Remarkable People

An Australian rock band, formed in 1973 by brothers Malcolm and Angus Young.

Bono, the lead singer of band U2, uses his celebrity to fight for social justice worldwide: to end hunger, poverty and disease, especially in Africa. His nonprofit ONE raises awareness via media, policy and calls to action.

An American recording artist, Emmy-award winning television personality, award-winning actress, director, record producer and philanthropist

American recording artist, actress and entrepreneur

American mezzosoprano singer-songwriter, musician, acrobat, dancer and actress.

A Barbadian R&B recording artist and songwriter

American rapper and businessman

Young Queenslander of the Year and founder of Youth Without Borders

A Venezuelan pianist, economist, educator, activist, and politician

A retired American professional tennis player and former World No. 1.

An American recording artist and actress

An American television and film actress

Founder of Boost Juice Bars

American actress, film director, and producer

An Italian fashion designer, particularly noted for his menswear.

Lance Edward Armstrong is an American professional road racing cyclist who is best known for winning the Tour de France a record seven consecutive times, after having survived testicular cancer.

American aviator and a former astronaut, test pilot, aerospace engineer, university professor, and United States Naval Aviator. He was the first person ever to set foot on the Moon

An American actress and director.

Founder and co-editor of TechCrunch, a blog covering the Silicon Valley technology start-up communities and the wider technology field in USA and elsewhere

Broadcaster and naturalist

New Zealand scientist and CEO at Medicine Mondiale

A British entrepreneur, philanthropist and author.

Chef and owner of several restaurants, including Blue Hill in Manhattan and Blue Hill at Stone Barns in Pocantico Hills, New York.

A British comedian, actor, and writer

A Welsh singer who found fame in the late 1950s and has continued a successful career since then worldwide.

One of the original founders of Wired magazine, as well as founder and chairman of Federated Media Publishing. He has also maintains Searchblog, the collaborative weblog Boing Boing

Dr. Beauchamp is the recipient of the 2007 People’s choice award for business of the year and for professional advisor of the year. She was also a 2008 Ottawa Top 40 Under 40 business recipient.

An American non-fiction writer and internet blogger noted for recording the attempts of his family to live a "zero impact" lifestyle in New York City for one year.

An English footballer who plays midfield for Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer

English singer-songwriter, dancer, model, actress, fashion designer and businesswoman

An American actor and environmentalist.

American author, motivational speaker and former white collar criminal who spent 22 months in jail for offences related to stock market manipulation and running a boiler room

An American comedian, singer, actress and author.

An American actress, model, and occasional singer

A former Major League Baseball second baseman, catcher, and outfielder.

A well known surfer from Pacific Palisades, California

An Australian-born American biological researcher at the University of California, San Francisco

A former British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007.

Australian actress and theatre director

The current Mayor of New York City, and the 10th richest person in the United States

An English chef and owner of The Fat Duck restaurant

Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor is a Harvard-trained and published neuroanatomist.

An English actress of film, stage, and television

An American actress

David R. Boyd is an environmental lawyer, professor and former executive director of the Sierra Legal Defence Fund

An actor, singer, comedian and television personality.

An English comedian, actor, columnist, singer, author and presenter of radio and television

Chairman of Virgin Group

An author, journalist, marketing consultant, and frequent speaker about social media marketing.

An Australian senator, the inaugural Parliamentary Leader of the Australian Greens and was the first openly gay member of the Parliament of Australia.

A journalist, magazine editor, columnist, talk-show host and author of The Diana Chronicles, a biography of Diana, Princess of Wales

Tony is a co-founder of findsolve.com and has worked in the ICT industry for over 20 years. He is passionate about collaboration and seeing organisations share their success stories and learnings

An Italo-French songwriter, singer, actress, former model and wife of the President of the French Republic, Nicolas Sarkozy.

American investor, industrialist and philanthropist

American actress and producer

Brazilian model and occasional film actress

Chairwoman and CEO of Xerox.

A fashion model and designer.

A pioneer of microfinance, having founded Opportunity International Australia and co-founded the Opportunity International Network

A Director of the Benevolent Organisation for Development, Health and Insight and Associate Professor at the National Centre for Epidemiology & Population Health, ANU

An eclectic roots and jam band from Australia led by guitarist and vocalist John Butler.

Canadian film director, film producer, screenwriter, editor, and inventor

The founder of the Kathmandu clothing company

An American R&B/pop singer-songwriter, record producer and actress

An American singer-songwriter, best known for her solo career and her contributions as a member of the Canadian indie rock group The New Pornographers.

Pete Cashmore is the CEO and founder of the social media company Mashable.com, a Technorati Top 10 blog worldwide.

A Doctor of Education, professor at Japanese universities, essayist, and novelist.

Hong Kong actor, action choreographer, filmmaker, comedian, director, producer, martial artist, screenwriter, entrepreneur, singer and stunt performer.

An Indian American public speaker, and writer on Ayurveda, spirituality and mind-body medicine

A Danish fashion model, former Victoria's Secret Angel, beauty queen, and photographer

A Professor of Botany at University of Melbourne since 1985 and director of the Plant Cell Biology Research Centre since 1982

An American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States (1993–2001)

The 67th United States Secretary of State, serving in the administration of President Barack Obama

An American actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter

An American clothing designer.

Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist and writer

An Australian actress and musician

A Romanian gymnast, winner of three Olympic gold medals at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Also known by his stage name P. Diddy, Combs is an American rapper, singer, record producer, actor and men's fashion designer

OAM
Olympic Beach Volleyball Gold and Bronze Medals

Australian veterinarian, television personality and author

An American journalist and author.

A Spanish actress.

An award-winning writer and former faculty member of Harvard University, Dr. Cullis is president and co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation

An American actress and pop singer-songwriter

An Australian businessman, philanthropist and musician

An American actor, screenwriter, and philanthropist

American actress, known for playing the role of Charlotte York Goldenblatt on HBO's Sex and the City.

National Geographic Young Explorer, Musician, featured in MacGillivray Freeman Films - Grand Canyon Adventure: Rivers at Risk

Wade Davis has been described as a rare combination of scientist, scholar, poet, and passionate defender of all of life's diversity.

An American film and television actor.

American stand-up comedian, television host and actress

A Puerto Rican actor and film producer.

A microbiologist, ecologist and Professor of Public Health in Environmental Health Sciences at Columbia University

An American singer-songwriter.

American actress and former model

Owner Di Bella Coffee
Australia's fastest growing coffee company.

An American actor and film producer

A Canadian blogger, journalist, and science fiction author who serves as co-editor of the blog Boing Boing.

One of the co-founders of O'Reilly Media.

An American actor and producer

A prominent South Australian patron, wife of deceased MP and high commissioner Sir Alexander Downer and mother of former Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer

The second wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, and is the current holder of the titles Princess of Wales, Duchess of Cornwall, Duchess of Rothesay and Countess of Chester

American geneticist and CEO of Seeding Labs, an organization providing up-and-coming researchers with lab equipment and other resources

The elder son of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Diana, Princess of Wales, and third eldest grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

American actress, model, and singer

An American actor and director.

John Eales AM is an Australian former rugby union player and the most successful captain in the history of Australian rugby.

Oceanographer, Author and National Geographic Explorer in Residence

An American film actor, director, producer, and composer

Writing is only his day job: Dave Eggers moonlights as a publisher, philanthropist and advocate for students and teachers.

An American actor, film director, and writer.

Australian company director and arts patron, was born in Sydney, eldest son of Sir Warwick Oswald Fairfax

An English-born Australian pop singer

Swiss professional tennis player

An American actress, comedian, writer and producer.

A Canadian–American actor, author, comedian, producer, activist and voice-over artist

Margot Franssen is one of the most innovative and passionate communicators in Canada. She has effectively brought issues to the forefront of the public consciousness and has inspired countless groups and organizations from coast-to-coast with her powerful and unique style. Margot encourages everyone in Canada to speak out and take action for positive change, and is a leading voice on the issues of social justice and women’s rights.

A creator of the HPV vaccine against cervical cancer

An Australian engineer, company director, entrepreneur and philanthropist

An American pop singer-songwriter

Australian model and actress

an English musician, broadcaster and media personality.

American business magnate, philanthropist, author and chairman of Microsoft

An Irish singer, songwriter, author, occasional actor and political activist

American entrepreneur, author, public speaker and founder of Squidoo.com Godin popularized the topic of permission marketing.

An American television producer, a talent agent, and poker player, based in Malibu, California.

British primatologist, ethologist, anthropologist, and UN Messenger of Peace

Former politician, Gore is currently an author, businessperson, and environmental activist

findsolve founder & solution activist

An American actress, stand-up comedian, television personality, New York Times best-selling author and an LGBT rights advocate.

An Australian philanthropist, businessman, cattle breeder, and public citizen

An English actor, who rose to prominence playing Ron Weasley, one of the three main characters in the Harry Potter film series.

English adventurer, writer and television presenter

Clive Hamilton is an Australian author and public intellectual.

Palestinian-American poet, author and political activist

An American actor, producer, writer, and director

An Australian musician, singer-songwriter, composer, painter and television personality

A freestyle motocross motorcycle racer and off-road racer

Co-founder & Executive Vice President of Rightstrade, Executive Vice President of FilmOn.com and co-founder of Matilda Media Group LLC

An American actress.

A Sri Lankan human rights activist and founder of Groundviews, a citizen-journalism initiative

An English theoretical physicist and cosmologist, whose scientific books and public appearances have made him an academic celebrity

Australian beauty queen, model and television presenter best known as Miss Universe 2004 and the face of Australian department store Myer

An Australian-based food stylist, author and magazine editor

An American actress and producer

An American actor and comedian known for his work as a correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, as Andy Bernard on the US version of the sitcom/mockumentary The Office and for his role as Dr. Stu Price in The Hangover films.

Business mentor, business coach and CEO coach

Co-director of Finance for the Future, an entity set up to encourage investments in local authority bonds to reduce fossil fuel use

An Australian businessman, philanthropist and political patron, based in the United Kingdom.

President and CEO of Stonyfield Farm, an organic yogurt producer.

An American recording artist, actress and spokesperson.

English model and actress.

A former actor and now a theatre producer who The Stage has called "the most powerful man in UK theatre".

A mountaineer, researcher, winemaker and motivational speaker

The daughter of The Crocodile Hunter star Steve Irwin.

Australian actor and producer involved in film, musical theatre and television

An Australian author, critic, broadcaster, poet and memoirist

An American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Jeff Jarvis, author of What Would Google Do?, blogs about media and news at Buzzmachine.com.

An American musician and pianist, singer-songwriter, and classical composer

American actress and singer

English singer-songwriter, composer and pianist

Australian vocalist, composer, guitarist, and pianist, best known as frontman of the rock band Silverchair.

An American folk rock singer-songwriter, surfer and musician known for his work in the soft rock and acoustic genres

The 24th and current President of Liberia

American actress and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador

An American actress

A British entrepreneur and businessman with interests in mobile telecommunications, television, media, leisure, and property

American environmental advocate, civil rights activist, and attorney

A former American professional basketball player, active businessman, and majority owner of the Charlotte Bobcats

A Ukrainian supermodel, actress, musician, and fashion designer

An American socialite, television personality, model, and actress.

A Silicon Valley venture capitalist, author and Apple Fellow

Exploration, Conservation, Activism and Photography

British barrister, broadcaster, and Labour member of the House of Lords

Australian model best known as one of the Victoria's Secret Angels

Charity fundraiser and contributing writer for British newspapers and magazines

A Grammy Award–winning Beninoise singer-songwriter and activist, noted for her diverse musical influences and creative music videos.

An American-born Australian actress, singer, film producer, spokesmodel and humanitarian.

American vocalist/lyricist and occasional actor best known as the lead vocalist of the Grammy-winning American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers

American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actress, and poet

An English actress and model

American recording artist, actress and fashion designer

A Russian-American professional tennis player.

An American actress

A German fashion designer, artist and photographer based in Paris, France

An award-winning Canadian writer, social activist and feminist who wrote a column for the Toronto Star newspaper

Co-founded lastminute.com, Europe’s largest travel and leisure website. Co-founded Lucky Voice & Antigone.
British government’s Champion for Digital Inclusion

An American singer, songwriter and actress

An English actor, voice artist, comedian, writer, musician, recording artist, and director.

An American actor, voice actor, model, and martial artist.

A French businesswoman and CEO of Areva 2001 - 2011

An English actor, film producer and director

A Scottish recording artist

An American actress

An American actress and model who stars as Serena van der Woodsen in the television teen drama series Gossip Girl.

An American actress, pop singer and model

Australian actress and environmental activist

An Indian-American web and technology writer.

President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, and was the first South African president to be elected in a fully representative democratic election

American comedian, actor and writer who gained recognition as part of the comedy act Cheech & Chong during the 1970s and early 1980s, and as Don Johnson's partner, Insp. Joe Dominguez on Nash Bridges.

A Jamaican musician and leader of the band Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers.

An English singer-songwriter, who is the lead vocalist, pianist and rhythm guitarist of the band Coldplay

An American musician, singer-songwriter, recording artist, and music producer

An English musician, singer-songwriter and composer

An English fashion designer

Venture capitalist and founding partner at 500 Startups.

A former World No. 1 professional tennis player from the United States.

An Australian businessman, philanthropist and sportsman. On 25 January 2011 he was named Australian of the Year for 2011 by Prime Minister Julia Gillard.

A Scottish television and film actor and director.

A former US Congresswoman and a member of the Green Party since 2007

An American actress and singer.

An American singer, actress, and comedian, also known by her informal stage name, The Divine Miss M. She has starred in highly acclaimed films, such as The Rose, Ruthless People, Beaches, and For The Boys.

Australian pop singer, songwriter, and actress

An American actress and a children's book author.

A Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, record producer, and actress.

An English model

A former American professional basketball player, who played most of his 15-year NBA career for the Miami Heat.

An American singer-songwriter.

A British-born Australian architect and winner of the 2002 Pritzker Prize and 2009 AIA Gold Medal

An Australian philanthropist

An Australian model and actress

An American inspirational speaker who is best known as having been homeless in her youth, and as having overcome her hardship to achieve success.

A South African-Canadian engineer, entrepreneur and philanthropist best known for co-founding PayPal, SpaceX and Tesla Motors

An Irish actor who has been nominated for an Oscar, a BAFTA and three Golden Globe Awards.

An American singer-songwriter

An American actress, known for her portrayal of Miranda Hobbes in the HBO series Sex and the City

The Indian-born American Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo.

The 44th and current President of the United States

The wife of the 44th and incumbent President of the United States, Barack Obama, and the first African-American First Lady of the United States.

Popularly known as "Kate", Catherine is the wife of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge.

Charles Philip Arthur George is the eldest child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Since 1952, he has been heir apparent to the thrones of the Commonwealth realms

The younger son of Charles, Prince of Wales and the late Diana, Princess of Wales, and grandson of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

Sometimes known as The Naked Chef, Jamie Oliver is a British chef, restaurateur and media personality.

An American actress, fashion designer, producer, and author.

An American actress known for her performance as Amanda Carrington on the 1980s American prime time soap opera Dynasty.

American actress, Grammy-nominated singer and activist

Child Health & Wellbeing Activists

American film, television, and theater actress and producer best known for her leading role as Carrie Bradshaw on the television series Sex and the City

American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress and philanthropist, best-known for her work in country music

An Australian businessman and one of Queensland's biggest property developers, having built 1500 homes and many other projects

Founder & Executive Director of thegreenpages.com.au, Katie has been involved in environmental advocacy and policy development through her position on the board of Good Environmental Choice Australia.

An English actor, model, musician, and producer.

An English-born Australian actor and musician

An Aboriginal Australian lawyer, academic, land rights activist and founder of the Cape York Institute for Policy and Leadership

An American actor, screenwriter and film director, also known for his political and social activism

A fellow of the New Economics Foundation, London, and author of books on government debt and international finance, Ann Pettifor is best known for her leadership of a worldwide campaign to cancel approximately $100 billion of debts owed by 42 of the poorest countries – Jubilee 2000.

An American film actor

American actor and film producer

An American author, journalist, activist, and professor of journalism at the University of California, Berkeley

An Australian cricketer, a former captain of the Australian cricket team between 2004 and 2011 in Test cricket and 2002 and 2011 in One Day International cricket.

An Israeli and American actress

CEO of geo-gaming technology platform SCVNGR.

An English actor who rose to prominence playing the titular character in the Harry Potter film series.

An Indian film actress.

British chef, television personality and restaurateur.

An Israeli model and occasional actress

Wendy Richard, MBE (born 20 July 1943 – 26 February 2009) was an English actress best known for playing Miss Brahms in Are You Being Served? and Pauline Fowler in EastEnders.

An English screenwriter and film maker

Sir Ken Robinson, PhD is an internationally recognized leader in the development of creativity, innovation and human resources.

A British businesswoman, human rights activist and environmental campaigner, best known as the founder of The Body Shop. (23 October 1942 – 10 September 2007)

Co-Founder of The Body Shop and The Big Issue
Activist, Philanthropist

Founder of Coco de Mer

American actress best known for playing tough-girl roles and starring in Hollywood blockbusters

An American Internet entrepreneur who co-founded Revision3, Digg, Pownce, and Milk

The Chairman and CEO of Kraft Foods.

American recording artist, actress, dancer and model who rose to fame as one of the founding members of the American girl group Destiny's Child

British author best known as the creator of the Harry Potter fantasy series

An American actor, comedian, singer, screenwriter, musician, and film producer

An American actress

An Australian philanthropist and entrepreneur

Spokesperson for the social business and investment sector; writer & lecturer in social finance, SRI, and the Social Economy. CEO of ClearlySo and founding Partner of Catalyst Fund Management.

An Israeli born American film and television actor and stuntman, and former professional wrestler.

Robert Scoble is an American blogger, technical evangelist, and author. Scoble is best known for his blog, Scobleizer, which came to prominence during his tenure as a technical evangelist at Microsoft.

An American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and television and film producer

The wife of comedian Jerry Seinfeld, author of two cookbooks about preparing food for children and the whole family, and founder of Baby Buggy, a New York City Charitable organization that provides essential gear, clothing and products for families in need throughout the five boroughs of New York City.

CEO and majority owner of Semco SA, a Brazilian company best known for its radical form of industrial democracy and corporate re-engineering.

An American film actress, fashion designer and former model.

National director of GetUp!

An American television host, best known as the longtime co-host of It's Showtime at the Apollo.

An Australian philosopher who is the Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University and Laureate Professor at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics at the University of Melbourne

Best known for being the founder and former president of CD Baby, an online CD store for independent musicians

Chairman of Byron Bay Cookie Company and all-around coffee and cookie connoisseur.

American professional surfer known for his competitive prowess and style

An Australian entrepreneur, businessman and aviator

American actor, film producer and pop rapper

An Australian businessman, entrepreneur, and self-proclaimed philanthropist based in Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory.

Joel Solomon is President and CEO of Renewal, and Chairman for Renewal2 Investment Fund

American film director, screenwriter, film producer, video game designer and studio executive

An American singer-songwriter and fashion designer

American feminist, journalist, and social and political activist

An American actress.

An American comedian, actor, writer, film director, and producer.

A brother-sister duo from Newport on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, Australia

An English actress and producer.

Founder of Reach Foundation, AFL Brownlow Medalist and President of the Melbourne Football Club

The editor-in-chief of Search Engine Land, a blog that covers news and information about search engines, and search marketing.

An Australian conservationist, environmental commentator, documentary film maker, public figure, and occasional actress.

A Burmese opposition politician and a former General Secretary of the National League for Democracy

Co-Founder of the David Suzuki Foundation and award-winning scientist, environmentalist and broadcaster.

Severn Cullis-Suzuki is an environmental activist, speaker, television host and author

Cancer survivor, mountaineer and recipient of the Don't Ever Give Up Award

American country pop singer-songwriter, musician and actress

An American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer and occasional actor.

American astronomer and the current director of the Center for SETI Research

A South African actress, film producer and former fashion model.

An American pop musician and actor

An American actress, comedian, writer and producer

American business magnate, socialite, author and television personality

An Australian horn player

A South African activist and retired Anglican bishop who rose to worldwide fame during the 1980s as an opponent of apartheid.

A video blogger, co-owner and director of operations of a wine retail store, and an author and public speaker on the subjects of social media, brand building and e-commerce.

American Internet entrepreneur and a co-founder and promoter of Wikipedia.

Shane Warne is a former Australian international cricketer and renowned professional poker player. He is also a cricket commentator and founder of The Shane Warne Foundation (TSWF), a charity which aims to help enrich the lives of seriously ill and underprivileged children and teenagers in Australia.

An American singer, actress and TV show host.

An English actress and model.

Possibility journalist, filmmaker, and media strategist.

A singer/songwriter in the folk-pop genre from Spokane, Washington.

An American rapper, singer, and record producer

An English actor and musician, best known for his role as Chuck Bass in the main cast on the American television series Gossip Girl.

An American actress, comedienne, singer, author and former game show personality.

A children's group formed in Sydney, Australia in 1991.

An American rapper, singer, record producer, and fashion designer

American actor and comedian

Managing director of starbucks UK & Ireland

An American television host, actress, producer, and philanthropist, best known for her self-titled, multi-award winning talk show

The British-born editor-in-chief of American Vogue

An American actress and film producer

An Australian philanthropist and winner of the 2007 Australian of the Year award

Founder & Executive Director Wotif.com

Bangladeshi banker, economist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient

A Welsh actress

A retired French footballer.

Mark Zuckerberg is an American entrepreneur who co-founded the social networking site Facebook.