Our Distinguished Guest List

The British Prime Minister from 1940–1945 is widely regarded as one of the great wartime leaders credited with guiding the United Kingdom through World War II. Beyond his work as a statesman, he was a historian, a Nobel Prize-winning writer, and a painter.

The founder of the Ford Motor Company developed and manufactured the first automobile that many middle-class Americans could afford to buy, revolutionizing American transportation and industry.

An American aviation pioneer and author, she earned the US Distinguished Flying Cross for being the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She was also a National Women’s Party member and a supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment.

The youngest person to be elected president of the United States, Kennedy was also the first Irish-American in the office and the only president to have received a Pulitzer Prize, which he won in 1957 for his book, Profiles in Courage.

A three-time world heavyweight champion, Olympic gold medalist, and prominent civil rights activist, this iconic American boxer is regarded as one of the most significant sports figures of the 20th century and the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time.

His Holiness is the most influential figure in Tibetan Buddhism. As the 14th Dalai Lama, he is believed to be a manifestation of the Buddha of Compassion and the reincarnation of Dalai Lamas who came before him.

Best known for playing the title character in the 90s show Blossom and Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler in The Big Bang Theory, the American actor and neuroscientist has been nominated four times for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.

“The Golden Bear” is widely considered the greatest professional golfer of all time and turned his expertise in the sport into a second career, designing some of the finest golf courses in the world.