Milton Friedman

Milton Friedman

male, deceased (2006)
Milton Friedman (July 31 1912 - November 16 2006) was an American Nobel Laureate economist and public intellectual. An advocate of laissez-faire...
Enrico Fermi

Enrico Fermi

male, deceased (1954)
Enrico Fermi (September 29, 1901 - November 28, 1954) was an Italian physicist most noted for his work on the development of the first nuclear...
Richard Posner

Richard Posner

male, 70 years old
Richard Allen Posner (born January 11, 1939, in New York City) is currently a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit....
Cass Sunstein

Cass Sunstein

male, 55 years old (Chicago, Illinois, United States)
I'm writing to say that I've just accepted an appointment at Harvard Law School. It is an understatement to say that I don't take this step easily...
Leo Strauss

Leo Strauss

male, deceased (1973)
Leo Strauss (September 20, 1899 - October 18, 1973), was a German-born Jewish-American political philosopher who specialized in the study of...
William Rainey Harper

William Rainey Harper

male, deceased (1906)
William Rainey Harper (July 26, 1856 - January 10, 1906) was a noted academic who helped to organize the University of Chicago, and served as its...
Saul Bellow

Saul Bellow

male, deceased (2005) (Princeton, New Jersey, United States)
Saul Bellow, born Solomon Bellows, (Lachine, Quebec, Canada, June 10, 1915 - April 5, 2005 in Brookline, Massachusetts) was an acclaimed...
Martha Nussbaum

Martha Nussbaum

female, 62 years old
Martha Nussbaum (born Martha Craven on May 6, 1947) is an American philosopher, with a particular interest in ancient Greek and Roman philosophy,...