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Steven Allan Spielberg is an American filmmaker. A major figure of the New Hollywood era and pioneer of the modern blockbuster, Spielberg is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema and he is the second highest-grossing film director of all time. Among other accolades, he has received three Academy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, four BAFTA Awards, twelve Emmy Awards, a Tony Award, and a Grammy Award, as well as the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1995, an honorary knighthood in 2001, the Kennedy Center Honor in 2006, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2009, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015, and the National Medal of Arts in 2023. According to Forbes, he is one of the world's wealthiest celebrities. He is one of 22 people to achieve EGOT status.

J. Robert Oppenheimer was an American theoretical physicist who served as the director of the Manhattan Project's Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II. He is often called the "father of the atomic bomb" for his role in overseeing the development of the first nuclear weapons.

American comedian, actor and film director (1926–2017)

American comedian, writer, producer, activist, and television host

American actor, comedian, director and television host

Zachary Israel Braff is an American actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his role as John Michael "J.D." Dorian on the NBC/ABC television series Scrubs, for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series in 2005 as well as for three Golden Globe Awards from 2005 to 2007. He starred in The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy (2000), The Last Kiss (2006), The Ex (2006), and In Dubious Battle (2016). He has done voice-work for Chicken Little (2005) and Oz the Great and Powerful (2013).

American actor (born 1956)

American director, writer, and producer (born 1940)

Second Gentleman of the United States from 2021 to 2025

Commissioner of the National Basketball Association (1942–2020)

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.

American actor and comedian (1924–2003)

American comedian, actress, author and talk show host

Jack Michael Antonoff is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and music producer. He is the lead vocalist of the rock band Bleachers, and previously the guitarist and drummer for the pop rock band Fun and the lead vocalist of the indie rock band Steel Train. Antonoff has produced and co-written songs with other music acts such as Taylor Swift, Lorde, Lana Del Rey, St. Vincent, Pink, Florence and the Machine, Kendrick Lamar, Sabrina Carpenter, and Doja Cat.

American photographer and photojournalist (1917–2009)

American soccer player

American astronaut

American film producer and record company executive (1921-2014)

American politician, former member of the House of Representatives for Massachusetts

American astronaut, pilot

American tennis player (1927–2023)

American actor (1939–2020)

baseball player, spy (1902–1972)

American author, playwright, performance artist, and gender theorist

American poet, editor, literary critic, academic (born 1940)

US tennis player

American athletics competitor

American biblical scholar (born 1937)

American-Israeli basketball player

American photographer (1918–2006)

American journalist

American comedy writer, head writer for the Oscars

American writer

American swimmer

American baseball player (born 1972)

American businessman

American soccer player

American lawyer and former president of the American Civil Liberties Union

American stand-up comedian

US tennis player

American film producer

American businessman

American boxer (1894-1966)

American discus thrower

American basketball player

American boxer

American playwright and screenwriter

American rabbi

American philosopher and scholar (born 1944)

American basketball player

American filmmaker and founder of NFL Films (1916–2015)

American basketball player (1941-2019)

American actress

political writer

American comedian and actor (1907-1986)

American basketball player

Israeli journalist (1907–1950)

American sports franchise owner

American basketball player (1926-1999)

American photographer (born 1957)