Notable Alumni of CUNY Brooklyn College [Sorted List]

1. Sante D'Orazio

1956-. (aged 70)

photographer fashion photographer

Sante D'Orazio is an American photographer. D'Orazio exhibited in the Kunsthaus Munich, Kunsthauswien Vienna, the L.A. County Museum, Kahmann Gallery (Amsterdam), Stellan Holm Gallery (New York), Cameraworks Gallery (Berlin) Hilario Galguera Gallery (Mexico City), and NRW Forum in Düsseldorf. His publications include: A Private View, Sante D'Orazio Photographs, Pam: American Icon, Katlick School, Gianni and Donatella, and Barely Private.

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2. Reed Farrel Coleman

1956-. (aged 70)

novelist

Reed Farrel Coleman is an American writer of crime fiction and a poet.

3. Joel Lebowitz

1930-. (aged 96)

university teacher mathematician physicist

Joel Louis Lebowitz is a mathematical physicist known for his contributions to statistical physics, statistical mechanics, and many other fields of mathematics and physics. He is a founding editor of the Journal of Statistical Physics and has served as president of the New York Academy of Sciences. Lebowitz is the George William Hill Professor of Mathematics and Physics at Rutgers...

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4. Melvin Konner

1946-. (aged 80)

psychiatrist anthropologist

Melvin Joel Konner is an American anthropologist who is the Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Anthropology and of Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology at Emory University.

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5. Bernice Sandler

1928-2019 (aged 91)

women's rights activist

Bernice Resnick Sandler was an American women's rights activist. She is best known for being instrumental in the creation of Title IX, a portion of the Education Amendments of 1972, in conjunction with representatives Edith Green and Patsy Mink and Senator Birch Bayh in the 1970s. She has been called "the Godmother of Title IX" by The New York Times....

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6. Lucy Shapiro

1940-. (aged 86)

academic geneticist developmental biologist university teacher

Lucy Shapiro is an American developmental biologist. She is a professor of Developmental Biology at the Stanford University School of Medicine. She is the Virginia and D.K. Ludwig Professor of Cancer Research and the director of the Beckman Center for Molecular and Genetic Medicine.

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7. Steve Malzberg

1959-. (aged 67)

radio personality

Stephen D. Malzberg is an American television and radio host, syndicated columnist, and political commentator. He hosted The Steve Malzberg Show, a cable news and opinion show on Newsmax TV. He has also hosted The Steve Malzberg Show and various other radio shows on WABC Radio in NYC and on WOR Radio, also in NYC where his show was syndicated...

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8. Lotti Golden

1949-. (aged 77)

singer composer singer-songwriter

Lotti Golden is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, poet and artist. Golden is best known for her 1969 debut album Motor-Cycle, on Atlantic Records as well as her long career as a songwriter for other artists in collaboration with Tommy Faragher.

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9. Blaise Ingoglia

1970-. (aged 56)

politician

Blaise Ingoglia is an American politician who has served as the fifth chief financial officer of Florida since July 2025. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served in the Florida Senate, representing the 11th district, from 2022 to 2025 and the Florida House of Representatives, representing the 35th district, from 2014 to 2022, as well as serving as...

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10. R. O. Kwon

university teacher novelist

R.O Kwon, also known as Reese Okyong Kwon, is a South Korean and American author. In 2018, she published her debut novel The Incendiaries with Riverhead Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House. Her second novel, Exhibit, was published in 2024.

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11. Aleksandr Lenderman

1989-. (aged 37)

chess player

Aleksandr "Alex" Lenderman is an American chess grandmaster. He won the 2005 World Under-16 Championship in Belfort with a score of 9/10 (+8 −0 =2), becoming the first American to win a gold medal at the World Youth Chess Championship since Tal Shaked won the World Junior Championship in 1997.

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12. Paul Davidson

1930-2024 (aged 94)

university teacher economist

Paul Davidson was an American macroeconomist who has been one of the leading spokesmen of the American branch of the post-Keynesian school in economics. He has actively intervened in important debates on economic policy (natural resources, international monetary system, developing countries' debt) from a position critical of mainstream economics.

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13. Frank Harary

1921-2005 (aged 84)

mathematician university teacher

Frank Harary was an American mathematician, who specialized in graph theory. He was widely recognized as one of the "fathers" of modern graph theory. Harary was a master of clear exposition and, together with his many doctoral students, he standardized the terminology of graphs. He broadened the reach of this field to include physics, psychology, sociology, and even anthropology. Gifted...

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14. Irving Greenberg

1933-. (aged 93)

historian educator rabbi philosopher

Irving Yitzchak Greenberg, also known as Yitz Greenberg, is an American scholar, author, and rabbi. Greenberg is known as a strong supporter of Israel, as well as a promoter of greater understanding between Judaism and Christianity.

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15. Stanley Shapiro

1925-1990 (aged 65)

film producer screenwriter writer

Stanley Shapiro was an American screenwriter and producer responsible for three of Doris Day's most successful films.

16. Bill Baird

1930-. (aged 96)

human rights defender

Bill Baird is a reproductive rights pioneer, called by some media the "father" of the birth control and abortion-rights movement. He was jailed eight times in five states in the 1960s for lecturing on abortion and birth control. Baird is believed to be the first and only non-lawyer in American history with three Supreme Court victories.

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17. David Weiss Halivni

1927-2022 (aged 95)

talmudist educator rabbi theologian

David Weiss Halivni was a European-born American-Israeli rabbi, scholar in the domain of Jewish sciences, and professor of Talmud. He served as Reish Metivta of the Institute of Traditional Judaism, the Union for Traditional Judaism's rabbinical school.

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18. Shosha Goren

1943-. (aged 83)

stage actor actor

Shosha Goren is an Israeli actress, playwright and comedian of Iraqi Jewish descent. She immigrated to Israel in 1951. While on a visit to the United States, she abandoned her position as teacher of Hebrew Literature and Language and went on to pursue her acting career at Brooklyn College in New York. However, in 1980, she returned to Israel with...

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19. Naomi Ragen

1949-. (aged 77)

children's writer activist writer

Naomi Ragen is an American-Israeli modern-Orthodox Jewish author and playwright. Ragen lives in Jerusalem, and writes in English. A recurring theme in her fictional works is injustice against women in the Haredi Jewish community. Ragen has been the subject of various lawsuits over claims of plagiarism.

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20. Arturo O'Farrill

1960-. (aged 66)

bandleader conductor composer jazz musician university teacher

Arturo O'Farrill is a jazz musician, the son of Latin jazz musician, arranger and bandleader Chico O'Farrill, and pianist, composer, and director for the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra. He is best known for his contributions to contemporary Latin jazz (more specifically Afro-Cuban jazz), having received Grammy Awards and nominations, though he has trained in other forms such as free jazz...

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21. Paul Tripp

1911-2002 (aged 91)

screenwriter voice actor stage actor film actor

Paul Tripp was an American children's musician, author, songwriter, and television and film actor. He collaborated with a fellow composer, George Kleinsinger. Tripp was the creator of the 1945 "Tubby the Tuba", a piece of classical music for children that has become his best-known work. He authored several books, including Rabbi Santa Claus and Diary of a Leaf.

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22. Edward Taub

1931-. (aged 95)

neuroscientist

Edward Taub is a behavioral neuroscientist on the faculty at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is best known for his involvement in the Silver Spring monkeys case, for making discoveries in the area of neuroplasticity, and developing constraint-induced movement therapy; a family of techniques which helps the rehabilitation of people who have developed learned non-use as a result...

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23. Robert Katz

1933-2010 (aged 77)

screenwriter novelist producer writer journalist

Robert Katz was an American novelist, screenwriter, and non-fiction author.

24. Beverly Pepper

1922-2020 (aged 98)

painter sculptor artist land artist

Beverly Pepper was an American sculptor known for her monumental works, site specific and land art. She remained independent from any particular art movement. She lived in Italy, primarily in Todi, since the 1950s.

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25. Young Jean Lee

1974-. (aged 52)

playwright creator writer university teacher theatrical director

Young Jean Lee is an American playwright, director, and filmmaker. She was the Artistic Director of Young Jean Lee's Theater Company, a not-for-profit theater company dedicated to producing her work. She has written and directed ten shows for Young Jean Lee's Theater Company and toured her work to over thirty cities around the world. Lee was called "the most adventurous...

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26. Dmitry Chaplin

1982-. (aged 44)

choreographer dancer

Dmitry Chaplin is a Russian dancer, choreographer, and actor, best known for being a contestant on the second season of the dance competition series So You Think You Can Dance as the sixth male contestant and in gender the sixth overall contestant to be eliminated. While competing on the series, he became known for performing shirtless, with one solo routine...

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27. Yossi Klein Halevi

1953-. (aged 73)

opinion journalist writer historian journalist activist

Yossi Klein Halevi is an American-born Israeli author and journalist.

28. Greg Grandin

1962-. (aged 64)

historian

Greg Grandin is an American historian and author. He is a professor of history at Yale University. He previously taught at New York University.

29. Jack B. Weinstein

1921-2021 (aged 100)

jurist lawyer judge university teacher

Jack Bertrand Weinstein was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Until his entry into inactive senior status on February 10, 2020, he maintained a full docket of cases.

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30. Izzy Young

1928-2019 (aged 91)

manufacturer writer music journalist

Israel Goodman Young, known as Izzy Young, was a noted figure in the world of folk music, both in America and Sweden. He was once the owner of the Folklore Center in Greenwich Village, New York, and from 1973 until his death, owned and operated the Folklore Centrum store in Stockholm.

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31. Leonard Lopate

1940-2025 (aged 85)

radio personality

Leonard Lopate was an American radio personality. He was the host of the radio talk show Leonard Lopate at Large, broadcast on WBAI, and the onetime host of the public radio talk show The Leonard Lopate Show, broadcast on WNYC. He first broadcast on WKCR, the college radio station of Columbia University, and then later on WBAI, before moving to...

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32. Naren Weiss

1991-. (aged 35)

stage actor

Naren Weiss is an actor, playwright, and former model. He played Osama bin Laden in Kamal Haasan's film on terrorism Vishwaroopam, Dekker in the ABC series Deception, and is known for his work in theatre in India and the United States.

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33. Vera Katz

1933-2017 (aged 84)

politician

Vera Katz was an American Democratic politician in the state of Oregon. She was the first woman to serve as Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives and was the 49th mayor of Portland, Oregon's most populous city. She grew up in New York City, moving to Portland in 1962, and was elected to the Oregon House in 1972. She...

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34. Roya Hakakian

1966-. (aged 60)

human rights defender film director journalist poet reporter

Roya Hakakian is an Iranian American Jewish writer, journalist, and political commentator. Born in Iran, she came to the United States as a refugee and is now a naturalized citizen. She is the author of several books, including an acclaimed memoir in English called Journey from the Land of No (Crown), Assassins of the Turquoise Palace (Grove/Atlantic), and A Beginner's...

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35. Walter Yetnikoff

1933-2021 (aged 88)

record producer

Walter Yetnikoff was an American music industry executive who was the president of CBS Records International from 1971 to 1975 and then president and CEO of CBS Records from 1975 to 1990. During his career at CBS Records, which included Columbia Records and Epic Records, he guided the careers of Michael Jackson, Billy Joel, Culture Club, Earth, Wind & Fire,...

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36. Satsvarupa dasa Goswami

1939-. (aged 87)

painter poet biographer writer theologian

Satsvarupa dasa Goswami is a senior disciple of Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, who founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), better known in the West as the Hare Krishna movement. Serving as a writer, poet, and artist, Satsvarupa dasa Goswami is the author of Bhaktivedanta Swami's authorized biography, Srila Prabhupada-lilamrta. After Prabhupada's death, Satsvarupa dasa Goswami was one of the...

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37. Jean-Claude La Marre

1973-. (aged 53)

actor television actor screenwriter television producer film director

Jean-Claude La Marre is a Haitian-American actor, writer, and director. His acting credits include the films Malcolm X and Dead Presidents. On television, he has guest-starred on New York Undercover, Law & Order, and NYPD Blue. He is also the writer and director of the independent films Gang of Roses and Go for Broke.

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38. Gloria Naylor

1950-2016 (aged 66)

writer novelist

Gloria Naylor was an American novelist, known for novels including The Women of Brewster Place (1982), Linden Hills (1985) and Mama Day (1988).

39. Alfred Drake

1914-1992 (aged 78)

singer stage actor theatrical director television actor playwright

Alfred Drake was an American actor and singer.

40. Sam Levenson

1911-1980 (aged 69)

writer television presenter journalist teacher

Samuel Levenson was an American humorist, writer, teacher, television host, and journalist.

41. Tuli Kupferberg

1923-2010 (aged 87)

singer songwriter writer musician poet

Naphtali "Tuli" Kupferberg was an American counterculture poet, author, singer, editorial cartoonist, comic artist, columnist, publisher, and co-founder of the rock band The Fugs.

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42. Joel Zwick

1942-. (aged 84)

theatrical director film director television director film producer

Joel Rudolf Zwick is an American film director, television director, and theater director. He worked on the television series Perfect Strangers, Full House, and Family Matters, and directed the films My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Second Sight, and Fat Albert.

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43. Novella Nelson

1939-2017 (aged 78)

singer stage actor television actor actor film actor

Novella Christine Nelson was an American actress and singer. She established her career as a singer, both on the off-Broadway and Broadway stage and in cabaret-style locales.

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44. Elliot Tiber

1935-2016 (aged 81)

writer painter librettist screenwriter

Elliot Michael Tiber was an artist, professor, and screenwriter who wrote a memoir about the Woodstock Festival held in Bethel, New York in 1969. He claimed responsibility for the relocation of the festival after a permit for it was withdrawn by the zoning board of a nearby town.

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45. Robert A. Daly

1936-. (aged 90)

business executive

Robert Anthony Daly is an American business executive who has led organizations such as CBS Entertainment, Warner Bros., Warner Music Group, and the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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46. Marty Markowitz

1945-. (aged 81)

politician

Martin Markowitz is an American politician who served as the borough president of Brooklyn, New York City. He was first elected in 2001 after serving 23 years as a New York State Senator. His third and final term ended in December 2013.

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47. Peter Nero

1934-2023 (aged 89)

pianist conductor musician

Peter Nero was an American pianist and pops conductor. He directed the Philly Pops from 1979 to 2013, and earned two Grammy Awards, including the award for Best New Artist in 1962, as well as a total of 8 nominations.

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48. Michael Salzhauer

1972-. (aged 54)

plastic surgeon

Michael Salzhauer is an American celebrity doctor who practices plastic surgery. He is active on social media as Dr. Miami and has been on reality television. Salzhauer runs a plastic surgery practice in Bay Harbor Islands, Florida.

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49. Rachelle Vinberg

1998-. (aged 28)

actor skateboarder

Rachelle Vinberg is an American skateboarder and actress. She is best known for starring as Camille, a fictionalized version of herself, in the film Skate Kitchen and the TV series Betty inspired by the real group of female skaters she is a part of.

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50. Fran Fraschilla

1958-. (aged 68)

basketball player head coach basketball coach

Francis John Fraschilla is an American basketball commentator and former college basketball coach.

51. Mark Lane

1927-2016 (aged 89)

politician conspiracy theorist lawyer writer jurist

Mark Lane was an American attorney, New York state legislator, civil rights activist, and Vietnam war-crimes investigator. Sometimes referred to as a gadfly, Lane is best known as a leading researcher, author, and conspiracy theorist on the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy.

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52. Glenn Thrush

1967-. (aged 59)

journalist political reporter

Glenn Thrush is an American journalist, pundit, and author. He is a reporter for The New York Times covering the Department of Justice and was formerly a White House correspondent. He is also a contributor for MSNBC, and was previously chief political correspondent at Politico and a senior staff writer for Politico Magazine.

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53. Bhikkhu Bodhi

1944-. (aged 82)

Buddhist monk

Jeffrey Block, better known as Bhikkhu Bodhi, is an American Theravada monk ordained in Sri Lanka who teaches in the area of New York and New Jersey. He is an author and Buddhist commentator and was appointed the second president of the Buddhist Publication Society. He is also the president of the Buddhist Association of America and the founder of...

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54. Donald Kagan

1932-2021 (aged 89)

academic university teacher historian non-fiction writer classical philologist

Donald Kagan was a Lithuanian-born American historian and classicist at Yale University specializing in ancient Greece. He formerly taught in the Department of History at Cornell University. Kagan was considered among the foremost American scholars of Greek history and is notable for his four-volume history of the Peloponnesian War.

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55. Walter Block

1941-. (aged 85)

economist philosopher businessperson

Walter Edward Block is an American Austrian School economist and anarcho-capitalist theorist. He was the Harold E. Wirth Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair in Economics at the School of Business at Loyola University New Orleans and a former senior fellow of the non-profit think-tank Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama.

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56. Annie Baker

1981-. (aged 45)

playwright film director teacher pedagogue

Annie Baker is an American playwright and film director. She is known for her Pulitzer Prize-winning play The Flick (2013). She has written a series of plays set in the fictional town of Shirley: Body Awareness (2008), Circle Mirror Transformation (2009), The Aliens (2010), and Nocturama (2014). She made her feature film directorial debut with the A24 coming-of-age drama Janet...

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57. Sid Rosenberg

1967-. (aged 59)

journalist radio personality

Sidney Ferris Rosenberg is an American radio personality. He is currently the host of Sid and Friends in the Morning and Sid Sports Sunday on 77 WABC in New York City.

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58. Malachi Throne

1928-2013 (aged 85)

stage actor television actor voice actor actor film actor

Malachi Throne was an American actor known for his role as Noah Bain in It Takes a Thief. He also had guest-starring roles on multiple television series, including Star Trek and Batman, and appeared in films and theater.

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59. Mike Garson

1945-. (aged 81)

composer pianist

Michael David Garson is an American pianist, who has worked with David Bowie, Nine Inch Nails, St. Vincent, Duran Duran, Free Flight, The Smashing Pumpkins, Melissa Auf der Maur, CSS and The Pretty Reckless.

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60. Mousa Kraish

1975-. (aged 51)

actor

Mousa Hussein Kraish is an American actor and director, who has appeared in several Hollywood films including Steven Spielberg's 2005 film Munich. He is best known for his role as the Jinn in American Gods.

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61. Doc Pomus

1925-1991 (aged 66)

writer songwriter singer musician

Jerome Solon Felder, known professionally as Doc Pomus, was an American blues singer and songwriter. He is best known as the co-writer of many rock and roll hits. Pomus was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a non-performer in 1992, the Songwriters Hall of Fame (1992), and the Blues Hall of Fame (2012).

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62. Paul Beatty

1962-. (aged 64)

novelist poet writer

Paul Beatty is an American author and professor of writing at Columbia University. In 2016, he won the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Man Booker Prize for his novel The Sellout. It was the first time a writer from the United States was honored with the Man Booker.

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63. Sandy Baron

1937-2001 (aged 64)

screenwriter television actor stage actor film actor

Sandy Baron was an American actor and comedian who performed on stage, in films, and on television. He is best known for his recurring role of Jack Klompus on the NBC sitcom Seinfeld.

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64. Robert Rosenthal

1917-2007 (aged 90)

lawyer prosecutor

Lieutenant Colonel Robert Rosenthal was an American lawyer and Army officer. A highly decorated B-17 commander of the Eighth Air Force of the United States Army Air Forces in World War II, Rosenthal was a recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross and two Silver Stars. Although bomber crews were initially only required to complete 25 combat missions in a combat...

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65. Jumaane Williams

1976-. (aged 50)

politician

Jumaane D. Williams is an American activist and politician who has served as the New York City Public Advocate since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party and a self-described democratic socialist, he is a former member of the New York City Council from the 45th district, which includes East Flatbush, Flatbush, Flatlands, Marine Park, and Midwood in Brooklyn.

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66. Gata Kamsky

1974-. (aged 52)

chess player

Gata Rustemovich Kamsky is a French-American chess grandmaster and a five-time U.S. champion.

67. Marvin Kaplan

1927-2016 (aged 89)

actor television actor screenwriter film actor voice actor

Marvin Wilbur Kaplan was an American actor, playwright and screenwriter who was best known as Henry Beesmeyer in Alice (1978–1985).

68. Damon Evans

1949-. (aged 77)

opera singer stage actor television actor performing artist actor

Damon Evans is an American actor best known as the second of two actors who portrayed Lionel Jefferson on the CBS sitcom The Jeffersons. He also portrayed the young Alex Haley (ages 17–25) in the ABC television miniseries Roots: The Next Generations.

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69. Ira Rennert

1934-. (aged 92)

financier

Ira Leon Rennert is an American billionaire businessman, and the chairman and CEO of Renco Group. As of November 2024, Forbes estimated his net worth at US$3.8 billion.

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70. Sharon Jones

1956-2016 (aged 60)

singer

Sharon Lafaye Jones was an American soul and funk singer. She was the lead singer of Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, a soul and funk band based in Brooklyn, New York. Jones experienced breakthrough success relatively late in life, releasing her first record when she was 40 years old. In 2014, Jones was nominated for her first Grammy, in the...

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71. Bruce Morrow

1935-. (aged 91)

disc jockey

Bruce Morrow is an American radio performer, publicly known as Cousin Brucie or Cousin Bruce Morrow. In an October 2020 interview, Morrow said he received the moniker "Cousin" while in the lobby of his midtown Manhattan WABC studio when an elderly woman once asked him "Cousin, lend me fifty cents to get home" to whom he did give that fifty...

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72. Paul Mazursky

1930-2014 (aged 84)

film director writer autobiographer film producer actor

Irwin Lawrence "Paul" Mazursky was an American film director, screenwriter, and actor. Known for his dramatic comedies that often dealt with modern social issues, he was nominated for five Academy Awards for Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969), Harry and Tonto (1974), An Unmarried Woman (1978), and Enemies, A Love Story (1989). He is also known for directing...

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73. Alan Vega

1938-2016 (aged 78)

painter sculptor singer musician

Alan Bermowitz, known professionally as Alan Vega, was an American vocalist and visual artist, primarily known for his work with the electronic proto-punk duo Suicide.

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74. Iris Weinshall

1953-. (aged 73)

politician

Iris Weinshall is an American politician. She is the chief operating officer of the New York Public Library, former vice chancellor at the City University of New York and a former commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation. Weinshall was appointed Chief Operating Officer by the Library in July 2014, and she began her tenure on September 1,...

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75. Sylvia Fine

1913-1991 (aged 78)

songwriter lyricist film producer composer actor

Sylvia Fine Kaye was an American lyricist, composer, and producer. Many of her compositions and productions were performed by her husband, comedian Danny Kaye. Fine was a Peabody Award-winner and was nominated for two Academy Awards and two Emmys during her career. She won an Emmy award in 1976 for a children's special.

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76. Ocean Vuong

1988-. (aged 38)

writer poet essayist university teacher

Ocean Vuong is a Vietnamese American poet, essayist, and novelist. His debut novel, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, was published in 2019. He received a MacArthur Grant that same year. He is the recipient of the 2014 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship from the Poetry Foundation, 2016 Whiting Award, and the 2017 T. S. Eliot Prize.

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77. Necro

1976-. (aged 50)

record producer composer film producer film actor film director

Ron Raphael Braunstein, professionally known by his stage name Necro, is an American rapper and record producer from New York City. He founded his own independent record label Psycho+Logical-Records in November 1999. He is a member of hip hop groups the Circle of Tyrants and Secret Society together with his older brother Ill Bill, and one-half of The Godfathers alongside...

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78. Linda Sarsour

1980-. (aged 46)

writer human rights defender community organizer political activist

Linda Sarsour is an American political activist. She was co-chair of the 2017 Women's March, the 2017 Day Without a Woman, and the 2019 Women's March. She is also a former executive director of the Arab American Association of New York. She and her Women's March co-chairs were profiled in Time magazine's "100 Most Influential People" in 2017.

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79. Brian Quinn

1976-. (aged 50)

comedian television actor

Brian Michael "Q" Quinn is an American improvisational comedian. He is a member of The Tenderloins, a comedy troupe also consisting of Sal Vulcano, James Murray, and formerly Joe Gatto. Along with the other members of The Tenderloins, he stars in the television series Impractical Jokers, which premiered in 2011, on TruTV.

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80. Saul Bass

1920-1996 (aged 76)

photographer designer graphic artist filmmaker film director

Saul Bass was an American graphic designer and filmmaker, best known for his design of motion-picture title sequences, film posters, and corporate logos.

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81. Philip Zimbardo

1933-2024 (aged 91)

author social psychologist screenwriter non-fiction writer university teacher

Philip George Zimbardo was an American psychologist and a professor at Stanford University. He was an internationally known educator, researcher, author and media personality in psychology who authored more than 500 articles, chapters, textbooks, and trade books covering a wide range of topics, including time perspective, cognitive dissonance, the psychology of evil, persuasion, cults, deindividuation, shyness, and heroism. He became...

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82. Steve Schirripa

1958-. (aged 68)

actor television producer writer

Steven Ralph Schirripa is an American actor. He is regularly credited as Steven R. Schirripa, including his total of over 300 total appearances in three long running series, playing: Bobby Bacala on The Sopranos; Leo Boykewich on The Secret Life of the American Teenager; and Detective Anthony Abetemarco on Blue Bloods. Schirripa is the host of two Investigation Discovery series:...

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83. Barbara Boxer

1940-. (aged 86)

congressional staff writer novelist stockbroker politician

Barbara Sue Boxer is a retired American politician, lobbyist, and former reporter who served in the United States Senate, representing California from 1993 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she served as the U.S. representative for California's 6th congressional district from 1983 until 1993.

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84. Herb Edelman

1933-1996 (aged 63)

television actor stage actor actor film actor

Herbert "Herb" Edelman was an American comedian, and actor of stage, film and television. He was twice nominated for an Emmy Award for his television work. His best-known role was as Stanley Zbornak, the ex-husband of Dorothy Zbornak (played by Bea Arthur) on The Golden Girls. He also had a recurring role on the 1980s medical drama St. Elsewhere.

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85. Don Lemon

1966-. (aged 60)

television presenter opinion journalist television journalist

Don Renaldo Lemon-Clark is an American television journalist best known for being a host on CNN from 2014 until 2023. He anchored weekend news programs on local television stations in Alabama and Pennsylvania during his early days as a journalist. Lemon worked as a news correspondent for NBC on its programming, such as Today and NBC Nightly News.

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86. Shirley Chisholm

1924-2005 (aged 81)

politician

Shirley Anita Chisholm was an American politician who, in 1968, became the first black woman to be elected to the United States Congress. Chisholm represented New York's 12th congressional district, a district centered in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn for seven terms from 1969 to 1983. In 1972, she became the first black candidate for a major-party nomination for President of the United...

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87. Al Sharpton

1954-. (aged 72)

human rights defender radio personality film actor religious leader politician

Alfred Charles Sharpton Jr. is an American civil rights and social justice activist, Baptist minister, radio talk show host, and TV personality, who is also the founder of the National Action Network civil rights organization. In 2004, he was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. presidential election. He hosts a weekday radio talk show, Keepin' It Real,...

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88. Dominic Chianese

1931-. (aged 95)

singer producer animator executive producer actor

Dominic Chianese is an American actor, singer, and musician. He is best known for his roles as Corrado "Junior" Soprano on the HBO series The Sopranos (1999–2007), Johnny Ola in The Godfather Part II (1974), and Leander Whitlock in Boardwalk Empire (2011–2013).

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89. Bernie Sanders

1941-. (aged 85)

politician

Bernard Sanders is an American politician and activist serving as the senior United States senator from Vermont, a seat he has held since 2007. He is the longest-serving independent in U.S. congressional history, but maintains a close relationship with the Democratic Party, having caucused with House and Senate Democrats for most of his congressional career and sought the party's presidential...

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90. Alan Dershowitz

1938-. (aged 88)

art collector lawyer university teacher screenwriter

Alan Morton Dershowitz is an American lawyer and law professor known for his work in U.S. constitutional and criminal law. From 1964 to 2013, he taught at Harvard Law School, where he was appointed as the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law in 1993. Dershowitz is a regular media contributor, political commentator, and legal analyst.

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91. Jimmy Smits

1955-. (aged 71)

television actor film producer actor film actor

Jimmy L. Smits is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Attorney Victor Sifuentes on the legal drama L.A. Law, NYPD Detective Bobby Simone on the police drama NYPD Blue, Matt Santos on the political drama The West Wing and Bail Organa in the Star Wars franchise. He has also appeared as ADA Miguel Prado in...

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92. Sara Shepard

1977-. (aged 49)

children's writer novelist writer

Sara Shepard is an American author. She is known for the bestselling Pretty Little Liars and The Lying Game book series, both of which have been turned into television shows on Freeform.

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93. Benjamin Brafman

1948-. (aged 78)

lawyer

Benjamin Brafman is an American criminal defense attorney and founder of the Manhattan-based law firm Brafman & Associates. Brafman is known for representing many high-profile defendants, including celebrities, accused Mafia members, and political figures.

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94. Stanley Aronowitz

1933-2021 (aged 88)

cultural studies scholar politician sociologist

Stanley Aronowitz was an American sociologist, trade union official, and political activist. A professor of sociology, cultural studies, and urban education at the CUNY Graduate Center, his longtime political activism and cultural criticism was influential in the New Left movement of the 1960s, 1970s, and beyond. He was also an advocate for organized labor and a member of the interim...

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95. Tina Satter

1974-. (aged 52)

theatrical director playwright film director screenwriter

Kristina "Tina" Satter is an American playwright and theater director based in New York City. She is the founder and artistic director of the theater company Half Straddle, which formed in 2008 and received an Obie Award grant in 2013. Satter won a Guggenheim in 2020. Satter was described by Ben Brantley of the New York Times as "a genre-and-gender-bending,...

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96. James Franco

1978-. (aged 48)

film editor film actor film producer film director television presenter

James Edward Franco is an American actor and filmmaker. He has starred in numerous films, including Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007), Milk (2008), Eat Pray Love (2010), Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011), Spring Breakers (2012), and Oz the Great and Powerful (2013). He has collaborated with fellow actor Seth Rogen on multiple projects, including Pineapple Express (2008),...

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97. Stanley Cohen

1922-2020 (aged 98)

endocrinologist physiologist biochemist university teacher

Stanley Cohen was an American biochemist who, along with Rita Levi-Montalcini, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1986 for the isolation of nerve growth factor and the discovery of epidermal growth factor.

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98. Larry Sanders

1935-. (aged 91)

university teacher politician

Larry Sanders is an American professional basketball player. He played power forward for the Virginia Commonwealth University Rams before declaring himself eligible for the 2010 NBA draft and was selected 15th overall by the Milwaukee Bucks.

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99. Mel Brooks

1926-. (aged 100)

cinematographer lyricist film producer television producer film director

Melvin James Brooks is an American actor, filmmaker, comedian, and songwriter. With a career spanning over seven decades, he is known as a writer and director of a variety of successful broad farces and parodies. A recipient of numerous accolades, he is one of 28 entertainers to win the EGOT, which includes an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a...

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100. Israel Kirzner

1930-. (aged 96)

university teacher writer rabbi ethicist economist

Israel Meir Kirzner is a British-born American economist, historian, rabbi, and Talmudist closely identified with the Austrian School.