| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Carl B. Albert |
Politician |
10-May-1908 |
4-Feb-2000 |
Congressman from Oklahoma, 1946-76 |
| Tom Allen |
Politician |
16-Apr-1945 |
|
Congressman from Maine, 1997-2009 |
| Les Aspin |
Politician |
21-Jul-1938 |
21-May-1995 |
US Secretary of Defense, 1993-94 |
| John C. Baldwin |
Doctor |
c. 1949 |
|
Health Sciences Center, Texas Tech |
| Peter Beinart |
Columnist |
1971 |
|
Washington Post columnist |
| James Billington |
Historian |
1-Jun-1929 |
|
13th Librarian of Congress |
| Dennis C. Blair |
Government |
4-Feb-1947 |
|
Director of National Intelligence, 2009-10 |
| Allan Blakeney |
Politician |
7-Sep-1925 |
16-Apr-2011 |
Premier of Saskatchewan, 1971-82 |
| Charles H. Bonesteel III |
Military |
26-Sep-1909 |
13-Oct-1977 |
Commander, U.S. Forces, Korea |
| Cory Booker |
Politician |
27-Apr-1969 |
|
Mayor of Newark, NJ |
| Daniel Boorstin |
Historian |
1-Oct-1914 |
28-Feb-2004 |
The Creators |
| David L. Boren |
Politician |
21-Apr-1941 |
|
Governor and Senator from Oklahoma |
| John Brademas |
Politician |
2-Mar-1927 |
|
Congressman from Indiana, 1959-81 |
| Bill Bradley |
Politician |
28-Jul-1943 |
|
US Senator from New Jersey, 1979-97 |
| Cleanth Brooks |
Critic |
16-Oct-1906 |
10-May-1994 |
The Well Wrought Urn |
| W. Walton Butterworth |
Diplomat |
7-Sep-1903 |
31-Mar-1975 |
US Ambassador to Canada, 1962-68 |
| Brad Carson |
Politician |
11-Mar-1967 |
|
Congressman from Oklahoma, 2001-05 |
| Daniel H. Case III |
Business |
27-Jul-1957 |
27-Jun-2002 |
Hambrecht & Quist |
| Richard Celeste |
Politician |
11-Nov-1937 |
|
Governor of Ohio, 1983-91 |
| David Chalmers |
Philosopher |
20-Apr-1966 |
|
Philosopher of Consciousness |
| Wesley Clark |
Military |
23-Dec-1944 |
|
Supreme Allied Commander, 1997-2000 |
| Harlan Cleveland |
Government |
19-Jan-1918 |
30-May-2008 |
Futurist, diplomat |
| Bill Clinton |
Head of State |
19-Aug-1946 |
|
42nd US President, 1993-2001 |
| Robert P. Tristram Coffin |
Poet |
18-Mar-1892 |
20-Jan-1955 |
Strange Holiness |
| Jared Cohen |
Government |
24-Nov-1981 |
|
Children of Jihad |
| Jim Cooper |
Politician |
19-Jun-1954 |
|
Congressman, Tennessee 5th |
| L. Gordon Crovitz |
Publisher |
c. 1959 |
|
Publisher, Wall Street Journal, 2006-07 |
| Richard Danzig |
Government |
8-Sep-1944 |
|
US Secretary of the Navy, 1998-2001 |
| Guy Davenport |
Author |
23-Nov-1927 |
4-Jan-2005 |
Thasos and Ohio |
| Pete Dawkins |
Football |
8-Mar-1938 |
|
Winner, 1958 Heisman Trophy |
| Nancy-Ann DeParle |
Business |
17-Dec-1956 |
|
Health care administrator |
| E. J. Dionne |
Journalist |
23-Apr-1952 |
|
The Washington Post |
| Ronald Dworkin |
Philosopher |
11-Dec-1931 |
|
Taking Rights Seriously |
| Eddie Eagan |
Boxing |
26-Apr-1897 |
14-Jun-1967 |
Won Summer and Winter Olympic Gold |
| John Eccles |
Scientist |
27-Jan-1903 |
2-May-1997 |
Membrane potential of nerves |
| Rod Eddington |
Business |
2-Jan-1950 |
|
CEO of British Airways, 2000-05 |
| James Fallows |
Journalist |
2-Aug-1949 |
|
Atlantic Monthly |
| Russ Feingold |
Politician |
2-Mar-1953 |
|
US Senator from Wisconsin, 1993-2011 |
| Glenn Fine |
Attorney |
c. 1956 |
|
Justice Department Inspector General |
| Jonathan Finer |
Journalist |
c. 1976 |
|
Washington Post reporter |
| William A. Fletcher |
Judge |
6-Jun-1945 |
|
9th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Howard Florey |
Scientist |
24-Sep-1898 |
21-Feb-1968 |
Isolated penicillin |
| David B. Frohnmayer |
Politician |
9-Jul-1940 |
|
President, University of Oregon |
| J. William Fulbright |
Politician |
9-Apr-1905 |
9-Feb-1995 |
Conceived the Fulbright Scholarships |
| Richard N. Gardner |
Diplomat |
9-Jul-1927 |
|
US Ambassador to Spain, 1993-97 |
| Thomas P. Gerrity |
Business |
13-Jul-1941 |
|
Former Dean, Wharton School |
| Ivan Getting |
Inventor |
18-Jan-1912 |
11-Oct-2003 |
Global Positioning System |
| Donald J. Gogel |
Business |
c. 1949 |
|
CEO of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice |
| Kermit Gordon |
Economist |
1916 |
1976 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1961-62 |
| Lincoln Gordon |
Diplomat |
10-Sep-1913 |
19-Dec-2009 |
US Ambassador to Brazil, 1961-66 |
| Bryan Gould |
Politician |
11-Feb-1939 |
|
Former MP, Dagenham |
| George Grant |
Philosopher |
13-Nov-1918 |
27-Sep-1988 |
Propagator of Red Toryism |
| Brian Greene |
Author |
9-Feb-1963 |
|
The Elegant Universe |
| Richard Haass |
Government |
28-Jul-1951 |
|
President, Council on Foreign Relations |
| Pat Haden |
Football |
23-Jan-1953 |
|
LA Rams Quarterback, Investor |
| Bill Halter |
Politician |
30-Nov-1960 |
|
Lt. Governor of Arkansas |
| John Marshall Harlan |
Judge |
20-May-1899 |
29-Dec-1971 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1955-71 |
| Robert Hawke |
Head of State |
9-Dec-1929 |
|
Prime Minister of Australia, 1983-91 |
| Jim Himes |
Politician |
5-Jul-1966 |
|
Congressman, Connecticut 4th |
| Michael Hoffman |
Film Director |
30-Nov-1956 |
|
One Fine Day |
| Edwin Hubble |
Astronomer |
20-Nov-1889 |
28-Sep-1953 |
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble's Law |
| Walter Isaacson |
Author |
20-May-1952 |
|
Former Managing Editor for Time |
| Benjamin Todd Jealous |
Activist |
c. 1972 |
|
President of the NAACP |
| Bobby Jindal |
Politician |
10-Jun-1971 |
|
Governor of Louisiana |
| Boisfeuillet Jones, Jr. |
Publisher |
1946 |
|
Washington Post publisher, 2000-08 |
| Robert Joy |
Actor |
17-Aug-1951 |
|
Dr. Sid Hammerback on CSI: NY |
| Philip M. Kaiser |
Diplomat |
12-Jul-1913 |
24-May-2007 |
US Ambassador to Austria, 1980-81 |
| Nicholas Katzenbach |
Government |
17-Jan-1922 |
8-May-2012 |
US Attorney General, 1965-66 |
| Cresson H. Kearny |
Inventor |
7-Jan-1914 |
18-Dec-2003 |
Patriot, inventor, survivalist idol |
| William T. Kerr |
Business |
17-Apr-1941 |
|
CEO of Meredith Corporation, 1997-2006 |
| Michael Kinsley |
Pundit |
9-Mar-1951 |
|
Founding editor of Slate |
| Jonathan Kozol |
Educator |
5-Sep-1936 |
|
Death at an Early Age |
| Marvin Krislov |
Educator |
c. 1960 |
|
President, Oberlin College |
| Nicholas D. Kristof |
Journalist |
27-Apr-1959 |
|
New York Times Op-Ed columnist |
| Kris Kristofferson |
Actor |
22-Jun-1936 |
|
Me and Bobby McGee |
| Arthur Larson |
Politician |
4-Jul-1910 |
27-Mar-1993 |
Moderate conservative thinker |
| Jonah Lehrer |
Author |
25-Jun-1981 |
|
Imagine: How Creativity Works |
| Elliott H. Levitas |
Politician |
26-Dec-1930 |
|
Congressman from Georgia, 1975-85 |
| David Lewis |
Politician |
23-Jun-1909 |
23-May-1981 |
Leader of Canada's NDP, 1971-75 |
| Goodwin Liu |
Attorney |
1970 |
|
Boalt Hall law professor |
| Alain Locke |
Author |
13-Sep-1886 |
9-Jun-1954 |
Leader in the Harlem Renaissance |
| James K. Logan |
Judge |
21-Aug-1929 |
|
10th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1977-94 |
| Dick Lugar |
Politician |
4-Apr-1932 |
|
US Senator from Indiana |
| Robert Luskin |
Attorney |
21-Jan-1950 |
|
Karl Rove's lawyer |
| Hugh MacLennan |
Novelist |
20-Mar-1907 |
7-Nov-1990 |
Barometer Rising |
| Rachel Maddow |
TV Personality |
1-Apr-1973 |
|
The Rachel Maddow Show |
| Ira Magaziner |
Government |
8-Nov-1947 |
|
Internet advisor under Bill Clinton |
| Terrence Malick |
Film Director |
30-Nov-1943 |
|
Badlands |
| Robert Malley |
Government |
1963 |
|
Ex-National Security Council |
| Sylvia M. Mathews |
Administrator |
1965 |
|
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation |
| F. O. Matthiessen |
Critic |
19-Feb-1902 |
1-Apr-1950 |
American Renaissance |
| Michael G. McCaffery |
Business |
c. 1953 |
|
Makena Capital Management |
| Robert D. McCallum, Jr. |
Diplomat |
1946 |
|
US Ambassador to Australia |
| John McDowell |
Philosopher |
7-Mar-1942 |
|
Mind and World |
| Michael McFaul |
Diplomat |
1963 |
|
US Ambassador to Russia |
| George C. McGhee |
Diplomat |
1912 |
4-Jul-2005 |
US Ambassador to Germany, 1963-68 |
| C. Thomas McMillen |
Politician |
26-May-1952 |
|
Congressman from Maryland, 1987-93 |
| Christopher Morley |
Novelist |
5-May-1890 |
28-Mar-1957 |
The Haunted Bookshop |
| Willie Morris |
Author |
29-Nov-1934 |
2-Aug-1999 |
North Toward Home |
| George B. Munroe |
Business |
5-Jan-1922 |
|
CEO of Phelps Dodge, 1969-87 |
| David Naylor |
Educator |
26-Oct-1954 |
|
President, University of Toronto |
| Joseph S. Nye |
Government |
19-Jan-1937 |
|
Chairman, National Intelligence Council, 1993-94 |
| Eboo Patel |
Activist |
? |
|
Interfaith Youth Core |
| Patrick Pichette |
Business |
c. 1963 |
|
CFO of Google |
| Robin A. Plumbridge |
Business |
c. 1936 |
|
Gold Fields of South Africa |
| Roger B. Porter |
Educator |
19-Jun-1946 |
|
Professor, Kennedy School of Government |
| Wesley W. Posvar |
Educator |
14-Sep-1925 |
27-Jul-2001 |
Chancellor, University of Pittsburgh, 1967-91 |
| Franklyn G. Prendergast |
Doctor |
7-Mar-1945 |
|
Mayo Clinic |
| Larry Pressler |
Politician |
29-Mar-1942 |
|
US Senator from South Dakota, 1979-97 |
| Reynolds Price |
Author |
1-Feb-1933 |
20-Jan-2011 |
A Long and Happy Life |
| Lois E. Quam |
Business |
c. 1961 |
|
Managing Director, Piper Jaffray |
| Bob Rae |
Politician |
2-Aug-1948 |
|
Premier of Ontario, 1990-95 |
| Franklin Raines |
Government |
14-Jan-1949 |
|
CEO of Fannie Mae, 1999-2004 |
| John Crowe Ransom |
Poet |
30-Apr-1888 |
4-Jul-1974 |
God Without Thunder |
| Robert Reich |
Government |
24-Jun-1946 |
|
US Secretary of Labor, 1993-97 |
| John T. Reid |
Business |
c. 1940 |
|
CTO of Colgate-Palmolive, 1997-2000 |
| Mel Reynolds |
Politician |
8-Jan-1952 |
|
Congressman from Illinois, 1993-95 |
| Nicholas V. Riasanovsky |
Historian |
21-Dec-1923 |
14-May-2011 |
A History of Russia |
| Susan E. Rice |
Diplomat |
17-Nov-1964 |
|
US Ambassador to the UN |
| Walt Rostow |
Government |
7-Oct-1916 |
13-Feb-2003 |
National Security Advisor, 1966-69 |
| Neil Rudenstine |
Educator |
21-Jan-1935 |
|
President of Harvard, 1991-2001 |
| Dean Rusk |
Government |
9-Feb-1909 |
21-Dec-1994 |
US Secretary of State, 1961-69 |
| Larry J. Sabato |
Educator |
7-Aug-1952 |
|
Widely-quoted political scientist |
| Paul Sarbanes |
Politician |
3-Feb-1933 |
|
US Senator from Maryland, 1977-2007 |
| Kurt L. Schmoke |
Politician |
1-Dec-1949 |
|
Mayor of Baltimore, 1988-99 |
| John Searle |
Philosopher |
Dec-1932 |
|
Chinese Room Argument, Philosopher of Language |
| Wilfrid Sellars |
Philosopher |
20-May-1912 |
2-Jul-1989 |
Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind |
| Walter B. Slocombe |
Government |
23-Sep-1941 |
|
Defense analyst |
| Howard K. Smith |
Journalist |
12-May-1914 |
15-Feb-2002 |
Face the Nation |
| David Souter |
Judge |
17-Sep-1939 |
|
US Supreme Court Justice, 1990-2009 |
| A. Michael Spence |
Economist |
7-Nov-1943 |
|
Asymmetric markets |
| Dennis Stanfill |
Business |
1-Apr-1927 |
|
CEO of 20th Century Fox, 1971-81 |
| Richard Stengel |
Journalist |
c. 1955 |
|
Managing Editor, Time magazine |
| George Stephanopoulos |
TV Personality |
10-Feb-1961 |
|
Bill Clinton's communications director |
| William E. Stevenson |
Diplomat |
25-Oct-1900 |
2-Apr-1985 |
US Ambassador to the Philippines, 1962-64 |
| Carl W. Strom |
Diplomat |
22-Dec-1899 |
27-Jan-1969 |
US Ambassador to Bolivia, 1959-61 |
| Strobe Talbott |
Government |
25-Apr-1946 |
|
Time journalist, Deputy Secy. of State |
| John Templeton |
Philanthropist |
29-Nov-1912 |
8-Jul-2008 |
Billionaire fund manager |
| Lester Thurow |
Economist |
7-May-1938 |
|
Sloan School of Management |
| John Turner |
Head of State |
7-Jun-1929 |
|
Prime Minister of Canada, 1984 |
| Stansfield Turner |
Government |
1-Dec-1923 |
|
CIA Director, 1977-81 |
| David Vitter |
Politician |
3-May-1961 |
|
US Senator from Louisiana |
| Robert Penn Warren |
Poet |
24-Apr-1905 |
15-Sep-1989 |
First US Poet Laureate |
| Jacob Weisberg |
Journalist |
1964 |
|
Slate Group chairman |
| Bill Weld |
Politician |
31-Jul-1945 |
|
Governor of Massachusetts, 1991-97 |
| Byron White |
Judge |
8-Jun-1917 |
15-Apr-2002 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1962-93 |
| John Edgar Wideman |
Novelist |
14-Jun-1941 |
|
Sent for You Yesterday |
| Heather Wilson |
Politician |
30-Dec-1960 |
|
Congresswoman from New Mexico, 1998-2009 |
| Naomi Wolf |
Author |
12-Nov-1962 |
|
The Beauty Myth |
| James Woolsey |
Government |
21-Sep-1941 |
|
CIA Director, 1993-95 |
