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99 Notable alumni of College of William and Mary

Updated: June 12, 2026 EliteDegrees

College of William and Mary is ranked #438 in the world and #138 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 99 notable alumni from College of William and Mary sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with College of William and Mary won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.

Yancey Strickler

1. Yancey Strickler

1978-. (aged 48)
Yancey Strickler is an American author, entrepreneur, and former music critic. He co-founded Kickstarter, a funding platform for creative projects.
Channing Moore Williams

2. Channing Moore Williams

1829-1910 (aged 81)
missionary Anglican priest
Channing Moore Williams was an Episcopal Church missionary, later bishop, in China and Japan. Williams was a leading figure in the establishment of the Anglican Church in Japan. His commemoration in some Anglican liturgical calendars is on 2 December.
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Ellen R. Stofan

3. Ellen R. Stofan

1961-. (aged 65)
geologist earth scientist astronomer
Ellen Renee Stofan is Under Secretary for Science and Research at The Smithsonian and was previously the Director of the National Air and Space Museum.
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Cece Bell

4. Cece Bell

1970-. (aged 56)
designer children's writer caricaturist graphic artist illustrator
Cecelia Carolina Bell is an American author, cartoonist, and illustrator. Most well known for her graphic novel El Deafo, Bell's work has appeared in The Atlantic, Vegetarian Times, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, Working Woman, Esquire and many other publications.
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Richard Bland

5. Richard Bland

1710-1776 (aged 66)
politician
Richard Bland, sometimes referred to as Richard Bland II or Richard Bland of Jordan's Point, was an American Founding Father, planter, lawyer and politician from Virginia. A cousin and early mentor of Thomas Jefferson, Bland served 34 years in the Virginia General Assembly, and with John Robinson and this man's cousin Peyton Randolph as one of the most influential and...
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Amanda Petrusich

6. Amanda Petrusich

writer music journalist journalist music critic
Amanda Petrusich is an American music journalist. She is a staff writer at The New Yorker and the author of three books: Pink Moon (2007), It Still Moves: Lost Songs, Lost Highways, and the Search for the Next American Music (2008), and Do Not Sell at Any Price: The Wild, Obsessive Hunt for the World's Rarest 78rpm Records (2014).
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David N. Kelley

7. David N. Kelley

1959-. (aged 67)
lawyer
David N. Kelley is an American attorney and a former interim United States Attorney and Deputy U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York (SDNY). He was also a co-chair of the United States Justice Department’s nationwide investigation into the September 11 attacks.
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Joe J. Plumeri

8. Joe J. Plumeri

1943-. (aged 83)
businessperson baseball player
Joseph J. Plumeri II is vice chairman of the First Data Board of Directors. He was the chairman and CEO of Willis Group Holdings (Willis), a New York Stock Exchange-listed insurance broker, until July 2013. The company has 17,000 employees in 400 offices, located in 120 countries. As of June 2010, Willis had the third-highest insurance brokerage revenues in the...
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Doug Petrie

9. Doug Petrie

screenwriter director film director writer television producer
Douglas Petrie is an American screenwriter, director, and producer. Best known as a writer, director, and co-executive producer on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. He co-wrote the screenplays for the Fantastic Four film and Harriet the Spy. He has also written for the television shows Angel, The 4400, Tru Calling and American Horror Story: Coven. He served as a co-executive producer...
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Aaron Zebley

10. Aaron Zebley

lawyer
Aaron Mortimer Zebley is an American attorney and former FBI special agent who was the deputy special counsel of the Special Counsel investigation headed by Robert Mueller. He was the former chief of staff to Mueller at the FBI. Zebley followed Mueller from the Federal Bureau of Investigation to the law firm WilmerHale and also subsequently left when Mueller resigned...
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Terry Tarpey III

11. Terry Tarpey III

1994-. (aged 32)
basketball player
Terence "Terry" Tarpey III is a French–American professional basketball player for AS Monaco of the French LNB Pro A and the EuroLeague. He also represents the French national team in international competition. Tarpey played college basketball with the William & Mary Tribe.
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Vincent T. DeVita

12. Vincent T. DeVita

1935-. (aged 91)
oncologist
Vincent Theodore DeVita Jr. is the Amy and Joseph Perella Professor of Medicine at Yale Cancer Center, and a Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health. He directed the Yale Cancer Center from 1993 to 2003. He has been president of the board of directors of the American Cancer Society (2012-2013). He is internationally recognized as a pioneer in the field...
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Mills E. Godwin

13. Mills E. Godwin

1914-1999 (aged 85)
lawyer politician
Mills Edwin Godwin Jr. was an American politician who was the 60th and 62nd governor of Virginia for two non-consecutive terms, from 1966 to 1970 and from 1974 to 1978. Godwin was the first person to be elected governor of any state as a Democrat and a Republican. He is to date the last Virginia governor to serve two terms.
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Ivan Fears

14. Ivan Fears

1954-. (aged 72)
American football coach American football player
Ivan Fears is an American former football coach. He was the running backs coach for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL) from 2002 to 2021.
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Pete Snyder

15. Pete Snyder

1972-. (aged 54)
entrepreneur
Pete Snyder is an American entrepreneur and marketing executive who is best known as the founder and former chief executive officer of New Media Strategies (NMS), a social media marketing agency that he started in 1999. Snyder stepped down as CEO of NMS in 2011 and founded the angel investment firm Disruptor Capital in 2012. Snyder unsuccessfully ran in the...
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John J. Flanagan

16. John J. Flanagan

1961-. (aged 65)
politician
John J. Flanagan is an American politician from Long Island, New York. A Republican, Flanagan represented New York's 2nd State Senate district from 2003 to 2020. He also served as senate majority leader from 2015 to 2019, and as senate minority leader from 2019 to 2020. Prior to his senate tenure, Flanagan served in the New York State Assembly from...
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Carter Braxton

17. Carter Braxton

1736-1797 (aged 61)
politician
Carter Braxton was a Founding Father of the United States, signer of the Declaration of Independence, merchant, and Virginia planter. A grandson of Robert "King" Carter, one of the wealthiest and most powerful landowners and slaveholders in Virginia, Braxton was active in Virginia's legislature for more than 25 years, generally allied with Landon Carter, Benjamin Harrison V, Edmund Pendleton and...
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John Blair Jr

18. John Blair Jr

1732-1800 (aged 68)
lawyer judge
John Blair Jr. was an American Founding Father, who signed the United States Constitution as a delegate from Virginia and was appointed an Associate Justice on the first U.S. Supreme Court by George Washington.
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William B. Taliaferro

19. William B. Taliaferro

1822-1898 (aged 76)
lawyer judge politician
William Booth Taliaferro was a United States Army officer, a lawyer, legislator, Confederate general in the American Civil War, and Grand Master of Masons in Virginia.
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Jill Holtzman Vogel

20. Jill Holtzman Vogel

1970-. (aged 56)
lawyer politician
Jill Kendrick Holtzman Vogel is an American attorney and politician who served as the Virginia State Senator from the 27th district from 2008 to 2024. A Republican, her district was located in exurban and rural parts of Northern Virginia, and it included all of Clarke, Fauquier, and Frederick counties, Winchester city, as well as pieces of Culpeper, Loudoun, and Stafford...
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Richard J. Sullivan

21. Richard J. Sullivan

1964-. (aged 62)
lawyer judge
Richard Joseph Sullivan is an American lawyer who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He was formerly a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York from 2007 to 2018. He has been a member of the Federalist Society,...
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William Short

22. William Short

1759-1849 (aged 90)
diplomat
William Short, a Virginia-born lawyer who disagreed with slavery, became an American diplomat during the first two decades of his country's existence before moving to Philadelphia and becoming a successful financier and philanthropist. Thomas Jefferson, later the third President of the United States, was a lifelong mentor and friend. In a 1789 letter, Jefferson referred to Short as his "adoptive...
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Nell Zink

23. Nell Zink

1964-. (aged 62)
writer
Helen "Nell" Louise Zink is an American writer living in Germany. After being a long term penpal of Avner Shats, she came to prominence in her fifties with the help of Jonathan Franzen and her novel, Mislaid, was longlisted for the National Book Award. Her debut The Wallcreeper was released in the United States by the independent press Dorothy and...
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Curtis Pride

24. Curtis Pride

1968-. (aged 58)
baseball player basketball player association football player
Curtis John Pride is a former professional baseball outfielder who is deaf. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed, and played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1993 to 2006 for the Montreal Expos, Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Atlanta Braves, New York Yankees, and Anaheim Angels / Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. In 2015, Pride was named MLB's Ambassador For...
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John C. Wright

25. John C. Wright

1961-. (aged 65)
writer science fiction writer novelist lawyer
John C. Wright is an American writer of science fiction and fantasy novels. He was a Nebula Award finalist for his fantasy novel Orphans of Chaos. Publishers Weekly said he "may be this fledgling century's most important new SF talent" when reviewing his debut novel, The Golden Age.
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Nathan Knight

26. Nathan Knight

1997-. (aged 29)
basketball player
Nathan Solomon Kapahukula Knight is an American professional basketball player for the Goyang Sono Skygunners of the Korean Basketball League (KBL), where he was named the 2025–26 KBL All-Star Game MVP. He played college basketball for the William & Mary Tribe and was the NCAA Division I mid-major national player of the year when he won the Lou Henson Award.
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Kelly Choi

27. Kelly Choi

1976-. (aged 50)
model film director journalist television presenter
Kelly Choi is an American television personality on NYC Media, the official broadcast service of the City of New York. A former host of Bravo TV's Top Chef spin-off, Top Chef Masters, she has also been presenter of the documentary series Secrets of New York.
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Ashley Miller

28. Ashley Miller

1971-. (aged 55)
film producer television producer screenwriter
Ashley Edward Miller is an American screenwriter and producer best known for his work on the television series Andromeda, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Fringe, and Dota: Dragon's Blood. He also worked on the films Thor and X-Men: First Class.
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William Barton Rogers

29. William Barton Rogers

1804-1882 (aged 78)
paleobotanist university teacher physicist geologist founder
William Barton Rogers was an American geologist, physicist, and the founder and first president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Thomas Lee

30. Thomas Lee

1690-1750 (aged 60)
politician
Colonel Thomas Lee was a planter and politician in colonial Virginia, and a member of the Lee family, a political dynasty. Lee became involved in politics in 1710, serving in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly, and also held important positions as Naval Officer for the Northern Potomac Region and agent for the Northern Neck Proprietary. After his father...
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Robert Carter III

31. Robert Carter III

1728-1804 (aged 76)
politician plantation owner
Robert Carter III was an American planter and politician from the Northern Neck of Virginia. During the colonial period, he sat on the Virginia Governor's Council for roughly two decades. After the American Revolutionary War saw the Thirteen Colonies gain independence from the British Empire as the United States, Carter, influenced by his Baptist beliefs, began the largest manumission in...
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Thomas Mann Randolph

32. Thomas Mann Randolph

1768-1828 (aged 60)
politician
Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. was an American planter, soldier, and politician from Virginia. He served as a member of both houses of the Virginia General Assembly, a representative in the United States Congress, and as the 21st governor of Virginia, from 1819 to 1822. He married Martha Jefferson, the oldest daughter of Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United...
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Sara Schaefer

33. Sara Schaefer

1978-. (aged 48)
podcaster writer stand-up comedian
Sara Schaefer is an American stand-up comedian, writer, and author.
Christina Romer

34. Christina Romer

1958-. (aged 68)
university teacher economist
Christina Duckworth Romer is the Class of 1957 Garff B. Wilson Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley and a former chair of the Council of Economic Advisers in the Obama administration. She resigned from her role on the Council of Economic Advisers on September 3, 2010.
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David D. McKiernan

35. David D. McKiernan

1950-. (aged 76)
military personnel
David D. McKiernan is a retired United States Army four-star general who served in Afghanistan as Commander, International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). He served concurrently as Commander, United States Forces – Afghanistan (USFOR-A) from 6 October 2008 to 15 June 2009.
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Michael J. Garcia

36. Michael J. Garcia

1961-. (aged 65)
prosecutor lawyer judge
Michael John Garcia is an American attorney and former government official. Since February 2016, he has served as an Associate Judge of the New York Court of Appeals, that state's highest court. He is a former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York (2005–2008). Between his service as United States Attorney and his appointment to the Court of...
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Chuck Horner

37. Chuck Horner

1936-. (aged 90)
air force officer
Charles Albert Horner is a retired United States Air Force four-star general. He was born in Davenport, Iowa and attended the University of Iowa, as part of the Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps program. On June 13, 1958, Horner was commissioned into the Air Force Reserve. During the Vietnam War, he flew in combat as a Wild Weasel pilot...
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David Atlee Phillips

38. David Atlee Phillips

1922-1988 (aged 66)
journalist spy
David Atlee Phillips was an American Central Intelligence Agency officer of 25 years and a recipient of the Career Intelligence Medal. Phillips rose to become the CIA's chief of operations for the Western Hemisphere. In 1975, he founded the Association of Former Intelligence Officers (AFIO), an alumni association comprising intelligence officers from all services.
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Joseph Ellis

39. Joseph Ellis

1943-. (aged 83)
historian writer
Joseph John-Michael Ellis III is an American historian whose work focuses on the lives and times of the Founding Fathers of the United States. His book American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson won a National Book Award in 1997 and Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for History. Both books were bestsellers.
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Weijia Jiang

40. Weijia Jiang

1983-. (aged 43)
reporter
Weijia Jiang is a Chinese-American television journalist and reporter. She is based in Washington, D.C., and has served as the Senior White House Correspondent for CBS News since July 2018. Jiang's question to President Donald Trump about the COVID-19 testing program in the United States during a White House press briefing received global attention and coverage.
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Marcus Thornton

41. Marcus Thornton

1993-. (aged 33)
basketball player
Marcus Alexander Thornton is an American professional basketball player. He was drafted by the Boston Celtics with the 45th overall pick in the 2015 NBA draft. Thornton completed his collegiate career at the College of William & Mary (W&M) in 2015 and was named the 2014–15 Colonial Athletic Association Player of the Year. Thornton spent 10 days on the NBA...
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James Branch Cabell

42. James Branch Cabell

1879-1958 (aged 79)
humorist fantasy author short story writer writer autobiographer
James Branch Cabell was an American author of fantasy fiction and belles-lettres. Cabell was well-regarded by his contemporaries, including H. L. Mencken, Edmund Wilson, and Sinclair Lewis. His works were considered escapist and fit well in the culture of the 1920s, when they were most popular. For Cabell, veracity was "the one unpardonable sin, not merely against art, but against...
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George Wythe

43. George Wythe

1726-1806 (aged 80)
politician university teacher lawyer judge jurist
George Wythe was an American academic, scholar, and judge who was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. The first of the seven signatories of the United States Declaration of Independence from Virginia, Wythe served as one of Virginia's representatives to the Continental Congress and the Philadelphia Convention and served on a committee that established the convention's rules...
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William C. C. Claiborne

44. William C. C. Claiborne

1775-1817 (aged 42)
lawyer judge politician
William Charles Cole Claiborne was an American politician and military officer who served as the first governor of Louisiana from April 30, 1812, to December 16, 1816. He was also possibly the youngest member of the United States Congress in the history of the United States, although reliable sources differ about his age.
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Edmund Ruffin

45. Edmund Ruffin

1794-1865 (aged 71)
soldier writer agronomist
Edmund Ruffin III was an American planter, politician, scientist, and activist best known as an early advocate for secession of the Southern slave states from the United States. He served in the Virginia Senate from 1823 to 1827. In the three decades before the American Civil War he published polemics in support of states' rights and the protection of chattel...
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Albee Benitez

46. Albee Benitez

1966-. (aged 60)
politician
Alfredo Abelardo "Albee" Bantug Benitez is a Filipino politician and businessman who has served as the representative for Bacolod's lone district since 2025. He previously served as the 43rd mayor of Bacolod from 2022 to 2025 and as the representative for Negros Occidental's third district from 2010 to 2019.
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Pinball Clemons

47. Pinball Clemons

1965-. (aged 61)
motivational speaker Canadian football player American football player association football player
Michael Lutrell "Pinball" Clemons OOnt MSM is an American-Canadian sports executive and former running back and return specialist who serves as general manager for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He is considered by many to be one of the greatest and most famous Argonauts players of all time, as well as one of the most popular...
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Jerry Coyne

48. Jerry Coyne

1949-. (aged 77)
university teacher biologist writer geneticist ecologist
Jerry Allen Coyne is an American biologist and skeptic known for his work on speciation and his commentary on intelligent design. A professor emeritus of ecology and evolution at the University of Chicago, he has published on the theory of evolution. His concentration is speciation and ecological and evolutionary genetics, particularly as they involve the fruit fly, Drosophila. In 2023...
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Sarah Brady

49. Sarah Brady

1942-2015 (aged 73)
activist
Sarah Jane Brady was a prominent advocate for gun control in the United States. Her husband, James Brady, was press secretary to U.S. president Ronald Reagan and was left permanently disabled as a result of an assassination attempt on Reagan.
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Bushrod Washington

50. Bushrod Washington

1762-1829 (aged 67)
judge
Bushrod Washington was an American attorney and politician from the Washington family who served as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1798 to 1829. On the Supreme Court, he was a staunch ally of Chief Justice John Marshall.
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Steve Chabot

51. Steve Chabot

1953-. (aged 73)
teacher lawyer politician
Steven Joseph Chabot is an American politician and lawyer who represented Ohio's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 2009 and again from 2011 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party, he lost his 2008 reelection bid to Democrat Steve Driehaus, before reclaiming his seat in 2010, and losing his 2022 reelection bid...
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Thomas A. Shannon, Jr

52. Thomas A. Shannon, Jr

1958-. (aged 68)
diplomat
Thomas Alfred Shannon Jr. is an American diplomat who served as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs from 2016 to 2018. In early 2017, Shannon served as acting United States Secretary of State until President Donald Trump's nominee, Rex Tillerson, was confirmed. He was also acting Deputy Secretary of State of the United States until the Senate confirmed President...
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Rick Gates

53. Rick Gates

1972-. (aged 54)
political adviser lobbyist
Richard William Gates III is an American former political consultant and lobbyist who pleaded guilty to conspiracy against the United States for making false statements in the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections. He is a longtime business associate of Paul Manafort and served as deputy to Manafort when the latter was campaign manager of the...
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Michael Burns

54. Michael Burns

1947-. (aged 79)
historian actor television actor
Michael Thornton Burns is an American professor emeritus of history at Mount Holyoke College, and a published author and former television and film teen actor, most known for the television series Wagon Train.
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Dina Titus

55. Dina Titus

1950-. (aged 76)
university teacher political scientist politician
Alice Constandina "Dina" Titus is an American politician who has been the United States representative for Nevada's 1st congressional district since 2013. She served as the U.S. representative for Nevada's 3rd congressional district from 2009 to 2011, when she was defeated by Joe Heck. Titus is a member of the Democratic Party. She served in the Nevada Senate and was...
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Mary Jo White

56. Mary Jo White

1941-2025 (aged 84)
politician
Mary Jo White is an American attorney who served as the 31st chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from 2013 to 2017. She was the first woman to be the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, serving from 1993 to 2002. On January 24, 2013, President Barack Obama nominated White to replace Elisse B....
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Edmund Randolph

57. Edmund Randolph

1753-1813 (aged 60)
diplomat lawyer politician
Edmund Jennings Randolph was an American Founding Father, attorney, and the seventh Governor of Virginia. As a delegate from Virginia, he attended the Constitutional Convention and helped to create the national constitution while serving on its Committee of Detail. He was appointed the first United States Attorney General by George Washington and subsequently served as the second Secretary of State...
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Michael Kevin Powell

58. Michael Kevin Powell

1963-. (aged 63)
lawyer
Michael Kevin Powell is an American attorney and lobbyist who served as the 24th chairman of the Federal Communications Commission from 2001 to 2005. Since leaving office, Powell has worked as the president of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA), a broadband industry trade association.
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Peyton Randolph

59. Peyton Randolph

1721-1775 (aged 54)
farmer lawyer politician
Peyton Randolph was an American politician and planter who was a Founding Father of the United States. Born into Virginia's wealthiest and most powerful family, Randolph served as speaker of Virginia's House of Burgesses, president of the first two Virginia Conventions, and president of the First Continental Congress. He also served briefly as the first president of the Second Continental...
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Alexandra Bracken

60. Alexandra Bracken

1987-. (aged 39)
novelist science fiction writer writer
Alexandra Bracken is an American author known for The Darkest Minds series and Passenger series.
Stephanie Murphy

61. Stephanie Murphy

1978-. (aged 48)
academic politician consultant businessperson employee
Stephanie Murphy is an American politician, businesswoman, former educator, and former national security analyst who served as the U.S. representative for Florida's 7th congressional district from 2017 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, she defeated 12-term incumbent Republican John Mica in 2016. Her district included much of downtown and northern Orlando, as well as all of Winter Park,...
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Steven Pruitt

62. Steven Pruitt

1984-. (aged 42)
Wikimedian
Steven Pruitt, known online as Ser Amantio di Nicolao, is an American Wikipedia editor and administrator with the largest number of edits made to the English Wikipedia, at over 6 million, having made at least one edit to one-third of all articles in the edition. Pruitt first began editing Wikipedia in 2004. He has also created more than 33,000 Wikipedia...
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David M. Brown

63. David M. Brown

1956-2003 (aged 47)
physician astronaut circus performer military officer
David McDowell Brown was a United States Navy captain and NASA astronaut. He died on his first spaceflight, when the Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-107) disintegrated during orbital reentry into the Earth's atmosphere. Brown became an astronaut in 1996 but had not served on a space mission prior to the Columbia disaster. He was posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of...
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Benjamin Harrison V

64. Benjamin Harrison V

1726-1791 (aged 65)
politician
Benjamin Harrison V was an American planter, merchant, and politician who was a Founding Father of the United States. He served as a delegate to the United States Continental Congress, and was a signer of the Continental Association and the Declaration of Independence. He also served as Virginia's governor (1781–1784), affirming a tradition of public service in the Harrison family.
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Stephanie Szostak

65. Stephanie Szostak

1975-. (aged 51)
film actor actor model
Stéphanie Szostak is a French actress and author who started her career in the early 2000s. Szostak is best known for having appeared in the films The Devil Wears Prada, Dinner for Schmucks, Iron Man 3, and R.I.P.D. Szostak starred in the USA Network original drama series Satisfaction and the ABC series A Million Little Things.
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Kyle Soller

66. Kyle Soller

1983-. (aged 43)
television actor voice actor stage actor actor
Kyle William Soller is an American, UK-based film, stage, and television actor. His accolades include three Evening Standard Theatre Awards as well as the 2019 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor for his performance in The Inheritance, staged at the Young Vic Theatre in 2018.
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Gary Wright

67. Gary Wright

1943-2023 (aged 80)
singer songwriter rock musician recording artist rock singer
Gary Malcolm Wright was an American musician and composer best known for his 1976 hit songs "Dream Weaver" and "Love Is Alive". Wright's breakthrough album, The Dream Weaver (1975), came after he had spent seven years in London as, alternately, a member of the British blues rock band Spooky Tooth and a solo artist on A&M Records. While in England,...
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Eric Cantor

68. Eric Cantor

1963-. (aged 63)
lawyer businessperson politician
Eric Ivan Cantor is an American politician and lawyer who served as the U.S. representative for Virginia's 7th congressional district from 2001 until his resignation in 2014. A member of the Republican Party, Cantor served as House minority whip from 2009 to 2011 and as House majority leader from 2011 to 2014.
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Jill Ellis

69. Jill Ellis

1966-. (aged 60)
association football player association football coach
Jillian Anne Ellis is an English-American football manager and executive who is the Chief Football Officer of FIFA and will serve as part of the world governing body's executive management team, driving the development and implementation of FIFA's global football strategy. Ellis had previously been president of San Diego Wave FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) since its...
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Ben Domenech

70. Ben Domenech

1981-. (aged 45)
blogger political pundit journalist
Benjamin Domenech is the editor at large of The Spectator World. He is also a television commentator, radio host, and publisher of The Transom, a daily subscription newsletter for political insiders. In 2013, he co-founded The Federalist, where he served as publisher and hosted The Federalist Radio Hour. He earlier had been a co-founder of the RedState group blog. He...
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Winfield Scott

71. Winfield Scott

1786-1866 (aged 80)
politician military officer
Winfield Scott was an American military commander and a presidential candidate. He served as Commanding General of the United States Army from 1841 to 1861, and was a veteran of the War of 1812, American Indian Wars, Mexican–American War, and the early stages of the American Civil War. Scott was the Whig Party's presidential nominee in the 1852 election but...
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Michele Bachmann

72. Michele Bachmann

1956-. (aged 70)
autobiographer lawyer politician
Michele Marie Bachmann is an American politician who was the U.S. representative for Minnesota's 6th congressional district from 2007 until 2015. A member of the Republican Party, she was a candidate for president of the United States in the 2012 election, but dropped out after the Iowa caucuses.
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Jacob Frey

73. Jacob Frey

1981-. (aged 45)
politician athletics competitor
Jacob Lawrence Frey is an American politician and attorney who has served since 2018 as the 48th mayor of Minneapolis. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party, he served on the Minneapolis City Council from 2014 to 2018 and was elected mayor of Minneapolis in 2017 and reelected in 2021 and 2025.
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Todd Howard

74. Todd Howard

1970-. (aged 56)
video game producer computer scientist video game director presenter video game designer
Todd Andrew Howard is an American video game designer, director, and producer. He serves as director and executive producer at Bethesda Game Studios, where he has led the development of the Fallout and The Elder Scrolls series. He was also the game director for Starfield.
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Bill Lawrence

75. Bill Lawrence

1968-. (aged 58)
film producer screenwriter television director television producer film director
William Van Duzer Lawrence IV is an American television producer, screenwriter, and director. He is the creator of the series Scrubs and co-creator of shows including the live-action Cougar Town, Spin City, Ground Floor, Ted Lasso, and Shrinking, and the animated series Clone High, in which he also voiced the leader of the shadowy figures. He has written for many...
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Robert Gates

76. Robert Gates

1943-. (aged 83)
air force officer politician
Robert Michael Gates is an American intelligence analyst and university president who has served as the 24th Chancellor of the College of William and Mary since 2012. He previously served as the 22nd United States secretary of defense from 2006 to 2011 and as the 15th director of central intelligence from 1991 to 1993.
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Charles Esten

77. Charles Esten

1965-. (aged 61)
singer improviser television actor comedian film actor
Charles Esten Puskar III, also known professionally as Charles Esten, and (when appearing as himself on improvisation shows or hosting) as Chip Esten, is an American actor, musician, singer-songwriter, and comedian.
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Michelle Wolf

78. Michelle Wolf

1985-. (aged 41)
comedian actor
Michelle Wolf is an American comedian, writer, producer, and television host. She worked as a contributor and writer for Late Night with Seth Meyers and The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. She spoke as the featured performer at the 2018 White House Correspondents' Dinner. She hosted the Netflix comedy talk show series The Break with Michelle Wolf and performed in...
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Yuri Lowenthal

79. Yuri Lowenthal

1971-. (aged 55)
screenwriter television actor voice actor actor film actor
Yuri Lowenthal is an American voice actor known for his work in cartoons, anime, and video games. Some of his prominent voice roles in video games include Peter Parker / Spider-Man in various video games associated with the character, notably the incarnation featured in the Marvel's Spider-Man series by Insomniac Games and in Marvel Rivals by NetEase Games, Lorath Nahr...
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Henry Clay

80. Henry Clay

1777-1852 (aged 75)
writer lawyer diplomat politician
Henry Clay was an American lawyer and statesman who represented Kentucky in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. He was the seventh House speaker as well as the ninth secretary of state. Clay unsuccessfully ran for president in the 1824, 1832, and 1844 elections. He helped found both the National Republican Party and the Whig Party. For his...
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Dylan Baker

81. Dylan Baker

1959-. (aged 67)
stage actor film director television actor actor film actor
Dylan Baker is an American actor. He gained recognition for his roles in films such as Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987), Happiness (1998), Thirteen Days (2000), Road to Perdition (2002), Spider-Man 2 (2004), Spider-Man 3 (2007), Trick 'r Treat (2007), Revolutionary Road (2008), Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013), and Selma (2014). On television he has had prominent roles in...
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Scott Glenn

82. Scott Glenn

1941-. (aged 85)
stage actor military personnel actor stunt performer reporter
Theodore Scott Glenn is an American actor. His roles have included Bill Lester in She Came to the Valley (1979), Pfc Glenn Kelly in Nashville (1975), Wes Hightower in Urban Cowboy (1980), astronaut Alan Shepard in The Right Stuff (1983), Emmett in Silverado (1985), Captain Bart Mancuso in The Hunt for Red October (1990), Jack Crawford in The Silence of...
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James Monroe

83. James Monroe

1758-1831 (aged 73)
farmer lawyer writer statesperson politician
James Monroe was an American Founding Father who served as the fifth president of the United States from 1817 to 1825. He was the last Founding Father to serve as president as well as the last president of the Virginia dynasty. Monroe was a member of the Democratic-Republican Party, and his presidency coincided with the Era of Good Feelings, concluding...
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Mike Tomlin

84. Mike Tomlin

1972-. (aged 54)
American football coach
Michael Pettaway Tomlin is an American professional football coach who most recently served as the head coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL) from 2007 to 2025. During his 19 seasons as head coach, Tomlin never finished with a losing record, the longest streak in NFL history. At the time of his resignation, Tomlin was the...
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Linda Lavin

85. Linda Lavin

1937-2024 (aged 87)
film producer film actor film director stage actor television actor
Linda Lavin was an American actress and singer. Known for her roles on stage and screen, she received several awards including three Drama Desk Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two Obie Awards, and a Tony Award, as well as nominations for a Daytime Emmy Award and a Primetime Emmy Award. She was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame...
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Patton Oswalt

86. Patton Oswalt

1969-. (aged 57)
television actor actor television producer writer voice actor
Patton Peter Oswalt is an American stand-up comedian and actor. His acting roles include Spence Olchin in the sitcom The King of Queens (1998–2007) and narrating the sitcom The Goldbergs (2013–2023) as adult Adam F. Goldberg. After making his acting debut in the Seinfeld episode "The Couch", he has appeared in a variety of television series, such as Parks and...
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James Comey

87. James Comey

1960-. (aged 66)
jurist lawyer university teacher politician
James Brien Comey Jr. is an American lawyer who was the seventh director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from 2013 until his termination in May 2017.
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John Tyler

88. John Tyler

1790-1862 (aged 72)
statesperson lawyer politician
John Tyler was the tenth president of the United States, serving from 1841 to 1845, after briefly holding office as the tenth vice president in 1841. He was elected vice president on the 1840 Whig ticket with William Henry Harrison, succeeding to the presidency following Harrison's death 31 days after assuming office as president. Tyler was a stalwart supporter and...
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Jen Psaki

89. Jen Psaki

1978-. (aged 48)
television presenter politician
Jennifer Rene Psaki is an American political analyst and former government official. A political advisor who served under both the Obama and Biden administrations, she served in the Biden administration as the 34th White House press secretary from January 2021 to May 2022. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served in the Obama administration as the White House...
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Glenn Close

90. Glenn Close

1947-. (aged 79)
stage actor film director actor voice actor film producer
Glenn Close is an American actress. In a career spanning five decades on screen and stage, she has received numerous accolades, including three Primetime Emmy Awards, three Tony Awards and three Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for eight Academy Awards, three Grammy Awards, and two British Academy Film Awards. She was named by Time as one of the...
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Thomas Jefferson

91. Thomas Jefferson

1743-1826 (aged 83)
paleontologist planter class jurist architect statesperson
Thomas Jefferson was an American Founding Father and the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. He was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence. Jefferson was the nation's first U.S. secretary of state under George Washington and then the nation's second vice president under John Adams. Jefferson was a leading proponent of democracy, republicanism, and...
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Joe McCain

92. Joe McCain

1942-. (aged 84)
journalist actor
Joseph Pinckney McCain II is an American stage actor, newspaper reporter, and the brother and only living sibling of the late U.S. Senator and two-time presidential candidate John McCain.
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John Breckinridge

93. John Breckinridge

1760-1806 (aged 46)
lawyer politician
John Breckinridge was an American politician, militia officer, planter, and lawyer. He served several terms in the state legislatures of Virginia and Kentucky before being elected to the United States Senate. Breckinridge also served as the United States Attorney General during the second term of President Thomas Jefferson. He was the progenitor of Kentucky's Breckinridge family and the namesake of...
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John J. Crittenden

94. John J. Crittenden

1787-1863 (aged 76)
lawyer politician
John Jordan Crittenden was an American statesman and politician from the U.S. state of Kentucky. He represented the state in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate and twice served as United States Attorney General in the administrations of William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, and Millard Fillmore. He was also the 17th governor of Kentucky and served in...
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Roh Soh-yeong

95. Roh Soh-yeong

1961-. (aged 65)
Roh Soh-yeong is a South Korean business executive who is the founder and director of Art Center Nabi.
Yohanes Surya

96. Yohanes Surya

1963-. (aged 63)
physicist
Yohanes Surya is an Indonesian physicist and coach of Indonesian Physics Team for the Olympiad (TOFI) since 1993. Under his guidance, the Indonesian team has won 54 gold medals, 33 silver medals, and 42 bronze medals at various international science and physics competitions. He is well known for his 'fun and applicable physics' training program. He is author of 68...
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Todd Boehly

97. Todd Boehly

1973-. (aged 53)
business executive philanthropist investor businessperson
Todd Boehly is an American businessman and head of Eldridge Industries, a holding company headquartered in Miami, Florida. He is the company's co-founder, chairman, chief executive officer and controlling member, as well as chairman of asset manager Eldridge. He is also the co-controlling owner and chairman of Premier League football club Chelsea, and co-owner of Ligue 1 football club Strasbourg...
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John Marshall

98. John Marshall

1755-1835 (aged 80)
jurist lawyer writer judge politician
John Stanley Marshall was an English drummer and founding member of the jazz rock band Nucleus. He is most well known as the drummer for Soft Machine and its asscociated acts from 1972 until his retirement from the group in 2022.
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Lisa Desjardins

99. Lisa Desjardins

1972-. (aged 54)
journalist
Lisa Desjardins is an American political journalist. She is a correspondent at PBS NewsHour and has previously worked for the Associated Press and CNN Radio. As of 2018, she has reported on five U.S. presidential elections.
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