Authors: Brian Grazer
Robert Graham:
sculptor
Brian Greene:
theoretical physicist, professor at Columbia University, specialist in string theory
Robert Greene:
author and speaker known for books on strategy, power, and seduction
Linda Greenhouse:
journalist, former U.S. Supreme Court reporter for the
New York Times,
winner of the Pulitzer Prize
Lisa Gula:
former scientist, working on missile defense systems at XonTech
Sanjay Gupta:
neurosurgeon, chief medical correspondent for CNN
Ramón A. Gutiérrez:
professor of history at the University of Chicago, specializing in U.S. race and ethnic relations
Joseph T. Hallinan:
journalist, author, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting
Dean Hamer:
geneticist, scientist emeritus at the National Cancer Institute, specializing in how genes affect human behavior
Dian Hanson:
editor of pornographic magazines, editor for Taschen art books
Tom Hargrove:
agricultural scientist who was kidnapped in Colombia by FARC narco-guerrillas, inspired the movie
Proof of Life
Mark Harris:
journalist, former executive editor of
Entertainment Weekly
Sam Harris:
neuroscientist, author of
The End of Faith
Bill Harrison:
vision specialist focusing on sports vision training to maximize eye-mind-body reflexes
Reed Hastings:
cofounder and CEO of Netflix
Laura Hathaway:
national coordinator for American Mensa International, Gifted Children Resource Programs
Zahi Hawass:
archaeologist, Egyptologist, former minister of state for antiquities affairs in Egypt
John Hay:
Freemason
Lutfallah Hay:
former member of parliament in prerevolutionary Iran, Freemason
Susan Headden:
former reporter and editor at
U.S. News & World Report,
winner of the Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting
Jack Healey:
human rights activist, former executive director of Amnesty International USA
Thomas Heaton:
seismologist, professor at California Institute of Technology, contributed to the development of earthquake early warning systems
Peter Herbst:
journalist, former editor of
Premiere
and
New York
magazines
Danette Herman:
talent executive for Academy Awards
Seymour Hersh:
investigative reporter, author, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for uncovering the My Lai massacre and its cover-up during the Vietnam War
Dave Hickey:
art and cultural critic who has written for
Harper's,
Rolling Stone,
and
Vanity Fair
Jim Hightower:
progressive political activist, radio talk-show host
Tommy Hilfiger:
fashion designer, founder of lifestyle brand
Christopher Hitchens:
journalist and author who was a critic of politics and religion
David Hockney:
artist and major contributor to the Pop art movement in the 1960s
Nancy Irwin:
hypnotherapist
Chris Isaak:
musician, actor
Michael Jackson:
singer, songwriter, his 1982 album
Thriller
is the bestselling album of all time
LeBron James:
NBA basketball player
Mort Janklow:
literary agent, founder and chairman of the literary agency Janklow & Nesbit Associates
Jay Z:
musician, music producer, fashion designer, entrepreneur
Wyclef Jean:
musician, actor
James Jebbia:
CEO of the Supreme clothing brand
Harry J. Jerison:
paleoneurologist, professor emeritus at UCLA
Steve Jobs:
cofounder and former CEO of Apple Inc., cofounder and former CEO of Pixar
Betsey Johnson:
fashion designer
Jamie Johnson:
documentary filmmaker who directed
Born Rich,
heir to Johnson & Johnson fortune
Larry C. Johnson:
former analyst for the CIA, security and terrorism consultant
Robert L. Johnson:
businessman, media magnate, cofounder and former chairman of BET
Sheila Johnson:
cofounder of BET, first African American woman to be an owner/partner in three professional sports teams
Steve Johnson:
media theorist, popular science author, cocreated online magazine
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Jackie Joyner-Kersee:
Olympic gold medalist, track star
Paul Kagame:
president of Rwanda
Michiko Kakutani:
book critic for the
New York Times,
winner of the Pulitzer Prize for criticism
Sam Hall Kaplan:
former architecture critic for the
Los Angeles Times
Masoud Karkehabadi:
wunderkind who graduated from college at age thirteen
Patrick Keefe:
author, staff writer for the
New Yorker
Gershon Kekst:
founder of the corporate communications company Kekst and Co.
Jill Kelleher:
professional matchmaker and founder and CEO of Kelleher & Associates
Robin D. G. Kelley:
historian and professor at UCLA, specializing in African American studies
Sheila Kelley:
actress and dancer, founder of S Factor pole dancing workout
Philip Kellman:
cognitive psychologist and professor at UCLA, specializing in perceptual learning and adaptive learning
Joseph Kennedy II:
businessman, Democratic politician, founder of Citizens Energy Corp., son of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy
Gayle King:
editor-at-large for
O, The Oprah Magazine,
coanchor of
CBS This Morning
Alex Kipman:
technical fellow at Microsoft, coinventor of Kinect for Xbox
Robert Kirby:
kinesiologist who studies the science of muscular medicine
Henry Kissinger:
former U.S. secretary of state, diplomat, Nobel Peace Prize laureate
Calvin Klein:
fashion designer
Elsa Klensch:
journalist, fashion critic, former host of CNN's
Style with Elsa Klensch
Phil Knight:
cofounder, chairman, and former CEO of Nike Inc.
Beyoncé Knowles:
musician, actress
Christof Koch:
neuroscientist and professor at California Institute of Technology, specializing in human consciousness
Clea Koff:
forensic anthropologist who worked with United Nations to reveal genocide in Rwanda
Stephen Kolodny:
attorney; practices family law
Rem Koolhaas:
architect, architectural theorist, professor at Harvard Graduate School of Design
Jeff Koons:
artist
Jesse Kornbluth:
journalist, editor of a cultural concierge service
Richard Koshalek:
former director of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Mark Kostabi:
artist, composer
Anna Kournikova:
former professional tennis player
Lawrence Krauss:
theoretical physicist, cosmologist, professor at Arizona State University
Steve Kroft:
journalist, correspondent for CBS's
60 Minutes
William LaFleur:
author, professor at the University of Pennsylvania, specializing in Japanese culture
Steven Lamy:
professor of international relations at the University of Southern California
Lawrence Lawler:
former special agent in charge of the Los Angeles field office of the FBI
Nigella Lawson:
journalist, author, food writer, TV host
Sugar Ray Leonard:
professional boxer who won world titles in five weight divisions
Maria Lepowsky:
anthropologist, professor at University of WisconsinâMadison, lived with the indigenous people of a Papua New Guinea island
Lawrence Lessig:
activist for Internet freedom and Net neutrality, professor at Harvard Law School
Cliff Lett:
professional race car driver, designer of radio-controlled cars
Robert A. Levine:
former economist at RAND Corporation
Ariel Levy:
journalist, staff writer at
New York
magazine
Dany Levy:
founder of DailyCandy email newsletter
Roy Lichtenstein:
Pop artist
John Liebeskind:
former professor at UCLA, leading researcher in the study of pain and its relation to health
Alan Lipkin:
former special agent for the criminal investigation division of the IRS
Margaret Livingstone:
neurobiologist specializing in vision, professor at Harvard Medical School
Tone L
o
c:
musician, actor
Elizabeth Loftus:
cognitive psychologist and expert on human memory, professor at the University of California, Irvine
Lisa Love:
West Coast director for
Vogue
and
Teen Vogue
Jim Lovell:
Apollo-era astronaut, commander of the crippled Apollo 13 mission
Thomas Lovejoy:
ecologist, professor at George Mason University, former assistant secretary for environmental and external affairs at the Smithsonian Institution, expert in tropical deforestation
Malcolm Lucas:
chief justice of the California Supreme Court, 1987â1996
Oliver Luckett:
founder and CEO of social media content company the Audience
Frank Luntz:
political consultant and pollster
Peter Maass:
author and journalist who covers international affairs, war, and conflict
Norman Mailer:
author, playwright, filmmaker, journalist, cofounder of the
Village Voice
Sir John Major:
prime minister of the United Kingdom, 1990â1997
Michael Malin:
astronomer, designer, developer of cameras used to explore Mars
P. J. Mara:
former Irish senator and political adviser to Irish prime minister Charles Haughey
Lou Marinoff:
philosopher who works with decision theory and political philosophy, professor at the City College of New York
Thom Mayne:
architect, cofounder of architecture firm Morphosis
John McCain:
U.S. senator from Arizona, Republican nominee for president in 2008
Terry McAuliffe:
governor of Virginia, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee
Kevin McCabe:
economic theorist, neuroeconomist, professor at George Mason University
Susan McCarthy:
former city manager for Santa Monica
Susan McClary:
musicologist who combines musicology with feminist music criticism, professor at Case Western Reserve University
Terry McDonell:
editor, media executive, former editor in chief of
Esquire
Paul McGuinness:
former manager of the band U2
Robert McKee:
creative writing instructor, former professor at the University of Southern California
Daniel McLean:
classics scholar and lecturer at UCLA
Bruce McNall:
sports executive, former owner of the National Hockey League's Los Angeles Kings
Leonard Mehlmauer:
naturopath, researcher who created the term “eyology”
Sonny Mehta:
chairman and editor in chief of Alfred A. Knopf publishing company
Steven Meisel:
fashion photographer
Susan Meiselas:
documentary photographer
Suzy Menkes:
British journalist, author, former fashion reporter and editor for the
International Herald Tribune