Frank McCourt

Frank McCourt

male, 79 years old
American, author, limerick, A Couple of Blaguards, teacher, memoir…High Schools, stuyvesanthighschool
Frank McCourt was one of those teachers who fell into the job whilst secretly wishing he could do something else (in his case, a writer - an...
Jerrold Nadler

Jerrold Nadler

male, 62 years old
Jerry Nadler, Fordham University School of Law alumni, House Representative, JD Fordham University 1978, JD Fordham University, AB Columbia University 1969…Fordham University School of Law, Stuyvesant High School alumni, stuyvesanthighschool
Jerrold Lewis Nadler, sometimes called Jerry Nadler (born June 13, 1947) is an American politician from New York City. A Democrat, Nadler...
Ned Vizzini

Ned Vizzini

male, 28 years old
Be More Chill, Teen Angst? Naaah, Edison Price Vizzini, It's Kind of a Funny Story, City University of New York, Edison Vizzini…stuyvesanthighschool, Stuyvesant High School alumni, graduated from Stuyvesant High School
Ned Vizzini, birth name Edison Price Vizzini, (b. April 4 1981) is an American author of novels for young adults, memoirist, essayist, and...
Thelonious Monk

Thelonious Monk

male, deceased (1982) (Rocky Mount, North Carolina, United States)
Bebop pianist, death by stroke, Hard-bop pianist, buried at Ferncliff Cemetery and Mausoleum, improvisation, pianist…Stuyvesant High School alumni, stuyvesanthighschool
Thelonious Sphere Monk (October 10, 1917 - February 17, 1982) was a jazz pianist and composer. Monk had a unique improvisational style and made...
Richard Ben-Veniste

Richard Ben-Veniste

male, 66 years old
Jewish person, American, lawyer, United Airlines, LL.M., Special Prosecutor…Columbia Law School alumni, Columbia Law School, stuyvesanthighschool, Stuyvesant High School alumni
Richard Ben-Veniste (born January 3, 1943), a member of the 9/11 Commission, is known for his pointed questions and criticisms of members of both...
Matt Ruff

Matt Ruff

male
National Endowment of the Arts, Cornell University, Bayside, Queen, Sewer, Gas & Electric The Public Works Trilogy, Set This House in Order A Romance of Souls, disassociative identity disorder…Stuyvesant High School alumni, stuyvesanthighschool
Matthew Theron Ruff (b. September 8, 1965 in Queens, New York) is an American author. His first novel, "Fool on the Hill", was a fantasy that drew...
Richard Axel

Richard Axel

male, 63 years old
Johns Hopkins University alumni, Howard Hughes Medical Investigator, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine, Post-doctoral, dna…Stuyvesant High School alumni, stuyvesanthighschool
Richard Axel, M.D. (born July 2, 1946, New York City) is an American scientist whose work on the olfactory system won him and Linda B. Buck, a...
Eric Lander

Eric Lander

male, 52 years old (Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States)
biology, professor, whitehead institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Broad Institute, MIT…Harvard Business School, stuyvesanthighschool, Stuyvesant High School alumni, harvard medical school
Eric Steven Lander (b. February 3, 1957) is a Professor of Biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), a member of the Whitehead...
Ron Silver

Ron Silver

male, 63 years old
Columbia University, University at Buffalo, Chinese history, stuyvesanthighschool, Michael Mann, defense attorney…Stuyvesant High School alumni
Ron Silver (born July 2 1946) is an American actor, director, and producer. Born in New York City, Silver was raised in the Lower East Side of...
Paul Cohen

Paul Cohen

male, deceased (2007)
Littlewood's conjecture, conjecture of Littlewood, National Medal of Science, University of London, Set theorist, Jewish person…Stuyvesant High School alumni, stuyvesanthighschool
Paul Joseph Cohen (April 2, 1934 - March 23, 2007) was an American mathematician. He was born in Long Branch, New Jersey into a Jewish family and...