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.

Nisha Anand
Activist and CEO
Anima Anandkumar
Professor, AI and science innovator
Anil Ananthaswamy
Science writer

Anas Aremeyaw Anas
Undercover journalist

Ashwini Anburajan
Entrepreneur, writer

Charlie Jane Anders
Author

Lemon Andersen
Poet and actor

Charles Anderson
Marine biologist

Chris Anderson
Drone maker

Chris Anderson
Chairman, TED

David Anderson
Neurobiologist

Greg Anderson
Historian

Kare Anderson
Writer

Kelli Anderson
Artist, designer

Ray Anderson
Sustainable-business pioneer

Jack Andraka
Cancer detector inventor

Sophie Andrews
Author, helpline advocate

José Andrés
Chef, humanitarian
Galina Angarova
Indigenous innovator

Simon Anholt
Policy advisor
Rasmus Ankersen
Football executive and author

Marco Annunziata
Economist

Michael Anti
Blogger

Azure Antoinette
Poet

Paola Antonelli
Curator of architecture and design

Roger Antonsen
Logician, mathematician, computer scientist
Leili Anvar
Writer, translator, performer
Jessica Apotheker
Marketing expert

Kwame Anthony Appiah
Philosopher

Mark Applebaum
Composer