Sonia Rykiel (Born: 25 May 1930, Paris, France) is a French fashion designer.

Ethnically a Polish Jew, Sonia Rykiel was born in Paris, France in 1930. At the age of 17, she was employed to dress the window displays in a Parisian textile store. Sonia was married to the owner of a boutique which sold elegant clothing. In 1962 she just couldn't find any soft sweaters to wear when she was pregnant. So she used a supplier to her husband from Venice to design her own.

Stuart A. Weitzman (Born: 1942) is the designer of the international, high-end shoe company, Stuart Weitzman.

Stuart Weitzman's trademark use of unique materials (e.g., cork, vinyl, lucite, wallpaper, and 24-karat gold), and his attention to detail, garnered him and his company a global following. His shoes are sold in 45 countries.

Vidal Sassoon (Born: January 17, 1928) is a hairdresser. Has endowed a center for the study of anti-semitism at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

Sassoon was born to Jewish parents in London. His father was from Thessaloniki in northern Greece, and his mother, whose family was originally from Kiev, was born in London.

Abbott Joseph Liebling (October 18, 1904 – December 28, 1963) a staff writer for The New Yorker for decades, Liebling wrote stylishly and authoratatively on an enormous range of subjects: "Between Meals" (food), "The Road Back to Paris" (war), "Earl of Louisiana" (political biography), "The Press", along with books on New York and Chicago. "The Sweet Science", on boxing, is a classic of sports literature.

Abe Burrows (December 18, 1910 – May 17, 1985) was a noted American humorist, author, and director for radio and the stage, particularly Broadway.

He was born Abram Solman Borowitz in New York City, graduated from New Utrecht High School in Brooklyn and attended both City College and New York University. He began working as a runner on Wall Street while at NYU, and he also worked in an accounting firm. After he met Frank Galen in 1938, the two wrote and sold jokes to an impressionist who appeared on the Rudy Vallée radio program.

Adele Wiseman (May 21, 1928 – June 1, 1992) was a Canadian author. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, she received a B.A. from the University of Manitoba in 1949. Her parents were Russian-Jews who emigrated from the Ukraine to Canada, in part, to escape the pogroms that accompanied the Russian Civil War.

Alan Stuart "Al" Franken (Born: May 21, 1951) is an Emmy Award–winning American comedian, actor, author, screenwriter, political commentator, radio host and, recently, politician. He is noted for his work on Saturday Night Live and his liberal political views. On February 14, 2007, Franken announced his candidacy for the 2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota as a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party. The seat is currently held by Republican Norm Coleman, and was previously held by Franken's close friend Paul Wellstone.

Alan Brinkley is the Allan Nevins Professor of History at Columbia University, where he is also provost. He is a progressive historian of the New Deal. Brinkley writes regularly in magazines such as Newsweek and The New Republic and is a strong advocate for progressive issues. He lives in New York City with his wife, Evangaline, daughter, Elly and dog, Jessie.