List of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart guests

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This is a list of noteworthy guests that have been on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. As of his appearance on August 15, 2012, Brian Williams has made 15 appearances as an interview guest. Prior to Williams, the most frequently appearing guest on the program was Sen. John McCain with 13 visits. McCain was introduced by Jon Stewart as the "most frequently appearing guest" during McCain's appearance on 16 August 2007. As of 2015, the most frequent guest on the show is Fareed Zakaria, with 19 appearances [1] and Comedian/Actor Denis Leary, with 16 appearances since Jon took over in 1999.


Politicians[]

Heads of state, heads of government, deputy heads of state or their spouses[]

Members of the United States Cabinet[]

Members of the United States Senate[]

  • Evan Bayh, (D) Indiana, former
  • Joe Biden, (D) Delaware, former
  • Barbara Boxer, (D) California
  • Bill Bradley, (D) New Jersey, former
  • Lincoln Chafee, (I) Rhode Island, former
  • Hillary Clinton, (D) New York, former
  • Norm Coleman, (R) Minnesota, former
  • Tom Daschle, (D) South Dakota, former
  • Chris Dodd, (D) Connecticut, former
  • Bob Dole, (R) Kansas, former
  • Dick Durbin, (D), Illinois
  • John Edwards, (D) North Carolina, former
  • Russell Feingold, (D) Wisconsin, former
  • Al Franken, (D) Minnesota
  • Gary Hart, (D) Colorado, former
  • Kay Bailey Hutchison, (R) Texas, former
  • Ted Kennedy, (D) Massachusetts, former
  • Bob Kerrey, (D) Nebraska, former
  • John Kerry, (D) Massachusetts, former
  • Joseph Lieberman, (I) Connecticut, former
  • Trent Lott, (R) Mississippi, former
  • John McCain, (R) Arizona
  • Bob Menendez, (D) New Jersey
  • Zell Miller, (D) Georgia, former
  • Carol Moseley-Braun, (D) Illinois, former
  • Ben Nelson, (D) Nebraska, former
  • Barack Obama, (D) Illinois, former
  • Rand Paul, (R) Kentucky
  • Bernie Sanders, (I) Vermont
  • Rick Santorum, (R) Pennsylvania, former
  • Charles Schumer, (D) New York
  • Arlen Specter, (D), Pennsylvania, former

Members of the United States House of Representatives[]

Other federal officers and advisers[]

Governors[]

Mayors[]

  • Bill de Blasio, Mayor of New York City
  • Michael Bloomberg, former Mayor of New York City
  • Rudy Giuliani, former Mayor of New York City
  • Ed Koch, former Mayor of New York City
  • Boris Johnson, Mayor of London
  • Ray Nagin, former Mayor of New Orleans

Other political guests[]

  • Ali Allawi, former Minister of Defense of Iraq
  • Donna Brazile, former campaign manager for Al Gore
  • Pat Buchanan, political commentator, unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for President, 1992 and 1996; unsuccessful Reform Party nominee for president in 2000
  • Wesley Clark, retired U.S. Army general, unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for President in 2004
  • Elizabeth Edwards, deceased wife of former North Carolina Senator John Edwards
  • Ed Gillespie, former chairman of the Republican National Committee
  • Bill Kristol, political commentator, founder/editor of The Weekly Standard
  • Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund
  • Terry McAuliffe, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee
  • Ken Mehlman, campaign manager for George W. Bush in 2004 and former chairman of the Republican National Committee
  • Ralph Nader, consumer advocate, four-time unsuccessful Green and independent candidate for President
  • Jenny Sanford, ex-wife of former South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford
  • Rev. Al Sharpton, civil rights activist, unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for President in 2004
  • Howard Stern, producer and radio talk show host
  • Archbishop Desmond Tutu, South African anti-apartheid leader, human rights spokesman
  • Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, Washington Post journalists who broke Watergate scandal; authors
  • Howard Zinn, historian, political activists
  • John Zogby, pollster, founder and president/CEO of Zogby International

Journalists[]

Actors and actresses[]

  • Ben Affleck, actor and Academy Award-winning screenwriter
  • Alan Alda
  • Amy Adams
  • Gillian Anderson
  • Julie Andrews
  • Rowan Atkinson
  • Kate Beckinsale
  • Halle Berry, Academy Award-winning actress
  • David Boreanaz
  • Adrien Brody, Academy Award-winning actor
  • Pierce Brosnan
  • Sandra Bullock, Academy Award-winning actress
  • Steve Carell
  • George Clooney, Academy Award-winning actor
  • Sacha Baron Cohen, once as Borat and once out of character
  • Daniel Craig, current James Bond
  • David Cross
  • Russell Crowe, Academy Award-winning actor
  • Matt Damon, Academy Award-winning actor
  • Claire Danes
  • Cameron Diaz
  • David Duchovny
  • Clint Eastwood
  • Carmen Electra
  • Colin Farrell
  • Colin Firth, Academy Award-winning actor
  • Mick Foley, pro wrestler and writer
  • Harrison Ford, Academy Award nominee
  • Jodie Foster, two-time Academy Award-winning actress
  • Jamie Foxx, Academy Award-winning actor
  • Richard Gere
  • Ricky Gervais
  • Adam Goldberg
  • Joseph Gordon-Levitt
  • Topher Grace
  • Seth Green
  • Jake Gyllenhaal, Academy Award nominee
  • Maggie Gyllenhaal, Academy Award nominee
  • Anne Hathaway, Academy Award nominee
  • Dustin Hoffman, two-time Academy Award-winning actor
  • Ron Howard, actor and Academy Award-winning director
  • Samuel L. Jackson, Academy Award nominee
  • Angelina Jolie, Academy Award-winning actress
  • Keira Knightley, Academy Award nominee
  • Denis Leary, comedian
  • Heath Ledger, Academy Award-winning actor
  • Ashton Kutcher
  • John Malkovich, Academy Award nominee
  • Rachel McAdams
  • Ian McKellen, Academy Award nominee
  • Dennis Miller, comedian
  • Clive Owen, Academy Award nominee
  • Ellen Page, Academy Award nominee
  • Robert Patrick
  • Dev Patel
  • Matthew Perry
  • Natalie Portman, Academy Award-winning actress
  • Dennis Quaid
  • John C. Reilly, Academy Award nominee
  • Christina Ricci
  • Seth Rogen
  • Paul Rudd
  • Adam Sandler
  • Jerry Seinfeld
  • Ben Stiller
  • Meryl Streep, three-time Academy Award-winning actress
  • Christopher Walken, Academy Award-winning actor
  • Bruce Willis
  • Elijah Wood
  • Jim Parsons

Musicians[]

  • Tori Amos
  • Arcade Fire
  • Atoms for Peace, who performed "Default" and "Harrowdown Hill"
  • Justin Bieber, who performed on the show
  • Jon Bon Jovi
  • Bono
  • Coldplay, who performed songs from their 2008 album, Viva La Vida
  • Jakob Dylan
  • The Goo Goo Dolls
  • Dave Grohl
  • Jack's Mannequin, who performed songs from their 2008 album, The Glass Passenger
  • Wynton Marsalis
  • John Mellencamp
  • Willie Nelson
  • Pink, who performed on the show
  • Questlove
  • RZA
  • Richie Sambora
  • Slash
  • Esperanza Spalding, who performed on the show
  • Bruce Springsteen, who performed on the show
  • Ringo Starr, who performed on the show with Ben Harper and Relentless7
  • Tenacious D, who performed on the show
  • They Might Be Giants, who also perform The Daily Show theme song, penned by Bob Mould
  • Pete Townshend
  • Tom Waits, who performed on the show
  • The White Stripes, who performed on the show
  • Neil Young

Athletes and sports figures[]

Businessmen[]

  • Elon Musk, co-founder of Tesla Inc., SpaceX, Solar City, Neuralink, OpenAI, PayPal
  • Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.com
  • Richard Branson, Chairman of Virgin Group
  • Bill Gates, Chairman of Microsoft
  • Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist
  • Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia

Writers[]

  • Ian Bremmer
  • Denis Leary
  • David Sedaris
  • Kurt Vonnegut
  • Michael Wallis
  • Howard Zinn
  • John Green


See also[]


References[]

  1. ^ Toppo, Greg (2007-05-22). "Education put to the humor test". USA Today. Retrieved 2007-05-26.

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