Notable Alumni of Carnegie Mellon University [Sorted List]

1. Ivan Sutherland

1938-. (aged 88)

university teacher computer scientist engineer inventor programmer

Ivan Edward Sutherland is an American computer scientist and Internet pioneer, widely regarded as a pioneer of computer graphics. His early work in computer graphics as well as his teaching with David C. Evans in that subject at the University of Utah in the 1970s was pioneering in the field. Sutherland, Evans, and their students from that era developed several...

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2. Rory O'Malley

1980-. (aged 46)

actor

Rory James O'Malley is an American actor, best known for his performance as Elder McKinley in The Book of Mormon, for which he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical at the 65th Tony Awards in 2011. He is a co-founder of the gay rights activist group Broadway Impact.

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3. Charles Haid

1943-. (aged 83)

television director director film director television actor actor

Charles Maurice Haid III is an American actor and television director, with notable work in both movies and television. He is best known for his portrayal of Officer Andy Renko in Hill Street Blues.

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4. James Altucher

1968-. (aged 58)

blogger podcaster entrepreneur fund manager

James Altucher is an American hedge-fund manager, author, podcaster and entrepreneur who has founded or cofounded over 20 companies. He has published 20 books and is a contributor to publications including The Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, and The Huffington Post.

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5. Denée Benton

1992-. (aged 34)

television actor stage actor actor film actor

Denée Benton is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her performance as Natasha Rostova in the 2016 musical Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 on Broadway, for which she was nominated for a Tony Award. Benton's other Broadway credits include the role of Eliza Hamilton in Hamilton (2018) and the role of Cinderella in...

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6. Louisa Krause

1986-. (aged 40)

television actor stage actor musical theatre actor film actor

Louisa Noel Krause is an American actress. After studying drama in college, she appeared in numerous off-Broadway productions while also appearing in episodes of New York-based network television series. Her first film role was in The Babysitters (2007). In 2017, she appeared in the lead role of Anna Garner in the television series The Girlfriend Experience.

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7. Corey Cott

1990-. (aged 36)

actor television actor film actor dancer stage actor

Corey Michael Cott is an American actor and singer. He is best known for playing Jack Kelly in the Broadway musical Newsies, replacing Jeremy Jordan, and for originating the role of Donny Novitski in the Broadway musical Bandstand. Since October 2025, Cott appears on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Detective Jake Griffin.

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8. Barbara Bosson

1939-2023 (aged 84)

film actor actor television actor

Barbara Bosson was an American actress and writer. She is best known for her roles in the television series Hill Street Blues (1981–1986) and Murder One (1995–1997), for both of which she received six Primetime Emmy Award nominations.

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9. Stephen Schwartz

1948-. (aged 78)

poet screenwriter composer lyricist songwriter

Stephen Lawrence Schwartz is an American musical theatre composer and lyricist. In a career spanning over five decades, Schwartz has written hit musicals including Godspell (1971), Pippin (1972), and Wicked (2003). He has contributed lyrics to successful films including Pocahontas (1995), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), The Prince of Egypt (1998, music and lyrics), Enchanted (2007), Disenchanted (2022), the...

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10. John Wells

1956-. (aged 70)

film director theatrical producer director television producer showrunner

John Marcum Wells is an American producer, writer, and director. He is best known for his role as showrunner and executive producer of the television series ER, Third Watch, The West Wing, Southland, Shameless, Animal Kingdom, The Pitt, and American Woman, as well as the miniseries Maid and the 2024 series Rescue: HI-Surf. He was the developer of the series...

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11. Kai-Fu Lee

1961-. (aged 65)

entrepreneur information scientist engineer inventor computer scientist

Kai-Fu Lee is a Taiwanese computer scientist, investor, and author. He was the founding director of Microsoft Research China, later Microsoft Research Asia, serving from 1998 to 2000, and served as president of Google China 2005 to 2009.

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12. Neal Dodson

1978-. (aged 48)

film producer

Neal Dodson is an American film producer. His producer credits include the Academy Award-nominated Margin Call, the Golden Globe Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated All Is Lost starring Robert Redford, the comedy Breakup at a Wedding, the dramas Aardvark and Viper Club, and the film A Most Violent Year starring Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain, which won Best Picture from the...

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13. Greg Mottola

1964-. (aged 62)

screenwriter director film director film producer actor

Gregory J. Mottola is an American film director, screenwriter and television director.

14. Paula Wagner

1946-. (aged 80)

actor film producer

Paula Kauffman Wagner is an American film producer and studio executive. Her most recent credits include the film Marshall starring Chadwick Boseman, Kate Hudson, Sterling K. Brown, and Josh Gad as well as the Broadway, West End, and US Tour productions of Pretty Woman: The Musical.

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15. Donna Lynne Champlin

1971-. (aged 55)

television actor stage actor actor film actor

Donna Lynne Champlin is an American actress, dancer and singer from New York City. She is best known for playing Paula Proctor on The CW comedy-drama series Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.

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16. Katie Finneran

1971-. (aged 55)

television actor stage actor actor film actor

Katie Finneran is an American actress best known for her Tony Award–winning performances in the Broadway play Noises Off in 2002, and the musical Promises, Promises in 2010.

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17. Gretchen Corbett

1947-. (aged 79)

film actor television actor stage actor

Gretchen Hoyt Corbett is an American actress and theater director. She is primarily known for her roles in television, particularly as attorney Beth Davenport on the NBC series The Rockford Files, but has also had a prolific career as a stage actress on Broadway as well as in regional theater.

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18. Kali Rocha

1971-. (aged 55)

screenwriter television actor stage actor film actor

Kali Rocha is an American actress. She is known for portraying Karen Rooney, the mother of the four Rooney children and the school's vice principal, on the Disney Channel sitcom Liv and Maddie. She also co-wrote four episodes of the show.

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19. Steven Bochco

1943-2018 (aged 75)

film producer television producer screenwriter

Steven Ronald Bochco was an American television writer and producer. He developed a number of television series, mostly crime dramas, including Hill Street Blues; L.A. Law; Doogie Howser, M.D.; Cop Rock; and NYPD Blue.

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20. LisaGay Hamilton

1964-. (aged 62)

stage actor film director television actor film producer film actor

LisaGay Hamilton is an American actress who has portrayed roles in films, television, and on stage. She is best known for her role as secretary/lawyer Rebecca Washington on the legal drama The Practice (1997–2003). She also portrayed Melissa Thoreau on the TNT comedy-drama Men of a Certain Age (2009–2011), Celia Jones on the Netflix series House of Cards (2016), Suzanne...

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21. Karen Lynn Gorney

1945-. (aged 81)

dancer film actor stage actor television actor actor

Karen Lynn Gorney is an American actress who had roles in television shows and films including the soap opera All My Children and the movie Saturday Night Fever.

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22. Aaron Staton

1980-. (aged 46)

film actor television actor stage actor

Aaron Staton is an American actor. He played Ken Cosgrove on the AMC series Mad Men (2007–15) and Cole Phelps in the video game L.A. Noire (2011), for which he was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Performer.

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23. Luis von Ahn

1978-. (aged 48)

computer scientist university teacher

Luis von Ahn is a Guatemalan-American entrepreneur and software developer. He is the founder of the company reCAPTCHA, which was sold to Google in 2009, and the co-founder and CEO of Duolingo. For these projects and others, von Ahn is known as one of the pioneers of crowdsourcing.

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24. Elizabeth Hartman

1943-1987 (aged 44)

television actor voice actor stage actor film actor

Mary Elizabeth Hartman was an American actress of stage and screen. She debuted in the popular film A Patch of Blue (1965), playing a blind girl named Selina D'Arcy, opposite Sidney Poitier, a role for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress, and won the Golden Globe Award...

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25. Edgar Mitchell

1930-2016 (aged 86)

military flight engineer military officer screenwriter aircraft pilot businessperson

Edgar Dean Mitchell was a United States Navy officer and aviator, test pilot, aeronautical engineer, ufologist, and NASA astronaut. As the Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo 14 in 1971 he spent nine hours working on the lunar surface in the Fra Mauro Highlands region, and was the sixth person to walk on the Moon. He was the second Freemason to...

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26. Sally Jessy Raphael

1935-. (aged 91)

journalist actor

Sally Lowenthal, better known as Sally Jessy Raphael, is an American retired television talk show host, who is best known for her program Sally (originally called The Sally Jessy Raphael Show).

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27. Seamus Dever

1976-. (aged 50)

film actor actor television actor

Seamus Patrick Dever is an American actor known for his role as Detective Kevin Ryan in the ABC series Castle.

28. Robert Cummings

1910-1990 (aged 80)

dancer aircraft pilot film actor actor television writer

Charles Clarence Robert Orville Cummings was an American film and television actor who appeared in roles in comedy films such as The Devil and Miss Jones (1941) and Princess O'Rourke (1943), and in dramatic films, especially two of Alfred Hitchcock's thrillers, Saboteur (1942) and Dial M for Murder (1954). He received five Primetime Emmy Award nominations, and won the Primetime...

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29. Nara Lokesh

1983-. (aged 43)

politician

Nara Lokesh is an Indian politician currently serving as the Minister for Information Technology, Electronics and Communications, Real Time Governance and Human Resources Development in the Government of Andhra Pradesh. He is also the General Secretary of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP). He is the son of N. Chandrababu Naidu, the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and President of the...

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30. Gaius Charles

1983-. (aged 43)

television actor stage actor actor film actor

Gaius Charles is an American actor known for his portrayal of Brian "Smash" Williams in the television drama, Friday Night Lights. He also played Dr. Shane Ross on the ABC medical drama series Grey's Anatomy and a recurring role on the NBC historical-drama series Aquarius, as Black Panther leader Bunchy Carter. He also played a role on NCIS's ninth season...

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31. Patina Miller

1984-. (aged 42)

singer television actor film actor dancer stage actor

Patina Renea Miller is an American actress and singer. Miller's breakout role was as originating the role of disco diva wannabe Deloris Van Cartier in the 2009 West End and 2011 Broadway productions of Sister Act for which she earned Laurence Olivier Award and Tony Award nominations, respectively. She also starred as the Leading Player in the 2013 Broadway revival...

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32. Michael Chabon

1963-. (aged 63)

children's writer columnist writer television producer essayist

Michael Chabon is an American novelist, screenwriter, columnist, and short story writer. Born in Washington, D.C., he studied at Carnegie Mellon University for one year before transferring to the University of Pittsburgh, graduating in 1984. He subsequently received a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing from the University of California, Irvine.

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33. Sumire Matsubara

1990-. (aged 36)

singer model fashion model tarento actor

Sumire Matsubara, better known mononymously as Sumire (すみれ), is a Japanese actress, singer and fashion model.

34. David Lander

1947-2020 (aged 73)

comedian television actor screenwriter dub actor voice actor

David L. Lander was an American actor, comedian, musician, and baseball scout. He was best known for his portrayal of Andrew "Squiggy" Squiggman in the ABC sitcom Laverne & Shirley. He served as a goodwill ambassador for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

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35. Frank Gorshin

1933-2005 (aged 72)

television actor voice actor stage actor film actor

Frank John Gorshin Jr. was an American actor, comedian and impressionist. He made many guest appearances on television variety and talk shows, including The Ed Sullivan Show, Tonight Starring Steve Allen, The Dean Martin Show and Late Night with Conan O'Brien.

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36. Megan Hilty

1981-. (aged 45)

actor television actor model voice actor stage actor

Megan Hilty is an American actress and singer. She rose to prominence for her roles in Broadway musicals, including her performance as Glinda in Wicked, Doralee Rhodes in 9 to 5: The Musical, and her Tony Award–nominated roles as Brooke Ashton in Noises Off and Madeline Ashton in Death Becomes Her. She also starred as Ivy Lynn on the musical-drama...

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37. Judith Resnik

1949-1986 (aged 37)

astronaut engineer

Judith Arlene Resnik was an American electrical engineer, software engineer, biomedical engineer, pilot and NASA astronaut who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. She was the fourth woman, the second American woman and the first Jewish woman of any nationality to fly in space, logging 145 hours in orbit.

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38. Christian Borle

1973-. (aged 53)

television actor stage actor singer actor

Christian Dominique Borle is an American actor and singer. He is a two-time Tony Award winner for his roles as Black Stache in Peter and the Starcatcher and as William Shakespeare in Something Rotten!. Borle also originated the roles of Prince Herbert, et al. in Spamalot, Emmett in Legally Blonde, and Joe in Some Like It Hot on Broadway, earning...

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39. Billy Porter

1969-. (aged 57)

film director stage actor television actor actor singer

William Ellis Porter II is an American singer, actor, writer, director and businessperson. He gained notice performing on Broadway before starting a solo career as a singer and actor. For his role as Lola in Kinky Boots, he won the 2013 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical and...

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40. Tamara Tunie

1959-. (aged 67)

television actor film director actor film actor

Tamara Tunie is an American film, stage, and television actress, singer, director, and producer. She is best known for her roles as attorney Jessica Griffin on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns (1987–1995, 1999–2007, 2009) and as medical examiner Melinda Warner in the NBC police drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2000–2021). Tunie also appeared in films...

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41. Herbert Simon

1916-2001 (aged 85)

economist political scientist sociologist university teacher politician

Herbert Alexander Simon was an American scholar whose work influenced the fields of computer science, economics, and cognitive psychology. His primary research interest was decision-making within organizations and he is best known for the theories of "bounded rationality" and "satisficing". He and Allen Newell received the ACM Turing Award in 1975, and he received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic...

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42. Rob Marshall

1960-. (aged 66)

director film director theatrical director film producer choreographer

Robert Doyle Marshall Jr. is an American film and theater director, producer, and choreographer. He is best known for directing the film version of the Broadway musical Chicago, which was based on the play of the same name by playwright Maurine Dallas Watkins. His work on the film earned him the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing –...

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43. Barbara Feldon

1933-. (aged 93)

film actor television actor model

Barbara Feldon is an American actress primarily known for her roles on television. Her most prominent role was that of Agent 99 in the 1965–1970 sitcom Get Smart which earned her two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.

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44. Robert Foxworth

1941-. (aged 85)

film actor stage actor film director television actor actor

Robert Heath Foxworth is an American film, stage, and television actor.

45. David Tepper

1957-. (aged 69)

businessperson hedge fund manager

David Alan Tepper is an American billionaire hedge fund manager, the founder and president of Appaloosa Management, a global hedge fund based in Miami Beach, Florida. He is also the owner of the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL) and Charlotte FC of Major League Soccer (MLS).

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46. Alejandro Villanueva

1988-. (aged 38)

military personnel American football player

Alejandro Villanueva Martín is a Spanish-American former professional football player who was an offensive tackle for eight seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Army Black Knights and fulfilled his service commitment after graduation, where he reached the rank of captain. Villanueva also served in the 75th Ranger Regiment, earning a Bronze Star. After...

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47. Rachel Keller

1992-. (aged 34)

film actor actor television actor

Rachel Rye Keller is an American actress, best known for her roles as Sydney "Syd" Barrett in the FX television series Legion and as Simone Gerhardt in the second season of the FX black comedy crime drama anthology series Fargo.

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48. Nancy Marchand

1928-2000 (aged 72)

film actor television actor stage actor

Nancy Lou Marchand was an American actress. She began her career in theater. She was most famous for portraying Margaret Pynchon on Lou Grant – for which she won 4 Emmy Awards – and Livia Soprano on The Sopranos, for which she won a Golden Globe Award.

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49. Andrew Y. Ng

1976-. (aged 50)

computer scientist entrepreneur university teacher artificial intelligence researcher

Andrew Yan-Tak Ng is a British-American computer scientist and technology entrepreneur focusing on machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI). Ng was a cofounder and head of Google Brain and was the former Chief Scientist at Baidu, building the company's Artificial Intelligence Group into a team of several thousand people.

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50. William Atherton

1947-. (aged 79)

television actor stage actor actor film actor

William Atherton is an American actor. He had starring roles in The Sugarland Express (1974), The Day of the Locust (1975), The Hindenburg (1975) and Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977), but is most recognized for what have become iconic roles in the Ghostbusters and Die Hard film series.

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51. Mariette Hartley

1940-. (aged 86)

film actor actor television actor

Mary Loretta Hartley is an American film and television actress. She is possibly best known for her roles in film as Elsa Knudsen in Sam Peckinpah's Ride the High Country (1962), Susan Clabon in Alfred Hitchcock's Marnie (1964), and Betty Lloyd in John Sturges' Marooned (1969). She has appeared extensively on television, with notable roles as Claire Morton in the...

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52. Ian Harding

1986-. (aged 40)

film actor actor television actor

Ian Michael Harding is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Ezra Fitz in the Freeform mystery drama Pretty Little Liars from 2010 to 2017.

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53. Neil Druckmann

1978-. (aged 48)

computer scientist screenwriter creative director writer

Neil Druckmann is an Israeli–American writer, creative director, designer, and programmer. He is the studio head and head of creative of the video game developer Naughty Dog, and is best known for his work on the game franchises Uncharted and The Last of Us, having co-created the latter as well as its television adaptation.

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54. Lola Tung

2002-. (aged 24)

actor

Lola Marie Tung is an American actress, singer and model. She is known for playing Isabel "Belly" Conklin in the Amazon Prime Video series The Summer I Turned Pretty, which is based on the novel of the same name by Jenny Han. She made her Broadway debut as Eurydice in the Tony-winning musical Hadestown in 2024.

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55. David Hornsby

1975-. (aged 51)

film producer film actor television actor actor television producer

David Alan Hornsby is an American actor. He is best known for his recurring role as defrocked priest Matthew "Rickety Cricket" Mara on the FX comedy series It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, for which he also writes and produces. Hornsby had a regular role on the NBC comedy-crime series Good Girls (2018–2020). He was also the voice of the titular...

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56. Jack Klugman

1922-2012 (aged 90)

film director director television actor military officer film actor

Jack Klugman was an American actor of stage, film and television.

57. Blair Underwood

1964-. (aged 62)

film producer film actor film director television actor actor

Blair Erwin Underwood is an American actor. He made his debut in the 1985 musical film Krush Groove and from 1987 to 1994 starred as attorney Jonathan Rollins in the NBC legal drama series L.A. Law.

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58. Laura San Giacomo

1962-. (aged 64)

voice actor television actor actor film actor

Laura San Giacomo is an American actress. She played Cynthia in the film Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989) for which she won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female, Kit De Luca in the film Pretty Woman (1990), Crazy Cora in the film Quigley Down Under (1990), Nadine Cross in The Stand (1994), and Maya Gallo on the sitcom...

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59. Judith Light

1949-. (aged 77)

film actor television actor stage actor

Judith Ellen Light is an American actress. She made her professional stage debut in 1970, before making her Broadway debut in the 1975 revival of A Doll's House. Her breakthrough role was in the ABC daytime soap opera One Life to Live from 1977 to 1983, where she played the role of Karen Wolek; for this role, she won two...

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60. René Auberjonois

1940-2019 (aged 79)

actor television actor television director film actor dub actor

René Marie Murat Auberjonois was an American actor. He was a Tony Award and Drama Desk Award winner, and a three-time Emmy Award (2 Primetime, 1 Daytime) nominee, among other accolades.

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61. Renée Elise Goldsberry

1971-. (aged 55)

actor television actor film actor songwriter stage actor

Renée Elise Goldsberry is an American actress and singer. Known for her roles on stage and screen she has received a Tony Award, a Drama Desk Award, and a Grammy Award as well as a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award.

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62. Albert Brooks

1947-. (aged 79)

film director director actor writer voice actor

Albert Lawrence Einstein, known professionally as Albert Brooks, is an American actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter. He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the comedy-drama Broadcast News (1987) and was widely praised for his performance in the action drama Drive (2011). Brooks has also acted in films such as Taxi Driver (1976), Private...

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63. Aron Ralston

1975-. (aged 51)

motivational speaker mountaineer engineer autobiographer

Aron Lee Ralston is an American mountaineer, mechanical engineer, and motivational speaker, known for surviving a canyoneering accident in 2003 by cutting off part of his own right arm.

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64. George A. Romero

1940-2017 (aged 77)

film director writer film editor film screenwriter film producer

George Andrew Romero was an American-Canadian filmmaker, writer, editor and actor. Regarded as an influential pioneer of the horror film genre and in particular zombie films, he has been called an "icon" and the "father of the zombie film". The first half of his Night of the Living Dead series—Night of the Living Dead (1968), Dawn of the Dead (1978),...

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65. Katy Mixon

1981-. (aged 45)

model television actor actor film actor

Katy Mixon is an American actress and model. She began her career playing supporting roles in films such as The Quiet (2005), Four Christmases (2008), and State of Play (2009), before landing the female leading role in the HBO comedy series Eastbound & Down (2009–2013).

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66. Sutton Foster

1975-. (aged 51)

singer television actor film actor dancer stage actor

Sutton Lenore Foster is an American actress, singer, and dancer. She is known for her work on the Broadway stage, for which she has been nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical seven times, winning it in 2002 for her role as Millie Dillmount in Thoroughly Modern Millie, and in 2011 for her performance as Reno...

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67. Leslie Odom Jr

1981-. (aged 45)

stage actor dancer actor voice actor singer

Leslie Lloyd Odom Jr. is an American actor, singer and songwriter. He made his acting debut on Broadway in 1998 and first gained recognition for his portrayal of Aaron Burr in the musical Hamilton, which earned him a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical and a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album in the same year. His...

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68. George Peppard

1928-1994 (aged 66)

stage actor film director television actor film producer film actor

George Peppard was an American actor. He secured a major role as struggling writer Paul Varjak when he starred alongside Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), and later portrayed a character based on Howard Hughes in The Carpetbaggers (1964). On television, he played the title role of millionaire insurance investigator and sleuth Thomas Banacek in the early-1970s mystery series...

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69. Michael McKean

1947-. (aged 79)

songwriter comedian character actor television director musician

Michael John McKean is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, composer, and musician.

70. Pablo Schreiber

1978-. (aged 48)

stage actor television actor film producer actor film actor

Pablo Tell Schreiber is a Canadian and American actor. He is best known for his stage work and for portraying Nick Sobotka on The Wire (2003, 2008), William Lewis on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2013–2014), Mad Sweeney on the Starz series American Gods (2017–2021), and as George "Pornstache" Mendez on Orange Is the New Black (2013–2017), for which...

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71. Josh Gad

1981-. (aged 45)

comedian screenwriter voice actor film producer singer

Joshua Ilan Gad is an American actor. He is known for voicing Olaf in the Frozen franchise and originating the role of Elder Cunningham in the Broadway musical The Book of Mormon.

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72. Patrick Wilson

1973-. (aged 53)

stage actor film director actor voice actor film producer

Patrick Joseph Wilson is an American actor. He began his career in 1995, starring in Broadway musicals. He received nominations for two Tony Awards for his roles in The Full Monty (2000–2001) and Oklahoma! (2002). He co-starred in the HBO miniseries Angels in America (2003), for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award.

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73. Cherry Jones

1956-. (aged 70)

stage actor audiobook narrator actor voice actor musical theatre actor

Cherry Jones is an American actress. She started her career in theater as a founding member of the American Repertory Theater in 1980 before transitioning into film and television. Celebrated for her dynamic roles on stage and screen, she has received various accolades, including three Primetime Emmy Awards and two Tony Awards, as well as nominations for an Olivier Award...

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74. Ming-Na Wen

1963-. (aged 63)

film actor television actor voice actor

Ming-Na Wen is an American actress and model. She has won multiple awards throughout her career, including an Annie Award and a Saturn Award, in addition to a nomination for a Screen Actors Guild Award. She was honored as a Disney Legend in 2019 and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2023.

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75. Josh Groban

1981-. (aged 45)

actor television actor singer-songwriter film actor pianist

Joshua Winslow Groban is an American singer, songwriter, and actor. His first four solo albums have been certified multi-platinum, and he was charted in 2007 as the number-one best selling artist in the United States, with over 22.3 million records. As of 2022, he had sold over 25 million records worldwide.

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76. Cote de Pablo

1979-. (aged 47)

television actor voice actor stage actor film actor

María José de Pablo Fernández, known professionally as Coté de Pablo, is a Chilean-American actress. Born in Santiago, Chile, she moved to the United States at the age of 10, where she studied acting.

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77. Ted Danson

1947-. (aged 79)

television actor television producer film producer actor film actor

Edward Bridge Danson III is an American actor. He achieved stardom playing the lead character Sam Malone on the NBC sitcom Cheers (1982–1993), for which he received two Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. He was further Emmy-nominated for the FX legal drama Damages (2007–2010) and the NBC comedy The Good Place (2016–2020). He was the recipient of...

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78. Matt Bomer

1977-. (aged 49)

stage actor television actor film producer actor film actor

Matthew Staton Bomer is an American actor. His works have earned him accolades including a Golden Globe Award, a Critics' Choice Television Award, and a Peabody Award, in addition to nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards.

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79. Zachary Quinto

1977-. (aged 49)

television actor film producer actor film actor

Zachary John Quinto is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Sylar, the primary antagonist from the science fiction drama series Heroes (2006–2010); Spock in the film Star Trek (2009) and its sequels Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) and Star Trek Beyond (2016); Charlie Manx in the AMC series NOS4A2, and Dr. Oliver Thredson in American Horror...

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80. Holly Hunter

1958-. (aged 68)

stage actor television actor television producer film producer film actor

Holly Hunter is an American actress. For her performance as a mute Scottish woman in The Piano (1993), she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. She earned three more Academy Award nominations for Broadcast News (1987), The Firm (1993), and Thirteen (2003). She also won two Primetime Emmy Awards for her performances in the television films Roe vs. Wade...

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81. Andy Warhol

1928-1987 (aged 59)

diarist cinematographer photographer printmaker film producer

Andy Warhol was an American artist and filmmaker. Widely regarded as the most important artist of the second half of the 20th century, Warhol's work spanned various media, including painting, filmmaking, photography, publishing, and performance art. A leading figure in the pop art movement, his work explores the relationship between advertising, consumerism, mass media, and celebrity culture, transforming everyday consumer...

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82. Gabriel Macht

1972-. (aged 54)

actor television actor television director film actor television producer

Gabriel Swann Macht is an American actor, known for his role as Harvey Specter in the USA Network series Suits (2011–2019).

83. Joe Manganiello

1976-. (aged 50)

stage actor television director actor television actor film actor

Joseph Michael Manganiello is an American actor. His professional film career began when he played Flash Thompson in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man. His breakout role was as werewolf Alcide Herveaux in five seasons of the HBO series True Blood.

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84. Carl Betz

1921-1978 (aged 57)

stage actor television actor disc jockey actor film actor

Carl Lawrence Betz was an American stage, film, and television actor. He appeared in a variety of television series, including the CBS soap opera Love of Life; he is best remembered for playing Donna Reed's television husband, Dr. Alex Stone, from 1958 to 1966 in the ABC sitcom The Donna Reed Show. Then between 1967 and 1969, Betz played defense...

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85. Lamman Rucker

1971-. (aged 55)

basketball player television actor actor film actor

Lamman Rucker is an American actor. Rucker began his career on the daytime soap operas As the World Turns and All My Children, before roles in The Temptations and Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married? and Why Did I Get Married Too?. He played Will Brown in the 2008 film Meet the Browns and its television adaptation. In 2016,...

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86. Tom Savini

1946-. (aged 80)

director stunt performer film actor make-up artist photographer

Thomas Vincent Savini is an American prosthetic makeup artist, actor, stunt performer and film director. He is known for his makeup and special effects work on many films directed by George A. Romero, including Martin, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Creepshow, and Monkey Shines; he also created the special effects and makeup for many cult classics like...

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87. Randy Pausch

1960-2008 (aged 48)

university teacher writer computer scientist motivational speaker pedagogue

Randolph Frederick Pausch was an American educator, a professor of computer science, human–computer interaction, and design at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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88. Sam Hyde

1985-. (aged 41)

comedian television actor screenwriter

Samuel Whitcomb Hyde is an American comedian and a co-founder of the sketch comedy group Million Dollar Extreme (MDE), alongside Nick Rochefort and Charls Carroll. MDE gained notoriety on YouTube for their provocative, anti-sketch style and public pranks, including trolling staged performances at conventions and comedy clubs that pushed social boundaries and courted controversy. Widespread public attention followed one such...

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89. Kurt Vonnegut

1922-2007 (aged 85)

writer

Kurt Vonnegut was an American author known for his satirical and darkly humorous novels. His published work includes fourteen novels, three short-story collections, five plays, and five nonfiction works over fifty years; further works have been published since his death.

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90. Ethan Hawke

1970-. (aged 56)

stage actor television actor writer comics writer film actor

Ethan Green Hawke is an American actor, author, and filmmaker. Over a four-decade career on both stage and screen, he has become known for his versatility across a wide range of roles and acclaimed collaborations with director Richard Linklater. Prolific in both independent films and blockbusters, Hawke has received numerous accolades including a Daytime Emmy Award, in addition to nominations...

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91. James Cromwell

1940-. (aged 86)

actor television actor character actor film actor voice actor

James Oliver Cromwell is an American actor. Known for his extensive work as a character actor, he has received a Primetime Emmy Award as well as a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Babe (1995). Other notable film roles include: Star Trek: First Contact (1996), L.A. Confidential (1997), Deep Impact (1998), The Green Mile (1999), Space...

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92. John Forbes Nash

1928-2015 (aged 87)

university teacher economist mathematician

John Forbes Nash Jr., known and published as John Nash, was an American mathematician who made fundamental contributions to game theory, real algebraic geometry, differential geometry, and partial differential equations. Nash and fellow game theorists John Harsanyi and Reinhard Selten were awarded the 1994 Nobel Prize in Economics. In 2015, Louis Nirenberg and he were awarded the Abel Prize for...

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93. James Gosling

1955-. (aged 71)

writer computer scientist blogger inventor programmer

James Arthur Gosling OC is a Canadian computer scientist, best known as the founder and lead designer behind the Java programming language.

94. David Servan-Schreiber

1961-2011 (aged 50)

psychiatrist university teacher journalist neuroscientist essayist

David Servan-Schreiber was a French physician, neuroscientist and author. He was a clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He was also a lecturer in the Faculty of Medicine of Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1.

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95. Sushma Seth

1936-. (aged 90)

film actor actor television actor

Sushma Seth is an Indian stage, film and television actress. She started her career in the 1950s, and was a founder member of the Delhi-based theatre group Yatrik. Her first film was Junoon in 1978. She is known for playing a mother and grandmother role in movies and on television, and notable for her role as Dadi in the pioneering...

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96. Vinod Khosla

1955-. (aged 71)

businessperson

Vinod Khosla is an Indian-American billionaire businessman and venture capitalist, though he rejects that title and calls himself a venture assistant used on helping entrepreneurs. He is a co-founder of Sun Microsystems and the founder of Khosla Ventures. Khosla made his wealth from early venture capital investments in areas such as networking, software, and alternative energy technologies. He is considered...

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97. Jairam Ramesh

1954-. (aged 72)

politician economist

Jairam Ramesh is a senior Indian politician to the Indian National Congress. He is a Member of Parliament representing Karnataka state in the Rajya Sabha. In July 2011, Jairam was elevated to the Union Council of Ministers of India and appointed Minister of Rural Development and Minister (additional charge) of the new Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation. However, in...

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98. Andy Bechtolsheim

1955-. (aged 71)

computer scientist engineer businessperson inventor electrical engineer

Andreas Maria Maximilian Freiherr von Mauchenheim genannt Bechtolsheim is a German electrical engineer, entrepreneur and investor. He co-founded Sun Microsystems in 1982 and was its chief hardware designer. As of 2025, he's 68th wealthiest according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index and Forbes with an estimated net worth of US$28.9 billion.

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99. Sonia Manzano

1950-. (aged 76)

screenwriter stage actor television actor voice actor film actor

Sonia Manzano Vela is an Ecuadorian writer and poet.

100. Bennet Omalu

1968-. (aged 58)

physician pathologist medical examiner neuropathologist

Bennet Ifeakandu Omalu is a Nigerian and American physician, forensic pathologist, and neuropathologist who was the first to discover and publish findings on chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in American football players while working at the Allegheny County coroner's office in Pittsburgh. He later became the chief medical examiner for San Joaquin County, California, and is a professor at the University...

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