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 February 17, 2020 there are 1837 participants.
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Ryan AdamsSinger-Songwriter, Musician, Record Producer, Poet
Julian AssangeComputer Programmer, Publisher, Journalist, Founder & Editor-in-Chief of WikiLeaks
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agnés b.Fashion Designer, Philanthropist
Paul BanksMusician (Interpol), Singer-Songwriter, DJ
Gabe BartalosProsthetic Makeup & Special Effects Artist (Atlantic West Effects)
Samantha BeeComedian, Writer, Producer, Political Commentator, Actress, Media Critic, Television Host
Preet BhararaLawyer, Former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York
Klaus BiesenbachP.S.1 Chief Curator and founding director of KW (Kunst-Werke Berlin)
Andrew BoltonCurator, Curator of the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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
David ChangRestaurateur, Author, Television Personality
Noam ChomskyLinguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, logician, political commentator and activist
Tommy ChongComedian, Actor, Writer, Director, Activist, Musician
Deepak ChopraAuthor, Public Speaker, Alternative Medicine Advocate, New Age Movement Figure
General Wesley ClarkGeneral of the United States Army, Supreme Allied Commander Europe of NATO 1997-2000 during the Kosovo War, Polotician
Stephen ColbertComedian, Writer, Producer, Actor, Media Critic, Television Host
James CordenActor, Writer, Producer, Comedian, Singer, Television Host
Wes CravenDirector and Screenwriter (A Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream, Twilight Zone)
Mark CubanBusinessman, Investor, Author, Television Personality, Philanthropist
James CunoPresident and Director, Art Institute of Chicago
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Larry DavidActor, Writer, Comedian, Television Producer
John DeanAttorney, Former White House Counsel; Author; Columnist; Political Pundit
David DuchovnyActor, Writer, Producer, Director, Novelist, Singer-Songwriter
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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
Eve EnslerPlaywright, Performer, Feminist, Activist
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Paul FeigActor, Film Director, Producer, Screenwriter
Bill FlanaganVice President/Editorial Director of VH1, Writer, Music Critic
Larry FlyntPublisher of Hustler Magazine, Founder of Larry Flynt Publications
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Melinda GatesBusinesswoman, Philanthropist, Co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
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?
F. Gary GrayFilm Director, Producer, Actor, Music Video Director
Seth GreenActor, Comedian, Writer, Director, Producer
Dick GregoryCivil Rights Activist, Social Critic, Writer, Comedian, Entrepreneur
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.
Dr. Marshall S. HarthMy father, My Pop, My Pop-U2-lar-Pop, donor, psychologist, poet, professor, activist
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
Lauryn HillSinger, Songwriter, Rapper, Record Producer, Actress
Peter HookSinger, Songwriter, Musician (Joy Division/New Order)
Arianna HuffingtonAuthor, Columnist, Co-Founder and Editor-In-Chief of The Huffington Post
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Eric IdleComedian, Actor, Author, Singer, Writer
David IppolitoMusician, That guitar man, The most famous person in New York that nobody knows.
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Caitlyn JennerTelevision Personality, Athlete, Formerly known as Bruce Jenner
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)
Sheila C. JohnsonAmerican Businesswoman, Co-Founder of BET, CEO of Salamander Hotels and Resorts, and the First Black American Female Billionaire
Kent JonesDirector of the New York Film Festival, Writer
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Dr. Michio KakuTheoretical Physicist, Futurist, Popularizer of Science, Professor
Sara KellnerExecutive Director of Houston contemporary arts center, DiverseWorks
Mark KellyRetired Astronaut, Engineer, U.S. Navy Captain
Heidi KlumModel, Television Personality, Businesswoman, Fashion Designer
Ed KochFormer Mayor of NYC, Activist, Author, Judge, Writer
Ted KoppelJournalist, Anchor and Senior Editor for ABC's Nightline
Larry KramerPlaywright, Author, Public Health Advocate, LGBT Rights Activist, Co-founder of GMHC
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Ryan LallierMusician (In the band Black English, formerly called NO)
John LandisFilm Director, Screenwriter, Actor, Producer
Leonard A. LauderBusinessman, Art Collector, Philanthropist, Chairman Emeritus of The Estée Lauder Companies Inc
Kathie LeeTelevision Personality/Talkshow Host/Entertainer
Stan LeeComic-book Writer, Editor, Publisher, Media Producer, Actor, former president and chairman of Marvel Comics
Annie LennoxSinger-Songwriter, Musician, Activist, Philanthropist
David LynchFilmmaker, Television Director, Artist, Actor
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David W. MackGraphic Artist, Comic Book Artist, Writer (Creator of Kabuki)
John MaddenAthlete, Former Head Coach; Oakland Raiders, Sports Broadcaster
MadonnaSinger, Songwriter, Actress, Activist, Businesswoman
David MametPlaywright, Essayist, Screenwriter, Film Director
Wynton MarsalisMusician (Trumpeter), Music Director; Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra NYC
Paul McGuinnessManager of the band U2, Founder of Principle Management Limited
Danica McKellarActress, Author, Mathematics Education Advocate and Director
Melle MelMusician (Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five)
Seth MeyersComedian, Writer, Producer, Actor, Television Host
Bette MidlerSinger, Songwriter, Actress, Comedian, Film Producer
Meredith MonkComposer, Performer, Director, Vocalist, Filmmaker, Choreographer
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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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James O’BarrGraphic Artist, Comic Book Artist, (Creator of The Crow)
Nick OffermanActor, Producer, Screenwriter, Author, Musician, Humorist, Comedian
John OliverComedian, Writer, Producer, Political Commentator, Actor, Media Critic, Television Host
Yoko OnoArtist, Composer, Vocalist, Activist, Humanitarian
Simon OscroftMusician (In the band Black English, formerly called NO)
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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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A. R. RahmanComposer, Singer-Songwriter, Music Producer, Musician Philanthropist
Dan RatherJournalist, CBS Evening News lead anchor and managing editor
Leonard RiggioArt Collector, Humanitarian, Philanthropist, Chairman of Barnes & Noble, Inc.
Tim RobbinsActor, Screenwriter, Director, Producer, Activist, Musician
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)
Morgan SpurlockDocumentary Filmmaker, Humorist, Television Producer, Screenwriter, Activist
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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Michael WalkerMusician (In the band Black English, formerly called NO)
Matt WallinDigital Effects Artist (Mantron Corporation)
Cornel WestProfessor, Philosopher, Author, Activist, Musician, Poet, Actor
Olivia WildeActress, Model, Producer, Director, Activist, Entrepreneur
Oprah WinfreyMedia Proprietor, Talk Show Host, Actor, Producer, Philanthropist
Anna WintourEditor-in-Chief of American Vogue, Artistic Director for Condé Nast
Popa WuExpert on the philosophy of the Five Percent Nation
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Saadi YacefA leader of Algeria's National Liberation Front, Senator in Algeria's Council of the Nation, Actor
Rick YuneActor, Screenwriter, Producer, Martial Artist, Former Model
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