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Carl Sagan
American astrophysicist, cosmologist and author (1934–1996)
Joaquin Phoenix
American actor
Mel Brooks
Melvin James Brooks is an American actor, filmmaker, comedian, songwriter, and playwright. With a career spanning over seven decades, he is known as a writer and director of a variety of successful broad farces and parodies. A recipient of numerous accolades, he is one of 28 entertainers to win the EGOT, which includes an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony. He received a Kennedy Center Honor in 2009, a Hollywood Walk of Fame star in 2010, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2013, a British Film Institute Fellowship in 2015, a National Medal of Arts in 2016, a BAFTA Fellowship in 2017, and an Honorary Academy Award in 2024.
Joey King
American actress (born 1999)
Jon Stewart
American comedian, writer, producer, activist, and television host
Zoë Kravitz
Zoë Isabella Kravitz is an American actress, singer, and filmmaker. She has received nominations for a Critics' Choice Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. In 2022, she was named by Time magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential People.
Cassandra Clare
American author
Randy Newman
American singer-songwriter and pianist
Adam Brody
Adam Jared Brody is an American actor. His breakout role was as Seth Cohen on the Fox television series The O.C. (2003–2007). For his performance as Noah Roklov in the Netflix romantic comedy series Nobody Wants This (2024–present), he earned nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Television Series (Musical/Comedy) and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series; he won the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series.
Glenn Greenwald
American journalist, lawyer and writer (born 1967)
Kathy Acker
American novelist, playwright, essayist, and poet (1947–1997)
Jeremy Strong
American actor (born 1978)
Alan Dershowitz
Alan Morton Dershowitz is an American lawyer and law professor known for his work in U.S. constitutional and criminal law. From 1964 to 2013, he taught at Harvard Law School, where he was appointed as the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law in 1993. Dershowitz is a regular media contributor, political commentator, and legal analyst.
Nancy Fraser
American philosopher
Jared Isaacman
Jared Taylor Isaacman is an American billionaire entrepreneur, pilot, and commercial astronaut who has served as the 15th administrator of NASA since December 2025. He is the founder of Shift4 Payments, a payment processor, and the founder of Draken International, which provides adversary training to the U.S., British, and other NATO air forces. As of May 2025, his estimated net worth is US$1.4 billion.
Tom Lantos
U.S. Representative from California (1981–2008)
Leigh Bardugo
Israeli-American author
Sandy Koufax
Sanford Koufax, nicknamed "the Left Arm of God", is an American former baseball player. Widely regarded as one of the greatest pitchers of all time, he played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers from 1955 to 1966. Koufax was the first three-time winner of the Cy Young Award, each time winning unanimously and the only pitcher to do so when a single award was given for both leagues; he was also named the National League Most Valuable Player in 1963. Retiring at age 30 due to chronic pain in his pitching elbow, Koufax was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972 at age 36, the youngest player ever elected.
Saul Alinsky
American community organizer and writer (1909–1972)
Norman Lear
American television writer and producer (1922-2023)
Eliezer Yudkowsky
American AI researcher and writer (born 1979)
Lewis Black
American comedian and actor
Leslie Feinberg
American transgender activist and writer (1949–2014)
Mike Pollock
American voice actor
Ilana Glazer
American comedian
Alan Dundes
American folklorist (1934–2005)
Hank Greenberg
Baseball outfielder (1911–1986)
Ronen Rubinstein
Israeli-American actor
Lucy Dawidowicz
American historian and writer (1915–1990)
Frank Chodorov
American libertarian thinker (1887–1966)
Robyn Ochs
American activist
Irena Klepfisz
lesbian Polish-American author, activist
Carol Tavris
American psychologist
Ike Davis
American baseball player (born 1987)
Max Kellerman
American sports radio host and commentator
Gabe Kapler
American baseball player and manager
Paul Krassner
American writer and satirist (1932–2019)
Katie Halper
American comedian, writer, filmmaker, and political commentator
Wendy Kaminer
American lawyer
Amir Blumenfeld
Israeli American comedian
Dan Ahdoot
comedian
Michelle Goldberg
American journalist
Anita Pollitzer
American photographer
Jamie Kalven
American journalist