Notable Alumni of DePauw University [Sorted List]

1. Reuben Webster Millsaps

1833-1916 (aged 83)

lawyer banker

Reuben Webster Millsaps was an American businessman, financier and philanthropist.

2. Mark L. De Motte

1832-1908 (aged 76)

lawyer politician

Mark Lindsey De Motte was an American lawyer, Civil War veteran, and politician who served one term as a U.S. representative from Indiana from 1881 to 1883. He was also a lawyer, law school dean, newspaper editor and postmaster. The town of DeMotte, Indiana was named after him during his term in Congress.

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3. Winfield K. Denton

1896-1971 (aged 75)

American football player lawyer politician

Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton was an American lawyer, military veteran, and politician who served several terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana in the mid-20th century. He was the son of George Kirkpatrick Denton.

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4. Joe W. Kelly

1910-1979 (aged 69)

military officer

General Joe William Kelly was a U.S. Air Force general and Commander, Military Air Transport Service (MATS). He was the first four-star commander of MATS, and was commander at the time the command was transitioning to jet aircraft. In 1961 he personally piloted the first jet aircraft assigned to MATS on its maiden voyage from the Boeing factory at Renton,...

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5. William L. Springer

1909-1992 (aged 83)

lawyer military officer judge politician

William Lee Springer was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.

6. Harry L. Gordon

1860-1921 (aged 61)

lawyer politician

Harry Lincoln Gordon was an American politician who served as the 27th lieutenant governor of Ohio from 1902 to 1904.

7. Jay Hosler

teacher comics artist entomologist

Jay Hosler is the author and illustrator of science-oriented comics. He is best known for his graphic novels Clan Apis, The Sandwalk Adventures, and Optical Allusions. Clan Apis, a Xeric Foundation Award winner, follows the life of a honey bee named Nyuki; the story conveys factual information about honey bees in a humorous fashion as Nyuki learns about each new...

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8. John W. Springer

1859-1945 (aged 86)

husbandry worker lawyer politician

John W. Springer was an attorney and banker in the states of Illinois, Texas, and Colorado.

9. Kenneth Prewitt

1936-. (aged 90)

university teacher political scientist sociologist

Kenneth Prewitt an American academic who is the Carnegie Professor of Social Affairs at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs, where he is also director of the Scholarly Knowledge Project. He was Director of the United States Census Bureau from 1998 to 2001.

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10. Thomas J. Brady

1839-1904 (aged 65)

Thomas Jefferson Brady was an American Republican politician and Civil War officer.

11. John Albert Tiffin Hull

1841-1928 (aged 87)

politician

John Albert Tiffin Hull was a ten-term Republican U.S. representative from Iowa's 7th congressional district. He had earlier served two terms as the Lieutenant Governor of Iowa and three terms as Iowa Secretary of State.

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12. Merlin Hull

1870-1953 (aged 83)

lawyer publisher politician

Merlin Gray Hull was an American politician, lawyer, and newspaper publisher who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin. Hull first served as a Republican in the 7th district from 1929 until 1931, after being defeated for re-nomination in 1930. He later served as a Progressive in the 9th district from 1935 until 1946,...

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13. Foster LaHue

1918-1996 (aged 78)

military personnel

Foster Carr LaHue was a lieutenant general in the United States Marine Corps. He saw combat in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. During the Vietnam War, he commanded Task Force X-Ray which was involved in the heaviest fighting at the Battle of Huế.

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14. Pharez Whitted

1960-. (aged 66)

university teacher composer jazz musician

Pharez Whitted is an American jazz trumpeter, composer, band leader and educator from Indianapolis, Indiana. In January 2011, Whitted was nominated for the 10th Annual Independent Music Awards in the Jazz Album category for Transient Journey. In December 2016 he was named one of six "Chicagoans of the Year" by the Chicago Tribune.

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15. Francis A. Shoup

1834-1896 (aged 62)

lawyer writer

Francis Asbury Shoup, a lawyer from Indianapolis, Indiana, became a brigadier general for the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.

16. Roy Owen West

1868-1958 (aged 90)

lawyer politician

Roy Owen West was a Chicago politician who served as U.S. Secretary of the Interior from 1928 until 1929 in President Calvin Coolidge's cabinet.

17. David L. Carden

1951-. (aged 75)

jurist lawyer diplomat mediator

David Lee Carden is an American lawyer, diplomat, mediator and author who is a former United States representative to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations with the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. He was nominated by President Barack Obama in November 2010 and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in March, 2011. He resigned his post in December 2013. Carden...

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18. Al Orth

1872-1948 (aged 76)

baseball player

Albert Lewis Orth was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. He later served as a major league umpire and college baseball coach.

19. James Eli Watson

1864-1948 (aged 84)

lawyer writer politician

James Eli Watson was a U.S. representative and U.S. senator from Indiana. He was the Senate's second official majority leader. While an article published by the Senate (see References) gives his year of birth as 1862, this is most probably incorrect.

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20. William Albert Wirt

1874-1938 (aged 64)

educator writer

William Albert Wirt was a superintendent of schools in Gary, Indiana. Wirt developed the Gary Plan for the more efficient use of school facilities, a reform of the Progressive Movement that was widely adopted in over 200 cities by 1929.

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21. Rebecca Gernhardt Cox

1954-. (aged 72)

politician

Rebecca Gernhardt Cox is an American business executive and former Director of the Office of Public Liaison during the administration of President Ronald Reagan.

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22. John Clark Ridpath

1840-1900 (aged 60)

historian editor writer

John Clark Ridpath was an American educator, historian, and editor. His mother was a descendant of Samuel Matthews, a colonial governor of Virginia. Among his most notable works is a series of volumes on a history of the world, titled Cyclopedia of Universal History.

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23. Halsted L. Ritter

1868-1951 (aged 83)

judge lawyer writer

Halsted Lockwood Ritter was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. He was the thirteenth individual to be impeached by the United States House of Representatives and the fourth individual to be convicted and removed from office in an impeachment trial before the United States Senate. He was also the...

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24. John Bartlow Martin

1915-1987 (aged 72)

diplomat writer journalist

John Bartlow Martin was an American diplomat, author of 15 books, ambassador, and speechwriter and confidant to many Democratic politicians including Adlai Stevenson, John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Hubert Humphrey.

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25. Eugene Allen Gilmore

1871-1953 (aged 82)

lawyer politician

Eugene Allen Gilmore was Vice Governor-General of the Philippine Islands from 1922 to 1929, serving twice as acting Governor-General of the Philippines in 1927 and again in 1929. He also held positions as the Dean of the College of Law at the University of Iowa from 1930 to 1934, the twelfth President of the University of Iowa from 1934 to...

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26. Meg Kissinger

journalist

Meg Kissinger is an American investigative journalist and a visiting professor at Columbia University.

27. Aimaro Satō

1857-1934 (aged 77)

diplomat

Aimaro Satō, also known as Yoshimaro Satō and Henry Satoh, was the Japanese Ambassador to the United States from 1916 to 1918.

28. Ben C. Solomon

1987-. (aged 39)

journalist

Ben C. Solomon is an American visual journalist, filmmaker, and correspondent. Since January 2024, he has served as a senior video correspondent for The Wall Street Journal. Solomon has reported from over sixty countries and covered seven wars and numerous global crises.

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29. Wendell H. Furry

1907-1984 (aged 77)

physicist university teacher

Wendell Hinkle Furry was a professor of physics at Harvard University who made contributions to theoretical and particle physics. Furry's theorem is named after him. He was also the first to propose the search for neutrinoless double beta decay.

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30. Joseph Brooks

1821-1877 (aged 56)

newspaper editor politician

Joseph Brooks was a Methodist minister, newspaper editor, and politician who served as the 19th postmaster of Little Rock, Arkansas, from 1875 to 1877. During the Reconstruction Period in Arkansas (1864–74), Brooks and the "Brindletails" faction of the state's Republican Party led a coalition group in an attempt to overthrow Republican governor Elisha Baxter. The Spring 1874 coup d'état attempt...

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31. William Dyke

1930-2016 (aged 86)

lawyer judge politician

William D. "Bill" Dyke was an American lawyer, judge, and politician. He was the 49th mayor of Madison, Wisconsin, from 1969 to 1973, and ran for Vice President of the United States on the American Independent Party ticket with presidential candidate Lester Maddox in the 1976 presidential election. He was also the Republican nominee for Governor of Wisconsin in the...

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32. Andrew H. Burke

1850-1918 (aged 68)

politician

Andrew Horace Burke was an American politician who was the second governor of North Dakota from 1891 to 1893.

33. Douglas Frantz

1949-. (aged 77)

journalist

Douglas Frantz is an American Pulitzer Prize-winning former investigative journalist and author, and served as the deputy secretary-general of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development from 2015 to 2017.

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34. Elisa Villanueva Beard

manager

Elisa Villanueva Beard is the former CEO of Teach For America, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving educational outcomes for low-income students across America. Villanueva Beard began her education career as a 1998 corps member of TFA, teaching first-grade and second-grade bilingual education.

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35. David Prosser Jr

1942-2024 (aged 82)

lawyer judge politician

David Thomas Prosser Jr. was an American lawyer, jurist, and Republican politician from Appleton, Wisconsin. He was a justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court from 1998 until his retirement in 2016. Prior to joining the court, he served as the 72nd speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly, during the 1995–1996 term, after serving in the Assembly since 1979. Prior to...

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36. Jeffrey T. Mezger

businessperson chief executive officer

Jeffrey T. Mezger is an American businessman. He serves as the president and chief executive officer of KB Home.

37. Arthur Burks

1915-2008 (aged 93)

computer scientist mathematician university teacher

Arthur Walter Burks was an American mathematician who worked in the 1940s as a senior engineer on the project that contributed to the design of the ENIAC, the first general-purpose electronic digital computer. Decades later, Burks and his wife Alice Burks outlined their case for the subject matter of the ENIAC having been derived from John Vincent Atanasoff. Burks was...

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38. John T. McNaughton

1921-1967 (aged 46)

politician

John Theodore McNaughton was an American government official who was United States Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs and Robert S. McNamara's closest advisor. He died in a plane crash at age 45, just before he was to become Secretary of the Navy.

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39. Charles T. Hinde

1832-1915 (aged 83)

restaurateur entrepreneur

Charles T. Hinde was an American industrialist, tycoon, riverboat captain, businessman, and entrepreneur. He managed many businesses and invested in numerous business ventures over the course of his life. Hinde served in executive leadership positions in the river navigation, shipping, railroad, and hotel businesses. By his late forties, Hinde had already amassed a great fortune from his work in the...

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40. James Harlan

1820-1899 (aged 79)

lawyer politician

James Harlan was an attorney and politician, a member of the United States Senate, a U.S. Cabinet Secretary at the United States Department of Interior under President Andrew Johnson, and a Federal Judge.

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41. Jon Fortt

1976-. (aged 50)

journalist

Jon Fortt is an American journalist and the co-anchor of CNBC's Closing Bell Overtime broadcast. He previously co-anchored TechCheck. He is the creator and host of Fortt Knox, a technology, leadership and innovation brand that has existed as a podcast and streaming program since 2016 and now has its primary home on Linkedin.

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42. Nathan Kimball

1822-1898 (aged 76)

politician military officer

Nathan Kimball was a physician, politician, postmaster, and military officer, serving as a general in the Union army during the American Civil War. He was the first statewide commander of the Grand Army of the Republic veterans organization in Indiana.

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43. Ben Roller

1876-1933 (aged 57)

physician American football player professional wrestler

Benjamin Franklin Roller was an American physician, a professional wrestler and a football player.

44. Patricia Ireland

1945-. (aged 81)

lawyer

Patricia Ireland is an American administrator and feminist. She served as president of the National Organization for Women from 1991 to 2001 and published an autobiography, What Women Want, in 1996.

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45. Bob Franks

1951-2010 (aged 59)

newspaper proprietor politician campaign manager

Robert Douglas Franks was an American Republican politician who served as a U.S. representative from New Jersey.

46. Mark Hampton

1940-1998 (aged 58)

interior designer

Mark Hampton was an American interior designer, writer, and illustrator, known primarily for his residential interior design work for clients such as Brooke Astor, Estee Lauder, Mike Wallace, Saul Steinberg, H. John Heinz III, and Lincoln Kirstein, as well as for three U.S. presidents. In 1986, he was inducted into the Interior Design Hall of Fame, and in 2010, Architectural...

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47. Daniel Wolsey Voorhees

1827-1897 (aged 70)

writer peace activist lawyer politician

Daniel Wolsey Voorhees was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States Senator from Indiana from 1877 to 1897. He was the leader of the Democratic Party and an anti-war Copperhead during the American Civil War.

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48. Philip Sharp

1942-. (aged 84)

university teacher businessperson politician

Philip Riley Sharp is an American politician and nonprofit executive who served ten terms in the United States House of Representatives as a Democratic representative from Indiana from 1975 to 1995.

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49. Elmer Thomas

1876-1965 (aged 89)

lawyer politician

John William Elmer Thomas was a native of Indiana who moved to Oklahoma Territory in 1901, where he practiced law in Lawton. After statehood, he was elected to the first state senate, representing the Lawton area. In 1922, he ran successfully on the Democratic Party ticket for the U.S. House of Representatives from Oklahoma. He was the Democratic nominee for...

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50. Brenda Laurel

1950-. (aged 76)

computer scientist researcher video game designer

Brenda Laurel is an American interaction designer, video game designer, and researcher. She is an advocate for diversity and inclusiveness in video games, a "pioneer in developing virtual reality", a public speaker, and an academic. She was founder and chair of the graduate design program at California College of the Arts from 2006 to 2012 and the media design graduate...

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51. Lee H. Hamilton

1931-2026 (aged 95)

lawyer politician

Lee Herbert Hamilton was an American politician and lawyer from Indiana. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives and a member of the U.S. Homeland Security Advisory Council. A member of the Democratic Party, Hamilton represented the 9th congressional district of Indiana from 1965 to 1999. Following his departure from Congress, he served on a number...

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52. Dave Jones

1962-. (aged 64)

lawyer politician

David Evan Jones is an American politician who served as California's Insurance Commissioner from 2011 to 2019. He previously represented California's 9th assembly district from 2004 to 2010 as a member of the Democratic Party.

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53. Adam Kennedy

1922-1997 (aged 75)

film screenwriter film actor painter television actor actor

Jack Kennedy was an American actor and screenwriter. He was known for playing Dion Patrick in the American western television series The Californians.

54. Newton Booth

1825-1892 (aged 67)

lawyer writer politician

Newton Booth was an American entrepreneur and politician who served as the 11th governor of California from 1871 to 1875 and as U.S. Senator from California from 1875 to 1881. He was the only member of the Anti-Monopoly Party elected to the U.S. Senate.

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55. Mary Ritter Beard

1876-1958 (aged 82)

suffragist archivist writer historian women's rights activist

Mary Ritter Beard was an American historian, author, women's suffrage activist, and women's history archivist who was also a lifelong advocate of social justice. As a Progressive Era reformer, Beard was active in both the labor and women's rights movements. She also authored several books on women's role in history including On Understanding Women (1931), America Through Women's Eyes (editor,...

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56. Joseph W. Barr

1918-1996 (aged 78)

businessperson politician

Joseph Walker Barr was an American businessman and politician from Indiana. He served one term in the United States House of Representatives from 1959 to 1961. He was also briefly the United States Secretary of the Treasury from December 21, 1968, until January 20, 1969, in President Lyndon B. Johnson's cabinet. He was a member of the Democratic Party.

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57. David Graham Phillips

1867-1911 (aged 44)

novelist writer journalist

David Graham Phillips was an American novelist and journalist of the muckraker tradition.

58. Joseph P. Allen

1937-. (aged 89)

astronaut physicist

Joseph Percival Allen IV is an American former NASA astronaut. He logged more than 3,000 hours flying time in jet aircraft.

59. David E. Lilienthal

1899-1981 (aged 82)

jurist lawyer writer

David Eli Lilienthal was an American attorney and public administrator, best known for his presidential appointment to head Tennessee Valley Authority and later the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). He had practiced public utility law and led the Wisconsin Public Utilities Commission.

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60. Chinda Sutemi

1857-1929 (aged 72)

diplomat pastor politician

Count Chinda Sutemi was a Japanese diplomat and courtier who served as Grand Chamberlain to the Emperor from 1927 to 1929.

61. Albert J. Beveridge

1862-1927 (aged 65)

politician writer lawyer historian biographer

Albert Jeremiah Beveridge was an American historian and United States senator from Indiana. He was an intellectual leader of the Progressive Era and a biographer of Chief Justice John Marshall and President Abraham Lincoln.

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62. Al Ries

1926-2022 (aged 96)

economist

Alfred Paul Ries was an American marketing professional and author. He was the cofounder and chairman of the Atlanta-based consulting firm Ries & Ries with his partner and daughter, Laura Ries. Along with Jack Trout, Ries is credited with resurrecting the idea of "positioning" in the field of marketing.

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63. Dick Tomey

1938-2019 (aged 81)

head coach

Richard Hastings Tomey was an American college football coach and player. Tomey served as the head football coach at the University of Hawaii at Manoa (1977–1986), University of Arizona (1987–2000), and San Jose State University (2005–2009), compiling a career college football record of 183–145–7. His last full-time coaching position was as the special teams coach at Hawaii in 2011 under...

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64. Alexander Vraciu

1918-2015 (aged 97)

military officer

Alexander Vraciu was a United States Navy fighter ace, Navy Cross recipient, and Medal of Honor nominee during World War II. At the end of the war, Vraciu ranked fourth among the U.S. Navy's flying aces, with 19 enemy planes downed during flight and 21 destroyed on the ground. After the war, he served as a test pilot and was...

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65. Chinonye Chukwu

1980-. (aged 46)

film director screenwriter

Chinonye Chukwu Listen is a Nigerian-American film director best known for the drama films Clemency and Till. She is the first black woman to win the U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize at Sundance.

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66. Steven Rales

1951-. (aged 75)

film producer art collector businessperson

Steven M. Rales is an American businessman and film producer. He founded Danaher Corporation with his brother Mitchell Rales in 1984 and is its chairman. Rales also founded the film production company Indian Paintbrush in 2006, which works closely with filmmaker Wes Anderson. His work with Anderson has resulted in three Academy Award nominations, winning Best Live Action Short Film...

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67. Jane Randolph

1915-2009 (aged 94)

actor film actor

Jane Randolph, was an American film actress. She is best known for her portrayals of Alice Moore in the 1942 horror film Cat People, and its sequel, The Curse of the Cat People (1944).

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68. David M. Shoup

1904-1983 (aged 79)

military officer

David Monroe Shoup was a general of the United States Marine Corps who was awarded the Medal of Honor in World War II, served as the 22nd Commandant of the Marine Corps, and, after retiring, became one of the most prominent critics of the Vietnam War.

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69. Jeri Kehn Thompson

1966-. (aged 60)

columnist

Jeri Kehn Thompson is an American radio talk show host, columnist for The American Spectator, political commentator, and former political consultant for the Washington, D.C. law firm of Verner Liipfert. She has also worked for the Senate Republican Conference and the Republican National Committee. She was also employed with the public relations and lobbying firm Burson-Marsteller.

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70. Ford Christopher Frick

1894-1978 (aged 84)

writer baseball player

Ford Christopher Frick was an American sportswriter and baseball executive. After working as a teacher and as a sportswriter for the New York American, he served as public relations director of the National League (NL) and then as the league's president from 1934 to 1951. He was the third commissioner of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1951 to 1965.

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71. Drew Powell

1976-. (aged 50)

television actor film actor

Andrew "Drew" Powell is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Hoss Cartwright on the PAX series Ponderosa, Cadet Drew on Malcolm in the Middle, and Butch Gilzean/Cyrus Gold/Solomon Grundy, a series regular, on FOX's Gotham.

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72. Mary Meeker

1959-. (aged 67)

venture capitalist stockbroker

Mary Meeker is an American venture capitalist and former Wall Street securities analyst. Her primary work is on Internet and new technologies. She is the founder and general partner at BOND, a San Francisco–based venture capital firm. She previously served as partner at Kleiner Perkins.

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73. Stephen F. Hayes

1974-. (aged 52)

journalist

Stephen Forester Hayes is an American journalist and author. In October 2019 Hayes co-founded the online opinion and news publication The Dispatch. Previously, he was a senior writer for National Journal and Editor-in-chief of The Weekly Standard. He was a staunch proponent of the Iraq War and an influential figure in promoting the debunked claim that Saddam Hussein and Al...

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74. David Cryer

1936-. (aged 90)

television actor stage actor actor film actor

Donald David Cryer Jr. is an American stage, television and film actor and one of the founders of San Francisco's American Conservatory Theater which began in Pittsburgh and New York's Mirror Repertory Theatre. He may be best known for the role of Firmin in The Phantom of the Opera, which he has played for nearly 19 years on the road...

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75. Alice Ripley

1963-. (aged 63)

singer-songwriter stage actor actor singer

Alice Ripley is an American actress, singer, songwriter and mixed media artist. She is known, in particular, for her various roles on Broadway in musicals, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Next to Normal (2009 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical) and Side Show. She most recently played three roles in the short-lived Broadway musical, American Psycho. Alice Ripley has...

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76. Charles A. Beard

1874-1948 (aged 74)

historian of Modern Age writer peace activist historian university teacher

Charles Austin Beard was an American historian and professor, who wrote primarily during the first half of the 20th century. A history professor at Columbia University, Beard's influence is primarily due to his publications in the fields of history and political science. His works included a radical re-evaluation of the Founding Fathers of the United States, whom he believed to...

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77. Vernon Jordan

1935-2021 (aged 86)

jurist lawyer businessperson

Vernon Eulion Jordan Jr. was an American business executive and civil rights attorney who worked for various civil rights movement organizations before becoming a close advisor to President Bill Clinton.

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78. Eli Lilly

1838-1898 (aged 60)

pharmacist military personnel businessperson chemist

Eli Lilly was an American Union Army officer, pharmacist, chemist, and businessman who founded Eli Lilly and Company.

79. Bret Baier

1970-. (aged 56)

journalist

William Bret Baier is an American journalist and the host of Special Report with Bret Baier on Fox News and the chief political anchor for Fox. He previously worked as the network's Chief White House Correspondent and Pentagon correspondent.

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80. Barbara Kingsolver

1955-. (aged 71)

writer poet novelist essayist

Barbara Ellen Kingsolver is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, essayist, and poet. Her widely known works include The Poisonwood Bible, the tale of a missionary family in the Congo, and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, a nonfiction account of her family's attempts to eat locally. In 2023, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for the novel Demon Copperhead. Her work...

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81. Scott Adsit

1965-. (aged 61)

television producer film producer film director voice actor singer

Robert Scott Adsit is an American actor, comedian, and writer. Born and raised in the Chicago suburbs, Adsit joined the mainstage cast of Chicago's The Second City in 1994 after attending Columbia College Chicago. He appeared in several revues, including Paradigm Lost for which he won The Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Actor in a Comedy.

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82. Brad Stevens

1976-. (aged 50)

basketball player basketball coach

Bradley Kent Stevens is an American basketball executive and former coach who is currently the president of basketball operations and de facto general manager for the Boston Celtics.

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83. Dan Quayle

1947-. (aged 79)

Vice President of the United States lawyer businessperson politician

James Danforth Quayle is an American retired politician and US Army National guard veteran who served as the 44th vice president of the United States from 1989 to 1993 under President George H. W. Bush. A member of the Republican Party, Quayle represented Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1977 to 1981 and in the U.S. Senate from...

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84. Albert G. Porter

1824-1897 (aged 73)

diplomat lawyer politician

Albert Gallatin Porter was an American politician who served as the 19th governor of Indiana from 1881 to 1885 and as a United States Congressman from 1859 to 1863. Originally a Democrat, he joined the Republican Party in 1856 after being expelled by the pro-slavery faction of the Democratic Party. Only the second person born in Indiana to become the...

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85. Thomas M. Patterson

1839-1916 (aged 77)

lawyer publisher politician

Thomas MacDonald Patterson was an American politician and newspaper publisher who served as a member of the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives from Colorado.

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86. Joseph E. McDonald

1819-1891 (aged 72)

lawyer politician

Joseph Ewing McDonald was an American politician who served as a United States representative and Senator from Indiana. He also served as Indiana's 2nd Attorney General and unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination for President in 1884.

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87. Ralph W. Gwinn

1884-1962 (aged 78)

writer lawyer farmer politician

Ralph Waldo Gwinn was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.

88. Phil Crane

1930-2014 (aged 84)

employee director university teacher politician

Philip Miller Crane was an American politician. He was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1969 to 2005, representing the 8th district of Illinois in the northwestern suburbs of Chicago. At the time of his defeat in the 2004 election, Crane was the longest-serving Republican member of the House.

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89. John Gardner

1933-1982 (aged 49)

children's writer biographer writer essayist literary critic

John Champlin Gardner Jr. was an American novelist, essayist, literary critic, and university professor. He is most notable for his 1971 novel Grendel, a retelling of the Beowulf myth from the monster's point of view.

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90. Margaret Mead

1901-1978 (aged 77)

curator film director writer anthropologist poet

Margaret Mead was an American cultural anthropologist, author and speaker, who appeared frequently in the mass media during the mid-twentieth century.

91. William Weston Patton

1821-1889 (aged 68)

theologian songwriter academic administrator

William Weston Patton, was a Protestant preacher abolitionist, academic administrator, and scholar. He served as the fifth president of Howard University, and one of the contributors to the words of "John Brown's Body".

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92. Josh Pitcock

Joshua Matthew Pitcock is an American political operative who served as chief of staff to Mike Pence, the Vice President of the United States, from January 2017 to July 2017. Pitcock has also been Assistant to the President. He was a member of Donald Trump's 2016 presidential transition team.

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93. Scott Rasmussen

1956-. (aged 70)

businessperson pollster

Scott William Rasmussen /ˈræsˌmʌsən/ is an American public opinion pollster and political analyst. He is the president of RMG Research, founder of the Napolitan Institute, and an editor-at-large for Ballotpedia.

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94. Harvey Weir Cook

1892-1943 (aged 51)

aircraft pilot

Harvey Weir Cook was an American fighter ace in World War I and Distinguished Service Cross recipient. He was also a pioneer in civilian commercial aviation and a leading figure in the development of aviation in the United States and in the state of Indiana. The Indianapolis International Airport terminal building and entrance road are named in his honor.

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95. Ferid Murad

1936-2023 (aged 87)

physician biologist pharmacologist university teacher

Ferid Murad was an American physician and pharmacologist, His research demonstrated that nitroglycerin relaxes smooth muscle by releasing nitric oxide into the body. This work led to him sharing the 1998 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

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96. Hiram Iddings Bearss

1875-1938 (aged 63)

military officer

Hiram Iddings Bearss was an officer of the United States Marine Corps who received the Medal of Honor for heroism during the Philippine–American War and the Distinguished Service Cross for his valor in World War I.

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97. Bill Hayes

1961-. (aged 65)

writer biographer photographer screenwriter

William Foster Hayes III was an American actor and recording artist. His song "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" hit the top of the Billboard charts between March and May 1955.

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98. Tim Collins

1956-. (aged 70)

chief executive officer

Colonel Timothy Thomas Cyril Collins OBE is a retired Northern Irish military officer in the British Army. Before the Iraq War in 2003, he gave an eve-of-battle speech which was widely reported. United States President George W. Bush later had a copy of it displayed in the White House's Oval Office. He is the chairman and co-founder of intelligence-based security...

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99. Richard Peck

1934-2018 (aged 84)

writer children's writer

Richard Wayne Peck was an American novelist known for his contributions to modern young adult literature. He was awarded the Newbery Medal in 2001 for his novel A Year Down Yonder (the sequel to A Long Way From Chicago). He received the Margaret A. Edwards Award from the American Library Association in 1990.

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100. Percy Lavon Julian

1899-1975 (aged 76)

chemist

Percy Lavon Julian was an American research chemist and a pioneer in the chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs from plants. Julian was the first person to synthesize the natural product physostigmine, and a pioneer in industrial large-scale chemical synthesis of the human hormones progesterone and testosterone from plant sterols such as stigmasterol and sitosterol. His work laid the foundation for...

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