John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Joe L. Allbritton |
Business |
29-Dec-1924 |
12-Dec-2012 |
Well-connected Washington billionaire |
Philip Anschutz |
Business |
28-Dec-1939 |
|
Qwest billionaire |
Catherine Todd Bailey |
Diplomat |
1951 |
|
US Ambassador to Latvia, 2005-08 |
Robert B. Barnett |
Attorney |
26-Aug-1946 |
|
Washington literary agent, debate coach |
Lawrence Bathgate |
Attorney |
17-May-1939 |
|
GOP activist |
Lucius Battle |
Diplomat |
1-Jun-1918 |
13-May-2008 |
US Ambassador to Egypt, 1964-67 |
Stuart Bernstein |
Diplomat |
9-Apr-1938 |
|
US Ambassador to Denmark, 2001-05 |
Roland Betts |
Business |
25-May-1946 |
|
Longtime friend of George W. Bush |
James Billington |
Historian |
1-Jun-1929 |
|
13th Librarian of Congress |
William Brisben |
Business |
? |
|
Brisben Companies |
Ronald W. Burkle |
Business |
c. 1953 |
|
Supermarket Billionaire |
Barbara Bush |
First Lady |
8-Jun-1925 |
|
Wife of US President George H.W. Bush |
Laura Bush |
First Lady |
4-Nov-1946 |
|
Wife of US President George W. Bush |
Mary K. Bush |
Business |
c. 1949 |
|
Bush International |
Joseph Califano |
Government |
15-May-1931 |
|
Carter's HEW Secretary |
Mitchell Caplan |
Business |
c. 1957 |
|
CEO of E-Trade, 2003-07 |
Rosalynn Carter |
First Lady |
18-Aug-1927 |
|
Wife of US President Jimmy Carter |
Henry Catto |
Diplomat |
6-Dec-1930 |
18-Dec-2011 |
US Ambassador to the UK, 1989-91 |
James E. Cayne |
Business |
c. 1934 |
|
CEO of Bear Stearns, 1992-2008 |
Hillary Clinton |
Politician |
26-Oct-1947 |
|
US Secretary of State, 2009-13 |
Thad Cochran |
Politician |
7-Dec-1937 |
|
US Senator from Mississippi |
Arthur Culvahouse |
Government |
4-Jul-1948 |
|
White House Counsel, 1987-89 |
Bo Derek |
Actor |
20-Nov-1956 |
|
10 |
Betsy DeVos |
Activist |
c. 1958 |
|
Wife of Dick DeVos |
Bob Dole |
Politician |
22-Jul-1923 |
|
US Senator from Kansas, 1969-96 |
Ken Duberstein |
Government |
21-Apr-1944 |
|
Reagan's Chief of Staff, 1988-89 |
Ralph Ellison |
Novelist |
1-Mar-1914 |
16-Apr-1994 |
Invisible Man |
Robert A. Essner |
Business |
26-Oct-1947 |
|
CEO of Wyeth, 2002-07 |
Mel Estrin |
Business |
c. 1941 |
|
University Research Company |
Thomas C. Foley |
Business |
9-Jan-1952 |
|
US Ambassador to Ireland, 2006-09 |
Betty Ford |
First Lady |
8-Apr-1918 |
8-Jul-2011 |
Former First Lady, founded Betty Ford Center |
Abe Fortas |
Judge |
19-Jun-1910 |
5-Apr-1982 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1965-69 |
Bill Frist |
Politician |
22-Feb-1952 |
|
US Senate Majority Leader, 2003-07 |
Craig L. Fuller |
Government |
c. 1951 |
|
Washington lobbyist |
Bruce S. Gelb |
Diplomat |
24-Feb-1927 |
|
US Ambassador to Belgium, 1991-93 |
David Girard-diCarlo |
Lobbyist |
20-Jan-1943 |
|
Lobbyist, US Ambassador to Austria |
Vin Gupta |
Business |
c. 1948 |
|
CEO, InfoUSA |
Jim Haslam |
Business |
13-Dec-1930 |
|
Pilot Corporation |
Dennis Hastert |
Politician |
2-Jan-1942 |
|
Speaker of the House, 1999-2006 |
Mark Hatfield |
Politician |
12-Jul-1922 |
7-Aug-2011 |
US Senator from Oregon, 1967-97 |
Charlton Heston |
Actor |
4-Oct-1923 |
5-Apr-2008 |
The Ten Commandments |
Kay Bailey Hutchison |
Politician |
22-Jul-1943 |
|
US Senator from Texas |
James Inhofe |
Politician |
17-Nov-1934 |
|
US Senator from Oklahoma |
Jim Jeffords |
Politician |
11-May-1934 |
18-Aug-2014 |
US Senator from Vermont, 1989-2007 |
Brenda LaGrange Johnson |
Business |
? |
|
US Ambassador to Jamaica |
James A. Johnson |
Business |
24-Dec-1943 |
|
CEO of Fannie Mae, 1991-98 |
Lady Bird Johnson |
First Lady |
22-Dec-1912 |
11-Jul-2007 |
Wife of US President Lyndon Baines Johnson |
Sheldon Kamins |
Business |
c. 1948 |
|
Blum Frank & Kamins |
Patrick Joseph Kennedy |
Politician |
14-Jul-1967 |
|
Congressman from Rhode Island, 1995-2011 |
Ted Kennedy |
Politician |
22-Feb-1932 |
25-Aug-2009 |
US Senator from Massachusetts, 1962-2009 |
Nancy G. Kinder |
Philanthropist |
? |
|
Wife of Richard Kinder |
Jeffrey B. Kindler |
Business |
13-May-1955 |
|
CEO of Pfizer, 2006-10 |
Jim Kolbe |
Politician |
28-Jun-1942 |
|
Congressman from Arizona, 1985-2007 |
Melvin Laird |
Government |
1-Sep-1922 |
|
US Secretary of Defense, 1969-73 |
Mary Lasker |
Activist |
30-Nov-1900 |
21-Feb-1994 |
Health care advocate |
Ted Lazenby |
Business |
c. 1931 |
|
LNC Corporation |
Michael O. Leavitt |
Government |
11-Feb-1951 |
|
US Secretary, Health and Human Services |
Carl H. Lindner III |
Business |
c. 1953 |
|
Co-CEO of American Financial Group |
John P. Manning |
Business |
c. 1949 |
|
Boston Capital REIT |
Harry C. McPherson |
Attorney |
22-Aug-1929 |
16-Feb-2012 |
White House Counsel to Johnson |
Norm Mineta |
Politician |
12-Nov-1931 |
|
Congressman from California, 1975-95 |
Marilyn Carlson Nelson |
Business |
c. 1939 |
|
CEO of Carlson Companies, 1998-2008 |
Ron Nessen |
Government |
25-May-1934 |
|
Gerald Ford's press secretary |
James Oberstar |
Politician |
10-Sep-1934 |
3-May-2014 |
Congressman from Minnesota, 1975-2011 |
Mary M. Ourisman |
Diplomat |
Feb-1946 |
|
US Ambassador to Barbados |
Frank H. Pearl |
Business |
27-May-1943 |
4-May-2012 |
CEO of Perseus LLC |
Nancy Pelosi |
Politician |
26-Mar-1940 |
|
Speaker of the House, 2007-11 |
Arthur Penn |
Film Director |
27-Sep-1922 |
28-Sep-2010 |
Bonnie and Clyde |
Charles H. Percy |
Politician |
27-Sep-1919 |
17-Sep-2011 |
US Senator from Illinois, 1967-85 |
Ron Perelman |
Business |
1-Jan-1943 |
|
Billionaire, owns 60% of Revlon |
John C. Plant |
Business |
c. 1954 |
|
CEO of TRW Automotive |
John Edward Porter |
Politician |
1-Jun-1935 |
|
Congressman from Illinois, 1980-2001 |
Deborah Pryce |
Politician |
29-Jul-1951 |
|
Congresswoman from Ohio, 1993-2009 |
Nancy Reagan |
First Lady |
6-Jul-1921 |
|
Wife of US President Reagan |
Harry Reid |
Politician |
2-Dec-1939 |
|
US Senate Minority Leader |
Catherine B. Reynolds |
Philanthropist |
c. 1957 |
|
Prominent benefactor |
Michelle Rhee |
Activist |
25-Dec-1969 |
|
DC Public Schools Chancellor, 2007-10 |
Condoleezza Rice |
Government |
14-Nov-1954 |
|
US Secretary of State, 2005-09 |
Dwight Schar |
Business |
c. 1942 |
|
NVR Homes |
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. |
Historian |
15-Oct-1917 |
28-Feb-2007 |
The Age of Roosevelt |
Stephen A. Schwarzman |
Business |
14-Feb-1947 |
|
Co-Founder, Blackstone Group |
Donna Shalala |
Government |
14-Feb-1941 |
|
Secretary of HHS, 1993-2001 |
Mark S. Siegel |
Attorney |
c. 1951 |
|
ReMY Investors |
Lawrence M. Small |
Government |
14-Sep-1941 |
|
Secretary, Smithsonian Institution, 2000-07 |
Joshua I. Smith |
Business |
c. 1941 |
|
Coaching Group LLC |
Jay Snyder |
Business |
c. 1961 |
|
HBJ Investments |
Alex Spanos |
Business |
28-Sep-1923 |
|
A.G. Spanos Companies |
Margaret Spellings |
Government |
20-Nov-1957 |
|
Secretary of Education |
Dennis Stanfill |
Business |
1-Apr-1927 |
|
CEO of 20th Century Fox, 1971-81 |
Thomas F. Stephenson |
Business |
c. 1942 |
|
US Ambassador to Portugal |
Paul G. Stern |
Business |
31-Oct-1938 |
|
CEO of Northern Telecom, 1989-93 |
Sy Sternberg |
Business |
24-Jun-1943 |
|
CEO of New York Life |
Caspar Weinberger |
Government |
18-Aug-1917 |
28-Mar-2006 |
Iran-Contra figure pardoned by Bush |
Jerry Weintraub |
Film/TV Producer |
29-Sep-1937 |
6-Jul-2015 |
Hollywood producer |
Charlie Wilson |
Politician |
1-Jun-1933 |
10-Feb-2010 |
Congressman from Texas, 1973-96 |
John Wohlstetter |
Activist |
c. 1947 |
|
Discovery Institute |
James Wolfensohn |
Business |
1-Dec-1933 |
|
World Bank president, 1995-2005 |
Herman Wouk |
Novelist |
27-May-1915 |
|
The Caine Mutiny |
Don Young |
Politician |
9-Jun-1933 |
|
Congressman from Alaska |