| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caroline Aaron | Character actress, 1980s to present | |||
| Paula Abdul | Singer, later American Idol judge | |||
| Walter Abish | Alphabetical Africa | |||
| Paul Ableman | I Hear Voices | |||
| Jack Abramoff | Lobbyist, incarcerated | |||
| Max Abramovitz | Designed UN Headquarters | |||
| Dan Abrams | Host of MSNBC's The Abrams Report | |||
| Elliott Abrams | Asst. Secy. of State involved in Iran-Contra | |||
| Floyd Abrams | First Amendment lawyer | |||
| J. J. Abrams | Alias and Lost | |||
| M. H. Abrams | The Mirror and the Lamp | |||
| Jerry Abramson | Mayor of Louisville | |||
| Dannie Abse | Ash on a Young Man's Sleeve | |||
| Leo Abse | Labour MP for Torfaen, 1983-87 | |||
| Bella Abzug | Feminist and former Congresswoman | |||
| André Aciman | Out of Egypt | |||
| Kathy Acker | Blood and Guts in High School | |||
| Gary Ackerman | Congressman, New York 5th | |||
| King Ad-Rock | Beastie Boys | |||
| Joey Adams | Borscht Belt comedian | |||
| Sheldon Adelson | Las Vegas billionaire | |||
| Alfred Adler | Founder of Individual Psychology | |||
| Dean S. Adler | Lubert-Adler Management | |||
| Felix Adler | Ethical Culture | |||
| John Adler | Congressman, New Jersey 3rd | |||
| Luther Adler | Broadway actor | |||
| Robert Adler | Invented wireless remote control | |||
| Stella Adler | Theater actress, Group Theater | |||
| Shai Agassi | Former executive, SAP | |||
| Shmuel Agnon | 'Tmol Shilshom | |||
| Larry Agran | Twice Mayor of Irvine, California | |||
| Fred E. Ahlert | I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter | |||
| Amy Alcott | Winner of 5 Majors | |||
| Sholem Aleichem | Fiddler on the Roof | |||
| Jason Alexander | George Costanza on Seinfeld | |||
| Samuel Alexander | Space, Time, and Deity | |||
| Mel Allen | Sportscaster, Voice of the Yankees | |||
| Woody Allen | Annie Hall | |||
| Gloria Allred | Feminist lawyer | |||
| Barry J. Alperin | Former Vice Chairman of Hasbro | |||
| Herb Alpert | Tijuana Brass, Co-Founder, A&M Records | |||
| Lyle Alzado | Steroid-using defensive lineman | |||
| Ed Ames | Try to Remember | |||
| Yigal Amir | Assassin of Yitzhak Rabin | |||
| Gilbert M. Anderson | Broncho Billy | |||
| Christian Anfinsen | Molecular structure of proteins | |||
| Walter Annenberg | Media mogul, created TV Guide | |||
| Eddie Antar | Crazy Eddie | |||
| Mary Antin | The Promised Land | |||
| Herod Antipas | Put John the Baptist to death | |||
| Judd Apatow | Anchorman, The 40 Year Old Virgin | |||
| Aharon Appelfeld | In the Wilderness | |||
| Max Apple | I Love Gootie | |||
| Nicole Appleton | All Saints | |||
| Diane Arbus | Influential photographer | |||
| Army Archerd | Variety's gossip columnist | |||
| Hannah Arendt | Origins of Totalitarianism | |||
| Moshe Arens | Likud Minister | |||
| Ted Arison | Founder of Carnival Cruise Line | |||
| Adam Arkin | Dr. Aaron Shutt on Chicago Hope | |||
| Alan Arkin | Catch 22 | |||
| Harold Arlen | Wrote score to Wizard of Oz | |||
| Roland Arnall | Ameriquest billionaire | |||
| Tom Arnold | Ex-Husband of Roseanne Barr | |||
| Raymond Aron | Political philosopher, social theorist | |||
| Darren Aronofsky | Pi, Requiem for a Dream | |||
| Bernard W. Aronson | ACON Investments LLC | |||
| David Arquette | Muppets From Space | |||
| Patricia Arquette | Ed Wood | |||
| Rosanna Arquette | Desperately Seeking Susan | |||
| Bea Arthur | Maude and The Golden Girls | |||
| Sholem Asch | Yiddish novelist | |||
| Leon Askin | General Burkhalter on Hogan's Heroes | |||
| Ed Asner | Lou Grant | |||
| Izzy Asper | Founder, CanWest Global | |||
| Harvey Atkin | Sgt. Coleman on Cagney and Lacey | |||
| Leopold Auer | Hungarian violinist, teacher | |||
| Robert J. Aumann | Game theorist | |||
| Mili Avital | Stargate | |||
| Julius Axelrod | Research of neurotransmitters | |||
| Hank Azaria | Moe and Apu on The Simpsons | |||
| Irving Azoff | Rock music mogul | |||
| Milton Babbitt | Music for Synthesizer | |||
| Isaac Babel | Soviet master of short stories | |||
| Hector Babenco | Kiss of the Spider Woman | |||
| Lauren Bacall | Key Largo | |||
| Barbara Bach | Atook zug zug Lana | |||
| Lawrence S. Bacow | President, Tufts University | |||
| Leo Baeck | Progressive Jewish Rabbi | |||
| Carroll Baker | Baby Doll | |||
| Bob Balaban | Parents | |||
| Michael Balcon | Eealing Studios | |||
| Steve Ballmer | CEO of Microsoft | |||
| Elizabeth Banks | The Baxter | |||
| John Banner | Sgt. Schultz on Hogan's Heroes | |||
| Theda Bara | A Fool There Was | |||
| Ehud Barak | Prime Minister of Israel, 1999-2001 | |||
| Robert Bárány | Studied inner ear, equilibrium system | |||
| Daniel Barenboim | Director, Berlin State Opera | |||
| Ike Barinholtz | MADtv | |||
| Ellen Barkin | Siesta | |||
| Roseanne Barr | Roseanne | |||
| Barbara Barrie | Mrs. Barney Miller | |||
| Gene Barry | The War of the Worlds | |||
| Todd Barry | Worst Guest of the Week | |||
| Stanley F. Barshay | Schering-Plough executive | |||
| Peter Bart | Former editor of Variety | |||
| Justin Bartha | National Treasure | |||
| Bernard M. Baruch | Coined the term Cold War | |||
| Burt Baskin | Co-Founder of Baskin-Robbins | |||
| Leonard Baskin | Sculptor and printmaker | |||
| Alfie Bass | Bootsie and Snudge | |||
| Randall Batinkoff | For Keeps | |||
| Otto Bauer | Austrian Marxist | |||
| Vicki Baum | Grand Hotel | |||
| Abraham D. Beame | Mayor of New York City, 1974-77 | |||
| Julian Beck | Reverend Kane in Poltergeist II | |||
| Menachem Begin | Prime Minister of Israel, 1977-82 | |||
| Anthony Beilenson | Congressman from California, 1977-97 | |||
| Peter Beinart | Washington Post columnist | |||
| Joshua Bekenstein | Bain Capital | |||
| David Belasco | Madame Butterfly | |||
| Naaman Belkind | Israeli spy | |||
| Joshua Bell | Violin virtuoso | |||
| Saul Bellow | The Adventures of Augie March | |||
| Richard Belzer | Munch on Homicide, Law & Order: SVU | |||
| Shlomo Ben-Ami | Israeli Foreign Minister, 2000-01 | |||
| David Ben-Gurion | First Prime Minister of Israel | |||
| Yitzhak Ben-Zvi | President of Israel, 1952-63 | |||
| Baruj Benacerraf | Gene control of HLA antigens | |||
| Laslo Benedek | The Wild One | |||
| H. Jon Benjamin | Coach McGuirk on Home Movies | |||
| Richard Benjamin | Westworld | |||
| Walter Benjamin | The Arcades Project | |||
| Jack Benny | The Jack Benny Show | |||
| Barbi Benton | Hee-Haw regular, 1971-76 | |||
| Daniel Benzali | Ted Hoffman on Murder One | |||
| Marisa Berenson | Barry Lyndon | |||
| Boris Berezovsky | Russian oligarch, now in Israel | |||
| Justin Berfield | Malcolm in the Middle | |||
| Alan Berg | Murdered radio host | |||
| Gertrude Berg | The Goldbergs | |||
| Nick Berg | US contractor, beheaded on Iraq videotape | |||
| Carolyn Berger | Justice, Delaware Supreme Court | |||
| Samuel D. Berger | US Ambassador to South Korea, 1961-64 | |||
| Sandy Berger | National Security Advisor for Bill Clinton | |||
| Victor L. Berger | Socialist Rep. from Wisconsin | |||
| Gustav Bergmann | Ontologist | |||
| Henri Bergson | L'Évolution Créatrice | |||
| Shelley Berkley | Congresswoman, Nevada 1st | |||
| Milton Berle | Mr. Television | |||
| Irving Berlin | White Christmas, God Bless America | |||
| Isaiah Berlin | The Hedgehog and the Fox | |||
| Warren Berlinger | American character actor | |||
| Chris Berman | Sportscaster on ESPN | |||
| Howard Berman | Congressman, California 28th | |||
| Shelley Berman | Inside Shelley Berman | |||
| Ben Bernanke | Federal Reserve Chairman | |||
| Herschel Bernardi | Voiced Charlie the Tuna, Jolly Green Giant | |||
| Edward Bernays | Propaganda | |||
| Sandra Bernhard | The King of Comedy | |||
| Curtis Bernhardt | A Stolen Life | |||
| Sarah Bernhardt | French theatre actress | |||
| Alan S. Bernikow | Deputy CEO, Deloitte & Touche, 1998-2003 | |||
| Carl Bernstein | Broke the Watergate story | |||
| Eduard Bernstein | Evolutionary Socialism | |||
| Leonard Bernstein | Conductor, New York Philharmonic | |||
| Stuart Bernstein | US Ambassador to Denmark, 2001-05 | |||
| Claude Berri | Jean de Florette | |||
| John Berry | The Bad News Bears Go to Japan | |||
| Gary Bertini | Music Director, Jerusalem Symphony, 1978-87 | |||
| Joe Besser | The Three Stooges | |||
| Bruno Bettelheim | Fraudulent child psychologist | |||
| Harold Beznos | Michigan real estate developer | |||
| Hayyim Nahman Bialik | Foremost Hebrew poet | |||
| Mayim Bialik | Blossom Russo on Blossom | |||
| Kenneth Bialkin | Mergers & Acquisitions lawyer | |||
| Theodore Bikel | The Defiant Ones | |||
| Rudolf Bing | Manager of the NY Metropolitan Opera, 1950-72 | |||
| Stanley Bing | Columnist for Fortune | |||
| László Bíró | Ballpoint pen | |||
| Joey Bishop | Rat Pack member | |||
| Claudia Black | Aeryn Sun on Farscape | |||
| Eli Black | Swan dive onto Park Avenue | |||
| Jack Black | Half of Tenacious D | |||
| Jay Black | Second "Jay" fronting Jay and the Americans | |||
| Leon Black | Billionaire, Apollo Management | |||
| Lewis Black | Rants on The Daily Show | |||
| Michael Ian Black | The State | |||
| David Blaine | World's least engrossing daredevil | |||
| Selma Blair | A Dirty Shame | |||
| Brad Blakeman | Republican strategist | |||
| Mel Blanc | Man of 1,000 Voices | |||
| Arthur Blank | Co-Founder of Home Depot | |||
| Robert S. Blank | Whitcom Partners | |||
| Yasmine Bleeth | Baywatch | |||
| Jeffrey L. Bleustein | CEO of Harley-Davidson, 1997-2005 | |||
| Wolf Blitzer | The Situation Room | |||
| Ernest Bloch | Schelomo | |||
| Felix Bloch | Studied nuclear magnetic resonance | |||
| Henry Bloch | Co-Founder of H&R Bloch | |||
| Konrad Bloch | Cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism | |||
| Richard Bloch | H&R Block, cancer activist | |||
| Allan Bloom | The Closing of the American Mind | |||
| Michael Bloomberg | Mayor of New York City | |||
| Mike Bloomfield | Guitarist, Paul Butterfield Blues Band | |||
| Ben Blue | The Big Broadcast of 1938 | |||
| Léon Blum | Thrice Prime Minister of France | |||
| Baruch S. Blumberg | Hepatitis B vaccine | |||
| Judy Blume | Author of children's books | |||
| Sidney Blumenthal | Advisor to Bill and Hillary Clinton | |||
| W. Michael Blumenthal | US Secretary of the Treasury, 1977-79 | |||
| Franz Boas | Father of American Anthropology | |||
| Steven Bochco | Cop Rock | |||
| Lloyd Bochner | It's a cookbook | |||
| Jerry Bock | Fiorello! | |||
| Artur Bodanzky | Opera Conductor at the NY Met, 1915-39 | |||
| Peter Bogdanovich | The Last Picture Show | |||
| Danny J. Boggs | 6th Circuit Court of Appeals | |||
| Irving Bolotin | Senior VP at Lennar, 1972-98 | |||
| Josh Bolten | White House Chief of Staff | |||
| Michael Bolton | Love Is a Wonderful Thing | |||
| Lisa Bonet | Denise on The Cosby Show | |||
| Murray Bookchin | The Ecology of Freedom | |||
| Daniel Boorstin | The Creators | |||
| Elayne Boosler | Has had 7 cable comedy specials | |||
| Victor Borge | Comedic pianist | |||
| Max Born | Pioneer of quantum mechanics | |||
| Steven M. Bornstein | President of ESPN, 1990-99 | |||
| Alex Borstein | Ms. Swan on MADtv | |||
| Rudy Boschwitz | US Senator from Minnesota, 1978-91 | |||
| Tom Bosley | Dad on Happy Days | |||
| Shmuley Boteach | Shalom in the Home | |||
| Elsbeth Bothe | Baltimore Circuit Court Judge, retired | |||
| Leon Botstein | President of Bard College | |||
| Lou Boudreau | MLB Shortstop, Hall of Famer | |||
| Rob Bourdon | Linkin Park drummer | |||
| Caprice Bourret | Model and actress and singer and whatever | |||
| Barbara Boxer | US Senator from California | |||
| Zach Braff | Scrubs | |||
| Myles Brand | President of the NCAA, 2003-09 | |||
| Louis D. Brandeis | US Supreme Court Justice, 1916-39 | |||
| Ryan Braun | Milwaukee Brewers | |||
| Gregory Breit | Proton-proton dispersion | |||
| David Brenner | Guest on Tonight Show 158 times | |||
| Sydney Brenner | Genetic regulation of organ development | |||
| Stephen Breyer | US Supreme Court Justice | |||
| Fanny Brice | The Baby Snooks Show | |||
| Myron H. Bright | 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1968-85 | |||
| Ronald M. Brill | Former EVP, Home Depot | |||
| Sergey Brin | Co-Founder of Google | |||
| Jenne K. Britell | Structured Ventures, Inc. | |||
| Leon Brittan | UK Home Secretary, 1983-85 | |||
| Max Brod | The Redemption of Tycho Brahe | |||
| Joseph Brodsky | Social parasite turned Poet Laureate | |||
| Adam Brody | Seth Cohen on The O.C. | |||
| Adrien Brody | The Pianist | |||
| Eleanor Bron | A Touch of Love | |||
| Charles Bronfman | Fifth richest person in Canada | |||
| Edgar Bronfman, Jr. | CEO of Seagram, Warner Music, etc | |||
| Edgar Bronfman, Sr. | CEO of Seagram's until 1994 | |||
| Anita Brookner | Hotel Du Lac | |||
| Albert Brooks | Broadcast News | |||
| David Brooks | Shields and Brooks | |||
| Mel Brooks | Blazing Saddles | |||
| Richard Brooks | In Cold Blood | |||
| Georgia Brown | The Raging Moon | |||
| Harold Brown | US Secretary of Defense, 1977-81 | |||
| Herbert C. Brown | Discovered organoboranes | |||
| Lew Brown | Beer Barrel Polka | |||
| Lenny Bruce | Multiply obscene comic | |||
| Jerry Bruckheimer | Bombastic Movie Producer | |||
| David Brudnoy | Boston talk radio host | |||
| Patrick Bruel | Force Majeure | |||
| Martin Buber | Ich und Du | |||
| Art Buchwald | Syndicated columnist and humorist | |||
| Gordon Bunshaft | Skyscraper architect | |||
| Brooke Burke | Co-Host, Dancing with the Stars | |||
| Arnold I. Burns | Deputy US Attorney General, 1986-88 | |||
| George Burns | Oh, God! | |||
| Abe Burrows | Co-Author, Guys and Dolls | |||
| Frederick Busch | Don't Tell Anyone | |||
| Harold Butler | Founder of Denny's | |||
| Jerry Butler | 10 1/2 Weeks | |||
| Judith Butler | Gender Trouble | |||
| Red Buttons | They Shoot Horses Don't They? | |||
| Seymore Butts | Family Business | |||
| Samuel Byck | Unsuccessful Nixon assassin | |||
| Amanda Bynes | All That | |||
| James Caan | Vegas, Elf | |||
| Susan Cabot | The Wasp Woman | |||
| Irving Caesar | Tea for Two | |||
| Sid Caesar | Your Show of Shows | |||
| Sammy Cahn | Three Coins in the Fountain | |||
| Hortense Calisher | In the Absence of Angels | |||
| Elias Canetti | Crowds and Power | |||
| Eddie Cantor | Banjo Eyes | |||
| Eric Cantor | Congressman, Virginia 7th | |||
| Robert Capa | War photographer | |||
| Lizzy Caplan | Kat Warbler on The Class | |||
| Kate Capshaw | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | |||
| Benjamin L. Cardin | US Senator from Maryland | |||
| Kitty Carlisle | A Night at the Opera | |||
| Robert Caro | Biographer of Lyndon Johnson | |||
| Nell Carter | Housekeeper on Gimme A Break | |||
| Mama Cass | The Mamas and the Papas | |||
| René Cassin | Legal scholar, Nobel Prize recipient | |||
| Ernst Cassirer | The Myth of the State | |||
| William Castle | House on Haunted Hill | |||
| Phoebe Cates | Fast Times at Ridgemont High | |||
| Safra A. Catz | President & CFO of Oracle | |||
| Stanley Cavell | Professor of Aesthetics, Harvard | |||
| Paul Celan | Todesfuge | |||
| Emanuel Celler | Congressman from New York, 1923-73 | |||
| Bennett Cerf | Founder of Random House | |||
| Michael Chabon | The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay | |||
| Marc Chagall | I and the Village | |||
| Ernst B. Chain | Discovered penicillin | |||
| Jonathan Chait | Senior Editor, The New Republic | |||
| Mona Charen | Conservative columnist | |||
| Larry Charles | Seinfeld writer, also directed Borat | |||
| Jule Charney | Quasi-gesotrophic theory | |||
| Paddy Chayefsky | Network | |||
| Michael Chertoff | US Homeland Security Czar | |||
| Alfred Chester | The Exquisite Corpse | |||
| Judy Chicago | The Birth Project | |||
| Alex Chiu | Inventor of magnetic immortality rings | |||
| Bruce Chizen | CEO of Adobe, 2000-07 | |||
| Emmanuelle Chriqui | Sloan on Entourage | |||
| Connie Chung | NBC news anchor | |||
| Aaron Ciechanover | Ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation | |||
| André Citroën | Europe's Henry Ford | |||
| Buddy Clark | How Are Things in Glocca Mora | |||
| Marcia Clark | Former O.J. prosecutor | |||
| Robert Clary | LeBeau on Hogan's Heroes | |||
| Andrew Dice Clay | Ford Fairlane | |||
| Daniel Clowes | Eightball, Ghost World, David Boring | |||
| Andrei Codrescu | Exquisite Corpse | |||
| Ethan Coen | Half of the Coen brothers | |||
| Joel Coen | Half of the Coen brothers | |||
| Ben Cohen | Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc. | |||
| Betsy Z. Cohen | CEO of RAIT Investment Trust, 1997-2006 | |||
| Eli Cohen | Israel's greatest spy | |||
| Jared Cohen | Children of Jihad | |||
| Leonard Cohen | Everybody Knows | |||
| Morris Raphael Cohen | Reason and Nature | |||
| Myron Cohen | Borscht Belt comic | |||
| Peter A. Cohen | CEO of Shearson Lehman, 1983-90 | |||
| Rob Cohen | The Fast and the Furious | |||
| Ronald Cohen | British venture capitalist, Apax | |||
| Sacha Baron Cohen | Boyakasha! Respec | |||
| Scott Cohen | The 10th Kingdom | |||
| Stanley Cohen | Nerve and skin cell growth factors | |||
| Steve Cohen | Congressman, Tennessee 9th | |||
| Wilbur J. Cohen | HEW Secretary, 1968-69 | |||
| Claude Cohen-Tannoudji | Trapped atoms with laser light | |||
| Marc Cohn | Walking In Memphis | |||
| Mindy Cohn | Natalie on The Facts of Life | |||
| Roy Cohn | Joseph McCarthy's henchman | |||
| Steven Cojocaru | Entertainment Tonight fashion critic | |||
| Cy Coleman | Hey, Big Spender | |||
| Norm Coleman | US Senator from Minnesota, 2003-09 | |||
| Jackie Collins | Hollywood Wives | |||
| Lauren Collins | Degrassi: The Next Generation | |||
| Alan Colmes | Hannity & Colmes | |||
| Betty Comden | Singin' in the Rain | |||
| Joe Conason | New York Observer political columnist | |||
| Jennifer Connelly | Betty Ross in The Hulk | |||
| Con Conrad | The Continental | |||
| Leon G. Cooperman | Omega Advisors, Inc. | |||
| Aaron Copland | Fanfare for the Common Man | |||
| David Copperfield | Disappeared the Statue of Liberty | |||
| Sam Coppersmith | Congressman from Arizona, 1993-95 | |||
| Ricardo Cortez | The Torrent | |||
| Howard Cosell | Straight-shooting, toupee-wearing commentator | |||
| Jim Cramer | Mad Money | |||
| Norma Crane | Fiddler on the Roof | |||
| Norm Crosby | Stand-up and nightclub comic | |||
| James S. Crown | Henry Crown and Company | |||
| Lester Crown | CEO of Henry Crown & Co. | |||
| Billy Crystal | When Harry Met Sally | |||
| James W. Crystal | Frank Crystal & Company | |||
| Peter D. Cummings | Ram Realty Services | |||
| Tony Curtis | Some Like It Hot | |||
| Disco D | Ghetto-tech DJ | |||
| Mike D | Beastie Boys | |||
| Meir Dagan | Chief of the Israeli Mossad | |||
| Edward Dahlberg | Because I Was Flesh | |||
| Marcel Dalio | The Sun Also Rises | |||
| Stuart Damon | Alan Quartermaine on General Hospital | |||
| Walter Damrosch | Conductor, popularizer of music | |||
| Rodney Dangerfield | Never did get no respect | |||
| Erin Daniels | The L Word | |||
| Marc Dann | Attorney General of Ohio | |||
| Sam Dash | Chief counsel, Senate Watergate committee | |||
| Jules Dassin | Topkapi | |||
| Hal David | Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head | |||
| Larry David | Seinfeld co-creator, Curb Your Enthusiasm | |||
| Mack David | La vie en rose | |||
| Mario Davidovsky | Synchronisms | |||
| Andrew Davis | The Fugitive | |||
| Brandon Davis | Oil heir, pal of Paris Hilton | |||
| Clive Davis | Founder of Arista Records | |||
| Lanny J. Davis | White House Counsel, 1996-98 | |||
| Marvin Davis | Oil magnate, former owner of 20th Century Fox | |||
| Paige Davis | Katie Couric lookalike on Trading Spaces | |||
| Sammy Davis, Jr. | Coolest hepcat in the Rat Pack | |||
| Susan Davis | Congresswoman, California 53rd | |||
| Moshe Dayan | Israeli military leader | |||
| Taylor Dayne | Tell It to My Heart | |||
| Midge Decter | Neoconservative maven | |||
| Michael Dell | Founder of Dell Computer | |||
| Brad Delson | Guitarist for Linkin Park | |||
| Cecil B. DeMille | Pioneering film director | |||
| Jacques Derrida | Deconstructionism, Intellectual Terrorist | |||
| Alan Dershowitz | Lawyer, represented Klaus von Bulow | |||
| Natalie Dessay | Coloratura soprano | |||
| John Deutch | CIA Director, 1995-96 | |||
| Donny Deutsch | CNBC talk show host | |||
| Martin Deutsch | Discovered positronium | |||
| Peter Deutsch | Congressman from Florida, 1993-2005 | |||
| Neil Diamond | Cherry Baby | |||
| Don Diamont | The Young and the Restless | |||
| Charles M. Diker | Diker Management LLC | |||
| Barry Diller | CEO of USA Interactive Corp. | |||
| DJ AM | New York Club DJ | |||
| Stanley Donen | Singin' in the Rain | |||
| Kirk Douglas | Spartacus | |||
| Melvyn Douglas | Being There | |||
| Michael Douglas | Wall Street | |||
| Fran Drescher | The Nanny | |||
| Alfred Dreyfus | Dreyfus Affair scapegoat | |||
| Richard Dreyfuss | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | |||
| Orvil Dryfoos | New York Times Publisher, 1961-63 | |||
| Jacqueline du Pré | Cellist | |||
| David Duchovny | Mulder on The X-Files | |||
| Patricia Duff | Ron Perelman's ex-wife | |||
| Kitty Dukakis | Wife of Michael Dukakis | |||
| Émile Durkheim | Rules of the Sociological Method | |||
| Stanley H. Durwood | Father of the multi-screen movie theater | |||
| Andrea Dworkin | Anti-pornography activist | |||
| Bob Dylan | The Times They Are A-Changin' | |||
| Jakob Dylan | Head Wallflower and Bob Dylan's son | |||
| Abba Eban | Foreign Minister of Israel, 1966-74 | |||
| Fred Ebb | Top Broadway lyricist, Cabaret | |||
| Gerald M. Edelman | Chemical structure of antibodies | |||
| Irwin Edman | Philosopher’s Holiday | |||
| Gus Edwards | By the Light of the Silvery Moon | |||
| Zac Efron | High School Musical | |||
| Paul Ehrlich | Father of chemotherapy | |||
| David Eigenberg | Steve Brady on Sex and the City | |||
| David Einhorn | Jewish reform movement | |||
| Ira Einhorn | Earth Day founder turned killer | |||
| Carol B. Einiger | Post Rock Advisors LLC | |||
| Hallie Kate Eisenberg | Beautiful | |||
| Warren Eisenberg | Co-Founder, Bed Bath and Beyond | |||
| Sergei Eisenstein | Alexander Nevsky | |||
| Hanns Eisler | German radical composer | |||
| Will Eisner | Turned comic book authors into Sequential Artists | |||
| Stuart Eizenstat | US Ambassador to the EU, 1993-96 | |||
| Danny Elfman | Oingo Boingo, movie composer | |||
| Richard Elfman | Forbidden Zone | |||
| Gertrude B. Elion | Developed medicines for leukemia, herpes, AIDS | |||
| Stanley Elkin | The Living End | |||
| Larry Ellison | CEO of Oracle | |||
| Richard Ellmann | James Joyce | |||
| Mischa Elman | Ukrainian-American violin prodigy | |||
| Charles M. Elson | Economist, University of Delaware | |||
| Edward E. Elson | US Ambassador to Denmark, 1994-98 | |||
| Rahm Emanuel | White House Chief of Staff | |||
| Robert Emden | Stellar structure | |||
| Eliot Engel | Congressman, New York 17th | |||
| Eve Ensler | The Vagina Monologues | |||
| Nora Ephron | When Harry Met Sally | |||
| Brian Epstein | Manager of The Beatles | |||
| Jacob Epstein | Strand Statues | |||
| Jeffrey E. Epstein | Reclusive money manager | |||
| Theo Epstein | General Manager of the Boston Red Sox | |||
| Ben Erdreich | Congressman from Alabama, 1983-93 | |||
| Erik Erikson | Eight Stages of Childhood | |||
| Joseph Erlanger | Nerve conduction | |||
| Levi Eshkol | Third Prime Minister of Israel | |||
| Susan Estrich | Fox News liberal | |||
| Ray Evans | Que Sera Sera | |||
| Robert Evans | The Kid Stays In The Picture | |||
| Sammy Fain | Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing | |||
| Peter Falk | Detective Columbo | |||
| Stacey Farber | Ellie Nash on Degrassi | |||
| Perry Farrell | Lead singer of Jane's Addiction | |||
| Howard Fast | Spartacus | |||
| Andrew Fastow | Disgraced CFO of Enron | |||
| Jon Favreau | Swingers | |||
| Frances Faye | Out, Lesbian nightclub singer | |||
| Oded Fehr | Resident Evil: Apocalypse | |||
| Jules Feiffer | Can't draw but writes like a master | |||
| Steve Feinberg | Cerberus Capital Management | |||
| Russ Feingold | US Senator from Wisconsin | |||
| Dianne Feinstein | US Senator from California | |||
| Leonard Feinstein | Co-Founder, Bed Bath and Beyond | |||
| Michael Feinstein | Revives the Great American Songbook | |||
| Douglas Feith | Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, 2001-05 | |||
| Meyer Feldberg | Dean of Columbia Business School, 1989-2004 | |||
| George Feldenkreis | CEO of Perry Ellis International | |||
| Corey Feldman | The Lost Boys | |||
| Marty Feldman | Eye-gor in Young Frankenstein | |||
| Morton Feldman | Coptic Light | |||
| Tovah Feldshuh | Kissing Jessica Stein | |||
| Edna Ferber | Show Boat and Giant | |||
| Emanuel Feuermann | Cellist | |||
| Mark Feuerstein | Good Morning, Miami | |||
| Arthur Fiedler | Conductor of the Boston Pops | |||
| Leslie A. Fiedler | Love and Death in the American Novel | |||
| Totie Fields | Weight-conscious comedienne | |||
| Harvey Fierstein | Torch Song Trilogy | |||
| Bob Filner | Congressman, California 51st | |||
| Jeanna Fine | Sleeping Booty | |||
| Larry Fine | Larry on The Three Stooges | |||
| Vivian Fine | Drama for Orchestra | |||
| Howard Fineman | Newsweek chief political analyst | |||
| Eric D. Fingerhut | Congressman from Ohio, 1993-95 | |||
| Fyvush Finkel | Picket Fences | |||
| Norman Finkelstein | The Holocaust Industry | |||
| Sam Firstenberg | American Ninja | |||
| Carrie Fisher | Princess Leia in Star Wars | |||
| Eddie Fisher | Crooner, top RCA/Victor vocalist | |||
| Franklin M. Fisher | Economist at MIT | |||
| Lee Fisher | Lt. Governor of Ohio | |||
| Max M. Fisher | Gas station tycoon | |||
| Bela Fleck | Banjo virtuoso | |||
| Ari Fleischer | White House Press Secretary, 2001-03 | |||
| Richard Fleischer | Soylent Green | |||
| Martin Fleischmann | Cold fusion crank | |||
| Leon Fleisher | Piano virtuoso | |||
| Herbert Fleishhacker | San Francisco banking magnate | |||
| Heidi Fleiss | Hollywood madam | |||
| Jonathan Safran Foer | Everything Is Illuminated | |||
| Jared Fogle | Lost 245 lbs eating only fast food | |||
| Luke Ford | Journalist of the pornographic arts | |||
| Maureen Forrester | Contralto, interpreter of Mahler | |||
| Abe Fortas | US Supreme Court Justice, 1965-69 | |||
| Ben Foster | The Door in the Floor | |||
| Jon Foster | Damien Cutler on Windfall | |||
| Sam Fox | US Ambassador to Belgium | |||
| William Fox | Founder of 20th Century Fox | |||
| James Franck | Franck-Hertz experiment | |||
| Anne Frank | The Diary of Anne Frank | |||
| Barney Frank | Congressman, Massachusetts 4th | |||
| Bruno Frank | Storm in a Teacup | |||
| Lawrence Frank | Head Coach, New Jersey Nets | |||
| Leo Frank | Innocent man, lynched by mob | |||
| Otto Frank | Father of Anne Frank | |||
| Waldo Frank | American cultural critic and social historian | |||
| Al Franken | US Senator from Minnesota | |||
| Helen Frankenthaler | Mountains and Sea | |||
| Felix Frankfurter | US Supreme Court Justice, 1939-62 | |||
| Bonnie Franklin | Ann Romano on One Day at a Time | |||
| Dennis Franz | Det. Sipowicz on NYPD Blue | |||
| Frank Kelly Freas | Illustrator of science fiction and fantasy | |||
| Arthur Freed | MGM producer, big budget musicals | |||
| A. Stone Freedberg | Found H. Pylori near stomach ulcers | |||
| Leonard Frey | Stage actor, The Boys in the Band | |||
| Daniel Fried | US Asst. Secy. of State for European Affairs | |||
| William Friedkin | The Exorcist | |||
| Elizebeth Friedman | WWI Cryptographer | |||
| Kinky Friedman | Texas Jewboy | |||
| Milton Friedman | 1976 Nobel Prize for Economics | |||
| Thomas Friedman | New York Times | |||
| Tully M. Friedman | Hellman & Friedman | |||
| Otto Robert Frisch | Described fission | |||
| Justine Frischmann | Guitarist, Elastica | |||
| Martin Frost | Congressman from Texas, 1979-2005 | |||
| David Frum | Coined "Axis of Evil" | |||
| Alan S. Frumin | US Senate Parliamentarian | |||
| Stephen Fry | Jeeves and Wooster | |||
| Richard S. Fuld, Jr. | CEO of Lehman Brothers, 1993-2008 | |||
| Allen Funt | Producer and host of Candid Camera | |||
| Robert F. Furchgott | Nitric oxide as a cardiovascular signal | |||
| Mira Furlan | Ambassador Delenn on Babylon 5 | |||
| Kenny G | Easy-Listening Saxophonist | |||
| Serge Gainsbourg | Je t'aime ... moi non plus | |||
| Peter Gallagher | American Beauty | |||
| Mavis Gallant | Prolific Canadian short story author | |||
| Romola Garai | Rory O'Shea Was Here | |||
| Victor Garber | Jack Bristow on Alias | |||
| Martin Garbus | Attorney for Lenny Bruce | |||
| John Garfield | Gentleman's Agreement | |||
| Art Garfunkel | Simon and Garfunkel | |||
| Merrick B. Garland | US Court of Appeals, DC Circuit | |||
| Jeff Garlin | Jeff Greene on Curb Your Enthusiasm | |||
| Leonard Garment | Former Special Counsel to Nixon | |||
| Brad Garrett | Robert on Everybody Loves Raymond | |||
| Ina Garten | Barefoot Contessa | |||
| Romain Gary | Roots of Heaven | |||
| Herbert S. Gasser | Nerve conduction | |||
| Peter Gay | The Enlightenment: An Interpretation | |||
| Frank Gehry | Postmodern architect | |||
| Sam Gejdenson | Congressman from Connecticut, 1981-2001 | |||
| Larry Gelbart | M*A*S*H | |||
| Sarah Michelle Gellar | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | |||
| Uri Geller | Thinks he has us snowed | |||
| Gina Gershon | Showgirls | |||
| George Gershwin | Rhapsody In Blue | |||
| Ira Gershwin | They Can't Take That Away from Me | |||
| Christopher Gersten | Husband of Linda Chavez | |||
| Jami Gertz | Muffy on Square Pegs | |||
| Estelle Getty | The Golden Girls | |||
| Gabrielle Giffords | Congresswoman, Arizona 8th | |||
| Jacob H. Gilbert | Congressman from New York, 1960-71 | |||
| Melissa Gilbert | Little House on the Prairie | |||
| Sara Gilbert | Darlene on Roseanne | |||
| Walter Gilbert | Sequencing techniques for DNA | |||
| Jack Gilford | Save the Tiger | |||
| Sid Gillman | NFL Coach, Hall of Famer | |||
| Alfred G. Gilman | G-protein cell signal transmission | |||
| Benjamin A. Gilman | Congressman from New York, 1973-2003 | |||
| Ronald Lee Gilman | 6th Circuit Court of Appeals | |||
| Hermione Gingold | Madame Alvarez in Gigi | |||
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | US Supreme Court Justice | |||
| Sheldon Glashow | Electroweak Theory | |||
| Cynthia A. Glassman | Economic Affairs, US Commerce Dept. | |||
| Nathan Glazer | Co-Editor, The Public Interest | |||
| Dan Glickman | Former Congressman, President of the MPAA | |||
| Paulette Goddard | Reap the Wild Wind | |||
| Erving Goffman | The Presentation of Self | |||
| Elon Gold | Gavin P. Miller on Stacked | |||
| Judy Gold | 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother | |||
| Albert Goldbarth | The most prolific modern poet | |||
| Adam Goldberg | Saving Private Ryan | |||
| Arthur J. Goldberg | Supreme Court Justice, 1962-65 | |||
| Bernard Goldberg | Bias | |||
| Bill Goldberg | Pro wrestler | |||
| Jonah Goldberg | National Review Online | |||
| Marshall Goldberg | Chicago Cardinals RB | |||
| Rube Goldberg | Designer of impossible contraptions | |||
| Jeff Goldblum | The Fly | |||
| Maurice Goldhaber | Neutrons | |||
| Susan Golding | Mayor of San Diego, 1992-2000 | |||
| Duff Goldman | Ace of Cakes | |||
| Ron Goldman | Murder victim, OJ Simpson trial | |||
| William Goldman | Marathon Man | |||
| Harvey J. Goldschmid | SEC Commissioner, 2002-05 | |||
| Neil Goldschmidt | Governor of Oregon, 1987-91 | |||
| Jerry Goldsmith | Prominent soundtrack composer | |||
| Olivia Goldsmith | The First Wives Club | |||
| Stephen Goldsmith | Mayor of Indianapolis 1992-99 | |||
| Eugen Goldstein | Cathode rays | |||
| Joseph L. Goldstein | Hypercholesterolemia and cell metabolism | |||
| Matthew Goldstein | Chancellor of CUNY | |||
| Richard J. Goldstein | Fluid mechanics | |||
| Samuel Goldwyn | Put the G in MGM | |||
| Tony Goldwyn | From the Earth to the Moon | |||
| Victor Gollancz | Founder of Victor Gollancz, Ltd. | |||
| Samuel Gompers | First President of the AFL | |||
| Amy Goodman | Host of Democracy Now! | |||
| Benny Goodman | Bespectacled jazz clarinetist | |||
| Charles H. Goodman | Vice Chairman of Henry Crown & Co. | |||
| Ellen Goodman | Retired columnist for The Boston Globe | |||
| Oscar Goodman | Mayor of Las Vegas | |||
| Shira D. Goodman | EVP at Staples | |||
| Leo Gorcey | Bowery Boy | |||
| Keith Gordon | Christine | |||
| Mack Gordon | Chattanooga Choo Choo | |||
| Michael Gordon | Pillow Talk | |||
| Mike Gordon | Bass guitarist for Phish | |||
| Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Third Rock From the Sun | |||
| Lesley Gore | Well-known crying advocate | |||
| Eydie Gorme | Blame it on the Bossa Nova | |||
| Jay Gorney | Brother, Can You Spare A Dime? | |||
| Abraham Gosman | Bankrupt Palm Beach nursing home magnate | |||
| David S. Gottesman | First Manhattan Company | |||
| Gilbert Gottfried | Loudmouth Jewish comic | |||
| Alfred Gottschalk | President, Hebrew Union College, 1971-95 | |||
| Elliott Gould | Trapper John in M*A*S*H film | |||
| Harold Gould | Martin Morganstern on Rhoda | |||
| Jason Gould | Son of Streisand and Elliott Gould | |||
| Ronald M. Gould | 9th Circuit Court of Appeals | |||
| Stephen Jay Gould | Evolutionary biologist and paleontologist | |||
| Bill Gradison | Congressman from Ohio, 1975-93 | |||
| Laurence S. Grafstein | Managing Director, Lazard | |||
| Aubrey Graham | Jimmy Brooks on Degrassi | |||
| Sheilah Graham | Beloved Infidel | |||
| Lee Grant | Portnoy's Complaint | |||
| Alex Grass | Founder of Rite Aid | |||
| James Grauerholz | William S. Burrough's assistant | |||
| Alan Grayson | Congressman, Florida 8th | |||
| Adolph Green | Singin' in the Rain | |||
| S. William Green | Congressman from New York, 1978-93 | |||
| Shawn Green | New York Mets | |||
| Bryan Greenberg | Jake Jagielski on One Tree Hill | |||
| Hank Greenberg | Two-time American League MVP | |||
| Shecky Greene | Chicago nightclub comic | |||
| Jeff Greenfield | ABC, CNN talking head | |||
| Jerry Greenfield | Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc. | |||
| David Greenglass | Gave atomic secrets to Julius Rosenberg | |||
| Alan Greenspan | Federal Reserve Chairman, 1987-2006 | |||
| Jesse L. Greenstein | Co-Discoverer of quasars | |||
| Gerald Greenwald | CEO of United Air Lines, 1994-99 | |||
| Robert Greenwald | Outfoxed, Xanadu | |||
| Jennifer Grey | Dirty Dancing | |||
| Joel Grey | Cabaret | |||
| Zvi Griliches | Technology, Education, and Productivity | |||
| Amiram Grinvald | High-resolution optical imaging | |||
| Charles Grodin | Perpetually angry talk-show host, actor | |||
| James J. Grosfeld | CEO of Pulte Homes, 1974-90 | |||
| David J. Gross | Deep structure of matter | |||
| Terry Gross | Host of Fresh Air on NPR | |||
| David Grossman | The Smile of the Lamb | |||
| Leslie Grossman | What I Like About You | |||
| Marc Grossman | US Under Secy. for Political Affairs, 2001-05 | |||
| Robert Grossman | Versatile illustrator, caricaturist | |||
| Sanford J. Grossman | CEO of Quantitative Financial Strategies | |||
| Andy Grove | CEO of Intel, 1987-98 | |||
| Lizzie Grubman | Celebrity publicist and SUV-wielder | |||
| Greg Grunberg | Matt Parkman on Heroes | |||
| Henry A. Grunwald | Managing Editor of Time, 1968-79 | |||
| Mandy Grunwald | Hillary Clinton media adviser | |||
| Daniel Guggenheim | Mining magnate | |||
| Meyer Guggenheim | Patriarch of Guggenheim fortune | |||
| Peggy Guggenheim | Renowned art collector | |||
| Lani Guinier | The Tyranny of the Majority | |||
| Thomas Guinzburg | Former owner, Viking Press | |||
| Ed Guthman | Nixon enemy, Pulitzer Prize winner | |||
| Amy Gutmann | President, University of Pennsylvania | |||
| Steve Guttenberg | Police Academy | |||
| Jake Gyllenhaal | Donnie Darko | |||
| Hugo Haase | German parliamentarian, Marxist, pacifist | |||
| Marilyn Hacker | Presentation Piece | |||
| Buddy Hackett | Abrasive old school comic | |||
| Jacques-Salomon Hadamard | Prime number theorem | |||
| Corey Haim | The Lost Boys | |||
| David Halberstam | The Powers That Be | |||
| Judah ben Samuel Halevi | Hebrew Poet of the Middle Ages | |||
| Efraim Halevy | Head of the Mossad, 1998-2003 | |||
| Fromental Halévy | La Juive | |||
| Monty Hall | Let's Make a Deal | |||
| Mark Halperin | TIME senior political analyst | |||
| Cheryl F. Halpern | Corporation for Public Broadcasting | |||
| Marvin Hamlisch | The Way We Were | |||
| Armand Hammer | Soviet agent of influence | |||
| Chelsea Handler | Chelsea Lately | |||
| Oscar Handlin | The Uprooted | |||
| Helene Hanff | 84, Charing Cross Road | |||
| E. Y. Harburg | The Wizard of Oz | |||
| Isser Harel | Head of the Mossad, 1952-63 | |||
| Jane Harman | Congresswoman, California 36th | |||
| Estelle Harris | Estelle Costanza on Seinfeld | |||
| Jonathan Harris | Dr. Zachary Smith on Lost in Space | |||
| Samantha Harris | Co-Host, Dancing with the Stars | |||
| Walter L. Harris | CEO of Tanenbaum-Harber Co. | |||
| Lorenz Hart | Lyricist, Rodgers and Hart | |||
| Mary Hart | Entertainment Tonight | |||
| Lindsay Hartley | Theresa Crane on Passions | |||
| Geoffrey Hartman | The Unmediated Vision | |||
| Moritz Hartmann | German patriotic poet | |||
| Rita E. Hauser | Former Partner, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan | |||
| Todd Haynes | Far From Heaven | |||
| Anthony Hecht | The Hard Hours | |||
| Ben Hecht | The Front Page | |||
| Chic Hecht | US Senator from Nevada, 1983-89 | |||
| Amy Heckerling | Fast Times At Ridgemont High | |||
| Dan Hedaya | Bestubbled character actor, Blood Simple | |||
| Jascha Heifetz | Violin virtuoso | |||
| Carolyn Heilbrun | Amanda Cross, mystery novelist | |||
| Henry Heimlich | Heimlich maneuver | |||
| Heinrich Heine | Buch der Lieder | |||
| Joseph Heller | Catch-22 | |||
| Isaias W. Hellman | Los Angeles banker | |||
| Lillian Hellman | Little Foxes | |||
| Warren Hellman | Hellman & Friedman | |||
| Leona Helmsley | Queen of Mean | |||
| Mark Helprin | Winter's Tale | |||
| Buck Henry | Frequent SNL host | |||
| Nat Hentoff | The Jazz Life | |||
| Herblock | Editorial Cartoonist, The Washington Post | |||
| Herod the Great | Roman Ruler of Palestine | |||
| Seymour Hersh | Uncovered the My Lai Massacre | |||
| Avram Hershko | Ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation | |||
| Marshall Herskovitz | Executive Producer, thirtysomething | |||
| Gustav Hertz | Franck-Hertz experiment | |||
| Theodor Herzl | Lead Zionist | |||
| Chaim Herzog | President of Israel, 1983-93 | |||
| Myra Hess | Held lunchtime concerts during WWII | |||
| Don Hewitt | 60 Minutes creator | |||
| Ira Michael Heyman | Chancellor of UC Berkeley, 1980-90 | |||
| Jonah Hill | Superbad | |||
| Steven Hill | Adam Schiff on Law & Order | |||
| Arthur Hiller | An Alan Smithee Film | |||
| Judd Hirsch | Taxi | |||
| Peter B. Hirsch | Electron microscopy in metallurgy | |||
| Al Hirschfeld | Pen and ink caricaturist | |||
| Laura Z. Hobson | Gentleman's Agreement | |||
| Abbie Hoffman | Steal This Book | |||
| Dustin Hoffman | Rain Man, The Graduate | |||
| Roald Hoffmann | Woodward-Hoffmann reaction | |||
| Susanna Hoffs | Lead singer of The Bangles | |||
| Robert Hofstadter | Investigated electron scattering and nuclei | |||
| Marshall Holman | Professional bowler, mostly retired | |||
| Janet L. Holmgren | President, Mills College | |||
| Elizabeth Holtzman | Congresswoman from New York, 1973-81 | |||
| Oskar Homolka | Sabotage | |||
| Sidney Hook | Pragmatist | |||
| Monica Horan | Everybody Loves Raymond | |||
| Henry Horner | Governor of Illinois, 1933-40 | |||
| David Horowitz | Conservative activist | |||
| H. Robert Horvitz | Genetic regulation of organ development | |||
| Harry Houdini | Best-known magician and debunker | |||
| Ehud Houminer | CEO of Philip Morris USA, 1988-90 | |||
| Curly Howard | Highest pitched Stooge | |||
| Michael Howard | UK Home Secretary, 1993-97 | |||
| Moe Howard | Boss Stooge | |||
| Shemp Howard | Stooge | |||
| Irving Howe | Editor of Dissent | |||
| Bronislaw Huberman | Polish violin prodigy, Pan-Europeanist | |||
| Conrad Hubert | Flashlights | |||
| Sol Hurok | American impresario | |||
| Robert J. Hurst | Vice Chairman of Goldman Sachs, 1999-2004 | |||
| Leonid Hurwicz | Mechanism design theory | |||
| Dick Hyman | Pianist, Organist, Conductor, Composer | |||
| Trina Schart Hyman | Children's book illustrator | |||
| Oscar Hammerstein I | Olympia Theatre | |||
| Scott Ian | Guitarist for Anthrax | |||
| Carl Icahn | Billionaire, took over TWA | |||
| Eugène Ionesco | The Bald Soprano | |||
| Jack Irons | Drummer for the Red Hot Chili Peppers | |||
| Jason Isaacs | Black Hawk Down | |||
| Michael Isikoff | Newsweek reporter | |||
| Menasseh ben Israel | Vindiciae Judaeorum | |||
| Jozef Israëls | Dutch scene painter | |||
| Eugene Istomin | American piano prodigy | |||
| Edmond Jabès | The Book of Resemblances | |||
| Ze'ev Jabotinsky | Founder of the Jewish Legion | |||
| Jacob | Father of the twelve tribes | |||
| Lou Jacobi | Avalon | |||
| Gary N. Jacobs | General Counsel for MGM Mirage | |||
| Irwin M. Jacobs | Co-Founder of Qualcomm | |||
| Marc Jacobs | Fired in 1993 after releasing a "Grunge" line | |||
| Paul E. Jacobs | CEO of Qualcomm | |||
| Jeff Jacoby | Boston Globe columnist | |||
| Sam Jaffe | Gunga Din | |||
| Janet Jagan | President of Guyana, 1997-99 | |||
| Sid James | Carry on... | |||
| Jacob K. Javits | US Senator from New York, 1957-81 | |||
| Ricky Jay | Jay's Journal of Anomalies | |||
| Tony Jay | Voice and character actor | |||
| Elfriede Jelinek | Die Klavierspielerin | |||
| Ron Jeremy | The Hedgehog | |||
| Jesus Christ | Carpenter, evangelist | |||
| Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | Heat and Dust | |||
| Joseph Joachim | Virtuoso violinist, Joachim Quartet | |||
| Billy Joel | Didn't start the fire | |||
| Josef Joffe | Editor of Die Zeit | |||
| Scarlett Johansson | Ghost World, Lost in Translation | |||
| John the Baptist | Precursor to Jesus Christ | |||
| Al Jolson | The Jazz Singer | |||
| Hans Jonas | Gnostic philosopher | |||
| Erica Jong | Fear of Flying | |||
| Spike Jonze | Being John Malkovich | |||
| Joseph | Possessed multicolored dreamcoat | |||
| Keith Joseph | Conservative UK Minister, Thatcher influence | |||
| St. Joseph | Husband of Mary | |||
| Brian D. Josephson | Discovered the Josephson Effect | |||
| Josephus | The Jewish War | |||
| Josiah | King of Judah | |||
| Judge Judy | Telejurist extraordinaire | |||
| Neil Kadisha | Co-Founder of Qualcomm | |||
| Franz Kafka | Metamorphosis | |||
| Daryn Kagan | CNN Live Today | |||
| Donald Kagan | The Great Dialogue | |||
| Elena Kagan | US Solicitor General | |||
| Frederick Kagan | Neocon military historian, now at AEI | |||
| Mauricio Kagel | Absurdist composer | |||
| Steve Kagen | Congressman, Wisconsin 8th | |||
| Meir Kahane | Founder of Jewish Defense League | |||
| Albert Kahn | Detroit architect, factory designer | |||
| Louis Kahn | Prominent architect | |||
| Daniel Kahneman | The psychology of economics | |||
| Chester Kallman | Librettist, translator | |||
| Bert Kalmar | Who's Sorry Now? | |||
| Harry P. Kamen | CEO of Metropolitan Life, 1993-98 | |||
| Michael Kamen | Prolific film composer and conductor | |||
| Matthew H. Kamens | Of Counsel, Wolf Block | |||
| Sheldon Kamins | Blum Frank & Kamins | |||
| Eric R. Kandel | Signal transduction in the nervous system | |||
| John Kander | Top Broadway composer | |||
| Carol Kane | Simka on Taxi | |||
| Garson Kanin | It Should Happen to You | |||
| Peter R. Kann | CEO of Dow Jones, 1991-2006 | |||
| Gabe Kaplan | Mr. Kotter on Welcome Back, Kotter | |||
| Jill Kaplan | Publisher of Crain's New York Business | |||
| Joel D. Kaplan | White House policy advisor | |||
| Justin Kaplan | Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain | |||
| Stanley H. Kaplan | Developed SAT study aids | |||
| Mitch Kapor | Founder of Lotus, Co-founder EFF | |||
| Bruce Karatz | CEO of KB Home, 1986-2006 | |||
| James Karen | The Return of the Living Dead | |||
| Theodore von Kármán | Kármán vortices | |||
| Mel Karmazin | President and COO of Viacom, 2000-04 | |||
| Martin Karplus | Karplus Equation | |||
| Garry Kasparov | Grand Master chess player | |||
| Moshe Katsav | President of Israel, 2000-07 | |||
| Chris Kattan | Saturday Night Live | |||
| Bernard Katz | Neurotransmitters and the pineal gland | |||
| Jonathan Katz | Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist | |||
| Omri Katz | Eerie, Indiana | |||
| Phil Katz | Creator of PKZIP | |||
| Steven T. Katz | Professor of Religion | |||
| Vera Katz | Mayor of Portland Oregon, 1993-2005 | |||
| Jeffrey Katzenberg | Produced Shrek | |||
| Ephraim Katzir | President of Israel, 1973-78 | |||
| Robert A. Katzmann | 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals | |||
| Stanley Kauffmann | Film critic for The New Republic | |||
| Charlie Kaufman | Being John Malkovich, Adaptation | |||
| George S. Kaufman | You Can't Take It With You | |||
| Lloyd Kaufman | The Toxic Avenger | |||
| Jorma Kaukonen | Jefferson Airplane | |||
| Julie Kavner | Marge on The Simpsons | |||
| Danny Kaye | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | |||
| Lainie Kazan | My Favorite Year | |||
| Alfred Kazin | On Native Grounds | |||
| Munr Kazmir | CEO, Direct Meds, Inc. | |||
| Harvey Keitel | Pimp from Taxi Driver | |||
| Amos Kenan | The Road to Ein Harod | |||
| Felicity Kendal | The Good Life | |||
| Jerome Kern | Show Boat | |||
| Cameron Kerry | John Kerry's younger brother | |||
| Imre Kertész | Holocaust survivor, literature Nobel | |||
| István Kertész | Hungarian operatic conductor | |||
| Hermann Kesten | I, the King | |||
| Michael Kidd | Award-winning choreographer | |||
| David Kimche | Israeli spy, masterminded Iran-Contra | |||
| Martin S. Kimmel | Founder of Kimco Realty | |||
| Sidney Kimmel | CEO of Jones Apparel Group, 1975-2002 | |||
| Richard Kind | Paul Lassiter on Spin City | |||
| Alan King | Jewish comic and Friars Club fixture | |||
| Carole King | Tapestry | |||
| Larry King | Larry King Live | |||
| Michael Kinsley | Slate founder | |||
| Shane Kippel | Gavin Mason on Degrassi | |||
| Leon Kirchner | Quartet No. 3 | |||
| Mia Kirshner | The L Word | |||
| Lincoln Kirstein | Co-Founder, New York City Ballet | |||
| Henry Kissinger | US Secretary of State, 1973-77 | |||
| John Kitzhaber | Governor of Oregon, 1995-2003 | |||
| Ron Klain | Joe Biden's Chief of Staff | |||
| Larry Klayman | Founder, Judicial Watch | |||
| Dylan Klebold | Columbine Massacre | |||
| Allen Klein | Prehensile ABKCO executive | |||
| Calvin Klein | Fashion designer | |||
| Joe Klein | Anonymous author of Primary Colors | |||
| Naomi Klein | The Shock Doctrine | |||
| Robert Klein | Unable to stop his leg | |||
| Ron Klein | Congressman, Florida 22nd | |||
| Andrew J. Kleinfeld | 9th Circuit Court of Appeals | |||
| Otto Klemperer | Prominent German conductor | |||
| Werner Klemperer | Col. Klink on Hogan's Heroes | |||
| Paul Kletzki | Director, Bern Symphony, 1964-67 | |||
| Franz Kline | Abstract expressionist painter | |||
| Leon Klinghoffer | Shot and thrown overboard by terrorists | |||
| Aaron Klug | Structural analysis of viruses | |||
| Jack Klugman | The Odd Couple | |||
| Philip M. Klutznick | US Secretary of Commerce, 1980-81 | |||
| Alfred A. Knopf | American publisher | |||
| Ed Koch | Mayor of New York City, 1978-89 | |||
| Walter Koenig | Chekov on Star Trek | |||
| Herb Kohl | US Senator from Wisconsin | |||
| Max Kohl | Kohl's Department Stores | |||
| Alfred Kohlberg | The China Lobby Man | |||
| Donald L. Kohn | Vice Chairman of the Federal Reserve | |||
| Walter Kohn | Density-functional theory | |||
| Frederick Kohner | Gidget | |||
| Teddy Kollek | Mayor of Jerusalem, 1965-93 | |||
| David H. Komansky | CEO of Merrill Lynch, 1996-2002 | |||
| Milton R. Konvitz | Cornell Professor, Labor and Industrial Relations | |||
| Bernie Kopell | Doc on The Love Boat | |||
| Quentin Kopp | California politician and judge | |||
| Ted Koppel | Nightline | |||
| Zoltán Korda | Sahara | |||
| Harvey Korman | The Carol Burnett Show | |||
| Arthur Kornberg | Synthesized DNA | |||
| Tony Kornheiser | Pardon the Interruption | |||
| Jerzy Kosinski | Being There | |||
| Martin Kosleck | German-American character actor | |||
| David Kossoff | The Mouse That Roared | |||
| Henry Koster | The Bishop's Wife | |||
| Yaphet Kotto | Homicide | |||
| Sandy Koufax | Three-time Cy Young Award winner | |||
| Serge Koussevitzky | Music Director, Boston Symphony, 1924-49 | |||
| Simon Kovar | Preeminent Basoon player and teacher | |||
| Martin Kove | Det. Isbecki on Cagney & Lacey | |||
| Alex Kozinski | Chief Judge, 9th Circuit Court of Appeals | |||
| Hersh Kozlov | Wolf Block Schorr & Solis-Cohen | |||
| Jonathan Kozol | Death at an Early Age | |||
| Robert Kraft | Owner, New England Patriots | |||
| Stanley Kramer | It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World | |||
| Judith Krantz | Scruples | |||
| Lee Krasner | Abstract expressionist | |||
| Hans Krebs | Tricarboxylic acid cycle | |||
| Bruno Kreisky | Chancellor of Austria, 1970-83 | |||
| Marvin Krislov | President, Oberlin College | |||
| Bill Kristol | Editor of The Weekly Standard | |||
| Irving Kristol | Influential neocon | |||
| Randall S. Kroszner | Federal Reserve Governor | |||
| Paul Krugman | New York Times columnist/economist | |||
| Larry Krystkowiak | Head Coach, Milwaukee Bucks | |||
| Stanley Kubrick | 2001: A Space Odyssey | |||
| Lisa Kudrow | Friends | |||
| Maxine Kumin | Up Country | |||
| Madeleine M. Kunin | Governor of Vermont, 1985-91 | |||
| Mila Kunis | Jackie on That 70's Show | |||
| William Kunstler | Civil rights attorney | |||
| Irv Kupcinet | Kup's Column | |||
| Nicholas Kurti | Molecular gastronomy | |||
| Daniel Kurtzer | US Ambassador to Israel, 2001-05 | |||
| Tony Kushner | Angels in America | |||
| Simon Kuznets | National Income and Its Composition | |||
| Shia LaBeouf | The Battle of Shaker Heights | |||
| Jeffrey M. Lacker | President and CEO, Richmond Fed | |||
| Carl Laemmle | Independent Motion Picture Company | |||
| Karl Lagerfeld | Chanel, Lagerfeld | |||
| Imre Lakatos | Philosopher of Science and Mathematics | |||
| Ricki Lake | Hairspray | |||
| Adam Lamberg | Gordo on Lizzie McGuire | |||
| Adam Lambert | American Idol | |||
| Martin Landau | Mission: Impossible, Space 1999 | |||
| Ann Landers | Syndicated advice columnist | |||
| John Landis | An American Werewolf in London | |||
| Charles Lane | Grumpy character actor | |||
| Fritz Lang | Metropolis | |||
| Sherry Lansing | Former Paramount executive | |||
| Meyer Lansky | The brains behind the Mafia's money | |||
| Tom Lantos | Congressman from California, 1981-2008 | |||
| Sidney Lapidus | Warburg Pincus | |||
| David Lascher | Vinnie on Blossom | |||
| Albert Lasker | Advertising executive and medical research patron | |||
| Harold Laski | A Grammar of Politics | |||
| Melvin J. Lasky | Editor of journal Encounter | |||
| Estée Lauder | Cosmetics magnate | |||
| Leonard Lauder | Chairman of Estee Lauder | |||
| Ronald S. Lauder | US Ambassador to Austria, 1986-87 | |||
| William Lauder | CEO, Estée Lauder | |||
| Ralph Lauren | Founder, Polo Ralph Lauren | |||
| Piper Laurie | Catherine Packard in Twin Peaks | |||
| Frank Lautenberg | US Senator from New Jersey | |||
| Linda Lavin | Alice | |||
| Jerome Lawrence | Inherit the Wind and Mame | |||
| Steve Lawrence | The Steve Lawrence Show | |||
| John Howard Lawson | One of the Hollywood Ten | |||
| Nigel Lawson | Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1983-89 | |||
| Emma Lazarus | The New Colossus | |||
| Norman Lear | Creator of All in the Family | |||
| Fran Lebowitz | Social satirist, Metropolitan Life | |||
| Mimi Leder | Deep Impact | |||
| Joshua Lederberg | Genetic properties of bacteria | |||
| Francis Lederer | Pandora's Box | |||
| David M. Lee | Superfluidity of helium-3 | |||
| Stan Lee | Created Spider-Man and The Hulk | |||
| Walter Legge | Classical music producer at EMI | |||
| Herbert H. Lehman | Governor of New York, 1933-42 | |||
| Lew Lehrman | Rite Aid drugstore founder | |||
| Fritz Leiber | Ship of Shadows | |||
| Jerry Leiber | Hitmaker for Elvis | |||
| Annie Leibovitz | Celebrity photographer | |||
| Carol Leifer | Comic inspired Seinfeld's Elaine | |||
| Mike Leigh | Naked, Topsy-Turvy | |||
| Donovan Leitch, Jr. | Glory | |||
| Mark Lenard | Ambassador Sarek on Star Trek | |||
| Moses de Leon | Zohar | |||
| Robert Z. Leonard | The Divorcee | |||
| Louis Lepke | Head of Murder, Inc. | |||
| Alfred Lerner | CEO of MBNA, 1982-2002 | |||
| Gerda Lerner | The Woman in American History | |||
| Max Lerner | Ideas Are Weapons | |||
| Michael Lerner | Barton Fink | |||
| Oscar Levant | Panelist, Information Please | |||
| Max Levchin | Co-Founder of PayPal | |||
| Jeremy Leven | Don Juan DeMarco | |||
| Larry Levenson | Founder of Plato's Retreat | |||
| Denise Levertov | With Eyes at the Back of Our Heads | |||
| Edward H. Levi | US Attorney General, 1975-77 | |||
| Primo Levi | Survival in Auschwitz | |||
| Rita Levi-Montalcini | Nerve and skin cell growth factors | |||
| Claude Lévi-Strauss | French anthropologist | |||
| Carl Levin | US Senator from Michigan | |||
| Harvey Levin | Prince of the paparazzi | |||
| Ira Levin | Rosemary's Baby | |||
| Jerry Levin | CEO of Time Warner, 2000-02 | |||
| Meyer Levin | Compulsion | |||
| Sandy Levin | Congressman, Michigan 12th | |||
| Tony Levin | Bassist for King Crimson | |||
| Emmanuel Levinas | Totality and Infinity | |||
| Adam Levine | Frontman of Maroon 5 | |||
| David Levine | Caricaturist, New York Review of Books | |||
| James Levine | Music Director, NY Metropolitan Opera | |||
| Mel Levine | Congressman from California, 1983-93 | |||
| Philip Levine | What Work Is | |||
| Barry Levinson | Rain Man | |||
| Elliott H. Levitas | Congressman from Georgia, 1975-85 | |||
| Bernard-Henri Lévy | Who Killed Daniel Pearl? | |||
| Chandra Levy | Gary Condit's dead intern | |||
| Eugene Levy | Earl Camembert from SCTV | |||
| Marv Levy | NFL, CFL, and NCAA coach | |||
| Shawn Levy | Rat Pack Confidential | |||
| Steven Levy | Hackers | |||
| Kurt Lewin | Field theorist, group dynamicist | |||
| Monica Lewinsky | Engaged in Presidential cigar play | |||
| Al Lewis | Grandpa on The Munsters | |||
| Bernard Lewis | Middle East scholar | |||
| David Lewis | Leader of Canada's NDP, 1971-75 | |||
| Jerry Lewis | Cinderfella | |||
| Peter B. Lewis | Chairman of Progressive | |||
| Richard Lewis | Such a nice young man | |||
| Shari Lewis | Lamb Chop's Play-Along | |||
| Mark Leyner | The Tetherballs of Bougainville | |||
| Lewis Libby | Cheney's former Chief of Staff | |||
| Frank Licht | Governor of Rhode Island, 1969-73 | |||
| Richard A. Licht | Lt. Governor of Rhode Island, 1985-89 | |||
| Roy Lichtenstein | Whaam! | |||
| Todd Lickliter | Head Coach, University of Iowa | |||
| Avigdor Lieberman | Israeli Foreign Minister | |||
| Hadassah Lieberman | Wife of Joseph Lieberman | |||
| Joseph Lieberman | US Senator from Connecticut | |||
| György Ligeti | Lontano, Lux Aeterna | |||
| Judith Light | Angela Bower on Who's the Boss? | |||
| David E. Lilienthal | TVA Chairman, 1941-46 | |||
| Hal Linden | Barney Miller | |||
| Linda Lingle | Governor of Hawaii | |||
| Sol Linowitz | Negotiated return of the Panama Canal | |||
| Alex D. Linz | Home Alone 3 | |||
| Joanne Lipman | Editor of Condé Nast Portfolio, 2007-09 | |||
| Fritz Lipmann | Carbohydrate oxidation | |||
| Jonathan Lipnicki | The Jeff Foxworthy Show | |||
| Gabriel Lippmann | Photographic color plate | |||
| Walter Lippmann | Today and Tomorrow | |||
| Seymour M. Lipset | American Exceptionalism | |||
| James Lipton | Host, Inside the Actors Studio | |||
| Martin Lipton | Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz | |||
| Dahlia Lithwick | Slate senior editor | |||
| Sanford M. Litvack | General Counsel of Disney, 1991-98 | |||
| Anatole Litvak | Anastasia | |||
| Maxim Litvinov | Soviet foreign minister, ousted in nod to Hitler | |||
| Jay Livingston | Que Sera Sera | |||
| Tzipi Livni | Israeli Foreign Minister, 2006-09 | |||
| Jacques Loeb | Investigator of artificial parthenogenesis | |||
| Lisa Loeb | Stay (I Missed You) | |||
| Solomon Loeb | Co-Founder of Kuhn, Loeb and Co. | |||
| Frederick Loewe | My Fair Lady | |||
| Otto Loewi | Acetylcholine as a neurotransmitter | |||
| Herbert Lom | Mysterious Island | |||
| Stacy London | What Not to Wear | |||
| Jon Lovitz | Yeaaaah, that's the ticket! | |||
| Allard Lowenstein | Congressman, New York 5th | |||
| Leo Lowenthal | Literature and the Image of Man | |||
| Nita Lowey | Congresswoman, New York 18th | |||
| Bernard Lown | Inventor of defibrillator, peace activist | |||
| David J. Lubar | President of Lubar & Co. | |||
| Gary Lucas | Avant-guitarist, Magic Band alumnus | |||
| Matt Lucas | Little Britain | |||
| Sid Luckman | Chicago Bears QB, Hall of Famer | |||
| Sidney Luft | Ex-Husband of Judy Garland | |||
| Sidney Lumet | Dog Day Afternoon | |||
| Jamie Luner | Lexi on Melrose Place | |||
| Frank Luntz | Republican pollster, strategist | |||
| Isaac ben Solomon Luria | Jewish mystic | |||
| Ranan Lurie | Hugely popular political cartoonist | |||
| Rod Lurie | The Contender | |||
| Rosa Luxemburg | Co-Founder, Communist Party of Germany | |||
| André Lwoff | Operon theory of genetic control | |||
| Natasha Lyonne | Slums of Beverly Hills | |||
| Eugene Lyons | Anti-Communist Editor of American Mercury | |||
| Lorin Maazel | Conductor, New York Philharmonic | |||
| Earle I. Mack | Real estate magnate | |||
| John Mack | A Prince of Our Disorder | |||
| Aline MacMahon | Dragon Seed | |||
| Noel Madison | American character actor | |||
| Bernard L. Madoff | Madoff Investment Securities LLC | |||
| Ira Magaziner | Internet advisor under Bill Clinton | |||
| Mary Magdalene | Early follower of Jesus Christ | |||
| Moses Maimonides | Codified Jewish law | |||
| Bernard Malamud | The Fixer | |||
| Janet Malcolm | The Journalist and the Murderer | |||
| Joshua Malina | Will Bailey on The West Wing | |||
| Robert Malley | Ex-National Security Council | |||
| Leonard Maltin | Film critic | |||
| David Mamet | Glengarry Glen Ross | |||
| Howie Mandel | Host of Deal Or No Deal | |||
| Marvin Mandel | Governor of Maryland, 1969-79 | |||
| Szolem Mandelbrojt | French Mathematician | |||
| Benoit Mandelbrot | Fractal mathematician | |||
| Osip Mandelshtam | Acmeist Russian poet | |||
| Peter Mandelson | EU Commissioner for Trade | |||
| Camryn Manheim | Ellenor Frutt on The Practice | |||
| Barry Manilow | I Write The Songs | |||
| Joseph L. Mankiewicz | The Barefoot Contessa | |||
| Abby Mann | Judgment at Nuremberg | |||
| Herbie Mann | Jazz flautist | |||
| Karl Mannheim | Ideology and Utopia | |||
| Dinah Manoff | Ordinary People | |||
| Patrick Marber | Closer | |||
| Marcel Marceau | Mime, created Bip the clown | |||
| Bernie Marcus | Co-Founder of Home Depot | |||
| Jeffrey A. Marcus | Cable TV magnate | |||
| Ruth A. Marcus | Washington Post columnist | |||
| Stanley Marcus | CEO of Neiman-Marcus, 1950-72 | |||
| Herbert Marcuse | One-Dimensional Man | |||
| Cindy Margolis | Playmate/Queen of the Internet | |||
| Miriam Margolyes | The Age of Innocence | |||
| Jack A. Markell | Governor of Delaware | |||
| Quinn Martin | Quinn Martin Productions | |||
| Chico Marx | An Italian con-man of a Marx Brother | |||
| Groucho Marx | You Bet Your Life | |||
| Gummo Marx | Left the Marx Brothers troupe early | |||
| Harpo Marx | Silent harp-playing Marx Brother | |||
| Zeppo Marx | Straight man of the Marx Brothers | |||
| Virgin Mary | Virgin mother of Jesus Christ | |||
| Eric Maskin | Mechanism design theory | |||
| Sophie Masloff | Mayor of Pittsburgh, 1988-94 | |||
| Abraham Maslow | Hierarchy of Needs | |||
| Jackie Mason | The World According to Me! | |||
| Matisyahu | Hasidic toaster | |||
| Marlee Matlin | Deaf actress on The West Wing | |||
| Walter Matthau | Messy half of the Odd Couple | |||
| André Maurois | French biographer | |||
| Marcel Mauss | The Gift | |||
| Peter Max | Psychedelic art has featured Statues of Liberty | |||
| Robert Maxwell | Mirror Group tycoon | |||
| Elaine May | Wrote and directed Ishtar | |||
| Arno J. Mayer | Marxist Jew, quasi-revisionist | |||
| Louis B. Mayer | The final M in MGM | |||
| Billy Mays | Bearded infomercial pitchman | |||
| Monet Mazur | Blow | |||
| Paul Mazursky | Down and Out in Beverly Hills | |||
| Malcolm McLaren | Sex Pistols manager | |||
| Anne Meara | Stiller and Meara | |||
| Scott Mechlowicz | EuroTrip | |||
| Peter Medak | Romeo Is Bleeding | |||
| Michael Medved | Traditional values pundit, film critic | |||
| Ken Mehlman | RNC chairman 2005-07 | |||
| Golda Meir | Fourth Prime Minister of Israel | |||
| Kurt Mendelssohn | Cryogenics and pyramids | |||
| Moses Mendelssohn | Brilliant German-Jewish philosopher | |||
| Yehudi Menuhin | Child prodigy violinist, conductor | |||
| Idina Menzel | Rent | |||
| J. Ezra Merkin | Chairman of GMAC | |||
| David Merrick | Hello, Dolly! | |||
| Bob Merrill | How Much Is That Doggie In The Window? | |||
| Robert Merrill | Operatic baritone, NY Metropolitan Opera | |||
| Robert C. Merton | Risk management and options | |||
| Robert K. Merton | On the Shoulders of Giants | |||
| Don Messick | Voice of Scooby Doo | |||
| Debra Messing | Grace on Will & Grace | |||
| Howard Metzenbaum | US Senator from Ohio, 1977-95 | |||
| Nicholas Meyer | Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan | |||
| Giacomo Meyerbeer | Robert le Diable | |||
| Ari Meyers | Emma McArdle on Kate & Allie | |||
| Seth Meyers | Saturday Night Live | |||
| Al Michaels | Sportscaster, believes in miracles | |||
| Lorne Michaels | Producer of Saturday Night Live | |||
| Albert A. Michelson | Measured the speed of light | |||
| Adam Michnik | Gazeta Wyborcza | |||
| Bette Midler | Ol' Red Hair | |||
| Sylvia Miles | Midnight Cowboy | |||
| Stanley Milgram | Milgram Experiment | |||
| Darius Milhaud | The Creation of the World | |||
| David Miliband | British Foreign Secretary | |||
| Ed Miliband | British MP, Doncaster North | |||
| Ralph Miliband | Parliamentary Socialism | |||
| Harvey Milk | Openly gay SF city supervisor | |||
| Michael Milken | Convicted financial executive | |||
| Arthur Miller | Death of a Salesman | |||
| Jeremy Miller | Ben Seaver on Growing Pains | |||
| Jonathan Miller | Beyond the Fringe | |||
| Judith Miller | Credulous NY Times WMD maven | |||
| Irving Mills | Songwriter, music scout, raconteur | |||
| César Milstein | Hybridoma technique (monoclonal antibodies) | |||
| Howard P. Milstein | Chairman of Emigrant Bank | |||
| Nathan Milstein | Virtuoso violinist, interpreter of Bach | |||
| Paul Milstein | Manhattan real estate developer | |||
| Hermann Minkowski | Minkowski space | |||
| Oskar Minkowski | Linked pancreas to diabetes | |||
| Hyman Minsky | Inherently unstable markets | |||
| Frederic S. Mishkin | Federal Reserve Governor | |||
| Kevin Mitnick | Former "most wanted" hacker | |||
| Isaac Mizrahi | Unzipped | |||
| Mark E. Mlotek | EVP at Henry Schein | |||
| Rea Mochiach | New York-based multi-instrumentalist | |||
| Leon of Modena | Riti Ebraici | |||
| Amedeo Modigliani | Cubist Italian sculptor and painter | |||
| Franco Modigliani | Life-cycle theory | |||
| Eben Moglen | Shareware law | |||
| Henri Moissan | Isolated fluorine | |||
| Ferenc Molnár | The Paul Street Boys | |||
| Marilyn Monroe | Some Like It Hot | |||
| Ron Moody | Fagin in Oliver Twist | |||
| Les Moonves | CEO of CBS Television | |||
| Sara Jane Moore | Tried to kill President Ford | |||
| Rick Moranis | SCTV, Honey I Shrunk The Kids | |||
| Oskar Morgenstern | Game theorist | |||
| Henry Morgenthau, Jr. | US Secretary of the Treasury, 1934-45 | |||
| Dick Morris | Fox News lapdog, former Clinton advisor | |||
| Moses | Ten Commandments | |||
| Robert Moses | New York City planner | |||
| Bruce E. Mosler | CEO of Cushman & Wakefield | |||
| Donny Most | Ralph Malph on Happy Days | |||
| Zero Mostel | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | |||
| Tommy Mottola | Former head of Sony Music | |||
| Michael Mukasey | US Attorney General, 2007-09 | |||
| Paul Muni | The Life of Louis Pasteur | |||
| Peter Munk | Founder of Barrick Gold | |||
| Arthur Murray | Founded Arthur Murray dance studios | |||
| Bess Myerson | First Jewish Miss America | |||
| Roger B. Myerson | Mechanism design theory | |||
| Jerrold Nadler | Congressman, New York 8th | |||
| Joseph E. Nathan | Founder of Glaxo | |||
| Daniel Nathans | Restriction enzymes (DNA cleavage) | |||
| Yitzhak Navon | President of Israel, 1978-83 | |||
| Alla Nazimova | Blood and Sand | |||
| Tim Blake Nelson | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | |||
| Howard Nemerov | US Poet Laureate, 1987-88 | |||
| Benjamin Netanyahu | Prime Minister of Israel | |||
| Joseph Neubauer | CEO of ARAMARK | |||
| Richard L. Neuberger | US Senator from Oregon, 1955-60 | |||
| Si Newhouse, Jr. | Chairman of Condé Nast | |||
| S. I. Newhouse, Sr. | Founder of Advance Publications | |||
| Donald Newhouse | Advance Newspapers billionaire | |||
| Anthony Newley | Artful Dodger in Oliver Twist | |||
| Howard H. Newman | Former Partner, Warburg Pincus | |||
| Paul Newman | Salad dressing magnate | |||
| Peter C. Newman | The Canadian Establishment | |||
| Craig Newmark | Founder, Craigslist | |||
| Helmut Newton | Celebrity photographer | |||
| Mike Nichols | Primary Colors | |||
| Leonard Nimoy | Commander Spock on Star Trek | |||
| Marshall W. Nirenberg | RNA's role in protein synthesis | |||
| Max Nordau | Zionist and cultural critic, Degeneration | |||
| Danny Nucci | Eraser | |||
| Martha Nussbaum | The Fragility of Goodness | |||
| Louis Nye | Sonny Drysdale on Beverly Hillbillies | |||
| Laura Nyro | New York songwriter | |||
| Ken Ober | Remote Control, Ober and Olsen | |||
| Adolph Ochs | New York Times Publisher, 1896-1936 | |||
| Clifford Odets | Sweet Smell of Success | |||
| Morris W. Offit | Founder of OFFITBANK | |||
| Sophie Okonedo | Hotel Rwanda | |||
| Ehud Olmert | Prime Minister of Israel, 2006-09 | |||
| David Opatoshu | Raid on Entebbe | |||
| Robert Oppenheimer | Physicist, headed the Manhattan Project | |||
| Suze Orman | The Road to Wealth | |||
| Norman Ornstein | American Enterprise Institute | |||
| Super Dave Osborne | Underwhelming daredevil | |||
| Sharon Osbourne | Wife of Ozzy Osbourne | |||
| Gerald M. Ostrov | CEO of Bausch & Lomb | |||
| Ronn Owens | KGO radio talk show host | |||
| Amos Oz | Elsewhere, Perhaps | |||
| Frank Oz | Yoda, Miss Piggy, and The Stepford Wives | |||
| Cynthia Ozick | The Puttermesser Papers | |||
| Vladimir de Pachmann | Histrionic Russian pianist, known for Chopin | |||
| Alan J. Pakula | All the President's Men | |||
| Charlemagne Palestine | Strumming Music | |||
| Grace Paley | The Little Disturbances of Man | |||
| William S. Paley | Chairman of CBS, 1946-83 | |||
| Gwyneth Paltrow | Shakespeare in Love | |||
| Erwin Panofsky | Studies in Iconology | |||
| Joseph Papp | Founder, New York Shakespeare Festival | |||
| Barbara J. Pariente | Justice, Florida Supreme Court | |||
| Mitchell Parish | Volare | |||
| Dorothy Parker | Constant Reader known for acerbic quips | |||
| Sarah Jessica Parker | Carrie on Sex and the City | |||
| Adam Pascal | Broadway cast of Rent | |||
| Amy Pascal | Sony Pictures co-chairman | |||
| Solomon Passy | Bulgarian Minister of Foreign Affairs | |||
| Boris Pasternak | Doctor Zhivago | |||
| Joe Pasternak | Destry Rides Again | |||
| Amy Wynn Pastor | Carpenter on Trading Spaces | |||
| Mandy Patinkin | Dead Like Me | |||
| David Paymer | Mr. Saturday Night | |||
| Peaches | Fatherfucker | |||
| Daniel Pearl | Murdered Wall Street Journal reporter | |||
| Lou Pearlman | Boy bands and Ponzi schemes | |||
| Josh Peck | Drake and Josh | |||
| Jan Peerce | Operatic tenor, NY Metropolitan Opera | |||
| Larry Peerce | Goodbye, Columbus | |||
| Rudolf Peierls | Frisch-Peierls Memorandum | |||
| Nelson Peltz | CEO of Triarc | |||
| Leo Penn | The Dark Secret of Harvest Home | |||
| Arno Penzias | Detected primordial radiation | |||
| Georges Perec | La Vie: mode d'emploi | |||
| Ron Perelman | Billionaire, owns 60% of Revlon | |||
| S. J. Perelman | New Yorker humorist | |||
| Shimon Peres | President of Israel | |||
| Martin L. Perl | Discovered the Tau Lepton | |||
| Richard Perle | Prince of Darkness | |||
| Itzhak Perlman | Israeli violinist | |||
| Philip B. Perlman | US Solicitor General, 1947-52 | |||
| Rhea Perlman | Cheers | |||
| Ron Perlman | Hellboy | |||
| Nehemiah Persoff | The Harder They Fall | |||
| Max F. Perutz | X-Ray analysis of hemoglobin | |||
| Jon Peters | Half of Hollywood Peters-Guber duo | |||
| Roberta Peters | Coloratura soprano, NY Metropolitan Opera | |||
| Leo Pfeffer | Religious liberty scholar, attorney | |||
| Irna Phillips | Queen of soap operas | |||
| Gregor Piatigorsky | Russian-American cello virtuoso | |||
| Molly Picon | Yiddish theatre actress | |||
| Marge Piercy | Gone to Soldiers | |||
| Gregory Pincus | Inventor of oral contraceptives | |||
| Walter Pincus | Washington Post reporter with CIA ties | |||
| Pink | Can't Take Me Home | |||
| David Pinski | Yiddish playwright, Der Oitzer | |||
| Harold Pinter | The Birthday Party | |||
| Daniel Pipes | Influential neocon | |||
| Camille Pissarro | French Impressionist painter | |||
| Ingrid Pitt | Countess Dracula | |||
| Jeremy Piven | Ari Gold on Entourage | |||
| John Podhoretz | Conservative columnist | |||
| Norman Podhoretz | Prominent neocon author | |||
| Jared Polis | Congressman, Colorado 2nd | |||
| Sydney Pollack | Tootsie | |||
| Kevin Pollak | Host of Celebrity Poker | |||
| Tracy Pollan | Ellen Reed on Family Ties | |||
| Jonathan Pollard | Spied for Israel | |||
| Faith Popcorn | The Popcorn Report | |||
| Ron Popeil | Ginsu knives, Mr. Microphone | |||
| Samuel J. Popeil | Veg-O-Matic | |||
| David H. Popper | US Ambassador to Chile, 1974-77 | |||
| Karl Popper | Critical Rationalist | |||
| Sylvia Porter | Financial columnist | |||
| Natalie Portman | Queen Amidala in Star Wars | |||
| Ted Post | Hang 'Em High | |||
| Chaim Potok | The Chosen | |||
| David S. Pottruck | CEO of Charles Schwab, 1998-2004 | |||
| Maury Povich | The Maury Povich Show | |||
| Dennis Prager | Conservative Jewish radio host | |||
| Harry Pregerson | 9th Circuit Court of Appeals | |||
| Otto Preminger | Anatomy of a Murder | |||
| Emeric Pressburger | Black Narcissus | |||
| André Previn | Concert pianist and orchestral conductor | |||
| Ilya Prigogine | Thermodynamic systems | |||
| David Proval | Richie on The Sopranos | |||
| Stanley B. Prusiner | Prions | |||
| Maxwell M. Rabb | US Ambassdor to Italy, 1981-89 | |||
| Isidor Isaac Rabi | Magnetic beam resonances | |||
| Yitzhak Rabin | Twice Prime Minister of Israel | |||
| Stuart Rabner | New Jersey Chief Justice | |||
| Gilda Radner | Saturday Night Live | |||
| Philip Rahv | Co-Founder, Partisan Review | |||
| Sam Raimi | Spider-Man | |||
| Ted Raimi | Joxer on Xena, Warrior Princess | |||
| Luise Rainer | German film actress | |||
| Howell Raines | Executive editor, NYT, resigned | |||
| Rosa Raisa | Operatic soprano | |||
| David Rakoff | Don't Get Too Comfortable | |||
| Harold Ramis | Egon Spengler in Ghostbusters | |||
| Tony Randall | Felix Unger in The Odd Couple | |||
| John Randolph | Prizzi's Honor | |||
| Michael Rapaport | Zebrahead | |||
| Sally Jessy Raphael | Controversialist talk show host | |||
| Brett Ratner | Red Dragon | |||
| Bruce Ratner | New York City developer | |||
| Charles A. Ratner | CEO of Forest City Enterprises | |||
| Diane Ravitch | Education reformer | |||
| Man Ray | Dadaist photographer | |||
| Steven A. Raymund | CEO of Tech Data, 1986-2006 | |||
| Shari Redstone | President of National Amusements | |||
| Sumner Redstone | Chairman and CEO of Viacom | |||
| Nikki Reed | Thirteen | |||
| Roger Rees | Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby | |||
| Bar Refaeli | Israeli model, dating DiCaprio | |||
| Steve Reich | Minimalist composer, Different Trains | |||
| Tadeus Reichstein | Adrenocortical hormones | |||
| Carl Reiner | Your Show of Shows | |||
| Fritz Reiner | Music Director, Chicago Symphony, 1953-62 | |||
| Rob Reiner | Meathead | |||
| Frederick Reines | Co-Discover of the Neutrino | |||
| Stephen Reinhardt | 9th Circuit Court of Appeals | |||
| Jehuda Reinharz | President, Brandeis University | |||
| Paul Reiser | Mad About You | |||
| Judith Reisman | Hates Kinsey | |||
| Jason Reitman | Up in the Air | |||
| Abe Reles | Hitman for Murder, Inc. | |||
| Ed Rendell | Governor of Pennsylvania | |||
| Paul Reubens | Pee-wee Herman | |||
| Andrew Revkin | New York Times science reporter | |||
| Simon Rex | What I Like About You | |||
| Malvina Reynolds | Little Boxes | |||
| Abraham Ribicoff | Senator and Governor from Connecticut | |||
| Frank Rich | New York Times | |||
| Marc Rich | Pardoned by Clinton | |||
| Mordecai Richler | The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz | |||
| Don Rickles | King of the Insult | |||
| Hyman Rickover | Built the nuclear navy | |||
| Ron Rifkin | Arvin Sloane on Alias | |||
| Malcolm Rifkind | UK Foreign Secretary, 1995-97 | |||
| Meshulam Riklis | Corporate raider | |||
| Martin Ritt | The Long Hot Summer | |||
| Joan Rivers | Can we talk? | |||
| Larry Rivers | American pop artist | |||
| Melissa Rivers | Daughter of Joan Rivers | |||
| Irv Robbins | Co-Founder of Baskin-Robbins | |||
| Jerome Robbins | West Side Story | |||
| Doris Roberts | Marie on Everybody Loves Raymond | |||
| George R. Roberts | Kohlberg Kravis Roberts | |||
| Tanya Roberts | Bond Girl, Beastmaster, That 70s Show | |||
| Leo Robin | Thanks For The Memory | |||
| Edward G. Robinson | Key Largo | |||
| Arthur Rock | Coined term "Venture Capitalism" | |||
| Martin Rodbell | G-protein cell signal transmission | |||
| Richard Rodgers | Rodgers and Hammerstein | |||
| Seth Rogen | Knocked Up | |||
| Shorty Rogers | Shorty Rogers and His Giants | |||
| Anne Roiphe | Up the Sandbox! | |||
| Sigmund Romberg | The New Moon | |||
| Harold Rome | I Can Get It for You Wholesale | |||
| Jim Rome | Jim Rome is Burning | |||
| Wayne Allyn Root | The Zen of Gambling | |||
| Irwin Rose | Ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation | |||
| Leonard Rose | Virtuoso cellist | |||
| Michael N. Rosen | Partner, Bryan Cave | |||
| Alan Rosenberg | Alvin Masterson on The Guardian | |||
| Ethel Rosenberg | Executed for being married to Julius Rosenberg | |||
| Julius Rosenberg | Leaked atomic bomb secrets to USSR | |||
| Stuart Rosenberg | Cool Hand Luke | |||
| William Rosenberg | Founder of Dunkin' Donuts | |||
| Peter R. Rosenblatt | Washington attorney | |||
| Eric S. Rosengren | President and CEO, Boston Fed | |||
| Samuel I. Rosenman | White House Counsel, 1943-46 | |||
| Ed Rosenthal | Advocate for legalizing marijuana | |||
| Julius Rosenwald | Sears executive and Good Samaritan | |||
| Ilene Rosenzweig | Swell designer | |||
| Dennis B. Ross | US Middle East Envoy, 1992-2000 | |||
| Herbert Ross | Steel Magnolias | |||
| Marjory Ross | Regnery Publishing | |||
| Rick Ross | Cult expert, deprogrammer | |||
| Robert Rossen | The Hustler | |||
| Bruno Rossi | Rossi curve and magnetopause | |||
| Emmy Rossum | The Day After Tomorrow | |||
| Leo Rosten | The Joys of Yiddish | |||
| Eugene Victor Rostow | Dean of Yale Law School, 1955-65 | |||
| Joseph Rotblat | Nuclear physicist, anti-nuke activist | |||
| Eli Roth | Cabin Fever | |||
| Henry Roth | Call It Sleep | |||
| Joe Roth | Revolution Studios, former Disney CEO | |||
| Mark Roth | Professional bowler | |||
| Philip Roth | Portnoy's Complaint | |||
| Steven Rothman | Congressman, New Jersey 9th | |||
| Edmond de Rothschild | Father of the Yishuv | |||
| Edmund de Rothschild | British banker | |||
| Jacob Rothschild | RIT Capital Partners | |||
| Lynn Forester de Rothschild | Telecom executive | |||
| Debbie Rowe | Michael Jackson's ex-wife | |||
| David M. Rubenstein | Director of the Carlyle Group | |||
| James P. Rubin | State Department Spokesman, 1997-2000 | |||
| Jerry Rubin | Yippie, one of the Chicago 7 | |||
| Rick Rubin | Ubiquitous record producer, Def Jam | |||
| Robert E. Rubin | US Treasury Secretary, 1995-99 | |||
| Saul Rubinek | Ticket to Heaven | |||
| Anton Rubinstein | The Tower of Babel | |||
| Artur Rubinstein | Polish-American piano virtuoso | |||
| Zelda Rubinstein | Tangina in Poltergeist | |||
| Harry Ruby | Who's Sorry Now? | |||
| Paul Rudd | The Shape of Things | |||
| William C. Rudin | Rudin Management Company | |||
| Warren Rudman | US Senator from New Hampshire, 1980-93 | |||
| Rita Rudner | Naked Beneath My Clothes | |||
| Keri Russell | Felicity | |||
| Winona Ryder | Edward Scissorhands | |||
| Daryl Sabara | Spy Kids | |||
| Albert Sabin | Developed oral polio vaccine | |||
| Jeffrey Sachs | The End of Poverty | |||
| Nelly Sachs | O the Chimneys | |||
| Samuel Sachs | Half namesake of Goldman Sachs | |||
| Boris Sagal | The Omega Man | |||
| Bob Saget | America's Funniest Home Videos | |||
| Mort Sahl | Early influential stand-up comic | |||
| S. Z. Sakall | Casablanca | |||
| Soupy Sales | Inveterate pie thrower | |||
| Jonas Salk | Discoverer of the first polio vaccine | |||
| Edwin E. Salpeter | Quantitative electron microscopic autoradiography | |||
| Barry Salzberg | CEO of Deloitte & Touche | |||
| Andy Samberg | SNL, The Lonely Island | |||
| Herbert Samuel | High Commissioner of Palestine, 1920-25 | |||
| Paul Samuelson | Theory of revealed preference | |||
| Bernie Sanders | US Senator from Vermont | |||
| Adam Sandler | The Wedding Singer, SNL alumnus | |||
| Edward Sapir | Anthropological linguist | |||
| David Sarnoff | CEO of RCA, founder of NBC | |||
| Vidal Sassoon | Celebrity hairstylist | |||
| Ben Savage | Cory on Boy Meets World | |||
| Fred Savage | The Wonder Years | |||
| Michael Savage | Savage Nation | |||
| Josh Saviano | Paul Pfeiffer on The Wonder Years | |||
| Rebecca Schaeffer | Actress murdered by stalker | |||
| Akiva Schaffer | The Lonely Island | |||
| Jan Schakowsky | Congresswoman, Illinois 9th | |||
| Andrew V. Schally | Hypothalamic hormones (brain peptides) | |||
| Morton Owen Schapiro | President, Williams College | |||
| Dore Schary | President of MGM, 1951-56 | |||
| Dolph Schayes | NBA Hall of Famer, coach | |||
| Arthur L. Schechter | US Ambassador to the Bahamas, 1998-2001 | |||
| Lynn Schenk | US Congresswoman from California, 1993-95 | |||
| Heinrich Schenker | Music theorist | |||
| James H. Scheuer | Congressman from New York, 1965-93 | |||
| Béla Schick | Schick test for diphtheria | |||
| Adam Schiff | Congressman, California 29th | |||
| Jacob Schiff | New York banker | |||
| Steve Schiff | Congressman from New Mexico, 1989-98 | |||
| David Schizer | Dean of Columbia Law School | |||
| Arthur M. Schlesinger | The Rise of the City | |||
| Leonard A. Schlesinger | President of Babson College | |||
| Debbie Schlussel | Conservative pundit | |||
| Artur Schnabel | Pianist and classical composer | |||
| Karl Schnabel | Modern Technique of the Pedal | |||
| Rob Schneider | Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo | |||
| Rose Schneiderman | Union leader of the 1920s-'50s | |||
| Bruce Schneier | Applied Cryptography | |||
| Arthur Schnitzler | Reigen | |||
| Arnold Schoenberg | Emancipated dissonance | |||
| Gershom Scholem | Revolutionized the study of Kabbalah | |||
| Myron S. Scholes | Black-Scholes options pricing model | |||
| Daniel Schorr | Veteran journalist, Nixon enemy | |||
| Bitty Schram | A League of Their Own | |||
| Avery Schreiber | Burns and Schreiber | |||
| Liev Schreiber | Actor, voiceover talent | |||
| Budd Schulberg | What Makes Sammy Run? | |||
| Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Congresswoman, Florida 20th | |||
| Dutch Schultz | Bootlegger, murderer, numbers racketeer | |||
| Howard Schultz | Founder of Starbucks | |||
| Joel Schumacher | The Lost Boys | |||
| Chuck Schumer | US Senator from New York | |||
| Allyson Schwartz | Congresswoman, Pennsylvania 13th | |||
| Arthur Schwartz | That's Entertainment | |||
| Delmore Schwartz | Summer Knowledge | |||
| Josh Schwartz | Creator, The O.C. | |||
| Julius Schwartz | Silver Age comics pioneer | |||
| Melvin Schwartz | Researcher of neutrinos | |||
| Sherwood Schwartz | Gilligan's Island, The Brady Bunch | |||
| William Schwartz | Dean of Boston University Law, 1980-88 | |||
| Jason Schwartzman | Rushmore | |||
| Karl Schwarzschild | Black holes, Schwarzschild radius | |||
| Martin Schwarzschild | Structure and Evolution of the Stars | |||
| David Schwimmer | Ross on Friends | |||
| Neil Sedaka | Laughter In The Rain | |||
| Erich Segal | Love Story | |||
| George Segal | Fun with Dick and Jane | |||
| Jason Segel | How I Met Your Mother | |||
| Emilio Segrè | Co-Discoverer of the antiproton | |||
| Nathan Seiberg | String theorist at Princeton | |||
| Donald H. Seiler | Seiler & Company LLP | |||
| Jerry Seinfeld | A show about nothing | |||
| Bud Selig | Commissioner of Baseball | |||
| Peter Sellers | Inspector Clouseau | |||
| Bruce M. Selya | 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, 1986-2006 | |||
| David O. Selznick | Producer of A Star Is Born | |||
| Mel Sembler | US Ambassador to Italy, 2001-05 | |||
| Maurice Sendak | Where The Wild Things Are | |||
| Dan Senor | Senor Strategies LLC | |||
| MC Serch | 3rd Bass MC, produced Nas album Illmatic | |||
| Rudolf Serkin | Czech-American piano prodigy | |||
| Phyllis S. Sewell | Ex-VP, Federated Department Stores | |||
| Paul Shaffer | David Letterman's bandleader | |||
| Peter Shaffer | Amadeus, Equus | |||
| Ben Shahn | American Social Realist painter | |||
| Silvan Shalom | Foreign Minister of Israel, 2003-06 | |||
| Bob Shamansky | Congressman from Ohio, 1981-83 | |||
| Yitzhak Shamir | Twice Israeli Prime Minister | |||
| Albert Shanker | American Federation of Teachers | |||
| Adam Shankman | Hairspray 2007 | |||
| Judith Shapiro | President, Barnard College | |||
| Karl Shapiro | Person, Place and Thing | |||
| Samuel H. Shapiro | Governor of Illinois, 1968-69 | |||
| Milton J. Shapp | Governor of Pennsylvania, 1971-79 | |||
| Moshe Sharett | Prime Minister of Israel, 1953-55 | |||
| Ariel Sharon | Prime Minister of Israel, 2001-06 | |||
| Elliot Sharp | New York avant-garde musician | |||
| William Shatner | Captain Kirk on Star Trek | |||
| Melville Shavelson | Yours, Mine and Ours | |||
| Shabtai Shavit | Director-General of the Mossad, 1989-96 | |||
| Artie Shaw | Clarinetist, big band leader | |||
| Irwin Shaw | Rich Man, Poor Man | |||
| Wallace Shawn | Ate dinner with Andre | |||
| William Shawn | Editor of The New Yorker, 1952-87 | |||
| Zalman Shazar | President of Israel, 1963-73 | |||
| Harry Shearer | Almost half the voices on The Simpsons | |||
| Sid Sheinberg | President and COO of MCA, 1973-95 | |||
| Adrienne Shelly | Waitress | |||
| Brad Sherman | Congressman, California 27th | |||
| Vincent Sherman | The Young Philadelphians | |||
| Armin Shimerman | Quark on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | |||
| Iosif S. Shklovskii | Synchrotron radiation of the Crab Nebula | |||
| Amity Shlaes | The Forgotten Man | |||
| David Shoenberg | Physicist at Cambridge | |||
| Isaac Shoenberg | 405-line format television | |||
| David Sholtz | Governor of Florida, 1933-37 | |||
| Dinah Shore | See the U-S-A in a Chev-ro-let | |||
| Pauly Shore | Encino Man | |||
| Zalman Shoval | Twice Israeli Ambassdor to the US | |||
| Michael Showalter | The State | |||
| Lee Shubert | Broke the Erlanger theater syndicate | |||
| Martin Shubik | Economist and game theorist | |||
| Morton Shulman | Ontario MPP, iconoclast | |||
| Joe Shuster | Co-Creator of Superman | |||
| Jesse Shwayder | Founder of Samsonite Corporation | |||
| Bugsy Siegel | Brought the mob to Las Vegas | |||
| Jerry Siegel | Creator of Superman | |||
| Joel Siegel | Film critic | |||
| Ned L. Siegel | The Siegel Group | |||
| Jamie-Lynn Sigler | Tony Soprano's bratty daughter | |||
| Beverly Sills | Soprano at the New York City Opera | |||
| Howard Da Silva | Bartender in The Lost Weekend | |||
| Joel Silver | Producer, The Matrix | |||
| Josh Silver | Keyboardist for Type O Negative | |||
| Ron Silver | Wiseguy | |||
| Sheldon Silver | Speaker, NY State Assembly | |||
| Robert Silverberg | Nightwings | |||
| Fred Silverman | TV producer and executive | |||
| Jonathan Silverman | The Single Guy | |||
| Sarah Silverman | The Sarah Silverman Program | |||
| Phil Silvers | You're in the Army Now | |||
| Shel Silverstein | Where the Sidewalk Ends | |||
| Alicia Silverstone | Clueless | |||
| Gene Simmons | Blood-spouting KISS bassist | |||
| Nick Simmons | Son of Gene Simmons | |||
| Simon ben Yohai | Galilean Rabbi, Sifre | |||
| Carly Simon | You're So Vain | |||
| Neil Simon | The Odd Couple | |||
| Norton Simon | Founder, Norton Simon Museum | |||
| Paul Simon | Simon and Garfunkel | |||
| Bryan Singer | X-Men | |||
| Isaac Bashevis Singer | Yentl, the Yeshiva Boy | |||
| Isadore Singer | Atiyah-Singer index theorem | |||
| Lori Singer | Footloose | |||
| Peter Singer | Animal Liberation | |||
| Robert Siodmak | The Killers | |||
| Norman Sisisky | Congressman from Virginia, 1983-2001 | |||
| Gene Siskel | Siskel and Ebert | |||
| Helen Slater | Supergirl | |||
| Carl S. Sloane | Co-Founder, Temple, Barker & Sloane | |||
| Everett Sloane | Patterns | |||
| Lindsay Sloane | Valerie Birkhead on Sabrina | |||
| Nicolas Slonimsky | Preeminent musicologist | |||
| Hillel Slovak | Guitarist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers | |||
| Dolores K. Sloviter | 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals | |||
| Robert Smigel | Triumph the Insult Comic Dog | |||
| Yakov Smirnoff | What a country | |||
| Gregory Smith | Ephram on Everwood | |||
| Jacob Smith | Cheaper by the Dozen | |||
| Simon E. Sobeloff | 4th US Court of Appeals, 1956-70 | |||
| Rena Sofer | General Hospital | |||
| Marla Sokoloff | Lucy Hatcher on The Practice | |||
| Nahum Sokolow | World Zionist Organization | |||
| Stephen Solarz | Congressman from New York, 1975-93 | |||
| Izler Solomon | Director, Indianapolis Symphony, 1956-76 | |||
| Alan D. Solomont | DNC National Finance Chairman, 1997 | |||
| Georg Solti | Chicago Symphony Orchestra | |||
| Fred Sommers | The Logic of Natural Language | |||
| Stephen Sondheim | West Side Story | |||
| Barry Sonnenfeld | Men in Black | |||
| Susan Sontag | Novelist, critic, intellectual | |||
| Aaron Sorkin | The West Wing, Sports Night | |||
| Andrew Ross Sorkin | The New York Times | |||
| Chaim Soutine | Expressionist painter, Carcass of Beef | |||
| Michael I. Sovern | President of Columbia University, 1980-93 | |||
| Boris Spassky | Grandmaster defeated by Bobby Fischer | |||
| Arlen Specter | US Senator from Pennsylvania | |||
| Phil Spector | Creator of the Wall of Sound | |||
| Regina Spektor | Anti-folk singer | |||
| Aaron Spelling | Beverly Hills 90210 | |||
| James Speyer | New York Banker | |||
| Sam Spiegel | Lawrence of Arabia | |||
| Art Spiegelman | Maus | |||
| Steven Spielberg | E.T. | |||
| Brent Spiner | Data on Star Trek: TNG | |||
| Joel Elias Spingarn | Literary critic, NAACP leader | |||
| Baruch de Spinoza | Rationalist, lensmaker | |||
| Jordana Spiro | PJ Franklin on My Boys | |||
| Mark Spitz | Olympic swimmer | |||
| Eliot Spitzer | Governor of New York, 2007-08 | |||
| Philip Sporn | American Electric Power Company | |||
| Jerry Springer | The Jerry Springer Show | |||
| Nancy Spungen | Sid Vicious's girlfriend | |||
| Norman H. Stahl | 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, 1992-2001 | |||
| Susan Stamberg | NPR | |||
| Dan Stamper | Editor of Viscera! vampire webzine | |||
| Florence Stanley | Bernice Fish | |||
| Paul Stanley | Lead singer for Kiss | |||
| Darren Star | Creator of Beverly Hills 90210 franchise | |||
| Ben Stein | Host of Win Ben Stein's Money | |||
| Gertrude Stein | Avant-garde writer, salon | |||
| Herbert Stein | Economic adviser for Nixon | |||
| Joel Stein | LA Times columnist | |||
| Jules Stein | Founder of MCA | |||
| William H. Stein | Studied ribonuclease | |||
| David Steinberg | Second City alumnus | |||
| Saul Steinberg | Ex-CEO of Reliance Group Holdings | |||
| William Steinberg | Music Director, Pittsburgh Symphony, 1952-76 | |||
| Jack Steinberger | Researcher of neutrinos | |||
| Gloria Steinem | Founder, Ms. Magazine | |||
| George Steiner | After Babel | |||
| Max Steiner | Gone With the Wind | |||
| Laurence A. Steinhardt | US Ambassador to USSR, 1939-41 | |||
| Avraham Stern | Founder of Lohamei Herut Israel | |||
| Daniel Stern | City Slickers | |||
| David J. Stern | Commissioner of the NBA | |||
| Gary H. Stern | President and CEO, Minneapolis Fed | |||
| Howard Stern | The King of All Media | |||
| Howard K. Stern | Anna Nicole Smith's lawyer | |||
| Isaac Stern | Violin virtuoso | |||
| Leonard Stern | Billionaire, Hartz pet supply | |||
| Shoshannah Stern | Deaf actress | |||
| Walter P. Stern | Chairman, Hudson Institute | |||
| Rachel Stevens | In UK pop band S Club 7 | |||
| Jon Stewart | Anchor of The Daily Show | |||
| Gary Stiffelman | Music industry attorney | |||
| Ben Stiller | There's Something About Mary | |||
| Jerry Stiller | Frank Costanza on Seinfeld | |||
| Mike Stoller | Hitmaker for Elvis | |||
| I. F. Stone | I. F. Stone's Weekly | |||
| Irving Stone | Historical biographical novelist | |||
| Richard B. Stone | US Senator from Florida, 1975-80 | |||
| Lee Strasberg | Theater director and acting coach | |||
| Susan Strasberg | Picnic | |||
| Oscar S. Straus | Thrice Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire | |||
| Annette Strauss | Mayor of Dallas 1987-91 | |||
| Robert S. Strauss | US Ambassador to Russia, 1991-92 | |||
| Dominique Strauss-Kahn | Chairman, International Monetary Fund | |||
| Barbra Streisand | You Don't Bring Me Flowers | |||
| Charles Stross | Accelerando | |||
| Jule Styne | Three Coins in the Fountain | |||
| Arthur Hays Sulzberger | New York Times Publisher, 1935-61 | |||
| Cathy J. Sulzberger | LHIW Real Estate | |||
| Punch Sulzberger | New York Times Publisher, 1963-91 | |||
| Marc Summers | Super Sloppy Double Dare | |||
| Bruce Sundlun | Governor of Rhode Island, 1991-95 | |||
| Joel Surnow | 24, Half Hour News Hour | |||
| Jacqueline Susann | Valley of the Dolls | |||
| David Susskind | The David Susskind Show | |||
| Janet Suzman | Nicholas and Alexandra | |||
| Jeffrey Swartz | President and CEO of Timberland | |||
| James Joseph Sylvester | Studied finite analysis | |||
| Marcy Syms | Syms Corporation | |||
| István Szabó | Being Julia | |||
| Leo Szilard | Nuclear chain reaction | |||
| Orly Taitz | Defend Our Freedoms Foundation | |||
| Myles Tanenbaum | Real Estate developer | |||
| Burton M. Tansky | CEO of Neiman Marcus | |||
| Lilyan Tashman | Puttin' on the Ritz | |||
| Henry Taub | Founder of ADP | |||
| Nicholas F. Taubman | Advance Auto Parts scion | |||
| Elizabeth Taylor | Cleopatra | |||
| Julie Taymor | Across the Universe | |||
| Brian Teacher | Winner, 1980 Australian Open | |||
| Edward Teller | Father of the Hydrogen Bomb | |||
| Howard M. Temin | Tumor viruses and host genetics | |||
| Lionel Tertis | First prominent violist | |||
| Abigail Thernstrom | Opponent of Affirmative Action | |||
| Eddie Kaye Thomas | American Pie | |||
| Khleo Thomas | Roll Bounce | |||
| Michael Tilson Thomas | Music Director, SF Symphony | |||
| Andre Tippett | New England Patriots, Hall of Famer | |||
| Andrew H. Tisch | Loews Corporation | |||
| Bob Tisch | CEO of Loews, Owner NY Giants | |||
| James S. Tisch | CEO of Loews | |||
| Jonathan M. Tisch | CEO of Loews Hotels | |||
| Laurence Tisch | CEO of CBS, 1986-95 | |||
| Ashley Tisdale | Maddie on Zack and Cody | |||
| James Toback | The Pick-up Artist | |||
| George Tobias | Abner Kravitz on Bewitched | |||
| Michael Todd | Around the World in Eighty Days | |||
| Martin Tolchin | Founder, The Hill | |||
| Robert I. Toll | Co-Founder of Toll Brothers | |||
| Ernst Toller | Transformation | |||
| Jeffrey Toobin | CNN Senior Legal Analyst | |||
| Chaim Topol | Fiddler on the Roof | |||
| Mel Tormé | The Velvet Fog | |||
| Dara Torres | Swimmer, won medals in 5 Olympics | |||
| Frank D. Trestman | CEO of Mass Merchandisers, 1983-87 | |||
| Calvin Trillin | Humorist | |||
| Diana Trilling | Literary critic, The Nation | |||
| Lionel Trilling | The Liberal Imagination | |||
| Joe Trohman | Guitarist for Fall Out Boy | |||
| Barbara Tuchman | A Distant Mirror | |||
| Richard Tucker | Operatic tenor, NY Metropolitan Opera | |||
| Sophie Tucker | Some of These Days | |||
| Jon Turteltaub | National Treasure | |||
| Amos Tversky | Cognitive psychologist, studied risks | |||
| Tristan Tzara | Founded the Dada movement | |||
| Ricky Ullman | Phil of the Future | |||
| Leon Uris | Battle Cry | |||
| Abigail Van Buren | Dear Abby emeritus | |||
| Anneliese van der Pol | Chelsea Daniels on That's So Raven | |||
| Bobby Van | Broadway actor | |||
| Harold E. Varmus | Genetic causes of cancer | |||
| Michael Vartan | Never Been Kissed | |||
| Frankie Vaughan | Give Me the Moonlight, Give Me the Girl | |||
| Conrad Veidt | Maj. Strasser in Casablanca | |||
| Immanuel Velikovsky | Worlds in Collision | |||
| Gabriele Veneziano | Father of string theory | |||
| Charles Vidor | A Farewell to Arms | |||
| Bruce Vilanch | The fat guy who writes everyone's jokes | |||
| Christoph von Dohnányi | Conductor, Cleveland Orchestra, 1984-2002 | |||
| Diane von Furstenberg | Fashion designer | |||
| Ludwig von Mises | Libertarian Economist | |||
| Albert Von Tilzer | Take Me Out To The Ball Game | |||
| Harry Von Tilzer | Just Like The Girl Who Married Dear Old Dad | |||
| Marvin Wachman | Temple University President, 1973-83 | |||
| David Wain | The State | |||
| Sam Waksal | CEO, ImClone | |||
| Selman A. Waksman | Streptomycin and other antibiotics | |||
| George Wald | Physiology of the retina | |||
| Lillian Wald | Henry Street Settlement | |||
| Mike Wallace | Veteran 60 Minutes correspondent | |||
| Eli Wallach | The Magnificent Seven | |||
| Otto Wallach | Terpenes and essential oils | |||
| Marc Wallice | HIV+ pornstar | |||
| Hal B. Wallis | Casablanca | |||
| Barbara Walters | 20/20, The View | |||
| Michael Walzer | Just and Unjust Wars | |||
| Zoë Wanamaker | Susan Harper on My Family | |||
| Judge Wapner | People's Court | |||
| Aby Warburg | Founder of the Warburg Institute | |||
| Felix M. Warburg | Kuhn, Loeb and Co. | |||
| Max M. Warburg | M. M. Warburg & Company | |||
| Paul M. Warburg | The Federal Reserve System | |||
| David Warner | The Omen | |||
| Jack L. Warner | Co-Founder, Warner Bros. | |||
| Lesley Ann Warren | The Limey | |||
| Kevin M. Warsh | Federal Reserve Governor | |||
| Lew Wasserman | Chairman and CEO of MCA, 1946-95 | |||
| August von Wassermann | Syphilis test | |||
| Bruce Wasserstein | Wall Street dealmaker | |||
| Al Waxman | Lt. Samuels on Cagney and Lacey | |||
| Henry Waxman | Congressman, California 30th | |||
| Edgar Wayburn | Conservationist, Sierra Club president | |||
| Helene Weigel | The Berliner Ensemble | |||
| Kurt Weill | The Threepenny Opera | |||
| Sanford I. Weill | CEO of Citigroup, 1998-2003 | |||
| Max Weinberg | Drummer for Springsteen and Conan | |||
| Anthony Weiner | Congressman, New York 9th | |||
| Randi Weingarten | President, United Federation of Teachers | |||
| Bob Weinstein | Miramax and Dimension Films | |||
| Harvey Weinstein | Miramax and The Weinstein Co. | |||
| Mikey Weinstein | With God on Our Side | |||
| Ellen L. Weintraub | US FEC Commissioner | |||
| Ronald Weiser | US Ambassador to Slovakia, 2001-04 | |||
| Cora Weiss | Samuel Rubin Foundation | |||
| Michael T. Weiss | The Pretender | |||
| Morry Weiss | CEO of American Greetings, 1987-2003 | |||
| Theodore S. Weiss | Congressman from New York, 1977-92 | |||
| Zev Weiss | CEO of American Greetings | |||
| Victor Weisskopf | Head of CERN, 1961-65 | |||
| George Weissman | CEO of Philip Morris, 1978-84 | |||
| Rachel Weisz | The Constant Gardener | |||
| Bruce Weitz | Sgt. Belker on Hill Street Blues | |||
| Ezer Weizman | President of Israel, 1993-2000 | |||
| Chaim Weizmann | First President of Israel | |||
| Paul Wellstone | US Senator from Minnesota, 1991-2002 | |||
| David Wessel | Wall Street Journal | |||
| Nathanael West | The Day of the Locust | |||
| Jennifer Westfeldt | Notes from the Underbelly | |||
| Ruth Westheimer | 4'7" of concentrated sex | |||
| Rob Wexler | Congressman, Florida 19th | |||
| Abigail S. Wexner | Wife of Leslie H. Wexner | |||
| Leslie H. Wexner | CEO of Limited Brands | |||
| Shannon Whirry | Softcore star | |||
| Jacques L. Wiener, Jr. | 5th Circuit Court of Appeals | |||
| Norbert Wiener | Cybernetics | |||
| Elie Wiesel | Anti-Holocaust and human-rights activist | |||
| Leon Wieseltier | The New Republic | |||
| Simon Wiesenthal | Nazi hunter | |||
| Eugene Wigner | Law of conservation of parity | |||
| Billy Wilder | Sunset Blvd. | |||
| Gene Wilder | Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory | |||
| Richard Willstätter | Plant pigments | |||
| Paul Winchell | Ventriloquist and inventor | |||
| Jerry Wind | Director, SEI Center, Wharton | |||
| Amy Winehouse | Rehab | |||
| Debra Winger | An Officer and a Gentleman | |||
| Jon Winkelried | Formerly Co-COO of Goldman Sachs | |||
| Henry Winkler | Fonz on Happy Days | |||
| Irwin Winkler | Rocky | |||
| Philip D. Winn | HUD scandal figure pardoned by Clinton | |||
| Mare Winningham | Georgia | |||
| Marissa Jaret Winokur | Hairspray | |||
| Shelley Winters | Method actress and camp queen | |||
| Jay S. Wintrob | CEO, AIG Retirement Services | |||
| Adele Wiseman | The Sacrifice | |||
| Frederick Wiseman | Titicut Follies | |||
| Edward Witten | String theorist at Princeton | |||
| Bertram D. Wolfe | Three Who Made a Revolution | |||
| Alex Wolff | The Naked Brothers Band | |||
| Nat Wolff | The Naked Brothers Band | |||
| Marv Wolfman | Former Editor-In-Chief of Marvel Comics | |||
| Paul Wolfowitz | President of the World Bank, 2005-07 | |||
| Louis Wolfson | Business criminal, horse breeder | |||
| Herman Wouk | The Caine Mutiny | |||
| Robert Wuhl | Arliss on Arli$$ | |||
| Ron Wyden | US Senator from Oregon | |||
| Noah Wyle | Dr. John Carter on ER | |||
| Rosalyn Sussman Yalow | Developed radioimmunoassay technique | |||
| Elliott Yamin | American Idol | |||
| Peter Yarrow | The Peter in Peter, Paul, and Mary | |||
| Sidney Yates | Congressman from Illinois, 1949-99 | |||
| Anton Yelchin | Delivering Milo | |||
| Jack Yellen | Happy Days Are Here Again | |||
| Anzia Yezierska | Bread Givers | |||
| Ada E. Yonath | Cryocrystallography | |||
| Kevin Youkilis | Boston Red Sox | |||
| Mark G. Yudof | President of the University of California | |||
| Harris Yulin | Roger Stanton on 24 | |||
| Saul Zaentz | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | |||
| Edward J. Zander | CEO of Motorola, 2004-07 | |||
| Israel Zangwill | Children of the Ghetto | |||
| Abraham Zapruder | Documented JFK's assassination on film | |||
| Fred S. Zeidman | GOP activist | |||
| Solomon Zeitlin | Dead Sea Scrolls debunker | |||
| Samuel Zell | Equity Office Properties billionaire | |||
| James David Zellerbach | US Ambassador to Italy, 1957-60 | |||
| Strauss Zelnick | CEO of BMG Entertainment, 1998-2000 | |||
| Howard Zieff | Private Benjamin | |||
| Efrem Zimbalist | Russian-American violinist | |||
| Stephanie Zimbalist | Remington Steele | |||
| Richard Zimmer | Congressman from New Jersey, 1991-97 | |||
| Marvin Zindler | Houston reporter, KTRK-TV | |||
| Howard Zinn | A People's History of the United States | |||
| Fred Zinnemann | From Here to Eternity | |||
| Grigory Zinoviev | Old Bolshevik executed during the Great Purge | |||
| Edward Zorinsky | US Senator from Nebraska, 1976-87 | |||
| John Zorn | Prolific avant-garde composer | |||
| David Zucker | Airplane! | |||
| Jerry Zucker | Ghost | |||
| Mark Zuckerberg | Founder of Facebook | |||
| Louis Zukofsky | Co-Founded Objectivist poetry movement | |||
| Adolph Zukor | Founder of Paramount Pictures | |||
| Terry Zwigoff | Ghost World |
Friday, May 21, 2010
List Of Famous Jews
This is not a complete list.
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