This is a list of noteworthy guests on The Daily Show. According to the list of frequent guests on the show's website, the most frequently appearing guest on the program (as of 2008-02-19) is Sen. John McCain with 13 visits as of late May 2008. McCain was introduced by Jon Stewart as the "most frequently appearing guest" during McCain's appearance on 16 August 2007. [edit] List by year The following lists contain a list of guests for that particular year as well as the project (book, album, film, etc.) they came to promote. [edit] Politicians [edit] Heads of state, heads of government, deputy heads of state or their spouses - Joe Biden, current Vice President of the United States
- Tony Blair, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- Jimmy Carter, former President of the United States
- Bill Clinton, former President of the United States
- Hillary Rodham Clinton, wife of former U.S. President Bill Clinton and current United States Secretary of State
- Lynne Cheney, wife of former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney
- Vicente Fox, former President of Mexico
- Al Gore, former Vice President of the United States
- Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, President of Liberia
- Evo Morales, President of Bolivia
- Pervez Musharraf, former President of Pakistan
- Barack Obama, current President of the United States (interviews during 2008 election campaigning)
- Michelle Obama, wife of President of the United States Barack Obama
[edit] United States Cabinet Secretaries - Madeleine Albright, former United States Secretary of State
- John Ashcroft, former United States Attorney General
- James Baker, former United States Secretary of State
- Zbigniew Brzezinski, former United States National Security Advisor
- Steven Chu, United States Secretary of Energy
- Henry Kissinger, former United States Secretary of State
- Ray LaHood, United States Secretary of Transportation
- Ray Mabus, United States Secretary of the Navy
- Janet Napolitano, United States Secretary of Homeland Security
- Paul O'Neill, former United States Secretary of the Treasury
- Colin Powell, former United States Secretary of State
- Robert Reich, former United States Secretary of Labor
- Tom Ridge, former United States Secretary of Homeland Security
- Ken Salazar, United States Secretary of the Interior -- First Obama cabinet member to be guest during time in office.
- Kathleen Sebelius, United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
- Margaret Spellings, United States Secretary of Education -- The only Bush cabinet level guest to appear while holding office. [1]
- Christine Todd Whitman, former Governor of New Jersey and Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
- Lisa P. Jackson, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
- Evan Bayh, (D) Indiana
- Joe Biden, (D) Delaware, former
- Barbara Boxer, (D) California
- Bill Bradley, (D) New Jersey, former
- Lincoln Chafee, (R) Rhode Island, former
- Hillary Rodham Clinton, (D) New York, former
- Norm Coleman, (R) Minnesota, former
- Tom Daschle, (D) South Dakota, former
- Chris Dodd, (D) Connecticut
- Bob Dole, (R) Kansas, former
- John Edwards, (D) North Carolina, former
- Russell Feingold, (D) Wisconsin
- Al Franken, (D) Minnesota
- Gary Hart, (D) Colorado, former
- Kay Bailey Hutchison, (R) Texas
- Ted Kennedy, (D) Massachusetts, former
- Bob Kerrey, (D) Nebraska (former)
- John Kerry, (D) Massachusetts
- Joseph Lieberman, (D) Connecticut
- 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
- Barack Obama, (D) Illinois, former
- Rick Santorum, (R) Pennsylvania, former
- Charles Schumer, (D) New York
- Arlen Specter, (D), Pennsylvania
[edit] Other Federal Officers and Advisers - John R. Bolton, former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N.
- Michael D. Brown, former head of FEMA
- Ambassador Joseph Wilson
- Andrew Card, former White House Chief of Staff
- Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the Federal Reserve
- Karen Hughes, former executive adviser to President George H. W. Bush
- Ari Fleischer, former White House Press Secretary
- Scott McClellan, former White House Press Secretary
- Dana Perino, former White House Press Secretary
- Richard Perle, former Assistant United States Secretary of Defense
- Tony Snow, former White House Press Secretary
- George Tenet, former Director of Central Intelligence for the United States Central Intelligence Agency
[edit] Governors [edit] Mayors [edit] Other political guests - Ali Allawi, former Minister of Defense of Iraq
- Donna Brazile, former campaign manager for Al Gore
- Pat Buchanan, (Reform), 2000 U.S. Presidential candidate
- Gen. Wesley Clark-Ret.
- Bill Kristol
- Ed Gillespie, former chairman of the Republican National Committee
- 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,U.S. Presidential candidate, 2000, 2004, and 2008
- Rev. Al Sharpton (D) U.S. Presidential Candidate, 2004
- Howard Stern, producer and radio talk show host
- Archbishop Desmond Tutu
- Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein
- Howard Zinn
- John Zogby, independent pollster
[edit] Journalists - Christiane Amanpour, CNN Chief International Correspondent
- Reza Aslan, Middle East Analyst for CBS News
- Fred Barnes, Fox News analyst
- Tom Brokaw, former NBC Nightly News anchor
- Rajiv Chandrasekaran, assistant managing editor of The Washington Post, author
- Anderson Cooper, CNN Correspondent and host ofAnderson Cooper 360
- Bob Costas, NBC Sports commentator
- Katie Couric, CBS Evening News anchor
- Thomas Friedman, nationally syndicated columnist
- Christopher Hitchens, columnist and author
- Peter Jennings, late ABC World News Tonight anchor
- Matt Lauer, Co-anchor of NBC's The Today Show
- Lara Logan, CBS News war correspondent.
- Rachel Maddow, host of MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show
- Chris Matthews, host of MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews
- Michael Moore, documentary filmmaker
- Bill Moyers, former host of PBS's Now
- Bill O'Reilly, host of The O'Reilly Factor on Fox News
- Jeremy Paxman, host of the BBC's Newsnight
- Dan Rather, former CBS Evening News anchor
- Al Roker, weatherman of NBC's Today Show
- Helen Thomas, White House Correspondent
- Barbara Walters, conductor of The View.
- Brian Williams, NBC Nightly News anchor
- Fareed Zakaria, editor of Newsweek International.
- David Gregory, NBC
[edit] Actors and actresses - Ben Affleck, actor and Academy Award-winning screenwriter
- Gillian Anderson
- Rowan Atkinson
- Alan Alda, former star of M*A*S*H and The West Wing
- Halle Berry, Academy Award-winning actress
- Adrian Brody, Academy Award-winning actor
- Pierce Brosnan
- David Boreanaz
- Sandra Bullock
- Steve Carell
- Sacha Baron Cohen, once as Borat and once out of character
- George Clooney, Academy Award-winning actor
- Daniel Craig, current James Bond
- David Cross
- Russell Crowe, Academy Award-winning Actor
- Matt Damon, Academy Award-winning actor
- Claire Danes
- Shannen Doherty
- David Duchovny
- Colin Farrell
- Colin Firth
- Harrison Ford
- Jodie Foster, two-time Academy Award-winning actress
- Jamie Foxx, Academy Award-winning actor
- Anne Hathaway, Academy Award nominee
- Dustin Hoffman, two-time Academy Award-winning actor
- Samuel L. Jackson
- Angelina Jolie
- Richard Gere
- Ricky Gervais
- Adam Goldberg
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt
- Topher Grace
- Jake Gyllenhaal
- Maggie Gyllenhaal
- Keira Knightley
- Denis Leary, comedian
- Heath Ledger
- Ashton Kutcher
- John Malkovich
- James McAvoy
- Ian McKellen
- Dennis Miller, comedian
- Clive Owen
- Robert Patrick
- Dev Patel
- Natalie Portman
- Dennis Quaid
- John C. Reilly
- Christina Ricci
- Seth Rogen
- Paul Rudd
- Adam Sandler
- Jerry Seinfeld
- Ben Stiller
- Meryl Streep, two-time Academy Award-winning actress
- Christopher Walken, Academy Award-winning actor
- Bruce Willis
- Elijah Wood
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