99 Notable alumni of Yale University

Updated: June 23, 2026 EliteDegrees

Yale University is ranked #12 in the world and #10 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 99 notable alumni from Yale University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Yale University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.

Bellamy Young

1. Bellamy Young

1970-. (aged 56)
television actor stage actor film producer film actor
Bellamy Young is an American actress, producer and singer best known as Melody "Mellie" Grant on Scandal (2012–18), for which she won the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2014. She also starred in Prodigal Son (2019–21).
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Prescott Bush

2. Prescott Bush

1895-1972 (aged 77)
banker United States senator politician
Prescott Sheldon Bush was an American banker and Republican Party politician. After working as a Wall Street executive investment banker, he represented Connecticut in the United States Senate from 1952 to 1963. A member of the Bush family, he was the father of President George H. W. Bush, and the paternal grandfather of President George W. Bush and Florida governor...
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Christopher A. Wray

3. Christopher A. Wray

1966-. (aged 60)
civil servant lawyer
Christopher Asher Wray is an American attorney who served as the eighth director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from 2017 to 2025. He was nominated by President Donald Trump to replace James Comey. He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on July 30. Wray took office on August 2, 2017 to serve a 10-year term.
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Joe Lieberman

4. Joe Lieberman

1942-2024 (aged 82)
author jurist lawyer politician
Joseph Isadore Lieberman was an American politician and lawyer who served as a United States senator from Connecticut from 1989 to 2013. Originally a member of the Democratic Party, he was the party's vice presidential nominee in the 2000 presidential election. During his final term in office, he was officially listed as an Independent Democrat and caucused with and chaired...
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Wendi Murdoch

5. Wendi Murdoch

1968-. (aged 58)
film producer businessperson entrepreneur
Wendi Deng Murdoch is a Chinese-born American entrepreneur and socialite. She was the third wife of media mogul Rupert Murdoch from 1999 until 2013.
Dick Cavett

6. Dick Cavett

1936-. (aged 90)
television presenter artistic gymnast writer actor screenwriter
Richard Alva Cavett is an American television personality, comedian and former talk show host. He appeared regularly on nationally broadcast television in the United States from the 1960s through the 2000s.
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Samuel Finley Breese Morse

7. Samuel Finley Breese Morse

1791-1872 (aged 81)
photographer physicist sculptor university teacher painter
Samuel Finley Breese Morse was an American inventor and painter. After establishing his reputation as a portrait painter, Morse, in his middle age, contributed to the invention of a single-wire telegraph system based on European telegraphs. He was a co-developer and the namesake of Morse code in 1837 and helped to develop the commercial use of telegraphy.
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Jennifer Westfeldt

8. Jennifer Westfeldt

1970-. (aged 56)
stage actor film director actor writer film producer
Jennifer Westfeldt is an American actress, director, screenwriter, and producer. She is best known for co-writing, co-producing, and starring in the 2002 indie film Kissing Jessica Stein, for which she received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best First Screenplay. She is also known for writing, producing, starring in, and making her directorial debut in the indie film Friends with...
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Anne Wojcicki

9. Anne Wojcicki

1973-. (aged 53)
biologist biotechnologist businessperson
Anne E. Wojcicki is an American entrepreneur who co-founded the personal genomics company 23andMe.
Kellie Martin

10. Kellie Martin

1975-. (aged 51)
film director television actor voice actor actor film actor
Kellie Noelle Martin is an American actress. Her roles have included Lolly in Potato Head Kids, Daphne Blake in A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, Emily Coleman in Troop Beverly Hills, Becca Thatcher in Life Goes On, Molly Tazmanian Devil in Taz-Mania, Sherry in Matinee, Christy Huddleston in Christy, Sadira in Aladdin, Roxanne in A Goofy Movie, Lucy Knight in ER, Samantha...
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Scott Bessent

11. Scott Bessent

1962-. (aged 64)
businessperson
Scott Kenneth Homer Bessent is an American businessman and government official serving since 2025 as the 79th United States secretary of the treasury. Bessent was a partner at Soros Fund Management (SFM) and founded Key Square Group, a global macro investment firm. He is the first openly gay person to lead the U.S. Treasury Department, the first openly gay U.S....
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Bronson Pinchot

12. Bronson Pinchot

1959-. (aged 67)
stage actor television actor voice actor actor film actor
Bronson Alcott Pinchot is an American actor. He is best known for playing Balki Bartokomous on the ABC sitcom Perfect Strangers (1986–1993). He has also performed in films such as Risky Business (1983), Beverly Hills Cop (1984), After Hours (1985), True Romance (1993), Beverly Hills Cop III (1994), Stephen King's The Langoliers (1995), It's My Party (1996), Courage Under Fire...
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John Bolton

13. John Bolton

1948-. (aged 78)
civil servant lawyer diplomat politician
John Robert Bolton II is an American attorney, diplomat, Republican consultant, and political commentator who served as the 25th United States ambassador to the United Nations from 2005 to 2006, and as the 26th United States national security advisor from 2018 to 2019.
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Noah Emmerich

14. Noah Emmerich

1965-. (aged 61)
television director television actor film producer actor film actor
Noah Nicholas Emmerich is an American actor and director best known for his roles in films such as Beautiful Girls (1996), The Truman Show (1998), Frequency (2000), Miracle (2004), Little Children (2006), and Super 8 (2011). From 2013 to 2018 he starred as FBI agent Stan Beeman on the FX series The Americans, for which he won the Critics' Choice...
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Rebecca Miller

15. Rebecca Miller

1962-. (aged 64)
sculptor filmmaker film director painter actor
Rebecca Augusta Miller, Lady Day-Lewis is an American filmmaker, novelist, director, and advocate of women in the film industry. She is known for her films Angela (1995), Personal Velocity: Three Portraits (2002), The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005), The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009), Maggie's Plan (2015) and She Came to Me (2023), all of which she wrote...
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John C. Calhoun

16. John C. Calhoun

1782-1850 (aged 68)
writer lawyer diplomat politician
John Caldwell Calhoun was an American statesman and political theorist who served as the seventh vice president of the United States from 1825 to 1832. Calhoun began his political career as a nationalist, modernizer and proponent of a strong federal government and protective tariffs. In the late 1820s, his views shifted, and he became a leading proponent of states' rights,...
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Tom Steyer

17. Tom Steyer

1957-. (aged 69)
businessperson entrepreneur philanthropist investment banker founder
Thomas Fahr Steyer is an American billionaire, entrepreneur, and environmentalist. A member of the Democratic Party, Steyer is the founder and former co-senior managing partner of Farallon Capital.
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Cole Porter

18. Cole Porter

1891-1964 (aged 73)
playwright pianist writer composer film score composer
Cole Albert Porter was an American composer and songwriter. Many of his songs became standards noted for their witty, urbane lyrics, and many of his scores found success on Broadway and in Hollywood films.
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Henry Ford II

19. Henry Ford II

1917-1987 (aged 70)
entrepreneur industrialist
Henry Ford II, commonly known as "Hank the Deuce," was an American businessman in the automotive industry. He was the oldest son of Edsel Ford I and oldest grandson of Henry Ford. He served as president of the Ford Motor Company from 1945 to 1960, chief executive officer (CEO) from 1947 to 1979, and chairman of the board of directors...
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Jack Schlossberg

20. Jack Schlossberg

1993-. (aged 33)
writer
John Bouvier Kennedy Schlossberg is an American political commentator and author. He is a member of the Kennedy family and the Bouvier family.
Shawn Levoy

21. Shawn Levoy

1968-. (aged 58)
television actor film director television director actor executive producer
Shawn Adam Levy is a Canadian and American filmmaker and actor. He is the founder of 21 Laps Entertainment. His work has spanned numerous genres, and his films as a director have grossed a collective $3.5 billion worldwide.
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Josh Hawley

22. Josh Hawley

1979-. (aged 47)
jurist lawyer politician
Joshua David Hawley is an American politician and attorney serving as the senior United States senator from Missouri, a seat he has held since 2019. A member of the Republican Party, Hawley served as the 42nd attorney general of Missouri from 2017 to 2019, before defeating two-term incumbent Democratic senator Claire McCaskill in the 2018 election. He was reelected in...
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Mike McDaniel

23. Mike McDaniel

1983-. (aged 43)
American football coach American football player
Michael Lee McDaniel is an American professional football coach who is the offensive coordinator for the Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League (NFL). A descendant of the Shanahan coaching tree, McDaniel began his NFL coaching career as an intern for the Denver Broncos in 2005. McDaniel served as an assistant coach for the Houston Texans, Washington Redskins, Cleveland...
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Steven Mnuchin

24. Steven Mnuchin

1962-. (aged 64)
banker film producer politician
Steven Terner Mnuchin is an American investment banker and film producer who served as the 77th United States secretary of the treasury as part of the first cabinet of Donald Trump from 2017 to 2021. Serving for nearly a full presidential term, Mnuchin was one of the few high-profile members of Trump's cabinet whom the president did not dismiss during...
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Nathan Chen

25. Nathan Chen

1999-. (aged 27)
figure skater
Nathan Wei Chen is an American figure skater. He is the 2022 Olympic champion, a three-time World champion (2018, 2019, 2021), the 2017 Four Continents champion, a three-time Grand Prix Final champion (2017, 2018, 2019), a ten-time Grand Prix medalist (8 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze), the 2022 Olympic gold medalist in the team event, the 2018 Olympic bronze medalist...
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David Hyde Pierce

26. David Hyde Pierce

1959-. (aged 67)
television actor film actor dub actor theatrical director voice actor
David Hyde Pierce is an American actor. Known for his portrayal of psychiatrist Niles Crane on the NBC sitcom Frasier from 1993 to 2004, he received four Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series as well as two Screen Actors Guild Awards. Pierce has also received five Golden Globe Awards nominations for Best Supporting Actor for...
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Alessandro Nivola

27. Alessandro Nivola

1972-. (aged 54)
television actor stage actor actor film actor
Alessandro Antine Nivola is an American actor. His work includes both screen and stage, and his accolades include a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for a Tony Award and an Independent Spirit Award.
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Stacy Keach

28. Stacy Keach

1941-. (aged 85)
film producer composer actor film actor screenwriter
Walter Stacy Keach Jr. is an American actor, active in theatre, film and television since the 1960s. Keach first distinguished himself in Off-Broadway productions and remains a prominent figure in American theatre across his career, particularly as a noted Shakespearean. He is the recipient of several theatrical accolades: four Drama Desk Awards, two Helen Hayes Awards and two Obie Awards...
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Jerry Brown

29. Jerry Brown

1938-. (aged 88)
blogger lawyer politician
Edmund Gerald Brown Jr. is an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as the 34th and 39th governor of California from 1975 to 1983 and 2011 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he was elected secretary of state of California in 1970; Brown later served as mayor of Oakland from 1999 to 2007 and attorney general of...
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Willa Fitzgerald

30. Willa Fitzgerald

1991-. (aged 35)
television actor stage actor actor film actor
Willa Fitzgerald is an American actress. She is known for her starring role as Emma Duval in MTV's Scream. She has played cheer coach Colette French in the USA Network's television drama series Dare Me and officer Roscoe Conklin in the Amazon Prime Video television series Reacher. Her other notable roles include Amazon Studios' television series Alpha House, the USA...
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Peter Hermann

31. Peter Hermann

1967-. (aged 59)
film actor television actor stage actor
Peter Hermann is an American actor. He may be best known for his roles as Charles Brooks in Younger, Trevor Langan in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and Jack Boyle in Blue Bloods. Hermann is the husband of fellow Law & Order franchise actor Mariska Hargitay, series lead of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
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Harry Hamlin

32. Harry Hamlin

1951-. (aged 75)
actor television actor film actor voice actor stage actor
Harry Robinson Hamlin is an American actor, author, and entrepreneur. He is best known for his roles as Perseus in the 1981 fantasy film Clash of the Titans, a role he reprised in 2007's Santa Monica Studio video game God of War II, and as Michael Kuzak in the legal drama series L.A. Law, for which he received three Golden...
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Sam Waterston

33. Sam Waterston

1940-. (aged 86)
film producer television actor film actor voice actor stage actor
Samuel Atkinson Waterston is an American actor. Waterston is known for his work in theater, television, and film. He has received numerous accolades including a Primetime Emmy Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award as well as nominations for an Academy Award, a Tony Award, and two BAFTA Awards. His acting career has spanned over five decades acting...
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Ron Livingston

34. Ron Livingston

1967-. (aged 59)
stage actor television actor film producer actor film actor
Ronald Joseph Livingston is an American actor. He is best known for playing Peter Gibbons in Office Space (1999) and Captain Lewis Nixon III in the miniseries Band of Brothers (2001). Livingston's other roles include the films Swingers (1996), Adaptation (2002), The Conjuring (2013), James White (2015), Tully (2018); and the television series Loudermilk (2017–2020), and Boardwalk Empire (2013).
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Chris Cuomo

35. Chris Cuomo

1970-. (aged 56)
lawyer correspondent
Christopher Charles Cuomo is an American news broadcaster for NewsNation. He previously worked as the ABC News chief law and justice correspondent and the co-anchor for ABC's 20/20, news anchor for Good Morning America from 2006 to 2009, and an anchor at CNN, where he co-hosted its morning show New Day from 2013 through May 2018, before moving to Cuomo...
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Zoe Kazan

36. Zoe Kazan

1983-. (aged 43)
playwright film actor stage actor television actor actor
Zoe Swicord Kazan is an American actress and writer. She has acted in films such as The Savages (2007), Revolutionary Road (2008), and It's Complicated (2009). She starred in Happythankyoumoreplease (2010), Meek's Cutoff (2010), Ruby Sparks (2012), What If (2013), The Big Sick (2017), The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018), and She Said (2022). She also wrote Ruby Sparks and...
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Jennifer Beals

37. Jennifer Beals

1963-. (aged 63)
model television actor voice actor actor film actor
Jennifer Beals is an American actress. She made her film debut in My Bodyguard (1980), before receiving critical acclaim for her performance as Alexandra Owens in Flashdance (1983), for which she won NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical.
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Brett Kavanaugh

38. Brett Kavanaugh

1965-. (aged 61)
lawyer judge politician
Brett Michael Kavanaugh is an American lawyer and jurist serving as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was nominated by President Donald Trump on July 9, 2018, and has served since October 6, 2018. He was previously a U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from...
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Sara Gilbert

39. Sara Gilbert

1975-. (aged 51)
screenwriter film director television actor actor film actor
Sara Gilbert is an American actress best known for portraying Darlene Conner on Roseanne (1988–97; 2018) and its sequel, The Conners (2018–25), a role for which she received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. She created and was a co-host of the CBS daytime talk show The Talk, and had the recurring role of Leslie Winkle on CBS's The Big Bang...
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Jordana Brewster

40. Jordana Brewster

1980-. (aged 46)
actor film actor
Jordana Brewster is an American actress. She made her acting debut, three weeks after turning 15, in an episode of All My Children in 1995 and next took on the recurring role as Nikki Munson in As the World Turns, garnering a nomination for Outstanding Teen Performer at the 1997 Soap Opera Digest Award. Her first role in a feature...
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Angela Bassett

41. Angela Bassett

1958-. (aged 68)
film director director manufacturer television actor voice actor
Angela Evelyn Bassett is an American actress. Known for her work in film and television since the 1980s, she has received various accolades, including an Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards. In 2023, Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world, and she received an...
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Lupita Nyong'o

42. Lupita Nyong'o

1983-. (aged 43)
film actor
Lupita Amondi Nyong'o is an actress who has received various accolades, including an Actor Award, an Academy Award and a Daytime Emmy Award, as well as nominations for two British Academy Film Awards, a Golden Globe Award and a Tony Award.
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Claire Danes

43. Claire Danes

1979-. (aged 47)
television actor stage actor actor film actor
Claire Catherine Danes is an American actress. Prolific in film and television since her teens, she is the recipient of three Primetime Emmy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards. In 2012, Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
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Jennifer Connelly

44. Jennifer Connelly

1970-. (aged 56)
model voice actor singer actor
Jennifer Lynn Connelly is an American actress. She began her career as a child model before making her acting debut in the 1984 crime film Once Upon a Time in America. After a few more years of modeling, she began to concentrate on acting, starring in a variety of films including the horror film Phenomena (1985), the musical fantasy film...
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Jodie Foster

45. Jodie Foster

1962-. (aged 64)
film director film producer executive producer actor film actor
Alicia Christian "Jodie" Foster is an American actress and filmmaker. Foster started her career as a child actor before establishing herself as a leading actress in film. As a performer, she is known for her versatility. She has received several accolades including two Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award. Foster also was...
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George H. W. Bush

46. George H. W. Bush

1924-2018 (aged 94)
naval officer statesperson entrepreneur autobiographer diplomat
George Herbert Walker Bush was the 41st president of the United States, serving from 1989 to 1993. A member of the Republican Party, he also served as the 43rd vice president under President Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1989 and previously in various other federal positions.
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Hunter Biden

47. Hunter Biden

1970-. (aged 56)
lawyer businessperson
Robert Hunter Biden is an American attorney and businessman. He is the second son of former president Joe Biden and his first wife, Neilia Hunter Biden. Hunter Biden was a founding board member of BHR Partners, a Chinese investment company, in 2013, and later served on the board of Burisma Holdings, one of the largest private natural gas producers in...
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Bob Woodward

48. Bob Woodward

1943-. (aged 83)
journalist writer
Robert Upshur Woodward is an American investigative journalist. He started working for The Washington Post as a reporter in 1971 and now holds the honorific title of associate editor there, though the Post no longer employs him.
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Brian Tyree Henry

49. Brian Tyree Henry

1982-. (aged 44)
film actor actor television actor
Brian Tyree Henry is an American actor. Known for his roles on stage and screen, he has received nominations for an Academy Award, two Critics' Choice Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Tony Award.
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Amy Klobuchar

50. Amy Klobuchar

1960-. (aged 66)
politician lawyer writer autobiographer jurist
Amy Jean Klobuchar is an American politician and lawyer serving as the senior United States senator from Minnesota, a seat she has held since 2007. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), Minnesota's affiliate of the Democratic Party, she previously served as county attorney of Hennepin County, Minnesota. She is running for governor of Minnesota in the 2026 election.
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Don Gummer

51. Don Gummer

1946-. (aged 80)
sculptor
Donald James Gummer is an American sculptor. His early work concentrated on table-top and wall-mounted sculpture. In the mid-1980s, he shifted his focus to large free-standing works, often in bronze. In the 1990s, he added a variety of other materials, such as stainless steel, aluminum and stained glass. His interest in large outdoor works also led him to an interest...
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Dan Schneider

52. Dan Schneider

1966-. (aged 60)
television actor film director actor television producer writer
Daniel James Schneider is an American television producer, screenwriter, and actor. He created and produced a string of children's shows on Nickelodeon from 1994 to 2019. In the years since 2018, he has faced significant media coverage and controversy regarding allegations of inappropriate behavior.
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Vivek Ramaswamy

53. Vivek Ramaswamy

1985-. (aged 41)
podcaster entrepreneur pundit politician
Vivek Ganapathy Ramaswamy is an American entrepreneur and politician. He founded Roivant Sciences, a biotechnological pharmaceutical company in 2014 and was its chief executive officer until 2021. Ramaswamy entered national politics as the youngest presidential candidate in the 2024 Republican primaries. He withdrew his bid and endorsed Donald Trump for the 2024 presidential election. In 2025, he launched his campaign...
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Ron DeSantis

54. Ron DeSantis

1978-. (aged 48)
writer naval officer judge advocate politician
Ronald Dion DeSantis is an American politician, attorney, and former naval officer serving since 2019 as the 46th governor of Florida. A member of the Republican Party, he served from 2013 to 2018 as the U.S. representative from Florida's 6th congressional district. DeSantis was a candidate for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, withdrawing his candidacy in January 2024.
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George W. Bush

55. George W. Bush

1946-. (aged 80)
military officer financier autobiographer statesperson businessperson
George Walker Bush is an American politician, businessman, and former U.S. Air Force officer who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party and the eldest son of the 41st president, George H. W. Bush, he served as the 46th governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000.
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John Kerry

56. John Kerry

1943-. (aged 83)
climate activist peace activist naval officer diplomat lawyer
John Forbes Kerry is an American attorney, politician, diplomat, and former naval officer who served as the 68th United States secretary of state from 2013 to 2017 in the administration of President Barack Obama. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1985 to 2013 and later served as the first U.S....
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Hillary Clinton

57. Hillary Clinton

1947-. (aged 79)
lawyer university teacher autobiographer jurist diplomat
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton is an American politician, lawyer, and diplomat. She was the 67th United States secretary of state in the administration of Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013, a U.S. senator representing New York from 2001 to 2009, and the first lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001 as the wife of Bill Clinton. A member...
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Barbara Bush

58. Barbara Bush

1925-2018 (aged 93)
politician president
Barbara Bush was the first lady of the United States from 1989 to 1993, as the wife of George H. W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States. She was previously second lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989, when her husband was vice president under President Ronald Reagan, and founded the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family...
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Clarence Thomas

59. Clarence Thomas

1948-. (aged 78)
lawyer judge politician
Clarence Thomas is an American lawyer and jurist who has served since 1991 as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. President George H. W. Bush nominated him to succeed Thurgood Marshall. After Marshall, Thomas is the second African American to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court and has been its longest-serving member since Anthony Kennedy's...
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Liev Schreiber

60. Liev Schreiber

1967-. (aged 59)
voice actor stage actor actor television actor writer
Isaac Liev Schreiber is an American actor. He has received accolades including a Tony Award as well as nominations for nine Primetime Emmy Awards and five Golden Globe Awards.
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الزنجور

61. الزنجور

1951-. (aged 75)
writer university teacher neurosurgeon politician psychologist
Benjamin Solomon Carson Sr. is an American retired neurosurgeon, academic, author, and government official who served as the 17th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 2017 to 2021. A pioneer in the field of neurosurgery, he ran for president of the United States in the 2016 Republican primaries. Carson is one of the most prominent black conservatives...
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Gerald Ford

62. Gerald Ford

1913-2006 (aged 93)
autobiographer gridiron football player naval officer American football player statesperson
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. was the 38th president of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977. A member of the Republican Party, Ford assumed the presidency after the resignation of Richard Nixon, under whom he had served as the 40th vice president from 1973 to 1974 following the resignation of Spiro Agnew. Prior to that, he served as a...
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Michael Cimino

63. Michael Cimino

1939-2016 (aged 77)
screenwriter film director director film producer
Michael Antonio Cimino was an American film director, screenwriter, producer and author. Notorious for his obsessive attention to detail and determination for perfection, Cimino achieved widespread fame with The Deer Hunter (1978), which won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director.
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Robert Reich

64. Robert Reich

1946-. (aged 80)
economist political scientist university teacher politician
Robert Bernard Reich is an American professor, author, lawyer, and political commentator. He worked in the administrations of presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter, and he served as secretary of labor in the cabinet of President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 1997. He was also a member of President Barack Obama's economic transition advisory board. In 2008, Time magazine named...
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Paul Krugman

65. Paul Krugman

1953-. (aged 73)
columnist professor writer economist essayist
Paul Robin Krugman is an American economist who is the Distinguished Professor of Economics at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He was a columnist for The New York Times from 2000 to 2024. In 2008, Krugman was the sole winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his contributions to new trade theory...
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Samuel Alito

66. Samuel Alito

1950-. (aged 76)
university teacher lawyer judge jurist magistrate
Samuel Anthony Alito Jr. is an American jurist who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was nominated to the high court by President George W. Bush on October 31, 2005, and has served on it since January 31, 2006. After Antonin Scalia, Alito is the second Italian American justice to serve on...
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Sonia Sotomayor

67. Sonia Sotomayor

1954-. (aged 72)
prosecutor university teacher lawyer judge politician
Sonia Maria Sotomayor is an American lawyer and jurist who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. She was nominated by President Barack Obama on May 26, 2009, and has served since August 8, 2009. She is the first Hispanic justice and the third woman U.S. Supreme Court justice.
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David Duchovny

68. David Duchovny

1960-. (aged 66)
film director writer film producer actor film actor
David William Duchovny is an American actor, writer, director and musician. He received his breakthrough with the role of Fox Mulder in The X-Files franchise (1993–2002; 2016–2018) earning a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards and five Screen Actors Guild Awards. He received another Golden Globe for his portrayal of Hank Moody on the...
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Oliver Stone

69. Oliver Stone

1946-. (aged 80)
actor screenwriter director film director documentarian
William Oliver Stone is an American filmmaker. An acclaimed director who tackled subjects ranging from the Vietnam War and American politics to musical biopics and crime dramas, Stone has received numerous accolades including three Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, one Primetime Emmy, three Independent Spirit Awards and six Golden Globes.
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Lance Reddick

70. Lance Reddick

1962-2023 (aged 61)
television actor stage actor film actor musician
Lance Solomon Reddick was an American actor. He portrayed Cedric Daniels in The Wire (2002–2008), Phillip Broyles in Fringe (2008–2013), and Chief Irvin Irving in Bosch (2014–2020). In film, he played Charon in the John Wick franchise (2014–2025) and General Caulfield in White House Down (2013).
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Grace Hopper

71. Grace Hopper

1906-1992 (aged 86)
naval officer university teacher programmer mathematician physicist
Grace Brewster Hopper was an American computer scientist, mathematician, and United States Navy rear admiral. She was a pioneer of computer programming. Hopper was the first to devise the theory of machine-independent programming languages, and used this theory to develop the FLOW-MATIC programming language and COBOL, an early high-level programming language still in use today. She was also one of...
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Meryl Streep

72. Meryl Streep

1949-. (aged 77)
film producer film actor stage actor television actor actor
Mary Louise "Meryl" Streep is an American actress. Known for her versatility and adept accent work, she has been described as "the best actress of her generation". She has received numerous accolades throughout her career spanning over five decades, including three Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, eight Golden Globe Awards, four Emmy Awards, and two Screen Actors Guild...
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John Turturro

73. John Turturro

1957-. (aged 69)
director film actor theatrical director voice actor stage actor
John Michael Turturro is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for his varied roles in independent films, as well as his frequent collaborations with the Coen brothers and Spike Lee. He has received a Primetime Emmy Award and nominations for three Golden Globe Awards.
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Alan Dershowitz

74. Alan Dershowitz

1938-. (aged 88)
art collector lawyer university teacher screenwriter
Alan Morton Dershowitz is an American lawyer and law professor known for his work in U.S. constitutional and criminal law. From 1964 to 2013, he taught at Harvard Law School, where he was appointed as the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law in 1993. Dershowitz is a regular media contributor, political commentator, and legal analyst.
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JD Vance

75. JD Vance

1984-. (aged 42)
corporate lawyer writer merchant skier financier
James David Vance is an American politician and author serving as the 50th vice president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he represented Ohio in the United States Senate from 2023 to 2025.
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William Howard Taft

76. William Howard Taft

1857-1930 (aged 73)
statesperson lawyer pedagogue university teacher writer
William Howard Taft was the 27th president of the United States from 1909 to 1913 and the tenth chief justice of the United States from 1921 to 1930. He is the only person to have held both offices.
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Anita Hill

77. Anita Hill

1956-. (aged 70)
human rights defender lawyer professor women's rights activist
Anita Faye Hill is an American lawyer, educator and author. She is a professor of social policy, law, and women's studies at Brandeis University and a faculty member of the university's Heller School for Social Policy and Management. She became a national figure in 1991 when she accused U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas, her supervisor at the United States...
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Gary Hart

78. Gary Hart

1936-. (aged 90)
novelist lawyer diplomat politician
Gary Warren Hart is an American politician, diplomat, and lawyer. In 1984, he ran for the Democratic presidential nomination, finishing as the runner-up to Walter Mondale; he ran again for the nomination in 1988, and was initially considered the front-runner, but eventually dropped out amid revelations of extramarital affairs. He represented Colorado in the United States Senate from 1975 to...
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James Franco

79. James Franco

1978-. (aged 48)
film editor film actor film producer film director television presenter
James Edward Franco is an American actor and filmmaker. He has starred in numerous films, including Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007), Milk (2008), Eat Pray Love (2010), Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011), Spring Breakers (2012), and Oz the Great and Powerful (2013). He has collaborated with fellow actor Seth Rogen on multiple projects, including Pineapple Express (2008),...
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Van Jones

80. Van Jones

1968-. (aged 58)
human rights defender lawyer pundit civil rights advocate motivational speaker
Anthony Kapel "Van" Jones is an American political analyst, media personality, lawyer, author, and civil rights advocate. He is a three-time New York Times bestselling author, a CNN host and contributor, and an Emmy Award winner.
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Stacey Abrams

81. Stacey Abrams

1973-. (aged 53)
voting rights activist entrepreneur jurist lawyer politician
Stacey Yvonne Abrams is an American politician, lawyer, voting rights activist, and author who served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 2007 to 2017, serving as minority leader from 2011 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Abrams founded Fair Fight Action, an organization to address voter suppression, in 2018. Her efforts have been widely credited with boosting...
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Henry Winkler

82. Henry Winkler

1945-. (aged 81)
film director television actor voice actor television producer film actor
Henry Franklin Winkler is an American actor, producer, director, and author. Widely known as Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli on the sitcom Happy Days (1974–1984), Winkler has distinguished himself as a character actor for roles on stage and screen. His many accolades include three Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards and two Critics Choice Awards.
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Tom Wolfe

83. Tom Wolfe

1930-2018 (aged 88)
journalist non-fiction writer writer reporter prose writer
Thomas Kennerly Wolfe Jr. was an American author and journalist widely known for his association with New Journalism, a style of news writing and journalism developed in the 1960s and 1970s that incorporated literary techniques. Much of Wolfe's work is satirical and centers on the counterculture of the 1960s and issues related to class, social status, and the lifestyles of...
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Frances McDormand

84. Frances McDormand

1957-. (aged 69)
stage actor actor television producer voice actor film producer
Frances Louise McDormand is an American actress and film producer. In a career spanning over four decades, McDormand has received numerous accolades, including four Academy Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award, making her one of the few performers to achieve the "Triple Crown of Acting". Additionally, she has received three British Academy Film Awards, a Golden Globe...
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Dick Cheney

85. Dick Cheney

1941-2025 (aged 84)
autobiographer businessperson entrepreneur vice president merchant
Richard Bruce Cheney was an American politician and businessman who served as the 46th vice president of the United States from 2001 to 2009 under President George W. Bush. He is widely considered to be the most powerful vice president in United States history. A member of the Republican Party, Cheney previously served as White House chief of staff for...
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Anderson Cooper

86. Anderson Cooper

1967-. (aged 59)
television presenter model writer journalist actor
Anderson Hays Cooper is an American broadcast journalist and political commentator who anchors the CNN news broadcast show Anderson Cooper 360°. In addition to his duties at CNN, for two decades Cooper served as a correspondent for 60 Minutes, produced by CBS News. After graduating from Yale University with a Bachelor of Arts in 1989, he began traveling the world,...
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Indra Nooyi

87. Indra Nooyi

1955-. (aged 71)
businessperson
Indra Nooyi is an Indian-born American business executive who was the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of PepsiCo from 2006 to 2018.
Cory Booker

88. Cory Booker

1969-. (aged 57)
jurist lawyer politician
Cory Anthony Booker is an American politician and lawyer serving as the senior United States senator from New Jersey, a seat he has held since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Booker is the first African-American U.S. senator from New Jersey. He was the 38th mayor of Newark from 2006 to 2013, and served on the Municipal Council of...
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Ronan Farrow

89. Ronan Farrow

1987-. (aged 39)
human rights defender jurist lawyer politician documentarian
Satchel Ronan O'Sullivan Farrow is an American journalist. The son of actress Mia Farrow and filmmaker Woody Allen, he is known for his investigative reporting on sexual abuse allegations against film producer Harvey Weinstein, which was published in The New Yorker magazine. The magazine won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for this reporting, sharing the award with The...
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Bill Clinton

90. Bill Clinton

1946-. (aged 80)
lawyer diplomat autobiographer jurist governor
William Jefferson Clinton is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the attorney general of Arkansas from 1977 to 1979 and as the governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981, and again from 1983 to 1992. His centrist...
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Usha Vance

91. Usha Vance

1986-. (aged 40)
lawyer
Usha Bala Vance is an American lawyer who has served as the second lady of the United States since 2025 as the wife of JD Vance, the 50th vice president of the United States. She is the first Indian-American second lady.
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W. Edwards Deming

92. W. Edwards Deming

1900-1993 (aged 93)
economist composer university teacher industrial engineer engineer
William Edwards Deming was an American business theorist, composer, economist, industrial engineer, management consultant, statistician, and writer. Educated initially as an electrical engineer and later specializing in mathematical physics, he helped develop the sampling techniques still used by the United States Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. He is also known as the father of the quality movement,...
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Vincent Price

93. Vincent Price

1911-1993 (aged 82)
writer autobiographer art historian actor film actor
Vincent Leonard Price Jr. was an American actor, known to film audiences for his work in the horror genre, mostly portraying villains. He appeared on stage, television, and radio, and in more than 100 films. Price has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for motion pictures and one for television.
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Alexei Navalny

94. Alexei Navalny

1976-2024 (aged 48)
activist lawyer politician
Alexei Anatolyevich Navalny was a Russian opposition leader, anti-corruption activist and political prisoner. He founded the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) in 2011. He was recognised by Amnesty International as a prisoner of conscience and was awarded the Sakharov Prize for his work on human rights.
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Giuseppe Conte

95. Giuseppe Conte

1964-. (aged 62)
jurist lawyer university teacher politician
Giuseppe Conte is an Italian jurist, academic, and politician who served as prime minister of Italy from June 2018 to February 2021. He has been the president of the Five Star Movement (M5S) since August 2021.
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Judith Butler

96. Judith Butler

1956-. (aged 70)
sociologist university teacher women's rights activist psychoanalyst journalist
Judith Butler is an American feminist, queer philosopher, and gender studies scholar whose work has influenced political philosophy, ethics, psychoanalysis, and the fields of feminist and queer theory, academic freedom, and literary theory.
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Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden

97. Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden

1977-. (aged 49)
diplomat
Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, Duchess of Västergötland is the heir apparent to the Swedish throne as the eldest child of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden. If she ascends to the throne as expected, she will be Sweden's fourth queen regnant (after Margaret, Christina and Ulrika Eleonora) and the first since 1720. Her inheritance is secured...
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Cyril Ramaphosa

98. Cyril Ramaphosa

1952-. (aged 74)
minister politician entrepreneur trade unionist businessperson
Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa is a South African businessman and politician serving as the president of South Africa since 2018. A former anti-apartheid activist and trade union leader, Ramaphosa is also the president of the African National Congress (ANC).
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

99. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

1977-. (aged 49)
poet non-fiction writer novelist short story writer journalist
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a Nigerian writer, whose works include fiction, nonfiction, and lectures. She is widely recognised as a central figure in postcolonial feminist literature.
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