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100 Notable alumni of University of Minnesota – Twin Cities

Updated: June 23, 2026 EliteDegrees

University of Minnesota – Twin Cities is ranked #18 in the world and #14 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from University of Minnesota – Twin Cities sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with University of Minnesota – Twin Cities won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.

Ryan Saunders

1. Ryan Saunders

1986-. (aged 40)
basketball coach basketball player
Ryan Philip Saunders is an American basketball coach who currently serves as the lead assistant for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is known for his work in the NBA as a head coach for the Minnesota Timberwolves, as an assistant coach for the Denver Nuggets, and in player development with the Washington Wizards staff. He...
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Tom Zenk

2. Tom Zenk

1958-2017 (aged 59)
professional wrestler
Thomas Erwin Zenk was an American professional wrestler and bodybuilder. He was a babyface for his entire career and was best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation from 1986 to 1987, with the American Wrestling Association from 1988 to 1989, and with World Championship Wrestling from 1989 to 1994, as well for his tours of Japan with...
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Jeff Dean

3. Jeff Dean

1968-. (aged 58)
computer scientist artificial intelligence researcher software engineer
Jeffrey Adgate Dean is an American computer scientist and software engineer. Since 2018, he has been the lead of Google AI. He was appointed Google's chief scientist in 2023 after the merger of DeepMind and Google Brain into Google DeepMind.
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Kelly Catlin

4. Kelly Catlin

1995-2019 (aged 24)
sport cyclist
Kelly Catlin was an American professional racing cyclist who rode for UCI Women's Team Human Powered Health. Catlin won gold medals in the women's team pursuit at the 2016, 2017, and 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. She also won a silver medal in the same event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
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Nik Lentz

5. Nik Lentz

1984-. (aged 42)
mixed martial arts fighter
Nik Lentz is an American retired mixed martial artist. He most notably fought for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, fighting in the lightweight division.
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Kyle Okposo

6. Kyle Okposo

1988-. (aged 38)
ice hockey player
Kyle Henry Erovre Okposo is an American former professional ice hockey right winger who played 17 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New York Islanders, Buffalo Sabres, and Florida Panthers. He was drafted seventh overall by the Islanders in the 2006 NHL entry draft. Okposo won the Stanley Cup with the Panthers in 2024.
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Thomas Friedman

7. Thomas Friedman

1953-. (aged 73)
screenwriter columnist writer journalist television producer
Thomas Loren Friedman is an American political commentator and author. He is a three-time Pulitzer Prize winner who is a weekly columnist for The New York Times. He has written extensively on foreign affairs, global trade, the Middle East, globalization, and environmental issues.
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Thomas Vanek

8. Thomas Vanek

1984-. (aged 42)
ice hockey player
Thomas Vanek is an Austrian former professional ice hockey winger who played fourteen seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Buffalo Sabres, Columbus Blue Jackets, Detroit Red Wings, Florida Panthers, Minnesota Wild, Montreal Canadiens, New York Islanders, and Vancouver Canucks. Vanek was drafted by the Sabres fifth overall in the 2003 NHL entry draft, making him the highest-drafted...
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Ron Johnson

9. Ron Johnson

1956-2021 (aged 65)
baseball manager baseball player
Ronald Harold Johnson is an American businessman and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Wisconsin, a seat he has held since 2011. A Republican, Johnson was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2010, defeating Democratic incumbent Russ Feingold. He was reelected in 2016, defeating Feingold in a rematch, and in 2022, narrowly defeating Lieutenant Governor Mandela...
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Everett Dirksen

10. Everett Dirksen

1896-1969 (aged 73)
lawyer commissioner entrepreneur politician
Everett McKinley Dirksen was an American politician. A Republican, he represented Illinois in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. As Senate Minority Leader from 1959 until his death in 1969, he played a highly visible and key role in the politics of the 1960s. He helped write and pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964...
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John Stapp

11. John Stapp

1910-1999 (aged 89)
physician soldier aircraft pilot biophysicist
John Paul Stapp was an American career U.S. Air Force officer, flight surgeon, physician, biophysicist, and pioneer in studying the effects of acceleration forces on humans. He was a colleague and contemporary of Chuck Yeager, and became known as "the fastest man on earth". His work on Project Manhigh pioneered many developments for the US space program.
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Seymour Cray

12. Seymour Cray

1925-1996 (aged 71)
applied mathematician computer scientist engineer businessperson electrical engineer
Seymour Roger Cray was an American electrical engineer, computer scientist, mathematician, and supercomputer architect who designed a series of computers that were the fastest in the world for decades, and founded Cray Research, which built many of these machines. Called "the father of supercomputing", Cray has been credited with creating the supercomputer industry. Joel S. Birnbaum, then chief technology officer...
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Michael T. Osterholm

13. Michael T. Osterholm

1953-. (aged 73)
epidemiologist academic professor
Michael Thomas Osterholm is an American epidemiologist, Regents Professor at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, and director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota.
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Johnny Olson

14. Johnny Olson

1910-1985 (aged 75)
radio personality actor
John Leonard Olson was an American radio personality and television announcer. Olson is perhaps best known for his work as an announcer for game shows, particularly the work he did for Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions. Olson was the longtime announcer for the original To Tell the Truth and What's My Line? and spent more than a decade as announcer for...
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Barbora Špotáková

15. Barbora Špotáková

1981-. (aged 45)
javelin thrower athletics competitor
Barbora Špotáková is a former Czech track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. She is a two-time Olympic Champion and three-time World Champion, as well as the current world record holder with a throw of 72.28 m.
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De'Vondre Campbell

16. De'Vondre Campbell

1993-. (aged 33)
American football player
De'Vondre Campbell is an American professional football linebacker. He played college football for the Hutchinson Blue Dragons and Minnesota Golden Gophers and was selected by the Atlanta Falcons in the fourth round of the 2016 NFL draft. Campbell has also played for the Arizona Cardinals, Green Bay Packers, and San Francisco 49ers.
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Blake Wheeler

17. Blake Wheeler

1986-. (aged 40)
ice hockey player
Blake James Wheeler is an American former professional ice hockey player. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Boston Bruins, Atlanta Thrashers/Winnipeg Jets, and New York Rangers. He was drafted by the Phoenix Coyotes in the first round, fifth overall, in the 2004 NHL entry draft. After failing to come to terms on a contract with the...
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Peggy Flanagan

18. Peggy Flanagan

1979-. (aged 47)
politician
Margaret Flanagan is an American politician and Ojibwe activist serving as the 50th lieutenant governor of Minnesota since 2019. A political progressive and member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), Flanagan served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2015 to 2019.
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Tim Pawlenty

19. Tim Pawlenty

1960-. (aged 66)
lawyer politician
Timothy James Pawlenty is an American attorney, businessman, and politician who served from 2003 to 2011 as the 39th governor of Minnesota. A member of the Republican Party, Pawlenty served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1993 to 2003, and as House Majority Leader from 1999 to 2003. Then as Governor, being the last Republican elected to statewide office,...
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Erik Johnson

20. Erik Johnson

1988-. (aged 38)
ice hockey player
Erik Robert Johnson is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman who played 17 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the St. Louis Blues, Colorado Avalanche, Buffalo Sabres and the Philadelphia Flyers. Nicknamed the "Condor", Johnson was selected with the first overall pick by the Blues in the 2006 NHL entry draft. Johnson won the Stanley Cup with...
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Dave Arneson

21. Dave Arneson

1947-2009 (aged 62)
role-playing game designer game designer
David Lance Arneson was an American game designer best known for co-developing the first published role-playing game (RPG), Dungeons & Dragons, with Gary Gygax, in the early 1970s. Arneson's fundamental early role-playing game (RPG) genre work pioneered now-archetypical devices, such as: cooperative play to develop a storyline instead of individual competitive play to "win"; and adventuring in dungeon, town, and...
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Stéphane Bancel

22. Stéphane Bancel

1972-. (aged 54)
businessperson chief executive officer
Stéphane Bancel is a French business executive. He is the chief executive officer (CEO) of the American pharmaceutical and biotechnology company Moderna, known for its COVID-19 vaccine. Before joining Moderna, Bancel was the CEO of French diagnostics company BioMérieux. Bancel is a partner at Flagship Pioneering, and has served on the boards of Indigo Agriculture, Boston's Museum of Science, and...
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Richard Carlson

23. Richard Carlson

1912-1977 (aged 65)
television actor screenwriter writer film actor stage actor
Richard Dutoit Carlson was an American actor, television and film director, and screenwriter. He is best remembered for his leading roles in sci-fi classic It Came from Outer Space (1953) and iconic Universal Monster film Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954).
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Laura Coates

24. Laura Coates

1980-. (aged 46)
analyst
Laura Gayle Coates is an American legal analyst, attorney, and television broadcaster. She has formerly served as a trial attorney for a law firms Faegre & Benson and Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman, and a federal prosecutor for the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division. Since 2016, she has served as a legal analyst for CNN, and became...
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Flip Saunders

25. Flip Saunders

1955-2015 (aged 60)
basketball player basketball coach
Philip Daniel "Flip" Saunders was an American basketball player and coach. During his career, he coached the La Crosse Catbirds, Minnesota Timberwolves, Detroit Pistons, and Washington Wizards.
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Joseph M. Juran

26. Joseph M. Juran

1904-2008 (aged 104)
consultant electrical engineer businessperson statistician economist
Joseph Moses Juran was a Romanian-born American engineer, management consultant and author. He was an advocate for quality and quality management and wrote several books on the topics. He was the brother of Academy Award winner Nathan Juran.
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Cory Wong

27. Cory Wong

1985-. (aged 41)
musician guitarist
Cory Juen Wong is an American guitarist, songwriter, record producer, and video producer based in Minneapolis. He has released many works as a solo artist and in partnership with others. His background spans several genres including jazz, rock, and funk. He has performed with Vulfpeck, Dave Koz, Stay Human, The Fearless Flyers, Ben Rector, Dr. Mambo's Combo, Chris Thile, Dave...
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Poul Anderson

28. Poul Anderson

1926-2001 (aged 75)
writer author novelist science fiction writer
Poul William Anderson was an American fantasy and science fiction author who was active from the 1940s until his death in 2001. Anderson also wrote historical novels. He won the Hugo Award seven times and the Nebula Award three times, and was nominated many more times for awards.
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Alan Page

29. Alan Page

1945-. (aged 81)
American football player radio personality lawyer judge politician
Alan Cedric Page is an American former Minnesota Supreme Court judge and professional football player for the Minnesota Vikings and Chicago Bears. He was the NFL's MVP in 1971. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2018.
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Kate Millett

30. Kate Millett

1934-2017 (aged 83)
feminist writer sculptor public figure artist
Katherine Murray Millett was an American feminist writer, educator, artist, and activist. She attended the University of Oxford and was the first American woman to be awarded a degree with first-class honors after studying at St Hilda's College, Oxford. She has been described as "a seminal influence on second-wave feminism", and is best known for her book Sexual Politics (1970),...
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Bud Grant

31. Bud Grant

1927-2023 (aged 96)
American football coach Canadian football player basketball player baseball player American football player
Harry Peter "Bud" Grant Jr. was an American professional football player and coach in the National Football League (NFL) and Canadian Football League (CFL). Grant was head coach of the NFL's Minnesota Vikings for 18 seasons; he was the team's second (1967–1983) and fourth (1985) head coach, leading them to four Super Bowl appearances, 11 division titles, one league championship...
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Richard Riehle

32. Richard Riehle

1948-. (aged 78)
television actor stage actor actor film actor
Richard Riehle is an American character actor. He has appeared in over 400 films, television shows and other projects.
Kevin McCarthy

33. Kevin McCarthy

1965-. (aged 61)
politician
Kevin McCarthy was an American stage, film and television actor, remembered as the male lead in the horror science fiction film Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956).
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Verne Gagne

34. Verne Gagne

1926-2015 (aged 89)
coach professional wrestler amateur wrestler American football player
Laverne Clarence "Verne" Gagne was an American amateur and professional wrestler, football player, wrestling trainer and wrestling promoter. He was the owner and promoter of the Minneapolis-based American Wrestling Association (AWA), the predominant promotion throughout the Midwest and Manitoba for many years. He remained in this position until 1991, when the company folded.
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Paul Molitor

35. Paul Molitor

1956-. (aged 70)
baseball manager baseball player
Paul Leo Molitor, nicknamed "Mollie" and "the Ignitor", is an American former professional baseball player and manager. During his 21-year playing career in Major League Baseball (MLB), he played for the Milwaukee Brewers (1978–1992), Toronto Blue Jays (1993–1995), and Minnesota Twins (1996–1998). He was known for his exceptional hitting and speed. He made seven All-Star Game appearances, and was the...
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Lila Downs

36. Lila Downs

1968-. (aged 58)
opera singer singer-songwriter recording artist actor film actor
Ana Lila Downs Sánchez is a Mexican singer-songwriter. She performs her own compositions and the works of others in multiple genres, as well as tapping into Mexican traditional and popular music. She also incorporates indigenous Mexican influences and has recorded songs in many indigenous languages such as Mixtec, Zapotec, Mayan, Nahuatl and Purépecha. Born and raised in Oaxaca, she primarily...
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Gable Steveson

37. Gable Steveson

2000-. (aged 26)
professional wrestler American football player amateur wrestler mixed martial arts fighter
Gable Dan Steveson is an American wrestler and professional mixed martial artist. In freestyle wrestling, Steveson was a 2020 Summer Olympic gold medalist, and was also a three-time age-group world champion. In folkstyle wrestling, Steveson was a two-time Dan Hodge Trophy winner, a two-time NCAA Division I national champion, a four-time Big Ten Conference champion, and five-time All-American out of...
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Warren E. Burger

38. Warren E. Burger

1907-1995 (aged 88)
lawyer judge politician
Warren Earl Burger was an American attorney who served as the 15th chief justice of the United States from 1969 to 1986.
Dave Winfield

39. Dave Winfield

1951-. (aged 75)
basketball player baseball player
David Mark Winfield is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) right fielder. He is the special assistant to the executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association. Over his 22-year career, he played for six teams: the San Diego Padres, New York Yankees, California Angels, Toronto Blue Jays, Minnesota Twins, and Cleveland Indians. He had the winning hit...
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Deke Slayton

40. Deke Slayton

1924-1993 (aged 69)
test pilot military flight engineer air force officer autobiographer astronaut
Donald Kent "Deke" Slayton was an American Air Force pilot, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and one of the original NASA Mercury Seven astronauts. He went on to become NASA's first Chief of the Astronaut Office and Director of Flight Crew Operations, responsible for NASA crew assignments.
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Arlene Dahl

41. Arlene Dahl

1925-2021 (aged 96)
stage actor columnist television actor entrepreneur film actor
Arlene Carol Dahl was an American actress active in films from the late 1940s. Born in Minnesota to parents of Norwegian descent, Dahl started her acting career in musicals before transitioning to film, where she gained significant roles in MGM productions such as My Wild Irish Rose (1947) and The Bride Goes Wild (1948). She also starred in the adventure...
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Herb Brooks

42. Herb Brooks

1937-2003 (aged 66)
ice hockey player ice hockey coach
Herbert Paul Brooks was an American ice hockey player and coach. His most notable achievement came in 1980 as head coach of the gold medal-winning U.S. Olympic team at Lake Placid. At the Games, Brooks' American team upset the heavily favored Soviet team in a match that came to be known as the "Miracle on Ice".
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Santino Fontana

43. Santino Fontana

1982-. (aged 44)
film director theatrical director film editor composer actor
Santino Fontana is an American actor and singer. He began his career in 2006 playing Hamlet at the Guthrie Theater. He has received a Tony Award, two Drama Desk Awards, an Outer Critics Circle Award, Lucille Lortel Award, Obie Award, and Clarence Derwent Award. In 2019, Fontana won the Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Awards for his lead...
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Phil Kessel

44. Phil Kessel

1987-. (aged 39)
ice hockey player
Philip Joseph Kessel Jr. is an American professional ice hockey winger who is an unrestricted free agent. Nicknamed "Phil the Thrill", he has previously played for the Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Pittsburgh Penguins, Arizona Coyotes, and the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League (NHL). Kessel is a three-time Stanley Cup champion, winning back-to-back championships with the Penguins...
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Garrison Keillor

45. Garrison Keillor

1942-. (aged 84)
television producer humorist writer voice actor singer
Gary Edward "Garrison" Keillor is an American author, singer, humorist, voice actor, and radio personality. He created the Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) show A Prairie Home Companion (called Garrison Keillor's Radio Show in some international syndication), which he hosted from 1974 to 2016. Keillor created the fictional Minnesota town Lake Wobegon, the setting of many of his books, including Lake...
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Eric Bischoff

46. Eric Bischoff

1955-. (aged 71)
television producer podcaster professional wrestler
Eric Aaron Bischoff is an American television producer, professional wrestling booker, promoter, and performer. Currently, he is the chief media officer for Real American Freestyle. He is best known for serving as Executive Producer and later Senior Vice President of World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and subsequently, the on-screen General Manager of WWE's Raw brand. Bischoff has also worked with Total...
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Kimberly Elise

47. Kimberly Elise

1967-. (aged 59)
film actor actor television actor
Kimberly Elise Trammel is an American actress. She made her feature-film debut in Set It Off (1996), and later received critical acclaim for her performance in Beloved (1998).
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Pete Docter

48. Pete Docter

1968-. (aged 58)
film producer screenwriter executive producer voice actor animator
Peter Hans Docter is an American director and animator. He has served as chief creative officer (CCO) of Pixar since 2018. He has directed the company's animated films Monsters, Inc. (2001), Up (2009), Inside Out (2015), and Soul (2020). From his nine Academy Award nominations, he is a record three-time recipient of Best Animated Feature for Up, Inside Out and...
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Nick Clegg

49. Nick Clegg

1967-. (aged 59)
communicator writer politician
Sir Nicholas William Peter Clegg is a British retired politician and media executive who served as Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2015 and as Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 2007 to 2015. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Sheffield Hallam from 2005 to 2017. An "Orange Book" liberal, he has been associated with...
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Melissa Hortman

50. Melissa Hortman

1970-2025 (aged 55)
lawyer politician
Melissa Anne Hortman was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 61st speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party, she represented northern parts of the Twin Cities metropolitan area in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2005 to 2025, serving as the House minority leader from 2017 to 2019 and as speaker...
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Keith Ellison

51. Keith Ellison

1963-. (aged 63)
lawyer politician
Keith Maurice Ellison is an American politician and lawyer serving as the 30th attorney general of Minnesota since 2019. From 2007 to 2019, Ellison was the U.S. representative for Minnesota's 5th congressional district, representing the Minneapolis region. He also served as Deputy Chair of the Democratic National Committee from 2017 to 2018 and was a member of the Minnesota House...
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Shelton Benjamin

52. Shelton Benjamin

1975-. (aged 51)
professional wrestler
Shelton James Benjamin is an American professional wrestler and former amateur wrestler. As of October 2024, he is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a member of The Hurt Syndicate and a former AEW World Tag Team Champion with stablemate Bobby Lashley. Benjamin is best known for his tenures with WWE, first from 2000 to 2010, and...
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Norman Borlaug

53. Norman Borlaug

1914-2009 (aged 95)
biologist agronomist university teacher forestry engineer geneticist
Norman Ernest Borlaug was an American agronomist who led initiatives worldwide that contributed to the extensive increases in agricultural production termed the Green Revolution. Borlaug was awarded multiple honors for his work, including the Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal, one of only seven people to have received all three awards.
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Tony Dungy

54. Tony Dungy

1955-. (aged 71)
basketball player American football player American football coach
Anthony Kevin Dungy is an American former professional football safety and coach who served as a head coach in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Indianapolis Colts. His teams became perennial postseason contenders under his leadership, missing the playoffs only twice with Tampa Bay. He led the Colts to victory in Super...
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Mychal Thompson

55. Mychal Thompson

1956-. (aged 70)
basketball player
Mychal George Thompson is a Bahamian sports commentator and former professional basketball player. He was the first player born & raised in the Bahamas to make the NBA. The top overall pick in the 1978 NBA draft, Thompson played the center position for the University of Minnesota and center and power forward for the National Basketball Association's Portland Trail Blazers,...
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Kevin McHale

56. Kevin McHale

1957-. (aged 69)
basketball player basketball coach
Kevin Edward McHale is an American former professional basketball player, coach and analyst who played his entire professional career for the Boston Celtics. He earned the nickname "the Torture Chamber" for his exceptional footwork and wide array of post moves which made him nearly impossible to guard one-on-one. Dominique Wilkins famously called him "A Man With a Thousand Moves." He...
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Peter Graves

57. Peter Graves

1926-2010 (aged 84)
television director film actor military officer television actor actor
Peter Graves was an American actor who portrayed Jim Phelps in the television series Mission: Impossible from 1967 to 1973 and in its revival from 1988 to 1990. His elder brother was actor James Arness. Graves also played airline pilot Captain Clarence Oveur in the 1980 comedy film Airplane! and its 1982 sequel Airplane II: The Sequel.
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Aya Cash

58. Aya Cash

1982-. (aged 44)
film actor television actor stage actor
Aya Cash is an American actress. She is best known for starring as Gretchen Cutler in the FX/FXX dark comedy series You're the Worst (2014–2019), as Stormfront in the Amazon Prime Video superhero drama series The Boys (2020–2022), as Cheryl Peterson in the Fox sitcom Welcome to Flatch, and most recently as Anita in the HBO series The Franchise. She...
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Eddie Albert

59. Eddie Albert

1906-2005 (aged 99)
military officer television actor voice actor activist humanitarian
Edward Albert Heimberger was an American actor. He is known for his roles on stage and screen and received nominations for two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, and two Golden Globe Awards.
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James Hong

60. James Hong

1929-. (aged 97)
stage actor film director actor voice actor film producer
James Hong is an American actor, producer, and director. Known as one of the most prolific character actors of all time, he has worked in over 500 productions in American media since the Golden Age of Hollywood in the 1950s. In 2022, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to the American film and...
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Yanni

61. Yanni

1954-. (aged 72)
composer pianist
Yiannis Chryssomallis, known professionally as Yanni, is a Greek composer, keyboardist, pianist, and music producer.
Hubert Humphrey

62. Hubert Humphrey

1911-1978 (aged 67)
politician pharmacist trade unionist
Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. was an American politician who served from 1965 to 1969 as the 38th vice president of the United States. He twice served in the United States Senate, representing Minnesota from 1949 to 1964 and from 1971 to 1978. As a senator, he was a major leader of modern liberalism in the United States. As President Lyndon...
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Loni Anderson

63. Loni Anderson

1945-2025 (aged 80)
film actor actor voice actor
Loni Kaye Anderson was an American actress. She is best known for playing receptionist Jennifer Marlowe on the CBS sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati (1978–1982), which earned her nominations for three Golden Globe Awards and two Emmy Awards.
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T. R. Knight

64. T. R. Knight

1973-. (aged 53)
television actor stage actor actor film actor
Theodore Raymond Knight is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Dr. George O'Malley on the ABC medical drama television series Grey's Anatomy (2005–2009, 2020), which earned him a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2007.
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Kris Humphries

65. Kris Humphries

1985-. (aged 41)
basketball player
Kristopher Nathan Humphries is an American former professional basketball power forward who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played in the NBA for the Utah Jazz, Toronto Raptors, Dallas Mavericks, New Jersey / Brooklyn Nets, Boston Celtics, Washington Wizards, Phoenix Suns, and the Atlanta Hawks from 2004 to 2016. Humphries played college basketball for the Minnesota Golden Gophers...
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Robert Vaughn

66. Robert Vaughn

1932-2016 (aged 84)
stage actor television actor voice actor actor film actor
Robert Francis Vaughn was an American actor and political activist, whose career in film, television and theater spanned nearly six decades and who was best known for his role as the secret agent Napoleon Solo on The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964–68). He was a Primetime Emmy Award winner, and was nominated for the Academy Award, the BAFTA Award, two Laurel...
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Ric Flair

67. Ric Flair

1949-. (aged 77)
manager writer podcaster amateur wrestler professional wrestler
Richard Morgan Fliehr, known professionally as Ric Flair, is an American retired professional wrestler. As of November 2023, he is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) in a legends role for special appearances. Regarded by multiple peers and journalists as the greatest professional wrestler of all time, Flair's career spanned fifty years.
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Henry Fonda

68. Henry Fonda

1905-1982 (aged 77)
beekeeper military personnel television producer producer film actor
Henry Jaynes Fonda was an American actor whose career spanned five decades on Broadway and in Hollywood. Known for his work on screen and stage, he often portrayed characters who embodied an everyman image.
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Jessica Lange

69. Jessica Lange

1949-. (aged 77)
television actor stage actor film actor photographer
Jessica Phyllis Lange is an American actress and photographer. With a career spanning over five decades, she is known for her roles on stage and screen. Her accolades include two Academy Awards, five Golden Globe Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award, in addition to nominations for a BAFTA Award and a Laurence Olivier Award. Lange is one...
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Walter Mondale

70. Walter Mondale

1928-2021 (aged 93)
lawyer diplomat memoirist politician
Walter Frederick "Fritz" Mondale was the 42nd vice president of the United States, serving from 1977 to 1981 under President Jimmy Carter. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Minnesota in the United States Senate from 1964 to 1976, and was the Democratic nominee in the 1984 presidential election.
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John Stumpf

71. John Stumpf

1953-. (aged 73)
entrepreneur
John Gerard Stumpf is an American business executive and retail banker. He was the chairman and chief executive officer of Wells Fargo, one of the Big Four banks of the United States. He was named CEO in June 2007, elected to the board of directors in June 2006, and named president in August 2005. He became chairman in January 2010....
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John Bessler

72. John Bessler

1967-. (aged 59)
lawyer
John David Bessler is an American attorney and academic. He is a professor of law at the University of Baltimore School of Law and an adjunct professor at the Georgetown University Law Center. He is the husband of U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar.
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Eugene McCarthy

73. Eugene McCarthy

1916-2005 (aged 89)
teacher Military Intelligence Division politician
Eugene Joseph McCarthy was an American politician, writer, and academic who represented Minnesota in both houses of the United States Congress for over 22 years, first in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1949 to 1959, then in the U.S. Senate from 1959 until his resignation in 1971. A member of the Democratic Party, McCarthy sought the party's presidential nomination...
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Kevin Sorbo

74. Kevin Sorbo

1958-. (aged 68)
actor television actor writer film actor film director
Kevin David Sorbo is an American actor. He has had starring roles in two television series: as Hercules in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995–1999) and as Captain Dylan Hunt in Andromeda (2000–2005). Sorbo played his first leading film role in the 1997 fantasy film Kull the Conqueror.
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Jacky Rosen

75. Jacky Rosen

1957-. (aged 69)
software developer business executive politician
Jacklyn Sheryl Rosen is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from Nevada since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, she was the U.S. representative for Nevada's 3rd congressional district from 2017 to 2019.
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Cheryl Strayed

76. Cheryl Strayed

1968-. (aged 58)
writer essayist women's rights activist novelist blogger
Cheryl Strayed is an American writer and podcast host. She has written four books: the novel Torch (2006) and the nonfiction books Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (2012), Tiny Beautiful Things (2012) and Brave Enough (2015). Wild, the story of Strayed's 1995 hike up the Pacific Crest Trail, is an international bestseller and was adapted...
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Ron Perlman

77. Ron Perlman

1950-. (aged 76)
film actor comedian television actor screenwriter voice actor
Ronald N. Perlman is an American actor. His credits include the roles of Amoukar in Quest for Fire (1981), Salvatore in The Name of the Rose (1986), Vincent in the television series Beauty and the Beast (1987–1990), for which he won a Golden Globe Award, One in The City of Lost Children (1995), Johner in Alien Resurrection (1997), Koulikov in...
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Doug Hutchison

78. Doug Hutchison

1960-. (aged 66)
talent manager children's writer film producer film actor television actor
Doug Anthony Hutchison is an American actor known for his character roles in film and television, often playing disturbed and antagonistic characters. He was nominated for a Satellite Award for his portrayal of the sadistic corrections officer Percy Wetmore in the 1999 film adaptation of the Stephen King novel The Green Mile.
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Brock Lesnar

79. Brock Lesnar

1977-. (aged 49)
American football player professional wrestler mixed martial arts fighter
Brock Edward Lesnar is an American professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist, amateur wrestler and professional American football player. As a professional wrestler he has been signed to WWE since 2021, having two previous tenures from 2000–2004 and 2012–2020. Lesnar is the only person to have won the primary heavyweight championships of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), Ultimate Fighting Championship...
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Arthur Holly Compton

80. Arthur Holly Compton

1892-1962 (aged 70)
theoretical physicist physicist university teacher nuclear physicist
Arthur Holly Compton was an American physicist who shared the 1927 Nobel Prize in Physics with C. T. R. Wilson for his discovery of the Compton effect, which demonstrated the particle nature of electromagnetic radiation. It was a sensational discovery at the time; the wave nature of light had been well-demonstrated, but the idea that light had both wave and...
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Sara McMann

81. Sara McMann

1980-. (aged 46)
mixed martial arts fighter amateur wrestler
Sara McMann is an American mixed martial artist currently signed to Bellator MMA, competing in the Women's Featherweight division. She is a former Olympic wrestler and received a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and was a World Silver Medalist and two-time Bronze Medalist. She would then transition to MMA, most notably competing in the bantamweight division...
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Ernest Lawrence

82. Ernest Lawrence

1901-1958 (aged 57)
university teacher nuclear physicist physicist
Ernest Orlando Lawrence was an American accelerator physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1939 for his invention of the cyclotron. He is known for his work on uranium-isotope separation for the Manhattan Project, as well as for founding the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
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David Soul

83. David Soul

1943-2024 (aged 81)
stage actor television director director actor singer-songwriter
David Soul was an American-British actor and singer. With a career spanning five decades, he rose to prominence for portraying Detective Kenneth "Hutch" Hutchinson in the American television series Starsky & Hutch from 1975 to 1979. His other notable roles included Joshua Bolt on Here Come the Brides from 1968 to 1970 and as the lead actor in the 1979...
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Peter MacNicol

84. Peter MacNicol

1954-. (aged 72)
television director film actor television actor actor voice actor
Peter MacNicol is an American actor. He received a Theatre World Award for his 1981 Broadway debut in the play Crimes of the Heart. His film roles include Galen in Dragonslayer (1981), Stingo in Sophie's Choice (1982), Janosz Poha in Ghostbusters II (1989), Gary Granger in Addams Family Values (1993), Renfield in Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995), and David...
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Russell M. Nelson

85. Russell M. Nelson

1924-2025 (aged 101)
cardiologist military physician surgeon
Russell Marion Nelson Sr. was an American religious leader and surgeon who was the seventeenth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 2018 until his death in 2025. Before becoming church president, Nelson was a member of its Quorum of the Twelve Apostles for nearly thirty-four years and was the quorum president from 2015...
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Tay Zonday

86. Tay Zonday

1982-. (aged 44)
singer YouTuber singer-songwriter voice actor musician
Adam Nyerere Bahner, known professionally as Tay Zonday or as "Chocolate Rain Guy", is an American YouTube personality, singer-songwriter, and voice actor. He is known for his bass singing voice.
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Lorena Hickok

87. Lorena Hickok

1893-1968 (aged 75)
journalist biographer
Lorena Alice "Hick" Hickok was an American journalist and long-term friend and possibly romantic partner of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.
Greg Gagne

88. Greg Gagne

1948-. (aged 78)
professional wrestler
Gregory Alan Gagne is an American retired professional wrestler. He is the son of Verne Gagne. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, he achieved his biggest success as one-half of tag team the High Flyers with Jim Brunzell. The High Flyers enjoyed a number of high-profile feuds within the American Wrestling Association (AWA) with the likes of Bobby Duncum...
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Ko Wen-je

89. Ko Wen-je

1959-. (aged 67)
physician politician surgeon
Ko Wen-je, also known by his nickname, Ko P, is a Taiwanese politician, physician, and transplant surgeon who served as the 13th mayor of Taipei from 2014 to 2022. He founded the Taiwan People's Party (TPP) in 2019 and was the party's first chairman until 2025.
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Son Seokhee

90. Son Seokhee

1956-. (aged 70)
announcer businessperson journalist
Sohn Suk-hee is a South Korean journalist who served as the general director and president of JTBC and JTBC Studios from November 2020 to September 2021. He is also a former professor at Sungshin Women's University, Seoul, South Korea and visiting professor at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, Japan, since April 2024.
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Satish Dhawan

91. Satish Dhawan

1920-2002 (aged 82)
military flight engineer
Satish Dhawan was an Indian mathematician and aerospace engineer. He served as the chairman of ISRO from 1972 to 1984 and is often regarded as the father of experimental fluid dynamics research in India.
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Robert M. Pirsig

92. Robert M. Pirsig

1928-2017 (aged 89)
writer autobiographer novelist philosopher
Robert Maynard Pirsig was an American writer and philosopher. He is the author of the philosophical books Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values (1974) and Lila: An Inquiry into Morals (1991), and he co-authored On Quality: An Inquiry Into Excellence: Selected and Unpublished Writings (2022) along with his wife and editor, Wendy Pirsig.
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Tahsan Rahman Khan

93. Tahsan Rahman Khan

1979-. (aged 47)
singer actor musician
Tahsan Rahman Khan is a former Bangladeshi musician, actor and television presenter. He was the former keyboardist and second vocalist of the Grunge and alternative rock band Black. He had his own band called Tahsan and the Band.
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Rafiath Rashid Mithila

94. Rafiath Rashid Mithila

1984-. (aged 42)
singer actor model
Rafiath Rashid Mithila is a Bangladeshi actress, singer and development worker known professionally by the mononym Mithila. Besides her film work in both Bangladesh and West Bengal, she is the head of the Early Childhood Development programme in BRAC International.
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Maria Bamford

95. Maria Bamford

1970-. (aged 56)
screenwriter television actor comedian voice actor film actor
Maria Bamford is an American actress and stand-up comedian. Her work often uses self-deprecating and dark topics, including her dysfunctional family, depression, anxiety, suicide, and mental illness.
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Melvin Calvin

96. Melvin Calvin

1911-1997 (aged 86)
university teacher biologist chemist engineer biochemist
Melvin Ellis Calvin was an American biochemist known for discovering the Calvin cycle along with Andrew Benson and James Bassham, for which he was awarded the 1961 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He spent most of his five-decade career at the University of California, Berkeley.
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Clara Ponsatí i Obiols

97. Clara Ponsatí i Obiols

1957-. (aged 69)
politician economist
Clara Ponsatí i Obiols is a Catalan economist and politician. She was appointed Minister of Education of the Government of Catalonia by President Carles Puigdemont on 14 July 2017, and was dismissed by the Spanish Government pursuant to Article 155 of the Spanish Constitution on 27 October 2017, due to the organisation of the 2017 Catalan independence referendum and the...
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Andreas Papandreou

98. Andreas Papandreou

1919-1996 (aged 77)
university teacher economist politician
Andreas Georgiou Papandreou was a Greek academic and economist who was prime minister of Greece from 1981 to 1989 and again from 1993 to 1996. He founded the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK).
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Yoweri Museveni

99. Yoweri Museveni

1944-. (aged 82)
writer military personnel minister politician
Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Tibuhaburwa is a Ugandan politician and former military officer who has served as the president of Uganda since 1986. Born in Ntungamo, Uganda (then under British control), Museveni studied political science from the University of Dar es Salaam where he initiated the University Students' African Revolutionary Front. In 1972, he joined the failed invasion of Uganda against...
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Christiaan Barnard

100. Christiaan Barnard

1922-2001 (aged 79)
surgeon writer
Christiaan Neethling Barnard was a South African cardiac surgeon who performed the world's first human-to-human heart transplant operation. On 3 December 1967, Barnard transplanted the heart of accident victim Denise Darvall into the chest of 54-year-old Louis Washkansky, who regained full consciousness and was able to talk easily with his wife, before dying 18 days later of pneumonia, largely brought...
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