teachers
90 notable teachers on file — 7 still here, 83 not.
still with us
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Droupadi Murmu
alivePresident of India since 2026
born 1958
Jill Biden
aliveAmerican educator and First Lady of the United States from 2021 to 2025
born 1951
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Brigitte Macron
aliveFrench teacher, spouse of French statesman Emmanuel Macron
born 1953
Jon Hamm
aliveAmerican actor (born 1971)
born 1971
James Talarico
aliveAmerican politician (born 1989)
born 1989
Rachel Dolezal
aliveAmerican transracial activist
born 1977
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Amy Carter
alivedaughter of United States president Jimmy Carter
born 1967
gone (30 of 83)
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Thomas Jefferson
deadFounding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809
1743 – 1826
Benito Mussolini
deaddictator of Italy from 1922 to 1945
1883 – 1945
Lyndon B. Johnson
deadpresident of the United States from 1963 to 1969
1908 – 1973
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Golda Meir
deadPrime Minister of Israel from 1969 to 1974
1898 – 1978
Herman Melville
deadAmerican writer and poet
1819 – 1891
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Muhammadu Buhari
deadformer President of Nigeria from 1983 to 1985 and 2015 to 2025
1942 – 2025
Jeffrey Epstein
deadAmerican sex offender and financier
1953 – 2019
Laura Ingalls Wilder
deadAmerican children's writer, diarist, and journalist
1867 – 1957
Roberta Flack
deadAmerican singer
1937 – 2025
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Strom Thurmond
deadAmerican politician
1902 – 2003
Lucretia Garfield
deadFirst Lady of the United States from 1881 to 1881
1832 – 1918
Frank Caprio
deadAmerican lawyer and politician
1936 – 2025
Fumihiko Maki
deadJapanese architect
1928 – 2024
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Neilia Hunter
deadAmerican teacher and first wife of Joe Biden
1942 – 1972
Ole Nydahl
deadDanish lama
1941 – 2026
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Peter Bichsel
deadSwiss writer and journalist
1935 – 2025
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Marina Lewycka
deadBritish writer
1946 – 2025
Nikki Giovanni
deadAmerican poet, writer and activist
1943 – 2024
Eliot Engel
deadAmerican politician (1947 – 2026)
1947 – 2026
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Martha Layne Collins
deadAmerican businesswoman and politician
1936 – 2025
Frank Oppenheimer
deadAmerican particle physicist
1912 – 1985
Kay Granger
deadAmerican politician
1943 – 2026
Mariella Mularoni
deadSammarinese politician
1962 – 2026
Edmund Lawrence
deadKittitian civil servant
1932 – 2025
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Søren Pape Poulsen
deadDanish politician
1971 – 2024
Duke Cunningham
deadformer U.S. House of Representatives member, convicted and sentenced for conspiracy to commit bribery, mail fraud, wire fraud and tax evasion
1941 – 2025
Maria Badia i Cutchet
deadSpanish politician
1947 – 2026
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Bill Dellinger
deadAmerican middle-distance runner
1934 – 2025
Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed
deadGhanaian politician
1974 – 2025
Bill Pascrell
deadAmerican politician
1937 – 2024