100 Notable alumni of Dartmouth College

Updated: June 22, 2026 EliteDegrees

Dartmouth College is ranked #148 in the world and #74 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from Dartmouth College sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Dartmouth College won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.

Hyrum Smith

1. Hyrum Smith

1800-1844 (aged 44)
missionary
Hyrum Smith was an American religious leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, the original church of the Latter Day Saint movement. He was the older brother of the movement's founder, Joseph Smith, and was killed with his brother at Carthage Jail where they were being held awaiting trial.
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Budd Schulberg

2. Budd Schulberg

1914-2009 (aged 95)
screenwriter novelist writer journalist television producer
Budd Schulberg was an American screenwriter, television producer, novelist and sports writer. He was known for his novels What Makes Sammy Run? (1941) and The Harder They Fall (1947), as well as his screenplays for On the Waterfront (1954) and A Face in the Crowd (1957), receiving an Academy Award for the former.
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Seth Abramson

3. Seth Abramson

1976-. (aged 50)
university teacher blogger lawyer
Seth Abramson is an American professor, attorney, author, political columnist, musician, and poet. He is the editor of the Best American Experimental Writing series and wrote a trilogy of nonfiction works detailing the foreign policy agenda and political scandals of president Donald Trump.
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Jean Hanff Korelitz

4. Jean Hanff Korelitz

1961-. (aged 65)
novelist
Jean Hanff Korelitz is an American novelist, playwright, theater producer and essayist.
Alex Kapp Horner

5. Alex Kapp Horner

1969-. (aged 57)
film actor actor television actor
Alex Kapp is an American television actress and writer, best known for her role as Lindsay on the CBS sitcom The New Adventures of Old Christine (2006–10).
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Lis Smith

6. Lis Smith

1982-. (aged 44)
writer political adviser
Elisabeth Smith is an American political strategist for the Democratic Party.
Sandy Alderson

7. Sandy Alderson

1947-. (aged 79)
sports executive military officer
Richard Lynn "Sandy" Alderson is an American baseball executive. He was the president of various Major League Baseball teams, including the New York Mets. He previously served as the general manager of the New York Mets from 2011 to 2018, an executive in the Oakland Athletics and San Diego Padres organizations, and the commissioner's office of Major League Baseball. As...
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Greg Maffei

8. Greg Maffei

1960-. (aged 66)
businessperson
Gregory Ben Maffei is an American businessman. He is the former president and chief executive officer of Liberty Media and the chairman of QVC Group, SiriusXM, and Tripadvisor. He is the former chairman of Live Nation, Starz and Expedia, as well as the former chief financial officer of Oracle and Microsoft.
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Eric Fanning

9. Eric Fanning

1968-. (aged 58)
politician
Eric Kenneth Fanning is the president and CEO of the Aerospace Industries Association industry trade group. He served as the 22nd Secretary of the Army from May 18, 2016, to January 20, 2017, the first openly gay leader of a U.S. military service. Before that, Fanning was the 24th United States Under Secretary of the Air Force.
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Alexi Pappas

10. Alexi Pappas

1990-. (aged 36)
film actor athletics competitor film director
Alexi Pappas or Alexia Pappa is a Greek-American runner, filmmaker, actor, and writer. Pappas was an NCAA All-American athlete at both Dartmouth College and the University of Oregon. She represented Greece at the 2016 Summer Olympics, setting the national record for 10k.
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Marsha Stephanie Blake

11. Marsha Stephanie Blake

actor
Marsha Stephanie Blake is a Jamaican American actress. She is best known for her role as Linda McCray in the Netflix miniseries When They See Us, for which she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie.
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Ben Barres

12. Ben Barres

1954-2017 (aged 63)
neurobiologist neuroscientist
Benjamin Barres was an American neurobiologist at Stanford University. His research focused on the interaction between neurons and glial cells in the nervous system. Beginning in 2008, he was chair of the Neurobiology Department at Stanford University School of Medicine. He transitioned to male in 1997, and became the first openly transgender scientist in the National Academy of Sciences in...
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Rodman Rockefeller

13. Rodman Rockefeller

1932-2000 (aged 68)
businessperson
Rodman Clark Rockefeller was an American businessman and philanthropist. A fourth-generation member of the Rockefeller family, he was a son of former U.S. Vice President Nelson A. Rockefeller, a grandson of American financer John D. Rockefeller Jr., and a great-grandson of Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller.
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William McDonough

14. William McDonough

1951-. (aged 75)
writer environmentalist university teacher architect
William Andrews McDonough is an American architect and academic. McDonough is the founding principal of William McDonough + Partners and was the dean of the School of Architecture at the University of Virginia. He works in green and sustainable architecture, often incorporating his theory of cradle-to-cradle design.
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James Nachtwey

15. James Nachtwey

1948-. (aged 78)
war photographer photojournalist journalist photographer
James Nachtwey is an American photojournalist and war photographer.
Sylvester Weaver

16. Sylvester Weaver

1908-2002 (aged 94)
screenwriter
Sylvester Laflin "Pat" Weaver Jr. was an American broadcasting executive who was president of NBC between 1953 and 1955. He has been credited with reshaping the format and philosophy of commercial broadcasting as radio gave way to television as America's dominant home entertainment medium. Actress Sigourney Weaver is his daughter.
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Stan Brakhage

17. Stan Brakhage

1933-2003 (aged 70)
film producer film director university teacher film editor cinematographer
James Stanley Brakhage was an American experimental filmmaker. He is considered to be one of the most important figures in 20th-century experimental film.
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Alex X. Mooney

18. Alex X. Mooney

1971-. (aged 55)
politician
Alexander Xavier Mooney is an American lobbyist and former politician who served as the U.S. representative for West Virginia's 2nd congressional district from 2015 to 2025. A member of the Republican Party, he represented the 3rd district in the Maryland State Senate from 1999 to 2011 and is a former chair of the Maryland Republican Party. He is the first...
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Bob Rafelson

19. Bob Rafelson

1933-2022 (aged 89)
screenwriter director film director writer film producer
Robert Jay Rafelson was an American film director, writer, and producer. He is regarded as one of the key figures in the founding of the New Hollywood movement of the 1970s. Among his best-known films as a director include those made as part of the company he co-founded, Raybert/BBS Productions, Five Easy Pieces (1970) and The King of Marvin Gardens...
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Jack Kornfield

20. Jack Kornfield

1945-. (aged 81)
writer psychologist
Jack Kornfield is an American psychologist writer and teacher in the Vipassana movement in American Theravada Buddhism. He trained as a Buddhist monk in Thailand, Burma and India, first as a student of the Thai forest master Ajahn Chah and Mahasi Sayadaw of Burma. He has taught mindfulness meditation worldwide since 1974. In 1975, he co-founded the Insight Meditation Society...
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Michelle Khare

21. Michelle Khare

1992-. (aged 34)
television producer road cyclist YouTuber actor
Michelle Asha Khare is an American YouTuber, television host, stunt performer, actress and former professional cyclist. She is the co-creator and host of the YouTube reality documentary series Challenge Accepted, and the host of the children's competition program Karma on HBO Max.
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Paul Tsongas

22. Paul Tsongas

1941-1997 (aged 56)
politician
Paul Efthemios Tsongas was an American politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1979 until 1985 and in the United States House of Representatives from 1975 until 1979. A member of the Democratic Party, he ran for president in 1992. He won eight contests during the presidential primaries but ultimately lost the nomination to Bill Clinton, who...
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Jeff Wadlow

23. Jeff Wadlow

1976-. (aged 50)
actor screenwriter director executive producer film director
Jeffrey Clark Wadlow is an American screenwriter, producer and director. He is best known for writing, producing and directing feature films, including Kick-Ass 2 (2013), Truth or Dare (2018), Fantasy Island (2020), and Imaginary (2024). In 2022, Wadlow was nominated for a DGA award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs.
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Kevin Oh

24. Kevin Oh

1990-. (aged 36)
singer
Kevin Oh, is a South Korean and American singer-songwriter. He is the winner of Superstar K7. He released his first EP, Stardust, on January 20, 2017. He was also a contestant on the JTBC show, Superband.
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Paul Gambaccini

25. Paul Gambaccini

1949-. (aged 77)
television presenter radio personality writer
Paul Matthew Gambaccini is an American-British radio and television presenter and author. He is a dual citizen of the United States and United Kingdom, having become a British citizen in 2005.
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Nathaniel Fick

26. Nathaniel Fick

1977-. (aged 49)
military officer
Nathaniel Charles Fick is an investor and technology executive, a former American diplomat, an author, and a former United States Marine Corps officer. He is the Chief Strategy Officer for Equities at Cerberus Capital Management. He was the CEO of cybersecurity software company Endgame, Inc., then worked for Elastic NV after it acquired Endgame. He was an Operating Partner at...
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Karl Barry Sharpless

27. Karl Barry Sharpless

1941-. (aged 85)
university teacher chemist
Karl Barry Sharpless is an American stereochemist. He is a two-time Nobel laureate in chemistry, known for his work on stereoselective reactions and click chemistry.
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Jeff Immelt

28. Jeff Immelt

1956-. (aged 70)
university teacher economist entrepreneur
Jeffrey Robert Immelt is an American manufacturing executive working as a venture partner at New Enterprise Associates. He previously was the CEO of General Electric from 2001 to 2017, and the CEO of GE's Medical Systems division from 1997 to 2000. Immelt's tenure saw GE's largest divestments in the company's history, as the company sold almost two-thirds of its subsidiaries...
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C. Everett Koop

29. C. Everett Koop

1916-2013 (aged 97)
pediatric surgeon physician
Charles Everett Koop was an American pediatric surgeon and public health administrator who served as the 13th surgeon general of the United States under President Ronald Reagan from 1982 to 1989. According to the Associated Press, "Koop was the only surgeon general to become a household name" due to his frequent public presence around the HIV/AIDS crisis of the 1980s.
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Patrick M. Byrne

30. Patrick M. Byrne

1962-. (aged 64)
chief executive officer
Patrick Michael Byrne is an American businessman, promoter of conspiracy theories, and libertarian noted for his views on public education and blockchain.
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Chris Meledandri

31. Chris Meledandri

1959-. (aged 67)
executive producer film producer
Christopher Meledandri is an American film producer and founder and CEO of Illumination. He previously served as president of 20th Century Fox Animation, working as the executive producer for the Blue Sky Studios-produced films Ice Age (2002), Robots (2005), Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006), and Horton Hears a Who! (2008). Since 2010, he has worked as the producer for the...
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Rich Fulcher

32. Rich Fulcher

1968-. (aged 58)
actor television actor screenwriter
Richard Fulcher is an American comedian, actor and author. He played Bob Fossil and other characters in the British comedy series The Mighty Boosh, and Edward Sheath in the American series Jon Benjamin Has a Van. He has also appeared in Noel Fielding's more recent show, Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy. His other appearances include Unnatural Acts with Julian Barratt and...
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Joseph Losey

33. Joseph Losey

1909-1984 (aged 75)
film director director producer writer film screenwriter
Joseph Walton Losey III was an American film and theatre director, producer, and screenwriter. Born in Wisconsin, he studied in Germany with Bertolt Brecht and then returned to the United States. Blacklisted by Hollywood in the 1950s, he moved to Europe where he made the remainder of his films, mostly in the United Kingdom.
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Brad Ausmus

34. Brad Ausmus

1969-. (aged 57)
baseball manager baseball player
Bradley David Ausmus is an American former professional baseball player, manager and current coach. He is the bench coach for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). In his 18-year MLB playing career, Ausmus played as a catcher for the San Diego Padres, Detroit Tigers, Houston Astros, and Los Angeles Dodgers. He also managed the Tigers, Los Angeles...
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Kyle Hendricks

35. Kyle Hendricks

1989-. (aged 37)
baseball player
Kyle Christian Hendricks is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Angels. He made his MLB debut in 2014 with the Cubs and led MLB in earned run average (ERA) in 2016, winning the World Series that same year.
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John Donahoe

36. John Donahoe

1960-. (aged 66)
entrepreneur
John Joseph Donahoe II is an American businessman who is the athletic director of Stanford University. He was the CEO of Nike from January 2020 to October 2024. Early in his career, he worked for Bain & Company, becoming the firm's president and CEO in 1999. He is on the board of directors at The Bridgespan Group and is chairman...
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Gonzalo Lira

37. Gonzalo Lira

1968-2024 (aged 56)
essayist vlogger political pundit
Gonzalo Ángel Quintilio Lira López was a Chilean-American, at various times in his life novelist, screenwriter, filmmaker, self-styled dating coach, YouTuber, political commentator, blogger and vlogger. At one point in his career as a novelist, Lira was described as the 'highest paid Chilean writer in the world'. Lira would later become involved in the manosphere, posting anti-feminist content under the...
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Jo Jo White

38. Jo Jo White

1946-2018 (aged 72)
basketball player restaurateur actor basketball coach
Joseph Henry White was an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Kansas Jayhawks, where he was named a second-team All-American twice. White was part of the U.S. men's basketball team during the 1968 Summer Olympics, winning a gold medal with the team.
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Grant Tinker

39. Grant Tinker

1925-2016 (aged 91)
television producer
Grant Almerin Tinker was an American television executive who was chairman and CEO of NBC from 1981 to 1986. Additionally, he was a co-founder of MTM Enterprises and a television producer.
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Josh Stein

40. Josh Stein

1966-. (aged 60)
lawyer politician
Joshua Harold Stein is an American politician and lawyer serving as the 76th governor of North Carolina since 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, Stein served as the 51st attorney general of North Carolina from 2017 to 2025 and in the North Carolina Senate from 2009 to 2016.
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William Talman

41. William Talman

1915-1968 (aged 53)
screenwriter stage actor television actor actor film actor
William Whitney Talman Jr. was an American television and movie actor, best known for playing Los Angeles District Attorney Hamilton Burger in the television series Perry Mason.
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David Birney

42. David Birney

1939-2022 (aged 83)
film actor television actor stage actor
David Edwin Birney was an American actor and director whose career included performances in both contemporary and classical roles in theatre, film, and television. He is noted for having played the title role in the television series Serpico. He also starred in Bridget Loves Bernie, an early 1970s TV series about an interfaith marriage that also starred Meredith Baxter, whom...
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Eleni Kounalakis

43. Eleni Kounalakis

1966-. (aged 60)
diplomat businessperson politician
Eleni Kounalakis is an American politician, businesswoman, and diplomat serving as the 50th lieutenant governor of California since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, she is the first Greek American and the first woman elected to the office.
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Maya Wiley

44. Maya Wiley

civil rights advocate teacher counsel
Maya D. Wiley is an American lawyer, professor, and civil rights activist. She has served as president and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights since May 2022. Wiley served as counsel to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. She chaired the Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) from 2016 to 2017. She was an MSNBC legal...
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Howie Hawkins

45. Howie Hawkins

1952-. (aged 74)
activist transportation worker politician
Howard Gresham Hawkins III is an American trade unionist and environmental activist. Co-founder of the Green Party of the United States, Hawkins was the party's presidential nominee in the 2020 presidential election. His ideological platform includes enacting an eco-socialist version of the Green New Deal—which he first proposed in 2010—and building a viable, independent working-class political and social movement in...
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Louise Erdrich

46. Louise Erdrich

1954-. (aged 72)
novelist short story writer writer children's writer poet
Karen Louise Erdrich is an American author of novels, short stories, poetry, and children's books featuring Native American characters and settings. She is an enrolled citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota, a federally recognized Ojibwe people.
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Bruce Rauner

47. Bruce Rauner

1957-. (aged 69)
businessperson actor university teacher politician
Bruce Vincent Rauner is an American businessman, venture capitalist, and politician who served as the 42nd governor of Illinois from 2015 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he had a decades-long career in investment management before entering politics, serving as the co-founder and chairman of Chicago-based private equity firm GTCR. As of 2025, Rauner and his lieutenant governor...
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Rob Portman

48. Rob Portman

1955-. (aged 71)
adviser lawyer politician
Robert Jones Portman is an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from Ohio from 2011 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party, Portman was the 35th director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) from 2006 to 2007, the 14th United States trade representative from 2005 to 2006, and a U.S. representative from...
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Diana Taylor

49. Diana Taylor

1955-. (aged 71)
politician
Diana Lancaster Taylor is an American business executive. She was the New York Superintendent of Banks from 2003 to 2007. Taylor was the First Lady of New York City from 2002 to 2013 through her domestic partnership with politician and businessman Michael Bloomberg.
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Neal Katyal

50. Neal Katyal

1970-. (aged 56)
lawyer
Neal Kumar Katyal is an American lawyer and legal scholar. He is a partner at Milbank LLP and is the Paul and Patricia Saunders Professor of National Security Law at Georgetown University Law Center.
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Brian J. White

51. Brian J. White

1975-. (aged 51)
television actor dancer actor stockbroker model
Brian Joseph White is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in films such as The Family Stone (2005), The Game Plan (2007), 12 Rounds (2009), I Can Do Bad All by Myself (2009), Good Deeds (2012), and The Cabin in the Woods (2012). On television, White had prominent roles in Men of a Certain Age (2009–11),...
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Buck Henry

52. Buck Henry

1930-2020 (aged 90)
actor television actor screenwriter director film actor
Buck Henry was an American actor, screenwriter, and director. Henry's contributions to film included his work as a co-writer for Mike Nichols's The Graduate (1967) for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He appeared in acting roles in Nichols's Catch-22 (1970)—also co-written with Nichols—Herbert Ross's The Owl and the Pussycat (1970), and Peter...
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James Forrestal

53. James Forrestal

1892-1949 (aged 57)
diarist minister investment banker military officer politician
James Vincent Forrestal was the last cabinet-level United States secretary of the Navy and the first United States secretary of defense.
Robert Christgau

54. Robert Christgau

1942-. (aged 84)
essayist music critic writer journalist reporter
Robert Thomas Christgau is an American music journalist and essayist. Among the most influential music critics, he began his career in the late 1960s as one of the earliest professional rock critics and later became an early proponent of musical movements such as hip hop, riot grrrl, and the import of African popular music in the West. He was the...
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Mike Capuano

55. Mike Capuano

1952-. (aged 74)
general counsel lawyer politician
Michael Everett Capuano is an American politician and attorney who served as a U.S. Representative of Massachusetts from 1999 to 2019. A Democrat, his district included the northern three-fourths of Boston, as well as parts of Cambridge, his hometown of Somerville, and other communities immediately north and south of Boston. Prior to being elected to Congress, he served in Somerville...
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Tom Wolf

56. Tom Wolf

1948-. (aged 78)
businessperson entrepreneur politician
Thomas Westerman Wolf is an American politician and businessman who served as the 47th governor of Pennsylvania from 2015 to 2023. He previously served as chairman and CEO of his business, The Wolf Organization, and later as secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue from April 2007 to November 2008.
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Alex Azar

57. Alex Azar

1967-. (aged 59)
politician civil servant lawyer lobbyist businessperson
Alex Michael Azar II is an American attorney, businessman, lobbyist, and former pharmaceutical executive who served as the 24th U.S. secretary of health and human services from 2018 to 2021. He was also chairman of the White House Coronavirus Task Force from its inception in January 29, 2020 to February 26, 2020, when he was replaced by Vice President Mike...
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Thaddeus Stevens

58. Thaddeus Stevens

1792-1868 (aged 76)
jurist lawyer politician
Thaddeus Stevens was an American politician and lawyer who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, being one of the leaders of the Radical Republican faction of the Republican Party during the 1860s. A fierce opponent of slavery and discrimination against Black Americans, Stevens sought to secure their rights during Reconstruction, leading the opposition...
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Daniel Webster

59. Daniel Webster

1949-. (aged 77)
politician business executive
Daniel Webster was an American lawyer and statesman who represented New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the U.S. Congress and served as the 14th and 19th U.S. secretary of state under presidents William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, and Millard Fillmore. Webster was one of the most prominent American lawyers of the 19th century, arguing over 200 cases before the United States...
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William Kamkwamba

60. William Kamkwamba

1987-. (aged 39)
writer inventor electrotechnician electronician
William Kamkwamba is a Malawian inventor, engineer, and author. He gained renown in his country in 2001 when he built a wind turbine to power multiple electrical appliances in his family's house in Wimbe, 23 kilometres (14 mi) east of Kasungu, using blue gum trees, bicycle parts, and materials collected in a local scrapyard. Since then, he has built a...
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Henry Paulson

61. Henry Paulson

1946-. (aged 80)
economist university teacher finance minister investment banker politician
Henry Merritt "Hank" Paulson Jr. is an American investment banker and financier who served as the 74th United States secretary of the treasury from 2006 to 2009. Prior to his role in the Department of the Treasury, Paulson was the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of major investment bank Goldman Sachs.
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Stephen Macht

62. Stephen Macht

1942-. (aged 84)
film actor television actor stage actor
Stephen Robert Macht is an American actor, rabbi and professor.
Robert Ryan

63. Robert Ryan

1909-1973 (aged 64)
stage actor television actor voice actor actor film actor
Robert Bushnell Ryan was an American actor and activist. He became known for his roles in films noir and Westerns, gaining fame for his portrayals of both hardened anti-heroes and ruthless villains. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Crossfire (1947), and a BAFTA Award for his performance in Billy Budd (1962)....
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Dan Gilroy

64. Dan Gilroy

1959-. (aged 67)
screenwriter director film director
Daniel Christopher Gilroy is an American screenwriter and film director. He is best known for writing and directing Nightcrawler (2014), for which he won Best Screenplay at the 30th Independent Spirit Awards, and was nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the 87th Academy Awards. His other screenwriting credits include Freejack (1992), Two for the Money (2005), The Fall (2006), Real...
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Robert Reich

65. Robert Reich

1946-. (aged 80)
economist political scientist university teacher politician
Robert Bernard Reich is an American professor, author, lawyer, and political commentator. He worked in the administrations of presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter, and he served as secretary of labor in the cabinet of President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 1997. He was also a member of President Barack Obama's economic transition advisory board. In 2008, Time magazine named...
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Andrew Shue

66. Andrew Shue

1967-. (aged 59)
association football player television actor film producer actor film actor
Andrew Shue is an American actor, known for his role as Billy Campbell on the television series Melrose Place (1992–1999). Shue played soccer professionally for several years. He co-founded and served on the board of directors of the global non-profit organization Do Something, and co-founded the social networking website CafeMom.
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Rachel Dratch

67. Rachel Dratch

1966-. (aged 60)
television actor screenwriter writer film actor voice actor
Rachel Susan Dratch is an American actress, comedian, and writer. After she graduated from Dartmouth College, she moved to Chicago to study improvisational theatre at The Second City and ImprovOlympic. Dratch's breakthrough role was her tenure as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 1999 to 2006. During her time on SNL, she portrayed...
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Dinesh D'Souza

68. Dinesh D'Souza

1961-. (aged 65)
film director journalist conspiracy theorist political scientist politician
Dinesh Joseph D'Souza is an Indian-American right-wing political commentator, conspiracy theorist, author, and filmmaker. He has made several films and written over a dozen books, several of them New York Times best-sellers.
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Kirsten Gillibrand

69. Kirsten Gillibrand

1966-. (aged 60)
lawyer writer politician
Kirsten Elizabeth Gillibrand is an American lawyer and politician serving as the junior United States senator from New York since 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, she served as member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 2007 to 2009.
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Jake Tapper

70. Jake Tapper

1969-. (aged 57)
draftsperson writer journalist
Jacob Paul Tapper is an American journalist. He is the lead Washington anchor for CNN, hosts the weekday television news show The Lead with Jake Tapper, and co-hosts the Sunday morning public affairs program State of the Union.
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Robert Frost

71. Robert Frost

1874-1963 (aged 89)
writer playwright poet pedagogue
Robert Lee Frost was an American poet. Known for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech, Frost frequently wrote about settings from rural life in New England in the early 20th century, using them to examine complex social and philosophical themes.
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David Benioff

72. David Benioff

1970-. (aged 56)
film producer manufacturer showrunner television producer film screenwriter
David Friedman, known professionally as David Benioff, is an American novelist, screenwriter, and producer. Along with his collaborator D. B. Weiss, he is best known for co-creating Game of Thrones (2011–2019), the HBO adaptation of George R. R. Martin's series of books, A Song of Ice and Fire. He also wrote 25th Hour (2002), Troy (2004), The Kite Runner (2007),...
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Nelson Rockefeller

73. Nelson Rockefeller

1908-1979 (aged 71)
art collector philanthropist businessperson politician
Nelson Aldrich "Rocky" Rockefeller was the 41st vice president of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977 under President Gerald Ford. A member of the Republican Party and the wealthy Rockefeller family, he was the 49th governor of New York from 1959 to 1973. He was the leader of the moderate faction of his party, known as the Rockefeller...
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Shonda Rhimes

74. Shonda Rhimes

1970-. (aged 56)
film producer screenwriter writer television producer film director
Shonda Lynn Rhimes is an American television producer and screenwriter, and founder of the production company Shondaland. Inducted into the Television Hall of Fame and NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame, Rhimes became known as the first showrunner–creator, head writer, and executive producer–of the medical drama Grey's Anatomy (2005–present), its spin-off Private Practice (2007–2013) and the political thriller Scandal (2012–2018), becoming...
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Sarah Wayne Callies

75. Sarah Wayne Callies

1977-. (aged 49)
actor voice actor television director
Sarah Wayne Callies is an American actress. She is known for starring as Sara Tancredi in Fox's Prison Break, Lori Grimes in AMC's The Walking Dead, and more recently, as Birdie Nicolletti in ABC's The Company You Keep. She has also starred as Katie Bowman in USA Network's Colony and Robin Perry in NBC's Council of Dads and has had...
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Aisha Tyler

76. Aisha Tyler

1970-. (aged 56)
film editor film actor podcaster voice actor film producer
Aisha Tyler is an American actress and talk show host. She is known for playing Andrea Marino in the first season of Ghost Whisperer, Dr. Tara Lewis in Criminal Minds since 2015, Mother Nature in the final two The Santa Clause films, and voicing Lana Kane in Archer. She also had recurring roles on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Talk Soup,...
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David Harbour

77. David Harbour

1975-. (aged 51)
television actor stage actor actor film actor
David Kenneth Harbour is an American actor. He gained global recognition for his portrayal of Jim Hopper in the Netflix science fiction series Stranger Things (2016–2025), for which he received two nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. His starring film roles include the title character in Hellboy (2019), Santa Claus in Violent...
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Mindy Kaling

78. Mindy Kaling

1979-. (aged 47)
voice actor showrunner actor comedian television actor
Vera Mindy Chokalingam, known professionally as Mindy Kaling, is an American actress, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. Known for her work on television, she has received a Tony Award and six nominations at the Primetime Emmy Awards. Among other honors, she has also received the Producers Guild of America's Norman Lear Achievement in Television Award and was awarded the National Medal...
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Elaine Chao

79. Elaine Chao

1953-. (aged 73)
politician economist
Elaine Lan Chao is a Taiwanese-American businesswoman and former government official who served as United States secretary of labor in the administration of George W. Bush from 2001 to 2009 and as United States secretary of transportation in the first administration of Donald Trump from 2017 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Chao was the first Asian American...
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John Hoeven

80. John Hoeven

1957-. (aged 69)
politician banker
John Henry Hoeven III is an American politician and banker serving as the senior U.S. senator from North Dakota, a seat he has held since 2011. A member of the Republican Party, Hoeven served as the 31st governor of North Dakota from 2000 to 2010.
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Salmon P. Chase

81. Salmon P. Chase

1808-1873 (aged 65)
writer lawyer judge politician
Salmon Portland Chase was an American politician and jurist who served as the sixth chief justice of the United States from 1864 to his death in 1873. Earlier, he had served as the 25th United States Secretary of the Treasury in the Abraham Lincoln administration from 1861 to 1864, during the American Civil War. Chase also served as the 23rd...
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John Kitzhaber

82. John Kitzhaber

1947-. (aged 79)
politician physician
John Albert Kitzhaber is an American former politician and physician who served as the 35th and 37th governor of Oregon from 1995 to 2003 and again from 2011 to 2015. In February 2015, shortly after beginning his fourth term, Kitzhaber resigned from office and was replaced by Secretary of State Kate Brown. A member of the Democratic Party, Kitzhaber was...
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Fred Rogers

83. Fred Rogers

1928-2003 (aged 75)
puppeteer theologian television producer songwriter educator
Fred McFeely Rogers, known professionally as Mister Rogers, was an American television personality, Presbyterian minister, and author. He was the creator, showrunner, and host of the preschool television series Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, which ran from 1968 to 2001.
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Bob Smith

84. Bob Smith

1879-1950 (aged 71)
surgeon physician
Robert William Smith was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach (1946–1947) and head men's basketball coach (1935–1942) at Furman University.
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Sean Casten

85. Sean Casten

1971-. (aged 55)
politician
Sean Thomas Casten is an American businessman and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Illinois's 6th congressional district. The district covers southwestern Chicago, as well as many of Chicago's inner southwestern suburbs, such as Downers Grove, Wheaton, Lisle, Orland Park, and Western Springs. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
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Mike Brown

86. Mike Brown

1970-. (aged 56)
basketball coach basketball player
Mike Thomas Brown is an American mixed martial arts trainer and former fighter who is the head MMA coach for American Top Team. As a mixed martial arts fighter, Brown was a former WEC Featherweight Champion and also competed in the Featherweight division of the UFC before retiring in 2014 to become a full-time MMA coach. He is the head...
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Mark Brzezinski

87. Mark Brzezinski

1965-. (aged 61)
diplomat lawyer
Mark Francis Brzezinski is an American lawyer who served as the United States Ambassador to Poland from 2022 to 2025. He previously served as the United States Ambassador to Sweden from 2011 to 2015 under President Barack Obama.
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Harmeet Dhillon

88. Harmeet Dhillon

1969-. (aged 57)
civil servant lawyer
Harmeet Kaur Dhillon is an Indian-American lawyer and Republican Party official serving as the U.S. assistant attorney general for the Civil Rights Division since 2025. She is the former vice chair of the California Republican Party and a former Republican National Committeewoman for California.
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Angus King

89. Angus King

1944-. (aged 82)
television presenter entrepreneur co-producer business executive lawyer
Angus Stanley King Jr. is an American lawyer and politician who has served since 2013 as the junior United States senator from Maine. A political independent, he served from 1995 to 2003 as the 72nd governor of Maine.
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Laura Ingraham

90. Laura Ingraham

1963-. (aged 63)
jurist radio personality lawyer law clerk journalist
Laura Anne Ingraham is an American conservative television presenter. She has been the host of The Ingraham Angle on Fox News Channel since October 2017, and is the editor-in-chief of LifeZette. She formerly hosted the nationally syndicated radio show The Laura Ingraham Show.
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Charles Eastman

91. Charles Eastman

1858-1939 (aged 81)
ombudsman writer autobiographer folklorist physician
Charles Alexander Eastman was an American physician, writer, and social reformer. He was "one of the most prolific authors and speakers on Sioux ethnohistory and American Indian affairs" in the early 20th century.
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Alev Alatlı

92. Alev Alatlı

1944-2024 (aged 80)
columnist journalist philosopher translator economist
Alev Alatlı was a Turkish columnist, bestselling novelist, academic and economist.
Timothy Geithner

93. Timothy Geithner

1961-. (aged 65)
banker economist politician
Timothy Franz Geithner is an American former central banker who served as the 75th United States secretary of the treasury under President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013. He was the President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York from 2003 to 2009, following service in the Clinton administration. Since March 2014, he has served as president and chairman...
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Connie Britton

94. Connie Britton

1967-. (aged 59)
film actor stage actor television actor singer actor
Connie Britton is an American actress. Her accolades include nominations for five Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. She gained prominence for her roles in the television series Spin City (1996–2000), The West Wing (2001), and 24 (2006). Further recognition came for starring as Tami Taylor in Friday Night Lights (2006–2011), Vivien Harmon in American Horror Story: Murder...
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Dr. Seuss

95. Dr. Seuss

1904-1991 (aged 87)
producer writer illustrator animator poet
Theodor Seuss Geisel was an American children's author, illustrator, animator, and cartoonist. He is known for his work writing and illustrating more than 60 books under the pen name Dr. Seuss. His work includes many of the most popular children's books of all time, selling over 600 million copies and being translated into more than 20 languages by the time...
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Elizaveta Glinka

96. Elizaveta Glinka

1962-2016 (aged 54)
public figure human rights defender socialite physician
Elizaveta Petrovna Glinka was a Russian medical doctor and public figure who founded the Spravedlivaya Pomoshch (Fair Care) charity. She was accused of abducting children during the Russo-Ukrainian War by some from the Ukrainian government. Glinka died in the crash of a Russian military plane en route to Syria.
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Peter Fitzgerald

97. Peter Fitzgerald

1960-. (aged 66)
banker lawyer politician
Peter Gosselin Fitzgerald is a retired American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Illinois. A member of the Republican Party, he served from 1999 to 2005. Fitzgerald defeated Democratic incumbent Carol Moseley Braun in 1998, becoming the first Republican to win a U.S. Senate race in Illinois since Charles Percy twenty years earlier. He had...
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Joseph Campbell

98. Joseph Campbell

1904-1987 (aged 83)
writer historian translator essayist athletics competitor
Joseph John Campbell was an American writer and the husband of Jean Erdman. He was a professor of literature at Sarah Lawrence College who worked in comparative mythology and comparative religion. His work covers many aspects of the human condition. Campbell's best-known work is his book The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949), in which he discusses his theory of...
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Paavo Lipponen

99. Paavo Lipponen

1941-. (aged 85)
writer politician
Paavo Tapio Lipponen is a Finnish politician and former reporter. He was prime minister of Finland from 1995 to 2003, and chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Finland from 1993 to 2005. He also served as speaker of the Parliament of Finland from 2003 to 2007 and was his party's nominee in the 2012 Finnish presidential election but received...
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Luis Abinader

100. Luis Abinader

1967-. (aged 59)
economist businessperson politician
Luis Rodolfo Abinader Corona is a Dominican economist, businessman, and politician who has served as the 54th president of the Dominican Republic since 2020. He was the Modern Revolutionary Party candidate for President of the Dominican Republic in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 general elections.
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