Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Judd Apatow |
Film Director |
6-Dec-1967 |
|
Anchorman, The 40 Year Old Virgin |
Darren Aronofsky |
Film Director |
12-Feb-1969 |
|
Requiem for a Dream |
Ed Asner |
Actor |
15-Nov-1929 |
|
Lou Grant |
John Backus |
Computer Programmer |
3-Dec-1924 |
17-Mar-2007 |
Inventor of BNF, led FORTRAN team |
Kevin Bacon |
Actor |
8-Jul-1958 |
|
Everybody cut Footloose |
William Baldwin |
Actor |
21-Feb-1963 |
|
A Baldwin Brother |
Russell Banks |
Author |
28-Mar-1940 |
|
The Sweet Hereafter |
Julia Barr |
Actor |
8-Feb-1949 |
|
Brooke English in All My Children |
Steven Bauer |
Actor |
2-Dec-1956 |
|
Scarface |
Brian Behlendorf |
Computer Programmer |
30-Mar-1973 |
|
Author of Apache web server |
Frank J. Belatti |
Business |
c. 1948 |
|
Founder of AFC Enterprises |
Tim Berners-Lee |
Computer Programmer |
8-Jun-1955 |
|
Inventor of the World Wide Web |
Steve Bing |
Film Director |
31-Mar-1965 |
|
Film producer and massive political donor |
Jack Black |
Musician |
28-Aug-1969 |
|
Half of Tenacious D |
Joan Blades |
Activist |
c. 1956 |
|
Cofounder of MoveOn.org |
Alan S. Blinder |
Economist |
14-Oct-1945 |
|
Vice Chairman, Federal Reserve |
Elayne Boosler |
Comic |
18-Aug-1952 |
|
Has had 7 cable comedy specials |
Wayne C. Booth |
Critic |
22-Feb-1921 |
10-Oct-2005 |
The Rhetoric of Fiction |
Wes Boyd |
Activist |
c. 1960 |
|
Cofounder of MoveOn.org |
Donna Brazile |
Author |
15-Dec-1959 |
|
Al Gore's 2000 campaign manager |
Amy Brenneman |
Actor |
22-Jun-1964 |
|
Judging Amy |
Jeff Bridges |
Actor |
4-Dec-1949 |
|
The Dude abides |
Christie Brinkley |
Model |
2-Feb-1954 |
|
Supermodel |
John Seely Brown |
Business |
c. 1940 |
|
Director of Xerox PARC, 1990-2000 |
Lester R. Brown |
Activist |
28-Mar-1934 |
|
Earth Policy Institute |
Jackson Browne |
Singer/Songwriter |
9-Oct-1948 |
|
Running on Empty |
Steve Buscemi |
Actor |
13-Dec-1957 |
|
Reservoir Dogs |
Caroline Bynum |
Historian |
1941 |
|
Medieval historian |
Doug Carlston |
Business |
1947 |
|
Co-Founder, Br0derbund Software |
James Carville |
Government |
25-Oct-1944 |
|
Clinton campaign strategist |
Neko Case |
Singer/Songwriter |
8-Sep-1970 |
|
New Pornographers |
Rosanne Cash |
Country Musician |
24-May-1955 |
|
Rhythm and Romance |
Anne Cox Chambers |
Business |
1-Dec-1919 |
|
Billionaire, former US Ambassador to Belgium |
Lois Chiles |
Actor |
15-Apr-1947 |
|
Moonraker |
Margaret Cho |
Comic |
5-Dec-1968 |
|
Loud-mouthed standup comic |
Kevin Corrigan |
Actor |
27-Mar-1969 |
|
Eddie Finnerty on Grounded for Life |
Don Coscarelli |
Film Director |
17-Feb-1954 |
|
Bubba Ho-tep |
Molly J. Coye |
Business |
c. 1946 |
|
Founder, Health Technology Center |
Peter Coyote |
Actor |
10-Oct-1942 |
|
Dennis Ryland on The 4400 |
James Cromwell |
Actor |
27-Jan-1940 |
|
Babe, L.A. Confidential |
John Cusack |
Actor |
28-Jun-1966 |
|
High Fidelity |
Chuck D |
Rapper |
1-Aug-1960 |
|
The rhyme animal |
Matt Damon |
Actor |
8-Oct-1970 |
|
Good Will Hunting |
Frank Darabont |
Film Director |
28-Jan-1959 |
|
The Shawshank Redemption |
Gordon J. Davis |
Attorney |
7-Aug-1941 |
|
Partner, Dewey & LeBoeuf |
Jan de Bont |
Film Director |
22-Oct-1943 |
|
Minority Report |
Benicio Del Toro |
Actor |
19-Feb-1967 |
|
Traffic |
Leonardo DiCaprio |
Actor |
11-Nov-1974 |
|
Titanic |
Annie Dillard |
Author |
30-Apr-1945 |
|
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek |
Betty Dodson |
Author |
24-Aug-1929 |
|
Sex for One |
Richard Donner |
Film Director |
24-Apr-1930 |
|
Superman |
Illeana Douglas |
Actor |
25-Jul-1965 |
|
Grace of My Heart |
Ervin Drake |
Songwriter |
3-Apr-1919 |
15-Jan-2015 |
It Was a Very Good Year |
Richard Dysart |
Actor |
30-Mar-1929 |
5-Apr-2015 |
Leland McKenzie on L.A. Law |
Danny Elfman |
Musician |
29-May-1953 |
|
Oingo Boingo, movie composer |
Hector Elizondo |
Actor |
22-Dec-1936 |
|
Dr. Neven Bell on Monk |
Doug Engelbart |
Computer Programmer |
30-Jan-1925 |
2-Jul-2013 |
Pioneer of human-computer interaction |
Eve Ensler |
Playwright |
25-May-1953 |
|
The Vagina Monologues |
Ben Folds |
Singer/Songwriter |
12-Sep-1966 |
|
Pianist, Ben Folds Five |
Jane Fonda |
Actor |
21-Dec-1937 |
|
Barbarella |
Robert Foxworth |
Actor |
1-Nov-1941 |
|
Chase Gioberti on Falcon Crest |
Al Franken |
Politician |
21-May-1951 |
|
US Senator from Minnesota |
Janeane Garofalo |
Comic |
28-Sep-1964 |
|
Actor, Comedian, Author, Activist |
George Gaynes |
Actor |
16-May-1917 |
|
Henry Warnimont on Punky Brewster |
Michael Gershon |
Scientist |
c. 1936 |
|
Gut neurobiology |
Walter Gilbert |
Chemist |
21-Mar-1932 |
|
Sequencing techniques for DNA |
Todd Gitlin |
Educator |
6-Jan-1943 |
|
Journalism professor, social critic |
Lincoln Gordon |
Diplomat |
10-Sep-1913 |
19-Dec-2009 |
US Ambassador to Brazil, 1961-66 |
Al Gore |
Politician |
31-Mar-1948 |
|
US Vice President under Clinton |
Robert Greenwald |
Film/TV Producer |
28-Aug-1945 |
|
Outfoxed, Xanadu |
Christopher Guest |
Actor |
5-Feb-1948 |
|
This Is Spinal Tap |
Ursula K. Le Guin |
Novelist |
21-Oct-1929 |
|
The Left Hand of Darkness |
John Hall |
Politician |
23-Jul-1948 |
|
Congressman from New York, 2007-11 |
Jan Hammer |
Musician |
17-Apr-1948 |
|
Wrote the theme for Miami Vice |
Gale Harold |
Actor |
10-Jul-1969 |
|
Brian Kinney on Queer as Folk |
Woody Harrelson |
Actor |
23-Jul-1961 |
|
Woody from Cheers |
Ethan Hawke |
Actor |
6-Nov-1970 |
|
Dead Poets Society |
Todd Haynes |
Film Director |
2-Jan-1961 |
|
Far From Heaven |
Buck Henry |
Comic |
9-Dec-1930 |
|
Frequent SNL host |
Leslie Hope |
Actor |
6-May-1965 |
|
Teri Bauer on 24 |
Smokey Hormel |
Guitarist |
1959 |
|
Session guitarist, Beck, Tom Waits |
Mick Jackson |
Film Director |
4-Oct-1943 |
|
The Bodyguard |
Rona Jaffe |
Author |
12-Jun-1932 |
30-Dec-2005 |
Mazes & Monsters |
Michael Patrick Jann |
Film Director |
15-May-1970 |
|
Reno 911!, The State |
Scarlett Johansson |
Actor |
22-Nov-1984 |
|
Ghost World, Lost in Translation |
Jane Kaczmarek |
Actor |
21-Dec-1955 |
|
Pleasantville |
Lawrence Kasdan |
Film/TV Producer |
14-Jan-1949 |
|
The Big Chill |
Garrison Keillor |
Radio Personality |
7-Aug-1942 |
|
A Prairie Home Companion |
Ron Kirk |
Politician |
27-Jun-1954 |
|
US Trade Representative |
David Koepp |
Screenwriter |
9-Jun-1963 |
|
Screenwriter, Jurassic Park |
John Korty |
Film Director |
22-Jul-1936 |
|
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman |
Tony Kushner |
Playwright |
16-Jul-1956 |
|
Angels in America |
Anne Lamott |
Author |
10-Apr-1954 |
|
Operating Instructions |
David L. Lander |
Actor |
22-Jun-1947 |
|
Squiggy on Laverne & Shirley |
Arthur Laurents |
Playwright |
14-Jul-1918 |
5-May-2011 |
West Side Story |
Leon M. Lederman |
Physicist |
15-Jul-1922 |
|
Researcher of neutrinos |
Carol Leifer |
Comic |
27-Jul-1956 |
|
Comic inspired Seinfeld's Elaine |
Gerda Lerner |
Historian |
30-Apr-1920 |
2-Jan-2013 |
The Woman in American History |
Phil Lesh |
Bassist |
15-Mar-1940 |
|
Bassist for Grateful Dead |
Lawrence Lessig |
Attorney |
3-Jun-1961 |
|
Constitutional and internet law |
Matthew Lillard |
Actor |
24-Jan-1970 |
|
Scream, Scooby-Doo, SLC Punk |
Richard Linklater |
Film Director |
30-Jul-1960 |
|
Slacker |
Donal Logue |
Actor |
27-Feb-1966 |
|
Jimmy the Cab Driver |
Scott Lowell |
Actor |
22-Feb-1965 |
|
Ted Schmidt on Queer as Folk |
Lois Lowry |
Author |
19-Feb-1937 |
|
The Giver |
Sidney Lumet |
Film Director |
25-Jun-1924 |
9-Apr-2011 |
Dog Day Afternoon |
Princeton Lyman |
Diplomat |
20-Nov-1935 |
|
US Ambassador to South Africa, 1992-95 |
Norman Mailer |
Author |
31-Jan-1923 |
10-Nov-2007 |
Armies of the Night |
Michael Mann |
Film Director |
5-Feb-1943 |
|
Manhunter |
Moby |
Electronic Musician |
11-Sep-1965 |
|
Play |
Michael Moore |
Film Director |
23-Apr-1954 |
|
Fahrenheit 9/11 |
Alanis Morissette |
Singer |
1-Jun-1974 |
|
Jagged Little Pill |
Errol Morris |
Film Director |
5-Feb-1948 |
|
Documentary filmmaker |
Rob Morrow |
Actor |
21-Sep-1962 |
|
Fleischman on Northern Exposure |
Dennis Muren |
Artist |
1-Nov-1946 |
|
Special effects for Star Wars |
Kathy Najimy |
Actor |
6-Feb-1957 |
|
Voice of Peggy on King of the Hill |
Graham Nash |
Musician |
2-Feb-1942 |
|
Crosby, Stills, and Nash |
Allan P. Newell |
Business |
c. 1946 |
|
Newell-Rubbermaid heir |
Leonard Nimoy |
Actor |
26-Mar-1931 |
27-Feb-2015 |
Commander Spock on Star Trek |
Tim O'Reilly |
Publisher |
6-Jun-1954 |
|
Publisher, O'Reilly Media |
Patton Oswalt |
Comic |
27-Jan-1969 |
|
King of Queens |
Nell Irvin Painter |
Historian |
2-Aug-1942 |
|
Creating Black Americans |
Sara Paretsky |
Novelist |
8-Jun-1947 |
|
V. I. Warshawski detective novels |
Eli Pariser |
Activist |
17-Dec-1980 |
|
MoveOn.org |
Sean Penn |
Actor |
17-Aug-1960 |
|
Fast Times at Ridgemont High |
Rhea Perlman |
Actor |
31-Mar-1948 |
|
Cheers |
Mekhi Phifer |
Actor |
29-Dec-1974 |
|
Dr. Greg Pratt on E.R. |
Bonnie Raitt |
Singer |
8-Nov-1949 |
|
Redhaired blueswoman |
David Rakoff |
Author |
27-Nov-1964 |
9-Aug-2012 |
Don't Get Too Comfortable |
David Rasche |
Actor |
7-Aug-1944 |
|
Sledge Hammer! |
David Rees |
Cartoonist |
1972 |
|
Get Your War On |
Rob Reiner |
Actor |
6-Mar-1947 |
|
Meathead |
Paul Reiser |
Actor |
30-Mar-1957 |
|
Mad About You |
Ryan Reynolds |
Actor |
23-Oct-1976 |
|
Van Wilder |
Patricia Richardson |
Actor |
23-Feb-1951 |
|
Tim's wife on Home Improvement |
Burton Richter |
Physicist |
22-Mar-1931 |
|
Co-Discoverer of J/psi meson |
Deborah D. Rieman |
Business |
c. 1951 |
|
CEO of CheckPoint Software, 1995-99 |
Ron Rifkin |
Actor |
31-Oct-1939 |
|
Arvin Sloane on Alias |
Ron Rivest |
Computer Programmer |
1947 |
|
The R in RSA |
Tim Robbins |
Actor |
16-Oct-1958 |
|
The Player, Jacob's Ladder |
Rebecca Romijn |
Model |
6-Nov-1972 |
|
Swimsuit supermodel |
Richard Rorty |
Philosopher |
4-Oct-1931 |
8-Jun-2007 |
Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature |
Edwin E. Salpeter |
Astronomer |
3-Dec-1924 |
26-Nov-2008 |
Quantitative electron microscopic autoradiography |
Herbert Sandler |
Philanthropist |
16-Nov-1931 |
|
Golden West Financial |
Marion O. Sandler |
Philanthropist |
17-Oct-1930 |
1-Jun-2012 |
Golden West Financial |
Susan Sarandon |
Actor |
4-Oct-1946 |
|
Louise in Thelma and Louise |
John Sayles |
Film Director |
28-Sep-1950 |
|
The Secret of Roan Inish |
Ed Schultz |
Radio Personality |
27-Jan-1954 |
|
Talk radio host |
Kyra Sedgwick |
Actor |
19-Aug-1965 |
|
The Closer |
Tony Shalhoub |
Actor |
9-Oct-1953 |
|
Monk |
Martin Sheen |
Actor |
3-Aug-1940 |
|
The West Wing |
Wil Shipley |
Computer Programmer |
16-Oct-1969 |
|
The Omni Group, Delicious Monster |
Ione Skye |
Actor |
4-Sep-1971 |
|
Say Anything |
Alan Sokal |
Hoaxer |
1955 |
|
Transgressing the Boundaries |
Aaron Sorkin |
Author |
9-Jun-1961 |
|
The West Wing, Sports Night |
George Soros |
Business |
12-Aug-1930 |
|
Financial speculator |
Hal Sparks |
Actor |
25-Sep-1969 |
|
Michael Novotny on Queer as Folk |
Art Spiegelman |
Cartoonist |
15-Feb-1948 |
|
Maus |
Jack Steinberger |
Physicist |
25-May-1921 |
|
Researcher of neutrinos |
Julia Stiles |
Actor |
28-Mar-1981 |
|
10 Things I Hate About You |
Michael Stipe |
Musician |
4-Jan-1960 |
|
Lead singer of R.E.M. |
Mike Stoller |
Songwriter |
13-Mar-1933 |
|
Hitmaker for Elvis |
Rider Strong |
Actor |
11-Dec-1979 |
|
Shawn on Boy Meets World |
Deborah Tannen |
Linguist |
7-Jun-1951 |
|
You Just Don't Understand |
Sheri S. Tepper |
Author |
16-Jul-1929 |
|
The Gate to Women's Country |
Heather Thomas |
Actor |
8-Sep-1957 |
|
Jody Banks on The Fall Guy |
Lily Tomlin |
Actor |
1-Sep-1939 |
|
Laugh-In |
Gus Van Sant |
Film Director |
24-Jul-1952 |
|
My Own Private Idaho |
Eddie Vedder |
Singer |
23-Dec-1964 |
|
Lead singer, Pearl Jam |
John Warnock |
Computer Programmer |
6-Oct-1940 |
|
Co-Founder of Adobe |
Steven Weber |
Actor |
4-Mar-1961 |
|
Brian Hackett on Wings |
Jann Wenner |
Business |
7-Jan-1946 |
|
Publisher of Rolling Stone magazine |
Terry Winograd |
Scientist |
24-Feb-1946 |
|
Understanding Natural Language |
Edward Witten |
Physicist |
26-Aug-1951 |
|
String theorist at Princeton |
Tobias Wolff |
Author |
19-Jun-1945 |
|
The Barracks Thief |
Howard Wolfson |
Government |
c. 1967 |
|
Hillary Clinton campaign spokesman |
Steve Wozniak |
Computer Programmer |
11-Aug-1950 |
|
Co-Founder of Apple Computer |
Phil Zimmermann |
Computer Programmer |
12-Feb-1954 |
|
Creator of PGP |