Below is the list of project participants. The list can be viewed in alphabetical or chronological order. The names listed were relevant at the time of participation. Clicking an individual’s name will display biographical information relevant at the time of participation. As of today there are 2,176 participants.
ALPHABETICALLY | CHRONOLOGICALLY
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1997
Christian Slater Actor, Producer
Dr. Dre (Andre Romelle Young) Rapper, Record Producer, Entrepreneur
Carrot Top (Scott Thompson) Comedian
Philip Glass Composer
Chuck D (Carlton Douglas Ridenhour) Rapper, Singer, Songwriter. Founder, leader and frontman of the hip hop group Public Enemy
Paul McGuinness Manager of U2
Joan Osborne Singer, Songwriter
Bono (Paul David Hewson) Musician, Singer-Songwriter, Artist, Activist, Philanthropist, Businessman
William Wegman Photographer, Artist
Bill Viola Artist
B.B. King King of the Blues Guitar, Musician, Singer, Songwriter
Newt Gingrich Politician
Joe O’Herlihy Audio Engineer
1998
Cheryl Brown Henderson Daughter of Lead Plaintiff in Brown v. Board of Education, Founding President of the Brown Foundation for Educational Equity, Excellence and Research
Terrence J. Roberts (Ph.D) was one of the “Little Rock Nine”
Jeff Koons Artist
Luciano Pavarotti Opera Singer
Chuck Close Artist
Mark Greenwold Artist
Janet Fish Artist
Jim Dine Artist
Vanessa Beecroft Artist
Al Goldstein Founder and publisher of “Screw Magazine”
Yoko Ono Artist, Composer, Vocalist, Activist, Humanitarian
Tony Grisoni Screenwriter
J.S.G. Boggs Artist
Mel Brooks Actor, Comedian, Filmmaker
Johnny Depp Actor, Producer, Musician
Hunter S. Thompson Journalist, Writer
Francis Dunnery Musician, Singer, Writer, Poet
Terry Gilliam Film Director, Screenwriter, Animator, Actor, Comedian, Former member of Monty Python
Rudy Giuliani Former Mayor of New York City
Carl Reiner Actor, Comedian, Director, Screenwriter, Author
Bill Flanagan Author, Television Executive, Radio Host
Gloria Steinem Feminist, Social Activist
Bob Dole Politician, Senator
Twiggy Ramirez (Jeordie Osbourne White) Musician (of the musical group Marilyn Manson)
M. W. Gacy (Madonna Wayne Gacy, Stephen Gregory Bier Jr.) Musician (of the musical group Marilyn Manson)
Ginger Fish (Kenneth Robert Wilson) Musician (of the musical group Marilyn Manson)
John 5 (John William Lowery) Musician (of the musical group Marilyn Manson)
Lucy R. Lippard Writer, Art Critic, Activist, Curator
Grace Slick Singer-Songwriter
Patti Smith Musician, Writer, Poet
Robert Swain Artist
Richard Tuttle Artist
Irvine Welsh Novelist, Playwright, Short Story Writer
Dr. Ruth Westheimer (Karola Ruth Westheimer) Sex Therapist, Talk Show Host, Author, Professor
Muhammad Ali Athlete, Heavy Weight Champion Boxer, Activist
Harry Belafonte Singer, Songwriter, Activist, Actor
Kenneth Cole Fashion Designer
Harrison Ford Actor
Willie Nelson Musician
Jon Karl Holm Artist, Friend
1999
Joel-Peter Witkin Artist, Photographer
Debbie Harry Singer, Songwriter, Actor
Chris Stein Musician (from the band Blondie)
Paul Shaffer Singer, Composer, Actor, Author, Comedian, and Multi-instrumentalist who served as David Letterman's musical director, band leader, and sidekick
Charles Ray Artist
Susan Sontag Activist, Author, Feminist
Lorna Simpson Artist
Moby (Richard Melville Hall) Musician, Songwriter, Singer, Producer
Christo Artist
Jean-Claude Artist
Johnny Ramone Musician
Tommy Ramone Musician
C.J. Ramone Musician
Marky Ramone Musician
Dee Dee Ramone Musician
Joey Ramone Musician, Singer
Kevin Smith Film Director, Writer, Actor
Robert De Niro Actor, Producer, Director
John Jonas Gruen Photographer, Critic, Composer, Journalist
The Venerable Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche Tibetan Buddhist Leader
Sheila E. (Sheila Cecilia Escovedo) Musician, Singer
Wyclef Jean Musician, Activist
Sean Combs (Puffy) Musician, Producer, Entrepreneur
Quincy Jones Record/Film/Television Producer, Musician, Songwriter, Composer, Arranger, Activist
Marianne Müller Artist, Photographer
Donald Trump Businessman
Nanci Griffith Musician
Meat Loaf (Michael Lee Aday) Singer, Actor
Henry Rollins Musician, Poet, Activist, Actor
Dr. Jane Goodall Scientist, Animal Conservationist, Author
Frank McCourt Author, Educator
Art Spiegelman Artist, Writer, Cartoonist
Robin Williams Actor, Comedian, Activist
Ed Koch Former mayor of NYC, Activist, Author, Judge, Writer
Joe Torre Manager of the New York Yankees
Judy Blume Censored Author, Activist
Wes Craven Film Director, Screenwriter, Producer, Actor, Editor
Natalie Merchant Musician, Activist
Susan Sarandon Actor, Activist
Patrick Stewart Actor, Activist
Neil Postman Media Ecologist, Writer, Educator, Scholar
Tony Bennett Musician, Singer
Nicholas Graham Fashion Designer, Founder of the brand Joe Boxer
Hugh Grant Actor
Jay Jopling Art Dealer, Galleriest
Steve Martin Actor, Comedian
Unknown #1 Unknown
Norman Siegel Director of the New York Civil Liberties Union Foundation
Julie Andrews Edwards Actor, Singer, Author
Walter Mosley Author
Jon Stewart Comedian, Coexecutive producer of The Daily Show on Comedy Central
Laurie Anderson Artist, Musician, Composer, Film Director
David Carson Artist, Director, Graphic Designer, Photographer
Peter Norton Programmer, Software Publisher, Author, Philanthropist, Art Collector
Barry White Singer
Umberto Eco Author, Professor of Semiotics
Issac Stern Violinist
Matthew Collings Artist, Writer, Musician, Author, Producer
William Gibson Writer, coined the term “Cyberspace”
Jimmy Carter Former President of the United States of America
Walter Cronkite TV Journalist, Vietnam War Critic, News Anchor
Mark Hosler Musician (in the band Negativland)
Joan Rivers Comedian, Actor, Producer, Writer, Television Host
Kofi Annan Secretary General of the U.N.
Francesco Clemente Artist
David LaChapelle Photographer
Rachel Whiteread Artist
Martin Scorsese Film Director, Producer, Screenwriter
Annie Leibovitz Photographer
Iggy Pop (James Newell Osterberg Jr.) Musician, Singer, Songwriter
Willem Dafoe Actor
Gavin Friday Musician, Activist, Artist
Lou Reed Musician, Activist, Artist
William Baldwin Actor, Activist
Rosie Perez Actor
Andres Serrano Artist
Ben Stiller Actor, Comedian, Producer, Film Director, Screenwriter
Todd Brewster Editor for Life Magazine
Peter Jennings Anchor and Senior Editor for ABC's World News Tonight
Marc Anthony Thompson Musician (Chocolate Genius)
David Byrne Musician, Artist
Spalding Gray Performer, Writer, Actor
Cildo Meireles Artist
Christopher Walken Actor
Tim Booth Singer-Songwriter, Actor, Dancer (Lead singer for the band James)
Mark Dion Artist
John Glenn First American to orbit the Earth, Astronaut, Senator
Sumner M. Redstone Businessman, CEO of Viacom
Tommy Hilfiger Fashion Designer
Carol Burnett Comedian, Actor, Writer
2000
Reverend Jesse Jackson Reverend, Activist
James Earl Jones Actor
bell hooks Author, Feminist, Activist, Womynist, Professor
Fred Rogers (Mister Rogers) Television Host, Author, Producer, Minister
Vik Muniz Artist, Photographer
Billy Joel Musician, Singer-Songwriter, Composer
David Hockney Artist
John Travolta Actor
Gabriel Byrne Actor
Robert Goulet Singer, Actor
Isaac Hayes Musician
George Foreman Athlete, Former Heavyweight Champion Boxer
Dr. Bertram Schaffner Psychiatrist at Nuremberg trials
Martha Rosler Artist
Jesse Ventura Governor, Retired Wrestler
Spike Lee Filmmaker
Larry Mullen Jr. Musician, Actor
Tom Sachs Artist
Junior Vasquez DJ, Musician
Barbara Kruger Artist
Oliver Stone Filmmaker
Regis Philbin Television Personality
Gore Vidal Author
Rufus Griscom CEO of Nerve
R.O. Blechman Artist, Illustrator
Maya Lin Artist, Architect
Arthur Miller Playwright, Essayist, Screenwriter
Anne Rice Author
Ted Koppel Journalist, Anchor and Senior Editor for ABC's Nightline
Adam Clayton Musician
The Edge (David Howell Evans) Musician, Singer, Songwriter
Kathie Lee Gifford Television Personality, Talkshow Host, Entertainer
John Ritter Actor
Henry Winkler Actor
Shepard Fairey Artist
Zack de la Rocha Musician, Singer, Songwriter, Rapper, Activist
Snoop Dogg (Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr.) Rapper, Songwriter, Media Personality, Actor, Entrepreneur
2001
Drew Barrymore Actor
Radio Man (Craig Schwartz) (Craig Castaldo) Human, Autograph Collector, Actor
Janine Antoni Artist
Robert Ryman Artist
Paul McCarthy Artist
John Waters Filmmaker, Writer, Actor, Artist
Wim Wenders Filmmaker, Playwright, Author, Photographer
Emmylou Harris Musician
Barton Lidice Beneš Artist
Boy George (George Alan O'Dowd) Musician, Singer, Songwriter, DJ, Fashion Designer, Photographer, Record Producer
Howie B - Musician, Howie B Musician, Producer, DJ
Julian Schnabel Artist, Film Director
Robert Raushenberg Artist
Shirin Neshat Artist
Willie Williams Set Designer (U2)
Whoopi Goldberg Actor
Polly Jean Harvey (PJ Harvey) Musician
Tony Fitzpatrick Artist
Iepe B.T. Rubingh Artist
Elvis Costello (Declan Patrick MacManus) Singer, Songwriter, Musician, Record Producer
Alice Cooper (Vincent Damon Furnier) Singer, Songwriter, Actor
Frank Gehry Architect
Gary Sinise Actor, Musician
Carter Alan Program Director, Veteran DJ, Author
Vincent Gallo Actor, Director, Musician, Artist
Daniel Lanois Producer, Writer, Musician
Steven Van Zandt (Little Steven) Singer, Songwriter, Musician, Producer, Actor, Activist, Author
Courtney Love Musician, Actor
Guggi (Derek Rowan) Musician, Artist
Tiger Woods Athlete
Bono (Paul David Hewson) [Second Time] Musician, Singer-Songwriter, Artist, Activist, Philanthropist, Businessman
Edward Burns Actor, Producer, Writer, Film Director
BP Fallon DJ, Photographer, Writer
Michael Stipe Singer-Songwriter, Artist, Lyricist, Lead Singer of the band R.E.M.
Christy Turlington Super model
Nick Hornby Author
Vito Acconci Artist, Poet, Architect
Mike Errico Musician
Joe Strummer Musician
Karen Finley Performance Artist, Musician, Poet
Peter Gabriel Musician, Singer, Songwriter, Record Producer, Activist
Brian Wilson Musician, Singer, Songwriter, Record Producer
Perry Farrell Musician, Activist
Stefan Sagmeister Graphic and Communication Designer
Charley Politakes Artist, Musician
Björk (Björk Guðmundsdóttir) Singer, Songwriter, Composer, Record Producer, Actor
Billy Corgan Musician, Singer, Songwriter
Eric Erlandson Musician (Hole)
James Iha Musician (Smashing Pumpkins)
Melissa Auf der Maur Photographer, Musician (Hole, Smashing Pumpkins)
Bill Wyman Musician (Rolling Stones)
Bruce Willis Actor
Tori Amos Singer-Songwriter, Musician
John Coplans Artist
Richard Kern Photographer
Jenny Holzer Artist
Jerry Gorovoy Artist, Louise Bourgeois’ assistant
Kiki Smith Artist
Lisa Yuskavage Artist
Cindy Crawford Super model
Steve Lillywhite Musician, Producer
Edward Norton Actor
Trent Reznor Musician, Singer, Songwriter, Record Producer, Composer
Ronan Tynan Irish Tenor
Dennis Oppenheim Artist
Marcel Marceau The world’s most famous mime
Helmut Newton Photographer
Dennis Sheehan U2 Tour Manager
Ethan Hawke Actor
Dr. Oliver Sacks Neurologist, Naturalist, Historian of Science, Writer
Joan Jonas Artist
Ross Bleckner Artist
Dr. Henry Kissinger Former Secretary of State, Politician, Diplomat
Annie Sprinkle Performance Artist, Sex Worker, Writer, Photographer
Al Hirschfeld Artist, Illustrator
Larry King News Talk Show Host
Louise Bourgeois Artist
Matthew Broderick Actor
John Leguizamo Actor
Jack Pierson Artist
Bill Cosby Comedian, Actor
Jimmy Carter Former President of the United States of America
Gene Simmons Musician, Singer, Songwriter
Paul Stanley Musician (Kiss)
Mario Andretti Race Car Driver
Roni Horn Artist
2002
Bruce Nauman Artist
Milton Glaser Graphic Designer & Illustrator (designed “I LOVE NY” logo)
Takashi Murakami Artist
Yoshitomo Nara Artist
Patrick Painter Art Dealer
Jack Tilton Art Dealer
Ralph Nader Social Critic, Consumer Crusader, America’s Public Defender
Dr. Maya Angelou Writer, Poet, Professor, Performer
Tony Oursler Artist
Robert Lazzarini Artist
Tom Otterness Artist
Kristian Hornsleth Artist
Brice Marden Artist
Nick Cave Singer, Songwriter, Author, Screenwriter, Composer, Actor
Claes Oldenburg Artist
Tom Waits Musician, Actor
Tom Friedman Artist
Robbie Robertson Musician
Robert Storr Curator, Senior Curator of Painting & Sculpture at MoMA NYC
Charlie Finch Art Critic, Writer
Damian Loeb Artist
Ed Ruscha Artist
Lee Bul Artist
Isabelle Collin Dufresne (Ultra Violet) Artist
Christian Marclay Artist
David Bowie (David Robert Jones) Singer-Songwriter, Musician, Actor, Artist, Activist
LeRoy Neiman Artist
Mick Rock Photographer
Dolly Parton Singer-Songwriter, Actor, Businesswoman
Kathy Ireland Model
Flavor Flav (William Jonathan Drayton Jr.) Rapper (Public Enemy)
Richard Branson Entrepreneur, Businessman, Founder of Virgin Group
Danny Federici Musician (Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band)
Garry Tallent Musician (Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band)
Woody Allen Film Director, Actor, Musician
Thomas Von Essen 30th Fire Commissioner of The City of New York
Joe Franklin Syndicated Talk Show Host
Jorge Pardo Artist
Mary Boone Gallery Owner
Stan Douglas Gallery Owner
LL Cool J (James Todd Smith) Rapper, Record Producer, Actor
Nam June Paik Artist
Wim Delvoye Artist
Gary Hill Artist
Malcolm Morley Artist
Jonathan Bepler Musician, Composer
Judy Chicago Artist
Sam Taylor-Wood Artist
Tracey Emin Artist
Richard Avedon Photographer
John Lithgow Actor
Isabella Rossellini Actor, Model
Arthur C. Danto Art Critic, Writer, Philosopher
William Kentridge Artist
Mariko Mori Artist
Adrian Piper Artist
John Berendt Writer
Nelson George Writer, Filmmaker, Pop Culture Maestro
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton Senator of New York, Former First Lady, Lawyer, Writer, Politician
Cyndi Lauper Singer, Songwriter, Actor, Activist
Senator John McCain Politician, Senator of Arizona
Joel Meyerowitz Photographer
Matthew Ritchie Artist
Thomas Demand Artist
Paul Oakenfold Record Producer, DJ
R. L. Stine Author, Writer
Beck (Beck David Hansen) Musician, Singer, Songwriter, Record Producer
Wayne Coyne Musician (The Flaming Lips)
Al Pacino Actor
Mike Kelley Artist
Ronald Feldman Art Gallery Owner, Art Dealer, Art Collector
John Goodman Actor
Leonard Nimoy Actor, Photographer
Chazz Palminteri Actor
Maurizio Cattelan Artist
Marisol Escobar Artist
Larry Gagosian Gallery Owner, Art Collector
Alex Katz Artist
Lance Kinz Gallery Director, Art Collector
Ileana Sonnabend Gallery Owner, Art Collector
Robin Byrd Sexual Freedom Pioneer, Porn Star
Ricky Jay Magician
Bill Maher Comedian, Political Provocateur, Television Host
Rob Thomas Musician (Matchbox 20)
Marisol Thomas Model
Sol LeWitt Artist
Peter Max Artist
Ice Cube (O'Shea Jackson Sr.) Rapper, Actor, Filmmaker
Michael Crichton Writer, Author
Aidan Quinn Actor
Andy Rooney News Correspondent, Writer
Karl Lagerfeld Fashion Designer, Photographer
Jenny Marketou Artist
Tony Shafrazi Gallery Owner, Art Collector
Rudy Demenga (Hansruedi Demenga) Gallery Owner, Art Collector
Samuel Keller Director, Art Basel and Art Basel Miami Beach
Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery Owner, Art Collector
Trey Anastasio Musician (Lead Singer, Phish)
Jeff Goldblum Actor
2003
David Salle Artist
Liev Schreiber Actor
Sigourney Weaver Actor
Tom Bosley Actor
John Chamberlain Artist
Paul Newman Actor
Robert Mangold Artist
Clive Davis President and founder of Arista Records
Mia Farrow Actor
Penn Jillette Magician, Illusionist, Comedian, Writer, Actor
Teller (Raymond Joseph Teller) Magician, Illusionist, Comedian, Writer, Actor
Scott Carpenter Astronaut, one of the original Mercury 7
Andy Goldsworthy Artist
Nicolás Dumit Estévez Artist
Marina Abramović Artist
John Baldessari Artist
Meg Cranston Artist
Reverend Al Sharpton Politician, Human Rights Activist, Founder of the National Action Network
Jim Henke Curator at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Writer
Robert Indiana Artist
Carolee Schneemann Artist
Matthew Barney Artist
Jeremy Irons Actor
Matthew Marks Gallery Owner, Art Collector
Gabe Bartalos Prosthetic Makeup & Special Effects Artist (Atlantic West Effects)
Helena Christensen Model
Tom Freston CEO of MTV Networks
Linda LaBelle Costume Designer
Chelsea Romersa Production Assistant, Producer
Matthew D. Ryle Production Designer
Nancy Spector Curator of Contemporary Art, Guggenheim Museum
Gwen Stefani Singer, Songwriter
Peter Strietmann Photography Director, Director Of Photography (Matthew Barney’s Cremaster Films)
Matt Wallin Digital Effects Artist (Mantron Corporation)
Dr. James Watson Molecular Biologist, Geneticist, Zoologist, Co-Discovered DNA
Juan Usle Artist
Bruce Davidson Photographer
Klaus Biesenbach Chief Curator of P.S. 1 and founding Director of KW (Kunst-Werke Berlin)
Jerry Saltz Art Critic
Barbara Gladstone Gallery Owner
Michael Kohn Gallery Owner
Joseph Kosuth Artist
Knight Landesman Publisher of Artforum
Richard Levy Gallery Owner
Christopher Makos Artist
Kate Shanley Advertising Director (Flash Art Magazine)
James Spader Actor
Haim Steinbach Artist
Stefan Stux Gallery Owner
Stephen Barnwell Artist
Mark Kostabi Artist
Bennett Roberts Gallery Owner
Jack Tilton [Second Time] Art Dealer
Brooke Alexander Art Dealer
Rhona Hoffman Gallery Owner
Sean Kelly Gallery Owner
Spencer Tunick Photographer
Jim Kempner Gallery Owner
Kara Walker Artist
Thomas Hirschhorn Artist
Ron Jeremy Legendary Porn Star
Virginia Dwan Art Patron, Art Dealer
John Gibson Art Dealer
Sherrie Levine Artist
Brooke Shields Actor, Model
Ed Harris Actor, Director, Producer, Screenwriter
Mierle Laderman Ukeles Artist
Elizabeth C. Baker (Betsy) Editor, Art In America
Cecily Brown Artist
Linda Nochlin Art Historian
Jenny Saville Artist
Roberta Smith Art Critic
Richard Flood Chief Curator, Walker Art Center
Glenn D. Lowry Director of The Museum of Modern Art (New York)
Ellen Gallagher Artist
Dan Graham Artist
Newton Harrison Artist
Helen Mayer Harrison Artist
Daniele Buetti Artist
Chris Cooper Actor
John Currin Artist
Helen Hunt Actor
John McEnroe Athlete
Andrea Rosen Gallery Owner
Paul van Dyk (Matthias Paul) DJ, Record Producer, Musician
Kim Gordon Musician (Sonic Youth)
Thurston Moore Musician (Sonic Youth)
Jim O’Rourke Musician, Producer (Sonic Youth)
Anna Sui Fashion Designer
Suzanne Vega Musician
Meg White Musician, Singer
Jack White Musician, Songwriter, Singer, Producer
Carsten Nicolai Artist, Musician (Alva Noto)
Donald Sutherland Actor
Olafur Eliasson Artist
Philippe Parreno Artist
Richard Dreyfuss Actor
Will Cotton Artist
Helen Frankenthaler Artist
Mike Myers Actor, Comedian, Director, Producer, Screenwriter
Liam Gillick Artist
Christian Jankowski Artist
Tom Robbins Writer, Author
Maxwell L. Anderson Director, Whitney Museum of American Art
Adam Duritz Musician (Counting Crows)
Paul Kasmin Gallery Owner
Gregory Crewdson Photographer
Richard Gere Actor, Activist
Ellsworth Kelly Artist
Ursula von Rydingsvard Artist
Fred Tomaselli Artist
Thomas Schütte Artist
Thomas Struth Artist
Michael Govan Director, Dia Center for the Arts
Thomas Ruff Artist
Antonio Banderas Actor
Tom Eccles Director, The Public Art Fund
Danny Glover Actor
Chita Rivera Actor
Robert Whitman Artist
Brian Dennehy Actor
Robert Sean Leonard Actor
Dan Aykroyd Actor, Musician
Jim Belushi Actor, Musician
Phil Selway Musician (Radiohead)
Thom Yorke Musician, Songwriter
William Pope.L Artist
Rob Reiner Director, Actor, Producer
Seal (Henry Olusegun Adeola Samuel) Singer-Songwriter
Traci Lords Adult Film Actor
Richard Phillips Artist
Dave Gahan Singer-Songwriter
Tom Clancy Author, Writer
Richard Hell Musician (Television), Writer
Jim Jarmusch Film Director, Screenwriter, Actor, Producer, Editor, Composer
David Ippolito Musician, That guitar man, The most famous person in New York that nobody knows
Carol Kane Actor
Ben Vereen Actor, Dancer
Anthony Michael Hall Actor
Charles Cowles Gallery Owner
Michael Galbreth Artist (The Art Guys)
Sara Kellner Executive Director of Houston contemporary arts center, DiverseWorks
Rainey Knudson Founder and Editor of glasstire.com
Reagan Louie Artist
Jack Massing Artist (The Art Guys)
David Levi Strauss Writer
Greg Bogin Artist
Björn Dahlem Artist
Keir Dullea Actor
Barnaby Furnas Artist
Dr. Anthony J Japour, MD Gallery Owner, Infectious Disease Specialist
Andrew Kreps Gallery Owner
Donald Lipski Artist
George Ortman Artist
Paul Pfeiffer Artist
Jack Pierson Artist
Karin Sander Artist
Peter Saville Graphic Designer
Billy Bob Thornton Actor, Musician
Manabu Yamanaka Artist
Jerry I. Speyer Art Collector, Vice Chairman MoMA, Owner of the Chrysler Building and Rockefeller Center, President and Chief Executive Officer Tishman Speyer Properties
Kenneth Snelson Artist
Gary Indiana Author, Writer
John Adams Composer
Jason Rhoades Artist
Cindy Sherman Artist
Jim Shaw Artist
Juergen Teller Artist
Chuck Palahniuk Author, Writer
Kurt Vonnegut Author, Writer
Joyce Carol Oates Author, Writer
Madeleine Albright Former Secretary of State
Sally Mann Artist
Al Franken Author, Writer, Comedian
Gary Hume Artist
Jasper Johns Artist
Julian Lethbridge Artist
Richard Prince Artist
Zadie Smith Writer, Author
Neil Gaiman Artist, Writer, Graphic Novelist
Joel Grey Actor
James Warhola Artist, Writer
David Bowie (David Robert Jones) Singer-Songwriter, Musician, Actor, Artist, Activist
Bernadette Peters Actor
Denzel Washington Actor
Rhea Perlman Actor
Sarah Jessica Parker Actor
Tom Brokaw TV Journalist, Anchor of NBC Nightly News
Ryan McGinness Artist
Paul Morrissey Film Director, “Andy Warhol’s manager”
Holly Woodlawn Actor
Kevin Bacon Actor
Zhang Huan Artist
Michael Moore Filmmaker, Writer
Trisha Brown Choreographer, Dancer, Artist
Tacita Dean Artist
Yvonne Rainer Dancer, Filmmaker
Terry Winters Artist
Catherine de Zegher Executive Director & Head Curator, The Drawing Center, New York
Paula Cooper Gallery Owner
Mark di Suvero Artist
Lance Armstrong Cyclist
Adam Fuss Artist
Nicole Kidman Actor
James Rosenquist Artist
Jack Schnabel Father of Julian Schnabel and much much more
Olmo Schnable Son of Julian Schnabel and much much more
Julian Schnabel [Second Time] Artist, Film Director
Tara Solomon Publicist, Columnist, Planner to the stars
Barbara Walters TV Journalist, Co-host 20/20
Candice Bergen Actor
Norman Mailer Author, Writer
Doris Roberts Actor
Cornel West Professor, Philosopher, Author, Activist, Musician, Poet, Actor
Anita Antonini VP, Patrick McMullan Co.
Carol Channing Actor
Marie Havens Art Director
Ashley Judd Actor
Patrick McMullan Photographer
Sir Howard Hodgkin Artist
Isaac Mizrahi Designer
Florence Henderson Actor, Singer
Polly Bergen Actor
Mark Hamill Actor
Hans Ulrich Obrist Editor-in-chief of point d'ironie, writer, curator
Dr. Israel Rosenfield Doctor, Intellectual Historian, Author, Professor
David Teiger Art Collector, Philanthropist, Guggenheim Acquisition Executive Committee member, Founder of Gemini Consulting
Adam D. Weinberg Director, Whitney Museum of American Art
Gillian Wearing Artist
John Armleder Artist
Sylvie Fleury Artist
Lenny Kravitz Musician, Singer-Songwriter, Actor
Kenny Scharf Artist
Tony & Jean Harrison Art Collectors
John Cheim Gallery Owner
Howard Read Gallery Owner
Walter Hopps Curator, Writer
Thomas Krens Director, Guggenheim Museum
Christopher Lloyd Actor
2004
George Condo Artist
Leon Golub Artist
Marc Quinn Artist
Lucas Samaras Artist
David Armstrong Artist
Nayland Blake Artist
Chris Burden Artist
Jimmy Fallon Actor, Comedian
Franz Gertsch Artist
Carrie Fisher Actor, Writer
Coco Fusco Artist, Curator
Lowery Stokes Sims Director of The Studio Museum of Harlem
Ben Byrne Musician (Starsailor)
James Stelfox Musician (Starsailor)
James Walsh Musician (Starsailor)
Barry Westhead Musician (Starsailor)
Steve Buscemi Actor
Sue Williams Artist
Tiffani Szilage Gallery Owner, Artist, Friend
Al Held Artist
Noel Stookey (Paul) Musician (Peter, Paul & Mary)
Mary Travers Musician (Peter, Paul & Mary)
Peter Yarrow Musician (Peter, Paul & Mary)
Michael Rapaport Actor
Sophie Calle Artist
Billy Name Artist, Photographer (staff photographer at Warhol’s Factory)
Mera Rubell Art Collector
Don Rubell Art Collector
Rirkrit Tiravanija Artist
Christopher Wool Artist
Lisa Phillips Museum Director, Curator, Author, Director of the New Museum of Contemporary Art
Ray Liotta Actor
Marc Jacobs Fashion Designer
Martin Z. Margulies Art Collector
Dan Rather Journalist, CBS Evening News lead anchor and managing editor
Billy Joel [Second Time] Musician, Singer-Songwriter, Composer
Sting (Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner) Musician, Singer, Songwriter, Actor
Claire Danes Actor
Jon Kessler Artist
Senator Charles E. Schumer Politician, Senator of New York
Eric Fischl Artist
Hiroshi Sugimoto Artist
Do-Ho Suh Artist
Katherine Dunham Dancer, Choreographer, Anthropologist
Peter Halley Artist
Terry Richardson Photographer
Andreas Gursky Artist
Lawrence Weiner Artist
Anish Kapoor Artist
Paul D. Miller (DJ Spooky) Musician, Artist
Pete Townshend Musician, Singer, Songwriter
Matthew Higgs Artist, Curator, Critic
Mark Stephens Lawyer
Bob & Roberta Smith (Patrick Brill) Artist
Kathy Burke Actor
Mark Wallinger Artist
Julian Opie Artist
Gilbert & George (George Passmore) Artist (Gilbert & George)
Gilbert & George (Gilbert Prousch) Artist (Gilbert & George)
Prime Minister Tony Blair Politician
Matthew L. Burton Friend, Artist, Writer, Professor, Student, Colleague, and much more
Rebecca French Artist (Frenchmottershead)
Andrew Mottershead Artist (Frenchmottershead)
Larry Flynt Publisher of Hustler Magazine, Founder of Larry Flynt Publications
David Foster Wallace Writer
Dinos Chapman Artist
Jake Chapman Artist
Tim Griffin Associate Editor of Artforum, Art Critic, Poet, Former art editor at TimeOutNY
Graham Nash Musician
Jamie Lee Curtis Actor
Hugh Jackman Actor
Jhumpa Lahiri Writer, Author
Calvin Klein Fashion Designer
Bruce Weber Photographer, Filmmaker
Shimon Attie Artist
Thelma Golden Director, The Studio Museum in Harlem
Allan McCollum Artist
Tim Rollins Artist
Nelson Savinon Artist, KOS (Kids of Survival)
Gary Simmons Artist
Justine Kurland Artist
Richard Long Artist
Pipilotti Rist Artist
Paul Auster Writer, Author, Poet
Russell Simmons Producer, Entrepreneur
Candida Höfer Photographer
Rem Koolhaas Architect
Stephen King Writer, Author
Charlie Rose Talk Show Host
Dr. Maya Angelou Writer, Poet, Professor, Performer
Agnes Gund Art Collector, Philanthropist, President emerita of MoMA NYC
Bridget Riley Artist
David Carradine Actor
Michel Gondry Artist, Musician, Music Video Director, Film Director
Joel Coen Film Director
Frances McDormand Actor
Raymond Pettibon Artist
Brian Eno Musician, Artist, Producer, Composer
Vija Celmins Artist
David Letterman Comedian, Talk Show Host
Peter M. Brant Art Collector, Philanthropist, Publisher
George Carlin Comedian, Actor
Andrea Fraser Artist
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders Artist, Photographer
Mark Tansey Artist
Andrew Wyeth Artist
Bo Barlett Artist
Randall Exon Artist
Michael Craig-Martin Artist
Irving Sandler Art Critic, Historian
Paul Reubens (Pee-Wee Herman) Actor, Comedian
Nicolas Cage Actor
Gary Kasparov Athlete, Chess Grandmaster, Former World Chess Champion, Writer, Political Activist
2005
Nancy Rubins Artist
Ruth Kligman Artist
Tim Hawkinson Artist
Billy Crystal Actor, Comedian
Gina Gershon Actor
Damien Hirst Artist
Arnold L. Lehman Director of the Brooklyn Museum of Art
Kenny Schachter Gallery Owner
Gene Wilder Actor, Comedian
Amy Cutler Artist
Daniel Buren Artist
Erwin Wurm Artist
Sir Elton John Musician, Art Collector, Philanthropist
Chris Ofili Artist
Peter Dinklage Actor
Philip Seymour Hoffman Actor
Todd Oldham Designer
John Slattery Actor
Meryl Streep Actor
Eric Bogosian Writer, Actor, Performer
Gordon Clapp Actor
Willie Nile Singer-Songwriter
Antony Gormley Artist
Tim Curry Actor
Leonard Cohen Musician, Poet, Writer
Jack Nicholson Actor
David N. Dinkins Former Mayor of New York City
David Rockefeller Art Collector, Patron of the Arts, Honorary Chairman; MoMA NYC, Banker
Ice-T (Tracy Lauren Marrow) Rapper, Songwriter, Actor, Producer
John C. Reilly Actor
Hans Haacke Artist
Pablo Helguera Friend, Artist, Writer
Pierre Huyghe Artist
Dan Cameron Senior Curator, New Museum of Contemporary Art
Aernout Mik Artist
Roger Ballen Artist
Vitaly Komar Artist
Martin Harth (Opa) My Opa (grandfather), Opapa (great grandfather), Father, Brother, Husband, Son, Friend, Artist, Writer, Poet, Tailor, A Giver, Tailor, Teacher, Boxer, Political Activist, Army Veteran, A man who taught me so much about life and love and the art of giving, and so much more
Bob Gruen Photographer
Hilly Kristal Founder & Owner of CBGB & OMFUG NYC
Lisa Niemi Actor, Dancer
Patrick Swayze Actor, Dancer
Marcel Dzama Artist
Evan Penny Artist
Patty Chang Artist
Warren Fischer Musician
Bruce Pearson Artist
Tim Burton Film Director, Producer, Writer, Artist, and former Animator
Anton Corbijn Director, Photographer
Jonathan Glazer Director
Mark Romanek Music Video Director
Stéphane Sednaoui Director, Photographer
Ann Hamilton Artist
Philip Pearlstein Artist
James Siena Artist
James Cohan Gallery Owner
Nancy Holt Artist
Glenn Close Actor
Norman Jewison Filmmaker, Director
Wynton Marsalis Musician (Trumpeter), Music Director; Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra NYC
Mikhail Baryshnikov Dancer, Actor
Michael Kimmelman Art Critic (Chief Art Critic at The New York Times)
Matt Damon Actor
Jeremy Blake Artist
Daniel Libeskind Architect
Minnie Driver Actor
Doug Aitken Artist, Writer
William Eggleston Artist, Photographer
Stephen Shore Artist, Photographer
Sydney Pollack Filmmaker
A.A. Bronson Artist
Ryan Merrick Artist, Scientist, Friend
Laurie Simmons Artist
Karen Armstrong Religion Scholar, Writer
Margaret Atwood Poet, Novelist, Literary Critic, Essayist, Teacher, Activist
Duane Michals Artist, Photographer
Gerhard Richter Artist
David Cronenberg Filmmaker
Brian Grazer Producer
Ron Howard Filmmaker, Actor
Martha Stewart Businesswoman, Writer, Television Personality
Bruce Mau Designer, System Thinker
2006
Robert Redford Actor, Director, Producer, Activist
David McDermott Artist
Peter McGough Artist
Willoughby Sharp Artist, Curator, Writer
Chip Kidd Graphic Designer
Charlie White Artist
Santiago Calatrava Architect, Engineer, Artist
Gary Hart Former United States Senator and former Presidential Candidate
Inka Essenhigh Artist
James Cuno President and Director, Art Institute of Chicago
Philippe de Montebello Director and Chief Executive Officer, The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
Ace Frehley (Paul Daniel Frehley) Musician (Kiss)
Peter Fischli Artist
Nan Goldin Artist
David Weiss Artist
Martha Wilson Artist, Founder of Franklin Furnace Organization, Feminist
Macaulay Culkin Actor, Musician
Richard Artschwager Artist
Reverend Billy Talen Artist (Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping)
Dr. Andrew Feldman Orthopedic Surgeon
John Ashbery Poet
Julia Roberts Actor
Taylor Mead Poet, Artist, Movie Star
Donna Karan Fashion Designer
Richie Havens Musician
Robert Altman Filmmaker
J.J. Abrams Filmmaker, Producer
Jill Clayburgh Actor
Amanda Peet Actor
Tony Roberts Actor
Sarah Sze Artist
Patrick Wilson Actor
Ducky DooLittle Sex Educator
Maureen Gallace Artist
Eddie Vedder Musician, Activist
Neal Preston Photographer
Joe Coleman Artist
Sandra Bernhard Comedian, Actor, Musician
Allison Goldfrapp Musician
Scarlett Johansson Actor
Carson Kressley Television Personality, Fashion Stylist
Carl Andre Artist
Mel Bochner Artist
Steve Jobs CEO of Apple, Co-Founder of Apple Computer, Co-Founder of Pixar Animation Studios, Computer Entrepreneur, Inventor, Innovator, Visionary
Jonathan Ames Writer, Artist
Isaiah Sheffer Symphony Space’s Founder and Artistic Director
Chris Rock Actor, Comedian
Tiki Barber Athlete
Fran Drescher Actor
Eric McCormack Actor
Judy Reyes Actor
Maura Tierney Actor
Zaha Hadid Architect
Jon Voight Actor
James De La Vega Artist
Mark Wahlberg Actor
Douglas Gordon Artist
Al Gore Former US Vice President and Senator
Neil Simon Playwright
Amy Goodman Broadcast Journalist, Author, Investigative Journalist, Activist
Paul Krugman Economist, Writer, Journalist
Greg Palast Investigative Reporter, Author, Journalist
Les Paul Musician, pioneer/father of the electric guitar, inventor of recording techniques
Randi Rhodes Broadcast Journalist
Douglas Coupland Writer, Artist
Lian Lunson Filmmaker
Joel Shapiro Artist
Diane Ladd Actor
Helen Thomas Journalist, Former White House Bureau Chief, White House Correspondent
T. C. Boyle (Thomas Coraghessan Boyle) Writer, Author
Platon (Platon Antoniou) Photographer
George Lucas Filmmaker, Producer, Screenwriter, Director
Steve Conte Musician (The New York Dolls)
Brian Delaney Musician (The New York Dolls)
David Johansen (Buster Poindexter) Singer, Songwriter, Actor (The New York Dolls)
Brian Koonin Musician (The New York Dolls)
Sylvain Sylvain Musician (The New York Dolls)
Sami Yaffa Musician (The New York Dolls)
Eliot Spitzer Politician (NY State Attorney General)
Phil Donahue Talk Show Host
Catherine Opie Artist
Terry George Filmmaker
Darryl “DMC” McDaniels Rapper, Pioneer of Hip Hop
Elle Macpherson Super model
Robert Hughes Writer, Art Critic
agnès b. (Agnès Andrée Marguerite Troublé) Fashion Designer
Matt Groening Cartoonist, Writer, Producer, Animator, Creator of “The Simpsons”
Steve Reich Composer
Fernando Botero Artist
Leonard Riggio Art Collector, Humanitarian, Philanthropist, Chairman of Barnes & Noble, Inc.
Noel Gallagher Singer, Songwriter, Musician
Cai Guo-Qiang Artist
Richard Meier Architect
Val Kilmer Actor
Marie Meyer Artist, Actor, Model
2007
Cey Adams Artist, Art Director, Designer
Rineke Dijkstra Artist, Photographer
Lauren Greenfield Photographer
Micah Lexier Artist
Barry Flanagan Artist
Todd Hido Photographer
Jeff Wall Artist, Photographer
John Connelly Gallery Dealer/Owner
Anton Kern Gallery Dealer/Owner
Richard Lewis Comedian, Actor
Corban Walker Artist
Yo-Yo Ma Musician (Cellist)
Will Ryman Artist
Gary Simmons [Second Time] Artist
Polly Apfelbaum Artist
Don Iannucci Artist, Friend, Professor, Colleague
Senator John Kerry Politician (U.S. Senator of Massachusetts)
Kirk Douglas Actor
James Turrell Artist
Bill Bradley Politician, Athlete (Former U.S. Senator of New Jersey, Former Knicks Basketball Player)
Rachel Feinstein Artist
Robert Rodriguez Filmmaker
Quentin Tarantino Film Director, Writer, Producer, Actor
Sam Durant Artist
Tina Louise Actor
Walter De Maria Artist
Conan O’Brien Comedian, Talk Show Host
Bill Plympton Animator
William Anastasi Artist
Lord Norman Foster Architect
Michael Diamond (Mike D) Musician (Beastie Boys)
Ad-Rock (Adam Keefe Horovitz) Rapper, Guitarist, Actor (Beastie Boys)
Lisa Gerrard Musician, Singer, Composer
Merce Cunningham Dancer, Choreographer
Miranda July Artist, Writer, Actor, Film Director, Musician
Elizabeth Diller Architect
Ricardo Scofidio Architect
Ena Heller, Ph.D. Executive Director, Museum of Biblical Art
Angela Lansbury Actor
Marian Seldes Actor
Bruce Dern Actor
Sinéad O’Connor Musician
Chloë Sevigny Actor
Chris Burke Actor (you might recall him as Corky on “Life Goes On”)
Emanuel Lundgren Musician (I’m From Barcelona)
Ashton Kutcher Actor, Model
Cameron Diaz Actor
Larry Clark Artist, Filmmaker, Photographer
John Turturro Actor, Filmmaker
Andrea Zittel Artist
John Dean Attorney, Former White House Counsel; Author; Columnist; Political Pundit
John Madden Athlete, Former Head Coach; Oakland Raiders, Sports Broadcaster
General Wesley Clark General of the United States Army, Supreme Allied Commander Europe of NATO 1997-2000 during the Kosovo War, Politician
George Clooney Actor, Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Activist
Red Grooms Artist
Michael Caine Actor
Vicente Fox Politician, Former President of Mexico
Alan Alda Actor
Justice Clarence Thomas Supreme Court Justice of the United States of America
John Malkovich Actor
Roger Daltrey Singer, Songwriter, Actor
Javier Bardem Actor
Josh Brolin Actor
Lauren Hutton Supermodel
Molly Ringwald Actor
Robert Fogelman My Grandfather, Great Grandfather, Army Veteran, Writer, Investigator at the USPS
Paul Thomas Anderson Filmmaker, Director
Daniel Day-Lewis Actor
Lucian Freud Artist
Kevin J. O’Connor Actor
Rufus Wainwright Musician
Philip-Lorca diCorcia Photographer
2008
Christian Boltanski Artist
Martin Creed Artist
Steven Holl Architect
Mathieu Amalric Actor
Walton Ford Artist
Sarah Morris Artist
Murray Moss Design Entrepreneur
Senator John Edwards Politician (Vice Presidential Nominee and U.S. Senator from North Carolina), Former trial lawyer
Andrew W.K. (Andrew Fetterly Wilkes-Krier) Singer, Musician, Record Producer, Actor
Catherine Zeta-Jones Actor
Peter Schjeldahl Art Critic
Christiane Amanpour Journalist, CNN’s Chief International Correspondent
James Nachtwey Photojournalist, War Photographer
Dr. Fred Dunbar Financial Advisor, SVP, National Economic Research
James Newton Howard Composer
Hans Zimmer Composer
Jarvis Cocker Musician
Dick Cavett Television Talk Show Host
Philippe Petit High Wire Artist (walked between NYC’s Twin Towers on a high wire in 1974)
Fred Wilson Artist
Phoebe Washburn Artist
Adam Yauch Musician, Activist, MCA (Beastie Boys)
Dennis Hopper Actor
Paul Giamatti Actor
Roger Moore Actor
Sir Tom Stoppard Screenwriter, Playwright
Ted Turner Media Proprietor, Philanthropist, Founder of CNN
Toni Morrison Writer
Michael R. Bloomberg Mayor of New York City, Philanthropist, Businessman, Art Collector
Bill Clinton Former President of the United States of America, Humanitarian
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Environmental Lawyer
Magic Johnson (Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr.) Athlete
Danny Boyle Film Director
Matt Mullican Artist
Arthur Penn Film Director
Elizabeth Peyton Artist
Baz Luhrmann (Mark Anthony Luhrmann) Director, Writer, Producer
Marlene Dumas Artist
David Zwirner Art Gallery Owner, Dealer, Collector
Chevy Chase Actor
Viggo Mortensen Actor, Artist, Poet
Spike Jonze Director
Mary Heilmann Artist
Darren Aronofsky Director
2009
Nancy Spero Artist
Peter Doig Artist
Robert Irwin Artist
Patricia Arquette Actor
Paul McCartney Singer, Songwriter, Musician
Harvey Weinstein Film Producer
James Gandolfini Actor
Wallace Shawn Actor, Playwright
Paul Simon Musician, Singer, Songwriter
Larry Fink Photographer
Richard Belzer Comedian, Actor
William H. Macy Actor
Trenton Doyle Hancock Artist
Eli Broad Philanthropist, Entrepreneur, Businessman, Art Collector
Donald Kuspit Art Critic, Poet, Philosopher
Phillip Noyce Film Director
Angelina Jolie Actor, Humanitarian
Brad Pitt Actor, Humanitarian
Adel Abdessemed Artist
Ahmet Öğüt Artist
Philippe Vergne Director, Dia Center or The Arts
Norman O’Flynn Friend, Artist
Conrad Botes Artist
Gael García Bernal Actor
Philippe Starck Product Designer
Francis Ford Coppola Film Director
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu Archbishop, Activist
Ang Lee Film Director
James Schamus Film Producer, Screen Writer, CEO of Focus Features
Kanye West Rapper, Record Producer
Bill T. Jones Dancer, Choreographer
Joseph Simmons (Rev Run) Rapper, Pioneer of Hip Hop
Matt Dillon Actor
Salman Rushdie Author, Writer
Stephen Dorff Actor
Senator Tom Daschle Politician, Former Senator from South Dakota
Jude Law Actor
Max Protetch Gallery Owner
Anselm Reyle Artist
Selim Birsel Friend, Artist
Hulk Hogan (Terry Gene Bollea) Wrestler
Charles Strouse Composer, Lyricist
Bill Hader Actor, Comedian
Robert Longo Artist
Sean Scully Artist
Sylvia Sleigh Artist
Pat Steir Artist
Luc Tuymans Artist
Jason Schwartzman Actor
Wes Anderson Filmmaker
Rob Zabrecky Magician, Actor, Musician, Singer-Songwriter
Robert Englund Actor
Robert Gober Artist
Tom Holland Filmmaker
Lynda Benglis Artist
Brian Stokes Mitchell Actor
Richard Linklater Filmmaker
Keanu Reeves Actor
Gabriel Orozco Artist
2010
Paul Ramírez Jonas Artist
Philip Taaffe - Artist
Steve McQueen Artist, Filmmaker
Ozzy Osbourne (John Michael “Ozzy” Osbourne) Singer, Songwriter
Bill Withers Musician, Singer-Songwriter
James Franco Actor
Mick Jagger Singer, Songwriter, Actor, Film Producer
Aby Rosen Art Collector, Real Estate Tycoon
Piotr Uklański Artist
John Cale Musician, Artist
Tino Sehgal Artist
Robert Duvall Actor
Carl Fudge Artist
Larry Johnson Athlete
Gil Shaham Violinist
Gerry Adams Politician
Todd Bridges Actor
Tim O’Brien Author
Donald Baechler Artist
Betsey Johnson Fashion Designer
Pieter Hugo Artist
Peter Buffett Musician, Composer, Producer, Philanthropist
Neil Jordan Filmmaker, Writer
Mark Ryden Artist
Jean-Pierre Jeunet Filmmaker
Ted Danson Actor
Jo Baer Artist
Ally Sheedy Actor
Todd Solondz Filmmaker, Writer
Ken Russell Filmmaker
Win Butler Musician (Arcade Fire)
Pete Seeger Folk Singer, Social Activist
Robert Thurman Author, Professor and Founder of Tibet House
Chrissie Hynde Musician
Sean Ono Lennon Musician
Dave Mustaine Musician
Billie Joe Armstrong Musician
Geraldo Rivera Journalist
Jonas Mekas Filmmaker
Peter Buck Musician
Josh Groban Musician, Actor
Markéta Irgolvá Musician (The Swell Season)
Gary Lightbody Musician (Snow Patrol/Tired Pony)
Chris Blackwell Founder of Island Records, Music Mogul
Lou Ferrigno Actor, Bodybuilder, The Hulk
Juliette Lewis Actor, Musician
Alanna Heiss Founder and former Director of P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Founder of Clocktower Gallery, Director of AIR
Apolo Ohno Athlete
Massimo Vignelli Designer
Anthony Haden-Guest Writer, Art Critic, Poet, Cartoonist
Anselm Kiefer Artist
Benedikt Taschen Publisher
Colin Firth Actor
Halle Berry Actor, Model
Keith Tyson Artist
2011
Roseanne Barr Actor, Comedian, Writer, Producer, Director
Jerry Springer Talk Show Host
Mark Seliger Photographer
Hermann Nitsch Artist
Fran Lebowitz Author
Eric Doeringer Artist
Alexi Murdoch Musician
Mick Jones Musician
Glenn Ligon Artist
Mos Def (Dante Terrell Smith) (Yasiin Bey) Rapper, Singer, Songwriter, Actor
Kid Cudi (Scott Ramon Seguro Mescudi) Artist, Actor, Musician
Christoph Schäfer Artist, Activist
Kathleen Hanna Musician, Feminist, Activist, Writer
David Lynch Filmmaker, Television Director, Artist, Actor
Mike Nichols Film/Stage/Television Director, Writer, Producer
Jason Reitman Film Director, Screenwriter, Producer
Bill Murray Actor, Comedian
Anderson Cooper Journalist
Lady Gaga (Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta) Singer, Songwriter
Bernie Williams Athlete, Musician
Crispin Hellion Glover Actor, Director
Oscar de la Renta Fashion Designer
Donald Rumsfeld Politician (Former United States Secretary of State)
Dr. Eric Kandel Neuroscientist
Richard Serra Artist
Gerard Butler Actor
2012
Stephen Merchant Actor, Writer, Director, Comedian
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Athlete
Gary Oldman Actor
Ewan McGregor Actor
Hamish Linklater Actor
Jerry O’Connell Actor
Alan Rickman Actor
Jim Dale Actor
Carla Gugino Actor
Rosemary Harris Actor
Kim Cattrall Actor
Adrien Brody Actor
Michael Musto Writer, Columnist
Rodney King Victim of Police Brutality
Werner Herzog Film Director, Producer, Screenwriter
Julie Delpy Actor, Director, Screenwriter, Musician
Courtney Love Musician, Actor
Shaun White Athlete
Kehinde Wiley Artist
Tom Ford Fashion Designer, Film Director
Dee Snider Musician
Gavin Brown Gallery Owner, Art Dealer
Ron Gorchov Artist
Vito Schnabel Gallery Owner, Art Dealer
JG Thirlwell Musician, Composer, Producer
John Irving Novelist, Writer
Gayle King Television Anchor, Magazine Editor
Will Smith Actor, Musician/Rapper, Producer
Colin Powell Former General, Former Secretary of State, Former National Security Advisor, Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Franz Wright Poet
Alec Baldwin Actor
Christopher Plummer Actor
Terence Koh Artist
Gary Lucas Musician
Brett Ratner Film Director, Film Producer
Jimmy Scott Jazz Vocalist
Alan Light Journalist
Matt Murphy (Matt “Guitar” Murphy) Musician
Reggie Watts Musician, Comedian
Glen Hansard Musician
Paul Dano Actor
Zoe Kazan Actor
George Wendt Actor
Ralph Macchio Actor
Slick Rick (Richard Walters) Rapper, Musician
David H. Harth Financial Advisor (The first person I met who has the same first and last name as me. Not to be confused with David Greg Harth, the artist who is doing the art work, The Holy Bible Project)
Charlie Finch [Second Time] Art Critic, Writer
Alan Cumming Actor
Andrew McCarthy Actor, Writer
Amanda Lepore Model, Performance Artist, Nightlife/Fashion Icon
Cory Booker Politician, Mayor of Newark, New Jersey
Joaquín Castro Politician
Julián Castro Politician, Mayor of San Antonio, Texas
Lana Wachowski (Formerly Larry Wachowski) Filmmaker
Lilly Wachowski (Participated as Andy Wachowski) Filmmaker
John Lydon (Johnny Rotten) Singer, Songwriter
Wayne Thiebaud Artist
George Lucas Filmmaker, Producer, Screenwriter, Director
Robert Zemeckis Filmmaker, Producer, Screenwriter, Director
2013
RoseLee Goldberg Art Historian, Author, Critic, Curator
Jeff Bridges Actor, Musician, Producer
Natasha Khan (Bat for Lashes) Singer, Songwriter, Multi-instrumentalist
Francis Alÿs Artist
Bill Adler Writer
Doug Cunningham Designer, Artist
Neal Medlyn Performance/Cabaret Artist
Jason Noto Designer, Artist
Steven Soderbergh Filmmaker
Jessica Chastain Actor
Cuba Gooding Jr. Actor
Audrey Tautou Actor
Tom Hanks Actor, Filmmaker
Debbie Reynolds Actor
Brian Williams Broadcast Journalist, News Anchor
Tom Sizemore Actor
Sam Beam Musician (Iron & Wine)
Fred Armisen Comedian, Actor, Musician
Chris Baio Musician (Vampire Weekend)
Rostam Batmanglij Musician (Vampire Weekend)
Ezra Koenig Musician (Vampire Weekend)
Chris Tomson Musician (Vampire Weekend)
Wolfgang Tillmans Artist
Jon Bon Jovi (John Francis Bongiovi Jr.) Singer, Songwriter, Musician, Actor
Barry McGee Artist
Mark Morris Dancer, Choreographer
Questlove (Ahmir Khalib Thompson) Musician, Songwriter, DJ, Author, Producer, Journalist, Film Director
Elie Wiesel Political Activist, Author, Professor
Jason Alexander Actor, Director, Producer, Writer, Comedian, Activist
Johnny Mathis Singer
Tom Petty Singer, Songwriter, Musician, Record Producer, Actor
James Murphy Musician, Producer
Antony (Antony Hegarty) (Anohni) Singer, Songwriter, Artist
Vanessa Redgrave Actor, Activist
Kyra Sedgwick Actor
John Mellencamp Musician, Singer-Songwriter, Painter, Activist
Sofia Coppola Filmmaker
Abel Ferrara Film Director, Screenwriter
Lee Ranaldo Musician (Sonic Youth)
Orlando Bloom Actor
Condola Rashad Actor
Damián Ortega Artist
Josh Smith Artist
Emilio Estefan Musician, Producer
Gloria Estefan Singer, Songwriter, Actor
Chiwetel Ejiofor Actor
Michael Fassbender Actor
Lupita Nyong’o Actor
Sarah Paulson Actor
Dorothy Vogel Art Collector
Alfre Woodard Actor
Judith Sheindlin (Judge Judy) Lawyer, Judge, Television Personality, Author
Dres (Andres Titus) Hip Hop Artist (Lead rapper in hiphop duo Black Sheep)
Tom Wolfe Writer, Author, Journalist
Mike Mills Musician (R.E.M.)
John Densmore Musician (The Doors)
Benicio del Toro Actor
Daniel Craig Actor
Patrick Ireland Alter ego of the artist Brian O’Doherty
Barbara Novak Art Historian
Brian O’Doherty Artist, Critic, Writer
Yayoi Kusama Artist
Rosemarie Trockel Artist
Larry David Actor, Writer, Comedian, Television Producer
Keith Mitchell Musician (Mazzy Star)
David Roback Musician (Mazzy Star)
Hope Sandoval Musician, Singer-Songwriter (Mazzy Star)
Lucy Guerin Dancer, Choreographer
Noam Chomsky Linguist, Philosopher, Cognitive Scientist, Logician, Political Commentator, Activist
Gloria Gaynor Singer
2014
Vin Rock (Vinnie Brown) Musician, Activist
Matthew McConaughey Actor
Godfrey Reggio Director
Calvin Tomkins Author, Art Critic
Maggie Gyllenhaal Actor
Aimee Mullins Athlete, Actor, Fashion Model
Greg Kwiatek Artist, Friend
Bradley Hanan Carter Musician (In the band Black English, formerly called NO)
Ryan Lallier Musician (In the band Black English, formerly called NO)
Simon Oscroft Musician (In the band Black English, formerly called NO)
Reese Richardson Musician (In the band Black English, formerly called NO)
Sean Daniel Stentz Musician (In the band Black English, formerly called NO)
Michael Walker Musician (In the band Black English, formerly called NO)
Pelé (Edson Arantesdo Nascimento) Athlete
Bob Saget Comedian, Actor
Melle Mel (Melvin Glover) Singer, Songwriter (Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five)
Jonny Buckland Musician (Coldplay)
Zach Braff Actor, Director, Screenwriter
Chris Martin Singer, Songwriter, Musician
Tyson Beckford Supermodel
Ralph Lauren Fashion Designer
Harland Miller Artist
Tim Noble Artist
Sue Webster Artist
Mavis Staples Singer, Civil Rights Activist
Patrick Carney Musician (The Black Keys)
Leonardo DiCaprio Actor, Film Producer, Activist, Environmentalist, Philanthropist
Lukas Haas Actor, Musician
Harmony Korine Film Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Artist
Tobey Maguire Actor, Film Producer
James McAvoy Actor
Don Johnson Actor, Musician
Michael Shannon Actor, Musician
Bryan Cranston Actor
Jerry Seinfeld Comedian, Actor, Writer, Producer
Malcolm Gladwell Writer, Author, Journalist
Jeremy Renner Actor
Bob Geldof Musician, Songwriter, Author, Activist
Tony Kushner Playwright, Screenwriter
Emma Thompson Actor, Screenwriter, Author
Jackson Browne Musician, Singer-Songwriter
Mike Leigh Writer, Director of Film and Theatre
Timothy Spall Actor
Joaquin Phoenix Actor, Producer, Musician, Activist
Martin Short Actor, Comedian, Writer, Singer
Owen Wilson Actor, Screenwriter
Lisandro Alonso Film Director
Christopher Guest (signed as Nigel Tufnel) Actor, Screenwriter, Musician, Comedian, Composer, Director
Billy Idol Musician
Robert Wilson Experimental Theater Stage Director and Playwright
Steve Carell Actor, Comedian, Director, Producer, Writer
Anthony Michael Hall [Second Time] Actor
Sienna Miller Actor, Model
Bennett Miller Film Director
Randy Newman Singer-Songwriter, Musician, Composer
Mark Ruffalo Actor, Director, Producer, Screenwriter
Norman Lear Television Writer & Producer
Neil Young Singer-Songwriter, Musician, Activist
Danica McKellar Actor
Fred Savage Actor
Annie Lennox Singer-Songwriter, Musician, Activist, Philanthropist
Noah Klersfeld Artist, Friend
Carole Demas Actor, Singer, Children’s Television Host (The Magic Garden)
Paula Janis Singer, Children’s Television Host (The Magic Garden)
Rivers Cuomo Musician, Signer, Songwriter (Weezer)
John Cleese Actor, Comedian, Writer, Film Producer
Eddie Redmayne Actor, Model
Nick Mason Musician (Pink Floyd)
Billy Gibbons Musician (ZZ Top)
Dave Grohl Musician, Songwriter
Eric Idle Comedian, Actor, Author, Singer, Writer
2015
Helmut Lang Fashion Designer, Artist
Anthony Edwards Actor
Paul Sorvino Actor
Leonard A. Lauder Businessman, Art Collector, Philanthropist, Chairman Emeritus of The Estée Lauder Companies Inc
A. R. Rahman Composer, Singer-Songwriter, Music Producer, Musician, Philanthropist
Jake Gyllenhaal Actor
Jon Cryer Actor
Peter Greene Actor
Michael Kors Fashion Designer
Fern Mallis Creator of New York Fashion Week
John Varvatos Fashion Designer
Lewis Black Comedian, Author, Actor
J. C. Chandor Filmmaker
Jane Fonda Actor, Activist
Elizabeth Moss Actor
Damon Albarn Musician (Blur)
Alex James Musician (Blur)
Dave Rowntree Musician (Blur)
Ken Chenault Business Executive, CEO of American Express
John Legend Musician, Singer, Songwriter
Caroll Spinney Puppeteer (Big Bird & Oscar the Grouch), Cartoonist, Artist, Author
Tara Donovan Artist
Marcus Mumford Singer-Songwriter, Musician (Mumford & Sons)
Julius Erving (Dr. J) Athlete
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Historian, Literary Scholar, Journalist, Cultural Critic
Oprah Winfrey Media Proprietor, Talk Show Host, Actor, Producer, Philanthropist
Marilyn Minter Artist
Carey Mulligan Actor
Bill Nighy Actor
Marisa Tomei Actor
Anne Hathaway Actor
Ken Watanabe Actor
Kelli O’Hara Actor
Andrew Bujalski Filmmaker
Kevin Corrigan Actor
Guy Pearce Actor, Musician
Tim Howard Athlete
Tony Danza Actor
Nancy Sinatra Singer, Actor
Gay Talese Author, Writer
Twyla Tharp Dancer, Choreographer
Max Weinberg Musician
Fiona Apple Singer-Songwriter, Musician
Salma Hayek Actor
Lily Tomlin Actor, Comedian, Singer, Writer
Patricia Clarkson Actor
Sir Ben Kingsley Actor
Jane Lynch Actor, Singer, Comedian
Roger Corman Filmmaker
Andrew Bolton Curator, Curator of the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Anna Wintour Editor-in-Chief of American Vogue, Artistic Director of Condé Nast
Iman (Iman Abdulmajid) Supermodel
Iris Apfel Fashion Icon
Manolo Blahnik Fashion Designer
Tina Fey Actor, Comedian, Writer
Dave Navarro Musician
André Leon Talley Former American Editor-at-Large for Vogue Magazine, Fashion Icon
Jesse Eisenberg Actor, Writer
Joseph Gordon-Levitt Actor, Filmmaker
Ariane Labed Actor
Yorgos Lanthimos Filmmaker
Charlotte Le Bon Actor, Fashion Model
Brian De Palma Filmmaker
Ridley Scott Filmmaker
Neil deGrasse Tyson Astrophysicist, Cosmologist
Usher (Usher Raymond IV) Singer, Songwriter
Rachel Weisz Actor
Carrie Brownstein Musician, Writer, Actor
Grace Jones Singer, Lyricist, Supermodel, Actor
Jeff Daniels Actor, Musician, Playwright
Adam Driver Actor
Larry Kramer Playwright, Author, Public Health Advocate, LGBTQ Rights Activist, Co-Founder of GMHC
Seth Rogen Actor, Filmmaker, Comedian
Aaron Sorkin Screenwriter, Producer, Playwright
Michael Stuhlbarg Actor
Jeffrey Tambor Actor
Kate Winslet Actor, Singer
Art Garfunkel Singer, Poet, Actor
Congressman John Lewis Politician, Civil Rights Leader
Shaquille O’Neal Athlete
Jerry Lewis Comedian, Actor, Singer
Frankie Avalon Singer, Actor
Clive Owen Actor
Cate Blanchett Actor
Don Cheadle Actor
Jeffrey Deitch Gallery Owner, Dealer, Art Collector, Curator
Damien Echols One of the West Memphis Three, Writer
Seth Green Actor, Comedian, Writer, Director, Producer
Neil Patrick Harris Actor, Comedian, Singer, Magician, Producer, Television Host
Todd Haynes Filmmaker, Screenwriter
Sheila C. Johnson American Businesswoman, Co-Founder of BET, CEO of Salamander Hotels and Resorts, and the First Black American Female Billionaire
Judith Light Actor
Matt Ryan Actor
Tab Hunter Actor
Guy Maddin Filmmaker, Screenwriter
Robert Osborne Actor, Film Historian
George Takei Actor, Director, Activist
Misty Copeland Ballet Dancer
Kirsten Dunst Actor, Singer
Guillermo del Toro Filmmaker
Kathleen Turner Actor
Bradley Cooper Actor
Andrea Bocelli Italian Classical Tenor
Gregg Allman Musician, Singer-Songwriter
Diane Lane Actor
Samantha Mendes Filmmaker
Helen Mirren Actor
Jay Roach Filmmaker
Nathan Lane Actor
Andrew Haigh Filmmaker
Seth MacFarlane Actor, Animator, Screenwriter, Producer, Film Director, Comedian, Singer
Charlotte Rampling Actor
Ian McKellen Actor
Christopher Abbott Actor
Sam Rockwell Actor
Joan Collins Actor
Miranda Cosgrove Actor, Singer
Michael Flatley Dancer, Choreographer
Phyllis Logan Actor
Kevin McNally Actor
Andrew Lloyd Webber Composer
Ellen Burstyn Actor
Harvey Fierstein Actor, Playwright, Voice Actor
Itzhak Perlman Violinist, Conductor
Phylicia Rashad Actor, Singer
Justice Stephen Breyer Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Henry N. Cobb Architect
Frank Miller Comic Book Writer, Penciller & Inker, Novelist, Screenwriter, Film Director, Producer of Comic Book Stories & Graphic Novels
2016
Ethan Coen Filmmaker
Michael Mann Film Director, Screenwriter, Producer
Stephen Sondheim Composer, Lyricist
Biz Markie (Marcel Theo Hall) Rapper, DJ, Record Producer, Actor
Patricia Field Costume Designer, Stylist, Fashion Designer
Russel Crowe Actor, Producer, Musician
Tom Hiddleston Actor
Gregg Rolie Musician (Santana, Journey)
Michael Carabello Musician (Santana)
Michael Shrieve Musician (Santana)
Neal Schon Musician (Santana, Journey)
Tim Robbins Actor, Screenwriter, Director, Producer, Activist, Musician
Rosario Dawson Actor, Singer, Writer, Activist
Danny DeVito Actor, Producer, Director
Michael Stipe [Second Time] Singer-Songwriter, Artist, Lyricist, Lead Singer of the band R.E.M.
Rachael Leigh Cook Actor, Model, Voice Artist, Producer
Harry Hamlin Actor
Jean Reno Actor
Cardinal Timothy Michael Dolan Cardinal, Archbishop of New York
Nicholas Hoult Actor
Johnny Knoxville (Philip John Clapp) Stunt Performer, Actor, Filmmaker
Jonathan Demme Filmmaker, Producer, Screenwriter
Jodie Foster Actor, Director, Producer
Howard Shore Composer
Mario Batali Chef
Michael Douglas Actor, Producer, Activist
Jerry Schatzberg Photographer, Filmmaker
Ricky Gervais Comedian, Actor, Director, Producer, Writer
Arianna Huffington Author, Columnist, Co-Founder and Editor-In-Chief of The Huffington Post
Caitlyn Jenner Television Personality, Athlete
David Mamet Playwright, Essayist, Screenwriter, Film Director
Judge Sérgio Moro Federal Judge
Alexander Wang Fashion Designer
Don DeLillo Novelist, Playwright, Essayist
Anna Karina Actor, Director, Screenwriter
Pamela Anderson Actor, Model, Activist
Ron Carter Musician (Jazz Double Bassist)
Amy Heckerling Film Director
Rick Moody Novelist, Writer
Laurel Nakadate Artist
Cynthia Nixon Actor
Robert Downey Sr. Filmmaker, Actor
Harvey Keitel Actor
Mandy Patinkin Actor, Tenor, Comedian
Penelope Cruz Actor, Model
David Schwimmer Actor, Director, Producer, Comedian
Raekwon (Corey Quontrell Woods) (Raekwon Da Chef) Rapper
Wong Kar-Wai Filmmaker
Sally Struthers Actor
Carmen de Lavallade Actor, Dancer, Choreographer
Mary Harron Filmmaker, Screenwriter
James Cohan Gallery Owner
Richard E. Grant Actor, Screenwriter, Director
Steve Miller Musician, Singer-Songwriter
Nile Rodgers Musician, Singer, Songwriter, Record Producer
Jon Lovtiz Actor, Comedian, Singer
David Duchovny Actor, Writer, Producer, Director, Novelist, Singer-Songwriter
Nicolas Winding Refn Film Director, Screenwriter, Producer
Dr. Marshall S. Harth My father, donor, psychologist, poet, professor, activist
Chuck Klosterman Author, Essayist
Sophie Okonedo Actor
Saoirse Ronan Actor
Ben Whishaw Actor
John G. Avildsen Filmmaker
R.A. the Rugged Man (R.A. Thorburn) Rapper, Producer
Monica Lewinsky Activist, Television Personality, Fashion Designer
Gena Rowlands Actor
Stephen Powers Artist
Ryuichi Sakamoto Musician, Composer, Actor, Writer, Dancer, Activist
Jennifer Ehle Actor
James Ivory Filmmaker, Screenwriter, Producer
Sharon Jones Singer
Greg Kinnear Actor
Barbara Kopple Filmmaker
Jonathan Pryce Film Director, Screenwriter, Actor
Alex Ross Perry Film Director, Screenwriter, Actor
Ira Sachs Filmmaker
Lois Smith Actor
Bryan Ferry Singer, Songwriter
Susan Seidelman Filmmaker, Producer, Writer
Ronnie Spector (Veronica Yvette Bennett) Singer
Daniel Radcliffe Actor
Joe Dante Filmmaker, Producer, Actor
Michael J. Fox Actor, Author, Produce, Activist
Kim Jung Gi Graphic Artist, Comic Book Artist
David W. Mack Graphic Artist, Comic Book Artist, Writer
James O’Barr Graphic Artist, Comic Book Artist
Paul Banks Musician (Interpol), Singer, Songwriter, DJ
RZA (Robert Fitzgerald Diggs) Rapper, Record Producer, Filmmaker, Actor
Don McLean Singer, Songwriter
Kool Keith (Keith Thornton) Rapper
Unknown #3 Unknown
Popa Wu Expert on the philosophy of the Five Percent Nation
Tekomin B. Williams (Tek (El-Amin)) Rapper (Smif-N-Weesun)
Darrell A. Yates, Jr. (Steele) Rapper (Smif-N-Weesun)
William Shatner Actor, Author, Producer, Director
Aaron Eckhart Actor
Allison Williams Actor, Comedian, Singer
Molly Shannon Actor
Swizz Beatz (Kasseem Daoud Dean) Record Producer, Rapper, Businessman
Rashid Johnson Artist
Heidi Klum Model, Television Personality, Businesswoman, Fashion Designer
Debra Messing Actor
Patrick Dempsey Actor, Race Car Driver
Simon de Pury Art Auctioneer, Art Collector
Renée Zellweger Actor
Ken Burns Filmmaker
Seth Meyers Comedian, Writer, Producer, Actor, Television Host
Wayne Newton Singer, Entertainer
Alan Dershowitz Lawyer, Jurist, Author
Michael Bublé Singer, Songwriter, Actor
Roxy Paine Artist
Michal Rovner Artist
Stevie Wonder Musician, Singer, Songwriter, Record Producer
Jeff Lynne Songwriter, Singer, Musician
Bruce Springsteen Musician, Singer, Songwriter, Humanitarian
Kent Jones Director of New York Film Festival, Film Critic, Filmmaker
Lin-Manuel Miranda Actor, Composer, Rapper, Writer
Bertrand Tavernier Filmmaker, Screenwriter, Actor, Producer
Olivia Newton-John Singer, Songwriter, Actor
Pedro Almodóvar Filmmaker, Screenwriter, Producer
Jean-Pierre Léaud Actor
Peter Brook Theatre Director, Film Director
Andrew M. Cuomo (Governor Cuomo) Governor of New York, Politician
Whit Stillman Filmmaker, Screenwriter
Robin Winters Artist
Saadi Yacef A leader of Algeria's National Liberation Front, Senator in Algeria's Council of the Nation, Actor
Olivier Assayas Filmmaker, Screenwriter
Tom Hulce Actor
Josh Radnor Actor, Director, Producer, Screenwriter
Ben Barnes Actor
Tony Goldwyn Actor, Producer, Director, Political Activist
Errol Morris Filmmaker
Jonathan Nolan Screenwriter, Producer, Director, Author
Aaron Paul Actor
Bill Pullman Actor
Jimmi Simpson Actor
Jeffrey Wright Actor
Paul Feig Actor, Film Director, Producer, Screenwriter
Kevin Kline Actor, Comedian, Singer
Jean-Pierre Dardenne Filmmaker
Luc Dardenne Filmmaker
Ron Galella Photographer, “The Godfather of Paparazzi”
Paul Verhoeven Filmmaker, Producer, Screenwriter
David Henderson Writer, Poet
Bette Midler Singer, Songwriter, Actor, Comedian, Film Producer
Meredith Monk Composer, Performer, Director, Vocalist, Filmmaker, Choreographer
Carole Bayer Sager Lyricist, Singer, Songwriter, Painter
Anne Waldman Poet
Dominic Chianese Actor
Terrence Malick Film Director, Screenwriter, Producer
Anthony Bourdain Chef, Author, Television Personality
Carolina Herrera Fashion Designer
Frankie Valli Singer
Ai Weiwei Artist, Activist
Barbara Eden Actor
Martin Landau Actor
Dawn Wells Actor
Tony Orlando Singer
Tatsuya Nakadai Actor
Lily Collins Actor, Model
Tommy Chong Comedian, Actor, Writer, Director, Activist, Musician
Cheech Marin Comedian, Actor, Writer, Voice Actor, Activist
Robert Frank Photographer, Documentary Filmmaker
Melinda Gates Businesswoman, Philanthropist, Co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Warren Beatty Actor, Filmmaker
Kirsten Johnson Filmmaker, Cinematographer
Laura Poitras Filmmaker, Producer
George A. Romero Filmmaker
Warwick Davis Actor, Writer, Director, Producer, Comedian
Stan Lee Comic-Book Writer, Editor, Publisher, Media Producer, Actor, former president and chairman of Marvel Comics
Cary Elwes Actor
Dennis Quaid Actor
Graydon Carter Journalist, Editor of Vanity Fair
Stephen Colbert Comedian, Writer, Producer, Actor, Media Critic, Television Host
Luke Evans Actor, Singer
Robert Klein Comedian, Singer, Actor
Damian Lewis Actor
Steven Spielberg Film Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Editor
Rita Wilson Actor, Singer, Activist, Producer
Justice Samuel Anthony Alito, Jr. Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Isabelle Huppert Actor
Millie Perkins Actor
GZA (Gary Grice) Rapper, Songwriter
U-God (Lamont Jody Hawkins) Rapper
Masta Killa (Jamel Irief; born Elgin Turner) Rapper
Pete Rock (Peter O. Phillips) Record Producer, DJ, Rapper
Nik Kaloper Musician (The Jezabels)
Sam Lockwood Musician (The Jezabels)
Hayley Mary Singer (The Jezabels)
Heather Shannon Musician (The Jezabels)
Karen Allen Actor
Ben Foster Actor
Richard Price Novelist, Screenwriter
Shigeru Miyamoto Video Game Designer, Producer
Senator Bernie Sanders Senator of Vermont, Politician
Pharrell Williams Singer-Songwriter, Rapper, Record Producer
Ryan Reynolds Actor
2017
Robert Crumb (R.Crumb) Cartoonist, Musician
Aline Kominsky-Crumb Comics Artist
Arne Glimcher Art Dealer, Film Producer, Film Director
Marian Goodman Gallery Owner
David Blaine Magician, Illusionist, Endurance Artist
Madonna (Madonna Louise Ciccone) Singer, Songwriter, Actor, Activist, Businesswoman
Aziz Ansari Actor, Comedian
Laurence Fishburne Actor, Playwright, Director, Producer
Orlando Jones Actor, Comedian
David Cone Athlete
Reggie Jackson Athlete
Don Mattingly Athlete
Willie Randolph Athlete
Treach (Anthony Criss) Rapper (Naughty by Nature), Actor
Kool DJ Red Alert (Frederick Crute) DJ
Kurtis Blow (Kurtis Walker) Rapper, Singer, Songwriter, Record Producer, DJ, First Rap Superstar
Peter Hook Singer, Songwriter, Musician (Joy Division/New Order)
Deepak Chopra Author, Public Speaker, Alternative Medicine Advocate, New Age Movement Figure
Steve Ditko Comic Book Artist, Writer
Sally Field Actor, Director
David Oyelowo Actor
Eve Ensler Playwright, Performer, Feminist, Activist
Dick Gregory Civil Rights Activist, Social Critic, Writer, Comedian, Entrepreneur
Wolf Blitzer Journalist, Television News Anchor
Jeff Zucker President of CNN Worldwide
Ryan Adams Singer-Songwriter, Musician, Record Producer, Poet
Danny Clinch Photographer, Film Director
Rick Astley Singer, Songwriter, Musician
Abigail Breslin Actor, Singer
Janeane Garofalo Actor, Comedian, Activist, Writer
Tom McCarthy Film Director, Screenwriter, Actor
Kiefer Sutherland Actor, Producer, Director, Singer-Songwriter
JR Photographer
Luis Camnitzer Artist
Tony Shalhoub Actor
Lauryn Hill Singer, Songwriter, Rapper, Record Producer, Actor
Common (Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr.) Rapper, Actor, Film Producer, Poet
El-P (Jaime Meline) Hip Hop Artist, Record Producer
Killer Mike (Michael Render) Hip Hop Artist, Actor, Activist
Charles Jason Baldwin (Jason Baldwin) One of the West Memphis Three, Producer
Joe Berlinger Documentary Filmmaker
Grand Wizzard Theodore (Theodore Livingston) Hip Hop DJ
Morgan Spurlock Documentary Filmmaker, Humorist, Television Producer, Screenwriter, Activist
RuPaul (RuPaul Andre Charles) Drag Queen, Actor, Model, Author, Television Personality, Recording Artist
Harry Connick Jr. Singer, Actor
Reda Kateb Actor
Agnès Varda Film Director, Artist
Mira Nair Filmmaker
Dennis Rodman Athlete
Mike Tyson Athlete
Dean Haspiel Comic Book Artist, Writer, Playwright
Noah Baumbach Filmmaker
Mike Birbiglia Comedian, Actor, Filmmaker
Michael Cera Actor, Musician
David Chase Writer, Director, Television Producer
Griffin Dunne Actor, FIlm Producer, Film Director
Caleb Landry Jones Actor, Musician
Stephen Lang Actor, Playwright
Zosia Mamet Actor, Musician
Paul Schrader Screenwriter, Film Director, Film Critic
Fisher Stevens Actor, Director, Producer, Writer
John Cusack Actor, Producer, Screenwriter
Louise Fletcher Actor
Greta Gerwig Actor, Filmmaker
Manfred Kirchheimer Documentary Filmmaker
Danny Lloyd Teacher, Former Actor
Gillian Anderson Actor, Activist, Writer
Ben Harper Singer-Songwriter, Musician
Dr. Michio Kaku Theoretical Physicist, Futurist, Popularizer of Science, Professor
John Oliver Comedian, Writer, Producer, Political Commentator, Actor, Media Critic, Television Host
Sufjan Stevens Singer-Songwriter, Musician
Bernard Sumner Singer, Singer-Songwriter, Musician (Joy Division/New Order)
Lena Dunham Actor, Writer, Producer, Director
David Hyde Pierce Actor, Director, Comedian
Patti LuPone Actor, Singer
Victor Cruz Athlete
Bob Balaban Actor, Author, Producer, Director
Lawrence Kasdan Screenwriter, Director, Producer
John Singleton Film Director, Screenwriter, Producer
Laura Linney Actor
Katey Sagal Actor, Singer-Songwriter
Drew Friedman Cartoonist, Illustrator
Mahmoud Hamadani Artist, Friend
Abraham Jaffee (Allan “Al” Jaffee) Cartoonist
David Lloyd Comic Artist, Illustrator
Gene Luen Yang Cartoonist
Chelsea Clinton Advocate, Author, Teacher
Corey Hawkins Actor
John Benjamin Hickey Actor
Allison Janney Actor
Michael McKean Actor, Comedian, Writer, Composer, Musician
Scott Eastwood Actor, Model
F. Gary Gray (Felix Gary Gray) Film Director, Producer, Actor, Music Video Director
Megan Mullally Actor, Singer
Nick Offerman Actor, Producer, Screenwriter, Author, Musician, Humorist, Comedian
Rick Yune Actor, Screenwriter, Producer, Martial Artist, Former Model
Julian Assange Computer Programmer, Publisher, Journalist, Founder & Editor-in-Chief of WikiLeaks
Julian Lennon Musician, Photographer
Ward Shelley Artist
Bobby Krieger Musician, Singer-Songwriter (The Doors)
Kathryn Bigelow Film Director, Producer, Writer
Patrick Vieira Athlete
Jennifer Hudson Singer, Actor
Denis O’Hare Actor
Zoey Deutch Actor
Peter Fonda Actor
Kenny G (Kenneth Bruce Gorelick) Musician
Rodney Graham Artist, Musician
Geoffrey Rush Actor, Producer
Unknown #2 Unknown
Emily Watson Actor
Wyatt Cenac Stand-Up Comedian, Actor, Writer
Bruno Dumont Film Director, Screenwriter
Jon Favreau Actor, Filmmaker, Comedian
Anne Heche Actor, Director, Screenwriter
Oscar Isaac Actor, Musician
Kenneth Lonergan Playwright, Screenwriter, Director
Barry Manilow Singer-Songwriter, Arranger, Musician, Producer
Ezra Miller Actor, Singer, Musician, Activist
Zachary Quinto Actor
Jason Sudeikis Comedian, Actor, Screenwriter, Producer
Lew Temple Actor
Olivia Wilde Actor, Model, Producer, Director, Activist, Entrepreneur
Ryan Hansen Actor, Comedian
Alejandro González Iñárritu Film Director, Producer, Screenwriter
Justin Long Actor
Chris O’Dowd Actor
Zac Posen Fashion Designer
Jon Bernthal Actor
Mark Cuban Businessman, Investor, Author, Television Personality, Philanthropist
Clark Duke Actor
Clea Duvall Actor, Writer, Producer, Director
Ed Helms Actor, Comedian
Josh Lucas Actor
Tracy Morgan Actor, Comedian
Michael Pitt Actor, Model, Musician
Adam Rifkin Film Director, Producer, Actor, Writer
Ariel Winter Actor, Singer
Rebecca Hall Actor
Walter Robinson Artist, Art Critic
Richard Armstrong Director, Guggenheim Museum
John Giorno Poet, Artist
Ugo Rondinone Artist
Samantha Bee Comedian, Writer, Producer, Political Commentator, Actor, Media Critic, Television Host
Gabrielle Giffords Former Politician, Gun Control Advocate
Barry Jenkins Film Director, Writer
Naomi Campbell Supermodel, Actor
Riz Ahmed Actor, Rapper
Thelma Aldana Judge
Leslie Jones Comedian, Actor
Ibtihaj Muhammad Athlete
Ava DuVernay Film Director, Screenwriter
David Adjaye Architect
David Chang Restauranteur, Author, Television Personality
Mark Kelly Retired Astronaut, Engineer, U.S. Navy Captain
Bjarke Ingels Architect
Lindsey Vonn Athlete
Preet Bharara Lawyer, Former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York
Pierre Guillet Filmmaker, Friend
David Greg Harth Artist (The artist who is doing The Holy Bible Project)
Kris Kristofferson Singer-Songwriter, Musician, Actor
David Sedaris Humorist, Comedian, Author, Radio Contributor
Nini Fabi Singer (Haerts)
Benjamin Gebert (Ben) Musician (Haerts)
Mark Gardener Musician, Singer (Ride)
Andy Bell Musician, Singer, Songwriter, Producer (Ride, Oasis)
Steve Queralt Musician (Ride)
Peter Saul Artist
Maria Sharapova Athlete
Pamela Adlon Actor, Voice Actor, Screenwriter, Producer, Director
Amy Sedaris Actor, Voice Actor, Comedian, Writer
Andy Cohen Talk Show Host, Radio Host, Author, Producer
Lynda Carter Actress, Singer, Songwriter, Model
Alice Aycock Artist
Cameron Crowe Film Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Actor
Carroll Dunham Artist
Diane Keaton Actress, Director, Producer
Steve McCurry Photographer, Photojournalist
Pat Sajak Television Personality (Wheel of Fortune)
Alfredo Jaar Artist
Tim Tebow Athlete
Bobby Flay Chef, Restaurateur, Reality Television Personality
2018
Judith Bernstein Artist
D. A. Pennebaker Filmmaker
George Clinton Singer, Songwriter, Bandleader, Record Producer
Angela Davis Political Activist, Academic, Author
Gen. (Ret.) David H. Petraeus Retired United States Army General Officer
Isa Genzken Artist
Lester Holt Journalist, News Anchor
Yinka Shonibare MBE Artist
Mike Mignola Comics Artist, Comics Writer (Hellboy)
Nick Nolte Actor
Shen Wei Choreographer, Painter, Director
Hank Willis Thomas Artist
Andie MacDowell Actor, Model
Billie Jean King Athlete
Edward Zwick Filmmaker, Director, Producer
George C. Wolfe Playwright, Theater Director, Film Director
Chelsea Manning Activist, Whistleblower, Former Soldier
William Friedkin Filmmaker, Director, Producer, Screenwriter
Pete Hamill Journalist, Novelist, Essayist, Editor, Educator
Nick Cave Artist
Zoe Leonard Artist
Sheila Hicks Artist
Lee Ufan Artist
Justice Sonia Sotomayor Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Sarah Lucas Artist
Lisa Phillips [Second Time] Museum Director, Curator, Author, Director of the New Museum of Contemporary Art
Tom Morello Musician, Singer, Songwriter, Actor, Political Activist
Alan Greenspan Economist, Former Chair of the Federal Reserve
John Grisham Novelist, Attorney, Politician, Activist
Frederick Wiseman Filmmaker, Documentarian, Theater Director
Tim Cook CEO of Apple Inc., Business Executive, Industrial Engineer
Peter Billingsley Actor, Director, Producer
Michael Price Writer, Producer
Viola Davis Actor, Producer
Steve A. Cohen Investor, Hedge Fund Manager, Philanthropist, Art Collector
Donna De Salvo Curator
Vincent Fremont CEO of ARTnews Ltd, Art in America, LLC, Modern, LLC and Antiques, LLC at ARTNEWS S.A. Formerly, Vice-President of Andy Warhol Enterprises, Inc and Andy Warhol’s Executive Studio Manager
Bob Colacello Writer, Former Editor of Interview Magazine
Stan Smith Athlete
Ryan Gosling Actor, Musician
2019
Joan Semmel Artist
Dana Schutz Artist
Dread Scott (Scott Tyler) Artist
Alex Trebek Television Personality
Darryl Strawberry Athlete
Joe Biden Former Vice President, Politician
Uma Thurman Actor, Model
Mike Peters Musician (The Alarm)
Frank Stella Artist
Rei Kawakubo Fashion Designer
Elizabeth Streb Choreographer, Performer, Teacher of Contemporary Dance
Saul Williams Rapper, Singer, Songwriter, Musician, Poet, Writer Actor
Tilda Swinton Actor
Jakob Dylan Singer, Songwriter
Avram Finkelstein Artist, Writer, Gay Rights Activist
Fab 5 Freddy (Fred Brathwaite) Artist, Filmmaker, Hip Hop Pioneer, Former host of Yo! MTV Raps
Keith Hernandez Athlete
Richard Curtis Screenwriter, Producer, Film Director
Amy Sherald Artist
Gus Van Sant Film Director, Screenwriter, Painter, Photographer, Musician, Author
Rakim (William Michael Griffin Jr.) Rapper
Billy Bragg Singer-Songwriter, Activist
David Cameron Politician, Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Andrew McCabe Former Deputy Director of the FBI
Carl Bernstein Investigative Journalist, Author
Charles B. Rangel Politician
Charles R. Schwab Investor, Financial Executive, Founder and Chairman of the Charles Schwab Corporation
Richard Dean Anderson Actor
Liam Gallagher Singer, Songwriter
Larry Poons Artist
Nicolas Sarkozy Politician, Former President of France
Keith Sonnier Artist
Tom Skerritt Actor
Anita Hill Lawyer, Academic
Bong Joon-ho Filmmaker, Screenwriter
Renzo Piano Architect
Dionne Warwick Singer, Actress, Television Host
2020
Paula Scher Graphic Designer, Painter, Educator
Huey Lewis Singer, Songwriter, Actor
Carli Lloyd Athlete
Larry Bell Artist
Naomi Klein Author, Social Activist, Filmmaker
Fernando Alonso Athlete, Racing Driver
Danny Meyer Restaurateur
- - - Start of the COVID-19 Pandemic - - -
Linda Mary Montano Artist
2021
Andrew Yang Businessman, Attorney, Lobbyist, Political Candidate
Rob Pruitt Artist
Eiko Otake Performer, Choreographer
Hilton Als Writer
Redman (Reginald Noble) Rapper
Grandmaster Flash (Joseph Saddler) DJ, Rapper, Pioneer of hip hop DJing/Cutting/Scratching/Mixing
Bob Woodward Investigative Journalist, Author
KAWS (Brian Donnelly) Artist, Designer
Neo Rauch Artist
Michael Elmgreen Artist (Elmgreen & Dragset)
Ingar Dragset Artist (Elmgreen & Dragset)
Jeremy O. Harris Playwright, Actor, Philanthropist
Arthur Jafa Artist
Denis Villeneuve Filmmaker
Faith Ringgold Artist
Peter Sarsgaard Actor
Dakota Johnson Actor, Producer, Model
Mahershala Ali Actor, Rapper
Colson Whitehead (Arch Colson Chipp Whitehead) Novelist
2022
T.J. Miller Actor, Comedian
Dave Chappelle Actor, Comedian
Juliette Binoche Actor, Artist, Dancer
Dara Birnbaum Artist
Bobbi Brown Makeup Artist, Author, Entrepreneur, Founder of Bobbi Brown Cosmetics
Emmet Gowin Photographer
William T. Williams Artist
Melvin Edwards Artist
Lawrence Weschler Author
Melissa Clark Food Writer, Cookbook Author
Colm Tóibín Novelist, Short Story Writer, Essayist, Playwright, Journalist, Critic, Poet
Ja Rule (Jeffrey Bruce Atkins) Rapper, Actor
Ghostface Killah (Dennis Coles) Rapper, Songwriter (Wu-Tang Clan)
Lee Grant Actor, Filmmaker
Leo Fitzpatrick Actor, Art Dealer
Bryan Trottier Athlete
Bobby Hull Athlete
Walt Frazier Athlete
Dwight “Doc” Gooden Athlete
Lawrence Taylor Athlete
Mickey Dolenz Musician (The Monkees), Actor
Russ Tamblyn Actor, Dancer
Loretta Swit Actor
Jamie Farr Actor, Comedian
Mike Winkelmann (Beeple) Artist, Designer, Animator
Wobbly (Jon Leidecker) Musician, Composer
SUE-C (Sue Slagle) Video and Light Artist
Dieter Rams Industrial Designer
Yotam Ottolenghi Chef, Restaurateur, Food Writer
André Gregory Theatre Director, Writer, Actor
Judd Apatow Comedian, Director, Producer, Screenwriter
Mike Scott Singer, Songwriter, Musician (The Waterboys)
Tommie Smith Athlete
Amy Schumer Comedian, Actor
Henry Chalfant Photographer, Filmmaker
Crash (John Matos) Graffiti Artist
Lady Pink (Sandra Fabara) Graffiti Artist
Scott Speedman Actor
Léa Seydoux Actor
Melissa McCarthy Actor, Comedian, Producer, Writer
Kylie Minogue Singer, Songwriter, Actor
Lee Quiñones Artist, Actor
Julia Fox Actor, Model
Eric Adams Politician (Mayor of New York City), Former Law Enforcement Officer
Phil Rosenthal Television Writer, Producer
Dario Argento Film Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Actor, Critic
Congressman Jerry Nadler Politician, Lawyer
Charles Gaines Artist
Paul Hollywood Celebrity Chef, Baking Guru, Television Host
Dorie Greenspan Cookbook Author, Culinary Guru
Mike Piazza Athlete
Lorraine O'Grady Artist
Debra Granik Filmmaker
Max Walker-Silverman Filmmaker
Michael Bierut Graphic Designer
Colin Mochrie Actor, Writer, Producer, Improvisational Comedian
Randy Edelman Musician, Producer, Composer
DJ Khaled DJ, Record Executive, Record Producer, Author
Katie Couric Journalist, Presenter, Producer, Author
Melissa Gilbert Actor
Jimmie Walker Actor, Comedian
Bob Eubanks Disc Jockey, Television Personality, Game Show Host
Ian McEwan Writer, Novelist, Screenwriter
Moshe Safdie Architect, Urban Planner
Massimiliano Gioni Art Curator, Art Critic
Jimmy Kimmel Television Host, Comedian, Writer, Producer
Claire Denis Filmmaker
Eli Manning Athlete
Pete Rose Athlete
Jeff B. Davis Actor, Impressionist, Comedian
Greg Proops Actor, Comedian, TV Host
Ryan Stiles Actor, Comedian, Producer
Chris Barron Singer Songwriter (Spin Doctors)
Glenn Brown Artist
Sterling Ruby Artist
Iwan Wirth Art Dealer
Deb Perelman Writer, Cook, Photographer
John Zorn Composer, Conductor, Saxophonist, Arranger, Producer
Benny Safdie Filmmaker, Screenwriter, Actor
Josh Safdie Filmmaker
Mark Pellington Film Director, Writer, Producer
Jeremy Pope Actor, Singer
2023
Jordan Peele Actor, Comedian, Filmmaker
Richard Kind Actor, Comedian
Corey Feldman Actor, Musician
Eddie Izzard Comedian, Actor, Activist
Kit Harington Actor
Noémie Merlant Actor
Ruben Östlund Filmmaker
Peter Sellars Theatre Director
John Cameron Mitchell Actor, Playwright, Screenwriter, Singer, Songwriter, Producer, Director
Kelly Reichardt Film Director
Rachel Brosnahan Actor
Billy Porter Actor, Singer, Writer, Director
Eugene Levy Actor, Comedian
Tommy Wiseau Actor, Filmmaker
Jim Gaffigan Comedian, Actor, Writer, Producer
Samantha Fox Singer, Model
Nancy Kerrigan Athlete, Actor
Joan Baez Singer, Songwriter, Musician, Activist
Colin Quinn Comedian, Actor, Writer
Sylvia Plimack Mangold Artist
Lasse Hallström Film Director
Lena Olin Actor
Coke La Rock Rapper, MC
Lenny Kaye Musician, Composer, Writer
Ralph Fiennes Actor, Producer, Director
Ray Romano Comedian, Actor, Screenwriter, Director
Ari Aster Film Director, Screenwriter, Producer
Steve Earle Singer-Songwriter, Musician, Producer, Author, Actor
Lucinda Williams Singer-Songwriter, Musician
Lee Friedlander Photographer, Artist
Abraham Cruzvillegas Artist
Julie Mehretu Artist
Roger Deakins Cinematographer
Wangechi Mutu Artist
Béla Tarr Filmmaker
Adam Goldberg Actor, Filmmaker, Musician, Photographer
Julianna Margulies Actor
KRS-One (Lawrence "Kris" Parker) Rapper
Nick Cassavetes Actor, Director, Writer
Ron Carter [Second Time] Musician (Jazz Double Bassist)
Jacqueline Bisset Actor
Sergio Mendes Musician
Lily Gladstone Actor
Dito Montiel Author, Filmmaker, Musician
Jeffrey Gibson Artist
Phong Bui Artist, Writer, Curator, Co-Founder and Artistic Director of The Brooklyn Rail
Irving Blum Art Dealer
Steven Donziger Attorney
Roger Waters Musician, Singer-Songwriter
Martin Garbus Attorney
Roy Wood Jr. Comedian, Actor
Debbie Millman Writer, Educator, Artist, Curator, Designer
Roxane Gay Writer, Professor, Editor, Social Commentator
J. Smith-Cameron Actor
Victor Garber Actor, Singer
Kerry Washington Actor
Ani DiFranco Singer-Songwriter
Linda Evangelista Super model
Jessica Lange Actor, Photographer
Arnold Schwarzenegger Actor, Businessman, Filmmaker, Former Politician, Former Professional Bodybuilder
Peter Ostrum Veterinarian, Former Child Actor
Emmanuel Lewis Actor
Larry Wilcox Actor
Erik Estrada Actor
Judd Nelson Actor
Edward James Olmos Actor
John Rhys-Davies Actor
Wayne Knight Actor
Linda Hamilton Actor
LeVar Burton Actor, Director, Television Host
Brent Spiner Actor
Ron Perlman Actor
Edward Furlong Actor
Paula Abdul Singer, Dancer, Choreographer, Actor, Television Personality
Carrie-Anne Moss Actor
Christina Ricci Actor
John Ratzenberger Actor
Larry Hama Comic-Book Creator, Writer, Artist, Editor, Actor, Musician
Judy Collins Singer-Songwriter, Musician
Busta Rhymes (Trevor George Smith Jr.) Rapper, Singer, Songwriter, Record Producer, Actor
Kurt Russell Actor
Wyatt Russell Actor, Former Ice Hockey Player
James Taylor Singer-Songwriter, Musician
2024
Cornbread (Darryl McCray) Graffiti Artist
Bruce Dickinson Singer (Iron Maiden)
Ian McShane Actor
Mary Weatherford Artist
Jerry Greenfield Businessperson, Activist, Philanthropist and Co-founder of the ice cream company Ben & Jerry's
Ben Cohen Businessperson, Activist, Philanthropist and Co-founder of the ice cream company Ben & Jerry's
Scott Rothkopf Director, Whitney Museum of American Art and Art Historian, Curator
Scott Bakula Actor
Tehching Hsieh Artist
Havoc (Kejuan Waliek Muchita) Rapper (Mobb Deep), Producer
F. Murray Abraham Actor
Posdnuos (Kevin Mercer) Rapper (De La Soul), Producer
Maseo (Vincent Mason) Rapper (De La Soul), Producer, DJ
Lou Diamond Phillips Actor
Alan Ruck Actor
Eddie Palmieri Pianist, Bandleader, Musician, Composer
T Bone Burnett (Joseph Henry "T Bone" Burnett III) Musician, Producer, Songwriter
Matthew Modine Actor
Maurizio Cattelan [Second Time] Artist
Francesco Bonami Curator, Writer
Dan Walsh Artist
Stanley Whitney Artist
Tom Selleck Actor
Rosanna Arquette Actor
Darius Rucker Singer, Musician, Songwriter (Hootie & the Blowfish)
James Patterson Author
Brandon Flowers Musician, Singer, Songwriter (The Killers)
Alfred Molina Actor
Gustavo Pandolfo Artist (half of the artist brother duo OSGEMEOS)
Otavio Pandolfo Artist (half of the artist brother duo OSGEMEOS)
Shinya Tsukamoto Actor, Filmmaker
Mirai Moriyama Actor, Dancer
Kei Chika-ura Filmmaker
Tatsuya Fuji Actor
Doug Wheeler Artist
Mary Corse Artist
Carrie Mae Weems Artist
Megan Rapinoe Athlete
Jason Momoa Actor
Nadya Tolokonnikova Musician (Pussy Riot), Artist, Political Activist
Robert Caro Journalist, Author
George Stevens, Jr. Writer, Playwright, Director, Producer, Founder of the American Film Institute, creator of the AFI Life Achievement Award, and co-creator of the Kennedy Center Honors
James Carville Political Consultant, Author
Stormy Daniels Pornographic Film Actress, Director, Former Stripper
Hal Foster Art Critic, Art Historian
Dr. Anthony Fauci Physician-Scientist, Immunologist, Former Director of the National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases
Sean Astin Actor
Tom Sachs [Second Time] Artist
Gary Hustwit Filmmaker, Artist
2025
No one has participated in this year yet.
2026
Silly, the future isn’t here yet.