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100 Notable alumni of Colgate University

Updated: June 16, 2026 EliteDegrees

Colgate University is ranked #1,274 in the world and #315 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from Colgate University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Colgate University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.

Gerald Fischbach

1. Gerald Fischbach

1938-. (aged 88)
neuroscientist
Gerald D. Fischbach is an American neuroscientist. He received his M.D. from the Weill Cornell Medicine in 1965 before beginning his research career at the National Institutes of Health in 1966, where his research focused on the mechanisms of neuromuscular junctions. After his tenure at the National Institutes of Health, Fischbach was a professor at Harvard Medical School from 1972...
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Samantha D. Elliott

2. Samantha D. Elliott

1975-. (aged 51)
lawyer judge
Samantha Dowd Elliott is an American lawyer from New Hampshire serving as the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire.
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Mark Morris

3. Mark Morris

1958-. (aged 68)
ice hockey player
Mark Morris is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman. He was the head coach of St. Lawrence from 2016-2019, succeeding Greg Carvel who departed for UMass.
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James Colgate Cleveland

4. James Colgate Cleveland

1920-1995 (aged 75)
lawyer politician
James Colgate Cleveland was an American politician in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. He served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1963 to 1981.
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Kathleen A. Doherty

5. Kathleen A. Doherty

1963-. (aged 63)
journalist
Kathleen Ann Doherty is an American diplomat and former Ambassador of the United States of America to Cyprus.
Thomas R. Morgan

6. Thomas R. Morgan

1930-2024 (aged 94)
military officer
General Thomas Rowland Morgan was an American Marine Corps general who served as Assistant Commandant of the United States Marine Corps from June 1986 until his retirement on July 1, 1988.
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Jung H. Pak

7. Jung H. Pak

1974-. (aged 52)
diplomat historian
Jung H. Pak is an American historian and diplomat. She served as United States Special Representative for North Korea in the Biden administration from 2023 to 2024.
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Nathaniel Schmidt

8. Nathaniel Schmidt

1862-1939 (aged 77)
orientalist theologian
Nathaniel Schmidt of Ithaca, New York, was a Swedish-American Baptist minister, Christian Hebraist, orientalist, professor, theologian, and progressive Democrat.
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Sarah Peake

9. Sarah Peake

1957-. (aged 69)
politician
Sarah K. Peake is an American politician from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. A Democrat, she served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 2007 to 2024. She represented the Fourth Barnstable district, a Cape Cod district that includes her hometown of Provincetown. She previously served on the Provincetown Board of Selectmen.
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A. Thomas McLellan

10. A. Thomas McLellan

1949-. (aged 77)
A. Thomas McLellan is the founder and chairman of the board of directors at the Treatment Research Institute, a not-for-profit research and development institute in Philadelphia. He served as deputy director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy from 2009 to 2012.
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Gerry Curatola

11. Gerry Curatola

1957-. (aged 69)
dentist
Gerald Peter Curatola, D.D.S. is a dentist, Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor at New York University, known for his contributions in cosmetic dentistry. He is a dental contributor to Fox News Channel, and Dr. Oz, and has appeared on the Martha Stewart Show,
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Andrew Dolkart

12. Andrew Dolkart

1951-. (aged 75)
historian
Andrew Scott Dolkart is a professor of historic preservation at the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation and served as the director of the school's Historic Preservation Program from 2008 to 2016.
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Elizabeth A. Wolford

13. Elizabeth A. Wolford

1966-. (aged 60)
lawyer judge
Elizabeth Ann Wolford is the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York. She is the first woman to serve as a judge in the Western District and the first woman to be chief judge of the Western District of New York.
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John Miles Foley

14. John Miles Foley

1947-2012 (aged 65)
literary critic university teacher classical scholar journalist anthropologist
John Miles Foley was a scholar of comparative oral tradition, particularly medieval and Old English literature, Homer and Serbian epic. He was the founder of the academic journal Oral Tradition and the Center for Studies in Oral Tradition at the University of Missouri, where he was Curators' Professor of Classical Studies and English and W. H. Byler Endowed Chair in...
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Rudolph Leibel

15. Rudolph Leibel

1942-. (aged 84)
geneticist physician
Rudolph Leibel is the Christopher J. Murphy Professor of Diabetes Research, Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center, and Director of the Division of Molecular Genetics in the Department of Pediatrics. He is also co-director of the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center and executive director of the Russell and Angelica Berrie Program in Cellular Therapy, Co-director of the...
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Louis Frey, Jr

16. Louis Frey, Jr

1934-2019 (aged 85)
lawyer politician
Louis Frey Jr. was an American lawyer and politician who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1969 until 1979. He represented Florida's 5th congressional district from 1969 to 1973 and the 9th district from 1973 to 1979, until he ran unsuccessfully in 1978 for the Republican nomination for governor to succeed the term-limited...
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Stephanie LaCava

17. Stephanie LaCava

writer
Stephanie Leigh LaCava is an American writer based in New York City. LaCava began her career at American Vogue and her work has since appeared in The Believer, The New York Review of Books, Harper's Magazine, Texte zur Kunst, and The New Inquiry.
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Kathryn Bertine

18. Kathryn Bertine

1975-. (aged 51)
figure skater sports journalist sport cyclist
Kathryn Bertine is a Saint Kitts and Nevis racing cyclist, author, activist, film-maker and former professional figure skater and professional triathlete. She turned professional in road cycling in 2012 and raced on World Tour teams until 2017. Bertine competed in eight UCI Road World Championships, won three Caribbean Championship titles and six Saint Kitts and Nevis National Championship titles.
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Justus H. Rathbone

19. Justus H. Rathbone

1839-1889 (aged 50)
Justus Henry Rathbone was an American school teacher and the founder of the international fraternal order of the Knights of Pythias. Prior to and during the American Civil War he taught, worked in a number of places for the government, and with news agencies, and also served as a hospital steward during the war.
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Emil Frei

20. Emil Frei

1924-2013 (aged 89)
oncologist physician
Emil "Tom" Frei III was an American physician and oncologist. He was the former director and former physician-in-chief of the Dana–Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, Massachusetts. He was also the Richard and Susan Smith Distinguished Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.
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Kyle Wilson

21. Kyle Wilson

1984-. (aged 42)
ice hockey player
Kyle Wilson is a Canadian former professional Ice hockey centre who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Washington Capitals, Columbus Blue Jackets and the Nashville Predators. Wilson played collegiate hockey for Colgate University, where he received a bachelor's degree in physics.
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Colton Point

22. Colton Point

1998-. (aged 28)
ice hockey player
Colton Robert Point is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. Point was drafted in the fifth-round, 128th overall, by the Dallas Stars in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft. Prior to turning professional, he attended Colgate University, where he was named to the AHCA East Second-Team All-American, NCAA (ECAC) Second All-Star Team, and was a Hobey Baker Award finalist.
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Jesse Winchester

23. Jesse Winchester

1944-2014 (aged 70)
singer songwriter singer-songwriter recording artist musician
Graham Jesse Winchester is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. After graduating from Colgate University in 2008, Winchester turned professional, signing with the Ottawa Senators. He also played professional ice hockey with Jokerit of Finland and the Florida Panthers during his career, which lasted from 2008 to 2014.
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Guyford Stever

24. Guyford Stever

1916-2010 (aged 94)
educator engineer physicist
Horton Guyford Stever was an American administrator, physicist, educator, and engineer. He was a director of the National Science Foundation (from February 1972 to August 1976).
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Peter A. Peyser

25. Peter A. Peyser

1921-2014 (aged 93)
politician
Peter A. Peyser was a United States representative from New York, serving from 1971 to 1977 as a Republican and from 1979 to 1983 as a Democrat.
Jim Courter

26. Jim Courter

1941-. (aged 85)
lawyer politician
James Andrew Courter is an American Republican Party politician and attorney. He represented parts of northwestern New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives from 1979 to 1991. In 1989, he unsuccessfully ran for Governor of New Jersey.
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David McIntyre

27. David McIntyre

1987-. (aged 39)
ice hockey player
David John McIntyre is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who briefly played in the National Hockey League (NHL).
David Toscano

28. David Toscano

1950-. (aged 76)
lawyer politician
David Joseph Toscano is an American politician and lawyer.
Michele J. Gelfand

29. Michele J. Gelfand

1967-. (aged 59)
academic business administration scholar psychologist university teacher
Michele J. Gelfand is an American cultural psychologist. She is both a professor of organizational behavior and the John H. Scully professor of cross-cultural management at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and – by courtesy – a professor of psychology at the School of Humanities and Sciences of Stanford University. She has published research on tightness–looseness theory.
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Will Rayman

30. Will Rayman

1997-. (aged 29)
basketball player
William Henry Rayman is an Israeli–American professional basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Ligat HaAl and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for Colgate, for whom in his senior year he was Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year and All-Patriot League First Team.
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Cory Murphy

31. Cory Murphy

1978-. (aged 48)
ice hockey player
Cory Murphy is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently a player development coach for the Seattle Kraken.
Bill Nojay

32. Bill Nojay

1956-2016 (aged 60)
radio personality politician
William R. Nojay was an American Republican politician and member of the New York State Assembly. Nojay represented the 133rd Assembly District, which included parts of Steuben and Monroe Counties and all of Livingston County, from 2013 to 2016.
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Kyle Baun

33. Kyle Baun

1992-. (aged 34)
ice hockey player
Kyle Baun is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who was last under contract to the Vienna Capitals of the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga (EBEL). Baun played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Chicago Blackhawks and is the grandson of former Toronto Maple Leafs player Bobby Baun.
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Yoichi Okamoto

34. Yoichi Okamoto

1915-1985 (aged 70)
White House photographer photojournalist director photographer
Yoichi Robert Okamoto was the first official U.S. presidential photographer, serving Lyndon B. Johnson.
Gary Trauner

35. Gary Trauner

1958-. (aged 68)
businessperson
Gary S. Trauner is an American businessman and politician from Wyoming. He was nominated by the Democratic Party in the state's United States House of Representatives elections in 2006 and 2008, as well as in its 2018 U.S. Senate election. He previously chaired the Teton County School District Number 1 Board of Trustees (2006–2008).
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Francesca Zambello

36. Francesca Zambello

1956-. (aged 70)
director theatrical director
Francesca Zambello is an American opera and theatre director. She is the artistic director of Washington National Opera.
Samuel L. Devine

37. Samuel L. Devine

1915-1997 (aged 82)
lawyer politician
Samuel Leeper Devine was an American politician of the Republican Party who served in the United States House of Representatives as Representative of the 12th congressional district of Ohio from January 3, 1959, until January 3, 1981; he left office after being defeated by Democrat Bob Shamansky, who lost the seat after a single term to Republican John Kasich. During...
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John Tillman

38. John Tillman

1970-. (aged 56)
lacrosse player military officer
John C. Tillman is an American lacrosse coach. He is currently the head coach for the University of Maryland Terrapins men's lacrosse team. He previously served as the head coach at Harvard University and as an assistant coach at the Naval Academy and Ithaca College.
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Stephen G. Burns

39. Stephen G. Burns

Stephen G. Burns is an American lawyer and the 15th and former chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David G. Hartwell

40. David G. Hartwell

1941-2016 (aged 75)
writer science fiction writer journalist editor
David Geddes Hartwell was an American critic, publisher, and editor of thousands of science fiction and fantasy novels. He was best known for work with Signet, Pocket, and Tor Books publishers. He was also noted as an award-winning editor of anthologies. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction describes him as "perhaps the single most influential book editor of the past forty...
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Alan Frumin

41. Alan Frumin

1946-. (aged 80)
politician
Alan Scott Frumin is a former parliamentarian of the United States Senate.
Daniel N. Robinson

42. Daniel N. Robinson

1937-2018 (aged 81)
philosopher
Daniel Nicholas Robinson was an American psychologist who was a professor of psychology at Georgetown University and later in his life became a fellow of the faculty of philosophy at Oxford University.
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Dick Sisler

43. Dick Sisler

1920-1998 (aged 78)
baseball player
Richard Alan Sisler was an American player, coach, and manager in Major League Baseball. The son of Hall of Fame first baseman and two-time.400 hitter George Sisler, Dick Sisler's younger brother Dave was a relief pitcher in the 1950s and 1960s with four MLB teams, and his older brother George Jr. was a longtime executive in Minor League Baseball (MiLB).
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Craig Hatkoff

44. Craig Hatkoff

1954-. (aged 72)
writer children's writer
Craig M. Hatkoff is an American real estate investor from New York City. Along with his now ex-wife Jane Rosenthal, and Robert De Niro, he co-founded the Tribeca Film Festival and the Tribeca Film Institute in 2002. The three were recipients of the inaugural September 11 National Museum and Memorial Foundation "Notes of Hope Award" for Distinction in Rebuilding in...
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Andrew Hill

45. Andrew Hill

1931-2007 (aged 76)
jazz musician university teacher pianist composer music educator
Andrew Hill was an American jazz pianist and composer.
James D. Hornfischer

46. James D. Hornfischer

1965-2021 (aged 56)
literary agent historian
James D. Hornfischer was an American literary agent, author, and naval historian.
Morad Tahbaz

47. Morad Tahbaz

1955-. (aged 71)
hunter businessperson conservationist
Morad Tahbaz is an Iranian-American businessman and conservationist. He was born in London and holds both British and U.S. citizenship. Tahbaz is a co-founder of the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation. In January 2018, Iranian authorities arrested Tahbaz along with eight other PWHF-affiliated individuals.
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Craig Woodcroft

48. Craig Woodcroft

1969-. (aged 57)
ice hockey player
Craig Woodcroft is a Canadian professional ice hockey head coach and former forward. He is currently serving as head coach of the Straubing Tigers. Woodcroft was previously the head coach of HC Dinamo Minsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).
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Kristie Canegallo

49. Kristie Canegallo

political staffer official
Kristie Canegallo is a former U.S. government official serving as the acting United States deputy secretary of homeland security (DHS) from July 2023 to January 2025. She joined DHS in January 2022 as its chief of staff. Canegallo was a White House deputy chief of staff for policy implementation from 2014 to 2017.
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Erazim Kohák

50. Erazim Kohák

1933-2020 (aged 87)
pedagogue political scientist writer university teacher philosopher
Erazim Kohák was a Czech philosopher and writer. His early education was in Prague. After communists took over Czechoslovakia in 1948, his family escaped to the United States. He died in February 2020 at the age of 86.
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Peter Ackerman

51. Peter Ackerman

1946-2022 (aged 76)
financier politician
Peter Ackerman was an American businessman, the founder and former chairman of Americans Elect, and the founding chair of the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict. Ackerman was the managing director of Rockport Capital, Inc and served as a member of IREX's Global Advisory Council.
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Lin Brehmer

52. Lin Brehmer

1954-2023 (aged 69)
radio personality
Lin Brehmer was an American disc jockey and radio personality at WXRT in Chicago. Brehmer hosted mornings on WXRT from 1991 to 2020, and middays from early 2020 until taking a leave of absence to undergo chemotherapy in 2022.
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Mark van Eeghen

53. Mark van Eeghen

1952-. (aged 74)
American football player
Mark K. van Eeghen is an American former professional football player who was a running back for ten years in the National Football League (NFL), during which he made two Super Bowl appearances. He played eight seasons for the Oakland Raiders (1974–1981) and two years with the New England Patriots (1982–1983). Van Eeghen rushed for over 1,000 yards in three...
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Albert Allen Bartlett

54. Albert Allen Bartlett

1923-2013 (aged 90)
physicist university teacher
Albert Allen Bartlett was an American professor of physics at the University of Colorado at Boulder. As of July 2001, Professor Bartlett had lectured over 1,742 times since September 1969 on Arithmetic, Population, and Energy. Bartlett regarded the word combination "sustainable growth" as an oxymoron, and argued that modest annual percentage population increases could lead to exponential growth. He therefore...
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Neil Shubin

55. Neil Shubin

1960-. (aged 66)
university teacher biologist writer anatomist paleontologist
Neil Shubin is an American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist and popular science writer. He is the Robert R. Bensley Professor of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, Associate Dean of Organismal Biology and Anatomy and Professor on the Committee of Evolutionary Biology at the University of Chicago along with being the Provost of the Field Museum of Natural History. He is best known...
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Joe Pinion

56. Joe Pinion

1983-. (aged 43)
politician
Joseph Pinion III is an American former television host, businessman, and activist. A member of the Republican Party, he was the nominee of the Republican and Conservative parties in the 2022 United States Senate election in New York, making him the first African American to receive a major party's backing for the U.S. Senate in the state of New York.
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Pamela Druckerman

57. Pamela Druckerman

1970-. (aged 56)
journalist
Pamela Druckerman is an American-French writer and journalist living in Paris, France. In fall 2013, she became a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times International Edition.
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Jon Alpert

58. Jon Alpert

1948-. (aged 78)
journalist film director
Jon Alpert is an American journalist and documentary filmmaker, known for his use of a cinéma vérité approach in his films.
Mark Murphy

59. Mark Murphy

1955-. (aged 71)
baseball player American football player
Mark Hodge Murphy is an American professional football executive and former player who was the president and chief executive officer (CEO) for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). Murphy, a safety, went undrafted in the 1977 NFL draft after playing college football at Colgate University. He was signed by the Washington Redskins, where he played for...
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Chris Wagner

60. Chris Wagner

1991-. (aged 35)
ice hockey player
Christopher Wagner is an American professional ice hockey forward for the Springfield Thunderbirds of the American Hockey League (AHL). Wagner was selected by the Anaheim Ducks in the fifth round (122nd overall) of the 2010 NHL entry draft.
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Rob Stone

61. Rob Stone

association football player sports commentator
Robert Stone is an American sports commentator for Fox Sports, covering various sports including Major League Soccer (MLS), NCAA and NFL football, and the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA). Stone previously covered sports for ESPN. A WWE fan, Stone briefly won the WWE 24/7 Championship during a Fox promotional event, becoming the first non-WWE Superstar to win the championship.
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Howard Fineman

62. Howard Fineman

1948-2024 (aged 76)
journalist
Howard David Fineman was an American journalist and television commentator. In a career that spanned nearly five decades, Fineman covered nine presidential campaigns as a reporter, writer, and analyst. For 30 years, he drove Newsweek magazine's political coverage. At the height of the publication's influence, Fineman was its chief political correspondent, senior editor, and deputy Washington bureau chief. His "Living...
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Jeff Fager

63. Jeff Fager

1954-. (aged 72)
executive producer television producer
Jeffrey B. Fager is an American television producer who is the former chairman of CBS News and former executive producer of 60 Minutes.
Jonah Shacknai

64. Jonah Shacknai

1957-. (aged 69)
pharmaceutical industry
Jonah Shacknai is an American pharmaceutical executive. He was the founder of Illustris Pharmaceuticals and was the founder, chairman and CEO of Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation. He also served as chief aide to the US House of Representatives' committee for health policy.
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Harry Emerson Fosdick

65. Harry Emerson Fosdick

1878-1969 (aged 91)
writer theologian
Harry Emerson Fosdick was an American pastor. Fosdick became a central figure in the fundamentalist–modernist controversy within American Protestantism in the 1920s and 1930s and was one of the most prominent liberal ministers of the early 20th century. Although a Baptist, he was called to serve as pastor, in New York City, at First Presbyterian Church in Manhattan's West Village,...
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Brad Ashford

66. Brad Ashford

1949-2022 (aged 73)
business executive lawyer judge politician
John Bradley Ashford was an American politician who served in the Nebraska Legislature and the United States House of Representatives from Nebraska's 2nd congressional district from 2015 to 2017. He is the most recent Democrat to represent Nebraska in Congress.
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Bill Winters

67. Bill Winters

1961-. (aged 65)
banker chief executive officer business executive
William Thomas Winters, CBE is an American banker who is the group chief executive of Standard Chartered and former co-head of JPMorgan Chase's investment bank.
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Adonal Foyle

68. Adonal Foyle

1975-. (aged 51)
basketball player
Adonal David Foyle is a Vincentian-American former professional basketball center. He was selected by the Golden State Warriors with the eighth overall selection of the 1997 NBA draft. Foyle played ten seasons with the Warriors until the team bought out his contract on August 13, 2007. At the time, he had been Golden State's longest-tenured player. He then played two...
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Carmine Di Sibio

69. Carmine Di Sibio

1963-. (aged 63)
business executive
Carmine Di Sibio is an Italian-born American business executive. He was the Global Chairman and CEO of EY, formerly known as Ernst & Young, until July 2024.
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Duncan L. Niederauer

70. Duncan L. Niederauer

1959-. (aged 67)
business executive
Duncan L. Niederauer CBE is an American businessman. He served as the chief executive officer of NYSE Euronext until 2014 and owner and chairman of Venezia FC.
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Steve Burke

71. Steve Burke

1958-. (aged 68)
businessperson chief executive officer
Stephen B. Burke is an American businessman. He is the senior executive vice president of Comcast and chairman of NBCUniversal.
John Durham

72. John Durham

1950-. (aged 76)
lawyer prosecutor
John Henry Durham is an American lawyer who served as the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut from 2018 to 2021. He previously served as an assistant U.S. attorney in the District of Connecticut for 35 years, where he led investigations into public corruption, organized crime, and FBI misconduct.
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Mary Gay Scanlon

73. Mary Gay Scanlon

1959-. (aged 67)
lawyer politician
Mary Gay Scanlon is an American attorney and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, she has represented Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives since 2019. The district is based in Delaware County, a mostly suburban county west of Philadelphia, and also includes a southwestern portion of Philadelphia itself as well as slivers of Chester...
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Mike Milbury

74. Mike Milbury

1952-. (aged 74)
ice hockey player
Michael James Milbury is an American former professional ice hockey player and current sports announcer. He played for twelve seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL), all for the Boston Bruins. He helped the Bruins reach the Stanley Cup Finals in 1977 and 1978. He is also a member of the U.S hockey hall of fame.
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Joe Berlinger

75. Joe Berlinger

1961-. (aged 65)
screenwriter documentary filmmaker film director film producer actor
Joseph Berlinger is an American documentary filmmaker and producer. Particularly focused on true crime documentaries, Berlinger's films and docu-series draw attention to social justice issues in the US and abroad in such films as Brother's Keeper, Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills, Crude, Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger and Intent To Destroy: Death,...
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Antonio Delgado

76. Antonio Delgado

1977-. (aged 49)
lawyer politician musician
Antonio Ramon Delgado is an American attorney and politician serving as the lieutenant governor of New York since 2022. A member of the Democratic Party, Delgado served as the U.S. representative from New York's 19th congressional district from 2019 to 2022. He is the first African–American and the first person of Latino descent to be elected to Congress from Upstate...
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Chase Carey

77. Chase Carey

1953-. (aged 73)
businessperson film producer
Charles Gordon "Chase" Carey is an Irish-born American executive who is a board member of Fox Corporation and Liberty Media. He is the former chief executive officer and executive chairman of the Formula One Group. He has previously worked for News Corp, DirecTV, 21st Century Fox and Sky plc.
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Erik Stolhanske

78. Erik Stolhanske

1968-. (aged 58)
actor screenwriter
Erik Stolhanske is an American actor, writer, producer and a member of the Broken Lizard comedy group. He is best known as “Officer Rabbit” from the cult-classic comedy Super Troopers (2001) and its sequel, Super Troopers 2 (2018).
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William P. Rogers

79. William P. Rogers

1913-2001 (aged 88)
diplomat lawyer politician
William Pierce Rogers was an American politician, diplomat, and attorney. A member of the Republican Party, Rogers served as Deputy Attorney General of the United States and then Attorney General of the United States in the administration of Dwight D. Eisenhower, and as the Secretary of State in the administration of Richard Nixon.
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Oswald Avery

80. Oswald Avery

1877-1955 (aged 78)
chemist biologist biochemist microbiologist geneticist
Oswald Theodore Avery Jr. was a Canadian-American physician and medical researcher. The major part of his career was spent at the Rockefeller Hospital in New York City. Avery was one of the first molecular biologists and a pioneer in immunochemistry, but he is best known for the experiment (published in 1944 with his co-workers Colin MacLeod and Maclyn McCarty) that...
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Steve Lemme

81. Steve Lemme

1968-. (aged 58)
actor screenwriter
Stephen Carlos Lemme is an American actor, writer, and producer, and one of the members of the Broken Lizard comedy group.
Bruce Buck

82. Bruce Buck

1946-. (aged 80)
lawyer businessperson
Bruce Michael Buck is an American lawyer and founding managing partner of the London office of law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. He was also the Chairman of Premier League football club Chelsea from 2004 until 2022. His practice areas are European mergers and acquisitions, project finance and capital markets.
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Bob Woodruff

83. Bob Woodruff

1961-. (aged 65)
war correspondent journalist
Robert Warren Woodruff is an American television journalist. Since 1996, he has served as a reporter for ABC News. Woodruff co-anchored ABC World News Tonight in 2006 with journalist Elizabeth Vargas. He was severely injured by an IED explosion during a reporting trip to Iraq that January, and he recovered over an extended period before returning to air.
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Gloria Borger

84. Gloria Borger

1952-. (aged 74)
analyst journalist editing staff columnist
Gloria Anne Borger is an American political pundit, journalist, and columnist. As a senior political analyst for CNN from 2007 to 2024, she appeared on a variety of their shows, including The Situation Room.
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Otto Graham

85. Otto Graham

1921-2003 (aged 82)
basketball player American football player baseball player American football coach
Otto Everett Graham Jr. was an American professional football player who was a quarterback for the Cleveland Browns in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) and National Football League (NFL) for 10 seasons. Graham is regarded by critics as one of the most dominant players of his era and one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time, having taken the Browns...
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Andy Rooney

86. Andy Rooney

1919-2011 (aged 92)
writer journalist war correspondent screenwriter
Andrew Aitken Rooney was an American radio and television writer who was best known for his weekly broadcast "A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney", a part of the CBS News program 60 Minutes from 1978 to 2011. His final regular appearance on 60 Minutes aired on October 2, 2011; he died a month later at the age of 92.
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Monica Crowley

87. Monica Crowley

1968-. (aged 58)
writer journalist radio personality biographer
Monica Elizabeth Crowley is an American diplomat and former political commentator who has served as the 35th chief of protocol of the United States since 2025. A member of the Republican Party, she served in the U.S. Department of the Treasury as the assistant secretary for public affairs in the first Trump administration from 2019 to 2021. She was a...
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Chris Hedges

88. Chris Hedges

1956-. (aged 70)
writer journalist war correspondent speechwriter
Christopher Lynn Hedges is an American journalist, author, commentator and Presbyterian minister.
John Cassavetes

89. John Cassavetes

1929-1989 (aged 60)
television actor film director writer film screenwriter film producer
John Nicholas Cassavetes was an American filmmaker and actor. He began as an actor in film and television before helping to pioneer modern American independent cinema as a writer and director, often self-financing, producing, and distributing his own films. He received nominations for three Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, and an Emmy Award.
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Bob Balaban

90. Bob Balaban

1945-. (aged 81)
film producer film actor stage actor film director television actor
Robert Elmer Balaban is an American actor and filmmaker. Aside from his acting career, Balaban has directed three feature films, in addition to numerous television episodes and films, and was one of the producers nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture for Gosford Park (2001), in which he also appeared. He is also an author of children's novels.
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Kevin Heffernan

91. Kevin Heffernan

1968-. (aged 58)
film actor screenwriter film director
Kevin Heffernan is an American actor, filmmaker, and member of the Broken Lizard comedy group.
Kate Clinton

92. Kate Clinton

1947-. (aged 79)
writer journalist actor opinion journalist
Kate Clinton is an American comedian specializing in political commentary from a gay/lesbian point of view.
Peter Gould

93. Peter Gould

1932-2000 (aged 68)
geographer university teacher
Peter Gould is an American television writer, director and producer. He worked on all five seasons of the AMC drama Breaking Bad, and was nominated for four Writers Guild of America Awards for his work on the series. After Breaking Bad ended, he went on to become the co-creator and co-showrunner, with Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan, of the show's...
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William Sterling Cole

94. William Sterling Cole

1904-1987 (aged 83)
investor lawyer teacher politician
William Sterling Cole was an American politician, lawyer, and civil servant who served as the first Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) from 1957 to 1961. Before his appointment to the IAEA he was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.
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Adam Clayton Powell, Jr

95. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr

1908-1972 (aged 64)
religious leader politician journalist founder pastor
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. was an American Baptist pastor and politician who represented the Harlem neighborhood of New York City in the United States House of Representatives from 1945 until 1971. He was the first African American to be elected to Congress from New York, as well as the first from any state in the Northeast. Re-elected for nearly three...
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Claudia Tenney

96. Claudia Tenney

1961-. (aged 65)
lawyer politician journalist
Claudia L. Tenney is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. representative for New York's 24th congressional district since 2023. Previously, she represented the 22nd district from 2017 to 2019 and from 2021 to 2023 and sat in the New York State Assembly from 2011 to 2016. She is a member of the Republican Party.
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Charles Addams

97. Charles Addams

1912-1988 (aged 76)
draftsperson painter animator illustrator screenwriter
Charles Samuel Addams was an American cartoonist known for his darkly humorous and macabre characters. Some of his recurring characters became known as the Addams Family, and were popularized through various adaptations.
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Ben Cohen

98. Ben Cohen

1951-. (aged 75)
entrepreneur
Bennett Cohen is an American entrepreneur, activist and philanthropist. He is a co-founder of the ice cream company Ben & Jerry's and a prominent supporter of progressive causes.
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Charles Evans Hughes

99. Charles Evans Hughes

1862-1948 (aged 86)
judge politician lawyer diplomat jurist
Charles Evans Hughes was an American politician, academic, and jurist who served as the 11th chief justice of the United States from 1930 to 1941. A member of the Republican Party, he previously was the 36th governor of New York (1907–1910), an associate justice of the Supreme Court (1910–1916), and 44th U.S. secretary of state (1921–1925). He was the Republican...
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Andy McDonald

100. Andy McDonald

1977-. (aged 49)
ice hockey player
Andrew Joseph McDonald is a British Labour Party politician and solicitor serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Middlesbrough and Thornaby East (formerly Middlesbrough) since 2012.
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