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See also list of Jewish people. This list mainly contains nonjewish people with Jewish ancestry, though this is not always the case (sometimes it is used to document from which parent Judaism is descended; click through to see details in these cases.)

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Paula Abdul
Singer
19-Jun-1962   Singer, later American Idol judge
Walter Abish
Author
24-Dec-1931   Alphabetical Africa
Paul Ableman
Novelist
13-Jun-1927 25-Oct-2006 I Hear Voices
Roman Abramovich
Business
24-Oct-1966   Russian oligarch
Elliott Abrams
Government
24-Jan-1948   Asst. Secy. of State involved in Iran-Contra
Rachel Abrams
Activist
?   Conservative activist
Leonard Abramson
Business
1932   Founder, US Healthcare
Alexei A. Abrikosov
Physicist
25-Jun-1928   Particle physicist, explored superconductivity
Sheldon Adelson
Business
1-Aug-1933   Las Vegas billionaire
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
Tony Alamo
Religion
20-Sep-1934   Tony Alamo Ministries
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
Zhores I. Alferov
Scientist
15-Mar-1930   Developed solar cells for the Sputnik program
Saul Alinsky
Activist
30-Jan-1909 12-Jun-1972 Rules for Radicals
George Allen
Politician
8-Mar-1952   US Senator from Virginia, 2001-07
Herb Alpert
Musician
31-Mar-1935   Tijuana Brass, Co-Founder, 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
Gabrielle Anwar
Actor
4-Feb-1970   Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken
Leo Apotheker
Business
18-Sep-1953   CEO of Hewlett-Packard, 2010-11
Diane Arbus
Photographer
14-Mar-1923 26-Jul-1971 Influential photographer
Ted Arison
Business
1924 1-Oct-1999 Founder of Carnival Cruise Line
Alan Arkin
Actor
26-Mar-1934   Catch 22
Roland Arnall
Business
29-Mar-1939 17-Mar-2008 Ameriquest billionaire
Tom Arnold
Actor
6-Mar-1959   Ex-Husband of Roseanne Barr
Alexis Arquette
Actor
28-Jul-1969   Last Exit to Brooklyn
David Arquette
Actor
8-Sep-1971   Muppets From Space
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Conductor
6-Jul-1937   Director, NHK Symphony Orchestra
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
22-Feb-1955   Obama's chief political advisor
Julius Axelrod
Chemist
30-May-1912 29-Dec-2004 Research of neurotransmitters
Hertha Ayrton
Physicist
28-Apr-1854 26-Aug-1923 Electric arc
Hank Azaria
Actor
25-Apr-1964   Moe and Apu on The Simpsons
Isaac Babel
Author
1-Jul-1894 27-Jan-1940 Soviet master of short stories
Hector Babenco
Film Director
7-Feb-1946   Kiss of the Spider Woman
Lauren Bacall
Actor
16-Sep-1924   Key Largo
Dr. Michael Baden
Doctor
1934   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
8-Mar-1922   Inventor of the home video game console
Oksana Baiul
Figure Skating
16-Nov-1977   Olympic figure skater
Bob Balaban
Film Director
16-Aug-1945   Parents
Liane Balaban
Actor
24-Jun-1980   The Trotsky
Ian Ballantine
Publisher
15-Feb-1916 9-Mar-1995 Paperback magnate
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
Engineer
29-Apr-1926 26-Mar-2011 Packet-sharing in computer communications
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
Todd Barry
Comic
26-Mar-1964   Worst Guest of the Week
Dana Bash
Journalist
15-Jun-1971   CNN Congressional correspondent
Burt Baskin
Business
17-Dec-1913 24-Dec-1967 Co-Founder of Baskin-Robbins
Beck
Musician
8-Jul-1970   Loser
David Beckham
Soccer
2-May-1975   Los Angeles Galaxy
Daniel Bell
Sociologist
10-May-1919 25-Jan-2011 The End of Ideology
Saul Bellow
Novelist
10-Jun-1915 5-Apr-2005 The Adventures of Augie March
Baruj Benacerraf
Scientist
29-Oct-1920 2-Aug-2011 Gene control of HLA antigens
Lawrence Bender
Film/TV Producer
17-Oct-1957   A Band Apart
H. Jon Benjamin
Actor
23-May-1966   Coach McGuirk, Sterling Archer, Bob Belcher
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...
Paul Berg
Chemist
30-Jun-1926   Pioneer in recombinant DNA
Lowell Bergman
Film/TV Producer
24-Jul-1945   Former 60 Minutes producer
Mary Kay Bergman
Actor
5-Jun-1961 11-Nov-1999 South Park
Henri Bergson
Philosopher
18-Oct-1859 4-Jan-1941 L'Évolution Créatrice
Alexander Berkman
Anarchist
21-Nov-1870 28-Jun-1936 A.B.C. of Anarchism
Maximilian Berlitz
Business
14-Apr-1852 6-Apr-1921 Berlitz Language Schools
J. D. Bernal
Physicist
10-May-1901 15-Sep-1971 X-ray crystallography
Edward Bernays
Business
22-Nov-1891 9-Mar-1995 Propaganda
Sarah Bernhardt
Actor
22-Oct-1844 26-Mar-1923 French theatre actress
Irving Bernstein
Historian
15-Nov-1916 25-Sep-2001 Labor historian
Steven Jesse Bernstein
Poet
4-Dec-1950 22-Oct-1991 Grunge poet and punk rocker
Stuart Bernstein
Diplomat
9-Apr-1938   US Ambassador to Denmark, 2001-05
Lipman Bers
Mathematician
22-May-1914 29-Oct-1993 Riemann surfaces
Bruno Bettelheim
Psychologist
28-Aug-1903 13-Mar-1990 Fraudulent child psychologist
Bruce A. Beutler
Biologist
29-Dec-1957   Lipopolysaccharide receptors
Kenneth Bialkin
Attorney
9-Sep-1929   Mergers & Acquisitions lawyer
Rachel Bilson
Actor
25-Aug-1981   Summer Roberts on The O.C.
László Bíró
Inventor
29-Sep-1899 24-Oct-1985 Ballpoint pen
Jack Black
Musician
28-Aug-1969   Half of Tenacious D
Mr. Blackwell
Critic
29-Aug-1922 19-Oct-2008 Issued an annual "Worst-Dressed List"
David Blaine
Magician
4-Apr-1973   World's least engrossing daredevil
Yasmine Bleeth
Actor
14-Jun-1968   Baywatch
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
Felix Bloch
Physicist
23-Oct-1905 10-Sep-1983 Nuclear magnetic resonance
Konrad Bloch
Scientist
21-Jan-1912 15-Oct-2000 Cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism
Scott Bloch
Government
c. 1958   Office of Special Counsel, 2004-08
Susan Block
Talk Show Host
10-Jun-1955   Sexpert
Leonard Bloomfield
Linguist
1-Apr-1887 18-Apr-1949 Structural linguistics of Tagalog
Baruch S. Blumberg
Scientist
28-Jul-1925 5-Apr-2011 Hepatitis B vaccine
Richard Blumenthal
Government
13-Feb-1946   US Senator from Connecticut
David Bohm
Physicist
20-Dec-1917 29-Oct-1992 Particle physicist
Aage N. Bohr
Physicist
19-Jun-1922 8-Sep-2009 Determined shapes of nuclei
Niels Bohr
Physicist
7-Oct-1885 18-Nov-1962 Father of Quantum Theory
Marc Bolan
Singer/Songwriter
30-Sep-1947 16-Sep-1977 T-Rex
Lisa Bonet
Actor
16-Nov-1967   Denise on The Cosby Show
Daniel Boorstin
Historian
1-Oct-1914 28-Feb-2004 The Creators
Elayne Boosler
Comic
18-Aug-1952   Has had 7 cable comedy specials
Max Born
Physicist
11-Dec-1882 5-Jan-1970 Pioneer of quantum mechanics
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
Andrew Breitbart
Columnist
1-Feb-1969 1-Mar-2012 Washington Times columnist
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
Joseph Brodsky
Poet
24-May-1940 28-Jan-1996 "Social parasite" turned Poet Laureate
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   Hosted CNN Newsnight
Herbert C. Brown
Chemist
22-May-1912 19-Dec-2004 Discovered organoboranes
Michael S. Brown
Biologist
13-Apr-1941   Metabolism of cholesterol
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
Gordon Bunshaft
Architect
9-May-1909 6-Aug-1990 Skyscraper architect
Dan Burros
Activist
5-Mar-1937 31-Oct-1965 Antisemitic Jew outed by NY Times
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
Eric Cantor
Politician
6-Jun-1963   House Majority Leader
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
Katrin Cartlidge
Actor
15-May-1961 7-Sep-2002 Claire Dolan
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
Jule Charney
Scientist
1-Jan-1917 16-Jun-1981 Quasi-gesotrophic theory
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   Congressman, Rhode Island 1st
Aaron Ciechanover
Scientist
1-Oct-1947   Ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation
André Citroën
Engineer
5-Feb-1878 3-Jul-1935 Europe's Henry Ford
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
Samuel T. Cohen
Physicist
25-Jan-1921 28-Nov-2010 Neutron bomb
Stanley N. Cohen
Biologist
17-Feb-1935   Recombinant DNA
Steve Cohen
Politician
24-May-1949   Congressman, Tennessee 9th
Claude Cohen-Tannoudji
Physicist
1-Apr-1933   Trapped atoms with laser light
Joan Collins
Actor
23-May-1933   Alexis on Dynasty
Alan Colmes
Pundit
24-Sep-1950   Left-leaning political pundit
Joe Conason
Journalist
c. 1954   New York Observer political columnist
Jennifer Connelly
Actor
12-Dec-1970   Betty Ross in The Hulk
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-1957 Catalytic conversion of glycogen
Peter Coyote
Actor
10-Oct-1942   Dennis Ryland on The 4400
David Cross
Actor
4-Apr-1964   Mr. Show with Bob and David
George Cukor
Film Director
7-Jul-1899 23-Jan-1983 My Fair Lady
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
Meir Dagan
Spy
30-Jan-1945   Chief of the Israeli Mossad, 2002-11
John Francis Daley
Actor
20-Jul-1985   Dr. Lance Sweets on Bones
Theodore Dalrymple
Author
11-Oct-1949   Life at the Bottom
Rodney Dangerfield
Comic
22-Nov-1921 5-Oct-2004 Never did get no respect
Ram Dass
Religion
5-Apr-1931   Be Here Now
Alexa Davalos
Actor
28-May-1982   Defiance
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
Cecil B. DeMille
Film Director
12-Aug-1881 21-Jan-1959 Pioneering film director
Nick Denton
Publisher
24-Aug-1966   Gawker Media
Jacques Derrida
Philosopher
15-Jul-1930 9-Oct-2004 Deconstructionism, Intellectual Terrorist
Alan Dershowitz
Attorney
1-Sep-1938   Lawyer, represented Klaus von Bulow
Theodore E. Deutch
Politician
7-May-1966   Congressman, Florida 19th
Peter Diamond
Economist
29-Apr-1940   Diamond paradox in economics
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   The Gingerbread Man
Rachel Dratch
Actor
22-Feb-1966   Saturday Night Live
Fran Drescher
Actor
30-Sep-1957   The Nanny
Elizabeth Drew
Journalist
16-Nov-1935   The New Yorker
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-1936   Wife of Michael Dukakis
Lena Dunham
Actor
13-May-1986   Tiny Furniture
Stanley H. Durwood
Business
5-Aug-1920 15-Jul-1999 Father of the multi-screen movie theater
Bob Dylan
Musician
24-May-1941   The Times They Are A-Changin'
Paul Ehrlich
Doctor
14-Mar-1854 20-Aug-1915 Father of chemotherapy
Samuel Eilenberg
Mathematician
30-Sep-1913 30-Jan-1998 Category theory
Albert Einstein
Physicist
14-Mar-1879 18-Apr-1955 Theory of relativity
Lewis M. Eisenberg
Activist
c. 1942   Granite Capital International Group
Sergei Eisenstein
Film Director
23-Jan-1898 11-Feb-1948 Alexander Nevsky
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
Mallory Factor
Activist
c. 1950   Merchant banker
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 23-Jun-2011 Detective Columbo
Kenneth Fearing
Novelist
28-Jul-1902 26-Jun-1961 The Big Clock
Russ Feingold
Politician
2-Mar-1953   US Senator from Wisconsin, 1993-2011
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   Huffington Post political analyst
Bobby Fischer
Chess Player
9-Mar-1943 18-Jan-2008 Eccentric chess grandmaster
Edmond H. Fischer
Scientist
6-Apr-1920   Protein phosphorylation
Stanley Fish
Scholar
19-Apr-1938   Deconstructionist literary critic
Eddie Fisher
Singer
10-Aug-1928 22-Sep-2010 Crooner, top RCA/Victor vocalist
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
9-May-1929   US Ambassador to Belgium
Mikhail Fradkov
Head of State
1-Sep-1950   Prime Minister of Russia, 2004-07
James Franck
Physicist
26-Aug-1882 21-May-1964 Franck-Hertz experiment
James Franco
Actor
19-Apr-1978   Freaks and Geeks
Anne Frank
Victim
12-Jun-1929 Mar-1945 The Diary of Anne Frank
Barney Frank
Politician
31-Mar-1940   Congressman, Massachusetts 4th
Ilya M. Frank
Physicist
23-Oct-1908 22-Jun-1990 Cherenkov radiation
Leo Frank
Victim
17-Apr-1884 17-Aug-1915 Innocent man, lynched by mob
Al Franken
Politician
21-May-1951   US Senator from Minnesota
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
Judah Friedlander
Comic
16-Mar-1969   Baseball-capped comedian, 30 Rock
Saul Friedländer
Historian
11-Oct-1932   Holocaust historian
Drew Friedman
Cartoonist
21-Sep-1958   Celebrity pointillist
Jerome I. Friedman
Physicist
28-Mar-1930   Verified existence of quarks
Kinky Friedman
Musician
31-Oct-1944   Texas Jewboy
William Friedman
Scientist
24-Sep-1891 12-Nov-1969 Cryptography pioneer
David Frum
Pundit
30-Jun-1960   Coined "Axis of Evil"
Stephen Fry
Actor
24-Aug-1957   Jeeves and Wooster
Dennis Gabor
Physicist
5-Jun-1900 8-Feb-1979 Inventor of holography
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 and movie industry mogul
Max Geldray
Jazz Musician
12-Feb-1916 2-Oct-2004 Conks of The Goon Show
Murray Gell-Mann
Physicist
15-Sep-1929   Quarks and strangeness
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Actor
14-Apr-1977   Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Pamela Geller
Blogger
c. 1959   Right-wing blogger
Galen Gering
Actor
13-Feb-1971   Passions
George Gershwin
Songwriter
26-Sep-1898 11-Jul-1937 Rhapsody In Blue
Ira Gershwin
Songwriter
6-Dec-1896 17-Aug-1983 They Can't Take That Away from Me
Christopher Gersten
Activist
c. 1947   Husband of Linda Chavez
Kathie Lee Gifford
Talk Show Host
16-Aug-1953   Half of Regis and Kathie Lee
Gabrielle Giffords
Politician
8-Jun-1970   Congresswoman from Arizona, 2007-12
Walter Gilbert
Chemist
21-Mar-1932   Sequencing techniques for DNA
Richard Gilder
Business
c. 1932   Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Benjamin A. Gilman
Politician
6-Dec-1922   Congressman from New York, 1973-2003
Allen Ginsberg
Poet
3-Jun-1926 5-Apr-1997 Howl!
Vitaly L. Ginzburg
Physicist
4-Oct-1916 8-Nov-2009 Type-II superconductors
Todd Gitlin
Educator
6-Jan-1943   Journalism professor, social critic
Donald A. Glaser
Physicist
21-Sep-1926   Inventor of the bubble chamber
Paul Michael Glaser
Actor
25-Mar-1943   Starsky and Hutch
Sheldon Glashow
Physicist
5-Dec-1932   Electroweak Theory
Ira Glass
Radio Personality
3-Mar-1959   This American Life
Philip Glass
Composer
31-Jan-1937   Einstein on the Beach
Ira Glasser
Activist
1938   ACLU Executive Director, 1978-2001
Louise Glück
Author
22-Apr-1943   The Wild Iris
Erving Goffman
Sociologist
11-Jun-1922 19-Nov-1982 The Presentation of Self
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
Ricky Paull Goldin
Actor
5-Jan-1965   All My Children
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
Gordon Gould
Physicist
17-Jul-1920 16-Sep-2005 Invented the laser, arguably
Stephen Jay Gould
Biologist
10-Sep-1941 20-May-2002 Evolutionary scientist
Kat Graham
Actor
5-Sep-1989   Bonnie Bennett on The Vampire Diaries
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
Susan Greenfield
Scientist
1-Oct-1950   Brain Story
Paul Greengard
Scientist
11-Dec-1925   Signal transduction in the nervous system
Andre Gregory
Theater Director
11-May-1934   My Dinner with Andre
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
Alexander Grothendieck
Mathematician
28-May-1928   Grothendieck topologies
Andy Grove
Business
2-Sep-1936   CEO of Intel, 1987-98
Victor Gruen
Architect
18-Jul-1903 14-Feb-1980 Popularized the shopping mall
Mandy Grunwald
Activist
c. 1958   Hillary Clinton media adviser
Christopher Guest
Actor
5-Feb-1948   This Is Spinal Tap
Daniel Guggenheim
Business
9-Jul-1856 28-Sep-1930 Mining magnate
Davis Guggenheim
Film Director
1964   An Inconvenient Truth
Meyer Guggenheim
Business
1-Feb-1828 15-Mar-1905 Patriarch of Guggenheim fortune
Peggy Guggenheim
Socialite
26-Aug-1898 23-Dec-1979 Renowned art collector
Alan Guth
Physicist
27-Feb-1947   Inflationary theory of cosmology
Arlo Guthrie
Singer/Songwriter
10-Jul-1947   Alice's Restaurant
Jake Gyllenhaal
Actor
19-Dec-1980   Donnie Darko
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Actor
16-Nov-1977   Secretary
Richard Haass
Government
28-Jul-1951   President, Council on Foreign Relations
Fritz Haber
Chemist
9-Dec-1868 29-Jan-1934 Synthesized ammonia, chemical warfare
Nina Hagen
Singer
11-Mar-1955   Unbehagan
Mark Halperin
Journalist
11-Jan-1965   TIME senior political analyst
Margaret A. Hamburg
Government
1955   FDA Commissioner
Armand Hammer
Business
21-May-1898 10-Dec-1990 Soviet agent of influence
Oscar Hammerstein II
Musician
12-Jul-1895 23-Aug-1960 Rodgers and Hammerstein
Jonathan Harris
Actor
6-Nov-1914 3-Nov-2002 Dr. Zachary Smith on Lost in Space
Robert Harrison
Publisher
14-Apr-1904 17-Feb-1978 Publisher of tabloid Confidential
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
Herbert A. Hauptman
Mathematician
14-Feb-1917 23-Oct-2011 X-ray diffraction studies
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
Alan J. Heeger
Physicist
22-Jan-1936   Metallic polymers
Heinrich Heine
Poet
13-Dec-1797 17-Feb-1856 Buch der Lieder
David Helfgott
Musician
19-May-1947   Subject of the biopic Shine
Isaias W. Hellman
Business
3-Oct-1842 9-Apr-1920 Los Angeles banker
Lillian Hellman
Playwright
20-Jun-1905 30-Jun-1984 Little Foxes
Martin Hellman
Inventor
2-Oct-1945   Public key cryptographer
Dudley R. Herschbach
Chemist
18-Jun-1932   Crossed molecular beam experiments
Barbara Hershey
Actor
5-Feb-1948   Boxcar Bertha and Mary Magdalene
Melville J. Herskovits
Anthropologist
10-Sep-1895 25-Feb-1963 The Myth of the Negro Past
Roger Hertog
Business
c. 1941   Reinvented The New York Sun
Gustav Hertz
Physicist
22-Jul-1887 30-Oct-1975 Franck-Hertz experiment
Heinrich Hertz
Physicist
22-Feb-1857 1-Jan-1894 Discoverer of electromagnetic radiation
George de Hevesy
Chemist
1-Aug-1885 5-Jul-1966 Radioisotope researcher
Don Hewitt
Film/TV Producer
14-Dec-1922 19-Aug-2009 60 Minutes creator
Christopher Hitchens
Journalist
13-Apr-1949 15-Dec-2011 Agent provocateur
Paul Hodes
Politician
21-Mar-1951   Congressman from New Hampshire, 2007-11
Dustin Hoffman
Actor
8-Aug-1937   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
Mieczyslaw Horszowski
Pianist
23-Jun-1892 22-May-1993 Polish-American pianist
H. Robert Horvitz
Scientist
8-May-1947   Genetic regulation of organ development
Hendrik S. Houthakker
Economist
31-Dec-1924 15-Apr-2008 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 24-Jun-2008 Mechanism design theory
Edmund Husserl
Philosopher
8-Apr-1859 26-Apr-1938 Phenomenological philosopher
Scott Ian
Guitarist
31-Dec-1963   Guitarist for Anthrax
Ivan Illich
Philosopher
4-Sep-1926 2-Dec-2002 Deschooling Society
Martin Indyk
Diplomat
c. 1951   US Ambassador to Israel, 1995-97, 2000-01
Amy Irving
Actor
10-Sep-1953   Carrie and Yentl
Michael Isikoff
Journalist
c. 1952   NBC 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
4-Jun-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!
Oscár Jászi
Sociologist
2-Mar-1875 13-Feb-1957 The Dissolution of the Habsburg Monarchy
Ron Jeremy
Pornstar
12-Mar-1953   The Hedgehog
Alejandro Jodorowsky
Film Director
7-Feb-1929   El Topo
Billy Joel
Pianist
9-May-1949   Didn't start the fire
Josef Joffe
Editor
15-Mar-1944   Editor of Die Zeit
Al Jolson
Singer
26-May-1886 23-Oct-1950 The Jazz Singer
Rashida Jones
Actor
25-Feb-1976   Ann Perkins on Parks and Recreation
Spike Jonze
Film Director
22-Oct-1969   Being John Malkovich
Brian D. Josephson
Physicist
4-Jan-1940   Discovered the Josephson Effect
Josephus
Historian
37 AD 100 AD The Jewish War
Theodore D. Judah
Engineer
4-Mar-1826 2-Nov-1863 American Transcontinental Railroad
Tony Judt
Historian
2-Jan-1948 6-Aug-2010 Postwar
Joseph M. Juran
Scientist
24-Dec-1904 28-Feb-2008 The Pareto Principle
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 18-Sep-2008 Absurdist composer
Steve Kagen
Politician
12-Dec-1949   Congressman from Wisconsin, 2007-11
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
Jerome Karle
Chemist
18-Jun-1918   X-Ray diffraction studies
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   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
Jorma Kaukonen
Guitarist
23-Dec-1940   Jefferson Airplane
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
Ronald Kessler
Journalist
31-Dec-1943   Inside the CIA
John Key
Government
9-Aug-1961   Prime Minister of New Zealand
Mikhail Khodorkovsky
Business
26-Jun-1963   Founder of Yukos, now jailed
Laura Kightlinger
Comic
13-Jun-1969   Comedienne
Andy Kindler
Comic
16-Oct-1956   Bob's Burgers
Ben Kingsley
Actor
31-Dec-1943   Gandhi
Henry Kissinger
Government
27-May-1923   US Secretary of State, 1973-77
Andrew Klavan
Author
1954   True Crime
Larry Klayman
Activist
20-Jul-1951   Founder, Judicial Watch
Dylan Klebold
Criminal
11-Sep-1981 20-Apr-1999 Columbine Massacre
Ezra Klein
Journalist
9-May-1984   The Washington Post
Melanie Klein
Psychologist
30-Mar-1882 22-Sep-1960 The Psychoanalysis of Children
Eugene Kleiner
Business
12-May-1923 20-Nov-2003 Venture capitalist
Otto Klemperer
Conductor
14-May-1885 6-Jul-1973 Prominent German conductor
Aaron Klug
Chemist
11-Aug-1926   Structural analysis of viruses
Philip M. Klutznick
Government
9-Jul-1907 14-Aug-1999 US Secretary of Commerce, 1980-81
David Knopfler
Musician
27-Dec-1952   Dire Straits, brother of Mark Knopfler
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
Max Kohl
Business
12-May-1901 14-Dec-1981 Kohl's Department Stores
Lawrence Kohlberg
Psychologist
25-Oct-1927 17-Jan-1987 Stages of moral development
Walter Kohn
Chemist
9-Mar-1923   Density-functional theory
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
Bruce Kovner
Activist
Feb-1945   Caxton Associates billionaire
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
Josef Krips
Conductor
8-Apr-1902 13-Oct-1974 Director, Buffalo Philharmonic, 1954-63
Jules B. Kroll
Business
18-May-1941   Kroll Inc., K2 Global, Kroll Bond Ratings
Nick Kroll
Actor
5-Jun-1978   Ruxin on The League
Sir Harold Kroto
Chemist
7-Oct-1939   Co-Discovered fullerenes
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
Tuli Kupferberg
Singer/Songwriter
28-Sep-1923 12-Jul-2010 The Fugs
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
Lev Landau
Physicist
22-Jan-1908 1-Apr-1968 Superfluidity of helium
Michael Landon
Actor
31-Oct-1936 1-Jul-1991 Little House on the Prairie
Karl Landsteiner
Scientist
14-Jun-1868 26-Jun-1943 Discovered blood typing
Fritz Lang
Film Director
5-Dec-1890 2-Aug-1976 Metropolis
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
Albert Lasker
Business
1-May-1880 30-May-1952 Advertising executive and medical research patron
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
Leon M. Lederman
Physicist
15-Jul-1922   Researcher of neutrinos
David M. Lee
Physicist
20-Jan-1931   Superfluidity of helium-3
Geddy Lee
Bassist
29-Jul-1953   Bassist for Rush
Stan Lee
Cartoonist
28-Dec-1922   Created Spider-Man and The Hulk
Herbert H. Lehman
Politician
28-Mar-1878 5-Dec-1963 Governor of New York, 1933-42
Tom Lehrer
Comic
9-Apr-1928   Comedic songwriter
Lew Lehrman
Business
15-Aug-1938   Rite Aid drugstore founder
Jerome H. Lemelson
Inventor
18-Jul-1923 1-Oct-1997 Inventor with a very good lawyer
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 1-Nov-2009 French anthropologist
Harvey Levin
TV Personality
2-Sep-1951   Prince of the paparazzi
Mark Levin
Activist
21-Sep-1957   Landmark Legal Foundation
Chandra Levy
Victim
14-Apr-1977 1-May-2001 Gary Condit's dead intern
William Levy
Actor
29-Aug-1980   Triunfo del Amor
Jacob J. Lew
Government
29-Aug-1955   Obama's White House Chief of Staff
Monica Lewinsky
Government
23-Jul-1973   Engaged in Presidential cigar play
Ann Lewis
Activist
19-Dec-1937   Clinton advisor
Anthony Lewis
Journalist
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
Gabriel Lippmann
Physicist
16-Aug-1845 13-Jul-1921 Photographic color plate
James Lipton
TV Personality
19-Sep-1926   Host, Inside the Actors Studio
Peggy Lipton
Actor
30-Aug-1946   Julie Barnes in The Mod Squad
Dahlia Lithwick
Journalist
c. 1968   Slate senior editor
Solomon Loeb
Business
1828 1903 Co-Founder of Kuhn, Loeb and Co.
Lauren London
Actor
4-Dec-1984   New New in ATL
Traci Lords
Pornstar
7-May-1968   We Love You, Traci
Courtney Love
Singer
9-Jul-1964   Kurt Cobain's widow, Hole
Lee Lozano
Painter
5-Nov-1930 2-Oct-1999 Misogyny as art form
Salvador Luria
Biologist
13-Aug-1912 6-Feb-1991 Natural selection in bacteria
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
Bernard L. Madoff
Business
29-Apr-1938   Madoff Investment Securities LLC
Bill Maher
Talk Show Host
20-Jan-1956   Politically Incorrect
Gustav Mahler
Composer
7-Jul-1860 18-May-1911 Das Lied von der Erde
Norman Mailer
Author
31-Jan-1923 10-Nov-2007 Armies of the Night
Theodore Maiman
Physicist
11-Jul-1927 5-May-2007 Built the first working laser
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 14-Oct-2010 Fractal mathematician
Gabriel Marcel
Philosopher
7-Dec-1889 8-Oct-1973 French existential philosopher
Bernie Marcus
Business
12-May-1929   Co-Founder of Home Depot
Rudolph A. Marcus
Chemist
21-Jul-1923   Electron-transfer reactions
Marc Maron
Comic
27-Sep-1963   What the F*ck?
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 4-May-2012 Beastie Boys
Country Joe McDonald
Musician
1-Jan-1942   Country Joe and the Fish
Alice McGrath
Activist
5-Apr-1917 27-Nov-2009 Sleepy Lagoon Defense Committee
Ilya Mechnikov
Scientist
16-May-1845 16-Jul-1916 Researched the immune system
Raphael Mechoulam
Chemist
5-Nov-1930   Discovered THC
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
Kurt Mendelssohn
Mathematician
7-Jan-1906 18-Sep-1980 Cryogenics and pyramids
Ilana Mercer
Columnist
?   WorldNetDaily columnist
Stephin Merritt
Singer/Songwriter
1966   The Magnetic Fields, The 6ths
Otto Meyerhof
Scientist
12-Apr-1884 6-Oct-1951 Glycogen-lactic acid cycle
Inge Meysel
Actor
30-May-1910 11-Jul-2004 Popular German TV actress
Albert A. Michelson
Physicist
19-Dec-1852 9-May-1931 Measured the speed of light
Adam Michnik
Activist
17-Oct-1946   Gazeta Wyborcza
Stanley Milgram
Psychologist
15-Aug-1933 20-Dec-1984 Milgram Experiment
Judith Miller
Journalist
2-Jan-1948   Credulous NY Times WMD maven
Mitch Miller
Musician
4-Jul-1911 31-Jul-2010 Sing Along with Mitch
César Milstein
Scientist
8-Oct-1927 24-Mar-2002 Hybridoma technique (monoclonal antibodies)
Hermann Minkowski
Mathematician
22-Jun-1864 12-Jan-1909 Minkowski space
Oskar Minkowski
Doctor
13-Jan-1858 18-Jul-1931 Linked pancreas to diabetes
Rudolph Minkowski
Astronomer
28-May-1895 4-Jan-1976 Galaxies in collision
Hyman Minsky
Economist
23-Sep-1919 25-Oct-1996 Inherently unstable markets
Marvin Minsky
Scientist
9-Aug-1927   Father of Artificial Intelligence
Eugene Mirman
Actor
24-Jul-1974   Eugene on Flight of the Conchords
Warren Mitchell
Actor
14-Jan-1926   Alf Garnett on Till Death Us Do Part
Henri Moissan
Chemist
28-Sep-1852 20-Feb-1907 Isolated fluorine
Michael Moorcock
Author
18-Dec-1939   Wrote the Elric series
Henry Morgentaler
Doctor
19-Mar-1923   Abortion rights in Canada
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
Ben R. Mottelson
Physicist
9-Jul-1926   Determined shapes of nuclei
Michael Mukasey
Judge
28-Jul-1941   US Attorney General, 2007-09
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
Dave Mustaine
Guitarist
13-Sep-1961   Megadeth
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
Matt Nathanson
Singer/Songwriter
28-Mar-1973   Come On Get Higher
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 26-Sep-2008 Salad dressing magnate
Peter C. Newman
Journalist
10-May-1929   The Canadian Establishment
Randy Newman
Songwriter
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 15-Jan-2010 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 18-Aug-2009 Conservative ideologue, outed Valerie Plame
Robert Nozick
Philosopher
16-Nov-1938 23-Jan-2002 Libertarian philosopher
Victoria Nuland
Diplomat
1961   State Department Spokesman
Phil Ochs
Singer/Songwriter
19-Dec-1940 9-Apr-1976 50 Phil Ochs fans can't be wrong
Clifford Odets
Playwright
18-Jul-1906 14-Aug-1963 Sweet Smell of Success
Jacques Offenbach
Composer
20-Jun-1819 5-Oct-1880 Inventor of the the opérette
Herbert S. Okun
Diplomat
27-Nov-1930 8-Nov-2011 US Ambassador to the UN, 1985-89
Marvin Olasky
Pundit
12-Jun-1950   The Tragedy of American Compassion
Camillo Olivetti
Business
13-Aug-1868 4-Dec-1943 Founder of Olivetti SpA
Robert Oppenheimer
Physicist
22-Apr-1904 18-Feb-1967 Physicist, headed the Manhattan Project
Jerry Orbach
Actor
20-Oct-1935 28-Dec-2004 Lennie Briscoe from Law & Order
Suze Orman
Author
5-Jun-1951   The Road to Wealth
Mollie Orshansky
Economist
9-Jan-1915 18-Dec-2006 Orshansky Index
Douglas D. Osheroff
Physicist
1-Aug-1945   Superfluidity of helium-3
Larry Page
Business
26-Mar-1973   Co-Founder of Google
Alan J. Pakula
Film Director
7-Apr-1928 19-Nov-1998 All the President's Men
Charlemagne Palestine
Pianist
14-Aug-1945   Strumming Music
Gwyneth Paltrow
Actor
27-Sep-1972   Shakespeare in Love
Pief Panofsky
Physicist
24-Apr-1919 24-Sep-2007 Stanford Linear Accelerator
Joseph Papp
Theater Director
22-Jun-1921 31-Oct-1991 Founder, New York Shakespeare Festival
Louella Parsons
Columnist
6-Aug-1881 9-Dec-1972 Hollywood queen of gossip
Amy Pascal
Business
1959   Sony Pictures co-chairman
Emin Pasha
Explorer
28-Mar-1840 23-Oct-1892 German colonial traveller in Africa
Tera Patrick
Pornstar
25-Jul-1976   Nuttin' Hunnies
St. Paul
Religion
c. 10 AD 29-Jun-65 AD First Christian evangelist
Wolfgang Pauli
Physicist
25-Apr-1900 15-Dec-1958 Pauli Exclusion Principle
Corey Pavin
Golf
6-Nov-1959   Winner, 1995 US Open
Anna Pavlova
Dancer
12-Feb-1881 22-Jan-1931 Early 20th century Russian ballerina
Sara Paxton
Actor
25-Apr-1988   Darcy's Wild Life
Daniel Pearl
Journalist
10-Oct-1963 21-Feb-2002 Murdered Wall Street Journal reporter
Lou Pearlman
Business
19-Jun-1954   Boy bands and Ponzi schemes
Norman Pearlstine
Journalist
4-Oct-1942   Former Time Inc. Editor in Chief
M. Scott Peck
Author
22-May-1936 25-Sep-2005 The Road Less Traveled
Harvey Pekar
Author
8-Oct-1939 12-Jul-2010 American Splendor
Chris Penn
Actor
10-Oct-1965 24-Jan-2006 Nice Guy Eddie in Reservoir Dogs
Leo Penn
Film Director
27-Aug-1921 5-Sep-1998 The Dark Secret of Harvest Home
Michael Penn
Musician
1-Aug-1958   Sean Penn's brother
Sean Penn
Actor
17-Aug-1960   Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Arno Penzias
Astronomer
26-Apr-1933   Detected primordial radiation
Grigori Perelman
Mathematician
13-Jun-1966   Proved the Poincaré conjecture
S. J. Perelman
Author
1-Feb-1904 17-Oct-1979 New Yorker humorist
Martin L. Perl
Physicist
24-Jun-1927   Discovered the tau lepton
Saul Perlmutter
Astronomer
1959   Accelerating expansion of the universe
Max F. Perutz
Chemist
19-May-1914 6-Feb-2002 X-Ray analysis of hemoglobin
Hy Peskin
Photographer
5-Nov-1915 2-Jun-2005 Sports photojournalist
Howard Phillips
Activist
6-Feb-1941   Founder, US Taxpayers Party
Irna Phillips
Film/TV Producer
1-Jul-1901 23-Dec-1973 Queen of soap operas
Marge Piercy
Novelist
31-Mar-1936   Gone to Soldiers
Victor Pinchuk
Business
14-Dec-1960   Billionaire, Interpipe Corporation
Gregory Pincus
Scientist
9-Apr-1903 22-Aug-1967 Inventor of oral contraceptives
Pink
Singer
8-Sep-1979   Can't Take Me Home
Daniel Pinkwater
Author
15-Nov-1941   The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death
Harold Pinter
Playwright
10-Oct-1930 24-Dec-2008 The Birthday Party
John Podhoretz
Columnist
18-Apr-1961   Conservative columnist
Norman Podhoretz
Author
16-Jan-1930   Prominent neocon author
Steve Poizner
Government
4-Jan-1957   California Insurance Commissioner
Roman Polanski
Film Director
18-Aug-1933   Chinatown
John C. Polanyi
Chemist
23-Jan-1929   Infrared chemiluminescence
Jonathan Pollard
Spy
7-Aug-1954   Spied for Israel
Léa Pool
Film Director
8-Sep-1950   Lost and Delirious
Dennis Prager
Radio Personality
2-Aug-1948   Conservative Jewish radio host
Laura Prepon
Actor
7-Mar-1980   Donna on That '70s Show
Elvis Presley
Singer
8-Jan-1935 16-Aug-1977 Rock and roll icon
Ilya Prigogine
Chemist
25-Jan-1917 28-May-2003 Theory of dissipative structures
Freddie Prinze
Actor
22-Jun-1954 29-Jan-1977 Chico of Chico and the Man
Stanley B. Prusiner
Scientist
28-May-1942   Prions
Joseph Pulitzer
Business
10-Apr-1847 29-Oct-1911 Established the Pulitzer Prize
Robert Purvis
Activist
4-Aug-1810 15-Apr-1898 President of the Underground Railroad
Isidor Isaac Rabi
Physicist
29-Jul-1898 11-Jan-1988 Magnetic beam resonances
Daniel Radcliffe
Actor
23-Jul-1989   Harry Potter
Bob Rae
Politician
2-Aug-1948   Premier of Ontario, 1990-95
Rael
Hoaxer
30-Sep-1946   UFO cult leader maintains cloning laboratory
David Rakoff
Author
27-Nov-1964 9-Aug-2012 Don't Get Too Comfortable
Harold Ramis
Comic
21-Nov-1944   Egon Spengler in Ghostbusters
Ayn Rand
Author
2-Feb-1905 6-Mar-1982 Atlas Shrugged
Tony Randall
Actor
26-Feb-1920 18-May-2004 Felix Unger in The Odd Couple
Jef Raskin
Computer Programmer
9-Mar-1943 26-Feb-2005 Designed Macintosh human interface
Lou Reed
Musician
2-Mar-1942   The Velvet Underground
Harry Reems
Pornstar
27-Aug-1947   Deep Throat
Otto J. Reich
Diplomat
16-Oct-1945   US Ambassador to Venezuela, 1986-89
Sidney Reilly
Spy
24-Mar-1874 5-Nov-1925 Ace of Spies
Frederick Reines
Physicist
16-Mar-1918 26-Aug-1998 Co-Discover of the neutrino
Max Reinhardt
Theater Director
9-Sep-1873 30-Oct-1943 Filmed A Midsummer Night's Dream
Judith Reisman
Author
11-Apr-1935   Hates Kinsey
Leah Remini
Actor
15-Jun-1970   Old School
Tommy Rettig
Actor
10-Dec-1941 15-Feb-1996 Jeff Miller in Lassie
Paul Julius Reuter
Journalist
21-Jul-1816 25-Feb-1899 Founder of Reuters News Agency
Randi Rhodes
Radio Personality
28-Jan-1959   Liberal talk show host
David Ricardo
Economist
18-Apr-1772 11-Sep-1823 Principles of Political Economy
Denise Rich
Socialite
26-Jan-1944   Marc Rich's ex-wife
Frank Rich
Columnist
2-Jun-1949   New York magazine
Marc Rich
Criminal
18-Dec-1934   Pardoned by Clinton
Burton Richter
Physicist
22-Mar-1931   Co-Discoverer of J/psi meson
Hyman Rickover
Military
27-Jan-1900 8-Jul-1986 Built the nuclear navy
Josef Anton Riedl
Composer
11-Jun-1929   Glas-Spiele
Adam G. Riess
Astronomer
1969   Accelerating expansion of the universe
Meshulam Riklis
Business
2-Dec-1923   Corporate raider
Martin Ritt
Film Director
2-Mar-1914 8-Dec-1990 The Long Hot Summer
Joan Rivers
Comic
8-Jun-1933   Can we talk?
Irv Robbins
Business
6-Dec-1917 5-May-2008 Co-Founder of Baskin-Robbins
Tanya Roberts
Actor
15-Oct-1955   Bond Girl, Beastmaster, That 70s Show
Tony Robinson
Actor
15-Aug-1946   Blackadder
Felix Rohatyn
Business
29-May-1928   Financier, Lazard Frères
Wayne Allyn Root
Author
1963   The Zen of Gambling
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Politician
15-Jul-1952   Congresswoman, Florida 18th
Ernestine Rose
Activist
13-Jan-1810 4-Aug-1892 Suffragette and abolitionist
Irwin Rose
Scientist
16-Jul-1926   Ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation
Moishe Rosen
Religion
12-Apr-1932 19-May-2010 Jews for Jesus founder
Ethel Rosenberg
Relative
28-Sep-1915 19-Jun-1953 Executed for being married to Julius Rosenberg
Julius Rosenberg
Spy
12-May-1918 19-Jun-1953 Leaked atomic bomb secrets to USSR
Irene B. Rosenfeld
Business
c. 1953   CEO of Kraft Foods
Abe Rosenthal
Journalist
2-May-1922 10-May-2006 NY Times Executive Editor, 1977-86
Ed Rosenthal
Activist
c. 1944   Advocate for legalizing marijuana
Julius Rosenwald
Business
12-Aug-1862 6-Jan-1932 Sears executive and Good Samaritan
Nina Rosenwald
Philanthropist
?   Sears Roebuck heiress
Dennis B. Ross
Diplomat
c. 1949   US Middle East Envoy, 1992-2000
Bruno Rossi
Astronomer
13-Apr-1905 21-Nov-1993 Rossi curve and magnetopause
Emmy Rossum
Actor
12-Sep-1986   The Day After Tomorrow
Eugene Victor Rostow
Educator
25-Aug-1913 25-Nov-2002 Dean of Yale Law School, 1955-65
Walt Rostow
Government
7-Oct-1916 13-Feb-2003 National Security Advisor, 1966-69
Joseph Rotblat
Physicist
4-Nov-1908 31-Aug-2005 Nuclear physicist, anti-nuke activist
David Lee Roth
Singer
10-Oct-1954   Sometimes lead singer, Van Halen
Henry Roth
Author
8-Feb-1906 13-Oct-1995 Call It Sleep
Joe Roth
Business
13-Jun-1948   Revolution Studios, former Disney CEO
Lillian Roth
Actor
13-Dec-1910 12-May-1980 I'll Cry Tomorrow
Philip Roth
Novelist
19-Mar-1933   Portnoy's Complaint
Murray Rothbard
Economist
2-Mar-1926 7-Jan-1995 Anarcho-capitalist
Jack Ruby
Assassin
25-Mar-1911 3-Jan-1967 Killed Lee Harvey Oswald
Neil Rudenstine
Educator
21-Jan-1935   President of Harvard, 1991-2001
Muriel Rukeyser
Poet
15-Dec-1913 12-Feb-1980 The Book of the Dead
Douglas Rushkoff
Author
18-Feb-1961   Cyberculture analyst
David O. Russell
Film Director
20-Aug-1958   I Heart Huckabees
Aaron Russo
Film/TV Producer
14-Feb-1943 24-Aug-2007 Libertarian filmmaker
Winona Ryder
Actor
29-Oct-1971   Edward Scissorhands
Haim Saban
Business
1944   Billionaire
Albert Sabin
Biologist
26-Aug-1906 3-Mar-1993 Developed oral polio vaccine
Nelly Sachs
Poet
10-Dec-1891 12-May-1970 O the Chimneys
Samuel Sachs
Business
28-Jul-1851 2-Mar-1935 Half namesake of Goldman Sachs
Oliver Sacks
Doctor
9-Jul-1933   Awakenings
Morley Safer
Journalist
8-Nov-1931   60 Minutes
Carl Sagan
Astronomer
9-Nov-1934 20-Dec-1996 Popular astronomer, host of Cosmos
J. D. Salinger
Novelist
1-Jan-1919 27-Jan-2010 The Catcher in the Rye
Matt Salinger
Actor
13-Feb-1960   Son of J.D. Salinger
Pierre Salinger
Journalist
14-Jun-1925 16-Oct-2004 Former ABC News Correspondent
Jonas Salk
Scientist
28-Oct-1914 23-Jun-1995 Discoverer of the first polio vaccine
Edwin E. Salpeter
Astronomer
3-Dec-1924 26-Nov-2008 Quantitative electron microscopic autoradiography
Pete Sampras
Tennis
12-Aug-1971   Fourteen Grand Slams
Henry Samueli
Business
20-Sep-1954   Co-Founder of Broadcom
Paul Samuelson
Economist
15-May-1915 13-Dec-2009 Theory of revealed preference
Allan R. Sandage
Astronomer
18-Jun-1926 13-Nov-2010 Quasars and Hubble-Sandage variable stars
Nicolas Sarkozy
Politician
28-Jan-1955   President of France, 2007-12
David Sarnoff
Business
27-Feb-1891 12-Dec-1971 CEO of RCA, founder of NBC
Siegfried Sassoon
Poet
8-Sep-1886 1-Sep-1967 War Poems
Andrea Saul
Government
1981   Romney press secretary
Fred Savage
Actor
9-Jul-1976   The Wonder Years
Herschel Savage
Pornstar
25-Nov-1952   Go-to performer for Seymore Butts
Michael Savage
Radio Personality
31-Mar-1942   Savage Nation
Andrew V. Schally
Scientist
30-Nov-1926   Hypothalamic hormones (brain peptides)
Arthur L. Schawlow
Physicist
5-May-1921 28-Apr-1999 Laser spectroscopy
Arthur L. Schechter
Diplomat
6-Dec-1939   US Ambassador to the Bahamas, 1998-2001
Robert Scheer
Columnist
4-Apr-1936   Former L.A. Times columnist
James H. Scheuer
Politician
6-Feb-1920 30-Aug-2005 Congressman from New York, 1965-93
Jacob Schiff
Business
10-Jan-1847 25-Sep-1920 New York banker
Laura Schlessinger
Radio Personality
16-Jan-1947   The Dr. Laura Show
Debbie Schlussel
Radio Personality
9-Apr-1969   Conservative pundit
Helmut Schmidt
Head of State
23-Dec-1918   Chancellor of Germany, 1974-82
Rob Schneider
Comic
31-Oct-1963   Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo
Rose Schneiderman
Labor Leader
16-Apr-1882 11-Aug-1972 Union leader of the 1920s-'50s
Alex Schoenbaum
Business
8-Aug-1915 6-Dec-1996 Founder, Shoney's
Daniel Schorr
Journalist
31-Aug-1916 23-Jul-2010 Veteran journalist, Nixon enemy
Dutch Schultz
Criminal
6-Aug-1902 24-Oct-1935 Bootlegger, murderer, numbers racketeer
Allyson Schwartz
Politician
3-Oct-1948   Congresswoman, Pennsylvania 13th
Delmore Schwartz
Poet
8-Dec-1913 11-Jul-1966 Summer Knowledge
Fred C. Schwarz
Activist
15-Jan-1913 24-Jan-2009 Christian Anti-Communist Crusade
Julian Schwinger
Physicist
12-Feb-1918 16-Jul-1994 Quantum electrodynamics
Raymond Scott
Musician
10-Sep-1908 8-Feb-1994 Powerhouse, invented the sequencer
Steven Seagal
Actor
10-Apr-1951   Under Siege
Sam Seder
Radio Personality
28-Nov-1966   Majority Report podcast
Jason Segel
Actor
18-Jan-1980   How I Met Your Mother
Emilio Segrè
Physicist
30-Jan-1905 22-Apr-1989 Co-Discoverer of the antiproton
Jay Sekulow
Activist
10-Jun-1956   American Center for Law and Justice
David O. Selznick
Film/TV Producer
10-May-1902 22-Jun-1965 Producer of A Star Is Born
Mel Sembler
Diplomat
10-May-1930   US Ambassador to Italy, 2001-05
Nikolay Semyonov
Chemist
15-Apr-1896 25-Sep-1986 Combustion, explosions, and chemical kinetics
Maurice Sendak
Author
10-Jun-1928 8-May-2012 Where The Wild Things Are
Dan Senor
Government
6-Nov-1971   Senor Strategies LLC
MC Serch
Rapper
6-May-1967   3rd Bass MC, produced Nas album Illmatic
Rod Serling
Author
25-Dec-1924 28-Jun-1975 Creator of The Twilight Zone
Michael Servetus
Religion
c. 1511 27-Oct-1553 De Trinitatis Erroribus
Adi Shamir
Mathematician
1952   The S in RSA
Yitzhak Shamir
Head of State
15-Oct-1915 30-Jun-2012 Twice Israeli Prime Minister
Garry Shandling
Comic
29-Nov-1949   Larry Sanders
Albert Shanker
Labor Leader
14-Sep-1928 22-Feb-1997 American Federation of Teachers
Maurice M. Shapiro
Physicist
13-Nov-1915 27-Feb-2008 Composition and origin of cosmic rays
Robert Shapiro
Attorney
2-Sep-1942   One of OJ Simpson's attorneys
Jeff Sharlet
Journalist
1972   The Family
Ariel Sharon
Head of State
26-Feb-1928   Prime Minister of Israel, 2001-06
Isadore Sharp
Business
8-Oct-1931   Founder, Four Seasons Hotels
Harry Shearer
Comic
23-Dec-1943   Almost half the voices on The Simpsons
Dan Shechtman
Chemist
24-Jan-1941   Discovered quasicrystals
Robert Sheckley
Author
16-Jul-1928 9-Dec-2005 Science fiction genius
Stanley K. Sheinbaum
Activist
12-Jun-1920   Publisher, New Perspectives Quarterly
Lou Sheldon
Activist
1934   Traditional Values Coalition
Iosif S. Shklovskii
Astronomer
1-Jul-1916 3-Mar-1985 Synchrotron radiation of the Crab Nebula
Shock G
Rapper
25-Aug-1963   The Humpty Dance is your chance
David Shoenberg
Physicist
4-Jan-1911 10-Mar-2004 Physicist at Cambridge
Isaac Shoenberg
Engineer
1-Mar-1880 25-Jan-1963 405-line format television
Elaine Showalter
Critic
21-Jan-1941   Lead alpha Gynocritic
Michael Showalter
Comic
17-Jun-1970   The State
Peter Shumlin
Politician
24-Mar-1956   Governor of Vermont
Joe Shuster
Cartoonist
10-Jul-1914 30-Jul-1992 Co-Creator of Superman
Jesse Shwayder
Business
26-Mar-1882 24-Jul-1970 Founder of Samsonite Corporation
Bugsy Siegel
Criminal
28-Feb-1906 20-Jun-1947 Brought the mob to Las Vegas
Jerry Siegel
Author
17-Oct-1914 28-Jan-1996 Creator of Superman
Joel Siegel
Critic
7-Jul-1943 29-Jun-2007 Film critic
Maggie Siff
Actor
21-Jun-1974   Tara Knowles on Sons of Anarchy
Jamie-Lynn Sigler
Actor
15-May-1981   Tony Soprano's bratty daughter
Beverly Sills
Singer
25-May-1929 2-Jul-2007 Soprano at the New York City Opera
Frank Silvera
Actor
24-Jul-1914 11-Jun-1970 Killer's Kiss
Sarah Silverman
Comic
1-Dec-1970   The Sarah Silverman Program
Dimitri K. Simes
Government
?   Nixon Center
Georg Simmel
Sociologist
1-Mar-1858 26-Sep-1918 Philosophy of Money
Gene Simmons
Bassist
25-Aug-1949   Blood-spouting KISS bassist
Herbert A. Simon
Economist
15-Jun-1916 9-Feb-2001 Administrative Behavior
Neil Simon
Playwright
4-Jul-1927   The Odd Couple
Isadore Singer
Mathematician
3-May-1924   Atiyah-Singer index theorem
Michael Sitrick
Business
8-Jun-1947   Sitrick and Company
Leonard Slatkin
Conductor
1-Sep-1944   Music Director, Detroit Symphony
Louis Slotin
Physicist
1-Dec-1910 30-May-1946 Died tickling the dragon's tail
Yakov Smirnoff
Comic
24-Jan-1951   What a country
Phoebe Snow
Jazz Musician
17-Jul-1952 26-Apr-2011 Jazz vocalist
Clifford Sobel
Diplomat
1949   US Ambassador to Brazil
Ezra Solomon
Economist
20-Mar-1920 9-Dec-2002 Council of Economic Advisers, 1971-73
Norman Solomon
Critic
1952   Media critic
Todd Solondz
Film Director
15-Oct-1959   Welcome to the Dollhouse
George Soros
Business
12-Aug-1930   Financial speculator
Arlen Specter
Politician
12-Feb-1930   US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1981-2011
Phil Spector
Music Producer
26-Dec-1940   Creator of the Wall of Sound
Jackie Speier
Politician
14-May-1950   Congresswoman, California 12th
Stephen Spender
Poet
28-Feb-1909 16-Jul-1995 The Destructive Element
Baruch de Spinoza
Philosopher
24-Nov-1632 21-Feb-1677 Rationalist, lensmaker
Annie Sprinkle
Pornstar
23-Jul-1954   Pornstar turned performance artist
Jerry Stahl
Author
28-Sep-1953   Permanent Midnight
Brenda K. Starr
Singer
15-Oct-1966   Freestyle-turned-salsa performer
William Steig
Cartoonist
14-Nov-1907 3-Oct-2003 Shrek, The New Yorker
Joseph Stein
Playwright
30-May-1912 24-Oct-2010 Fiddler on the Roof librettist
William H. Stein
Chemist
25-Jun-1911 2-Feb-1980 Amino-acid analyzer
David Steinberg
Comic
9-Aug-1942   Second City alumnus
Jack Steinberger
Physicist
25-May-1921   Researcher of neutrinos
Hailee Steinfeld
Actor
11-Dec-1996   True Grit
Laurence A. Steinhardt
Diplomat
6-Oct-1892 28-Mar-1950 US Ambassador to USSR, 1939-41
Ralph M. Steinman
Biologist
14-Jan-1943 30-Sep-2011 Dendritic cells
Avraham Stern
Military
23-Dec-1907 12-Feb-1942 Founder of Lohamei Herut Israel
Fritz Stern
Historian
2-Feb-1926   German historian
Howard Stern
Radio Personality
12-Jan-1954   The King of All Media
Otto Stern
Physicist
17-Feb-1888 17-Aug-1969 Molecular beam experiment
Shoshannah Stern
Actor
3-Jul-1980   Deaf actress
Risë Stevens
Singer
11-Jun-1913   Mezzo-Soprano at the Metropolitan Opera
Ben Stiller
Actor
30-Nov-1965   There's Something About Mary
I. F. Stone
Journalist
24-Dec-1907 17-Jul-1989 I. F. Stone's Weekly
Matt Stone
Cartoonist
26-May-1971   South Park
John Stossel
Journalist
6-Mar-1947   Libertarian reporter
Thomas P. Stossel
Doctor
c. 1941   Professor, Harvard Medical School
Leo Strauss
Philosopher
20-Sep-1899 18-Oct-1973 Patron saint of Neoconservatism
Levi Strauss
Business
26-Feb-1829 26-Sep-1902 Blue jeans
Robert Strausz-Hupé
Diplomat
25-Mar-1903 24-Feb-2002 US Ambassador to Turkey, 1981-89
Nadine Strossen
Activist
18-Aug-1950   President of the ACLU
Joel Surnow
Film/TV Producer
18-Dec-1955   24, Half Hour News Hour
Mona Sutphen
Government
c. 1967   White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy
Adolph Sutro
Politician
29-Apr-1830 8-Aug-1898 San Francisco mayor, 1895-97
Leo Szilard
Physicist
11-Feb-1898 30-May-1964 Nuclear chain reaction
Jeffrey Tambor
Actor
8-Jul-1944   Hank Kingsley on The Larry Sanders Show
Igor Y. Tamm
Physicist
8-Jul-1895 12-Apr-1971 Cherenkov radiation
Myles Tanenbaum
Business
28-Jun-1930   Real Estate developer
Alfred Tarski
Mathematician
14-Jan-1902 26-Oct-1983 Tarski's indefinability theorem
Helen B. Taussig
Doctor
24-May-1898 20-May-1986 Mother of pediatric cardiology
Teller
Magician
14-Feb-1948   The nonspeaking half of Penn and Teller
Teresa of Avila
Religion
28-Mar-1515 4-Oct-1582 Mystic, Carmelite nun
Irving Thalberg
Film/TV Producer
30-May-1899 14-Sep-1936 De-facto boss of MGM Studios
Brother Theodore
Comic
11-Nov-1906 5-Apr-2001 Stand-up Tragedist
Tiny Tim
Musician
12-Apr-1932 30-Nov-1996 Tip Toe Thru the Tulips
Stephen Tobolowsky
Actor
30-May-1951   Ned Ryerson in Groundhog Day
Jonathan Togo
Actor
25-Aug-1977   Ryan Wolfe on CSI: Miami
Mel Tormé
Singer
13-Sep-1925 5-Jun-1999 The Velvet Fog
Jack Tramiel
Business
13-Dec-1928 8-Apr-2012 Commodore Business Machines
Laurence Tribe
Attorney
10-Oct-1941   Harvard Law Professor
Calvin Trillin
Comic
5-Dec-1935   Humorist
Leon Trotsky
Activist
26-Oct-1879 21-Aug-1940 Bolshevik exile, murdered by Stalin
François Truffaut
Film Director
6-Feb-1932 21-Oct-1984 Last Metro
Paul Turan
Mathematician
28-Aug-1910 26-Sep-1976 Hungarian mathematician
Anneliese van der Pol
Actor
23-Sep-1984   Chelsea Daniels on That's So Raven
Mordechai Vanunu
Activist
13-Oct-1954   Blew whistle on Israel's nukes
Harold E. Varmus
Scientist
18-Dec-1939   Genetic causes of cancer
Francis Veber
Screenwriter
28-Jul-1937   The Dinner Game
Lillian Vernon
Business
18-Mar-1927   Mail-order maven of America
Pancho Villa
Military
5-Jun-1878 20-Jul-1923 Revolutionary, invaded United States
Eugene Volokh
Blogger
29-Feb-1968   Volokh Conspiracy
Ludwig von Mises
Economist
29-Sep-1881 10-Oct-1973 Libertarian Economist
John von Neumann
Mathematician
28-Dec-1903 8-Feb-1957 Computing pioneer, inventor of Game Theory
Sam Waksal
Business
8-Sep-1947   CEO, ImClone
Lillian Wald
Activist
10-Mar-1867 1-Sep-1940 Henry Street Settlement
Mike Wallace
Journalist
9-May-1918 7-Apr-2012 Veteran 60 Minutes correspondent
Eli Wallach
Actor
7-Dec-1915   The Magnificent Seven
Otto Wallach
Chemist
27-Mar-1847 26-Feb-1931 Terpenes and essential oils
Henry C. Wallich
Economist
10-Jun-1914 16-Sep-1988 Council of Economic Advisers, 1959-61
Bruno Walter
Conductor
15-Sep-1876 17-Feb-1962 Conductor, Leipzig Gewandhaus, 1929-33
Aby Warburg
Scholar
13-Jun-1866 26-Oct-1929 Founder of the Warburg Institute
Felix M. Warburg
Business
14-Jan-1871 20-Oct-1937 Kuhn, Loeb and Co.
Max M. Warburg
Business
5-Jun-1867 26-Dec-1946 M. M. Warburg & Company
Otto Warburg
Scientist
8-Oct-1883 1-Aug-1970 Effect of oxygen on cancer
Paul M. Warburg
Business
10-Aug-1868 24-Jan-1932 The Federal Reserve System
Jack L. Warner
Business
2-Aug-1892 9-Sep-1978 Co-Founder, Warner Bros.
Leonard Warren
Singer
21-Apr-1911 4-Mar-1960 Operatic baritone, NY Metropolitan Opera
Lesley Ann Warren
Actor
16-Aug-1946   The Limey
Rusty Warren
Singer/Songwriter
17-Mar-1931   Songs for Sinners
Lew Wasserman
Business
22-Mar-1913 3-Jun-2002 Chairman and CEO of MCA, 1946-95
August von Wassermann
Biologist
21-Feb-1866 16-Mar-1925 Syphilis test
Wendy Wasserstein
Playwright
18-Oct-1950 30-Jan-2006 The Heidi Chronicles
Ben Wattenberg
Pundit
26-Aug-1933   Think Tank moderator
Weegee
Photographer
12-Jun-1899 26-Dec-1968 Crime photographer
Simone Weil
Philosopher
3-Feb-1909 24-Aug-1943 The Iliad, or the Poem of Force
Sanford I. Weill
Business
16-Mar-1933   CEO of Citigroup, 1998-2003
Alvin M. Weinberg
Physicist
20-Apr-1915 18-Oct-2006 Nuclear scientist
Caspar Weinberger
Government
18-Aug-1917 28-Mar-2006 Iran-Contra figure pardoned by Bush
Gene Weingarten
Columnist
2-Oct-1951   Below the Beltway
Jacob Weisberg
Journalist
1964   Slate Group chairman
Joseph Weizenbaum
Computer Programmer
8-Jan-1923 5-Mar-2008 ELIZA
Chaim Weizmann
Head of State
27-Nov-1874 9-Nov-1952 First President of Israel
Roy Welensky
Head of State
20-Jan-1907 5-Dec-1991 Rhodesian Prime Minister, 1956-63
Paul Wellstone
Politician
21-Jul-1944 25-Oct-2002 US Senator from Minnesota, 1991-2002
Nathanael West
Author
17-Oct-1903 22-Dec-1940 The Day of the Locust
Ruth Westheimer
Talk Show Host
4-Jun-1928   4'7" of concentrated sex
Haskell Wexler
Cinematographer
6-Feb-1922   Medium Cool
Harry Whittington
Attorney
3-Mar-1927   Shot by Dick Cheney
Carl E. Wieman
Physicist
26-Mar-1951   Bose-Einstein Condensates
Norbert Wiener
Mathematician
26-Nov-1894 18-Mar-1964 Cybernetics
Simon Wiesenthal
Activist
31-Dec-1908 20-Sep-2005 Nazi hunter
Eugene Wigner
Physicist
17-Nov-1902 1-Jan-1995 Law of conservation of parity
Gene Wilder
Actor
11-Jun-1933   Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Lee Wilkof
Actor
25-Jun-1951   Broadway actor
Betty Williams
Activist
22-May-1943   Peace activist, Nobel Prize recipient
Fred Wilpon
Business
c. 1936   New York Mets owner
Sherwin T. Wine
Religion
25-Jan-1928 21-Jul-2007 Humanistic Judaism
Henry Winkler
Actor
30-Oct-1945   Fonz on Happy Days
Michael Winner
Film Director
30-Oct-1935   Death Wish
Billy Wirth
Actor
23-Jun-1962   The Lost Boys
Jules Witcover
Columnist
16-Jul-1927   Longtime Baltimore Sun columnist
Joel-Peter Witkin
Photographer
13-Sep-1939   Photographer of the macabre
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Philosopher
26-Apr-1889 29-Apr-1951 Destroyed metaphysics
Naomi Wolf
Author
12-Nov-1962   The Beauty Myth
Paul Wolfowitz
Government
22-Dec-1943   President of the World Bank, 2005-07
Stephen Wolfram
Mathematician
29-Aug-1959   Creator of Mathematica
Eric Woolfson
Musician
18-Mar-1945 1-Dec-2009 Former Alan Parsons Project collaborator
Steve Wynn
Business
27-Jan-1942   Las Vegas billionaire
Rosalyn Sussman Yalow
Physicist
19-Jul-1921 30-May-2011 Developed radioimmunoassay technique
Ada E. Yonath
Scientist
22-Jun-1939   Cryocrystallography
Abraham Zapruder
Cinematographer
15-May-1905 30-Aug-1970 Documented JFK's assassination on film
Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.
Actor
30-Nov-1918   The F.B.I.
Howard Zinn
Historian
24-Aug-1922 27-Jan-2010 A People's History of the United States
Mort Zuckerman
Business
4-Jun-1937   Owner, New York Daily News


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