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Thinkers. Doers. Idea-generators. These are the speakers who have delivered a talk featured on TED.com. Whether the talk was given at an official TED conference, at one of thousands of local, independently organized TEDx events, or on another stage altogether, these are the people who brought it to life.

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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

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