Washington University in St. Louis alumni

American playwright (1911–1983)

Nobel prize winning American chemical physicist

American microbiologist

American pharmacologist (1915–1974)

American actor, comedian, and filmmaker (1944–2014)

American biochemist (1918–2009)

American novelist (1948–2026)

John Peter Sarsgaard is an American actor. He studied at the Actors Studio, before rising to prominence playing atypical and sometimes villainous roles in film and television.

Canadian born US feminist scholar, activist and writer (1945-2012)

American magazine columnist, author and lecturer

American actor (1927-2017)

American politician and tennis player (1879–1945)

American actor (1930–2010)

American science-fiction author

American psychologist and computer scientist (1915–1990)

co-discoverer of the neutrino

American novelist, essayist, literary critic and university professor (1933–1982)

American sexologist and writer (1925-2013)

American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader (1932-1975)

American actress (1910–1995)

American astronomer (1846-1914)

American writer

American politician

American biologist (born 1960)

Chinese-American writer

American actor (1935-2020)

American novelist, nature writer, poet (1910-1990)

Arab-Israeli author and journalist of Palestinian descent

American swimmer (1879-1920)

American actor (1897–1992)

United States Ambassador to Afghanistan (1920-1979)

American actress

American politician in Illinois (1936-2020)

American film director and producer (1945–2021)

American journalist and educator (1902–1992)

American politician (1850-1927)

American mathematician known for his expertise in the area of special functions (1933–2019)

American actor

American science fiction writer

American triathlete and nun

American medical scientist

American publisher (1873–1942), founder of the eponymous publishing house

American botanist (1909-1988)

American singer-songwriter and musician (1937–2001)

American botanist (1945-1993)

American actor

American theologian (1894-1962)

Canadian-American botanist, botanical collector, curator and teacher (1895–1992)

United States economist (1859-1940)

American mathematician

American writer

American botanist (1904-1963)

American novelist (1889–1968)

television journalist (1913-1982)

American philosopher (1951-)

American biochemist

American botanist (1904-1975)

American botanist, horticulturalist, botanical collector and university teacher (1906-1995)

American botanist (1922–2019)

Second Lady of the United States from 1949 to 1953