| Muhammad
Yunus, Bangladesh | |
| Aitzaz Ahsan, Pakistan - Lawyer
and politician | |
| Kwame Anthony Appiah, Ghana/United States -Philosopher | |
| Anne
Applebaum, United States -Journalist, historian | |
| Jacques Attali,
France-Economist, writer | |
| George Ayittey, Ghana- Economist | |
| Daniel
Barenboim, Israel-Conductor, pianist, peace activist | |
| Anies
Baswedan, Indonesia- University president, political analyst | |
| Pope
Benedict XVI, Germany/Vatican- Religious leader, theologian | |
| Ian
Buruma, Britain/Netherlands-Essayist | |
| Fernando Henrique Cardoso,
Brazil- Politician, author | |
| Noam Chomsky, United States-Linguist,
activist | |
| J.M. Coetzee, South Africa-Novelist | |
| Paul
Collier, Britain-Development and conflict economist | |
| Richard Dawkins,
Britain-Biologist, author | |
| Alex de Waal, Britain- Writer,
Africa activist | |
| Thérèse Delpech, France-Political
scientist | |
| Daniel Dennett, United States-Philosopher | |
| Jared
Diamond, United States-Biologist, historian | |
| Esther Duflo,
France- Development economist | |
| William Easterly, United
States-Economist, aid skeptic | |
| Shirin Ebadi, Iran-Lawyer,
human rights activist | |
| Umberto Eco, Italy-Medievalist, novelist | |
| Fan
Gang, China,Economist | |
| Drew Gilpin Faust, United
States- University president, historian | |
| Niall Ferguson, Britain-Historian | |
| Alain
Finkielkraut, France-Essayist, philosopher | |
| Thomas Friedman,
United States-Journalist, columnist | |
| Francis Fukuyama, United
States-Political scientist | |
| Yegor Gaidar, Russia-Economist,
politician | |
| Howard Gardner, United States-Psychologist, author | |
| Neil
Gershenfeld, United States-Physicist, computer scientist | |
| Malcolm
Gladwell, Canada/United States -Pop sociologist, journalist | |
| Al
Gore, United States -Climate change activist, politician | |
| Ramachandra
Guha, India-Historian | |
| Alma Guillermoprieto, Mexico-Journalist,
author | |
| Fethullah Gülen, Turkey-Religious leader | |
| Jürgen
Habermas, Germany Philosopher | |
| Vaclav Havel, Czech
Republic Statesman, playwright | |
| Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Somalia/Netherlands
Activist, politician | |
| Christopher Hitchens, Britain/United
States Journalist, author | |
| Hu Shuli, China Journalist | |
| Samuel
Huntington, United States Political scientist | |
| Michael Ignatieff,
Canada-Human rights theorist, politician | |
| Tony Judt, Britain
Historian | |
| Robert Kagan, United States Author, political
commentator | |
| Daniel Kahneman, Israel/United States- Psychologist | |
| Garry
Kasparov, Russia- Democracy activist, chess grandmaster | |
| Amr
Khaled, Egypt- Muslim televangelist | |
| Rem Koolhaas,
Netherlands- Architect | |
| Ivan Krastev, Bulgaria-Political
scientist | |
| Enrique Krauze, Mexico- Historian | |
| Paul
Krugman, United States-Economist, columnist | |
| Lee Kuan Yew,
Singapore-Politician, national patriarch | |
Lawrence
Lessig, United States-Legal scholar, activist | |
| Steven Levitt,
United States-Economist, author | |
| Bernard Lewis, Britain/United
States-Historian | |
| Bjørn Lomborg, Denmark- Environmentalist,
statistician | |
| James Lovelock, Britain-Environmental scientist | |
| Mahmood
Mamdani, Uganda-Cultural anthropologist | |
| Minxin Pei,
China-Political scientist | |
| Ashis Nandy, India-Political
psychologist | |
| Sunita Narain, India-Environmentalist | |
| Martha
Nussbaum, United States-Philosopher | |
| Sari Nusseibeh,
Palestine Diplomat, philosopher | |
| Amos Oz, Israel Novelist,
journalist | |
| Orhan Pamuk, Turkey Novelist | |
| David
Petraeus, United States Military strategist | |
| Steven Pinker,
Canada/United States Linguist, psychologist | |
| Richard Posner,
United States Judge, author | |
| Samantha Power, United States
Journalist | |
| Robert Putnam, United States -Political scientist | |
| Yusuf
al-Qaradawi, Egypt/Qatar-Cleric | |
| V.S. Ramachandran,
India Neuroscientist | |
| Tariq Ramadan, Switzerland Philosopher,
scholar of Islam | |
| Gianni Riotta, Italy Journalist, political
commentator | |
| Nouriel Roubini, Italy/United States- Economist | |
| Olivier
Roy, France Political scientist | |
| Salman Rushdie, Britain
Novelist | |
| Jeffrey Sachs, United States Development economist | |
| Fernando
Savater, Spain- Essayist, philosopher | |
| Amartya Sen,
India Development economist | |
| Lilia Shevtsova, Russia Political
scientist | |
| Peter Singer, Australia Philosopher | |
| Lee
Smolin, United States/Canada Physicist | |
| Abdolkarim Soroush,
Iran Religious theorist | |
| Wole Soyinka, Nigeria Playwright,
activist | |
| Michael Spence, United States Economist | |
| Lawrence
Summers, United States Economist | |
| Charles Taylor,
Canada Philosopher | |
| Mario Vargas Llosa, Peru Novelist,
politician | |
| Harold Varmus, United States Medical scientist | |
| J.
Craig Venter, United States Biologist, entrepreneur | |
| Michael
Walzer, United States Political theorist | |
| Wang Hui,
China,Political theorist | |
| E.O. Wilson, United States Biologist | |
| Martin
Wolf, Britain-Journalist, columnist | |
| Yan Xuetong,
China Political scientist | |
| Fareed Zakaria, United States
Journalist, author | |
| Slavoj Zizek, Slovenia,Sociologist,
philosopher | |