American free speech activists

president of the United States from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)

Elon Reeve Musk is a businessman and entrepreneur known for his leadership of Tesla, SpaceX, X, and xAI. Musk has been the wealthiest person in the world since 2025; as of April 2026, Forbes estimates his net worth to be US$809 billion.

Avram Noam Chomsky is an American intellectual, philosopher, linguist, political activist, and social critic. Sometimes called "the father of modern linguistics", Chomsky is also a major figure in analytic philosophy and one of the founders of the field of cognitive science. He is a laureate professor of linguistics at the University of Arizona and an institute professor emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Among the most cited living authors, Chomsky has written more than 150 books on topics such as linguistics, war, and politics. In addition to his work in linguistics, since the 1960s, Chomsky has been an influential voice on the American Left as a consistent critic of the foreign policy of the United States, contemporary capitalism, and corporatocracy.

President of the United States from 1825 to 1829

Indian-born British-American novelist (born 1947)

Russian-born American anarchist (1869–1940)

American author and screenwriter (1920–2012)

American playwright and essayist (1915–2005)

American musician (1940–1993)

American poet and writer (1926–1997)

Charles James Kirk was an American right-wing political activist, entrepreneur, and media personality. He co‑founded the conservative student organization Turning Point USA (TPUSA) in 2012 and served as its executive director until his assassination in 2025. A key ally of Donald Trump, he became one of the most prominent voices of the MAGA movement within the Republican Party, publishing several books and hosting The Charlie Kirk Show.

American businessman and magazine publisher (1926–2017)

American feminist writer and activist (1921–2006)

Dutch-American political activist and author

English real estate entrepreneur, philosopher, early Quaker and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania (1644-1718)

American birth control activist and nurse (1879–1966)

American author and activist (1952–2021)

American psychologist (1920–1996)

American politician (1860–1925)

American publisher

American broadcaster, comedian, and actor (born 1967)

American journalist and civil rights activist (1862–1931)

Peter Andreas Thiel is a German and American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and conservative political activist. A co-founder of PayPal (1998), Palantir Technologies (2003), and Founders Fund (2005), he was also the first outside investor in Facebook (2004). According to The New York Times, as of December 2025, Thiel's estimated net worth stood at US$27.5 billion, placing him among the 100 richest individuals in the world.

Jesse Ventura is an American politician, Vietnam veteran, actor, and retired professional wrestler. After achieving fame in the World Wrestling Federation, he served as the 38th governor of Minnesota from 1999 to 2003. He was elected governor with the Reform Party and is the party's only candidate to win a major government office.

American feminist academic and critic (born 1947)

Austrian school economist and libertarian anarcho-capitalist philosopher

American radio and television personality (born 1954)

American Supreme Court Justice (1856-1941)

American comedian and social critic (1925–1966)

American journalist, lawyer and writer (born 1967)

American politician (1890-1964)

American activist (1936–1989)

American computer engineer and founder of the Internet Archive

American atheist activist (1919–1995)

American progressive politician from Wisconsin (1855–1925)

American poet and essayist (1947–2018)

American consumer reporter, investigative journalist, author and libertarian columnist

Joseph Edgar Foreman (born July 28, 1974), known by his stage name Afroman, is an American rapper, singer, and musician. His fourth album, The Good Times (2001), featured the singles "Because I Got High" and "Crazy Rap". "Because I Got High" was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2002 for Best Rap Solo Performance.

American writer and public intellectual (1911–1972)

American comedian, social activist, social critic, writer, and entrepreneur (1932–2017)

American activist (1942–1996)

American activist (1938–1994)

American pornographic film actress; feminist publisher & activist (1940-2014)

American pornographic actress

actress and political activist, Militant Suffragette (1871-1944)

Bari Weiss is an American political commentator who is the editor-in-chief of CBS News. She was an op-ed and book review editor at The Wall Street Journal from 2013 to 2017 and an op-ed staff editor and writer on culture and politics at The New York Times from 2017 to 2020. Weiss founded the media company The Free Press and hosts the podcast Honestly.

South African-American entrepreneur and investor

American cartoonist

American writer (1793–1876)

American writer and activist (1857–1902)

Canadian-American philosopher

American magazine founder

American minister, journalist, and abolitionist (1802–1837)

American businesswoman

American author and journalist (born 1970)

American political commentator (born 1988)

American political activist, feminist, professor and author

American video game designer and developer

Canadian novelist (1931–2007)

biologist, professor, public intellectual