Sign My Name.

Since 2001, I've been requesting—in person (at concerts, readings, film festivals, and art openings), through the mail, and through friends and intermediaries—signatures from public figures of all stripes. Hundreds of requests, hundreds of return-to-sender notices, a few annoyed celebrities, some warm notes in reply, and dozens of signatures. Here I'll compile the full list of all those who agreed to participate. 

Isabel Allende
Novelist (The House of the Spirits, Eva Luna, others)

Laurie Anderson
Artist, musician

Michele Bachmann
Former US representative

Craig Baldwin
Filmmaker (Sonic Outlaws, Spectres of the Spectrum); founder, Other Cinema

Matthew Barney
Artist, filmmaker (the Cremaster series)

Alan Berliner
Documentarian (The Sweetest Sound, an exploration of his own name)

Bonnie Blair
Five-time gold-medal-winning Olympic speedskater

Peter Bogdanovich
Director (The Last Picture Show, Paper Moon, others)

Julian Bond
Civil rights leader, politician, former head of the NAACP

Billy Bragg
Musician, activist

Dave Brubeck
Jazz pianist, composer

Pat Buchanan
Conservative commentator

Dan Castellaneta
Comedian, voice actor (Homer Simpson)

Noam Chomsky
Linguist, activist

Merce Cunningham
Dancer, choreographer

Charlie Daniels
Musician, conservative commentator

Fats Domino
Pianist, singer, songwriter, recording artist

Tanya Donnelly
Guitarist, singer, songwriter (Throwing Muses, Belly, The Breeders)

Matthew Fox
Theologian, author (Original Blessing, The Reinvention of Work, others)

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Historian, critic, filmmaker, author (The Signifying Monkey)

Frank Gehry
Architect

Kim Gordon
Musician (Sonic Youth)

Spalding Gray
Actor, writer, monologuist

Doris "Granny D" Haddock
Political activist

Julia Butterfly Hill
Environmental activist

Jenny Holzer
Conceptual artist

Mark Hosler
Musician, sound artist (Negativland)

Wing Young Huie
Artist

Daniel Johnston
Singer, songwriter, musician, artist

Naomi Klein
Author (No Logo, The Shock Doctrine, This Changes Everything, others)

Winona La Duke
Activist (Honor the Earth, White Earth Land Recovery Project, #NoDAPL)

Kalle Lasn
Publisher (Adbusters magazine)

Jonathan Lethem
Author (Amnesia Moon, Fortress of Solitude, Motherless Brooklyn, others)

John Lewis
US representative, Freedom Rider, SNCC chair (1963–1966)

Maya Lin
Architect, artist (Vietnam Veterans Memorial)

Ian MacKaye
Musician (Minor Threat, Fugazi), record label co-founder (Dischord)

Julie Mehretu
Artist

Kweisi Mfume
Former US representative, former president of the NAACP

Meredith Monk
Composer, performer, vocalist

Alec Soth
Photographer

Thurston Moore
Musician (Sonic Youth)

Errol Morris
Filmmaker (Gates of Heaven, The Thin Blue Line, Fog of War, others)

Gaylord Nelson
Former US senator, founder of Earth Day

Edward James Olmos
Actor

Yoko Ono
Conceptual artist

Wolfgang Puck
Chef, restauranteur

Ed Ruscha
Artist

Henry Rollins
Writer, comedian, activist, and singer (Black Flag)

Dan Savage
Sex advice columnist ("Savage Love")

David Sedaris
Author, humorist

J.Otto Seibold
Illustrator, children's book creator (Olive the Other Reindeer, Mr. Lunch, others)

Ben Sidran
Jazz and rock keyboardist

Cameron Sinclair
Architect, founder of Architecture for Humanity

Annie Sprinkle
Former porn star, contemporary artist

Bruce Sterling
Futurist, blogger (Wired), author (Distraction, others)

Brian Swimme
Evolutionary cosmologist, author (The Universe is a Green Dragon, others)

Rirkrit Tiravanija
Artist 

Jeff Tweedy
Singer, songwriter (Wilco, Uncle Tupelo, Tweedy), producer

Studs Terkel
Oral historian, radio broadcaster, author (Working, The Great Divide, Race, others)

Eric Utne
Founder, Utne Reader magazine

Abigail Van Buren (Pauline Phillips)
Advice columnist ("Dear Abby")

Jesse Ventura
Former governor, former all-star wrestler

John Waters
Filmmaker (Hairspray, Pink Flamingos)

Paul Wellstone
US senator, author (The Conscience of a Liberal)

Wim Wenders
Filmmaker (Paris Texas, Wings of Desire, Buena Vista Social Club, others)

Edward O. Wilson
Biologist, author (Sociobiology: The New Synthesis, The Ants, Consilience, others)

Robert Wilson
Avant-garde director, playwright (Einstein on the Beach, Lecture on Nothing, others)