List of Barack Obama presidential campaign endorsements, 2008

This is a list of notable persons and groups who formally endorsed or voiced support for Senator Barack Obama's presidential campaign during the Democratic Party primaries and the general election.

Campaign endorsements

Fmr. President Jimmy Carter^[1]
Fmr. President Bill Clinton^[2]
Fmr. Vice President Al Gore^[3]^[4]
Fmr. Vice President Walter Mondale^[5]

Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Chairman of the Veterans' Affairs Committee^[6]
Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT), Chairman of the Finance Committee^[7]
Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN)^[8]
Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE), 2008 Democratic Vice Presidential nominee and former 1988 and 2008 presidential candidate^[8]
Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources^[9]
Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairwoman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee^[10]
Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH)^[8]
Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV), President pro tempore of the United States Senate, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations^[11]^[12]
Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA)^[8]
Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD)^[10]
Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE)^[10]
Sen. Bob Casey, Jr. (D-PA)^[13]
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY), former 2008 presidential candidate^[14]
Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND), Chairman of the Budget Committee^[15]
Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT), former 2008 Presidential candidate and Chairman of the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs^[16]
Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Chairman of the Democratic Policy Committee, and the Committee on Indian Affairs^[17]
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), Senate Majority Whip^[18]
Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI)^[19]
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)^[8]
Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee^[10]
Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-HI)^[8]
Sen. Tim Johnson, Chairman of the Ethics Committee (D-SD)^[20]
Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA), Chairman of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions^[21]^[22]
Sen. John Kerry (D-MA), 2004 Democratic Presidential Nominee, Chairman of the Small Business Committee^[23]
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)^[24]
Sen. Herb Kohl (D-WI)^[8]
Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA)^[10]
Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)^[10]
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Chairman of the Judiciary Committee^[25]
Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI)^[8]
Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR)^[8]
Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO)^[26]
Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ)^[27]
Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)^[8]
Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA)^[8]
Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE)^[28]
Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL)^[29]
Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR)^[8]
Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV), Senate Majority Leader
Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI)^[30]
Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), Chairman of the Intelligence Committee^[31]
Sen. Ken Salazar (D-CO)^[10]
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT)^[8]
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY)^[8]
Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)^[8]
Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT)^[7]
Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA)^[32]
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)^[30]
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR)^[10]

Fmr. Sen. David Boren (D-OK)^[33]
Fmr. Sen. Bill Bradley (D-NJ)^[34]
Fmr. Sen. Jean Carnahan (D-MO)^[35]
Fmr. Sen. Lincoln Chafee (I-RI), (R-RI while in office)^[36]^[37]
Fmr. Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD)^[38]
Fmr. Sen. Dennis DeConcini (D-AZ) Phx Bus Journal.
Fmr. Sen. John Edwards (D-NC), former 2008 presidential candidate and 2004 Democratic Vice-Presidential Nominee^[39]
Fmr. Sen. John Glenn (D-OH), former astronaut and 1984 presidential candidate^[40]
Fmr. Sen. Bob Graham (D-FL)^[41]
Fmr. Sen. Gary Hart (D-CO)^[42]
Fmr. Shadow Sen. Jesse Jackson (D-DC)^[43]^[44]
Fmr. Sen. Charles Mathias (R-MD)^[45]
Fmr. Sen. George McGovern (D-SD), 1972 Democratic Presidential Nominee^[46]
Fmr. Sen. John Melcher (D-MT)^[47]
Fmr. Sen. Sam Nunn (D-GA)^[33]
Fmr. Sen. Larry Pressler (R-SD)^[48]
Fmr. Sen. Lowell P. Weicker Jr. (I-CT), (R-CT, while in office)^[49]
Fmr. Sen. Harris Wofford (D-PA)^[50]

Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-HI)^[51]
Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-NY)^[52]
Rep. Tom Allen (D-ME)^[53]
Rep. Jason Altmire (D-PA)^[54]
Rep. Robert E. Andrews (D-NJ)^[55]
Rep. Michael Arcuri (D-NY)^[52]
Rep. Brian Baird (D-WA)^[56]
Rep. John Barrow (D-GA)^[57]
Rep. Joe Baca (D-CA)^[58]
Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)^[59]
Rep. Melissa Bean (D-IL)^[60]
Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA)^[61]
Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-NV)^[62]
Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA)^[63]
Rep. Marion Berry (D-AR)^[64]
Rep. Sanford Bishop (D-GA)^[65]
Rep. Timothy Bishop (D-NY)^[52]
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)^[66]
Rep. Rick Boucher (D-VA)^[67]
Rep. Bob Brady (D-PA)^[68]
Rep. Bruce Braley (D-IA)^[69]
Rep. Corrine Brown (D-FL)^[70]
Rep. G. K. Butterfield (D-NC)^[71]
Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA)^[72]^[73]
Rep. Mike Capuano (D-MA)^[74]
Rep. Dennis Cardoza (D-CA)^[75]^{[broken footnote]}
Rep. Russ Carnahan (D-MO)^[60]
Rep. André Carson (D-IN)^[76]
Rep. Kathy Castor (D-FL)^[77]
Rep. Ben Chandler (D-KY)^[78]
Rep. Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY)^[52]
Rep. William Lacy Clay, Jr. (D-MO)^[79]
Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC), Majority Whip^[80]
Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN)^[81]
Rep. John Conyers (D-MI)^[79]
Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN)^[60]
Rep. Jim Costa (D-CA)^[75]
Rep. Jerry Costello (D-IL)^[60]
Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT)^[82]
Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-NY)^[52]
Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX)^[83]
Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD)^[79]^[84]
Rep. Artur Davis (D-AL)^[79]
Rep. Danny K. Davis (D-IL)^[79]^[85]
Rep. Susan Davis (D-CA)^[86]
Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR)^[87]
Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO)^[88]
Rep. Bill Delahunt (D-MA)^[89]
Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)^[90]
Rep. Norm Dicks (D-WA)^[91]
Rep. John Dingell (D-MI)^[92]
Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX)^[93]
Rep. Joe Donnelly (D-IN)^[94]
Rep. Mike Doyle (D-PA)^[95]
Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX)^[96]
Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD)^[97]
Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN)^[79]^[84]^[98]
Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL)^[99]
Rep. Brad Ellsworth (D-IN)^[100]
Rep. Eliot L. Engel (D-NY)^[52]
Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA)^[101]
Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-NC)^[102]
Rep. Sam Farr (D-CA)^[103]
Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-PA)^[79]^[104]
Rep. Bob Filner (D-CA)^[103]
Rep. Bill Foster (D-IL)^[105]
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ)^[103]
Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)^[52]
Rep. Charlie Gonzalez (D-TX)^[106]
Rep. Al Green (D-TX)^[79]
Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ)^[107]
Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL)^[60]
Rep. John Hall (D-NY)^[52]
Rep. Phil Hare (D-IL)^[60]
Rep. Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL)^[70]
Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-SD)^[108]
Rep. Brian Higgins (D-NY)^[52]
Rep. Baron Hill (D-IN)^[109]
Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY)^[52]
Rep. Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX)^[83]
Rep. Mazie Hirono (D-HI)^[110]^[111]
Rep. Paul Hodes (D-NH)^[112]
Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ)^[103]
Rep. Darlene Hooley (D-OR)^[113]
Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD), House Majority Leader^[114]
Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA)^[91]
Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY)^[52]
Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-IL)^[115]
Rep. William Jefferson (D-LA)^[116]
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)^[117]
Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA)^[79]
Rep. Steve Kagen (D-WI)^[118]
Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy (D-RI)^[119]
Rep. Dale Kildee (D-MI)^[92]
Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (D-MI)^[120]
Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI)^[121]
Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH)^[122]
Rep. Ron Klein (D-FL)^[103]
Rep. James Langevin (D-RI)^[123]
Rep. John Larson (D-CT)^[124]
Rep. Rick Larsen (D-WA)^[125]
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA)^[79]
Rep. Sander Levin (D-MI)^[92]
Rep. John Lewis (D-GA)^[126]
Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-IL)^[127]
Rep. David Loebsack (D-IA)^[128]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)^[129]
Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY)^[52]
Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY)^[52]
Rep. Jim Matheson (D-UT)^[130]
Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY)^[52]
Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN)^[131]
Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA)^[132]
Rep. Jerry McNerney (D-CA)^[103]
Rep. Michael McNulty (D-NY)^[52]
Rep. Mike McIntyre (D-NC)^[133]
Rep. Kendrick B. Meek (D-FL)^[70]
Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY)^[52]
Rep. Mike Michaud (D-ME)^[134]
Rep. Brad Miller (D-NC)^[135]
Rep. George Miller (D-CA)^[136]
Rep. Harry Mitchell (D-AZ)^[137]
Rep. Alan Mollohan (D-WV)^[138]
Rep. Dennis Moore (D-KS)^[139]
Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI)^[79]
Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA)^[140]
Rep. Chris Murphy (D-CT)^[124]
Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-PA)^[60]
Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)^[52]
Rep. Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA)^[141]
Rep. Richard E. Neal (D-MA)
Rep. Jim Oberstar (D-MN)^[66]
Rep. David Obey (D-WI)^[142]
Rep. John Olver (D-MA)^[143]
Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-TX)^[83]
Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-NJ)^[144]
Rep. Donald M. Payne (D-NJ)^[87]
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) Speaker of the House
Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-CO)^[145]
Rep. Collin Peterson (D-MN)^[146]
Rep. David Price (D-NC)^[147]
Rep. Earl Pomeroy (D-ND)^[148]
Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV)^[149]
Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY), House Ways and Means Committee chairman^[52]
Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-TX)^[150]
Rep. Mike Ross (D-AR)^[64]
Rep. Steve Rothman (D-NJ)^[60]
Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD)^[151]
Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL)^[79]
Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH)^[152]
Rep. John Salazar (D-CO)^[153]
Rep. Linda Sánchez (D-CA)^[154]
Rep. John Sarbanes (D-MD)^[103]
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL)^[155]
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA)^[156]
Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D-PA)^[157]
Rep. David Scott (D-GA)^[158]
Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA)^[159]
Rep. José Serrano (D-NY)^[52]
Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA)^[160]
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH)^[161]
Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA)^[84]^[162]
Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY)^[52]
Rep. Vic Snyder (D-AR)^[64]
Rep. Zack Space (D-OH)^[163]
Rep. John Spratt (D-SC)^[164]
Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA)^[165]
Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI)^[103]
Rep. Betty Sutton (D-OH)^[166]
Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS)^[167]
Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA)^[168]
Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-NY)^[52]
Rep. Nikki Tsongas (D-MA)^[169]
Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-OH)^[170]
Rep. Mark Udall (D-CO)^[153]
Rep. Tom Udall (D-NM)^[171]
Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)^[172]
Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-NY)^[52]
Rep. Pete Visclosky (D-IN)^[173]
Rep. Tim Walz (D-MN)^[174]
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)^[70]
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA)^[175]
Rep. Mel Watt (D-NC)^[147]
Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA)^[63]
Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY)^[52]
Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT)^[176]
Rep. Robert Wexler (D-FL)^[60]
Rep. Charlie Wilson (D-OH)^[177]
Rep. David Wu (D-OR)^[178]
Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY)^[179]
Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) (non-voting Delegate)^[180]
Rep. Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS) (non-voting Delegate)^[181]
Rep. Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU) (non-voting Delegate)^[182]

Fmr. Rep. John B. Anderson (I-IL), (R-IL while in office)^[183]
Fmr. Rep. Berkley Bedell (D-IA)^[184]
Fmr. Rep. David Bonior (D-MI)^[185]
Fmr. Rep. Brad Carson (D-OK), Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense^[186]
Fmr. Rep. Don Edwards (D-CA)^[187]
Fmr. Rep. Geraldine Ferraro (D-NY), 1984 Democratic Vice Presidential Nominee^[188]
Fmr. Rep. Lee Hamilton (D-IN), Vice Chairman of the 9/11 Commission and the Iraq Study Group^[189]^[190]
Fmr. Rep. Ken Hechler (D-WV), former West Virginia Secretary of State^[191]
Fmr. Rep. Andrew Jacobs (D-IN)^[192]
Fmr. Rep. Jim Leach (R-IA)^[193]
Fmr. Rep. Mel Levine (D-CA)^[156]
Fmr. Rep. Ken Lucas (D-KY)^[194]
Fmr. Rep. Romano L. Mazzoli (D-KY)^[195]
Fmr. Rep. Pete McCloskey (D-CA) (R-CA while in office)^[196]
Fmr. Rep. Abner J. Mikva (D-IL), former White House Counsel under President Clinton; Chief Judge, DC Court of Appeals^[197]
Fmr. Rep. Major Owens (D-NY)^[198]
Fmr. Rep. Tim Roemer (D-IN), Member of the 9/11 Commission^[199]
Fmr. Rep. Mike Ward (D-KY)^[194]
Fmr. Rep. Howard Wolpe (D-MI)^[197]
Fmr. Rep. Albert Wynn (D-MD)^[200]

Fmr. Gov. Cecil Andrus (D-ID)^[229]
Fmr. Gov. David Boren (D-OK)^[33]
Fmr. Gov. Hugh L. Carey (D-NY)^[230]
Fmr. Gov. Arne Carlson (R-MN)^[231]
Fmr. Gov. Richard Codey (D-NJ)^[232]
Fmr. Gov. John J. Gilligan (D-OH)^[233]
Fmr. Gov. Bob Graham (D-FL)^[234]
Fmr. Gov. Walter Joseph Hickel (I-AK)^[235]
Fmr. Gov. Jim Hodges (D-SC)^[236]
Fmr. Gov. Linwood Holton (R-VA)^[237]
Fmr. Gov. Philip H. Hoff (D-VT)^[238]
Fmr. Gov. Angus King (I-ME)
Fmr. Gov. John Kitzhaber (D-OR)^[239]
Fmr. Gov. Tony Knowles (D-AK)^[240]
Fmr. Gov. Ray Mabus (D-MS), former United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia^[241]
Fmr. Gov. John Malcolm Patterson (D-AL)^[242]
Fmr. Gov. Barbara Roberts (D-OR)^[239]
Fmr. Gov. Roy Romer (D-CO)^[243]
Fmr. Gov. Mark Warner (D-VA)^[244]
Fmr. Gov. Lowell P. Weicker Jr. (I-CT)^[49]
Fmr. Gov. William Weld (R-MA)^[245]
Fmr. Gov. Mark White (D-TX)^[246]
Fmr. Gov. Douglas Wilder (D-VA)^[247]

Ken Adelman, current member of the Pentagon's Defense Policy Board; former advisor to President Ronald Reagan; former Director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency; former deputy U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations^[248]
Madeleine Albright, Former Secretary of State^[249]
Zbigniew Brzezinski, former National Security Advisor^[250]
Warren Christopher, former Secretary of State under Bill Clinton^[251]
Greg Craig, former Assistant to the President and Director of Policy Planning, State Department^[197]
William M. Daley, former Secretary of Commerce^[252]
Kenneth Duberstein, former Chief of Staff (1988–1989) of Ronald Reagan^[253]
Charles Fried, former Solicitor General under Ronald Reagan and former McCain Campaign Advisor^[254]
Eric Holder, former Deputy Attorney General^[197]
Douglas Kmiec, legal counsel to Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, and co-chairman of Romney's Committee for the Courts and the Constitution^[255]^[256]^[257]^[258]
Lawrence Korb, former Assistant Secretary of Defense^[197]
Anthony Lake, former National Security Advisor under Bill Clinton^[197]
Scott McClellan, former White House Press Secretary under George W. Bush^[259]
Angela E. Oh, former member, of the "President's Initiative on Race"^[260]
Paul O'Neill, former Secretary of the Treasury under George W. Bush^[261]
Federico Peña, former Secretary of Transportation and Secretary of Energy under Bill Clinton^[262]
Colin Powell, Former Secretary of State under George W. Bush^[263]^[264]
Robert Reich, former Secretary of Labor under Bill Clinton^[265]^[266]
Susan E. Rice, former Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs^[252]
Robert Rubin, former Secretary of the Treasury^[261]
Bill Ruckelshaus, First Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under Richard Nixon^[267]
David Scheffer, former Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues^[197]
Ted Sorensen, President John F. Kennedy's top advisor and speechwriter^[268]
Tara Sonenshine, executive vice president at the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP); former Special Assistant to the President, National Security Council^[197]
Lawrence Summers, former Secretary of the Treasury^[269]
David Wilhelm, President Bill Clinton's 1992 campaign chairman^[270]

Clifford Alexander, Jr., former Secretary of the Army^[197]
Susan Ahn Cuddy, first female gunner officer in the U.S. Navy and daughter of Korean Independence fighter Ahn Chang-ho^[271]
Wesley Clark, four star General (Ret), former Supreme Allied Commander Europe of NATO, 2004 presidential candidate^[64]
Richard Danzig, former Secretary of the Navy^[197]
Scott Gration Major General (USAF-Ret), former Director of Strategy, Policy, and Assessments of the United States European Command in Germany^[272]
Richard D. Hearney, former Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps^[197]
John Hutson, former Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Navy^[273]
Jeh Johnson, former General Counsel of the U.S. Air Force^[197]
Lester Lyles, former Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force^[197]
David McGinnis, Brigadier General (Ret), former Chief of Staff of the National Guard Association of the U.S.^[272]
Merrill A. McPeak, four star General (Ret), former Secretary of the United States Air Force during Operation Desert Storm,^[272]^[274]^[275]
John B. Nathman (Ret), former Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command and Vice Chief of Naval Operations^[197]^[272]
F. Whitten Peters, former Secretary of the Air Force^[197]
Colin Powell, General (Ret), former General in the United States Army, National Security Advisor (1987–1989), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1989–1993) and United States Secretary of State (2001–2005)^[272]

Joe Andrew, former Democratic National Committee Chairman 1999–2001^[276]
Jeffrey Bader, former U.S. Ambassador to Namibia and Fmr. Assistant Office of the United States Trade Representative for Asia^[197]
Esther Brimmer, former member of U.S. Department of State Policy Planning^[197]
Mark Brzezinski, former Director of European Affairs of National Security Council^[197]
James Burns, former Chief Judge of the state Intermediate Court of Appeals^[277]
Joseph Cirincione, Vice President for National Security and International Policy at the Center for American Progress^[197]
Bonnie Cohen, former Under Secretary of State for Management\^[197]
Ivo H. Daalder, former Director, European Affairs, National Security Council^[197]
William H. Donaldson, former Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, appointed by George W. Bush^[278]
Robert S. Gelbard, former Presidential Envoy for the Balkans; Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement; Ambassador to Indonesia; and Ambassador to Bolivia^[197]
Scott Gration, former Director for Strategy, Policy and Planning, U.S. European Command^[197]
Gabriel Guerra-Mondragón, former United States Ambassador to Chile^[279]
Vicki Huddleston, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and Ambassador to Mali and Madagascar, Chief of Mission to Cuba and Ethiopia^[197]
Paul Igasaki, fmr. Vice Chair and Commissioner of the "U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission"^[260]
Paul G. Kirk, former Democratic National Committee Chairman 1985–1988^[280]
Arthur Levitt, former Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, appointed by Bill Clinton^[278]
David Lipton, former Under Secretary of Treasury for International Affairs^[197]
Frank Loy, former Undersecretary of State for Global Affairs^[197]
Terry McAuliffe, former Democratic National Committee Chairman 2001–2005^[281]
Donald McHenry, former United States Ambassador to the United Nations^[197]
Norman Mineta, former U.S. Rep. (D-CA), mayor of San Jose, United States Secretary of Transportation and United States Secretary of Commerce^[187]
Newton N. Minow, former Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission^[282]
Alfred H. Moses, former United States Ambassador to Romania^[197]
David Ruder, former Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, appointed by Ronald Reagan^[278]
Witney Schneidman, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs^[197]
Dan Shapiro, former Director, National Security Council^[197]
Mona Sutphen, former Special Assistant to the National Security Advisor^[197]
Jim Vermillion, former Mission Director, USAID, Nicaragua^[197]
Paul Volcker, former Chairman of the Federal Reserve^[278]^[283]
Patricia Wald, former Chief Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit^[284]

Condé Nast Portfolio^[352]
Esquire^[353]
The New Yorker – New York City, New York^[354]
VIBE^[355]

Jared Bernstein, Economic Policy Institute labor economist^[356]
J. Bradford DeLong, Professor at the University of California, Berkeley; macroeconomist^[357]^[358]
Ray Fair, Professor at Yale School of Management; macroeconomist^[359]
Jason Furman^[360]
Paul Krugman, professor and author, 2008 Nobel laureate
Daniel McFadden, 2000 Nobel laureate^[361]
Laurence H. Meyer, Federal Reserve Governor 1996–2002^[362]
Edmund Phelps, 2006 Nobel laureate^[363]
Amartya Sen, 1998 Nobel laureate^[364]
Robert Solow, 1987 Nobel laureate^[365]
Joseph E. Stiglitz, 2001 Nobel laureate^[363]

Peter Agre, Nobel Prize-winning scientist (Chemistry 2003)^[366]^[366]
Sharon Long, former dean of Stanford University's School of Humanities & Science^[366]
Gilbert Omenn, Professor of internal medicine, human genetics and public health at the University of Michigan^[366]
Peter Norvig (Director of Research, Google)^[367]
Harold Varmus, Nobel Prize-winning scientist (Medicine 1989)^[366]
Alexei Abrikosov (Nobel Laureate Physics 2003)^[366]
Roger Guillemin (Nobel Laureate Medicine 1977)^[366]
John L. Hall (Nobel Laureate Physics 2005)^[366]
Sidney Altman(Nobel Laureate Chemistry 1989)^[366]
Leland H. Hartwell (Nobel Laureate Medicine 2001)^[366]
Philip W. Anderson (Nobel Laureate Physics 1977)^[366]
Dudley Herschbach (Nobel Laureate Chemistry 1986)^[366]
Richard Axel (Nobel Laureate Medicine 2004)^[366]
Roald Hoffmann (Nobel Laureate Chemistry 1981)^[366]
David Baltimore (Nobel Laureate Medicine 1975)^[366]
H. Robert Horvitz (Nobel Laureate Medicine 2002)^[366]
Baruj Benacerraf (Nobel Laureate Medicine 1980)^[366]
Louis Ignarro (Nobel Laureate Medicine 1998)^[366]
Paul Berg (Nobel Laureate Chemistry 1980)^[366]
Eric R. Kandel (Nobel Laureate Medicine 2000)^[366]
J. Michael Bishop (Nobel Laureate Medicine 1989)^[366]
Walter Kohn (Nobel Laureate Chemistry 1998)^[366]
Nicolaas Bloembergen (Nobel Laureate Physics 1981)^[366]
Roger Kornberg (Nobel Laureate Chemistry 2006)^[366]
Michael S. Brown (Nobel Laureate Medicine 1985)^[366]
Leon M. Lederman (Nobel Laureate Physics 1988)^[366]
Linda B. Buck (Nobel Laureate Medicine 2004)^[366]
Craig C. Mello (Nobel Laureate Medicine 2006)^[366]
Mario R. Capecchi (Nobel Laureate Medicine 2007)^[366]
Oliver Smithies (Nobel Laureate Medicine 2007)^[366]
Marshall Nirenberg (Nobel Laureate Medicine 1968)^[368]
Stanley Cohen (Nobel Laureate Medicine 1986)^[366]
Douglas D. Osheroff (Nobel Laureate Physics 1996)^[366]
Leon Cooper (Nobel Laureate Physics 1972)^[366]
Stanley B. Prusiner (Nobel Laureate Medicine 1997)^[366]
James W. Cronin (Nobel Laureate Physics 1980)^[366]
Norman F. Ramsey (Nobel Laureate Physics 1989)^[366]
Robert F. Curl (Nobel Laureate Chemistry 1996)^[366]
Robert Coleman Richardson (Nobel Laureate Physics 1996)^[366]
Johann Deisenhofer (Nobel Laureate Chemistry 1988)^[366]
Burton Richter (Nobel Laureate Physics 1976)^[366]
John B. Fenn (Nobel Laureate Chemistry 2002)^[366]
Sherwood Rowland (Nobel Laureate Chemistry 1995)^[366]
Edmond H. Fischer (Nobel Laureate Medicine 1992)^[366]
Oliver Smithies (Nobel Laureate Medicine 2007)^[366]
Val Fitch (Nobel Laureate Physics 1980)^[366]
Richard Schrock (Nobel Laureate Chemistry 2005)^[366]
Jerome I. Friedman (Nobel Laureate Physics 1990)^[366]
Joseph H. Taylor Jr. (Nobel Laureate Physics 1993)^[366]
Riccardo Giacconi (Nobel Laureate Physics 2002)^[366]
E. Donnall Thomas (Nobel Laureate Medicine 1990)^[366]
Walter Gilbert (Nobel Laureate Chemistry 1980)^[366]
Charles H. Townes (Nobel Laureate Physics 1964)^[366]
Alfred G. Gilman (Nobel Laureate Medicine 1994)^[366]
Daniel C. Tsui (Nobel Laureate Physics 1998)^[366]
Donald A. Glaser (Nobel Laureate Physics 1960)^[366]
Sheldon Glashow (Nobel Laureate Physics 1979)^[366]
James D. Watson(Nobel Laureate Medicine1962)^[366]
Joseph Goldstein(Nobel Laureate Medicine 1985)^[366]
Eric Wieschaus(Nobel Laureate Medicine 1995)^[366]
Paul Greengard(Nobel Laureate Medicine 2000)^[366]
Frank Wilczek(Nobel Laureate Physics 2004)^[366]
David Gross(Nobel Laureate Physics 2004)^[366]
Robert W. Wilson(Nobel Laureate Physics 1978)^[366]
Robert H. Grubbs (Nobel Laureate Chemistry 2005)^[366]
Martin Chalfie (Nobel Laureate Chemistry 2008)^[369]

Sally Ride, physicist, former NASA astronaut, first American woman in space^[370]

Stephen B. Burbank, Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania^[362]
Ellen P. Chapnick, Dean for Social Justice Initiatives at Columbia Law School^[371]
Ronald Dworkin, Professor of Law and Political Philosophy at New York University^[362]
Michael Eric Dyson, Professor at Georgetown University^[372]
John Hope Franklin, Past president of the American Historical Association, Professor Emeritus of History at Duke University, chairman of President Bill Clinton's Initiative on Race in 1999, awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1995.^[373]
Francis Fukuyama, Professor of International Political Economy at Johns Hopkins University^[374]
Alice Kessler-Harris, R. Gordon Hoxie Professor of American History at Columbia University^[371]
William R. Harvey, President, Hampton University^[375]
Scott Kurashige, associate professor of American Culture, History, and Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies at the University of Michigan^[376]
Lawrence Lessig, Professor at Stanford Law School^[377]
Grande Lum, Lecturer on negotiation at University of California, Berkeley Law School^[378]
Manning Marable, Professor of Public Affairs, History and African-American Studies at Columbia University^[379]
Michael McFaul, Professor of Political Science at Stanford University^[197]
Michael Nacht, Dean of Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley^[197]
Martha Nussbaum, Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago^[362]
Michael Oppenheimer, Albert G. Milbank Professor of Geosciences and International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School and Department of Geosciences, Princeton University^[197]
Frances Fox Piven, Professor of political science and sociology at The Graduate Center at the City University of New York^[371]
Samantha Power, Professor at Harvard University and Pulitzer Prize-winner^[197]
Anita Ramasastry, Professor of law at the University of Washington School of Law^[260]
Riordan Roett, Professor of Western Hemisphere Studies and the Latin American Studies Program of Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University^[197]
Barnett Rubin, Director of Studies and Senior Fellow of Center on International Cooperation at the New York University^[197]
Simon Schama, Professor of history and art history at Columbia University^[380]
Laurence Tribe, Professor of constitutional law at Harvard Law School^[381]
Edward Tufte, Professor Emeritus of Statistics at Yale University^[362]
David Victor, Professor at Stanford Law School^[197]
Celeste Wallender, Professor at Georgetown University^[197]
Barbara Weinstein, President of the American Historical Association (2007)^[371]
Joseph B. White, President, University of Illinois^[382]
Cornel West, Professor of Religion at Princeton University^[383]

Marc Andreessen, software engineer, Silicon Valley entrepreneur and co-founder of Netscape^[384]
Michael Arrington, founder and co-editor of blog TechCrunch^[385]
Warren Buffett, investor and richest man in the world^[386]^[387]
Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, co-founders of Ben & Jerry's^[388]^[389]
Mohamed A. El-Erian, CEO and co-CIO of PIMCO^[390]
Ari Emanuel, talent agent^[391]
David Geffen, media executive, producer and philanthropist^[392]
Gary Hirshberg, Chairman, President, and CEO of Stonyfield Farm^[393]^[394]
Chris Hughes, co-founder of Facebook^[395]^[396]
Jessica Jackley Flannery, co-founder of Kiva^[397]
Sheila Johnson, co-founder of Black Entertainment Television^[398]
Jeffrey Katzenberg, film producer and CEO of DreamWorks Animation^[399]
Billy King, former general manager and team president of NBA team Philadelphia 76ers^[400]
Ned Lamont, founder of Lamont Digital Systems and former Senate candidate^[401]
Brink Lindsey, Vice President of Research for the Cato Institute and editor of Cato Unbound^[402]
William Louis-Dreyfus, billionaire New York financier^[279]
Rose McKinney-James, businesswoman and consultant^[403]
Ken Mok, President of 10 × 10 Entertainment^[260]
Elisabeth Murdoch, daughter of Rupert Murdoch and Chairman and CEO of Shine Limited^[404]
Craig Newmark, founder of website Craigslist^[405]
Indra Nooyi, CEO of PepsiCo^[406]
Pierre Omidyar, founder/chairman of the eBay auction site^[407]
Dan Rooney, owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers of the NFL^[408]
Hilary Rosen, on-air political and business analyst^[409]
Eric Schmidt, Google Chairman and CEO^[410]
Alan Solomont, Massachusetts philanthropist and fund-raiser^[411]
George Soros, businessman and philanthropist^[412]
Leigh Steinberg, sports agent^[413]
John W. Thompson, CEO of Symantec^[414]
Billy Vassiliadis, CEO of R&R Partners^[403]^[415]
David Ransdell Voelker, owner and manager of Voelker Investments in New Orleans^[416]

Joan Baez, singer, peace and human rights activist^[468]
Rev. Claude Black, Jr., civil and human rights activist^[469]
Cecil Bothwell, author, independent journalist, and "green builder"^[470]
Eve Ensler
Shepard Fairey, street artist and activist^[471]^[472]
Louis Farrakhan, National Representative for the Nation of Islam^[473]
Jane Fonda, actress and political activist^[474]
Kim Gandy, feminist activist and the President of the National Organization for Women^[475]
Tom Hayden, anti-war activist, former California State Senator^[476]
Jesse Jackson, former Democratic presidential candidate and former shadow Senator from the District of Columbia^[477]
Joseph Lowery, minister and leader in the American civil rights movement^[478]
Kate Michelman, pro-choice activist, former head of NARAL^[479]
John Prendergast, human rights activist and former adviser to the White House and the State Department^[480]
Michael Ratner, human rights lawyer, president of the Center for Constitutional Rights^[481]
Rusty Schweickart, space advocate, co-founder of Association of Space Explorers, and Apollo 9 astronaut^[482]
Eleanor Smeal, feminist activist and the President and founder of the Feminist Majority Foundation^[475]
Eric Stern, gay rights activist.^[392]
Naomi Wolf, co-founder, American Freedom Campaign^[483]
Linus Torvalds, founder of Linux and open-source activist^[484]

Mark Millar, comic book writer, known for his works Wanted and The Ultimates.^[797]
J. K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series^[798]^[799]
Eva Schloss, author and Holocaust survivor, stepsister of Anne Frank^[800]

Jerome Bettis^[814]
Jack Brewer^[815]
Donnie Edwards, linebacker^[804]
Trent Edwards, quarterback^[804]
Craig Robinson, head coach, Obama's brother-in-law^[816]^[817]
Emmitt Smith^[818]
Lovie Smith, NFL coach^[819]
Rod Smith^[820]
Roy Williams,^[808] wide receiver
Pat White,^[821]

Pete Carroll, coach of the USC Trojans football team^[830]
Ben Eager, NHL hockey player^[414]
Junior Johnson, NASCAR Legend^[831]
Shawn Johnson, gymnast and Olympic gold medalist^[832]
Billie Jean King^[833]
Billy Mills, Olympic gold medalist (10,000 meters)^[834]
Diana Taurasi, WNBA basketball player^[414]

Jack Carter, Nevada politician, son of Jimmy Carter^[835]
Kitty Dukakis, wife of 1988 Democratic nominee Michael Dukakis,^[836]
Julie Nixon Eisenhower, daughter of Richard Nixon and wife of grandson of Dwight D. Eisenhower^[837]
Susan Eisenhower, granddaughter of former president Dwight D. Eisenhower^[838]
Caroline Kennedy, daughter of John F. Kennedy^[839]
Ethel Kennedy, widow of Robert F. Kennedy^[840]
Joseph Kennedy III, son of Joseph Patrick Kennedy II and grandson of Robert F. Kennedy^[841]^[842]
Max Kennedy, son of Robert F. Kennedy^[843]^[844]
Rory Kennedy, daughter of Robert F. Kennedy, documentary filmmaker^[845]
Stephanie Miller, host of The Stephanie Miller Show and the daughter of former Republican Vice-Presidential candidate William E. Miller^[846]
Christine Pelosi, a member of DNC (superdelegate) and the daughter of the current Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)^[103]
Dorothy Peterson, wife of Former New Hampshire Governor and Republican Walter Peterson.^[847]
Ron Reagan, son of Ronald Reagan^[848]
Theodore Roosevelt V, great-great-grandson of Theodore Roosevelt^[849]
Maria Shriver, journalist, niece of John F. Kennedy, First Lady of California and wife of Arnold Schwarzenegger^[850]^[851]

Maryline Blackburn, 1984 Miss Alaska pageant winner^[852]
Cliff Bleszinski, video game designer, creator of Gears of War^[853]
Andy Bloch, poker player and former member of the MIT Blackjack Team^[854]^[855]
Doyle Brunson, poker player^[856]
Kirbyjon Caldwell, President George W. Bush's spiritual advisor^[857]
James Carville, Clinton campaign strategist^[362]
Jenny Durkan, chair of John Edwards' 2004 and 2008 presidential campaigns in Washington state^[858]
Roger Ebert, Pulitzer Prize–winning film critic^[859]
Myrlie Evers-Williams, Former chairperson of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, widow of murdered civil rights leader Medgar Evers^[860]
Don King, boxing promoter^[861]
Harry Knowles, founder of Ain't It Cool News^[862]
Tom Lehrer, political satirist^[863]
Ed Turlington, John Edwards' advisor^[864]

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Born (1961-08-04)August 4, 1961

Life and politics	Early life and career Illinois Senate career 2004 Democratic National Convention U.S. Senate career Political positions Administration foreign policy Economic Energy Mass surveillance Social Space Nobel Peace Prize West Wing Week

Presidency	Transition Office of the President-Elect 2009 inauguration 2013 inauguration First 100 days Timeline 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Foreign policy U.S. War in Afghanistan U.S. withdrawal from Iraq Obama Doctrine Health Care reform Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act New START Pardons Presidential trips 2009 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 Judicial appointments Supreme Court controversies Cabinet Impeachment efforts Presidential Library

Books	Dreams from My Father (1995) The Audacity of Hope (2006) Of Thee I Sing (2010)

Speeches	"The Audacity of Hope" (2004) "A More Perfect Union" (2008) "Change Has Come to America" (2008) "A New Birth of Freedom" (2009) Joint session of Congress (2009) "A New Beginning" (2009) Joint session of Congress (health care reform) (2009) State of the Union Address 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Tucson memorial speech (2011) Joint session of Congress (jobs) (2011) "Trayvon could have been me" (2013)

Elections	Illinois State Senate election, 1996, 1998, 2002 Illinois' 1st congressional district election, 2000 United States Senate election, 2004 Democratic presidential primaries, 2008 2012 Obama primary campaign, 2008 Democratic National Convention, 2008 2012 Presidential campaign, 2008 endorsements GOP/conservative support Presidential election, 2008 Presidential campaign, 2012 endorsements Presidential election, 2012 international reactions

Family	Michelle Obama (wife) Ann Dunham (mother) Barack Obama, Sr. (father) Lolo Soetoro (step-father) Maya Soetoro-Ng (half-sister) Stanley Armour Dunham (grandfather) Madelyn Dunham (grandmother) Marian Shields Robinson (mother-in-law) Craig Robinson (brother-in-law) Bo (family dog) Sunny (family dog)

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News and political events	Oprah Winfrey's endorsement Citizenship conspiracy theories litigation legislation Religion conspiracy theories Bill Ayers controversy Jeremiah Wright controversy Republican and conservative support (2008) Assassination threats 2008 Denver 2008 Tennessee First inauguration invitations Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial Citizen's Briefing Book Tea Party protests New Energy for America Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Gates-Crowley Rose Garden meeting Resignation of Shirley Sherrod

Books about	Bibliography Obama: From Promise to Power Barack Obama – Der schwarze Kennedy The Case Against Barack Obama The Obama Nation Culture of Corruption Catastrophe Barack and Michelle The Speech The Obama Story Game Change Game Change 2012

Music	Obama Girl "I Got a Crush... on Obama" "Barack the Magic Negro" will.i.am "Yes We Can" "We Are the Ones" "There's No One as Irish as Barack O'Bama" "Sí Se Puede Cambiar" "My President" "Deadheads for Obama" "Air and Simple Gifts" Change Is Now Hope! – Das Obama Musical "Barack Obama vs Mitt Romney" Barack's Dubs

Film	By the People: The Election of Barack Obama (2009) 2016: Obama's America (2012) The Road We've Traveled (2012)

Other media	On social media Artists for Obama "Hope" poster "Joker" poster Situation Room Obama logo In comics

Miscellaneous	Obama Day (Kenya) Namesakes

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