Jonathan Abrams, Founder of Socializr and founder and former chairman of Friendster

Samuel Alito, U.S. Supreme Court justice

Fiona Apple, Singer and songwriter

Tony Auth, Editorial cartoonist

Brenda Barnes, Chief executive officer of the Sara Lee Corp.

Bruce Bartlett, Economist and syndicated columnist

Jacqueline K. Barton, Chemist

Bruce Beehler, Ornithologist and conservationist

Michael J. Behe, Biochemist, author, and educator

Angela Belcher, Materials scientist and nanotechnologist

James A. Bell, Chief financial officer of the Boeing Co.

Janine M. Benyus, Environmentalist, naturalist, and science writer

Ben S. Bernanke, Economist and chairman of the Federal Reserve

Jerome Bettis, Sports commentator and former football player

Black Eyed Peas, Musical group

James Blake, Tennis player

John Boehner, U.S. representative from Ohio

Joshua Bolten, White House chief of staff

John R. Bolton, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations

Laure-Anne Bosselaar, Poet

Anthony Bourdain, Chef, writer, and television host

Donna Brazile, Political strategist

Geraldine Brooks, Writer

Marcus Buckingham, Management consultant, lecturer, and writer

James Burrows, Television director and producer

Nicolas Carone, Artist

Anne Carson, Poet and essayist

George W. Casey Jr., U.S. Army general and commander of multinational forces in Iraq

Alison Becker Chase, Choreographer and dancer

Richard Clarke, Writer, commentator, and former U.S. government official

Kelly Clarkson, Singer and songwriter

Sasha Cohen, Figure skater

Stephen Colbert, Comic actor

Anderson Cooper, Broadcast journalist

Anton Corbijn, Photographer and music-video director

Jon Corzine, Governor of New Jersey

Bill Cowher, Head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers

Jeannine Davis-Kimball, Archaeologist

Shani Davis, Speed skater

Shannon Lee Dawdy, Archaeologist, anthropologist, and historian

Frans de Waal, Primatologist

E.J. Dionne Jr., Journalist and author

Lou Dobbs, Anchor and managing editor of Lou Dobbs Tonight

Landon Donovan, Soccer player

Dave Douglas, Trumpeter and composer

Andrés Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, Architects and town planners

Hilary Duff, Actress, singer, and clothing designer

Annie Duke, Professional poker player

Richard Durbin, U.S. Senator from Illinois

Suzette Haden Elgin, Writer and linguist

Robert Fagles, Translator and poet

Edie Falco, Actress

Patrick J. Fitzgerald, Federal prosecutor

Fannie Flagg, Writer

Vonetta Flowers, Bobsledder

Julio Franco, Baseball player with the New York Mets

Lee Friedlander, Photographer

Ping Fu, Software developer and president and CEO of Raindrop Geomagic

Donna Gaines, Sociologist and author

James K. Galbraith, Economist

Tom Glavine, Baseball player with the New York Mets

Edith Grossman, Translator

Vladimir Guerrero, Baseball player with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

Ozzie Guillen, Manager of the Chicago White Sox baseball team

Sanjay Gupta, CNN medical correspondent and neurosurgeon

Stephen Hadley, U.S. national security adviser

Paul Haggis, Screenwriter and director

Bonnie Hammer, Cable-television executive

David Hammons, Artist

Trenton Doyle Hancock, Artist and graphic novelist

Reed Hastings, President and CEO of Netflix Inc

Michael V. Hayden, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency

Edward Hayes, Lawyer

Dennis Haysbert, Actor

Fred Hersch, Jazz pianist and composer

Chamique Holdsclaw, Basketball player with the Los Angeles Sparks

Robert B. Hollander, Translator and Dante scholar

Swanee Hunt, Organization official, educator, philanthropist, and former U.S. ambassador to Austria

Jonathan Ive, Head of the design team at Apple Computer Inc.

Eugene Jarecki, Filmmaker

Katharine Jefferts Schori, Presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church in the U.S.

Scott Jones, Inventor and technology entrepreneur

Janis Karpinski, Former U.S. Army general

Ani Kavafian, Violinist

Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. ambassador to Iraq

Jim Yong Kim, Physician, public-health-service officer, and co-founder of Partners in Health

Florence King, Writer

Verlyn Klinkenborg, Writer

Andrew H. Knoll, Paleontologist

Jennifer Koh, Violinist

Sallie Krawcheck, Chief financial officer of Citigroup Inc.

Nicholas D. Kristof, Journalist and columnist for The New York Times

William Labov, Sociolinguist

Bill Laimbeer, Basketball coach and former professional basketball player

Kase L. Lawal, Businessman

Heath Ledger, Actor

Debra L. Lee, Chairman, CEO, and president of Black Entertainment Television

John Leo, Columnist and writer

Jonathan Lethem, Writer

Dorothy Otnow Lewis, Psychiatrist

Lara Logan, Print and broadcast journalist

Tom Magliozzi and Ray Magliozzi, Hosts of the syndicated National Public Radio program Car Talk

George E. Marcus, Anthropologist

Jesse L. Martin, Actor

John S. McCain, US senator from Arizona

William McDonough, Architect

Meat Loaf, Rock singer and actor

Deborah Meier, Educator and education reformer

Judith Miller, Journalist

Marcus Miller, Jazz bassist, producer, and composer

Randy Moss, Football player with the Oakland Raiders

Donald M. Murray, Columnist for the Boston Globe, journalist, textbook writer, novelist, and educator

Elon Musk, Aerospace executive and Internet entrepreneur

Paul E. Nachtigall, Marine scientist

C. Ray Nagin, Mayor of New Orleans

Indra K. Nooyi, Chief executive officer of PepsiCo Inc.

Apolo Anton Ohno, Speed skater

Olufunmilayo Olopade, Physician and cancer specialist

Chad Oppenheim, Architect

Joel Osteen, Pastor, television minister, and writer

Peter Pace, U.S. Marine Corps general and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Violet Palmer, National Basketball Association referee

Mary-Louise Parker, Actress

Ty Pennington, Television host, carpenter, and designer

Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, Translators

Zac Posen, Fashion designer

Miuccia Prada, Fashion designer

Lisa Randall, Theoretical physicist

Dianne Reeves, Jazz singer

Kathy Reichs, Forensic anthropologist and novelist

John G. Roberts, Chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court

Tony Roberts, Actor

Rudy Rojas, Founder and CEO of Native Threads apparel company

Mitt Romney, Governor of Massachusetts

Michael Rounds, Governor of South Dakota

Edward M. Rubin, Director of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Joint Genome Institute

Johan Santana, Baseball player with the Minnesota Twins

Vin Scelsa, Disc jockey and host of the radio program Idiot’s Delight

Bob Schieffer, Television journalist and anchor

H. Lee Scott, President and CEO of Wal-Mart

Terry Semel, Chairman and CEO of Yahoo!

Sarah Silverman, Comedian

Ali Smith, Writer

Steve Smith, Football player with the Carolina Panthers

Jimmy Smits, Actor

Tony Snow, White House press secretary

Elizabeth Spelke, Psychologist

Steven Squyres, Director of the Mars Exploration Rover Mission

Debbie Stabenow, U.S. senator from Michigan

Janice Gross Stein, Political scientist, educator, and writer

Jessica Stern, Terrorism expert

Tony Stewart, Race-car driver

Howard Stringer, Chairman and CEO of Sony Corp.

Nan Talese, Editor and publisher

Antonio Tarver, Boxer

Herman A. Taylor, Cardiologist

Jermain Taylor, Boxer

William H. Thomas, Geriatrician and writer

Shirley M. Tilghman, Biologist and president of Princeton University

Rex W. Tillerson, CEO and chairman of ExxonMobil Corp.

LaDainian Tomlinson, Football player with the San Diego Chargers

Lynne Truss, Writer

Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, Writer

Steven Van Zandt, Musician, producer, actor, and radio host

Elizabeth Vargas, Broadcast journalist

Vince Vaughn, Actor

Dwyane Wade, Basketball player with the Miami Heat

Jimmy Wales, Founder and chairman of the Wikimedia Foundation

Mark R. Warner, Former governor of Virginia

Rick Warren, Minister and writer

Allen Weinstein, U.S. national archivist and historian

Kanye West, Hip-hop artist and record producer

Armond White, Film and cultural critic

Tad Williams, Fantasy and science-fiction writer

Dontrelle Willis, Baseball player with the Florida Marlins

Heather Wilson, U.S. representative from New Mexico

Simon Winchester, Author and journalist

Milford Wolpoff, Paleoanthropologist

Kimberly S. Young, Psychologist, writer, and educator

Andrea Zittel, Artist