- Tris Speaker
Tristram E. Speaker, nicknamed “Spoke” (a play on his last name) and “Grey Eagle” (for his prematurely graying hair), was an American baseball player known as one of the best offensive and defensive center fielders in history. Speaker was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame during the second year of voting, 1937.
- Raymond Speaker
Raymond Albert "Ray" Speaker, PC, OC, BEd (born December 13 1935) is a farmer and Canadian politician. Speaker was born and raised in Enchant, Alberta where he farms to this day. He also worked as a teacher until 1962.
- Newt Gingrich
Newton Leroy Gingrich (born June 17, 1943), Ph.D., served as the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. In 1995, "Time" magazine selected him as the Man of the Year for his role in leading the Republican Revolution in the House, ending 40 years of Democratic Party majorities in that body. During his tenure as Speaker he represented the public face of the Republican opposition to Bill Clinton.
- Ann Coulter
Recently, Suleman went on "The Today Show" and in an interview with Ann Coulter , a best-selling author and political commentator, Suleman said she loves ...
- Somnath Chatterjee
Somnath Chatterjee (born July 25, 1929 in Tezpur, Assam) is a politician in India. He is currently the Speaker of the 14th Lok Sabha (House of the people).
- Andrew Sullivan
Andrew Michael Sullivan (born August 10,1963) is a libertarian conservative author and political commentator, distinguished by his often personal style of political analysis, and pioneering achievements in the field of blog journalism. Sullivan is known for his unusual personal-political identity (HIV-positive, gay, self-described conservative often at odds with other conservatives, and practising Roman Catholic).
- Joe Lieberman
Joseph Isadore Lieberman (born February 24, 1942) is an American politician from Connecticut. Lieberman was first elected to the United States Senate in 1988, and was elected to his fourth term on November 7, 2006. In the 2000 U.S. presidential election, Lieberman was the Democratic candidate for Vice President, running alongside presidential nominee Al Gore, becoming the first Jewish candidate on a major American political party presidential ticket.
- Seth Godin
Godin graduated from Tufts University in 1982 with a degree in computer science and philosophy, and he earned his MBA in marketing from Stanford Business School. From 1983 to 1986, he worked as a brand manager at Spinnaker Software, where he led the team that developed the first generation of multimedia products, working with such forward-thinking authors as Arthur C. Clarke and Michael Crichton .
- Benazir Bhutto
She was elected co-chairwoman of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) along with her mother, and when free elections were finally held in 1988, she herself became Prime Minister. At 35, she was one of the youngest chief executives in the world, and the first woman to serve as prime minister in an Islamic country.
- Sheldon Silver
Sheldon Silver (born February 13, 1944) is a politician and member of the Democratic Party, currently serving as Speaker of New York State Assembly.
- Nabih Berri
Nabih Berri (born January 28, 1938) is the speaker of the Lebanese Parliament of Lebanon. He heads the mostly Shi'a Amal Party. He was born in Sierra Leone to Lebanese parents. He went to school in Tebnine and Ain Ebel in southern Lebanon and later studied at the Makassed and the Ecole de la Sagesse in Beirut. He obtained a Law degree in 1963 from the Lebanese University, where he had served as the student body president.
- Tom Peters
Thomas J. Peters (born November 7, 1942) is an American writer and expert on business management practices, best-known for co-writing the classic book, "In Search of Excellence", with Robert H. Waterman, Jr.
- Ben Stein
Benjamin Jeremy Stein (born November 25, 1944) is an Emmy Award-winning American lawyer, law professor, actor, comedian, game show host and former White House speechwriter. He is the son of noted economist and writer Herbert Stein. His sister, Rachel, is a writer.
- Michael Martin
Michael John Martin MP (born 3 July 1945) is the current Speaker of the House of Commons in the United Kingdom.
- Chris Anderson
Chris Anderson is editor-in-chief of "Wired Magazine", which has won a National Magazine Award under his tenure. He coined the phrase "The Long Tail" in an acclaimed Wired article, which he expanded upon in the book "The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More" (2006). He currently lives in Berkeley, California with his wife and four young children. Before joining "Wired" in 2001, he worked at "The Economist", …
- David Weinberger
David Weinberger (born 1950 in New York) is a technologist, professional speaker, and commentator, probably best known as co-author of the Cluetrain Manifesto (originally a website, and eventually a book, which has been described as "a primer on Internet marketing"). Weinberger's work focuses on how the Internet is changing human relationships, communication, and society.
- Michael E. Busch
Michael E. Busch (January 4, 1947-) is the current Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates in the United States. Busch has been a member of the House since 1987, and Speaker since January 2003. He represents Anne Arundel, which includes the state capital of Annapolis.
- Jose de Venecia Jr.
Jose de Venecia is an entrepreneur and leader who transformed his vision by creating the first broadband service provider focused solely on Philippine businesses. He is responsible for directing the company's broadband data, internet, and wireless services. In 1995, Mr. De Venecia founded Multimedia Telephony, Inc. (MTI), a telecommunications operator and the operating company of Broadband Philippines.
- Ken Blanchard
Few people have influenced the day-to-day management of people and companies more than Ken Blanchard . A prominent, sought-after author, speaker, and business consultant, Dr. Blanchard is universally characterized by his friends, colleagues, and clients as one of the most insightful, powerful, and compassionate individuals in business today.
- Franklin Pierce
Franklin Pierce (November 23 1804 - October 8 1869) was an American politician and the fourteenth President of the United States, serving from 1853 to 1857. He is to date the only president from New Hampshire and was the first president born in the nineteenth century. Pierce was a Democrat and a "doughface" (a Northerner with Southern sympathies) who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate.
- Fabian Núñez
Fabian Núñez (born December 27, 1966, Logan Heights, San Diego, California, United States) is a Democratic politician and the Speaker of the California State Assembly.
- William Smith
William Smith was a lawyer, historian, speaker, loyalist, and eventually Chief Justice of the Province of New York from 1763 to 1782 and Chief Justice of the Province of Quebec, later Lower Canada, from 1786 until his death. He was the son of Judge William Smith of New York and the brother of Joshua Hett Smith, the supposed “dupe” of Benedict Arnold and Major John André.
- Michael Madigan
Michael J. Madigan (born April 19, 1942) is a politician in the U.S. state of Illinois, serving as a Democratic member of the Illinois General Assembly. He is currently Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives and Chairman of the Democratic Party of Illinois.
- Gloria Steinem
Steinem's lifelong career as a writer and journalist began after college. A co-founder of New York magazine in 1968, Steinem was always active in a wide array of political and social causes. She became a major feminist leader in the late 1960s and in 1971 co-founded MS Magazine, where she serves as contributing editor today.
- David Lloyd
David Lloyd was an American lawyer and politician from colonial Chester, Pennsylvania. He was William Penn's personal lawyer, Attorney General of Pennsylvania and a member of the Popular or Quaker party who served in the Pennsylvania General Assembly, including six terms as its Speaker. He was also Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
- Rob Portman
Robert Jones "Rob" Portman (born December 19, 1955) is an American lawyer and a former Director of the Office of Management and Budget. Prior to his current appointment, Portman was the United States Trade Representative, a post carrying the rank of Ambassador. From 1993 to 2005, he was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio, representing that state's 2nd congressional district (map), …
- John Hughes
John Hughes (born 29 May 1925) was Labour Member of Parliament for Coventry North East in the United Kingdom from 1987 to 1992. He was previously a Coventry City councillor and chair of the Coventry District Labour Party. He was MP for Coventry NE at a time when his Constituency Labour Party was the scene of particularly fraught left-right battles, even by the standards of the Labour Party in the 1980s. In the run-up to the 1987 general election the sitting MP, George Park, …
- Boris Gryzlov
Boris Vyacheslavovich Gryzlov or Boris Grizlov (b. December 15, 1950—), is a Russian politician and a current Speaker of the Russian lower house known as the State Duma as well as a leader of the largest Russian political party United Russia. Boris Gryzlov is a close ally of the Russian president Vladimir Putin. Gryzlov was born in Vladivostok and raised in Vladimir Putin's hometown of Saint Petersburg.
- Mahmoud Al-Mashhadani
Mahmoud Dawud al-Mashhadani is an Iraqi politician and the former Speaker of the Iraqi Council of Representatives. He was elected to the Council of Representatives as part of the Sunni Arab-led Iraqi Accord Front list. He was nominated to the speakership by the IAF after the main coalition in the Council of Representatives, the United Iraqi Alliance, objected to the nomination of Tariq Al-Hashimi. He was nominated as part of a deal on government posts between the IAF, …
- David Ignatius
PostGlobal co-moderator David Ignatius is a Washington Post columnist with a wide-ranging career in journalism, having served at various times as a reporter, foreign correspondent and editor. He has also written widely for magazines and published six novels. Ignatius's twice-weekly column on global politics, economics and international affairs debuted on The Washington Post op-ed page in January 1999, and has been syndicated worldwide by The Washington Post Writers Group.
- Salvatore Dimasi
Salvatore F. DiMasi (born 1945) is a Democratic politician from Massachusetts, who currently serves as Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. He has held the position of Speaker since 2004, and been a member of the House since 1979. He went to college at Boston College and studied law at Suffolk University Law School. DiMasi was born and raised in the North End of Boston, home to Boston's Italian-American community for over 100 years.
- Tim Lahaye
Timothy F. LaHaye (b. 1926) is an American conservative evangelical Christian minister, author, and speaker. He is best-known for the "Left Behind" series of apocalyptic fiction, which he co-wrote with Jerry B. Jenkins. He has written over fifty books, both fiction and non-fiction.
- Pat Murphy
Patrick Joseph "Pat" Murphy is the Iowa State Representative from the 28th District and is presently the Speaker of the Iowa House. He previously served as Minority Leader from 2003-07. Murphy is a Democrat and has served in the Iowa House since winning a special election in 1989. He received his BA from Loras College. Murphy currently serves on several committees in the Iowa House: the Administration and Rules committee and the Labor committee.
- Frank Gehry
Born in 1930, he studied architecture at the University of Southern California and studied City Planning at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard. He developed projects of private and public city planning in America, Japan. In Europe, he has recently been awarded the Pritsker Architecture Prize in 1989 and the Wolf Prize in Art in 1992. His projects have been published all over the world.
- Christine C. Quinn
Christine Quinn was elected as council member for district 3 in 1999. She served as chief of staff to Councilmember Tom Duane for five years. Prior to that, she was the lead organizer for the Housing Justice Campaign, an activist project of the Association for Neighborhood Housing Development. She has a degree in urban studies and education from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut.
- John Baker
Sir John Baker (1488-1558) was an English politician, and served as a Chancellor of the Exchequer, having previously been Speaker of the English House of Commons. He kept a country estate at Sissinghurst Castle, Kent and was the grandfather of Sir Richard Baker, the sixteenth-century historian.
- Charles Kennedy
Charles Peter Kennedy (born 25 November 1959), is a British politician. From 9 August 1999 until 7 January 2006, he was the leader of the Liberal Democrats, the third largest political party in the United Kingdom. Born in Inverness, Scotland, Charles Kennedy studied for a Master of Arts degree in Politics and Philosophy at the University of Glasgow. At university, he became politically active, was elected president of Glasgow University Union, …
- Howie Mandel
Howie Michael Mandel II (born November 29, 1955) is a Canadian comedian and actor, primarily for his roles on sitcoms and television. He is best known as Ed Flanders's young intern, Dr. Wayne Fiscus on "St. Elsewhere", and is currently the host of the US game show "Deal or No Deal", airing on NBC, and the Canadian version, "Deal or No Deal Canada", airing on Global.
- Ze Frank
Ze Frank (born Hosea Jan Frank on March 31, 1972, first name, rhymes with "say") is an online performance artist, composer, humorist and public speaker based in Brooklyn, New York.
- Joyce Meyer
Pauline Joyce Hutchison Meyer, usually known as Joyce Meyer (born on June 4, 1943) is a charismatic Christian author and speaker. Her television and radio programs air in 25 languages in 200 countries. She has written over 70 books on Christianity and theology. Joyce and her husband, Dave, have four grown children, and live in St. Louis, Missouri. Her ministry is headquartered in the St. Louis suburb of Fenton, Missouri.