100 Notable alumni of Tufts University

Updated: June 23, 2026 EliteDegrees

Tufts University is ranked #91 in the world and #57 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from Tufts 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 Tufts University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.

Gary Winick

1. Gary Winick

1961-2011 (aged 50)
screenwriter film director film producer film editor
Gary Scott Winick was an American filmmaker whose films as a director include Tadpole (2002) and 13 Going on 30 (2004), and who also produced such films as Pieces of April (2003) and November (2004) through his New York City-based independent film production company InDigEnt.
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Paul A. Offit

2. Paul A. Offit

1951-. (aged 75)
physician author medical writer immunologist
Paul Allan Offit is an American pediatrician specializing in infectious diseases, vaccines, immunology, and virology. He is the co-inventor of a rotavirus vaccine. Offit is the Maurice R. Hilleman Professor of Vaccinology, professor of pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, former chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases (1992–2014), and the director of the...
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Yasushi Akashi

3. Yasushi Akashi

1931-. (aged 95)
diplomat politician
Yasushi Akashi is a Japanese senior diplomat and United Nations administrator.
Julie Nathanson

4. Julie Nathanson

1973-. (aged 53)
voice actor television actor actor film actor
Julie Nathanson is an American actress known for voicing Rosalie Rowan in The Zeta Project, Silver Banshee and Jewelee in the DC animated film Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay, Yelena Belova in Avengers Assemble, and Jess Black in Ubisoft's Far Cry 5. Since 2011, she has replaced Paige O'Hara as the voice of Belle in various media.
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Elliot Ackerman

5. Elliot Ackerman

1980-. (aged 46)
writer novelist
Elliot Ackerman is an American author, former Marine Raider and CIA Special Activities Officer. He is the New York Times–bestselling author of the novels 2034: A Novel of the Next World War, Red Dress In Black and White, Waiting for Eden, Dark at the Crossing, and Green on Blue, and the upcoming Halcyon: A Novel, as well as the memoirs...
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Vali Nasr

6. Vali Nasr

1960-. (aged 66)
historian author professor political scientist
Vali Reza Nasr is an Iranian-American academic and political scientist, specializing in Middle Eastern studies and the history of Islam. He is Majid Khaddouri Professor of International Affairs and Middle East Studies at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington, D.C. He served as the eighth dean of the school from 2012 to 2019. Nasr is...
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Joel Simkhai

7. Joel Simkhai

1976-. (aged 50)
businessperson
Joel Simkhai is an Israeli-American-French tech entrepreneur. He is the founder and former CEO of Grindr and Blendr. His original goal in starting Grindr was for people with similar interests to find new friends nearby.
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Darrell Scott

8. Darrell Scott

1959-. (aged 67)
singer mandolinist singer-songwriter
James Darrell Scott is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer. He has written several mainstream country hits, and is well-established as one of Nashville's premier session instrumentalists.
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Gordon S. Wood

9. Gordon S. Wood

1933-. (aged 93)
historian writer university teacher
Gordon Stewart Wood is an American historian and professor at Brown University. He is a recipient of the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for History for The Radicalism of the American Revolution (1992). His book The Creation of the American Republic, 1776–1787 (1969) won the 1970 Bancroft Prize. In 2010, he was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Barack Obama.
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Jonathan Tisch

10. Jonathan Tisch

1953-. (aged 73)
businessperson
Jonathan Mark Tisch is an American businessman and a son of billionaire Preston Robert Tisch, who was co-owner of luxury hospitality company Loews Hotels and of the New York Giants football team. Tisch inherited co-ownership of both.
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Mira Ricardel

11. Mira Ricardel

1960-. (aged 66)
politician
Mira Radielovic Ricardel, is an American businesswoman and former government official.
Thomas Kean, Jr

12. Thomas Kean, Jr

1968-. (aged 58)
politician
Thomas Howard Kean Jr. is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for New Jersey's 7th congressional district since 2023. A member of the Republican Party, he represented New Jersey's 21st legislative district in the New Jersey Senate from 2003 to 2022, serving as minority leader from 2008 to 2022.
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Medea Benjamin

13. Medea Benjamin

1952-. (aged 74)
political writer peace activist environmentalist human rights defender economist
Medea Benjamin is an American political activist who, along with Jodie Evans and others, co-founded Code Pink. She also co-founded, along with her then husband Kevin Danaher, the fair trade advocacy group Global Exchange. Benjamin was the Green Party nominee in the 2000 United States Senate election in California, running under the name Medea Susan Benjamin. She finished in third...
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Lew Rockwell

14. Lew Rockwell

1944-. (aged 82)
writer publisher blogger editor-in-chief economist
Llewellyn Harrison Rockwell Jr. is an American author, editor, and political consultant. A libertarian and a self-professed anarcho-capitalist, he founded and is the chairman of the Mises Institute, a non-profit promoting the Austrian School of economics.
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Susan Haskell

15. Susan Haskell

1968-. (aged 58)
actor film actor
Susan Haskell is a Canadian actress. She played the role of Marty Saybrooke on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live.
Carlos Latuff

16. Carlos Latuff

1968-. (aged 58)
freelancer painter cartoonist
Carlos Latuff is a Brazilian political cartoonist. His work deals with themes such as anti-Western sentiment, anti-capitalism, and opposition to U.S. military intervention in foreign countries. He is best known for his images depicting the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and the Arab Spring.
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Jester Hairston

17. Jester Hairston

1901-2000 (aged 99)
actor television actor conductor composer film actor
Jester Joseph Hairston was an American composer, songwriter, arranger, choral conductor and actor. He was regarded as a leading expert on black spirituals and choral music. His notable compositions include "Amen", a gospel-tinged theme from the film Lilies of the Field and a 1964 hit for the Impressions, and the Christmas song "Mary's Boy Child".
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Chuck Rosenberg

18. Chuck Rosenberg

1960-. (aged 66)
lawyer
Chuck Rosenberg is an American attorney who served as Acting Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration from 2015 to 2017. He formerly served as the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia and for the Southern District of Texas; as a senior FBI official on the staff of two FBI Directors; as Counselor to the Attorney General; as the...
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Yoshiaki Harada

19. Yoshiaki Harada

1944-. (aged 82)
lawyer politician bureaucrat
Yoshiaki Harada is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). Harada represents the 2nd District of Kanagawa prefecture, which includes the cities of Kawasaki, Yokosuka, and Kamakura.
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Ben Silverman

20. Ben Silverman

1970-. (aged 56)
television actor television producer film producer executive producer television writer
Benjamin Noah Silverman is an American media executive. He is the co-CEO and chairman of the entertainment production company Propagate.
Jonathan Greenblatt

21. Jonathan Greenblatt

entrepreneur
Jonathan Greenblatt is an American entrepreneur, corporate executive, and the sixth national director and CEO of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). Prior to heading the ADL, Greenblatt served in the White House as Special Assistant to Barack Obama and Director of the Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation. In 2025, Time magazine listed him as one of the world's 100...
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Alex Spiro

22. Alex Spiro

1982-. (aged 44)
lawyer
Alexander Benjamin Spiro is an American attorney. He is a partner at the New York office of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan. Over his career he has represented multiple celebrity clients including Elon Musk, Jay-Z, MrBeast, Eric Adams, Bobby Shmurda, and Alec Baldwin.
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Michael Dobbs

23. Michael Dobbs

1948-. (aged 78)
writer politician
Michael John Dobbs, Baron Dobbs is a British Conservative politician, media commentator and author, best known for his House of Cards trilogy. He has been a television and radio presenter and a senior corporate executive of Saatchi & Saatchi.
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Yitzchak Mirilashvili

24. Yitzchak Mirilashvili

1984-. (aged 42)
entrepreneur investor
Yitzchak Mirilashvili is an Israeli investor, entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is a co-founder of VK (Vkontakte.ru), Russia's largest social network. Mirilashvili lives in Israel, where he oversees his businesses as well as various charitable foundations and causes. Mirilashvili is the controlling shareholder of Israel's Channel 14 and in The economy channel.
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Erica Yuen

25. Erica Yuen

1980-. (aged 46)
politician
Erica Yuen Mi-ming is a Hong Kong politician, actress, and presenter. A former Miss Hong Kong pageant participant, she was the chairperson of the People Power political party between 2013 and 2016.
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Jill Lepore

26. Jill Lepore

1966-. (aged 60)
writer university teacher essayist academic journalist
Jill Lepore is an American historian and journalist. She is the David Woods Kemper '41 Professor of American History at Harvard University and a staff writer at The New Yorker, where she has contributed since 2005. She writes about American history, law, literature, and politics.
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Richard N. Goodwin

27. Richard N. Goodwin

1931-2018 (aged 87)
political adviser screenwriter writer
Richard Naradof Goodwin was an American writer and presidential advisor. He was an aide and speechwriter to Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, and to Senator Eugene McCarthy and Senator Robert F. Kennedy. He was married to historian Doris Kearns Goodwin for 42 years until his death in 2018 after a short bout with cancer.
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Amy Krouse Rosenthal

28. Amy Krouse Rosenthal

1965-2017 (aged 52)
YouTuber writer journalist children's writer radio personality
Amy Krouse Rosenthal was an American author of both adult and children's books, a short film maker, and radio show host. She is best known for her memoir Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life, her children's picture books, and the film project The Beckoning of Lovely. She was a prolific writer, publishing more than 30 children's books between 2005 and her...
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Cynthia McKinney

29. Cynthia McKinney

1955-. (aged 71)
peace activist academic politician
Cynthia Ann McKinney is a former American politician. As a member of the Democratic Party, she served six terms in the United States House of Representatives. She was the first African American woman elected to represent Georgia in the House. She left the Democratic Party and ran in 2008 as the presidential nominee of the Green Party. She ran for...
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Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr

30. Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr

1951-. (aged 75)
reporter journalist entrepreneur publisher
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. is an American journalist. Sulzberger was the chairman of The New York Times Company from 1997 to 2020, and the publisher of The New York Times from 1992 to 2018, when he appointed his son A. G. Sulzberger to lead the company.
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Jen O'Malley Dillon

31. Jen O'Malley Dillon

1976-. (aged 50)
campaign manager political adviser
Jennifer Brigid O'Malley Dillon is an American former political strategist who chaired former Vice President Kamala Harris's unsuccessful 2024 presidential campaign. She also chaired former President Joe Biden's 2024 reelection campaign.
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Ng Chee Meng

32. Ng Chee Meng

1968-. (aged 58)
Chief of Defence Force fighter pilot politician
Ng Chee Meng PJG PPA PPA(G) PBS (born 8 August 1968) is a Singaporean politician, union leader and former lieutenant-general. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the secretary-general of the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) since 2018 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Jalan Kayu Single Member Constituency (SMC) since 2025. He had...
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Chatri Sityodtong

33. Chatri Sityodtong

1971-. (aged 55)
Thai boxer
Chatri Trisiripisal, known by the ring names Chatri Sityodtong (Thai: ชาตรี ศิษย์ยอดธง, RTGS: Chatri Sit-yotthong) and Yodchatri Sityodtong (Thai: ยอดชาตรี ศิษย์ยอดธง, RTGS: Yotchatri Sit-yotthong), is a Thai entrepreneur and martial arts instructor based in Singapore.
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Geng Shuang

34. Geng Shuang

1973-. (aged 53)
diplomat politician
Geng Shuang is a Chinese politician serving as China's Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations. He formerly served as the deputy director of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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Glenn Cooper

35. Glenn Cooper

1953-. (aged 73)
screenwriter writer archaeologist film producer physician
Glenn Cooper is an American author and physician best known for being an internationally best selling thriller writer. His books have been translated into 31 languages and, as of 2014, have sold over six million copies. He lives in Gilford, New Hampshire and he is an honorary citizen of Solofra.
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Eugene Fama

36. Eugene Fama

1939-. (aged 87)
university teacher pedagogue economist
Eugene Francis "Gene" Fama is an American economist and Nobel Laureate. He is best known for his empirical work on portfolio theory, asset pricing, and the efficient-market hypothesis.
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James Stavridis

37. James Stavridis

1955-. (aged 71)
naval officer soldier university teacher sailor
James George Stavridis is a retired United States Navy admiral and vice chair, global affairs, and a managing director-partner of The Carlyle Group, a global investment firm, and chair of the board of trustees of the Rockefeller Foundation. Stavridis serves as senior military analyst for CNN. He is also chair emeritus of the board of directors of the United States...
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Khalid bin Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud

38. Khalid bin Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud

1977-. (aged 49)
diplomat businessperson
Khalid bin Bandar Al Saud is the Saudi ambassador to the United Kingdom and a member of the House of Saud.
Michel Gill

39. Michel Gill

1960-. (aged 66)
film actor actor television actor
Michel Gill, also known as Michael Gill, is an American actor best known for playing President Garrett Walker in the Netflix series House of Cards and Gideon Goddard on Mr. Robot.
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Robert Rey

40. Robert Rey

1961-. (aged 65)
plastic surgeon politician television personality
Roberto Miguel Rey Júnior, known as Dr. Robert Rey, is a Brazilian American plastic surgeon. He was featured on the E! reality series Dr. 90210. Rey has appeared on many TV shows as a medical correspondent, including The View and Good Morning America, he has contributed to The New York Times and appeared on the cover of Forbes Brazil.
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Ricardo Lewandowski

41. Ricardo Lewandowski

1948-. (aged 78)
lawyer judge
Enrique Ricardo Lewandowski is a Brazilian politician who has been serving as the Minister of Justice under the government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. He is a former judge and retired justice of the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil.
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Mariana Mazzucato

42. Mariana Mazzucato

1968-. (aged 58)
university teacher author economist
Mariana Francesca Mazzucato is an Italian-American economist and academic. She is a professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value at University College London (UCL) and founding director of the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP). She is best known for her work on dynamics of technological change, the role of the public sector in innovation (including...
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Steve Tisch

43. Steve Tisch

1949-. (aged 77)
producer film producer
Steven Elliot Tisch is an American film producer and businessman. He is the chairman, co-owner, and executive vice president of the New York Giants, the NFL team co-owned by his family, as well as a film and television producer. He is the son of former Giants co-owner Preston Robert Tisch.
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Dov Charney

44. Dov Charney

1969-. (aged 57)
entrepreneur fashion designer
Dov Charney is a Canadian entrepreneur and clothing manufacturer. He is the founder of American Apparel, which was one of the largest garment manufacturers in the United States until its bankruptcy in 2015. Charney was fired from American Apparel in 2014 due to allegations of sexual harassment and assault. He subsequently founded Los Angeles Apparel.
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Shari Redstone

45. Shari Redstone

1954-. (aged 72)
businessperson
Shari Ellin Redstone is an American heiress, businesswoman, and media executive. She was the non-executive chairwoman of Paramount Global (predecessor of Paramount Skydance Corporation) and chairwoman, president and CEO of National Amusements, and a former vice chair of CBS Corporation and Viacom. Through National Amusements, Redstone and her family held majority voting power over Paramount Global and its subsidiaries –...
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Dan Avidan

46. Dan Avidan

1979-. (aged 47)
singer YouTuber voice actor presenter television producer
Leigh Daniel Avidan, also known by his stage name Danny Sexbang, is an American musician, internet personality, actor, and comedian. He is one half of the musical comedy duo Ninja Sex Party with Brian Wecht, as well as the co-host of the Let's Play webseries Game Grumps with Arin Hanson. He is also part of the more rap-based comedy music...
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Ben Mankiewicz

47. Ben Mankiewicz

1967-. (aged 59)
television producer film critic journalist radio personality
Benjamin Frederick Mankiewicz is an American television journalist and host for Turner Classic Movies (TCM). He is a progressive political commentator for The Young Turks. He has served as a film critic for the 2008–2009 season for the TV program At the Movies and the web series What the Flick?!
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Seth Godin

48. Seth Godin

1960-. (aged 66)
actor economist writer entrepreneur blogger
Seth W. Godin, also known under his pen name as "F. X. Nine", is an American author, marketing expert, entrepreneur, and a former dot-com business executive.
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Meredith Vieira

49. Meredith Vieira

1953-. (aged 73)
talk show host writer game show host voice actor journalist
Meredith Louise Vieira is an American broadcast journalist and television personality. She is best known as the original moderator of the daytime talk show The View (1997–2006), the original host of the syndicated daytime version of the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (2002–2013), and as co-host of the NBC morning news program Today (2006–2011). As of 2019,...
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Bill Richardson

50. Bill Richardson

1947-2023 (aged 76)
baseball player business consultant writer governor politician
William Blaine Richardson III was an American politician, author, and diplomat who served as the 30th governor of New Mexico from 2003 to 2011. He was U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and energy secretary in the Clinton administration, a U.S. congressman, chair of the 2004 Democratic National Convention, and chair of the Democratic Governors Association (DGA).
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Nan Goldin

51. Nan Goldin

1953-. (aged 73)
photographer printmaker film director documentarian multimedia artist
Nancy Goldin is an American photographer and activist. Her work explores in snapshot-style the emotions of the individual, in intimate relationships, and the bohemian LGBT subcultural communities, especially dealing with the devastating HIV/AIDS crisis of the 1980s. Her most notable work is The Ballad of Sexual Dependency. In the slideshow and monograph (1986) Goldin portrayed her chosen "family", meanwhile documenting...
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Josh Gates

52. Josh Gates

1977-. (aged 49)
explorer television presenter archaeologist photographer
Joshua Gates is an American television presenter-actor and television producer who hosts and co-executive produces The Discovery Channel (and former Travel Channel) series Expedition Unknown and also Legendary Locations. He is also the host of live specials for, and a guest investigator on, the television series Ghost Hunters and its spin-off Ghost Hunters International. He produces the related Ghost Nation...
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Sendhil Ramamurthy

53. Sendhil Ramamurthy

1974-. (aged 52)
film actor actor television actor
Sendhil Amithab Ramamurthy is an Indian-American actor. He is best known for his roles as geneticist Mohinder Suresh in the NBC sci-fi drama Heroes (2006–2010), Jai Wilcox in Covert Affairs (2010–2012), Gabriel "Gabe" Lowan in Beauty and the Beast (2013–2014), and Mohan in Never Have I Ever (2020).
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Vannevar Bush

54. Vannevar Bush

1890-1974 (aged 84)
science administrator university teacher engineer inventor politician
Vannevar Bush was an American engineer, inventor and science administrator, who during World War II headed the U.S. Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD), through which almost all wartime military R&D was carried out, including important developments in radar and the initiation and early administration of the Manhattan Project. He emphasized the importance of scientific research to national security...
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Dan Hedaya

55. Dan Hedaya

1940-. (aged 86)
television actor actor film actor character actor
Daniel G. "Dan" Hedaya is an American actor best-known for his supporting roles in films such as Blood Simple, The Addams Family, Clueless, The Usual Suspects, A Night at the Roxbury, and Mulholland Drive.
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Pierre Omidyar

56. Pierre Omidyar

1967-. (aged 59)
economist entrepreneur programmer philanthropist manager
Pierre Morad Omidyar is a French-born Iranian-American billionaire. A technology entrepreneur, software engineer, and philanthropist, he is the founder of eBay, where he served as chairman from 1998 to 2015. Omidyar is the grandson of the Imperial Iranian Army General Mahmud Mir-Djalali, who was instrumental in the 1921 rise of the Pahlavi Dynasty, the overthrow of Mohammad Mossadegh, and the...
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Michelle Kwan

57. Michelle Kwan

1980-. (aged 46)
diplomat figure skater
Michelle Wingshan Kwan is an American retired competitive figure skater and diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to Belize from 2022 to 2025. In figure skating Kwan is a two-time Olympic medalist (silver in 1998, bronze in 2002), a five-time world champion (1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003) and a nine-time U.S. champion (1996, 1998–2005). She is tied with Maribel...
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David Costabile

58. David Costabile

1967-. (aged 59)
film screenwriter television director film actor stage actor television actor
David Costabile is an American actor. He is best known for his television work, having appeared in supporting roles in several television series such as Billions, Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, Damages, Flight of the Conchords, Suits, and The Wire, as well as the film The Dirt. He has also acted on film and in Broadway theatre.
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Peter Navarro

59. Peter Navarro

1949-. (aged 77)
university teacher economist politician
Peter Kent Navarro is an American economist who has been the senior counselor for trade and manufacturing to U.S. president Donald Trump since January 2025. He previously served in the first Trump administration, first as the director of the White House National Trade Council, then as the director of the new Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy.
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Ram Dass

60. 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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Anthony Scaramucci

61. Anthony Scaramucci

1964-. (aged 62)
writer financier entrepreneur politician
Anthony Scaramucci is an American financier and broadcaster who briefly served as the White House communications director from July 21 to July 31, 2017.
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Dom DeLuise

62. Dom DeLuise

1933-2009 (aged 76)
television actor film director non-fiction writer writer voice actor
Dominick DeLuise was an American actor, comedian, director, musician, chef, and author. Known primarily for comedic roles, he rose to fame in the 1970s as a frequent guest on television variety shows. He is widely recognized for his performances in the films of Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder, as well as a series of collaborations and a double act with...
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Dan Crenshaw

63. Dan Crenshaw

1984-. (aged 42)
military personnel politician
Daniel Reed Crenshaw is an American politician and former United States Navy SEAL officer serving as the U.S. representative for Texas's 2nd congressional district since 2019. He is a member of the Republican Party.
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Peter Gallagher

64. Peter Gallagher

1955-. (aged 71)
actor television actor screenwriter film actor stage actor
Peter Killian Gallagher is an American actor. Since 1980, he has played roles in numerous Hollywood films. He is best known for starring as Sandy Cohen in the television drama series The O.C. from 2003 to 2007, and recurring roles in television such as Deputy Chief William Dodds on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Stacey Koons on the Showtime...
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Oliver Platt

65. Oliver Platt

1960-. (aged 66)
stage actor television actor character actor actor film actor
Oliver Platt is an American actor known for his work on stage and screen. He has been nominated for five Primetime Emmys, a Golden Globe Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and one Tony Award.
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Jamie Dimon

66. Jamie Dimon

1956-. (aged 70)
banker
James Dimon is an American businessman who has been the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of JPMorgan Chase since 2006.
Tracy Chapman

67. Tracy Chapman

1964-. (aged 62)
singer street artist guitarist composer singer-songwriter
Tracy Chapman is an American singer-songwriter. She was signed to Elektra Records by Bob Krasnow in 1987. The following year she released her self-titled debut album, which became a commercial success, boosted by her appearance at the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute concert, and was certified 6× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. The album received six Grammy...
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Hank Azaria

68. Hank Azaria

1964-. (aged 62)
voice actor stage actor actor television actor film actor
Henry Albert Azaria is an American actor and producer. He is known for voicing many characters in the animated sitcom The Simpsons since 1989, including Moe Szyslak, Chief Wiggum, Superintendent Chalmers, Comic Book Guy, Snake, Professor Frink, Kirk Van Houten, Duffman, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Lou, and Carl Carlson, among others. Azaria joined the show with little voice acting experience, but became...
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Ameesha Patel

69. Ameesha Patel

1975-. (aged 51)
model film producer actor film actor
Ameesha Patel is an Indian actress who appears in Hindi and Telugu films. Patel is the recipient of several awards such as a Filmfare Award and a Zee Cine Award.
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Jessica Biel

70. Jessica Biel

1982-. (aged 44)
actor
Jessica Claire Timberlake is an American actress. Biel began her career as a vocalist appearing in musical productions until she was cast as Mary Camden in the family drama series 7th Heaven (1996–2007).
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Scott Brown

71. Scott Brown

1959-. (aged 67)
television actor model lawyer diplomat politician
Scott Philip Brown is an American diplomat and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he was the United States ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa from 2017 to 2020 under president Donald Trump.
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Christopher Lawford

72. Christopher Lawford

1955-2018 (aged 63)
television actor film producer actor film actor
Christopher Kennedy Lawford was an American author, actor, and activist. He was a member of the prominent Kennedy family, and son of English actor Peter Lawford and Patricia "Pat" Kennedy Lawford, who was a sister of President John F. Kennedy. He graduated from Tufts University in 1977 and earned a Juris Doctor degree from Boston College in 1983. He later...
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Gina McCarthy

73. Gina McCarthy

1954-. (aged 72)
politician climate activist
Regina McCarthy is an American air quality expert who served as the first White House national climate advisor from 2021 to 2022. She previously served as the thirteenth administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from 2013 to 2017.
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Bridget Kearney

74. Bridget Kearney

1986-. (aged 40)
musician
Bridget Kearney is an American musician and songwriter. She is a founding member of the band Lake Street Dive and winner of the 2005 John Lennon Songwriting Contest in the Jazz category.
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Stephen Macht

75. Stephen Macht

1942-. (aged 84)
film actor television actor stage actor
Stephen Robert Macht is an American actor, rabbi and professor.
Gregory Maguire

76. Gregory Maguire

1954-. (aged 72)
children's writer novelist writer
Gregory Maguire is an American novelist. He is the author of Wicked, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, and several dozen other novels for adults and children. Many of Maguire's adult novels are inspired by classic children's stories. Maguire published his first novel, The Lightning Time, in 1978. Wicked, published in 1995, was his first novel for adults. It was adapted...
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William Hurt

77. William Hurt

1950-2022 (aged 72)
actor television actor film actor voice actor stage actor
William McChord Hurt was an American actor. Known for his performances on stage and screen, he received various accolades including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor, in addition to nominations for five Golden Globe Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award.
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Peter DeFazio

78. Peter DeFazio

1947-. (aged 79)
politician
Peter Anthony DeFazio is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Oregon's 4th congressional district from 1987 to 2023. He is a member of the Democratic Party and is a founder of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. A native of Massachusetts and a veteran of the United States Air Force Reserve, he previously served as a county commissioner...
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Mahmood Mamdani

79. Mahmood Mamdani

1946-. (aged 80)
university teacher writer anthropologist
Mahmood Mamdani FBA is a Ugandan anthropologist, academic, and political commentator. He is the Herbert Lehman Professor of Government and a professor of anthropology, political science, and African studies at Columbia University. He also serves as the chancellor of Kampala International University in Uganda, and honorary professor at the Centre for African Studies at the University of Cape Town.
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Evelyn Farkas

80. Evelyn Farkas

1967-. (aged 59)
intelligence analyst politician
Evelyn Nicolette Farkas is an American national security advisor, author, and foreign policy analyst. She is the current executive director of the McCain Institute, a nonprofit focused on democracy, human rights, and character-driven leadership.
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Frank Pallone

81. Frank Pallone

1951-. (aged 75)
lawyer politician
Frank Joseph Pallone Jr. is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for New Jersey's 6th congressional district since 1988. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district, numbered as the 3rd district from 1988 to 1993, is in the north-central part of the state and includes New Brunswick, Woodbridge Township, Perth Amboy, Sayreville, Edison,...
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Joseph F. Dunford, Jr

82. Joseph F. Dunford, Jr

1955-. (aged 71)
military officer
Joseph Francis Dunford Jr. is a retired United States Marine Corps general who served as the 19th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1 October 2015 to 30 September 2019. He was the 36th commandant of the Marine Corps. Dunford is the first Marine Corps officer to serve in four different four-star positions; the others include commander of...
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Rainn Wilson

83. Rainn Wilson

1966-. (aged 60)
film director writer comedian actor film actor
Rainn Percival Dietrich Wilson is an American actor, comedian, podcaster, producer, writer, and director. He starred as Dwight Schrute on NBC's American adaptation of The Office from 2005 to 2013, and received three consecutive Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for the role.
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Tsai Chin

84. Tsai Chin

1933-. (aged 93)
writer singer actor film actor
Tsai Chin is a Taiwanese pop and folk musician. Tsai sings in both Mandarin Chinese and Taiwanese Hokkien.
Bandar ibn Khalid Al-Faisal Al Saud

85. Bandar ibn Khalid Al-Faisal Al Saud

1965-. (aged 61)
businessperson
Bandar bin Khalid Al Saud is a Saudi prince and businessman. He is a minister-ranking advisor at the Royal Court and chairman of Advanced Media Holding Company (AMHC), a media group parenting an FM radio station and Al Watan.
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Masatsugu Nagato

86. Masatsugu Nagato

1948-. (aged 78)
businessperson
Masatsugu Nagato is a Japanese businessman who has been the president and CEO of Japan Post Holdings since April 2016, when he succeeded Taizo Nishimuro, following his hospitalization, having previously been president and CEO of Japan Post Bank.
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Joi Ito

87. Joi Ito

1966-. (aged 60)
venture capitalist entrepreneur blogger activist engineer
Joichi Ito is a Japanese entrepreneur and venture capitalist. He is the president of Chiba Institute of Technology. He is on the Board of Directors for the Gelephu Mindfulness City in Bhutan where he is also the Chairman of the Gelephu Investment Development Corporation (GIDC). He is a former director of the MIT Media Lab, former professor of the practice...
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Sofyan Djalil

88. Sofyan Djalil

1953-. (aged 73)
politician
Sofyan Abdul Djalil is an Indonesian academic, economic legal consultant and politician who was the Minister of Agrarian and Spatial Planning of Indonesia under President Joko Widodo's 2014–2019 Working Cabinet and the Onward Indonesia Cabinet. He has served as State Minister for State-Owned Enterprises in the United Indonesia Cabinet.
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Ignasius Jonan

89. Ignasius Jonan

1963-. (aged 63)
political scientist civil servant politician
Ignasius Jonan is an Indonesian professional who was the Indonesian Minister for Energy and Mineral Resources serving under President Joko Widodo's administration. He is a former Indonesian Minister of Transportation and a former CEO of the Indonesian government-owned railway company, PT Kereta Api Indonesia (PT. KAI) which he headed from 2009 to 2014.
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Shashi Tharoor

90. Shashi Tharoor

1956-. (aged 70)
writer jurist diplomat politician
Shashi Tharoor is an Indian politician, public intellectual, former diplomat and bureaucrat. A member of the Indian National Congress, he has represented Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, in the Lok Sabha since 2009. He was formerly an Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and ran for the office of Secretary-General in 2006, coming second.
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Alparslan Bayraktar

91. Alparslan Bayraktar

1975-. (aged 51)
politician
Alparslan Bayraktar is a Turkish academic, engineer, and politician. He has served as the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources since 2023. Before being elected to this position, he served as the deputy minister and a commissioner of the Energy Market Regulatory Authority. Bayraktar has also served as the chair of the World Energy Council for Turkey since 2015, and...
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Anson Chan

92. Anson Chan

1940-. (aged 86)
civil servant politician
Anson Maria Elizabeth Chan Fang On-sang, GBM, GCMG, CBE, JP is a retired Hong Kong politician, civil servant and stateswoman who was the first ethnic Chinese and woman to serve as Chief Secretary, the second-highest position in both the British colonial government and the Hong Kong SAR government under the Chinese sovereignty from 1993 until she retired from the government...
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Ness Wadia

93. Ness Wadia

1970-. (aged 56)
businessperson
Ness Nusli Wadia is an Indian businessman. Wadia is the managing director of Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation, a company which has holdings in most of the Wadia Group subsidiaries, including an indirect majority stake in Britannia Industries. He was the Joint Managing Director of Bombay Dyeing, the flagship company of the Wadia Group, till March 2011 when he stepped down...
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Daniel Patrick Moynihan

94. Daniel Patrick Moynihan

1927-2003 (aged 76)
writer sociologist military personnel teacher politician
Daniel Patrick Moynihan was an American politician, diplomat and social scientist. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented New York in the United States Senate from 1977 until 2001 after serving as an adviser to President Richard Nixon, and as the United States' ambassador to India and to the United Nations.
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Juan Manuel Santos

95. Juan Manuel Santos

1951-. (aged 75)
economist lawyer journalist politician
Juan Manuel Santos Calderón GColIH GCB GColL ODB is a Colombian politician who was the President of Colombia from 2010 to 2018. He was the sole recipient of the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize.
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Olga Kefalogianni

96. Olga Kefalogianni

1975-. (aged 51)
jurist lawyer politician
Olga Kefalogianni is a Greek politician who served as Minister of Tourism of the Greek Government from 2012 to 2015 and again since 27 June 2023. She was appointed in this position by Prime Minister Antonis Samaras in June 2012. She is a Member of Parliament, representing the New Democracy party. She has been elected two times in the Cretan...
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Kostas Karamanlis

97. Kostas Karamanlis

1956-. (aged 70)
lawyer politician
Konstantinos Alexandrou Karamanlis, commonly known as Kostas Karamanlis (Greek: Κώστας Καραμανλής, pronounced [ˈkostas karamanˈlis]), is a Greek politician who served as the prime minister of Greece from 2004 to 2009. He was also the president of the centre-right New Democracy party, founded by his uncle Konstantinos Karamanlis, from 1997 to 2009, and a member of the Hellenic Parliament from 1989...
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Wolfgang Ischinger

98. Wolfgang Ischinger

1946-. (aged 80)
jurist diplomat university teacher politician
Wolfgang Friedrich Ischinger is a German diplomat who served as chairman of the Munich Security Conference from 2008 to 2022.
Mary L. Trump

99. Mary L. Trump

1965-. (aged 61)
biographer life coach businessperson non-fiction writer clinical psychologist
Mary Lea Trump is an American psychologist, author, and political commentator. She is the niece of Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States.
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Abdulla Shahid

100. Abdulla Shahid

1962-. (aged 64)
diplomat politician
Abdulla Shahid, NIIV is a Maldivian politician, diplomat, and public servant. He is currently the president-the second highest official of the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) and previously served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2018 to 2023. From 2021 to 2022, he served as President of the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly, becoming the first Maldivian to...
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