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Still Living

The people on this site whose story is not finished — oldest first.

80 people

#	Person	Year
1	Noam Chomsky b. 1928 Linguist and political activist whose theories revolutionized the study of language and cognitive science.	1928
2	E. D. Hirsch Jr. b. 1928 Literary scholar whose Core Knowledge curriculum emphasized cultural literacy and shared knowledge.	1928
3	Berry Gordy b. 1929 Founder of Motown, who turned an 800-dollar family loan into the Sound of Young America	1929
4	Buzz Aldrin b. 1930 Apollo 11 lunar module pilot and second person to walk on the Moon.	1930
5	Warren Buffett b. 1930 Value investor whose disciplined approach built one of the largest personal fortunes in American history.	1930
6	Clint Eastwood b. 1930 Actor and director whose Westerns and gritty dramas, from Dirty Harry to Unforgiven, defined American masculinity.	1930
7	Dolores Huerta b. 1930 Labor leader and civil rights activist who co-founded the United Farm Workers with Cesar Chavez.	1930
8	Jasper Johns b. 1930 Painter and printmaker whose Flag and Target paintings bridged Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art.	1930
9	George Soros b. 1930 Investor and founder of the Open Society Foundations, supporting democracy and human rights worldwide.	1930
10	Thomas Sowell b. 1930 Economist and social theorist at the Hoover Institution whose conservative writings span race, culture, and policy.	1930
11	Deborah Meier b. 1931 Pioneer of small-school reform who founded Central Park East and won a MacArthur Genius Grant.	1931
12	Rupert Murdoch b. 1931 Media mogul whose News Corp and Fox Corporation shaped global news and entertainment.	1931
13	Dan Rather b. 1931 CBS Evening News anchor known for his aggressive reporting and long career in broadcast journalism.	1931
14	David Scott b. 1932 Apollo 15 commander who conducted the first extended scientific exploration of the lunar surface.	1932
15	Gay Talese b. 1932 Literary journalist whose immersive profiles in Esquire defined New Journalism.	1932
16	Fred Haise b. 1933 Apollo 13 lunar module pilot who helped guide the crippled spacecraft back to Earth.	1933
17	Gene Kranz b. 1933 NASA flight director who led Mission Control through the Apollo 11 landing and the Apollo 13 rescue.	1933
18	Willie Nelson b. 1933 Songwriter and performer central to outlaw country and to Farm Aid.	1933
19	Amartya Sen b. 1933 Indian-American economist and Nobel laureate whose work on welfare economics and famine reshaped development.	1933
20	Wendell Berry b. 1934 Writer and farmer whose work connected environmental stewardship, local agriculture, community, and opposition to industrial excess.	1934
21	Ralph Nader b. 1934 Consumer advocate whose auto-safety campaign produced federal vehicle standards and a public-interest lobbying network.	1934
22	Gloria Steinem b. 1934 Writer and organizer who became one of the most visible leaders of second-wave feminism.	1934
23	Charles Duke b. 1935 Apollo 16 lunar module pilot and youngest person to walk on the Moon at age 36.	1935
24	Sylvia Earle b. 1935 Marine biologist and oceanographer known as Her Deepness for her record-breaking underwater explorations.	1935
25	Charles Koch b. 1935 Industrialist and political donor who built Koch Industries into one of America's largest private companies.	1935
26	Story Musgrave b. 1935 NASA astronaut who flew on six Space Shuttle missions and performed the first Shuttle spacewalk.	1935
27	Harrison Schmitt b. 1935 Apollo 17 lunar module pilot and only professional scientist to walk on the Moon.	1935
28	Don DeLillo b. 1936 Novelist of American crowds, media saturation and disaster	1936
29	Margaret Hamilton b. 1936 Directed development of the Apollo onboard flight software and popularized the term software engineering.	1936
30	Carl Icahn b. 1936 Corporate raider and activist investor	1936
31	Anthony Kennedy b. 1936 Thirty years as the Supreme Court's median vote, and the author of both Obergefell and Citizens United.	1936
32	Jonathan Kozol b. 1936 Writer and activist whose books exposed the stark inequalities in American public schooling.	1936
33	Warren Beatty b. 1937 Producing Bonnie and Clyde and directing Reds	1937
34	Jared Diamond b. 1937 Geographer and author whose Guns, Germs, and Steel offered a sweeping explanation of human inequality.	1937
35	Morgan Freeman b. 1937 Academy Award-winning actor whose commanding voice and gravitas made him a beloved cultural figure.	1937
36	Seymour Hersh b. 1937 Investigative reporter who exposed the My Lai massacre and CIA domestic spying operations.	1937
37	Dustin Hoffman b. 1937 Two-time Oscar winner whose roles in The Graduate and Rain Man showcased extraordinary range.	1937
38	Jack Nicholson b. 1937 Three-time Oscar winner and one of the most celebrated actors in Hollywood history.	1937
39	Richard Petty b. 1937 Seven-time NASCAR champion whose career helped establish stock-car racing as a national sport.	1937
40	Thomas Pynchon b. 1937 The great American postmodern novelist, who has not been photographed in public since the 1950s.	1937
41	Charles Schwab b. 1937 Founder of the discount brokerage that democratized stock trading for ordinary investors.	1937
42	Alan Dershowitz b. 1938 Harvard Law professor and constitutional scholar known for his high-profile legal defenses and writings.	1938
43	Bob Kahn b. 1938 Co-inventor of the TCP/IP protocols alongside Vint Cerf, enabling modern digital communication.	1938
44	Phil Knight b. 1938 Co-founder of Nike whose sneaker empire made him one of the wealthiest people in America.	1938
45	Donald Knuth b. 1938 Wrote The Art of Computer Programming and created the TeX typesetting system.	1938
46	Diane Nash b. 1938 Civil rights leader who organized the Freedom Rides and Nashville sit-ins with strategic nonviolence.	1938
47	Diane Ravitch b. 1938 Historian of education and former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education who shaped national education policy debates.	1938
48	Francis Ford Coppola b. 1939 Director and producer whose landmark films helped define the New Hollywood era and modern American epic filmmaking.	1939
49	Ralph Lauren b. 1939 Fashion designer who created a global lifestyle brand synonymous with American style.	1939
50	Barbara Liskov b. 1939 Developed data abstraction in the CLU language and formulated the Liskov substitution principle.	1939
51	Jacqueline Mars b. 1939 Heiress and board member of Mars Inc., one of the world's largest privately held confectionery companies.	1939
52	Richard Posner b. 1939 Judge and legal scholar who put economics at the centre of American law	1939
53	Tom Brokaw b. 1940 NBC Nightly News anchor who chronicled the Greatest Generation and shaped network news for two decades.	1940
54	Anthony Fauci b. 1940 Physician-scientist who shaped federal responses to HIV/AIDS, emerging infections, and the COVID-19 pandemic.	1940
55	Alan Kay b. 1940 Led Smalltalk development at Xerox PARC and advanced graphical interfaces and personal computing concepts.	1940
56	Jack Nicklaus b. 1940 Golfer whose record in major championships and later course-design career shaped modern golf.	1940
57	Al Pacino b. 1940 Legendary actor whose roles in The Godfather and Scarface made him an icon of American cinema.	1940
58	Nancy Pelosi b. 1940 First female Speaker of the House who shepherded major healthcare and economic legislation.	1940
59	Kip Thorne b. 1940 Theoretical physicist whose work on gravitational waves earned a Nobel Prize and inspired the film Interstellar.	1940
60	Bob Dylan b. 1941 Songwriter whose poetic lyrics transformed folk, rock, and the role of popular music in public life.	1941
61	Federico Faggin b. 1941 Led design of the Intel 4004 microprocessor and later co-founded Zilog.	1941
62	James Hansen b. 1941 The NASA climate scientist who told the Senate in 1988 that global warming had begun	1941
63	Bernie Sanders b. 1941 Vermont senator whose presidential campaigns moved single-payer health care into mainstream debate.	1941
64	Martha Stewart b. 1941 Lifestyle entrepreneur who built a media and merchandising empire around domestic arts.	1941
65	Joe Biden b. 1942 46th president who enacted major infrastructure and climate legislation after decades in the Senate and vice presidency.	1942
66	Michael Bloomberg b. 1942 Founder of Bloomberg LP, three-term mayor of New York City, and major political donor.	1942
67	Harrison Ford b. 1942 Iconic actor whose roles as Han Solo and Indiana Jones made him a global superstar for decades.	1942
68	Mitch McConnell b. 1942 Longest-serving Senate party leader who reshaped the federal judiciary through confirmation strategy.	1942
69	Stanley Prusiner b. 1942 Neurologist who discovered prions, establishing a new biological mechanism for infectious neurodegenerative disease.	1942
70	Martin Scorsese b. 1942 Director and preservation advocate whose films and institutions have shaped both American cinema and understanding of its history.	1942
71	Martin Seligman b. 1942 Learned helplessness and the founding of positive psychology	1942
72	Vint Cerf b. 1943 Co-designer of the TCP/IP protocols that form the foundation of the internet.	1943
73	Robert De Niro b. 1943 Academy Award-winning actor whose method performances in Taxi Driver and Raging Bull defined a generation.	1943
74	Howard Gardner b. 1943 Developmental psychologist whose theory of multiple intelligences transformed educational philosophy.	1943
75	Newt Gingrich b. 1943 Speaker who engineered the 1994 Republican House majority and the Contract with America agenda.	1943
76	Billie Jean King b. 1943 Tennis champion and advocate for gender equality who defeated Bobby Riggs in the famous Battle of the Sexes.	1943
77	Joseph Stiglitz b. 1943 Nobel Prize-winning economist whose work on information asymmetries reshaped development economics.	1943
78	Ken Thompson b. 1943 Co-created Unix at Bell Labs and later co-designed the Go programming language.	1943
79	Bob Woodward b. 1943 Investigative reporter whose coverage of Watergate with Carl Bernstein led to President Nixon's resignation.	1943
80	Carl Bernstein b. 1944 Investigative journalist who, with Bob Woodward, uncovered the Watergate scandal for The Washington Post.	1944