AC/DC, Music group

Ray C. Anderson, Carpet-company executive and environmental activist

Marcia Angell, Medical doctor and writer

Carmelo Anthony, Basketball player with the Denver Nuggets

Rocky Aoki, Restaurateur, sportsman, and philanthropist

Eve Arnold, Photographer

Tammy Baldwin, U.S. representative from Wisconsin

Chuck Barris, Television producer and writer

Jason Bateman, Actor

Billy Beane, General manager of the Oakland Athletics

Ruth Behar, Anthropologist, poet, and filmmaker

Benedict XVI, Supreme Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church

Mark Bittman, Food columnist and cookbook writer

Daniel Boulud, Chef and restaurant owner

Michelle Branch, Singer/songwriter

Rock Brynner, Writer and historian

Mike Burstyn, Actor and singer

Kurt Busiek, Comic-book writer

Geoffrey Canada, President and CEO of the Harlem Children’s Zone

Maria Cantwell, U.S. senator from Washington State

Cornell Capa, Photographer and founder of the International Center of Photography

Nick Cave, Singer and songwriter

Vija Celmins, Artist

Duane Chapman, Bounty hunter

Michael Ray Charles, Artist

Michael Chertoff, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Patricia Clarkson, Actress

Grace Coddington, Fashion director of Vogue

Gregory Colbert, Photographer

Aaron Cometbus, Writer, zine publisher, and drummer

James Cromwell, Actor

Gordon Davidson, Former artistic director of the Mark Taper Forum

Louis de Branges, Mathematician

Delilah, Radio music-and-talk-show host

Cameron Diaz, Actress

Amy Domini, Investment manager

Arnold W. Donald, Chairman and former CEO of Merisant

Jennifer Doudna, Biochemist

James Drake, Artist

Vernon J. Ehlers, U.S. representative from Michigan

Kurt Elling, Jazz vocalist

Rupert Everett, Actor

Anne Fadiman, Journalist, essayist, and editor

Fairport Convention, Music group

Anne Fausto-Sterling, Developmental biologist and writer

W. Mark Felt, Former FBI official, also known as Deep Throat

Mark Fields, Ford Motor Co. executive vice president

Peter Forsberg, Hockey player

Gary D. Forsee, President and CEO of Sprint Nextel

Richard Fortey, Paleontologist and science writer

Steve Fossett, Businessman and adventurer

Jamie Foxx, Actor, comedian, and singer

Janeane Garofalo, Actress, comedian, and radio host

Atul Gawande, Surgeon and medical writer

Jack W. Germond, Political commentator and newspaper columnist

Paul Giamatti, Actor

Malcolm Gladwell, Author and staff writer for the New Yorker

Adam Gopnik, Essayist and art critic

Bruce S. Gordon, President and CEO of the NAACP

Ed Gordon, Broadcast journalist

Susan Graham, Opera singer

Florence George Graves, Investigative journalist

Green Day, Music group

Frederick D. Gregory, Deputy administrator of NASA

Michael Griffin, Administrator of NASA

Tex G. Hall, President of the National Congress of American Indians and tribal chairman

Lasse Hallström, Film director

Laird Hamilton, Professional surfer

Graham Hancock, Writer

Sean Hannity, Radio and television talk-show host and nonfiction writer

Nic Harcourt, Radio disc jockey

Tim Hawkinson, Artist

Brad Henry, Governor of Oklahoma

John W. Henry, Futures trader and principal owner of the Boston Red Sox

Mellody Hobson, President of Ariel Capital Management

Tim Howard, Soccer player

Mike Huckabee, Governor of Arkansas

Gwen Ifill, Broadcast journalist

Michael Ilitch, Founder of Little Caesars Pizza and owner of the Detroit Red Wings and the Detroit Tigers

Michael Jackson, Beer connoisseur and writer

LeBron James, Basketball player

Scarlett Johansson, Actress

Sarah Jones, Poet, playwright, performance artist, and social activist

Charlie Kaufman, Screenwriter

Cynthia Kenyon, Geneticist and biotechnology executive

Chip Kidd, Graphic designer, editor, and novelist

Robbie Knievel, Motorcycle stunt performer

Jim Knipfel, Columnist, memoirist, and novelist

Emir Kusturica, Film director and musician

Edward S. Lampert, Investor and chairman of Sears Holdings Corp.

Jim Langevin, U.S. representative from Rhode Island

Peter D. Lax, Mathematician

Dennis Lehane, Writer

Joseph Lelyveld, Writer and editor

Kenny Leon, Theater director

Mel Levine, Pediatrician and founder of the pedagogical program Schools Attuned and of the All Kinds of Minds Institute

Ananda Lewis, Television personality

Lindsay Lohan, Actress and musician

Los Lobos, Music group

Mike Luckovich, Editorial cartoonist

Sidney Lumet, Film director

Robert Mankoff, Cartoonist, cartoon editor of the New Yorker, and founder of

the Cartoon Bank

Kenyon Martin, Basketball player with the Denver Nuggets

Kevin J. Martin, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission

Rueben Martinez, Bookseller and literacy advocate

Judy Martz, Former governor of Montana

Thom Mayne, Architect

Renetta McCann, Advertising executive

Steve McCurry, Photojournalist

Judy McGrath, Chairperson and CEO of MTV Networks

James McLurkin, Computer engineer, roboticist, and inventor

Steve McNair, Football player with the Tennessee Titans

Susan Meiselas, Photographer

Theodor Meron, International humanitarian-law scholar and president of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia

Tony Millionaire, Cartoonist and illustrator

Pat Mitchell, President and CEO of Public Broadcasting Service

Butch Morris, Jazz musician and composer

James T. Morris, Executive director of the United Nations World Food Program

Mos Def, Musician and actor

Joel N. Myers, Founder and CEO of AccuWeather Inc.

Keith Nelson and Stephanie Monseu, Founders of the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus

Stanley Nelson, Documentary filmmaker

Craig Newmark, Founder and chairman of craigslist.org

Ted Nugent, Musician and hunting advocate

Barack Obama, U.S. senator from Illinois

David Ortiz, Baseball player with the Boston Red Sox

Barrie M. Osborne, Film producer

Gwyneth Paltrow, Actress

Robert M. Parker, Wine expert and author

Danica Patrick, Racecar driver

Tyler Perry, Playwright, screenwriter, producer, director, and actor

Raymond Pettibon, Artist

Madeleine Peyroux, Jazz vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter

Chellie Pingree, President and CEO of Common Cause

Dawn Prince-Hughes, Anthropologist and writer

Pierre-Richard Prosper, Former U.S. ambassador-at-large for war-crime issues

Aidan Quinn, Actor

Gregory Rabassa, Translator of literature

Willie Randolph, Manager of the New York Mets baseball team

Rachael Ray, Chef, writer, and television host

Michael Redd, Basketball player with the Milwaukee Bucks

Walter Reich, Psychiatrist, writer, and educator

Rick Reilly, Sportswriter

M. Jodi Rell, Governor of Connecticut

Randi Rhodes, Radio talk-show host

Marilynne Robinson, Writer

Paul Rusesabagina, Humanitarian and inspiration for the film Hotel Rwanda

Burt Rutan, Aeronautical engineer and entrepreneur

Carl Safina, Marine conservationist and president of the Blue Ocean Institute

Pasquale V. Scaturro, Geophysicist, mountaineer, and adventurer

Rachael Scdoris, Dogsled racer

Peter Schjeldahl, Art critic

Loren Schoenberg, Saxophonist and jazz historian

Ed Schultz, Radio talk-show host

Jennifer Shahade, Chess player

Mark Shields, Political analyst and syndicated columnist

Lionel Shriver, Writer

Anne Rivers Siddons, Writer

Bryan Singer, Film director

Amy Smith, Mechanical engineer and inventor

Kiki Smith, Sculptor and printmaker

Susan Solomon, Atmospheric scientist

Margaret Spellings, U.S. secretary of education

David Spergel, Astrophysicist

Dawn Staley, Basketball player and coach

James "Bubba" Stewart, Motocross racer

John Stott, Evangelical clergyman and theologian

Drew Struzan, Illustrator

Pat Summitt, Coach of the University of Tennessee women’s basketball team

Anne Taintor, Artist and entrepreneur

Tangerine Dream, German music group

Lili Taylor, Actress

John W. Thompson, CEO and chairman of Symantec Corp.

John Tierney, New York Times op-ed columnist

Eckhart Tolle, Spiritual teacher and writer

Lloyd Trotter, President and CEO of GE’s Consumer & Industrial division

Luis Alberto Urrea, Writer

Paul Virilio, French philosopher and architect

Dick Vitale, Sports commentator and columnist

Olene S. Walker, Former governor of Utah

Jim Wallis, Evangelical minister and social activist

William E. Ward, U.S. Army general

Paul Weyrich, Conservative pundit and founder of the Free Congress Foundation

Luke Wilson, Actor

Art Wolfe, Nature photographer

Stephen Wolfram, Physicist, mathematician, and software executive

Kerry Wood, Baseball player with the Chicago Cubs