“There was a Republican majority of the Senate, and it tempered the nature of the nominations being made.”
| Robert Aldrich, Director (1918) |
| Gillian Anderson, Actress (1968) |
| Eric Bana, Actor (1968) |
| Jessica Capshaw, Actress (1976) |
| Sam Elliott, Actor (1944) |
| Derek Fisher, Athlete (1974) |
| Paul Gallagher, Athlete (1984) |
| Tyson Gay, Athlete (1982) |
| Brad Gilbert, Coach (1961) |
| Tove Jansson, Novelist (1914) |
| James Van Allen, Physicist (2006) |
| Lord Patrick Devlin, Lawyer (1992) |
| Jerry Garcia, Musician (1995) |
| John Harsanyi, Educator (2000) |
| George Kenney, Soldier (1977) |
| Bernie Mac, Actor (2008) |