Sign My Name. Since 2001, I've been requesting—in person (at concerts, readings, film festivals, and art openings), through the mail, and through friends and intermediaries—signatures from public figures of all stripes. Hundreds of requests, hundreds of return-to-sender notices, a few annoyed celebrities, some warm notes in reply, and dozens of signatures. Here I'll compile the full list of all those who agreed to participate. Isabel Allende

Novelist (The House of the Spirits, Eva Luna, others)



Laurie Anderson

Artist, musician



Michele Bachmann

Former US representative

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Craig Baldwin

Filmmaker (Sonic Outlaws, Spectres of the Spectrum); founder, Other Cinema

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Matthew Barney

Artist, filmmaker (the Cremaster series)



Alan Berliner

Documentarian (The Sweetest Sound, an exploration of his own name)

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Bonnie Blair

Five-time gold-medal-winning Olympic speedskater

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Peter Bogdanovich

Director (The Last Picture Show, Paper Moon, others)



Julian Bond

Civil rights leader, politician, former head of the NAACP

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Billy Bragg

Musician, activist

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Dave Brubeck

Jazz pianist, composer

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Pat Buchanan

Conservative commentator

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Dan Castellaneta

Comedian, voice actor (Homer Simpson)

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Noam Chomsky

Linguist, activist

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Merce Cunningham

Dancer, choreographer

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Charlie Daniels

Musician, conservative commentator

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Fats Domino

Pianist, singer, songwriter, recording artist

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Tanya Donnelly

Guitarist, singer, songwriter (Throwing Muses, Belly, The Breeders)

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Matthew Fox

Theologian, author (Original Blessing, The Reinvention of Work, others)

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Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Historian, critic, filmmaker, author (The Signifying Monkey)

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Frank Gehry

Architect

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Kim Gordon

Musician (Sonic Youth)

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Spalding Gray

Actor, writer, monologuist

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Doris "Granny D" Haddock

Political activist

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Julia Butterfly Hill

Environmental activist

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Jenny Holzer

Conceptual artist

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Mark Hosler

Musician, sound artist (Negativland)

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Wing Young Huie

Artist

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Daniel Johnston

Singer, songwriter, musician, artist

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Naomi Klein

Author (No Logo, The Shock Doctrine, This Changes Everything, others)

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Winona La Duke

Activist (Honor the Earth, White Earth Land Recovery Project, #NoDAPL)

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Kalle Lasn

Publisher (Adbusters magazine)

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Jonathan Lethem

Author (Amnesia Moon, Fortress of Solitude, Motherless Brooklyn, others)

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John Lewis

US representative, Freedom Rider, SNCC chair (1963–1966)



Maya Lin

Architect, artist (Vietnam Veterans Memorial)

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Ian MacKaye

Musician (Minor Threat, Fugazi), record label co-founder (Dischord)



Julie Mehretu

Artist

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Kweisi Mfume

Former US representative, former president of the NAACP

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Meredith Monk

Composer, performer, vocalist

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Alec Soth

Photographer



Thurston Moore

Musician (Sonic Youth)

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Errol Morris

Filmmaker (Gates of Heaven, The Thin Blue Line, Fog of War, others)

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Gaylord Nelson

Former US senator, founder of Earth Day

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Edward James Olmos

Actor

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Yoko Ono

Conceptual artist

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Wolfgang Puck

Chef, restauranteur



Ed Ruscha

Artist

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Henry Rollins

Writer, comedian, activist, and singer (Black Flag)

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Dan Savage

Sex advice columnist ("Savage Love")

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David Sedaris

Author, humorist

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J.Otto Seibold

Illustrator, children's book creator (Olive the Other Reindeer, Mr. Lunch, others)

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Ben Sidran

Jazz and rock keyboardist

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Cameron Sinclair

Architect, founder of Architecture for Humanity

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Annie Sprinkle

Former porn star, contemporary artist

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Bruce Sterling

Futurist, blogger (Wired), author (Distraction, others)

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Brian Swimme

Evolutionary cosmologist, author (The Universe is a Green Dragon, others)

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Rirkrit Tiravanija

Artist

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Jeff Tweedy

Singer, songwriter (Wilco, Uncle Tupelo, Tweedy), producer

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Studs Terkel

Oral historian, radio broadcaster, author (Working, The Great Divide, Race, others)

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Eric Utne

Founder, Utne Reader magazine



Abigail Van Buren (Pauline Phillips)

Advice columnist ("Dear Abby")

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Jesse Ventura

Former governor, former all-star wrestler

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Paul Wellstone

US senator, author (The Conscience of a Liberal)

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Wim Wenders

Filmmaker (Paris Texas, Wings of Desire, Buena Vista Social Club, others)

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Edward O. Wilson

Biologist, author (Sociobiology: The New Synthesis, The Ants, Consilience, others)

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Robert Wilson

Avant-garde director, playwright (Einstein on the Beach, Lecture on Nothing, others)