A Curious Mind (26 page)

Robert Graham:
sculptor

Brian Greene:
theoretical physicist, professor at Columbia University, specialist in string theory

Robert Greene:
author and speaker known for books on strategy, power, and seduction

Linda Greenhouse:
journalist, former U.S. Supreme Court reporter for the
New York Times,
winner of the Pulitzer Prize

Lisa Gula:
former scientist, working on missile defense systems at XonTech

Sanjay Gupta:
neurosurgeon, chief medical correspondent for CNN

Ramón A. Gutiérrez:
professor of history at the University of Chicago, specializing in U.S. race and ethnic relations

Joseph T. Hallinan:
journalist, author, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting

Dean Hamer:
geneticist, scientist emeritus at the National Cancer Institute, specializing in how genes affect human behavior

Dian Hanson:
editor of pornographic magazines, editor for Taschen art books

Tom Hargrove:
agricultural scientist who was kidnapped in Colombia by FARC narco-guerrillas, inspired the movie
Proof of Life

Mark Harris:
journalist, former executive editor of
Entertainment Weekly

Sam Harris:
neuroscientist, author of
The End of Faith

Bill Harrison:
vision specialist focusing on sports vision training to maximize eye-mind-body reflexes

Reed Hastings:
cofounder and CEO of Netflix

Laura Hathaway:
national coordinator for American Mensa International, Gifted Children Resource Programs

Zahi Hawass:
archaeologist, Egyptologist, former minister of state for antiquities affairs in Egypt

John Hay:
Freemason

Lutfallah Hay:
former member of parliament in prerevolutionary Iran, Freemason

Susan Headden:
former reporter and editor at
U.S. News & World Report,
winner of the Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting

Jack Healey:
human rights activist, former executive director of Amnesty International USA

Thomas Heaton:
seismologist, professor at California Institute of Technology, contributed to the development of earthquake early warning systems

Peter Herbst:
journalist, former editor of
Premiere
and
New York
magazines

Danette Herman:
talent executive for Academy Awards

Seymour Hersh:
investigative reporter, author, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for uncovering the My Lai massacre and its cover-up during the Vietnam War

Dave Hickey:
art and cultural critic who has written for
Harper's,
Rolling Stone,
and
Vanity Fair

Jim Hightower:
progressive political activist, radio talk-show host

Tommy Hilfiger:
fashion designer, founder of lifestyle brand

Christopher Hitchens:
journalist and author who was a critic of politics and religion

David Hockney:
artist and major contributor to the Pop art movement in the 1960s

Nancy Irwin:
hypnotherapist

Chris Isaak:
musician, actor

Michael Jackson:
singer, songwriter, his 1982 album
Thriller
is the bestselling album of all time

LeBron James:
NBA basketball player

Mort Janklow:
literary agent, founder and chairman of the literary agency Janklow & Nesbit Associates

Jay Z:
musician, music producer, fashion designer, entrepreneur

Wyclef Jean:
musician, actor

James Jebbia:
CEO of the Supreme clothing brand

Harry J. Jerison:
paleoneurologist, professor emeritus at UCLA

Steve Jobs:
cofounder and former CEO of Apple Inc., cofounder and former CEO of Pixar

Betsey Johnson:
fashion designer

Jamie Johnson:
documentary filmmaker who directed
Born Rich,
heir to Johnson & Johnson fortune

Larry C. Johnson:
former analyst for the CIA, security and terrorism consultant

Robert L. Johnson:
businessman, media magnate, cofounder and former chairman of BET

Sheila Johnson:
cofounder of BET, first African American woman to be an owner/partner in three professional sports teams

Steve Johnson:
media theorist, popular science author, cocreated online magazine
FEED

Jackie Joyner-Kersee:
Olympic gold medalist, track star

Paul Kagame:
president of Rwanda

Michiko Kakutani:
book critic for the
New York Times,
winner of the Pulitzer Prize for criticism

Sam Hall Kaplan:
former architecture critic for the
Los Angeles Times

Masoud Karkehabadi:
wunderkind who graduated from college at age thirteen

Patrick Keefe:
author, staff writer for the
New Yorker

Gershon Kekst:
founder of the corporate communications company Kekst and Co.

Jill Kelleher:
professional matchmaker and founder and CEO of Kelleher & Associates

Robin D. G. Kelley:
historian and professor at UCLA, specializing in African American studies

Sheila Kelley:
actress and dancer, founder of S Factor pole dancing workout

Philip Kellman:
cognitive psychologist and professor at UCLA, specializing in perceptual learning and adaptive learning

Joseph Kennedy II:
businessman, Democratic politician, founder of Citizens Energy Corp., son of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy

Gayle King:
editor-at-large for
O, The Oprah Magazine,
coanchor of
CBS This Morning

Alex Kipman:
technical fellow at Microsoft, coinventor of Kinect for Xbox

Robert Kirby:
kinesiologist who studies the science of muscular medicine

Henry Kissinger:
former U.S. secretary of state, diplomat, Nobel Peace Prize laureate

Calvin Klein:
fashion designer

Elsa Klensch:
journalist, fashion critic, former host of CNN's
Style with Elsa Klensch

Phil Knight:
cofounder, chairman, and former CEO of Nike Inc.

Beyoncé Knowles:
musician, actress

Christof Koch:
neuroscientist and professor at California Institute of Technology, specializing in human consciousness

Clea Koff:
forensic anthropologist who worked with United Nations to reveal genocide in Rwanda

Stephen Kolodny:
attorney; practices family law

Rem Koolhaas:
architect, architectural theorist, professor at Harvard Graduate School of Design

Jeff Koons:
artist

Jesse Kornbluth:
journalist, editor of a cultural concierge service

Richard Koshalek:
former director of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

Mark Kostabi:
artist, composer

Anna Kournikova:
former professional tennis player

Lawrence Krauss:
theoretical physicist, cosmologist, professor at Arizona State University

Steve Kroft:
journalist, correspondent for CBS's
60 Minutes

William LaFleur:
author, professor at the University of Pennsylvania, specializing in Japanese culture

Steven Lamy:
professor of international relations at the University of Southern California

Lawrence Lawler:
former special agent in charge of the Los Angeles field office of the FBI

Nigella Lawson:
journalist, author, food writer, TV host

Sugar Ray Leonard:
professional boxer who won world titles in five weight divisions

Maria Lepowsky:
anthropologist, professor at University of Wisconsin–Madison, lived with the indigenous people of a Papua New Guinea island

Lawrence Lessig:
activist for Internet freedom and Net neutrality, professor at Harvard Law School

Cliff Lett:
professional race car driver, designer of radio-controlled cars

Robert A. Levine:
former economist at RAND Corporation

Ariel Levy:
journalist, staff writer at
New York
magazine

Dany Levy:
founder of DailyCandy email newsletter

Roy Lichtenstein:
Pop artist

John Liebeskind:
former professor at UCLA, leading researcher in the study of pain and its relation to health

Alan Lipkin:
former special agent for the criminal investigation division of the IRS

Margaret Livingstone:
neurobiologist specializing in vision, professor at Harvard Medical School

Tone L
o
c:
musician, actor

Elizabeth Loftus:
cognitive psychologist and expert on human memory, professor at the University of California, Irvine

Lisa Love:
West Coast director for
Vogue
and
Teen Vogue

Jim Lovell:
Apollo-era astronaut, commander of the crippled Apollo 13 mission

Thomas Lovejoy:
ecologist, professor at George Mason University, former assistant secretary for environmental and external affairs at the Smithsonian Institution, expert in tropical deforestation

Malcolm Lucas:
chief justice of the California Supreme Court, 1987–1996

Oliver Luckett:
founder and CEO of social media content company the Audience

Frank Luntz:
political consultant and pollster

Peter Maass:
author and journalist who covers international affairs, war, and conflict

Norman Mailer:
author, playwright, filmmaker, journalist, cofounder of the
Village Voice

Sir John Major:
prime minister of the United Kingdom, 1990–1997

Michael Malin:
astronomer, designer, developer of cameras used to explore Mars

P. J. Mara:
former Irish senator and political adviser to Irish prime minister Charles Haughey

Lou Marinoff:
philosopher who works with decision theory and political philosophy, professor at the City College of New York

Thom Mayne:
architect, cofounder of architecture firm Morphosis

John McCain:
U.S. senator from Arizona, Republican nominee for president in 2008

Terry McAuliffe:
governor of Virginia, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee

Kevin McCabe:
economic theorist, neuroeconomist, professor at George Mason University

Susan McCarthy:
former city manager for Santa Monica

Susan McClary:
musicologist who combines musicology with feminist music criticism, professor at Case Western Reserve University

Terry McDonell:
editor, media executive, former editor in chief of
Esquire

Paul McGuinness:
former manager of the band U2

Robert McKee:
creative writing instructor, former professor at the University of Southern California

Daniel McLean:
classics scholar and lecturer at UCLA

Bruce McNall:
sports executive, former owner of the National Hockey League's Los Angeles Kings

Leonard Mehlmauer:
naturopath, researcher who created the term “eyology”

Sonny Mehta:
chairman and editor in chief of Alfred A. Knopf publishing company

Steven Meisel:
fashion photographer

Susan Meiselas:
documentary photographer

Suzy Menkes:
British journalist, author, former fashion reporter and editor for the
International Herald Tribune