Celebs Put Their Money Where Their Mouths Are- McCain or Obama?
The business and Hollywood elite crowd has never been one to keep their opinions quiet - and the tumultuous 2008 race for the White House is no exception. Below, you'll find a list of the big names in film, television, sports, and business who reached into their pockets - some deeper than others - for one candidate or the other.
Barack Obama Backers
J. J. Abrams - filmmaker, TV producer
Ben Affleck - actor
Chris Albrecht - HBO Chairman and chief executive 2002-07
Herbert Allison - TIAA-CREF Chairman, CEO
Big Kenny - Alphin recording artist
Marc Andreessen - Internet pioneer
Jennifer Aniston - actress
Patricia Arquette - actress
Rosanna Arquette- actress
Clarence Avant - record producer
Kevin Bacon - actor
Tyra Banks - model, talk show host
Ellen Barkin - actress
Angela Bassett - actress
Shane Battier - pro basketball player
Maria Bello - actress
Lawrence Bender - producer; political activist
Tom Bergeron - game show host
Halle Berry - actress
Valerie Bertinelli - actress
Jerome Bettis - pro football player 1993-2006; sportscaster
Arthur Blank - Atlanta Falcons owner; Home Depot co-founder
Judy Blume - author
Steven Bochco - producer, writer
Andy Borowitz - satirist, writer
Zach Braff - actor
Steve Brill - writer, publisher; Court TV founder
Christie Brinkley - model, spokeswoman
James L Brooks - producer, director
Blair Brown - actress
Jackson Browne - musician
Warren Buffett - Berkshire-Hathaway CEO, billionaire
Mark Burnett - game show producer (Survivor)
Ken Burns - filmmaker
LeVar Burton - actor, director
Kate Capshaw - actress
Michael Chabon - author
Jay Chandrasekhar - director, actor, writer
Peter Chernin - News Corporation president and COO
Richard A Clarke - former national security expert
John Cleese - actor, author
George Clooney - actor
Chuck Close - artist
Glenn Close - actress
Harry Connick, Jr. - recording artist, actor
Cindy Crawford - model
Alan Cumming - actor
Jamie Lee Curtis - actress
Matt Damon - actor
Larry David - comedian, writer
Laurie David - writer, environmental activist
Geena Davis - actress
Danny Devito - actor
Taye Diggs - actor
Barry Diller - media mogul
Michael Douglas - actor, director
Karen Duffy - model, actress
Joe Dumars - Hall of Fame basketball player
Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds - recording artist, producer
Tracey Edmonds - entertainment executive
Anthony Edwards - actor
Michael Eisner - Disney CEO 1984-2005
Jane Fonda - actress
Tom Ford - fashion designer
Jodie Foster - actress
Michael J Fox - actor, activist
Jamie Foxx - actor, comedian, musician
Jonathan Franzen - author
Morgan Freeman - actor
Jeff Garlin - actor, comedian
Jennifer Garner - actress
David Geffen - Dreamworks co-founder, record producer
Richard Gere - actor
Jami Gertz - actress
Charles Gifford - Bank of America Chairman
Cuba Gooding, Jr. - actor
Berry Gordy - record producer, entrepreneur
Lou Gossett, Jr. - actor
Topher Grace - actor
Brian Grazer - producer
Andrew Greeley - author, Catholic priest
John Grisham - author
Herbie Hancock - musician
Tom Hanks - actor
Ted Harbert - TV entertainment executive
Emmylou Harris - singer/songwriter
Teri Hatcher - actress
Tom Hayden - activist, author
Dennis Haysbert - actor
Christie Hefner - Playboy Enterprises Chairman, CEO
Hugh Hefner - Playboy founder
Marg Helgenberger - actress
Grant Hill - pro basketball player
Cheryl Hines - actress
Dustin Hoffman - actor
Alan Horn - movie executive
Ron Howard - director, producer, actor
Phil Jackson - NBA coach, player
Randy Jackson - musician, record producer, entertainer (American Idol)
Samuel Jackson - actor
Joan Jett - rock star
Kevin Johnson - NBA star 1987-2000; philanthropist
Magic Johnson - pro basketball great 1979-2002; entrepreneur
Spike Jonze - director, actor
Michael Jordan - basketball star
Vernon Jordan - Washington power broker
Casey Kasem - radio host
Jeffrey Katzenberg - Dreamworks co-founder, producer
Garrison Keillor - author, performer
David E. Kelley - television producer, screenwriter
Caroline Kennedy - author, attorney
Margot Kidder - actress
Don King - fight promotor
Gayle King - editor, media personality
Calvin Klein - fashion designer
David Koepp - screenwriter
Cedric 'the Entertainer' - actor, comedian
Sherry Lansing - Paramount Studios Chairman, CEO (1992-2004)
John Larroquette - actor
Sharon Lawrence - actress
Norman Lear - television producer
Spike Lee - filmmaker
John Legend - recording artist
John Lithgow - actor
Nia Long - actress
Chuck Lorre - TV producer, writer, director
Julia Louis-Dreyfus - actress
Sidney Lumet - director
Seth MacFarlane - animator (Family Guy)
Tobey Maguire - actor
Natalie Maines - recording artist (Dixie Chicks)
Barry Manilow - singer/songwriter
Stephon Marbury - pro basketball player
Branford Marsalis - musician s
Judge Greg Mathis - TV judge; Michigan superior court judge
David McCullough - author, historian
Terry McMillan - author
Seth Meyers - comedian (SNL)
Bette Midler - singer, actress
John Morgridge - Cisco Chairman
Errol Morris - filmmaker
Alonzo Mourning - NBA star
Eddie Murphy - actor, comedian
Paul Newman - actor, philanthropist
Craig Newmark - craigslist.org founder
Mike Nichols - filmmaker
Leonard Nimoy - actor
Edward Norton - actor
Rosie O'Donnell - actress, comedian
Stan O'Neal - Merrill Lynch Chairman, CEO 2003-07
Frank Oz - director, writer, actor
Adrian Pasdar - actor
Joe Paterno - Penn State football coach
Jane Pauley - journalist; talk show host
Holly Robinson Peete - actress
Kal Penn - actor
Robin Wright Penn - actress
Rhea Perlman - actress
Tyler Perry - playwright, actor, director
Michael Pfleger - Catholic priest; social activist
Oliver Platt - actor
Sidney Poitier - actor
Ellen Pompeo - actress
Maury Povich - talk/game show host
Penny Pritzker - hotel heiress, executive
Bonnie Raitt - recording artist
Harold Ramis - director, writer, actor
Phylicia Rashad - actress
Brett Ratner - director
Lynn Redgrave - actress
Carl Reiner - actor, comedy writer, producer
Jerry Reinsdorf - Chicago White Sox and Chicago Bulls owner
Paul Reiser - comedian, actor
Ryan Reynolds - actor
Patricia Richardson - actress
Lionel Richie - recording artist
Jay Roach - director
Chris Rock - comedian, actor
Linda Ronstadt - singer
Hilary Rosen - RIAA CEO 1998-2003
Mark Ruffalo - actor
Edward Rust - State Farm Chairman, CEO
Horatio Sanz - comedian, actor
Susan Sarandon - actress
Thomas Schlamme - producer, director
Howard Schultz - Starbucks Chairman, CEO
Terry Semel - Yahoo! Chairman, CEO 2001-07
Garry Shandling - comedian, actor
Brooke Shields - actress
Maria Shriver - NBC
Andrew Shue - actor; former pro soccer player; activist
Ben Silverman - NBC Universal Chairman
Alicia Silverstone - actress
Russell Simmons - music/media mogul; activist
James Sinegal - Costco CEO
Tom Skerritt - actor
Emmitt Smith - pro football player 1990-2004
Jada Pinkett Smith - actress
Will Smith - actor, recording artist
George Soros - financier
Hal Sparks - actor, comedian
Steven Spielberg - filmmaker
Morgan Spurlock - filmmaker (SuperSize Me)
Leigh Steinberg - sports agent
Daniel Stern - actor
Stuart Sternberg - Tampa Bay Rays owner
Fisher Stevens - actor
Ben Stiller - actor
Oliver Stone - director
Harry Stonecipher - Boeing CEO 2003-05
Meryl Streep - actress
Barbra Streisand - singer, actor, producer
Christine Taylor - actress
Richard Thalheimer - The Sharper Image Chairman, CEO
John Thompson III - basketball coach
Cheryl Tiegs - model
Boyd Tinsley - musician (Dave Matthews Band)
Steve Tisch - NY Giants co-owner; movie producer
Lily Tomlin - actress, comedian
Garry Trudeau - cartoonist
Gabrielle Union - actress
Amber Valletta - model, actress
Paul Volcker - Federal Reserve Chairman 1979-87
Kate Walsh - actress
Cash Warren - producer
Isaiah Washington - actor
Steven Weber - actor
Bob Weir - recording artist; Grateful Dead founding member
John Wells - television producer
Jann Wenner - Rolling Stone
Tom Werner - Boston Red Sox co-owner 2002-present; TV producer
Forest Whitaker - actor, director
Paula White - megachurch preacher, "life coach"
Bradley Whitford - actor
James Whitmore - actor
Olivia Wilde - actress
Gene Wilder - actor
will.i.am - recording artist
Treat Williams - actor
Rita Wilson - actress
Oprah Winfrey - talk show host, actress
Joanne Woodward - actress
Steve Wozniak - personal computing pioneer
Jeffrey Wright - actor
Robert Wright - NBC Universal - Chairman, CEO 1986-2007
Andrew Young - civil rights activist, politician, lobbyist
Edward Zander - Motorola Chairman, CEO
Sam Zell - Tribune Co. Chairman, CEO; real estate magnate
George Zimmer - Men's Wearhouse founder, CEO
John McCain Backers
Duane Acklie - businessman
Sheldon Adelson - casino mogul; billionaire
Troy Aikman - NFL quarterback 1989-2000; sportscaster
George Bodenheimer - ESPN president
David Brandon - Domino's Pizza CEO
Donald Bren - land developer
Jerry Bruckheimer - producer (CSI, Top Gun)
August Busch, III - Anheuser-Busch Chairman
John 'Jeb' Bush - Gov. of Florida 1999-2006
John Chambers - Cisco CEO
Torie Clarke - public relations consultant, pundit
Pete Coors - Coors Brewing Co. Chairman
Richard DeVos - Amway co-founder; Orlando Magic owner
Richard 'Bo' Dietl - Beau Dietl & Assoc. Chairman, CEO; author
Barry Diller - media mogul
Clint Eastwood - actor, director
Dick Ebersol - NBC sports executive
Charles Ergen - Echostar Communications founder, CEO
Miguel Estrada - attorney
John Faraci - International Paper Chairman, CEO
Carly Fiorina - former HP CEO, Chairwoman
Steve Forbes - publisher
Ted Forstmann - financier
Louis Freeh - FBI Director 1993-2001
Roger Goodell - NFL Commissioner 2006-present
William Greehey - Valero Energy Chairman, CEO
Maurice Greenberg - former AIG Chairman, CEO
Brad Grey - Paramount Pictures Chairman, CEO
John C Hagee - megachurch pastor
H Edward Hanway - CIGNA Chairman, CEO
William Harrison JP Morgan Chase Chairman, CEO
Rick Hilton - Hilton Hotels
Allan B Hubbard - E&A Industries president
Jeffrey Immelt - General Electric Chairman and CEO
Ray Irani - Occidental Petroleum, Chairman, CEO
Michael Jordan - EDS Chairman, CEO
Herbert Kelleher - Southwest Airlines Chairman, co-founder
Kirk Kerkorian - casino mogul
Richard Kinder - Kinder Morgan Energy Partners Chairman, CEO
Robert Kraft - New England Patriots owner
Henry Kravis - financier, billionaire
Alan Lacy - Sears Chairman, CEO
Leonard Lauder - Estee Lauder Companies - Chairman
William Lauder - Estee Lauder Companies - CEO
Edward Liddy - Allstate Corp Chairman and CEO
Peter Magowan - San Francisco Giants owner 1993-present
Maureen Mahoney - attorney
Lowry Mays - Clear Channel Entertainment Chairman, founder
Mark Mays - Clear Channel Entertainment CEO
David McCullough - author, historian
Drayton McLane, Jr. - Houston Astros owner
Lorne Michaels - producer
Angelo Mozilo - Countywide Financial co-founder
Robert 'Lute' Olson - basketball coach
Tom Osborne - congressman, college football coach
James Owens - Caterpillar Chairman, CEO
Richard Parsons- Time Warner Chairman
Colin Powell - Secretary of State 2001-05
Steven Reinemund - Pepsico Chairman, CEO
Jerry Reinsdorf - Chicago White Sox and Chicago Bulls owner
Karl Rove - political consultant
Edward Rust - State Farm Chairman, CEO
Susan Saint James - actress
Curt Schilling - pro baseball player
Charles Schwab - Charles Schwab Inc. Chairman, CEO
Stephen Schwarzman - financier, billionaire
Vin Scully - sportscaster
Ivan Seidenberg - Verizon Chairman, CEO
Harry Sloan - MGM Chairman, CEO
Frederick Smith - FedEx Chairman, CEO
Roger Staubach - NFL hall-of-fame quarterback
Ben Stein - writer, actor
Randall Stephenson - AT&T COO
Jack Taylor - Enterprise Rent-A-Car founder
John Thain - Merrill Lynch CEO
G Kennedy Thompson - Wachovia Chairman, CEO
Rip Torn - actor
Dick Van Patten - actor
Edward Whitacre - AT&T Chairman, CEO 2005-07
Paul Wolfowitz - Deputy Secretary of Defense 2001-05; World Bank president 2005-07
James Woolsey - CIA Director 1993-95
Robert Wright - NBC Universal Chairman, CEO 1986-2007
Steve Wynn - Las Vegas casino mogul
Edward Zander - Motorola Chairman, CEO
Sam Zell - Tribune Co. Chairman, CEO;
Robert Zoellick - World Bank president
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