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100 Notable alumni of Emory University

Updated: June 23, 2026 EliteDegrees

Emory University is ranked #82 in the world and #52 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from Emory University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Emory University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.

Fletcher Thompson

1. Fletcher Thompson

1925-2022 (aged 97)
military officer lawyer politician
Standish Fletcher Thompson was an American lawyer, World War II veteran and Republican politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1967 to 1973 from the 5th congressional district of Georgia.
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Tillie K. Fowler

2. Tillie K. Fowler

1942-2005 (aged 63)
lawyer politician
Tillie Kidd Fowler was an American lawyer and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from Florida's 4th congressional district from 1993 to 2001. Her father and brother served as state legislators in Georgia. A Republican moderate, she was a strong advocate for defense spending.
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Mike Sager

3. Mike Sager

1956-. (aged 70)
magazine writer university teacher writer journalist music journalist
Mike Sager is an American author, journalist, publisher, and educator.
Jenny Marra

4. Jenny Marra

1977-. (aged 49)
politician
Jennifer Margaret Marra is a Scottish politician who served as convener of the Public Audit Committee. A member of the Scottish Labour Party, she was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the North East Scotland region from 2011 to 2021.
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Eric R. Komitee

5. Eric R. Komitee

1970-. (aged 56)
lawyer
Eric Ross Komitee is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Dumas Malone

6. Dumas Malone

1892-1986 (aged 94)
historian military officer university teacher biographer
Dumas Malone was an American historian, minister, and biographer. A professor by occupation, Malone spent the majority of his career teaching at the University of Virginia (UVA), where he served as the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Professor of History.
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Josh Luber

7. Josh Luber

1978-. (aged 48)
Joshua Eliot Luber is an American entrepreneur and sneaker collector who co-founded StockX, the stock market for things. Luber worked for IBM when he founded Campless, a "sneakerhead data" company that tracked the secondary market for sneaker sales. Campless then morphed into StockX, which is an online marketplace for high-end product resale.
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Elizabeth Price Foley

8. Elizabeth Price Foley

1965-. (aged 61)
legal scholar
Elizabeth Price Foley is a conservative American legal theorist who writes and comments in the fields of constitutional law, bioethics, and health care law. She is a professor of law at Florida International University College of Law, a public law school located in Miami, Florida. She also serves as counsel to the Washington, D.C., office of BakerHostetler, LLP, where she...
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G. Gabrielle Starr

9. G. Gabrielle Starr

1974-. (aged 52)
university teacher neuroscientist university president
Gina Gabrielle Starr is an American literary scholar, neuroscientist, and academic administrator who is the 10th president of Pomona College, a liberal arts college in Claremont, California. She is known for her work on 18th-century British literature and the neuroscience of aesthetics. She is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, an NSF ADVANCE award (joint with Nava Rubin), and a...
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C. Farris Bryant

10. C. Farris Bryant

1914-2002 (aged 88)
military officer lawyer politician
Cecil Farris Bryant was an American politician serving as the 34th governor of Florida. He also served on the United States National Security Council as director of the Office of Emergency Planning during the administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson, who also appointed Bryant chair of the U.S. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations.
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William Henry Willimon

11. William Henry Willimon

1946-. (aged 80)
religious writer Christian minister preacher theologian
William Henry Willimon is a retired American theologian and bishop in the United Methodist Church who served the North Alabama Conference for eight years. He is Professor of the Practice of Christian Ministry and Director of the Doctor of Ministry program at Duke Divinity School. He is former Dean of the Chapel at Duke University and is considered by many...
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Melvin E. Thompson

12. Melvin E. Thompson

1903-1980 (aged 77)
politician
Melvin Ernest Thompson was an American educator and politician from Millen in the U.S. state of Georgia. Generally known as M.E. Thompson during his political career, he served as the 70th Governor of Georgia from 1947 to 1948 and was elected as the first Lieutenant Governor of Georgia in 1946.
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William Hockey

13. William Hockey

1989-. (aged 37)
William Hockey is an American engineer and entrepreneur. He is best known for having started Column N.A. and co-founding and running financial services company Plaid.
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Jason Wingard

14. Jason Wingard

1971-. (aged 55)
university teacher sociologist
Jason Wingard is an American academic and executive. He served as the twelfth president of Temple University. Before that, he served in executive leadership roles at Columbia University, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and Stanford University, as well as corporate workforce development at Goldman Sachs.
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Asa G. Candler, Jr

15. Asa G. Candler, Jr

1880-1953 (aged 73)
businessperson
Asa Griggs "Buddie" Candler Jr. was an American businessman and the son of Asa Griggs Candler, founder of The Coca-Cola Company. Candler Jr. helped build his father's business into an empire. He later became a real-estate developer, opening the Briarcliff Hotel at the corner of Ponce de Leon Avenue and N. Highland Ave in the Virginia–Highland neighborhood of Atlanta.
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Ben Konop

16. Ben Konop

1976-. (aged 50)
Benjamin Zachary Konop is a senior litigation counsel in the Office of Enforcement at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in Washington, D.C. He also was a law professor and attorney in private practice.
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Pavlo Sheremeta

17. Pavlo Sheremeta

1971-. (aged 55)
politician economist
Pavlo Mykhaylovych Sheremeta is a Ukrainian economist and a former Minister of Economical Development and Trade of his country.
Amanda Edwards

18. Amanda Edwards

lawyer politician
Amanda Kay Edwards is an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the Houston City Council from 2016 to 2020. She was a candidate for the 2020 United States Senate election in Texas in the Democratic primary and briefly ran in the 2023 Houston mayoral election before making a pivot to run for the U.S. House of...
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Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar

19. Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar

1825-1893 (aged 68)
lawyer professor judge politician
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II was a Confederate soldier, American politician, diplomat, and jurist. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Mississippi in both houses of Congress, served as the United States Secretary of the Interior, and was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He also served as an official in the Confederate States...
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Mike Pesca

20. Mike Pesca

1971-. (aged 55)
journalist podcaster
Mike Pesca is an American radio journalist and podcaster based in New York City. He is the host of the daily podcast, The Gist, and the editor of Upon Further Review: The Greatest What-Ifs in Sports History.
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Claude R. Kirk

21. Claude R. Kirk

1926-2011 (aged 85)
military officer businessperson politician
Claude Roy Kirk Jr. was an American businessman, politician, and Marine Corps veteran who served as the 36th governor of Florida from 1967 to 1971. A member of the Republican Party for most his career, he was the first Republican governor of Florida since Reconstruction.
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Spessard Holland

22. Spessard Holland

1892-1971 (aged 79)
lawyer teacher judge politician
Spessard Lindsey Holland was an American lawyer and politician. A Southern Democrat, he served as the 28th governor of Florida from 1941 to 1945, and as a U.S. senator for Florida from 1946 to 1971. He was the first person born in Florida to serve as governor and U.S. senator for the state. While serving as a U.S. senator he...
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Lauren Gunderson

23. Lauren Gunderson

1982-. (aged 44)
writer playwright
Lauren Gunderson is an American playwright, screenwriter, and short story author, and is born in Atlanta. She lives in San Francisco, where she teaches playwriting. Gunderson was recognized by American Theatre magazine as America's most produced living playwright at Theatre Communications Group (TCG, the magazine's publisher) member theaters in 2017, in 2019–20, and 2025-26
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Brittney C. Cooper

24. Brittney C. Cooper

1980-. (aged 46)
writer activist
Brittney Cooper is an American academic author, activist, and cultural critic. She is a professor of women’s, gender, and sexuality studies and Africana studies, and the principal investigator and founding director of the Race and Gender Equity Lab at Rutgers University–New Brunswick.
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Jim Bankoff

25. Jim Bankoff

1969-. (aged 57)
businessperson
James Philip Bankoff is an American media executive who is the co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer (CEO) of Vox Media. He previously worked for AOL and joined Vox Media's predecessor, SB Nation, in 2009.
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Roshani Chokshi

26. Roshani Chokshi

1991-. (aged 35)
children's writer novelist writer
Roshani Chokshi is an American children's book author and a New York Times bestselling author.
Jim Gray

27. Jim Gray

1959-. (aged 67)
sports commentator
James P. Gray II is an American politician who is the Kentucky secretary of transportation in the administration of Governor Andy Beshear. He is the former two-term mayor of Lexington, Kentucky. Gray served as the city's vice mayor from 2006 to 2010 before being elected mayor in November 2010. Gray won re-election to another four-year term on November 4, 2014....
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Nir Eyal

28. Nir Eyal

1980-. (aged 46)
entrepreneur writer
Nir Eyal is an Israeli-born American author, lecturer, and investor. He wrote the 2014 book Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products.
Vanessa Van Edwards

29. Vanessa Van Edwards

1985-. (aged 41)
writer podcaster television personality orator
Vanessa Van Edwards is a speaker with Science of People and author of several books. She specializes in science-based people skills.
Daniel Wallace

30. Daniel Wallace

1959-. (aged 67)
novelist screenwriter writer
Daniel Wallace is an American author. He is best known for his 1998 novel Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions. His other books include Ray in Reverse and The Watermelon King. His stories have also been published in a number of anthologies and magazines, including The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror.
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Sonny Carter

31. Sonny Carter

1947-1991 (aged 44)
association football player military officer chemist physician astronaut
Manley Lanier "Sonny" Carter Jr., M.D., (Capt, USN), was an American physician, professional soccer player, naval officer, aviator, and NASA astronaut who flew on STS-33.
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Melika Mohammadi

32. Melika Mohammadi

2000-2023 (aged 23)
association football player
Melika Mohammadi was an Iranian footballer who played as a right back or centre back for the Iran women's national team. She played for Bam Khatoon F.C. in the Kowsar Women Football League.
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George LeMieux

33. George LeMieux

1969-. (aged 57)
lawyer politician
George Stephen LeMieux is an American former politician who was a United States Senator from Florida from 2009 to 2011. He is chairman of the Florida-based law firm of Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart and was chief of staff to Governor Charlie Crist. He was the Deputy Florida Attorney General and is credited with spearheading Crist's successful campaign for governor. In...
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Ernie Harwell

34. Ernie Harwell

1918-2010 (aged 92)
journalist sports commentator
William Earnest Harwell was an American sportscaster, known for his long career calling play-by-play of Major League Baseball games. For 55 seasons, 42 of them with the Detroit Tigers, Harwell broadcast the action on radio and/or television. In January 2009, the American Sportscasters Association ranked him 16th on its list of Top 50 Sportscasters of All Time.
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Stephen Schneider

35. Stephen Schneider

1980-. (aged 46)
television actor film actor
Stephen Schneider is an American actor, writer and entrepreneur, best known for his roles as Stephen Downes on The Righteous Gemstones, Jeremy Santos on Broad City, Ty Wyland on You're the Worst (both 2014–2017), and Ben Cooper on the ABC sitcom Imaginary Mary (2017).
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Ralph E. Reed, Jr

36. Ralph E. Reed, Jr

1961-. (aged 65)
chief financial officer politician
Ralph Eugene Reed Jr. is an American political consultant and lobbyist, best known as the first executive director of the Christian Coalition during the early 1990s. He sought the Republican nomination for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia but lost the primary election on July 18, 2006, to State Senator Casey Cagle. Reed started the Faith and Freedom Coalition in June 2009....
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Robert W. Woodruff

37. Robert W. Woodruff

1889-1985 (aged 96)
businessperson
Robert Winship Woodruff was an American businessman who served as the president of The Coca-Cola Company from 1923 until 1955. With a large net worth, he was also a major philanthropist, and many educational and cultural landmarks in the U.S. city of Atlanta, Georgia, bear his name. Included among these are the Woodruff Arts Center, Woodruff Park, and the Robert...
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John M. Dowd

38. John M. Dowd

1941-. (aged 85)
lawyer
John Maguire Dowd is an American attorney, former attorney for the United States Department of Justice, and former Marine Corps Judge Advocate. Dowd was employed by several law firms in the Washington, D.C. area for his expertise in defending clients accused of white-collar crimes. He was appointed by Major League Baseball (MLB) to lead the special counsel in multiple investigations...
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Jihae

39. Jihae

1989-. (aged 37)
actor singer model
Jihae Kim, better known by the mononym Jihae, is a South Korean singer, actress and model. She debuted as a singer in 2007 and has since released four full-length albums. As an actress, she has appeared in the miniseries Mars (2016), the film Mortal Engines (2018), the Netflix series Altered Carbon and the HBO series Succession.
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Kathy Castor

40. Kathy Castor

1966-. (aged 60)
lawyer politician
Katherine Anne Castor is an American politician and lawyer currently representing Florida's 14th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives, serving since 2007. The district, numbered as the 11th district from 2007 to 2013, is based in Tampa. A Democrat, Castor was a member of the Hillsborough County Commission.
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Touré

41. Touré

1971-. (aged 55)
music critic novelist journalist
Touré is an American writer, music journalist, cultural critic, podcaster, and television personality. He was a co-host of the TV show The Cycle on MSNBC. He was also a contributor to MSNBC's The Dylan Ratigan Show, and the host of Fuse's Hiphop Shop and On the Record. He serves on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominating Committee. He...
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Yun Ch'iho

42. Yun Ch'iho

1864-1945 (aged 81)
politician diplomat autobiographer philosopher missionary
Yun Ch'iho was a Korean politician. His name is sometimes spelled Yun Tchi-Ho, his art name was Chwaong (좌옹), and his courtesy name was Sŏnghŭm (성흠).
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Max Cleland

43. Max Cleland

1942-2021 (aged 79)
politician
Joseph Maxwell Cleland was an American politician from Georgia. A member of the Democratic Party, he was a disabled U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War, a recipient of the Silver Star and the Bronze Star for valorous actions in combat, as well as a United States senator (1997–2003).
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Rick Bright

44. Rick Bright

1966-. (aged 60)
immunologist
Rick Arthur Bright is an American immunologist, vaccine researcher, and public health official. He was the director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority from 2016 to 2020. In May 2020, he filed a whistleblower complaint, alleging that the Trump administration ignored his early warnings about the COVID-19 pandemic and illegally retaliated against him by ousting him from his...
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Emily Saliers

45. Emily Saliers

1963-. (aged 63)
restaurateur guitarist songwriter pianist banjoist
Emily Ann Saliers is an American singer-songwriter and member of the musical duo Indigo Girls. Saliers sings soprano and plays lead guitar as well as banjo, piano, mandolin, ukulele, bouzouki and many other instruments.
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Amy Ray

46. Amy Ray

1964-. (aged 62)
singer mandolinist songwriter composer record producer
Amy Elizabeth Ray is an American singer-songwriter and member of the contemporary folk duo Indigo Girls with Emily Saliers. She also pursues a solo career, releasing ten albums under her own name, and founded the independent label Daemon Records in 1989. Ray is known for her alto and tenor range, and plays both electric and acoustic guitar, as well as...
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Kai Ryssdal

47. Kai Ryssdal

1963-. (aged 63)
journalist military officer
Kai Ryssdal is an American radio journalist and the host of Marketplace, a business program that airs weekdays on U.S. public radio stations. He also co-hosts the spinoff podcast Make Me Smart with Kimberly Adams.
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Doug DeMuro

48. Doug DeMuro

1988-. (aged 38)
columnist writer entrepreneur YouTuber television producer
Douglas Andrew DeMuro is an American YouTuber, author, columnist, writer, and Internet entrepreneur. DeMuro's focus is on the automotive industry; his car review-focused YouTube channel has 5 million subscribers as of August 2025.
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Sam Nunn

49. Sam Nunn

1938-. (aged 88)
lawyer partner farmer politician
Samuel Augustus Nunn Jr. is an American politician who served as a United States senator from Georgia (1972–1997) as a member of the Democratic Party.
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Will Kirby

50. Will Kirby

1973-. (aged 53)
reality television participant physician
William Terence Kirby, popularly known as Dr. Will, is an American aesthetic dermatologist, an associate clinical professor of dermatology, and a reality television personality. He is known for winning the CBS reality show Big Brother 2 as well as winning The Price Is Right and appearing on the Star Wars television series The Book of Boba Fett as Karales the...
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David Jolly

51. David Jolly

1972-. (aged 54)
politician lawyer member of congress lobbyist employee
David Wilson Jolly is an American attorney, politician, and lobbyist who served as the U.S. representative for Florida's 13th congressional district from 2014 to 2017 as a Republican. After leaving office, Jolly became a prominent Republican critic of President Donald Trump and a political pundit. In September 2018, Jolly left the Republican Party.
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Tom Price

52. Tom Price

1954-. (aged 72)
university teacher politician surgeon
Thomas Edmunds Price is an American physician and Republican Party politician who served as the U.S. representative for Georgia's 6th congressional district, encompassing the northern suburbs of Atlanta, from 2005 to 2017. While in Congress, Price chaired the House Committee on the Budget, Republican Study Committee and Republican Policy Committee. He was appointed Secretary of Health and Human Services by...
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Kenneth Cole

53. Kenneth Cole

1954-. (aged 72)
fashion designer
Kenneth D. Cole is an American designer, social activist, business owner, and philanthropist. His global company, Kenneth Cole Productions, creates clothing and other products under the labels Kenneth Cole New York, Reaction Kenneth Cole, and Unlisted, as well as footwear under the label Gentle Souls.
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Carl Hiaasen

54. Carl Hiaasen

1953-. (aged 73)
writer novelist children's writer journalist
Carl Hiaasen is an American journalist and novelist. He began his career as a newspaper reporter and by the late 1970s had begun writing novels in his spare time, both for adults and for middle grade readers. Two of his novels have been made into feature films, and one has been made into a TV series.
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Jeff Jackson

55. Jeff Jackson

1982-. (aged 44)
lawyer politician
Jeffrey Neale Jackson is an American politician, attorney, and Army National Guard officer who has served as the 52nd attorney general of North Carolina since 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the U.S. representative for North Carolina's 14th congressional district from 2023 to 2024 and represented the 37th district in the North Carolina Senate from...
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Bill Haslam

56. Bill Haslam

1958-. (aged 68)
entrepreneur politician
William Edward Haslam is an American billionaire businessman and politician who served as the 49th governor of Tennessee from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, Haslam previously served as the 67th mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee. Aside from politics, he is also notable as the majority owner of the Nashville Predators National Hockey League (NHL) franchise, after he...
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Erica Ash

57. Erica Ash

1977-2024 (aged 47)
singer model television actor voice actor film actor
Erica Chantal Ash was an American actress, comedian, singer, and model. She was a cast member on the sketch comedy programs MADtv and The Big Gay Sketch Show, and she later starred in the Starz sitcom Survivor's Remorse.
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Billy Carter

58. Billy Carter

1937-1988 (aged 51)
politician
William Alton Carter was an American farmer, businessman, brewer, and politician. The younger brother of U.S. President Jimmy Carter, he promoted Billy Beer and Peanut Lolita; and he was a candidate for mayor of Plains, Georgia.
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Adam Richman

59. Adam Richman

1974-. (aged 52)
actor
Adam Montgomery Richman is an American actor and television host. He has hosted various dining and eating-challenge programs on the Travel Channel, History Channel, and Discovery+.
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Antonia Gentry

60. Antonia Gentry

1998-. (aged 28)
actor
Antonia Bonea Gentry is an American actress. After early roles in short film and television announcements, she made her feature film debut in the Netflix romance Candy Jar (2018).
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Peter Buck

61. Peter Buck

1956-. (aged 70)
musician record producer guitarist songwriter musicologist
Peter Lawrence Buck is an American musician and songwriter. He was a co-founder and the lead guitarist of the alternative rock band R.E.M.; he played the banjo and mandolin on several R.E.M. songs. Throughout his career with R.E.M. (1980–2011), as well as during his subsequent solo career, Buck has been at various times a member of numerous side project groups....
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Jim Sarbh

62. Jim Sarbh

1987-. (aged 39)
actor
Jim Sarbh is an Indian actor known for his work in films and stage productions. He has received several awards including a Filmfare OTT Award, and an IIFA Award with a nomination for an International Emmy Award. Additionally, he has directed and acted in numerous theatre productions in India.
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Keri Hilson

63. Keri Hilson

1982-. (aged 44)
singer songwriter dancer recording artist actor
Keri Lynn Hilson is an American singer-songwriter and actress. Born and raised in Decatur, Georgia, she began her musical career as a songwriter and backing vocalist for other artists under the wing of record producer Anthony Dent in 2002. At the age of 14, Hilson secured a record deal with the girl group D'Signe, who disbanded without any releases. She...
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Scooter Braun

64. Scooter Braun

1981-. (aged 45)
talent agent talent manager businessperson actor
Scott Samuel "Scooter" Braun is an American businessman, investor, former talent manager, and record executive. One of the most influential names in music industry history, he is credited with having discovered and managed Canadian singer Justin Bieber in 2008 and American singer Ariana Grande in 2012, whose success along with other artists under Braun's management led to the establishment of...
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Brenda Fitzgerald

65. Brenda Fitzgerald

obstetrician
Brenda Fitzgerald is an American obstetrician-gynecologist who served as the 17th Director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the Donald Trump administration from July 2017 to January 2018. Her tenure was one of the shortest in the office's history, excluding interim appointments. Previously, she was the Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Public Health from 2011...
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Ghazala Hashmi

66. Ghazala Hashmi

1964-. (aged 62)
academic politician
Ghazala Firdous Hashmi is an American politician serving as the 43rd lieutenant governor of Virginia since 2026. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served as a Virginia state senator for the 15th district from 2020 to 2026. She is the first Asian-American and Muslim elected to statewide office in Virginia, along with being the first Muslim woman to...
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Diana Nyad

67. Diana Nyad

1949-. (aged 77)
squash player long-distance swimmer sports journalist motivational speaker swimmer
Diana Nyad /ˈnaɪˌæd/ is an American author, journalist, motivational speaker, and long-distance swimmer. Nyad gained national attention in 1975 when she swam around Manhattan (28 mi or 45 km) in record time.
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Brian Gallagher

68. Brian Gallagher

1959-. (aged 67)
social worker businessperson
Brian Gallagher is a nonprofit executive. He is the former president and CEO of United Way Worldwide.
Bernice King

69. Bernice King

1963-. (aged 63)
chief executive officer activist lawyer
Bernice Albertine King is an American lawyer, minister, and the youngest child of civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King. Just one week after her fifth birthday, her father was assassinated. In her adolescence, King chose to work towards becoming a minister after having a breakdown from watching a documentary about her father. King was 17...
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Newt Gingrich

70. Newt Gingrich

1943-. (aged 83)
politician teacher writer historian novelist
Newton Leroy Gingrich is an American politician who served as the 50th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. A member of the Republican Party, he was the U.S. representative for Georgia's 6th congressional district serving north Atlanta and nearby areas from 1979 until his resignation in 1999. In 2012, Gingrich unsuccessfully ran for the...
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John W. Houghtaling II

71. John W. Houghtaling II

1971-. (aged 55)
lawyer
John Houghtaling is an American attorney and oil and gas executive.
Thomas Farr

72. Thomas Farr

1954-2024 (aged 70)
lawyer
Thomas Alvin Farr was an American attorney. Farr was nominated by President Donald Trump for a judgeship on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina in 2017, and again in 2018. Farr was considered a controversial nominee due to his alleged involvement in suppression of African-American voters. On November 29, 2018, Republican U.S. Senators Jeff...
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Robert C. Robbins

73. Robert C. Robbins

1957-. (aged 69)
educator chief executive officer cardiologist cardiac surgeon physician
Robert Clayton Robbins, known professionally as Robert C. Robbins or R.C. Robbins, is an American cardiothoracic surgeon and former president of The University of Arizona. Previously, he was the president and CEO of the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas, from 2012 to 2017.
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Lauren Holtkamp

74. Lauren Holtkamp

1980-. (aged 46)
basketball player basketball official
Lauren Holtkamp is a former professional basketball referee who worked in the National Basketball Association (NBA), wearing number 7. Holtkamp became the third woman to be a full-time NBA referee. Holtkamp also played college basketball at Drury University from 2000 to 2004. Holtkamp previously refereed the last five NBA Development League seasons before becoming a full-time referee for the 2014–15...
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Duncan L. Niederauer

75. Duncan L. Niederauer

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

76. Wanjira Mathai

1971-. (aged 55)
environmentalist
Wanjira Mathai is a Kenyan environmentalist and activist. She is Managing Director for Africa and Global Partnerships at the World Resources Institute, based in Nairobi, Kenya. In this role, she takes on global issues including deforestation and energy access. She was selected as one of the 100 Most Influential Africans by New African magazine in 2018 for her role serving...
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Wyche Fowler

77. Wyche Fowler

1940-. (aged 86)
lawyer politician
William Wyche Fowler Jr. is an American attorney, politician, and diplomat. He is a member of the Democratic Party and served as a U.S. Senator from Georgia from 1987 to 1993. He had previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1977 to 1987.
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Larry McDonald

78. Larry McDonald

1935-1983 (aged 48)
military officer urologist politician
Lawrence Patton McDonald was an American physician, politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Georgia's 7th congressional district as a Democrat from 1975 until he was killed as a passenger on board Korean Air Lines Flight 007 when it was shot down by Soviet interceptors.
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Mark Weinberger

79. Mark Weinberger

1961-. (aged 65)
entrepreneur politician
Mark A. Weinberger is an American businessman. He is the former global chairman and CEO of EY (formerly known as Ernst & Young). Weinberger currently sits on several boards of directors, including those of Metlife, Johnson & Johnson Saudi Aramco. and JPMorgan Chase. Earlier in his career he has also held several posts in the public sector in Washington, D.C.,...
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Kirsten Haglund

80. Kirsten Haglund

1988-. (aged 38)
model beauty pageant contestant journalist musician
Kirsten Iora Müller-Daubermann is a public speaker, eating disorder awareness activist, commentator, and president of the Kirsten Haglund Foundation. She served as Miss America 2008.
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Tavia Galonski

81. Tavia Galonski

politician
Tavia Galonski is an American politician who served as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 2017 to 2023. A Democrat, she represented portions of Akron and Barberton in Summit County.
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David Brinkley

82. David Brinkley

1920-2003 (aged 83)
writer news presenter journalist television presenter
David McClure Brinkley was an American newscaster for NBC and ABC in a career lasting from 1943 to 1997.
Etta Zuber Falconer

83. Etta Zuber Falconer

1933-2002 (aged 69)
university teacher
Etta Zuber Falconer was an American educator and mathematician the bulk of whose career was spent at Spelman College, where she eventually served as department head and associate provost. She was one of the earlier African-American women to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics.
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Larry Leon Palmer

84. Larry Leon Palmer

1948-2021 (aged 73)
diplomat
Larry Leon Palmer was an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean from 2012 to 2015. He was the United States Ambassador to Honduras from 2002 to 2005. He also served as the President of the Inter-American Foundation from 2005 to June 2010.
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Robert Homer Simpson

85. Robert Homer Simpson

1912-2014 (aged 102)
meteorologist
Robert H. Simpson was an American meteorologist, hurricane specialist, first director of the National Hurricane Research Project (NHRP) from 1955 to 1959, and a former director (1967–1974) of the National Hurricane Center (NHC). He was the co-developer of the Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale with Herbert Saffir. His wife was Joanne Simpson.
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Alben W. Barkley

86. Alben W. Barkley

1877-1956 (aged 79)
lawyer judge politician
Alben William Barkley was an American lawyer and politician from Kentucky who served as the 35th vice president of the United States from 1949 to 1953 under President Harry S. Truman. In 1905, he was elected to local offices and in 1912 as a U.S. representative. Serving in both houses of Congress, he was a liberal Democrat, supporting President Woodrow...
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Teresa Tomlinson

87. Teresa Tomlinson

1965-. (aged 61)
lawyer politician
Teresa Pike Tomlinson is an American politician and attorney. She is a member of the Democratic Party. She was elected and served as the 69th Mayor of Columbus, Georgia, in 2010. On January 3, 2011, she was sworn in as the city's first female mayor.
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James I. Robertson, Jr

88. James I. Robertson, Jr

1930-2019 (aged 89)
historian
James Irvin "Bud" Robertson Jr. was an American historian on the American Civil War and professor at Virginia Tech.
Patrice Harris

89. Patrice Harris

1960-. (aged 66)
psychiatrist
Patrice Harris is an American psychiatrist and the first African-American woman to be elected president of the American Medical Association. She was elected the 174th president in June 2019.
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Stephen J. Blackwood

90. Stephen J. Blackwood

1975-. (aged 51)
philosopher literary historian entrepreneur
Stephen James Blackwood is a Canadian-American professor, academic, and social commentator.
Shigeaki Hinohara

91. Shigeaki Hinohara

1911-2017 (aged 106)
physician internist writer
Shigeaki Hinohara was a Japanese physician. In 1941, he began his long working association with St. Luke's International Hospital in central Tokyo and worked as a medical doctor throughout the wartime firebombing of the city. From 1990 he served as the hospital's honorary director. He was also Sophia University's Grief Care Institute director emeritus. He was honorary chairman of the...
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Kiyoshi Tanimoto

92. Kiyoshi Tanimoto

1909-1986 (aged 77)
Methodist pastor
Kiyoshi Tanimoto was a Japanese Methodist minister famous for his humanitarian work for the Hiroshima Maidens. Tanimoto was a U.S educated Methodist minister and moved to Hiroshima with his wife during the midst of World War II. He survived the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and was one of the six Hiroshima survivors whose experiences of the bomb and...
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Betül Kaçar

93. Betül Kaçar

1983-. (aged 43)
academic university teacher astrobiologist researcher chemist
Betül Kacar is a Turkish-American astrobiologist and an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She directs a NASA Research Center exploring the essential attributes of life, its origins and how they should shape our notions of habitability and the search for life on other worlds.
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Feng Tang

94. Feng Tang

1971-. (aged 55)
writer
Feng Tang whose real name is Zhang Haipeng, is a Chinese contemporary novelist, poet, and private equity investor.
Elizabeth Barchas Prelogar

95. Elizabeth Barchas Prelogar

1980-. (aged 46)
lawyer beauty pageant contestant
Elizabeth Barchas Prelogar is an American lawyer who served as solicitor general of the United States from 2021 to 2025. Before that, she served as acting solicitor general from January 20, 2021, at the start of the Biden administration, until President Joe Biden sent her nomination to the U.S. Senate on August 11, 2021.
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Gabriel Rockhill

96. Gabriel Rockhill

1972-. (aged 54)
university teacher philosopher translator
Gabriel Rockhill is an American philosopher, writer, and cultural critic. He is Professor of Philosophy & Global Interdisciplinary Studies, Director of Cultural Studies, and Director of the Critical Theory Workshop at Villanova University, as well as former program director at the Collège International de Philosophie.
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Eugenia del Pino

97. Eugenia del Pino

1945-. (aged 81)
biologist
Eugenia María del Pino Veintimilla is a developmental biologist at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador (Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador) in Quito. She was the first Ecuadorian citizen to be elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences (2006). She was awarded the 2019 Prize of the Latin American Society for Developmental Biology for her strong contributions to...
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Jonathan Schanzer

98. Jonathan Schanzer

journalist
Jonathan Schanzer is an American author and executive director at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. He oversees the work of the organization's experts and scholars.
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Michael Youssef

99. Michael Youssef

1948-. (aged 78)
pastor televangelist writer
Michael Youssef is an Egyptian-American pastor. He is the founding rector and senior pastor of the Church of the Apostles in Atlanta, Georgia, and the executive president of Leading the Way.
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Mark Taylor

100. Mark Taylor

1957-. (aged 69)
politician
Mark Anthony Taylor AO is a former Australian cricketer and current Nine Network commentator. He was the captain of the Australian squad which finished as runners-up at the 1996 Cricket World Cup.
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