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100 Notable alumni of Washington University in St Louis

Updated: June 23, 2026 EliteDegrees

Washington University in St Louis is ranked #53 in the world and #39 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from Washington University in St Louis sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Washington University in St Louis won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.

Hal Daub

1. Hal Daub

1941-. (aged 85)
lawyer politician
Harold John Daub Jr. is an American lawyer and politician from Nebraska who served four terms in the United States House of Representatives and as the 48th Mayor of Omaha, Nebraska. In 2012, Daub was elected to the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska system. He is a member of the Republican Party.
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Tom Friedman

2. Tom Friedman

1965-. (aged 61)
sculptor conceptual artist illustrator
Tom Friedman is an American conceptual sculptor. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri and received a BFA in graphic illustration from Washington University in St. Louis (1988) and an MFA in sculpture from the University of Illinois at Chicago (1990.). As a conceptual artist he works in diverse media including sculpture, painting, drawing, video, and installation.
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James E. Darnell

3. James E. Darnell

1930-. (aged 96)
biologist biochemist chemist university teacher
James Edwin Darnell Jr. is an American biologist who made significant contributions to RNA processing and cytokine signaling and is author of the cell biology textbook Molecular Cell Biology. He is the Vincent Astor Professor Emeritus of Molecular Cell Biology at The Rockefeller University.
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Raymond Gruender

4. Raymond Gruender

1963-. (aged 63)
lawyer judge
Raymond W. Gruender is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
Bill Chen

5. Bill Chen

1970-. (aged 56)
mathematician engineer poker player
William Chen is an American quantitative analyst, poker player, and software designer.
Kevin Sheekey

6. Kevin Sheekey

1966-. (aged 60)
politician
Kevin Sheekey is an American businessman and political adviser. He is the Global Head of Communications, Government Relations and Marketing for Bloomberg L.P. He was the campaign manager for former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg's 2020 presidential campaign. Previously, Sheekey served as head of government relations and communications at Bloomberg L.P. and as chairman of Bloomberg Government. Sheekey also...
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James P. Clements

7. James P. Clements

1964-. (aged 62)
university teacher
James Patrick Clements is an American academic administrator who served as the 15th president of Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina. He assumed office on December 31, 2013, after serving as the president of West Virginia University for five years and as the provost and vice president of academic affairs for Towson University.
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Ron Galperin

8. Ron Galperin

1963-. (aged 63)
politician
Ron Shalom Galperin is an American politician who served as the 19th Los Angeles City Controller from 2013 to 2022. He took office on July 1, 2013, and won re-election in 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Galperin is the first openly gay official and first neighborhood councilmember to be elected to citywide office in Los Angeles.
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Guthrie McClintic

9. Guthrie McClintic

1893-1961 (aged 68)
theatrical director film director film producer actor
Guthrie McClintic was an American theatre director, film director, and producer based in New York.
Bob Onder

10. Bob Onder

1962-. (aged 64)
politician
Robert Frank Onder Jr. is an American politician, attorney, and physician from the state of Missouri. He is the member of the United States House of Representatives for Missouri's 3rd congressional district. He is a member of the Republican Party.
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Walter E. Massey

11. Walter E. Massey

1938-. (aged 88)
physicist
Walter Eugene Massey is an American educator, physicist, and executive. President Emeritus of both the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), and of Morehouse College, he is chairman of the board overseeing construction of the Giant Magellan Telescope. During his long career, Massey has served as head of the National Science Foundation, director of Argonne National Laboratory (ANL),...
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Thomas Ewing Sherman

12. Thomas Ewing Sherman

1856-1933 (aged 77)
Catholic priest
Thomas Ewing Sherman, S.J. was an American lawyer, educator, and Catholic priest. He was the fourth child and second son of Union Army General William Tecumseh Sherman and his wife Ellen Ewing Sherman.
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Dan Piraro

13. Dan Piraro

1958-. (aged 68)
comics artist painter
Daniel Charles Piraro, is a painter, illustrator, and cartoonist best known for his syndicated cartoon panel Bizarro. Piraro's cartoons have been reprinted in 16 book collections (as of 2012). He has also written three books of prose.
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Judson A. Brewer

14. Judson A. Brewer

1974-. (aged 52)
psychiatrist neuroscientist
Judson Alyn Brewer is an American psychiatrist, neuroscientist and author. He studies the neural mechanisms of mindfulness using standard and real-time fMRI, and has translated research findings into programs to treat addictions. Brewer founded MindSciences, Inc. (now known as DrJud), an app-based digital therapeutic treatment program for anxiety, overeating, and smoking. He is director of research and innovation at Brown...
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Louis Susman

15. Louis Susman

1938-. (aged 88)
diplomat
Louis B. Susman is an American lawyer, retired investment banker, and the former United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom. Nominated by President Barack Obama, he was confirmed by the Senate on July 10, 2009, and sworn in by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
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Dena Grayson

16. Dena Grayson

1971-. (aged 55)
lobbyist physician
Dena Minning Grayson is an American medical doctor and researcher. In 2016, she ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for the United States House of Representatives for Florida's 9th congressional district.
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Bill DeWitt

17. Bill DeWitt

1902-1982 (aged 80)
baseball manager
William Orville DeWitt Sr. was an American professional baseball executive and club owner whose career in Major League Baseball (MLB) spanned more than 60 years. DeWitt held multiple ownership and upper management positions in the major leagues, including general manager and owner of both the St. Louis Browns and Cincinnati Reds, chairman of the board of the Chicago White Sox,...
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Samuel L. Stanley

18. Samuel L. Stanley

1954-. (aged 72)
pathologist university teacher biologist anesthesiologist immunologist
Samuel L. Stanley Jr. is an American educator and biomedical researcher. He was president of Michigan State University from 2019 to November 2022, and president of Stony Brook University from 2009 to 2019. Stanley is one of the founding directors of the Midwest Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research.
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Sam Fox

19. Sam Fox

1929-2024 (aged 95)
diplomat financier
Sam Fox was an American businessman in St. Louis, and the owner of Harbour Group Industries. He was the United States Ambassador to Belgium from April 11, 2007 until January 2, 2009. President George W. Bush appointed Fox to the post by a recess appointment on April 4, 2007.
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John Monk Saunders

20. John Monk Saunders

1897-1940 (aged 43)
novelist screenwriter film director
John Monk Saunders was an American novelist, screenwriter, and film director.
Sherman Block

21. Sherman Block

1924-1998 (aged 74)
politician police officer
Sherman Block was the 29th Sheriff of Los Angeles County, California from January 1982 until his death. He was preceded by Peter Pitchess and succeeded by Lee Baca.
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Gyo Obata

22. Gyo Obata

1923-2022 (aged 99)
architect
Gyo Obata was an American architect, the son of painter Chiura Obata and his wife, Haruko Obata, a floral designer. In 1955, he co-founded the global architectural firm HOK (formerly Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum). He lived in St. Louis, Missouri, and worked in HOK's St. Louis office. He designed several notable buildings, including the McDonnell Planetarium and GROW Pavilion at...
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Fahd Al-Rasheed

23. Fahd Al-Rasheed

1977-. (aged 49)
chief executive officer economist
His Excellency, Fahd bin Abdulmohsan Al-Rasheed was appointed by Royal Decree as Advisor in the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on April 2, 2023.
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3LAU

24. 3LAU

1991-. (aged 35)
composer NFT artist record producer disc jockey
Justin David Blau, better known by his stage name 3lau (stylized in all caps, pronounced "Blau"), is an American DJ and electronic dance music producer.
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Earl Wilbur Sutherland, Jr

25. Earl Wilbur Sutherland, Jr

1915-1974 (aged 59)
pharmacologist biochemist physician physiologist pharmacist
Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr. was an American pharmacologist and biochemist born in Burlingame, Kansas. Sutherland won a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1971 "for his discoveries concerning the mechanisms of the action of hormones", especially epinephrine, via second messengers, namely cyclic adenosine monophosphate, or cyclic AMP.
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Sean B. Carroll

26. Sean B. Carroll

1960-. (aged 66)
researcher molecular biologist writer biologist university teacher
Sean B. Carroll is an American evolutionary developmental biologist, author, educator and executive producer. He is a distinguished university professor at the University of Maryland and professor emeritus of molecular biology and genetics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His studies focus on the evolution of cis-regulatory elements in the regulation of gene expression in the context of biological development, using...
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Hugh Ferriss

27. Hugh Ferriss

1889-1962 (aged 73)
architect
Hugh Macomber Ferriss was an American architect, illustrator, and poet. He was associated with exploring the psychological condition of modern urban life, a common cultural enquiry of the first decades of the twentieth century. After his death a colleague said he 'influenced my generation of architects' more than any other man." Ferriss also influenced popular culture, for example Gotham City...
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Wade Miquelon

28. Wade Miquelon

1964-. (aged 62)
engineer civil engineer
Wade Miquelon is an American business executive and former CEO of Jo-Ann Stores. He was previously an executive at Procter & Gamble and Walgreens.
Breckinridge Long

29. Breckinridge Long

1881-1958 (aged 77)
diplomat lawyer politician
Samuel Miller Breckinridge Long was an American diplomat and politician who served in the administrations of Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. An extreme nativist, Long is largely remembered by Holocaust historians for obstructing the entry of European Jews into the United States during the 1930s and 1940s.
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David R. Francis

30. David R. Francis

1850-1927 (aged 77)
diplomat politician
David Rowland Francis was an American politician and diplomat. He served in various positions including Mayor of St. Louis, the 27th Governor of Missouri, and United States Secretary of the Interior. He was the U.S. Ambassador to Russia between 1916 and 1917, during the Russian Revolution of 1917. He was a Wilsonian Democrat.
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Ben H. Winters

31. Ben H. Winters

1976-. (aged 50)
science fiction writer playwright writer children's writer novelist
Benjamin Allen "Ben" H. Winters is an American author. He is best known for mystery/sci-fi novels such as The Last Policeman and Underground Airlines, and for creating the CBS show Tracker.
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Eric Schultz

32. Eric Schultz

1980-. (aged 46)
Eric Schultz is an American political advisor who served as Deputy White House Press Secretary in the Obama administration from 2014 to 2017. Recognized by Politico as the strategist "White House officials turn to in a crisis to handle communications", Schultz was originally hired at the White House in 2011 to respond to congressional oversight investigations.
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David Bauer

33. David Bauer

1917-1973 (aged 56)
actor television actor
David Bauer was an American film, television, and stage actor who, from November 1958 until his death, was based primarily in Britain.
Joseph Erlanger

34. Joseph Erlanger

1874-1965 (aged 91)
university teacher neurologist physiologist physician neuroscientist
Joseph Erlanger was an American physiologist who is best known for his contributions to the field of neuroscience. Together with Herbert Spencer Gasser, he identified several varieties of nerve fiber and established the relationship between action potential velocity and fiber diameter. They were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1944 for these achievements.
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Daniel Nathans

35. Daniel Nathans

1928-1999 (aged 71)
physiologist biochemist microbiologist molecular biologist
Daniel Nathans was an American microbiologist. Along with American researcher Hamilton Smith and Swiss researcher Werner Arber, he shared the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of restriction enzymes and their application in restriction mapping.
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William E. Moerner

36. William E. Moerner

1953-. (aged 73)
university teacher chemist physicist
William Esco Moerner, also known as W. E. Moerner, is an American physical chemist and chemical physicist with current work in the biophysics and imaging of single molecules. He is credited with achieving the first optical detection and spectroscopy of a single molecule in condensed phases, along with his postdoc, Lothar Kador. Optical study of single molecules has subsequently become...
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David Merrick

37. David Merrick

1911-2000 (aged 89)
producer theatrical director
David Merrick was an American theatrical producer who won a number of Tony Awards.
Fannie Hurst

38. Fannie Hurst

1889-1968 (aged 79)
writer novelist
Fannie Hurst was an American novelist and short-story writer whose works were highly popular during the post-World War I era. Her work combined sentimental, romantic themes with social issues of the day, such as women's rights and race relations. She was one of the most widely read female authors of the 20th century, and for a time in the 1920s...
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Morris Carnovsky

39. Morris Carnovsky

1897-1992 (aged 95)
film actor actor stage actor
Morris Carnovsky was an American stage and film actor. He was one of the founders of the Group Theatre (1931-1940) in New York City and had a thriving acting career both on Broadway and in films until, in the early 1950s, professional colleagues told the House Un-American Activities Committee that Carnovsky had been a Communist Party member. He was blacklisted...
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David C. Weiss

40. David C. Weiss

1956-. (aged 70)
lawyer
David Charles Weiss is an American attorney. He was nominated by President Donald Trump to be United States attorney for the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, and was retained by President Joe Biden. He served in that office from February 22, 2018 to January 17, 2025.
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Chris Koster

41. Chris Koster

1964-. (aged 62)
lawyer politician
Christopher Andrew Koster is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 41st Attorney General of Missouri from 2009 to 2017. Before that, Koster was elected three times as prosecuting attorney of Cass County, Missouri, and served four years as state senator from Missouri's 31st Senatorial district.
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Johnny Kastl

42. Johnny Kastl

actor television actor
Johnny Kastl is an American lawyer and former actor, perhaps best known for his recurring role as Dr. Doug Murphy on the medical comedy Scrubs. He made cameo appearances in several Hollywood productions and played other parts on television, including the role of Todd Jaracki on The Beast (2009).
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Arnold W. Donald

43. Arnold W. Donald

1955-. (aged 71)
chief executive officer businessperson entrepreneur
Arnold W. Donald is an American businessman. He was the chief executive officer (CEO) of Carnival Corporation & plc from July 2013 to August 2022, when he became vice-chairman.
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Joe Madison

44. Joe Madison

1949-2024 (aged 75)
radio personality
Joseph Madison, alternatively known as "The Black Eagle" or "Madison", was an American radio talk-show host and activist heard daily on SiriusXM Urban View.
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Michael Shamberg

45. Michael Shamberg

1945-. (aged 81)
television producer film producer producer television editor
Michael Shamberg is an American film producer and former Time–Life correspondent.
J. Michael Bailey

46. J. Michael Bailey

1957-. (aged 69)
psychologist researcher
John Michael Bailey is an American psychologist, behavioral geneticist, and professor at Northwestern University best known for his work on the etiology of sexual orientation and paraphilia. He maintains that male sexual orientation is most likely established through biological influences.
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Carl Ferdinand Cori

47. Carl Ferdinand Cori

1896-1984 (aged 88)
physician researcher biochemist chemist
Carl Ferdinand Cori, ForMemRS was a Czech-American biochemist and pharmacologist. He, together with his wife Gerty Cori and Argentine physiologist Bernardo Houssay, received a Nobel Prize in 1947 for their discovery of how the glucose derivative glycogen (animal starch) is broken down and resynthesized in the body for use as a store and source of energy. In 2004, both Coris...
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Charlayne Hunter-Gault

48. Charlayne Hunter-Gault

1942-. (aged 84)
writer journalist political activist university teacher
Alberta Charlayne Hunter-Gault is an American civil rights activist, journalist and former foreign correspondent for National Public Radio, CNN, and the Public Broadcasting Service. Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes were the first African-American students to attend the University of Georgia.
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Philip H. Dybvig

49. Philip H. Dybvig

1955-. (aged 71)
university teacher economist
Philip Hallen Dybvig is an American economist. He is the Boatmen's Bancshares Professor of Banking and Finance at the Olin Business School of Washington University in St. Louis.
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Jim Talent

50. Jim Talent

1956-. (aged 70)
lawyer law clerk politician adjunct professor
James Matthes Talent is an American politician who was a U.S. senator from Missouri from 2002 to 2007. He is a Republican and resided in the St. Louis area while serving in elected office.
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Condé Nast

51. Condé Nast

1873-1942 (aged 69)
publisher entrepreneur journalist
Condé Montrose Nast was an American publisher, entrepreneur and business magnate. He founded Condé Nast, a mass media company, and published titles such as Vanity Fair and Vogue.
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Madonna Buder

52. Madonna Buder

1930-. (aged 96)
triathlete nun
Madonna Buder, S.F.C.C., also known as the Iron Nun, is an American Senior Olympian triathlete and religious sister. Buder has the current world record for the oldest woman to ever finish an Ironman Triathlon, which she obtained at age 82 by finishing the Subaru Ironman Canada on August 26, 2012.
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Michael Isikoff

53. Michael Isikoff

1952-. (aged 74)
journalist
Michael Isikoff is an American investigative journalist who used to be the Chief Investigative Correspondent at Yahoo! News. He is the co-author with David Corn of the book titled Russian Roulette: The Inside Story of Putin's War on America and the Election of Donald Trump, published on March 13, 2018.
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Dave Garroway

54. Dave Garroway

1913-1982 (aged 69)
military officer television actor journalist disc jockey actor
David Cunningham Garroway was an American radio and television host on NBC. He was the host of Garroway at Large from 1949 to 1951, the founding host and anchor of Today from 1952 to 1961, and the host of The Dave Garroway Show from 1953 to 1954. His radio work included host of the The Dave Garroway Show (radio program)...
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Ed Rollins

55. Ed Rollins

1943-. (aged 83)
political adviser
Edward Rollins is an American political consultant and advisor who has worked on several high-profile Republican political campaigns in the United States. In 1983 and 1984, Rollins was national campaign director for the successful Reagan-Bush 1984 campaign.
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Jim McKelvey

56. Jim McKelvey

1965-. (aged 61)
computer scientist entrepreneur
James Morgan McKelvey Jr. is an American billionaire businessman who co-founded Block, Inc. McKelvey was appointed as an independent director of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis in January 2017. As of July 2023, his net worth was estimated at US$2 billion.
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Daniel B. Shapiro

57. Daniel B. Shapiro

1969-. (aged 57)
diplomat congressional staff lobbyist
Daniel Benjamin Shapiro is an American diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to Israel from 2011 to 2017. He was nominated by President Barack Obama on March 29, 2011, and confirmed by the Senate on May 29. He was sworn in as ambassador by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on July 8, 2011. Previously, he was the senior director...
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Marvin Miller

58. Marvin Miller

1913-1985 (aged 72)
actor television actor voice actor
Marvin Elliott Miller was an American actor. Possessing a deep baritone voice, he began his career in radio in St. Louis, Missouri, before becoming a Hollywood actor. He is remembered for voicing Robby the Robot in the science fiction film Forbidden Planet (1956), a role he reprised in the lesser-known The Invisible Boy (1957).
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Quinton Lucas

59. Quinton Lucas

1984-. (aged 42)
politician
Quinton Donald Lucas is an American politician, lawyer, and academic. On August 1, 2019, he became the 55th mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, the youngest Kansas City mayor since 1855, and the city's third African-American mayor. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
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John Gardner

60. John Gardner

1933-1982 (aged 49)
children's writer biographer writer essayist literary critic
John Champlin Gardner Jr. was an American novelist, essayist, literary critic, and university professor. He is most notable for his 1971 novel Grendel, a retelling of the Beowulf myth from the monster's point of view.
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Qiu Xiaolong

61. Qiu Xiaolong

1953-. (aged 73)
teacher novelist university teacher poet literary critic
Qiu Xiaolong is a Chinese American crime novelist, poet, translator, critic, and academic. Born in Shanghai, he originally visited the United States in 1988 to write a book about T. S. Eliot, but remained in the US following the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre.
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Robert Quine

62. Robert Quine

1942-2004 (aged 62)
composer guitarist
Robert Wolfe Quine was an American guitarist. A native of Akron, Ohio, Quine worked with a wide range of musicians, though he himself remained relatively unknown. Critic Mark Deming wrote that "Quine's eclectic style embraced influences from jazz, rock, and blues players of all stripes, and his thoughtful technique and uncompromising approach led to rewarding collaborations with a number of...
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Clark Clifford

63. Clark Clifford

1906-1998 (aged 92)
jurist lawyer military officer politician
Clark McAdams Clifford was an American lawyer who served as an important political adviser to Democratic presidents Harry S. Truman, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Jimmy Carter. His official government positions were White House Counsel (1946–1950), Chairman of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board (1963–1968), and Secretary of Defense (1968–1969); Clifford was also influential in his role as an...
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Ann Leckie

64. Ann Leckie

1966-. (aged 60)
writer science fiction writer novelist editor
Ann Leckie is an American author of science fiction and fantasy. Her 2013 debut novel Ancillary Justice, which features artificial consciousness and gender-blindness, won the 2014 Hugo Award for Best Novel, as well as the Nebula Award, the Arthur C. Clarke Award, and the BSFA Award. The sequels, Ancillary Sword and Ancillary Mercy, each won the Locus Award and were...
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Gerty Cori

65. Gerty Cori

1896-1957 (aged 61)
researcher biochemist psychologist physiologist chemist
Gerty Theresa Cori was a Czech and American biochemist who in 1947 was the third woman to win a Nobel Prize in science, and the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for her role in the "discovery of the course of the catalytic conversion of glycogen".
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Douglass North

66. Douglass North

1920-2015 (aged 95)
historian economist economic historian university teacher
Douglass Cecil North was an American economist known for his work in economic history. Along with Robert Fogel, he received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1993. In the words of the Nobel Committee, North and Fogel "renewed research in economic history by applying economic theory and quantitative methods in order to explain economic and institutional change."
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John Hartford

67. John Hartford

1937-2001 (aged 64)
musician guitarist fiddler banjoist mandolinist
John Cowan Hartford was an American folk, country, and bluegrass composer and musician known for his mastery of the fiddle and banjo, as well as for his witty lyrics, unique vocal style, and extensive knowledge of Mississippi River lore. His most successful song is "Gentle on My Mind", which won three Grammy Awards and was listed in "BMI's Top 100...
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Robert L. Behnken

68. Robert L. Behnken

1970-. (aged 56)
military officer engineer astronaut
Robert Louis Behnken is an American engineer, a former NASA astronaut, and former Chief of the Astronaut Office.
V. E. Schwab

69. V. E. Schwab

1987-. (aged 39)
children's writer novelist writer
Victoria Elizabeth Schwab is an American writer. She is known for the 2013 novel Vicious, the Shades of Magic series, and The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, which was nominated for the 2020 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel. She publishes children's and young adult fiction books under the name Victoria Schwab. She is the creator of the supernatural teen...
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Richard Ford

70. Richard Ford

1944-. (aged 82)
screenwriter novelist short story writer writer author
Richard Ford is an American novelist and short story author and writer of a series of novels featuring the character Frank Bascombe.
Leana Wen

71. Leana Wen

1983-. (aged 43)
physician researcher writer
Leana Sheryle Wen is an American physician, author, professor, speaker, consultant, columnist, and television commentator. She is former health commissioner for the city of Baltimore and former president of Planned Parenthood.
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Rochelle P. Walensky

72. Rochelle P. Walensky

1969-. (aged 57)
civil servant academic physician-scientist women physician
Rochelle Paula Walensky is an American physician-scientist who served as the 19th director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from 2021 to 2023 and served as the administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry in her capacity as the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from 2021 to 2023. On...
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Richa Gangopadhyay

73. Richa Gangopadhyay

1986-. (aged 40)
model actor
Richa Langella is an Indian former actress and model who predominantly appeared in Telugu films. She presently resides at Portland, Oregon.
Jeff Tremaine

74. Jeff Tremaine

1966-. (aged 60)
actor screenwriter director stunt performer film director
Jeff Tremaine is an American film and television director, producer, and screenwriter. He is best known for co-creating the MTV reality stunt show Jackass with Spike Jonze and Johnny Knoxville.
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Mary Wickes

75. Mary Wickes

1910-1995 (aged 85)
singer television actor film actor voice actor stage actor
Mary Wickes was an American character actor, working in both film and television. From the 1940s to 1970s, she often played supporting roles as prim, professional women – such as secretaries, nurses, nuns, therapists, teachers, and housekeepers – who made sarcastic quips when the leading characters fell short of her high standards, and she continued to perform until her death.
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Harold Ramis

76. Harold Ramis

1944-2014 (aged 70)
television actor film director director writer film producer
Harold Allen Ramis was an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. His film acting roles include Egon Spengler in Ghostbusters (1984) and Ghostbusters II (1989), and as Russell Ziskey in Stripes (1981); he also co-wrote those films. As a director, his films include the comedies Caddyshack (1980), National Lampoon's Vacation (1983), Groundhog Day (1993), Analyze This (1999) and Analyze That (2002)....
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Phyllis Schlafly

77. Phyllis Schlafly

1924-2016 (aged 92)
lawyer journalist writer jurist political activist
Phyllis Stewart Schlafly was an American attorney and activist who was nationally prominent in conservatism. She opposed feminism, gay rights, and abortion, and campaigned against the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
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Robert Culp

78. Robert Culp

1930-2010 (aged 80)
film director writer actor film actor screenwriter
Robert Martin Culp was an American actor and screenwriter widely known for his work in television. Culp earned an international reputation for his role as Kelly Robinson on I Spy (1965–1968), the espionage television series in which he and co-star Bill Cosby played secret agents. Before this, he starred in the CBS/Four Star Western series Trackdown as Texas Ranger Hoby...
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Kristin Bauer van Straten

79. Kristin Bauer van Straten

1966-. (aged 60)
voice actor television actor actor film actor
Kristin Bauer van Straten is an American film and television actress, notable for her roles as vampire Pamela Swynford De Beaufort on the HBO television series True Blood, Jerry's girlfriend Gillian ("man hands") on Seinfeld, and as Maleficent in the ABC series Once Upon a Time.
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Robert Guillaume

80. Robert Guillaume

1927-2017 (aged 90)
television actor actor videographer voice actor singer
Robert Guillaume was an American actor and singer. He played Benson DuBois in the ABC television series Soap and its spin-off, Benson. He also voiced the mandrill Rafiki in The Lion King, and played Isaac Jaffe in Aaron Sorkin's dramedy Sports Night.
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Clyde Cowan

81. Clyde Cowan

1919-1974 (aged 55)
physicist university teacher
Clyde Lorrain Cowan Jr was an American physicist and the co-discoverer of the neutrino along with Frederick Reines. The discovery was made in 1956 in the neutrino experiment. Reines received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1995.
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Alphonso Jackson

82. Alphonso Jackson

1945-. (aged 81)
politician
Alphonso R. Jackson is an American politician who served as the 13th United States secretary of housing and urban development (HUD) from 2004 to 2008. He was nominated by President George W. Bush on August 28, 2004, and confirmed by the Senate on August 31, 2004. Jackson announced his resignation on March 31, 2008.
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J. C. R. Licklider

83. J. C. R. Licklider

1915-1990 (aged 75)
computer scientist artificial intelligence researcher psychologist
Joseph Carl Robnett Licklider, known simply as J. C. R. or "Lick", was an American psychologist and computer scientist who is considered to be among the most prominent figures in computer science development and general computing history.
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Anita Diamant

84. Anita Diamant

1951-. (aged 75)
writer novelist
Anita Diamant is an American author of fiction and non-fiction books. She has published five novels, the most recent of which is The Boston Girl, a New York Times best seller. She is best known for her 1997 novel The Red Tent, which eventually became a best seller and book club favorite. She has also written six guides to contemporary...
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Tennessee Williams

85. Tennessee Williams

1911-1983 (aged 72)
screenwriter novelist writer playwright poet
Thomas Lanier Williams III, known by his pen name Tennessee Williams, was an American playwright and screenwriter. Along with contemporaries Eugene O'Neill and Arthur Miller, he is considered among the three foremost playwrights of 20th-century American drama.
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Peter Sarsgaard

86. Peter Sarsgaard

1971-. (aged 55)
voice actor stage actor actor film actor
John Peter Sarsgaard is an American actor. He studied at the Actors Studio, before rising to prominence playing atypical and sometimes villainous roles in film and television.
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Sarah Kendzior

87. Sarah Kendzior

1978-. (aged 48)
university teacher scholar writer journalist anthropologist
Sarah Kendzior is an American author, anthropologist, researcher, and scholar. Kendzior is the author of The View from Flyover Country – a collection of essays first published by Al Jazeera – and is a former co-host of the Gaslit Nation podcast. In 2020, she published her second book, Hiding in Plain Sight: The Invention of Donald Trump and the Erosion...
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Michael Salzhauer

88. Michael Salzhauer

1972-. (aged 54)
plastic surgeon
Michael Salzhauer is an American celebrity doctor who practices plastic surgery. He is active on social media as Dr. Miami and has been on reality television. Salzhauer runs a plastic surgery practice in Bay Harbor Islands, Florida.
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Andrew G. McCabe

89. Andrew G. McCabe

1968-. (aged 58)
lawyer
Andrew George McCabe is an American attorney who served as the Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from February 2016 to March 2018 and as the acting Director of the FBI from May 9, 2017, to August 2, 2017. McCabe joined the FBI as a special agent in 1996 and served with the bureau's SWAT team. He...
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Andrew Puzder

90. Andrew Puzder

1950-. (aged 76)
lawyer businessperson
Andrew Franklin Puzder is an American attorney, author, and businessman who has served as United States Ambassador to the European Union since 2025.
Walker Hancock

91. Walker Hancock

1901-1998 (aged 97)
sculptor
Walker Kirtland Hancock was an American sculptor and teacher. He created notable monumental sculptures, including the World War I Soldiers' Memorial (1936–1938) in St. Louis, Missouri; and the Pennsylvania Railroad World War II Memorial (1950–1952) at 30th Street Station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He made major additions to the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., including Christ in Majesty (1972), the bas...
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Thomas F. Frist, Jr

92. Thomas F. Frist, Jr

1938-. (aged 88)
businessperson surgeon
Thomas Fearn Frist Jr. is an American billionaire physician and businessman. He is a co-founder of HCA Healthcare, and is the wealthiest person in Tennessee.
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Mike Simpson

93. Mike Simpson

1950-. (aged 76)
dentist politician
Michael Keith Simpson is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Idaho's 2nd congressional district since 1999. The district covers most of the eastern portion of the state, including Idaho Falls, Pocatello, Sun Valley, Twin Falls and the northern two-thirds of Boise. A member of the Republican Party, Simpson was first elected to public office in 1984, and...
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Andrew R. Wheeler

94. Andrew R. Wheeler

1964-. (aged 62)
politician lawyer biologist linguist businessperson
Andrew R. Wheeler is an American attorney who served as the 15th administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from 2019 to 2021. He served as the deputy administrator from April to July 2018, and served as the acting administrator from July 2018 to February 2019. He has been a senior advisor to Governor of Virginia Glenn Youngkin since March...
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Jeff Smith

95. Jeff Smith

1973-. (aged 53)
politician
Jeffrey L. Smith was the author of several cookbooks and the host of The Frugal Gourmet, a popular American cooking show. The show began in Tacoma, Washington, as Cooking Fish Creatively on local PBS station KTPS (now KBTC-TV), where it aired from 1973 to 1977. It then moved to WTTW in Chicago, and finally to KQED in San Francisco where...
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Abner Mikva

96. Abner Mikva

1926-2016 (aged 90)
politician university teacher lawyer judge jurist
Abner Joseph Mikva was an American politician, federal judge, and legal scholar. He was a member of the Democratic Party. After serving in the Illinois House of Representatives, Mikva ran for the U.S. Congress in 1966 but lost the primary to incumbent congressman Barrett O'Hara. In 1968, Mikva defeated O'Hara. Mikva served in the United States House of Representatives representing...
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İhsan Doğramacı

97. İhsan Doğramacı

1915-2010 (aged 95)
academic scientist philanthropist pediatrician
İhsan Doğramacı was a Turkish paediatrician, entrepreneur, philanthropist, educationalist and college administrator of Iraqi Turkmen descent born in modern Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq then part of the Ottoman Empire.
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C. Robert Cloninger

98. C. Robert Cloninger

1944-. (aged 82)
geneticist psychiatrist behavior geneticist
Claude Robert Cloninger is an American psychiatrist and geneticist noted for his research on the biological, psychological, social, and spiritual foundation of both mental health and mental illness. He previously held the Wallace Renard Professorship of Psychiatry, and served as professor of psychology and genetics, as well as director of the Sansone Family Center for Well-Being at Washington University in...
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Siniša Mali

99. Siniša Mali

1972-. (aged 54)
politician economist
Siniša Mali is a Serbian economist and politician serving as first deputy prime minister of Serbia since 2024 and as minister of finance since 2018. A member of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), he previously served as mayor of Belgrade from 2014 to 2018, and as the president of the Temporary Council of Belgrade from 2013 to 2014. Following the...
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Bruno Wu

100. Bruno Wu

1966-. (aged 60)
media proprietor businessperson entrepreneur
Bruno Wu Zheng is a Chinese entrepreneur and media executive. He co-founded the media company Sun Media Group together with television host Yang Lan in the late 1990s, and later chaired Wecast Network/Seven Stars Cloud Group, which was renamed Ideanomics. In August 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a settled enforcement action involving Ideanomics, Wu and others....
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