Obama endorsements
November 3, 2008
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