| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Walter Abish |
Author |
24-Dec-1931 |
|
Alphabetical Africa |
| Paul Ableman |
Novelist |
13-Jun-1927 |
25-Oct-2006 |
I Hear Voices |
| Roman Abramovich |
Business |
24-Oct-1966 |
|
Russian oligarch |
| Leonard Abramson |
Business |
1932 |
|
Founder, US Healthcare |
| Sheldon Adelson |
Business |
Aug-1933 |
|
World's 19th richest man, 2005 |
| Theodor Adorno |
Philosopher |
11-Sep-1903 |
6-Aug-1969 |
Dialectic of Enlightenment |
| Shmuel Agnon |
Author |
17-Jul-1888 |
17-Feb-1970 |
'Tmol Shilshom |
| Larry Agran |
Politician |
2-Feb-1945 |
|
Twice Mayor of Irvine, California |
| George A. Akerlof |
Economist |
17-Jun-1940 |
|
Asymmetric markets |
| Marv Albert |
Sports Figure |
12-Jun-1941 |
|
Yessssssss! |
| Stew Albert |
Activist |
4-Dec-1939 |
30-Jan-2006 |
Founding Yippie |
| Madeleine Albright |
Diplomat |
15-May-1937 |
|
Bill Clinton's Secretary of State |
| George Allen |
Politician |
8-Mar-1952 |
|
US Senator from Virginia |
| Herb Alpert |
Musician |
31-Mar-1935 |
|
Tijuana Brass and the "A" in A&M Records |
| Barbara Amiel |
Journalist |
4-Dec-1940 |
|
Director of The Spectator |
| Natalie Angier |
Journalist |
16-Feb-1958 |
|
Science reporter |
| Walter Annenberg |
Business |
13-Mar-1908 |
1-Oct-2002 |
Media mogul, created TV Guide |
| Eddie Antar |
Business |
18-Dec-1947 |
|
Crazy Eddie |
| Diane Arbus |
Photographer |
14-Mar-1923 |
26-Jul-1971 |
Influential photographer |
| Alan Arkin |
Actor |
26-Mar-1934 |
|
Catch 22 |
| Roland Arnall |
Business |
1939 |
|
Ameriquest billionaire |
| David Arquette |
Actor |
8-Sep-1971 |
|
Muppets From Space |
| Isaac Asimov |
Author |
2-Jan-1920 |
6-Apr-1992 |
Foundation |
| Leon Askin |
Actor |
18-Sep-1907 |
3-Jun-2005 |
General Burkhalter on Hogan's Heroes |
| Tobias Asser |
Activist |
28-Apr-1838 |
29-Jul-1913 |
Hague Court of Arbitration |
| Red Auerbach |
Basketball |
20-Sep-1917 |
28-Oct-2006 |
Boston Celtics coach |
| Jean-Pierre Aumont |
Actor |
5-Jan-1911 |
30-Jan-2001 |
La Machine Infernale |
| Richard Axel |
Scientist |
2-Jul-1946 |
|
Odorant receptors and olfactory organization |
| David Axelrod |
Government |
c. 1954 |
|
Obama's chief political advisor |
| Hertha Ayrton |
Physicist |
28-Apr-1854 |
26-Aug-1923 |
Electric arc |
| Hank Azaria |
Actor |
25-Apr-1964 |
|
Moe and Apu on The Simpsons |
| Lauren Bacall |
Actor |
16-Sep-1924 |
|
Key Largo |
| Dr. Michael Baden |
Doctor |
? |
|
Forensic pathologist on HBO's Autopsy |
| Max Baer, Jr. |
Actor |
4-Dec-1937 |
|
Jethro on The Beverly Hillbillies |
| Max Baer |
Boxing |
11-Feb-1909 |
21-Nov-1959 |
Beat Max Schmeling in 1933 |
| Ralph Baer |
Inventor |
1922 |
|
Father of the home video game console |
| Oksana Baiul |
Skating |
16-Nov-1977 |
|
Olympic figure skater |
| Bob Balaban |
Film Director |
16-Aug-1945 |
|
Parents |
| John Banner |
Actor |
28-Jan-1910 |
28-Jan-1973 |
Sgt. Schultz on Hogan's Heroes |
| Ehud Barak |
Head of State |
12-Feb-1942 |
|
Prime Minister of Israel 1999-2001 |
| Paul Baran |
Scientist |
29-Apr-1926 |
|
Early networking pioneer |
| Robert Bárány |
Doctor |
22-Apr-1876 |
8-Apr-1936 |
Studied inner ear, equilibrium system |
| Binnie Barnes |
Actor |
25-May-1903 |
27-Jul-1998 |
The Private Life of Henry VIII |
| Rona Barrett |
Columnist |
8-Oct-1936 |
|
Entertainment gossip columnist |
| Dana Bash |
Journalist |
c. 1972 |
|
CNN Congressional correspondent |
| Beck |
Musician |
8-Jul-1970 |
|
Loser |
| Baruj Benacerraf |
Scientist |
29-Oct-1920 |
|
Gene control of HLA antigens |
| Lawrence Bender |
Film/TV Producer |
17-Oct-1957 |
|
A Band Apart |
| Medea Benjamin |
Activist |
10-Sep-1952 |
|
CODEPINK, Global Exchange cofounder |
| Alan Berg |
Radio Personality |
Jan-1934 |
18-Jun-1984 |
Murdered radio host |
| Dave Berg |
Cartoonist |
12-Jun-1920 |
17-May-2002 |
The Lighter Side of... |
| Lowell Bergman |
Film/TV Producer |
24-Jul-1945 |
|
Former 60 Minutes producer |
| Mary Kay Bergman |
Actor |
5-Jun-1961 |
11-Nov-1999 |
South Park |
| Alexander Berkman |
Anarchist |
21-Nov-1870 |
28-Jun-1936 |
A.B.C. of Anarchism |
| Edward Bernays |
Business |
22-Nov-1891 |
9-Mar-1995 |
Propaganda |
| Sarah Bernhardt |
Actor |
22-Oct-1844 |
26-Mar-1923 |
French theatre actress |
| Steven Jesse Bernstein |
Poet |
4-Dec-1950 |
22-Oct-1991 |
Grunge poet and punk rocker |
| Stuart Bernstein |
Diplomat |
1938 |
|
US Ambassador to Denmark, 2001-05 |
| Bruno Bettelheim |
Psychologist |
28-Aug-1903 |
13-Mar-1990 |
Fraudulent child psychologist |
| Kenneth Bialkin |
Attorney |
1929 |
|
Mergers & Acquisitions lawyer |
| László Bíró |
Inventor |
29-Sep-1899 |
24-Oct-1985 |
Ballpoint pen |
| Jack Black |
Musician |
28-Aug-1969 |
|
Half of Tenacious D |
| David Blaine |
Magician |
4-Apr-1973 |
|
World's least engrossing daredevil |
| Yasmine Bleeth |
Actor |
14-Jun-1968 |
|
Baywatch babe |
| Marc Blitzstein |
Composer |
2-Mar-1905 |
22-Jan-1964 |
The Cradle Will Rock |
| Ernst Bloch |
Philosopher |
8-Jul-1885 |
4-Aug-1977 |
Principle of Hope |
| Konrad Bloch |
Scientist |
21-Jan-1912 |
15-Oct-2000 |
Cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism |
| Scott Bloch |
Government |
c. 1958 |
|
Office of Special Counsel |
| Susan Block |
Talk Show Host |
c. 1951 |
|
Sexpert |
| Baruch S. Blumberg |
Scientist |
28-Jul-1925 |
|
Hepatitis B vaccine |
| David Bohm |
Physicist |
20-Dec-1917 |
29-Oct-1992 |
Particle physicist |
| Marc Bolan |
Musician |
30-Sep-1947 |
16-Sep-1977 |
Frontman of band T-Rex |
| Lisa Bonet |
Actor |
16-Nov-1967 |
|
Denise on The Cosby Show |
| Elayne Boosler |
Comic |
18-Aug-1952 |
|
Has had 7 cable comedy specials |
| Alex Borstein |
Comic |
15-Feb-1971 |
|
Ms. Swan on MADtv |
| Rudy Boschwitz |
Business |
7-Nov-1930 |
|
US Senator from Minnesota, 1978-91 |
| Shmuley Boteach |
Religion |
19-Nov-1966 |
|
Shalom in the Home |
| Rob Bourdon |
Drummer |
20-Jan-1979 |
|
Linkin Park drummer |
| Caprice Bourret |
Model |
24-Oct-1971 |
|
Model and actress and singer and whatever |
| Gloria Brame |
Author |
20-Aug-1955 |
|
Clinical sexologist |
| Sydney Brenner |
Scientist |
13-Jan-1927 |
|
Genetic regulation of organ development |
| Eli Broad |
Business |
6-Jun-1933 |
|
Billionaire |
| Matthew Broderick |
Actor |
21-Mar-1962 |
|
Ferris Bueller's Day Off |
| Emanuel Bronner |
Business |
1-Feb-1908 |
7-Mar-1997 |
Soap label philosopher |
| Mel Brooks |
Film Director |
28-Jun-1926 |
|
Blazing Saddles |
| Aaron Brown |
Journalist |
10-Nov-1948 |
|
CNN Newsnight host |
| Susan Brownmiller |
Activist |
15-Feb-1935 |
|
Feminist, Against Our Will |
| Lenny Bruce |
Comic |
13-Oct-1925 |
3-Aug-1966 |
Multiply obscene comic |
| Lane Bryant |
Fashion Designer |
1-Dec-1879 |
26-Sep-1951 |
Plus-size designer |
| Horst Buchholz |
Actor |
4-Dec-1933 |
3-Mar-2003 |
The Magnificent Seven |
| Richard Burton |
Actor |
10-Nov-1925 |
5-Aug-1984 |
Nineteen Eighty Four |
| Sid Caesar |
Comic |
8-Sep-1922 |
|
Your Show of Shows |
| Elias Canetti |
Author |
25-Jul-1905 |
14-Aug-1994 |
Crowds and Power |
| Georg Cantor |
Mathematician |
3-Mar-1845 |
6-Jan-1918 |
Founder of set theory |
| Al Capp |
Cartoonist |
28-Sep-1909 |
5-Nov-1979 |
Creator of L'il Abner |
| Benjamin Cardozo |
Judge |
24-May-1870 |
9-Jul-1938 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1932-38 |
| Kitty Carlisle |
Singer |
3-Sep-1910 |
18-Apr-2007 |
A Night at the Opera |
| Nick Carter |
Singer |
28-Jan-1980 |
|
The Backstreet Boys |
| Max Casella |
Actor |
6-Jun-1967 |
|
Benny Fazio on The Sopranos |
| Phoebe Cates |
Actor |
16-Jul-1963 |
|
Fast Times at Ridgemont High |
| Dov Charney |
Business |
31-Jan-1969 |
|
American Apparel CEO |
| David Charvet |
Actor |
15-May-1972 |
|
Matt Brody on Baywatch |
| Erwin Chemerinsky |
Scholar |
14-May-1953 |
|
Legal Scholar |
| Michael Chertoff |
Government |
28-Nov-1953 |
|
US Homeland Security Czar |
| Noam Chomsky |
Linguist |
7-Dec-1928 |
|
Linguist, dissident intellectual |
| David N. Cicilline |
Politician |
15-Jul-1961 |
|
Mayor of Providence |
| Aaron Ciechanover |
Scientist |
1-Oct-1947 |
|
Ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation |
| Marcia Clark |
Attorney |
31-Aug-1953 |
|
Former O.J. prosecutor |
| Wesley Clark |
Military |
23-Dec-1944 |
|
Supreme Allied Commander, 1997-2000 |
| Robert Clary |
Actor |
1-Mar-1926 |
|
LeBeau on Hogan's Heroes |
| Eli Cohen |
Spy |
26-Dec-1924 |
18-May-1965 |
Israel's greatest spy |
| Sacha Baron Cohen |
Comic |
13-Oct-1971 |
|
Boyakasha! Respec |
| Joan Collins |
Actor |
23-May-1933 |
|
Alexis on Dynasty |
| Alan Colmes |
Pundit |
24-Sep-1950 |
|
Fox News Channel's token liberal |
| Joe Conason |
Journalist |
c. 1954 |
|
New York Observer political columnist |
| Hans Conried |
Actor |
15-Apr-1917 |
5-Jan-1982 |
Character actor, 1930s to 1970s |
| David Copperfield |
Magician |
16-Sep-1956 |
|
Disappeared the Statue of Liberty |
| Gerty Cori |
Scientist |
15-Aug-1896 |
26-Oct-1967 |
Catalytic conversion of glycogen |
| Peter Coyote |
Actor |
10-Oct-1942 |
|
Dennis Ryland on The 4400 |
| David Cross |
Comic |
4-Apr-1964 |
|
Mr. Show with Bob and David |
| George Cukor |
Film Director |
7-Jul-1899 |
23-Jan-1983 |
Gone With the Wind |
| Ivor Cutler |
Poet |
15-Jan-1923 |
3-Mar-2006 |
Glasgow Dreamer |
| Isaac da Costa |
Poet |
14-Jan-1798 |
28-Apr-1860 |
De Verlossing van Nederland |
| Rodney Dangerfield |
Comic |
22-Nov-1921 |
5-Oct-2004 |
Never did get no respect |
| Ram Dass |
Religion |
5-Apr-1931 |
|
Be Here Now |
| Daniel Day-Lewis |
Actor |
29-Apr-1957 |
|
My Left Foot |
| Moshe Dayan |
Politician |
20-May-1915 |
16-Oct-1981 |
Israeli military leader |
| John Gunther Dean |
Diplomat |
24-Feb-1926 |
|
US Ambassador to India, 1985-88 |
| Midge Decter |
Journalist |
25-Jul-1927 |
|
Neoconservative maven |
| Jacques Derrida |
Philosopher |
15-Jul-1930 |
9-Oct-2004 |
Deconstructionism, Intellectual Terrorist |
| Alan Dershowitz |
Attorney |
1-Sep-1938 |
|
Lawyer, represented Klaus von Bulow |
| Barry Diller |
Business |
2-Feb-1942 |
|
CEO of USA Interactive Corp. |
| C. Douglas Dillon |
Government |
21-Aug-1909 |
10-Jan-2003 |
US Treasury Secretary, 1961-65 |
| Benjamin Disraeli |
Head of State |
21-Dec-1804 |
19-Apr-1881 |
UK Prime Minister, 1874-80 |
| Alfred Döblin |
Novelist |
10-Aug-1878 |
26-Jun-1957 |
Berlin Alexanderplatz |
| Cory Doctorow |
Blogger |
17-Jul-1971 |
|
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom |
| E. L. Doctorow |
Author |
6-Jan-1931 |
|
The Book of Daniel |
| Illeana Douglas |
Actor |
25-Jul-1965 |
|
Grace of My Heart |
| Kirk Douglas |
Actor |
9-Dec-1916 |
|
Spartacus |
| Robert Downey, Jr. |
Actor |
4-Apr-1965 |
|
Chaplin, The Gingerbread Man |
| 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 |
| Spencer Dryden |
Drummer |
7-Apr-1938 |
11-Jan-2005 |
Jefferson Airplane drummer |
| David Duchovny |
Actor |
7-Aug-1960 |
|
Mulder on The X-Files |
| Kitty Dukakis |
First Lady |
26-Dec-1937 |
|
Wife of Michael Dukakis |
| Albert Einstein |
Physicist |
14-Mar-1879 |
18-Apr-1955 |
Theory of relativity |
| Stuart Eizenstat |
Diplomat |
15-Jan-1943 |
|
US Ambassador to the EU, 1993-96 |
| Eve Ensler |
Playwright |
25-May-1953 |
|
The Vagina Monologues |
| Paul Erdos |
Mathematician |
26-Mar-1913 |
20-Sep-1996 |
Loved only numbers |
| Robert Evans |
Film/TV Producer |
29-Jun-1930 |
|
The Kid Stays In The Picture |
| Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. |
Actor |
23-May-1883 |
12-Dec-1939 |
The Thief of Baghdad |
| Marianne Faithfull |
Singer/Songwriter |
29-Dec-1946 |
|
Sister Morphine |
| Peter Falk |
Actor |
16-Sep-1927 |
|
Detective Columbo |
| Dianne Feinstein |
Politician |
22-Jun-1933 |
|
US Senator from California |
| Richard Feynman |
Physicist |
11-May-1918 |
15-Feb-1988 |
Surely he's joking |
| Howard Fineman |
Journalist |
c. 1948 |
|
Newsweek chief political analyst |
| Bobby Fischer |
Chess Player |
9-Mar-1943 |
18-Jan-2008 |
Loony chess grandmaster |
| Edmond H. Fischer |
Scientist |
6-Apr-1920 |
|
Protein phosphorylation |
| Eddie Fisher |
Singer |
10-Aug-1928 |
|
Crooner dumped by Liz Taylor |
| Max M. Fisher |
Business |
15-Jul-1908 |
3-Mar-2005 |
Gas station tycoon |
| David Flaum |
Activist |
c. 1953 |
|
Flaum Management Company |
| Robert W. Fogel |
Economist |
1-Jul-1926 |
|
Cliometrics |
| Shelby Foote |
Author |
17-Nov-1916 |
27-Jun-2005 |
Shiloh |
| Harrison Ford |
Actor |
13-Jul-1942 |
|
Han Solo in Star Wars |
| Sam Fox |
Business |
1929 |
|
US Ambassador to Belgium |
| Mikhail Fradkov |
Head of State |
1-Sep-1950 |
|
Prime Minister of Russia, 2004-07 |
| Anne Frank |
Victim |
12-Jun-1929 |
Mar-1945 |
The Diary of Anne Frank |
| Barney Frank |
Politician |
31-Mar-1940 |
|
Congressman, Massachusetts 4th |
| Leo Frank |
Victim |
17-Apr-1884 |
17-Aug-1915 |
Innocent man, lynched by mob |
| Al Franken |
Comic |
21-May-1951 |
|
Bow-tied pundit and ex-SNL player |
| Felix Frankfurter |
Judge |
15-Nov-1882 |
22-Feb-1965 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1939-62 |
| Rosalind Franklin |
Chemist |
25-Jul-1920 |
16-Apr-1958 |
Photographed DNA's structure |
| Anna Freud |
Relative |
3-Dec-1895 |
9-Oct-1982 |
Daughter of Sigmund Freud |
| Sigmund Freud |
Psychiatrist |
6-May-1856 |
23-Sep-1939 |
Die Traumdeutung |
| Alfred Fried |
Activist |
11-Nov-1864 |
5-May-1921 |
Peace activist, Nobel Prize recipient |
| Betty Friedan |
Activist |
4-Feb-1921 |
4-Feb-2006 |
Rights for women spokesperson |
| Drew Friedman |
Cartoonist |
? |
|
Celebrity pointillist |
| Kinky Friedman |
Musician |
31-Oct-1944 |
|
Texas Jewboy |
| William Friedman |
Scientist |
24-Sep-1891 |
12-Nov-1969 |
Cryptography pioneer |
| Adam Gadahn |
Terrorist |
1-Sep-1978 |
|
Al-Qaeda terrorist, indicted for treason |
| William M. Gaines |
Publisher |
1-Mar-1922 |
3-Jun-1992 |
Mad Magazine publisher |
| Serge Gainsbourg |
Singer/Songwriter |
2-Apr-1928 |
2-Mar-1991 |
Je t'aime ... moi non plus |
| David Geffen |
Business |
21-Feb-1943 |
|
Music industry mogul |
| Max Geldray |
Jazz Musician |
12-Feb-1916 |
2-Oct-2004 |
Conks of The Goon Show |
| Sarah Michelle Gellar |
Actor |
14-Apr-1977 |
|
Buffy the Vampire Slayer |
| Galen Gering |
Actor |
13-Feb-1971 |
|
Passions |
| George Gershwin |
Songwriter |
26-Sep-1898 |
11-Jul-1937 |
Rhapsody In Blue |
| Ira Gershwin |
Composer |
6-Dec-1896 |
17-Aug-1983 |
American composer |
| Christopher Gersten |
Activist |
c. 1947 |
|
Husband of Linda Chavez |
| Kathie Lee Gifford |
Talk Show Host |
16-Aug-1953 |
|
Half of Regis and Kathie Lee |
| Benjamin A. Gilman |
Politician |
6-Dec-1922 |
|
Congressman from New York, 1973-2003 |
| Allen Ginsberg |
Poet |
3-Jun-1926 |
5-Apr-1997 |
Howl! |
| Todd Gitlin |
Educator |
1943 |
|
Journalism professor, social critic |
| Paul Michael Glaser |
Actor |
25-Mar-1943 |
|
Starsky and Hutch |
| Ira Glass |
Radio Personality |
3-Mar-1959 |
|
This American Life |
| Philip Glass |
Composer |
31-Jan-1937 |
|
Master of arpeggiation |
| Ira Glasser |
Activist |
1938 |
|
ACLU Executive Director, 1978-2001 |
| Louise Glück |
Author |
22-Apr-1943 |
|
The Wild Iris |
| Joe Gold |
Business |
10-Mar-1922 |
12-Jul-2004 |
Founder of Gold's Gym |
| Thomas Gold |
Scientist |
22-May-1920 |
22-Jun-2004 |
Certain that oil is not a fossil fuel |
| Bill Goldberg |
Wrestling |
27-Dec-1966 |
|
Pro wrestler |
| Jonah Goldberg |
Columnist |
21-Mar-1969 |
|
National Review Online |
| Jeff Goldblum |
Actor |
22-Oct-1952 |
|
The Fly |
| Duff Goldman |
Chef |
17-Dec-1974 |
|
Ace of Cakes |
| Emma Goldman |
Anarchist |
27-Jun-1869 |
14-May-1940 |
Anarchist and feminist libertarian |
| Al Goldstein |
Business |
10-Jan-1936 |
|
Founder of Screw magazine |
| Barry Goldwater |
Politician |
1-Jan-1909 |
29-May-1998 |
US Senator from Arizona, 1953-65, 1969-87 |
| E. H. Gombrich |
Historian |
30-Mar-1909 |
3-Nov-2001 |
Art and Illusion |
| Ian Gomez |
Actor |
27-Dec-1964 |
|
The Drew Carey Show |
| Amy Goodman |
Radio Personality |
13-Apr-1957 |
|
Host of Democracy Now! |
| Eydie Gorme |
Musician |
16-Aug-1931 |
|
Blame it on the Bossa Nova |
| Victoria Gotti |
Relative |
27-Nov-1962 |
|
Growing Up Gotti |
| C. Boyden Gray |
Government |
6-Feb-1943 |
|
Conservative activist, lobbyist |
| Gordon Gray |
Government |
30-May-1909 |
26-Nov-1982 |
Secretary of the Army, 1949-50 |
| Seth Green |
Actor |
8-Feb-1974 |
|
Dr. Evil's son Scott |
| Jeff Greenfield |
Pundit |
10-Jun-1943 |
|
ABC, CNN talking head |
| Paul Greengard |
Scientist |
11-Dec-1925 |
|
Signal transduction in the nervous system |
| Jennifer Grey |
Actor |
26-Mar-1960 |
|
Dirty Dancing |
| Charles Grodin |
Actor |
21-Apr-1935 |
|
Perpetually angry talk-show host, actor |
| David J. Gross |
Physicist |
19-Feb-1941 |
|
Deep structure of matter |
| Andy Grove |
Business |
2-Sep-1936 |
|
CEO of Intel, 1987-98 |
| Victor Gruen |
Architect |
18-Jul-1903 |
14-Feb-1980 |
Popularized the shopping mall |
| Christopher Guest |
Actor |
5-Feb-1948 |
|
This Is Spinal Tap, SNL |
| Daniel Guggenheim |
Business |
9-Jul-1856 |
28-Sep-1930 |
Mining magnate |
| Davis Guggenheim |
Film Director |
c. 1964 |
|
An Inconvenient Truth |
| Arlo Guthrie |
Musician |
10-Jul-1947 |
|
Alice's Restaurant |
| Jake Gyllenhaal |
Actor |
19-Dec-1980 |
|
Donnie Darko |
| Maggie Gyllenhaal |
Actor |
16-Nov-1977 |
|
Secretary |
| Richard Haass |
Government |
1951 |
|
President, Council on Foreign Relations |
| Fritz Haber |
Chemist |
9-Dec-1868 |
29-Jan-1934 |
Synthesized ammonia |
| Nina Hagen |
Musician |
11-Mar-1955 |
|
Unbehagan |
| Armand Hammer |
Business |
21-May-1898 |
10-Dec-1990 |
Soviet agent of influence |
| Jonathan Harris |
Actor |
6-Nov-1914 |
3-Nov-2002 |
Dr. Zachary Smith on Lost in Space |
| Lorenz Hart |
Songwriter |
2-May-1895 |
22-Nov-1943 |
Lyricist, Rodgers and Hart |
| Bret Harte |
Author |
25-Aug-1836 |
5-May-1902 |
Master of the western short story |
| Nina Hartley |
Pornstar |
11-Mar-1959 |
|
Little Bill's slutty wife in Boogie Nights |
| Laurence Harvey |
Actor |
1-Oct-1928 |
25-Nov-1973 |
Manchurian Candidate |
| Goldie Hawn |
Actor |
21-Nov-1945 |
|
Private Benjamin |
| Rita Hayworth |
Actor |
17-Oct-1918 |
14-May-1987 |
Gilda |
| Edith Head |
Designer |
28-Oct-1897 |
24-Oct-1981 |
Hollywood costume designer |
| 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 |
| Heinrich Heine |
Poet |
13-Dec-1797 |
17-Feb-1856 |
Buch der Lieder |
| David Helfgott |
Musician |
19-May-1947 |
|
Subject of the biopic Shine |
| Barbara Hershey |
Actor |
5-Feb-1948 |
|
Boxcar Bertha and Mary Magdalene |
| Heinrich Hertz |
Physicist |
22-Feb-1857 |
1-Jan-1894 |
Discoverer of electromagnetic radiation |
| Don Hewitt |
Film/TV Producer |
14-Dec-1922 |
|
60 Minutes creator |
| Christopher Hitchens |
Journalist |
13-Apr-1949 |
|
Agent provocateur |
| Dustin Hoffman |
Actor |
8-Aug-1937 |
|
Rain Man, The Graduate |
| Roald Hoffmann |
Chemist |
18-Jul-1937 |
|
Woodward-Hoffmann reaction |
| Agnieszka Holland |
Film Director |
28-Nov-1948 |
|
Europa, Europa |
| Xaviera Hollander |
Author |
15-Jun-1943 |
|
The Happy Hooker |
| David Horowitz |
Activist |
10-Jan-1939 |
|
Conservative activist |
| H. Robert Horvitz |
Scientist |
8-May-1947 |
|
Genetic regulation of organ development |
| Hendrik S. Houthakker |
Economist |
31-Dec-1924 |
|
Council of Economic Advisers, 1969-71 |
| Helen Hunt |
Actor |
15-Jun-1963 |
|
As Good As It Gets |
| Tab Hunter |
Actor |
11-Jul-1931 |
|
Damn Yankees |
| Leonid Hurwicz |
Economist |
21-Aug-1917 |
|
Mechanism design theory |
| Edmund Husserl |
Philosopher |
8-Apr-1859 |
26-Apr-1938 |
Phenomenological philosopher |
| Martin Indyk |
Diplomat |
c. 1951 |
|
US Ambassador to Israel, 1995-97, 2000-01 |
| Michael Isikoff |
Journalist |
c. 1952 |
|
Newsweek reporter |
| Jozef Israëls |
Painter |
27-Jan-1824 |
12-Aug-1911 |
Dutch scene painter |
| François Jacob |
Scientist |
17-Jun-1920 |
|
Operon theory of genetic control |
| Max Jacob |
Poet |
12-Jul-1876 |
5-Mar-1944 |
Le Cornet à dés |
| Karl Gustav Jacobi |
Mathematician |
10-Dec-1804 |
18-Feb-1851 |
Investigated elliptical functions |
| Eli S. Jacobs |
Baseball |
5-Oct-1937 |
|
Former Baltimore Orioles owner |
| Jeff Jacoby |
Columnist |
10-Feb-1959 |
|
Boston Globe columnist |
| Susan Jacoby |
Author |
1945 |
|
Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism |
| Rona Jaffe |
Author |
12-Jun-1932 |
30-Dec-2005 |
Mazes & Monsters |
| Rick Jason |
Actor |
21-May-1923 |
16-Oct-2000 |
Lt. Gil Hanley on Combat! |
| Ron Jeremy |
Pornstar |
12-Mar-1953 |
|
The Hedgehog |
| Alejandro Jodorowsky |
Film Director |
7-Feb-1929 |
|
El Topo, The Holy Mountain |
| Billy Joel |
Pianist |
9-May-1949 |
|
Didn't start the fire |
| Al Jolson |
Singer |
26-May-1886 |
23-Oct-1950 |
The Jazz Singer |
| Josephus |
Historian |
37 AD |
100 AD |
The Jewish War |
| Louis C. K. |
Comic |
12-Sep-1967 |
|
Lucky Louie |
| Franz Kafka |
Novelist |
3-Jul-1883 |
3-Jun-1924 |
Metamorphosis |
| Mauricio Kagel |
Composer |
24-Dec-1931 |
|
Absurdist composer |
| Frida Kahlo |
Painter |
6-Jul-1907 |
13-Jul-1954 |
Unibrowed Mexican painter |
| Louis Kahn |
Architect |
20-Feb-1901 |
17-Mar-1974 |
Prominent architect |
| Otto Kahn |
Business |
21-Feb-1867 |
29-Mar-1934 |
Banker with Kuhn, Loeb & Co. |
| Daniel Kahneman |
Psychologist |
5-Mar-1934 |
|
The psychology of economics |
| Philip M. Kaiser |
Diplomat |
12-Jul-1913 |
24-May-2007 |
US Ambassador to Austria, 1980-81 |
| Max Kampelman |
Diplomat |
7-Nov-1920 |
|
US Ambassador to the CSCE |
| Eric R. Kandel |
Scientist |
7-Nov-1929 |
|
Signal transduction in the nervous system |
| Carol Kane |
Actor |
18-Jun-1952 |
|
Simka on Taxi |
| Gabe Kaplan |
Actor |
31-Mar-1945 |
|
Mr. Kotter on Welcome Back, Kotter |
| Mel Karmazin |
Business |
24-Aug-1943 |
|
President and COO of Viacom, 2000-04 |
| Garry Kasparov |
Chess Player |
13-Apr-1963 |
|
Grand Master chess player |
| Bernard Katz |
Scientist |
26-Mar-1911 |
20-Apr-2003 |
Neurotransmitters and the pineal gland |
| Omri Katz |
Actor |
30-May-1976 |
|
Child star of Eerie, Indiana |
| Andy Kaufman |
Comic |
17-Jan-1949 |
16-May-1984 |
Brilliant comic, prankster, professional wrestler |
| Bob Kaufman |
Poet |
18-Apr-1925 |
12-Jan-1986 |
Solitudes Crowded with Loneliness |
| Philip Kaufman |
Film Director |
23-Oct-1936 |
|
The Right Stuff |
| Harvey Keitel |
Actor |
13-May-1939 |
|
Pimp from Taxi Driver |
| John Kerry |
Politician |
11-Dec-1943 |
|
US Senator from Massachusetts |
| Richard Kerry |
Diplomat |
28-Jul-1915 |
29-Jul-2000 |
Father of John Kerry |
| Imre Kertész |
Author |
9-Nov-1929 |
|
Holocaust survivor, literature Nobel |
| Barney Kessel |
Guitarist |
17-Oct-1923 |
6-May-2004 |
Be-bop guitarist |
| Mikhail Khodorkovsky |
Business |
26-Jun-1963 |
|
Founder of Yukos, now jailed |
| Ben Kingsley |
Actor |
31-Dec-1943 |
|
Gandhi |
| Henry Kissinger |
Government |
27-May-1923 |
|
Secretly bombed Cambodia |
| Larry Klayman |
Activist |
20-Jul-1951 |
|
Founder, Judicial Watch |
| Eugene Kleiner |
Business |
12-May-1923 |
20-Nov-2003 |
Venture capitalist |
| Otto Klemperer |
Conductor |
14-May-1885 |
6-Jul-1973 |
Prominent German conductor |
| Mark Knopfler |
Musician |
12-Aug-1949 |
|
Dire Straits |
| Walter Koenig |
Actor |
14-Sep-1936 |
|
Chekov on Star Trek |
| Arthur Koestler |
Author |
3-Sep-1905 |
3-Mar-1983 |
Darkness at Noon |
| Herb Kohl |
Politician |
7-Feb-1935 |
|
US Senator from Wisconsin |
| Susan Kohner |
Actor |
11-Nov-1936 |
|
Imitation of Life |
| Mort Kondracke |
Columnist |
28-Apr-1939 |
|
Tolerated by Fox, McLaughlin |
| Ted Koppel |
Journalist |
8-Feb-1940 |
|
Nightline |
| Sandy Koufax |
Baseball |
30-Dec-1935 |
|
Three-time Cy Young Award winner |
| Jon Krakauer |
Author |
12-Apr-1954 |
|
Into Thin Air |
| Lee Krasner |
Painter |
27-Oct-1908 |
19-Jun-1984 |
Abstract expressionist |
| Paul Krassner |
Author |
9-Apr-1932 |
|
Editor, The Realist |
| Lenny Kravitz |
Musician |
26-May-1964 |
|
Wants to fly away yeah |
| Hans Krebs |
Scientist |
25-Apr-1900 |
22-Nov-1981 |
Tricarboxylic acid cycle |
| Mario Kreutzberger |
Game Show Host |
28-Dec-1940 |
|
Don Francisco on Sábado Gigante |
| Sir Harold Kroto |
Chemist |
7-Oct-1939 |
|
Co-Discovered first fullerene |
| Stanley Kubrick |
Film Director |
26-Jul-1928 |
7-Mar-1999 |
2001: A Space Odyssey |
| Stanley Kunitz |
Poet |
29-Jul-1905 |
14-May-2006 |
US Poet Laureate, 2000 |
| Daniel Kurtzer |
Diplomat |
Jun-1949 |
|
US Ambassador to Israel, 2001-05 |
| Harvey Kurtzman |
Cartoonist |
3-Oct-1924 |
21-Feb-1993 |
Founding editor, Mad magazine |
| Fiorello LaGuardia |
Politician |
11-Dec-1882 |
20-Sep-1947 |
New York City Mayor, 1934-45 |
| Hedy Lamarr |
Actor |
9-Nov-1913 |
19-Jan-2000 |
Actress, invented frequency hopping |
| Lorenzo Lamas |
Actor |
20-Jan-1958 |
|
Renegade |
| Michael Landon |
Actor |
31-Oct-1936 |
1-Jul-1991 |
Little House on the Prairie |
| 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 |
| Estée Lauder |
Business |
1-Jul-1908 |
24-Apr-2004 |
Cosmetics magnate |
| Ralph Lauren |
Fashion Designer |
14-Oct-1939 |
|
Founder, Polo Ralph Lauren |
| Anton LaVey |
Religion |
11-Apr-1930 |
29-Oct-1997 |
Founder, Church of Satan |
| Linda Lavin |
Actor |
15-Oct-1937 |
|
Alice |
| Marc Lawrence |
Actor |
17-Feb-1910 |
28-Nov-2005 |
Prolific character actor |
| Michael Ledeen |
Government |
1-Aug-1941 |
|
Neoconservative activist |
| Joshua Lederberg |
Biologist |
23-May-1925 |
2-Feb-2008 |
Genetic properties of bacteria |
| Geddy Lee |
Bassist |
29-Jul-1953 |
|
Bassist for Rush |
| Herbert H. Lehman |
Politician |
28-Mar-1878 |
5-Dec-1963 |
Governor of New York, 1933-42 |
| Tom Lehrer |
Comic |
9-Apr-1928 |
|
Comedic songwriter |
| Abba Lerner |
Economist |
28-Oct-1903 |
27-Oct-1982 |
The Economics of Control |
| 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 |
|
French anthropologist |
| Mark Levin |
Activist |
21-Sep-1957 |
|
Landmark Legal Foundation |
| Chandra Levy |
Victim |
14-Apr-1977 |
1-May-2001 |
Gary Condit's dead intern |
| Monica Lewinsky |
Government |
23-Jul-1973 |
|
Engaged in Presidential cigar play |
| Ann Lewis |
Activist |
? |
|
Clinton advisor |
| Anthony Lewis |
Author |
27-Mar-1927 |
|
Gideon's Trumpet |
| Bernard Lewis |
Scholar |
31-May-1916 |
|
Middle East scholar |
| Joseph Lieberman |
Politician |
24-Feb-1942 |
|
US Senator from Connecticut |
| Hal Linden |
Actor |
20-Mar-1931 |
|
Barney Miller |
| James Lipton |
TV Personality |
19-Sep-1926 |
|
Host, Inside the Actors Studio |
| Dahlia Lithwick |
Journalist |
c. 1968 |
|
Slate senior editor |
| Solomon Loeb |
Business |
1828 |
1903 |
Co-Founder of Kuhn, Loeb and Co. |
| Traci Lords |
Pornstar |
7-May-1968 |
|
We Love You, Traci |
| Courtney Love |
Musician |
9-Jul-1964 |
|
Kurt Cobain's widow, Hole |
| Jean-Marie Lustiger |
Religion |
17-Sep-1926 |
5-Aug-2007 |
Archbishop of Paris, 1981-2005 |
| Rosa Luxemburg |
Activist |
5-Mar-1871 |
15-Jan-1919 |
Co-Founder, Communist Party of Germany |
| Francisco Madero |
Head of State |
30-Oct-1873 |
22-Feb-1913 |
El loquito President of Mexico, 1911-13 |
| Bill Maher |
Talk Show Host |
20-Jan-1956 |
|
Politically Incorrect |
| Norman Mailer |
Author |
31-Jan-1923 |
10-Nov-2007 |
Armies of the Night |
| Leonard Maltin |
Critic |
18-Dec-1950 |
|
Film critic |
| David Mamet |
Author |
30-Nov-1947 |
|
Glengarry Glen Ross |
| Melissa Manchester |
Singer/Songwriter |
15-Feb-1951 |
|
Adult contemporary songwriter |
| Benoit Mandelbrot |
Mathematician |
20-Nov-1924 |
|
Fractal mathematician |
| Marc Maron |
Comic |
1963 |
|
Comedian |
| Groucho Marx |
Comic |
2-Oct-1890 |
19-Aug-1977 |
You Bet Your Life |
| Karl Marx |
Economist |
5-May-1818 |
14-Mar-1883 |
Das Kapital, Communist Manifesto |
| Jamie Masada |
Business |
c. 1963 |
|
Laugh Factory owner |
| Walter Matthau |
Actor |
1-Oct-1920 |
1-Jul-2000 |
Messy half of the Odd Couple |
| Albert Maysles |
Film Director |
26-Nov-1926 |
|
Documentary filmmaker |
| David Maysles |
Film Director |
10-Jan-1932 |
3-Jan-1987 |
Documentary filmmaker |
| Monet Mazur |
Actor |
17-Apr-1976 |
|
Blow |
| MCA |
Rapper |
5-Aug-1967 |
|
Beastie Boys |
| Country Joe McDonald |
Musician |
1-Jan-1942 |
|
Country Joe and the Fish |
| Alice McGrath |
Activist |
5-Apr-1917 |
|
Sleepy Lagoon Defense Committee |
| Ilya Mechnikov |
Scientist |
16-May-1845 |
16-Jul-1916 |
Researched the immune system |
| Mike Medavoy |
Business |
21-Jan-1941 |
|
TriStar, Orion, Phoenix Pictures chairman |
| Ken Mehlman |
Government |
21-Aug-1966 |
|
RNC chairman 2005-07 |
| Lise Meitner |
Physicist |
7-Nov-1878 |
27-Oct-1968 |
Discovered Nuclear Fission |
| Felix Mendelssohn |
Composer |
3-Feb-1809 |
4-Nov-1847 |
Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Stephin Merritt |
Singer/Songwriter |
1966 |
|
The Magnetic Fields, The 6ths |
| Inge Meysel |
Actor |
30-May-1910 |
11-Jul-2004 |
Popular German TV actress |
| Stanley Milgram |
Psychologist |
15-Aug-1933 |
20-Dec-1984 |
Milgram Experiment |
| Judith Miller |
Journalist |
2-Jan-1948 |
|
Credulous NY Times WMD maven |
| César Milstein |
Scientist |
8-Oct-1927 |
24-Mar-2002 |
Hybridoma technique (monoclonal antibodies) |
| Michael Moorcock |
Author |
18-Dec-1939 |
|
Wrote the Elric series |
| Errol Morris |
Film Director |
5-Feb-1948 |
|
Documentary filmmaker |
| Shelley Morrison |
Actor |
26-Oct-1936 |
|
Rosario on Will & Grace |
| H. Gary Morse |
Business |
c. 1937 |
|
CEO, The Villages of Lake-Sumter |
| Moses |
Religion |
c. 1392 BC |
c. 1272 BC |
Ten Commandments |
| Michael Mukasey |
Judge |
28-Jul-1941 |
|
US Attorney General |
| Hermann J. Muller |
Scientist |
21-Dec-1890 |
5-Apr-1967 |
Genetic effects of radiation |
| Rupert Murdoch |
Business |
11-Mar-1931 |
|
Founder and CEO of News Corp |
| Bess Myerson |
Model |
16-Jul-1924 |
|
First Jewish Miss America |
| Daniel Nathans |
Scientist |
30-Oct-1928 |
16-Nov-1999 |
Restriction enzymes (DNA cleavage) |
| Bernard Nathanson |
Activist |
31-Jul-1926 |
|
Pro-life activist, former abortionist |
| Victor Navasky |
Publisher |
5-Jul-1932 |
|
Publisher of The Nation |
| Taylor Negron |
Actor |
1-Aug-1958 |
|
The Last Boy Scout |
| S. I. Newhouse, Sr. |
Publisher |
24-May-1895 |
29-Aug-1979 |
Founder of Advance Publications |
| Laraine Newman |
Comic |
2-Mar-1952 |
|
Original member of Saturday Night Live |
| Paul Newman |
Actor |
26-Jan-1925 |
|
Salad dressing magnate |
| Peter C. Newman |
Journalist |
10-May-1929 |
|
The Canadian Establishment |
| Randy Newman |
Musician |
28-Nov-1943 |
|
I Love L.A., Short People |
| Helmut Newton |
Photographer |
31-Oct-1920 |
23-Jan-2004 |
Celebrity photographer |
| Leonard Nimoy |
Actor |
26-Mar-1931 |
|
Commander Spock on Star Trek |
| Marshall W. Nirenberg |
Scientist |
10-Apr-1927 |
|
RNA's role in protein synthesis |
| Alessandro Nivola |
Actor |
28-Jun-1972 |
|
Laurel Canyon |
| Emperor Norton |
Royalty |
14-Feb-1819 |
8-Jan-1880 |
Emperor of the United States, Protector of Mexico |
| Nostradamus |
Paranormal |
14-Dec-1503 |
1-Jul-1566 |
Notoriously ambiguous prophet |
| Robert Novak |
Columnist |
26-Feb-1931 |
|
Conservative ideologue, outed Valerie Plame |
| Robert Nozick |
Philosopher |
16-Nov-1938 |
23-Jan-2002 |
Libertarian philosopher |
| Victoria Nuland |
Diplomat |
c. 1961 |
|
US Ambassador to NATO |
| Phil Ochs |
Singer/Songwriter |
19-Dec-1940 |
9-Apr-1976 |
50 Phil Ochs fans can't be wrong |
| Jacques Offenbach |
Composer |
20-Jun-1819 |
5-Oct-1880 |
Inventor of the the opérette |
| Herbert S. Okun |
Diplomat |
27-Nov-1930 |
|
US Ambassador to the UN, 1985-89 |
| Marvin Olasky |
Pundit |
12-Jun-1950 |
|
The Tragedy of American Compassion |
| Robert Oppenheimer |
Physicist |
22-Apr-1904 |
18-Feb-1967 |
Physicist, |
