007 |
Federal Reserve Governor, 1997-2005 |
| Julia Grant |
First Lady |
26-Jan-1826 |
14-Dec-1902 |
Wife of US President Ulysses Grant |
| Gordon Gray |
Government |
30-May-1909 |
26-Nov-1982 |
Secretary of the Army, 1949-50 |
| Dick Gregory |
Activist |
12-Oct-1932 |
19-Aug-2017 |
Autobiography: NIGGER! |
| Walter Q. Gresham |
Government |
17-Mar-1832 |
28-May-1895 |
US Secretary of State, 1893-95 |
| Brandon Grove |
Diplomat |
8-Apr-1929 |
20-May-2016 |
US Ambassador to Zaire, 1984-87 |
| Ernest Gruening |
Politician |
6-Feb-1887 |
26-Jun-1974 |
US Senator from Alaska, 1959-69 |
| Gilbert Gude |
Politician |
9-Mar-1923 |
7-Jun-2007 |
Congressman from Maryland, 1967-77 |
| Joseph F. Guffey |
Politician |
29-Dec-1870 |
6-Mar-1959 |
US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1935-47 |
| Charles Guiteau |
Assassin |
8-Sep-1841 |
30-Jun-1882 |
Assassin of President Garfield |
| Edith Hamilton |
Educator |
12-Aug-1867 |
31-May-1963 |
The Greek Way |
| Virginia Hammond |
Actor |
20-Aug-1893 |
6-Apr-1972 |
Romeo and Juliet |
| Marcus Alonzo Hanna |
Politician |
24-Sep-1837 |
15-Feb-1904 |
Senator from Ohio, kingmaker |
| Raymond A. Hare |
Diplomat |
3-Apr-1901 |
9-Feb-1994 |
US Mideast Ambassador |
| John Marshall Harlan |
Judge |
20-May-1899 |
29-Dec-1971 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1955-71 |
| John Marshall Harlan |
Judge |
1-Jun-1833 |
14-Oct-1911 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1877-1911 |
| Sidney Harman |
Business |
5-Aug-1918 |
12-Apr-2011 |
Founder of Harman International |
| Patricia Roberts Harris |
Government |
31-May-1924 |
23-Mar-1985 |
Cabinet Secretary under Jimmy Carter |
| Caroline Harrison |
First Lady |
1-Oct-1832 |
25-Oct-1892 |
Wife of US President Benjamin Harrison |
| William Henry Harrison |
Head of State |
9-Feb-1773 |
4-Apr-1841 |
9th US President, 1841 |
| Parker T. Hart |
Diplomat |
28-Sep-1910 |
15-Oct-1997 |
US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, 1961-65 |
| Arthur A. Hartman |
Diplomat |
12-Mar-1926 |
16-Mar-2015 |
US Ambassador to the USSR, 1981-87 |
| George Hearst |
Business |
3-Sep-1820 |
28-Feb-1891 |
Patriarch of Hearst family fortune |
| 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 |
| Richard Helms |
Government |
30-Mar-1913 |
22-Oct-2002 |
CIA Director, 1966-73 |
| Thomas C. Hennings, Jr. |
Politician |
25-Jun-1903 |
13-Sep-1960 |
US Senator from Missouri, 1951-60 |
| Joseph Henry |
Physicist |
17-Dec-1797 |
13-May-1878 |
Discovered electromagnetic induction |
| Herblock |
Cartoonist |
13-Oct-1909 |
7-Oct-2001 |
Editorial Cartoonist, The Washington Post |
| Christian Herter, Jr. |
Government |
29-Jan-1919 |
16-Sep-2007 |
First Chairman, New York Urban Coalition |
| Christian Herter |
Politician |
28-Mar-1895 |
30-Dec-1966 |
US Secretary of State, 1959-61 |
| Joseph H. Himes |
Politician |
15-Aug-1885 |
9-Sep-1960 |
Congressman from Ohio, 1921-23 |
| Ethan A. Hitchcock |
Business |
19-Sep-1835 |
9-Apr-1909 |
US Interior Secretary, 1899-1907 |
| Peter Hoagland |
Politician |
17-Nov-1941 |
30-Oct-2007 |
Congressman from Nebraska, 1989-95 |
| James Hoban |
Architect |
c. 1758 |
8-Dec-1831 |
Architect of the White House |
| Helen Hokinson |
Cartoonist |
29-Jun-1893 |
1-Nov-1949 |
Cartoonist for The New Yorker |
| Richard C. Holbrooke |
Diplomat |
24-Apr-1941 |
13-Dec-2010 |
US Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan |
| John H. Holdridge |
Diplomat |
21-Aug-1924 |
12-Jul-2001 |
US Ambassador to Indonesia, 1983-86 |
| Christopher Van Hollen |
Diplomat |
23-Sep-1922 |
30-Jan-2012 |
US Ambassador to Sri Lanka, 1972-76 |
| Herman Hollerith |
Inventor |
29-Feb-1860 |
17-Nov-1929 |
Invented the punchcard |
| Julius C. Holmes |
Diplomat |
24-Apr-1899 |
15-Jul-1968 |
US Ambassador to Iran, 1961-65 |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. |
Judge |
8-Mar-1841 |
6-Mar-1935 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1902-32 |
| J. Edgar Hoover |
Government |
1-Jan-1895 |
2-May-1972 |
Director of the FBI, 1924-72 |
| Shirley Horn |
Singer |
1-May-1934 |
20-Oct-2005 |
Here's To Life |
| Tony Horwitz |
Journalist |
9-Jun-1958 |
27-May-2019 |
Confederates in the Attic |
| James J. Howard |
Politician |
24-Jul-1927 |
25-Mar-1988 |
Congressman from New Jersey, 1965-88 |
| Henry M. Hoyt |
Attorney |
5-Dec-1856 |
20-Nov-1910 |
US Solicitor General, 1903-09 |
| Lester C. Hunt |
Politician |
8-Jul-1892 |
19-Jun-1954 |
US Senator, committed suicide |
| Ward Hunt |
Judge |
14-Jun-1810 |
24-Mar-1886 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1873-82 |
| Harold Ickes |
Government |
15-Mar-1874 |
3-Feb-1952 |
US Secretary of the Interior, 1933-46 |
| Gwen Ifill |
Journalist |
29-Sep-1955 |
14-Nov-2016 |
Washington Week, Lehrer News Hour |
| Eugene Istomin |
Pianist |
26-Nov-1925 |
10-Oct-2003 |
American piano prodigy |
| Rachel Jackson |
First Lady |
Jun-1767 |
22-Dec-1828 |
Wife of US President Andrew Jackson |
| Robert H. Jackson |
Judge |
13-Feb-1892 |
9-Oct-1954 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1941-54 |
| Harriet Ann Jacobs |
Author |
1813 |
7-Mar-1897 |
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl |
| Cheddi Jagan |
Head of State |
22-Mar-1918 |
6-Mar-1997 |
President of Guyana, 1992-97 |
| J. Franklin Jameson |
Historian |
19-Sep-1859 |
28-Sep-1937 |
Dictionary of United States History |
| Jim Jeffords |
Politician |
11-May-1934 |
18-Aug-2014 |
US Senator from Vermont, 1989-2007 |
| James A. Johnson |
Business |
24-Dec-1943 |
18-Oct-2020 |
CEO of Fannie Mae, 1991-98 |
| Jay Johnson |
Politician |
30-Sep-1943 |
17-Oct-2009 |
Congressman from Wisconsin, 1997-99 |
| Louis A. Johnson |
Government |
10-Jan-1891 |
24-Apr-1966 |
US Secretary of Defense, 1949-50 |
| Walter Johnson |
Baseball |
6-Nov-1887 |
10-Dec-1946 |
American League MVP in 1913 and 1924 |
| Joseph Eggleston Johnston |
Military |
3-Feb-1807 |
21-Mar-1891 |
Confederate General, surrendered to Sherman |
| G. Lewis Jones |
Diplomat |
18-May-1907 |
13-Nov-1971 |
US Ambassador to Tunisia, 1956-59 |
| Vernon Jordan |
Attorney |
15-Aug-1935 |
1-Mar-2021 |
Advisor to Bill Clinton |
| Ernest Just |
Biologist |
14-Aug-1883 |
27-Oct-1941 |
Cell surfaces and egg fertilization |
| Philip M. Kaiser |
Diplomat |
12-Jul-1913 |
24-May-2007 |
US Ambassador to Austria, 1980-81 |
| Max Kampelman |
Diplomat |
7-Nov-1920 |
25-Jan-2013 |
US Ambassador to the CSCE |
| Robert Keeley |
Diplomat |
4-Sep-1929 |
9-Jan-2015 |
US Ambassador to Greece, 1985-89 |
| William D. Kelley |
Government |
12-Apr-1814 |
9-Jan-1890 |
Powerful 19th century Congressman |
| Amos Kendall |
Government |
16-Aug-1789 |
12-Nov-1869 |
Key advisor to Andrew Jackson |
| Samuel A. Kendall |
Politician |
1-Nov-1859 |
8-Jan-1933 |
Congressman, committed suicide |
| Richard T. Kennedy |
Diplomat |
24-Dec-1919 |
11-Jan-1998 |
US Ambassador for Nuclear Energy Policy |
| Robert S. Kerr |
Politician |
11-Sep-1896 |
1-Jan-1963 |
Governor and Senator from Oklahoma |
| Leon H. Keyserling |
Economist |
22-Jan-1908 |
9-Aug-1987 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1946-53 |
| James J. Kilpatrick |
Columnist |
1-Nov-1920 |
15-Aug-2010 |
Conservative columnist, Point-Counterpoint |
| Alan G. Kirk |
Military |
30-Oct-1888 |
15-Oct-1963 |
US Navy Admiral, Ambassador to USSR |
| Lane Kirkland |
Labor Leader |
12-Mar-1922 |
14-Aug-1999 |
AFL-CIO President, 1979-95 |
| Catherine Baker Knoll |
Politician |
3-Sep-1930 |
12-Nov-2008 |
Lt. Governor of Pennsylvania, 2003-08 |
| Frank Knox |
Politician |
1-Jan-1874 |
28-Apr-1944 |
US Secretary of the Navy, 1940-44 |
| Philander Knox |
Government |
6-May-1853 |
12-Oct-1921 |
US Secretary of State, 1909-13 |
| Robert M. La Follette |
Politician |
14-Jun-1855 |
20-Jun-1925 |
Governor and Senator from Wisconsin |
| Robert M. La Follette, Jr. |
Politician |
6-Feb-1895 |
24-Feb-1953 |
US Senator, committed suicide |
| Joseph Rucker Lamar |
Judge |
15-Oct-1857 |
2-Jan-1916 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1911-16 |
| Jonathan Homer Lane |
Astronomer |
9-Aug-1819 |
3-May-1880 |
Gravitational equilibrium of the Sun |
| William Langer |
Politician |
30-Sep-1886 |
8-Nov-1959 |
Governor and Senator from North Dakota |
| John Mercer Langston |
Politician |
14-Dec-1829 |
15-Nov-1897 |
First black Congressman elected from Virginia |
| Fitzhugh Lee |
Politician |
19-Nov-1835 |
28-Apr-1905 |
Governor of Virginia, 1886-90 |
| Lyman L. Lemnitzer |
Military |
29-Aug-1899 |
12-Nov-1988 |
Supreme Allied Commander, 1963-69 |
| Irving R. Levine |
Journalist |
26-Aug-1922 |
27-Mar-2009 |
NBC Correspondent, 1950-95 |
| Chandra Levy |
Victim |
14-Apr-1977 |
1-May-2001 |
Gary Condit's dead intern |
| James Roderick Lilley |
Diplomat |
15-Jan-1928 |
12-Nov-2009 |
US Ambassador to China, 1989-91 |
| Abraham Lincoln |
Head of State |
12-Feb-1809 |
15-Apr-1865 |
16th US President, 1861-65 |
| Sol Linowitz |
Business |
17-Dec-1913 |
18-Mar-2005 |
Negotiated return of the Panama Canal |
| Henry Brockholst Livingston |
Judge |
25-Nov-1757 |
18-Mar-1823 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1807-23 |
| Belva Lockwood |
Activist |
24-Oct-1830 |
19-May-1917 |
Feminist |
| John A. Logan |
Military |
8-Feb-1826 |
27-Dec-1886 |
Union Army General, US Senator |
| Rayford W. Logan |
Historian |
7-Jan-1897 |
4-Nov-1982 |
The Negro in American Life and Thought |
| Vince Lombardi |
Football |
11-Jun-1913 |
3-Sep-1970 |
Winning isn't everything, It's the only thing |
| Russell Long |
Politician |
3-Nov-1918 |
9-May-2003 |
US Senator from Louisiana, 1948-87 |
| Alice Roosevelt Longworth |
Socialite |
12-Feb-1884 |
20-Feb-1980 |
The Other Washington Monument |
| Morris Louis |
Painter |
24-Nov-1912 |
7-Sep-1962 |
Abstract expressionist |
| Clare Boothe Luce |
Politician |
10-Apr-1903 |
9-Oct-1987 |
Congresswoman, wife of Henry R. Luce |
| Douglas MacArthur |
Military |
26-Jan-1880 |
5-Apr-1964 |
General of the Army |
| Douglas MacArthur II |
Diplomat |
5-Jul-1909 |
15-Nov-1997 |
Career US Ambassador |
| Wayne MacVeagh |
Government |
19-Apr-1833 |
11-Jan-1917 |
US Attorney General, 1881 |
| Ray J. Madden |
Politician |
25-Feb-1892 |
28-Sep-1987 |
Congressman from Indiana, 1943-77 |
| Dolley Madison |
First Lady |
20-May-1768 |
12-Jul-1849 |
Wife of US President James Madison |
| Alfred Thayer Mahan |
Author |
27-Sep-1840 |
1-Dec-1914 |
The Influence of Sea Power upon History |
| George W. Malone |
Politician |
7-Aug-1890 |
19-May-1961 |
US Senator from Nevada, 1947-59 |
| James R. Mann |
Politician |
20-Oct-1856 |
30-Nov-1922 |
Congressman from Illinois, 1897-1922 |
| Mike Mansfield |
Politician |
16-Mar-1903 |
5-Oct-2001 |
US Senator from Montana, 1953-77 |
| Leonard H. Marks |
Diplomat |
5-Mar-1916 |
11-Aug-2006 |
Washington lawyer, diplomat |
| George C. Marshall |
Military |
31-Dec-1880 |
16-Oct-1959 |
US Army Chief of Staff, 1939-45 |
| Thomas R. Marshall |
Politician |
14-Mar-1854 |
1-Jun-1925 |
Vice President under Wilson |
| Edwin M. Martin |
Government |
21-May-1908 |
12-Jan-2002 |
US Ambassador to Argentina, 1964-68 |
| William McChesney Martin |
Economist |
17-Dec-1906 |
29-Jul-1998 |
Federal Reserve Chairman, 1951-70 |
| H. Freeman Matthews |
Diplomat |
26-May-1899 |
19-Oct-1986 |
Career US Ambassador |
| Stanley Matthews |
Judge |
21-Jul-1824 |
22-Mar-1889 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1881-89 |
| William G. McAdoo |
Politician |
31-Oct-1863 |
1-Feb-1941 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1913-18 |
| John S. McCain, Jr. |
Military |
17-Jan-1911 |
22-Mar-1981 |
Admiral, Father of John McCain |
| Eugene McCarthy |
Politician |
29-Mar-1916 |
10-Dec-2005 |
US Senator from Minnesota, 1959-71 |
| Sarah McClendon |
Journalist |
8-Jul-1910 |
8-Jan-2003 |
White House Reporter FDR to GWB |
| Robert McClory |
Politician |
31-Jan-1908 |
24-Jul-1988 |
Congressman from Illinois, 1963-83 |
| Mary McGrory |
Journalist |
22-Aug-1918 |
21-Apr-2004 |
Pulitzer Prize-winning Liberal Icon |
| Joseph McKenna |
Judge |
10-Aug-1843 |
21-Nov-1926 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1898-1925 |
| John McLaughlin |
Talk Show Host |
29-Mar-1927 |
16-Aug-2016 |
The McLaughlin Group |
| Robert McNamara |
Government |
9-Jun-1916 |
6-Jul-2009 |
US Secretary of Defense, 1961-68 |
| Charles L. McNary |
Politician |
12-Jun-1874 |
25-Feb-1944 |
US Senator from Oregon, 1917-44 |
| James C. McReynolds |
Judge |
3-Feb-1862 |
24-Aug-1946 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1914-41 |
| George Meany |
Labor Leader |
16-Aug-1894 |
10-Jan-1980 |
AFL-CIO President, 1955-79 |
| Livingston T. Merchant |
Diplomat |
23-Nov-1903 |
15-May-1976 |
Twice US Ambassador to Canada |
| Cord Meyer |
Spy |
10-Nov-1920 |
13-Mar-2001 |
Facing Reality: From World Federalism to the CIA |
| Nelson A. Miles |
Military |
8-Aug-1839 |
15-May-1925 |
Army volunteer promoted to Commanding General |
| G. William Miller |
Government |
9-Mar-1925 |
17-Mar-2006 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1979-81 |
| Kelly Miller |
Sociologist |
23-Jul-1863 |
29-Dec-1939 |
Out of the House of Bondage |
| May Miller |
Playwright |
26-Jan-1899 |
8-Feb-1995 |
The Bog Guide |
| Samuel Freeman Miller |
Judge |
5-Apr-1816 |
13-Oct-1890 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1862-90 |
| Robert Mills |
Architect |
12-Aug-1781 |
3-Mar-1855 |
Washington Monument |
| John Mitchell |
Government |
15-Sep-1913 |
9-Nov-1988 |
US Attorney General, Watergate figure |
| John S. Monagan |
Politician |
23-Dec-1911 |
23-Oct-2005 |
Congressman from Connecticut, 1959-73 |
| Joseph Montoya |
Politician |
24-Sep-1915 |
8-Jun-1978 |
US Senator from New Mexico, 1964-77 |
| Charlotte E. Moore |
Astronomer |
24-Sep-1898 |
3-Mar-1990 |
Technetium in the Sun |
| Daniel Patrick Moynihan |
Politician |
16-Mar-1927 |
26-Mar-2003 |
US Senator from New York, 1977-2001 |
| Steven Muller |
Educator |
22-Nov-1927 |
19-Jan-2013 |
President of Johns Hopkins, 1972-90 |
| Robert D. Murphy |
Diplomat |
28-Oct-1894 |
9-Jan-1978 |
Envoy in French North Africa, 1940-42 |
| Ed Muskie |
Politician |
28-Mar-1914 |
26-Mar-1996 |
US Senator from Maine, 1959-80 |
| Simon Newcomb |
Astronomer |
12-Mar-1835 |
11-Jul-1909 |
Nautical Almanac |
| Ernest Fox Nichols |
Physicist |
1-Jun-1869 |
29-Apr-1924 |
Infrared radiation |
| William F. Nichols |
Politician |
16-Oct-1918 |
13-Dec-1988 |
Congressman from Alabama, 1967-88 |
| Jean Nicholas Nicollet |
Explorer |
24-Jul-1786 |
11-Sep-1843 |
Surveyor of the Mississippi basin |
| Robert A. Nisbet |
Sociologist |
30-Sep-1913 |
9-Sep-1996 |
The Sociological Tradition |
| William Niskanen |
Administrator |
13-Mar-1933 |
26-Oct-2011 |
Chairman of the Cato Institute |
| Paul Nitze |
Diplomat |
16-Jan-1907 |
19-Oct-2004 |
US cold warrior |
| Michael Novak |
Religion |
9-Sep-1933 |
17-Feb-2017 |
The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism |
| Robert Novak |
Columnist |
26-Feb-1931 |
18-Aug-2009 |
Conservative ideologue, outed Valerie Plame |
| Gerald P. Nye |
Politician |
19-Dec-1892 |
17-Jul-1971 |
US Senator from North Dakota, 1925-45 |
| Don Oberdorfer |
Journalist |
28-May-1931 |
23-Jul-2015 |
The Washington Post |
| Arthur M. Okun |
Economist |
28-Nov-1928 |
23-Mar-1980 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1964-69 |
| Robert Endicott Osgood |
Historian |
14-Aug-1921 |
28-Dec-1986 |
Limited War |
| Henry D. Owen |
Diplomat |
26-Aug-1920 |
5-Nov-2011 |
US Ambassador at Large, 1977-81 |
| Robert Latham Owen |
Politician |
2-Feb-1856 |
19-Jul-1947 |
Senator from Oklahoma, 1907-25 |
| A. Mitchell Palmer |
Government |
4-May-1872 |
11-May-1936 |
US Attorney General, Palmer Raids |
| Ronald D. Palmer |
Diplomat |
22-May-1932 |
21-Apr-2014 |
US Ambassador to Mauritius, 1986-89 |
| Richard B. Parker |
Diplomat |
3-Jul-1923 |
7-Jan-2011 |
US Ambassador to Morocco, 1978-79 |
| Robert E. Peary |
Explorer |
6-May-1856 |
20-Feb-1920 |
First to reach the North Pole |
| Boies Penrose |
Politician |
1-Nov-1860 |
31-Dec-1921 |
US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1897-1921 |
| Claude Pepper |
Politician |
8-Sep-1900 |
30-May-1989 |
Congressman from Florida, 1963-89 |
| Charles H. Percy |
Politician |
27-Sep-1919 |
17-Sep-2011 |
US Senator from Illinois, 1967-85 |
| Osgood Perkins |
Actor |
16-May-1893 |
21-Sep-1937 |
Broadway and radio actor |
| Philip B. Perlman |
Attorney |
5-Mar-1890 |
31-Jul-1960 |
US Solicitor General, 1947-52 |
| John J. Pershing |
Military |
13-Sep-1860 |
15-Jul-1948 |
General of the Armies of the United States |
| Samuel F. Phillips |
Attorney |
18-Feb-1824 |
18-Nov-1903 |
US Solicitor General, 1872-85 |
| Samuel R. Pierce |
Politician |
8-Sep-1922 |
31-Oct-2000 |
US Secretary of HUD, 1981-89 |
| Albert Pike |
Military |
29-Dec-1809 |
2-Apr-1891 |
Confederate general, Freemason |
| Mahlon Pitney |
Judge |
5-Feb-1858 |
9-Dec-1924 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1912-22 |
| Leonidas LaFayette Polk |
Agriculturalist |
24-Apr-1837 |
11-Jun-1892 |
Agrarian reformer |
| John G. Pollard |
Politician |
4-Aug-1871 |
28-Apr-1937 |
Governor of Virginia, 1930-34 |
| David H. Popper |
Diplomat |
3-Oct-1912 |
24-Jul-2008 |
US Ambassador to Chile, 1974-77 |
| Henry F. Pringle |
Historian |
23-Aug-1897 |
7-Apr-1958 |
Theodore Roosevelt: A Biography |
| Robert Prosky |
Actor |
13-Dec-1930 |
8-Dec-2008 |
Pat Chase on Veronica's Closet |
| Carroll Quigley |
Historian |
9-Nov-1910 |
3-Jan-1977 |
Harvard professor, mentor to Bill Clinton |
| Samuel Jackson Randall |
Politician |
10-Oct-1828 |
13-Apr-1890 |
Speaker of the US House, 1876-81 |
| William Raspberry |
Columnist |
12-Oct-1935 |
17-Jul-2012 |
The Washington Post |
| J. Donald Rauth |
Business |
1918 |
28-Dec-2005 |
CEO of Martin Marietta, 1973-83 |
| John H. Reed |
Politician |
5-Jan-1921 |
31-Oct-2012 |
Governor of Maine, 1959-67 |
| Thomas B. Reed |
Politician |
18-Oct-1839 |
7-Dec-1902 |
Speaker of the House, 1889-91 and 1895-99 |
| Walter Reed |
Scientist |
13-Sep-1851 |
22-Nov-1902 |
Proved mosquitos spread Yellow Fever |
| Stanley R. Resor |
Government |
5-Dec-1917 |
17-Apr-2012 |
Secretary of the Army, 1965-71 |
| James Reston |
Journalist |
3-Nov-1909 |
6-Dec-1995 |
The New York Times |
| Nicholas A. Rey |
Business |
23-Jan-1938 |
14-Jan-2009 |
US Ambassador to Poland, 1993-97 |
| Frank Reynolds |
Journalist |
29-Nov-1923 |
20-Jul-1983 |
Former ABC News anchor |
| Wilds Preston Richardson |
Military |
20-Mar-1861 |
20-May-1929 |
Brigadier General, invaded Russia |
| William A. Richardson |
Politician |
2-Nov-1821 |
19-Oct-1896 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1873-74 |
| Thomas C. Riggs |
Politician |
17-Oct-1873 |
16-Jan-1945 |
Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1918-21 |
| Charles R. Ritcheson |
Historian |
26-Feb-1925 |
8-Dec-2011 |
British Politics and the American Revolution |
| Joe T. Robinson |
Politician |
26-Aug-1872 |
14-Jul-1937 |
US Senator from Arkansas, 1913-37 |
| Max Robinson |
Journalist |
1-May-1939 |
20-Dec-1988 |
Co-Anchor of World News Tonight |
| Paul G. Rogers |
Politician |
4-Jun-1921 |
13-Oct-2008 |
Congressman from Florida, 1955-79 |
| John J. Rooney |
Politician |
29-Nov-1903 |
26-Oct-1975 |
Congressman from New York, 1944-74 |
| Daniel C. Roper |
Government |
1-Apr-1867 |
11-Apr-1943 |
US Commerce Secretary, 1933-38 |
| Charles G. Ross |
Government |
9-Nov-1885 |
5-Dec-1950 |
White House Press Secretary for Truman |
| Claude G. Ross |
Diplomat |
1917 |
18-Jan-2006 |
US Ambassador to Haiti, 1967-69 |
| Nellie Ross |
Politician |
29-Nov-1876 |
19-Dec-1977 |
First woman elected Governor in America |
| William V. Roth, Jr. |
Politician |
22-Jul-1921 |
13-Dec-2003 |
US Senator from Delaware, 1971-2001 |
| Carl Rowan |
Columnist |
11-Aug-1925 |
23-Sep-2000 |
Chicago Sun-Times columnist |
| Warren Rudman |
Politician |
18-May-1930 |
19-Nov-2012 |
US Senator from New Hampshire, 1980-93 |
| Charles Edward Russell |
Author |
25-Sep-1860 |
23-Apr-1941 |
The Greatest Trust in the World |
| Richard B. Russell |
Politician |
2-Nov-1897 |
21-Jan-1971 |
US Senator from Georgia, 1933-71 |
| Tim Russert |
Talk Show Host |
7-May-1950 |
13-Jun-2008 |
Meet the Press |
| Mary Ryan |
Diplomat |
1-Oct-1940 |
25-Apr-2006 |
US Ambassador to Swaziland, 1988-90 |
| Albert Sabin |
Biologist |
26-Aug-1906 |
3-Mar-1993 |
Developed oral polio vaccine |
| Everett Sanders |
Politician |
8-Mar-1882 |
12-May-1950 |
Congressman from Indiana, 1917-25 |
| Edward Terry Sanford |
Judge |
23-Jul-1865 |
8-Mar-1930 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1923-30 |
| James H. Scheuer |
Politician |
6-Feb-1920 |
30-Aug-2005 |
Congressman from New York, 1965-93 |
| Daniel Schorr |
Journalist |
31-Aug-1916 |
23-Jul-2010 |
Veteran journalist, Nixon enemy |
| Bernard A. Schriever |
Military |
14-Sep-1910 |
20-Jun-2005 |
US Air Force space program |
| Ed Schultz |
Radio Personality |
27-Jan-1954 |
5-Jul-2018 |
Talk radio host |
| Charles L. Schultze |
Economist |
12-Dec-1924 |
27-Sep-2016 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1977-81 |
| Lewis B. Schwellenbach |
Government |
20-Sep-1894 |
10-Jun-1948 |
US Secretary of Labor, 1945-48 |
| Eric Sevareid |
Journalist |
26-Nov-1912 |
9-Jul-1992 |
CBS News journalist |
| Leslie M. Shaw |
Government |
2-Nov-1848 |
28-Mar-1932 |
US Treasury Secretary, 1902-07 |
| Neil Sheehan |
Journalist |
27-Oct-1936 |
7-Jan-2021 |
A Bright Shining Lie |
| John Sherman |
Politician |
10-May-1823 |
22-Oct-1900 |
Sherman Antitrust Act |
| Joseph H. Short |
Government |
11-Feb-1904 |
18-Sep-1952 |
Harry S. Truman's press secretary |
| Jouett Shouse |
Politician |
10-Dec-1879 |
2-Jun-1968 |
Congressman from Kansas, 1915-19 |
| Ricky Silberman |
Activist |
31-Mar-1937 |
18-Feb-2007 |
Cofounder, Independent Women's Forum |
| John Sirica |
Judge |
19-Mar-1904 |
14-Aug-1992 |
Watergate judge |
| Elliott P. Skinner |
Scholar |
20-Jun-1924 |
1-Apr-2007 |
US Ambassador to Upper Volta, 1966-69 |
| Clyde Harold Smith |
Politician |
9-Jun-1876 |
8-Apr-1940 |
Congressman from Maine, 1937-40 |
| Merriman Smith |
Journalist |
10-Feb-1913 |
13-Apr-1970 |
UPI correspondent, reported Kennedy's death |
| Walter Bedell Smith |
Government |
5-Oct-1895 |
9-Aug-1961 |
CIA Director, 1950-53 |
| Tony Snow |
Government |
1-Jun-1955 |
12-Jul-2008 |
Fox News pundit, White House press secretary |
| Gerald A. Soffen |
Astronomer |
7-Feb-1926 |
22-Nov-2000 |
Viking I mission to mars |
| Stephen Solarz |
Politician |
12-Sep-1940 |
29-Nov-2010 |
Congressman from New York, 1975-93 |
| Carl A. Spaatz |
Military |
28-Jun-1891 |
14-Jul-1974 |
USAF Chief of Staff, 1947-48 |
| Lawrence E. Spivak |
TV Personality |
11-Jun-1900 |
9-Mar-1994 |
Meet the Press |
| A. Owsley Stanley |
Politician |
21-May-1867 |
12-Aug-1958 |
US Senator from Kentucky, 1919-25 |
| Edwin M. Stanton |
Politician |
19-Dec-1814 |
24-Dec-1869 |
Secretary of War during the Civil War |
| William A. Steiger |
Politician |
15-May-1938 |
4-Dec-1978 |
Congressman from Wisconsin, 1967-78 |
| Herbert Stein |
Economist |
27-Aug-1916 |
8-Sep-1999 |
Economic adviser for Nixon |
| Mattie Stepanek |
Poet |
17-Jul-1990 |
22-Jun-2004 |
Muscular-dystrophic boy-poet |
| Thaddeus Stevens |
Politician |
4-Apr-1792 |
11-Aug-1868 |
Republican Reconstruction leader |
| Sonny Stitt |
Jazz Musician |
2-Feb-1924 |
22-Jul-1982 |
Jazz saxophonist |
| Walter Stoessel |
Diplomat |
24-Jan-1920 |
9-Dec-1986 |
Ambassador to the USSR, Germany, Poland |
| Harlan Fiske Stone |
Judge |
11-Oct-1872 |
22-Apr-1946 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1925-46 |
| William J. Stone |
Politician |
7-May-1848 |
14-Apr-1918 |
Governor and Senator from Missouri |
| Robert S. Strauss |
Diplomat |
19-Oct-1918 |
19-Mar-2014 |
US Ambassador to Russia, 1991-92 |
| William H. Sullivan |
Diplomat |
12-Oct-1922 |
11-Oct-2013 |
US Ambassador to Iran, 1977-79 |
| Charles Sumner |
Politician |
6-Jan-1811 |
11-Mar-1874 |
Anti-slavery Senator from Massachusetts |
| Howard Sutherland |
Politician |
8-Sep-1865 |
12-Mar-1950 |
US Senator from West Virginia, 1917-23 |
| John Augustus Sutter |
Explorer |
15-Feb-1803 |
18-Jun-1880 |
California gold rush |
| Jack Swigert |
Astronaut |
30-Aug-1931 |
27-Dec-1982 |
Command Module Pilot on Apollo 13 |
| Mike Synar |
Politician |
17-Oct-1950 |
9-Jan-1996 |
Congressman from Oklahoma, 1979-95 |
| Helen Taft |
First Lady |
2-Jun-1861 |
22-May-1943 |
Wife of US President William Howard Taft |
| William Howard Taft |
Head of State |
15-Sep-1857 |
8-Mar-1930 |
27th US President, 1909-13 |
| Roger Brooke Taney |
Judge |
17-Mar-1777 |
12-Oct-1864 |
US Chief Justice, 1836-64 |
| Maxwell D. Taylor |
Military |
26-Aug-1901 |
19-Apr-1987 |
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1962-64 |
| Zachary Taylor |
Head of State |
24-Nov-1784 |
9-Jul-1850 |
12th President of the United States |
| Helen Thomas |
Journalist |
4-Aug-1920 |
20-Jul-2013 |
White House reporter, 1961-2010 |
| Vernon W. Thomson |
Politician |
5-Nov-1905 |
2-Apr-1988 |
Governor of Wisconsin, 1957-59 |
| William Thornton |
Architect |
20-May-1759 |
28-Mar-1828 |
First architect of the US Capitol |
| Susan J. Tolchin |
Political Scientist |
14-Jan-1941 |
18-May-2016 |
To the Victor... |
| Griselio Torresola |
Assassin |
1925 |
1-Nov-1950 |
Attempted assassin of Truman |
| Park Trammell |
Politician |
9-Apr-1876 |
8-May-1936 |
Governor and Senator from Florida |
| Alexander Trowbridge |
Politician |
12-Dec-1929 |
27-Apr-2006 |
US Secretary of Commerce, 1967-68 |
| Letitia Tyler |
First Lady |
12-Nov-1790 |
10-Sep-1842 |
First wife of US President John Tyler |
| Mo Udall |
Politician |
15-Jun-1922 |
12-Dec-1998 |
Congressman from Arizona, 1961-91 |
| Jack Valenti |
Business |
5-Sep-1921 |
26-Apr-2007 |
Presidential advisor, headed the MPAA |
| Willis Van Devanter |
Judge |
17-Apr-1859 |
8-Feb-1941 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1911-37 |
| Hoyt Vandenberg |
Government |
24-Jan-1899 |
2-Apr-1954 |
CIA Director, 1946-47 |
| Guy Vander Jagt |
Politician |
26-Aug-1931 |
22-Jun-2007 |
Congressman from Michigan, 1966-93 |
| A. Devitt Vanech |
Attorney |
26-Mar-1906 |
10-Sep-1967 |
Deputy US Attorney General, 1951-52 |
| Fred Vinson |
Judge |
22-Jan-1890 |
8-Sep-1953 |
US Chief Justice, 1946-53 |
| John Von Kannon |
Activist |
9-Mar-1949 |
5-Sep-2015 |
Heritage Foundation |
| John von Neumann |
Mathematician |
28-Dec-1903 |
8-Feb-1957 |
Computing pioneer, inventor of Game Theory |
| James W. Wadsworth, Jr. |
Politician |
12-Aug-1877 |
21-Jun-1952 |
US Senator from New York, 1915-27 |
| Morrison Waite |
Judge |
29-Nov-1816 |
23-Mar-1888 |
US Chief Justice, 1874-88 |
| Robert J. Walker |
Politician |
23-Jul-1801 |
11-Nov-1869 |
Mississippi Senator, Treasury Secretary |
| Henry C. Wallace |
Government |
11-May-1866 |
25-Oct-1924 |
US Secretary of Agriculture, 1921-24 |
| Henry C. Wallich |
Economist |
10-Jun-1914 |
16-Sep-1988 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1959-61 |
| Lester Frank Ward |
Sociologist |
18-Jun-1841 |
18-Apr-1913 |
Dynamic Sociology |
| Earl Warren |
Judge |
19-Mar-1891 |
9-Jul-1974 |
US Chief Justice, 1953-69 |
| James E. Watson |
Politician |
2-Nov-1864 |
29-Jul-1948 |
US Senator from Indiana, 1916-33 |
| Ben Wattenberg |
Pundit |
26-Aug-1933 |
28-Jun-2015 |
Think Tank moderator |
| James Moore Wayne |
Judge |
1790 |
5-Jul-1867 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1835-67 |
| Charles W. Whalen, Jr. |
Politician |
31-Jul-1920 |
27-Jun-2011 |
Congressman from Ohio, 1967-79 |
| Burton K. Wheeler |
Politician |
27-Feb-1882 |
6-Jan-1975 |
US Senator from Montana, 1923-47 |
| Edward Douglass White |
Judge |
3-Nov-1845 |
19-May-1921 |
US Chief Justice, 1910-21 |
| Frank White |
Politician |
12-Dec-1856 |
23-Mar-1940 |
Governor of North Dakota, 1901-05 |
| Thomas D. White |
Military |
6-Aug-1901 |
22-Dec-1965 |
USAF Chief of Staff, 1957-61 |
| Edith Wilson |
First Lady |
15-Oct-1872 |
28-Dec-1961 |
Second wife of US President Woodrow Wilson |
| Ellen Wilson |
First Lady |
15-May-1860 |
6-Aug-1914 |
First wife of US President Woodrow Wilson |
| Henry Wilson |
Politician |
16-Feb-1812 |
22-Nov-1875 |
Vice President under Grant |
| Woodrow Wilson |
Head of State |
28-Dec-1856 |
3-Feb-1924 |
28th US President, 1913-21 |
| William Wirt |
Attorney |
8-Nov-1772 |
18-Feb-1834 |
US Attorney General, 1817-29 |
| Willard Wirtz |
Government |
14-Mar-1912 |
24-Apr-2010 |
US Secretary of Labor, 1962-69 |
| David Wise |
Author |
10-May-1930 |
8-Oct-2018 |
The Invisible Government |
| William Burnham Woods |
Judge |
3-Aug-1824 |
14-May-1887 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1881-87 |
| Robert F. Woodward |
Diplomat |
1-Oct-1908 |
18-May-2001 |
US Ambassador to Costa Rica, 1954-58 |
| Henry G. Worthington |
Politician |
9-Feb-1828 |
29-Jul-1909 |
Congressman from Nevada, 1864-65 |
| Jerauld Wright |
Military |
4-Jun-1898 |
27-Apr-1995 |
US Atlantic Fleet Commander, 1954-60 |
| Sidney Yates |
Politician |
27-Aug-1909 |
5-Oct-2000 |
Congressman from Illinois, 1949-99 |
| Charles W. Yost |
Diplomat |
6-Nov-1907 |
21-May-1981 |
US Ambassador to the UN, 1969-71 |
| Stephen M. Young |
Politician |
4-May-1889 |
1-Dec-1984 |
US Senator from Ohio, 1959-71 |
| Luther W. Youngdahl |
Politician |
29-May-1896 |
21-Jun-1978 |
Governor of Minnesota, 1947-51 |
