100 Notable alumni of Stanford University

Updated: June 23, 2026 EliteDegrees

Stanford University is ranked #2 in the world and #2 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from Stanford 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 Stanford University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.

Neal Mohan

1. Neal Mohan

1973-. (aged 53)
business executive
Neal Mohan is an American business executive who has been the chief executive officer of the social media and online video sharing platform YouTube since 2023, succeeding Susan Wojcicki.
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Tracey Edmonds

2. Tracey Edmonds

1967-. (aged 59)
businessperson television producer
Tracey Elaine Edmonds is an American businesswoman and television producer. She is the CEO of Edmonds Entertainment Group Inc and Alrightnow.com, and was a host of the television program Extra. She was on the national board of directors for the Producers Guild of America in 2012.
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Julián Castro

3. Julián Castro

1974-. (aged 52)
lawyer politician
Julián Castro is an American lawyer and politician from San Antonio, Texas. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the youngest member of President Obama's cabinet, serving as the 16th United States secretary of housing and urban development from 2014 to 2017. Castro served as the mayor of his native San Antonio, Texas from 2009 until he joined Barack...
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Heather Langenkamp

4. Heather Langenkamp

1964-. (aged 62)
actor television actor film actor make-up artist film director
Heather Elizabeth Langenkamp is an American actress, filmmaker, businesswoman, and radio personality. An influential figure in horror films, Langenkamp is best known for her pioneering role as the resourceful heroine Nancy Thompson in the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise.
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Alexandra Botez

5. Alexandra Botez

1995-. (aged 31)
Twitch streamer poker player YouTuber chess player
Alexandra Valeria Botez is an American-born Canadian chess player, poker player, online streamer and YouTuber. In chess, she holds the FIDE title of Woman FIDE Master (WFM) and has a peak FIDE rating of 2092. She is a five-time Canadian girls' national champion and one-time U.S. girls' national champion. Botez has represented Canada at three Women's Chess Olympiads in 2012,...
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Ed McCaffrey

6. Ed McCaffrey

1968-. (aged 58)
American football player
Edward Thomas McCaffrey is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for 13 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants, San Francisco 49ers, and Denver Broncos. He played college football for the Stanford Cardinal, where he earned first-team All-America honors in 1990.
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Jyotiraditya Scindia

7. Jyotiraditya Scindia

1971-. (aged 55)
politician
Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia is an Indian politician who is serving as the 56th Minister of Communications and 10th Minister of Development of North Eastern Region since 2024. He was a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha representing the state of Madhya Pradesh from 2020 till his win in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. He was a Member of Parliament...
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Robin Lopez

8. Robin Lopez

1988-. (aged 38)
basketball player
Robin Byron Lopez is an American former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected with the 15th pick in the 2008 NBA draft by the Phoenix Suns, was traded to the New Orleans Hornets in 2012 and was traded to Portland in 2013. He played college basketball for the Stanford Cardinal alongside his twin brother...
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Prince William of Gloucester

9. Prince William of Gloucester

1941-1972 (aged 31)
diplomat aircraft pilot
Prince William of Gloucester was a member of the British royal family. The elder son of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, and Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, he was a grandson of George V, nephew of Edward VIII and George VI, and first cousin of Elizabeth II. At birth, he was fourth in line to the throne; by the time...
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Marc Mezvinsky

10. Marc Mezvinsky

1977-. (aged 49)
investment banker
Marc Mezvinsky is an American investor and partner at TPG. He has served previously as vice chairman at Social Capital. He is the husband of Chelsea Clinton, daughter of former president Bill Clinton and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton.
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Roger Corman

11. Roger Corman

1926-2024 (aged 98)
director film screenwriter film actor film producer film director
Roger William Corman was an American film director, producer, and actor. Known under various monikers such as "The Pope of Pop Cinema", "The Spiritual Godfather of the New Hollywood", and "The King of Cult", he was known as a trailblazer in the world of independent film.
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Marissa Mayer

12. Marissa Mayer

1975-. (aged 51)
computer scientist engineer business executive
Marissa Ann Mayer is an American business executive, software engineer, and investor who served as president and chief executive officer of Yahoo! from 2012 to 2017, when it was sold to Verizon. She was a long-time executive, usability leader and key spokesperson for Google (employee No. 20), and was its first woman software engineer. Mayer later co-founded Sunshine, a startup...
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Mae Jemison

13. Mae Jemison

1956-. (aged 70)
children's writer physicist professor engineer actor
Mae Carol Jemison is an American engineer, physician, and former NASA astronaut. She became the first African-American woman to travel into space when she served as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992. Jemison joined NASA's astronaut corps in 1987 and was selected to serve for the STS-47 mission, during which the Endeavour orbited the Earth for...
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Meena Harris

14. Meena Harris

1984-. (aged 42)
activist lawyer writer
Meenakshi Ashley Harris is an American lawyer, author, and theater producer. In theatre production, Harris won a Tony Award for producing A Strange Loop and was also nominated for producing Suffs. Harris's first children's picture book, Kamala and Maya's Big Idea (2020), was released by HarperCollins' imprint Balzer + Bray; it was based on the story of her mother, Maya...
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Jennifer Siebel Newsom

15. Jennifer Siebel Newsom

1974-. (aged 52)
stage actor film director television actor actor film actor
Jennifer Lynn Siebel Newsom is an American documentary filmmaker and actress who has served as the first partner of California since 2019 as the wife of Governor Gavin Newsom. She was the director, writer, and producer of the film Miss Representation (2011), which premiered in the documentary competition at the Sundance Film Festival. The film examines how the media has...
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Kyriakos Mitsotakis

16. Kyriakos Mitsotakis

1968-. (aged 58)
politician
Kyriakos Mitsotakis is a Greek politician currently serving as the prime minister of Greece since July 2019, except for a month between May and June 2023. Mitsotakis has been president of the New Democracy party since 2016. He is generally associated with the centre-right, espousing economically liberal policies.
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Reid Hoffman

17. Reid Hoffman

1967-. (aged 59)
writer entrepreneur podcaster investor businessperson
Reid Garrett Hoffman is an American Internet entrepreneur, venture capitalist, podcaster, and author. Hoffman is the co-founder and former executive chairman of LinkedIn, a business-oriented social network used primarily for professional networking. He is also chairman of venture capital firm Village Global, a co-founder of Inflection AI, a co-founder of Manas AI, and a board member at Arc Institute.
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Nicholas Gonzalez

18. Nicholas Gonzalez

1976-. (aged 50)
model voice actor television actor film actor
Nicholas Edward Gonzalez is an American actor. He is best known for portraying the roles of Alex Santiago on the Showtime television series Resurrection Blvd., Dr. Ben Douglas in Anacondas and Dr. Neil Melendez on the ABC television series The Good Doctor.
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Azim Premji

19. Azim Premji

1945-. (aged 81)
entrepreneur businessperson
Azim Hashim Premji is an Indian billionaire businessman and philanthropist, who was the chairman of Wipro. Premji remains a non-executive member of the board and founder chairman. In 2010, he was voted among the 20 most powerful men in the world by Asiaweek. He was listed among the 100 most influential people by Time magazine, in 2004 and 2011. For...
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Eileen Gu

20. Eileen Gu

2003-. (aged 23)
freestyle skier model
Eileen Feng Gu, also known by her Chinese name Gu Ailing (谷爱凌), is a freestyle skier. Born in the United States, she has competed for China in halfpipe, slopestyle, and big air events since 2019. She is the most decorated female Olympic freestyle skier in history.
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Brook Lopez

21. Brook Lopez

1988-. (aged 38)
basketball player
Brook Robert Lopez is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "Splash Mountain", he was named an NBA All-Star as a member of the Brooklyn Nets, and was voted twice to the NBA All-Defensive Team while with the Milwaukee Bucks. He won an NBA championship with Milwaukee in 2021.
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Mike Krieger

22. Mike Krieger

1986-. (aged 40)
businessperson engineer
Michel Krieger is a Brazilian entrepreneur and software engineer who co-founded Instagram in 2010 with Kevin Systrom, and served as its chief technology officer (CTO) until 2018. During Krieger's tenure as CTO, Instagram's user base expanded from a few million to 1 billion monthly active users. After that, he co-launched two more products, "Rt.live" and Artifact, with Systrom. Since 2024,...
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David Baszucki

23. David Baszucki

1963-. (aged 63)
chief executive officer entrepreneur founder engineer programmer
David Brent Baszucki is a Canadian-born American entrepreneur, engineer, and software developer. He is best known as the co-founder and CEO of Roblox Corporation. He co-founded and was the CEO of Knowledge Revolution, which was acquired by MSC Software in December 1998. As of December 2025, Forbes estimates his net worth to be $5.6 billion USD.
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Richard Sherman

24. Richard Sherman

1988-. (aged 38)
athletics competitor American football player
Richard Kevin Sherman is an American former professional football cornerback who played 11 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Stanford Cardinal, beginning his career as a wide receiver before moving to cornerback as a junior. Sherman was selected by the Seattle Seahawks in the fifth round of the 2011 NFL draft. He was...
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Joe Kennedy III

25. Joe Kennedy III

1980-. (aged 46)
assistant financial analyst lawyer politician
Joseph Patrick Kennedy III is an American politician and former diplomat who served as the United States Special Envoy for Northern Ireland from 2022 to 2024. From 2013 to 2021, Kennedy served as the U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 4th congressional district. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented a district that extends from Boston's western suburbs to the state's...
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Jennifer Grant

26. Jennifer Grant

1966-. (aged 60)
television actor film actor
Jennifer Diane Grant is an American actress. The daughter of actors Cary Grant and Dyan Cannon, she is best known for roles in the television series Beverly Hills, 90210 and Movie Stars.
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Stephen Breyer

27. Stephen Breyer

1938-. (aged 88)
politician university teacher lawyer judge jurist
Stephen Gerald Breyer is an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1994 until his retirement in 2022. He was nominated by President Bill Clinton, and replaced retiring justice Harry Blackmun. Breyer was generally associated with the liberal wing of the Court. Since his retirement, he has been the Byrne Professor...
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Ben Savage

28. Ben Savage

1980-. (aged 46)
film actor actor television actor
Bennett Joseph Savage is an American actor. He played the lead role of Cory Matthews on the ABC sitcom Boy Meets World (1993–2000) and its Disney Channel sequel Girl Meets World (2014–2017).
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Jack Palance

29. Jack Palance

1919-2006 (aged 87)
military officer stage actor model actor military personnel
Walter Jack Palance was an American screen and stage actor, known to film audiences for playing tough guys and villains. He was nominated for three Academy Awards, all for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, for his roles in Sudden Fear (1952) and Shane (1953), and winning almost 40 years later for City Slickers (1991).
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Andrew Luck

30. Andrew Luck

1989-. (aged 37)
American football player
Andrew Austen Luck is an American football executive and former professional quarterback who is the general manager of the Stanford Cardinal football team. He previously played in the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons with the Indianapolis Colts. Considered one of the best draft prospects in NFL history during his college football career with Stanford, Luck won the Maxwell,...
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John Elway

31. John Elway

1960-. (aged 66)
baseball player sports executive American football player
John Albert Elway Jr. is an American former professional football quarterback who spent his entire 16-year career with the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL). Following his playing career, he then spent 11 years with the Broncos in various front office positions, eventually being promoted to general manager. Elway and former backup quarterback and head coach Gary Kubiak...
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Sandra Day O'Connor

32. Sandra Day O'Connor

1930-2023 (aged 93)
jurist lawyer judge politician
Sandra Day O'Connor was an American attorney, politician, and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1981 to 2006. Nominated by President Ronald Reagan, O'Connor was the first woman to serve as a U.S. Supreme Court justice. A moderate conservative, she was considered a swing vote. Before O'Connor's tenure on the...
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Gretchen Carlson

33. Gretchen Carlson

1966-. (aged 60)
model beauty pageant contestant journalist television presenter
Gretchen Elizabeth Carlson is an American retired broadcast journalist, writer, and television personality.
Adam Schiff

34. Adam Schiff

1960-. (aged 66)
lawyer writer politician
Adam Bennett Schiff is an American lawyer and politician serving as the junior United States senator from California, a seat he has held since 2024. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Schiff served in the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2024 and in the California State Senate from 1996 to 2000. Before being elected to...
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Kevin Systrom

35. Kevin Systrom

1983-. (aged 43)
computer scientist engineer entrepreneur
Kevin Systrom is an American computer programmer and entrepreneur. He co-founded Instagram, along with Mike Krieger.
Issa Rae

36. Issa Rae

1985-. (aged 41)
television actor film director actor television producer showrunner
Jo-Issa Rae Diop, known professionally as Issa Rae, is an American actress, writer, and producer. She achieved recognition as the co-creator, co-writer, and star of the HBO comedy series Insecure (2016–2021), for which she was nominated for multiple Golden Globes Awards and Primetime Emmy Awards.
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Fred Savage

37. Fred Savage

1976-. (aged 50)
voice actor television director actor television actor director
Frederick Aaron Savage is an American actor and director. He is best known for his role as Kevin Arnold in the American television series The Wonder Years (1988–1993). He has earned several awards and nominations, such as People's Choice Awards and Young Artist Awards. He is also known for playing the Grandson in The Princess Bride, and voiced the title...
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Aaron Swartz

38. Aaron Swartz

1986-2013 (aged 27)
Wikimedian writer businessperson hacktivist programmer
Aaron Hillel Swartz, also known as AaronSw, was an American computer programmer, entrepreneur, writer, political organizer, and Internet hacktivist. As a programmer, Swartz helped develop the web feed format RSS; the technical architecture for Creative Commons, an organization dedicated to creating copyright licenses; and the Python website framework web.py. Swartz helped define the syntax of the lightweight markup language format...
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Dianne Feinstein

39. Dianne Feinstein

1933-2023 (aged 90)
politician mayor
Dianne Emiel Feinstein was an American politician who served as a United States senator from California from 1992 until her death in 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served as the 38th mayor of San Francisco from 1978 to 1988.
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Katie Ledecky

40. Katie Ledecky

1997-. (aged 29)
swimmer
Kathleen Genevieve Ledecky is an American competitive swimmer. She is the most decorated female swimmer in history and the most decorated American woman in Olympic history, with a total of 14 Olympic medals, including nine golds. She is regarded as the greatest female swimmer of all time.
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Christian McCaffrey

41. Christian McCaffrey

1996-. (aged 30)
American football player
Christian Jackson McCaffrey is an American professional football running back for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Stanford Cardinal and was selected by the Carolina Panthers eighth overall in the 2017 NFL draft. As a sophomore in 2015, McCaffrey was named AP College Football Player of the Year and was...
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John Steinbeck

42. John Steinbeck

1902-1968 (aged 66)
screenwriter scientific collector novelist writer war correspondent
John Ernst Steinbeck was an American writer. He won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social perception". He has been called "a giant of American letters".
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John McEnroe

43. John McEnroe

1959-. (aged 67)
tennis player tennis coach journalist
John Patrick McEnroe Jr. is an American former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 170 weeks, and as world No. 1 in men's doubles for 269 weeks (third-most of all time). He is one of two male players (alongside Stefan Edberg) to have held...
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Sam Altman

44. Sam Altman

1985-. (aged 41)
programmer businessperson entrepreneur
Samuel Harris Altman is an American businessman and entrepreneur who has served as the chief executive officer (CEO) of the artificial intelligence research organization OpenAI since 2019. Having overseen the successful launch of ChatGPT in 2022, he is widely considered to be one of the leading figures of the AI boom.
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Peter Thiel

45. Peter Thiel

1967-. (aged 59)
investor chess player financier writer computer scientist
Peter Andreas Thiel is a German and American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and political activist. A co-founder of PayPal, Palantir Technologies, and Founders Fund, he was the first outside investor in Facebook. According to The New York Times, as of December 2025, Thiel's estimated net worth stood at US$27.5 billion, making him among the 100-richest individuals in the world.
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Reese Witherspoon

46. Reese Witherspoon

1976-. (aged 50)
film producer film actor model actor television producer
Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon is an American actress and producer. She is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and two Golden Globe Awards. Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2006 and 2015, and Forbes listed her among the world's 100 most powerful women in...
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Tiger Woods

47. Tiger Woods

1975-. (aged 51)
animal trainer professional golfer writer
Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer. He is tied for first in PGA Tour wins, ranks second in men's major championships, and holds numerous golf records. Woods is widely regarded as one of the greatest golfers of all time and is one of the most famous athletes in modern history. He is an inductee of the World...
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Maya Harris

48. Maya Harris

1967-. (aged 59)
television presenter political scientist lawyer
Maya Lakshmi Harris is an American lawyer, public policy advocate, and writer. Harris was one of three senior policy advisors for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign's policy agenda and she also served as chair of the 2020 presidential campaign of her sister, Kamala Harris.
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Bill Walton

49. Bill Walton

1952-2024 (aged 72)
basketball player
William Theodore Walton III was an American basketball player and television sportscaster. He played collegiately for the UCLA Bruins and professionally in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Portland Trail Blazers, San Diego / Los Angeles Clippers, and Boston Celtics. He is a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of...
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Sam Harris

50. Sam Harris

1967-. (aged 59)
philosopher writer podcaster blogger neuroscientist
Samuel Benjamin Harris is an American neuroscientist, philosopher, author, and podcast host. His work touches on a range of topics, including rationality, religion, ethics, free will, determinism, neuroscience, meditation, psychedelics, philosophy of mind, politics, terrorism, and artificial intelligence. Harris came to prominence for his criticism of religion, and he is known as one of the "Four Horsemen" of New Atheism,...
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Kal Penn

51. Kal Penn

1977-. (aged 49)
politician television actor film producer actor film actor
Kalpen Suresh Modi, known professionally as Kal Penn, is an American actor, author, and former White House staff member in the Barack Obama administration.
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Kurtwood Smith

52. Kurtwood Smith

1943-. (aged 83)
actor television actor character actor film actor dub actor
Kurtwood Larson Smith is an American actor. He is known for playing Clarence Boddicker in RoboCop (1987), Robert Griggs in Rambo III (1988), Tom Perry in Dead Poets Society (1989), Stump Sisson in A Time to Kill (1996), as well as Red Forman in That '70s Show (1998–2006) and That '90s Show (2023–2024), along with his many appearances in science...
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Akshata Murty

53. Akshata Murty

1980-. (aged 46)
manager fashion designer
Akshata Narayana Murty is an Indian heiress, businesswoman, fashion designer, and venture capitalist. She is married to former prime minister of the United Kingdom Rishi Sunak and is the daughter of N. R. Narayana Murthy, a founder of the Indian multinational IT company Infosys, and Sudha Murty. She holds a 0.93 percent stake in Infosys, along with shares in several...
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Evan Spiegel

54. Evan Spiegel

1990-. (aged 36)
computer scientist entrepreneur
Evan Thomas Spiegel is an American and French businessman who is the co-founder and CEO of Snap Inc. Spiegel was the youngest billionaire in the world in 2015. As of August 2025, he had a personal net worth of $2.5 billion according to Forbes.
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Tom Steyer

55. Tom Steyer

1957-. (aged 69)
businessperson entrepreneur philanthropist investment banker founder
Thomas Fahr Steyer is an American billionaire, entrepreneur, and environmentalist. A member of the Democratic Party, Steyer is the founder and former co-senior managing partner of Farallon Capital.
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Josh Hawley

56. Josh Hawley

1979-. (aged 47)
jurist lawyer politician
Joshua David Hawley is an American politician and attorney serving as the senior United States senator from Missouri, a seat he has held since 2019. A member of the Republican Party, Hawley served as the 42nd attorney general of Missouri from 2017 to 2019, before defeating two-term incumbent Democratic senator Claire McCaskill in the 2018 election. He was reelected in...
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Jennifer Connelly

57. Jennifer Connelly

1970-. (aged 56)
model voice actor singer actor
Jennifer Lynn Connelly is an American actress. She began her career as a child model before making her acting debut in the 1984 crime film Once Upon a Time in America. After a few more years of modeling, she began to concentrate on acting, starring in a variety of films including the horror film Phenomena (1985), the musical fantasy film...
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Jawed Karim

58. Jawed Karim

1979-. (aged 47)
entrepreneur computer scientist YouTuber software engineer television producer
Jawed Karim is a German-American software engineer and internet entrepreneur. He is one of the co-founders of YouTube and the first person to upload a video to the site. The site's inaugural video, "Me at the zoo", uploaded on April 23, 2005, has been viewed over 382 million times as of February 2026. During Karim's time working at PayPal, where...
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Reed Hastings

59. Reed Hastings

1960-. (aged 66)
chief executive officer philanthropist entrepreneur
Wilmot Reed Hastings Jr. is an American billionaire businessman. He is the co-founder and chairman of Netflix, Inc., which provides the Netflix streaming service. Hastings serves on a number of boards and works with various non-profit organizations. A former president of the California State Board of Education, Hastings is also an advocate for charter schools.
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Sergey Brin

60. Sergey Brin

1973-. (aged 53)
business executive technology entrepreneur computer scientist inventor author
Sergey Mikhailovich Brin is an American computer scientist and businessman who co-founded Google with Larry Page. He was the president of Google's parent company, Alphabet Inc., until stepping down from the role on December 3, 2019. He and Page remain at Alphabet as co-founders, controlling shareholders, and board members. Brin is a centibillionaire and among the richest people in the...
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Morris Chang

61. Morris Chang

1931-. (aged 95)
entrepreneur engineer
Morris Chang Chung-mou is a Taiwanese billionaire business executive and electrical engineer. He is the founder of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and was the company's chief executive officer (CEO) from 1987 to 2005, and its chairman until 2018. As of January 2026, his net worth is estimated at US$7 billion.
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Ram Dass

62. Ram Dass

1931-2019 (aged 88)
writer spiritual teacher university teacher guru philosopher
Ram Dass, also known as Baba Ram Dass, was an American spiritual teacher, guru of modern yoga, psychologist, and writer. His best-selling 1971 book Be Here Now, which has been described by multiple reviewers as "seminal", helped popularize Eastern spirituality and yoga in the West. He authored or co-authored twelve more books on spirituality over the next four decades, including...
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Valerie Jarrett

63. Valerie Jarrett

1956-. (aged 70)
lawyer politician
Valerie June Jarrett is an American businesswoman and former government official who has been the chief executive officer of the Obama Foundation since 2021. She was the longest-serving senior advisor to U.S. President Barack Obama. She was assistant to the president for Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs, overseeing the office of the same name, and chaired the White House Council...
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Larry Page

64. Larry Page

1973-. (aged 53)
computer scientist engineer entrepreneur
Lawrence Edward Page is an American businessman and computer scientist who co-founded Google with Sergey Brin. Page is a centibillionaire and among the richest people in the world. According to Forbes, as of January 2026, Page's estimated net worth stood at US$269 billion, making him the second-richest individual in the world.
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Steve Ballmer

65. Steve Ballmer

1956-. (aged 70)
computer scientist merchant entrepreneur
Steven Anthony Ballmer is an American businessman and investor who was the chief executive officer of Microsoft from 2000 to 2014. He is the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), and a co-founder of the Ballmer Group, a philanthropic investment company.
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John F. Kennedy

66. John F. Kennedy

1917-1963 (aged 46)
anti-communist writer naval officer statesperson politician
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, also known as JFK, was the 35th president of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. He was the youngest person elected president at 43 years. Kennedy served at the height of the Cold War, and the majority of his foreign policy concerned relations with the Soviet Union and Cuba. A member of...
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Raymond Burr

67. Raymond Burr

1917-1993 (aged 76)
television actor stage actor actor film actor
Raymond William Stacy Burr was a Canadian actor who had a lengthy Hollywood film career and portrayed the title roles in the television dramas Perry Mason and Ironside.
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Emmy Rossum

68. Emmy Rossum

1986-. (aged 40)
opera singer singer-songwriter television actor actor film actor
Emmanuelle Grey Rossum is an American actress and singer-songwriter. The accolades she has received include a Saturn Award and Critics' Choice Movie Award, alongside nominations for a Golden Globe Award, an Independent Spirit Award, and two Critics' Choice Television Awards.
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Sterling K. Brown

69. Sterling K. Brown

1976-. (aged 50)
television actor voice actor stage actor film actor
Sterling Kelby Brown is an American actor. He has received numerous accolades including three Primetime Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award as well as a nomination for an Academy Award. He was included in Time's list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2018.
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Sigourney Weaver

70. Sigourney Weaver

1949-. (aged 77)
actor television actor voice actor
Susan Alexandra "Sigourney" Weaver is an American actress. Prolific in film since the late 1970s, she is known for her pioneering portrayals of action heroines in blockbusters and for her various roles in independent films. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including a British Academy Film Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Grammy Award, in addition to nominations...
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Andre Braugher

71. Andre Braugher

1962-2023 (aged 61)
television actor stage actor actor film actor
Andre Keith Braugher (/ˈbraʊər/ BROW-ər; (July 1, 1962– December 11, 2023) was an American actor known for his roles as Detective Frank Pembleton in the NBC police drama series Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–1999) and Captain Raymond Holt in the Fox/NBC police comedy series Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013-2021). He won two Primetime Emmy Awards and was nominated for two Golden...
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Eunice Kennedy Shriver

72. Eunice Kennedy Shriver

1921-2009 (aged 88)
social activist sociologist athletics competitor philanthropist founder
Eunice Mary Kennedy Shriver DSG was an American philanthropist. Shriver was a member of the Kennedy family by birth, and a member of the Shriver family through her marriage to Sargent Shriver, who was the United States ambassador to France and the final Democratic nominee for Vice President of the United States in 1972. She was a sister of U.S....
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Christine Blasey Ford

73. Christine Blasey Ford

1966-. (aged 60)
university teacher biostatistician writer professor of psychology psychologist
Christine Margaret Blasey Ford is an American professor of psychology at Palo Alto University and a research psychologist at the Stanford University School of Medicine. She specializes in designing statistical models for research projects. During her academic career, Ford has worked as a professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine Collaborative Clinical Psychology Program.
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David Chase

74. David Chase

1945-. (aged 81)
screenwriter television director film director film producer television producer
David Henry Chase is an American writer, producer, and director. A recipient of seven Primetime Emmy Awards, he is best known for being the creator, head writer, and executive producer of the HBO drama The Sopranos, which aired for six seasons between 1999 and 2007. Chase has also produced and written for shows such as The Rockford Files, I'll Fly...
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William Rehnquist

75. William Rehnquist

1924-2005 (aged 81)
historian lawyer judge politician
William Hubbs Rehnquist was an American attorney who served as the 16th chief justice of the United States from 1986 until his death in 2005, having previously been an associate justice from 1972 to 1986. Considered a staunch conservative, Rehnquist favored a conception of federalism that emphasized the Tenth Amendment's reservation of powers to the states.
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Jensen Huang

76. Jensen Huang

1963-. (aged 63)
entrepreneur electrical engineer engineer computer scientist manager
Jen-Hsun Huang, commonly anglicized as Jensen Huang, is a Taiwanese and American business executive, electrical engineer, and philanthropist who is the founder, president, and chief executive officer (CEO) of Nvidia, the world's largest company by market capitalization. As of January 2026, Forbes estimates his net worth to be US$164.1 billion, making Huang the eighth-wealthiest individual in the world.
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Ken Kesey

77. Ken Kesey

1935-2001 (aged 66)
essayist novelist writer amateur wrestler children's writer
Kenneth Elton Kesey was an American novelist, essayist, and countercultural figure. He considered himself a link between the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the hippies of the 1960s.
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Phil Knight

78. Phil Knight

1938-. (aged 88)
writer philanthropist businessperson entrepreneur
Philip Hampson Knight is an American billionaire businessman who is the co-founder and chairman emeritus of Nike, Inc., a global sports equipment and apparel company. He was previously its chairman and CEO. As of October 2025, Forbes estimated his net worth at US$35.4 billion. He is also the owner of the stop motion film production company Laika. Knight is a...
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Herbert Hoover

79. Herbert Hoover

1874-1964 (aged 90)
mining engineer geologist engineer statesperson politician
Herbert Clark Hoover was the 31st president of the United States, serving from 1929 to 1933. A wealthy mining engineer before his presidency, Hoover led the wartime Commission for Relief in Belgium and was the director of the U.S. Food Administration, followed by post-war relief of Europe. As a member of the Republican Party, he served as the third United...
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Laurene Powell Jobs

80. Laurene Powell Jobs

1963-. (aged 63)
businessperson
Laurene Powell Jobs is an American entrepreneur, business executive and philanthropist. She is the founder and president of Emerson Collective, lead investor and chair of The Atlantic and co-founder and chair of XQ Institute. Powell Jobs also sits on the boards of the Ford Foundation, Council on Foreign Relations, Chicago CRED, College Track and Elemental Impact. She was married to...
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Sundar Pichai

81. Sundar Pichai

1972-. (aged 54)
computer scientist chief executive officer executive
Pichai Sundararajan, better known as Sundar Pichai, is an Indian–American business executive who has been the CEO of Google since 2015 and the CEO of its parent company Alphabet Inc. since 2019.
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Ted Danson

82. Ted Danson

1947-. (aged 79)
television actor television producer film producer actor film actor
Edward Bridge Danson III is an American actor. He achieved stardom playing the lead character Sam Malone on the NBC sitcom Cheers (1982–1993), for which he received two Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. He was further Emmy-nominated for the FX legal drama Damages (2007–2010) and the NBC comedy The Good Place (2016–2020). He was the recipient of...
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Mitt Romney

83. Mitt Romney

1947-. (aged 79)
business executive politician non-fiction writer consultant Mormon missionary
Willard Mitt Romney is an American businessman and retired politician who served as a United States senator from Utah from 2019 to 2025 and as the 70th governor of Massachusetts from 2003 to 2007. A member of the Republican Party, he was the party's nominee in the 2012 U.S. presidential election.
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bell hooks

84. bell hooks

1952-2021 (aged 69)
university teacher philosopher writer
Gloria Jean Watkins, better known by her pen name bell hooks (stylized in lowercase), was an American author, theorist, educator, and social critic who was a Distinguished Professor in Residence at Berea College. She was best known for her writings on race, feminism, and social class. Her work explored the intersections of race, capitalism, and gender, and what she described...
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Yukio Hatoyama

85. Yukio Hatoyama

1947-. (aged 79)
university teacher engineer politician
Yukio Hatoyama is a retired Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan and leader of the Democratic Party of Japan from 2009 to 2010. He was the first Prime Minister from the party.
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Parag Agrawal

86. Parag Agrawal

1984-. (aged 42)
computer scientist business executive chief executive officer chief technology officer
Parag Agrawal is an Indian-American software engineer and businessman who was the CEO of Twitter, Inc. from November 2021 to October 2022.
Mukesh Ambani

87. Mukesh Ambani

1957-. (aged 69)
graphic designer businessperson entrepreneur
Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani is an Indian businessman. He is the chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries, the largest public company in India by market capitalisation in 2025. As of December 2025, he is the richest person in Asia and the 16th richest in the world, with a net worth of US$112.8 billion. He has attracted fame due to his...
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Ehud Barak

88. Ehud Barak

1942-. (aged 84)
diplomat military officer politician
Ehud Barak is an Israeli former general and politician who served as the prime minister and Minister of Defense from 1999 to 2001. He was leader of the Labor Party between 1997 and 2001 and between 2007 and 2011. He was also Minister of Defense from 2007 to 2013.
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Ashraf Ghani

89. Ashraf Ghani

1949-. (aged 77)
university teacher politician writer anthropologist economist
Mohammad Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai is an Afghan former politician and economist who served as the 8th and last president of Afghanistan from 2014 until his government was overthrown by the Taliban in 2021.
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Susan Rice

90. Susan Rice

1964-. (aged 62)
diplomat screenwriter politician
Susan Elizabeth Rice is an American former diplomat, policy advisor, and public official. As a member of the Democratic Party, Rice served as the 22nd director of the United States Domestic Policy Council from 2021 to 2023, as the 27th U.S. ambassador to the United Nations from 2009 to 2013, and as the 23rd U.S. national security advisor from 2013...
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Rachel Maddow

91. Rachel Maddow

1973-. (aged 53)
journalist
Rachel Anne Maddow is an American television news program host and liberal political commentator. She hosts The Rachel Maddow Show, a weekly television show on MS NOW (formerly MSNBC), and serves as the cable network's special event co-anchor. Her syndicated talk radio program of the same name aired on Air America Radio from 2005 to 2010.
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Philippe of Belgium

92. Philippe of Belgium

1960-. (aged 66)
monarch military officer Noiraud politician
Philippe or Filip is King of the Belgians.
Cory Booker

93. Cory Booker

1969-. (aged 57)
jurist lawyer politician
Cory Anthony Booker is an American politician and lawyer serving as the senior United States senator from New Jersey, a seat he has held since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Booker is the first African-American U.S. senator from New Jersey. He was the 38th mayor of Newark from 2006 to 2013, and served on the Municipal Council of...
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Chelsea Clinton

94. Chelsea Clinton

1980-. (aged 46)
university teacher children's writer historian writer film producer
Chelsea Victoria Clinton is an American writer. She is the only child of former U.S. President Bill Clinton and former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
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Rishi Sunak

95. Rishi Sunak

1980-. (aged 46)
financial analyst politician
Rishi Sunak is a British politician and former investment banker who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2022 to 2024. Following his defeat to Keir Starmer's Labour Party in the 2024 general election, he became Leader of the Opposition, serving in this role from July to November 2024. He previously held...
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Anthony Kennedy

96. Anthony Kennedy

1936-. (aged 90)
politician university teacher lawyer judge jurist
Anthony McLeod Kennedy is an American attorney and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1988 until his retirement in 2018. He was nominated to the court in 1987 by President Ronald Reagan, and sworn in on February 18, 1988. After the retirement of Sandra Day O'Connor in 2006, he was...
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Tarō Asō

97. Tarō Asō

1940-. (aged 86)
economist entrepreneur diplomat politician
Tarō Asō is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2008 to 2009. A member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), he also served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance from 2012 to 2021. He was the longest-serving Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance in Japanese history, having previously served as Minister for...
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Josep Borrell

98. Josep Borrell

1947-. (aged 79)
politician diplomat trade unionist engineer economist
Josep Borrell Fontelles is a Spanish politician who served as High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission from 2019 to 2024. A member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), he served as President of the European Parliament from 2004 to 2007 and as Spain's Minister of Foreign Affairs, European...
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Alexander Payne

99. Alexander Payne

1961-. (aged 65)
screenwriter director film director writer film producer
Constantine Alexander Payne is an American filmmaker. He is noted for his satirical depictions of contemporary American society. Payne has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, and two Golden Globe Awards, as well as a nomination for a Grammy Award.
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Elon Musk

100. Elon Musk

1971-. (aged 55)
investor engineer inventor technology entrepreneur entrepreneur
Elon Reeve Musk is a businessman and entrepreneur known for his leadership of Tesla, SpaceX, Twitter, and xAI. Musk has been the wealthiest person in the world since 2025; as of February 2026, Forbes estimates his net worth to be around US$852 billion.
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