Notable Alumni of San Francisco State University [Sorted List]

1. Cherríe Moraga

1952-. (aged 74)

playwright poet writer

Cherríe L. Moraga is an influential Chicana feminist writer, activist, poet, essayist, and playwright. A prominent figure in Chicana literature and feminist theory, Moraga's work explores the intersections of gender, sexuality, race, and class, with particular emphasis on the experiences of Chicana and Indigenous women. She currently serves as Distinguished Professor in the Department of English at the University of...

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2. Howard Bryant

1968-. (aged 58)

author television presenter

Howard "Howie" Bryant is a sports journalist, and radio and television personality. He writes weekly columns for ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine, ESPN, and appears regularly on ESPN Radio. He is a frequent panelist on The Sports Reporters and since 2006 has been the sports correspondent for Weekend Edition with Scott Simon on National Public Radio.

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3. Stephen Gaskin

1935-2014 (aged 79)

independent politician environmentalist

Stephen Gaskin was an American counterculture Hippie icon best known for his presence in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco in the 1960s and for co-founding "The Farm", a spiritual commune in 1970. He was a Green Party presidential primary candidate in 2000 on a platform which included campaign finance reform, universal health care, and decriminalization of marijuana. He was...

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4. Anthony C. Ferrante

film producer screenwriter film director

Anthony C. Ferrante is an American film director, producer, and writer, known for directing the Sharknado series, the 2017 thriller Forgotten Evil and the 2005 ghost story Boo, which was his feature film writing and directing debut.

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5. Paul Cayard

1959-. (aged 67)

skipper

Paul Pierre Cayard is an American yachtsman and professional sailor whose career spans Olympic sailing, the America's Cup, and offshore round-the-world racing. He is one of the most accomplished American sailors of his generation, with major victories across multiple disciplines of the sport.

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6. Jack Gilbert

1925-2012 (aged 87)

poet

Jack Gilbert was an American poet. Gilbert was acquainted with Jack Spicer and Allen Ginsberg, both prominent figureheads of the Beat Movement, but is not considered a Beat Poet; he described himself as a "serious romantic." Over his five-decade-long career, he published five full collections of poetry.

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7. Hari Dhillon

1968-. (aged 58)

television actor stage actor actor film actor

Hari Dhillon is an American television, film and stage actor, best known for playing Michael Spence in British television medical drama series Holby City. His name has also been spelled Hari Dillon and Harry Dillon.

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8. Manny Mashouf

1938-. (aged 88)

philanthropist entrepreneur businessperson executive producer fashion designer

Manoucher "Manny" Mashouf is an Iranian-American businessman and philanthropist known for founding Bebe Stores.

9. Irene McGee

1976-. (aged 50)

podcaster

Irene McGee is a podcaster and television personality who created and hosted No One's Listening, a podcast about the mass media.

10. Gavin Arthur

1901-1972 (aged 71)

astrologer secretary

Chester Alan "Gavin" Arthur III was an American astrologer and sexologist. He was the grandson of Chester A. Arthur, the twenty-first president of the United States. He received his early education from Columbia College and later joined the Philolexian Society. He left his college and participated in the Irish Republican Movement. During his time in Ireland, he began going by...

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11. Kim Addonizio

1954-. (aged 72)

novelist poet writer

Kim Addonizio is an American poet and novelist.

12. Jonas Rivera

1971-. (aged 55)

actor film producer

Jonas H. Rivera is an American film producer. As of September 2022, he is the executive vice president for film production at Pixar Animation Studios, overseeing operational issues (as distinguished from creative issues) for all film and streaming production. He produced the animated films Up (2009), Inside Out (2015), and Toy Story 4 (2019), all of which won the Academy...

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13. George Fenneman

1919-1997 (aged 78)

radio personality actor

George Watt Fenneman was an American radio and television announcer. Fenneman is best remembered as the show announcer and straight man on Groucho Marx's You Bet Your Life. Marx said of Fenneman in 1976, "There never was a comedian who was any good unless he had a good straight man, and George was straight on all four sides".

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14. Gary Fan

1966-. (aged 60)

politician

Gary Fan Kwok-wai is a Hong Kong politician. He was a member of the Legislative Council from 2012 to 2016 and from 2018 to 2019 after winning the 2018 by-election for New Territories East. He is also a former member of the Sai Kung District Council for Wan Hang. Former leader of the reformist faction in the Democratic Party, he...

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15. Karen Kondazian

1950-. (aged 76)

television actor novelist actor film actor

Karen Kondazian is an American actress and author. She is a recipient of the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award's Best Actress award and is a four-time Drama-Logue Awards winner. She had a regular starring role in Shannon, as well guest-starring roles on Wiseguy, Frasier, NYPD Blue, and others.

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16. Kate Linder

1947-. (aged 79)

model television actor actor film actor

Kate Linder is an American actress, best known for her role as Esther Valentine on The Young and the Restless, which she has played since 1982. After appearing in the soap opera for more than 40 years, she is one of the longest serving actors on an American soap opera. Linder received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame...

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17. Jack O'Neill

1923-2017 (aged 94)

surfer entrepreneur environmentalist

Jack O'Neill was an American businessman and founder of the surfwear and surfboard company O'Neill.

18. Ernest J. Gaines

1933-2019 (aged 86)

university teacher novelist

Ernest James Gaines was an American author. Four of his works were made into television movies.

19. Bud Harrelson

1944-2024 (aged 80)

baseball player

Derrel McKinley "Bud" Harrelson was an American professional baseball shortstop, coach and manager. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies and Texas Rangers from 1965 to 1980. After his retirement as a player, he served as a coach for the 1986 Mets team that won the World Series, and as manager of the...

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20. David Cay Johnston

1948-. (aged 78)

writer journalist non-fiction writer university teacher

David Cay Boyle Johnston is an American investigative journalist and author, a specialist in economics and tax issues, and winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting.

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21. Melba Pattillo Beals

1941-. (aged 85)

journalist

Melba Joy Patillo Beals is an American journalist and educator who was a member of the Little Rock Nine, a group of black students who were the first to racially integrate Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.

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22. Jennifer Finch

1966-. (aged 60)

actor photographer musician

Jennifer Finch is an American musician, designer, and photographer most notable for being the primary bass player of the punk rock band L7. Active in L7 from 1986 to 1996, Finch also wrote music and performed with her bands OtherStarPeople and The Shocker in the interim before joining the reunited L7 in 2014.

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23. Dan Hicks

1941-2016 (aged 75)

musician songwriter conductor singer bandleader

Daniel Ivan Hicks was an American singer-songwriter and musician, and the leader of Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks. His idiosyncratic style combined elements of cowboy folk, jazz, country, swing, bluegrass, pop, and gypsy music. He is perhaps best known for the songs "I Scare Myself" and "Canned Music". His songs are frequently infused with humor, as evidenced by the...

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24. Janet Weiss

1965-. (aged 61)

drummer musician

Janet Lee Weiss is an American rock drummer, a member of Quasi and former member of Sleater-Kinney. She was the drummer for Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, leaving after the album Mirror Traffic, and contributed to the Shins' fourth studio album, Port of Morrow (2012). She was also the drummer for the supergroup Wild Flag.

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25. Jose Antonio Vargas

1981-. (aged 45)

film director journalist film screenwriter film producer

Jose Antonio Vargas is a journalist, filmmaker, and immigration rights activist. Born in the Philippines and raised in the United States from the age of twelve, he was part of The Washington Post team that won the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting in 2008 for coverage of the Virginia Tech shooting online and in print. Vargas has also worked...

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26. Pamela Peck

1944-. (aged 82)

journalist actor

Pamela Peck Wan-kam was a Hong Kong radio agony aunt and celebrity and is a former member of Wan Chai District Council. Since 1989 she has been the partner of 'celebrity' lawyer and legislator Paul Tse.

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27. Cal Tjader

1925-1982 (aged 57)

jazz musician composer recording artist bandleader percussionist

Callen Radcliffe Tjader Jr. was an American Latin Jazz musician, often described as the most successful non-Latino Latin musician. He explored other jazz idioms, especially small group modern jazz, even as he continued to perform the music of Africa, the Caribbean, and Latin America.

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28. Ben Fong-Torres

1945-. (aged 81)

radio personality writer music journalist disc jockey music publicist

Benjamin Fong-Torres is an American rock journalist best known for his association with Rolling Stone magazine (until 1981) and the San Francisco Chronicle (from around 1982).

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29. Masoud Jafari Jozani

1948-. (aged 78)

film producer screenwriter film director

Masoud Jafari Jozani is an Iranian film director, screenwriter and producer. He has received an award for the best short film at the Fajr International Film Festival. In the Wind's Eye is one of Jafari Jozani's most notable works, which he directed and wrote. This TV series In the Wind's Eye was the first Iranian film to be shot in...

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30. Michael Medved

1948-. (aged 78)

film critic journalist radio personality pundit

Michael S. Medved is an American radio show host, author, political commentator, and film critic. His talk show, The Michael Medved Show, is syndicated from his home station KTTH in Seattle. It is available via Cable Radio Network’s channel CRN1. It was syndicated via Genesis Communications Network until GCN’s closure on May 5, 2024.

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31. Douglas Crockford

1955-. (aged 71)

computer scientist software developer programmer

Douglas Crockford is an American computer programmer who is involved in the development of the JavaScript language. They specified the data format JSON, and have developed various JavaScript related tools such as the static code analyzer JSLint and minifier JSMin. They wrote the book JavaScript: The Good Parts, published in 2008, followed by How JavaScript Works in 2018. They were...

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32. Jesse Taylor

1983-. (aged 43)

mixed martial arts fighter

Jesse Taylor is an American professional mixed martial arts (MMA) and 10th Planet Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt fighter who last competed in the Welterweight division. A professional competitor from 2006 to 2023, he was a cast member of SpikeTV's The Ultimate Fighter 7, winning his entry, preliminary, quarterfinal and semi-final matches, and then became infamous for being the only...

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33. Kent Nagano

1951-. (aged 75)

conductor music director

Kent George Nagano is an American conductor and opera administrator. From 2015 until 2025, he was Generalmusikdirektor (GMD) of the Hamburg State Opera and the Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg.

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34. Ron Dellums

1935-2018 (aged 83)

Mental Health Social Worker bureaucrat teacher consultant lobbyist

Ronald Vernie Dellums was an American politician who served as Mayor of Oakland from 2007 to 2011. He had previously served thirteen terms as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 9th congressional district, in office from 1971 to 1998, after which he worked as a lobbyist in Washington, D.C.

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35. Cleve Jones

1954-. (aged 72)

businessperson LGBTQ rights activist

Cleve Jones is an American AIDS and LGBT rights activist. He conceived the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, which has become, at 54 tons, the world's largest piece of community folk art as of 2020. In 1983 at the onset of the AIDS pandemic, Jones co-founded the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, which has grown into one of the largest and...

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36. John Zerzan

1943-. (aged 83)

writer historian philosopher anarchist new media artist

John Edward Zerzan is an American anarcho-primitivist author. His works criticize agricultural civilization as inherently oppressive, and advocate drawing upon the ways of life of hunter-gatherers as an inspiration for what a free society should look like. Subjects of his criticism include domestication and symbolic thought (such as language, number, art and the concept of time).

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37. Ronnie Schell

1931-. (aged 95)

voice actor television actor actor film actor

Ronald Ralph Schell is an American actor and stand-up comedian. He appeared on the May 28, 1959, episode of the TV quiz show You Bet Your Life, hosted by Groucho Marx. Schell demonstrated a comic barrage of beatnik jive talk. As a stand-up comedian, he first developed his act at the hungry i nightclub in San Francisco, California, and is...

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38. Mario Savio

1942-1996 (aged 54)

university teacher

Mario Savio was an American activist and a key member of the Berkeley Free Speech Movement. He is most famous for his passionate speeches, especially the "Bodies Upon the Gears" address given at Sproul Hall, University of California, Berkeley on December 2, 1964.

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39. Beverly Archer

1948-. (aged 78)

film actor actor screenwriter

Beverly Archer is an American actress and writer who is perhaps best known as Iola Boylen on Mama's Family and Gunnery Sgt. Alva Bricker on Major Dad.

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40. Rebecca Solnit

1961-. (aged 65)

environmentalist writer journalist art historian author

Rebecca Solnit is an American writer and activist. She has written on a variety of subjects, including feminism, the environment, politics, place, and art.

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41. Wilma Mankiller

1945-2010 (aged 65)

writer autobiographer poet traditional leader or chief

Wilma Pearl Mankiller was a Native American activist, social worker, community developer and the first woman elected to serve as Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation. Born in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, she lived on her family's allotment in Adair County, Oklahoma, until the age of 11, when her family relocated to San Francisco as part of a federal government program to...

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42. Dan the Automator

1967-. (aged 59)

DJ producer record producer composer

Daniel M. Nakamura, better known by his stage name Dan the Automator, is an American record producer. He is the founder of the publishing company Sharkman Music and the record label 75 Ark.

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43. Greg Proops

1959-. (aged 67)

actor television actor film actor podcaster voice actor

Gregory Everett Proops is an American actor, stand-up comedian and television host. He is widely known for his work on the British and American versions of Whose Line Is It Anyway?. He has also voiced the titular character on the American version of Bob the Builder: Project: Build It in series 10 to 14.

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44. Daren Kagasoff

1987-. (aged 39)

film actor actor television actor

Daren Maxwell Kagasoff is an American actor. He is best known for starring as Ricky Underwood on the ABC Family teen drama series The Secret Life of the American Teenager from 2008 to 2013.

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45. Amy Hennig

1964-. (aged 62)

creative director video game designer video game writer

Amy Hennig is an American video game writer and former director for the video game company Naughty Dog. She began her work in the industry on the Nintendo Entertainment System, with her design debut on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System game Michael Jordan: Chaos in the Windy City. She later went to work for Crystal Dynamics, working primarily on the...

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46. Gilbert Melendez

1982-. (aged 44)

mixed martial arts fighter Thai boxer

Gilbert Melendez is an American mixed martial artist who formerly competed in the Lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He is a two-time Strikeforce Lightweight Champion and a former WEC Lightweight Champion. He also competed in PRIDE FC, Shooto and Rumble on the Rock.

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47. George Duke

1946-2013 (aged 67)

singer film score composer composer jazz musician pianist

George Martin Duke was an American keyboardist, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer. He worked with numerous artists as arranger, music director, writer and co-writer, record producer and as a professor of music. He first made a name for himself with the album The Jean-Luc Ponty Experience with the George Duke Trio. He is known for his 32 solo albums, as...

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48. Vince Guaraldi

1928-1976 (aged 48)

jazz musician pianist film score composer composer recording artist

Vincent Anthony Guaraldi was an American jazz pianist best known for composing music for animated television adaptations of the Peanuts comic strip. His compositions for this series included their signature melody "Linus and Lucy" and the holiday standard "Christmas Time Is Here". Guaraldi is also known for his performances on piano as a member of Cal Tjader's 1950s ensembles and...

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49. Margaret Avery

1944-. (aged 82)

singer stage actor television actor actor film actor

Margaret Avery is an American actress. She began her career appearing on stage and later had starring roles in films including Cool Breeze, Which Way Is Up? (1977), Scott Joplin (1977) which earned her an NAACP Image Award nomination, and The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh (1979). She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal...

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50. Janet Varney

1976-. (aged 50)

television actor voice actor presenter actor film actor

Janet Varney is an American actress, comedian, writer and producer. She is known for voicing the character of Korra in the Nickelodeon animated television series The Legend of Korra, co-starring as Sheriff Evie Barret in the television series Stan Against Evil, and a recurring role as Becca Barbara in You're the Worst.

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51. Alvin Ailey

1931-1989 (aged 58)

artistic director choreographer ballet dancer

Alvin Ailey Jr. was an American dancer, director, choreographer, and activist who founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (AAADT). He created AAADT and its affiliated Alvin Ailey American Dance Center (later Ailey School) as havens for nurturing Black artists and expressing the universality of the African-American experience through dance.

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52. Paul Desmond

1924-1977 (aged 53)

composer recording artist saxophonist jazz musician

Paul Desmond was an American jazz alto saxophonist and composer and proponent of cool jazz. He was a member of the Dave Brubeck Quartet and composed the group's biggest hit, "Take Five". The song remains the best-selling jazz song of all time.

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53. Jake Shields

1979-. (aged 47)

mixed martial arts fighter

Jake Shields is a far-right American political activist, podcaster, and former mixed martial artist. He was the last Rumble on the Rock Welterweight Champion, the only Elite XC Welterweight Champion, a former Shooto Welterweight Champion and former Strikeforce Middleweight Champion. He also fought in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) challenging Georges St. Pierre for the UFC Welterweight Championship. After his...

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54. Fat Mike

1967-. (aged 59)

singer songwriter bassist

Michael John Burkett, known professionally as Fat Mike, is an American musician and producer. He was the bassist and lead vocalist for the punk rock band NOFX and the cofounder and bassist of the punk rock supergroup cover band Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. Burkett started out with his first band False Alarm in 1982. He and NOFX rhythm...

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55. Oscar Zeta Acosta

1935-1974 (aged 39)

novelist politician lawyer writer jurist

Oscar "Zeta" Acosta Fierro was a Mexican American attorney, author and activist in the Chicano Movement. He wrote the semi-autobiographical novels Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo (1972) and The Revolt of the Cockroach People (1973), and was friends with American author Hunter S. Thompson. Thompson characterized him as a heavyweight Samoan attorney, Dr. Gonzo, in his 1971 novel Fear and...

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56. Stephen Colletti

1986-. (aged 40)

film actor actor television actor

Stephen Colletti is an American actor and television personality. He portrayed Chase Adams on The CW drama series One Tree Hill and appeared for two seasons on the MTV reality television series Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County.

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57. Faisal bin Musaid

1944-1975 (aged 31)

politician

Faisal bin Musaid Al Saud was the assassin and nephew of King Faisal of Saudi Arabia and a grandson of Saudi Arabia's founder King Abdulaziz. He shot and killed King Faisal in March 1975 and was executed by beheading later that year in June.

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58. Mohammad Javad Zarif

1960-. (aged 66)

academic career diplomat

Mohammad Javad Zarif is an Iranian career diplomat and academic. He served as the vice president for strategic affairs from August 2024 to March 2025. He was the foreign minister of Iran from 2013 until 2021 in the government of Hassan Rouhani.

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59. Tory Belleci

1970-. (aged 56)

television presenter filmmaker model maker film producer actor

Salvatore Paul Belleci is an American television personality and model maker, best known for his work on the Discovery Channel television program MythBusters. He has also worked with Industrial Light and Magic on films including Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace and Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones. The Federation battleships and podracers are some...

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60. Oliver Tree

1993-. (aged 33)

comedian record producer rapper songwriter film director

Oliver Tree Nickell is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, rapper, and filmmaker. Born in Santa Cruz, California, Tree signed to Atlantic Records in 2017 after his song "When I'm Down" went viral and released his debut studio album Ugly Is Beautiful in 2020. He achieved international recognition with his songs "Life Goes On" in 2021, and "Miss You" in 2022....

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61. Adivi Sesh

1985-. (aged 41)

writer film director actor screenwriter

Adivi Sesh Sunny Chandra is an Indian actor, director and screenwriter who works in Telugu cinema. Known for his work in action and suspense thrillers, he's received various awards including an IIFA Award Telugu, a SIIMA Award, and a Nandi Award He also won the first Gaddar Awards for his role in Major.

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62. Willie Brown Jr

1934-. (aged 92)

podcaster lawyer dental hygienist politician

Willie Lewis Brown Jr. is an American politician and attorney. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as mayor of San Francisco from 1996 to 2004 as the first African American to hold the office.

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63. Dina Eastwood

1965-. (aged 61)

journalist news presenter

Dina Marie Fisher, known professionally as Dina Eastwood, is an American reporter and news anchor. She is the ex-wife of actor and film director Clint Eastwood. She co-hosted the hidden camera television series Candid Camera (2001–2004) and starred in E!'s reality television series Mrs. Eastwood & Company (2012), that chronicled her life.

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64. Margaret Cho

1968-. (aged 58)

voice actor comedian television actor film actor screenwriter

Margaret Moran Cho is an American stand-up comedian, actress and musician. In her stand-up routines she critiques social and political problems, especially about race and sexuality. She starred in the ABC sitcom All-American Girl (1994–95).

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65. Dana Carvey

1955-. (aged 71)

screenwriter television actor comedian film producer film actor

Dana Thomas Carvey is an American stand-up comedian, actor, podcaster, screenwriter and producer.

66. Delroy Lindo

1952-. (aged 74)

stage actor director actor film actor

Delroy George Lindo is an American actor. Starting his career in the 1975 stage production of Of Mice and Men, he later earned a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor for his work in the 1988 production of Joe Turner's Come and Gone. He received wider recognition with roles in several Spike Lee films, playing West Indian Archie in...

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67. Kari Byron

1974-. (aged 52)

television presenter painter sculptor presenter artist

Kari Elizabeth Byron is an American television host, best known for her role on the MythBusters and White Rabbit Project series.

68. BD Wong

1960-. (aged 66)

stage actor television actor voice actor actor film actor

Bradley Darryl Wong is an American actor. Wong won a Tony Award for his performance as Song Liling in M. Butterfly, becoming the only actor in Broadway history to receive the Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, Clarence Derwent Award, and Theatre World Award for the same role. For his role as Whiterose in the television series...

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69. Harry Shum

1982-. (aged 44)

choreographer television actor film actor dancer singer

Harry Shum Jr. is an American actor and dancer. He is known for his roles as Mike Chang on the Fox television series Glee (2009–2015), Magnus Bane on the Freeform television series Shadowhunters (2016–2019), and Dr. Benson Kwan on the ABC television series Grey's Anatomy (2022–present). He was nominated for six Screen Actors Guild Awards for best ensemble performance in...

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70. Kirk Hammett

1962-. (aged 64)

guitarist songwriter

Kirk Lee Hammett is an American musician. Hammett has been the lead guitarist of heavy metal band Metallica since 1983; prior to joining Metallica, he co-formed thrash metal band Exodus in 1979. In 2023, Hammett and Metallica bandmate James Hetfield were co-ranked 23rd on Rolling Stone's list of Greatest Guitarists of All Time. In 2009, Hammett was ranked number 15...

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71. Alex Borstein

1971-. (aged 55)

comedian television actor screenwriter film actor voice actor

Alexandrea Borstein is an American actress, comedian, writer, and producer best known as Lois Griffin in Family Guy, for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award, and Susie Myerson in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017–2023), which won her two Primetime Emmy Awards.

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72. Johnny Mathis

1935-. (aged 91)

singer recording artist jazz musician

John Royce Mathis is an American singer. Starting his career with singles of standard music, Mathis is one of the best-selling recording artists of the 20th century. He became highly popular as an album artist, with several of his albums achieving gold or platinum status and 73 making the Billboard charts.

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73. Annette Bening

1958-. (aged 68)

stage actor television actor voice actor actor film actor

Annette Carol Bening is an American actress. With a career spanning over four decades, she is known for her versatile work across screen and stage. Bening has received numerous accolades, including a BAFTA Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for five Academy Awards, two Tony Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award,...

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74. Danny Glover

1946-. (aged 80)

film director film producer actor film actor television director

Danny Glover is an American actor, producer, and political activist. Over his career he has received numerous accolades including the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the NAACP's President's Award, as well as nominations for five Emmy Awards and four Grammy Awards.

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75. Rob Schneider

1963-. (aged 63)

voice actor anti-vaccine activist author comedian television actor

Robert Michael Schneider is an American actor and comedian. He rose to prominence as a cast member on NBC's Saturday Night Live (1990–1994), where he earned three Primetime Emmy Award nominations.

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76. Carl Weathers

1948-2024 (aged 76)

film director professional athlete television actor voice actor association football player

Carl Weathers was an American actor, director and gridiron football player. His prominent roles included boxer Apollo Creed in the first four Rocky films (1976–1985), Colonel Al Dillon in Predator (1987), Chubbs Peterson in Happy Gilmore (1996), and Combat Carl in the Toy Story franchise. He also starred in the 1988 film Action Jackson and portrayed Det. Beaudreaux in the...

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77. Jayshree Ullal

1961-. (aged 65)

businessperson

Jayshree V. Ullal is a British-American billionaire businesswoman, chairperson and CEO of Arista Networks, a cloud networking company responsible for the deployment of 10/25/40/50/100/400/800 Gigabit Ethernet networking in the data center.

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78. John Patitucci

1959-. (aged 67)

session musician composer jazz musician

John Patitucci is an American jazz bassist and composer.

79. Barbara Hammer

1939-2019 (aged 80)

autobiographer film producer filmmaker film director film editor

Barbara Jean Hammer was an American feminist film director, producer, writer, and cinematographer. She is known for being one of the pioneers of the lesbian film genre, and her career spanned over 50 years. Hammer is known for having created experimental films dealing with women's issues such as gender roles, lesbian relationships, coping with aging, and family life. She resided...

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80. Kevin Mullin

1970-. (aged 56)

entrepreneur politician

Kevin Mullin is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for California's 15th congressional district since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a member of the California State Assembly from the 22nd district, which encompasses most of the San Francisco Peninsula region, from 2012 to 2022.

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81. Pierre Salinger

1925-2004 (aged 79)

politician writer journalist

Pierre Emil George Salinger was an American journalist, author and politician. He served as the ninth press secretary for United States presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. Salinger served as a United States Senator in 1964 and as campaign manager for the 1968 Robert F. Kennedy presidential campaign.

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82. Vernon Chatman

1972-. (aged 54)

television director musician film director television actor television producer

Vernon Chatman is an American screenwriter, producer, director, voice actor, stand-up comedian, musician, and a member of PFFR, an art collective based in Brooklyn, New York City. He created the television series Wonder Showzen, Xavier: Renegade Angel, The Heart, She Holler and The Shivering Truth. He also produces, voices characters, and writes for South Park.

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83. Steve Lavin

1964-. (aged 62)

head coach basketball coach

Stephen Michael Lavin is an American college basketball coach and former broadcaster who is the head coach of the San Diego Toreros men's basketball team at the University of San Diego (USD). He previously served as head coach of the St. John's Red Storm and UCLA Bruins. In eleven full seasons as a head coach, Lavin had led teams to...

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84. Daniel Silva

1960-. (aged 66)

writer novelist journalist crime fiction writer

Daniel Silva is an American journalist and author of thriller and spy novels.

85. Walt Dohrn

1970-. (aged 56)

film director director musician television actor voice actor

Walter Dohrn is an American writer, director, animator, musician, and voice actor. He performed the voice of Rumpelstiltskin in Shrek Forever After (2010), as well as various characters in Shrek the Third (2007). He co-directed the film Trolls (2016) and directed its sequels, and voiced various characters in the franchise. With Conrad Vernon, he is co-directing Shrek 5, set for...

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86. Jeffrey Weissman

1958-. (aged 68)

television actor stage actor actor film actor

Jeffrey Weissman is an American actor. He has appeared in dozens of motion pictures and TV shows, most notably as George McFly in Back to the Future Part II and III and as Teddy Conway in Pale Rider. He has guest starred spots on Scarecrow and Mrs. King, Max Headroom, Dallas, The Man Show, and with Dick Van Dyke on...

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87. Lawrence J. Hogan

1928-2017 (aged 89)

university teacher real-estate agent lawyer business executive politician

Lawrence Joseph Hogan Sr. was an American politician who served as a Republican U.S. representative for the 5th congressional district of Maryland from January 3, 1969, to January 3, 1975. In 1974, he was the only Republican representative to vote to recommend all three House articles of impeachment against President Richard Nixon. He was the father of the 62nd governor...

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88. Leland Yee

1948-. (aged 78)

child and adolescent psychotherapist politician

Leland Yin Yee is an American former politician who served as a member of the California State Senate for District 8, which covered parts of San Francisco and the Peninsula.

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89. Peter Coyote

1941-. (aged 85)

writer actor

Peter Coyote is an American actor, director, screenwriter, author, and narrator of films, theater, television, and audiobooks. He is known for his appearances in films such as E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), Cross Creek (1983), Jagged Edge (1985), Bitter Moon (1992), Kika (1993), Patch Adams (1998), Erin Brockovich (2000), A Walk to Remember (2002), and Femme Fatale (2002).

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90. Michael McClure

1932-2020 (aged 88)

playwright poet writer composer dramaturge

Michael McClure was an American poet, playwright, songwriter, and novelist. After moving to San Francisco as a young man, he found fame as one of the five poets (including Allen Ginsberg) who read at the famous San Francisco Six Gallery reading in 1955, which was barely fictionalized in Jack Kerouac's The Dharma Bums. He soon became a key member of...

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91. Jeffrey Tambor

1944-. (aged 82)

actor television actor character actor film actor theatrical director

Jeffrey Michael Tambor is an American actor. He is known for his television roles such as Jeffrey Brookes, the uptight neighbor of Stanley and Helen Roper in the television sitcom The Ropers (1979–1980), as Hank Kingsley on The Larry Sanders Show (1992–1998), George Bluth Sr. and Oscar Bluth on Arrested Development (2003–2006, 2013, 2018–2019) and Maura Pfefferman on Transparent (2014–2017)....

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92. Bill Thomas

1941-. (aged 85)

academic politician

William Thomas is an American professional ice hockey player. He currently plays right wing for Anyang Halla, member of the Asia League Ice Hockey (AL).

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93. Keir Dullea

1936-. (aged 90)

television actor stage actor actor film actor

Keir Atwood Dullea is an American actor. He is known for his portrayal of astronaut David Bowman in the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey and its 1984 sequel, 2010: The Year We Make Contact.

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94. Ken Carter

1959-. (aged 67)

basketball coach businessperson

Kenny Ray Carter is an American business owner and education activist.

95. Terry Riley

1935-. (aged 91)

composer pianist printmaker film score composer

Terrence Mitchell Riley is an American composer and performing musician best known as a pioneer of the minimalist school of composition. Influenced by jazz and Indian classical music, his work became notable for its innovative use of repetition, tape delay systems, and improvisation. His best known works are the 1964 composition In C and the 1969 album A Rainbow in...

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96. Anne Rice

1941-2021 (aged 80)

novelist screenwriter writer

Anne Rice was an American author of Gothic fiction, erotic literature, and Bible fiction. She is best known for writing The Vampire Chronicles. She later adapted the first volume in the series into a commercially successful eponymous film, Interview with the Vampire (1994).

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97. Kelly Corrigan

1967-. (aged 59)

columnist journalist

Kelly Corrigan is the author of four New York Times bestselling books about family life: The Middle Place, Glitter and Glue, Lift and Tell Me More. She is the host of the long form interview show Tell Me More on PBS, now in its 7th season, as well as the podcast and NPR radio show Kelly Corrigan Wonders, which has...

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98. Saeb Erekat

1955-2020 (aged 65)

diplomat politician

Saeb Muhammad Salih Erekat was a Palestinian politician and diplomat who was the secretary general of the executive committee of the PLO from 2015 until his death in 2020. He served as chief of the PLO Steering and Monitoring Committee until 12 February 2011. He participated in early negotiations with Israel and remained chief negotiator from 1995 until May 2003,...

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99. George Miller

1945-. (aged 81)

lawyer politician

George Miller is an Australian filmmaker. Over the course of four decades he has received critical and popular success, and is widely known for creating and directing every film in the Mad Max franchise starting in 1979, including two entries which are considered two of the greatest action films of all time according to Metacritic. He has earned numerous accolades...

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100. John Lee

1972-. (aged 54)

film producer film director television actor actor television producer

John Lee Ka-chiu GBM SBS PDSM PMSM is a Hong Kong politician and former police officer who is currently the fifth chief executive of Hong Kong since 1 July 2022.

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