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100 Notable alumni of Northwestern University

Updated: June 23, 2026 EliteDegrees

Northwestern University is ranked #31 in the world and #25 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from Northwestern 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 Northwestern University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.

Edgar Bergen

1. Edgar Bergen

1903-1978 (aged 75)
comedian radio personality screenwriter puppeteer film actor
Edgar John Bergen was an American ventriloquist, comedian, actor, vaudevillian and radio performer. He was best known for his characters Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd. Bergen pioneered modern-day ventriloquism and has been described by puppetry organization UNIMA as the “quintessential ventriloquist of the 20th century”. He was the father of actress Candice Bergen.
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Kenneth Mars

2. Kenneth Mars

1935-2011 (aged 76)
singer television actor voice actor actor film actor
Kenneth Mars was an American actor. He appeared in two Mel Brooks films: as the deranged Nazi playwright Franz Liebkind in The Producers (1967) and Police Inspector Hans Wilhelm Friedrich Kemp in Young Frankenstein (1974). He also co-starred in Peter Bogdanovich's What's Up, Doc? (1972) as well as appearing in Woody Allen's Radio Days (1987) and Shadows and Fog (1991).
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Heather Headley

3. Heather Headley

1974-. (aged 52)
composer record producer film actor stage actor songwriter
Heather Headley is a Trinidadian-born American singer, songwriter, record producer and actress. She won the 2000 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for the title role of Aida. She also won the 2010 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album for her album Audience of One. In 2018, she recurred as Gwen Garrett on the NBC medical...
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Fred Williamson

4. Fred Williamson

1938-. (aged 88)
actor American football player screenwriter film actor film director
Frederick Robert Williamson, nicknamed "the Hammer", is an American actor, filmmaker, and former football player. He played professional football as a defensive back, primarily in the American Football League (AFL) during the 1960s. He was a top sports star during the decade, and became a leading man in blaxploitation and action films beginning in the 1970s.
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Natalie Wynn

5. Natalie Wynn

1988-. (aged 38)
video essayist proofreader YouTuber film director
Natalie Wynn is an American left-wing YouTuber, political commentator, cultural critic. She is best known for her YouTube channel, ContraPoints, where she creates video essays exploring topics such as politics, gender, ethics, race, and philosophy.
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Laura Innes

6. Laura Innes

1957-. (aged 69)
actor television actor screenwriter film actor stage actor
Laura Innes is an American actress and television director. She played Kerry Weaver in the medical drama ER (1995–2009), which earned her two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. In 2001, she received her third Primetime Emmy Award nomination for directing the episode "Shibboleth" of the political drama The West Wing. She also appeared in the thriller drama The Event (2010–2011) and...
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Jayne Atkinson

7. Jayne Atkinson

1959-. (aged 67)
television actor stage actor actor film actor
Jayne Atkinson is a British-American actress. She is best known for the role of Karen Hayes on 24, as well as her Tony Award–nominated roles in The Rainmaker and Enchanted April. She has also appeared in Criminal Minds as BAU Section Chief Erin Strauss, Madam Secretary as United States Vice President Teresa Hurst, and House of Cards as U.S. Secretary...
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Sarah Sherman

8. Sarah Sherman

1993-. (aged 33)
writer film director actor comedian
Sarah Nicole Sherman, also known professionally as Sarah Squirm, is an American comedian, actress, and screenwriter. Sherman is known for using surreal and body horror comedy. She became a featured player on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live starting with its 47th season in October 2021, and was promoted to repertory status in October 2023.
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Daphne Maxwell Reid

9. Daphne Maxwell Reid

1948-. (aged 78)
film actor television actor model
Daphne Etta Reid is an American actress, comedian, designer, and former model. She is known for her role as the second Vivian Banks on the NBC sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air from 1993 to 1996.
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Craig Sager

10. Craig Sager

1951-2016 (aged 65)
journalist sports commentator
Craig Graham Sager was an American sports reporter who covered an array of sports for CNN and its sister stations TBS and TNT, from 1981 until his death in late 2016.
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Richard Benjamin

11. Richard Benjamin

1938-. (aged 88)
actor television actor screenwriter director film actor
Richard Samuel Benjamin is an American actor and director. He has starred in a number of well-known films, including Goodbye, Columbus (1969), Catch-22 (1970), Portnoy's Complaint (1972), Westworld, The Last of Sheila (both 1973) and Saturday the 14th (1981). In 1968, Benjamin was nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series for his performance on the...
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John Cameron Mitchell

12. John Cameron Mitchell

1963-. (aged 63)
director film actor theatrical director ice skater film producer
John Cameron Mitchell is an American actor, playwright, screenwriter, singer, songwriter, producer and director. He is known as the writer, director and star of the 2001 film Hedwig and the Angry Inch, which is based on the stage musical of the same name. He also co-wrote and starred in the 2019 musical audio series Anthem: Homunculus and portrayed the role...
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Leigh Taylor-Young

13. Leigh Taylor-Young

1945-. (aged 81)
television actor stage actor actor film actor
Leigh Taylor-Young is an American former actress who has appeared on stage, screen, podcast, radio, and television. Her best-known films include I Love You, Alice B. Toklas (1968), The Horsemen (1971), The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (1971), Soylent Green (1973), and Jagged Edge (1985). She won an Emmy for her role on the hit television series Picket Fences.
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Veronica Roth

14. Veronica Roth

1988-. (aged 38)
writer science fiction writer children's writer novelist
Veronica Anne Roth is an American novelist and short story writer, known for her bestselling Divergent trilogy which has sold more than 35 million copies worldwide.
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Pramila Jayapal

15. Pramila Jayapal

1965-. (aged 61)
financial analyst politician
Pramila Jayapal is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative from Washington's 7th congressional district since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she represents most of Seattle, as well as some suburban areas of King County. Jayapal represented the 37th legislative district in the Washington State Senate from 2015 to 2017. She is the first Indian American woman...
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Jerry Reinsdorf

16. Jerry Reinsdorf

1936-. (aged 90)
lawyer businessperson
Jerry Michael Reinsdorf is an American sports executive and businessman who is the owner of the NBA's Chicago Bulls and MLB's Chicago White Sox. He started his professional life as a tax attorney with the Internal Revenue Service. He has been the owner of the White Sox and Bulls for nearly 40 years. As of May 2024, his net worth...
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Paula Prentiss

17. Paula Prentiss

1938-. (aged 88)
film actor
Paula Prentiss is an American actress. She is best known for her film roles in Where the Boys Are (1960), Man's Favorite Sport? (1964), What's New Pussycat? (1965), Catch-22 (1970), The Parallax View (1974), and The Stepford Wives (1975).
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Claire Coffee

18. Claire Coffee

1980-. (aged 46)
television actor film director actor film actor
Claire Elizabeth Coffee is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Adalind Schade in the NBC fantasy drama Grimm.
Trevor Siemian

19. Trevor Siemian

1991-. (aged 35)
American football player
Trevor John Siemian is an American professional football quarterback. He played college football for the Northwestern Wildcats and was selected by the Denver Broncos in the seventh round of the 2015 NFL draft. Siemian was part of the Broncos when they won Super Bowl 50, serving as the third-string quarterback behind starter Peyton Manning and backup Brock Osweiler. He has...
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Harry Lennix

20. Harry Lennix

1964-. (aged 62)
actor television actor film actor teacher stage actor
Harold Joseph Lennix III is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Terrence "Dresser" Williams in the Robert Townsend film The Five Heartbeats (1991) and as Boyd Langton in the Fox science-fiction series Dollhouse. Lennix co-starred as Harold Cooper, assistant director of the FBI Counterterrorism Division, on the NBC drama The Blacklist. Lennix also played J'onn J'onzz/Calvin...
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Divya Narendra

21. Divya Narendra

1982-. (aged 44)
businessperson chief executive officer
Divya Narendra is an American businessman. He is the CEO and co-founder of SumZero along with Harvard classmate Aalap Mahadevia. He also co-founded HarvardConnection (later renamed ConnectU) with Harvard University classmates Cameron Winklevoss and Tyler Winklevoss.
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Claude Akins

22. Claude Akins

1926-1994 (aged 68)
television actor stage actor actor film actor
Claude Aubrey Akins was an American character actor. He played Sonny Pruit in Movin' On, a 1974–1976 American drama series about a trucking team; Sheriff Lobo on The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo, a 1979–1981 American action comedy television series; and in a variety of other roles on television as well as in feature films.
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Joe Girardi

23. Joe Girardi

1964-. (aged 62)
baseball manager baseball player baseball commentator
Joseph Elliott Girardi is an American sports broadcaster and former professional baseball player and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB). Girardi played the catcher position for the Chicago Cubs, Colorado Rockies, New York Yankees, and St. Louis Cardinals during a big league playing career that spanned from 1989 to 2003. He won three World Series championships with the Yankees in...
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Kerry Bishé

24. Kerry Bishé

1984-. (aged 42)
television actor film actor
Kerry Bishé is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Donna Clark in the AMC period drama series Halt and Catch Fire and Lucy Bennett, the lead/narrator in the final season of the ABC medical sitcom Scrubs (2009–2010). She is also known for her supporting role in the drama film Argo (2012).
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Aneta Corsaut

25. Aneta Corsaut

1933-1995 (aged 62)
film actor actor television actor
Aneta Louise Corsaut was an American actress and writer. She is best known for playing Helen Crump on The Andy Griffith Show (1963–1968), Judge Cynthia Justin on Matlock (1991–1992), and Jane in The Blob (1958).
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Brian d'Arcy James

26. Brian d'Arcy James

1968-. (aged 58)
television actor stage actor actor musician
Brian d'Arcy James is an American actor and musician. He is known primarily for his Broadway roles, including Shrek in Shrek the Musical, Nick Bottom in Something Rotten!, King George III in Hamilton, and The Baker in Into the Woods. He has received five Tony Award nominations for his work. On-screen, he is known for his recurring role as Andy...
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Kathy Reichs

27. Kathy Reichs

1948-. (aged 78)
academic university teacher writer researcher television producer
Dr. Kathleen Joan Reichs is an American crime writer, forensic anthropologist and academic. She is a professor emerita of anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She is well known for inspiring the television series Bones.
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John Paul Stevens

28. John Paul Stevens

1920-2019 (aged 99)
naval officer lawyer judge
John Paul Stevens was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1975 to 2010. He was the second-oldest and third-longest-serving justice in U.S. Supreme Court history. At the time of his death in 2019 at age 99, he was the longest-lived Supreme Court justice ever. His long...
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Nicole Sullivan

29. Nicole Sullivan

1970-. (aged 56)
voice actor television actor comedian film actor
Nicole Sullivan is an American actress and comedian known for being a cast member on the sketch comedy series MADtv for six seasons (1995–2001). She also played Holly Shumpert in five seasons (2001–2005, 2007) of the CBS sitcom The King of Queens.
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Ana Gasteyer

30. Ana Gasteyer

1967-. (aged 59)
comedian television actor film actor stage actor actor
Ana Kristina Gasteyer is an American actress, comedian and singer. She was a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 1996 to 2002. She has since starred in such sitcoms as ABC's Suburgatory, TBS's People of Earth, NBC's American Auto, and the film Mean Girls.
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Steve Albini

31. Steve Albini

1962-2024 (aged 62)
music journalist guitarist tonmeister audio engineer music publicist
Steven Frank Albini was an American musician and audio engineer. He founded and fronted the influential post-hardcore and noise rock bands Big Black (1981–1987), Rapeman (1987–1989), and Shellac (1992–2024), and engineered acclaimed albums such as the Pixies' Surfer Rosa (1988), PJ Harvey's Rid of Me, Nirvana's In Utero (both 1993), and Manic Street Preachers' Journal for Plague Lovers (2009).
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Tony Randall

32. Tony Randall

1920-2004 (aged 84)
film director director producer television actor military officer
Anthony Leonard Randall was an American actor, comedian, director, producer and singer, active in film, television and stage.
Anne Dudek

33. Anne Dudek

1975-. (aged 51)
television actor stage actor film director film actor
Anne Louise Dudek is an American actress. She is best known for portraying Tiffany Wilson in the 2004 film White Chicks, Danielle Brooks in the television series Covert Affairs, Dr. Amber Volakis on the series House, Lura Grant on the series Big Love, and Francine Hanson on the series Mad Men. She has also starred in the British television series...
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McLean Stevenson

34. McLean Stevenson

1927-1996 (aged 69)
television actor spokesperson actor author salesperson
Edgar McLean Stevenson Jr. was an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his role as Lieutenant Colonel Henry Blake in the television series M*A*S*H, which earned him a Golden Globe Award in 1974. Stevenson also appeared on a number of television series, notably The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Doris Day Show and Match Game.
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Marina Squerciati

35. Marina Squerciati

1984-. (aged 42)
television actor stage actor actor film actor
Marina Squerciati is an American actress. She currently appears as a regular in Chicago P.D. as Detective Kim Burgess.
Patti Davis

36. Patti Davis

1952-. (aged 74)
actor television actor writer model songwriter
Patricia Ann Davis is an American actress and author. She is the daughter of U.S. president Ronald Reagan and his second wife, Nancy Reagan.
Greta Lee

37. Greta Lee

1982-. (aged 44)
writer television actor actor film actor
Greta Lee is an American actress. She had main roles in the Netflix comedy-drama series Russian Doll (2019–2022) and the Apple TV+ drama series The Morning Show (2021–2025). The latter earned her a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. She gained prominence for her starring role in the romantic drama film Past...
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Britt Lower

38. Britt Lower

1985-. (aged 41)
screenwriter film director television actor actor film actor
Brittney Leigh Lower is an American actress. She is best known for her roles in the crime drama series Unforgettable (2011–2014), the romantic comedy series Man Seeking Woman (2015–2017), and the sci-fi series Severance (2022–present), the last of which earned her a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 2025.
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Ron Reagan

39. Ron Reagan

1958-. (aged 68)
journalist radio personality
Ronald Prescott Reagan is an American political commentator and broadcaster. He is a former radio host and political analyst for KIRO and Air America Radio, with which he hosted his own daily three-hour show. He has also been a contributor to MS NOW.
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Stephanie March

40. Stephanie March

1974-. (aged 52)
television actor stage actor actor film actor
Stephanie Caroline March is an American actress and activist. She is known for playing Alexandra Cabot in the NBC crime drama series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2000–2018) and its spinoff media. She is also recognized for her activism towards abuse victims, education, and women's rights.
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Karen Black

41. Karen Black

1939-2013 (aged 74)
stage actor actor composer singer-songwriter singer
Karen Blanche Black was an American actress, screenwriter, singer, and songwriter. She rose to prominence for her work in studio and independent films in the 1970s, frequently portraying eccentric and offbeat characters, and established herself as a figure of New Hollywood. Her career spanned 50 years and includes nearly 200 credits in both independent and mainstream films. Black received numerous...
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Jeffrey Hunter

42. Jeffrey Hunter

1926-1969 (aged 43)
television actor television producer film producer actor film actor
Jeffrey Hunter was an American film and television actor and producer known for his roles in films such as The Searchers and King of Kings. On television, Hunter is known for his 1965 role as Captain Christopher Pike in the original pilot episode of Star Trek: The Original Series.
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Robin Lord Taylor

43. Robin Lord Taylor

1978-. (aged 48)
actor television actor
Robin Lord Taylor is an American actor and director. He is known for playing Oswald Cobblepot in the Fox series Gotham (2014–2019) and Will Bettelheim in the Netflix series You (2019). He also voices The Outsider in the video games Dishonored 2 (2016) and Dishonored: Death of the Outsider (2017). His film roles include the comedy Accepted (2006), the sci-fi...
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Richard Kind

44. Richard Kind

1956-. (aged 70)
comedian television actor screenwriter voice actor singer
Richard Bruce Kind is an American actor and comedian. His television roles include Dr. Mark Devanow in Mad About You (1992–1999, 2019), Paul Lassiter in Spin City (1996–2002), Cousin Andy in Curb Your Enthusiasm (2002–2021), Sam Meyers in Red Oaks (2014–2017), and Vince Fish in Only Murders in the Building (2024–present). He appeared in the films Clifford (1994), Stargate (1994),...
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Paul Lynde

45. Paul Lynde

1926-1982 (aged 56)
comedian television actor character actor screenwriter voice actor
Paul Edward Lynde was an American comedian, actor, and game-show panelist. A character actor with a distinctively campy and snarky persona that often poked fun at his closeted homosexuality, Lynde was well known for his roles as Uncle Arthur on Bewitched, as the befuddled father Harry MacAfee in Bye Bye Birdie, and as a regular "center square" panelist on the...
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Rod Blagojevich

46. Rod Blagojevich

1956-. (aged 70)
lawyer politician
Rod R. Blagojevich, often referred to by his nickname "Blago", is an American former politician who served as the 40th governor of Illinois from 2003 to 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, Blagojevich previously worked in both the state and federal legislatures. He served as an Illinois state representative from 1993 to 1997, and the U.S. representative from Illinois's...
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Denis O'Hare

47. Denis O'Hare

1962-. (aged 64)
television actor stage actor actor film actor
Denis Patrick Seamus O'Hare is an American actor noted for his award-winning performances in the plays Take Me Out and Sweet Charity, as well as portraying vampire king Russell Edgington on the HBO fantasy series True Blood. He is also known for his supporting roles in such films as Charlie Wilson's War (2007), Milk (2008), Changeling (2008), and Dallas Buyers...
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William Daniels

48. William Daniels

1927-. (aged 99)
stage actor actor voice actor character actor politician
William David Daniels is an American actor, known for his television roles, notably as Mark Craig on the drama series St. Elsewhere, for which he won two Primetime Emmy Awards, the voice of KITT on the television series Knight Rider, and George Feeny on the sitcom Boy Meets World, which earned him four People's Choice Award nominations. He reprised his...
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Aimee Garcia

49. Aimee Garcia

1978-. (aged 48)
screenwriter television actor voice actor actor film actor
Aimee Sandimés Garcia López de Ordóñez is an American actress, filmmaker, and writer. She is known for her television roles as Veronica Palmero in George Lopez (2006–2007), Jamie Batista in Dexter (2011–2013), Yvonne Sanchez in Vegas (2012–2013), and Ella Lopez in Lucifer (2016–2021).
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Nicolle Wallace

50. Nicolle Wallace

1972-. (aged 54)
television presenter political adviser novelist
Nicolle Wallace is an American television political commentator and author. She is the anchor of the MS NOW news and politics program Deadline: White House and a former co-host of the ABC daytime talk show The View. Wallace is a political analyst for MS NOW and NBC News. She was previously a frequent on-air contributor to the programs Today, The...
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Patricia Neal

51. Patricia Neal

1926-2010 (aged 84)
television actor stage actor actor film actor
Patricia Neal was an American actress of stage and screen. She is well known for, among other roles, playing World War II widow Helen Benson in The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), radio journalist Marcia Jeffries in A Face in the Crowd (1957), wealthy matron Emily Eustace Failenson in Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), and the worn-out housekeeper Alma Brown...
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Billy Eichner

52. Billy Eichner

1978-. (aged 48)
television presenter film actor comedian television actor actor
Billy Eichner is an American comedian, actor, screenwriter, and television show host. He is the star, executive producer, and creator of Funny or Die's Billy on the Street, a comedy game show that aired on truTV.
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Garry Marshall

53. Garry Marshall

1934-2016 (aged 82)
film director writer comedian film producer actor
Garry Kent Marshall was an American screenwriter, director, producer and actor. Marshall began his career in the 1960s as a writer for The Lucy Show and The Dick Van Dyke Show until he developed the television adaptation of Neil Simon's play The Odd Couple. He rose to fame in the 1970s for creating the ABC sitcom Happy Days (1974–1984).
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Jerry Orbach

54. Jerry Orbach

1935-2004 (aged 69)
stage actor television actor voice actor actor film actor
Jerome Bernard Orbach was an American actor and singer, described at the time of his death as "one of the last bona fide leading men of the Broadway musical and global celebrity on television" and a "versatile stage and film actor." Over his career he received a Tony Award and Screen Actors Guild Award as well as nominations for three...
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Seth Meyers

55. Seth Meyers

1973-. (aged 53)
television actor journalist director writer voice actor
Seth Adam Meyers is an American comedian, television host, writer, actor, and producer. He has hosted Late Night with Seth Meyers, a late-night talk show on NBC since 2014. Prior to hosting Late Night, he was a cast member on NBC's sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live (SNL) from 2001 to 2014. He served as SNL's head writer, as well...
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Kristen Schaal

56. Kristen Schaal

1978-. (aged 48)
film producer film actor comedian television actor actor
Kristen Joy Schaal is an American actress, comedian, and writer. Known for her distinctive high-pitched, childlike voice, she voices Louise Belcher on Bob's Burgers and voiced Mabel Pines on Gravity Falls. She also played Mel on Flight of the Conchords, The Guide on What We Do in the Shadows, Hurshe Heartshe on The Heart, She Holler, and Carol Pilbasian on...
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Robert Todd Lincoln

57. Robert Todd Lincoln

1843-1926 (aged 83)
diplomat lawyer politician
Robert Todd Lincoln was an American lawyer and businessman. He was the eldest son of President Abraham Lincoln and First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln, and the only one of their four children to survive past 18 and also the only one to outlive both his parents. Robert Lincoln became a business lawyer and company president, and served as both United...
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Robert Knepper

58. Robert Knepper

1959-. (aged 67)
television actor stage actor actor film actor
Robert Lyle Knepper is an American actor best known for his role as Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell in the Fox drama series Prison Break (2005–2009, 2017), Samuel Sullivan in the final season of the NBC series Heroes (2009–2010), Angus McDonough in The CW series iZombie (2015–2018) and Rodney Mitchum in Showtime's revival of Twin Peaks (2017). He has appeared in films...
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Mamie Gummer

59. Mamie Gummer

1983-. (aged 43)
stage actor television actor voice actor actor film actor
Mary Willa "Mamie" Gummer is an American actress. She starred in the title role of The CW series Emily Owens, M.D. (2012–2013), and played the recurring role of Nancy Crozier on The Good Wife (2010–2015) and its spin-off, The Good Fight (2018). She has also appeared in the films Evening (2007), Side Effects (2013), Cake (2014), and Ricki and the...
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Kimberly Williams-Paisley

60. Kimberly Williams-Paisley

1971-. (aged 55)
stage actor film director actor television producer film producer
Kimberly Williams-Paisley is an American actress known for her starring role in The 10th Kingdom, and roles on According to Jim and Nashville, as well as her breakthrough in Father of the Bride (1991), for which she was nominated for several teen awards, and its sequel, Father of the Bride Part II (1995). Throughout her career, she has guest starred...
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Maude Apatow

61. Maude Apatow

1997-. (aged 29)
film actor actor film director
Maude Annabelle Apatow is an American actress. She is best known for portraying Lexi Howard in the HBO drama series Euphoria (2019–present).
Noah Wyle

62. Noah Wyle

1971-. (aged 55)
executive producer television director actor television actor film actor
Noah Strausser Speer Wyle is an American actor and television director, producer and writer. He rose to fame as Dr. John Carter in the NBC medical drama ER (1994–2005), receiving five consecutive Emmy Award nominations, three consecutive Golden Globe Award nominations, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. He has won two Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award for his...
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Megan Mullally

63. Megan Mullally

1958-. (aged 68)
stage actor television actor voice actor actor film actor
Megan Mullally is an American actress, comedian and singer. She is best known for playing Karen Walker in the NBC sitcom Will & Grace (1998–2006, 2017–2020), for which she received eight Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, winning twice, in 2000 and 2006. She also received nominations for numerous other accolades for her portrayal,...
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Lily Rabe

64. Lily Rabe

1982-. (aged 44)
stage actor film director television actor actor film actor
Lily Rabe is an American actress. She is best known for her multiple roles on the FX anthology horror series American Horror Story (2011–2021). For her performance as Portia in the Broadway production of The Merchant of Venice, she received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play.
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Jeri Ryan

65. Jeri Ryan

1968-. (aged 58)
beauty pageant contestant television actor restaurateur film actor
Jeri Lynn Ryan is an American actress best known for her role as the former Borg drone Seven of Nine in Star Trek: Voyager (1997–2001) and Star Trek: Picard (2020–2023) for which she won two Saturn Awards in 2001 and 2024.
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Ann-Margret

66. Ann-Margret

1941-. (aged 85)
singer stage actor television actor recording artist film actor
Ann-Margret Olsson, credited as Ann-Margret, is an American actress, dancer, and singer with a career spanning seven decades. Her many screen roles include Pocketful of Miracles (1961), State Fair (1962), Bye Bye Birdie (1963), Viva Las Vegas (1964), Carnal Knowledge (1971), The Train Robbers (1973), Tommy (1975), The Return of the Soldier (1982), 52 Pick-Up (1986), Newsies (1992), Grumpy Old...
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Clancy Brown

67. Clancy Brown

1959-. (aged 67)
entrepreneur producer film producer investor businessperson
Clarence James Brown III is an American actor. Prolific in film and television since the 1980s, Brown is often cast in villainous and authoritative roles.
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Kathryn Hahn

68. Kathryn Hahn

1973-. (aged 53)
stage actor television actor voice actor actor film actor
Kathryn Marie Hahn is an American actress and comedian. She gained prominence appearing as a supporting actress in a number of comedy films, including How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003), Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004), Step Brothers (2008), Our Idiot Brother (2011), We're the Millers, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (both 2013), and Glass...
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Zach Braff

69. Zach Braff

1975-. (aged 51)
comedian producer voice actor film director film actor
Zachary Israel Braff is an American actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his role as John Michael "J.D." Dorian on the NBC/ABC television series Scrubs (2001–2010), for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series in 2005 as well as for three Golden Globe Awards from 2005 to 2007....
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Dermot Mulroney

70. Dermot Mulroney

1963-. (aged 63)
voice actor actor television actor film actor film producer
Dermot Patrick Mulroney is an American actor and musician. He is known for his roles in a wide variety of genres, including romantic comedy, western, and drama films. After making his film debut in Sunset (1988), Mulroney gained recognition for his starring role in the films Young Guns (1988) and Career Opportunities (1991). In the 1990s, Mulroney starred in the...
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Warren Beatty

71. Warren Beatty

1937-. (aged 89)
film director writer producer screenwriter film producer
Henry Warren Beatty is an American actor and filmmaker. His career has spanned over six decades, and he has received an Academy Award and three Golden Globe Awards. He also received the Irving G. Thalberg Award in 1999, the BAFTA Fellowship in 2002, the Kennedy Center Honors in 2004, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2007, and the AFI Life...
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Charlton Heston

72. Charlton Heston

1923-2008 (aged 85)
writer autobiographer voice actor political activist film screenwriter
Charlton Heston was an American actor. He gained stardom for his leading man roles in numerous Hollywood films including biblical epics, science-fiction films, and action films. He won an Academy Award in addition to earning nominations for three Golden Globe Awards and three Primetime Emmy Awards. He won numerous honorary accolades including the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 1978, the...
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Cindy Crawford

73. Cindy Crawford

1966-. (aged 60)
model actor
Cynthia Ann Crawford is an American model, actress and television personality. During the 1980s and 1990s, she was among the most popular supermodels and an ubiquitous presence on magazine covers and runways, as well as fashion campaigns. She subsequently expanded into acting and business ventures.
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George R. R. Martin

74. George R. R. Martin

1948-. (aged 78)
editing staff television producer blogger film producer fantasy author
George Raymond Richard Martin, also known by the initials G.R.R.M., is an American author, television writer, and television producer. Martin is best known as the author of the epic fantasy novel series A Song of Ice and Fire, which was adapted by HBO into the Primetime Emmy Award–winning television series Game of Thrones (2011–2019) and its prequel series House of...
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Julia Louis-Dreyfus

75. Julia Louis-Dreyfus

1961-. (aged 65)
singer television actor film actor voice actor stage actor
Julia Scarlett Elizabeth Louis-Dreyfus is an American actress, comedian, and producer. She is known for her roles in a string of successful comedy series and several comedy films. She has received numerous accolades including 11 Primetime Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and nine Screen Actors Guild Awards.
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Pharrell Williams

76. Pharrell Williams

1973-. (aged 53)
designer musician record producer songwriter singer
Pharrell Lanscilo Williams, is an American musician, record producer and fashion designer. He initially became known as one half of the music production duo the Neptunes, which he established alongside Chad Hugo in 1992. Fifteen of their productions have peaked within the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100, which includes four songs that peaked atop the chart. The two...
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David Schwimmer

77. David Schwimmer

1966-. (aged 60)
film director producer comedian film producer actor
David Lawrence Schwimmer is an American actor, director and producer. He gained worldwide recognition for portraying Ross Geller in the sitcom Friends (1994–2004), for which he received a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 1995. While on Friends, his first leading film role was in The Pallbearer...
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Hugh Hefner

78. Hugh Hefner

1926-2017 (aged 91)
writer nightclub owner voice actor political activist socialite
Hugh Marston Hefner was an American magazine publisher and businessman. He was the founder and editor-in-chief of Playboy magazine, a publication with revealing photographs and articles. Hefner extended the Playboy brand into a world network of Playboy Clubs. He also resided in luxury mansions where Playboy Playmates shared his wild partying life, fueling media interest.
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William Jennings Bryan

79. William Jennings Bryan

1860-1925 (aged 65)
lawyer writer publisher editor politician
William Jennings Bryan was an American lawyer, orator, and politician. He was a dominant force in the Democratic Party, running three times as the party's nominee for President of the United States in the 1896, 1900, and 1908 elections. He served in the House of Representatives from 1891 to 1895 and as the Secretary of State under Woodrow Wilson from...
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Robert Hanssen

80. Robert Hanssen

1944-2023 (aged 79)
spy mole government agent
Robert Philip Hanssen was an American Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent who spied for Soviet and Russian intelligence services against the United States from 1979 to 2001. His espionage was described by the U.S. Department of Justice as "possibly the worst intelligence disaster in U.S. history".
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Gillian Flynn

81. Gillian Flynn

1971-. (aged 55)
television critic film screenwriter novelist film critic journalist
Gillian Schieber Flynn is an American author, screenwriter, and producer, best known for her thriller and mystery novels Sharp Objects (2006), Dark Places (2009), and Gone Girl (2012). Her works have been translated into 40 languages, and by 2016, Gone Girl had sold over 15 million copies worldwide.
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Jerry Springer

82. Jerry Springer

1944-2023 (aged 79)
lawyer podcaster film producer musician actor
Gerald Norman Springer was a British and American broadcaster, journalist, actor, lawyer, and politician. He was best known for hosting the controversial tabloid talk show Jerry Springer from 1991 to 2018. Springer was noted as a pioneer in the emergence of "trash TV"; his eponymous show was a "commercial smash and certifiable cultural phenomenon" in the 1990s.
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Jaime Ray Newman

83. Jaime Ray Newman

1978-. (aged 48)
stage actor film director actor voice actor film producer
Jaime Ray Newman is an American actress, producer and singer. She is known for starring as Kristina Cassadine in the soap opera General Hospital, Mindy O'Dell in the drama series Veronica Mars, Kat Gardener in the fantasy series Eastwick, Lt. Laura Cadman in the science-fiction series Stargate Atlantis, Tess Fontana in the science-fiction series Eureka, Kat Petrova in the drama-thriller...
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Craig Bierko

84. Craig Bierko

1964-. (aged 62)
film actor stage actor television actor actor singer
Craig Philip Bierko is an American actor.
Christopher G. Kennedy

85. Christopher G. Kennedy

1963-. (aged 63)
businessperson politician
Christopher George Kennedy is an American businessman who is the chair of Joseph P. Kennedy Enterprises, Inc. A member of the prominent Kennedy family, he is a son of former United States Senator Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy, and a nephew of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy and former U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy. From 2000 until 2012, he...
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Josh Meyers

86. Josh Meyers

1976-. (aged 50)
film actor actor television actor
Josh Meyers is an American former professional ice hockey player. He last played for the Krefeld Pinguine in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). He was selected by the Los Angeles Kings in the 7th round (206th overall) of the 2005 NHL Entry Draft.
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Marg Helgenberger

87. Marg Helgenberger

1958-. (aged 68)
voice actor television actor actor film actor
Mary Margaret "Marg" Helgenberger is an American actress. She began her career in the early 1980s and first came to attention for playing the role of Siobhan Ryan on the daytime soap opera Ryan's Hope from 1982 to 1986. She is best known for her role as Catherine Willows in the CBS police procedural drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–13),...
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Adlai Stevenson II

88. Adlai Stevenson II

1900-1965 (aged 65)
diplomat lawyer politician
Adlai Ewing Stevenson II was an American politician and diplomat who was the United States ambassador to the United Nations from 1961 until his death in 1965. He previously served as the 31st governor of Illinois from 1949 to 1953 and was the Democratic Party nominee for president of the United States in 1952 and 1956, losing both elections to...
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Rahm Emanuel

89. Rahm Emanuel

1959-. (aged 67)
strategist military personnel entrepreneur politician
Rahm Israel Emanuel is an American politician, diplomat, and former investment banker who served as United States ambassador to Japan from 2022 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives for three terms from 2003 to 2009. He was the White House chief of staff from 2009 to 2010 under President...
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Robert Loggia

90. Robert Loggia

1930-2015 (aged 85)
program host television director director actor
Salvatore "Robert" Loggia was an American actor. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Jagged Edge (1985) and won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor for Big (1988).
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JB Pritzker

91. JB Pritzker

1965-. (aged 61)
lawyer businessperson politician
Jay Robert "JB" Pritzker is an American politician, lawyer, and businessman serving since 2019 as the 43rd governor of Illinois. A member of the Democratic Party, Pritzker is widely seen as an opposition leader during the second Trump administration.
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Ira Glass

92. Ira Glass

1959-. (aged 67)
screenwriter radio producer film producer actor radio personality
Ira Jeffrey Glass is an American public radio personality. He is the host and producer of the radio and television series This American Life and has participated in NPR programs, including Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and Talk of the Nation. His work in radio and television has won him awards, such as the Edward R. Murrow Award for Outstanding...
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Laura Linney

93. Laura Linney

1964-. (aged 62)
television director film actor stage actor television actor actor
Laura Leggett Linney is an American actress and director. She is the recipient of several awards, including four Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awards, five Tony Awards, and a BAFTA.
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George McGovern

94. George McGovern

1922-2012 (aged 90)
autobiographer university teacher peace activist politician historian
George Stanley McGovern was an American politician, diplomat, and historian from South Dakota who served in both chambers of the United States Congress as a member of the United States House of Representatives for two terms representing South Dakota's 1st congressional district from 1957 to 1961, the director of Food for Peace in 1961 and 1962 under John F. Kennedy,...
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Stephen Colbert

95. Stephen Colbert

1964-. (aged 62)
screenwriter television presenter comedian actor television producer
Stephen Tyrone Colbert is an American comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host. He is best known for hosting the Comedy Central news satire show The Colbert Report from 2005 to 2014, and the CBS talk show The Late Show with Stephen Colbert since September 2015.
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Saul Bellow

96. Saul Bellow

1915-2005 (aged 90)
essayist university teacher novelist writer author
Saul Bellow was a Canadian-American writer. For his literary work, Bellow was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, the 1976 Nobel Prize in Literature, and the National Medal of Arts. He is the only writer to win the National Book Award for Fiction three times, and he received the National Book Foundation's lifetime Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters in 1990.
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James Foley

97. James Foley

1973-2014 (aged 41)
teacher photojournalist journalist
James Wright Foley was an American journalist and video reporter. While working as a freelance war correspondent during the Syrian Civil War, he was abducted on November 22, 2012, in northwestern Syria. He was murdered by decapitation in August 2014 purportedly as a response to American airstrikes in Iraq, thus becoming the first American citizen to be murdered by the...
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Jennifer Jones

98. Jennifer Jones

1919-2009 (aged 90)
film actor actor model
Jennifer Judith Jones OM is a Canadian curler. She was the Olympic champion in curling as skip of the Canadian team at the 2014 Sochi Games. Jones is the first female skip to go through the Games undefeated. The only male skip to achieve this was fellow Canadian Kevin Martin in 2010. Jones and her team were the first Manitoba-based...
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Robert Reed

99. Robert Reed

1932-1992 (aged 60)
stage actor film director director actor film actor
Robert Reed was an American actor. He played Kenneth Preston on the legal drama The Defenders from 1961 to 1965 alongside E.G. Marshall, and is best known for his role as patriarch Mike Brady, opposite Florence Henderson's role as Carol Brady, on the ABC sitcom The Brady Bunch, which aired from 1969 to 1974. He later reprised his role of...
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Alexander De Croo

100. Alexander De Croo

1975-. (aged 51)
politician
Alexander De Croo is a Belgian politician and businessman who serves as Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). He was Prime Minister of Belgium from 2020 to 2025. Previously from 2012 to 2020, De Croo served as deputy prime minister in the governments of Elio Di Rupo, Charles Michel, and Sophie Wilmès. During his tenure as deputy prime...
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