Below is the list of project participants. The list can be viewed in alphabetical or chronological order. Clicking an individual's name will display biographical information relevant at the time of participation. As of May 23, 2013 there are 1251 participants.
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agnés b.Fashion Designer, Philanthropist
Gabe BartalosProsthetic Makeup & Special Effects Artist (Atlantic West Effects)
Klaus BiesenbachP.S.1 Chief Curator and founding director of KW (Kunst-Werke Berlin)
BonoMusician, Activist, Writer
Tim BoothMusician (Lead singer/front man for the band James)
Bill BradleyPolitician, Athlete (Former U.S. Senator of New Jersey, Former Knicks Basketball Player)
Eli BroadPhilanthropist, Entrepreneur, Businessman, Art Collector
Tom BrokawTV Journalist, Anchor of NBC Nightly News
Mel BrooksDirector, Writer, Composer, Comedian, Actor
Matthew L. BurtonFriend, Artist, Writer, Professor, Student, Colleague, and much more
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Dan CameronSenior Curator, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York
Jimmy CarterFormer President of the United States of America
General Wesley ClarkGeneral of the United States Army, Supreme Allied Commander Europe of NATO 1997-2000 during the Kosovo War, Polotician
Wes CravenDirector and Screenwriter (A Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream, Twilight Zone)
James CunoPresident and Director, Art Institute of Chicago
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John DeanAttorney, Former White House Counsel; Author; Columnist; Political Pundit
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Senator John EdwardsPolitician (Vice Presidential Nominee and U.S. Senator from North Carolina), Former trial lawyer
Brian EnoMusician, Artist, Producer, Composer
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Bill FlanaganVice President/Editorial Director of VH1, Writer, Music Critic
Larry FlyntPublisher of Hustler Magazine, Founder of Larry Flynt Publications
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Terry GilliamWriter, Filmmaker, Animator and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe
Milton GlaserGraphic Designer & Illustrator (designed "I LOVE NY" logo)
John GlennFirst American to orbit the Earth, Astronaut, Senator
Al GoldsteinPublisher, Pornographer, Founder of "Screw" magazine
Michel GondryArtist, Musician, Music Video Director, Film Director
Dr. Jane GoodallPrimatologist, Ethologist, Anthropologist, Animal Conservationist
Amy GoodmanBroadcast Journalist, Author, Investigative Journalist, Activist
Al GoreFormer US Vice President and Senator, 43rd President of the United States of America?
Tim GriffinAssociate Editor of Artforum, Art Critic, Poet, Former art editor at TimeOutNY
Agnes GundArt Collector, Philanthropist, President emerita of MoMA NYC
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Gary HartFormer United States Senator and former Presidential Candidate
Martin HarthMy Opa (grandfather), an Opapa (great grandfather), a father, a brother, a husband, Friend, Artist, Writer, Poet, Tailor, A Giver, A man who taught me so much about life and love and the art of giving, and so much more.
Alanna HeissFounder and former Director of P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Founder of Clocktower Gallery, Director of AIR
Cheryl Brown HendersonDaughter of Oliver Brown. (Plaintiff in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education of 1954. The Court overturned the doctrine of separate but equal for public schools.)
Jim HenkeCurator at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Writer
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David IppolitoMusician, That guitar man, The most famous person in New York that nobody knows.
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Penn JillettePerformance Artist, Actor, Magician, Comedian, (Penn of Penn & Teller)
Steve JobsCEO of Apple, Co-Founder of Apple Computer, Co-Founder of Pixar Animation Studios, computer entrepreneur, inventor, innovator, visionary
John 5Musician (Marilyn Manson)
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Sara KellnerExecutive Director of Houston contemporary arts center, DiverseWorks
Ed KochFormer Mayor of NYC, Activist, Author, Judge, Writer
Ted KoppelJournalist, Anchor and Senior Editor for ABC's Nightline
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John LandisFilm Director, Screenwriter, Actor, Producer
Kathie LeeTelevision Personality/Talkshow Host/Entertainer
David LynchFilmmaker, Television Director, Artist, Actor
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John MaddenAthlete, Former Head Coach; Oakland Raiders, Sports Broadcaster
Wynton MarsalisMusician (Trumpeter), Music Director; Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra NYC
Paul McGuinnessManager of the band U2, Founder of Principle Management Limited
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Ralph NaderSocial critic, Consumer crusader, America's public defender
Billy NameArtist, Photographer, (staff photographer at Warhol's Factory)
Mike NicholsFilm/Stage/Television Director, Writer, Producer
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Yoko OnoArtist, Composer, Vocalist, Activist, Humanitarian
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Les PaulMusician, pioneer/father of the electric guitar, inventor of recording techniques
Philippe PetitHigh Wire Artist (Walked between New York City's Twin Towers on a high wire in 1974)
Colin PowellFormer General, Former Secretary Of State, Former National Security Advisor, Former Chairman of the Join Chiefs of Staff
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Dan RatherJournalist, CBS Evening News lead anchor and managing editor
Leonard RiggioArt Collector, Humanitarian, Philanthropist, Chairman of Barnes & Noble, Inc.
David RockefellerArt Collector, Patron of the Arts, Honorary Chairman; MoMA NYC, Banker
Mister Fred Rogers Host of the television show Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, Ordained Presbyterian minister.
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Paul ShafferMusician, Bandleader on the Late Show with David Letterman
Norman SiegelDirector of the New York Civil Liberties Union Foundation
Jerry I. SpeyerArt Collector, Vice Chairman MoMA, Owner of the Chrysler Building and Rockefeller Center, President and Chief Executive Officer Tishman Speyer Properties
Eliot SpitzerLawyer, former Democratic Party politician (Former New York State Governor, New York State Attorney General)
Jon StewartComedian, Coexecutive producer of The Daily Show on Comedy Central
Robert StorrCurator, Senior Curator of Painting & Sculpture at MOMA NYC
Peter StrietmannPhotography Director / Director Of Photography (Matthew Barney's Cremaster Films)
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David TeigerArt Collector, Philanthropist, Guggenheim Acquisition Executive Committee member, Founder of Gemini Consulting
TellerPerformance Artist, Actor, Magician, Comedian, (Teller of Penn & Teller)
Helen ThomasJournalist, Former White House Bureau Chief, White House Correspondent
Ted TurnerMedia Proprietor, Philanthropist, Founder of CNN
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Matt WallinDigital Effects Artist (Mantron Corporation)
Cornel WestProfessor, Philosopher, Author, Activist, Musician, Poet, Actor
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