Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Saul Bass |
Designer |
8-May-1920 |
25-Apr-1996 |
Master of title design |
Leo Bogart |
Sociologist |
23-Sep-1921 |
15-Oct-2005 |
Preserving the Press |
Barbara Boxer |
Politician |
11-Nov-1940 |
|
US Senator from California |
Dominic Chianese |
Actor |
2-Sep-1934 |
|
Uncle Junior on The Sopranos |
Shirley Chisholm |
Politician |
30-Nov-1924 |
1-Jan-2005 |
First black woman elected to US House |
Bruce Chizen |
Business |
1956 |
|
CEO of Adobe, 2000-07 |
Stanley Cohen |
Scientist |
17-Nov-1922 |
|
Nerve and skin cell growth factors |
Alan Dershowitz |
Attorney |
1-Sep-1938 |
|
Lawyer, represented Klaus von Bulow |
Alfred Drake |
Actor |
7-Oct-1914 |
25-Jul-1992 |
Broadway actor, Kismet |
Theodore Draper |
Historian |
11-Sep-1912 |
21-Feb-2006 |
The Roots of American Communism |
Herb Edelman |
Actor |
5-Nov-1933 |
21-Jul-1996 |
Stan Zbornak on The Golden Girls |
Al Feldstein |
Editor |
24-Oct-1925 |
29-Apr-2014 |
Editor of MAD, 1956-84 |
James Franco |
Actor |
19-Apr-1978 |
|
Freaks and Geeks |
Murray Friedman |
Historian |
15-Sep-1926 |
18-May-2005 |
Founder, Rosaline Feinstein Center |
Sid Ganis |
Film/TV Producer |
8-Jan-1940 |
|
Paramount, Columbia Pictures Executive |
Leonard Garment |
Attorney |
11-May-1924 |
13-Jul-2013 |
Former Special Counsel to Nixon |
David Geffen |
Business |
21-Feb-1943 |
|
Music and movie industry mogul |
Eugene D. Genovese |
Historian |
19-May-1930 |
26-Sep-2012 |
Roll, Jordan, Roll: The World the Slaves Made |
Alfred Gottschalk |
Educator |
7-Mar-1930 |
12-Sep-2009 |
President, Hebrew Union College, 1971-95 |
Steven H. Grapstein |
Business |
c. 1958 |
|
CEO of Kuo Investment Company |
Jules Haimovitz |
Business |
c. 1949 |
|
Dick Clark Productions |
Oscar Handlin |
Historian |
29-Sep-1915 |
20-Sep-2011 |
The Uprooted |
Dennis S. Hersch |
Attorney |
c. 1945 |
|
Former Partner, Davis Polk & Wardwell |
Raul Hilberg |
Historian |
2-Jun-1926 |
4-Aug-2007 |
The Destruction of the European Jews |
Gertrude Himmelfarb |
Historian |
8-Aug-1922 |
|
Victorian Minds |
Donald Kagan |
Historian |
1-May-1932 |
|
The Great Dialogue |
Meir Kahane |
Activist |
1-Aug-1932 |
5-Nov-1990 |
Founder of Jewish Defense League |
Vera Katz |
Politician |
3-Aug-1933 |
|
Mayor of Portland Oregon, 1993-2005 |
Daniel Keyes |
Novelist |
9-Aug-1927 |
15-Jun-2014 |
Flowers for Algernon |
Tuli Kupferberg |
Singer/Songwriter |
28-Sep-1923 |
12-Jul-2010 |
The Fugs |
Don Lemon |
Journalist |
1-Mar-1966 |
|
Anchor, CNN Newsroom |
Burton Levin |
Diplomat |
28-Sep-1930 |
|
US Ambassador to Burma, 1987-90 |
Marjorie Magner |
Business |
1949 |
|
Former Citibank executive |
Paule Marshall |
Novelist |
9-Apr-1929 |
|
Brown Girl, Brownstones |
Paul Mazursky |
Film Director |
25-Apr-1930 |
30-Jun-2014 |
Down and Out in Beverly Hills |
Frank McCourt |
Author |
19-Aug-1930 |
19-Jul-2009 |
Angela's Ashes |
Jerry Moss |
Business |
8-May-1935 |
|
The "M" in A&M Records |
Barry A. Munitz |
Business |
c. 1941 |
|
President of Getty Trust, 1998-2006 |
Gloria Naylor |
Novelist |
25-Jan-1950 |
28-Sep-2016 |
The Women of Brewster Place |
Peter Nero |
Pianist |
22-May-1934 |
|
Philly Pops |
Harvey Pitt |
Government |
28-Feb-1945 |
|
SEC Chairman, 2001-03 |
Rosemary S. Pooler |
Judge |
21-Jun-1938 |
|
2nd Circuit Court of Appeals |
Richard Portnow |
Actor |
26-Jan-1947 |
|
Hal Melvoin on The Sopranos |
Dennis Prager |
Radio Personality |
2-Aug-1948 |
|
Conservative Jewish radio host |
Joel H. Rassman |
Business |
c. 1946 |
14-Sep-2010 |
CFO of Toll Brothers |
Stephen Riggio |
Business |
1954 |
|
CEO of Barnes & Noble |
Barry Salzberg |
Business |
1953 |
|
CEO of Deloitte & Touche |
Bernie Sanders |
Politician |
8-Sep-1941 |
|
US Senator from Vermont |
Richard L. Sandor |
Business |
c. 1942 |
|
Chicago Climate Exchange |
Sapphire |
Novelist |
4-Aug-1950 |
|
Push |
Steve Schirripa |
Actor |
3-Sep-1957 |
|
Bobby Baccalieri on The Sopranos |
Frank Serpico |
Activist |
14-Apr-1936 |
|
The most dangerous man alive - An honest cop |
Al Sharpton |
Activist |
3-Oct-1954 |
|
Minister, Presidential hopeful |
Irwin Shaw |
Playwright |
27-Feb-1913 |
16-May-1984 |
Rich Man, Poor Man |
Evan J. Silverstein |
Business |
c. 1955 |
|
Former Partner, SILCAP LLC |
Jimmy Smits |
Actor |
9-Jul-1955 |
|
L.A. Law |
Henry Spira |
Activist |
19-Jun-1927 |
12-Sep-1998 |
Animal rights activist |
Elan Steinberg |
Activist |
2-Jun-1952 |
6-Apr-2012 |
World Jewish Congress |
Neil S. Subin |
Business |
c. 1964 |
|
Trendex Capital Management |
Malachi Throne |
Actor |
1-Dec-1928 |
13-Mar-2013 |
Noah Bain on It Takes a Thief |
Morton L. Topfer |
Business |
c. 1937 |
|
Vice Chairman of Dell, 1994-99 |
Leonard Tow |
Business |
30-May-1928 |
|
CEO of Citizens Communications, 1990-2004 |
Alan Vega |
Singer |
23-Jun-1948 |
16-Jul-2016 |
The voice of Suicide |
Alan H. Washkowitz |
Business |
c. 1940 |
|
Former Partner, Lehman Brothers |
Philip Zimbardo |
Psychologist |
23-Mar-1933 |
|
1971 Stanford Prison Experiment |