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Woody Allen
Heywood "Woody" Allen is an American filmmaker, actor, writer, and comedian. In a career spanning eight decades, he has written for film, television, and theater. Allen has received many accolades, including the most wins and nominations for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. He has won four Academy Awards, ten BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards and a Grammy Award, as well as nominations for an Emmy Award and a Tony Award. Allen has also received numerous honors, including an Honorary Golden Lion in 1995, the BAFTA Fellowship in 1997, an Honorary Palme d'Or in 2002, and the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2014. Two of his films have been inducted into the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress.
Boris Johnson
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022
Sigourney Weaver
Susan Alexandra "Sigourney" Weaver is an American actress. Prolific in film since the late 1970s, she is known for her pioneering portrayals of action heroines in blockbusters and for her various roles in independent films. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including a British Academy Film Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Grammy Award, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awards, four Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award.
J. D. Salinger
American author (1919–2010)
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Jacqueline Lee "Jackie" Kennedy Onassis was the first lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963, as the wife of John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States. She redefined the mostly ceremonial role into a platform for arts and culture, by hosting multiple high-profile events at the White House and leading its restoration into a historical site. Through her fashion and cultural literacy, she improved the global standing of the United States during the politically volatile Cold War. Her personal style became known as the "Jackie Look", which inspired worldwide fashion trends during the 1960s.
Groucho Marx
American comedian (1890–1977)
Michael J. Fox
Michael Andrew Fox, known professionally as Michael J. Fox, is a Canadian and American actor and activist. Beginning his career as a child actor in the 1970s, he rose to prominence portraying Alex P. Keaton on the NBC sitcom Family Ties (1982–1989) and Marty McFly in the Back to the Future film trilogy (1985–1990). Fox went on to star in films such as Teen Wolf (1985), The Secret of My Success (1987), Casualties of War (1989), Doc Hollywood (1991) and The Frighteners (1996). He returned to television on the ABC sitcom Spin City in the lead role of Mike Flaherty (1996–2000).
Naftali Bennett
Prime Minister of Israel from 2021 to 2022
Michael Bloomberg
American businessman and politician; 108th Mayor of New York City
David Duchovny
American actor and writer
Brooke Shields
American actress
Alexandra Daddario
American actress (born 1986)
Nora Ephron
American film director and writer (1941–2012)
Spike Lee
American filmmaker (born 1957)
Ivana Trump
Ivana Marie Trump was a Czech and American businesswoman, socialite, and model. She lived in Canada in the 1970s, before relocating to the United States and marrying Donald Trump in 1977. She held key managerial positions in the Trump Organization, as vice president of interior design, CEO and president of Trump's Castle casino resort, and manager of the Plaza Hotel.
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Sarah Michelle Prinze is an American actress. She is known for portraying strong female characters in film and television, and is regarded as a scream queen for her work in the horror genre.
Kevin Kline
American actor (born 1947)
Jon Stewart
American comedian, writer, producer, activist, and television host
Willa Cather
American writer (1873–1947)
Pat Nixon
First Lady of the United States from 1969 to 1974
Erica Jong
American novelist, poet, memoirist, critic
Bernard Madoff
American fraudster and financier (1938–2021)
Joan Didion
American writer (1934-2021)
Téa Leoni
American actress and film producer
Caroline Kennedy
Caroline Bouvier Kennedy is an American author, diplomat, and attorney. She served as the United States ambassador to Japan from 2013 to 2017 and ambassador to Australia from 2022 to 2024. Most of Kennedy's professional life has been in literature, law, politics, education reform, and charity. She is a member of the Kennedy family and the only surviving child of President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
Otto Preminger
American director, producer and actor (1905–1986)
Amy Schumer
American comedian and actress (born 1981)
John F. Kennedy Jr.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr., also referred to as JFK Jr. was an American businessman, attorney, magazine publisher, and journalist. He was the son of the 35th U.S. president John F. Kennedy, and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy.
Abe Vigoda
American actor (1921–2016)
Jerome Robbins
American choreographer and director (1918–1998)
Bella Abzug
American politician (1920-1998)
George Roy Hill
American film director (1921–2002)
Jeff Koons
American sculptor and painter (born 1955)
Leelee Sobieski
American actress and artist
Harpo Marx
American comedian
Stockard Channing
American actress (born 1944)
Natasha Lyonne
American actress (born 1979)
John Jacob Astor IV
American businessman, real estate builder, investor, inventor, writer, lieutenant colonel (1864–1912)
Phoebe Cates-Kline
American actress, model, and entrepreneur
Kathy Acker
American novelist, playwright, essayist, and poet (1947–1997)
Tom Lehrer
American musician and mathematician (1928–2025)
Regis Philbin
American television personality (1931–2020)
Nicholas Negroponte
American computer scientist (born 1943)
Helen Frankenthaler
American painter (1928–2011)
William F. Buckley Jr.
American public intellectual, conservative author and political commentator (1925–2008)
Katie Couric
American journalist, presenter, producer, and author
Steve Witkoff
Steven Charles Witkoff is an American real estate developer, investor, former attorney, and founder of the Witkoff Group. Since 2025, Witkoff has served as the United States special envoy to the Middle East and special envoy for peace missions. He has also acted as a de facto envoy to Russian president Vladimir Putin.
Michael Rapaport
Michael David Rapaport is an American actor, comedian, and podcast host. His film roles include Zebrahead (1992), True Romance (1993), Higher Learning (1995), Metro (1997), Cop Land (1997), Deep Blue Sea (1999), The 6th Day (2000), Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001), Big Fan (2009), and The Heat (2013). On television, he headlined the Fox sitcom The War at Home (2005–2007) and was a series regular on the Fox drama Boston Public (2001–2004), the fourth season of the Fox serial drama Prison Break (2008–2009), and the Netflix comedy drama Atypical (2017–2021). Rapaport held recurring roles on the NBC sitcoms Friends (1999), My Name Is Earl (2007–2008), and Justified (2014). Outside of his acting career, Rapaport directed the 2011 documentary Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest about the hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest. Active on several podcasts, he is the host of the I Am Rapaport Stereo Podcast.
Ronald Lauder
American businessman, art collector, philanthropist, political activist
Lee Radziwill
Princess Caroline Lee Radziwill, previously known as Lee Canfield and Lee Ross, was an American socialite, public relations executive, and interior designer. She was the younger sister of former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and sister-in-law of President John F. Kennedy.
Chris Elliott
American actor, writer, and comedian
David Dinkins
106th mayor of New York City from 1990 to 1994
Gypsy Rose Lee
American burlesque performer, actress and author (1911–1970)
Kelly Ripa
American actress and talk show host
Kitty Carlisle
American stage and screen actress, singer, and spokesperson for the arts (1910–2007)
Phil Donahue
American media personality, writer and film producer (1935–2024)
Robert Iler
American actor
Maryanne Trump Barry
American judge (1937–2023)
Lulu Wilson
American actress
Tatiana Schlossberg
Tatiana Celia Kennedy Schlossberg was an American environmental journalist and author. She worked as a science and climate reporter for The New York Times and wrote for several other publications, including The Atlantic, The Washington Post, Vanity Fair, and Bloomberg News. Her book Inconspicuous Consumption: The Environmental Impact You Don't Know You Have was published by Grand Central Publishing in 2019.