“In my life, there have always been people who guided my path, towards the school, towards this company. I didn't know about any of it. I didn't have a plan. It's good fortune and generosity from other people that have given me all I have today.”
| Kathy Acker, Activist (1947) |
| Justin Amash, Politician (1980) |
| Andre Bazin, Critic (1918) |
| Reeve Carney, Actor (1983) |
| Clarence Darrow, Lawyer (1857) |
| Richard Harding Davis, Journalist (1864) |
| Susan Faludi, Writer (1959) |
| America Ferrera, Actress (1984) |
| Haile Gebrselassie, Athlete (1973) |
| Saad Hariri, Politician (1970) |
| Erasmus Darwin, Scientist (1802) |
| Albert Einstein, Physicist (1955) |
| John Ambrose Fleming, Inventor (1945) |