Townsend Harris

Townsend Harris

male, deceased (1878)
Gyokusen-ji Temple, matthew perry, buried at Green-Wood Cemetery, Shimoda, Shizuoka, Hudson Falls, Shimoda…Empire of Japan, New York City Board of Education, New York City Department of Education, CityCollegeofNewYork, City University of New York
Townsend Harris was a successful New York City merchant and minor politician, and the first United States Consul General to Japan. He negotiated...
Michio Kaku

Michio Kaku

male, 62 years old
electromagnetism, Harvard University, Theoretical physicist, string theorist, Dr. Michio Kaku, einstein…popularizer of science, University of California, Berkeley alumni, New York University, University of California, Berkeley, Theory of Everything
Dr. Michio Kaku is a Japanese American theoretical physicist, tenured professor, and co-founder of string field theory, a branch of superstring...
Irving Kristol

Irving Kristol

male, 89 years old (Washington, District of Columbia, United States)
William Kristol, Jewish person, bar mitzvah, Marseilles, conservative, Orthodox Jewish…American military personnel of World War II, Critic of Islam, CityCollegeofNewYork, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, from New York City
Irving Kristol (born January 22, 1920, New York City) is considered the founder of American neoconservatism. He is married to conservative author...
Nat Holman

Nat Holman

male, deceased (1995)
Jewish, Jewish American sportspeople, Original Celtics, Bronx, basketball player, from New York City…Basketball Hall of Fame, New York University, CityCollegeofNewYork
Nat Holman was one of the early pro basketball players and one of the game's most important innovators. Known for his exceptional ball-handling and...
Leonard Jeffries

Leonard Jeffries

male, 72 years old
Rutherford Magazine, Antisemitism, Ethnic supremacy, American, Academic, City University of New York…City College, CityCollegeofNewYork, New York Times, new york post, supreme court of the united states
Leonard Jeffries (born January 19, 1937) is an American professor in the Black Studies department at the City College in Harlem who achieved...
Russell Simmons

Russell Simmons

male, 52 years old (New York, New York, United States)
run-dmc, phat farm, vegan, million, fashion designer, blogger…CityCollegeofNewYork, from New York City
Russell Simmons (born October 4 ,1957 in Queens, New York), is an African American entrepreneur, the co-founder, with Rick Rubin, of the pioneering...
Daniel Bell

Daniel Bell

male, 90 years old
Harvard University, New York Intellectuals, The New Leader, anti-Stalinist left, post-industrialism, The New York Intellectuals…The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism, The Coming of Post-Industrial Society, The End of Ideology, CityCollegeofNewYork, City University of New York
Daniel Bell (born 10 May 1919 in New York) is a sociologist and professor emeritus at Harvard University. He graduated from City College of New...
A. Philip Randolph

A. Philip Randolph

male, deceased (1979)
African-American, civil rights leader, labor union, from Florida, political science, socialist…american federation of labor, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, CityCollegeofNewYork, Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
Asa Philip Randolph (April 15 1889 - May 16 1979) was a prominent twentieth century African-American civil rights leader and founder of the first...
Sheldon Adelson

Sheldon Adelson

male, 76 years old
Business person in the casino industry, Business person in real estate, American billionaire, CityCollegeofNewYork, From Boston, Jewish person
Sheldon Gary Adelson (born August 1, 1933) is an American billionaire businessman. He is a property developer and public company CEO based in Las...