Founded 1701 as the Collegiate School; renamed Yale College in honor of benefactor Elihu Yale in 1745.
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Dean Acheson |
Government |
11-Apr-1893 |
12-Oct-1971 |
US Secretary of State, 1949-53 |
| Peter Ackroyd |
Author |
5-Oct-1949 |
|
The Great Fire of London |
| George A. Akerlof |
Economist |
17-Jun-1940 |
|
Asymmetric markets |
| John F. Akers |
Business |
28-Dec-1934 |
|
CEO of IBM, 1986-93 |
| Herbert M. Allison |
Business |
24-Aug-1943 |
|
CEO of TIAA-CREF, 2002-08 |
| Eric Alterman |
Columnist |
14-Jan-1960 |
|
The Nation columnist |
| Robert Anderson |
Diplomat |
6-Jan-1922 |
5-Apr-1996 |
US Ambassador to Morocco, 1976-78 |
| Lori B. Andrews |
Attorney |
c. 1953 |
|
Genetics and biotechnology law |
| Paul V. Applegarth |
Business |
c. 1946 |
|
CEO, Millenium Challenge Corporation 2004-05 |
| John Ashcroft |
Government |
9-May-1942 |
|
US Attorney General, 2001-05 |
| Victor Ashe |
Diplomat |
1-Jan-1945 |
|
US Ambassador to Poland |
| Les Aspin |
Politician |
21-Jul-1938 |
21-May-1995 |
US Secretary of Defense, 1993-94 |
| Louis Auchincloss |
Author |
27-Sep-1917 |
|
Portrait in Brownstone |
| Roy L. Austin |
Diplomat |
13-Dec-1939 |
|
US Ambassador to Trinidad |
| Aram Avakian |
Film Director |
23-Apr-1926 |
17-Jan-1987 |
End of the Road |
| James Bacchus |
Politician |
21-Jun-1949 |
|
Congressman from Florida, 1991-95 |
| John Badham |
Film Director |
25-Aug-1939 |
|
Saturday Night Fever |
| Katherine Baicker |
Economist |
? |
|
Council of Economic Advisers, 2005-07 |
| Robert T. Bakker |
Paleontologist |
1945 |
|
The Dinosaur Heresies |
| Malcolm Baldrige |
Politician |
4-Oct-1922 |
25-Jul-1987 |
US Secretary of Commerce 1981-87 |
| Henry Baldwin |
Judge |
14-Jan-1780 |
21-Apr-1844 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1830-44 |
| Elizabeth A. Ballantine |
Attorney |
c. 1948 |
|
EBA Associates |
| H. Douglas Barclay |
Diplomat |
5-Jul-1932 |
|
US Ambassador to El Salvador, 2003-07 |
| Joel Barlow |
Poet |
25-Mar-1754 |
24-Dec-1812 |
The Hasty Pudding |
| A. Doak Barnett |
Scholar |
8-Oct-1921 |
17-Mar-1999 |
China on the Eve of Communist Takeover |
| Matthew Barney |
Film Director |
25-Mar-1967 |
|
The Cremaster Cycle |
| Thomas C. Barry |
Business |
c. 1944 |
|
Zephyr Management |
| Leonard Baskin |
Sculptor |
15-Aug-1922 |
3-Jun-2000 |
Sculptor and printmaker |
| Edward Bass |
Philanthropist |
c. 1945 |
|
Billionaire, Biosphere proponent |
| Lee Bass |
Business |
c. 1957 |
|
Billionaire |
| Perry R. Bass |
Philanthropist |
11-Nov-1914 |
1-Jun-2006 |
Billionaire |
| Robert Bass |
Business |
c. 1948 |
|
Billionaire |
| Sid Bass |
Business |
1942 |
|
Fort Worth Billionaire |
| Angela Bassett |
Actor |
16-Aug-1958 |
|
Got her groove back |
| Jennifer Beals |
Actor |
19-Dec-1963 |
|
Flashdance |
| Glenn Beck |
Radio Personality |
10-Feb-1964 |
|
Conservative radio talk-show host |
| Henry P. Becton, Jr. |
Business |
1943 |
|
WGBH Educational Foundation |
| Lyman Beecher |
Religion |
12-Oct-1775 |
10-Jan-1865 |
American Presbyterian preacher |
| Peter Beinart |
Columnist |
1971 |
|
Washington Post columnist |
| Joshua Bekenstein |
Business |
c. 1958 |
|
Bain Capital |
| Richard Benedick |
Diplomat |
? |
|
US negotiator to the Montreal Protocol |
| Stephen Vincent Benét |
Author |
22-Jul-1898 |
13-Mar-1943 |
John Brown's Body |
| William Rose Benét |
Poet |
2-Feb-1886 |
4-May-1950 |
The Dust Which Is God |
| Eric Bentley |
Critic |
14-Sep-1916 |
|
The Life of the Drama |
| Bradford Berenson |
Attorney |
c. 1964 |
|
Partner, Sidley Austin |
| Charles Berlitz |
Author |
20-Nov-1914 |
18-Dec-2003 |
Language lessons and specultive non-fiction |
| Mark R. Bernstein |
Attorney |
1930 |
|
Parker, Poe, Adams & Bernstein LP |
| Roland Betts |
Business |
25-May-1946 |
|
Longtime friend of George W. Bush |
| Jeffrey L. Bewkes |
Business |
c. 1952 |
|
President and COO of Time Warner |
| Poultney Bigelow |
Author |
10-Sep-1855 |
28-May-1954 |
The German Struggle for Liberty |
| Hiram Bingham IV |
Diplomat |
17-Jul-1903 |
12-Jan-1988 |
Consul signed visas for 2000 Jews |
| Hiram Bingham |
Politician |
19-Nov-1875 |
6-Jun-1956 |
US Senator, discovered Machu Picchu |
| Robert J. Birgeneau |
Educator |
1942 |
|
Chancellor, UC Berkeley |
| Lewis Black |
Comic |
30-Aug-1948 |
|
Rants on The Daily Show |
| Susan Block |
Talk Show Host |
c. 1951 |
|
Sexpert |
| Harold Bloom |
Critic |
11-Jul-1930 |
|
Literary critic, Yale professor |
| William Boeing |
Business |
1-Oct-1881 |
28-Sep-1956 |
Founder of Boeing, United Airlines |
| John Bolton |
Government |
20-Nov-1948 |
|
US Ambassador to the UN, 2005-06 |
| Sorrell Booke |
Actor |
4-Jan-1930 |
11-Feb-1994 |
Boss Hogg on Dukes of Hazzard |
| Daniel Boorstin |
Historian |
1-Oct-1914 |
28-Feb-2004 |
The Creators |
| Max Boot |
Columnist |
1969 |
|
Conservative pundit |
| David L. Boren |
Politician |
21-Apr-1941 |
|
Governor and Senator from Oklahoma |
| Gina Boswell |
Business |
c. 1962 |
|
Senior Alberto-Culver executive |
| Chester Bowles |
Politician |
5-Apr-1901 |
25-May-1986 |
Governor of Connecticut, 1949-51 |
| Herbert W. Boyer |
Biologist |
10-Jul-1936 |
|
Recombinant DNA, first synthetic insulin |
| John G. Brady |
Politician |
25-May-1848 |
17-Dec-1918 |
Territorial Governor of Alaska 1897-1906 |
| Nicholas F. Brady |
Government |
11-Apr-1930 |
|
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1988-93 |
| Frank B. Brandegee |
Politician |
8-Jul-1864 |
14-Oct-1924 |
US Senator, committed suicide |
| Martha Brant |
Journalist |
c. 1967 |
|
Newsweek reporter |
| John R. Brazil |
Educator |
1946 |
|
President, Trinity University Texas |
| James Henry Breasted |
Archaeologist |
27-Aug-1865 |
2-Dec-1935 |
A History of Egypt |
| L. Paul Bremer |
Government |
30-Sep-1941 |
|
Director of the Iraq Provisional Authority |
| Jordana Brewster |
Actor |
26-Apr-1980 |
|
The Faculty |
| Kingman Brewster, Jr. |
Educator |
17-Jun-1919 |
8-Nov-1988 |
President of Yale, 1963-77 |
| Willard W. Brittain, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1948 |
|
Former Partner, Price Waterhouse Coopers |
| Leon Brittan |
Politician |
25-Sep-1939 |
|
UK Home Secretary, 1983-85 |
| Richard H. Brodhead |
Educator |
1947 |
|
President, Duke University |
| Martha Finn Brooks |
Business |
5-Jun-1959 |
|
President and COO of Novelis |
| B. Gratz Brown |
Politician |
28-May-1826 |
13-Dec-1885 |
Governor and Senator from Missouri |
| Kenneth L. Brown |
Diplomat |
6-Dec-1936 |
|
US Ambassador to Ghana, 1992-95 |
| Sherrod Brown |
Politician |
9-Nov-1952 |
|
US Senator from Ohio |
| Winthrop G. Brown |
Diplomat |
12-Jul-1907 |
25-May-1987 |
US Ambassador to South Korea, 1964-67 |
| David Brudnoy |
Radio Personality |
5-Jun-1940 |
8-Dec-2004 |
Boston talk radio host |
| Charles F. Brush III |
Archaeologist |
3-Apr-1923 |
1-Jun-2006 |
Explorers Club president 1978-81 |
| Robert Brustein |
Educator |
21-Apr-1927 |
|
Founder, American Reportory Theatre |
| Joy Bryant |
Actor |
19-Oct-1976 |
|
Get Rich or Die Tryin' |
| Christopher Buckley |
Novelist |
1952 |
|
Thank You for Smoking |
| James L. Buckley |
Politician |
9-Mar-1923 |
|
US Senator from New York, 1971-77 |
| William F. Buckley |
Columnist |
24-Nov-1925 |
27-Feb-2008 |
National Review |
| Jonathan B. Bulkeley |
Business |
c. 1960 |
|
Chairman of QXL Ricardo, 1998-2004 |
| William C. Bullitt |
Diplomat |
25-Jan-1891 |
15-Feb-1967 |
US Ambassador to the USSR, 1933-36 |
| Mac Bundy |
Government |
30-Mar-1919 |
16-Sep-1996 |
National Security Advisor, 1961-66 |
| William Bundy |
Government |
24-Sep-1917 |
6-Oct-2000 |
Cold War advisor to JFK, LBJ |
| Ellsworth Bunker |
Diplomat |
11-May-1894 |
30-Sep-1984 |
US Ambassador to South Vietnam, 1967-73 |
| James H. Burnley IV |
Government |
30-Jul-1948 |
|
US Secretary of Transportation, 1987-89 |
| Barbara Bush |
Relative |
25-Nov-1981 |
|
Twin daughter of George W. Bush |
| George H.W. Bush |
Head of State |
12-Jun-1924 |
|
41st US President, 1989-93 |
| George W. Bush |
Head of State |
6-Jul-1946 |
|
43rd US President |
| Jonathan J. Bush |
Relative |
1931 |
|
Brother of George H.W. Bush |
| Prescott Bush |
Politician |
15-May-1895 |
8-Oct-1972 |
US Senator from Connecticut, 1952-63 |
| Prescott S. Bush, Jr. |
Relative |
10-Aug-1922 |
|
Brother of George H.W. Bush |
| William Trotter Bush |
Relative |
14-Jul-1938 |
|
Brother of George H.W. Bush |
| Horace Bushnell |
Religion |
14-Apr-1802 |
17-Feb-1876 |
Nature and the Supernatural |
| Judith Butler |
Scholar |
24-Feb-1956 |
|
Gender Trouble |
| Susan Bysiewicz |
Politician |
1961 |
|
Connecticut Secretary of State |
| John C. Calhoun |
Politician |
18-Mar-1782 |
31-Mar-1850 |
US Vice President, champion of the South |
| Walter Camp |
Football |
7-Apr-1859 |
14-Mar-1925 |
Father of American football |
| Lois Capps |
Politician |
10-Jan-1938 |
|
Congresswoman, California 23rd |
| Walter Capps |
Politician |
5-May-1934 |
28-Oct-1997 |
Congressman from California, 1997 |
| Benjamin S. Carson |
Doctor |
18-Sep-1951 |
|
Neurosurgeon |
| Gilbert F. Casellas |
Attorney |
c. 1952 |
|
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo |
| Dick Cavett |
Talk Show Host |
19-Nov-1936 |
|
The Dick Cavett Show |
| Richard Celeste |
Politician |
11-Nov-1937 |
|
Governor of Ohio, 1983-91 |
| Malcolm Chace |
Business |
c. 1934 |
|
Chairman, Bancorp Rhode Island |
| John H. Chafee |
Politician |
22-Oct-1922 |
24-Oct-1999 |
US Senator from Rhode Island, 1976-99 |
| Roy D. Chapin, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1916 |
5-Aug-2001 |
Former CEO of American Motors |
| Dick Cheney |
Politician |
30-Jan-1941 |
|
Dubya's VP, ex-CEO of Halliburton |
| Ron Chernow |
Author |
1949 |
|
The Warburgs and Alexander Hamilton |
| Brock Chisholm |
Doctor |
18-May-1896 |
4-Feb-1971 |
First Director-General of World Health Organization |
| Carol T. Christ |
Educator |
21-May-1944 |
|
President, Smith College |
| Tansu Ciller |
Politician |
9-Oct-1946 |
|
Prime Minister of Turkey, 1993-96 |
| Michael Cimino |
Film Director |
3-Feb-1939 |
|
The Deer Hunter |
| David C. Clapp |
Business |
c. 1938 |
|
Retired Partner, Goldman Sachs |
| Patricia Clarkson |
Actor |
29-Dec-1959 |
|
Pieces of April |
| Cassius Marcellus Clay |
Politician |
19-Oct-1810 |
22-Jul-1903 |
Kentucky anti-slavery advocate |
| John Middleton Clayton |
Politician |
24-Jul-1796 |
9-Nov-1856 |
US Senator and Secretary of State |
| Lawrence S. Coben |
Business |
c. 1957 |
|
Tremisis Energy |
| Henry Sloane Coffin |
Religion |
5-Jan-1877 |
25-Nov-1954 |
Meaning of the Cross |
| William Sloane Coffin |
Activist |
1-Jun-1924 |
12-Apr-2006 |
Civilly disobedient chaplain |
| David D. Cole |
Attorney |
? |
|
Professor of Constitutional Law |
| Tom Cole |
Politician |
28-Apr-1949 |
|
Congressman, Oklahoma 4th |
| Francis Collins |
Scientist |
14-Apr-1950 |
|
Human Genome Project, science/religion pundit |
| Larry Collins |
Author |
14-Sep-1929 |
20-Jun-2005 |
Is Paris Burning? |
| Timothy C. Collins |
Business |
c. 1956 |
|
Private equity, Ripplewood Holdings |
| William W. Colville |
Business |
c. 1935 |
|
General Counsel at Owens Corning, 1984-94 |
| Cristóbal I. Conde |
Business |
c. 1959 |
|
CEO of SunGard |
| James Connaughton |
Government |
? |
|
Chairman, Council on Environmental Quality |
| Jennifer Connelly |
Actor |
12-Dec-1970 |
|
Betty Ross in The Hulk |
| Russell H. Conwell |
Educator |
15-Feb-1843 |
6-Dec-1925 |
Founder, Temple University |
| Alistair Cooke |
Journalist |
20-Nov-1908 |
29-Mar-2004 |
Alistair Cooke's America |
| Anderson Cooper |
Journalist |
3-Jun-1967 |
|
Anderson Cooper 360 |
| James Fenimore Cooper |
Novelist |
15-Sep-1789 |
14-Sep-1851 |
The Last of the Mohicans |
| John S. Cooper |
Politician |
23-Aug-1901 |
21-Feb-1991 |
US Senator from Kentucky |
| Lawrence Coughlin |
Politician |
11-Apr-1929 |
30-Nov-2001 |
Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1969-93 |
| Richard Cox |
Actor |
6-May-1948 |
|
Cruising |
| William C. Crowley |
Business |
c. 1957 |
|
CFO of Sears Roebuck |
| Susan Crown |
Business |
c. 1958 |
|
VP at Henry Crown and Company |
| Lawrence M. Crutcher |
Business |
c. 1943 |
|
Veronis Suhler Stevenson |
| Homer S. Cummings |
Attorney |
30-Apr-1870 |
10-Sep-1956 |
US Attorney General, 1933-39 |
| Peter D. Cummings |
Business |
c. 1947 |
|
Ram Realty Services |
| Walter J. P. Curley |
Business |
1922 |
|
US Ambassador to France, 1989-93 |
| George E. Curry |
Publisher |
23-Feb-1947 |
|
Emerge editor-in-chief |
| Harvey Cushing |
Doctor |
8-Apr-1869 |
7-Oct-1939 |
Cushing's Syndrome |
| Alexander M. Cutler |
Business |
28-May-1951 |
|
CEO of Eaton |
| Lloyd Cutler |
Attorney |
10-Nov-1917 |
8-May-2005 |
White House Counsel for Carter, Clinton |
| Jack Dalrymple |
Politician |
16-Oct-1948 |
|
Lt. Governor of North Dakota |
| James Dwight Dana |
Scientist |
12-Feb-1813 |
14-Apr-1895 |
Manual of Geology |
| Claire Danes |
Actor |
12-Apr-1979 |
|
My So-Called Life |
| Ron Darling |
Baseball |
19-Aug-1960 |
|
Commentator, New York Mets |
| Philippe P. Dauman |
Business |
c. 1952 |
|
CEO of Viacom |
| Bruce Davidson |
Photographer |
5-Sep-1933 |
|
East 100th Street |
| Lanny J. Davis |
Government |
c. 1946 |
|
White House Counsel, 1996-98 |
| Raymond Davis, Jr. |
Scientist |
14-Oct-1914 |
31-May-2006 |
Detected solar neutrinos |
| Henry Laurens Dawes |
Politician |
30-Oct-1816 |
5-Feb-1903 |
US Senator from Massachusetts, 1875-93 |
| Clarence Day |
Author |
18-Nov-1874 |
28-Dec-1935 |
Life with Father |
| Mark Dayton |
Politician |
26-Jan-1947 |
|
US Senator from Minnesota |
| Willem de Kooning |
Painter |
24-Apr-1904 |
19-Mar-1997 |
Abstract expressionist |
| Howard Dean |
Politician |
17-Nov-1948 |
|
Chairman of the Democratic Party |
| Silas Deane |
Diplomat |
24-Dec-1737 |
23-Sep-1789 |
First accredited US diplomat |
| Gerard Debreu |
Economist |
4-Jul-1921 |
31-Dec-2004 |
Supply and demand theorist |
| James H. DeGraffenreidt, Jr. |
Business |
8-May-1953 |
|
CEO of WGL Holdings |
| W. Edwards Deming |
Mathematician |
14-Oct-1900 |
20-Dec-1993 |
Quality Control guru |
| Brian Dennehy |
Actor |
9-Jul-1938 |
|
First Blood |
| Frederick B. Dent |
Government |
17-Aug-1922 |
|
US Commerce Secretary, 1973-75 |
| Chauncey Depew |
Politician |
23-Apr-1834 |
5-Apr-1928 |
Co-Founder of the Pilgrims Society |
| Peter B. Dervan |
Chemist |
28-Jun-1945 |
|
DNA Researcher |
| William O. DeWitt, Jr. |
Business |
31-Aug-1941 |
|
Reynolds DeWitt & Co. |
| Robert J. Dieter |
Diplomat |
c. 1946 |
|
US Ambassador to Belize |
| Bradford Dillman |
Actor |
14-Apr-1930 |
|
Sudden Impact |
| Bill Donaldson |
Government |
2-Jun-1931 |
|
SEC Chairman, 2003-05 |
| Lewis W. Douglas, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1925 |
|
Christiana Oil Corporation |
| Polly Draper |
Actor |
15-Jun-1955 |
|
Ellyn Warren on thirtysomething |
| David Duchovny |
Actor |
7-Aug-1960 |
|
Mulder on The X-Files |
| James J. Duderstadt |
Educator |
c. 1943 |
|
President, University of Michigan, 1988-96 |
| Charles Dutton |
Actor |
30-Jan-1951 |
|
Roc |
| Timothy Dwight |
Educator |
14-May-1752 |
11-Jan-1817 |
President of Yale, 1795-1817 |
| George C. Eads |
Economist |
20-Aug-1942 |
|
Council of Economic Advisers, 1979-81 |
| Eddie Eagan |
Boxing |
26-Apr-1897 |
14-Jun-1967 |
Won Summer and Winter Olympic Gold |
| William L. Eagleton, Jr. |
Diplomat |
17-Aug-1926 |
|
US Ambassador to Syria, 1984-88 |
| Robert L. Eastaugh |
Judge |
1943 |
|
Justice, Alaska Supreme Court |
| Donald Easum |
Diplomat |
1923 |
|
US Ambassador to Nigeria, 1975-77 |
| Dick Ebersol |
Journalist |
28-Jul-1947 |
|
Chairman of NBC Sports |
| Eric S. Edelman |
Diplomat |
1951 |
|
Under Secretary of Defense for Policy |
| Jonathan Edwards |
Religion |
5-Oct-1703 |
22-Mar-1758 |
American Puritan theologian |
| Julie H. Edwards |
Business |
c. 1958 |
|
CFO of Frontier Oil, 1994-2005 |
| Jill Eikenberry |
Actor |
21-Jan-1947 |
|
Ann Kelsey on L.A. Law |
| Michael R. Eisenson |
Business |
c. 1955 |
|
Charlesbank Capital Partners |
| William B. Ellis |
Business |
c. 1940 |
|
CEO of Northeast Utilities, 1983-93 |
| Richard Ellmann |
Critic |
15-Mar-1918 |
13-May-1987 |
James Joyce |
| Stephen G. Emerson |
Educator |
c. 1952 |
|
President, Haverford College |
| Noah Emmerich |
Actor |
27-Feb-1965 |
|
The Truman Show |
| John F. Enders |
Scientist |
10-Feb-1897 |
8-Sep-1985 |
Cultured the polio virus |
| Thomas O. Enders |
Diplomat |
28-Nov-1932 |
17-Mar-1996 |
US Ambassador to Canada, Spain |
| Cy Endfield |
Film Director |
10-Nov-1914 |
16-Apr-1995 |
Zulu |
| Donald M. Engelman |
Biologist |
c. 1941 |
|
Biochemistry Professor at Yale |
| Theo Epstein |
Baseball |
29-Dec-1973 |
|
General Manager of the Boston Red Sox |
| Ben Erdreich |
Politician |
9-Dec-1938 |
|
Congressman from Alabama, 1983-93 |
| J. Adam Ereli |
Diplomat |
c. 1982 |
|
US Ambassador to Bahrain |
| Charles H. Erhart, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1927 |
|
President of W.R. Grace & Co., 1989-90 |
| John Marshall Evans |
Diplomat |
c. 1948 |
|
US Ambassador to Armenia, 2004-06 |
| M. Stanton Evans |
Activist |
20-Jul-1934 |
|
Conservative activist |
| Rowland Evans |
Columnist |
28-Apr-1921 |
23-Mar-2001 |
Evans and Novak |
| William M. Evarts |
Politician |
6-Feb-1818 |
28-Feb-1901 |
US Secretary of State, 1877-81 |
| Mark W. Everson |
Administrator |
10-Sep-1954 |
|
IRS Commissioner, 2003-07 |
| Robert Fagles |
Translator |
11-Sep-1933 |
26-Mar-2008 |
Translator of Greek literature |
| Jonathan F. Fanton |
Administrator |
c. 1943 |
|
President, MacArthur Foundation |
| Walter E. Fauntroy |
Activist |
6-Feb-1933 |
|
Congressman from DC, 1971-91 |
| John B. Fenn |
Chemist |
15-Jun-1917 |
|
Electrospray ionization |
| Stanley Fish |
Scholar |
19-Apr-1938 |
|
Deconstructionist literary critic |
| Irving Fisher |
Economist |
27-Feb-1867 |
29-Apr-1947 |
The Theory of Interest |
| Richard Fleischer |
Film Director |
8-Dec-1916 |
24-Mar-2006 |
Soylent Green |
| Samuel A. Foote |
Politician |
8-Nov-1780 |
15-Sep-1846 |
Governor of Connecticut, 1834-35 |
| Henry Ford II |
Business |
4-Sep-1917 |
29-Sep-1987 |
Former President, CEO of Ford |
| William Clay Ford, Sr. |
Business |
14-Mar-1925 |
|
Ford exec and owner of the Detroit Lions |
| Lee De Forest |
Inventor |
26-Aug-1873 |
30-Jun-1961 |
Inventor of the Audion vacuum tube |
| Jodie Foster |
Actor |
19-Nov-1962 |
|
Taxi Driver |
| Norman Foster |
Architect |
1-Jun-1935 |
|
Architect of the Milennium Bridge |
| Stephen Clark Foster |
Politician |
1820 |
28-Jan-1898 |
Thrice Mayor of Los Angeles |
| Michael G. Franc |
Government |
c. 1957 |
|
Heritage Foundation |
| James Franciscus |
Actor |
31-Jan-1934 |
8-Jul-1991 |
Mr. Novak |
| Waldo Frank |
Author |
25-Aug-1889 |
9-Jan-1967 |
American cultural critic and social historian |
| Gary Franks |
Politician |
9-Feb-1953 |
|
Congressman from Connecticut, 1991-97 |
| Charles W. Freeman, Jr. |
Diplomat |
1943 |
|
US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, 1989-92 |
| Dan Froomkin |
Columnist |
c. 1963 |
|
Washington Post columnist |
| David Frum |
Pundit |
1960 |
|
Coined "Axis of Evil" |
| Foster Furcolo |
Politician |
29-Jul-1911 |
5-Jul-1995 |
Governor of Massachusetts, 1957-61 |
| James Gadsden |
Military |
15-May-1788 |
26-Dec-1858 |
Gadsden Purchase |
| Evan Griffith Galbraith |
Business |
2-Jul-1928 |
21-Jan-2008 |
US Ambassador to France, 1981-85 |
| James K. Galbraith |
Scholar |
c. 1952 |
|
Economics Professor at UT-Austin |
| Richard I. Galland |
Attorney |
c. 1916 |
|
Of Counsel, Jones Day |
| Henry Louis Gates, Jr. |
Author |
16-Sep-1950 |
|
The Signifying Monkey |
| Mimi Gardner Gates |
Administrator |
c. 1953 |
|
Director, Seattle Art Museum |
| Stephen F. Gates |
Business |
1946 |
|
Former EVP, Conoco-Phillips |
| Bruce S. Gelb |
Diplomat |
1927 |
|
US Ambassador to Belgium, 1991-93 |
| Richard Gelb |
Business |
1924 |
4-Apr-2004 |
CEO of Bristol-Myers Squibb, 1972-93 |
| Murray Gell-Mann |
Physicist |
15-Sep-1929 |
|
Weak interaction of particles |
| David Gergen |
Columnist |
9-May-1942 |
|
Advisor to Nixon, Reagan, Bush, Clinton |
| Bart Giamatti |
Baseball |
4-Apr-1938 |
1-Sep-1989 |
Baseball Commissioner, 1989 |
| Paul Giamatti |
Actor |
6-Jun-1967 |
|
John Adams |
| J. Willard Gibbs |
Physicist |
11-Feb-1839 |
28-Apr-1903 |
Elementary Principles in Statistical Mathematics |
| Sara Gilbert |
Actor |
29-Jan-1975 |
|
Darlene on Roseanne |
| Alfred G. Gilman |
Scientist |
1-Jul-1941 |
|
G-protein cell signal transmission |
| Rob Glaser |
Business |
16-Jan-1962 |
|
CEO of RealNetworks |
| Joseph H. Gleberman |
Business |
c. 1957 |
|
Managing Director at Goldman Sachs |
| William H. Gleysteen |
Politician |
8-May-1926 |
6-Dec-2002 |
US Ambassador to South Korea, 1978-81 |
| Robert F. Godec |
Diplomat |
? |
|
US Ambassador to Tunisia |
| Roberto C. Goizueta |
Business |
18-Nov-1931 |
18-Oct-1997 |
CEO of Coca-Cola, 1981-97 |
| Fred T. Goldberg, Jr. |
Government |
15-Oct-1947 |
|
IRS Commissioner, 1989-92 |
| Austan Goolsbee |
Economist |
c. 1969 |
|
Obama economics advisor |
| Bing Gordon |
Business |
c. 1950 |
|
Chief Creative Officer, Electronic Arts |
| Porter Goss |
Politician |
26-Nov-1938 |
|
Director of the CIA, 2004-06 |
| Gordon Gould |
Physicist |
17-Jul-1920 |
16-Sep-2005 |
Invented the laser |
| Kingdon Gould, Jr. |
Diplomat |
1924 |
|
US Ambassador to the Netherlands, 1973-76 |
| Bill Gradison |
Politician |
28-Dec-1928 |
|
Congressman from Ohio, 1975-93 |
| David Marshall Grant |
Actor |
21-Jun-1955 |
|
Air America |
| Earl G. Graves, Jr. |
Business |
5-Jan-1962 |
|
Black Enterprise magazine |
| David N. Greenlee |
Diplomat |
3-Jun-1943 |
|
US Ambassador to Bolivia, 2003-06 |
| David Alan Grier |
Comic |
30-Jun-1955 |
|
In Living Color |
| Gerald Grinstein |
Business |
c. 1932 |
|
CEO of Delta Air Lines, 2004-07 |
| Amiram Grinvald |
Scientist |
c. 1949 |
|
High-resolution optical imaging |
| Bathsheba Grossman |
Sculptor |
1966 |
|
Mathematical sculptor |
| Robert Grossman |
Artist |
1-Mar-1940 |
|
Versatile illustrator, caricaturist |
| Lloyd Grove |
Columnist |
c. 1954 |
|
Gossip columnist |
| Joseph A. Grundfest |
Attorney |
c. 1951 |
|
Stanford law professor |
| John Guare |
Playwright |
5-Feb-1938 |
|
Six Degrees of Separation |
| Thomas Guinzburg |
Publisher |
c. 1926 |
|
Former owner, Viking Press |
| Kathryn Hahn |
Actor |
23-Jul-1974 |
|
Lily Lebowski on Crossing Jordan |
| Nathan Hale |
Spy |
1756 |
22-Sep-1776 |
Had but one life to give for his country |
| William Stewart Halsted |
Doctor |
23-Sep-1852 |
7-Sep-1922 |
Father of American surgery |
| Harry Hamlin |
Actor |
30-Oct-1951 |
|
Lawyer on L.A. Law |
| Edward Stephen Harkness |
Philanthropist |
22-Jan-1874 |
29-Jan-1940 |
Philanthropist |
| W. Averell Harriman |
Diplomat |
15-Nov-1891 |
26-Jul-1986 |
Ambassador to USSR, Governor of NY |
| Julie Harris |
Actor |
2-Dec-1925 |
|
East of Eden |
| William Torrey Harris |
Educator |
10-Sep-1835 |
5-Nov-1909 |
US Commissioner of Education |
| Francis Burton Harrison |
Politician |
18-Dec-1873 |
21-Nov-1957 |
Drug prohibition |
| Gary Hart |
Politician |
28-Nov-1936 |
|
US Senator from Colorado, 1975-87 |
| Geoffrey Hartman |
Critic |
11-Aug-1929 |
|
The Unmediated Vision |
| Michael Hawley |
Photographer |
18-Nov-1961 |
|
Bhutan: A Visual Odyssey |
| Nathan L. Hecht |
Judge |
15-Aug-1949 |
|
Justice, Texas Supreme Court |
| Ray L. Heffner |
Educator |
7-May-1925 |
|
President of Brown University, 1966-69 |
| John Heinz |
Politician |
23-Oct-1938 |
4-Apr-1991 |
US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1977-91 |
| John Hersey |
Novelist |
17-Jun-1914 |
24-Mar-1993 |
A Bell for Adano |
| Philip Heymann |
Government |
c. 1932 |
|
US Deputy Attorney General, 1993-94 |
| George Hickenlooper |
Film Director |
25-May-1965 |
|
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse |
| John Hodgman |
Author |
1971 |
|
The Areas of My Expertise |
| James F. Hoge, Jr. |
Editor |
25-Dec-1935 |
|
Editor of Foreign Affairs |
| Samuel Hopkins |
Religion |
17-Sep-1721 |
20-Dec-1803 |
Hopkinsian, opponent of slavery |
| Grace Murray Hopper |
Computer Programmer |
9-Dec-1906 |
1-Jan-1992 |
Invented the COBOL compiler |
| Ken Howard |
Actor |
28-Mar-1944 |
|
The White Shadow |
| Walter Howe |
Diplomat |
10-Jun-1907 |
8-Apr-1966 |
US Ambassador to Chile, 1958-61 |
| John Hoyt |
Actor |
5-Oct-1905 |
15-Sep-1991 |
Attack of the Puppet People |
| Robin E. Hudson |
Judge |
20-Feb-1952 |
|
Justice, North Carolina Supreme Court |
| Albert Wallace Hull |
Physicist |
19-Apr-1880 |
22-Jan-1966 |
Inventor of the magnetron tube |
| Josephine Humphreys |
Author |
2-Feb-1945 |
|
Rich in Love |
| Samuel P. Huntington |
Author |
18-Apr-1927 |
|
The Clash of Civilizations |
| Robert M. Hutchins |
Educator |
17-Jan-1899 |
17-May-1977 |
President, University of Chicago, 1929-51 |
| Robert S. Ingersoll |
Diplomat |
c. 1915 |
|
US Deputy Secretary of State, 1974-76 |
| Andy Ireland |
Politician |
23-Aug-1930 |
|
Congressman from Florida, 1977-93 |
| Zeljko Ivanek |
Actor |
15-Aug-1957 |
|
Gov. James Devlin on Oz |
| Charles Ives |
Composer |
20-Oct-1874 |
19-May-1954 |
Third Symphony (The Camp Meeting) |
| Eli S. Jacobs |
Baseball |
5-Oct-1937 |
|
Former Baltimore Orioles owner |
| Frederic Jameson |
Author |
1934 |
|
The Political Unconscious |
| Dick Jauron |
Football |
7-Oct-1950 |
|
Head Coach, Buffalo Bills |
| Reuben Jeffery III |
Business |
c. 1953 |
|
Under Secy. State, Economic Affairs |
| Jim Jeffords |
Politician |
11-May-1934 |
|
US Senator from Vermont, 1989-2007 |
| Linda Jewell |
Diplomat |
c. 1953 |
|
US Ambassador to Ecuador |
| Charles B. Johnson |
Business |
1933 |
|
Billionaire, Franklin Resources |
| Clay Johnson |
Government |
c. 1946 |
|
OMB Deputy Director |
| David A. Jones, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1958 |
|
Chrysalis Ventures |
| Ellis B. Jones |
Business |
c. 1954 |
|
Wasserstein & Co. |
| Michael H. Jordan |
Business |
13-Jun-1936 |
|
CEO of EDS, 2003-07 |
| Paul L. Joskow |
Economist |
c. 1946 |
|
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation |
| Jane Kaczmarek |
Actor |
21-Dec-1955 |
|
Pleasantville |
| Frederick Kagan |
Scholar |
c. 1969 |
|
Neocon military historian, now at AEI |
| Robert Kagan |
Government |
26-Sep-1958 |
|
Influential neocon, cofounded PNAC |
| Michiko Kakutani |
Critic |
9-Jan-1955 |
|
Quirky New York Times book critic |
| Curtis Kamman |
Diplomat |
15-Jan-1939 |
|
US Ambassador to Colombia, 1997-2000 |
| Arnold Kanter |
Government |
27-Feb-1945 |
|
Under Secy. of State for Political Affairs, 1991-93 |
| Mitch Kapor |
Business |
1950 |
|
Founder of Lotus, Co-founder EFF |
| Pamela S. Karlan |
Scholar |
c. 1958 |
|
Constitutional and legal scholar |
| Tom Katis |
Military |
? |
|
Co-Founder, Triple Canopy |
| Lloyd Kaufman |
Film Director |
30-Dec-1945 |
|
The Toxic Avenger |
| Stacy Keach |
Actor |
2-Jun-1941 |
|
Mike Hammer, also voice narrator |
| Estes Kefauver |
Politician |
26-Jul-1903 |
10-Aug-1963 |
US Senator from Tennessee, 1949-63 |
| Peter D. Keisler |
Government |
13-Oct-1960 |
|
Co-Founder, Federalist Society |
| Larry Kelley |
Football |
30-May-1915 |
27-Jun-2000 |
Winner, 1936 Heisman Trophy |
| Arthur L. Kelly |
Business |
c. 1938 |
|
Partner, KEL Enterprises |
| Hugh Kenner |
Critic |
7-Jan-1923 |
24-Nov-2003 |
The Poetry of Ezra Pound |
| Nan Keohane |
Scholar |
18-Sep-1940 |
|
Political scientist |
| Arthur H. Kern |
Business |
c. 1947 |
|
American Media |
| John Kerry |
Politician |
11-Dec-1943 |
|
US Senator from Massachusetts |
| Richard Kerry |
Diplomat |
28-Jul-1915 |
29-Jul-2000 |
Father of John Kerry |
| Rashid Khalidi |
Author |
1950 |
|
Resurrecting Empire |
| Cleve L. Killingsworth |
Business |
5-Jun-1952 |
|
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts |
| Perry King |
Actor |
30-Apr-1948 |
|
Class of 1984 |
| Robert Klein |
Comic |
8-Feb-1942 |
|
Unable to stop his leg |
| Amy Klobuchar |
Politician |
25-May-1960 |
|
US Senator from Minnesota |
| Steven Knapp |
Educator |
c. 1951 |
|
President, George Washington University |
| Loring Knoblauch |
Business |
? |
|
CEO of Underwriter's Laboratories, 2001-04 |
| John Knowles |
Novelist |
16-Sep-1926 |
29-Nov-2001 |
A Separate Peace |
| Tony Knowles |
Politician |
1-Jan-1943 |
|
Governor of Alaska, 1994-2002 |
| Larry Kramer |
Playwright |
25-Jun-1935 |
|
The Normal Heart |
| Orin Kramer |
Business |
c. 1945 |
|
Chair, New Jersey State Investment Council |
| Carl Krasik |
Attorney |
c. 1944 |
|
General Counsel, Bank of New York Mellon |
| Marvin Krislov |
Educator |
c. 1960 |
|
President, Oberlin College |
| Paul Krugman |
Columnist |
28-Feb-1953 |
|
New York Times columnist/economist |
| Thomas R. Kuhn |
Business |
c. 1946 |
|
Edison Electric Institute |
| William Kunstler |
Attorney |
7-Jul-1919 |
4-Sep-1995 |
Civil rights attorney |
| Arthur B. Laffer |
Economist |
14-Aug-1940 |
|
Reagan advisor, Laffer curve |
| Phil LaMarr |
Actor |
24-Jan-1967 |
|
Mad TV, also voice actor |
| Eddie Lampert |
Business |
19-Jul-1962 |
|
Billionaire, Chairman of Sears |
| Jonathan Homer Lane |
Astronomer |
9-Aug-1819 |
3-May-1880 |
Gravitational equilibrium of the Sun |
| James T. Laney |
Educator |
24-Dec-1927 |
|
President of Emory University, 1977-93 |
| Anthony A. Lapham |
Government |
22-Aug-1936 |
11-Nov-2006 |
CIA General Counsel, 1976-79 |
| Lewis Lapham |
Editor |
8-Jan-1935 |
|
Editor Emeritus, Harper's |
| Leo Laporte |
TV Personality |
29-Nov-1956 |
|
TechTV host |
| José P. Laurel |
Head of State |
9-Mar-1891 |
6-Nov-1959 |
3rd President of the Philippines |
| David Laventhol |
Publisher |
1933 |
|
President of Times Mirror, 1987-93 |
| Ernest Lawrence |
Physicist |
8-Aug-1901 |
27-Aug-1958 |
Inventor of the cyclotron |
| James A. Lawrence |
Business |
c. 1952 |
|
CFO of Unilever |
| Karen R. Lawrence |
Educator |
c. 1949 |
|
President, Sarah Lawrence College |
| Robert Z. Lawrence |
Economist |
c. 1948 |
|
Council of Economic Advisers, 1999-2001 |
| Howard Leach |
Diplomat |
19-Jun-1930 |
|
US Ambassador to France, 2001-05 |
| David Leavitt |
Novelist |
23-Jun-1961 |
|
The Lost Language of Cranes |
| Joshua Lederberg |
Biologist |
23-May-1925 |
2-Feb-2008 |
Genetic properties of bacteria |
| David M. Lee |
Physicist |
20-Jan-1931 |
|
Superfluidity of helium-3 |
| Sheila Jackson Lee |
Politician |
12-Jan-1950 |
|
Congresswoman, Texas 18th |
| Aldo Leopold |
Naturalist |
11-Jan-1886 |
21-Apr-1948 |
A Sand County Almanac |
| Max Lerner |
Sociologist |
20-Dec-1902 |
5-Jun-1992 |
Ideas Are Weapons |
| Jeremy Leven |
Film Director |
1941 |
|
Don Juan DeMarco |
| Richard C. Levin |
Educator |
7-Apr-1947 |
|
President of Yale University |
| Samuel W. Lewis |
Diplomat |
1-Oct-1930 |
|
US Ambassador to Israel, 1977-85 |
| Sinclair Lewis |
Novelist |
7-Feb-1885 |
10-Jan-1951 |
Arrowsmith and Elmer Gantry |
| Lewis Libby |
Government |
22-Aug-1950 |
|
Cheney's former Chief of Staff |
| Joseph Lieberman |
Politician |
24-Feb-1942 |
|
US Senator from Connecticut |
| Hilary Liftin |
Author |
c. 1969 |
|
Candy and Me: A Love Story |
| James Roderick Lilley |
Diplomat |
15-Jan-1928 |
|
US Ambassador to China, 1989-91 |
| Maya Lin |
Architect |
5-Oct-1959 |
|
Designed Vietnam Veterans Memorial |
| Bruce C. Lindsay |
Business |
c. 1941 |
|
2117 Associates LLC |
| John Lindsay |
Politician |
24-Nov-1921 |
19-Dec-2000 |
Mayor of New York City, 1966-73 |
| Mark Linn-Baker |
Actor |
17-Jun-1954 |
|
Larry on Perfect Strangers |
| Joanne Lipman |
Editor |
c. 1962 |
|
Editor of Condé Nast Portfolio |
| Dahlia Lithwick |
Journalist |
c. 1968 |
|
Slate senior editor |
| Ron Livingston |
Actor |
5-Jun-1967 |
|
Peter in Office Space |
| Philip R. Lochner, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1942 |
|
Senior VP at Time Warner, 1991-98 |
| Gary Locke |
Politician |
21-Jan-1950 |
|
Governor of Washington, 1997-2005 |
| Augustus Baldwin Longstreet |
Author |
9-Jul-1790 |
9-Jul-1870 |
Georgia Scenes |
| Alfred Lee Loomis |
Physicist |
4-Nov-1887 |
1-Aug-1975 |
Millionaire scientist |
| Winston Lord |
Diplomat |
17-Aug-1937 |
|
President, Council on Foreign Relations, 1977-85 |
| Vernon R. Loucks, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1935 |
|
CEO of Baxter International, 1980-99 |
| Robert A. Lovett |
Government |
14-Sep-1895 |
7-May-1986 |
US Secretary of Defense, 1951-53 |
| Frank J. Low |
Astronomer |
23-Nov-1933 |
|
Infrared astronomy |
| Stephen Low |
Diplomat |
2-Dec-1927 |
|
US Ambassador to Nigeria, 1979-81 |
| Gary Lucas |
Guitarist |
c. 1952 |
|
Avant-guitarist, Magic Band alumnus |
| Henry Luce III |
Publisher |
28-Apr-1925 |
7-Sep-2005 |
Former Time magazine publisher |
| Henry R. Luce |
Business |
3-Apr-1898 |
28-Feb-1967 |
Founded Time Magazine |
| Alvin Lucier |
Composer |
14-May-1931 |
|
Is sitting in a room |
| Wangari Maathai |
Activist |
1-Apr-1940 |
|
Planted 12 million trees in Kenya |
| Douglas MacArthur II |
Diplomat |
5-Jul-1909 |
15-Nov-1997 |
Career US Ambassador |
| Paul W. MacAvoy |
Economist |
21-Apr-1934 |
|
Council of Economic Advisers, 1975-76 |
| Heather Mac Donald |
Columnist |
c. 1956 |
|
Neoconservative bombthrower |
| Dwight Macdonald |
Critic |
24-Mar-1906 |
19-Dec-1982 |
Against the American Grain |
| Catharine MacKinnon |
Activist |
7-Oct-1946 |
|
Misguided anti-pornography activist |
| Archibald Macleish |
Poet |
7-May-1892 |
20-Apr-1982 |
Conquistador |
| John Macomber |
Business |
13-Jan-1928 |
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