| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Madeleine Albright |
Diplomat |
15-May-1937 |
|
Bill Clinton's Secretary of State |
| Marion Barry |
Politician |
6-Mar-1936 |
22-Nov-2014 |
Twice Mayor of Washington, DC |
| Carl Bernstein |
Journalist |
14-Feb-1944 |
|
Broke the Watergate story |
| Louis D. Boccardi |
Journalist |
c. 1938 |
|
CEO of Associated Press, 1985-2003 |
| Ben Bradlee |
Editor |
26-Aug-1921 |
21-Oct-2014 |
Editor of The Washington Post, 1965-91 |
| Stephen Breyer |
Judge |
15-Aug-1938 |
|
US Supreme Court Justice |
| Tom Brokaw |
Journalist |
6-Feb-1940 |
|
Former anchor, NBC Nightly News |
| Tina Brown |
Editor |
21-Nov-1953 |
|
Powerhouse magazine editor |
| Warren Buffett |
Business |
30-Aug-1930 |
|
Billionaire in Omaha |
| Steve Case |
Business |
21-Aug-1958 |
|
CEO of AOL, 1991-2001 |
| Elaine Chao |
Government |
26-Mar-1953 |
|
US Secretary of Labor, 2001-09 |
| Dick Cheney |
Politician |
30-Jan-1941 |
|
US Vice President, 2001-09 |
| Lynne Cheney |
First Lady |
14-Aug-1941 |
|
Wife of US Vice President Dick Cheney |
| Bill Clinton |
Head of State |
19-Aug-1946 |
|
42nd US President, 1993-2001 |
| Hillary Clinton |
Politician |
26-Oct-1947 |
|
US Secretary of State, 2009-13 |
| John Danforth |
Politician |
5-Sep-1936 |
|
US Ambassador to the UN, 2004 |
| Barry Diller |
Business |
2-Feb-1942 |
|
CEO of USA Interactive Corp. |
| Bill Gates |
Business |
28-Oct-1955 |
|
Co-Founder of Microsoft |
| David Gergen |
Columnist |
9-May-1942 |
|
Advisor to Nixon, Reagan, Bush, Clinton |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg |
Judge |
15-Mar-1933 |
|
US Supreme Court Justice |
| Rudy Giuliani |
Politician |
28-May-1944 |
|
Mayor of New York City, 1994-2001 |
| Bob Graham |
Politician |
9-Nov-1936 |
|
US Senator from Florida, 1987-2005 |
| Donald E. Graham |
Journalist |
22-Apr-1945 |
|
CEO of Washington Post |
| Katharine Graham |
Publisher |
16-Jun-1917 |
17-Jul-2001 |
Washington Post publisher, 1966-79 |
| Alan Greenspan |
Economist |
6-Mar-1926 |
|
Federal Reserve Chairman, 1987-2006 |
| Orrin Hatch |
Politician |
22-Mar-1934 |
|
US Senator from Utah |
| Fritz Hollings |
Politician |
1-Jan-1922 |
|
US Senator from South Carolina, 1967-2005 |
| Vernon Jordan |
Business |
15-Aug-1935 |
|
Advisor to Bill Clinton |
| Ted Kennedy |
Politician |
22-Feb-1932 |
25-Aug-2009 |
US Senator from Massachusetts, 1962-2009 |
| John Kerry |
Politician |
11-Dec-1943 |
|
US Secretary of State |
| Henry Kissinger |
Government |
27-May-1923 |
|
US Secretary of State, 1973-77 |
| Ted Koppel |
Journalist |
8-Feb-1940 |
|
Nightline |
| Patrick Leahy |
Politician |
31-Mar-1940 |
|
US Senator from Vermont |
| Jim Lehrer |
Journalist |
19-May-1934 |
|
PBS NewsHour |
| Dick Lugar |
Politician |
4-Apr-1932 |
|
US Senator from Indiana |
| Yo-Yo Ma |
Cellist |
7-Oct-1955 |
|
Cellist, The Silk Road Ensemble |
| John McCain |
Politician |
29-Aug-1936 |
|
US Senator from Arizona |
| Robert McNamara |
Government |
9-Jun-1916 |
6-Jul-2009 |
US Secretary of Defense, 1961-68 |
| Rupert Murdoch |
Business |
11-Mar-1931 |
|
Founder and CEO of News Corp |
| Al Neuharth |
Journalist |
22-Mar-1924 |
19-Apr-2013 |
Founder of USA Today |
| Donald Newhouse |
Publisher |
1929 |
|
Advance Newspapers billionaire |
| Mike Nichols |
Film Director |
6-Nov-1931 |
19-Nov-2014 |
Primary Colors |
| Eleanor Holmes Norton |
Politician |
13-Jun-1937 |
|
Congresswoman, Washington DC |
| George Pataki |
Politician |
24-Jun-1945 |
|
Governor of New York, 1995-2006 |
| Oscar de la Renta |
Fashion Designer |
22-Jul-1932 |
20-Oct-2014 |
Colorful and flirty fashion designer |
| Diane Sawyer |
Journalist |
22-Dec-1945 |
|
Good Morning America |
| Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. |
Historian |
15-Oct-1917 |
28-Feb-2007 |
The Age of Roosevelt |
| Jack Valenti |
Business |
5-Sep-1921 |
26-Apr-2007 |
Presidential advisor, headed the MPAA |
| Mike Wallace |
Journalist |
9-May-1918 |
7-Apr-2012 |
Veteran 60 Minutes correspondent |
| Barbara Walters |
Journalist |
25-Sep-1929 |
|
20/20, The View |
| John Warner |
Politician |
18-Feb-1927 |
|
US Senator from Virginia, 1979-2009 |
| Lally Weymouth |
Journalist |
3-Jul-1943 |
|
The Washington Post |
| Michael Wilbon |
Journalist |
19-Nov-1958 |
|
Co-host of Pardon the Interruption |
| Anthony A. Williams |
Politician |
28-Jul-1951 |
|
Mayor of Washington DC, 1999-2007 |
| Bob Woodward |
Journalist |
26-Mar-1943 |
|
Broke the Watergate story |
