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Activism Academia Religion Grace Lee Boggs, social activist and philosopher Rabbi Ari Berman, president of Yeshiva University Rabbi Michael Lerner, political activist and editor of Tikkun Stokely Carmichael / Kwame Ture, civil rights leader Noam Chomsky, professor, activist, author, and public intellectual Pope John Paul II Angela Davis, social activist John J. DeGioia, president of Georgetown University News and Journalism Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., civil rights leader Marjorie Hass, president of Rhodes College Barbara Amiel, Lady Black of Crossharbour, journalist and writer Robert Parris Moses, educator and civil rights activist Rev. John I. Jenkins, President, University of Notre Dame Chris Hayes, journalist, political commentator, and MSNBC host Angela Davis Doria Shafik, Egyptian feminist activist Carly Fiorina Business Tamara Keith, journalist and NPR White House correspondent Arts and Entertainment Herbert Allison Jr., former Fannie Mae CEO Kathryn Jean Lopez, journalist and political commentator Wes Anderson, filmmaker Sheila Bair, Washington College president and former FDIC chair Stone Phillips, broadcaster Ethan Coen, filmmaker (of the Coen Brothers) Stewart Butterfield, co-founder of Flickr George F. Will, journalist, author, and political commentator Stephen Colbert, comedian and TV host Patrick Byrne, CEO of Overstock.com Juan Williams, journalist Wes Craven, filmmaker Paul Draper, winemaker Sports Arthur Danto, art critic and philosopher Carly Fiorina, former CEO of HP and presidential candidate Arian Foster, American football player (Houston Texans) Alex Trebek Lana Del Rey, singer-songwriter Robert Greenhill, investment banker Thomas Jefferson Phil Jackson, NBA coach Dessa, rapper, singer, and poet Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn Bruce Lee, martial artist Harrison Ford, actor Damon Horowitz, entrepreneur and former director at Google Michael McCaskey, president/chairman of the Chicago Bears Richard Gere, actor Carl Icahn, investor and former CEO of TWA Airlines Ricky Gervais, comedian and creator of The Office Gerald Levin, former CEO of Time Warner, Inc. Writing Philip Glass, composer John Mackey, co-founder and co-CEO of Whole Foods Market Simone de Beauvoir, writer, philosopher, and political Activist Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons and Futurama Lachlan Murdoch, media magnate and son of Rupert Murdoch Pearl Buck, writer and Pulitzer and Nobel Prize winner Chris Hardwick, comedian, TV host, and founder of Nerdist.com Max Palevsky, co-founder of Intel and venture capitalist Mary Higgins Clark, novelist Lana Del Ray Theo James, actor Larry Sanger, co-founder of Wikipedia Susanna Clarke, Hugo Award-winning author Kathryn Jean Lopez Zola Jesus, musician George Soros, investor and philanthropist Alain de Botton, writer, philosopher, and television presenter Duncan Jones, director, producer, screenwriter Peter Thiel, founder of PayPal E.L. Doctorow, novelist (Ragtime) Rashida Jones, actor Government and Politics Alice Dreger, author (Galileo’s Middle Finger) and academic Kennedy, TV personality and former MTV VJ Umberto Eco, author (The Name of the Rose) William "Bro” Adams, NEH Chair and former university president Stacy London, stylist and television host T.S. Eliot, Nobel Prize-winning essayist, playwright, and poet William Bennett, former Secretary of Education Terrence Malick, film director and screenwriter Michael Frayn, playwright (Copenhagen) and novelist Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court Justice Steve Martin, comedian, actor, and musician Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, novelist and MacArthur Fellow Stephen Colbert Patrick Buchanan, politician Charles R. Johnson Deepa Mehta, director and screenwriter Sam Harris, author (The End of Faith) and public intellectual Bill Clinton, U.S. President Robert Motherwell, painter and printmaker Christopher Hitchens, essayist and public intellectual Rudolf Giuliani, former New York City mayor Steve Reich, composer Charles R. Johnson, author (Middle Passage) Raisa Gorbachev, former first lady of the Soviet Union Buffy Sainte-Marie, singer-songwriter Hanif Kureishi, playwright, screenwriter, and novelist Swanee Hunt, former US Ambassador to Austria Susan Sarandon, actor Yann Martel, author (Life of Pi) Thomas Jefferson, U.S. President Willard Scott, actor Iris Murdoch, author (Under the Net) Robert MacNamara, former Secretary of Defense Wallace Shawn, actor and playwright Ayn Rand, author (The Fountainhead, Atlas Shrugged) Paul Martin, former prime minister of Canada Gene Siskel, film critic Susan Sontag, writer and MacArthur Fellow Sheila Bair Beverley McLachlin, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada Pearl Buck Elliott Smith, singer-songwriter Studs Terkel, oral historian and writer Elizabeth Anne Reid, former UN program director Kim Thayil, musician (Soundgarden) Miguel de Unamuno, author (Abel Sánchez) David Souter, Supreme Court Justice Alex Trebek, host of Jeopardy! David Foster Wallace, author (Infinite Jest) Fred Thompson, former senator Christy Turlington, model Elie Wiesel, author (Night)

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