Notable Alumni of Tulane University of Louisiana [Sorted List]

1. Valerie E. Caproni

1955-. (aged 71)

lawyer judge

Valerie Elaine Caproni is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

2. Francis T. Nicholls

1834-1912 (aged 78)

lawyer judge politician

Francis Redding Tillou Nicholls was an American attorney, politician, and soldier who served as a Brigadier General in the Confederate States Army, the 28th Governor of Louisiana, and as Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court.

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3. Song Sang-Hyun

1941-. (aged 85)

university teacher lawyer judge

Song Sang-hyun is a South Korean lawyer and former President of the International Criminal Court (ICC).

4. Rob Segedin

1988-. (aged 38)

baseball player

Robert Mitchell Segedin is an American former professional baseball player. He played first base, third base and outfield in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2016 and 2017.

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5. Kenneth McClintock

1957-. (aged 69)

politician Amway distributor

Kenneth Davison McClintock-Hernández is a politician who served as the twenty-second Secretary of State of Puerto Rico, one of the four longest serving in that post. McClintock served as co-chair of Hillary Clinton’s National Hispanic Leadership Council in 2008, he co-chaired her successful Puerto Rico primary campaign that year and served as the Thirteenth President of the Senate of Puerto...

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6. Karen DeSalvo

academic

Karen Bollinger DeSalvo is an American business executive, physician and public health expert. She has been Google’s chief health officer since 2019. Previously, she served as the Acting Assistant Secretary for Health, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, and Director of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC).

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7. John Georges

1960-. (aged 66)

businessperson politician

John Georges is an American businessman from New Orleans, who owns Louisiana's two largest newspapers and online news sites. He formerly served on the Louisiana Board of Regents, the body which supervises higher education in his native state. In 2007, he ran for governor as an independent. He received 186,000 votes and procured a plurality in Orleans Parish. In 2010,...

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8. Sanford Panitch

Sanford Panitch is an American film industry executive and president of Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group. He served previously as president of Columbia Pictures.

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9. Cosimo Matassa

1926-2014 (aged 88)

composer businessperson record producer audio engineer

Cosimo Vincent Matassa was an American recording engineer and studio owner, responsible for many R&B and early rock and roll recordings.

10. Sion James

2002-. (aged 24)

basketball player

Sion James is an American professional basketball player for the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Tulane Green Wave and the Duke Blue Devils.

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11. Dave Treen

1928-2009 (aged 81)

military officer lawyer politician

David Conner Treen Sr. was an American politician and attorney from Louisiana. A member of the Republican Party, Treen served as U.S. Representative for Louisiana's 3rd congressional district from 1973 to 1980 and the 51st governor of Louisiana from 1980 to 1984. Treen was the first Republican elected to either office since Reconstruction.

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12. Cameron Reynolds

1995-. (aged 31)

basketball player

Cameron Reynolds is an American professional basketball player and the vice–captain for Maroussi of the Greek Basketball League. He played college basketball for the Tulane Green Wave.

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13. Warren Lichtenstein

1965-. (aged 61)

businessperson

Warren G. Lichtenstein is an American businessman and philanthropist. Lichtenstein is founder and executive chairman of Steel Partners Holdings L.P. (NYSE:SPLP), a global diversified holding company. He founded the company in 1990 at the age of 24 after beginning his career as an analyst at Para Partners, L.P. and then serving as an acquisition analyst at Ballantrae Partners, L.P. Over...

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14. Shirley Ann Grau

1929-2020 (aged 91)

novelist short story writer writer

Shirley Ann Grau was an American writer. Born in New Orleans, she lived part of her childhood in Montgomery, Alabama. Her novels are set primarily in the Deep South and explore issues of race and gender. In 1965 she won the Pulitzer Prize for Literature for her novel The Keepers of the House, set in a fictional Alabama town.

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15. Florian Cajori

1859-1930 (aged 71)

university teacher mathematician historian of mathematics

Florian Cajori was a Swiss-American historian of mathematics, especially known for his comprehensive treatise about mathematical notation, A History of Mathematical Notations.

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16. William L. Armstrong

1937-2016 (aged 79)

politician banker

William Lester Armstrong Jr. was an American businessman, administrator, and politician. He was a member of the Republican Party and served as a United States representative and senator from Colorado.

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17. Micah Owings

1982-. (aged 44)

baseball player

Micah Burton Owings is an American former professional baseball player who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Cincinnati Reds and San Diego Padres between 2007 and 2012. During his career, Owings was used as a pitcher and an occasional pinch-hitter; he also played outfielder in the minor leagues. While playing for the Diamondbacks in 2007, he...

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18. Melvin Frazier

1996-. (aged 30)

basketball player

Melvin Jamon Frazier Jr. is an American professional basketball player for Al-Ahly Ly of the Libyan Division I Basketball League (LBL) and the Basketball Africa League (BAL). He played college basketball for the Tulane Green Wave.

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19. Dylan Osetkowski

1996-. (aged 30)

basketball player

Dylan Osetkowski is a German-American professional basketball player for Partizan Mozzart Bet of the Serbian League (KLS), the ABA League and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for the Texas Longhorns and the Tulane Green Wave.

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20. Tommy Mason

1939-2015 (aged 76)

American football player

Thomas Cyril Mason was an American professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Tulane Green Wave.

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21. Walter Nixon

1928-. (aged 98)

lawyer judge

Walter Louis Nixon Jr. is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi who in 1989 was impeached by the House of Representatives and removed from office by the Senate. Because Nixon's impeachment was for perjury, the case was cited as a precedent in the impeachment trial of President Bill...

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22. Dave Winer

1955-. (aged 71)

technology evangelist software developer podcaster

Dave Winer is an American software developer, entrepreneur, and writer who resides in New York City. Winer is noted for his contributions to outliners, scripting, content management, and web services, as well as blogging and podcasting. He is the founder of the software companies Living Videotext, Userland Software and Small Picture Inc., a former contributing editor for the Web magazine...

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23. Joan Halifax

1942-. (aged 84)

anthropologist activist religious writer writer

Joan Jiko Halifax is an American Zen Buddhist teacher, anthropologist, ecologist, civil rights activist, hospice caregiver, and the author of several books on Buddhism and spirituality. She currently serves as abbot and guiding teacher of Upaya Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico, a Zen Peacemaker community she founded in 1990. Halifax has received Dharma transmission from Bernard Glassman, and...

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24. Bob Wise

1948-. (aged 78)

lawyer politician

Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. is an American politician who served as the 33rd governor of West Virginia from 2001 to 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, Wise also served in the United States House of Representatives from 1983 until 2001. In 2005 Wise became the president of the Alliance for Excellent Education, a nonprofit organization that focuses on reforming...

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25. Les Blank

1935-2013 (aged 78)

film producer screenwriter director documentary filmmaker film director

Les Blank was an American documentary filmmaker best known for his portraits of American traditional musicians.

26. Timothy Griffin

1968-. (aged 58)

lawyer entrepreneur politician

John Timothy Griffin is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 57th attorney general of Arkansas. He served as the 20th lieutenant governor of Arkansas from 2015 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party, he previously was the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas between 2006 and 2007 and U.S. Representative for Arkansas's 2nd congressional...

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27. Tyjae Spears

2001-. (aged 25)

American football player

Tyjae Armon Spears is an American professional football running back for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Tulane Green Wave.

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28. Evan Farmer

1972-. (aged 54)

singer actor voice actor

Evan Ragland Farmer, Jr. is an American business owner, television host, radio host, actor, musician, designer/customizer, and author. He is best known for his lead role as Jerry O'Keefe in the MTV Film and follow-up television series 2gether, and as host and carpenter within the home-makeover television genre including Emmy-nominated While You Were Out (TLC), Freestyle (HGTV), and Door Knockers...

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29. Bob Livingston

1943-. (aged 83)

lawyer lobbyist politician

Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. is an American lobbyist and politician who served as a U.S. representative from Louisiana from 1977 to 1999. A Republican, he was chosen as Newt Gingrich's successor as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, a position he declined following revelations of an extramarital affair. He served as a U.S. representative from Louisiana from 1977 to...

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30. Wiley Nickel

1975-. (aged 51)

politician

George Wilmarth "Wiley" Nickel III is an American attorney and Democratic politician who served as the U.S. representative for North Carolina's 13th congressional district from 2023 to 2025.

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31. Ian Terry

1991-. (aged 35)

reality television participant engineer

Ian Patrick Terry is the winner of the American reality television show Big Brother 14 in 2012 and competed on Big Brother: All Stars in 2020. He was also a contestant on Reality Gamemasters in 2013 and season 4 of The Traitors (American TV series).

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32. Howard K. Smith

1914-2002 (aged 88)

news presenter television presenter journalist war correspondent actor

Howard Kingsbury Smith was an American journalist, radio reporter, television anchorman, political commentator, and film actor. He was one of the original members of the team of war correspondents known as the Murrow Boys.

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33. Aaron Loup

1987-. (aged 39)

baseball player

Aaron Christopher Loup is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays, Philadelphia Phillies, San Diego Padres, Tampa Bay Rays, New York Mets, and Los Angeles Angels.

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34. Howard Scott Warshaw

1957-. (aged 69)

computer scientist designer engineer programmer psychotherapist

Howard Scott Warshaw, also known as HSW, is an American psychotherapist and former game designer. He worked at Atari, Inc. in the early 1980s, where he designed and programmed the Atari 2600 games Yars' Revenge, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.

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35. Zachary Richard

1950-. (aged 76)

singer-songwriter film actor

Ralph Zachary Richard is an American singer-songwriter and poet. His music is a combination of Cajun and Zydeco musical styles.

36. Henry Hobson Richardson

1838-1886 (aged 48)

architect

Henry Hobson Richardson, FAIA was an American architect, best known for his work in a style derived from Romanesque Revival that became known as Richardsonian Romanesque. Along with Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright, Richardson is one of "the recognized trinity of American architecture."

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37. Lindy Boggs

1916-2013 (aged 97)

diplomat politician

Marie Corinne Morrison Claiborne Boggs was a politician who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and later as United States Ambassador to the Holy See. She was the first woman elected to Congress from Louisiana. She was also a permanent chairwoman of the 1976 Democratic National Convention, which met in New York City to nominate the...

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38. Lisa P. Jackson

1962-. (aged 64)

chemist engineer politician

Lisa Perez Jackson is an American chemical engineer who served as the administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from 2009 to 2013. She was the first African American to hold that position.

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39. Doug Ellin

1968-. (aged 58)

film producer screenwriter director television producer film director

Douglas Reed Ellin is an American screenwriter and film and TV director, known best for creating the HBO television series Entourage. Ellin also served as executive producer, director, head writer and supporting actor for the series, and wrote, directed and produced its 2015 film adaptation.

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40. Darnell Mooney

1997-. (aged 29)

American football player

Darnell Mooney is an American professional football wide receiver for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Tulane Green Wave and was selected by the Chicago Bears in the fifth round of the 2020 NFL draft.

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41. Quincy Davis

1983-. (aged 43)

basketball player

Quincy Spencer Davis III is an American-born Taiwanese professional basketball player. He renounced his U.S. citizenship in June 2013 to naturalize in Taiwan so that he could play for the Chinese Taipei national team in international competition.

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42. Tim Wise

1968-. (aged 58)

writer

Timothy Jacob Wise is an American activist and writer on the topic of race. He is a consultant who provides anti-racism lectures to institutions.

43. Dominik Koepfer

1994-. (aged 32)

tennis player

Dominik Koepfer, also spelled Köpfer, is a German inactive professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 49 on 4 March 2024, and a doubles ranking of No. 69 on 24 June 2024. He played college tennis at Tulane University.

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44. Douglas G. Hurley

1966-. (aged 60)

military officer engineer astronaut

Douglas Gerald Hurley is an American engineer, former Marine Corps pilot, and former NASA astronaut. He piloted Space Shuttle missions STS-127 (July 2009) and STS-135 (July 2011), the final flight of the Space Shuttle program. He launched into space for the third time as commander of Crew Dragon Demo-2, the first crewed spaceflight from American soil since STS-135 and became,...

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45. Linton Johnson

1980-. (aged 46)

basketball player

Linton Johnson III is an American professional basketball player. He is married to a woman from Caserta, and has Italian citizenship.

46. Andrew Friedman

1976-. (aged 50)

baseball manager baseball player

Andrew Friedman is an American professional baseball executive. He is currently the president of baseball operations of the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball. He previously served as the general manager for MLB’s Tampa Bay Rays, where Sporting News named him Executive of the Year in 2008. That year, for the first time in franchise history, the Rays both...

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47. Benmont Tench

1953-. (aged 73)

musician songwriter pianist composer keyboardist

Benjamin Montmorency "Benmont" Tench III is an American musician and singer, and a founding member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.

48. Les Crane

1933-2008 (aged 75)

actor radio personality disc jockey military officer aircraft pilot

Les Crane was an American radio announcer, television host, and actor. A pioneer in interactive broadcasting, he is also known for his 1971 spoken-word recording of the poem Desiderata; he won a "Best Spoken Word" Grammy for it the following year. Crane was the first network television personality to compete head-on with host Johnny Carson after Carson became a fixture...

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49. Ed Nelson

1928-2014 (aged 86)

television actor producer actor film actor

Edwin Stafford Nelson was an American actor, best known for his role as Dr. Michael Rossi in the television series Peyton Place.

50. Adam Laxalt

1978-. (aged 48)

lawyer

Adam Paul Laxalt is an American attorney and politician who served as the 33rd Nevada Attorney General from 2015 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he was the party's unsuccessful nominee for governor of Nevada in 2018 and for the U.S. Senate in 2022.

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51. Alfred Ford

1950-. (aged 76)

patron of the arts businessperson entrepreneur

Alfred Brush Ford, also known as Ambarish Das (IAST: Ambarīśa Dāsa), is an American businessman and the great-grandson of Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company. He joined the ISKCON, a Gaudiya Vaishnava group in 1975. Ford is the chairman of the Sri Mayapur Temple of the Vedic Planetarium (TOVP), which is building the world's largest Vedic Hindu Temple...

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52. Olga Merediz

1956-. (aged 70)

actor television actor film actor voice actor stage actor

Olga Merediz is an American actress and singer. Merediz originated the role of Claudia in the Broadway musical In the Heights, for which she received a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. She played the role for the show's entire Broadway run, and reprised the role in the film adaptation. Her television credits include NBC's 2016...

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53. Timothy Sykes

1981-. (aged 45)

entrepreneur day trader

Timothy Sykes is a penny stock trader and blogger who self-reported trading profits of $1.65 million from a $12,415 Bar mitzvah gift through day trading while in college. He runs a blog and subscription platform whose aim is to teach about how to trade penny stocks. According to a Forbes editorial piece, he made up to $20 million via subscriptions...

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54. Thomas Hale Boggs, Sr

1914-1972 (aged 58)

lawyer politician

Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. was an American Democratic Party politician and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Orleans, Louisiana. He was the House majority leader and a member of the Warren Commission.

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55. David Vitter

1961-. (aged 65)

lawyer lobbyist politician

David Bruce Vitter is an American politician who served as a United States senator from Louisiana from 2005 to 2017. A member of the Republican Party, Vitter served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1992 to 1999 and in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1999 to 2005.

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56. Christian LeBlanc

1958-. (aged 68)

actor television actor model

Christian Jules LeBlanc is an American television actor. He is best known for playing the role of Michael Baldwin on The Young and the Restless (1991 to 1993, 1997 to present). He has received nine Daytime Emmy Award nominations and three wins for his work on The Young and the Restless.

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57. Bryan Batt

1963-. (aged 63)

actor television actor

Bryan Batt is an American actor best known for his role in the AMC series Mad Men as Salvatore Romano, the closeted art director for the Sterling Cooper agency. Primarily a theater actor, he has had a number of starring roles in movies and television as well. His performance in the musical adaptation of Saturday Night Fever earned him one...

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58. Luther Strange

1953-. (aged 73)

basketball player lawyer politician

Luther Johnson Strange III is an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States Senator from Alabama from 2017 to 2018. He was appointed to fill that position after it was vacated by Jeff Sessions upon Sessions's confirmation as U.S. Attorney General.

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59. Cedric Richmond

1973-. (aged 53)

lawyer politician

Cedric Levan Richmond is an American attorney, politician, and political advisor who is a senior adviser to the Democratic National Committee. A member of the Democratic Party, Richmond represented the 101st district in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 2000 to 2011. Richmond was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana's 2nd congressional district from 2011...

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60. Ray Nagin

1956-. (aged 70)

businessperson local politician

Clarence Ray Nagin Jr. is an American former businessman and politician who served as the 60th Mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana from May 2002 to May 2010.

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61. Pedro Pierluisi

1959-. (aged 67)

lawyer politician

Pedro Rafael Pierluisi Urrutia is a Puerto Rican politician and lawyer who served as the Governor of Puerto Rico from 2021 to 2025, having previously been the de facto governor from August 2–7, 2019. A member of New Progressive and Democratic Parties, he previously served as acting Secretary of State of Puerto Rico in 2019, as Resident Commissioner of Puerto...

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62. Victoria Reggie Kennedy

1954-. (aged 72)

lawyer

Victoria Anne Kennedy is an American diplomat, attorney, and activist who served as the United States Ambassador to Austria from 2022 to 2025. She is the widow and the second wife of longtime U.S. senator Ted Kennedy.

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63. Ian Bremmer

1969-. (aged 57)

economist businessperson political scientist university teacher

Ian Arthur Bremmer is an American political scientist, author, and entrepreneur focused on global political risk. He is the founder and president of Eurasia Group, a political risk research and consulting firm. He is also founder of GZERO Media, a digital media firm.

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64. John Kennedy Toole

1937-1969 (aged 32)

screenwriter professor writer novelist military personnel

John Kennedy Toole was an American novelist from New Orleans, Louisiana, whose posthumously published novel, A Confederacy of Dunces, won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1981. At 16 in 1954, he wrote his first novel, The Neon Bible, which he shelved in the same year, not finding a willing publisher; he later dismissed it as "adolescent". Toole was a...

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65. Paul Morphy

1837-1884 (aged 47)

chess player chess theoretician

Paul Charles Morphy was an American chess player. During his brief career in the late 1850s, Morphy was acknowledged as the world's greatest chess master. Later commentators have concluded that he was far ahead of his time.

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66. Enrique Murciano

1973-. (aged 53)

film actor actor television actor

Enrique Ricardo Murciano is an American actor. He is known for his role as FBI agent Danny Taylor in the CBS mystery drama series Without a Trace from 2002 to 2009.

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67. David Filo

1966-. (aged 60)

computer scientist entrepreneur

David Robert Filo is an American billionaire businessman and the co-founder of Yahoo! with classmate Jerry Yang. His Filo Server Program, written in the C programming language, was the server-side software used to dynamically serve variable web pages, called Filo Server Pages, on visits to early versions of the Yahoo! website.

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68. Neil Bush

1955-. (aged 71)

merchant businessperson entrepreneur

Neil Mallon Bush is an American businessman and investor. He is the fourth of six children of former president George H. W. Bush and Barbara Bush (née Pierce). His five siblings are George W. Bush; the late Pauline Robinson Bush; Jeb Bush; Marvin Bush; and Dorothy Bush Koch.

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69. Jim Garrison

1921-1992 (aged 71)

judge lawyer writer district attorney film actor

James Carothers Garrison was the District Attorney of Orleans Parish, Louisiana, from 1962 to 1973 and later a state appellate court judge. A member of the Democratic Party, he is best known for his investigations into the assassination of John F. Kennedy and the prosecution of New Orleans businessman Clay Shaw to that effect in 1969, which ended in Shaw's...

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70. D. B. Sweeney

1961-. (aged 65)

stage actor film director actor voice actor film producer

Daniel Bernard Sweeney is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Jackie Willow in Francis Ford Coppola's Gardens of Stone (1987), Lt. Phil Lowenthal in Memphis Belle (1990), and Travis Walton in Fire in the Sky (1993). He also starred in films such as The Cutting Edge (1992), Shoeless Joe Jackson in Eight Men Out (1988), Dinosaur...

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71. Andrew Breitbart

1969-2012 (aged 43)

journalist conspiracy theorist editing staff publisher

Andrew James Breitbart was an American conservative journalist and political commentator who was the founder of Breitbart News and a co-founder of HuffPost.

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72. Anthony Jeselnik

1978-. (aged 48)

comedian television producer television actor actor stand-up comedian

Anthony Jeselnik is an American comedian, writer, actor, and producer. He is known for his dark comedy style, which emphasizes ironic misdirection, non sequiturs, biting insults, an arrogant demeanor, and a stage persona that frequently takes amoral stances.

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73. Lauren Hutton

1943-. (aged 83)

model television actor film producer actor film actor

Lauren Hutton is an American model and actress. Born and raised in the southern United States, Hutton relocated to New York City in her early adulthood to begin a modeling career. Though she was initially dismissed by agents for a signature gap in her teeth, Hutton signed a modeling contract with Revlon in 1973, which at the time was the...

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74. Matthew Labyorteaux

1966-. (aged 60)

voice actor television actor actor film actor

Matthew Charles Labyorteaux is an American film, television and voice actor. In many of his credits, his last name is spelled as "Laborteaux". He is also credited as Matthew Charles for his work in animation.

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75. Newt Gingrich

1943-. (aged 83)

politician teacher writer historian novelist

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

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76. Karen Grassle

1942-. (aged 84)

television actor stage actor actor film actor

Karen Grassle is an American actress, known for her role as Caroline Ingalls in the NBC television drama series Little House on the Prairie.

77. Shannon Lee

1969-. (aged 57)

television actor entrepreneur actor television producer stunt performer

Shannon Emery Lee Keasler is an American actress. She is the only living child of actor and martial artist Bruce Lee and retired martial arts teacher Linda Lee Cadwell, and is the younger sister and the only sibling of actor Brandon Lee. Through Bruce Lee, she is a granddaughter of Cantonese opera singer and film actor Lee Hoi-chuen.

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78. Jerry Springer

1944-2023 (aged 79)

lawyer podcaster film producer musician actor

Gerald Norman Springer was a British and American broadcaster, journalist, actor, lawyer, and politician. He was best known for hosting the controversial tabloid talk show Jerry Springer from 1991 to 2018. Springer was noted as a pioneer in the emergence of "trash TV"; his eponymous show was a "commercial smash and certifiable cultural phenomenon" in the 1990s.

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79. Fred Crane

1918-2008 (aged 90)

hotel manager actor program maker film actor radio personality

Herman Frederick Crane was an American film and television actor and radio announcer. He is probably best known for his role as Brent Tarleton in the 1939 film, Gone with the Wind, speaking the opening lines in the movie during the opening scene with Scarlett O'Hara (Vivien Leigh) and Stuart Tarleton (George Reeves).

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80. Shalanda Young

1977-. (aged 49)

policy advisor politician

Shalanda Delores Young is an American political advisor and government official who served as the 43rd director of the Office of Management and Budget from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously worked as the staff director of the United States House Committee on Appropriations.

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81. Earl Long

1895-1960 (aged 65)

lawyer politician

Earl Kemp Long was an American politician who served as the 45th governor of Louisiana on three occasions (1939–1940, 1948–1952, and 1956–1960). A member of the Democratic Party, he held the same position that his brother, Huey Long, held years earlier (1928–1932).

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82. Sammis Reyes

1995-. (aged 31)

basketball player American football player

Sammis Daniel Reyes Martel is a Chilean professional football tight end and former basketball player. The first player from Chile to play in the National Football League, Reyes grew up playing basketball as a youth member of their national team before moving to the United States on an athletic scholarship at 14. He played college basketball for the Hawaii Rainbow...

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83. Regina Benjamin

1956-. (aged 70)

surgeon physician

Regina Marcia Benjamin is an American physician and a former vice admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps who served as the 18th Surgeon General of the United States. Benjamin previously directed a nonprofit primary care medical clinic in Bayou La Batre, Alabama, and served on the board of trustees for the Morehouse School of Medicine.

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84. Edward Douglass White Jr

1845-1921 (aged 76)

lawyer judge politician

Edward Douglass White Jr. was an American politician and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1894 to 1910 and as the ninth Chief Justice of the United States from 1910 until his death in 1921, for a total of 27 years on the bench. He was a descendant of the...

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85. Paul Michael Glaser

1943-. (aged 83)

film producer film actor film director television actor actor

Paul Michael Glaser is an American actor, director, and writer whose career has spanned five decades. He made his acting debut in the television series Love Is a Many Splendored Thing and went on to have many acting roles, appearing in The Waltons, The Streets of San Francisco, and Kojak. Glaser rose to prominence for his portrayal as Detective Dave...

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86. Gene Taylor

1957-. (aged 69)

athletic director

Gary Eugene Taylor is an American politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1989 to 2011 and previously a member of the Mississippi State Senate from 1983 to 1989. He was defeated for re-election in 2010 by State Representative Steven Palazzo. In 2014, he changed his long-time membership from the Democratic Party, becoming a...

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87. Jessica Valenti

1978-. (aged 48)

editing staff opinion journalist writer journalist blogger

Jessica Valenti is an American feminist writer. She was the co-founder of the blog Feministing, which she wrote for from 2004 to 2011. Valenti is the author of six books: Full Frontal Feminism (2007), He's a Stud, She's a Slut (2008), The Purity Myth (2009), Why Have Kids? (2012), Sex Object: A Memoir (2016), and Abortion: Our Bodies, Their Lies,...

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88. Huey Long

1893-1935 (aged 42)

politician

Huey Pierce Long Jr., nicknamed "The Kingfish", was an American politician who served as the 40th governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932 and as a United States senator from 1932 until his assassination in 1935. He was a left-wing populist member of the Democratic Party and rose to national prominence during the Great Depression for his vocal criticism of...

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89. Ashley Biden

1981-. (aged 45)

philanthropist social worker activist businessperson fashion designer

Ashley Blazer Biden is an American social worker, activist, and fashion designer. She served as the executive director of the Delaware Center for Justice from 2014 to 2019. Before her administrative role at the center, Biden worked in the Delaware Department of Services for Children, Youth, and Their Families. She founded the fashion company Livelihood, which partners with the online...

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90. Howard Baker

1925-2014 (aged 89)

television actor lawyer diplomat politician

Howard Henry Baker Jr. was an American politician, diplomat and photographer who served as a United States senator from Tennessee from 1967 to 1985. During his tenure, he rose to the rank of Senate minority leader and then Senate majority leader. A member of the Republican Party, Baker was the first Republican to be elected to the U.S. Senate in...

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91. Amy Carter

1967-. (aged 59)

activist

Amy Lynn Carter is the only daughter and fourth child of the 39th U.S. president Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn Carter. Carter first entered the public spotlight as a child when she lived in the White House during her father's presidency.

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92. James H. Clark

1944-. (aged 82)

computer scientist engineer businessperson

James Henry Clark is an American entrepreneur and computer scientist. He founded several notable Silicon Valley technology companies, including Silicon Graphics, Netscape, myCFO, and Healtheon. His research work in computer graphics led to the development of systems for the fast rendering of three-dimensional computer images.

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93. Taylor Rochestie

1985-. (aged 41)

basketball player

Taylor Campbell Rochestie is an American-born naturalized Montenegrin former professional basketball player. He represented the senior Montenegrin national team internationally. He also holds an Israeli citizenship. Standing at a height of 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m), he played at the point guard position. Rochestie won the Alphonso Ford EuroLeague Top Scorer Trophy in 2015.

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94. Francis George

1937-2015 (aged 78)

theologian Catholic bishop Catholic priest

Francis Eugene George OMI was an American Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Chicago from 1997 to 2014. He previously served as Bishop of Yakima and Archbishop of Portland in Oregon. A member of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, George was created a cardinal by Pope John Paul II in 1998. He served as president of the United...

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95. Michael Ellis DeBakey

1908-2008 (aged 100)

university teacher cardiac surgeon surgeon

Michael Ellis DeBakey was an American general and cardiovascular surgeon, scientist and medical educator who became Chairman of the Department of Surgery, President, and Chancellor of Baylor College of Medicine at the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas. His career spanned nearly eight decades.

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96. José Raúl Mulino

1959-. (aged 67)

diplomat lawyer politician

José Raúl Mulino Quintero is a Panamanian politician, diplomat and lawyer serving as the 39th president of Panama since 2024. He ran for president in the 2024 Panamanian election, which he won with 34% of the vote as the Realizing Goals candidate and a substitute for former President Ricardo Martinelli.

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97. Ricardo Salinas Pliego

1965-. (aged 61)

entrepreneur

Ricardo Benjamín Salinas Pliego is a Mexican business magnate, founder and chairman of Grupo Salinas, a corporate conglomerate with interests in telecommunications, media, financial services, and retail.

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98. Luis Guillermo Solís

1958-. (aged 68)

historian diplomat university teacher politician

Luis Guillermo Solís Rivera is a Costa Rican politician and educator who was the 47th President of Costa Rica from 2014 to 2018. He is a member of the Citizens' Action Party (PAC).

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99. Gabriela Alemán

1968-. (aged 58)

novelist short story writer writer

Gabriela Alemán is a Brazilian-born Ecuadorian writer and educator, whose work has been translated into multiple languages.

100. Lawrence Wright

1947-. (aged 79)

screenwriter novelist writer journalist playwright

Lawrence Wright is an American writer and journalist, a staff writer for The New Yorker magazine, and fellow at the Center for Law and Security at the New York University School of Law.

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