84 Notable alumni of University of the Arts in Pennsylvania
Updated: June 13, 2026 EliteDegrees
University of the Arts in Pennsylvania is ranked #3,486 in the world and #913 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 84 notable alumni from University of the Arts in Pennsylvania 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 the Arts in Pennsylvania won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Ron Tarver
1957-. (aged 69)
photojournalist
university teacher
journalist
visual artist
photographer
Ronald Tarver (born 1957) is an American artist and educator. He was the first Black photographer at the Muskogee Phoenix and also worked at the Springfield News-Leader in Missouri (1980–1983), before joining The Philadelphia Inquirer. His career at the Inquirer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, spans more than three decades (1983–2014). Tarver currently serves as Associate Professor of Art specializing in photography...
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2. Irene Zundel
1958-. (aged 68)
sculptor
painter
photographer
Irene Zundel, is a Mexican sculptor, painter and photographer. Her sculpture is made of different materials and has been shown around the world. Zundel lives and works in Mexico City.
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3. Helmut Christoferus Calabrese
1957-. (aged 69)
composer
Helmut Christoferus Calabrese is a German-born composer and poet who immigrated to the U.S. in 1962. He trained at the Philadelphia College of Performing Arts and at New York University and is one of the founders of the music publishers Calabrese Brothers Music, LLC.
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4. Lee Bracegirdle
1952-. (aged 74)
horn player
composer
jazz musician
Lee Joseph Bracegirdle is an Australian-American composer, horn player and conductor.
5. Joy Clements
1932-2005 (aged 73)
opera singer
Joy Clements was an American lyric coloratura soprano who had a substantial opera and concert career from 1956 through the late 1970s. She notably sang regularly with both the New York City Opera and the Metropolitan Opera during the 1960s through the early 1970s. She also traveled regularly for performances with opera companies and orchestras throughout the United States but...
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6. David Lebe
1948-. (aged 78)
photographer
David Lebe is an American photographer. He is best known for his experimental images using techniques such as pinhole cameras, hand-painted photographs, photograms, and light drawings. Many of his photographs explore issues of gay identity, homoeroticism, and living with AIDS, linking his work to that of contemporaries such as Robert Mapplethorpe, Peter Hujar, and David Wojnarowicz. Though his style and...
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7. Linda Lee Alter
1939-. (aged 87)
art collector
painter
Linda Lee Alter is an American visual artist who is primarily known as an art collector and philanthropist. In 2010 Alter donated five hundred artworks by American female artists to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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8. Gil Cohen
1931-. (aged 95)
artist
Gil Cohen is an American artist, noted for his illustrations of aircraft and people in military service, who also illustrated men's magazines, books and movie posters.
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9. Andrea Clearfield
1960-. (aged 66)
composer
Andrea Clearfield is an American composer of contemporary classical music. Regularly commissioned and performed by ensembles in the United States and internationally, her works include music for opera, orchestra, chorus, soloists, chamber ensembles, dance, film, and multimedia collaborations. She is represented by Black Tea Music.
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10. Bilal Salaam
singer
record producer
singer-songwriter
Bilal Salaam is an American professor, art historiographer, composer and academic. He is currently a lecturer at Istanbul Ticaret University.
11. Anthony Watson
1989-. (aged 37)
skeleton racer
Anthony Watson is an American-born skeleton racer who competed on behalf of Jamaica in the 2018 Winter Olympics, becoming the first athlete to represent the Caribbean nation in the winter sport.
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12. Daniel Delaney
1986-. (aged 40)
presenter
television producer
restaurateur
Daniel Delaney is a James Beard Award nominated American restaurateur and former host of VendrTV a video podcast about street food.
13. Stijn Claessens
1959-. (aged 67)
economist
Stijn Claessens is a Dutch economist who currently serves as the Head of Financial Stability Policy department of the Bank for International Settlements. He worked for fourteen years at World Bank beginning in 1987 until 2001 where he assumed various positions including that of Lead Economist. Following his tenure at the World Bank he became Professor of International Finance Policy...
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14. Irv Docktor
1918-2008 (aged 90)
artist
Irving Seidmon Docktor was an American artist and educator best known for his work as a book and magazine illustrator in the 1950s and 1960s. An early work on the history of paperbacks identified Docktor and Edward Gorey as executing some of the most interesting and appealing cover designs in the field.
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15. Hilyard Robert Robinson
1899-1986 (aged 87)
architect
Hilyard Robert Robinson was an American architect, teacher, and engineer. He was a prominent early Black architect in the United States, and influenced a generation of students.
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16. Katherine Milhous
1894-1977 (aged 83)
writer
children's writer
Katherine Milhous was an American artist, illustrator, and writer. She is known best as the author and illustrator of The Egg Tree, which won the 1951 Caldecott Medal for U.S. picture book illustration. Born into a Quaker family active in the printing industry in Philadelphia, Milhous is also known for her graphic designs for the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Her...
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17. Preston Ware Orem
1865-1938 (aged 73)
music critic
composer
journalist
Preston Ware Orem was an American composer, pianist, and writer on music. He is frequently grouped with other composers as part of the Indianist movement in American music.
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18. Effie Kapsalis
1971-2022 (aged 51)
museum professional
researcher
manager
archivist
Effie Kapsalis was an American open access advocate known for work related to digital programs and initiatives, including those advanced at the Smithsonian Institution.
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19. Claude Clark
1915-2001 (aged 86)
printmaker
painter
art educator
draftsperson
visual artist
Claude Clark was an American painter, printmaker and art educator. Clark's subject matter was the diaspora of African American culture, including dance scenes, street urchins, marine life, landscapes, and religious and political satire images executed primarily with a palette knife.
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20. Vincent S. Perez
1958-. (aged 68)
banker
Vicente "Vincent" Sanchez Pérez Jr. is a Filipino banker, environment advocate, and renewable energy investor who has served as the Philippines' secretary of energy from 2001 to 2005 under the Arroyo administration.
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21. Philip Jamison
1925-2021 (aged 96)
painter
Philip Jamison was an American artist working primarily with watercolor as a medium. Typical scenes are landscapes, seascapes, interiors and flower arrangements.
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22. William S. Rice
1873-1963 (aged 90)
artist
William Seltzer Rice was an American woodblock print artist, art educator and author, associated with the Arts and Crafts movement in Northern California.
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23. Joseph Hirsch
1910-1981 (aged 71)
printmaker
muralist
painter
designer
illustrator
Joseph Hirsch was an American painter, illustrator, muralist and teacher. Social commentary was the backbone of Hirsch's art, especially works depicting civic corruption and racial injustice.
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24. Edward Piszek
1916-2004 (aged 88)
businessperson
writer
Edward John Piszek co-founded the Mrs. Paul's frozen foods brand with John Paul, a bread salesman. Piszek bought out his partner in the 1950s.
25. Jayson Musson
1977-. (aged 49)
artist
Jayson Scott Musson is an artist who lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. He was born in Bronx, NY.
26. John Mercanti
1943-. (aged 83)
sculptor
John M. Mercanti is an American sculptor and engraver. He was the twelfth Chief Engraver of the United States Mint until his retirement in late 2010.
27. Eugene List
1918-1985 (aged 67)
music educator
pianist
Eugene List was an American concert pianist and teacher.
28. LaDeva Davis
1944-2022 (aged 78)
cook
dance teacher
television presenter
teacher
LaDeva M. Davis was an American television presenter and food educator who starred in the American public television series What's Cooking? She was the first African-American woman to have her own nationally syndicated public TV cooking show in the United States on the Public Broadcasting Service. She was awarded the Mary McLeod Bethune Award in 2015.
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29. Linh Dinh
1963-. (aged 63)
writer
visual artist
translator
poet
photographer
Linh Dinh is a Vietnamese-American poet, fiction writer, translator, and photographer. He posts travel essays and social commentary regularly in his newsletter Postcards from the End.
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30. Harry Bliss
1964-. (aged 62)
cartoonist
Harry Bliss is an American cartoonist and illustrator. He has illustrated many books and produced thousands of cartoons including 25 covers for The New Yorker. He has a syndicated single-panel comic titled Bliss. Bliss is syndicated through Tribune Content Agency and appears in over 80 newspapers in the United States, Canada, and Japan.
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31. Arnold Roth
1929-. (aged 97)
painter
comics artist
cartoonist
Arnold Roth is an American cartoonist and illustrator for advertisements, album covers, books, magazines, and newspapers. Novelist John Updike wrote, "All cartoonists are geniuses, but Arnold Roth is especially so."
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32. Robert McCord
1959-. (aged 67)
politician
Robert Maxwell McCord is an American former politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the Treasurer of Pennsylvania from 2009 to 2015. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Pennsylvania in the 2014 election.
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33. Robin Eubanks
1955-. (aged 71)
university teacher
music educator
jazz musician
Robin Eubanks is an American jazz and jazz fusion slide trombonist, the brother of guitarist Kevin Eubanks and trumpeter Duane Eubanks. Younger brother Shane Eubanks, twin to Duane Eubanks, is a DJ. His uncles are jazz pianist Ray Bryant and bassist Tommy Bryant. His mother, Vera Eubanks, was famed pianist Kenny Barron's first piano teacher.
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34. John R. Sinnock
1888-1947 (aged 59)
engraver
John Ray Sinnock was the eighth Chief Engraver of the United States Mint from 1925 to 1947.
35. Steve Powers
1968-. (aged 58)
painter
Stephen J. Powers is an American contemporary artist and muralist. He is also known by the name ESPO ("Exterior Surface Painting Outreach"), and Steve Powers. He lives in New York City.
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36. Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller
1877-1968 (aged 91)
sculptor
poet
artist
Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller ) was an African-American artist who celebrated Afrocentric themes. At the fore of the Harlem Renaissance, Warrick was known for being a poet, painter, theater designer, and sculptor of the Black American experience. At the turn of the 20th century, she achieved a reputation as the first Black woman sculptor and was a well-known sculptor in...
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37. Jerry Pinkney
1939-2021 (aged 82)
postage stamp designer
watercolorist
writer
artist
children's writer
Jerry Pinkney was an American illustrator and writer of children's literature. Pinkney illustrated over 100 books since 1964, including picture books, nonfiction titles and novels. Pinkney's works addressed diverse themes and were usually done in watercolors.
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38. Arlen Roth
1952-. (aged 74)
jazz guitarist
jazz musician
Arlen Roth is an American guitarist, teacher, and author. From 1982 to 1992, he was a columnist for Guitar Player magazine. Those ten years of columns became a book, Hot Guitar.
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39. Lew Tabackin
1940-. (aged 86)
bandleader
conductor
saxophonist
jazz musician
Lewis Barry Tabackin is an American jazz tenor saxophonist and flutist. He is married to pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi with whom he has co-led large ensembles since the 1970s.
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40. Noreena Hertz
1967-. (aged 59)
radio personality
economist
university teacher
journalist
financial analyst
Noreena Hertz is an English academic, economist and bestselling author, who sits on the boards of Mattel, Warner Music Group and Workhuman. She has been Honorary Professor at the UCL Institute for Global Prosperity at University College London since 2014.
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41. Barbara Chase-Riboud
1939-. (aged 87)
draftsperson
novelist
sculptor
painter
poet
Barbara Chase-Riboud is an American and French visual artist, sculptor, novelist, and poet.
42. James DePreist
1936-2013 (aged 77)
poet
conductor
music educator
music director
James Anderson DePreist was an American conductor. DePreist was one of the first African-American conductors on the world stage. He was the director emeritus of conducting and orchestral studies at The Juilliard School and laureate music director of the Oregon Symphony at the time of his death.
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43. Ernesto Pérez Balladares
1946-. (aged 80)
politician
Ernesto Pérez Balladares González-Revilla, nicknamed El Toro ("The Bull"), is a Panamanian politician who was the President of Panama between 1994 and 1999.
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44. serpentwithfeet
1988-. (aged 38)
experimental musician
Jonathan Josiah Wise, known professionally as serpentwithfeet, is an R&B singer based in Brooklyn, New York City. Wise signed with the English record label Tri Angle to release his debut extended play (EP), Blisters (2016). He entered a joint venture with Secretly Canadian to release his debut studio album, soil (2018), which was met with critical acclaim. His second EP,...
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45. Adam Blackstone
1982-. (aged 44)
composer
songwriter
record producer
musician
Adam Blackstone is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer, and bassist. He is the musical director for Nicki Minaj and Justin Timberlake. Blackstone has also directed and played in performances with Jay-Z, Kanye West, Eminem, Janet Jackson, Dr. Dre, The Jonas Brothers, The Roots, Ms.Marilyn Marshall, Al Green, The Isley Brothers, Angie Stone, Mike Posner, Steve Tirpak, Al Jarreau, Maroon 5, Demi...
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46. Ignazio Visco
1949-. (aged 77)
banker
economist
politician
Ignazio Visco OMRI is an Italian economist and central banker and Governor of the Bank of Italy from 2011 to 2023.
47. Howard Benson
1956-. (aged 70)
record producer
composer
music executive
Howard Michael Benson is an American record producer from Havertown, Pennsylvania. He has been nominated for two Grammy Awards for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical in 2007 and 2008, among two wins and 16 total nominations for his productions. He is also the co-founder of the American record label Judge & Jury Records, alongside Three Days Grace drummer Neil Sanderson.
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48. Revanta Sarabhai
1984-. (aged 42)
dancer
filmmaker
Revanta Sarabhai is an Indian film and theatre actor, dancer, and choreographer from Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. He is known for being one of the few male Bharatanatyam soloists of his generation.
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49. André Watts
1946-2023 (aged 77)
academic musician
classical pianist
André Watts was an American classical pianist. Over the six decades of his career, Watts performed as soloist with every major American orchestra and most of the world's finest orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, National Symphony Orchestra, and London Symphony Orchestra. Watts recorded a variety of repertoire, concentrating on Romantic era composers such as Frédéric Chopin and Franz Liszt,...
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50. Jon Hurwitz
1977-. (aged 49)
writer
film director
film producer
screenwriter
Jonathan Benjamin Hurwitz is an American screenwriter, director, and producer best known for his work on Cobra Kai (with Hayden Schlossberg and Josh Heald), the Harold & Kumar films, and American Reunion (with Schlossberg).
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51. William P. Lauder
1960-. (aged 66)
businessperson
William Philip Lauder is an American businessman and chair of the board of the Estée Lauder Companies, one of the world's leading manufacturers of skin care, make-up, fragrance, and hair care products.
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52. Vikram Chatwal
1971-. (aged 55)
Vikram Chatwal is an American hotelier and actor.
53. Maxwell Atoms
1974-. (aged 52)
television director
film producer
film director
animator
television producer
Adam Maxwell Burton, known professionally as Maxwell Atoms, is an American animator, screenwriter, storyboard artist and voice actor. He is the creator of the Cartoon Network series Grim & Evil and its subsequent spin-offs, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy and Evil Con Carne.
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54. Irving Penn
1917-2009 (aged 92)
fashion photographer
photographer
artist
Irving Penn was an American photographer known for his fashion photography, portraits, and still lifes. Penn's career included work at Vogue magazine, and independent advertising work for clients including Issey Miyake and Clinique. His work has been exhibited internationally and continues to inform the art of photography.
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55. Terri Kwan
1976-. (aged 50)
film actor
actor
television actor
Terri Kwan is a Taiwanese actress, model, singer and author.
56. LaChanze
1961-. (aged 65)
singer
television actor
film actor
dancer
stage actor
LaChanze Sapp-Gooding, known professionally as LaChanze, is an American actress, theater producer, singer, and dancer. She won a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical in 2006 for her role as Celie Harris Johnson in The Color Purple. LaChanze has subsequently received four more Tony Awards for co-producing Kimberly Akimbo, Topdog/Underdog, The Outsiders, and Purpose.
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57. Keith Andes
1920-2005 (aged 85)
musician
film actor
stage actor
television actor
actor
Keith Andes was an American actor. He is known for films such as Blackbeard the Pirate (1952) and Clash by Night (1952).
58. Rei Hance
1974-. (aged 52)
film actor
actor
stage actor
Rei Hance is an American businesswoman and retired actress. She is known for her starring roles in the found footage horror film The Blair Witch Project (1999) and the science fiction miniseries Taken (2002). She retired from acting in 2008 and became a medical marijuana grower. She legally changed her name to Rei Hance in 2020.
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59. Stanley Clarke
1951-. (aged 75)
jazz musician
guitarist
film score composer
composer
bassist
Stanley Clarke is an American bassist, composer and founding member of Return to Forever, one of the first jazz fusion bands. Clarke gave the bass guitar a prominence it lacked in jazz-related music. He is the first jazz-fusion bassist to headline tours, sell out shows worldwide and have recordings reach gold status.
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60. James Rolfe
1980-. (aged 46)
television actor
film director
television director
actor
television producer
James D. Rolfe is an American YouTuber, filmmaker, and actor. He is best known for creating and starring in the comedic retrogaming web series Angry Video Game Nerd (2004–present). His spin-off projects include reviews of retro films, television series, and board games. He is considered a pioneer of online gaming content and is noted for his widespread influence on YouTube...
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61. Leslie Parrish
1935-. (aged 91)
model
television actor
actor
film actor
Leslie Parrish is an American retired actress, activist, environmentalist, writer, and producer. She worked under her birth name for six years before changing it in 1959.
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62. Rob Kapito
1957-. (aged 69)
financier
Robert Steven Kapito is an American businessman and investor. He is a co-founder (with Larry Fink and Susan Wagner) and president of the New York City-based investment management firm BlackRock.
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63. Justin Guarini
1978-. (aged 48)
singer
jazz musician
film actor
pianist
stage actor
Justin Guarini is an American singer, songwriter and actor who in 2002 was the runner-up on the first season of American Idol.
64. Alaska Thunderfuck 5000
1985-. (aged 41)
singer
drag queen
comedian
Internet celebrity
actor
Justin Andrew Honard, best known by the stage name Alaska Thunderfuck 5000 or Alaska Thunderfuck and mononymously as Alaska, is an American drag queen and singer from Erie, Pennsylvania. She is best known as a runner-up on the fifth season of RuPaul's Drag Race and the winner of the second season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars.
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65. Irene Bedard
1967-. (aged 59)
voice actor
television actor
actor
film actor
Irene Bedard is an American actress, who has played mostly Native American lead roles in a variety of films. She is perhaps best known for the role of Suzy Song in the 1998 film Smoke Signals, an adaptation of a Sherman Alexie collection of short stories, as well as for providing the speaking voice for the titular character in the...
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66. Joe Dante
1946-. (aged 80)
film editor
actor
director
film actor
film producer
Joseph James Dante Jr. is an American film director. His films—notably Gremlins (1984) alongside its sequel, Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)—often mix the 1950s-style B movie genre with 1960s radicalism and cartoon comedy.
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67. Paul Felder
1984-. (aged 42)
taekwondo athlete
sports analyst
karateka
mixed martial arts fighter
Paul Robert Felder is an American former professional mixed martial artist and color commentator for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). As a fighter, Felder competed in the UFC's Lightweight division after making his name in Cage Fury Fighting Championships (CFFC).
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68. Rod J. Rosenstein
1965-. (aged 61)
lawyer
official
Rod Jay Rosenstein is an American attorney who served as the 37th United States deputy attorney general from 2017 to 2019. Prior to his appointment, he served as a United States attorney for the District of Maryland. At the time of his confirmation as deputy attorney general in April 2017, he was the longest-serving U.S. attorney. Rosenstein had also been...
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69. Ana Ortiz
1971-. (aged 55)
singer
stage actor
television actor
actor
film actor
Ana Ortiz is an American actress. In the early 2000s, she starred in the short-lived NBC sitcoms Kristin (2001) and A.U.S.A. (2003), and had recurring roles on the action series Over There (2005) and the legal series Boston Legal (2006). She garnered widespread attention for her role as Hilda Suarez in the ABC comedy-drama series Ugly Betty (2006–2010).
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70. Rick Yune
1971-. (aged 55)
actor
television actor
screenwriter
model
film actor
Richard Yune is an American actor, screenwriter, producer, and martial artist of Korean descent. His most notable roles have been in the movies Snow Falling on Cedars, the first Fast & Furious film The Fast and the Furious, the James Bond movie Die Another Day, and Olympus Has Fallen. He was part of the main cast of the Netflix original...
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71. KaDee Strickland
1975-. (aged 51)
film actor
television actor
stage actor
Katherine Dee Strickland is an American actress. She is known for her role of Dr. Charlotte King on the ABC drama Private Practice (2007–2013).
72. Jared Leto
1971-. (aged 55)
manufacturer
businessperson
record producer
composer
singer
Jared Joseph Leto is an American actor and musician. Known for his method acting in a variety of roles, he has received numerous accolades over a career spanning three decades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. Additionally, he is recognized for his musicianship and eccentric stage persona as frontman of the rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars.
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73. Elle King
1989-. (aged 37)
actor
singer
songwriter
Tanner Elle Schneider, known professionally as Elle King, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Her musical style is influenced by country, rock, and blues. She signed with RCA Records to release her debut extended play, The Elle King EP (2012); one of its tracks, "Playing for Keeps", became the theme song for VH1's Mob Wives Chicago series.
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74. Frances Tipton Hunter
1896-1957 (aged 61)
illustrator
Frances Tipton Hunter was an illustrator who created covers for The Saturday Evening Post and many other magazines between the 1920s and 1950s. Her work is very similar in style to that of Norman Rockwell.
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75. Mike Berenstain
1951-. (aged 75)
children's writer
illustrator
writer
Michael Berenstain is an American writer and illustrator of children's books. The son of the late Stan and Jan Berenstain, he is the current author of the Berenstain Bears series of picture books following the deaths of his parents.
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76. Cecelia Condit
1947-. (aged 79)
video artist
filmmaker
Cecelia Ann Condit is an American video artist. Condit's films are noted for their attempts to subvert traditional mythologies of female representation and psychologies of sexuality and violence.
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77. Charles Sheeler
1883-1965 (aged 82)
painter
draftsperson
architectural draftsperson
sculptor
photographer
Charles Sheeler was an American artist known for his Precisionist paintings, commercial photography, and the 1921 avant-garde film, Manhatta, which he made in collaboration with Paul Strand. Sheeler is recognized as one of the early adopters of modernism in American art.
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78. Julian Abele
1881-1950 (aged 69)
architect
Julian Francis Abele was a prominent Black American architect, and chief designer in the offices of Horace Trumbauer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Abele contributed to the design of more than 400 buildings, including Widener Memorial Library at Harvard University (1912–15), Philadelphia's Central Library (1917–27), and the Philadelphia Museum of Art (1914–28).
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79. Marc Blitzstein
1905-1964 (aged 59)
composer
lyricist
pianist
librettist
Marcus Samuel Blitzstein, was an American composer, lyricist, and librettist. He won national attention in 1937 when his pro-union musical The Cradle Will Rock, directed by Orson Welles, was shut down by the Works Progress Administration. He is known for The Cradle Will Rock and for his off-Broadway translation and adaptation of The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt...
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80. Judith Jamison
1943-2024 (aged 81)
artistic director
choreographer
dancer
Judith Ann Jamison was an American dancer and choreographer. She danced with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater from 1965 to 1980 and was Ailey's muse. She later returned to be the company's artistic director from 1989 until 2011, and then its artistic director emerita. She received the Kennedy Center Honors in 1999, the National Medal of Arts in 2001,...
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81. Deborah Willis
1948-. (aged 78)
historian
photographer
art historian
Deborah Willis is a contemporary African-American artist, photographer, curator of photography, photographic historian, author, and educator. Among her awards and honors, she is a 2000 MacArthur Fellow. She is currently Professor and Chair of the Department of Photography and Imaging at Tisch School of the Arts of New York University. In 2024, she was elected to the American Philosophical Society.
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82. Kate Flannery
1964-. (aged 62)
actor
film actor
Kate Flannery is an American actress. Following her early theatre work, Flannery had her screen breakthrough playing Meredith Palmer on the NBC series The Office, which won her two Screen Actors Guild Awards. She went on to guest star on CBS shows Magnum P.I. and Young Sheldon. She competed on the 28th season of Dancing with the Stars and voiced...
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83. Bob Stewart
1945-. (aged 81)
performing artist
jazz musician
Colonel Robert Alexander Stewart DSO is a British politician and former soldier. He was the member of Parliament (MP) for Beckenham from 2010 to 2024. A member of the Conservative Party, he also is a former British Army officer and United Nations commander in Bosnia, commentator, author and public speaker.
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84. Boediono
1943-. (aged 83)
economist
Boediono is an Indonesian politician and economist who served as the 11th vice president of Indonesia from 2009 to 2014. He became vice president after winning the 2009 presidential election together with the then-incumbent President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. Before this, he had been the Governor of the Indonesian Central Bank and a professor of economics at Gadjah Mada University.
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