| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known 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 |