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New York University

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Manhattan, NY

Founding Date:
1831

Motto:
Perstare et praestare

Mascot:
Bobcat

Enrollment:
38,000

Official Website:
http://www.nyu.edu/

STUDENTS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Philip J. Ablove
Business
c. 1940   CFO of W. R. Berkley, 1973-83
Shirley S. Abrahamson
Judge
17-Dec-1933   Wisconsin Chief Justice
Kathy Acker
Author
18-Apr-1947 1-Dec-1997 Blood and Guts in High School
Arthur Agatston
Doctor
1947   The South Beach Diet
G. Steven Agee
Judge
12-Nov-1952   4th Circuit Court of Appeals
Marv Albert
Sports Figure
12-Jun-1941   Yessssssss!
Rodney Alcala
Criminal
23-Aug-1943   The Dating Game killer
Lamar Alexander
Politician
3-Jul-1940   US Senator from Tennessee
Mahershala Ali
Actor
16-Feb-1974   Remy Danton on House of Cards
Woody Allen
Film Director
1-Dec-1935   Annie Hall
Gloria Allred
Attorney
3-Jul-1941   Feminist lawyer
Ann Althouse
Blogger
12-Jan-1951   Political blogger, legal scholar
Paul Thomas Anderson
Film Director
26-Jun-1970   Boogie Nights
Robert E. Angelica
Business
c. 1949   CEO of AT&T Investment Mgmt., 1999-2006
Aziz Ansari
Comic
23-Feb-1983   Parks and Recreation
David Antin
Artist
1-Feb-1932   Improv artist, talk poet
Allan Arkush
Film Director
30-Apr-1948   Rock 'n' Roll High School
Martina Arroyo
Singer
2-Feb-1937   Operatic soprano
John G. Avildsen
Film Director
21-Dec-1935   Rocky
Julius Axelrod
Chemist
30-May-1912 29-Dec-2004 Research of neurotransmitters
Milton Babbitt
Composer
10-May-1916 29-Jan-2011 Music for Synthesizer
Dr. Michael Baden
Doctor
1934   Forensic pathologist on HBO's Autopsy
Alec Baldwin
Actor
3-Apr-1958   A Baldwin Brother
Paul Banks
Musician
3-May-1978   Interpol
Mohamed El Baradei
Government
17-Jun-1942   UN International Atomic Energy Agency
Rona Barrett
Columnist
8-Oct-1936   Entertainment gossip columnist
Stanley F. Barshay
Business
c. 1938   Schering-Plough executive
Justin Bartha
Actor
21-Jul-1978   National Treasure
Maria Bartiromo
Journalist
11-Sep-1967   CNBC financial correspondent
Romare Bearden
Painter
2-Sep-1911 12-Mar-1988 Collagist
Candace K. Beinecke
Attorney
26-Nov-1946   Chairman of Hughes Hubbard & Reed
Kristen Bell
Actor
18-Jul-1980   Veronica Mars
P. George Benson
Educator
3-Jun-1946   President, College of Charleston
Julie Benz
Actor
1-May-1972   Jawbreaker
Cathy Berberian
Singer
4-Jul-1925 6-Mar-1983 Operatic mezzo-soprano
Arthur Berger
Composer
15-May-1912 7-Oct-2003 Ideas of Order
Marilyn Bergman
Songwriter
10-Nov-1929   The Way We Were
William R. Berkley
Business
c. 1944   CEO of W. R. Berkley
Daniel J. Bernstein
Computer Programmer
29-Oct-1971   Bernstein v. United States
Elmer Bernstein
Composer
4-Apr-1922 18-Aug-2004 Scored The Magnificent Seven
Jason Biggs
Actor
12-May-1978   American Pie
Michael J. Birck
Business
25-Jan-1938 6-Jul-2015 CEO of Tellabs, 1975-2004
Michael Ian Black
Comic
12-Aug-1971   The State
Eubie Blake
Jazz Musician
7-Feb-1883 12-Feb-1983 Ragtime jazz pianist
Bill de Blasio
Politician
8-May-1961   Mayor of New York City
Ronald E. Blaylock
Business
c. 1960   Blaylock & Company, Inc.
Alexis Bledel
Actor
16-Sep-1981   Rory on Gilmore Girls
Tempestt Bledsoe
Actor
1-Aug-1973   Vanessa Huxtable on The Cosby Show
Judy Blume
Author
12-Feb-1938   Author of children's books
Steven Bochco
Film/TV Producer
16-Dec-1943   Cop Rock
Chaz Bono
Relative
4-Mar-1969   Transgender offspring of Sonny and Cher
Anita Borg
Computer Programmer
17-Jan-1949 6-Apr-2003 Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology
Rudy Boschwitz
Business
7-Nov-1930   US Senator from Minnesota, 1978-91
Barry Bostwick
Actor
24-Feb-1945   Brad in Rocky Horror Picture Show
Marc C. Breslawsky
Business
c. 1941   President of Pitney Bowes, 1996-2001
Martin Brest
Film Director
8-Aug-1951   Beverly Hills Cop
Bill Brochtrup
Actor
7-Mar-1963   NYPD Blue
James L. Brooks
Film/TV Producer
9-May-1940   Producer of The Simpsons
Joyce F. Brown
Educator
c. 1946   Fashion Institute of Technology
Kenneth L. Brown
Diplomat
6-Dec-1936   US Ambassador to Ghana, 1992-95
Rita Mae Brown
Author
28-Nov-1944   Rubyfruit Jungle
Abe Burrows
Playwright
18-Dec-1910 17-May-1985 Co-Author, Guys and Dolls
Hilarie Burton
Actor
1-Jul-1982   Peyton Sawyer on One Tree Hill
Candace Bushnell
Journalist
1-Dec-1958   Columnist, Sex and the City
Adolph Caesar
Actor
5-Dec-1933 6-Mar-1986 A Soldier's Story
Mortimer M. Caplin
Business
11-Jul-1916   Caplin & Drysdale
Chris Carmack
Actor
22-Dec-1980   Luke Ward on The O.C.
Caleb Carr
Novelist
2-Aug-1955   The Alienist
John A. Carrig
Business
14-Jan-1952   CFO of Conoco-Phillips
Diahann Carroll
Singer
17-Jul-1935   Claudine
Emily Carter
Author
1960   Glory Goes and Gets Some
Zachary W. Carter
Attorney
19-Mar-1950   Partner, Dorsey & Whitney
Lionel Casson
Scholar
22-Jul-1914 18-Jul-2009 The Ancient Mariners
John Catsimatidis
Business
7-Sep-1948   Supermarket billionaire
Rhys Chatham
Composer
19-Sep-1952   An Angel Moves Too Fast To See
Alfred Chester
Novelist
7-Sep-1928 1-Aug-1971 The Exquisite Corpse
Christine Chubbuck
Journalist
24-Aug-1944 15-Jul-1974 Newscaster, suicided on live TV
Keith Hamilton Cobb
Actor
28-Jan-1962   Tyr Anasazi on Andromeda
Lee J. Cobb
Actor
8-Dec-1911 11-Feb-1976 The Left Hand of God
Ben Cohen
Business
18-Mar-1951   Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc.
Larry Cohen
Film Director
15-Jul-1938   The Stuff
Richard Cohen
Columnist
1941   Washington Post columnist
Tom Coleman
Politician
29-May-1943   Congressman from Missouri, 1976-93
Suzanne Collins
Novelist
11-Aug-1962   The Hunger Games
Chris Columbus
Film Director
10-Sep-1958   Director of Harry Potter
Betty Comden
Songwriter
3-May-1915 23-Nov-2006 Singin' in the Rain
Michaela Conlin
Actor
9-Jun-1978   Angela Montenegro on Bones
Martha Coolidge
Film Director
17-Aug-1946   Valley Girl
Alicia Coppola
Actor
12-Apr-1968   Mimi Clark on Jericho
Frank Coraci
Film Director
3-Feb-1966   The Waterboy
Kathleen A. Corbet
Business
c. 1960   President of Standard & Poor's, 2004-07
Bud Cort
Actor
29-Mar-1948   Harold in Harold and Maude
Genevieve Cortese
Actor
8-Jan-1981   Kris Furillo on Wildfire
Howard Cosell
Sports Journalist
25-Mar-1918 23-Apr-1995 Straight-shooting, toupee-wearing commentator
Allen Covert
Actor
13-Oct-1964   Grandma's Boy
Susan Crown
Business
c. 1958   VP at Henry Crown and Company
Billy Crudup
Actor
8-Jul-1968   Almost Famous and Stage Beauty
Billy Crystal
Comic
14-Mar-1947   When Harry Met Sally
Countee Cullen
Poet
30-May-1903 9-Jan-1946 Harlem Renaissance poet
Arthur Culvahouse
Government
4-Jul-1948   White House Counsel, 1987-89
S. E. Cupp
Pundit
23-Feb-1979   Losing Our Religion
John Cusack
Actor
28-Jun-1966   High Fidelity
G. Peter D'Aloia
Business
c. 1944   CFO of Trane
Hal David
Songwriter
25-May-1921 1-Sep-2012 Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head
Clive Davis
Business
4-Apr-1932   Founder of Arista Records
Marvin Davis
Business
31-Aug-1925 25-Sep-2004 Oil magnate, former owner of 20th Century Fox
Michael De Luca
Film/TV Producer
13-Aug-1965   In the Mouth of Madness
Midge Decter
Journalist
25-Jul-1927   Neoconservative maven
Diana DeGette
Politician
29-Jul-1957   Congresswoman, Colorado 1st
Julie Delpy
Actor
21-Dec-1969   Europa Europa
Steven B. Derounian
Politician
6-Apr-1918 17-Apr-2007 Congressman from New York, 1953-65
Amanda Detmer
Actor
27-Sep-1971   Deena Greco on What About Brian
Joseph R. DeTrani
Diplomat
?   Director, National Counterproliferation Center
Neil Diamond
Singer/Songwriter
24-Jan-1941   Sweet Caroline
Selma Diamond
Actor
5-Aug-1920 13-May-1985 Selma Hacker on Night Court
Mike Diana
Artist
5-Jun-1969   Boiled Angel
Melonie Diaz
Actor
25-Apr-1984   Be Kind Rewind
Tom DiCillo
Film Director
14-Aug-1953   Living in Oblivion
George A. Dickerman
Business
c. 1939   President of Spalding, 1976-2000
Ernest R. Dickerson
Film Director
25-Jun-1951   Bulletproof
Garret Dillahunt
Actor
24-Nov-1964   Burt Chance on Raising Hope
William Donohue
Activist
18-Jul-1947   Catholic League president
Jeffrey Donovan
Actor
11-May-1968   Michael Westen on Burn Notice
Linda Douglass
Journalist
?   Former journalist, Obama spokeswoman
Morton Downey, Jr.
Talk Show Host
9-Dec-1933 12-Mar-2001 Mort the Mouth
Henry Draper
Astronomer
7-Mar-1837 20-Nov-1882 Early astrophotographer
Bill Duke
Actor
26-Feb-1943   Sister Act 2
Oscar Dystel
Publisher
31-Oct-1912 28-May-2014 Bantam Books
Fred Ebb
Musician
8-Apr-1935 11-Sep-2004 Top Broadway lyricist, Cabaret
Fred J. Eckert
Politician
6-May-1941   US Congressman, ambassador
Lisa Edelstein
Actor
21-May-1966   Dr. Lisa Cuddy on House, MD
Paul Ekman
Psychologist
15-Feb-1934   Facial Action Coding System
Gertrude B. Elion
Scientist
23-Jan-1918 21-Feb-1999 Developed medicines for leukemia, herpes, AIDS
Aunjanue Ellis
Actor
21-Feb-1969   Madeleine Hightower on The Mentalist
Charles D. Ellis
Business
22-Oct-1937   Founder, Greenwich Associates
Perry Ellis
Fashion Designer
3-Mar-1940 30-May-1986 Founder, Perry Ellis International
Guillermo Endara
Head of State
12-May-1936 28-Sep-2009 President of Panama, 1989-94
Charles L. English
Diplomat
?   US Ambassador to Bosnia-Herzegovina
Klaus Eppler
Attorney
8-May-1930   Retired Partner, Proskauer Rose
Jeffrey E. Epstein
Business
20-Jan-1953   Reclusive money manager
Kathryn Erbe
Actor
5-Jul-1966   Law and Order: Criminal Intent
M. Stanton Evans
Activist
20-Jul-1934 3-Mar-2015 Conservative activist
Frankie Faison
Actor
10-Jun-1949   Commissioner Burrell on The Wire
Jack Falahee
Actor
20-Feb-1989   Connor Walsh on How to Get Away with Murder
Dakota Fanning
Actor
23-Feb-1994   Uptown Girls
John F. Farrell, Jr.
Business
c. 1938   North American Mortgage Company
Eric C. Fast
Business
c. 1949   CEO of Crane
Kenneth Feinberg
Government
23-Oct-1945   Pay Czar for TARP and Gulf of Mexico disaster
Robert Finn
Diplomat
19-Dec-1945   US Ambassador to Afghanistan, 2002-03
Christian Finnegan
Comic
1-Apr-1973   Two For Flinching
Hamilton Fish, Jr.
Politician
3-Jun-1926 23-Jul-1996 Congressman from New York, 1969-95
Andrew Fleming
Film Director
14-Mar-1963   The Craft
Steven Florio
Publisher
19-Apr-1949 27-Dec-2007 CEO of Condé Nast, 1995-2005
Bridget Fonda
Actor
27-Jan-1964   Single White Female
Tom Ford
Fashion Designer
27-Aug-1961   Influential Gucci designer
Marc Forster
Film Director
27-Jan-1969   Quantum of Solace
Gail D. Fosler
Economist
c. 1948   President, The Conference Board
Anthony Foxx
Politician
30-Apr-1971   US Secretary of Transportation
James Franco
Actor
19-Apr-1978   Freaks and Geeks
Walter N. Frank
Business
22-Apr-1908 15-Feb-2000 Chairman of the NYSE, 1965-67
Bethenny Frankel
TV Personality
4-Nov-1970   Reality TV staple, self-help author
Bob Frankston
Computer Programmer
14-Jun-1949   Programmer of Visicalc
Louis Freeh
Government
6-Jan-1950   FBI Director, 1993-2001
Morgan Freeman
Actor
1-Jun-1937   Unforgiven
Bart Freundlich
Film Director
17-Jan-1970   The Myth of Fingerprints
Judah Friedlander
Comic
16-Mar-1969   Baseball-capped comedian, 30 Rock
Murray Friedman
Historian
15-Sep-1926 18-May-2005 Founder, Rosaline Feinstein Center
Henry F. Frigon
Business
c. 1936   CEO of CARSTAR, Inc., 1998-2001
Anne Sutherland Fuchs
Publisher
c. 1948   Former publisher of Woman's Day
Julio M. Fuentes
Judge
16-Feb-1946   3rd Circuit Court of Appeals
Cary Fukunaga
Film Director
10-Jul-1977   Sin Nombre
Seth Gabel
Actor
3-Oct-1981   Dirty Sexy Money
William M. Gaines
Publisher
1-Mar-1922 3-Jun-1992 Mad Magazine publisher
Richard H. Gallagher
Engineer
17-Nov-1927 30-Sep-1997 Finite element method
Victor F. Ganzi
Business
14-Feb-1947   CEO of Hearst
Ben Garant
Actor
14-Sep-1970   Travis Junior on Reno 911!
Martin Garbus
Attorney
8-Aug-1934   Attorney for Lenny Bruce
Galen Gering
Actor
13-Feb-1971   Passions
Gina Gershon
Actor
10-Jun-1962   Showgirls
Jami Gertz
Actor
28-Oct-1965   Muffy on Square Pegs
Elizabeth Gilbert
Author
18-Jul-1969   Eat, Pray, Love
Judith Giuliani
Relative
16-Dec-1954   Wife of Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
Politician
28-May-1944   Mayor of New York City, 1994-2001
Ilana Glazer
Comic
12-Apr-1987   Broad City
Mitch Glazer
Screenwriter
1953   Scrooged
Donald Glover
Actor
25-Sep-1983   Troy Barnes on Community
Frederick W. Gluck
Business
c. 1935   Vice Chairman of Bechtel, 1994-98
Bernhard Goetz
Criminal
7-Nov-1947   Subway vigilante
Menahem Golan
Film/TV Producer
31-May-1929 8-Aug-2014 The Cannon Group
Alan E. Goldberg
Business
1-Sep-1954   Former Morgan Stanley executive
Arthur F. Golden
Attorney
1946   Partner, Davis Polk & Wardwell
Olivia Goldsmith
Novelist
c. 1949 15-Jan-2004 The First Wives Club
Linda A. Goldstein
Business
25-Jun-1954   Electronic Retailing Association
Peter Golenbock
Sports Journalist
19-Jul-1946   Dynasty: The New York Yankees, 1949–1964
Harvey Golub
Business
1939   CEO of American Express, 1993-2001
Bill Gordon
Astronomer
8-Jan-1918 16-Feb-2010 Designed Arecibo radio telescope
Cliff Gorman
Actor
13-Oct-1936 5-Sep-2002 Stage actor, Lenny
Nancy Grace
Journalist
23-Oct-1958   CourtTV and CNN legal host
Jean Grae
Rapper
27-Nov-1976   What? What?
Jorie Graham
Poet
9-May-1951   The Dream of the Unified Field
John M. Greaney
Judge
8-Apr-1939   Justice, Massachusetts Supreme Court
Bryan Greenberg
Actor
24-May-1978   Jake Jagielski on One Tree Hill
Jesse J. Greene, Jr.
Business
c. 1945   Chief Financial Risk Officer at IBM, 2007-10
Alan Greenspan
Economist
6-Mar-1926   Federal Reserve Chairman, 1987-2006
Glenn Greenwald
Blogger
6-Mar-1967   Political blogger
Frank Grillo
Actor
8-Jun-1963   Nick Monohan on The Gates
Henry A. Grunwald
Journalist
3-Dec-1922 26-Feb-2005 Managing Editor of Time, 1968-79
Frank J. Guarini
Politician
20-Aug-1924   Congressman from New Jersey, 1979-93
Matthew Gray Gubler
Actor
9-Mar-1980   Dr. Spencer Reid on Criminal Minds
Christopher Guest
Actor
5-Feb-1948   This Is Spinal Tap
Marilyn Hacker
Poet
27-Nov-1942   Presentation Piece
Cynthia H. Hall
Judge
19-Feb-1929 26-Feb-2011 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1984-97
Michael C. Hall
Actor
1-Feb-1971   David Fisher on Six Feet Under
Regina Hall
Actor
12-Dec-1970   Scary Movie
Lisa Gay Hamilton
Actor
25-Mar-1964   Rebecca Washington in The Practice
Stephen L. Hammerman
Business
18-Apr-1938   Former Vice Chairman, Merrill Lynch
Sean Hannity
TV Personality
30-Dec-1961   Hannity & Colmes
Marcia Gay Harden
Actor
14-Aug-1959   Verna in Miller's Crossing
Walter L. Harris
Business
c. 1952   CEO of Tanenbaum-Harber Co.
Wood Harris
Actor
17-Oct-1969   Avon Barksdale in The Wire
Anne Hathaway
Actor
12-Nov-1982   The Princess Diaries
Rita E. Hauser
Activist
12-Jul-1934   Former Partner, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan
Ethan Hawke
Actor
6-Nov-1970   Dead Poets Society
Jessica Hecht
Actor
28-Jun-1965   Betsy Morgan on What About Joan
Amy Heckerling
Film Director
7-May-1954   Fast Times At Ridgemont High
Cecil Heftel
Politician
30-Sep-1924 5-Feb-2010 Congressman from Hawaii, 1977-86
Dorothy Height
Activist
24-Mar-1912 20-Apr-2010 National Council of Negro Women
Charles A. Heimbold, Jr.
Business
27-May-1933   CEO of Bristol Myers Squibb, 1994-2001
Carol Heiss
Figure Skating
20-Jan-1940   Figure skater, Gold Medal in 1960 Olympics
Simon Helberg
Actor
9-Dec-1980   Howard Wolowitz on The Big Bang Theory
Joseph Heller
Author
1-May-1923 12-Dec-1999 Catch-22
Lillian Hellman
Playwright
20-Jun-1905 30-Jun-1984 Little Foxes
Martin Hellman
Inventor
2-Oct-1945   Public key cryptographer
Sally Hernandez
Attorney
c. 1952   Deputy Mayor of NYC, 1990-92
Bernard Herrmann
Composer
29-Jun-1911 24-Dec-1975 Scored Psycho, Citizen Kane
Dennis S. Hersch
Attorney
c. 1945   Former Partner, Davis Polk & Wardwell
Don Hewitt
Film/TV Producer
14-Dec-1922 19-Aug-2009 60 Minutes creator
Steven J. Heyer
Business
c. 1952   CEO of Starwood Hotels, 2004-07
Heather R. Higgins
Activist
1959   Chairman, Independent Women's Forum
Perez Hilton
Columnist
23-Mar-1978   Gossip columnist
Marin Hinkle
Actor
23-Mar-1966   Judy Brooks on Once and Again
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Actor
23-Jul-1967 2-Feb-2014 Capote
Laurel Holloman
Actor
23-May-1971   Tina Kennard on The L Word
Nicole Holofcener
Film Director
22-Mar-1960   Friends with Money
Todd Holoubek
Actor
10-Sep-1969   The State
Rush Holt
Politician
15-Oct-1948   Congressman, New Jersey 12th
Grace Murray Hopper
Computer Programmer
9-Dec-1906 1-Jan-1992 Computer programming pioneer
Bryce Dallas Howard
Actor
2-Mar-1981   The Village
Felicity Huffman
Actor
9-Dec-1962   Desperate Housewives
Robert P. Hunter
Activist
23-Aug-1940   Mackinac Center for Public Policy
Mary Beth Hurt
Actor
26-Sep-1946   The World According to Garp
Carl Icahn
Business
16-Feb-1936   Billionaire, took over TWA
Dennis G. Jacobs
Judge
28-Feb-1944   2nd Circuit Court of Appeals
Michael Patrick Jann
Film Director
15-May-1970   Reno 911!, The State
Jim Jarmusch
Film Director
22-Jan-1953   Permanent Vacation
Robert Jarvik
Doctor
11-May-1946   Co-Inventor, Jarvik-7 artificial heart
Rick Jason
Actor
21-May-1923 16-Oct-2000 Lt. Gil Hanley on Combat!
Jacob K. Javits
Politician
18-Mar-1904 7-Mar-1986 US Senator from New York, 1957-81
Jake Johnson
Actor
20-May-1979   Nick on New Girl
Kristen Johnston
Actor
20-Sep-1967   3rd Rock from the Sun
D. Paul Jones, Jr.
Business
26-Sep-1942   CEO of Compass Bancshares, 1991-2008
Lauren Jones
TV Personality
27-Aug-1982   Anchorwoman
William H. Joyce
Business
c. 1935   CEO of Union Carbide, 1995-2001
Frank J. Fanzilli Jr.
Business
c. 1957   Former CIO, Credit Suisse First Boston
Jeremy Paul Kagan
Film Director
14-Dec-1945   The Journey of Natty Gann
Meir Kahane
Activist
1-Aug-1932 5-Nov-1990 Founder of Jewish Defense League
Khalil Kain
Actor
22-Nov-1964   Darnell Wilkes on Girlfriends
Elliott Kalan
Comic
3-Dec-1981   Daily Show head writer, Flop House podcast
Max Kampelman
Diplomat
7-Nov-1920 25-Jan-2013 US Ambassador to the CSCE
Eric R. Kandel
Scientist
7-Nov-1929   Signal transduction in the nervous system
Paul Kangas
Journalist
1937   Nightly Business Report
Helene L. Kaplan
Attorney
19-Jun-1933   Of Counsel, Skadden Arps
Jonathan Kaplan
Film Director
25-Nov-1947   Over the Edge
Steven T. Katz
Author
12-Aug-1944   Professor of Religion
Jeffrey Katzenberg
Business
21-Dec-1950   Produced Shrek
Stanley Kauffmann
Critic
24-Apr-1916 9-Oct-2013 Film critic for The New Republic
Charlie Kaufman
Screenwriter
20-Sep-1958   Being John Malkovich, Adaptation
Henry Kaufman
Business
20-Oct-1927   Ex Managing Director, Salomon Brothers
Victor A. Kaufman
Business
c. 1943   Vice Chairman of IAC
Judith S. Kaye
Judge
4-Aug-1938 7-Jan-2016 Chief Judge, State of New York, 1993-2008
Herb Kelleher
Business
12-Mar-1931   Founder of Southwest Airlines
Menachem Kellner
Scholar
28-Mar-1946   Maimonidean scholar
John Harvey Kellogg
Doctor
26-Feb-1852 14-Dec-1943 Battle Creek Sanitarium
Raymond W. Kelly
Government
4-Sep-1941   NYPD Commissioner
D. James Kennedy
Religion
3-Nov-1930 5-Sep-2007 Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church
John F. Kennedy, Jr.
Relative
25-Nov-1960 16-Jul-1999 Son of John F. Kennedy
Kerri Kenney
Actor
20-Jan-1970   Reno 911!, The State
Linda K. Kerber
Historian
23-Jan-1940   Federalists in Dissent
Daniel Kessler
Guitarist
25-Sep-1974   Guitarist for Interpol
Roger King
Business
c. 1940   Sa Sa International Holdings
Ted King
Actor
1-Oct-1965   Tomas Delgado on One Life to Live
Cédric Klapisch
Film Director
4-Sep-1961   L'auberge Espagnole
Eugene Kleiner
Business
12-May-1923 20-Nov-2003 Venture capitalist
Ed Koch
Politician
12-Dec-1924 1-Feb-2013 Mayor of New York City, 1978-89
James A. Kohlberg
Business
c. 1959   Kohlberg & Co.
Abby F. Kohnstamm
Business
1953   Senior VP at IBM, 1993-2005
Milton R. Konvitz
Educator
12-Mar-1908 5-Sep-2003 Cornell Professor, Labor and Industrial Relations
Bernie Kopell
Actor
21-Jun-1933   Doc on The Love Boat
Arthur Kornberg
Scientist
3-Mar-1918 26-Oct-2007 Synthesized DNA
Harley Jane Kozak
Actor
28-Jan-1957   All I Want for Christmas
Stanley Kramer
Film Director
29-Sep-1913 19-Feb-2001 It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World
Peter Krause
Actor
12-Aug-1965   Nate Fisher on Six Feet Under
Barbara J. Krumsiek
Business
c. 1952   CEO of Calvert Group, Ltd.
Paul Kurtz
Philosopher
21-Dec-1925 20-Oct-2012 Pro-skeptic activist
Tony Kushner
Playwright
16-Jul-1956   Angels in America
Eriq La Salle
Actor
23-Jul-1962   ER
Neil LaBute
Film Director
19-Mar-1963   In the Company of Men
Lady Gaga
Singer
28-Mar-1986   The Fame
Fiorello LaGuardia
Politician
11-Dec-1882 20-Sep-1947 New York City Mayor, 1934-45
George W. Landau
Diplomat
4-Mar-1920   US Ambassador to Venezuela, 1982
Jennifer Landon
Actor
29-Aug-1983   As the World Turns
Ang Lee
Film Director
23-Oct-1954   Brokeback Mountain
Henry C. Lee
Scientist
22-Nov-1938   Prominent criminologist
Spike Lee
Film Director
20-Mar-1957   Do The Right Thing
Barbara Leigh
Actor
16-Nov-1946   Vampirella
Carolyn Leigh
Songwriter
21-Aug-1926 19-Nov-1983 Young at Heart
Harvey Lembeck
Actor
15-Apr-1923 5-Jan-1982 Cpl. Barbella on The Phil Silvers Show
Jerome H. Lemelson
Inventor
18-Jul-1923 1-Oct-1997 Inventor with a very good lawyer
Thomas Lennon
Actor
9-Aug-1970   Reno 911!, The State
Mark Leslie
Business
c. 1944   CEO of VERITAS Software, 1990-2000
Ira Levin
Novelist
27-Aug-1929 12-Nov-2007 Rosemary's Baby
Speed Levitch
Actor
9-Jul-1970   The Cruise
Albert Lewin
Film Director
23-Sep-1894 9-May-1968 The Picture of Dorian Gray
Gerald M. Lieberman
Business
?   President of AllianceBernstein
Tao Lin
Novelist
2-Jul-1983   Richard Yates
Bai Ling
Actor
10-Oct-1970   Anna and the King
Robert I. Lipp
Business
c. 1938   CEO of Travelers Property Casualty, 2001-04
Martin Lipton
Attorney
22-Jun-1931   Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Charles Y. S. Liu
Business
c. 1950   On Capital China Technology Fund
Lucy Liu
Actor
2-Dec-1968   Ling on Ally McBeal
Joe Lo Truglio
Actor
2-Dec-1970   The State
Jack Lord
Actor
30-Dec-1920 21-Jan-1998 McGarrett on Hawaii 5-O
Frank Lovejoy
Actor
28-Mar-1912 2-Oct-1962 The Hitch-Hiker
Katie Lowes
Actor
22-Sep-1981   Quinn Perkins on Scandal
Stan Lundine
Politician
4-Feb-1939   Congressman from New York, 1976-87
Katharine C. Lyall
Business
26-Apr-1941   President of the UW System, 1992-2004
Gerald W. Lynch
Educator
24-Mar-1937 17-Apr-2013 President of John Jay College, 1977-2004
Sean Maher
Actor
16-Apr-1975   Dr. Simon Tam on Firefly
Leonard Maltin
Critic
18-Dec-1950   Film critic
Melissa Manchester
Singer/Songwriter
15-Feb-1951   Adult contemporary songwriter
Camryn Manheim
Actor
8-Mar-1961   Ellenor Frutt on The Practice
Rooney Mara
Actor
17-Apr-1985   The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Vito Marcantonio
Politician
10-Dec-1902 9-Aug-1954 American Labor Party
Rudolph A. Marcus
Chemist
21-Jul-1923   Electron-transfer reactions
Ken Marino
Actor
19-Dec-1968   The State
Demetri Martin
Comic
25-May-1973   Daily Show trend spotter
Jesse L. Martin
Actor
18-Jan-1969   Det. Green on Law & Order
Mary Stuart Masterson
Actor
28-Jun-1966   Dogtown
Richard Masur
Actor
20-Nov-1948   Who'll Stop the Rain
Drea de Matteo
Actor
19-Jan-1972   Adriana on The Sopranos
mc chris
Rapper
2-Sep-1975   Hesh, MC Pee Pants
Andrew McCarthy
Actor
29-Nov-1962   St. Elmo's Fire
Carson McCullers
Author
19-Feb-1917 29-Sep-1967 The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
Kimberly McCullough
Actor
5-Mar-1978   Robin Scorpio on General Hospital
John C. McGinley
Actor
3-Aug-1959   Dr. Perry Cox on Scrubs
Robert J. McGuire
Government
c. 1937   NYC Police Commissioner, 1978-83
John McHugh
Politician
29-Sep-1948   US Secretary of the Army
Maureen F. McHugh
Novelist
13-Feb-1959   After the Apocalypse
Michael McKean
Actor
17-Oct-1947   This Is Spinal Tap, SNL
Joseph E. McLean
Historian
10-Jul-1915 30-Dec-1985 William Rufus Day
Michael McMahon
Politician
12-Sep-1957   Congressman from New York, 2009-11
Michaela McManus
Actor
20-May-1983   Tara on Awake
John McWhorter
Linguist
c. 1963   Linguist, social critic
Idina Menzel
Singer
30-May-1971   Rent
Debra Messing
Actor
15-Aug-1968   Grace on Will & Grace
Harold M. Messmer, Jr.
Business
20-Feb-1946   CEO of Robert Half International
Jesse Metcalfe
Actor
9-Dec-1978   Desperate Housewives
M. Blane Michael
Judge
17-Feb-1943 25-Mar-2011 4th Circuit Court of Appeals
Anne Milgram
Attorney
c. 1970   Attorney General of New Jersey, 2007-10
Lara Jill Miller
Actor
20-Apr-1967   Samantha Kanisky on Gimme a Break!
Marvin Miller
Labor Leader
14-Apr-1917 27-Nov-2012 MLB Player Association, 1966-82
James B. Milliken
Educator
c. 1957   President, University of Nebraska
Paul Milstein
Business
12-May-1922 9-Aug-2010 Manhattan real estate developer
Cathy E. Minehan
Business
15-Feb-1947   President of the Boston Fed, 1994-2007
Vic Mizzy
Composer
9-Jan-1916 17-Oct-2009 Addams Family theme
Mark E. Mlotek
Business
c. 1956   EVP at Henry Schein
Thomas L. Monahan III
Business
c. 1966   The Corporate Executive Board Company
Matthew Morrison
Actor
30-Oct-1978   Mr Schuester on Glee
Arnold Moss
Actor
28-Jan-1910 15-Dec-1989 My Favorite Spy
Robert Mueller
Government
7-Aug-1944   FBI Director
Donna Murphy
Actor
7-Mar-1959   The King and I
Albert L. Murray
Author
12-May-1916 18-Aug-2013 Stomping the Blues
Joseph Nacchio
Business
22-Jun-1949   Qwest CEO, convicted of fraud
Patricia Nachtigal
Business
?   Senior VP at Ingersoll-Rand
Pauline Newman
Judge
20-Jun-1927   US Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
Jan Nicholson
Business
c. 1945   Former Citicorp/MBIA executive
Martha Nussbaum
Philosopher
6-May-1947   The Fragility of Goodness
Jerry O'Connell
Actor
17-Feb-1974   Pete Kaczmarek in The Defenders
James A. O'Gorman
Politician
5-May-1860 17-May-1943 US Senator from New York, 1911-17
Dean R. O'Hare
Business
c. 1941   CEO of Chubb, 1988-2002
George O'Leary
Football
17-Aug-1946   Head Coach, U. of Central Florida
Thomas F. O'Neill
Business
c. 1946   Sandler O'Neill & Partners
Karen O
Singer
22-Nov-1978   Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Ashley Olsen
Actor
13-Jun-1986   Olsen Twin
Elizabeth Olsen
Actor
16-Feb-1989   Martha Marcy May Marlene
Mary-Kate Olsen
Actor
13-Jun-1986   Olsen Twin
Marian P. Opala
Judge
20-Jan-1921 11-Oct-2010 Justice, Oklahoma Supreme Court, 1978-2010
Victor Oristano
Business
10-Sep-1916   Alda Limited Partners
Joan Osborne
Singer/Songwriter
8-Jul-1962   One of Us
Haley Joel Osment
Actor
10-Apr-1988   Saw dead people in The Sixth Sense
Cynthia Ozick
Author
17-Apr-1928   The Puttermesser Papers
Bob Packwood
Politician
11-Sep-1932   Oregon Senator, sexual harrasser
George E. Palade
Scientist
19-Nov-1912 7-Oct-2008 Microstructure of the cell
Mitchell Parish
Songwriter
10-Jul-1900 31-Mar-1993 Volare
Dean Parisot
Film Director
?   Galaxy Quest
Nicole Ari Parker
Actor
7-Oct-1970   Soul Food
John Paulson
Business
1955   Billionaire hedge fund manager
Leonard Peikoff
Philosopher
15-Oct-1933   Proseletyzer of objectivism
Victor A. Pelson
Business
c. 1937   Former AT&T Executive
Ken Perlin
Scientist
c. 1957   Perlin noise
Shirley D. Peterson
Attorney
3-Sep-1941   Attorney, Steptoe & Johnson
Leo Pfeffer
Scholar
25-Dec-1910 4-Jun-1993 Religious liberty scholar, attorney
Todd Phillips
Film Director
20-Dec-1970   Old School
Summer Phoenix
Actor
10-Dec-1978   The Laramie Project
Irving Picard
Attorney
c. 1941   Overseeing Madoff recoupment
Samuel R. Pierce
Politician
8-Sep-1922 31-Oct-2000 US Secretary of HUD, 1981-89
Jeremy Piven
Actor
26-Jul-1965   Ari Gold on Entourage
E. Gail de Planque
Physicist
c. 1944   Nuclear physicist
Aubrey Plaza
Comic
26-Jun-1984   Parks and Recreation
Chris Policinski
Business
c. 1959   CEO of Land O'Lakes
Ron Pollack
Activist
?   Families USA
Robert W. Poole
Editor
4-Jul-1944   Founder, Reason Foundation
Faith Popcorn
Pundit
c. 1948   The Popcorn Report
Sylvia Porter
Columnist
18-Jun-1913 5-Jun-1991 Financial columnist
Frederic M. Poses
Business
c. 1943   CEO of Trane
Peter J. Powers
Attorney
c. 1945   First Deputy Mayor of New York City, 1994-96
Robert A. Profusek
Business
c. 1950   Partner, Jones Day
Frank C. Puleo
Attorney
c. 1945   Partner, Milbank Tweed
Martha Quinn
TV Personality
11-May-1959   Original MTV veejay
Josh Radnor
Actor
29-Jul-1974   How I Met Your Mother
Daniel R. Raichel
Scientist
1935 22-Dec-2006 Acoustics expert
Ted Raimi
Actor
14-Dec-1965   Joxer on Xena, Warrior Princess
Charles Rangel
Politician
11-Jun-1930   Congressman, New York 15th
Anthony Rapp
Actor
26-Oct-1971   Broadway cast of Rent
Irving Rapper
Film Director
16-Jan-1898 20-Dec-1999 Now, Voyager
Brett Ratner
Film Director
28-Mar-1969   Red Dragon
Charles A. Ratner
Business
c. 1942   CEO of Forest City Enterprises
Navi Rawat
Actor
5-Jun-1977   Amita Ramanujan on Numb3rs
Martyn R. Redgrave
Business
c. 1953   CFO of Limited Brands
B. Carroll Reece
Politician
22-Dec-1889 19-Mar-1961 Congressman from Tennessee
Catherine A. Rein
Business
7-Feb-1943   Senior EVP at MetLife
Frederick Reines
Physicist
16-Mar-1918 26-Aug-1998 Co-Discover of the neutrino
Ad Reinhardt
Painter
24-Dec-1913 30-Aug-1967 Abstract expressionist
Nicolas P. Retsinas
Government
?   Joint Center for Housing Studies, Harvard
James Ford Rhodes
Author
1-May-1848 22-Jan-1927 History of the Civil War
Abraham Ribicoff
Politician
9-Apr-1910 22-Feb-1998 Senator and Governor from Connecticut
Marc Rich
Criminal
18-Dec-1934 26-Jun-2013 Pardoned by Clinton
LaTanya Richardson
Actor
21-Oct-1949   Actress/wife of Samuel L. Jackson
Leonard Riggio
Business
28-Feb-1941   CEO of Barnes & Noble, 1986-2002
Matthew Rinaldo
Politician
1-Sep-1931   Congressman from New Jersey, 1973-93
Robert Ripp
Business
c. 1941   CEO of AMP, 1998-99
Jason Ritter
Actor
17-Feb-1980   Kevin on Joan of Arcadia
Larry Rivers
Painter
17-Aug-1923 14-Aug-2002 American pop artist
Martha Roby
Politician
27-Jul-1976   Congresswoman, Alabama 2nd
Gerard R. Roche
Business
c. 1931   Chairman of Heidrick & Struggles
James Roday
Actor
4-Apr-1976   Shawn Spencer on Psych
Gina Rodriguez
Actor
30-Jul-1984   Jane the Virgin
Elihu Root
Government
15-Feb-1845 7-Feb-1937 Senator, Secretary of War, State
Charlie Rose
Talk Show Host
5-Jan-1942   Charlie Rose Show
Irwin Rose
Scientist
16-Jul-1926 2-Jun-2015 Ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation
Stuart Rosenberg
Film Director
11-Aug-1927 15-Mar-2007 Cool Hand Luke
Robert Rosenblum
Art Historian
24-Jul-1927 6-Dec-2006 Transformations in Late Eighteenth-Century Art
Robert Rossen
Screenwriter
16-Mar-1908 18-Feb-1966 The Hustler
Eli Roth
Film Director
18-Apr-1972   Cabin Fever
Michael I. Roth
Business
c. 1946   CEO of Interpublic Group
Rick Rubin
Music Producer
10-Mar-1963   Ubiquitous record producer, Def Jam
William C. Rudin
Business
c. 1957   Rudin Management Company
James Russo
Actor
23-Apr-1953   The Box
Meg Ryan
Actor
19-Nov-1961   Sleepless In Seattle
Albert Sabin
Biologist
26-Aug-1906 3-Mar-1993 Developed oral polio vaccine
Carole Bayer Sager
Singer/Songwriter
8-Mar-1947   That's What Friends Are For
J. D. Salinger
Novelist
1-Jan-1919 27-Jan-2010 The Catcher in the Rye
Jonas Salk
Scientist
28-Oct-1914 23-Jun-1995 Discoverer of the first polio vaccine
Thomas P. Salmon
Politician
19-Aug-1932   Governor of Vermont, 1973-77
Barry Salzberg
Business
1953   CEO of Deloitte & Touche
Andy Samberg
Actor
18-Aug-1978   SNL, The Lonely Island
Adam Sandler
Comic
9-Sep-1966   The Wedding Singer, SNL alumnus
Marion O. Sandler
Philanthropist
17-Oct-1930 1-Jun-2012 Golden West Financial
Thomas A. Sansone
Business
c. 1949   Vice Chairman of Jabil Circuit
Richard C. Sarafian
Film Director
28-Apr-1930 18-Sep-2013 Vanishing Point
Nancy Savoca
Film Director
23-Jul-1959   Dogfight
Dolph Schayes
Basketball
19-May-1928 10-Dec-2015 NBA Hall of Famer, coach
Paul Scheer
Actor
31-Jan-1976   Andre on The League, Human Giant
Vincent Schiavelli
Actor
10-Nov-1948 26-Dec-2005 Character actor and cookbook author
Herbert I. Schiller
Author
5-Nov-1919 29-Jan-2000 Mass Communications and American Empire
Taylor Schilling
Actor
27-Jul-1984   Piper Chapman on Orange Is the New Black
Roger W. Schipke
Business
c. 1937   CEO of Sunbeam, 1993-96
Daniel Schulman
Business
c. 1958   CEO of Virgin Mobile USA
Arthur Schwartz
Composer
4-Nov-1900 3-Sep-1984 That's Entertainment
Delmore Schwartz
Poet
8-Dec-1913 11-Jul-1966 Summer Knowledge
Martin Scorsese
Film Director
17-Nov-1942   Taxi Driver
Susan Seidelman
Film Director
11-Dec-1952   Desperately Seeking Susan
John Shad
Government
27-Jun-1923 Jul-1994 SEC Chairman, 1981-87
Ben Shahn
Painter
12-Sep-1898 14-Mar-1969 American Social Realist painter
Molly Shannon
Comic
16-Sep-1964   Saturday Night Live
Jeff Sharlet
Journalist
1972   The Family
Robert Sheckley
Author
16-Jul-1928 9-Dec-2005 Science fiction genius
William Sheluck, Jr.
Business
c. 1941 29-Dec-2007 CEO of Nationar, 1983-93
Ben Shenkman
Actor
26-Sep-1968   Pi
Cybill Shepherd
Actor
18-Feb-1950   Moonlighting
Jim Sheridan
Film Director
6-Feb-1949   My Left Foot
Sheetal Sheth
Actor
24-Jun-1976   Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
James Shigeta
Actor
17-Jun-1933 28-Jul-2014 Flower Drum Song
Walter V. Shipley
Business
2-Nov-1935   CEO of Chase Manhattan, 1996-99
Wayne Shorter
Jazz Musician
25-Aug-1933   Influential sax player and jazz composer
Bob Shrum
Activist
1943   Democratic political strategist
Clifford G. Shull
Physicist
23-Sep-1915 31-Mar-2001 Neutron scattering
M. Night Shyamalan
Film Director
6-Aug-1970   The Sixth Sense
Maggie Siff
Actor
21-Jun-1974   Tara Knowles on Sons of Anarchy
Jamie-Lynn Sigler
Actor
15-May-1981   Tony Soprano's bratty daughter
Joel Silver
Film/TV Producer
14-Jul-1952   Producer, The Matrix
Sarah Silverman
Comic
1-Dec-1970   The Sarah Silverman Program
Charles Simic
Poet
9-May-1938   The World Doesn't End
Neil Simon
Playwright
4-Jul-1927   The Odd Couple
Elliott P. Skinner
Scholar
20-Jun-1924 1-Apr-2007 US Ambassador to Upper Volta, 1966-69
Robert Smigel
Actor
7-Feb-1960   Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
Allison Smith
Actor
9-Dec-1969   Kate & Allie
Lawrence J. Smith
Politician
25-Apr-1941   Congressman from Florida, 1983-93
Martin Smith
Journalist
c. 1949   Frontline
R. J. Smith
Activist
?   Center for Private Conservation
Jay Snyder
Business
c. 1961   HBJ Investments
Clifford Sobel
Diplomat
1949   US Ambassador to Brazil
Gerald A. Soffen
Astronomer
7-Feb-1926 22-Nov-2000 Viking I mission to mars
Peter Sollett
Film Director
9-Feb-1976   Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
Todd Solondz
Film Director
15-Oct-1959   Welcome to the Dollhouse
Christina Hoff Sommers
Author
1950   Who Stole Feminism?
Barry Sonnenfeld
Film Director
1-Apr-1953   Men in Black
David P. Spalding
Business
c. 1954   Vice Chairman, The Cypress Group
John Spencer
Actor
20-Dec-1946 16-Dec-2005 Leo McGarry on The West Wing
Cole Sprouse
Actor
4-Aug-1992   The Suite Life of Zack and Cody
Dylan Sprouse
Actor
4-Aug-1992   The Suite Life of Zack and Cody
Morgan Spurlock
Film Director
7-Nov-1970   Filmmaker, took on McDonald's
Danielle Steel
Novelist
14-Aug-1947   Romance novelist
Vivian M. Stephenson
Business
c. 1937   COO of Williams-Sonoma, 2003-06
Corey Stoll
Actor
14-Mar-1976   Peter Russo on House of Cards
Harold J. Stone
Actor
3-Mar-1911 18-Nov-2005 The Harder They Fall
Oliver Stone
Film Director
15-Sep-1946   JFK
Robert Stone
Novelist
21-Aug-1937 10-Jan-2015 Dog Soldiers
Stuttering John
Radio Personality
4-Oct-1965   Howard Stern's celebrity interviewer
Ray Suarez
Journalist
5-Mar-1957   Correspondent for Lehrer News Hour
Daniel Sunjata
Actor
30-Dec-1971   Franco Rivera on Rescue Me
W. A. Swanberg
Author
23-Nov-1907 17-Sep-1992 Citizen Hearst
D. B. Sweeney
Actor
14-Nov-1961   Shoeless Joe in Eight Men Out
Swizz Beatz
Music Producer
30-Aug-1978   One Man Band Man
Paul Tagliabue
Football
24-Nov-1940   Commissioner of the NFL, 1989-2006
Anne M. Tatlock
Business
c. 1940   CEO of Fiduciary Trust, 1999-2006
Henry Taub
Business
20-Sep-1927 31-Mar-2011 Founder of ADP
Alan Taylor
Film Director
1959   Thor: The Dark World
Miles Teller
Actor
20-Feb-1987   The Spectacular Now
Vincent S. Tese
Attorney
c. 1943   Chairman of Wireless Cable International
J. Parnell Thomas
Government
16-Jan-1895 19-Nov-1970 HUAC chairman, took the Fifth
Sean Patrick Thomas
Actor
17-Dec-1970   Barbershop
Maura Tierney
Actor
3-Feb-1965   Abby from ER
Laurence Tisch
Business
5-Mar-1923 15-Nov-2003 CEO of CBS, 1986-95
Thomas J. Tisch
Business
c. 1955   Four Partners Investment Partnership
Alvin Toffler
Author
4-Oct-1928 27-Jun-2016 Future Shock
Susan J. Tolchin
Political Scientist
14-Jan-1941 18-May-2016 To the Victor...
Lauren Tom
Actor
4-Aug-1961   Amy Wong on Futurama
Marisa Tomei
Actor
4-Dec-1964   My Cousin Vinny
John M. Trani
Business
c. 1945   CEO of Stanley Works, 1996-2003
Nancy Travis
Actor
21-Sep-1961   Three Men and a Baby
Christy Turlington
Model
2-Jan-1969   Supermodel, started Sundari
Skeet Ulrich
Actor
20-Jan-1970   Nobody's Baby
Ernest van den Haag
Scholar
15-Sep-1914 21-Mar-2002 Punishing Criminals
Amy Vanderbilt
Columnist
22-Jul-1908 27-Dec-1974 Amy Vanderbilt's Complete Book of Etiquette
Nydia Velázquez
Politician
28-Mar-1953   Congresswoman, New York 12th
Lillian Vernon
Business
18-Mar-1927 14-Dec-2015 Mail-order maven of America
David Wain
Actor
1-Aug-1969   The State
George Wald
Biologist
18-Nov-1906 12-Apr-1997 Physiology of the retina
Jerry Wald
Film/TV Producer
16-Sep-1911 13-Jul-1962 Peyton Place
Henry C. Wallich
Economist
10-Jun-1914 16-Sep-1988 Council of Economic Advisers, 1959-61
John Waters
Film Director
22-Apr-1946   Hairspray
Paul Francis Webster
Songwriter
20-Dec-1907 22-Mar-1984 Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
John H. Weiland
Business
c. 1955   COO of C. R. Bard
Gene Weingarten
Columnist
2-Oct-1951   Below the Beltway
Anthony Welters
Business
c. 1955   AmeriChoice
Abigail S. Wexner
Relative
c. 1962   Wife of Leslie H. Wexner
Saul Williams
Rapper
29-Feb-1972   Slam
Victor Williams
Actor
19-Sep-1970   The King of Queens
Keith H. Williamson
Business
c. 1952   General Counsel at Centene
Casey Wilson
Actor
24-Oct-1980   Penny Hartz on Happy Endings
Chandra Wilson
Actor
27-Aug-1969   Dr. Bailey on Grey's Anatomy
Mara Wilson
Actor
24-Jul-1987   Matilda
Mary Wilson
Singer
6-Mar-1944   The Supremes
Rainn Wilson
Actor
20-Jan-1966   Dwight on The Office
Robert Anton Wilson
Author
18-Jan-1932 11-Jan-2007 Illuminatus Trilogy
Irwin Winkler
Film/TV Producer
25-May-1931   Rocky
Alex Winter
Actor
17-Jul-1965   Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
James N. Wood
Administrator
20-Mar-1941 11-Jun-2010 President of Art Institute of Chicago, 1980-2004
Kari Wuhrer
Actor
28-Apr-1967   Capt. Beckett on Sliders
Boaz Yakin
Screenwriter
20-Jun-1966   Remember the Titans
Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Government
30-Jun-1930   Former Saudi Minister of Oil
Chun Won Yi
Business
c. 1977   Quadrangle Group
Ronald L. Zarrella
Business
1949   CEO of Bausch & Lomb, 2001-08
Lawrence A. Zimmerman
Business
c. 1943   CFO of Xerox
Howard Zinn
Historian
24-Aug-1922 27-Jan-2010 A People's History of the United States

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
André Aciman
Author
2-Jan-1951   Out of Egypt
Natalie Angier
Journalist
16-Feb-1958   Science reporter
William Barrett
Philosopher
30-Dec-1913 8-Sep-1992 Irrational Man
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
Stephen Berger
Business
c. 1937   Chairman of Odyssey Investment Partners
Ben Bernanke
Economist
13-Dec-1953   Federal Reserve Chairman, 2006-14
Wendell Berry
Author
5-Aug-1934   A Place on Earth
Lipman Bers
Mathematician
22-May-1914 29-Oct-1993 Riemann surfaces
Kenneth Bialkin
Attorney
9-Sep-1929   Mergers & Acquisitions lawyer
Elizabeth Bishop
Poet
8-Feb-1911 6-Oct-1979 North & South
Sally Blount
Educator
c. 1961   Dean, Kellogg School of Management
Jack Bogle
Business
8-May-1929   Founder, The Vanguard Group
David F. Bradford
Economist
8-Jan-1939 22-Feb-2005 Council of Economic Advisers, 1991-93
Gregory Breit
Physicist
14-Jul-1899 11-Sep-1981 Proton-proton dispersion
Mac Bundy
Government
30-Mar-1919 16-Sep-1996 National Security Advisor, 1961-66
James Burnham
Author
22-Nov-1905 28-Jul-1987 The Managerial Revolution
Mary Calderone
Activist
1-Jul-1904 24-Oct-1998 Questions and Answers about Love and Sex
Sean Dennis Cashman
Historian
18-Sep-1943   America in the Gilded Age
Lionel Casson
Scholar
22-Jul-1914 18-Jul-2009 The Ancient Mariners
Vivek Chibber
Scholar
1965   Locked in Place
Henry Steele Commager
Historian
25-Oct-1902 2-Mar-1998 The American Mind
Gordon J. Davis
Attorney
7-Aug-1941   Partner, Dewey & LeBoeuf
W. Edwards Deming
Mathematician
14-Oct-1900 20-Dec-1993 Quality Control guru
Mark Dery
Author
1959   Culture Jamming
Adrian W. DeWind
Attorney
1-Dec-1913 7-Aug-2009 Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
Assia Djebar
Author
4-Aug-1936 7-Feb-2015 So Vast the Prison
E. L. Doctorow
Novelist
6-Jan-1931 21-Jul-2015 The Book of Daniel
Henry Draper
Astronomer
7-Mar-1837 20-Nov-1882 Early astrophotographer
John William Draper
Chemist
5-May-1811 4-Jan-1882 Radiant energy and portrait photography
Peter Drucker
Business
19-Nov-1909 11-Nov-2005 Management guru
Olympia Dukakis
Actor
20-Jun-1931   Tales of the City
Jane E. Dutton
Educator
c. 1951   UMich Business Psychologist
Ronald Dworkin
Philosopher
11-Dec-1931 14-Feb-2013 Taking Rights Seriously
William Easterly
Economist
7-Sep-1957   The White Man's Burden
Leon Edel
Author
9-Sep-1907 5-Sep-1997 Biographer of Henry James
Ralph Ellison
Novelist
1-Mar-1914 16-Apr-1994 Invisible Man
Robert F. Engle III
Economist
10-Nov-1942   Autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity
Mallory Factor
Activist
c. 1950   Merchant banker
Noah Feldman
Author
22-May-1970   After Jihad
Niall Ferguson
Historian
18-Apr-1964   The House of Rothschild
Vivian Fine
Composer
28-Sep-1913 20-Mar-2000 Drama for Orchestra
Norman Finkelstein
Scholar
8-Dec-1953   The Holocaust Industry
Karen Finley
Artist
7-Mar-1956   Yam-slathering performance artist
Ze Frank
Blogger
31-Mar-1972   The Show with Ze Frank
Betty Friedan
Activist
4-Feb-1921 4-Feb-2006 Rights for women spokesperson
Erich Fromm
Psychologist
23-Mar-1900 18-Mar-1980 Psychoanalyst, Humanist
Claire L. Gaudiani
Educator
1944   President, Connecticut College, 1988-2001
Carol Gilligan
Psychologist
28-Nov-1936   In a Different Voice
Todd Gitlin
Educator
6-Jan-1943   Journalism professor, social critic
Frederic W. Goudy
Typographer
8-Mar-1865 11-May-1947 Designer of Garamond and Goudy fonts
Stephen Jay Gould
Biologist
10-Sep-1941 20-May-2002 Evolutionary scientist
Percy Grainger
Composer
8-Jul-1882 20-Feb-1961 Country Gardens
Alex Grey
Artist
29-Nov-1953   Chapel of Sacred Mirrors
Ethel Browne Harvey
Zoologist
14-Dec-1885 2-Sep-1965 Embryology of sea urchins
James J. Heckman
Economist
19-Apr-1944   Statistical analysis of individual and household behavior
Chris Hedges
Journalist
18-Sep-1956   War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning
Peter Blair Henry
Economist
30-Jul-1969   Dean, Stern School of Business
Shere Hite
Author
2-Nov-1942   The Hite Report on sexuality
Rush Holt
Politician
15-Oct-1948   Congressman, New Jersey 12th
Elizabeth Holtzman
Politician
11-Aug-1941   Congresswoman from New York, 1973-81
Sidney Hook
Philosopher
20-Dec-1902 12-Jul-1989 Pragmatist
Deal Hudson
Religion
30-Nov-1949   Karl Rove's favorite Catholic
David Ignatow
Poet
7-Feb-1914 17-Nov-1997 Rescue the Dead
Tony Judt
Historian
2-Jan-1948 6-Aug-2010 Postwar
Joseph M. Juran
Scientist
24-Dec-1904 28-Feb-2008 The Pareto Principle
Michio Kaku
Physicist
24-Jan-1947   String Theory
Eric R. Kandel
Scientist
7-Nov-1929   Signal transduction in the nervous system
Galway Kinnell
Poet
1-Feb-1927 28-Oct-2014 Selected Poems
Ed Koch
Politician
12-Dec-1924 1-Feb-2013 Mayor of New York City, 1978-89
Milton R. Konvitz
Educator
12-Mar-1908 5-Sep-2003 Cornell Professor, Labor and Industrial Relations
Lawrence Lader
Activist
6-Aug-1919 7-May-2006 Father of abortion rights activism
Jaron Lanier
Scientist
3-May-1960   Coined the term "virtual reality"
David W. Leebron
Educator
1956   President, Rice University
Wassily Leontief
Economist
5-Aug-1906 5-Feb-1999 Structure of the American Economy
Jonathan Lethem
Author
19-Feb-1964   Gun with Occasional Music
Jacob J. Lew
Government
29-Aug-1955   US Secretary of the Treasury
Martin Lipton
Attorney
22-Jun-1931   Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Otto Loewi
Scientist
3-Jun-1873 25-Dec-1961 Acetylcholine as a neurotransmitter
Toby Miller
Sociologist
9-Aug-1958   Cultural Citizenship
Ashley Montagu
Anthropologist
28-Jun-1905 26-Nov-1999 The Natural Superiority of Women
Oskar Morgenstern
Economist
24-Jan-1902 26-Jul-1977 Game theorist
Samuel F. B. Morse
Inventor
27-Apr-1791 2-Apr-1872 Telegraph inventor and publicist
Robert S. Mulliken
Chemist
7-Jun-1896 31-Oct-1986 Molecular orbital theory
Thomas Nagel
Philosopher
4-Jul-1937   What is it like to be a bat?
Ronald K. Noble
Government
1957   Head of Interpol
Mary Nolan
Historian
17-Jan-1944   The Transatlantic Century
Peggy Noonan
Journalist
7-Sep-1950   Coined A thousand points of light
Charles Norris
Government
4-Dec-1867 11-Sep-1935 New York's first Chief Medical Examiner
Eleanor Holmes Norton
Politician
13-Jun-1937   Congresswoman, Washington DC
Conor Cruise O'Brien
Author
3-Nov-1917 18-Dec-2008 Irish Parliamentarian and Scholar
Severo Ochoa
Scientist
24-Sep-1905 1-Nov-1993 Synthesized RNA
Erwin Panofsky
Art Historian
30-Mar-1892 14-Mar-1968 Studies in Iconology
Drazen Pantic
Activist
1956   Micromedia activist
Ken Perlin
Scientist
c. 1957   Perlin noise
Edmund S. Phelps
Economist
26-Jul-1933   Golden Rules of Economic Growth
Samuel R. Pierce
Politician
8-Sep-1922 31-Oct-2000 US Secretary of HUD, 1981-89
Neil Postman
Educator
8-Mar-1931 5-Oct-2003 Amusing Ourselves to Death
Robert Pozen
Business
1946   Fidelity Investments
Edward C. Prescott
Economist
26-Dec-1940   Dynamic macroeconomics
J. Lee Rankin
Government
7-Jul-1907 28-Jun-1996 US Solicitor General, 1956-61
John T. Reid
Business
c. 1940   CTO of Colgate-Palmolive, 1997-2000
Judith Rodin
Educator
9-Sep-1944   President of UPenn, 1994-2004
Theodore Roosevelt IV
Business
27-Nov-1942   Lehman Brothers
Robert Rosenblum
Art Historian
24-Jul-1927 6-Dec-2006 Transformations in Late Eighteenth-Century Art
Nouriel Roubini
Economist
29-Mar-1958   Dr. Doom, Roubini Global Economics
Aviel Rubin
Computer Programmer
8-Nov-1967   Computer security expert at Johns Hopkins
Douglas Rushkoff
Author
18-Feb-1961   Cyberculture analyst
Oliver Sacks
Doctor
9-Jul-1933 30-Aug-2015 Awakenings
Philippe Sands
Scholar
17-Oct-1960   Lawless World
Thomas J. Sargent
Economist
19-Jul-1943   Rational expectations theory
John Sexton
Educator
1942   President, New York University
Clay Shirky
Author
1964   Cognitive Surplus
Laurence H. Silberman
Judge
12-Oct-1935   US Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1975-77
Elliott P. Skinner
Scholar
20-Jun-1924 1-Apr-2007 US Ambassador to Upper Volta, 1966-69
Alan Sokal
Hoaxer
1955   Transgressing the Boundaries
Stephen D. Solomon
Author
c. 1949   Ellery's Protest
Sonia Sotomayor
Judge
25-Jun-1954   US Supreme Court Justice
Thomas J. Sugrue
Historian
24-Jul-1962   The Origins of the Urban Crisis
Lewis Thomas
Doctor
25-Nov-1913 3-Dec-1993 The Lives of a Cell
Harold R. Tyler, Jr.
Attorney
14-May-1922 25-May-2005 Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler
Ernest van den Haag
Scholar
15-Sep-1914 21-Mar-2002 Punishing Criminals
Kirk Varnedoe
Curator
19-Jan-1946 15-Aug-2003 Curator at MOMA, 1988-2001
Ludwig von Mises
Economist
29-Sep-1881 10-Oct-1973 Libertarian Economist
Robert C. Weaver
Government
29-Dec-1907 17-Jul-1997 US HUD Secretary, 1966-68
Thomas Wolfe
Novelist
3-Oct-1900 15-Sep-1938 Look Homeward, Angel
Leona Woods
Physicist
9-Aug-1919 10-Nov-1986 Physicist at University of Chicago

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Stanley M. Bergman
Business
c. 1950   CEO of Henry Schein
Ronald E. Blaylock
Business
c. 1960   Blaylock & Company, Inc.
John Brademas
Politician
2-Mar-1927 11-Jul-2016 Congressman from Indiana, 1959-81
Nancy Goodman Brinker
Activist
6-Dec-1946   US Ambassador to Hungary, 2001-03
Zachary W. Carter
Attorney
19-Mar-1950   Partner, Dorsey & Whitney
Barry Diller
Business
2-Feb-1942   CEO of USA Interactive Corp.
James Dimon
Business
13-Mar-1956   CEO of JP Morgan Chase
John William Draper
Chemist
5-May-1811 4-Jan-1882 Radiant energy and portrait photography
Mary C. Farrell
Business
c. 1949   UBS Wealth Management USA
Lawrence D. Fink
Business
c. 1953   CEO of BlackRock
Alan C. Greenberg
Business
3-Sep-1927 25-Jul-2014 CEO of Bear Stearns, 1978-93
Rita E. Hauser
Activist
12-Jul-1934   Former Partner, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan
Tony Judt
Historian
2-Jan-1948 6-Aug-2010 Postwar
Henry Kaufman
Business
20-Oct-1927   Ex Managing Director, Salomon Brothers
Martin S. Kimmel
Business
9-Apr-1916 15-Apr-2008 Founder of Kimco Realty
Thomas G. Labrecque
Business
17-Sep-1938 16-Oct-2000 CEO of Chase Manhattan, 1990-96
Kenneth Langone
Business
c. 1935   Co-Founder of Home Depot
Jacob J. Lew
Government
29-Aug-1955   US Secretary of the Treasury
Martin Lipton
Attorney
22-Jun-1931   Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Mary Nolan
Historian
17-Jan-1944   The Transatlantic Century
Ken Perlin
Scientist
c. 1957   Perlin noise
Dakota A. Pippins
Business
c. 1947   Leo Burnett Urban Think Tank
Catherine A. Rein
Business
7-Feb-1943   Senior EVP at MetLife
E. John Rosenwald, Jr.
Business
c. 1930   Former Vice Chairman of Bear Stearns
Barnett R. Rubin
Educator
10-Jan-1950   The Fragmentation of Afghanistan
William C. Rudin
Business
c. 1957   Rudin Management Company
John Sexton
Educator
1942   President, New York University
Henry R. Silverman
Business
1-Aug-1940   Chairman of Realogy
Paul Tagliabue
Football
24-Nov-1940   Commissioner of the NFL, 1989-2006
Henry Taub
Business
20-Sep-1927 31-Mar-2011 Founder of ADP
Vincent S. Tese
Attorney
c. 1943   Chairman of Wireless Cable International
Lewis Thomas
Doctor
25-Nov-1913 3-Dec-1993 The Lives of a Cell
Bob Tisch
Business
29-Apr-1926 15-Nov-2005 CEO of Loews, Owner NY Giants
Harold R. Tyler, Jr.
Attorney
14-May-1922 25-May-2005 Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler
Anthony Welters
Business
c. 1955   AmeriChoice
James N. Wood
Administrator
20-Mar-1941 11-Jun-2010 President of Art Institute of Chicago, 1980-2004
Mort Zuckerman
Business
4-Jun-1937   Owner, New York Daily News


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