| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Caroline Aaron |
Actor |
7-Aug-1952 |
|
Character actress, 1980s to present |
| Paula Abdul |
Singer |
19-Jun-1962 |
|
Singer, later American Idol judge |
| Walter Abish |
Author |
24-Dec-1931 |
|
Alphabetical Africa |
| Paul Ableman |
Novelist |
13-Jun-1927 |
25-Oct-2006 |
I Hear Voices |
| Jack Abramoff |
Government |
28-Feb-1958 |
|
Casino Jack |
| Max Abramovitz |
Architect |
23-May-1908 |
12-Sep-2004 |
Designed UN Headquarters |
| Dan Abrams |
Journalist |
20-May-1966 |
|
NBC legal reporter |
| Elliott Abrams |
Government |
24-Jan-1948 |
|
Asst. Secy. of State involved in Iran-Contra |
| Floyd Abrams |
Attorney |
9-Jul-1936 |
|
First Amendment lawyer |
| J. J. Abrams |
Film/TV Producer |
27-Jun-1966 |
|
Alias and Lost |
| M. H. Abrams |
Author |
23-Jul-1912 |
|
The Mirror and the Lamp |
| Jerry Abramson |
Politician |
12-Sep-1946 |
|
Mayor of Louisville |
| Dannie Abse |
Poet |
22-Sep-1923 |
|
Ash on a Young Man's Sleeve |
| Leo Abse |
Politician |
22-Apr-1917 |
19-Aug-2008 |
Labour MP for Torfaen, 1983-87 |
| Bella Abzug |
Politician |
24-Jul-1920 |
31-Mar-1998 |
Feminist and former Congresswoman |
| André Aciman |
Author |
2-Jan-1951 |
|
Out of Egypt |
| Kathy Acker |
Author |
18-Apr-1947 |
30-Nov-1997 |
Blood and Guts in High School |
| Gary Ackerman |
Politician |
19-Nov-1942 |
|
Congressman, New York 5th |
| King Ad-Rock |
Rapper |
31-Oct-1966 |
|
Beastie Boys |
| Joey Adams |
Comic |
6-Jan-1911 |
2-Dec-1999 |
Borscht Belt comedian |
| Sheldon Adelson |
Business |
1-Aug-1933 |
|
Las Vegas billionaire |
| Alfred Adler |
Psychologist |
7-Feb-1870 |
28-May-1937 |
Founder of Individual Psychology |
| Dean S. Adler |
Business |
c. 1957 |
|
Lubert-Adler Management |
| Felix Adler |
Educator |
13-Aug-1851 |
24-Apr-1933 |
Ethical Culture |
| Jay Adler |
Actor |
26-Sep-1896 |
23-Sep-1978 |
The Family Jewels |
| John Adler |
Politician |
23-Aug-1959 |
4-Apr-2011 |
Congressman from New Jersey, 2009-11 |
| Luther Adler |
Actor |
4-May-1903 |
8-Dec-1984 |
Broadway actor |
| Max Adler |
Actor |
17-Jan-1986 |
|
Dave Karofsky on Glee |
| Robert Adler |
Physicist |
4-Dec-1913 |
15-Feb-2007 |
Invented wireless remote control |
| Stella Adler |
Actor |
10-Feb-1901 |
21-Dec-1992 |
Theater actress, Group Theater |
| Shai Agassi |
Business |
1968 |
|
Former executive, SAP |
| Shmuel Agnon |
Author |
17-Jul-1888 |
17-Feb-1970 |
'Tmol Shilshom |
| Larry Agran |
Politician |
2-Feb-1945 |
|
Twice Mayor of Irvine, California |
| Dianna Agron |
Actor |
30-Apr-1986 |
|
Quinn Fabray on Glee |
| Martin Agronsky |
Journalist |
12-Jan-1915 |
25-Jul-1999 |
Agronsky & Co. |
| Fred E. Ahlert |
Composer |
19-Sep-1892 |
20-Oct-1953 |
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter |
| Amy Alcott |
Golf |
22-Feb-1956 |
|
Winner of 5 Majors |
| Sholem Aleichem |
Author |
2-Mar-1859 |
13-May-1916 |
Fiddler on the Roof |
| Jason Alexander |
Actor |
23-Sep-1959 |
|
George Costanza on Seinfeld |
| Samuel Alexander |
Philosopher |
6-Jan-1859 |
13-Sep-1938 |
Space, Time, and Deity |
| Mel Allen |
Sports Journalist |
13-Feb-1913 |
16-Jun-1996 |
Sportscaster, Voice of the Yankees |
| Woody Allen |
Film Director |
1-Dec-1935 |
|
Annie Hall |
| Gloria Allred |
Attorney |
3-Jul-1941 |
|
Feminist lawyer |
| Barry J. Alperin |
Business |
c. 1941 |
|
Former Vice Chairman of Hasbro |
| Herb Alpert |
Musician |
31-Mar-1935 |
|
Tijuana Brass, Co-Founder, A&M Records |
| Lyle Alzado |
Football |
3-Apr-1949 |
14-May-1992 |
Steroid-using defensive lineman |
| Ed Ames |
Singer |
9-Jul-1927 |
|
Try to Remember |
| Yigal Amir |
Assassin |
23-May-1970 |
|
Assassin of Yitzhak Rabin |
| Gilbert M. Anderson |
Actor |
21-Mar-1880 |
20-Jan-1971 |
Broncho Billy |
| Christian Anfinsen |
Chemist |
26-Mar-1916 |
14-May-1995 |
Protein structure and folding |
| Walter Annenberg |
Business |
13-Mar-1908 |
1-Oct-2002 |
Media mogul, created TV Guide |
| Eddie Antar |
Business |
18-Dec-1947 |
|
Crazy Eddie |
| Mary Antin |
Author |
1881 |
15-May-1949 |
The Promised Land |
| Herod Antipas |
Royalty |
20 BC |
39 AD |
Put John the Baptist to death |
| Judd Apatow |
Film Director |
6-Dec-1967 |
|
Anchorman, The 40 Year Old Virgin |
| Aharon Appelfeld |
Author |
16-Feb-1932 |
|
In the Wilderness |
| Max Apple |
Author |
22-Oct-1941 |
|
I Love Gootie |
| Nicole Appleton |
Musician |
7-Dec-1974 |
|
All Saints |
| Diane Arbus |
Photographer |
14-Mar-1923 |
26-Jul-1971 |
Influential photographer |
| Army Archerd |
Columnist |
13-Jan-1922 |
8-Sep-2009 |
Variety's gossip columnist |
| Hannah Arendt |
Philosopher |
14-Oct-1906 |
4-Dec-1975 |
Origins of Totalitarianism |
| Moshe Arens |
Politician |
27-Dec-1925 |
|
Likud Minister |
| Ted Arison |
Business |
1924 |
1-Oct-1999 |
Founder of Carnival Cruise Line |
| Adam Arkin |
Actor |
19-Aug-1956 |
|
Dr. Aaron Shutt on Chicago Hope |
| Alan Arkin |
Actor |
26-Mar-1934 |
|
Catch 22 |
| Harold Arlen |
Songwriter |
15-Feb-1905 |
23-Apr-1986 |
Wrote score to Wizard of Oz |
| Roland Arnall |
Business |
29-Mar-1939 |
17-Mar-2008 |
Ameriquest billionaire |
| Tom Arnold |
Actor |
6-Mar-1959 |
|
Ex-Husband of Roseanne Barr |
| Raymond Aron |
Philosopher |
14-Mar-1905 |
17-Oct-1983 |
Political philosopher, social theorist |
| Darren Aronofsky |
Film Director |
12-Feb-1969 |
|
Requiem for a Dream |
| Bernard W. Aronson |
Business |
16-May-1946 |
|
ACON Investments LLC |
| David Arquette |
Actor |
8-Sep-1971 |
|
Muppets From Space |
| Patricia Arquette |
Actor |
8-Apr-1968 |
|
Allison Dubois on Medium |
| Rosanna Arquette |
Actor |
10-Aug-1959 |
|
Desperately Seeking Susan |
| Bea Arthur |
Actor |
13-May-1922 |
25-Apr-2009 |
Maude and The Golden Girls |
| Sholem Asch |
Author |
1-Nov-1880 |
1-Aug-1957 |
Yiddish novelist |
| Renée Asherson |
Actor |
19-May-1915 |
|
Malta Story |
| Leon Askin |
Actor |
18-Sep-1907 |
3-Jun-2005 |
General Burkhalter on Hogan's Heroes |
| Ed Asner |
Actor |
15-Nov-1929 |
|
Lou Grant |
| Izzy Asper |
Business |
11-Aug-1932 |
7-Oct-2003 |
Founder, CanWest Global |
| Harvey Atkin |
Actor |
18-Dec-1942 |
|
Sgt. Coleman on Cagney and Lacey |
| Eleanor Audley |
Actor |
19-Nov-1905 |
25-Nov-1991 |
Wicked stepmother in Cinderella |
| Leopold Auer |
Violinist |
7-Jun-1845 |
15-Jul-1930 |
Hungarian violinist, teacher |
| Robert J. Aumann |
Economist |
8-Jun-1930 |
|
Game theorist |
| Mili Avital |
Actor |
30-Mar-1972 |
|
Stargate |
| Hank Azaria |
Actor |
25-Apr-1964 |
|
Moe and Apu on The Simpsons |
| Irving Azoff |
Business |
12-Dec-1947 |
|
Rock music mogul and Live Nation CEO |
| Milton Babbitt |
Composer |
10-May-1916 |
29-Jan-2011 |
Music for Synthesizer |
| Isaac Babel |
Author |
1-Jul-1894 |
27-Jan-1940 |
Soviet master of short stories |
| Hector Babenco |
Film Director |
7-Feb-1946 |
|
Kiss of the Spider Woman |
| Lauren Bacall |
Actor |
16-Sep-1924 |
|
Key Largo |
| Barbara Bach |
Actor |
27-Aug-1947 |
|
Atook zug zug Lana |
| Lawrence S. Bacow |
Educator |
c. 1950 |
|
President, Tufts University |
| Leo Baeck |
Religion |
23-May-1873 |
2-Nov-1956 |
Progressive Jewish Rabbi |
| Ralph Baer |
Inventor |
8-Mar-1922 |
|
Inventor of the home video game console |
| Carroll Baker |
Actor |
28-May-1931 |
|
Baby Doll |
| Bob Balaban |
Film Director |
16-Aug-1945 |
|
Parents |
| Michael Balcon |
Film/TV Producer |
19-May-1896 |
17-Oct-1977 |
Eealing Studios |
| Steve Ballmer |
Business |
24-Mar-1956 |
|
CEO of Microsoft |
| Elizabeth Banks |
Actor |
10-Feb-1974 |
|
The Baxter |
| John Banner |
Actor |
28-Jan-1910 |
28-Jan-1973 |
Sgt. Schultz on Hogan's Heroes |
| Theda Bara |
Actor |
29-Jul-1885 |
7-Apr-1955 |
A Fool There Was |
| Ehud Barak |
Head of State |
12-Feb-1942 |
|
Prime Minister of Israel, 1999-2001 |
| Robert Bárány |
Doctor |
22-Apr-1876 |
8-Apr-1936 |
Studied inner ear, equilibrium system |
| Daniel Barenboim |
Pianist |
15-Nov-1942 |
|
Director, Berlin State Opera |
| Ike Barinholtz |
Actor |
18-Feb-1977 |
|
MADtv |
| Ellen Barkin |
Actor |
16-Apr-1954 |
|
Siesta |
| Roseanne Barr |
Actor |
3-Nov-1952 |
|
Roseanne |
| Barbara Barrie |
Actor |
23-May-1931 |
|
Mrs. Barney Miller |
| Gene Barry |
Actor |
14-Jun-1919 |
9-Dec-2009 |
The War of the Worlds |
| Todd Barry |
Comic |
26-Mar-1964 |
|
Worst Guest of the Week |
| Stanley F. Barshay |
Business |
c. 1938 |
|
Schering-Plough executive |
| Peter Bart |
Journalist |
24-Jul-1932 |
|
Former editor of Variety |
| Justin Bartha |
Actor |
21-Jul-1978 |
|
National Treasure |
| Bernard M. Baruch |
Business |
19-Aug-1870 |
20-Jun-1965 |
Coined the term Cold War |
| Dana Bash |
Journalist |
15-Jun-1971 |
|
CNN Congressional correspondent |
| Burt Baskin |
Business |
17-Dec-1913 |
24-Dec-1967 |
Co-Founder of Baskin-Robbins |
| Leonard Baskin |
Sculptor |
15-Aug-1922 |
3-Jun-2000 |
Sculptor and printmaker |
| Alfie Bass |
Actor |
8-Apr-1921 |
15-Jul-1987 |
Bootsie and Snudge |
| Florence Bates |
Actor |
15-Apr-1888 |
31-Jan-1954 |
The Moon and Sixpence |
| Randall Batinkoff |
Actor |
16-Oct-1968 |
|
For Keeps |
| Otto Bauer |
Politician |
5-Sep-1881 |
4-Jul-1938 |
Austrian Marxist |
| Vicki Baum |
Novelist |
24-Jan-1888 |
29-Aug-1960 |
Grand Hotel |
| Frances Bay |
Actor |
23-Jan-1919 |
15-Sep-2011 |
Happy Gilmore |
| Abraham D. Beame |
Politician |
20-Mar-1906 |
10-Feb-2001 |
Mayor of New York City, 1974-77 |
| Julian Beck |
Actor |
31-May-1925 |
14-Sep-1985 |
Rev. Kane in Poltergeist II |
| Menachem Begin |
Head of State |
16-Aug-1913 |
9-Mar-1992 |
Prime Minister of Israel, 1977-82 |
| Anthony Beilenson |
Politician |
26-Oct-1932 |
|
Congressman from California, 1977-97 |
| Peter Beinart |
Columnist |
1971 |
|
Washington Post columnist |
| Joshua Bekenstein |
Business |
c. 1958 |
|
Bain Capital |
| David Belasco |
Playwright |
25-Jul-1853 |
14-May-1931 |
Madame Butterfly |
| Naaman Belkind |
Spy |
1889 |
16-Dec-1917 |
Israeli spy |
| Joshua Bell |
Violinist |
9-Dec-1967 |
|
Violin virtuoso |
| Saul Bellow |
Novelist |
10-Jun-1915 |
5-Apr-2005 |
The Adventures of Augie March |
| Richard Belzer |
Comic |
4-Aug-1944 |
|
Munch on Homicide, Law & Order: SVU |
| Shlomo Ben-Ami |
Politician |
17-Jul-1943 |
|
Israeli Foreign Minister, 2000-01 |
| David Ben-Gurion |
Head of State |
16-Oct-1886 |
1-Dec-1973 |
First Prime Minister of Israel |
| Yitzhak Ben-Zvi |
Head of State |
24-Nov-1884 |
23-Apr-1963 |
President of Israel, 1952-63 |
| Baruj Benacerraf |
Scientist |
29-Oct-1920 |
2-Aug-2011 |
Gene control of HLA antigens |
| Laslo Benedek |
Film Director |
5-Mar-1905 |
11-Mar-1992 |
The Wild One |
| H. Jon Benjamin |
Actor |
23-May-1966 |
|
Coach McGuirk, Sterling Archer, Bob Belcher |
| Richard Benjamin |
Actor |
22-May-1938 |
|
Westworld |
| Walter Benjamin |
Philosopher |
15-Jul-1892 |
26-Sep-1940 |
The Arcades Project |
| Jack Benny |
Actor |
14-Feb-1894 |
26-Dec-1974 |
The Jack Benny Show |
| Barbi Benton |
Model |
28-Jan-1950 |
|
Hee-Haw regular, 1971-76 |
| Daniel Benzali |
Actor |
20-Jan-1950 |
|
Ted Hoffman on Murder One |
| Marisa Berenson |
Actor |
15-Feb-1947 |
|
Barry Lyndon |
| Boris Berezovsky |
Business |
23-Jan-1946 |
|
Russian oligarch, now in Israel |
| Justin Berfield |
Actor |
25-Feb-1986 |
|
Malcolm in the Middle |
| Alan Berg |
Radio Personality |
Jan-1934 |
18-Jun-1984 |
Murdered radio host |
| Gertrude Berg |
Radio Personality |
3-Oct-1899 |
14-Sep-1966 |
The Goldbergs |
| Nick Berg |
Victim |
2-Apr-1978 |
May-2004 |
US contractor, beheaded on Iraq videotape |
| Carolyn Berger |
Judge |
c. 1947 |
|
Justice, Delaware Supreme Court |
| Samuel D. Berger |
Diplomat |
6-Dec-1911 |
12-Feb-1980 |
US Ambassador to South Korea, 1961-64 |
| Sandy Berger |
Government |
28-Oct-1945 |
|
National Security Advisor for Bill Clinton |
| Victor L. Berger |
Politician |
28-Feb-1860 |
7-Aug-1929 |
Socialist Rep. from Wisconsin |
| Gustav Bergmann |
Philosopher |
4-May-1906 |
21-Apr-1987 |
Ontologist |
| Elisabeth Bergner |
Actor |
22-Aug-1897 |
12-May-1986 |
Escape Me Never |
| Henri Bergson |
Philosopher |
18-Oct-1859 |
4-Jan-1941 |
L'Évolution Créatrice |
| Shelley Berkley |
Politician |
20-Jan-1951 |
|
Congresswoman, Nevada 1st |
| Milton Berle |
Comic |
12-Jul-1908 |
27-Mar-2002 |
Mr. Television |
| Irving Berlin |
Composer |
11-May-1888 |
22-Sep-1989 |
White Christmas, God Bless America |
| Isaiah Berlin |
Philosopher |
6-Jun-1909 |
5-Nov-1997 |
The Hedgehog and the Fox |
| Warren Berlinger |
Actor |
31-Aug-1937 |
|
American character actor |
| Chris Berman |
Sports Journalist |
10-May-1955 |
|
Sportscaster on ESPN |
| Howard Berman |
Politician |
15-Apr-1941 |
|
Congressman, California 28th |
| Shelley Berman |
Comic |
3-Feb-1926 |
|
Inside Shelley Berman |
| Ben Bernanke |
Economist |
13-Dec-1953 |
|
Federal Reserve Chairman |
| Herschel Bernardi |
Actor |
20-Oct-1923 |
9-May-1986 |
Voiced Charlie the Tuna, Jolly Green Giant |
| Edward Bernays |
Business |
22-Nov-1891 |
9-Mar-1995 |
Propaganda |
| Sandra Bernhard |
Comic |
6-Jun-1955 |
|
The King of Comedy |
| Curtis Bernhardt |
Film Director |
15-Apr-1899 |
22-Feb-1981 |
A Stolen Life |
| Sarah Bernhardt |
Actor |
22-Oct-1844 |
26-Mar-1923 |
French theatre actress |
| Alan S. Bernikow |
Business |
c. 1941 |
|
Deputy CEO, Deloitte & Touche, 1998-2003 |
| Carl Bernstein |
Journalist |
14-Feb-1944 |
|
Broke the Watergate story |
| Eduard Bernstein |
Politician |
6-Jan-1850 |
18-Dec-1932 |
Evolutionary Socialism |
| Leonard Bernstein |
Conductor |
25-Aug-1918 |
14-Oct-1990 |
Conductor, New York Philharmonic |
| Stuart Bernstein |
Diplomat |
9-Apr-1938 |
|
US Ambassador to Denmark, 2001-05 |
| Claude Berri |
Film Director |
1-Jul-1934 |
12-Jan-2009 |
Jean de Florette |
| John Berry |
Film Director |
6-Sep-1917 |
29-Nov-1999 |
The Bad News Bears Go to Japan |
| Gary Bertini |
Conductor |
1-May-1927 |
18-Mar-2005 |
Music Director, Jerusalem Symphony, 1978-87 |
| Joe Besser |
Actor |
12-Aug-1907 |
1-Mar-1988 |
The Three Stooges |
| Bruno Bettelheim |
Psychologist |
28-Aug-1903 |
13-Mar-1990 |
Fraudulent child psychologist |
| Harold Beznos |
Business |
? |
|
Michigan real estate developer |
| Hayyim Nahman Bialik |
Poet |
9-Jan-1873 |
4-Jul-1934 |
Foremost Hebrew poet |
| Mayim Bialik |
Actor |
12-Dec-1975 |
|
Blossom Russo on Blossom |
| Kenneth Bialkin |
Attorney |
9-Sep-1929 |
|
Mergers & Acquisitions lawyer |
| Theodore Bikel |
Actor |
2-May-1924 |
|
The Defiant Ones |
| Rudolf Bing |
Business |
9-Jan-1902 |
2-Sep-1997 |
Manager of the NY Metropolitan Opera, 1950-72 |
| Stanley Bing |
Columnist |
20-May-1951 |
|
Columnist for Fortune |
| László Bíró |
Inventor |
29-Sep-1899 |
24-Oct-1985 |
Ballpoint pen |
| Joey Bishop |
Comic |
3-Feb-1918 |
17-Oct-2007 |
Rat Pack member |
| Claudia Black |
Actor |
11-Oct-1972 |
|
Aeryn Sun on Farscape |
| Eli Black |
Business |
9-Apr-1921 |
3-Feb-1975 |
Swan dive onto Park Avenue |
| Jack Black |
Musician |
28-Aug-1969 |
|
Half of Tenacious D |
| Jay Black |
Musician |
2-Nov-1938 |
|
Second "Jay" fronting Jay and the Americans |
| Leon Black |
Business |
c. 1951 |
|
Billionaire, Apollo Management |
| Lewis Black |
Comic |
30-Aug-1948 |
|
Rants on The Daily Show |
| Michael Ian Black |
Comic |
12-Aug-1971 |
|
The State |
| David Blaine |
Magician |
4-Apr-1973 |
|
World's least engrossing daredevil |
| Selma Blair |
Actor |
23-Jun-1972 |
|
A Dirty Shame |
| Brad Blakeman |
Government |
1-Sep-1958 |
|
Republican strategist |
| Mel Blanc |
Actor |
30-May-1908 |
10-Jul-1989 |
Man of 1,000 Voices |
| Arthur Blank |
Business |
27-Sep-1942 |
|
Co-Founder of Home Depot |
| Robert S. Blank |
Business |
c. 1941 |
|
Whitcom Partners |
| Yasmine Bleeth |
Actor |
14-Jun-1968 |
|
Baywatch |
| Jeffrey L. Bleustein |
Business |
c. 1940 |
|
CEO of Harley-Davidson, 1997-2005 |
| Wolf Blitzer |
Journalist |
22-Mar-1948 |
|
The Situation Room |
| Ernest Bloch |
Composer |
24-Jul-1880 |
15-Jul-1959 |
Schelomo |
| Felix Bloch |
Physicist |
23-Oct-1905 |
10-Sep-1983 |
Nuclear magnetic resonance |
| Henry Bloch |
Business |
30-Jul-1922 |
|
Co-Founder of H&R Bloch |
| Konrad Bloch |
Scientist |
21-Jan-1912 |
15-Oct-2000 |
Cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism |
| Richard Bloch |
Business |
15-Feb-1926 |
21-Jul-2004 |
H&R Block, cancer activist |
| Allan Bloom |
Philosopher |
14-Sep-1930 |
7-Oct-1992 |
The Closing of the American Mind |
| Michael Bloomberg |
Politician |
14-Feb-1942 |
|
Mayor of New York City |
| Mike Bloomfield |
Guitarist |
28-Jul-1943 |
15-Feb-1981 |
Guitarist, Paul Butterfield Blues Band |
| Ben Blue |
Actor |
12-Sep-1901 |
7-Mar-1975 |
The Big Broadcast of 1938 |
| Léon Blum |
Head of State |
9-Apr-1872 |
30-Mar-1950 |
Thrice Prime Minister of France |
| Baruch S. Blumberg |
Scientist |
28-Jul-1925 |
5-Apr-2011 |
Hepatitis B vaccine |
| Judy Blume |
Author |
12-Feb-1938 |
|
Author of children's books |
| Sidney Blumenthal |
Government |
1948 |
|
Advisor to Bill and Hillary Clinton |
| W. Michael Blumenthal |
Government |
3-Jan-1926 |
|
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1977-79 |
| Franz Boas |
Anthropologist |
9-Jul-1858 |
22-Dec-1942 |
Father of American Anthropology |
| Steven Bochco |
Film/TV Producer |
16-Dec-1943 |
|
Cop Rock |
| Lloyd Bochner |
Actor |
29-Jul-1924 |
29-Oct-2005 |
It's a cookbook |
| Jerry Bock |
Composer |
23-Nov-1928 |
3-Nov-2010 |
Fiorello! |
| Artur Bodanzky |
Conductor |
16-Dec-1877 |
23-Nov-1939 |
Opera Conductor at the NY Met, 1915-39 |
| Peter Bogdanovich |
Film Director |
30-Jul-1939 |
|
The Last Picture Show |
| Danny J. Boggs |
Judge |
23-Oct-1944 |
|
6th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Curt Bois |
Actor |
5-Apr-1901 |
25-Dec-1991 |
Pickpocket in Casablanca |
| Irving Bolotin |
Business |
c. 1933 |
|
Senior VP at Lennar, 1972-98 |
| Josh Bolten |
Government |
16-Aug-1955 |
|
White House Chief of Staff, 2006-09 |
| Michael Bolton |
Singer/Songwriter |
26-Feb-1953 |
|
Love Is a Wonderful Thing |
| Lisa Bonet |
Actor |
16-Nov-1967 |
|
Denise on The Cosby Show |
| Murray Bookchin |
Philosopher |
14-Jan-1921 |
30-Jul-2006 |
The Ecology of Freedom |
| Daniel Boorstin |
Historian |
1-Oct-1914 |
28-Feb-2004 |
The Creators |
| Elayne Boosler |
Comic |
18-Aug-1952 |
|
Has had 7 cable comedy specials |
| Victor Borge |
Pianist |
3-Jan-1909 |
23-Dec-2000 |
Comedic pianist |
| Max Born |
Physicist |
11-Dec-1882 |
5-Jan-1970 |
Pioneer of quantum mechanics |
| Steven M. Bornstein |
Business |
? |
|
President of ESPN, 1990-99 |
| Andy Borowitz |
Comic |
4-Jan-1958 |
|
The Borowitz Report |
| Alex Borstein |
Comic |
15-Feb-1971 |
|
Ms. Swan on MADtv |
| Rudy Boschwitz |
Business |
7-Nov-1930 |
|
US Senator from Minnesota, 1978-91 |
| Tom Bosley |
Actor |
1-Oct-1927 |
19-Oct-2010 |
Dad on Happy Days |
| Shmuley Boteach |
Religion |
19-Nov-1966 |
|
Shalom in the Home |
| Elsbeth Bothe |
Judge |
17-Oct-1927 |
|
Baltimore Circuit Court Judge, retired |
| Leon Botstein |
Educator |
14-Dec-1946 |
|
President of Bard College |
| Lou Boudreau |
Baseball |
17-Jul-1917 |
10-Aug-2001 |
MLB Shortstop, Hall of Famer |
| Rob Bourdon |
Drummer |
20-Jan-1979 |
|
Linkin Park drummer |
| Caprice Bourret |
Model |
24-Oct-1971 |
|
Model and actress and singer and whatever |
| Joshua Bowman |
Actor |
4-Mar-1988 |
|
Daniel Grayson on Revenge |
| Barbara Boxer |
Politician |
11-Nov-1940 |
|
US Senator from California |
| Zach Braff |
Actor |
6-Apr-1975 |
|
Scrubs |
| Myles Brand |
Educator |
17-May-1942 |
16-Sep-2009 |
President of the NCAA, 2003-09 |
| Louis D. Brandeis |
Judge |
13-Nov-1856 |
5-Oct-1941 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1916-39 |
| Ryan Braun |
Baseball |
10-Nov-1983 |
|
Milwaukee Brewers |
| Gregory Breit |
Physicist |
14-Jul-1899 |
11-Sep-1981 |
Proton-proton dispersion |
| David Brenner |
Comic |
4-Feb-1945 |
|
Guest on Tonight Show 158 times |
| Sydney Brenner |
Scientist |
13-Jan-1927 |
|
Genetic regulation of organ development |
| Lester Breslow |
Doctor |
17-Mar-1915 |
9-Apr-2012 |
Dean, UCLA School of Public Health, 1972-80 |
| Stephen Breyer |
Judge |
15-Aug-1938 |
|
US Supreme Court Justice |
| Fanny Brice |
Singer |
29-Oct-1891 |
29-May-1951 |
The Baby Snooks Show |
| Alison Brie |
Actor |
29-Dec-1982 |
|
Annie Edison on Community |
| Myron H. Bright |
Judge |
5-Mar-1919 |
|
9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1968-85 |
| Ronald M. Brill |
Business |
c. 1944 |
|
Former EVP, Home Depot |
| Sergey Brin |
Business |
21-Aug-1973 |
|
Co-Founder of Google |
| Jenne K. Britell |
Business |
c. 1942 |
|
Structured Ventures, Inc. |
| Leon Brittan |
Politician |
25-Sep-1939 |
|
UK Home Secretary, 1983-85 |
| Max Brod |
Novelist |
27-May-1884 |
20-Dec-1968 |
The Redemption of Tycho Brahe |
| Joseph Brodsky |
Poet |
24-May-1940 |
28-Jan-1996 |
"Social parasite" turned Poet Laureate |
| Adam Brody |
Actor |
15-Dec-1979 |
|
Seth Cohen on The O.C. |
| Adrien Brody |
Actor |
14-Apr-1973 |
|
The Pianist |
| J. Edward Bromberg |
Actor |
25-Dec-1903 |
6-Dec-1951 |
The Mark of Zorro |
| Eleanor Bron |
Actor |
14-Mar-1934 |
|
A Touch of Love |
| Charles Bronfman |
Business |
27-Jun-1931 |
|
Fifth richest person in Canada |
| Edgar Bronfman, Jr. |
Business |
16-May-1955 |
|
CEO of Seagram, Warner Music, etc |
| Edgar Bronfman, Sr. |
Business |
20-Jun-1929 |
|
CEO of Seagram's until 1994 |
| Anita Brookner |
Novelist |
16-Jul-1928 |
|
Hotel Du Lac |
| Albert Brooks |
Actor |
22-Jul-1947 |
|
Broadcast News |
| David Brooks |
Columnist |
11-Aug-1961 |
|
Shields and Brooks |
| Mel Brooks |
Film Director |
28-Jun-1926 |
|
Blazing Saddles |
| Richard Brooks |
Film Director |
18-May-1912 |
11-Mar-1992 |
In Cold Blood |
| Georgia Brown |
Actor |
21-Oct-1933 |
5-Jul-1992 |
The Raging Moon |
| Harold Brown |
Government |
19-Sep-1927 |
|
US Secretary of Defense, 1977-81 |
| Herbert C. Brown |
Chemist |
22-May-1912 |
19-Dec-2004 |
Discovered organoboranes |
| Lew Brown |
Songwriter |
10-Dec-1893 |
5-Feb-1958 |
Beer Barrel Polka |
| Vanessa Brown |
Actor |
24-Mar-1928 |
21-May-1999 |
The Late George Apley |
| Lenny Bruce |
Comic |
13-Oct-1925 |
3-Aug-1966 |
Multiply obscene comic |
| Jerry Bruckheimer |
Film/TV Producer |
21-Sep-1945 |
|
Bombastic Movie Producer |
| David Brudnoy |
Radio Personality |
5-Jun-1940 |
8-Dec-2004 |
Boston talk radio host |
| Patrick Bruel |
Singer |
14-May-1959 |
|
Force Majeure |
| Constantin Brunner |
Philosopher |
27-Aug-1862 |
17-Aug-1937 |
German Jewish philosopher |
| Martin Buber |
Philosopher |
8-Feb-1878 |
13-Jun-1965 |
Ich und Du |
| Art Buchwald |
Columnist |
20-Oct-1925 |
17-Jan-2007 |
Syndicated columnist and humorist |
| Joseph Buloff |
Actor |
20-Jan-1899 |
27-Feb-1985 |
Yiddish stage actor |
| Gordon Bunshaft |
Architect |
9-May-1909 |
6-Aug-1990 |
Skyscraper architect |
| Brooke Burke |
TV Personality |
8-Sep-1971 |
|
Co-Host, Dancing with the Stars |
| Arnold I. Burns |
Attorney |
14-Apr-1930 |
|
Deputy US Attorney General, 1986-88 |
| George Burns |
Comic |
20-Jan-1896 |
9-Mar-1996 |
Oh, God! |
| Abe Burrows |
Playwright |
18-Dec-1910 |
17-May-1985 |
Co-Author, Guys and Dolls |
| Frederick Busch |
Novelist |
1-Aug-1941 |
23-Feb-2006 |
Don't Tell Anyone |
| Harold Butler |
Business |
16-Jun-1921 |
9-Jul-1998 |
Founder of Denny's |
| Jerry Butler |
Pornstar |
13-May-1959 |
|
10 1/2 Weeks |
| Judith Butler |
Scholar |
24-Feb-1956 |
|
Gender Trouble |
| Red Buttons |
Actor |
5-Feb-1919 |
13-Jul-2006 |
They Shoot Horses Don't They? |
| Seymore Butts |
Pornstar |
18-Mar-1964 |
|
Family Business |
| Samuel Byck |
Assassin |
30-Jan-1930 |
22-Feb-1974 |
Unsuccessful Nixon assassin |
| Amanda Bynes |
Actor |
3-Apr-1986 |
|
All That |
| James Caan |
Actor |
26-Mar-1940 |
|
Vegas |
| Susan Cabot |
Actor |
9-Jul-1927 |
10-Dec-1986 |
The Wasp Woman |
| Irving Caesar |
Songwriter |
4-Jul-1895 |
17-Dec-1996 |
Tea for Two |
| Sid Caesar |
Comic |
8-Sep-1922 |
|
Your Show of Shows |
| Sammy Cahn |
Songwriter |
18-Jun-1913 |
15-Jan-1993 |
Three Coins in the Fountain |
| Howard Caine |
Actor |
2-Jan-1928 |
28-Dec-1993 |
Maj. Hochstetter on Hogan's Heroes |
| Hortense Calisher |
Novelist |
20-Dec-1911 |
15-Jan-2009 |
In the Absence of Angels |
| Melvin Calvin |
Chemist |
8-Apr-1911 |
8-Jan-1997 |
Deciphered photosynthesis |
| Elias Canetti |
Author |
25-Jul-1905 |
14-Aug-1994 |
Crowds and Power |
| Eddie Cantor |
Singer |
31-Jan-1892 |
10-Oct-1964 |
Banjo Eyes |
| Eric Cantor |
Politician |
6-Jun-1963 |
|
House Majority Leader |
| Robert Capa |
Photographer |
22-Oct-1913 |
25-May-1954 |
War photographer |
| Lizzy Caplan |
Actor |
30-Jun-1982 |
|
Kat Warbler on The Class |
| Kate Capshaw |
Actor |
3-Nov-1953 |
|
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom |
| Benjamin L. Cardin |
Politician |
5-Oct-1943 |
|
US Senator from Maryland |
| Kitty Carlisle |
Singer |
3-Sep-1910 |
18-Apr-2007 |
A Night at the Opera |
| Robert Caro |
Historian |
30-Oct-1935 |
|
Biographer of Lyndon Johnson |
| Nell Carter |
Actor |
13-Sep-1948 |
23-Jan-2003 |
Housekeeper on Gimme A Break |
| Mama Cass |
Singer |
19-Sep-1941 |
29-Jul-1974 |
The Mamas and the Papas |
| René Cassin |
Government |
5-Oct-1887 |
20-Feb-1976 |
Legal scholar, Nobel Prize recipient |
| Ernst Cassirer |
Philosopher |
28-Jul-1874 |
13-Apr-1945 |
The Myth of the State |
| William Castle |
Film Director |
24-Apr-1914 |
31-May-1977 |
House on Haunted Hill |
| Phoebe Cates |
Actor |
16-Jul-1963 |
|
Fast Times at Ridgemont High |
| Safra A. Catz |
Business |
Dec-1961 |
|
President & CFO of Oracle |
| Stanley Cavell |
Philosopher |
1-Sep-1926 |
|
Professor of Aesthetics, Harvard |
| Paul Celan |
Poet |
23-Nov-1920 |
20-Apr-1970 |
Todesfuge |
| Emanuel Celler |
Politician |
6-May-1888 |
15-Jan-1981 |
Congressman from New York, 1923-73 |
| Bennett Cerf |
Publisher |
25-May-1898 |
27-Aug-1971 |
Founder of Random House |
| Alain Chabat |
Actor |
24-Nov-1958 |
|
Night at the Museum |
| Michael Chabon |
Novelist |
24-May-1963 |
|
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay |
| Marc Chagall |
Artist |
7-Jul-1887 |
28-Mar-1985 |
I and the Village |
| Ernst B. Chain |
Scientist |
19-Jun-1906 |
12-Aug-1979 |
Isolated penicillin |
| Jonathan Chait |
Journalist |
1972 |
|
Senior Editor, The New Republic |
| Jeff Chandler |
Actor |
15-Dec-1918 |
17-Jun-1961 |
Broken Arrow |
| Mona Charen |
Pundit |
? |
|
Conservative columnist |
| Larry Charles |
Screenwriter |
1-Dec-1956 |
|
Seinfeld writer, also directed Borat |
| Jule Charney |
Scientist |
1-Jan-1917 |
16-Jun-1981 |
Quasi-gesotrophic theory |
| Paddy Chayefsky |
Playwright |
29-Jan-1923 |
1-Aug-1981 |
Network |
| Michael Chertoff |
Government |
28-Nov-1953 |
|
US Homeland Security Czar |
| Alfred Chester |
Novelist |
7-Sep-1928 |
1-Aug-1971 |
The Exquisite Corpse |
| Judy Chicago |
Artist |
20-Jul-1939 |
|
The Birth Project |
| Alex Chiu |
Paranormal |
8-Feb-1971 |
|
Inventor of magnetic immortality rings |
| Bruce Chizen |
Business |
1956 |
|
CEO of Adobe, 2000-07 |
| Emmanuelle Chriqui |
Actor |
10-Dec-1977 |
|
Sloan on Entourage |
| Connie Chung |
Journalist |
20-Aug-1946 |
|
NBC news anchor |
| David N. Cicilline |
Politician |
15-Jul-1961 |
|
Congressman, Rhode Island 1st |
| Aaron Ciechanover |
Scientist |
1-Oct-1947 |
|
Ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation |
| André Citroën |
Engineer |
5-Feb-1878 |
3-Jul-1935 |
Europe's Henry Ford |
| Buddy Clark |
Singer |
26-Jul-1912 |
1-Oct-1949 |
How Are Things in Glocca Mora |
| Marcia Clark |
Attorney |
31-Aug-1953 |
|
Former O.J. prosecutor |
| Robert Clary |
Actor |
1-Mar-1926 |
|
LeBeau on Hogan's Heroes |
| Andrew Dice Clay |
Comic |
29-Sep-1958 |
|
Ford Fairlane |
| Daniel Clowes |
Cartoonist |
14-Apr-1961 |
|
Eightball, Ghost World, David Boring |
| Andrei Codrescu |
Author |
20-Dec-1946 |
|
Exquisite Corpse |
| Ethan Coen |
Film Director |
21-Sep-1957 |
|
Half of the Coen brothers |
| Joel Coen |
Film Director |
29-Nov-1954 |
|
Half of the Coen brothers |
| Alma Cogan |
Singer |
19-May-1932 |
26-Oct-1966 |
The Girl With the Giggle In Her Voice |
| Lauren Cohan |
Actor |
30-Nov-1982 |
|
Maggie Greene on The Walking Dead |
| Andy Cohen |
Film/TV Producer |
2-Jun-1968 |
|
EVP at Bravo, Watch What Happens: Live |
| Ben Cohen |
Business |
18-Mar-1951 |
|
Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc. |
| Betsy Z. Cohen |
Business |
c. 1942 |
|
CEO of RAIT Investment Trust, 1997-2006 |
| Eli Cohen |
Spy |
26-Dec-1924 |
18-May-1965 |
Israel's greatest spy |
| Jared Cohen |
Government |
24-Nov-1981 |
|
Children of Jihad |
| Leonard Cohen |
Singer/Songwriter |
21-Sep-1934 |
|
Everybody Knows |
| Matt Cohen |
Novelist |
30-Dec-1942 |
2-Dec-1999 |
Emotional Arithmetic |
| Morris Raphael Cohen |
Philosopher |
25-Jul-1880 |
28-Jan-1947 |
Reason and Nature |
| Myron Cohen |
Comic |
1-Jul-1902 |
10-Mar-1986 |
Borscht Belt comic |
| Peter A. Cohen |
Business |
c. 1946 |
|
CEO of Shearson Lehman, 1983-90 |
| Rob Cohen |
Film Director |
12-Mar-1949 |
|
The Fast and the Furious |
| Ronald Cohen |
Business |
1945 |
|
British venture capitalist, Apax |
| Sacha Baron Cohen |
Comic |
13-Oct-1971 |
|
Boyakasha! Respec |
| Scott Cohen |
Actor |
19-Dec-1961 |
|
The 10th Kingdom |
| Stanley Cohen |
Scientist |
17-Nov-1922 |
|
Nerve and skin cell growth factors |
| Steve Cohen |
Politician |
24-May-1949 |
|
Congressman, Tennessee 9th |
| Wilbur J. Cohen |
Government |
10-Jun-1913 |
17-May-1987 |
HEW Secretary, 1968-69 |
| Marc Cohn |
Singer/Songwriter |
5-Jul-1959 |
|
Walking In Memphis |
| Mindy Cohn |
Actor |
20-May-1966 |
|
Natalie on The Facts of Life |
| Roy Cohn |
Government |
20-Feb-1927 |
2-Aug-1986 |
Joseph McCarthy's henchman |
| Steven Cojocaru |
Critic |
5-Jan-1965 |
|
Entertainment Tonight fashion critic |
| Cy Coleman |
Composer |
14-Jun-1929 |
18-Nov-2004 |
Hey, Big Spender |
| Norm Coleman |
Politician |
17-Aug-1949 |
|
US Senator from Minnesota, 2003-09 |
| Jackie Collins |
Novelist |
4-Oct-1937 |
|
Hollywood Wives |
| Lauren Collins |
Actor |
29-Aug-1986 |
|
Degrassi: The Next Generation |
| Alan Colmes |
Pundit |
24-Sep-1950 |
|
Left-leaning political pundit |
| Betty Comden |
Songwriter |
3-May-1915 |
23-Nov-2006 |
Singin' in the Rain |
| Joe Conason |
Journalist |
c. 1954 |
|
New York Observer political columnist |
| Jennifer Connelly |
Actor |
12-Dec-1970 |
|
Betty Ross in The Hulk |
| Con Conrad |
Songwriter |
18-Jun-1891 |
28-Sep-1938 |
The Continental |
| Leon G. Cooperman |
Business |
c. 1943 |
|
Omega Advisors, Inc. |
| Aaron Copland |
Composer |
14-Nov-1900 |
2-Dec-1990 |
Fanfare for the Common Man |
| David Copperfield |
Magician |
16-Sep-1956 |
|
Disappeared the Statue of Liberty |
| Sam Coppersmith |
Politician |
22-May-1955 |
|
Congressman from Arizona, 1993-95 |
| Ricardo Cortez |
Actor |
19-Sep-1899 |
28-Apr-1977 |
The Torrent |
| Howard Cosell |
Sports Journalist |
25-Mar-1918 |
23-Apr-1995 |
Straight-shooting, toupee-wearing commentator |
| Jim Cramer |
TV Personality |
10-Feb-1955 |
|
Mad Money |
| Norma Crane |
Actor |
10-Nov-1928 |
28-Sep-1973 |
Fiddler on the Roof |
| Norm Crosby |
Comic |
15-Sep-1927 |
|
Stand-up and nightclub comic |
| James S. Crown |
Business |
25-Jun-1953 |
|
Henry Crown and Company |
| Lester Crown |
Business |
7-Jun-1925 |
|
CEO of Henry Crown & Co. |
| Billy Crystal |
Comic |
14-Mar-1947 |
|
When Harry Met Sally |
| James W. Crystal |
Business |
9-Oct-1937 |
|
Frank Crystal & Company |
| Peter D. Cummings |
Business |
c. 1947 |
|
Ram Realty Services |
| Tony Curtis |
Actor |
3-Jun-1925 |
29-Sep-2010 |
Some Like It Hot |
| Disco D |
Music Producer |
21-Sep-1980 |
23-Jan-2007 |
Ghetto-tech DJ |
| Mike D |
Rapper |
20-Nov-1965 |
|
Beastie Boys |
| Meir Dagan |
Spy |
30-Jan-1945 |
|
Chief of the Israeli Mossad, 2002-11 |
| Edward Dahlberg |
Novelist |
22-Jul-1900 |
27-Feb-1977 |
Because I Was Flesh |
| Marcel Dalio |
Actor |
17-Jul-1900 |
20-Nov-1983 |
The Sun Also Rises |
| Stuart Damon |
Actor |
5-Feb-1937 |
|
Alan Quartermaine on General Hospital |
| Walter Damrosch |
Conductor |
30-Jan-1862 |
22-Dec-1950 |
Conductor, popularizer of music |
| Rodney Dangerfield |
Comic |
22-Nov-1921 |
5-Oct-2004 |
Never did get no respect |
| Erin Daniels |
Actor |
9-Oct-1973 |
|
The L Word |
| Marc Dann |
Politician |
12-Mar-1962 |
|
Attorney General of Ohio |
| Sam Dash |
Government |
27-Feb-1925 |
29-May-2004 |
Chief counsel, Senate Watergate committee |
| Jules Dassin |
Film Director |
18-Dec-1911 |
31-Mar-2008 |
Topkapi |
| Hal David |
Songwriter |
25-May-1921 |
|
Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head |
| Larry David |
Film/TV Producer |
2-Jul-1947 |
|
Seinfeld co-creator, Curb Your Enthusiasm |
| Mack David |
Songwriter |
5-Jul-1912 |
30-Dec-1993 |
La vie en rose |
| Mario Davidovsky |
Composer |
4-Mar-1934 |
|
Synchronisms |
| Al Davis |
Football |
4-Jul-1929 |
8-Oct-2011 |
Owner of the Oakland Raiders |
| Andrew Davis |
Film Director |
21-Nov-1946 |
|
The Fugitive |
| Brandon Davis |
Socialite |
1979 |
|
Oil heir, pal of Paris Hilton |
| Clive Davis |
Business |
4-Apr-1932 |
|
Founder of Arista Records |
| Lanny J. Davis |
Government |
c. 1946 |
|
White House Counsel, 1996-98 |
| Marvin Davis |
Business |
31-Aug-1925 |
25-Sep-2004 |
Oil magnate, former owner of 20th Century Fox |
| Paige Davis |
Game Show Host |
15-Oct-1969 |
|
Katie Couric lookalike on Trading Spaces |
| Sammy Davis, Jr. |
Singer |
8-Dec-1925 |
16-May-1990 |
Coolest hepcat in the Rat Pack |
| Susan Davis |
Politician |
13-Apr-1944 |
|
Congresswoman, California 53rd |
| Moshe Dayan |
Politician |
20-May-1915 |
16-Oct-1981 |
Israeli military leader |
| Taylor Dayne |
Singer |
7-Mar-1962 |
|
Tell It to My Heart |
| Midge Decter |
Journalist |
25-Jul-1927 |
|
Neoconservative maven |
| Michael Dell |
Business |
23-Feb-1965 |
|
Founder of Dell Computer |
| Brad Delson |
Guitarist |
1-Dec-1977 |
|
Guitarist for Linkin Park |
| Kat Dennings |
Actor |
13-Jun-1986 |
|
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist |
| Jacques Derrida |
Philosopher |
15-Jul-1930 |
9-Oct-2004 |
Deconstructionism, Intellectual Terrorist |
| Alan Dershowitz |
Attorney |
1-Sep-1938 |
|
Lawyer, represented Klaus von Bulow |
| Natalie Dessay |
Singer |
19-Apr-1965 |
|
Coloratura soprano |
| John Deutch |
Government |
27-Jul-1938 |
|
CIA Director, 1995-96 |
| Theodore E. Deutch |
Politician |
7-May-1966 |
|
Congressman, Florida 19th |
| Donny Deutsch |
TV Personality |
22-Nov-1957 |
|
CNBC talk show host |
| Martin Deutsch |
Physicist |
29-Jun-1917 |
16-Aug-2002 |
Discovered positronium |
| Peter Deutsch |
Politician |
1-Apr-1957 |
|
Congressman from Florida, 1993-2005 |
| Neil Diamond |
Singer/Songwriter |
24-Jan-1941 |
|
Sweet Caroline |
| Peter Diamond |
Economist |
29-Apr-1940 |
|
Diamond paradox in economics |
| Don Diamont |
Actor |
31-Dec-1962 |
|
The Young and the Restless |
| Charles M. Diker |
Business |
1934 |
|
Diker Management LLC |
| Barry Diller |
Business |
2-Feb-1942 |
|
CEO of USA Interactive Corp. |
| DJ AM |
Disc Jockey |
30-Mar-1973 |
28-Aug-2009 |
New York Club DJ |
| Stanley Donen |
Film Director |
13-Apr-1924 |
|
Singin' in the Rain |
| Kirk Douglas |
Actor |
9-Dec-1916 |
|
Spartacus |
| Melvyn Douglas |
Actor |
5-Apr-1901 |
4-Aug-1981 |
Being There |
| Michael Douglas |
Actor |
25-Sep-1944 |
|
Wall Street |
| Drake |
Rapper |
24-Oct-1986 |
|
I'm On One |
| Rachel Dratch |
Actor |
22-Feb-1966 |
|
Saturday Night Live |
| Fran Drescher |
Actor |
30-Sep-1957 |
|
The Nanny |
| Alfred Dreyfus |
Victim |
9-Oct-1859 |
12-Jul-1935 |
Dreyfus Affair scapegoat |
| Richard Dreyfuss |
Actor |
29-Oct-1947 |
|
Close Encounters of the Third Kind |
| Orvil Dryfoos |
Publisher |
8-Nov-1912 |
26-May-1963 |
New York Times Publisher, 1961-63 |
| Jacqueline du Pré |
Cellist |
26-Jan-1945 |
19-Oct-1987 |
Cellist |
| David Duchovny |
Actor |
7-Aug-1960 |
|
Mulder on The X-Files |
| Patricia Duff |
Socialite |
Apr-1954 |
|
Ron Perelman's ex-wife |
| Kitty Dukakis |
First Lady |
26-Dec-1936 |
|
Wife of Michael Dukakis |
| Émile Durkheim |
Sociologist |
15-Apr-1858 |
15-Nov-1917 |
Rules of the Sociological Method |
| Stanley H. Durwood |
Business |
5-Aug-1920 |
15-Jul-1999 |
Father of the multi-screen movie theater |
| Andrea Dworkin |
Activist |
26-Sep-1946 |
9-Apr-2005 |
Anti-pornography activist |
| Bob Dylan |
Musician |
24-May-1941 |
|
The Times They Are A-Changin' |
| Jakob Dylan |
Musician |
9-Dec-1969 |
|
Head Wallflower and Bob Dylan's son |
| Abba Eban |
Government |
2-Feb-1915 |
17-Nov-2002 |
Foreign Minister of Israel, 1966-74 |
| Fred Ebb |
Musician |
8-Apr-1935 |
11-Sep-2004 |
Top Broadway lyricist, Cabaret |
| Gerald M. Edelman |
Scientist |
1-Jul-1929 |
|
Chemical structure of antibodies |
| Irwin Edman |
Philosopher |
28-Nov-1896 |
4-Sep-1954 |
Philosopher’s Holiday |
| Gus Edwards |
Songwriter |
18-Aug-1879 |
7-Nov-1945 |
By the Light of the Silvery Moon |
| Zac Efron |
Actor |
18-Oct-1987 |
|
High School Musical |
| Paul Ehrlich |
Doctor |
14-Mar-1854 |
20-Aug-1915 |
Father of chemotherapy |
| David Eigenberg |
Actor |
17-May-1964 |
|
Steve Brady on Sex and the City |
| David Einhorn |
Religion |
1809 |
1879 |
Jewish reform movement |
| Ira Einhorn |
Activist |
15-May-1940 |
|
Earth Day founder turned killer |
| Carol B. Einiger |
Business |
c. 1948 |
|
Post Rock Advisors LLC |
| Hallie Kate Eisenberg |
Actor |
2-Aug-1992 |
|
Beautiful |
| Jesse Eisenberg |
Actor |
5-Oct-1983 |
|
The Social Network |
| Lewis M. Eisenberg |
Activist |
c. 1942 |
|
Granite Capital International Group |
| Warren Eisenberg |
Business |
c. 1930 |
|
Co-Founder, Bed Bath and Beyond |
| Sergei Eisenstein |
Film Director |
23-Jan-1898 |
11-Feb-1948 |
Alexander Nevsky |
| Hanns Eisler |
Composer |
6-Jul-1898 |
6-Sep-1962 |
German radical composer |
| Kim Eisler |
Journalist |
c. 1951 |
|
Masters of the Game |
| Will Eisner |
Cartoonist |
6-Mar-1917 |
3-Jan-2005 |
Turned comic book authors into Sequential Artists |
| Stuart Eizenstat |
Diplomat |
15-Jan-1943 |
|
US Ambassador to the EU, 1993-96 |
| Danny Elfman |
Musician |
29-May-1953 |
|
Oingo Boingo, movie composer |
| Richard Elfman |
Musician |
6-Mar-1949 |
|
Forbidden Zone |
| Gertrude B. Elion |
Scientist |
23-Jan-1918 |
21-Feb-1999 |
Developed medicines for leukemia, herpes, AIDS |
| Stanley Elkin |
Novelist |
11-May-1930 |
31-May-1995 |
The Living End |
| Larry Ellison |
Business |
17-Aug-1944 |
|
CEO of Oracle |
| Richard Ellmann |
Critic |
15-Mar-1918 |
13-May-1987 |
James Joyce |
| Gad Elmaleh |
Actor |
19-Apr-1971 |
|
Midnight In Paris |
| Mischa Elman |
Violinist |
20-Jan-1891 |
5-Apr-1967 |
Ukrainian-American violin prodigy |
| Charles M. Elson |
Business |
c. 1960 |
|
Economist, University of Delaware |
| Edward E. Elson |
Diplomat |
c. 1934 |
|
US Ambassador to Denmark, 1994-98 |
| Rahm Emanuel |
Politician |
29-Nov-1959 |
|
Mayor of Chicago |
| Robert Emden |
Mathematician |
4-Mar-1862 |
8-Oct-1940 |
Stellar structure |
| Eliot Engel |
Politician |
18-Feb-1947 |
|
Congressman, New York 17th |
| Eve Ensler |
Playwright |
25-May-1953 |
|
The Vagina Monologues |
| Delia Ephron |
Author |
12-Jul-1944 |
|
Heartburn |
| Nora Ephron |
Author |
19-May-1941 |
26-Jun-2012 |
When Harry Met Sally |
| Brian Epstein |
Business |
19-Sep-1934 |
27-Aug-1967 |
Manager of The Beatles |
| Jacob Epstein |
Sculptor |
10-Nov-1880 |
21-Aug-1959 |
Strand Statues |
| Jeffrey E. Epstein |
Business |
20-Jan-1953 |
|
Reclusive money manager |
| Theo Epstein |
Baseball |
29-Dec-1973 |
|
General Manager, Chicago Cubs |
| Ben Erdreich |
Politician |
9-Dec-1938 |
|
Congressman from Alabama, 1983-93 |
| Erik Erikson |
Psychologist |
15-Jun-1902 |
12-May-1994 |
Eight Stages of Development |
| Joseph Erlanger |
Scientist |
5-Jan-1874 |
5-Dec-1965 |
Nerve conduction |
| Levi Eshkol |
Head of State |
25-Oct-1895 |
26-Feb-1969 |
Third Prime Minister of Israel |
| Susie Essman |
Comic |
31-May-1955 |
|
Susie Greene on Curb Your Enthusiasm |
| Susan Estrich |
Pundit |
16-Dec-1952 |
|
Fox News liberal |
| Ray Evans |
Songwriter |
4-Feb-1915 |
15-Feb-2007 |
Que Sera Sera |
| Robert Evans |
Film/TV Producer |
29-Jun-1930 |
|
The Kid Stays In The Picture |
| Sammy Fain |
Composer |
17-Jun-1902 |
6-Dec-1989 |
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing |
| Peter Falk |
Actor |
16-Sep-1927 |
23-Jun-2011 |
Detective Columbo |
| Stacey Farber |
Actor |
25-Aug-1987 |
|
Ellie Nash on Degrassi |
| Perry Farrell |
Singer |
29-Mar-1959 |
|
Lead singer of Jane's Addiction |
| Howard Fast |
Novelist |
11-Nov-1914 |
12-Mar-2003 |
Spartacus |
| Andrew Fastow |
Business |
22-Dec-1961 |
|
Disgraced CFO of Enron |
| Jon Favreau |
Actor |
19-Oct-1966 |
|
Swingers |
| Frances Faye |
Singer |
4-Nov-1912 |
8-Nov-1991 |
Out, Lesbian nightclub singer |
| Herbie Faye |
Actor |
2-Feb-1899 |
28-Jun-1980 |
Cpl. Fender on The Phil Silvers Show |
| Oded Fehr |
Actor |
23-Nov-1970 |
|
Resident Evil: Apocalypse |
| Jules Feiffer |
Cartoonist |
26-Jan-1929 |
|
Can't draw but writes like a master |
| Steve Feinberg |
Business |
29-Mar-1960 |
|
Cerberus Capital Management |
| Russ Feingold |
Politician |
2-Mar-1953 |
|
US Senator from Wisconsin, 1993-2011 |
| Dianne Feinstein |
Politician |
22-Jun-1933 |
|
US Senator from California |
| Leonard Feinstein |
Business |
c. 1937 |
|
Co-Founder, Bed Bath and Beyond |
| Michael Feinstein |
Singer |
7-Sep-1956 |
|
Revives the Great American Songbook |
| Douglas Feith |
Government |
16-Jul-1953 |
|
Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, 2001-05 |
| Meyer Feldberg |
Educator |
17-Mar-1942 |
|
Dean of Columbia Business School, 1989-2004 |
| George Feldenkreis |
Business |
14-Aug-1935 |
|
CEO of Perry Ellis International |
| Ben Feldman |
Actor |
27-May-1980 |
|
Fred on Drop Dead Diva |
| Corey Feldman |
Actor |
16-Jul-1971 |
|
The Lost Boys |
| Marty Feldman |
Comic |
8-Jul-1933 |
2-Dec-1982 |
Eye-gor in Young Frankenstein |
| Morton Feldman |
Composer |
12-Jan-1926 |
3-Sep-1987 |
Coptic Light |
| Tovah Feldshuh |
Actor |
27-Dec-1952 |
|
Kissing Jessica Stein |
| Edna Ferber |
Novelist |
15-Aug-1885 |
16-Apr-1968 |
Show Boat and Giant |
| Emanuel Feuermann |
Cellist |
22-Nov-1902 |
25-May-1942 |
Cellist |
| Mark Feuerstein |
Actor |
8-Jun-1971 |
|
Good Morning, Miami |
| Arthur Fiedler |
Conductor |
17-Dec-1894 |
10-Jul-1979 |
Conductor of the Boston Pops |
| Leslie A. Fiedler |
Critic |
8-Mar-1917 |
29-Jan-2003 |
Love and Death in the American Novel |
| Totie Fields |
Comic |
7-May-1930 |
2-Aug-1978 |
Weight-conscious comedienne |
| Harvey Fierstein |
Actor |
6-Jun-1952 |
|
Torch Song Trilogy |
| Bob Filner |
Politician |
4-Sep-1942 |
|
Congressman, California 51st |
| Jeanna Fine |
Pornstar |
29-Sep-1964 |
|
Sleeping Booty |
| Larry Fine |
Actor |
5-Oct-1902 |
24-Jan-1975 |
Larry on The Three Stooges |
| Vivian Fine |
Composer |
28-Sep-1913 |
20-Mar-2000 |
Drama for Orchestra |
| Howard Fineman |
Journalist |
c. 1948 |
|
Huffington Post political analyst |
| Eric D. Fingerhut |
Politician |
6-May-1959 |
|
Congressman from Ohio, 1993-95 |
| Fyvush Finkel |
Actor |
9-Oct-1923 |
|
Picket Fences |
| Norman Finkelstein |
Scholar |
8-Dec-1953 |
|
The Holocaust Industry |
| Sam Firstenberg |
Film Director |
13-Mar-1950 |
|
American Ninja |
| Carrie Fisher |
Actor |
21-Oct-1956 |
|
Princess Leia in Star Wars |
| Eddie Fisher |
Singer |
10-Aug-1928 |
22-Sep-2010 |
Crooner, top RCA/Victor vocalist |
| Franklin M. Fisher |
Economist |
13-Dec-1934 |
|
Economist at MIT |
| Lee Fisher |
Politician |
7-Aug-1951 |
|
Lt. Governor of Ohio, 2007-11 |
| Max M. Fisher |
Business |
15-Jul-1908 |
3-Mar-2005 |
Gas station tycoon |
| Bela Fleck |
Musician |
10-Jul-1958 |
|
Banjo virtuoso |
| Ari Fleischer |
Government |
13-Oct-1960 |
|
White House Press Secretary, 2001-03 |
| Richard Fleischer |
Film Director |
8-Dec-1916 |
24-Mar-2006 |
Soylent Green |
| Martin Fleischmann |
Chemist |
29-Mar-1927 |
3-Aug-2012 |
Cold fusion crank |
| Leon Fleisher |
Pianist |
23-Jul-1928 |
|
Piano virtuoso |
| Herbert Fleishhacker |
Business |
2-Nov-1872 |
1957 |
San Francisco banking magnate |
| Heidi Fleiss |
Criminal |
30-Dec-1965 |
|
Hollywood madam |
| Jonathan Safran Foer |
Novelist |
21-Feb-1977 |
|
Everything Is Illuminated |
| Jared Fogle |
Meme |
1-Dec-1977 |
|
Lost 245 lbs eating only fast food |
| Luke Ford |
Journalist |
28-May-1966 |
|
Journalist of the pornographic arts |
| Maureen Forrester |
Singer |
25-Jul-1930 |
16-Jun-2010 |
Contralto, interpreter of Mahler |
| Abe Fortas |
Judge |
19-Jun-1910 |
5-Apr-1982 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1965-69 |
| Ben Foster |
Actor |
29-Oct-1980 |
|
The Door in the Floor |
| Jon Foster |
Actor |
3-Aug-1984 |
|
Damien Cutler on Windfall |
| Sam Fox |
Business |
9-May-1929 |
|
US Ambassador to Belgium |
| William Fox |
Film/TV Producer |
1-Jan-1879 |
8-May-1952 |
Founder of 20th Century Fox |
| James Franck |
Physicist |
26-Aug-1882 |
21-May-1964 |
Franck-Hertz experiment |
| Anne Frank |
Victim |
12-Jun-1929 |
Mar-1945 |
The Diary of Anne Frank |
| Barney Frank |
Politician |
31-Mar-1940 |
|
Congressman, Massachusetts 4th |
| Bruno Frank |
Playwright |
13-Jun-1878 |
20-Jun-1945 |
Storm in a Teacup |
| Lawrence Frank |
Basketball |
23-Aug-1970 |
|
Head Coach, Detroit Pistons |
| Leo Frank |
Victim |
17-Apr-1884 |
17-Aug-1915 |
Innocent man, lynched by mob |
| Otto Frank |
Relative |
12-May-1889 |
19-Aug-1980 |
Father of Anne Frank |
| Waldo Frank |
Author |
25-Aug-1889 |
9-Jan-1967 |
American cultural critic and social historian |
| Al Franken |
Politician |
21-May-1951 |
|
US Senator from Minnesota |
| Helen Frankenthaler |
Painter |
12-Dec-1928 |
27-Dec-2011 |
Mountains and Sea |
| Felix Frankfurter |
Judge |
15-Nov-1882 |
22-Feb-1965 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1939-62 |
| Bonnie Franklin |
Actor |
6-Jan-1944 |
|
Ann Romano on One Day at a Time |
| Dennis Franz |
Actor |
28-Oct-1944 |
|
Det. Sipowicz on NYPD Blue |
| Frank Kelly Freas |
Artist |
22-Aug-1922 |
2-Jan-2005 |
Illustrator of science fiction and fantasy |
| Arthur Freed |
Film/TV Producer |
9-Sep-1894 |
12-Apr-1973 |
MGM producer, big budget musicals |
| A. Stone Freedberg |
Doctor |
30-May-1908 |
25-Aug-2009 |
Found H. Pylori near stomach ulcers |
| Leonard Frey |
Actor |
4-Sep-1938 |
24-Aug-1988 |
Stage actor, The Boys in the Band |
| Daniel Fried |
Diplomat |
1952 |
|
US Asst. Secy. of State for European Affairs |
| William Friedkin |
Film Director |
29-Aug-1935 |
|
The Exorcist |
| Kinky Friedman |
Musician |
31-Oct-1944 |
|
Texas Jewboy |
| Milton Friedman |
Economist |
31-Jul-1912 |
16-Nov-2006 |
1976 Nobel Prize for Economics |
| Thomas Friedman |
Journalist |
20-Jul-1953 |
|
New York Times |
| Tully M. Friedman |
Business |
c. 1941 |
|
Hellman & Friedman |
| Otto Robert Frisch |
Physicist |
1-Oct-1904 |
22-Sep-1979 |
Described fission |
| Justine Frischmann |
Guitarist |
16-Sep-1969 |
|
Guitarist, Elastica |
| Martin Frost |
Politician |
1-Jan-1942 |
|
Congressman from Texas, 1979-2005 |
| David Frum |
Pundit |
30-Jun-1960 |
|
Coined "Axis of Evil" |
| Alan S. Frumin |
Government |
26-Dec-1946 |
|
US Senate Parliamentarian |
| Stephen Fry |
Actor |
24-Aug-1957 |
|
Jeeves and Wooster |
| Richard S. Fuld, Jr. |
Business |
26-Apr-1946 |
|
CEO of Lehman Brothers, 1993-2008 |
| Allen Funt |
Film/TV Producer |
16-Sep-1914 |
5-Sep-1999 |
Producer and host of Candid Camera |
| Robert F. Furchgott |
Scientist |
4-Jun-1916 |
19-May-2009 |
Nitric oxide as a cardiovascular signal |
| Mira Furlan |
Actor |
7-Sep-1955 |
|
Ambassador Delenn on Babylon 5 |
| Kenny G |
Jazz Musician |
5-Jun-1956 |
|
Easy-Listening Saxophonist |
| Serge Gainsbourg |
Singer/Songwriter |
2-Apr-1928 |
2-Mar-1991 |
Je t'aime ... moi non plus |
| Peter Gallagher |
Actor |
19-Aug-1955 |
|
American Beauty |
| Mavis Gallant |
Author |
11-Aug-1922 |
|
Prolific Canadian short story author |
| Romola Garai |
Actor |
1-Jul-1982 |
|
Rory O'Shea Was Here |
| Victor Garber |
Actor |
16-Mar-1949 |
|
Jack Bristow on Alias |
| Martin Garbus |
Attorney |
8-Aug-1934 |
|
Attorney for Lenny Bruce |
| Andrew Garfield |
Actor |
20-Aug-1983 |
|
The Social Network |
| John Garfield |
Actor |
4-Mar-1913 |
21-May-1952 |
Gentleman's Agreement |
| Art Garfunkel |
Singer/Songwriter |
5-Nov-1941 |
|
Simon and Garfunkel |
| Merrick B. Garland |
Judge |
13-Nov-1952 |
|
US Court of Appeals, DC Circuit |
| Jeff Garlin |
Actor |
5-Jun-1962 |
|
Jeff Greene on Curb Your Enthusiasm |
| Leonard Garment |
Attorney |
11-May-1924 |
|
Former Special Counsel to Nixon |
| Brad Garrett |
Actor |
14-Apr-1960 |
|
Robert on Everybody Loves Raymond |
| Ina Garten |
Chef |
2-Feb-1948 |
|
Barefoot Contessa |
| Romain Gary |
Novelist |
8-May-1914 |
2-Dec-1980 |
Roots of Heaven |
| Herbert S. Gasser |
Scientist |
5-Jul-1888 |
11-May-1963 |
Nerve conduction |
| Peter Gay |
Historian |
20-Jun-1923 |
|
The Enlightenment: An Interpretation |
| Frank Gehry |
Architect |
28-Feb-1929 |
|
Postmodern architect |
| Sam Gejdenson |
Politician |
20-May-1948 |
|
Congressman from Connecticut, 1981-2001 |
| Leslie H. Gelb |
Government |
4-Mar-1937 |
|
President, Council on Foreign Relations, 1993-2003 |
| Larry Gelbart |
Film/TV Producer |
25-Feb-1928 |
11-Sep-2009 |
M*A*S*H |
| Sarah Michelle Gellar |
Actor |
14-Apr-1977 |
|
Buffy the Vampire Slayer |
| Pamela Geller |
Blogger |
c. 1959 |
|
Right-wing blogger |
| Uri Geller |
Paranormal |
20-Dec-1946 |
|
Thinks he has us snowed |
| Julius Genachowski |
Government |
19-Aug-1962 |
|
FCC Chairman |
| Brian George |
Actor |
13-Jul-1952 |
|
Character and voice actor |
| Gina Gershon |
Actor |
10-Jun-1962 |
|
Showgirls |
| George Gershwin |
Songwriter |
26-Sep-1898 |
11-Jul-1937 |
Rhapsody In Blue |
| Ira Gershwin |
Songwriter |
6-Dec-1896 |
17-Aug-1983 |
They Can't Take That Away from Me |
| Christopher Gersten |
Activist |
c. 1947 |
|
Husband of Linda Chavez |
| Jami Gertz |
Actor |
28-Oct-1965 |
|
Muffy on Square Pegs |
| Masha Gessen |
Author |
13-Jan-1967 |
|
The Man Without a Face |
| Estelle Getty |
Actor |
25-Jul-1923 |
22-Jul-2008 |
The Golden Girls |
| Gabrielle Giffords |
Politician |
8-Jun-1970 |
|
Congresswoman from Arizona, 2007-12 |
| Jacob H. Gilbert |
Politician |
17-Jun-1920 |
27-Feb-1981 |
Congressman from New York, 1960-71 |
| Melissa Gilbert |
Actor |
8-May-1964 |
|
Little House on the Prairie |
| Sara Gilbert |
Actor |
29-Jan-1975 |
|
Darlene on Roseanne |
| Walter Gilbert |
Chemist |
21-Mar-1932 |
|
Sequencing techniques for DNA |
| Jack Gilford |
Actor |
25-Jul-1908 |
2-Jun-1990 |
Save the Tiger |
| Sid Gillman |
Football |
26-Oct-1911 |
3-Jan-2003 |
NFL Coach, Hall of Famer |
| Alfred G. Gilman |
Scientist |
1-Jul-1941 |
|
G-protein cell signal transmission |
| Benjamin A. Gilman |
Politician |
6-Dec-1922 |
|
Congressman from New York, 1973-2003 |
| Ronald Lee Gilman |
Judge |
16-Oct-1942 |
|
6th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Hermione Gingold |
Actor |
9-Dec-1897 |
24-May-1987 |
Madame Alvarez in Gigi |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg |
Judge |
15-Mar-1933 |
|
US Supreme Court Justice |
| Sheldon Glashow |
Physicist |
5-Dec-1932 |
|
Electroweak Theory |
| Cynthia A. Glassman |
Government |
? |
|
Economic Affairs, US Commerce Dept. |
| Nathan Glazer |
Pundit |
25-Feb-1923 |
|
Co-Editor, The Public Interest |
| Dan Glickman |
Politician |
24-Nov-1944 |
|
Former Congressman, President of the MPAA |
| Paulette Goddard |
Actor |
3-Jun-1910 |
23-Apr-1990 |
Reap the Wild Wind |
| Leopold Godowsky |
Pianist |
13-Feb-1870 |
21-Nov-1938 |
Exceptional Polish-American pianist |
| Erving Goffman |
Sociologist |
11-Jun-1922 |
19-Nov-1982 |
The Presentation of Self |
| Gila Golan |
Model |
c. 1940 |
|
Our Man Flint |
| Elon Gold |
Actor |
14-Sep-1970 |
|
Gavin P. Miller on Stacked |
| Judy Gold |
Comic |
15-Nov-1962 |
|
25 Questions for a Jewish Mother |
| Albert Goldbarth |
Poet |
31-Jan-1948 |
|
The most prolific modern poet |
| Adam Goldberg |
Actor |
25-Oct-1970 |
|
Saving Private Ryan |
| Arthur J. Goldberg |
Judge |
8-Aug-1908 |
19-Jan-1990 |
Supreme Court Justice, 1962-65 |
| Bernard Goldberg |
Journalist |
31-May-1945 |
|
Bias |
| Bill Goldberg |
Wrestling |
27-Dec-1966 |
|
Pro wrestler |
| Jonah Goldberg |
Columnist |
21-Mar-1969 |
|
National Review Online |
| Marshall Goldberg |
Football |
25-Oct-1917 |
3-Apr-2006 |
Chicago Cardinals RB |
| Rube Goldberg |
Cartoonist |
4-Jul-1883 |
7-Dec-1970 |
Designer of impossible contraptions |
| Jeff Goldblum |
Actor |
22-Oct-1952 |
|
The Fly |
| Maurice Goldhaber |
Physicist |
18-Apr-1911 |
11-May-2011 |
Neutrons |
| Susan Golding |
Politician |
18-Aug-1945 |
|
Mayor of San Diego, 1992-2000 |
| Duff Goldman |
Chef |
17-Dec-1974 |
|
Ace of Cakes |
| Ron Goldman |
Victim |
2-Jul-1968 |
12-Jun-1994 |
Murder victim, OJ Simpson trial |
| William Goldman |
Novelist |
12-Aug-1931 |
|
Marathon Man |
| Harvey J. Goldschmid |
Government |
6-May-1940 |
|
SEC Commissioner, 2002-05 |
| Neil Goldschmidt |
Government |
16-Jun-1940 |
|
Governor of Oregon, 1987-91 |
| Jerry Goldsmith |
Composer |
10-Feb-1929 |
21-Jul-2004 |
Prominent soundtrack composer |
| Olivia Goldsmith |
Novelist |
c. 1949 |
15-Jan-2004 |
The First Wives Club |
| Stephen Goldsmith |
Politician |
12-Dec-1946 |
|
Mayor of Indianapolis 1992-99 |
| Eugen Goldstein |
Physicist |
5-Sep-1850 |
25-Dec-1930 |
Cathode rays |
| Joseph L. Goldstein |
Scientist |
18-Apr-1940 |
|
Hypercholesterolemia and cell metabolism |
| Matthew Goldstein |
Educator |
c. 1941 |
|
Chancellor of CUNY |
| Richard J. Goldstein |
Engineer |
c. 1936 |
|
Fluid mechanics |
| Samuel Goldwyn |
Film/TV Producer |
17-Aug-1882 |
31-Jan-1974 |
Put the G in MGM |
| Tony Goldwyn |
Actor |
20-May-1960 |
|
From the Earth to the Moon |
| Victor Gollancz |
Publisher |
9-Apr-1893 |
8-Feb-1967 |
Founder of Victor Gollancz, Ltd. |
| Samuel Gompers |
Labor Leader |
27-Jan-1850 |
13-Dec-1924 |
First President of the AFL |
| Amy Goodman |
Radio Personality |
13-Apr-1957 |
|
Host of Democracy Now! |
| Benny Goodman |
Jazz Musician |
30-May-1909 |
13-Jun-1986 |
Bespectacled jazz clarinetist |
| Charles H. Goodman |
Business |
c. 1934 |
|
Vice Chairman of Henry Crown & Co. |
| Ellen Goodman |
Journalist |
11-Apr-1941 |
|
Retired columnist for The Boston Globe |
| Oscar Goodman |
Politician |
26-Jun-1939 |
|
Mayor of Las Vegas |
| Shira D. Goodman |
Business |
c. 1961 |
|
EVP at Staples |
| Leo Gorcey |
Actor |
3-Jun-1917 |
2-Jun-1969 |
Bowery Boy |
| Keith Gordon |
Actor |
3-Feb-1961 |
|
Christine |
| Mack Gordon |
Composer |
21-Jun-1904 |
28-Feb-1959 |
Chattanooga Choo Choo |
| Michael Gordon |
Film Director |
6-Sep-1909 |
29-Apr-1993 |
Pillow Talk |
| Mike Gordon |
Bassist |
3-Jun-1965 |
|
Bass guitarist for Phish |
| Joseph Gordon-Levitt |
Actor |
17-Feb-1981 |
|
Third Rock From the Sun |
| Lesley Gore |
Singer |
2-May-1946 |
|
Well-known crying advocate |
| Eydie Gorme |
Musician |
16-Aug-1931 |
|
Blame it on the Bossa Nova |
| Jay Gorney |
Composer |
12-Dec-1896 |
14-Jun-1990 |
Brother, Can You Spare A Dime? |
| Abraham Gosman |
Business |
1928 |
|
Palm Beach nursing home magnate |
| David S. Gottesman |
Business |
26-Apr-1926 |
|
First Manhattan Company |
| Gilbert Gottfried |
Comic |
28-Feb-1955 |
|
Loudmouth Jewish comic |
| Alfred Gottschalk |
Educator |
7-Mar-1930 |
12-Sep-2009 |
President, Hebrew Union College, 1971-95 |
| Alexander Gould |
Actor |
4-May-1994 |
|
Shane Botwin on Weeds |
| Elliott Gould |
Actor |
29-Aug-1938 |
|
Trapper John in M*A*S*H film |
| Harold Gould |
Actor |
10-Dec-1923 |
11-Sep-2010 |
Martin Morganstern on Rhoda |
| Jason Gould |
Actor |
29-Dec-1966 |
|
Son of Streisand and Elliott Gould |
| Ronald M. Gould |
Judge |
17-Oct-1946 |
|
9th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Bill Gradison |
Politician |
28-Dec-1928 |
|
Congressman from Ohio, 1975-93 |
| Laurence S. Grafstein |
Business |
c. 1960 |
|
Managing Director, Lazard |
| Sheilah Graham |
Columnist |
15-Sep-1904 |
17-Nov-1988 |
Beloved Infidel |
| Alexander Granach |
Actor |
18-Apr-1893 |
14-Mar-1945 |
Nosferatu |
| Lee Grant |
Actor |
31-Oct-1927 |
|
Portnoy's Complaint |
| Alex Grass |
Business |
3-Aug-1927 |
27-Aug-2009 |
Founder of Rite Aid |
| James Grauerholz |
Author |
14-Dec-1953 |
|
William S. Burrough's assistant |
| Ari Graynor |
Actor |
27-Apr-1983 |
|
Rachel on Fringe |
| Alan Grayson |
Politician |
13-Mar-1958 |
|
Congressman from Florida, 2009-11 |
| Adolph Green |
Songwriter |
2-Dec-1914 |
23-Oct-2002 |
Singin' in the Rain |
| S. William Green |
Politician |
16-Oct-1929 |
14-Oct-2002 |
Congressman from New York, 1978-93 |
| Shawn Green |
Baseball |
10-Nov-1972 |
|
New York Mets |
| Norman Greenbaum |
Singer/Songwriter |
20-Nov-1942 |
|
Spirit in the Sky |
| Bryan Greenberg |
Actor |
24-May-1978 |
|
Jake Jagielski on One Tree Hill |
| Hank Greenberg |
Baseball |
1-Jan-1911 |
4-Sep-1986 |
Two-time American League MVP |
| Melissa Fay Greene |
Author |
30-Dec-1952 |
|
Praying for Sheetrock |
| Shecky Greene |
Comic |
8-Apr-1926 |
|
Chicago nightclub comic |
| Jeff Greenfield |
Pundit |
10-Jun-1943 |
|
ABC, CNN talking head |
| Jerry Greenfield |
Business |
14-Mar-1951 |
|
Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc. |
| Max Greenfield |
Actor |
4-Sep-1980 |
|
Schmidt on New Girl |
| David Greenglass |
Spy |
2-Mar-1922 |
|
Gave atomic secrets to Julius Rosenberg |
| Alan Greenspan |
Economist |
6-Mar-1926 |
|
Federal Reserve Chairman, 1987-2006 |
| Jesse L. Greenstein |
Astronomer |
15-Oct-1909 |
21-Oct-2002 |
Co-Discoverer of quasars |
| Gerald Greenwald |
Business |
11-Sep-1935 |
|
CEO of United Air Lines, 1994-99 |
| Robert Greenwald |
Film/TV Producer |
28-Aug-1945 |
|
Outfoxed, Xanadu |
| Jennifer Grey |
Actor |
26-Mar-1960 |
|
Dirty Dancing |
| Joel Grey |
Actor |
11-Apr-1932 |
|
Cabaret |
| Zvi Griliches |
Economist |
12-Sep-1930 |
4-Nov-1999 |
Technology, Education, and Productivity |
| Amiram Grinvald |
Scientist |
c. 1949 |
|
High-resolution optical imaging |
| Charles Grodin |
Actor |
21-Apr-1935 |
|
Perpetually angry talk-show host, actor |
| Ulu Grosbard |
Film Director |
9-Jan-1929 |
19-Mar-2012 |
The Subject Was Roses |
| James J. Grosfeld |
Business |
22-Jun-1937 |
|
CEO of Pulte Homes, 1974-90 |
| David J. Gross |
Physicist |
19-Feb-1941 |
|
Deep structure of matter |
| Terry Gross |
Radio Personality |
14-Feb-1951 |
|
Host of Fresh Air on NPR |
| David Grossman |
Author |
25-Jan-1954 |
|
The Smile of the Lamb |
| Leslie Grossman |
Actor |
25-Oct-1971 |
|
What I Like About You |
| Marc Grossman |
Diplomat |
23-Sep-1951 |
|
US Under Secy. for Political Affairs, 2001-05 |
| Robert Grossman |
Artist |
1-Mar-1940 |
|
Versatile illustrator, caricaturist |
| Sanford J. Grossman |
Business |
21-Jul-1953 |
|
CEO of Quantitative Financial Strategies |
| Andy Grove |
Business |
2-Sep-1936 |
|
CEO of Intel, 1987-98 |
| Lizzie Grubman |
Business |
30-Jan-1971 |
|
Celebrity publicist and SUV-wielder |
| Greg Grunberg |
Actor |
11-Jul-1966 |
|
Matt Parkman on Heroes |
| Henry A. Grunwald |
Journalist |
3-Dec-1922 |
26-Feb-2005 |
Managing Editor of Time, 1968-79 |
| Mandy Grunwald |
Activist |
c. 1958 |
|
Hillary Clinton media adviser |
| Daniel Guggenheim |
Business |
9-Jul-1856 |
28-Sep-1930 |
Mining magnate |
| Meyer Guggenheim |
Business |
1-Feb-1828 |
15-Mar-1905 |
Patriarch of Guggenheim fortune |
| Peggy Guggenheim |
Socialite |
26-Aug-1898 |
23-Dec-1979 |
Renowned art collector |
| Lani Guinier |
Educator |
19-Apr-1950 |
|
The Tyranny of the Majority |
| Thomas Guinzburg |
Publisher |
30-Mar-1926 |
8-Sep-2010 |
Former owner, Viking Press |
| Ed Guthman |
Journalist |
11-Aug-1919 |
31-Aug-2008 |
Nixon enemy, Pulitzer Prize winner |
| Amy Gutmann |
Educator |
1949 |
|
President, University of Pennsylvania |
| Steve Guttenberg |
Actor |
24-Aug-1958 |
|
Police Academy |
| Jake Gyllenhaal |
Actor |
19-Dec-1980 |
|
Donnie Darko |
| Hugo Haas |
Actor |
18-Feb-1901 |
1-Dec-1968 |
King Solomon's Mines |
| Hugo Haase |
Politician |
29-Sep-1863 |
7-Nov-1919 |
German parliamentarian, Marxist, pacifist |
| Marilyn Hacker |
Poet |
27-Nov-1942 |
|
Presentation Piece |
| Buddy Hackett |
Comic |
31-Aug-1924 |
30-Jun-2003 |
Abrasive old school comic |
| Jacques-Salomon Hadamard |
Mathematician |
8-Dec-1865 |
17-Oct-1963 |
Prime number theorem |
| Albert Hague |
Composer |
13-Oct-1920 |
12-Nov-2001 |
Redhead |
| Corey Haim |
Actor |
23-Dec-1971 |
10-Mar-2010 |
The Lost Boys |
| David Halberstam |
Journalist |
10-Apr-1934 |
23-Apr-2007 |
The Powers That Be |
| Judah ben Samuel Halevi |
Poet |
c. 1085 |
c. 1140 |
Hebrew Poet of the Middle Ages |
| Efraim Halevy |
Spy |
1934 |
|
Head of the Mossad, 1998-2003 |
| Fromental Halévy |
Composer |
27-May-1799 |
17-Mar-1862 |
La Juive |
| Monty Hall |
Game Show Host |
25-Aug-1921 |
|
Let's Make a Deal |
| Mark Halperin |
Journalist |
11-Jan-1965 |
|
TIME senior political analyst |
| Cheryl F. Halpern |
Government |
? |
|
Corporation for Public Broadcasting |
| Marvin Hamlisch |
Composer |
2-Jun-1944 |
6-Aug-2012 |
The Way We Were |
| Armand Hammer |
Business |
21-May-1898 |
10-Dec-1990 |
Soviet agent of influence |
| Chelsea Handler |
Comic |
25-Feb-1975 |
|
Chelsea Lately |
| Oscar Handlin |
Historian |
29-Sep-1915 |
20-Sep-2011 |
The Uprooted |
| Helene Hanff |
Author |
15-Apr-1916 |
9-Apr-1997 |
84, Charing Cross Road |
| E. Y. Harburg |
Songwriter |
8-Apr-1896 |
4-Mar-1981 |
The Wizard of Oz |
| Isser Harel |
Spy |
1912 |
19-Feb-2003 |
Head of the Mossad, 1952-63 |
| Jane Harman |
Politician |
28-Jun-1945 |
|
Congresswoman from California, 1993-2011 |
| Estelle Harris |
Actor |
4-Apr-1932 |
|
Estelle Costanza on Seinfeld |
| Jonathan Harris |
Actor |
6-Nov-1914 |
3-Nov-2002 |
Dr. Zachary Smith on Lost in Space |
| Samantha Harris |
TV Personality |
27-Nov-1973 |
|
Co-Host, Dancing with the Stars |
| Walter L. Harris |
Business |
c. 1952 |
|
CEO of Tanenbaum-Harber Co. |
| Lorenz Hart |
Songwriter |
2-May-1895 |
22-Nov-1943 |
Lyricist, Rodgers and Hart |
| Mary Hart |
TV Personality |
8-Nov-1950 |
|
Entertainment Tonight |
| Lindsay Hartley |
Actor |
17-Apr-1978 |
|
Theresa Crane on Passions |
| Geoffrey Hartman |
Critic |
11-Aug-1929 |
|
The Unmediated Vision |
| Moritz Hartmann |
Poet |
15-Oct-1821 |
13-May-1872 |
German patriotic poet |
| Rita E. Hauser |
Activist |
12-Jul-1934 |
|
Former Partner, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan |
| Todd Haynes |
Film Director |
2-Jan-1961 |
|
Far From Heaven |
| Michel Hazanavicius |
Film Director |
29-Mar-1967 |
|
The Artist |
| Anthony Hecht |
Poet |
16-Jan-1923 |
20-Oct-2004 |
The Hard Hours |
| Ben Hecht |
Screenwriter |
28-Feb-1894 |
18-Apr-1964 |
The Front Page |
| Chic Hecht |
Politician |
30-Nov-1928 |
15-May-2006 |
US Senator from Nevada, 1983-89 |
| Amy Heckerling |
Film Director |
7-May-1954 |
|
Fast Times At Ridgemont High |
| Dan Hedaya |
Actor |
24-Jul-1940 |
|
Bestubbled character actor, Blood Simple |
| Jascha Heifetz |
Violinist |
2-Feb-1901 |
10-Dec-1987 |
Violin virtuoso |
| Carolyn Heilbrun |
Novelist |
13-Jan-1926 |
9-Oct-2003 |
Amanda Cross, mystery novelist |
| Henry Heimlich |
Doctor |
3-Feb-1920 |
|
Heimlich maneuver |
| Heinrich Heine |
Poet |
13-Dec-1797 |
17-Feb-1856 |
Buch der Lieder |
| Joseph Heller |
Author |
1-May-1923 |
12-Dec-1999 |
Catch-22 |
| Isaias W. Hellman |
Business |
3-Oct-1842 |
9-Apr-1920 |
Los Angeles banker |
| Lillian Hellman |
Playwright |
20-Jun-1905 |
30-Jun-1984 |
Little Foxes |
| Warren Hellman |
Business |
25-Jul-1934 |
|
Hellman & Friedman |
| Leona Helmsley |
Business |
4-Jul-1920 |
20-Aug-2007 |
Queen of Mean |
| Mark Helprin |
Author |
28-Jun-1947 |
|
Winter's Tale |
| Buck Henry |
Comic |
9-Dec-1930 |
|
Frequent SNL host |
| Nat Hentoff |
Critic |
10-Jun-1925 |
|
The Jazz Life |
| Herblock |
Cartoonist |
13-Oct-1909 |
7-Oct-2001 |
Editorial Cartoonist, The Washington Post |
| Herod the Great |
Royalty |
c. 74 BC |
4 BC |
Roman Ruler of Palestine |
| Seymour Hersh |
Journalist |
8-Apr-1937 |
|
Uncovered the My Lai Massacre |
| Avram Hershko |
Scientist |
31-Dec-1937 |
|
Ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation |
| Marshall Herskovitz |
Film/TV Producer |
23-Feb-1952 |
|
Executive Producer, thirtysomething |
| Roger Hertog |
Business |
c. 1941 |
|
Reinvented The New York Sun |
| Gustav Hertz |
Physicist |
22-Jul-1887 |
30-Oct-1975 |
Franck-Hertz experiment |
| Theodor Herzl |
Activist |
2-May-1860 |
3-Jul-1904 |
Lead Zionist |
| Chaim Herzog |
Head of State |
17-Sep-1918 |
17-Apr-1997 |
President of Israel, 1983-93 |
| Grant Heslov |
Actor |
15-May-1965 |
|
Congo |
| Myra Hess |
Pianist |
25-Feb-1890 |
26-Nov-1965 |
Held lunchtime concerts during WWII |
| Don Hewitt |
Film/TV Producer |
14-Dec-1922 |
19-Aug-2009 |
60 Minutes creator |
| Ira Michael Heyman |
Educator |
30-May-1930 |
19-Nov-2011 |
Chancellor of UC Berkeley, 1980-90 |
| Jonah Hill |
Actor |
20-Dec-1983 |
|
Superbad |
| Steven Hill |
Actor |
24-Feb-1922 |
|
Adam Schiff on Law & Order |
| Arthur Hiller |
Film Director |
22-Nov-1923 |
|
An Alan Smithee Film |
| Judd Hirsch |
Actor |
15-Mar-1935 |
|
Taxi |
| Peter B. Hirsch |
Scientist |
16-Jan-1925 |
|
Electron microscopy in metallurgy |
| Al Hirschfeld |
Artist |
21-Jun-1903 |
20-Jan-2003 |
Pen and ink caricaturist |
| Laura Z. Hobson |
Novelist |
19-Jun-1900 |
28-Feb-1986 |
Gentleman's Agreement |
| Paul Hodes |
Politician |
21-Mar-1951 |
|
Congressman from New Hampshire, 2007-11 |
| Abbie Hoffman |
Activist |
30-Nov-1936 |
12-Apr-1989 |
Steal This Book |
| Dustin Hoffman |
Actor |
8-Aug-1937 |
|
The Graduate |
| Susanna Hoffs |
Musician |
17-Jan-1959 |
|
Lead singer of The Bangles |
| Robert Hofstadter |
Physicist |
5-Feb-1915 |
17-Nov-1990 |
Size, shape, and structure of neutrons and protons |
| Marshall Holman |
Bowling |
29-Sep-1954 |
|
Professional bowler, mostly retired |
| Janet L. Holmgren |
Educator |
c. 1946 |
|
President, Mills College |
| Elizabeth Holtzman |
Politician |
11-Aug-1941 |
|
Congresswoman from New York, 1973-81 |
| Oskar Homolka |
Actor |
12-Aug-1898 |
27-Jan-1978 |
Sabotage |
| Sidney Hook |
Philosopher |
20-Dec-1902 |
12-Jul-1989 |
Pragmatist |
| Monica Horan |
Actor |
29-Jan-1963 |
|
Everybody Loves Raymond |
| Henry Horner |
Politician |
30-Nov-1878 |
6-Oct-1940 |
Governor of Illinois, 1933-40 |
| David Horowitz |
Activist |
10-Jan-1939 |
|
Conservative activist |
| H. Robert Horvitz |
Scientist |
8-May-1947 |
|
Genetic regulation of organ development |
| Harry Houdini |
Magician |
24-Mar-1874 |
31-Oct-1926 |
Best-known magician and debunker |
| Ehud Houminer |
Business |
c. 1940 |
|
CEO of Philip Morris USA, 1988-90 |
| Curly Howard |
Actor |
22-Oct-1903 |
18-Jan-1952 |
Highest pitched Stooge |
| Michael Howard |
Politician |
7-Jul-1941 |
|
UK Home Secretary, 1993-97 |
| Moe Howard |
Actor |
19-Jun-1897 |
4-May-1975 |
Boss Stooge |
| Shemp Howard |
Actor |
4-Mar-1895 |
22-Nov-1955 |
Stooge who replaced Curly |
| Irving Howe |
Critic |
11-Jun-1920 |
5-May-1993 |
Editor of Dissent |
| Bronislaw Huberman |
Violinist |
19-Dec-1882 |
16-Jun-1947 |
Polish violin prodigy, Pan-Europeanist |
| Conrad Hubert |
Business |
15-Apr-1856 |
12-Mar-1928 |
Flashlights |
| Sol Hurok |
Theatre Producer |
9-Apr-1888 |
5-Mar-1974 |
American impresario |
| Robert J. Hurst |
Business |
1945 |
|
Vice Chairman of Goldman Sachs, 1999-2004 |
| Leonid Hurwicz |
Economist |
21-Aug-1917 |
24-Jun-2008 |
Mechanism design theory |
| Dick Hyman |
Pianist |
8-Mar-1927 |
|
Pianist, Organist, Conductor, Composer |
| Trina Schart Hyman |
Artist |
8-Apr-1939 |
19-Nov-2004 |
Children's book illustrator |
| Oscar Hammerstein I |
Theatre Producer |
8-May-1847 |
1-Aug-1919 |
Olympia Theatre |
| Carl Icahn |
Business |
16-Feb-1936 |
|
Billionaire, took over TWA |
| Eugène Ionesco |
Playwright |
26-Nov-1912 |
28-Mar-1994 |
The Bald Soprano |
| Jack Irons |
Drummer |
18-Jul-1962 |
|
Drummer for the Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| Jason Isaacs |
Actor |
6-Jun-1963 |
|
Black Hawk Down |
| Michael Isikoff |
Journalist |
c. 1952 |
|
NBC reporter |
| Menasseh ben Israel |
Religion |
c. 1604 |
20-Nov-1657 |
Vindiciae Judaeorum |
| Jozef Israëls |
Painter |
27-Jan-1824 |
12-Aug-1911 |
Dutch scene painter |
| Eugene Istomin |
Pianist |
26-Nov-1925 |
10-Oct-2003 |
American piano prodigy |
| Edmond Jabès |
Poet |
6-Apr-1912 |
2-Jan-1991 |
The Book of Resemblances |
| Ze'ev Jabotinsky |
Military |
18-Oct-1880 |
4-Aug-1940 |
Founder of the Jewish Legion |
| Jacob |
Religion |
? |
? |
Father of the twelve tribes |
| Lou Jacobi |
Actor |
28-Dec-1913 |
23-Oct-2009 |
Avalon |
| Gary N. Jacobs |
Business |
12-Jul-1945 |
|
General Counsel for MGM Mirage |
| Irwin M. Jacobs |
Business |
18-Oct-1933 |
|
Co-Founder of Qualcomm |
| Marc Jacobs |
Fashion Designer |
9-Apr-1963 |
|
Fired in 1993 after releasing a "Grunge" line |
| Paul E. Jacobs |
Business |
c. 1963 |
|
CEO of Qualcomm |
| Peter Jacobson |
Actor |
24-Mar-1965 |
|
Dr. Chris Taub on House |
| Jeff Jacoby |
Columnist |
10-Feb-1959 |
|
Boston Globe columnist |
| Sam Jaffe |
Actor |
10-Mar-1891 |
24-Mar-1984 |
Gunga Din |
| Janet Jagan |
Head of State |
20-Oct-1920 |
28-Mar-2009 |
President of Guyana, 1997-99 |
| Sid James |
Actor |
8-May-1913 |
26-Apr-1976 |
Carry on... |
| Jacob K. Javits |
Politician |
18-Mar-1904 |
7-Mar-1986 |
US Senator from New York, 1957-81 |
| Ricky Jay |
Magician |
1948 |
|
Jay's Journal of Anomalies |
| Tony Jay |
Actor |
2-Feb-1933 |
13-Aug-2006 |
Voice and character actor |
| Elfriede Jelinek |
Novelist |
20-Oct-1946 |
|
Die Klavierspielerin |
| Ron Jeremy |
Pornstar |
12-Mar-1953 |
|
The Hedgehog |
| Jesus Christ |
Religion |
c. 4 BC |
7-Apr-30 AD |
Carpenter, evangelist |
| Ruth Prawer Jhabvala |
Novelist |
7-May-1927 |
|
Heat and Dust |
| Joseph Joachim |
Violinist |
28-Jun-1831 |
15-Aug-1907 |
Virtuoso violinist, Joachim Quartet |
| Billy Joel |
Pianist |
9-May-1949 |
|
Didn't start the fire |
| Josef Joffe |
Editor |
15-Mar-1944 |
|
Editor of Die Zeit |
| Scarlett Johansson |
Actor |
22-Nov-1984 |
|
Ghost World, Lost in Translation |
| John the Baptist |
Religion |
? |
c. 28 AD |
Precursor to Jesus Christ |
| Al Jolson |
Singer |
26-May-1886 |
23-Oct-1950 |
The Jazz Singer |
| Hans Jonas |
Philosopher |
10-May-1903 |
5-Feb-1993 |
Gnostic philosopher |
| Erica Jong |
Author |
26-Mar-1942 |
|
Fear of Flying |
| Joseph |
Religion |
? |
? |
Possessed multicolored dreamcoat |
| Keith Joseph |
Politician |
17-Jan-1918 |
10-Dec-1994 |
Conservative UK Minister, Thatcher influence |
| St. Joseph |
Religion |
fl. 1st c. AD |
fl. 1st c. AD |
Husband of Mary |
| Brian D. Josephson |
Physicist |
4-Jan-1940 |
|
Discovered the Josephson Effect |
| Josephus |
Historian |
37 AD |
100 AD |
The Jewish War |
| Josiah |
Royalty |
c. 649 BC |
609 BC |
King of Judah |
| Judas Iscariot |
Religion |
? |
c. 30 AD |
Betrayer of Jesus Christ |
| Tony Judt |
Historian |
2-Jan-1948 |
6-Aug-2010 |
Postwar |
| Judge Judy |
TV Personality |
21-Oct-1942 |
|
Telejurist extraordinaire |
| Neil Kadisha |
Business |
c. 1955 |
|
Co-Founder of Qualcomm |
| Franz Kafka |
Novelist |
3-Jul-1883 |
3-Jun-1924 |
Metamorphosis |
| Daryn Kagan |
Journalist |
26-Jan-1963 |
|
CNN Live Today |
| Donald Kagan |
Historian |
1-May-1932 |
|
The Great Dialogue |
| Elena Kagan |
Judge |
28-Apr-1960 |
|
US Supreme Court Justice |
| Frederick Kagan |
Scholar |
c. 1969 |
|
Neocon military historian, now at AEI |
| Mauricio Kagel |
Composer |
24-Dec-1931 |
18-Sep-2008 |
Absurdist composer |
| Steve Kagen |
Politician |
12-Dec-1949 |
|
Congressman from Wisconsin, 2007-11 |
| Meir Kahane |
Activist |
1-Aug-1932 |
5-Nov-1990 |
Founder of Jewish Defense League |
| Albert Kahn |
Architect |
21-Mar-1869 |
8-Dec-1942 |
Detroit architect, factory designer |
| Louis Kahn |
Architect |
20-Feb-1901 |
17-Mar-1974 |
Prominent architect |
| Daniel Kahneman |
Psychologist |
5-Mar-1934 |
|
The psychology of economics |
| Chester Kallman |
Poet |
7-Jan-1921 |
18-Jan-1975 |
Librettist, translator |
| Bert Kalmar |
Songwriter |
10-Feb-1884 |
17-Sep-1947 |
Who's Sorry Now? |
| Harry P. Kamen |
Business |
c. 1932 |
|
CEO of Metropolitan Life, 1993-98 |
| Michael Kamen |
Composer |
15-Apr-1948 |
18-Nov-2003 |
Prolific film composer and conductor |
| Matthew H. Kamens |
Attorney |
6-Dec-1951 |
|
Of Counsel, Wolf Block |
| Sheldon Kamins |
Business |
c. 1948 |
|
Blum Frank & Kamins |
| Eric R. Kandel |
Scientist |
7-Nov-1929 |
|
Signal transduction in the nervous system |
| John Kander |
Composer |
18-Mar-1927 |
|
Top Broadway composer |
| Carol Kane |
Actor |
18-Jun-1952 |
|
Simka on Taxi |
| Garson Kanin |
Screenwriter |
24-Nov-1912 |
13-Mar-1999 |
It Should Happen to You |
| Peter R. Kann |
Business |
c. 1942 |
|
CEO of Dow Jones, 1991-2006 |
| Gabe Kaplan |
Actor |
31-Mar-1945 |
|
Mr. Kotter on Welcome Back, Kotter |
| Jill Kaplan |
Publisher |
1967 |
|
Publisher of Crain's New York Business |
| Joel D. Kaplan |
Government |
c. 1969 |
|
White House policy advisor |
| Justin Kaplan |
Author |
5-Sep-1925 |
|
Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain |
| Stanley H. Kaplan |
Business |
24-May-1919 |
23-Aug-2009 |
Developed SAT study aids |
| Mitch Kapor |
Business |
1-Nov-1950 |
|
Founder of Lotus, Co-founder EFF |
| Bruce Karatz |
Business |
1945 |
|
CEO of KB Home, 1986-2006 |
| James Karen |
Actor |
28-Nov-1923 |
|
The Return of the Living Dead |
| Theodore von Kármán |
Mathematician |
11-May-1881 |
7-May-1963 |
Kármán vortices |
| Mel Karmazin |
Business |
24-Aug-1943 |
|
President and COO of Viacom, 2000-04 |
| Martin Karplus |
Chemist |
15-Mar-1930 |
|
Karplus Equation |
| Garry Kasparov |
Chess Player |
13-Apr-1963 |
|
Grand Master chess player |
| Moshe Katsav |
Head of State |
5-Dec-1945 |
|
President of Israel, 2000-07 |
| Chris Kattan |
Actor |
19-Oct-1970 |
|
Saturday Night Live |
| Bernard Katz |
Scientist |
26-Mar-1911 |
20-Apr-2003 |
Neurotransmitters and the pineal gland |
| Jonathan Katz |
Comic |
1-Dec-1946 |
|
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist |
| Omri Katz |
Actor |
30-May-1976 |
|
Eerie, Indiana |
| Phil Katz |
Computer Programmer |
3-Nov-1962 |
14-Apr-2000 |
Creator of PKZIP |
| Steven T. Katz |
Author |
12-Aug-1944 |
|
Professor of Religion |
| Vera Katz |
Politician |
3-Aug-1933 |
|
Mayor of Portland Oregon, 1993-2005 |
| Jeffrey Katzenberg |
Business |
21-Dec-1950 |
|
Produced Shrek |
| Ephraim Katzir |
Head of State |
16-May-1916 |
30-May-2009 |
President of Israel, 1973-78 |
| Robert A. Katzmann |
Judge |
22-Apr-1953 |
|
2nd Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Stanley Kauffmann |
Critic |
24-Apr-1916 |
|
Film critic for The New Republic |
| Charlie Kaufman |
Screenwriter |
20-Sep-1958 |
|
Being John Malkovich, Adaptation |
| George S. Kaufman |
Playwright |
16-Nov-1889 |
2-Jun-1961 |
You Can't Take It With You |
| Lloyd Kaufman |
Film Director |
30-Dec-1945 |
|
The Toxic Avenger |
| Jorma Kaukonen |
Guitarist |
23-Dec-1940 |
|
Jefferson Airplane |
| Julie Kavner |
Actor |
7-Sep-1950 |
|
Marge on The Simpsons |
| Danny Kaye |
Actor |
18-Jan-1913 |
3-Mar-1987 |
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty |
| Lainie Kazan |
Actor |
15-May-1940 |
|
My Favorite Year |
| Alfred Kazin |
Critic |
5-Jun-1915 |
5-Jun-1998 |
On Native Grounds |
| Munr Kazmir |
Business |
c. 1957 |
|
CEO, Direct Meds, Inc. |
| Harvey Keitel |
Actor |
13-May-1939 |
|
Pimp from Taxi Driver |
| Amos Kenan |
Author |
2-May-1927 |
4-Aug-2009 |
The Road to Ein Harod |
| Felicity Kendal |
Actor |
25-Sep-1946 |
|
The Good Life |
| Heather Paige Kent |
Actor |
5-Jan-1969 |
|
Lydia DeLucca on That's Life |
| Jerome Kern |
Composer |
27-Jan-1885 |
12-Nov-1945 |
Show Boat |
| Cameron Kerry |
Relative |
6-Sep-1950 |
|
John Kerry's younger brother |
| Imre Kertész |
Author |
9-Nov-1929 |
|
Holocaust survivor, literature Nobel |
| István Kertész |
Conductor |
28-Aug-1929 |
16-Apr-1973 |
Hungarian operatic conductor |
| Hermann Kesten |
Novelist |
28-Jan-1900 |
1996 |
I, the King |
| Bradley A. Keywell |
Business |
27-Oct-1969 |
|
Co-Founder of Groupon |
| Michael Kidd |
Choreographer |
12-Aug-1915 |
23-Dec-2007 |
Award-winning choreographer |
| David Kimche |
Spy |
1928 |
8-Mar-2010 |
Israeli spy, masterminded Iran-Contra |
| Martin S. Kimmel |
Business |
9-Apr-1916 |
15-Apr-2008 |
Founder of Kimco Realty |
| Sidney Kimmel |
Business |
c. 1927 |
|
CEO of Jones Apparel Group, 1975-2002 |
| Richard Kind |
Actor |
22-Nov-1956 |
|
Paul Lassiter on Spin City |
| Alan King |
Comic |
26-Dec-1927 |
9-May-2004 |
Jewish comic and Friars Club fixture |
| Carole King |
Singer/Songwriter |
9-Feb-1942 |
|
Tapestry |
| Larry King |
Talk Show Host |
19-Nov-1933 |
|
Larry King Live |
| Michael Kinsley |
Pundit |
9-Mar-1951 |
|
Founding editor of Slate |
| Shane Kippel |
Actor |
4-Jun-1986 |
|
Gavin Mason on Degrassi |
| Leon Kirchner |
Composer |
24-Jan-1919 |
17-Sep-2009 |
Quartet No. 3 |
| Mia Kirshner |
Actor |
25-Jan-1975 |
|
The L Word |
| Lincoln Kirstein |
Author |
4-May-1907 |
5-Jan-1996 |
Co-Founder, New York City Ballet |
| Henry Kissinger |
Government |
27-May-1923 |
|
US Secretary of State, 1973-77 |
| John Kitzhaber |
Politician |
5-Mar-1947 |
|
Governor of Oregon |
| Ron Klain |
Attorney |
8-Aug-1961 |
|
Vice President Biden's Chief of Staff, 2009-11 |
| Larry Klayman |
Activist |
20-Jul-1951 |
|
Founder, Judicial Watch |
| Allen Klein |
Business |
18-Dec-1931 |
4-Jul-2009 |
Prehensile ABKCO executive |
| Calvin Klein |
Fashion Designer |
19-Nov-1942 |
|
Fashion designer |
| Joe Klein |
Journalist |
7-Sep-1946 |
|
Anonymous author of Primary Colors |
| Naomi Klein |
Author |
8-May-1970 |
|
The Shock Doctrine |
| Robert Klein |
Comic |
8-Feb-1942 |
|
Unable to stop his leg |
| Ron Klein |
Politician |
10-Jul-1957 |
|
Congressman from Florida, 2007-11 |
| Andrew J. Kleinfeld |
Judge |
12-Jun-1945 |
|
9th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Otto Klemperer |
Conductor |
14-May-1885 |
6-Jul-1973 |
Prominent German conductor |
| Werner Klemperer |
Actor |
22-Mar-1920 |
6-Dec-2000 |
Col. Klink on Hogan's Heroes |
| Paul Kletzki |
Conductor |
21-Mar-1900 |
5-Mar-1973 |
Director, Bern Symphony, 1964-67 |
| Franz Kline |
Painter |
23-May-1910 |
13-May-1962 |
Abstract expressionist painter |
| Leon Klinghoffer |
Victim |
24-Sep-1916 |
7-Oct-1985 |
Shot and thrown overboard by terrorists |
| Aaron Klug |
Chemist |
11-Aug-1926 |
|
Structural analysis of viruses |
| Jack Klugman |
Actor |
27-Apr-1922 |
|
The Odd Couple |
| Philip M. Klutznick |
Government |
9-Jul-1907 |
14-Aug-1999 |
US Secretary of Commerce, 1980-81 |
| Alfred A. Knopf |
Publisher |
12-Sep-1892 |
11-Aug-1984 |
American publisher |
| Ed Koch |
Politician |
12-Dec-1924 |
|
Mayor of New York City, 1978-89 |
| Walter Koenig |
Actor |
14-Sep-1936 |
|
Chekov on Star Trek |
| Herb Kohl |
Politician |
7-Feb-1935 |
|
US Senator from Wisconsin |
| Max Kohl |
Business |
12-May-1901 |
14-Dec-1981 |
Kohl's Department Stores |
| Alfred Kohlberg |
Business |
27-Jan-1887 |
7-Apr-1960 |
The China Lobby Man |
| Donald L. Kohn |
Economist |
7-Nov-1942 |
|
Vice Chairman of the Federal Reserve |
| Walter Kohn |
Chemist |
9-Mar-1923 |
|
Density-functional theory |
| Frederick Kohner |
Novelist |
25-Sep-1905 |
7-Jul-1986 |
Gidget |
| Teddy Kollek |
Politician |
27-May-1911 |
2-Jan-2007 |
Mayor of Jerusalem, 1965-93 |
| David H. Komansky |
Business |
c. 1939 |
|
CEO of Merrill Lynch, 1996-2002 |
| Milton R. Konvitz |
Educator |
12-Mar-1908 |
5-Sep-2003 |
Cornell Professor, Labor and Industrial Relations |
| Bernie Kopell |
Actor |
21-Jun-1933 |
|
Doc on The Love Boat |
| Quentin Kopp |
Politician |
11-Aug-1928 |
|
California politician and judge |
| Ted Koppel |
Journalist |
8-Feb-1940 |
|
Nightline |
| Zoltán Korda |
Film Director |
3-Jun-1895 |
13-Oct-1961 |
Sahara |
| Harvey Korman |
Comic |
15-Feb-1927 |
29-May-2008 |
The Carol Burnett Show |
| Arthur Kornberg |
Scientist |
3-Mar-1918 |
26-Oct-2007 |
Synthesized DNA |
| Tony Kornheiser |
Journalist |
13-Jul-1948 |
|
Pardon the Interruption |
| Jerzy Kosinski |
Author |
14-Jun-1933 |
3-May-1991 |
Being There |
| Martin Kosleck |
Actor |
24-Mar-1904 |
15-Jan-1994 |
German-American character actor |
| David Kossoff |
Actor |
24-Nov-1919 |
23-Mar-2005 |
The Mouse That Roared |
| Henry Koster |
Film Director |
1-May-1905 |
21-Sep-1988 |
The Bishop's Wife |
| Yaphet Kotto |
Actor |
15-Nov-1937 |
|
Homicide |
| Sandy Koufax |
Baseball |
30-Dec-1935 |
|
Three-time Cy Young Award winner |
| Serge Koussevitzky |
Conductor |
26-Jul-1874 |
4-Jun-1951 |
Music Director, Boston Symphony, 1924-49 |
| Simon Kovar |
Musician |
22-May-1890 |
17-Jan-1970 |
Preeminent Basoon player and teacher |
| Martin Kove |
Actor |
6-Mar-1947 |
|
Det. Isbecki on Cagney & Lacey |
| Alex Kozinski |
Judge |
23-Jul-1950 |
|
Chief Judge, 9th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Hersh Kozlov |
Attorney |
15-Nov-1947 |
|
Wolf Block Schorr & Solis-Cohen |
| Jonathan Kozol |
Educator |
5-Sep-1936 |
|
Death at an Early Age |
| Robert Kraft |
Business |
5-Jun-1941 |
|
Owner, New England Patriots |
| Stanley Kramer |
Film Director |
29-Sep-1913 |
19-Feb-2001 |
It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World |
| Judith Krantz |
Novelist |
9-Jan-1928 |
|
Scruples |
| Lee Krasner |
Painter |
27-Oct-1908 |
19-Jun-1984 |
Abstract expressionist |
| Hans Krebs |
Scientist |
25-Apr-1900 |
22-Nov-1981 |
Tricarboxylic acid cycle |
| Bruno Kreisky |
Head of State |
22-Jan-1911 |
29-Jul-1990 |
Chancellor of Austria, 1970-83 |
| Marvin Krislov |
Educator |
c. 1960 |
|
President, Oberlin College |
| Bill Kristol |
Columnist |
23-Dec-1952 |
|
Editor of The Weekly Standard |
| Irving Kristol |
Columnist |
22-Jan-1920 |
18-Sep-2009 |
Influential neocon |
| Jules B. Kroll |
Business |
18-May-1941 |
|
Kroll Inc., K2 Global, Kroll Bond Ratings |
| Nick Kroll |
Actor |
5-Jun-1978 |
|
Ruxin on The League |
| Randall S. Kroszner |
Economist |
22-Jun-1962 |
|
Federal Reserve Governor |
| Paul Krugman |
Columnist |
28-Feb-1953 |
|
New York Times columnist/economist |
| Larry Krystkowiak |
Basketball |
23-Sep-1964 |
|
Milwaukee Bucks Head Coach, 2007-08 |
| Stanley Kubrick |
Film Director |
26-Jul-1928 |
7-Mar-1999 |
2001: A Space Odyssey |
| Lisa Kudrow |
Actor |
30-Jul-1963 |
|
Friends |
| Maxine Kumin |
Poet |
6-Jun-1925 |
|
Up Country |
| Madeleine M. Kunin |
Politician |
28-Sep-1933 |
|
Governor of Vermont, 1985-91 |
| Mila Kunis |
Actor |
14-Aug-1983 |
|
Jackie on That 70's Show |
| William Kunstler |
Attorney |
7-Jul-1919 |
4-Sep-1995 |
Civil rights attorney |
| Irv Kupcinet |
Columnist |
31-Jul-1912 |
10-Nov-2003 |
Kup's Column |
| Tuli Kupferberg |
Singer/Songwriter |
28-Sep-1923 |
12-Jul-2010 |
The Fugs |
| Nicholas Kurti |
Physicist |
14-May-1908 |
24-Nov-1998 |
Molecular gastronomy |
| Daniel Kurtzer |
Diplomat |
Jun-1949 |
|
US Ambassador to Israel, 2001-05 |
| Tony Kushner |
Playwright |
16-Jul-1956 |
|
Angels in America |
| Simon Kuznets |
Economist |
30-Apr-1901 |
8-Jul-1985 |
National Income and Its Composition |
| Shia LaBeouf |
Actor |
11-Jun-1986 |
|
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps |
| Jeffrey M. Lacker |
Economist |
27-Sep-1955 |
|
President and CEO, Richmond Fed |
| Carl Laemmle |
Film/TV Producer |
17-Jan-1867 |
24-Sep-1939 |
Independent Motion Picture Company |
| Karl Lagerfeld |
Fashion Designer |
10-Sep-1938 |
|
Chanel, Lagerfeld |
| Imre Lakatos |
Philosopher |
9-Nov-1922 |
2-Feb-1974 |
Philosopher of Science and Mathematics |
| Ricki Lake |
Talk Show Host |
21-Sep-1968 |
|
Hairspray |
| Adam Lamberg |
Actor |
14-Sep-1984 |
|
Gordo on Lizzie McGuire |
| Adam Lambert |
Singer |
29-Jan-1982 |
|
American Idol |
| Zohra Lampert |
Actor |
13-May-1937 |
|
Let's Scare Jessica to Death |
| Martin Landau |
Actor |
20-Jun-1931 |
|
Mission: Impossible, Space 1999 |
| Ann Landers |
Columnist |
4-Jul-1918 |
22-Jun-2002 |
Syndicated advice columnist |
| John Landis |
Film Director |
3-Aug-1950 |
|
An American Werewolf in London |
| Charles Lane |
Actor |
26-Jan-1905 |
9-Jul-2007 |
Grumpy character actor |
| Sherry Lansing |
Business |
31-Jul-1944 |
|
Former Paramount executive |
| Meyer Lansky |
Criminal |
2-Jul-1902 |
15-Jan-1983 |
The brains behind the Mafia's money |
| Tom Lantos |
Politician |
1-Feb-1928 |
11-Feb-2008 |
Congressman from California, 1981-2008 |
| Sidney Lapidus |
Business |
c. 1937 |
|
Warburg Pincus |
| David Lascher |
Actor |
27-Apr-1972 |
|
Vinnie on Blossom |
| Albert Lasker |
Business |
1-May-1880 |
30-May-1952 |
Advertising executive and medical research patron |
| Harold Laski |
Economist |
30-Jun-1893 |
24-Mar-1950 |
A Grammar of Politics |
| Melvin J. Lasky |
Journalist |
15-Jan-1920 |
19-May-2004 |
Editor of journal Encounter |
| Estée Lauder |
Business |
1-Jul-1908 |
24-Apr-2004 |
Cosmetics magnate |
| Leonard Lauder |
Business |
c. 1933 |
|
Chairman of Estee Lauder |
| Ronald S. Lauder |
Business |
26-Feb-1944 |
|
US Ambassador to Austria, 1986-87 |
| William Lauder |
Business |
c. 1961 |
|
CEO, Estée Lauder |
| Ralph Lauren |
Fashion Designer |
14-Oct-1939 |
|
Founder, Polo Ralph Lauren |
| Mélanie Laurent |
Actor |
21-Feb-1983 |
|
Inglourious Basterds |
| Piper Laurie |
Actor |
22-Jan-1932 |
|
Catherine Packard in Twin Peaks |
| Frank Lautenberg |
Politician |
23-Jan-1924 |
|
US Senator from New Jersey |
| Daliah Lavi |
Actor |
12-Oct-1940 |
|
The Whip and the Body |
| Linda Lavin |
Actor |
15-Oct-1937 |
|
Alice |
| Jerome Lawrence |
Playwright |
14-Jul-1915 |
29-Feb-2004 |
Inherit the Wind and Mame |
| Steve Lawrence |
Singer |
8-Jul-1935 |
|
The Steve Lawrence Show |
| John Howard Lawson |
Playwright |
25-Sep-1894 |
11-Aug-1977 |
One of the Hollywood Ten |
| Nigel Lawson |
Politician |
11-Mar-1932 |
|
Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1983-89 |
| Emma Lazarus |
Poet |
22-Jul-1849 |
19-Nov-1887 |
The New Colossus |
| Norman Lear |
Film/TV Producer |
27-Jul-1922 |
|
Creator of All in the Family |
| Fran Lebowitz |
Author |
27-Oct-1950 |
|
Social satirist, Metropolitan Life |
| Mimi Leder |
Film Director |
26-Jan-1952 |
|
Deep Impact |
| Joshua Lederberg |
Biologist |
23-May-1925 |
2-Feb-2008 |
Genetic properties of bacteria |
| Francis Lederer |
Actor |
6-Nov-1899 |
25-May-2000 |
Pandora's Box |
| Stan Lee |
Cartoonist |
28-Dec-1922 |
|
Created Spider-Man and The Hulk |
| Walter Legge |
Music Producer |
1-Jun-1906 |
22-Mar-1979 |
Classical music producer at EMI |
| Herbert H. Lehman |
Politician |
28-Mar-1878 |
5-Dec-1963 |
Governor of New York, 1933-42 |
| Lew Lehrman |
Business |
15-Aug-1938 |
|
Rite Aid drugstore founder |
| Fritz Leiber |
Author |
24-Dec-1910 |
5-Sep-1992 |
Ship of Shadows |
| Jerry Leiber |
Songwriter |
25-Apr-1933 |
22-Aug-2011 |
Hitmaker for Elvis |
| Annie Leibovitz |
Photographer |
2-Oct-1949 |
|
Celebrity photographer |
| Carol Leifer |
Comic |
27-Jul-1956 |
|
Comic inspired Seinfeld's Elaine |
| Mike Leigh |
Film Director |
20-Feb-1943 |
|
Naked, Topsy-Turvy |
| Donovan Leitch, Jr. |
Actor |
16-Aug-1968 |
|
Glory |
| Mark Lenard |
Actor |
15-Oct-1924 |
22-Nov-1996 |
Ambassador Sarek on Star Trek |
| Moses de Leon |
Religion |
? |
1305 |
Zohar |
| Robert Z. Leonard |
Film Director |
7-Oct-1889 |
27-Aug-1968 |
The Divorcee |
| Louis Lepke |
Criminal |
6-Feb-1897 |
4-Mar-1944 |
Head of Murder, Inc. |
| Alfred Lerner |
Business |
8-May-1933 |
23-Oct-2002 |
CEO of MBNA, 1982-2002 |
| Gerda Lerner |
Historian |
30-Apr-1920 |
|
The Woman in American History |
| Max Lerner |
Sociologist |
20-Dec-1902 |
5-Jun-1992 |
Ideas Are Weapons |
| Michael Lerner |
Actor |
22-Jun-1941 |
|
Barton Fink |
| Oscar Levant |
Pianist |
27-Dec-1906 |
14-Aug-1972 |
Panelist, Information Please |
| Max Levchin |
Business |
11-Jul-1975 |
|
Co-Founder of PayPal |
| Jeremy Leven |
Film Director |
1941 |
|
Don Juan DeMarco |
| Larry Levenson |
Business |
c. 1936 |
23-Jan-1999 |
Founder of Plato's Retreat |
| Denise Levertov |
Poet |
24-Oct-1923 |
20-Dec-1997 |
With Eyes at the Back of Our Heads |
| Edward H. Levi |
Government |
26-Jun-1911 |
7-Mar-2000 |
US Attorney General, 1975-77 |
| Primo Levi |
Author |
31-Jul-1919 |
11-Apr-1987 |
Survival in Auschwitz |
| Rita Levi-Montalcini |
Scientist |
22-Apr-1909 |
|
Nerve and skin cell growth factors |
| Claude Lévi-Strauss |
Anthropologist |
28-Nov-1908 |
1-Nov-2009 |
French anthropologist |
| Carl Levin |
Politician |
28-Jun-1934 |
|
US Senator from Michigan |
| Harvey Levin |
TV Personality |
2-Sep-1951 |
|
Prince of the paparazzi |
| Ira Levin |
Novelist |
27-Aug-1929 |
12-Nov-2007 |
Rosemary's Baby |
| Jerry Levin |
Business |
6-May-1939 |
|
CEO of Time Warner, 2000-02 |
| Meyer Levin |
Novelist |
8-Oct-1905 |
9-Jul-1981 |
Compulsion |
| Sandy Levin |
Politician |
6-Sep-1931 |
|
Congressman, Michigan 12th |
| Tony Levin |
Bassist |
6-Jun-1946 |
|
Bassist for King Crimson |
| Emmanuel Levinas |
Philosopher |
12-Jan-1906 |
25-Dec-1995 |
Totality and Infinity |
| Adam Levine |
Singer |
18-Mar-1979 |
|
Frontman of Maroon 5 |
| David Levine |
Cartoonist |
20-Dec-1926 |
29-Dec-2009 |
Caricaturist, New York Review of Books |
| James Levine |
Conductor |
23-Jun-1943 |
|
Music Director, NY Metropolitan Opera |
| Mel Levine |
Politician |
7-Jun-1943 |
|
Congressman from California, 1983-93 |
| Philip Levine |
Poet |
10-Jan-1928 |
|
What Work Is |
| Barry Levinson |
Film Director |
6-Apr-1942 |
|
Rain Man |
| Elliott H. Levitas |
Politician |
26-Dec-1930 |
|
Congressman from Georgia, 1975-85 |
| Bernard-Henri Lévy |
Author |
5-Nov-1948 |
|
Who Killed Daniel Pearl? |
| Chandra Levy |
Victim |
14-Apr-1977 |
1-May-2001 |
Gary Condit's dead intern |
| Eugene Levy |
Comic |
17-Dec-1946 |
|
Earl Camembert from SCTV |
| Marv Levy |
Football |
3-Aug-1925 |
|
NFL, CFL, and NCAA coach |
| Shawn Levy |
Author |
c. 1961 |
|
Rat Pack Confidential |
| Steven Levy |
Author |
1951 |
|
Hackers |
| Jacob J. Lew |
Government |
29-Aug-1955 |
|
Obama's White House Chief of Staff |
| Daniel Lewin |
Mathematician |
14-May-1970 |
11-Sep-2001 |
Co-founder of Akamai, died in 9/11 |
| Kurt Lewin |
Psychologist |
9-Sep-1890 |
12-Feb-1947 |
Field theorist, group dynamicist |
| Monica Lewinsky |
Government |
23-Jul-1973 |
|
Engaged in Presidential cigar play |
| Al Lewis |
Actor |
30-Apr-1923 |
3-Feb-2006 |
Grandpa on The Munsters |
| Bernard Lewis |
Scholar |
31-May-1916 |
|
Middle East scholar |
| David Lewis |
Politician |
23-Jun-1909 |
23-May-1981 |
Leader of Canada's NDP, 1971-75 |
| Jerry Lewis |
Comic |
16-Mar-1926 |
|
Muscular Dystrophy Association |
| Peter B. Lewis |
Business |
11-Nov-1933 |
|
Chairman of Progressive |
| Richard Lewis |
Comic |
29-Jun-1947 |
|
Such a nice young man |
| Shari Lewis |
Performance Artist |
17-Jan-1933 |
2-Aug-1998 |
Lamb Chop's Play-Along |
| Mark Leyner |
Author |
1956 |
|
The Tetherballs of Bougainville |
| Lewis Libby |
Government |
22-Aug-1950 |
|
Cheney's former Chief of Staff |
| Frank Licht |
Politician |
13-Mar-1916 |
30-May-1987 |
Governor of Rhode Island, 1969-73 |
| Richard A. Licht |
Politician |
25-Mar-1948 |
|
Lt. Governor of Rhode Island, 1985-89 |
| Roy Lichtenstein |
Painter |
27-Oct-1923 |
29-Sep-1997 |
Whaam! |
| Todd Lickliter |
Basketball |
17-Apr-1955 |
|
Head Coach, University of Iowa |
| Avigdor Lieberman |
Politician |
5-Jun-1958 |
|
Israeli Foreign Minister |
| Hadassah Lieberman |
Relative |
Mar-1948 |
|
Wife of Joseph Lieberman |
| Joseph Lieberman |
Politician |
24-Feb-1942 |
|
US Senator from Connecticut |
| György Ligeti |
Composer |
28-May-1923 |
12-Jun-2006 |
Lontano, Lux Aeterna |
| Judith Light |
Actor |
9-Feb-1949 |
|
Angela Bower on Who's the Boss? |
| David E. Lilienthal |
Government |
8-Jul-1899 |
15-Jan-1981 |
TVA Chairman, 1941-46 |
| Hal Linden |
Actor |
20-Mar-1931 |
|
Barney Miller |
| Linda Lingle |
Politician |
4-Jun-1953 |
|
Governor of Hawaii, 2002-10 |
| Sol Linowitz |
Business |
17-Dec-1913 |
18-Mar-2005 |
Negotiated return of the Panama Canal |
| Alex D. Linz |
Actor |
3-Jan-1989 |
|
Home Alone 3 |
| Joanne Lipman |
Editor |
18-Jun-1961 |
|
Editor of Condé Nast Portfolio, 2007-09 |
| Fritz Lipmann |
Scientist |
12-Jun-1899 |
24-Jul-1986 |
Carbohydrate oxidation |
| Jonathan Lipnicki |
Actor |
22-Oct-1990 |
|
The Jeff Foxworthy Show |
| Gabriel Lippmann |
Physicist |
16-Aug-1845 |
13-Jul-1921 |
Photographic color plate |
| Walter Lippmann |
Journalist |
23-Sep-1889 |
14-Dec-1974 |
Today and Tomorrow |
| Seymour M. Lipset |
Sociologist |
18-Mar-1922 |
31-Dec-2006 |
American Exceptionalism |
| Robert Lipshutz |
Government |
27-Dec-1921 |
6-Nov-2010 |
White House Counsel, 1977-79 |
| James Lipton |
TV Personality |
19-Sep-1926 |
|
Host, Inside the Actors Studio |
| Martin Lipton |
Attorney |
22-Jun-1931 |
|
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz |
| Dahlia Lithwick |
Journalist |
c. 1968 |
|
Slate senior editor |
| Sanford M. Litvack |
Attorney |
c. 1937 |
|
General Counsel of Disney, 1991-98 |
| Anatole Litvak |
Film Director |
10-May-1902 |
15-Dec-1974 |
Anastasia |
| Maxim Litvinov |
Government |
17-Jul-1876 |
31-Dec-1951 |
Soviet foreign minister, ousted in nod to Hitler |
| Jay Livingston |
Composer |
28-Mar-1915 |
17-Oct-2001 |
Que Sera Sera |
| Tzipi Livni |
Politician |
8-Jul-1958 |
|
Israeli Foreign Minister, 2006-09 |
| Jacques Loeb |
Doctor |
7-Apr-1859 |
11-Feb-1924 |
Investigator of artificial parthenogenesis |
| Lisa Loeb |
Singer/Songwriter |
11-Mar-1968 |
|
Stay (I Missed You) |
| Solomon Loeb |
Business |
1828 |
1903 |
Co-Founder of Kuhn, Loeb and Co. |
| Frederick Loewe |
Composer |
10-Jun-1901 |
14-Feb-1988 |
My Fair Lady |
| Otto Loewi |
Scientist |
3-Jun-1873 |
25-Dec-1961 |
Acetylcholine as a neurotransmitter |
| Herbert Lom |
Actor |
11-Sep-1917 |
|
Mysterious Island |
| Stacy London |
TV Personality |
25-May-1969 |
|
What Not to Wear |
| Jon Lovitz |
Comic |
21-Jul-1957 |
|
Yeaaaah, that's the ticket! |
| Allard Lowenstein |
Politician |
16-Jan-1929 |
14-Mar-1980 |
Congressman, New York 5th |
| Leo Lowenthal |
Sociologist |
3-Nov-1900 |
21-Jan-1993 |
Literature and the Image of Man |
| Nita Lowey |
Politician |
5-Jul-1937 |
|
Congresswoman, New York 18th |
| Bernard Lown |
Doctor |
7-Jun-1921 |
|
Inventor of defibrillator, peace activist |
| David J. Lubar |
Business |
c. 1955 |
|
President of Lubar & Co. |
| Gary Lucas |
Guitarist |
c. 1952 |
|
Avant-guitarist, Magic Band alumnus |
| Matt Lucas |
Actor |
5-Mar-1974 |
|
Little Britain |
| Sid Luckman |
Football |
21-Nov-1916 |
5-Jul-1998 |
Chicago Bears QB, Hall of Famer |
| Sidney Luft |
Film/TV Producer |
2-Nov-1915 |
15-Sep-2005 |
Ex-Husband of Judy Garland |
| Sidney Lumet |
Film Director |
25-Jun-1924 |
9-Apr-2011 |
Dog Day Afternoon |
| Jamie Luner |
Actor |
12-May-1971 |
|
Lexi on Melrose Place |
| Frank Luntz |
Pundit |
23-Feb-1962 |
|
Republican pollster, strategist |
| Isaac ben Solomon Luria |
Religion |
1534 |
5-Aug-1572 |
Jewish mystic |
| Salvador Luria |
Biologist |
13-Aug-1912 |
6-Feb-1991 |
Natural selection in bacteria |
| Ranan Lurie |
Cartoonist |
26-May-1932 |
|
Hugely popular political cartoonist |
| Rod Lurie |
Film Director |
15-May-1962 |
|
The Contender |
| Rosa Luxemburg |
Activist |
5-Mar-1871 |
15-Jan-1919 |
Co-Founder, Communist Party of Germany |
| André Lwoff |
Scientist |
8-May-1902 |
30-Sep-1994 |
Operon theory of genetic control |
| Natasha Lyonne |
Actor |
4-Apr-1979 |
|
Slums of Beverly Hills |
| Eugene Lyons |
Author |
1-Jul-1898 |
1985 |
Anti-Communist Editor of American Mercury |
| Lorin Maazel |
Conductor |
6-Mar-1930 |
|
Conductor, New York Philharmonic |
| Earle I. Mack |
Business |
? |
|
Real estate magnate |
| John Mack |
Psychiatrist |
4-Oct-1929 |
27-Sep-2004 |
A Prince of Our Disorder |
| Aline MacMahon |
Actor |
3-May-1899 |
12-Oct-1991 |
Dragon Seed |
| Noel Madison |
Actor |
30-Apr-1897 |
6-Jan-1975 |
American character actor |
| Bernard L. Madoff |
Business |
29-Apr-1938 |
|
Madoff Investment Securities LLC |
| Ira Magaziner |
Government |
8-Nov-1947 |
|
Internet advisor under Bill Clinton |
| Mary Magdalene |
Religion |
fl. 1st c. AD |
fl. 1st c. AD |
Early follower of Jesus Christ |
| Moses Maimonides |
Religion |
30-Mar-1135 |
13-Dec-1204 |
Codified Jewish law |
| Bernard Malamud |
Author |
26-Apr-1914 |
18-Mar-1986 |
The Fixer |
| Janet Malcolm |
Journalist |
1934 |
|
The Journalist and the Murderer |
| Joshua Malina |
Actor |
17-Jan-1966 |
|
Will Bailey on The West Wing |
| Judith Malina |
Actor |
4-Jun-1926 |
|
Co-Founder, The Living Theatre |
| Robert Malley |
Government |
1963 |
|
Ex-National Security Council |
| Leonard Maltin |
Critic |
18-Dec-1950 |
|
Film critic |
| David Mamet |
Author |
30-Nov-1947 |
|
Glengarry Glen Ross |
| Howie Mandel |
Comic |
29-Nov-1955 |
|
Host of Deal Or No Deal |
| Marvin Mandel |
Politician |
19-Apr-1920 |
|
Governor of Maryland, 1969-79 |
| Szolem Mandelbrojt |
Mathematician |
1899 |
1983 |
French Mathematician |
| Benoit Mandelbrot |
Mathematician |
20-Nov-1924 |
14-Oct-2010 |
Fractal mathematician |
| Osip Mandelshtam |
Poet |
1891 |
27-Dec-1938 |
Acmeist Russian poet |
| Peter Mandelson |
Politician |
21-Oct-1953 |
|
EU Commissioner for Trade |
| Camryn Manheim |
Actor |
8-Mar-1961 |
|
Ellenor Frutt on The Practice |
| Barry Manilow |
Singer/Songwriter |
17-Jun-1943 |
|
I Write The Songs |
| Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
Film Director |
11-Feb-1909 |
5-Feb-1993 |
The Barefoot Contessa |
| Abby Mann |
Screenwriter |
1-Dec-1927 |
25-Mar-2008 |
Judgment at Nuremberg |
| Herbie Mann |
Jazz Musician |
16-Apr-1930 |
1-Jul-2003 |
Jazz flautist |
| Karl Mannheim |
Sociologist |
27-Mar-1893 |
9-Jan-1947 |
Ideology and Utopia |
| Dinah Manoff |
Actor |
25-Jan-1958 |
|
Ordinary People |
| Patrick Marber |
Playwright |
19-Sep-1964 |
|
Closer |
| Marcel Marceau |
Performance Artist |
22-Mar-1923 |
22-Sep-2007 |
Mime, created Bip the clown |
| Bernie Marcus |
Business |
12-May-1929 |
|
Co-Founder of Home Depot |
| Jeffrey A. Marcus |
Business |
13-Oct-1946 |
|
Cable TV magnate |
| Ruth A. Marcus |
Columnist |
c. 1960 |
|
Washington Post columnist |
| Stanley Marcus |
Business |
20-Apr-1905 |
22-Jan-2002 |
CEO of Neiman-Marcus, 1950-72 |
| Herbert Marcuse |
Philosopher |
19-Jul-1898 |
29-Jul-1979 |
One-Dimensional Man |
| Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky |
Journalist |
21-Jun-1942 |
|
Congresswoman from Pennsylvania, 1993-95 |
| Cindy Margolis |
Model |
1-Oct-1965 |
|
Playmate/Queen of the Internet |
| Miriam Margolyes |
Actor |
18-May-1941 |
|
The Age of Innocence |
| Jack A. Markell |
Politician |
26-Nov-1960 |
|
Governor of Delaware |
| Quinn Martin |
Business |
22-May-1922 |
6-Sep-1987 |
Quinn Martin Productions |
| Ross Martin |
Actor |
22-Mar-1920 |
3-Jul-1981 |
Artemus Gordon on Wild Wild West |
| Tony Martin |
Singer |
25-Dec-1913 |
27-Jul-2012 |
There's No Tomorrow |
| Chico Marx |
Actor |
22-Mar-1887 |
11-Oct-1961 |
An Italian con-man of a Marx Brother |
| Groucho Marx |
Comic |
2-Oct-1890 |
19-Aug-1977 |
You Bet Your Life |
| Gummo Marx |
Actor |
23-Oct-1892 |
21-Apr-1977 |
Left the Marx Brothers troupe early |
| Harpo Marx |
Actor |
23-Nov-1888 |
28-Sep-1964 |
Silent harp-playing Marx Brother |
| Zeppo Marx |
Actor |
25-Feb-1901 |
30-Nov-1979 |
Straight man of the Marx Brothers |
| Virgin Mary |
Religion |
c. 20 BC |
c. 45 AD |
Virgin mother of Jesus Christ |
| Eric Maskin |
Economist |
12-Dec-1950 |
|
Mechanism design theory |
| Sophie Masloff |
Politician |
23-Dec-1917 |
|
Mayor of Pittsburgh, 1988-94 |
| Abraham Maslow |
Psychologist |
1-Apr-1908 |
8-Jun-1970 |
Hierarchy of Needs |
| James Maslow |
Actor |
16-Jul-1990 |
|
James Diamond on Big Time Rush |
| Jackie Mason |
Comic |
9-Jun-1934 |
|
The World According to Me! |
| Matisyahu |
Rapper |
30-Jul-1979 |
|
Hasidic toaster |
| Marlee Matlin |
Actor |
24-Aug-1965 |
|
Deaf actress on The West Wing |
| Walter Matthau |
Actor |
1-Oct-1920 |
1-Jul-2000 |
Messy half of the Odd Couple |
| André Maurois |
Author |
26-Jul-1885 |
9-Oct-1967 |
French biographer |
| Marcel Mauss |
Sociologist |
10-May-1872 |
10-Feb-1950 |
The Gift |
| Peter Max |
Artist |
19-Oct-1937 |
|
Psychedelic art has featured Statues of Liberty |
| Robert Maxwell |
Publisher |
10-Jun-1923 |
5-Nov-1991 |
Mirror Group tycoon |
| Elaine May |
Comic |
21-Apr-1932 |
|
Wrote and directed Ishtar |
| Arno J. Mayer |
Historian |
19-Jun-1926 |
|
Marxist Jew, quasi-revisionist |
| Louis B. Mayer |
Film/TV Producer |
4-Jul-1885 |
29-Oct-1957 |
The final M in MGM |
| Billy Mays |
TV Personality |
20-Jul-1958 |
28-Jun-2009 |
Bearded infomercial pitchman |
| Monet Mazur |
Actor |
17-Apr-1976 |
|
Blow |
| Paul Mazursky |
Film Director |
25-Apr-1930 |
|
Down and Out in Beverly Hills |
| Malcolm McLaren |
Business |
22-Jan-1946 |
8-Apr-2010 |
Sex Pistols manager |
| Anne Meara |
Comic |
20-Sep-1929 |
|
Stiller and Meara |
| Scott Mechlowicz |
Actor |
17-Jan-1981 |
|
EuroTrip |
| Peter Medak |
Film Director |
23-Dec-1937 |
|
Romeo Is Bleeding |
| Michael Medved |
Critic |
Oct-1948 |
|
Traditional values pundit, film critic |
| Ken Mehlman |
Government |
21-Aug-1966 |
|
RNC chairman 2005-07 |
| Golda Meir |
Head of State |
3-May-1898 |
8-Dec-1978 |
Fourth Prime Minister of Israel |
| Sid Melton |
Actor |
23-May-1920 |
2-Nov-2011 |
Alf Monroe on Green Acres |
| Kurt Mendelssohn |
Mathematician |
7-Jan-1906 |
18-Sep-1980 |
Cryogenics and pyramids |
| Moses Mendelssohn |
Philosopher |
26-Sep-1729 |
4-Jan-1786 |
Brilliant German-Jewish philosopher |
| Yehudi Menuhin |
Violinist |
22-Apr-1916 |
12-Mar-1999 |
Child prodigy violinist, conductor |
| Idina Menzel |
Singer |
30-May-1971 |
|
Rent |
| J. Ezra Merkin |
Business |
c. 1954 |
|
Chairman of GMAC |
| David Merrick |
Theatre Producer |
27-Nov-1911 |
25-Apr-2000 |
Hello, Dolly! |
| Bob Merrill |
Songwriter |
17-May-1921 |
17-Feb-1998 |
How Much Is That Doggie In The Window? |
| Robert Merrill |
Singer |
4-Jun-1917 |
23-Oct-2004 |
Operatic baritone, NY Metropolitan Opera |
| Robert C. Merton |
Economist |
31-Jul-1944 |
|
Risk management and options |
| Robert K. Merton |
Sociologist |
4-Jul-1910 |
23-Feb-2003 |
On the Shoulders of Giants |
| Don Messick |
Actor |
7-Sep-1926 |
24-Oct-1997 |
Voice of Scooby Doo |
| Debra Messing |
Actor |
15-Aug-1968 |
|
Grace on Will & Grace |
| Howard Metzenbaum |
Politician |
4-Jun-1917 |
12-Mar-2008 |
US Senator from Ohio, 1977-95 |
| Nicholas Meyer |
Film Director |
24-Dec-1945 |
|
Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan |
| Giacomo Meyerbeer |
Composer |
5-Sep-1791 |
2-May-1864 |
Robert le Diable |
| Ari Meyers |
Actor |
6-Apr-1969 |
|
Emma McArdle on Kate & Allie |
| Seth Meyers |
Actor |
28-Dec-1973 |
|
Saturday Night Live |
| Edward Mezvinsky |
Politician |
17-Jan-1937 |
|
Congressman from Iowa, 1973-77 |
| Marc Mezvinsky |
Business |
15-Dec-1977 |
|
Husband of Chelsea Clinton |
| Al Michaels |
Sports Journalist |
12-Nov-1944 |
|
Sportscaster, believes in miracles |
| Lorne Michaels |
Film/TV Producer |
17-Nov-1944 |
|
Producer of Saturday Night Live |
| Albert A. Michelson |
Physicist |
19-Dec-1852 |
9-May-1931 |
Measured the speed of light |
| Adam Michnik |
Activist |
17-Oct-1946 |
|
Gazeta Wyborcza |
| Bette Midler |
Singer |
1-Dec-1945 |
|
Ol' Red Hair |
| Sylvia Miles |
Actor |
9-Sep-1923 |
|
Midnight Cowboy |
| Stanley Milgram |
Psychologist |
15-Aug-1933 |
20-Dec-1984 |
Milgram Experiment |
| Darius Milhaud |
Composer |
4-Sep-1892 |
22-Jun-1974 |
The Creation of the World |
| David Miliband |
Politician |
15-Jul-1965 |
|
UK Foreign Secretary, 2007-10 |
| Ed Miliband |
Politician |
24-Dec-1969 |
|
British MP, Doncaster North |
| Ralph Miliband |
Scholar |
7-Jan-1924 |
21-May-1994 |
Parliamentary Socialism |
| Harvey Milk |
Politician |
22-May-1930 |
27-Nov-1978 |
Openly gay SF city supervisor |
| Michael Milken |
Business |
4-Jul-1946 |
|
Convicted financial executive |
| Arthur Miller |
Playwright |
17-Oct-1915 |
10-Feb-2005 |
Death of a Salesman |
| Ezra Miller |
Actor |
1992 |
|
We Need to Talk About Kevin |
| Jeremy Miller |
Actor |
21-Oct-1976 |
|
Ben Seaver on Growing Pains |
| Jonathan Miller |
Film Director |
21-Jul-1934 |
|
Beyond the Fringe |
| Judith Miller |
Journalist |
2-Jan-1948 |
|
Credulous NY Times WMD maven |
| Mac Miller |
Rapper |
19-Jan-1992 |
|
Blue Slide Park |
| Marvin Miller |
Labor Leader |
14-Apr-1917 |
|
MLB Player Association, 1966-82 |
| Mitch Miller |
Musician |
4-Jul-1911 |
31-Jul-2010 |
Sing Along with Mitch |
| Irving Mills |
Musician |
16-Jan-1894 |
21-Apr-1985 |
Songwriter, music scout, raconteur |
| Ira M. Millstein |
Attorney |
8-Nov-1926 |
|
Weil, Gotshal & Manges |
| César Milstein |
Scientist |
8-Oct-1927 |
24-Mar-2002 |
Hybridoma technique (monoclonal antibodies) |
| Howard P. Milstein |
Business |
c. 1951 |
|
Chairman of Emigrant Bank |
| Nathan Milstein |
Violinist |
31-Dec-1904 |
21-Dec-1992 |
Virtuoso violinist, interpreter of Bach |
| Paul Milstein |
Business |
12-May-1922 |
9-Aug-2010 |
Manhattan real estate developer |
| Roger J. Miner |
Judge |
14-Apr-1934 |
18-Feb-2012 |
2nd Circuit Court of Appeals, 1985-97 |
| Hermann Minkowski |
Mathematician |
22-Jun-1864 |
12-Jan-1909 |
Minkowski space |
| Oskar Minkowski |
Doctor |
13-Jan-1858 |
18-Jul-1931 |
Linked pancreas to diabetes |
| Hyman Minsky |
Economist |
23-Sep-1919 |
25-Oct-1996 |
Inherently unstable markets |
| Frederic S. Mishkin |
Economist |
11-Jan-1951 |
|
Federal Reserve Governor |
| Kevin Mitnick |
Hacker |
6-Aug-1963 |
|
Former "most wanted" hacker |
| Isaac Mizrahi |
Fashion Designer |
14-Oct-1961 |
|
Unzipped |
| Mark E. Mlotek |
Business |
c. 1956 |
|
EVP at Henry Schein |
| Rea Mochiach |
Musician |
? |
|
New York-based multi-instrumentalist |
| Leon of Modena |
Religion |
23-Apr-1571 |
24-Mar-1648 |
Riti Ebraici |
| Amedeo Modigliani |
Sculptor |
12-Jul-1884 |
24-Jan-1920 |
Cubist Italian sculptor and painter |
| Franco Modigliani |
Economist |
18-Jun-1918 |
25-Sep-2003 |
Life-cycle theory |
| Eben Moglen |
Attorney |
c. 1959 |
|
Shareware law |
| Henri Moissan |
Chemist |
28-Sep-1852 |
20-Feb-1907 |
Isolated fluorine |
| Ferenc Molnár |
Playwright |
12-Jan-1878 |
1-Apr-1952 |
The Paul Street Boys |
| Marilyn Monroe |
Actor |
1-Jun-1926 |
5-Aug-1962 |
Some Like It Hot |
| Ron Moody |
Actor |
8-Jan-1924 |
|
Fagin in Oliver Twist |
| Les Moonves |
Business |
6-Oct-1949 |
|
CEO of CBS Television |
| Sara Jane Moore |
Assassin |
15-Feb-1930 |
|
Tried to kill President Ford |
| Rick Moranis |
Actor |
18-Apr-1953 |
|
SCTV, Honey I Shrunk The Kids |
| Oskar Morgenstern |
Economist |
24-Jan-1902 |
26-Jul-1977 |
Game theorist |
| Henry Morgenthau, Jr. |
Government |
11-May-1891 |
6-Feb-1967 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1934-45 |
| Dick Morris |
Government |
28-Nov-1948 |
|
Fox News lapdog, former Clinton advisor |
| Moses |
Religion |
c. 1392 BC |
c. 1272 BC |
Ten Commandments |
| Robert Moses |
Government |
18-Dec-1888 |
29-Jul-1981 |
New York City planner |
| Bruce E. Mosler |
Business |
c. 1958 |
|
CEO of Cushman & Wakefield |
| Donny Most |
Actor |
8-Aug-1953 |
|
Ralph Malph on Happy Days |
| Zero Mostel |
Actor |
28-Feb-1915 |
8-Sep-1977 |
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum |
| Tommy Mottola |
Business |
14-Jul-1949 |
|
Former head of Sony Music |
| Michael Mukasey |
Judge |
28-Jul-1941 |
|
US Attorney General, 2007-09 |
| Paul Muni |
Actor |
22-Sep-1895 |
25-Aug-1967 |
The Life of Louis Pasteur |
| Peter Munk |
Business |
8-Nov-1927 |
|
Founder of Barrick Gold |
| Arthur Murray |
Dancer |
4-Apr-1895 |
3-Mar-1991 |
Founded Arthur Murray dance studios |
| Jan Murray |
Comic |
4-Oct-1916 |
2-Jul-2006 |
Borscht belt comedian, host of Treasure Hunt |
| Carmel Myers |
Actor |
4-Apr-1899 |
9-Nov-1980 |
Ben-Hur |
| Bess Myerson |
Model |
16-Jul-1924 |
|
First Jewish Miss America |
| Roger B. Myerson |
Economist |
29-Mar-1951 |
|
Mechanism design theory |
| Jerrold Nadler |
Politician |
13-Jun-1947 |
|
Congressman, New York 8th |
| Joseph E. Nathan |
Business |
2-Mar-1835 |
2-May-1912 |
Founder of Glaxo |
| Daniel Nathans |
Scientist |
30-Oct-1928 |
16-Nov-1999 |
Restriction enzymes (DNA cleavage) |
| Yitzhak Navon |
Head of State |
9-Apr-1921 |
|
President of Israel, 1978-83 |
| Alla Nazimova |
Actor |
22-May-1879 |
13-Jul-1945 |
Blood and Sand |
| Tim Blake Nelson |
Actor |
11-May-1964 |
|
O Brother, Where Art Thou? |
| Howard Nemerov |
Poet |
1-Mar-1920 |
5-Jul-1991 |
US Poet Laureate, 1987-88 |
| Benjamin Netanyahu |
Head of State |
21-Oct-1949 |
|
Prime Minister of Israel |
| Joseph Neubauer |
Business |
19-Oct-1941 |
|
CEO of ARAMARK |
| Richard L. Neuberger |
Politician |
26-Dec-1912 |
9-Mar-1960 |
US Senator from Oregon, 1955-60 |
| Si Newhouse, Jr. |
Publisher |
8-Nov-1927 |
|
Chairman of Condé Nast |
| S. I. Newhouse, Sr. |
Publisher |
24-May-1895 |
29-Aug-1979 |
Founder of Advance Publications |
| Donald Newhouse |
Publisher |
1929 |
|
Advance Newspapers billionaire |
| Anthony Newley |
Actor |
24-Sep-1931 |
14-Apr-1999 |
Artful Dodger in Oliver Twist |
| Howard H. Newman |
Business |
c. 1947 |
|
Former Partner, Warburg Pincus |
| Paul Newman |
Actor |
26-Jan-1925 |
26-Sep-2008 |
Salad dressing magnate |
| Peter C. Newman |
Journalist |
10-May-1929 |
|
The Canadian Establishment |
| Craig Newmark |
Computer Programmer |
2-Dec-1952 |
|
Founder, Craigslist |
| Helmut Newton |
Photographer |
31-Oct-1920 |
23-Jan-2004 |
Celebrity photographer |
| Mike Nichols |
Film Director |
6-Nov-1931 |
|
Primary Colors |
| Leonard Nimoy |
Actor |
26-Mar-1931 |
|
Commander Spock on Star Trek |
| Marshall W. Nirenberg |
Scientist |
10-Apr-1927 |
15-Jan-2010 |
RNA's role in protein synthesis |
| Max Nordau |
Critic |
29-Jul-1849 |
23-Jan-1923 |
Zionist and cultural critic, Degeneration |
| Danny Nucci |
Actor |
15-Sep-1968 |
|
Eraser |
| Victoria Nuland |
Diplomat |
1961 |
|
State Department Spokesman |
| Martha Nussbaum |
Philosopher |
6-May-1947 |
|
The Fragility of Goodness |
| Louis Nye |
Actor |
1-May-1913 |
9-Oct-2005 |
Sonny Drysdale on Beverly Hillbillies |
| Laura Nyro |
Songwriter |
18-Oct-1947 |
8-Apr-1997 |
New York songwriter |
| Ken Ober |
Game Show Host |
3-Jul-1957 |
15-Nov-2009 |
Remote Control, Ober and Olsen |
| Adolph Ochs |
Publisher |
12-Mar-1858 |
8-Apr-1935 |
New York Times Publisher, 1896-1936 |
| Clifford Odets |
Playwright |
18-Jul-1906 |
14-Aug-1963 |
Sweet Smell of Success |
| Morris W. Offit |
Business |
c. 1935 |
|
Founder of OFFITBANK |
| Sophie Okonedo |
Actor |
1-Jan-1969 |
|
Hotel Rwanda |
| Ehud Olmert |
Politician |
30-Sep-1945 |
|
Prime Minister of Israel, 2006-09 |
| David Opatoshu |
Actor |
30-Jan-1918 |
30-Apr-1996 |
Raid on Entebbe |
| Robert Oppenheimer |
Physicist |
22-Apr-1904 |
18-Feb-1967 |
Physicist, headed the Manhattan Project |
| Suze Orman |
Author |
5-Jun-1951 |
|
The Road to Wealth |
| Norman Ornstein |
Author |
14-Oct-1948 |
|
American Enterprise Institute |
| Super Dave Osborne |
Daredevil |
20-Nov-1942 |
|
Underwhelming daredevil |
| Sharon Osbourne |
TV Personality |
9-Oct-1952 |
|
Wife of Ozzy Osbourne |
| M. Kenneth Oshman |
Business |
9-Jul-1940 |
6-Aug-2011 |
CEO of Echelon, 1988-2009 |
| Gerald M. Ostrov |
Business |
c. 1949 |
|
CEO of Bausch & Lomb |
| Ronn Owens |
Radio Personality |
17-Oct-1945 |
|
KGO radio talk show host |
| Amos Oz |
Novelist |
4-May-1939 |
|
Elsewhere, Perhaps |
| Frank Oz |
Actor |
25-May-1944 |
|
Yoda, Miss Piggy, and The Stepford Wives |
| Cynthia Ozick |
Author |
17-Apr-1928 |
|
The Puttermesser Papers |
| Vladimir de Pachmann |
Pianist |
27-Jul-1848 |
6-Jan-1933 |
Histrionic Russian pianist, known for Chopin |
| Alan J. Pakula |
Film Director |
7-Apr-1928 |
19-Nov-1998 |
All the President's Men |
| Greg Palast |
Journalist |
26-Jun-1952 |
|
The Best Democracy Money Can Buy |
| Charlemagne Palestine |
Pianist |
14-Aug-1945 |
|
Strumming Music |
| Grace Paley |
Author |
11-Dec-1922 |
22-Aug-2007 |
The Little Disturbances of Man |
| William S. Paley |
Business |
28-Sep-1901 |
26-Oct-1990 |
Chairman of CBS, 1946-83 |
| Adam Pally |
Actor |
18-Mar-1982 |
|
Max Blum on Happy Endings |
| Gwyneth Paltrow |
Actor |
27-Sep-1972 |
|
Shakespeare in Love |
| Erwin Panofsky |
Historian |
30-Mar-1892 |
14-Mar-1968 |
Studies in Iconology |
| Joseph Papp |
Theater Director |
22-Jun-1921 |
31-Oct-1991 |
Founder, New York Shakespeare Festival |
| Barbara J. Pariente |
Judge |
24-Dec-1948 |
|
Justice, Florida Supreme Court |
| Mitchell Parish |
Songwriter |
10-Jul-1900 |
31-Mar-1993 |
Volare |
| Dorothy Parker |
Author |
22-Aug-1893 |
7-Jun-1967 |
Constant Reader known for acerbic quips |
| Sarah Jessica Parker |
Actor |
25-Mar-1965 |
|
Carrie on Sex and the City |
| Adam Pascal |
Actor |
25-Oct-1970 |
|
Broadway cast of Rent |
| Amy Pascal |
Business |
1959 |
|
Sony Pictures co-chairman |
| Solomon Passy |
Government |
22-Dec-1956 |
|
Bulgarian Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Boris Pasternak |
Author |
10-Feb-1890 |
30-May-1960 |
Doctor Zhivago |
| Joe Pasternak |
Film/TV Producer |
19-Sep-1901 |
13-Sep-1991 |
Destry Rides Again |
| Amy Wynn Pastor |
TV Personality |
9-May-1976 |
|
Carpenter on Trading Spaces |
| Mandy Patinkin |
Actor |
30-Nov-1952 |
|
Dead Like Me |
| David Paymer |
Actor |
30-Aug-1954 |
|
Mr. Saturday Night |
| Peaches |
Electronic Musician |
11-Nov-1966 |
|
Fatherfucker |
| Daniel Pearl |
Journalist |
10-Oct-1963 |
21-Feb-2002 |
Murdered Wall Street Journal reporter |
| Lou Pearlman |
Business |
19-Jun-1954 |
|
Boy bands and Ponzi schemes |
| Josh Peck |
Actor |
10-Nov-1986 |
|
Drake and Josh |
| Jan Peerce |
Singer |
3-Jun-1904 |
15-Dec-1984 |
Operatic tenor, NY Metropolitan Opera |
| Larry Peerce |
Film Director |
19-Apr-1930 |
|
Goodbye, Columbus |
| Rudolf Peierls |
Physicist |
5-Jun-1907 |
19-Sep-1995 |
Frisch-Peierls Memorandum |
| Nelson Peltz |
Business |
c. 1943 |
|
CEO of Triarc |
| Leo Penn |
Film Director |
27-Aug-1921 |
5-Sep-1998 |
The Dark Secret of Harvest Home |
| Arno Penzias |
Astronomer |
26-Apr-1933 |
|
Detected primordial radiation |
| Georges Perec |
Novelist |
7-Mar-1936 |
3-Mar-1982 |
La Vie: mode d'emploi |
| Ron Perelman |
Business |
1-Jan-1943 |
|
Billionaire, owns 60% of Revlon |
| S. J. Perelman |
Author |
1-Feb-1904 |
17-Oct-1979 |
New Yorker humorist |
| Shimon Peres |
Head of State |
16-Aug-1923 |
|
President of Israel |
| Martin L. Perl |
Physicist |
24-Jun-1927 |
|
Discovered the tau lepton |
| Richard Perle |
Government |
16-Sep-1941 |
|
Prince of Darkness |
| Itzhak Perlman |
Violinist |
31-Aug-1945 |
|
Israeli violinist |
| Philip B. Perlman |
Attorney |
5-Mar-1890 |
31-Jul-1960 |
US Solicitor General, 1947-52 |
| Rhea Perlman |
Actor |
31-Mar-1948 |
|
Cheers |
| Ron Perlman |
Actor |
13-Apr-1950 |
|
Hellboy |
| Saul Perlmutter |
Astronomer |
1959 |
|
Accelerating expansion of the universe |
| Nehemiah Persoff |
Actor |
2-Aug-1919 |
|
The Harder They Fall |
| Jon Peters |
Film/TV Producer |
2-Jun-1945 |
|
Half of Hollywood Peters-Guber duo |
| Roberta Peters |
Singer |
4-May-1930 |
|
Coloratura soprano, NY Metropolitan Opera |
| Leo Pfeffer |
Scholar |
25-Dec-1910 |
4-Jun-1993 |
Religious liberty scholar, attorney |
| Irna Phillips |
Film/TV Producer |
1-Jul-1901 |
23-Dec-1973 |
Queen of soap operas |
| Gregor Piatigorsky |
Cellist |
17-Apr-1903 |
6-Aug-1976 |
Russian-American cello virtuoso |
| Molly Picon |
Actor |
1-Jun-1898 |
5-Apr-1992 |
Yiddish theatre actress |
| Marge Piercy |
Novelist |
31-Mar-1936 |
|
Gone to Soldiers |
| Gregory Pincus |
Scientist |
9-Apr-1903 |
22-Aug-1967 |
Inventor of oral contraceptives |
| Walter Pincus |
Journalist |
24-Dec-1932 |
|
Washington Post reporter with CIA ties |
| Pink |
Singer |
8-Sep-1979 |
|
Can't Take Me Home |
| David Pinski |
Playwright |
5-Apr-1872 |
11-Aug-1959 |
Yiddish playwright, Der Oitzer |
| Harold Pinter |
Playwright |
10-Oct-1930 |
24-Dec-2008 |
The Birthday Party |
| Daniel Pipes |
Government |
9-Sep-1949 |
|
Influential neocon |
| Camille Pissarro |
Painter |
10-Jul-1830 |
13-Nov-1903 |
French Impressionist painter |
| Ingrid Pitt |
Actor |
21-Nov-1937 |
23-Nov-2010 |
Countess Dracula |
| Jeremy Piven |
Actor |
26-Jul-1965 |
|
Ari Gold on Entourage |
| John Podhoretz |
Columnist |
18-Apr-1961 |
|
Conservative columnist |
| Norman Podhoretz |
Author |
16-Jan-1930 |
|
Prominent neocon author |
| Jared Polis |
Politician |
12-May-1975 |
|
Congressman, Colorado 2nd |
| Sydney Pollack |
Film Director |
1-Jul-1934 |
26-May-2008 |
Tootsie |
| Kevin Pollak |
Comic |
30-Oct-1957 |
|
Host of Celebrity Poker |
| Tracy Pollan |
Actor |
22-Jun-1960 |
|
Ellen Reed on Family Ties |
| Jonathan Pollard |
Spy |
7-Aug-1954 |
|
Spied for Israel |
| Faith Popcorn |
Pundit |
c. 1948 |
|
The Popcorn Report |
| Ron Popeil |
Business |
3-May-1935 |
|
Ginsu knives, Mr. Microphone |
| Samuel J. Popeil |
Inventor |
22-Jan-1915 |
17-Jul-1984 |
Veg-O-Matic |
| David H. Popper |
Diplomat |
3-Oct-1912 |
24-Jul-2008 |
US Ambassador to Chile, 1974-77 |
| Karl Popper |
Philosopher |
28-Jul-1902 |
17-Sep-1994 |
Critical Rationalist |
| Sylvia Porter |
Columnist |
18-Jun-1913 |
5-Jun-1991 |
Financial columnist |
| Natalie Portman |
Actor |
9-Jun-1981 |
|
Black Swan |
| Ted Post |
Film Director |
31-Mar-1918 |
|
Hang 'Em High |
| Chaim Potok |
Novelist |
17-Feb-1929 |
23-Jul-2002 |
The Chosen |
| David S. Pottruck |
Business |
c. 1948 |
|
CEO of Charles Schwab, 1998-2004 |
| Maury Povich |
Talk Show Host |
17-Jan-1939 |
|
The Maury Povich Show |
| Dennis Prager |
Radio Personality |
2-Aug-1948 |
|
Conservative Jewish radio host |
| Harry Pregerson |
Judge |
13-Oct-1923 |
|
9th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Otto Preminger |
Film Director |
5-Dec-1906 |
23-Apr-1986 |
Anatomy of a Murder |
| Emeric Pressburger |
Film Director |
5-Dec-1902 |
5-Feb-1988 |
Black Narcissus |
| André Previn |
Pianist |
6-Apr-1929 |
|
Concert pianist and orchestral conductor |
| John Price |
Diplomat |
18-Aug-1933 |
|
US Ambassador to Mauritius, 2002-05 |
| Ilya Prigogine |
Chemist |
25-Jan-1917 |
28-May-2003 |
Theory of dissipative structures |
| David Proval |
Actor |
20-May-1942 |
|
Richie on The Sopranos |
| Stanley B. Prusiner |
Scientist |
28-May-1942 |
|
Prions |
| Maxwell M. Rabb |
Attorney |
28-Sep-1910 |
9-Jun-2002 |
US Ambassador to Italy, 1981-89 |
| Isidor Isaac Rabi |
Physicist |
29-Jul-1898 |
11-Jan-1988 |
Magnetic beam resonances |
| Yitzhak Rabin |
Head of State |
1-Mar-1922 |
4-Nov-1995 |
Twice Prime Minister of Israel |
| Stuart Rabner |
Judge |
30-Jun-1960 |
|
New Jersey Chief Justice |
| Gilda Radner |
Comic |
28-Jun-1946 |
20-May-1989 |
Saturday Night Live |
| Philip Rahv |
Critic |
10-Mar-1908 |
22-Dec-1973 |
Co-Founder, Partisan Review |
| Sam Raimi |
Film Director |
23-Oct-1959 |
|
Spider-Man |
| Ted Raimi |
Actor |
14-Dec-1965 |
|
Joxer on Xena, Warrior Princess |
| Luise Rainer |
Actor |
12-Jan-1910 |
|
German film actress |
| Rosa Raisa |
Singer |
30-May-1893 |
28-Sep-1963 |
Operatic soprano |
| Harold Ramis |
Comic |
21-Nov-1944 |
|
Egon Spengler in Ghostbusters |
| Nathalia Ramos |
Actor |
3-Jul-1992 |
|
Nina Martin on House of Anubis |
| Sarah Ramos |
Actor |
21-May-1991 |
|
Patty Pryor on American Dreams |
| Tony Randall |
Actor |
26-Feb-1920 |
18-May-2004 |
Felix Unger in The Odd Couple |
| John Randolph |
Actor |
1-Jun-1915 |
24-Feb-2004 |
Prizzi's Honor |
| Michael Rapaport |
Actor |
20-Mar-1970 |
|
Zebrahead |
| Sally Jessy Raphael |
Talk Show Host |
25-Feb-1935 |
|
Controversialist talk show host |
| Mikhail Rasumny |
Actor |
13-May-1890 |
17-Feb-1956 |
For Whom the Bell Tolls |
| Brett Ratner |
Film Director |
28-Mar-1969 |
|
Red Dragon |
| Bruce Ratner |
Business |
23-Jan-1945 |
|
New York City developer |
| Charles A. Ratner |
Business |
c. 1942 |
|
CEO of Forest City Enterprises |
| Gregory Ratoff |
Film Director |
20-Apr-1897 |
14-Dec-1960 |
Intermezzo: A Love Story |
| Diane Ravitch |
Government |
1-Jul-1938 |
|
Education reformer |
| Man Ray |
Photographer |
27-Aug-1890 |
18-Nov-1976 |
Dadaist photographer |
| Steven A. Raymund |
Business |
16-Nov-1955 |
|
CEO of Tech Data, 1986-2006 |
| Shari Redstone |
Business |
14-Apr-1954 |
|
President of National Amusements |
| Sumner Redstone |
Business |
27-May-1923 |
|
Chairman and CEO of Viacom |
| Nikki Reed |
Actor |
17-May-1988 |
|
Thirteen |
| Roger Rees |
Actor |
5-May-1944 |
|
Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby |
| Bar Refaeli |
Model |
4-Jun-1985 |
|
Israeli model, dated DiCaprio |
| Steve Reich |
Composer |
3-Oct-1936 |
|
Minimalist composer, Different Trains |
| Tadeus Reichstein |
Scientist |
20-Jul-1897 |
1-Aug-1996 |
Adrenocortical hormones |
| Carl Reiner |
Actor |
20-Mar-1922 |
|
Your Show of Shows |
| Fritz Reiner |
Conductor |
19-Dec-1888 |
15-Nov-1963 |
Music Director, Chicago Symphony, 1953-62 |
| Rob Reiner |
Actor |
6-Mar-1947 |
|
Meathead |
| Frederick Reines |
Physicist |
16-Mar-1918 |
26-Aug-1998 |
Co-Discover of the neutrino |
| Stephen Reinhardt |
Judge |
27-Mar-1931 |
|
9th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Jehuda Reinharz |
Educator |
1944 |
|
President, Brandeis University |
| Paul Reiser |
Actor |
30-Mar-1957 |
|
Mad About You |
| Judith Reisman |
Author |
11-Apr-1935 |
|
Hates Kinsey |
| Jason Reitman |
Film Director |
19-Oct-1977 |
|
Up in the Air |
| Abe Reles |
Criminal |
1906 |
12-Nov-1941 |
Hitman for Murder, Inc. |
| Ed Rendell |
Politician |
5-Jan-1944 |
|
Governor of Pennsylvania, 2003-11 |
| Judith Resnik |
Astronaut |
5-Apr-1949 |
28-Jan-1986 |
Challenger astronaut |
| Paul Reubens |
Actor |
27-Aug-1952 |
|
Pee-wee Herman |
| Andrew Revkin |
Journalist |
c. 1956 |
|
New York Times science reporter |
| Simon Rex |
Actor |
20-Jul-1974 |
|
What I Like About You |
| Malvina Reynolds |
Singer/Songwriter |
23-Aug-1900 |
17-Mar-1978 |
Little Boxes |
| Abraham Ribicoff |
Politician |
9-Apr-1910 |
22-Feb-1998 |
Senator and Governor from Connecticut |
| Frank Rich |
Columnist |
2-Jun-1949 |
|
New York magazine |
| Marc Rich |
Criminal |
18-Dec-1934 |
|
Pardoned by Clinton |
| Mordecai Richler |
Novelist |
27-Jan-1931 |
3-Jul-2001 |
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz |
| Don Rickles |
Comic |
8-May-1926 |
|
King of the Insult |
| Hyman Rickover |
Military |
27-Jan-1900 |
8-Jul-1986 |
Built the nuclear navy |
| Ron Rifkin |
Actor |
31-Oct-1939 |
|
Arvin Sloane on Alias |
| Malcolm Rifkind |
Politician |
21-Jun-1946 |
|
UK Foreign Secretary, 1995-97 |
| Meshulam Riklis |
Business |
2-Dec-1923 |
|
Corporate raider |
| Martin Ritt |
Film Director |
2-Mar-1914 |
8-Dec-1990 |
The Long Hot Summer |
| Joan Rivers |
Comic |
8-Jun-1933 |
|
Can we talk? |
| Larry Rivers |
Painter |
17-Aug-1923 |
14-Aug-2002 |
American pop artist |
| Melissa Rivers |
TV Personality |
20-Jan-1968 |
|
Daughter of Joan Rivers |
| Irv Robbins |
Business |
6-Dec-1917 |
5-May-2008 |
Co-Founder of Baskin-Robbins |
| Jerome Robbins |
Choreographer |
11-Oct-1918 |
29-Jul-1998 |
West Side Story |
| Doris Roberts |
Actor |
4-Nov-1930 |
|
Marie on Everybody Loves Raymond |
| George R. Roberts |
Business |
1944 |
|
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts |
| Ralph J. Roberts |
Business |
13-Mar-1920 |
|
Co-Founder of Comcast |
| Tanya Roberts |
Actor |
15-Oct-1955 |
|
Bond Girl, Beastmaster, That 70s Show |
| Leo Robin |
Songwriter |
6-Apr-1900 |
29-Dec-1984 |
Thanks For The Memory |
| Edward G. Robinson |
Actor |
12-Dec-1893 |
26-Jan-1973 |
Key Largo |
| Arthur Rock |
Business |
19-Aug-1926 |
|
Coined term "Venture Capitalism" |
| Martin Rodbell |
Scientist |
1-Dec-1925 |
7-Dec-1998 |
G-protein cell signal transmission |
| Richard Rodgers |
Composer |
28-Jun-1902 |
30-Dec-1979 |
Rodgers and Hammerstein |
| Seth Rogen |
Actor |
15-Apr-1982 |
|
Knocked Up |
| Shorty Rogers |
Jazz Musician |
14-Apr-1924 |
7-Nov-1994 |
Shorty Rogers and His Giants |
| Anne Roiphe |
Author |
25-Dec-1935 |
|
Up the Sandbox! |
| Sasha Roiz |
Actor |
21-Oct-1973 |
|
Capt. Renard on Grimm |
| Sigmund Romberg |
Composer |
29-Jul-1887 |
9-Nov-1951 |
The New Moon |
| Harold Rome |
Composer |
27-May-1908 |
26-Oct-1993 |
I Can Get It for You Wholesale |
| Jim Rome |
Radio Personality |
14-Oct-1964 |
|
Jim Rome is Burning |
| Wayne Allyn Root |
Author |
1963 |
|
The Zen of Gambling |
| Irwin Rose |
Scientist |
16-Jul-1926 |
|
Ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation |
| Leonard Rose |
Cellist |
28-Jul-1918 |
16-Nov-1984 |
Virtuoso cellist |
| Michael N. Rosen |
Attorney |
c. 1940 |
|
Partner, Bryan Cave |
| Alan Rosenberg |
Actor |
4-Oct-1950 |
|
Alvin Masterson on The Guardian |
| Ethel Rosenberg |
Relative |
28-Sep-1915 |
19-Jun-1953 |
Executed for being married to Julius Rosenberg |
| Julius Rosenberg |
Spy |
12-May-1918 |
19-Jun-1953 |
Leaked atomic bomb secrets to USSR |
| Stuart Rosenberg |
Film Director |
11-Aug-1927 |
15-Mar-2007 |
Cool Hand Luke |
| Susan Rosenberg |
Activist |
1955 |
|
Radical |
| William Rosenberg |
Business |
10-Jun-1916 |
20-Sep-2002 |
Founder of Dunkin' Donuts |
| Peter R. Rosenblatt |
Attorney |
4-Sep-1933 |
|
Washington attorney |
| Irene B. Rosenfeld |
Business |
c. 1953 |
|
CEO of Kraft Foods |
| Eric S. Rosengren |
Economist |
3-Jun-1957 |
|
President and CEO, Boston Fed |
| Samuel I. Rosenman |
Government |
13-Feb-1896 |
24-Jun-1973 |
White House Counsel, 1943-46 |
| Ed Rosenthal |
Activist |
c. 1944 |
|
Advocate for legalizing marijuana |
| Julius Rosenwald |
Business |
12-Aug-1862 |
6-Jan-1932 |
Sears executive and Good Samaritan |
| Ilene Rosenzweig |
Columnist |
? |
|
Swell designer |
| Dennis B. Ross |
Diplomat |
c. 1949 |
|
US Middle East Envoy, 1992-2000 |
| Herbert Ross |
Film Director |
13-May-1927 |
9-Oct-2001 |
Steel Magnolias |
| Marjory Ross |
Publisher |
c. 1959 |
|
Regnery Publishing |
| Rick Ross |
Activist |
24-Nov-1952 |
|
Cult expert, deprogrammer |
| Robert Rossen |
Screenwriter |
16-Mar-1908 |
18-Feb-1966 |
The Hustler |
| Bruno Rossi |
Astronomer |
13-Apr-1905 |
21-Nov-1993 |
Rossi curve and magnetopause |
| Emmy Rossum |
Actor |
12-Sep-1986 |
|
The Day After Tomorrow |
| Leo Rosten |
Author |
11-Apr-1908 |
19-Feb-1997 |
The Joys of Yiddish |
| Eugene Victor Rostow |
Educator |
25-Aug-1913 |
25-Nov-2002 |
Dean of Yale Law School, 1955-65 |
| Joseph Rotblat |
Physicist |
4-Nov-1908 |
31-Aug-2005 |
Nuclear physicist, anti-nuke activist |
| Cecilia Roth |
Actor |
8-Aug-1956 |
|
All About My Mother |
| David Lee Roth |
Singer |
10-Oct-1954 |
|
Sometimes lead singer, Van Halen |
| Eli Roth |
Film Director |
18-Apr-1972 |
|
Cabin Fever |
| Joe Roth |
Business |
13-Jun-1948 |
|
Revolution Studios, former Disney CEO |
| Mark Roth |
Bowling |
10-Apr-1951 |
|
Professional bowler |
| Philip Roth |
Novelist |
19-Mar-1933 |
|
Portnoy's Complaint |
| Steven Rothman |
Politician |
14-Oct-1952 |
|
Congressman, New Jersey 9th |
| Edmond de Rothschild |
Philanthropist |
19-Aug-1845 |
2-Nov-1934 |
Father of the Yishuv |
| Edmund de Rothschild |
Business |
2-Jan-1916 |
17-Jan-2009 |
British banker |
| Jacob Rothschild |
Business |
29-Apr-1936 |
|
RIT Capital Partners |
| Lynn Forester de Rothschild |
Business |
2-Jul-1954 |
|
Telecom executive |
| Debbie Rowe |
Relative |
6-Dec-1958 |
|
Michael Jackson's ex-wife |
| Daniela Ruah |
Actor |
2-Dec-1983 |
|
Kensi Blye on NCIS: Los Angeles |
| David M. Rubenstein |
Business |
c. 1949 |
|
Director of the Carlyle Group |
| James P. Rubin |
Government |
1960 |
|
State Department Spokesman, 1997-2000 |
| Jerry Rubin |
Activist |
14-Jul-1938 |
28-Nov-1994 |
Yippie, one of the Chicago 7 |
| Rick Rubin |
Music Producer |
10-Mar-1963 |
|
Ubiquitous record producer, Def Jam |
| Robert E. Rubin |
Government |
29-Aug-1938 |
|
US Treasury Secretary, 1995-99 |
| Saul Rubinek |
Actor |
2-Jul-1948 |
|
Ticket to Heaven |
| Anton Rubinstein |
Pianist |
16-Nov-1829 |
8-Nov-1894 |
The Tower of Babel |
| Artur Rubinstein |
Pianist |
28-Jan-1887 |
20-Dec-1982 |
Polish-American piano virtuoso |
| Zelda Rubinstein |
Actor |
1-Jan-1933 |
27-Jan-2010 |
Tangina in Poltergeist |
| Harry Ruby |
Songwriter |
27-Jan-1895 |
23-Feb-1974 |
Who's Sorry Now? |
| Paul Rudd |
Actor |
6-Apr-1969 |
|
The Shape of Things |
| William C. Rudin |
Business |
c. 1957 |
|
Rudin Management Company |
| Warren Rudman |
Politician |
18-May-1930 |
|
US Senator from New Hampshire, 1980-93 |
| Rita Rudner |
Comic |
17-Sep-1953 |
|
Naked Beneath My Clothes |
| Keri Russell |
Actor |
23-Mar-1976 |
|
Felicity |
| Winona Ryder |
Actor |
29-Oct-1971 |
|
Edward Scissorhands |
| Daryl Sabara |
Actor |
14-Jun-1992 |
|
Spy Kids |
| Albert Sabin |
Biologist |
26-Aug-1906 |
3-Mar-1993 |
Developed oral polio vaccine |
| Jeffrey Sachs |
Economist |
5-Nov-1954 |
|
The End of Poverty |
| Nelly Sachs |
Poet |
10-Dec-1891 |
12-May-1970 |
O the Chimneys |
| Samuel Sachs |
Business |
28-Jul-1851 |
2-Mar-1935 |
Half namesake of Goldman Sachs |
| Boris Sagal |
Film Director |
18-Oct-1917 |
22-May-1981 |
The Omega Man |
| Bob Saget |
Comic |
17-May-1956 |
|
America's Funniest Home Videos |
| Mort Sahl |
Comic |
11-May-1927 |
|
Early influential stand-up comic |
| S. Z. Sakall |
Actor |
2-Feb-1884 |
12-Feb-1955 |
Casablanca |
| Soupy Sales |
Comic |
8-Jan-1926 |
22-Oct-2009 |
Inveterate pie thrower |
| Jonas Salk |
Scientist |
28-Oct-1914 |
23-Jun-1995 |
Discoverer of the first polio vaccine |
| Edwin E. Salpeter |
Astronomer |
3-Dec-1924 |
26-Nov-2008 |
Quantitative electron microscopic autoradiography |
| Barry Salzberg |
Business |
1953 |
|
CEO of Deloitte & Touche |
| Andy Samberg |
Actor |
18-Aug-1978 |
|
SNL, The Lonely Island |
| Herbert Samuel |
Politician |
6-Nov-1870 |
2-Feb-1963 |
High Commissioner of Palestine, 1920-25 |
| Paul Samuelson |
Economist |
15-May-1915 |
13-Dec-2009 |
Theory of revealed preference |
| Bernie Sanders |
Politician |
8-Sep-1941 |
|
US Senator from Vermont |
| Adam Sandler |
Comic |
9-Sep-1966 |
|
The Wedding Singer, SNL alumnus |
| Herbert Sandler |
Philanthropist |
16-Nov-1931 |
|
Golden West Financial |
| Edward Sapir |
Anthropologist |
26-Jan-1884 |
4-Feb-1939 |
Anthropological linguist |
| David Sarnoff |
Business |
27-Feb-1891 |
12-Dec-1971 |
CEO of RCA, founder of NBC |
| Vidal Sassoon |
Business |
17-Jan-1928 |
9-May-2012 |
Celebrity hairstylist |
| Ben Savage |
Actor |
13-Sep-1980 |
|
Cory on Boy Meets World |
| Fred Savage |
Actor |
9-Jul-1976 |
|
The Wonder Years |
| Michael Savage |
Radio Personality |
31-Mar-1942 |
|
Savage Nation |
| Eduardo Saverin |
Business |
13-Mar-1982 |
|
Co-Founder of Facebook |
| Josh Saviano |
Actor |
31-Mar-1976 |
|
Paul Pfeiffer on The Wonder Years |
| Rebecca Schaeffer |
Actor |
6-Nov-1967 |
18-Jul-1989 |
Actress murdered by stalker |
| Akiva Schaffer |
Film Director |
1-Dec-1977 |
|
The Lonely Island |
| Jan Schakowsky |
Politician |
26-May-1944 |
|
Congresswoman, Illinois 9th |
| Andrew V. Schally |
Scientist |
30-Nov-1926 |
|
Hypothalamic hormones (brain peptides) |
| Morton Owen Schapiro |
Educator |
1953 |
|
President, Northwestern University |
| Dore Schary |
Film/TV Producer |
31-Aug-1905 |
7-Jul-1980 |
President of MGM, 1951-56 |
| Dolph Schayes |
Basketball |
19-May-1928 |
|
NBA Hall of Famer, coach |
| Arthur L. Schechter |
Diplomat |
6-Dec-1939 |
|
US Ambassador to the Bahamas, 1998-2001 |
| Lynn Schenk |
Politician |
5-Jan-1945 |
|
US Congresswoman from California, 1993-95 |
| Heinrich Schenker |
Musicologist |
19-Jun-1868 |
13-Jan-1935 |
Music theorist |
| James H. Scheuer |
Politician |
6-Feb-1920 |
30-Aug-2005 |
Congressman from New York, 1965-93 |
| Béla Schick |
Doctor |
16-Jul-1877 |
6-Dec-1967 |
Schick test for diphtheria |
| Adam Schiff |
Politician |
22-Jun-1960 |
|
Congressman, California 29th |
| Jacob Schiff |
Business |
10-Jan-1847 |
25-Sep-1920 |
New York banker |
| Steve Schiff |
Politician |
18-Mar-1947 |
25-Mar-1998 |
Congressman from New Mexico, 1989-98 |
| David Schizer |
Educator |
c. 1968 |
|
Dean of Columbia Law School |
| Arthur M. Schlesinger |
Historian |
27-Feb-1888 |
30-Oct-1965 |
The Rise of the City |
| Leonard A. Schlesinger |
Educator |
c. 1953 |
|
President of Babson College |
| Debbie Schlussel |
Radio Personality |
9-Apr-1969 |
|
Conservative pundit |
| Artur Schnabel |
Pianist |
17-Apr-1882 |
15-Aug-1951 |
Pianist and classical composer |
| Karl Schnabel |
Pianist |
6-Aug-1909 |
27-Aug-2001 |
Modern Technique of the Pedal |
| Rob Schneider |
Comic |
31-Oct-1963 |
|
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo |
| Eric Schneiderman |
Government |
31-Dec-1954 |
|
Attorney General of New York |
| Rose Schneiderman |
Labor Leader |
16-Apr-1882 |
11-Aug-1972 |
Union leader of the 1920s-'50s |
| Bruce Schneier |
Computer Programmer |
15-Jan-1964 |
|
Applied Cryptography |
| Arthur Schnitzler |
Playwright |
15-May-1862 |
21-Oct-1931 |
Reigen |
| Arnold Schoenberg |
Composer |
13-Sep-1874 |
13-Jul-1951 |
Emancipated dissonance |
| Gershom Scholem |
Historian |
5-Dec-1897 |
21-Feb-1982 |
Revolutionized the study of Kabbalah |
| Myron S. Scholes |
Economist |
1-Jul-1941 |
|
Black-Scholes options pricing model |
| Daniel Schorr |
Journalist |
31-Aug-1916 |
23-Jul-2010 |
Veteran journalist, Nixon enemy |
| Bitty Schram |
Actor |
17-Jul-1968 |
|
A League of Their Own |
| Avery Schreiber |
Comic |
9-Apr-1935 |
7-Jan-2002 |
Burns and Schreiber |
| Liev Schreiber |
Actor |
4-Oct-1967 |
|
Actor, voiceover talent |
| Budd Schulberg |
Novelist |
27-Mar-1914 |
5-Aug-2009 |
What Makes Sammy Run? |
| Debbie Wasserman Schultz |
Politician |
27-Sep-1966 |
|
Congresswoman, Florida 20th |
| Dutch Schultz |
Criminal |
6-Aug-1902 |
24-Oct-1935 |
Bootlegger, murderer, numbers racketeer |
| Howard Schultz |
Business |
19-Jul-1953 |
|
CEO of Starbucks |
| Joel Schumacher |
Film Director |
29-Aug-1939 |
|
The Lost Boys |
| Chuck Schumer |
Politician |
23-Nov-1950 |
|
US Senator from New York |
| Allyson Schwartz |
Politician |
3-Oct-1948 |
|
Congresswoman, Pennsylvania 13th |
| Anna J. Schwartz |
Economist |
11-Nov-1915 |
21-Jun-2012 |
A Monetary History of the United States |
| Arthur Schwartz |
Composer |
4-Nov-1900 |
3-Sep-1984 |
That's Entertainment |
| Delmore Schwartz |
Poet |
8-Dec-1913 |
11-Jul-1966 |
Summer Knowledge |
| Josh Schwartz |
Screenwriter |
6-Aug-1976 |
|
Creator, The O.C. |
| Julius Schwartz |
Cartoonist |
19-Jun-1915 |
8-Feb-2004 |
Silver Age comics pioneer |
| Melvin Schwartz |
Physicist |
2-Nov-1932 |
28-Aug-2006 |
Researcher of neutrinos |
| Sherwood Schwartz |
Film/TV Producer |
14-Nov-1916 |
12-Jul-2011 |
Gilligan's Island, The Brady Bunch |
| William Schwartz |
Business |
6-May-1933 |
|
Dean of Boston University Law, 1980-88 |
| Jason Schwartzman |
Actor |
26-Jun-1980 |
|
Rushmore |
| Stephen A. Schwarzman |
Business |
14-Feb-1947 |
|
Co-Founder, Blackstone Group |
| Karl Schwarzschild |
Astronomer |
9-Oct-1873 |
11-May-1916 |
Black holes, Schwarzschild radius |
| Martin Schwarzschild |
Astronomer |
31-May-1912 |
10-Apr-1997 |
Structure and Evolution of the Stars |
| David Schwimmer |
Actor |
12-Nov-1966 |
|
Ross on Friends |
| Julian Schwinger |
Physicist |
12-Feb-1918 |
16-Jul-1994 |
Quantum electrodynamics |
| Neil Sedaka |
Singer/Songwriter |
13-Mar-1939 |
|
Laughter In The Rain |
| Erich Segal |
Novelist |
16-Jun-1937 |
17-Jan-2010 |
Love Story |
| George Segal |
Actor |
13-Feb-1934 |
|
Fun with Dick and Jane |
| Jason Segel |
Actor |
18-Jan-1980 |
|
How I Met Your Mother |
| Emilio Segrè |
Physicist |
30-Jan-1905 |
22-Apr-1989 |
Co-Discoverer of the antiproton |
| Nathan Seiberg |
Physicist |
22-Sep-1956 |
|
String theorist at Princeton |
| Donald H. Seiler |
Business |
c. 1928 |
|
Seiler & Company LLP |
| Jerry Seinfeld |
Comic |
29-Apr-1954 |
|
A show about nothing |
| Bud Selig |
Baseball |
30-Jul-1934 |
|
Commissioner of Baseball |
| Peter Sellers |
Actor |
8-Sep-1925 |
24-Jul-1980 |
Inspector Clouseau |
| Bruce M. Selya |
Judge |
27-May-1934 |
|
1st Circuit Court of Appeals, 1986-2006 |
| David O. Selznick |
Film/TV Producer |
10-May-1902 |
22-Jun-1965 |
Producer of A Star Is Born |
| Mel Sembler |
Diplomat |
10-May-1930 |
|
US Ambassador to Italy, 2001-05 |
| Maurice Sendak |
Author |
10-Jun-1928 |
8-May-2012 |
Where The Wild Things Are |
| Dan Senor |
Government |
6-Nov-1971 |
|
Senor Strategies LLC |
| MC Serch |
Rapper |
6-May-1967 |
|
3rd Bass MC, produced Nas album Illmatic |
| Rudolf Serkin |
Pianist |
28-Mar-1903 |
8-May-1991 |
Czech-American piano prodigy |
| Phyllis S. Sewell |
Business |
1932 |
|
Ex-VP, Federated Department Stores |
| Paul Shaffer |
Musician |
28-Nov-1949 |
|
David Letterman's bandleader |
| Peter Shaffer |
Playwright |
15-May-1926 |
|
Amadeus, Equus |
| Ben Shahn |
Painter |
12-Sep-1898 |
14-Mar-1969 |
American Social Realist painter |
| Silvan Shalom |
Politician |
4-Oct-1958 |
|
Foreign Minister of Israel, 2003-06 |
| Bob Shamansky |
Politician |
18-Apr-1927 |
11-Aug-2011 |
Congressman from Ohio, 1981-83 |
| Yitzhak Shamir |
Head of State |
15-Oct-1915 |
30-Jun-2012 |
Twice Israeli Prime Minister |
| Albert Shanker |
Labor Leader |
14-Sep-1928 |
22-Feb-1997 |
American Federation of Teachers |
| Adam Shankman |
Film Director |
27-Nov-1964 |
|
Hairspray 2007 |
| Judith Shapiro |
Educator |
24-Jan-1942 |
|
President, Barnard College |
| Karl Shapiro |
Poet |
10-Nov-1913 |
14-May-2000 |
Person, Place and Thing |
| Samuel H. Shapiro |
Politician |
25-Apr-1907 |
16-Mar-1987 |
Governor of Illinois, 1968-69 |
| Milton J. Shapp |
Politician |
25-Jun-1912 |
24-Nov-1994 |
Governor of Pennsylvania, 1971-79 |
| Moshe Sharett |
Head of State |
15-Oct-1894 |
7-Jul-1965 |
Prime Minister of Israel, 1953-55 |
| Ariel Sharon |
Head of State |
26-Feb-1928 |
|
Prime Minister of Israel, 2001-06 |
| Elliot Sharp |
Musician |
1951 |
|
New York avant-garde musician |
| William Shatner |
Actor |
22-Mar-1931 |
|
Captain Kirk on Star Trek |
| Melville Shavelson |
Film Director |
1-Apr-1917 |
8-Aug-2007 |
Yours, Mine and Ours |
| Shabtai Shavit |
Spy |
? |
|
Director-General of the Mossad, 1989-96 |
| Artie Shaw |
Musician |
23-May-1910 |
30-Dec-2004 |
Clarinetist, big band leader |
| Irwin Shaw |
Playwright |
27-Feb-1913 |
16-May-1984 |
Rich Man, Poor Man |
| Wallace Shawn |
Actor |
12-Nov-1943 |
|
Ate dinner with Andre |
| William Shawn |
Journalist |
31-Aug-1907 |
8-Dec-1992 |
Editor of The New Yorker, 1952-87 |
| Zalman Shazar |
Head of State |
6-Oct-1889 |
5-Oct-1974 |
President of Israel, 1963-73 |
| Harry Shearer |
Comic |
23-Dec-1943 |
|
Almost half the voices on The Simpsons |
| Dan Shechtman |
Chemist |
24-Jan-1941 |
|
Discovered quasicrystals |
| Sid Sheinberg |
Business |
14-Jan-1935 |
|
President and COO of MCA, 1973-95 |
| Adrienne Shelly |
Actor |
24-Jun-1966 |
1-Nov-2006 |
Waitress |
| Brad Sherman |
Politician |
24-Oct-1954 |
|
Congressman, California 27th |
| Cary Sherman |
Lobbyist |
c. 1946 |
|
CEO of the RIAA |
| Vincent Sherman |
Film Director |
16-Jul-1906 |
18-Jun-2006 |
The Young Philadelphians |
| Jerome J. Shestack |
Attorney |
11-Feb-1923 |
18-Aug-2011 |
Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis |
| Armin Shimerman |
Actor |
5-Nov-1949 |
|
Quark on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine |
| Iosif S. Shklovskii |
Astronomer |
1-Jul-1916 |
3-Mar-1985 |
Synchrotron radiation of the Crab Nebula |
| Amity Shlaes |
Columnist |
1960 |
|
The Forgotten Man |
| David Shoenberg |
Physicist |
4-Jan-1911 |
10-Mar-2004 |
Physicist at Cambridge |
| Isaac Shoenberg |
Engineer |
1-Mar-1880 |
25-Jan-1963 |
405-line format television |
| David Sholtz |
Politician |
6-Oct-1891 |
21-Mar-1953 |
Governor of Florida, 1933-37 |
| Dinah Shore |
Singer |
29-Feb-1916 |
24-Feb-1994 |
See the U-S-A in a Chev-ro-let |
| Pauly Shore |
Comic |
1-Feb-1968 |
|
Encino Man |
| Walter Shorenstein |
Business |
23-Feb-1915 |
24-Jun-2010 |
San Francisco real estate mogul |
| Zalman Shoval |
Diplomat |
28-Apr-1930 |
|
Twice Israeli Ambassdor to the US |
| Michael Showalter |
Comic |
17-Jun-1970 |
|
The State |
| Lee Shubert |
Theatre Producer |
25-Mar-1871 |
25-Dec-1953 |
Broke the Erlanger theater syndicate |
| Martin Shubik |
Economist |
24-Mar-1926 |
|
Economist and game theorist |
| Morton Shulman |
Politician |
25-Apr-1925 |
18-Aug-2000 |
Ontario MPP, iconoclast |
| David Shuster |
Journalist |
18-Apr-1967 |
|
Former MSNBC anchor |
| Joe Shuster |
Cartoonist |
10-Jul-1914 |
30-Jul-1992 |
Co-Creator of Superman |
| Jesse Shwayder |
Business |
26-Mar-1882 |
24-Jul-1970 |
Founder of Samsonite Corporation |
| Bugsy Siegel |
Criminal |
28-Feb-1906 |
20-Jun-1947 |
Brought the mob to Las Vegas |
| Jerry Siegel |
Author |
17-Oct-1914 |
28-Jan-1996 |
Creator of Superman |
| Joel Siegel |
Critic |
7-Jul-1943 |
29-Jun-2007 |
Film critic |
| Ned L. Siegel |
Business |
1952 |
|
The Siegel Group |
| Jamie-Lynn Sigler |
Actor |
15-May-1981 |
|
Tony Soprano's bratty daughter |
| Anna Silk |
Actor |
31-Jan-1974 |
|
Bo on Lost Girl |
| Beverly Sills |
Singer |
25-May-1929 |
2-Jul-2007 |
Soprano at the New York City Opera |
| Howard Da Silva |
Actor |
4-May-1909 |
16-Feb-1986 |
Bartender in The Lost Weekend |
| Joel Silver |
Film/TV Producer |
14-Jul-1952 |
|
Producer, The Matrix |
| Josh Silver |
Musician |
14-Nov-1962 |
|
Keyboardist for Type O Negative |
| Ron Silver |
Actor |
2-Jul-1946 |
15-Mar-2009 |
Wiseguy |
| Sheldon Silver |
Politician |
13-Feb-1944 |
|
Speaker, NY State Assembly |
| Robert Silverberg |
Novelist |
15-Jan-1935 |
|
Nightwings |
| Fred Silverman |
Film/TV Producer |
13-Sep-1937 |
|
TV producer and executive |
| Jonathan Silverman |
Actor |
5-Aug-1966 |
|
The Single Guy |
| Sarah Silverman |
Comic |
1-Dec-1970 |
|
The Sarah Silverman Program |
| Phil Silvers |
Actor |
11-May-1911 |
1-Nov-1985 |
You're in the Army Now |
| Shel Silverstein |
Poet |
25-Sep-1930 |
10-May-1999 |
Where the Sidewalk Ends |
| Alicia Silverstone |
Actor |
4-Oct-1976 |
|
Clueless |
| Gene Simmons |
Bassist |
25-Aug-1949 |
|
Blood-spouting KISS bassist |
| Nick Simmons |
Relative |
22-Jan-1989 |
|
Son of Gene Simmons |
| Simon ben Yohai |
Religion |
fl. 2nd c. AD |
fl. 2nd c. AD |
Galilean Rabbi, Sifre |
| Carly Simon |
Singer/Songwriter |
25-Jun-1945 |
|
You're So Vain |
| Neil Simon |
Playwright |
4-Jul-1927 |
|
The Odd Couple |
| Norton Simon |
Business |
5-Feb-1907 |
2-Jun-1993 |
Founder, Norton Simon Museum |
| Paul Simon |
Singer/Songwriter |
13-Oct-1941 |
|
Simon and Garfunkel |
| Bryan Singer |
Film Director |
17-Sep-1965 |
|
X-Men |
| Isaac Bashevis Singer |
Author |
14-Jul-1904 |
24-Jul-1991 |
Yentl, the Yeshiva Boy |
| Isadore Singer |
Mathematician |
3-May-1924 |
|
Atiyah-Singer index theorem |
| Lori Singer |
Actor |
6-Nov-1957 |
|
Footloose |
| Peter Singer |
Philosopher |
6-Jul-1946 |
|
Animal Liberation |
| Robert Siodmak |
Film Director |
8-Aug-1900 |
10-Mar-1973 |
The Killers |
| Norman Sisisky |
Politician |
9-Jun-1927 |
29-Mar-2001 |
Congressman from Virginia, 1983-2001 |
| Gene Siskel |
Critic |
26-Jan-1946 |
20-Feb-1999 |
Siskel and Ebert |
| Helen Slater |
Actor |
15-Dec-1963 |
|
Supergirl |
| Carl S. Sloane |
Business |
1937 |
|
Co-Founder, Temple, Barker & Sloane |
| Everett Sloane |
Actor |
1-Oct-1909 |
6-Aug-1965 |
Patterns |
| Lindsay Sloane |
Actor |
8-Aug-1977 |
|
Valerie Birkhead on Sabrina |
| Nicolas Slonimsky |
Musicologist |
27-Apr-1894 |
25-Dec-1995 |
Preeminent musicologist |
| Hillel Slovak |
Guitarist |
13-Apr-1962 |
25-Jun-1988 |
Guitarist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| Dolores K. Sloviter |
Judge |
5-Sep-1932 |
|
3rd Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Robert Smigel |
Actor |
7-Feb-1960 |
|
Triumph the Insult Comic Dog |
| Yakov Smirnoff |
Comic |
24-Jan-1951 |
|
What a country |
| Gregory Smith |
Actor |
6-Jul-1983 |
|
Ephram on Everwood |
| Jacob Smith |
Actor |
21-Jan-1990 |
|
Cheaper by the Dozen |
| Simon E. Sobeloff |
Judge |
3-Dec-1894 |
11-Jul-1973 |
4th US Court of Appeals, 1956-70 |
| Abraham Sofaer |
Actor |
1-Oct-1896 |
21-Jan-1988 |
The Naked Jungle |
| Rena Sofer |
Actor |
2-Dec-1968 |
|
General Hospital |
| Marla Sokoloff |
Actor |
19-Dec-1980 |
|
Lucy Hatcher on The Practice |
| Nahum Sokolow |
Activist |
3-Feb-1859 |
17-May-1936 |
World Zionist Organization |
| Stephen Solarz |
Politician |
12-Sep-1940 |
29-Nov-2010 |
Congressman from New York, 1975-93 |
| Izler Solomon |
Conductor |
11-Jan-1910 |
6-Dec-1987 |
Director, Indianapolis Symphony, 1956-76 |
| Alan D. Solomont |
Business |
1957 |
|
DNC National Finance Chairman, 1997 |
| Georg Solti |
Conductor |
21-Oct-1912 |
5-Sep-1997 |
Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
| Fred Sommers |
Philosopher |
1-Jan-1923 |
|
The Logic of Natural Language |
| Stephen Sondheim |
Composer |
22-Mar-1930 |
|
West Side Story |
| Barry Sonnenfeld |
Film Director |
1-Apr-1953 |
|
Men in Black |
| Susan Sontag |
Author |
16-Jan-1933 |
28-Dec-2004 |
Novelist, critic, intellectual |
| Aaron Sorkin |
Author |
9-Jun-1961 |
|
The West Wing, Sports Night |
| Andrew Ross Sorkin |
Journalist |
19-Feb-1977 |
|
The New York Times |
| Chaim Soutine |
Painter |
1894 |
8-Aug-1944 |
Expressionist painter, Carcass of Beef |
| Michael I. Sovern |
Educator |
1-Dec-1931 |
|
President of Columbia University, 1980-93 |
| Boris Spassky |
Chess Player |
30-Jan-1937 |
|
Grandmaster defeated by Bobby Fischer |
| Arlen Specter |
Politician |
12-Feb-1930 |
|
US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1981-2011 |
| Phil Spector |
Music Producer |
26-Dec-1940 |
|
Creator of the Wall of Sound |
| Regina Spektor |
Singer/Songwriter |
18-Feb-1980 |
|
Anti-folk singer |
| Aaron Spelling |
Film/TV Producer |
22-Apr-1923 |
23-Jun-2006 |
Beverly Hills 90210 |
| James Speyer |
Business |
22-Jul-1861 |
31-Oct-1941 |
New York Banker |
| Sam Spiegel |
Film/TV Producer |
11-Nov-1901 |
31-Dec-1985 |
Lawrence of Arabia |
| Art Spiegelman |
Cartoonist |
15-Feb-1948 |
|
Maus |
| Steven Spielberg |
Film Director |
18-Dec-1946 |
|
E.T. |
| Brent Spiner |
Actor |
2-Feb-1949 |
|
Data on Star Trek: TNG |
| Joel Elias Spingarn |
Critic |
17-May-1875 |
26-Jul-1939 |
Literary critic, NAACP leader |
| Baruch de Spinoza |
Philosopher |
24-Nov-1632 |
21-Feb-1677 |
Rationalist, lensmaker |
| Henry Spira |
Activist |
19-Jun-1927 |
12-Sep-1998 |
Animal rights activist |
| Jordana Spiro |
Actor |
12-Apr-1977 |
|
PJ Franklin on My Boys |
| Mark Spitz |
Swimmer |
10-Feb-1950 |
|
Olympic swimmer |
| Eliot Spitzer |
Government |
10-Jun-1959 |
|
Governor of New York, 2007-08 |
| Philip Sporn |
Engineer |
25-Nov-1896 |
23-Jan-1978 |
American Electric Power Company |
| Jerry Springer |
Talk Show Host |
13-Feb-1944 |
|
The Jerry Springer Show |
| Nancy Spungen |
Victim |
27-Feb-1958 |
12-Oct-1978 |
Sid Vicious's girlfriend |
| Norman H. Stahl |
Judge |
30-Jan-1931 |
|
1st Circuit Court of Appeals, 1992-2001 |
| Susan Stamberg |
Radio Personality |
7-Sep-1938 |
|
NPR |
| Dan Stamper |
Activist |
27-Feb-1969 |
|
Editor of Viscera! vampire webzine |
| Florence Stanley |
Actor |
1-Jul-1924 |
3-Oct-2003 |
Bernice Fish |
| Paul Stanley |
Musician |
20-Jan-1952 |
|
Lead singer for Kiss |
| Darren Star |
Film/TV Producer |
c. 1961 |
|
Creator of Beverly Hills 90210 franchise |
| Ben Stein |
Game Show Host |
25-Nov-1944 |
|
Host of Win Ben Stein's Money |
| Gertrude Stein |
Author |
3-Feb-1874 |
27-Jul-1946 |
Avant-garde writer, salon |
| Herbert Stein |
Economist |
27-Aug-1916 |
8-Sep-1999 |
Economic adviser for Nixon |
| Joel Stein |
Columnist |
23-Jul-1971 |
|
LA Times columnist |
| Joseph Stein |
Playwright |
30-May-1912 |
24-Oct-2010 |
Fiddler on the Roof librettist |
| Jules Stein |
Business |
26-Apr-1896 |
29-Apr-1981 |
Founder of MCA |
| William H. Stein |
Chemist |
25-Jun-1911 |
2-Feb-1980 |
Amino-acid analyzer |
| David Steinberg |
Comic |
9-Aug-1942 |
|
Second City alumnus |
| Elan Steinberg |
Activist |
2-Jun-1952 |
6-Apr-2012 |
World Jewish Congress |
| Saul Steinberg |
Business |
1939 |
|
Ex-CEO of Reliance Group Holdings |
| William Steinberg |
Conductor |
1-Aug-1899 |
16-May-1978 |
Music Director, Pittsburgh Symphony, 1952-76 |
| Jack Steinberger |
Physicist |
25-May-1921 |
|
Researcher of neutrinos |
| Gloria Steinem |
Activist |
25-Mar-1934 |
|
Founder, Ms. Magazine |
| George Steiner |
Critic |
23-Apr-1929 |
|
After Babel |
| Max Steiner |
Composer |
10-May-1888 |
28-Dec-1971 |
Gone With the Wind |
| Laurence A. Steinhardt |
Diplomat |
6-Oct-1892 |
28-Mar-1950 |
US Ambassador to USSR, 1939-41 |
| Ralph M. Steinman |
Biologist |
14-Jan-1943 |
30-Sep-2011 |
Dendritic cells |
| Avraham Stern |
Military |
23-Dec-1907 |
12-Feb-1942 |
Founder of Lohamei Herut Israel |
| Daniel Stern |
Actor |
28-Aug-1957 |
|
City Slickers |
| David J. Stern |
Basketball |
22-Sep-1942 |
|
Commissioner of the NBA |
| Gary H. Stern |
Economist |
3-Nov-1944 |
|
President and CEO, Minneapolis Fed |
| Howard Stern |
Radio Personality |
12-Jan-1954 |
|
The King of All Media |
| Howard K. Stern |
TV Personality |
29-Nov-1968 |
|
Anna Nicole Smith's lawyer |
| Isaac Stern |
Violinist |
21-Jul-1920 |
22-Sep-2001 |
Violin virtuoso |
| Leonard Stern |
Business |
28-Mar-1938 |
|
Billionaire, Hartz pet supply |
| Shoshannah Stern |
Actor |
3-Jul-1980 |
|
Deaf actress |
| Walter P. Stern |
Activist |
26-Sep-1928 |
|
Chairman, Hudson Institute |
| Rachel Stevens |
Musician |
9-Apr-1978 |
|
In UK pop band S Club 7 |
| Jon Stewart |
Comic |
28-Nov-1962 |
|
Anchor of The Daily Show |
| Gary Stiffelman |
Attorney |
c. 1952 |
|
Music industry attorney |
| Ben Stiller |
Actor |
30-Nov-1965 |
|
There's Something About Mary |
| Jerry Stiller |
Actor |
8-Jun-1927 |
|
Frank Costanza on Seinfeld |
| Mike Stoller |
Songwriter |
13-Mar-1933 |
|
Hitmaker for Elvis |
| Nicholas Stoller |
Screenwriter |
19-Mar-1976 |
|
Forgetting Sarah Marshall |
| Harold J. Stone |
Actor |
3-Mar-1911 |
18-Nov-2005 |
The Harder They Fall |
| I. F. Stone |
Journalist |
24-Dec-1907 |
17-Jul-1989 |
I. F. Stone's Weekly |
| Irving Stone |
Novelist |
14-Jul-1903 |
26-Aug-1989 |
Historical biographical novelist |
| Richard B. Stone |
Politician |
22-Sep-1928 |
|
US Senator from Florida, 1975-80 |
| Lee Strasberg |
Theater Director |
17-Nov-1901 |
17-Feb-1982 |
Theater director and acting coach |
| Susan Strasberg |
Actor |
22-May-1938 |
21-Jan-1999 |
Picnic |
| Oscar S. Straus |
Diplomat |
23-Dec-1850 |
3-May-1926 |
Thrice Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire |
| Annette Strauss |
Politician |
26-Jan-1924 |
14-Dec-1998 |
Mayor of Dallas 1987-91 |
| Robert S. Strauss |
Diplomat |
19-Oct-1918 |
|
US Ambassador to Russia, 1991-92 |
| Dominique Strauss-Kahn |
Politician |
25-Apr-1949 |
|
Chairman of the IMF, 2007-11 |
| Barbra Streisand |
Singer |
24-Apr-1942 |
|
You Don't Bring Me Flowers |
| Danny Strong |
Actor |
6-Jun-1974 |
|
Jonathan Levinson on Buffy |
| Charles Stross |
Novelist |
18-Oct-1964 |
|
Accelerando |
| Jule Styne |
Songwriter |
31-Dec-1905 |
20-Sep-1994 |
Three Coins in the Fountain |
| Gregg Sulkin |
Actor |
29-May-1992 |
|
Mason Greyback on Wizards of Waverly Place |
| Arthur Hays Sulzberger |
Publisher |
12-Sep-1891 |
11-Dec-1968 |
New York Times Publisher, 1935-61 |
| Cathy J. Sulzberger |
Business |
1949 |
|
LHIW Real Estate |
| Punch Sulzberger |
Publisher |
5-Feb-1926 |
|
New York Times Publisher, 1963-91 |
| Marc Summers |
Talk Show Host |
11-Nov-1951 |
|
Super Sloppy Double Dare |
| Bruce Sundlun |
Politician |
19-Jan-1920 |
21-Jul-2011 |
Governor of Rhode Island, 1991-95 |
| Joel Surnow |
Film/TV Producer |
18-Dec-1955 |
|
24, Half Hour News Hour |
| Jacqueline Susann |
Novelist |
20-Aug-1918 |
21-Sep-1974 |
Valley of the Dolls |
| David Susskind |
Talk Show Host |
19-Dec-1920 |
22-Feb-1987 |
The David Susskind Show |
| Janet Suzman |
Actor |
9-Feb-1939 |
|
Nicholas and Alexandra |
| Jeffrey Swartz |
Business |
c. 1960 |
|
President and CEO of Timberland |
| James Joseph Sylvester |
Mathematician |
3-Sep-1814 |
15-Mar-1897 |
Studied finite analysis |
| Marcy Syms |
Business |
c. 1951 |
|
Syms Corporation |
| István Szabó |
Film Director |
18-Feb-1938 |
|
Being Julia |
| Sydney Tafler |
Actor |
31-Jul-1916 |
8-Nov-1979 |
The Lavender Hill Mob |
| Orly Taitz |
Activist |
30-Aug-1962 |
|
Defend Our Freedoms Foundation |
| Myles Tanenbaum |
Business |
28-Jun-1930 |
|
Real Estate developer |
| Burton M. Tansky |
Business |
c. 1938 |
|
CEO of Neiman Marcus |
| Jake Tapper |
Journalist |
12-Mar-1969 |
|
ABC Chief White House Correspondent |
| Lilyan Tashman |
Actor |
23-Oct-1899 |
21-Mar-1934 |
Puttin' on the Ritz |
| Henry Taub |
Business |
20-Sep-1927 |
31-Mar-2011 |
Founder of ADP |
| Nicholas F. Taubman |
Business |
c. 1935 |
|
Advance Auto Parts scion |
| Elizabeth Taylor |
Actor |
27-Feb-1932 |
23-Mar-2011 |
Cleopatra |
| Julie Taymor |
Film Director |
15-Dec-1952 |
|
Across the Universe |
| Brian Teacher |
Tennis |
23-Dec-1954 |
|
Winner, 1980 Australian Open |
| Edward Teller |
Physicist |
15-Jan-1908 |
9-Sep-2003 |
Father of the Hydrogen Bomb |
| Howard M. Temin |
Scientist |
10-Dec-1934 |
9-Feb-1994 |
Tumor viruses and host genetics |
| Lionel Tertis |
Violist |
29-Dec-1876 |
22-Feb-1975 |
First prominent violist |
| Abigail Thernstrom |
Author |
1936 |
|
Opponent of Affirmative Action |
| Eddie Kaye Thomas |
Actor |
31-Oct-1980 |
|
American Pie |
| Khleo Thomas |
Actor |
30-Jan-1989 |
|
Roll Bounce |
| Michael Tilson Thomas |
Conductor |
21-Dec-1944 |
|
Music Director, SF Symphony |
| Andre Tippett |
Football |
27-Dec-1959 |
|
New England Patriots, Hall of Famer |
| Andrew H. Tisch |
Business |
c. 1950 |
|
Loews Corporation |
| Bob Tisch |
Business |
29-Apr-1926 |
15-Nov-2005 |
CEO of Loews, Owner NY Giants |
| James S. Tisch |
Business |
2-Jan-1953 |
|
CEO of Loews |
| Jonathan M. Tisch |
Business |
7-Dec-1953 |
|
CEO of Loews Hotels |
| Laurence Tisch |
Business |
5-Mar-1923 |
15-Nov-2003 |
CEO of CBS, 1986-95 |
| Ashley Tisdale |
Actor |
2-Jul-1985 |
|
Maddie on Zack and Cody |
| James Toback |
Film Director |
23-Nov-1944 |
|
The Pick-up Artist |
| George Tobias |
Actor |
14-Jul-1901 |
27-Feb-1980 |
Abner Kravitz on Bewitched |
| Stephen Tobolowsky |
Actor |
30-May-1951 |
|
Ned Ryerson in Groundhog Day |
| Michael Todd |
Film/TV Producer |
22-Jun-1909 |
22-Mar-1958 |
Around the World in Eighty Days |
| Martin Tolchin |
Journalist |
20-Sep-1928 |
|
Founder, The Hill |
| Robert I. Toll |
Business |
c. 1941 |
|
Co-Founder of Toll Brothers |
| Ernst Toller |
Playwright |
1-Dec-1893 |
22-May-1939 |
Transformation |
| Jeffrey Toobin |
Attorney |
21-May-1960 |
|
CNN Senior Legal Analyst |
| Chaim Topol |
Actor |
9-Sep-1935 |
|
Fiddler on the Roof |
| Mel Tormé |
Singer |
13-Sep-1925 |
5-Jun-1999 |
The Velvet Fog |
| Dara Torres |
Swimmer |
15-Apr-1967 |
|
Swimmer, won medals in 5 Olympics |
| Frank D. Trestman |
Business |
c. 1933 |
|
CEO of Mass Merchandisers, 1983-87 |
| Calvin Trillin |
Comic |
5-Dec-1935 |
|
Humorist |
| Diana Trilling |
Critic |
21-Jul-1905 |
23-Oct-1996 |
Literary critic, The Nation |
| Lionel Trilling |
Critic |
4-Jul-1905 |
5-Nov-1975 |
The Liberal Imagination |
| Joe Trohman |
Guitarist |
1-Sep-1984 |
|
Guitarist for Fall Out Boy |
| Barbara Tuchman |
Historian |
30-Jan-1912 |
6-Feb-1989 |
A Distant Mirror |
| Richard Tucker |
Singer |
28-Aug-1913 |
8-Jan-1975 |
Operatic tenor, NY Metropolitan Opera |
| Sophie Tucker |
Singer |
13-Jan-1884 |
9-Feb-1966 |
Some of These Days |
| Jon Turteltaub |
Film Director |
8-Aug-1963 |
|
National Treasure |
| Amos Tversky |
Psychologist |
16-Mar-1937 |
2-Jun-1996 |
Cognitive psychologist, studied risks |
| Tristan Tzara |
Poet |
16-Apr-1896 |
24-Dec-1963 |
Founded the Dada movement |
| Ricky Ullman |
Actor |
24-Jan-1986 |
|
Phil of the Future |
| Leon Uris |
Novelist |
3-Aug-1924 |
21-Jun-2003 |
Battle Cry |
| Abigail Van Buren |
Columnist |
4-Jul-1918 |
|
Dear Abby emeritus |
| Anneliese van der Pol |
Actor |
23-Sep-1984 |
|
Chelsea Daniels on That's So Raven |
| Bobby Van |
Actor |
6-Dec-1928 |
31-Jul-1980 |
Broadway actor |
| Harold E. Varmus |
Scientist |
18-Dec-1939 |
|
Genetic causes of cancer |
| Michael Vartan |
Actor |
27-Nov-1968 |
|
Never Been Kissed |
| Frankie Vaughan |
Singer |
3-Feb-1928 |
18-Sep-1999 |
Give Me the Moonlight, Give Me the Girl |
| Immanuel Velikovsky |
Author |
10-Jun-1895 |
17-Nov-1979 |
Worlds in Collision |
| Gabriele Veneziano |
Physicist |
20-Feb-1942 |
|
Father of string theory |
| Charles Vidor |
Film Director |
27-Jul-1900 |
4-Jun-1959 |
A Farewell to Arms |
| Bruce Vilanch |
Author |
23-Nov-1948 |
|
The fat guy who writes everyone's jokes |
| Andrew J. Viterbi |
Engineer |
9-Mar-1935 |
|
Viterbi Algorithm |
| Christoph von Dohnányi |
Conductor |
8-Sep-1929 |
|
Conductor, Cleveland Orchestra, 1984-2002 |
| Diane von Furstenberg |
Fashion Designer |
31-Dec-1946 |
|
Fashion designer |
| Ludwig von Mises |
Economist |
29-Sep-1881 |
10-Oct-1973 |
Libertarian Economist |
| Albert Von Tilzer |
Songwriter |
29-Mar-1878 |
1-Oct-1956 |
Take Me Out To The Ball Game |
| Harry Von Tilzer |
Songwriter |
8-Jul-1872 |
10-Jan-1946 |
Just Like The Girl Who Married Dear Old Dad |
| Marvin Wachman |
Educator |
24-Mar-1917 |
22-Dec-2007 |
Temple University President, 1973-83 |
| David Wain |
Actor |
1-Aug-1969 |
|
The State |
| Sam Waksal |
Business |
8-Sep-1947 |
|
CEO, ImClone |
| Selman A. Waksman |
Scientist |
22-Jul-1888 |
16-Aug-1973 |
Streptomycin and other antibiotics |
| George Wald |
Biologist |
18-Nov-1906 |
12-Apr-1997 |
Physiology of the retina |
| Lillian Wald |
Activist |
10-Mar-1867 |
1-Sep-1940 |
Henry Street Settlement |
| Mike Wallace |
Journalist |
9-May-1918 |
7-Apr-2012 |
Veteran 60 Minutes correspondent |
| Eli Wallach |
Actor |
7-Dec-1915 |
|
The Magnificent Seven |
| Otto Wallach |
Chemist |
27-Mar-1847 |
26-Feb-1931 |
Terpenes and essential oils |
| Marc Wallice |
Pornstar |
3-Oct-1959 |
|
HIV+ pornstar |
| Hal B. Wallis |
Film/TV Producer |
14-Sep-1899 |
5-Oct-1986 |
Casablanca |
| Barbara Walters |
Journalist |
25-Sep-1929 |
|
20/20, The View |
| Michael Walzer |
Philosopher |
3-Mar-1935 |
|
Just and Unjust Wars |
| Zoë Wanamaker |
Actor |
13-May-1949 |
|
Susan Harper on My Family |
| Judge Wapner |
TV Personality |
15-Nov-1919 |
|
People's Court |
| Aby Warburg |
Scholar |
13-Jun-1866 |
26-Oct-1929 |
Founder of the Warburg Institute |
| Felix M. Warburg |
Business |
14-Jan-1871 |
20-Oct-1937 |
Kuhn, Loeb and Co. |
| Max M. Warburg |
Business |
5-Jun-1867 |
26-Dec-1946 |
M. M. Warburg & Company |
| Paul M. Warburg |
Business |
10-Aug-1868 |
24-Jan-1932 |
The Federal Reserve System |
| David Warner |
Actor |
29-Jul-1941 |
|
The Omen |
| Jack L. Warner |
Business |
2-Aug-1892 |
9-Sep-1978 |
Co-Founder, Warner Bros. |
| Lesley Ann Warren |
Actor |
16-Aug-1946 |
|
The Limey |
| Kevin M. Warsh |
Economist |
13-Apr-1970 |
|
Federal Reserve Governor, 2006-11 |
| Lew Wasserman |
Business |
22-Mar-1913 |
3-Jun-2002 |
Chairman and CEO of MCA, 1946-95 |
| August von Wassermann |
Biologist |
21-Feb-1866 |
16-Mar-1925 |
Syphilis test |
| Bruce Wasserstein |
Business |
25-Dec-1947 |
14-Oct-2009 |
Wall Street dealmaker |
| Al Waxman |
Actor |
2-Mar-1935 |
18-Jan-2001 |
Lt. Samuels on Cagney and Lacey |
| Henry Waxman |
Politician |
12-Sep-1939 |
|
Congressman, California 30th |
| Edgar Wayburn |
Activist |
17-Sep-1906 |
5-Mar-2010 |
Conservationist, Sierra Club president |
| Murray L. Weidenbaum |
Economist |
10-Feb-1927 |
|
Council of Economic Advisers, 1981-82 |
| Helene Weigel |
Actor |
12-May-1900 |
6-May-1971 |
The Berliner Ensemble |
| Kurt Weill |
Composer |
2-Mar-1900 |
3-Apr-1950 |
The Threepenny Opera |
| Sanford I. Weill |
Business |
16-Mar-1933 |
|
CEO of Citigroup, 1998-2003 |
| Max Weinberg |
Drummer |
13-Apr-1951 |
|
Drummer for Springsteen and Conan |
| Anthony Weiner |
Politician |
4-Sep-1964 |
|
Congressman from New York, 1999-2011 |
| Randi Weingarten |
Labor Leader |
1957 |
|
President, United Federation of Teachers |
| Bob Weinstein |
Film/TV Producer |
1954 |
|
Miramax and Dimension Films |
| Harvey Weinstein |
Film/TV Producer |
19-Mar-1952 |
|
Miramax and The Weinstein Co. |
| Mikey Weinstein |
Activist |
c. 1955 |
|
With God on Our Side |
| Ellen L. Weintraub |
Government |
? |
|
US FEC Commissioner |
| Ronald Weiser |
Diplomat |
7-Jul-1945 |
|
US Ambassador to Slovakia, 2001-04 |
| Cora Weiss |
Activist |
? |
|
Samuel Rubin Foundation |
| Michael T. Weiss |
Actor |
2-Feb-1962 |
|
The Pretender |
| Morry Weiss |
Business |
1940 |
|
CEO of American Greetings, 1987-2003 |
| Theodore S. Weiss |
Politician |
17-Sep-1927 |
14-Sep-1992 |
Congressman from New York, 1977-92 |
| Zev Weiss |
Business |
c. 1966 |
|
CEO of American Greetings |
| Victor Weisskopf |
Physicist |
19-Sep-1908 |
21-Apr-2002 |
Head of CERN, 1961-65 |
| George Weissman |
Business |
12-Jul-1919 |
24-Jul-2009 |
CEO of Philip Morris, 1978-84 |
| Rachel Weisz |
Actor |
7-Mar-1971 |
|
The Constant Gardener |
| Bruce Weitz |
Actor |
27-May-1943 |
|
Sgt. Belker on Hill Street Blues |
| Ezer Weizman |
Head of State |
15-Jun-1924 |
24-Apr-2005 |
President of Israel, 1993-2000 |
| Chaim Weizmann |
Head of State |
27-Nov-1874 |
9-Nov-1952 |
First President of Israel |
| Paul Wellstone |
Politician |
21-Jul-1944 |
25-Oct-2002 |
US Senator from Minnesota, 1991-2002 |
| Arnold Wesker |
Playwright |
24-May-1932 |
|
The Kitchen |
| David Wessel |
Journalist |
c. 1953 |
|
Wall Street Journal |
| Nathanael West |
Author |
17-Oct-1903 |
22-Dec-1940 |
The Day of the Locust |
| Jennifer Westfeldt |
Actor |
2-Feb-1970 |
|
Notes from the Underbelly |
| Ruth Westheimer |
Talk Show Host |
4-Jun-1928 |
|
4'7" of concentrated sex |
| Rob Wexler |
Politician |
2-Jan-1961 |
|
Former Congressman from Florida |
| Abigail S. Wexner |
Relative |
c. 1962 |
|
Wife of Leslie H. Wexner |
| Leslie H. Wexner |
Business |
8-Sep-1937 |
|
CEO of Limited Brands |
| Shannon Whirry |
Actor |
7-Nov-1964 |
|
Softcore star |
| Jacques L. Wiener, Jr. |
Judge |
2-Oct-1934 |
|
5th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Norbert Wiener |
Mathematician |
26-Nov-1894 |
18-Mar-1964 |
Cybernetics |
| Elie Wiesel |
Activist |
30-Sep-1928 |
|
Anti-Holocaust and human-rights activist |
| Leon Wieseltier |
Editor |
14-Jun-1952 |
|
The New Republic |
| Simon Wiesenthal |
Activist |
31-Dec-1908 |
20-Sep-2005 |
Nazi hunter |
| Eugene Wigner |
Physicist |
17-Nov-1902 |
1-Jan-1995 |
Law of conservation of parity |
| Billy Wilder |
Film Director |
22-Jun-1906 |
27-Mar-2002 |
Sunset Blvd. |
| Gene Wilder |
Actor |
11-Jun-1933 |
|
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory |
| Gail R. Wilensky |
Activist |
14-Jun-1943 |
|
Health care official |
| Richard Willstätter |
Chemist |
13-Aug-1872 |
3-Aug-1942 |
Plant pigments |
| Paul Winchell |
Actor |
21-Dec-1922 |
24-Jun-2005 |
Ventriloquist and inventor |
| Jerry Wind |
Educator |
c. 1939 |
|
Director, SEI Center, Wharton |
| Amy Winehouse |
Singer |
14-Sep-1983 |
23-Jul-2011 |
Rehab |
| Debra Winger |
Actor |
16-May-1955 |
|
An Officer and a Gentleman |
| Jon Winkelried |
Business |
c. 1959 |
|
Formerly Co-COO of Goldman Sachs |
| Henry Winkler |
Actor |
30-Oct-1945 |
|
Fonz on Happy Days |
| Irwin Winkler |
Film/TV Producer |
25-May-1931 |
|
Rocky |
| Philip D. Winn |
Criminal |
1-Feb-1925 |
|
HUD scandal figure pardoned by Clinton |
| Mare Winningham |
Actor |
16-May-1959 |
|
Georgia |
| Marissa Jaret Winokur |
Actor |
2-Feb-1973 |
|
Hairspray |
| Shelley Winters |
Actor |
18-Aug-1920 |
14-Jan-2006 |
Method actress and camp queen |
| Jay S. Wintrob |
Business |
1958 |
|
CEO, AIG Retirement Services |
| Adele Wiseman |
Author |
21-May-1928 |
1-Jun-1992 |
The Sacrifice |
| Frederick Wiseman |
Film Director |
1-Jan-1930 |
|
Titicut Follies |
| Edward Witten |
Physicist |
26-Aug-1951 |
|
String theorist at Princeton |
| Bertram D. Wolfe |
Historian |
19-Jan-1896 |
21-Feb-1977 |
Three Who Made a Revolution |
| Alex Wolff |
Drummer |
1-Nov-1997 |
|
The Naked Brothers Band |
| Nat Wolff |
Musician |
17-Dec-1994 |
|
The Naked Brothers Band |
| Marv Wolfman |
Cartoonist |
13-May-1946 |
|
Former Editor-In-Chief of Marvel Comics |
| Paul Wolfowitz |
Government |
22-Dec-1943 |
|
President of the World Bank, 2005-07 |
| Louis Wolfson |
Business |
28-Jan-1912 |
30-Dec-2007 |
Business criminal, horse breeder |
| James Wolk |
Actor |
22-Mar-1985 |
|
Front of the Class |
| Howard Wolpe |
Government |
2-Nov-1939 |
25-Oct-2011 |
Congressman from Michigan, 1979-83 |
| Herman Wouk |
Novelist |
27-May-1915 |
|
The Caine Mutiny |
| Robert Wuhl |
Actor |
9-Oct-1951 |
|
Arliss on Arli$$ |
| Ron Wyden |
Politician |
3-May-1949 |
|
US Senator from Oregon |
| Noah Wyle |
Actor |
4-Jun-1971 |
|
Dr. John Carter on ER |
| Boaz Yakin |
Screenwriter |
20-Jun-1966 |
|
Remember the Titans |
| Rosalyn Sussman Yalow |
Physicist |
19-Jul-1921 |
30-May-2011 |
Developed radioimmunoassay technique |
| Elliott Yamin |
Singer |
20-Jul-1978 |
|
American Idol |
| Peter Yarrow |
Singer |
31-May-1938 |
|
The Peter in Peter, Paul, and Mary |
| Sidney Yates |
Politician |
27-Aug-1909 |
5-Oct-2000 |
Congressman from Illinois, 1949-99 |
| Anton Yelchin |
Actor |
11-Mar-1989 |
|
Delivering Milo |
| Jack Yellen |
Songwriter |
6-Jul-1892 |
17-Apr-1991 |
Happy Days Are Here Again |
| Anzia Yezierska |
Novelist |
c. 1880 |
21-Nov-1970 |
Bread Givers |
| Ada E. Yonath |
Scientist |
22-Jun-1939 |
|
Cryocrystallography |
| Kevin Youkilis |
Baseball |
15-Mar-1979 |
|
Chicago White Sox |
| Stephen Young |
Actor |
19-May-1939 |
|
Ben Caldwell on Judd for the Defense |
| Mark G. Yudof |
Educator |
30-Oct-1944 |
|
President of the University of California |
| Harris Yulin |
Actor |
5-Nov-1937 |
|
Roger Stanton on 24 |
| Saul Zaentz |
Film/TV Producer |
28-Feb-1921 |
|
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
| Edward J. Zander |
Business |
12-Jan-1947 |
|
CEO of Motorola, 2004-07 |
| Israel Zangwill |
Playwright |
14-Feb-1864 |
1-Aug-1926 |
Children of the Ghetto |
| Abraham Zapruder |
Cinematographer |
15-May-1905 |
30-Aug-1970 |
Documented JFK's assassination on film |
| Fred S. Zeidman |
Business |
c. 1947 |
|
GOP activist |
| Solomon Zeitlin |
Historian |
1886 |
1976 |
Dead Sea Scrolls debunker |
| Samuel Zell |
Business |
28-Sep-1941 |
|
Equity Office Properties billionaire |
| James David Zellerbach |
Business |
17-Jan-1892 |
1963 |
US Ambassador to Italy, 1957-60 |
| Strauss Zelnick |
Business |
26-Jun-1957 |
|
CEO of BMG Entertainment, 1998-2000 |
| Howard Zieff |
Film Director |
21-Oct-1927 |
22-Feb-2009 |
Private Benjamin |
| Efrem Zimbalist |
Violinist |
9-Apr-1889 |
22-Feb-1985 |
Russian-American violinist |
| Stephanie Zimbalist |
Actor |
8-Oct-1956 |
|
Remington Steele |
| Carl Zimmer |
Author |
13-Jul--1966 |
|
Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea |
| Richard Zimmer |
Politician |
16-Aug-1944 |
|
Congressman from New Jersey, 1991-97 |
| Marvin Zindler |
Journalist |
10-Aug-1921 |
29-Jul-2007 |
Houston reporter, KTRK-TV |
| Howard Zinn |
Historian |
24-Aug-1922 |
27-Jan-2010 |
A People's History of the United States |
| Fred Zinnemann |
Film Director |
29-Apr-1907 |
14-Mar-1997 |
From Here to Eternity |
| Grigory Zinoviev |
Government |
23-Sep-1883 |
25-Aug-1936 |
Old Bolshevik executed during the Great Purge |
| Edward Zorinsky |
Politician |
11-Nov-1928 |
6-Mar-1987 |
US Senator from Nebraska, 1976-87 |
| John Zorn |
Composer |
2-Sep-1953 |
|
Prolific avant-garde composer |
| David Zucker |
Film Director |
16-Oct-1947 |
|
Airplane! |
| Jerry Zucker |
Film Director |
11-Mar-1950 |
|
Ghost |
| Mark Zuckerberg |
Business |
14-May-1984 |
|
Founder of Facebook |
| Louis Zukofsky |
Poet |
23-Jan-1904 |
12-May-1978 |
Co-Founded Objectivist poetry movement |
| Adolph Zukor |
Business |
7-Jan-1873 |
10-Jun-1976 |
Founder of Paramount Pictures |
| Terry Zwigoff |
Film Director |
18-May-1949 |
|
Ghost World |