- Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Gail Winfrey (born January 29, 1954) is the American multiple-Emmy Award winning host of "The Oprah Winfrey Show", the highest rated talk show in television history. She is also an influential book critic, an Academy Award-nominated actress, and a magazine publisher. She has been ranked the richest African American of the 20th century, the most philanthropic African American of all time, and the world's only black billionaire for three straight years. - Dr. Phil
Phillip Calvin "Phil" McGraw, (born September 1, 1950), best known as Dr. Phil, is a four-time Emmy Award-nominated television personality who is the host of the popular American psychology TV show "Dr. Phil", who gained celebrity status following appearances on "The Oprah Winfrey Show". McGraw is noted for his Texas accent and for his one-finger wave to his wife Robin, in the audiences at the beginning of every show. - Marguerite Annie Johnson
Maya Angelou is hailed as one of the great voices of contemporary literature and as a remarkable Renaissance woman. A poet, educator, historian, best-selling author, actress, playwright, civil-rights activist, producer and director, Dr. Angelou continues to travel the world making appearances, spreading her legendary wisdom. A mesmerizing vision of grace, swaying and stirring when she moves, Dr. Angelou captivates her audiences lyrically with vigor, fire and perception. - Gayle King
Gayle King (born in Chevy Chase, Maryland) is editor-at-large for "O, The Oprah Magazine" and is the best friend of Oprah Winfrey. She has previously worked as a television news anchor and talk show host. King was also instrumental in the planning and creation of the Legends Weekend. - Nate Berkus
Nate Berkus (born September 17 , 1971 ) is an American interior designer and decorator and a survivor of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami . He runs an interior design firm in Chicago , Nate Berkus Associates, and has been a regular guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show , on which he offers design advice to viewers. Berkus was born in sunny Southern California , and grew up mainly in suburban Minneapolis . He graduated from Lake Forest College near Chicago in 1994. - Marianne Williamson
Marianne Williamson (born July 8, 1952) is a spiritual activist, author, lecturer and founder of The Peace Alliance, a grass roots campaign supporting legislation currently before Congress to establish a United States Department of Peace. She is also the founder of Project Angel Food, a meals-on-wheels program that serves homebound people with AIDS in the Los Angeles area. She has published nine books, including four New York Times #1 bestsellers. - Stedman Graham
As the chairman and CEO of S. Graham & Associates, a management and marketing consulting company that specializes in the corporate and educational markets. Author of You Can Make It Happen: A Nine Step Plan for Success , his clients include Hyatt Hotels and GlaxoWellcome. - John Clayton
John Clayton was the first son of Joseph Clayton, who amassed a fortune through the startup of a series of lucrative oil companies throughout Latin America. The family moved back to New Jersey when John was three and remained there until John went to college at Wake Forest University. After graduation, John spent four years in the Peace Corps in North Africa. Upon returning to the United States in 1985, he took control of PetroCorp Industries and took it public in 1997. - Brian Friedman
Brian Alexa Friedman (also known as "B Free") was born May 28th 1977. He is a popular American choreographer. - Gay Hendricks
Gay Hendricks (1945-) is a pioneer in the field of personal growth, relationships, and the mind body connection. In particular, he is known for his work in developing conscious breathing exercises, which increase awareness, energy levels, and relaxation. He was born in 1945 in the United States. As a young child it is said he was able to see the auras of people around him. However, as he grew older, this ability went away. - Kathryn Sansone
Kathryn Demmas Sansone (born 1962) is an American homemaker and personal trainer, best-known for being celebrated by Oprah as an "unforgettable mom", and having a meteoric rise from being a member of Oprah's audience to being a featured guest on Oprah's television show, as well as being interviewed by Oprah for Mother's Day in O, the Oprah Magazine. Sansone also wrote the book, "Woman First, Family Always", which has been a top-1000 seller on amazon.com. - Linda Cobb
Linda Cobb (born ca. 1950) is a Michigan native who has reached fame in the United States as the "Queen of Clean". She began her career as a cleanness counselor as a columnist for a Michigan newspaper, and she once owned a restoration business for homes that had suffered fires in her native state. Cobb, a resident of Phoenix, Arizona, is the great-granddaughter of baseball Hall of Famer Ty Cobb. - Edward Klein
Edward Klein is a bestselling nonfiction author who has written about the Kennedys and Hillary Clinton. Klein is the former foreign editor of "Newsweek" and former editor in chief of "The New York Times Magazine". He frequently contributes to "Vanity Fair" and "Parade"; he has a weekly column in "Parade" called "Personality Parade" under the pseudonym "Walter Scott". Many of his books have been on The New York Times Bestseller list. - Hillary Carlip
Hillary Carlip is an American author, screenwriter, and artist. As an author, her memoir of the Oddballs: And Other True Stories from a Life Unaccording to Plan" (HarperCollins May, 2006), which "Publishers Weekly" called “Fresh and funny…hilarious and heartbreaking,” received good reviews, and is an American Bookseller's Association Book Sense Pick, chosen by independent bookstores throughout the country. - Laura Day
Laura Day is the author of several self-help books. Day now lives in New York City. The book "Practical Intuition", which was featured on Oprah, became a New York Times bestseller. In 2001, "The Circle: How the Power of a Single Wish Can Change Your Life" followed. In 2006, Day came out with "Welcome to Your Crisis: How to Use the Power of Crisis to Create the Life You Want", … - Kathryn Casey
Kathryn Casey is a true crime writer, a novelist and award-winning journalist. Ann Rule has called Kathryn Casey "one of the best in the true crime genre," and Edgar Award Winner Carlton Stowers has said, "Casey is among the elite in true crime writers." She's appeared on Oprah, Montel, CourtTV and A&E. Specializing in books set in her home state of Texas, … - Jack Levin
Jack Levin, Ph.D. is the Irving and Betty Brudnick Professor of Sociology and Criminology at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts where he teaches courses in prejudice and violence. He specializes in Criminology, Prejudice, Social Psychology, and Aging/Social Gerontology and is widely regarded as one of the foremost authorities on serial killers, mass murderers, and hate crimes. - Jane Nelsen
Dr. Jane Nelsen is a licensed marriage, family and child counselor in South Jordan, UT and San Clemente, CA. She is the author or coauthor of many books on child discipline, and has also developed training workshops to complement her ideas. Jane holds a doctorate degree in Educational Psychology from the University of San Francisco in 1979, … - Bob West
Bob West (born 1956) is an American television actor best known as the voice of Barney in the hit children's show "Barney & Friends". He has also appeared in several Barney-related shows such as concert tours. As Barney, West's voice was used on the television series, in a 70 market radio show, on Multi-Platinum and Multi-Gold albums, for a feature film, for CBS and NBC primetime specials, for touring performances, as a Daytime Emmy presenter, for toys, … - Jennifer Byrne
Jennifer Byrne is an Australian print, radio and television journalist. Byrne was educated at St Margaret's School, Melbourne as a boarding student, and began her career in journalism at age 16 as a cadet at Melbourne's "The Age" newspaper. At 23 she became the paper's San Francisco correspondent, and later a feature writer. Byrne's television career began as a reporter on "Nationwide". - Akbar S. Ahmed
Akbar S. Ahmed is an anthropologist scholar on contemporary Islam from Pakistan. He holds the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies and is a Professor of International Relations at the American University in Washington, D.C., United States. According to the BBC, Ahmed is "probably the world’s best-known scholar on contemporary Islam.". He has advised Prince Charles and met with United States President George W. Bush on Islam. - Jake Goldenflame
Jake Goldenflame (born 1937) is a convicted sex offender and author of "Overcoming Sexual Terrorism". He was charged with molesting his daughter, and also admitted to having sex with teenage boys. He was sent to prison in 1986, and served five years. After the passage of Megan's Law, Goldenflame began speaking publicly in favor of sex offender registration and notification schemes, … - Patti Rothberg
Patti Rothberg (born May 4, 1972) is a New York-based singer, songwriter, recording artist, multi-instrumentalist and painter/artist. Born in New York City Rothberg grew up in Scarsdale, NY, playing piano from the age of 3 and writing songs by the age of 15, joining a high school Rod Stewart covers band. She later travelled through Europe and America, busking to support herself (an activity which would later inform the lyrics to the Song "Inside" on her debut album). - Naomi Levy
Naomi Levy is an American rabbi, author and speaker. Levy was born and raised in the Boro Park section of Brooklyn, NY. She attended Bialik School and Yeshiva of Flatbush. She attended Cornell University where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude. In 1984, she was in the first class of women to enter The Jewish Theological Seminary's rabbinical school. - Al Caldwell
Al Caldwell is an R&B musician who mainly plays the bass guitar and banjo with the Travelling Hillbilllies. He is also an in-studio engineer and producer. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, he started out as a clarinet player and moved on to the trumpet. He attended Mississippi Valley State on scholarship. He has played for a variety of entertainers like Vanessa Williams, He also works for hire on studio albums as a session musician. - Charles Laquidara
Charles Laquidara (born 1938) is a notable radio disc jockey whose show, "The Big Mattress" was broadcast in the Boston, Massachusetts area for nearly 30 years (1969-1995) on WBCN. He spent a few years doing the "Charles Laquidara Radio Hour" on WZLX. Born in Milford, Massachusetts, Laquidara attended Milford High School, where he was voted "most artistic" in his class. Upon graduation, he attended the Rhode Island School of Design for two years, … - Lene Hall
Lene Hall was born and raised on the island of Barbados. Modeling was always a part of her life having modeled throughout her high school career. - Jon Perlman
Jon A. Perlman is a plastic surgeon specializing in cosmetic and aesthetic surgery since 1980. He was one of the plastic surgeons who performed makeovers on the ABC television show "Extreme Makeover" beginning with the show's first season. He has performed approximately forty surgeries for the television series and appeared live on "The Dr. Phil Show" and taped on Oprah, Larry King and Good Morning America. - Carl Doy
Carl Doy, born May 6 1947 in England, is a pianist, composer and arranger. One of New Zealand's most successful musicians, Carl is probably best known for his multi-platinum selling "Piano By Candlelight" albums. Dame Kiri Te Kanawa sang his arrangement of "E te Tarakihi" from Gisborne in the first live broadcast of the new millennium, to a worldwide television audience of over a hundred million people. - Conn Jackson
Conn Jackson is an award winning host, creator, and Executive Producer of the “Conn Jackson Show’.. A TV show that he created right after 9/11 to recognize people, places and activities making a difference. The show currently airs in Australia, Bermuda, and 60 Markets in the US including Boston, Dallas, and Atlanta. This former Harvard grad, left the Investment Banking world after 9/11 with a clear vision. - Shaima Zubeir
Shaima Zubeir is an Iraqi television presenter. She is currently the host of "Labour and Materials", a popular Iraqi property makeover show. In 2005, she was voted Iraq's favourite television personality and her maternal approach has led to her being dubbed the 'Oprah of Iraq'. Zubeir has gained a large following in Iraq because she believes in providing a social service for the people affected by the war, … - Howard Helmer
Howard Helmer currently holds the Guinness record for the fastest omelette cooker in the world. He gives cooking lessons, and has made appearances on the Food Network and Oprah, and he has taught celebrities in the art of cooking omlettes on the Dinah Shore show. He is also a spokesperson for the American Egg Board. - Oprah Winfrey
My name is Oprah Winfrey. I was born on January 29th 1954 in Kosciusko, Mississippi. I lived with my grandmother on a farm for the first six years of my life. Where I "began her broadcasting career" by learning to read aloud and perform recitations at the age of three. From age six to 13, she lived in Milwaukee with her mother. - Sylvia Ann Hewlett
Sylvia Ann Hewlett, PhD Founder and President Center for Work-Life Policy - Kayla Parker
Kayla Denise Parker-Tolbert was an American R&B singer. As a songwriter, producer and backing singer, she worked with a number of gospel and R&B musicians, including CeCe, BeBe and Vickie Winans, Brandy, Anthony Hamilton, Michelle Williams of Destiny's Child and Mark Kibble of Take 6. Her television appearances included "Oprah", "David Letterman" and "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno", and her songs were performed on "Good Morning America", CNN, … - Rick Kirkham
Rick Kirkham (born around 1959) was a reporter for "Inside Edition" who appeared on a segment called "Inside Adventure". From the age of 14, he filmed more than 3,000 hours of a video diary; this included footage during his tenure on "Inside Edition" in which he was addicted to crack cocaine. He appeared on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" in 2007 to talk about his addiction, and clips of his video diary were shown. On "Oprah", Kirkham said he was a functional addict, … - Brian Scudamore
Brian Scudamore (born March 16,1970) is the Founder and CEO of 1-800-GOT-JUNK?. In 1989 Scudamore started a single truck junk hauling business named The Rubbish Boys Disposal Services as a way to pay for university tuition. After several years of hauling junk and attending The University of British Columbia he dropped out of school to focus full time on the junk removal business. After exploring numerous ways to grow the business, … - Fernando Bengoechea
Fernando Bengoechea was a New York City-based Argentine photographer who specialized in interiors. He was born in August 1965 in Buenos Aires and grew up mostly in Brazil. Fluent in five languages, he arrived in New York to study cinematography and photography. He was swept into the sea by the deadly 2004 Asian tsunami and is presumed dead. He had been vacationing in Sri Lanka with his partner, interior designer Nate Berkus, a frequent guest on the Oprah Winfrey show. - Phil McCrea
Phil McCrea is a past president of the National Association of Biology Teachers. He is a biology instructor who has also published scholarly works, has won the Illinois Outstanding Biology Teacher Award, and has appeared on "Oprah" as an expert on household sanitation. - Beverly Engel
Beverly Engel is an MFCT and psychotherapist and the author of eighteen self-help books. She is an expert in the fields of sexual abuse, women's issues, relationships, and sexuality. She has appeared on: CNN, Oprah!, Sally Jesse Raphael, Ricki Lake, and Leeza, and is a frequent keynote speaker at conferences throughout the United States and Canada.
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