University of Chicago alumni

American astrophysicist, cosmologist and author (1934–1996)

United States Senator from Vermont

American economist and statistician (1912–2006)

Canadian-American writer (1915–2005)

American author (1922–2007)

James Dewey Watson was an American molecular biologist, geneticist, and zoologist. In 1953, he and Francis Crick co-authored an academic paper in Nature proposing the double helix structure of the DNA molecule, building on research by Rosalind Franklin and Raymond Gosling. In 1962, Watson, Crick, and Maurice Wilkins were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material".

American film critic and author (1942–2013)

American economist (1915–2009)

American nuclear physicist (1901–1958)

American writer and filmmaker, professor, and activist (1933–2004)

American novelist (1933–2018)

Chinese physicist (1922–2025)

American experimental physicist, inventor, and professor (1911–1988)

American physicist (1881-1958)

American actor (1929–2021)

American political scientist (1927–2008)

Chinese-American physicist (1926–2024)

Lawrence Joseph Ellison is an American businessman. He co-founded the software company Oracle Corporation, and was its CEO from 1977 to 2014. He now serves as its CTO and executive chairman. According to Forbes, as of early 2026, Ellison's estimated net worth is $201–203 billion, making him the world's sixth-richest person.

First president of Malawi

American theoretical physicist

American physicist

American political scientist, economist, sociologist, and psychologist (1916–2001)

American physicist

American economist (1930-2014)

Nobel prize winning American physicist

American economist, recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize for Economics (1919–2013)

American psychologist (1878

American physicist

Polish-American economist and mathematician (1917–2008)

American composer (born 1937)

Chinese-American physicist, Nobel laureate

American physicist, chemist and botanical collector (1896 - 1986)

German-American physicist, Nobel laureate (1921-2020)

Indian-American business executive and CEO of Microsoft

American chemist (1943–2005)

American economist; Nobel prize winner

Canadian-American sociologist (1922–1982)

American director and comedian (1931–2014)

American chemist (1927–2012)

American materials scientist (1922–2023)

American banker and philanthropist (1915–2017)

American biologist (1926-2015)

American chemist (1912–2004)

American economist (1937–2023)

American economist (1911–1991)

American neuroscientist

American anthropologist and anarchist (1961-2020)

American philosopher (1931–2007)

Canadian economist

American economist (1927–2023)

American mathematics and science writer (1914–2010)

American politician and diplomat (born 1943)

10th Prime Minister of Canada (1874–1950)

American economist (born 1955)

American marketing author, consultant, and professor

American economist

American economist, social theorist, political philosopher and author

American actor

American writer and photographer (1880–1964)

American writer (1928–2020)