Obama endorsements

on Friday, Oct. 31, 2008. Photo: Shing Kai Chan/Iowa State Daily

Shing Kai Chan

on Friday, Oct. 31, 2008. Photo: Shing Kai Chan/Iowa State Daily

Daily Staff

BUSINESS EXECUTIVES:

Warren Buffett, investor and richest man in the world

David Geffen, media executive, producer and philanthropist

Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, co-founders of Ben & Jerry’s Homemade, Inc.

Chris Hughes, co-founder of Facebook

Jeffrey Katzenberg, film producer and CEO of DreamWorks L.L.C.

Hugh McColl, former CEO, Bank of America Corporation

Craig Newmark, founder of craigslist, inc.

Indra Nooyi, CEO of PepsiCo, Inc.

ENTERTAINERS:

Ben Affleck, “Good Will Hunting” and “Daredevil” actor

George Clooney, “Michael Clayton” and “ER” actor

Stephen Colbert, comedian

Daniel Craig, “Casino Royale” and “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider”

Matt Damon, “Good Will Hunting” and “Bourne” series actor

Robert De Niro, “Goodfellas” and “Meet the Parents” actor

Will Ferrell, “Old School” and “Saturday Night Live” actor

Tina Fey, “30 Rock” and “Mean Girls” writer and actress

Harrison Ford, “Star Wars” and “Indiana Jones” series actor

Tom Hanks, “Forrest Gump” and “Saving Private Ryan”

Samuel L. Jackson, “Snakes on a Plane” and “Pulp Fiction”

Scarlett Johansson, “Lost in Translation” and “The Other Boleyn Girl” actress

Angelina Jolie, “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” and “Girl, Interrupted” actress

Stephen King, “The Shining” and “Pet Sematary” author

Brad Pitt, “Fight Club” and “Se7en” actor

Natalie Portman, “V for Vendetta” and “Garden State” actress

Martin Scorsese, “Goodfellas” and “Gangs of New York” director

Steven Spielberg, “Schindler’s List” and “E.T.” director

Charlize Theron, “The Italian Job” and “Monster” actress

Denzel Washington, “Training Day” and “Remember the Titans” actor

Oprah Winfrey, television personality

MUSICIANS:

Bob Dylan, folk

Billy Joel, pop

Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes, alternative

Jill Scott, R & B

Bruce Springsteen, rock

kanYe West, rapper

Stevie Wonder, R & B

POLITICAL FIGURES:

Gordon Brown, prime minister of the United Kingdom

Former President Jimmy Carter

Former President Bill Clinton

Scott McClellan, former White House Press Secretary under George W. Bush

Colin Powell, former Secretary of State under George W. Bush

SPORTS FIGURES:

LeBron James, basketball player

Shawn Johnson, gymnast

Michael Jordan, former basketball player

Lovie Smith, NFL coach

Phil Jackson, NBA coacn

Hulk Hogan, professional wrestler

Magic Johnson, former basketball player

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, former basket ball player

NEWSPAPERS:

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Des Moines Register

The Boston Globe

The Washington Post

The San Francisco Chronicle

Los Angeles Times

The Chicago Tribune

The Denver Post

Chicago Sun-Times

The Kansas City Star

The New York Times

Star Tribune — Minneapolis

The Daily Bruin, University of California-Los Angeles

The Chronicle, Duke University

The Harvard Crimson, Harvard University

The Daily Illini, University of Illinois-Champaign-Urbana

The Daily Northwestern, Northwestern University

The Daily Texan, University of Texas-Austin

Daily Trojan, University of Southern California

The Stanford Daily, Stanford

The State News, Michigan State University

The University Daily Kansan, University of Kansas

ORGANIZATIONS:

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees

Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund

Human Rights Campaign

MoveOn.Org: Democracy in Action

National Education Association

United Auto Workers