Aerosmith, Rock group

Michelle Akers, Soccer player and writer

Anne Applebaum, Writer

Rachel Ashwell, Interior designer and entrepreneur

Jon Robin Baitz, Playwright

Rand Beers, Democratic political adviser and former U.S. government official

Joan Blades and Wes Boyd, Founders of the organization MoveOn

Kathleen Blanco, Governor of Louisiana

Stephanie Blythe, Opera singer

Lee Bontecou, Artist

Tom Brady, Quarterback with the New England Patriots

Rose Marie Bravo, CEO of Burberry Ltd

Edward D Breen, Chairman and CEO of Tyco International Ltd.

Brooks and Dunn, Country-music duo

David Brooks, Political commentator and social critic

Dan Brown, Writer

Junior Brown, Country musician

Augusten Burroughs, Writer

Cedric the Entertainer, Comedian and actor

Lincoln Chafee, US senator from Rhode Island

Steven Curtis Chapman, Christian singer and songwriter

Dave Chappelle, Comedian, actor, and writer

Maurice Cheeks, Head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers

Kenny Chesney, Country musician

Chieftains, Irish music group

Coldplay, British rock band

Norman Coleman, U.S. senator from Minnesota

Steve Coleman, Jazz saxophonist and composer

Chris Cooper, Actor

Lynne Cox, Long-distance ocean swimmer

Sylvester Croom Jr, Head coach of the Mississippi State University football team

Elijah E. Cummings, U.S. representative from Maryland and chair of the Congressional Black Caucus

Ann Curry, News anchor for The Today Show

Richard J. Davidson, Neuroscientist

Debra Dickerson, Writer

Amy Dickinson, Advice columnist

James Dimon, President and CEO of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.



Jerry Douglas, Guitarist

Peter H. Duesberg, Molecular biologist and virologist

John Edwards, U.S. senator from North Carolina and Democratic vice presidential nominee

Theo Epstein, General manager of the Boston Red Sox

Percival Everett, Writer

Robert Falls, Stage and theater director

Stefen Fangmeier, Film visual-effects supervisor

Deadria Farmer-Paellmann, Activist seeking reparations for slavery

Paul Farmer, Physician, educator, organization founder, and writer

Joy Fawcett, Soccer player

Caleb E. Finch, Neurobiologist

Jennie Finch, Softball player

Colin Firth, Actor

Eric Foner, Historian

David Frum, Writer, political commentator, and foreign-policy pundit

Eric Gagne, Baseball player with the Los Angeles Dodgers

Rulon Gardner, Wrestler

Anne Garrels, Journalist

Melinda Gates, Philanthropist

Julie Louise Gerberding, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Akiva Goldsman, Screenwriter

Jerome Groopman, Physician and writer

Samuel H. Gruber, Shark expert

Alma Guillermoprieto, Journalist

Lani Guinier, Lawyer, educator, and writer

Chuck Hagel, U.S. senator from Nebraska

Paul and Morgan Hamm, Gymnasts

Ben Harper, Musician and songwriter

Eva Harris, Molecular biologist, social activist, and educator



Andrew Hill, Jazz pianist and composer

Steven Holl, Architect

Chris Hondros, Photojournalist

Djimon Hounsou, Actor

Steny Hoyer, U.S. representative from Maryland and Democratic whip

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Opera singer

Jeffrey R Immelt, Chairman and CEO of General Electric Co.

Alan Jackson, Country singer, songwriter, and guitarist

Janine Jagger, Founder and director of the International Health Care Worker Safety Center

Bill James, Baseball statistician and writer and Boston Red Sox adviser

Deborah Jin, Physicist

Edward P Jones, Writer



Olivia Judson, Evolutionary biologist and writer

Jackson Katz, Anti-sexism activist

Robert Keegan, Chairman and CEO of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.

Toby Keith, Country-music singer and songwriter

Marthe Keller, Actress and opera director

Thomas Keller, Chef, restaurant owner, and cookbook writer

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Chief prosecuting attorney for Riverkeeper Inc. and senior attorney for the National Resources Defense Council

John Kerry, U.S. senator from Massachusetts and Democratic presidential nominee

Jean Kilbourne, Educator and author

Kwame M. Kilpatrick, Mayor of Detroit

William Klein, Photographer, filmmaker, and painter

Clea Koff, Forensic anthropologist

Saul Kripke, Philosopher and logician

Don LaFontaine, Voice-over actor

Barbara Lee, U.S. Representative from California

Carl Levin, U.S. Senator from Michigan

Kenneth Lewis, President, chairman, and CEO of Bank of America

Marvin Lewis, Head coach of the Cincinnati Bengals football team

Kristine Lilly, Soccer player

Ann Marie Lipinski, Senior vice president and editor of the Chicago Tribune

William Ivey Long, Costume designer

Ludacris, Rapper

Ken Ludwig, Playwright and lawyer

Michael Madsen, Actor

Joshua Malina, Actor

George R. R. Martin, Fantasy and science-fiction writer

Vilma Martinez, Lawyer and social activist

Massive Attack, Music group

Floyd Mayweather, Boxer

Martina McBride, Country-music singer

Craig McCracken, Creator of The Powerpuff Girls

Jack McKeon, Manager of the Florida Marlins baseball team

John McLaughlin, Jazz and fusion guitarist

Donovan McNabb, Football player with the Philadelphia Eagles

Tehreema Mitha, Dancer and choreographer

W. Deen Mohammed, Islamic scholar and spiritual leader of the American Society of Muslims

Alfred Molina, Actor

Viggo Mortensen, Actor, painter, poet, and photographer

Adam Moss, Magazine editor

Mark Murphy, Jazz vocalist

Bill Murray, Actor

Janet Napolitano, Governor of Arizona

Martina Navratilova, Tennis player

Marilyn Carlson Nelson, Chairwoman and CEO of Carlson Companies Inc.

The Neptunes, Music production team and singer/songwriters

Lee Ann Newsom, Paleoethnobotanist

Lynn Nottage, Playwright

Daniel Okrent, Public editor of the New York Times





OutKast, Rap duo

Sandi Patty, Christian singer

Harvey Pekar, Creator of the comic-book series American Splendor

Michael Phelps, Swimmer

Leonard Pitts Jr., Newspaper columnist and nonfiction writer

Myrtle S. Potter, President of commercial operations at Genentech

Kevin Powell, Writer and commentator

Albert Pujols, Baseball player with the St Louis Cardinals

Tina Ramirez, Founder and artistic director of Ballet Hispanico

Jorge Ramos, Television journalist

Christie Rampone, Soccer player

John C. Reilly, Actor

Uwe E. Reinhardt, Economist and educator

Ann Reinking, Dancer, choreographer, actress, and educator

Andy Roddick, Tennis player

Jim Romenesko, Journalist

Jalen Rose, Basketball player

Gary Ross, Screenwriter, filmmaker, and producer

Atoosa Rubenstein, Editor in chief of Seventeen

Daniela Rus, Computer scientist and roboticist

Kurt Russell, Actor

Elie Saab, Fashion designer

Stephen Sanger, Chairman and CEO of General Mills Inc

Robert Sapolsky, Neurobiologist, writer, and educator

Jan Schakowsky, US representative from Illinois

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of California and actor

Tony Scott, Film director

Kathleen Sebelius, Governor of Kansas

Lorna Simpson, Photographer and video artist

Maria Spiropulu, Particle physicist

Andrew Stanton, Animator and filmmaker

Michael S. Steele, Lieutenant governor of Maryland

David L. Steward, Founder and chairman of World Wide Technology Inc

Jon Stewart, Comedian and host of the Daily Show

Ethan Stiefel, Ballet dancer

John A. Thain, CEO of the New York Stock Exchange

Charlize Theron, Actress

Lonnie Thompson, Glaciologist

Pete Tridish, Co-founder and technical director of the Prometheus Radio Project

Travis Tritt, Country musician

Eve Troutt Powell, Historian, writer, and educator

Tanya Tull, Social activist

Adam Vinatieri, Football player with the New England Patriots

Ben Wallace, Basketball player with the Detroit Pistons

Alice Waters, Chef and owner of Chez Panisse Restaurant

David Wells, Pitcher for the San Diego Padres

Christopher Wheeldon, Choreographer

Armstrong Williams, Talk-show host; columnist; writer; businessman

Deborah Willis, Photographer, writer, and curator

Marie C. Wilson, President of the White House Project and former president of the Ms. Foundation for Women

Reese Witherspoon, Actress

Rod Woodson, Football player

Will Wright, Computer-game designer

Winky Wright, Boxer

Zakk Wylde, Rock musician

Alexei Yagudin, Figure skater



Barry Zito, Pitcher with the Oakland Athletics

Eugenia Zukerman, Flutist, writer, and television journalist