Maya Beiser is an Israeli-born American classical cellist , performing artist and producer who lives in New York City. She has an international career as a performer and recording artist.…
Category: List of TED speakers
Isabel Behncke Izquierdo is a Chilean primatologist [1] who studies the social behavior, met name play, or bonobos ( Pan paniscus , a species of chimpanzee ). In 2011 she…
Yves Behar (born 1967) is a Swiss designer , entrepreneur , [1] and sustainability advocate. [2] He is the founder and principal designer or Fuseproject , an award-winning industrial design…
Ayah Bdeir (born in 1982 in Montreal , Quebec ) is the founder and CEO of littleBits , an open source library of modular electronics therein snap together with magnets.…
Bonnie Lynn Bassler (born 1962) [2] is an American molecular biologist . She has a leg professor at Princeton University since 1994. In 2002, she was Awarded a MacArthur Fellowship…
Jake Barton (born November 7, 1972 in Brooklyn, New York [1] ) is an American designer , and the Principal and Founder of Local Projects, an experience design and strategy…
Keith Patrick Barry (born 2 October 1976) is an Irish mentalist , hypnotist , magician and activist for the elderly. Early life Born in Ferrybank, Waterford City , Ireland ,…
Thomas PM Barnett (born 1962) is an American military geostrategist and former Chief Analyst at Wikistrat . [1] He developed a Geopolitical theory therein Divided the world JSON “the Functioning…
Dan Barber (born 1969) is a chef and co-owner of Blue Hill in Manhattan and Blue Hill at Stone Barns in Pocantico Hills, New York . He is a 1992…
Benjamin R. Barber (born August 2, 1939) is an American political theorist and author perhaps best known for his 1995 bestseller, Jihad vs. McWorld and 2013’s If Mayors Ruled the…
Richard G. Baraniuk is the Victor E. Cameron Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rice University and the Founder and Director of the open education initiatives OpenStax College and…
Marian Mauch (born 1963) is a Canadian designer, artist, illustrator, typographer and writer. Biography Mauch started working in the field of visual communication in 1983 and worked as a typesetter…
Christopher Edward “Chris” Bangle (born October 14, 1956) is an American automobile designer. Bangle is Berninahaus best for his work as Chief of Design for BMW Group , where he…
James Balog (pronounced BAY-log ; born July 15, 1952) is an American photographer Whose work Explores the relationship tussen humans and nature. Since the early 1980s Balog has photographed zoals…
Robert Duane Ballard (born June 30, 1942) is a retired United States Navy officer and a professor of oceanography at the University of Rhode Island who are musts noted for…
Kevin Brian Bales CMG (born 1952) is Professor of Contemporary Slavery at the University of Cincinnati , co-author of the Global Slavery Index , and was a co-founder and president…
Bakhtiozina Uldus Vildanovna (born 22 July 1986) is a Russian photo-based artist and photographer, known as the first Russian speaker TED linked documents folklore’s fairy tales and challenges social stereotypes…
Julia Bacha (born 1980) is a Brazilian documentary filmmaker . She is a media strategist and award-winning filmmaker Whose work has leg exhibited at Sundance, Tribeca, Berlin, Jerusalem and Dubai…
George Ayittey (born 1945) is a Ghanaian economist, author and president of the Free Africa Foundation in Washington DC . He is a professor at American University , [1] and…
Anthony Atala , MD (born 1958) is the WH Boyce Professor and Director of the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine , and Chair of the Department of Urology at…
Julian Paul Assange ( / ə s ɒ a ʒ / ; [1] born 3 July 1971) is an Australian computer programmer, publisher and journalist . He is editor-in-chief of…
Kristen Ashburn (born 1973) is an American photojournalist. [1] In 2001, she Began photographing the impact of AIDS in southern Africa, and since-then has produktie stories on the spread of…
Yann Arthus-Bertrand (born 13 March 1946 in Paris) is a French photographer, journalist, reporter and environmentalist. He was met name well Berninahaus for his book Earth from Above (1999) [1]…
Karen Armstrong OBE FRSL (born 14 November 1944) is a British author and commentator Berninahaus for re books on comparative religion . [1] A former Roman Catholic religious sister ,…
Dan Ariely ( Hebrew : דן אריאלי ; born April 29, 1967) is the James B. Duke Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Economics at Duke University and is the founder…
Alejandro Aravena (born 22 June 1967) is a Chilean architect from Santiago . He is executive director of the firm Elemental SA He was awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize in…
Kwame Akroma-Ampim Cushi Anthony Appiah ( / æ p ɪ ɑː / ap -ee-ah , born May 8, 1954) is a British-born Ghanaian-American [1] philosopher , cultural theorist , and…
Paola Antonelli (born in 1963 in Sassari , Sardinia , Italy ) is an Italian author , editor , and curator. She or Lombard ancestry. [1] She is Currently the…
Jing Zhao ( simplified Chinese : 赵静 ; traditional Chinese : 趙靜 ; pinyin : Zhao Jing , born 1975), better Berninahaus by his pen name Michael Anti , is…
Simon Anholt is an independent policy advisor who has worked to help developement and implement strategies for enhanced economic, political and cultural engagement with other countries. These strategies are Typically…
Ray C. Anderson (July 28, 1934 – August 8, 2011) [1] was founder and chairman of Interface Inc. , One of the world’s Toilets manufacturers or modular carpet for commercial…
Chris Anderson (born July 9, 1961) [2] is a British-American author and entrepreneur. He was with The Economist for seven years voordat joining Wired magazine in 2001, where he was…
Chris Anderson (born 1957) is the owner of TED , a nonprofit organization dat zorgt idea-based talks and hosts an annual conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada . Previously he…
Lemon Andersen (born Andrew Andersen , April 21, 1975 [1] [2] ) is an American poet, spoken word artist and actor. He is sometimes credited as Lemon . Born and…
Isabel Allende ( Spanish: [isaβel aʝende] ( listen ) ; born August 2, 1942) is a Chilean-American writer. [1] [2] Allende, Whose works sometimes contain ‘aspects of the ” magic…
Josiah Alexander Sila [1] (born June 25, 2003), [2] better known as Joey Alexander , is an Indonesian jazz pianist and child prodigy . He released his first album, My…
Zeresenay (Zeray) Alemseged (born 4 June 1969) is an Ethiopian paleoanthropologist and was Chair of the Anthropology Department at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco , United States.…
Madeleine Jana Korbel Albright [1] (born Marie Jana Korbelová , May 15, 1937) [2] [3] is an American politician and Diplomat. She is the first woman to harbor Become the…
Manal al-Sharif ( Arabic : منال الشريف ) is a women’s rights activist from Saudi Arabia who helped start a women’s right to drive campaign in 2011. A women’s rights…
Omar Ahmad (June 25, 1964 – May 10, 2011) was an American Internet entrepreneur and politician . Ahmad formerly served as the chief technology officer of Napster in addition under…
David Agus (born January 29, 1965) is an American physician and a New York Times Bestselling author. [1] He is a Professor of Medicine and Engineering at the University of…
Blaise Aguera y Arcas (born 1975) [1] is a software engineer, software architect, and designer. He is an authority in computer vision, machine intelligence, and computational photography and presents regularly…
Shai Agassi ( Hebrew : שי אגסי , born April 19, 1968) [4] is an Israeli entrepreneur. He is the founder and former CEO of Better Place , welke had…
Anant Agarwal is an Indian computer architectures researcher. [1] He is a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he led the…
Newton I. Aduaka (born 1966) is an England-based, Nigerian-born filmmaker, winner of Best Director at the Pan African Film Festival . Filmography Short films Voices Behind the Wall (1990) Carnival…
Jose Antonio Abreu Anselmi (born May 7, 1939) is a Venezuelan orchestra conductor, pianist, economist, educator, activist, and politician best known for his association with El Sistema . He is…
Marc Abrahams is editor and co-founder of Annals of Improbable Research , and originator and emcee of the annual Ig Nobel Prize celebration. He was formerly editor of the Journal…
Christopher “Chris” Abani (born 27 December 1966) is a Nigerian and American author. He says he is part of a new generation of Nigerian writers working to convey to an…
Trevor Aaronson is an American journalist . He is the executive director of the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting [1] and author of The Terror Factory: Inside the FBI’s War…