TED Speakers
Thinkers, doers, idea-generators. These are the speakers who have delivered a talk featured on TED.com, whether at an official TED conference, at one of thousands of independently organized TEDx events, or on another stage altogether.
Luvvie Ajayi Jones
Author, speaker, podcast host
Desiree Akhavan
Filmmaker, writer
Javed Akhtar
Poet, lyricist, screenwriter
Shameem Akhtar
Writer, social worker
Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr
Mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone
Mounia Akl
Film director, screenwriter
Mustafa Akyol
Journalist
Rumaitha Al Busaidi
Adventurer, entrepreneur
Sheikha Al Mayassa
Founder, Doha Film Institute
Fahad Al-Attiya
Food security expert
Jim Al-Khalili
Quantum physicist
Zahra Al-Mahdi
Multimedia artist
Naif Al-Mutawa
Creator, The 99
Marwa Al-Sabouni
Architect
Nadia Al-Sakkaf
Journalist
Ella Al-Shamahi
Paleoanthropologist, stand-up comic
Manal al-Sharif
Women’s rights activist
Shahed Alam
Global health activist
Anne Marie Albano
Psychologist
Yvette Alberdingk Thijm
Human rights activist
Ozawa Bineshi Albert
Climate justice organizer
Madeleine Albright
Former US Secretary of State
Pete Alcorn
Media exec
Zeresenay Alemseged
Paleoanthropologist
Joey Alexander
Jazz pianist
Kris Alexander
Video game wizard
Paige Alexander
CEO, The Carter Center
Manwar Ali
Peace activist
Mohamed Ali
Human rights advocate
Poet Ali
Catalyst of human connectivity, designer at heart
