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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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Gillian
Tett

Journalist, author

Pierre
Thiam

Chef

Baratunde
Thurston

Writer, activist, comedian

Skylar
Tibbits

Designer, computer scientist

Trevor
Timm

Writer, activist and legal analyst

Charlie
Todd

Comedian

Neil
Turok

Physicist, education activist

Bianca
Tylek

Criminal justice advocate

Shoshana
Ungerleider

Physician, journalist, host of TED Health

Angelo
Vermeulen

Space researcher, biologist, artist

Xavier
Vilalta

Architect and urbanist

Genevieve
von Petzinger

Paleoanthropologist and rock art researcher

Priya
Vulchi

Social entrepreneur, student activist

Jay
Walker

Entrepreneur

Matt
Walker

Sleep scientist, professor, author

Helen
Walters

Head of Media and Curation at TED

Elizabeth
Wayne

Biomedical engineer

Nikki
Webber Allen

Multimedia producer

Richard
Wilkinson

Social epidemiologist

Bob
Wiltfong

Actor, comedian

Gil
Winch

Psychologist, organizational consultant

Guy
Winch

Psychologist, author

Paul Root
Wolpe

Ethicist

Wendy
Woods

Social impact strategist

Britt
Wray

Science storyteller, author, broadcaster

Molly
Wright

Student

Brittany
Young

Socioeconomic engineer

Olga
Yurkova

Journalist, editor

Susan
Zimmerman

Community director

Manoush
Zomorodi

Journalist, host of NPR's "TED Radio Hour"

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