| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Morton I. Abramowitz |
Diplomat |
20-Jan-1933 |
|
US Ambassador to Turkey, 1989-91 |
| Jonathan S. Adelstein |
Government |
1962 |
|
FCC Commissioner |
| Herbert M. Allison |
Business |
24-Aug-1943 |
|
CEO of TIAA-CREF |
| Eric Alterman |
Columnist |
14-Jan-1960 |
|
The Nation columnist |
| Mukesh Ambani |
Business |
19-Apr-1957 |
|
India's richest man |
| Maxwell Anderson |
Playwright |
15-Dec-1888 |
28-Feb-1959 |
What Price Glory? |
| Paul M. Anderson |
Business |
1945 |
|
CEO of Duke Energy, 2003-07 |
| Brent R. Appel |
Judge |
c. 1951 |
|
Justice, Iowa Supreme Court |
| Michael Armacost |
Diplomat |
15-Apr-1937 |
|
US Ambassador to Japan, 1989-93 |
| Samuel Armacost |
Business |
Mar-1939 |
|
Chairman of SRI International |
| John Arrillaga |
Business |
c. 1938 |
|
Silicon Valley real estate developer |
| Michael Arrington |
Business |
13-Mar-1970 |
|
TechCrunch |
| Taro Aso |
Politician |
20-Sep-1940 |
|
Japanese Foreign Minister, 2005-07 |
| Kenneth J. Bacon |
Business |
c. 1954 |
|
EVP at Fannie Mae |
| Robert E. Badham |
Politician |
9-Jun-1929 |
21-Oct-2005 |
Congressman from California, 1977-89 |
| John C. Baldwin |
Doctor |
c. 1949 |
|
Health Sciences Center, Texas Tech |
| Steve Ballmer |
Business |
24-Mar-1956 |
|
CEO of Microsoft |
| Ehud Barak |
Head of State |
12-Feb-1942 |
|
Prime Minister of Israel 1999-2001 |
| Arija Bareikis |
Actor |
21-Jul-1966 |
|
The Myth of Fingerprints |
| Leroy T. Barnes, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1952 |
|
Treasurer of PG&E, 2001-05 |
| Edward W. Barnholt |
Business |
1943 |
|
CEO of Agilent Technologies, 1999-2005 |
| Craig H. Barratt |
Business |
c. 1963 |
|
CEO of Atheros Communications |
| Craig R. Barrett |
Business |
29-Aug-1939 |
|
Chairman of Intel |
| Robert Bass |
Business |
c. 1948 |
|
Billionaire |
| Sid Bass |
Business |
1942 |
|
Fort Worth Billionaire |
| A. George Battle |
Business |
c. 1944 |
|
CEO of Ask Jeeves, 2000-04 |
| Max Baucus |
Politician |
11-Dec-1941 |
|
US Senator from Montana |
| Xavier Becerra |
Politician |
26-Jan-1958 |
|
Congressman, California 31st |
| Riley P. Bechtel |
Business |
c. 1952 |
|
CEO of Bechtel |
| Arnold Beckman |
Inventor |
10-Apr-1900 |
18-May-2004 |
Philanthropist who invented pH meter |
| Eric A. Benhamou |
Business |
c. 1956 |
|
CEO of 3Com, 1990-2000 |
| Betsy J. Bernard |
Business |
16-May-1955 |
|
President of AT&T, 2002-03 |
| Jeffrey L. Bewkes |
Business |
c. 1952 |
|
President and COO of Time Warner |
| Steve Bing |
Film Director |
31-Mar-1965 |
|
Film producer and massive political donor |
| Jeff Bingaman |
Politician |
3-Oct-1943 |
|
US Senator from New Mexico |
| Robert O. Blake |
Diplomat |
7-Apr-1921 |
|
US Ambassador to Mali, 1971-73 |
| Ronee Blakley |
Actor |
24-Aug-1945 |
|
Nashville |
| Gene D. Block |
Educator |
c. 1948 |
|
Chancellor, UCLA |
| Derek Bok |
Educator |
22-Mar-1930 |
|
President of Harvard, 1971-91 |
| Josh Bolten |
Government |
16-Aug-1955 |
|
White House Chief of Staff |
| Cory Booker |
Politician |
27-Apr-1969 |
|
Mayor of Newark, NJ |
| John F. Bookout III |
Business |
c. 1953 |
|
Former Partner, McKinsey & Co. |
| Richard Boone |
Actor |
18-Jun-1917 |
10-Jan-1981 |
Have Gun, Will Travel |
| Walter G. Borst |
Business |
c. 1963 |
|
Treasurer of General Motors |
| Edgar Bowers |
Poet |
2-Mar-1924 |
4-Feb-2000 |
For Louis Pasteur |
| David F. Bradford |
Economist |
8-Jan-1939 |
22-Feb-2005 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1991-93 |
| David Brancaccio |
TV Personality |
c. 1960 |
|
NOW, Marketplace |
| Stewart Brand |
Business |
14-Dec-1938 |
|
Founder, Whole Earth Catalog |
| Martha Brant |
Journalist |
c. 1967 |
|
Newsweek reporter |
| Andre Braugher |
Actor |
1-Jul-1962 |
|
Det. Pembleton from Homicide |
| John R. Brazil |
Educator |
1946 |
|
President, Trinity University Texas |
| Richard C. Breeden |
Government |
6-Dec-1949 |
|
SEC Chairman, 1989-93 |
| James W. Breyer |
Business |
c. 1962 |
|
Venture capitalist, Accel Partners |
| Stephen Breyer |
Judge |
15-Aug-1938 |
|
US Supreme Court Justice |
| Sergey Brin |
Business |
21-Aug-1973 |
|
Co-Founder of Google |
| Claude S. Brinegar |
Business |
16-Dec-1926 |
|
US Secretary of Transportation, 1973-75 |
| Bertrand R. Brinley |
Author |
19-Jun-1917 |
20-Oct-1994 |
The Mad Scientists' Club |
| John Brodie |
Football |
14-Aug-1935 |
|
Former San Francisco 49ers QB |
| William R. Brody |
Educator |
4-Jan-1944 |
|
President, Johns Hopkins University |
| Rhonda L. Brooks |
Business |
c. 1952 |
|
R. Brooks Advisors, Inc. |
| Rodney Brooks |
Scientist |
30-Dec-1954 |
|
Robotics researcher, director of MIT CS and AI Lab |
| Kathleen Brown |
Politician |
15-Oct-1945 |
|
California State Treasurer, 1991-95 |
| Michael A. Brown |
Business |
c. 1958 |
|
CEO of Quantum, 1995-2002 |
| Phil Brown |
Actor |
30-Apr-1916 |
9-Feb-2006 |
Uncle Owen in Star Wars |
| John Browne |
Business |
20-Feb-1948 |
|
CEO of British Petroleum, 1995-2007 |
| Alexander O. Bryner |
Judge |
1943 |
|
Alaska Chief Justice, 2003-06 |
| John E. Bryson |
Business |
24-Jul-1943 |
|
CEO of Edison International, 1990-2008 |
| Louise H. Bryson |
Business |
c. 1944 |
|
Chairman of Getty Trust |
| Mary Brown Bullock |
Historian |
c. 1945 |
|
President of Agnes Scott College, 1995-2006 |
| Raymond Burr |
Actor |
21-May-1917 |
12-Sep-1993 |
Perry Mason |
| Nolan Bushnell |
Business |
5-Feb-1943 |
|
Co-founder of Atari, started Chuck E. Cheese |
| John R. Butler, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1939 |
|
JR Butler and Company |
| Orkut Buyukkokten |
Computer Programmer |
6-Feb-1976 |
|
Designed Google's Orkut social network |
| Brook Byers |
Business |
c. 1946 |
|
Co-Founder, Kleiner-Perkins |
| Mariann Byerwalter |
Business |
c. 1960 |
|
JDN Corporate Advisory |
| Frank Cady |
Actor |
8-Sep-1915 |
|
Sam Drucker on Green Acres |
| Carl Cannon |
Journalist |
c. 1953 |
|
National Journal |
| Nancy Cantor |
Educator |
c. 1952 |
|
Chancellor, Syracuse University |
| Anton J. Carlson |
Biologist |
29-Jan-1875 |
2-Sep-1956 |
The Machinery of the Body |
| Gretchen Carlson |
TV Personality |
1966 |
|
Fox & Friends |
| Walter L. Carpeneti |
Judge |
1-Dec-1945 |
|
Justice, Alaska Supreme Court |
| Vint Cerf |
Scientist |
23-Jun-1943 |
|
Co-designed Internet's TCP-IP protocol |
| Jean-Lou Chameau |
Educator |
1953 |
|
President, California Institute of Technology |
| Otis Chandler |
Publisher |
23-Nov-1927 |
27-Feb-2006 |
Publisher of the L.A. Times, 1960-80 |
| Russell Chew |
Government |
18-Jan-1953 |
|
Runs the US Air Traffic Control system |
| Warren Christopher |
Government |
27-Oct-1925 |
|
US Secretary of State, 1993-97 |
| Frank Church |
Politician |
25-Jul-1924 |
7-Apr-1984 |
US Senator from Idaho, 1957-81 |
| William P. Clark |
Government |
23-Oct-1931 |
|
US Secretary of the Interior, 1983-85 |
| Chelsea Clinton |
Relative |
27-Feb-1980 |
|
Daughter of Hillary and Bill Clinton |
| Sue M. Cobb |
Attorney |
c. 1937 |
|
Florida Secretary of State |
| Vance D. Coffman |
Business |
3-Apr-1944 |
|
CEO of Lockheed Martin, 1998-2004 |
| Jared Cohen |
Government |
c. 1982 |
|
Children of Jihad |
| Deborah A. Coleman |
Business |
c. 1952 |
|
SmartForest Ventures |
| Lewis W. Coleman |
Business |
c. 1943 |
|
President, Dreamworks Animation SKG |
| William T. Coleman III |
Business |
c. 1948 |
|
CEO of BEA Systems, 1995-2001 |
| Bud Colligan |
Business |
14-Aug-1954 |
|
Accel Partners |
| Peter Coneway |
Business |
c. 1944 |
|
US Ambassador to Switzerland |
| Jeffrey Connaughton |
Attorney |
? |
|
Lobbyist, Quinn Gillespie |
| Jennifer Connelly |
Actor |
12-Dec-1970 |
|
Betty Ross in The Hulk |
| Andrew Conru |
Business |
3-Feb-1968 |
|
Creator of Friendfinder |
| Dan W. Cook III |
Business |
c. 1941 |
|
Conservative fundraiser |
| France A. Córdova |
Educator |
5-Aug-1947 |
|
President, Purdue University |
| Roger Corman |
Film/TV Producer |
5-Apr-1926 |
|
Frankenstein Unbound |
| Joe Coulombe |
Business |
c. 1930 |
|
Cofounder of Trader Joe's Market |
| James G. Coulter |
Business |
c. 1959 |
|
Co-Founder, Texas Pacific Group |
| Molly J. Coye |
Business |
c. 1946 |
|
Founder, Health Technology Center |
| Alan Cranston |
Politician |
19-Jun-1914 |
31-Dec-2000 |
US Senator from California, 1969-93 |
| Charles Crocker |
Business |
c. 1939 |
|
Crocker Capital |
| Gary Crosby |
Actor |
27-Jun-1933 |
24-Aug-1995 |
Son of Bing Crosby |
| Charles K. Crovitz |
Business |
c. 1953 |
|
EVP at Gap, 1998-2003 |
| William J. Crowe, Jr. |
Government |
2-Jan-1925 |
18-Oct-2007 |
US Navy Admiral |
| James S. Crown |
Business |
25-Jun-1953 |
|
Henry Crown and Company |
| James W. Crownover |
Business |
c. 1943 |
|
Retired Partner, McKinsey |
| Michael Cunningham |
Novelist |
6-Nov-1952 |
|
The Hours |
| Peter L. S. Currie |
Business |
c. 1956 |
|
CFO of Netscape, 1995-99 |
| John J. Danilovich |
Diplomat |
1950 |
|
US Ambassador to Costa Rica, 2001-04 |
| Ted Danson |
Actor |
29-Dec-1947 |
|
Bartender on Cheers |
| Ram Dass |
Religion |
5-Apr-1931 |
|
Be Here Now |
| Gray Davis |
Politician |
26-Dec-1942 |
|
Governor of California, 1999-2003 |
| Kelvin Davis |
Business |
c. 1965 |
|
Texas Pacific Group |
| Yves C. de Balmann |
Business |
c. 1947 |
|
Former Vice Chairman of Bankers Trust |
| Gerard Debreu |
Economist |
4-Jul-1921 |
31-Dec-2004 |
Supply and demand theorist |
| Rust M. Deming |
Diplomat |
c. 1942 |
|
US Ambassador to Tunisia, 2001-03 |
| Henry T. DeNero |
Business |
c. 1946 |
|
CEO of HomeSpace, Inc., 1999-2000 |
| Peter B. Dervan |
Chemist |
28-Jun-1945 |
|
DNA Researcher |
| Larry Diamond |
Government |
c. 1951 |
|
Foreign policy expert |
| W. Ronald Dietz |
Business |
c. 1943 |
|
Former Citicorp VP |
| Ray Milton Dolby |
Inventor |
18-Jan-1933 |
|
Inventor of Dolby Stereo |
| Burton A. Dole, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1938 |
|
CEO of Puritan Bennett, 1980-95 |
| John Donahoe |
Business |
c. 1960 |
|
CEO-Elect of eBay |
| Cal Dooley |
Politician |
11-Jan-1954 |
|
Congressman from California, 1991-2005 |
| Jim Doyle |
Politician |
23-Nov-1945 |
|
Governor of Wisconsin |
| Walter W. Driver, Jr. |
Attorney |
c. 1946 |
|
Chairman Southeast, Goldman Sachs |
| Allen Drury |
Novelist |
2-Sep-1918 |
2-Sep-1998 |
Advise and Consent |
| Jennifer Dunn |
Politician |
29-Jul-1941 |
5-Sep-2007 |
Congresswoman from Washington, 1993-2005 |
| Thère du Pont |
Business |
c. 1966 |
|
CFO of Drugstore.com |
| Tracey Edmonds |
Business |
18-Feb-1967 |
|
CEO of Edmonds Entertainment Group |
| Don Edwards |
Politician |
6-Jan-1915 |
|
Congressman from California, 1963-95 |
| Richard Egan |
Actor |
29-Jul-1921 |
20-Jul-1987 |
Samuel Clegg on Capitol |
| John Ehrlichman |
Government |
20-Mar-1925 |
14-Feb-1999 |
Watergate criminal, served time |
| Allison H. Eid |
Judge |
1965 |
|
Justice, Colorado Supreme Court |
| Taher Elgamal |
Computer Programmer |
18-Aug-1955 |
|
Inventor of the Elgamal crypto algorithm |
| John Elway |
Football |
28-Jun-1960 |
|
Superbowl MVP in 1999 |
| Judith L. Estrin |
Business |
1954 |
|
Packet Design LLC |
| John Etchemendy |
Educator |
1952 |
|
Provost of Stanford University |
| March Fong Eu |
Politician |
29-Mar-1922 |
|
California Secretary of State, 1975-93 |
| Jeffrey Eugenides |
Author |
8-Mar-1960 |
|
The Virgin Suicides |
| Janet Evans |
Swimmer/Diver |
28-Aug-1971 |
|
Olympic distance swimmer |
| Richard D. Fairbank |
Business |
c. 1950 |
|
CEO of Capital One |
| Susan Faludi |
Activist |
18-Apr-1959 |
|
Backlash |
| Paul J. Fannin |
Politician |
29-Jan-1907 |
13-Jan-2002 |
Governor and Senator from Arizona |
| Elizabeth Farnsworth |
Journalist |
c. 1943 |
|
News Hour anchor |
| Dianne Feinstein |
Politician |
22-Jun-1933 |
|
US Senator from California |
| Trevor Fetter |
Business |
1960 |
|
CEO of Tenet Healthcare |
| David Filo |
Business |
1966 |
|
Co-Founder of Yahoo |
| Eric D. Fingerhut |
Politician |
6-May-1959 |
|
Congressman from Ohio, 1993-95 |
| Carly Fiorina |
Business |
6-Sep-1954 |
|
CEO of Hewlett Packard, 1999-2005 |
| Doris F. Fisher |
Business |
1932 |
|
Co-Founder of The Gap |
| Richard W. Fisher |
Business |
18-Mar-1949 |
|
President and CEO, Dallas Fed |
| Robert J. Fisher |
Business |
1954 |
|
Interim CEO of The Gap |
| Henrietta Holsman Fore |
Government |
c. 1948 |
|
Acting Administrator, USAID |
| Steve Fossett |
Aviator |
22-Apr-1944 |
3-Sep-2007 |
First to cross Pacific in a balloon |
| Peter T. Francis |
Business |
c. 1953 |
|
J. M. Huber Corporation |
| Gene J. Frantz |
Business |
c. 1967 |
|
Partner, Texas Pacific Group |
| Jendayi E. Frazer |
Diplomat |
? |
|
US Asst. Secy. of State for Africa |
| Leslie M. Frécon |
Business |
c. 1953 |
|
LFE Capital, LLC |
| Bradford M. Freeman |
Business |
1942 |
|
Freeman Spogli & Co. |
| Jerome I. Friedman |
Physicist |
28-Mar-1930 |
|
Verified existence of quarks |
| Tully M. Friedman |
Business |
c. 1941 |
|
Hellman & Friedman |
| Harold W. Furchtgott-Roth |
Government |
1957 |
|
FCC Commissioner, 1997-2001 |
| Richard M. Gabrys |
Business |
c. 1942 |
|
Deloitte & Touche |
| James I. Gadsden |
Diplomat |
12-Mar-1948 |
|
US Ambassador to Iceland, 2002-05 |
| Hector Garcia-Molina |
Educator |
c. 1954 |
|
Stanford EECS Professor |
| John W. Gardner |
Administrator |
8-Oct-1912 |
16-Feb-2002 |
Founder of Common Cause |
| Jonathan Garfinkel |
Business |
c. 1976 |
|
Texas Pacific Group |
| Jean-Pierre Garnier |
Business |
31-Oct-1947 |
|
CEO of GlaxoSmithKline |
| Owen K. Garriott |
Astronaut |
22-Nov-1930 |
|
Skylab, Spacelab astronaut |
| Mimi Gardner Gates |
Administrator |
c. 1953 |
|
Director, Seattle Art Museum |
| Jay M. Gellert |
Business |
c. 1956 |
|
CEO of Health Net |
| Ronald M. George |
Judge |
11-Mar-1940 |
|
California Chief Justice |
| Sam Ginn |
Business |
c. 1938 |
|
CEO of Airtouch Communications, 1993-99 |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg |
Judge |
15-Mar-1933 |
|
US Supreme Court Justice |
| Joseph H. Gleberman |
Business |
c. 1957 |
|
Managing Director at Goldman Sachs |
| Wilford D. Godbold, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1939 |
|
CEO of ZERO Corporation, 1984-98 |
| Ronald E. Goldsberry |
Business |
12-Sep-1942 |
|
Former VP, Ford |
| Claudio X. Gonzalez |
Business |
? |
|
CEO of Kimberly-Clark de Mexico |
| Matt Gonzalez |
Politician |
4-Jun-1965 |
|
Progressive politician, activist |
| Kim C. Goodman |
Business |
c. 1966 |
|
EVP at American Express |
| Bing Gordon |
Business |
c. 1950 |
|
Chief Creative Officer, Electronic Arts |
| Jennifer Grant |
Actor |
26-Feb-1966 |
|
Daughter of Cary Grant and Dyan Cannon |
| Gary A. Grappo |
Diplomat |
c. 1950 |
|
US Ambassador to Oman |
| Dwight H. Green |
Politician |
9-Jan-1897 |
20-Feb-1958 |
Governor of Illinois, 1941-49 |
| Shawn Green |
Baseball |
10-Nov-1972 |
|
New York Mets |
| Vartan Gregorian |
Educator |
8-Apr-1934 |
|
President of Carnegie Corporation |
| James W. Griffith |
Business |
c. 1954 |
|
CEO of Timken |
| Patrick W. Gross |
Business |
15-May-1944 |
|
Co-Founder, American Management Systems |
| Robert H. Grubbs |
Chemist |
27-Feb-1942 |
|
Metathesis |
| Joseph A. Grundfest |
Attorney |
c. 1951 |
|
Stanford law professor |
| Narendra K. Gupta |
Business |
c. 1949 |
|
Co-Founder, Integrated Systems Inc. |
| D. James Guzy |
Business |
7-Mar-1936 |
|
Chairman of SRC Computers |
| Ann Fritz Hackett |
Business |
c. 1954 |
|
Horizon Consulting Group |
| Ira D. Hall |
Business |
c. 1945 |
|
Utendahl Capital Management |
| David M. Halperin |
Scholar |
2-Apr-1952 |
|
One Hundred Years of Homosexuality |
| Bill Halter |
Politician |
30-Nov-1960 |
|
Lt. Governor of Arkansas |
| Daniel Hamburg |
Politician |
6-Oct-1948 |
|
Congressman from California, 1993-95 |
| Gail E. Hamilton |
Business |
c. 1951 |
|
Former EVP at Symantec |
| John R. Hamilton |
Diplomat |
1944 |
|
US Ambassador to Guatemala, 2003-05 |
| Donna Hanover |
Radio Personality |
13-Feb-1950 |
|
WOR Radio Morning Co-Host, NYC |
| Theodor W. Hänsch |
Physicist |
30-Oct-1941 |
|
Quantum optics |
| Victor Davis Hanson |
Historian |
5-Sep-1953 |
|
Carnage and Culture |
| Sam Harris |
Author |
1967 |
|
The End of Faith |
| Walter L. Harris |
Business |
c. 1952 |
|
CEO of Tanenbaum-Harber Co. |
| George Russell Harrison |
Physicist |
14-Jul-1898 |
27-Jul-1979 |
Echelle spectrograph |
| John C. Harsanyi |
Economist |
29-May-1920 |
9-Aug-2000 |
Game theory |
| Douglas A. Hartwick |
Diplomat |
1950 |
|
US Ambassador to Laos, 2001-04 |
| Ethel Browne Harvey |
Zoologist |
14-Dec-1885 |
2-Sep-1965 |
Embryology of sea urchins |
| Robert Hass |
Poet |
1-Mar-1941 |
|
U.S. Poet Laureate, 1995-7 |
| Scott Hassan |
Computer Programmer |
c. 1970 |
|
eGroups, Willow Garage |
| Reed Hastings |
Business |
8-Oct-1960 |
|
Founder and CEO of Netflix |
| Mark Hatfield |
Politician |
12-Jul-1922 |
|
US Senator from Oregon, 1967-97 |
| Trip Hawkins |
Business |
28-Dec-1953 |
|
Founder of Electronic Arts |
| Carl T. Hayden |
Politician |
2-Oct-1877 |
25-Jan-1972 |
US Senator from Arizona, 1927-69 |
| Robert H. Hayes |
Business |
c. 1936 |
|
Professor at HBS, 1966-2000 |
| Edith Head |
Designer |
28-Oct-1897 |
24-Oct-1981 |
Hollywood costume designer |
| Eric Heiden |
Skating |
15-Jun-1958 |
|
Olympic speed skater, 5 gold medals |
| Martin Hellman |
Scientist |
2-Oct-1945 |
|
Public key cryptographer |
| Monte Hellman |
Film Director |
12-Jul-1932 |
|
Two-Lane Blacktop |
| Keith B. Hennessey |
Economist |
? |
|
National Economic Council |
| John S. Herrington |
Government |
31-May-1939 |
|
US Secretary of Energy, 1985-89 |
| Dudley R. Herschbach |
Chemist |
18-Jun-1932 |
|
Crossed molecular beam experiments |
| James L. Heskett |
Educator |
c. 1934 |
|
Professor at HBS |
| William Hewlett |
Business |
20-May-1913 |
12-Jan-2001 |
Co-Founder of Hewlett-Packard |
| Carla Hills |
Diplomat |
3-Jan-1934 |
|
US Trade Representative, 1989-93 |
| Roderick M. Hills |
Politician |
9-Mar-1931 |
|
SEC Chairman, 1975-77 |
| Peter Hoagland |
Politician |
17-Nov-1941 |
30-Oct-2007 |
Congressman from Nebraska, 1989-95 |
| Thomas E. Hoaglin |
Business |
c. 1950 |
|
CEO of Huntington Bancshares |
| Nicholas J. Hoff |
Engineer |
3-Jan-1906 |
4-Aug-1997 |
Aluminum in aircraft design |
| Alice Hoffman |
Novelist |
16-Mar-1952 |
|
Property Of |
| Douglas Hofstadter |
Author |
15-Feb-1945 |
|
Author of Godel, Escher, Bach |
| bell hooks |
Sociologist |
9-Sep-1952 |
|
Feminist blackademic, Ain't I A Woman |
| Herbert Hoover |
Head of State |
10-Aug-1874 |
20-Oct-1964 |
31st US President, 1929-33 |
| Lou Hoover |
First Lady |
29-Mar-1874 |
7-Jan-1944 |
Wife of US President Herbert Hoover |
| Stephen Horn |
Politician |
31-May-1931 |
|
Congressman from California, 1993-2003 |
| Douglas G. Houser |
Attorney |
11-Jul-1935 |
|
Partner, Bullivant Houser Bailey |
| Jen-Hsun Huang |
Business |
17-Feb-1963 |
|
CEO of NVIDIA |
| Michael Huffington |
Government |
3-Sep-1947 |
|
Congressman from California, 1993-95 |
| Shirley Hufstedler |
Judge |
24-Aug-1925 |
|
US Secretary of Education, 1979-81 |
| Jay Inslee |
Politician |
9-Feb-1951 |
|
Congressman, Washington 1st |
| Henry "Scoop" Jackson |
Politician |
31-May-1912 |
1-Sep-1983 |
US Senator from Washington, 1953-83 |
| Kenneth Jacobs |
Business |
c. 1958 |
|
CEO of Lazard North America |
| Valerie B. Jarrett |
Business |
c. 1956 |
|
CEO of The Habitat Company |
| Eugene Jarvis |
Computer Programmer |
1955 |
|
Defender, Robotron, Smash TV |
| Reuben Jeffery III |
Business |
c. 1953 |
|
Under Secy. State, Economic Affairs |
| Mae C. Jemison |
Astronaut |
17-Oct-1956 |
|
First African-American woman in space |
| John D. Jernegan |
Diplomat |
12-Jun-1911 |
1981 |
US Ambassador to Iraq, 1958-62 |
| Kristina M. Johnson |
Educator |
c. 1958 |
|
Provost of Johns Hopkins University |
| Blake Jorgensen |
Business |
c. 1960 |
|
CFO of Yahoo |
| Robert L. Joss |
Educator |
c. 1941 |
|
Dean, Stanford Business School |
| Daryn Kagan |
Journalist |
26-Jan-1963 |
|
CNN Live Today |
| Robert C. Kagle |
Business |
c. 1956 |
|
Benchmark Capital |
| Paul G. Kaminski |
Military |
16-Sep-1942 |
|
CEO of Technovation, Inc. |
| Curtis Kamman |
Diplomat |
15-Jan-1939 |
|
US Ambassador to Colombia, 1997-2000 |
| Kevin D. Katari |
Business |
c. 1969 |
|
Watershed Asset Management |
| Jeffrey G. Katz |
Business |
c. 1956 |
|
CEO of Orbitz, 2000-04 |
| Samuel H. Kauffmann |
Business |
c. 1923 |
4-Apr-2002 |
California tract housing developer |
| Guy Kawasaki |
Business |
1954 |
|
Former chief evangelist of Apple Computer |
| Robert Keeley |
Diplomat |
4-Sep-1929 |
|
US Ambassador to Greece, 1985-89 |
| Lydia H. Kennard |
Business |
c. 1954 |
|
Los Angeles World Airports |
| William E. Kennard |
Government |
19-Jan-1957 |
|
FCC Chairman, 1997-2001 |
| Anthony Kennedy |
Judge |
23-Jul-1936 |
|
US Supreme Court Justice |
| John F. Kennedy |
Head of State |
29-May-1917 |
22-Nov-1963 |
35th US President, 1961-63 |
| Clark Kerr |
Educator |
17-May-1911 |
1-Dec-2003 |
Chancellor of UC Berkeley, 1952-58 |
| Ken Kesey |
Novelist |
17-Sep-1935 |
10-Nov-2001 |
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
| Vinod Khosla |
Business |
28-Jan-1955 |
|
Venture capitalist |
| Lawrence A. Kimpton |
Educator |
7-Oct-1910 |
1-Nov-1977 |
Chancellor, University of Chicago, 1951-60 |
| Hans G. Klemm |
Diplomat |
c. 1958 |
|
US Ambassador to East Timor |
| Goodwin Knight |
Politician |
9-Dec-1896 |
22-May-1970 |
Governor of California, 1953-59 |
| Phil Knight |
Business |
24-Feb-1938 |
|
Co-Founder of Nike |
| Loring Knoblauch |
Business |
? |
|
CEO of Underwriter's Laboratories, 2001-04 |
| Martin M. Koffel |
Business |
c. 1939 |
|
CEO of URS |
| Jim Kolbe |
Politician |
28-Jun-1942 |
|
Congressman from Arizona, 1985-2007 |
| Timothy Koogle |
Business |
5-Jul-1951 |
|
CEO of Yahoo, 1995-2001 |
| Ted Koppel |
Journalist |
8-Feb-1940 |
|
Nightline |
| Roger D. Kornberg |
Scientist |
24-Apr-1947 |
|
Molecular basis of eukaryotic transcription |
| Richard Kovacevich |
Business |
30-Oct-1943 |
|
CEO of Wells Fargo |
| Robert D. Krebs |
Business |
c. 1943 |
|
CEO of BNSF, 1995-2000 |
| Brian Krolicki |
Politician |
c. 1961 |
|
Lt. Governor of Nevada |
| Thomas R. Kuhn |
Business |
c. 1946 |
|
Edison Electric Institute |
| William H. Kurtz |
Business |
c. 1958 |
|
CFO of Novellus Systems |
| Arthur B. Laffer |
Economist |
14-Aug-1940 |
|
Reagan advisor, Laffer curve |
| Laurence W. Lane, Jr. |
Publisher |
1919 |
|
US Ambassador to Australia, 1986-89 |
| Robert B. Laughlin |
Physicist |
1-Nov-1950 |
|
Fractional quantum Hall effect |
| Paul C. Lauterbur |
Scientist |
6-May-1929 |
27-Mar-2007 |
Magnetic resonance imaging |
| Howard Leach |
Diplomat |
19-Jun-1930 |
|
US Ambassador to France, 2001-05 |
| William P. Leahy |
Educator |
1948 |
|
President, Boston College |
| Richard A. Lerner |
Biologist |
28-Aug-1938 |
|
President, Scripps Research Institute |
| Richard C. Levin |
Educator |
7-Apr-1947 |
|
President of Yale University |
| Kenneth D. Lewis |
Business |
9-Apr-1947 |
|
CEO of Bank of America |
| Bernard Liautaud |
Business |
c. 1963 |
|
Co-Founder of Business Objects |
| György Ligeti |
Composer |
28-May-1923 |
12-Jun-2006 |
Lontano, Lux Aeterna |
| Peter W. Likins |
Educator |
1936 |
|
President, University of Arizona, 1997-2006 |
| Dan Lipinski |
Politician |
15-Jul-1966 |
|
Congressman, Illinois 3rd |
| Marc S. Lipschultz |
Business |
c. 1971 |
|
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts |
| Dahlia Lithwick |
Journalist |
c. 1968 |
|
Slate senior editor |
| Ann M. Livermore |
Business |
c. 1958 |
|
HP Technology Solutions Group |
| Philip R. Lochner, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1942 |
|
Senior VP at Time Warner, 1991-98 |
| Dennis P. Lockhart |
Business |
1-Feb-1947 |
|
President and CEO, Atlanta Fed |
| Zoe Lofgren |
Politician |
21-Dec-1947 |
|
Congresswoman, California 16th |
| Mark Loughridge |
Business |
1953 |
|
CFO of IBM |
| Robert J. Lowe |
Business |
c. 1940 |
|
Lowe Enterprises, Inc. |
| Donald L. Lucas |
Business |
c. 1931 |
|
Venture Capitalist |
| Stephen J. Luczo |
Business |
c. 1957 |
|
CEO of Seagate, 1998-2004 |
| Hank Luisetti |
Basketball |
16-Jun-1916 |
17-Dec-2002 |
Invented one-handed shot |
| Robert L. Lumpkins |
Business |
c. 1944 |
|
Vice Chairman of Cargill |
| Heather Mac Donald |
Columnist |
c. 1956 |
|
Neoconservative bombthrower |
| Douglas F. Mackenzie |
Business |
c. 1959 |
|
Partner, Kleiner Perkins |
| Rachel Maddow |
TV Personality |
1-Apr-1973 |
|
The Rachel Maddow Show |
| Peter A. Magowan |
Business |
5-Apr-1942 |
|
President, San Francisco Giants |
| Julianne Malveaux |
Columnist |
c. 1953 |
|
Pundit |
| Philip F. Maritz |
Business |
c. 1960 |
|
Maritz, Wolff & Co. |
| David F. Marquardt |
Business |
c. 1951 |
|
Venture capital investor |
| William B. Marx, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1939 |
|
Former AT&T/Lucent EVP |
| Theodore A. Mathas |
Business |
c. 1967 |
|
President of New York Life |
| Scott M. Matheson |
Politician |
8-Jan-1929 |
7-Oct-1990 |
Governor of Utah, 1977-85 |
| Bob Mathias |
Sports Figure |
17-Nov-1930 |
2-Sep-2006 |
Decathlon athlete turned Congressman |
| Robert W. Matschullat |
Business |
c. 1947 |
|
CFO of Seagram, 1995-2000 |
| Warren W. Matthews |
Judge |
5-Apr-1939 |
|
Justice, Alaska Supreme Court |
| Marissa Mayer |
Business |
30-May-1975 |
|
VP at Google |
| Michael G. McCaffery |
Business |
c. 1953 |
|
Makena Capital Management |
| Craig McCaw |
Business |
11-Aug-1949 |
|
Billionaire, Nextel |
| Susan McCaw |
Diplomat |
c. 1962 |
|
US Ambassador to Austria, 2005-07 |
| Wendy McCaw |
Philanthropist |
1951 |
|
Billionaire |
| James McClatchy |
Publisher |
17-Dec-1920 |
26-May-2006 |
Former Chairman, McClatchy Newspapers |
| Robert McClintock |
Diplomat |
30-Aug-1909 |
1976 |
US Ambassador to Venezuela, 1970-75 |
| Pete McCloskey |
Politician |
29-Sep-1927 |
|
Congressman from California, 1967-83 |
| John B. McCoy |
Business |
c. 1944 |
|
CEO of Bank One, 1987-99 |
| Edward R. McCracken |
Business |
c. 1944 |
|
CEO of Silicon Graphics, 1984-98 |
| Douglas L. McElhaney |
Diplomat |
? |
|
US Ambassador to Bosnia-Herzegovina, 2004-07 |
| William D. McElroy |
Biologist |
22-Jan-1917 |
17-Feb-1999 |
Bioluminescence |
| John McEnroe |
Tennis |
16-Feb-1959 |
|
Boisterous bouffanted tennis player |
| Ernest W. McFarland |
Politician |
9-Oct-1894 |
8-Jun-1984 |
Governor of Arizona, 1955-59 |
| Scott A. McGregor |
Business |
c. 1957 |
|
CEO of Broadcom |
| Thomas McGuane |
Novelist |
11-Dec-1939 |
|
The Sporting Club |
| Henry A. McKinnell, Jr. |
Business |
23-Feb-1943 |
|
CEO of Pfizer, 2001-06 |
| Stephen T. McLin |
Business |
1946 |
|
America First Financial |
| Doyle McManus |
Journalist |
c. 1952 |
|
LA Times Washington bureau chief |
| Charles L. McNary |
Politician |
12-Jun-1874 |
25-Feb-1944 |
US Senator from Oregon, 1917-44 |
| Scott McNealy |
Business |
13-Nov-1954 |
|
Co-Founder of Sun Microsystems |
| John McWhorter |
Linguist |
c. 1963 |
|
Linguist, social critic |
| Ted Meisel |
Business |
c. 1964 |
|
CEO of Overture, 2000-03 |
| Ralph Merkle |
Scientist |
2-Feb-1952 |
|
Public key cryptographer |
| Richard A. Meserve |
Attorney |
20-Nov-1944 |
|
President of the Carnegie Institution |
| Ruben Mettler |
Business |
23-Feb-1924 |
23-May-2006 |
CEO of TRW, 1969-77 |
| Ralph S. Michael III |
Business |
c. 1954 |
|
President of Ohio Casualty, 2005-07 |
| William Milam |
Diplomat |
24-Jul-1936 |
|
US Charge d'Affaires in Libya |
| Robert H. Miller |
Diplomat |
8-Sep-1927 |
|
US Ambassador to the Ivory Coast, 1983-86 |
| Robert S. Miller |
Business |
4-Nov-1941 |
|
CEO of Delphi, 2005-07 |
| William I. Miller |
Business |
c. 1956 |
|
CEO of Irwin Financial |
| Theodore R. Mitchell |
Administrator |
c. 1956 |
|
President of Occidental College, 1999-2005 |
| N. Scott Momaday |
Novelist |
27-Feb-1934 |
|
House Made of Dawn |
| James C. Momtazee |
Business |
c. 1972 |
|
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts |
| Robert Mondavi |
Business |
12-Jun-1913 |
16-May-2008 |
Vintner |
| Ernest J. Moniz |
Educator |
c. 1944 |
|
Professor of Physics, MIT |
| William T. Monroe |
Diplomat |
c. 1950 |
|
US Ambassador to Bahrain, 2004-07 |
| Philip Montgomery III |
Business |
c. 1956 |
|
CEO, P.O'B. Montgomery & Co. |
| Charles H. Moore |
Computer Programmer |
1938 |
|
Forth programming language |
| Carlos R. Moreno |
Judge |
4-Nov-1948 |
|
Justice, California Supreme Court |
| Glen Moreno |
Business |
1943 |
|
Chairman of Pearson |
| Michael C. Morgan |
Business |
c. 1969 |
|
President of Kinder Morgan Energy, 2001-04 |
| John P. Morgridge |
Business |
23-Jul-1933 |
|
CEO of Cisco, 1988-95 |
| James M. Moroney III |
Business |
c. 1956 |
|
Dallas Morning News |
| George R. Mrkonic, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1952 |
|
Former President, Borders |
| Dick Murphy |
Politician |
16-Dec-1942 |
|
Mayor of San Diego, 2000-05 |
| Edward R. Murrow |
Journalist |
25-Apr-1908 |
27-Apr-1965 |
The epitome of broadcast journalism |
| Mike Mussina |
Baseball |
8-Dec-1968 |
|
Pitcher, New York Yankees |
| Woodrow A. Myers, Jr. |
Doctor |
14-Feb-1954 |
|
EVP at Wellpoint, 2000-05 |
| Ali Naimi |
Government |
2-Aug-1935 |
|
Saudi Minister of Oil |
| Philip M. Neal |
Business |
1940 |
|
CEO of Avery Dennison, 1998-2005 |
| Thomas C. Nelson |
Business |
c. 1963 |
|
CEO of National Gypsum |
| Ernie Nevers |
Football |
11-Jun-1902 |
3-May-1976 |
NFL Hall of Famer |
| James B. Nicholson |
Business |
c. 1943 |
|
CEO of PVS Chemicals, Inc. |
| George Hugh Niederauer |
Religion |
14-Jun-1936 |
|
Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco |
| Howard C. Nielson |
Politician |
12-Sep-1924 |
|
Congressman from Utah, 1983-91 |
| Ronald K. Noble |
Government |
1957 |
|
Head of Interpol |
| Luis G. Nogales |
Business |
c. 1944 |
|
CEO of UPI, 1984-86 |
| Lloyd Nolan |
Actor |
11-Aug-1902 |
27-Sep-1985 |
Dr. Chegley on Julia |
| Bruce P. Nolop |
Business |
c. 1950 |
|
CFO of Pitney Bowes, 2000-08 |
| John J. O'Connor III |
Relative |
10-Jan-1930 |
|
Sandra Day O'Connor's husband |
| Sandra Day O'Connor |
Judge |
26-Mar-1930 |
|
US Supreme Court Justice, 1981-2006 |
| Wally O'Dell |
Business |
c. 1945 |
|
CEO of Diebold, 1999-2005 |
| Denise M. O'Leary |
Business |
c. 1957 |
|
Former Partner, Menlo Ventures |
| Rodney O'Neal |
Business |
c. 1954 |
|
CEO of Delphi |
| Ellen Ochoa |
Astronaut |
10-May-1958 |
|
First hispanic female astronaut |
| Charles Ogletree |
Attorney |
31-Dec-1952 |
|
Law professor |
| Herbert S. Okun |
Diplomat |
27-Nov-1930 |
|
US Ambassador to the UN, 1985-89 |
| Sharon Olds |
Poet |
19-Nov-1942 |
|
The Dead and the Living |
| Barney Oliver |
Astronomer |
1916 |
23-Nov-1995 |
SETI researcher |
| Chris Onstad |
Cartoonist |
14-Jun-1975 |
|
Achewood |
| John M. Ordway |
Diplomat |
1950 |
|
US Ambassador to Kazakhstan |
| Paul A. Ormond |
Business |
c. 1949 |
|
CEO of Manor Care |
| Norman Ornstein |
Author |
1948 |
|
American Enterprise Institute |
| Alfred E. Osborne, Jr. |
Educator |
c. 1946 |
|
Management Professor, UCLA |
| M. Kenneth Oshman |
Business |
9-Jul-1940 |
|
CEO of Echelon |
| Clarence Otis |
Business |
c. 1955 |
|
CEO of Darden Restaurants |
| William G. Ouchi |
Educator |
1943 |
|
Theory Z |
| Douglas H. Paal |
Diplomat |
? |
|
Director, American Institute in Taiwan, 2002-06 |
| David Packard |
Business |
7-Sep-1912 |
26-Mar-1996 |
Co-Founder of Hewlett Packard |
| Larry Page |
Business |
26-Mar-1973 |
|
Co-Founder of Google |
| Elaine Pagels |
Historian |
13-Feb-1943 |
|
The Gnostic Gospels |
| Jack Palance |
Actor |
18-Feb-1919 |
10-Nov-2006 |
Performed one-handed push-ups |
| George G. C. Parker |
Educator |
c. 1939 |
|
Finance Professor Emeritus, Stanford |
| Bradford W. Parkinson |
Engineer |
16-Feb-1935 |
|
Global Positioning System |
| Frank Pastore |
Radio Personality |
21-Aug-1957 |
|
Talk radio host, former MLB pitcher |
| Elizabeth Paté-Cornell |
Educator |
17-Aug-1948 |
|
Risk analysis expert, Stanford professor |
| William J. Patterson |
Business |
c. 1962 |
|
SPO Partners & Co. |
| Alexander Payne |
Film Director |
10-Feb-1961 |
|
About Schmidt |
| Daniel Pearl |
Journalist |
10-Oct-1963 |
21-Feb-2002 |
Murdered Wall Street Journal reporter |
| George A. Peinado |
Business |
c. 1969 |
|
Madison Dearborn Partners |
| William J. Perry |
Government |
11-Oct-1927 |
|
US Secretary of Defense, 1994-97 |
| Tom Peters |
Author |
7-Nov-1942 |
|
In Search of Excellence |
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