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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
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
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 on Home Movies
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
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
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
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
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
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, 1997-2011
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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
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
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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
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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
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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
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Mike Wallace Journalist 9-May-1918 7-Apr-2012 Veteran 60 Minutes correspondent
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Otto Wallach Chemist 27-Mar-1847 26-Feb-1931 Terpenes and essential oils
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Bruno Walter Conductor 15-Sep-1876 17-Feb-1962 Conductor, Leipzig Gewandhaus, 1929-33
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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
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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.
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Ruth Westheimer Talk Show Host 4-Jun-1928 4'7" of concentrated sex
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Harry Whittington Attorney 3-Mar-1927 Shot by Dick Cheney
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Joel-Peter Witkin Photographer 13-Sep-1939 Photographer of the macabre
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Paul Wolfowitz Government 22-Dec-1943 President of the World Bank, 2005-07
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