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Celebrities Answer the Question: What is the Meaning of Life?

To date, over 400 celebrities have written to endev42 to answer the question "What is the meaning of life?". This is a complete list of those celebrities. The index can also be found here. Some provided elaborate answers, but most gave zen-like answers—just a few words in length. People will find here what they want to find; and hopefully individuals will realize they aren’t alone in trying to find answers to life’s biggest question. The answers were kept verbatim and we did our best not to change those answers even if there were grammatical errors. Learn more about this project on the FAQ page.

Ron Galella - The Meaning of Life

Art


Billy Bengston

Bruno Bozzetto

Duane Michals

Freeman Patterson

Janet Fish

Lynn Johnston

Paul Badura-Skoda

Ron Galella

Ronald Hynd

Sam Gross

Tom Bunk

Tom Marioni

William T. Wiley


Centenarians


Albert Somit

Alice Nora Howes

Bohis Pahor

Bonnie F. Brown

Carl Cooper

Clareice Bennett

Cora Priscilla Marr McNutt-Reems

Danielle Darrieux

Donald Salls

Edward J. Palkot

Ethel Starbuck

Evelyn Brown

Frances Wessells

Georg von Tiesenhausen

Gerry Donahue

Giuseppe Ottaviani

Harvey Ladd

Jacque Fresco

James Stilwell

James W. Downing

John James Cantor

John Kundla

Karl Otto Götz

Lilly M. Ryan

Lucille Shazier

Mae Irving

Marian Hughes Bahr

Mildred Lesch Moodie

Nellie Revae Gray

Nini Theilade

Paddy Bassett

Samuel Lombardo

Zita Rydzinski


Music


Alfred Brendel

April Stevens

Barbara Dane

Barry McGuire

Bent Fabric

Bob Colbert

Bobby Bradford

Christa Ludwig

Dion D. Dimucci

John Beckwith

John Mayall

John Sebastian

Karin Krog

Kris Kristofferson

Lee Adams

Mary Costa

Ragnar Ulfung

Randy Newman

Vic Flick


Other


Alan M Winner

Annie Sprinkle

Charles A. Horner

Dick Rutan

Doyle Brunson

Eva Mozes Kor

Farah Pahlavi

Frances Crowe

Francis Arinze

Frank L. Farrar

George William Whitehurst

Henry Sandon

Hiroshi H. Miyamura

Hunter "Patch" Adams

James Randi

Joe Kittinger

Lowell P. Weicker Jr.

Martin Biddle

Mary Ann Moorman

Paul Volcker

Robert R. Ingram

Thelma Mothershed-Wair

Vernon L. Smith

Walter Joseph Marm Jr.

Wavy Gravy (Hugh Nanton Romney)

Wesley L. Fox


Performance

Alan Rothwell

Alan Williams

Albert Hall

Alex Cord

Anne Vernon

Barbara Leigh-Hunt

Barbara Rütting

Barry Bostwick

Bernard Toublanc-Michel

Bibi Johns

Bob Barker

Bradley Bolke

Brandon Maggart

Brigitte Bardot

Britt Leach

Bruce M Fischer

Buck Taylor

Caroline Blakiston

Charles Dierkop

Charles Kay

Colleen Townsend

David Hamilton

David Whorf

Dawn Wells

Delena Kidd

Derek Fowlds

Diane Ladd

Dolly Read-Martin

Dolores Hart

Don Murray

Ed Asner

Edd Byrnes

Edgar Lansbury

Edward Paskey

Elizabeth Hanna

Elliot Silverstein

Ernst Jacobi

Eugene Dynarski

Evamaria Bath

Gabriel Woolf

Gary Conway

Gavin Macleod

Genevieve Page

George Maharis

Georgina Spelvin

Gerald Hiken

Ghita Nørby

Hampton Fancher

Harry Dean Stanton

Henry Woolf

Jack Angel

Jackie Joseph

Jean-Pierre Marielle

Jerry Maren

Joan Tewkesbury

Jocelyn Lane

John Fraser

John Standing

John Walsh

Johnny Ball

Jon Cypher

Joyce Holden

Joyce Meadows

Judd Hirsch

Julian Glover

Karl Held

Keir Dullea

Keith Baxter

Kenneth Colley

Len Goodman

Lidia Alfonsi

Louise Latham

Marcel Ophuls

Marco St. John

Mariclare Costello

Mark Metcalf

Maurice Roëves

Melissa Jaffar

Michael Culver

Michael Fairman

Monte Markham

Morten Grunwald

Murray Melvin

Mylène Demongeot

Nancy Kovack

Nehemiah Persoff

Nicholas Kepros

Nita Talbot

Noreen Nash

Pat Stanley

Patricia Wright

Patrick Horgan

Paul Verhoeven

Paula Prentiss

Per Myrberg

Peter Renaday

Peter Snow

Peter Stormare

Pierre Santini

Rachel Ames

Read Morgan

Richard Donner

Richard Franklin

Richard Green

Richard Herd

Richard O’Brien

Richard Wilson

Robert Englund

Roger Perry

Ron Harper

Ron Masak

Scott Bakula

Sergio Martino

Stephen Young

Susan Backlinie

Takayo Fischer

Terence Stamp

Terrence Hardiman

Thelma Barlow

Tippi Hedren

Tommy Chong

Tony Amendola

Una Stubbs

Valerie Leon

Veronica Hurst

Vincent Pastore

Virginia McKenna

Walon Green

Will Hutchins


Science


Andrew Schally

Anthony J. Leggett

Arvid Carlsson

Avinash Dixit

Charles Kohlhase

Charles M. Duke Jr.

Henry F. Schaefer III

Herbert Kroemer

Ivar Giaver

Janna Levin

Jeremiah P. Ostriker

John A. Poirier

John Gurdon

John M. Fabian

Loren W. Acton

Martin Cooper

Maury Tigner

Michael Posner

Paul Berg

Philip Zimbardo

Robert Curl

Robert Dennard

Roger Penrose

Ronald Wayne

Stanton Friedman

Story Musgrave

Temple Grandin

Tony Hoare

Vinay Ambegaokar

Walter Cunningham


Sports


Al Unser

Bailey Howell

Bernhard Langer

Bill Glass

Bill Greason

Bill Krisher

Bill Lee

Bill Lienhard

Bill McColl

Billy Cowan

Bob Armstrong

Bob Oldis

Bob Speake

Bobby Allison

Bobby Bowden

Bobby Leonard

Boog Powell

Brian Kilrea

Brian Redman

Bryan Trottier

Carl Erskine

Carroll W. Dale

Charles H. Moore Jr

Charlie Glotzbach

Charlie Joiner

Charlie Milstead

Chet Hanulak

Chuck Essegian

Clem Daniels

Cotton Davidson

Dan Hodge

Dan Sullivan

Dave Stenhouse

Dave Wickersham

Del Harris

Dewey Bohling

Dick Anderson

Dick Bokelmann

Dick Enberg

Dick LeBeau

Dick Schafrath

Dick Stigman

Dick Vitale

Don Cherry

Don Demeter

Don Ferrarese

Don Garlits

Donnie Allison

Doug Sanders

Ed Bauta

Eddie Robinson

Eddie Sutton

Elgin Baylor

Emerson Boozer

Ernie Broglio

Finis Dean Smith

Frank J Thomas

Frank Kostro

Frank Lucchesi

Fred Claire

Fred Williamson

Gene Garber

George Raveling

George Young

Gerry Faust

Gil Coan

Glenn Mickens

Hal Stowe

Hale Irwin

Harry Boldt

Harry Donovan

Jack Reed

James McLane

Jay Silvester

Jean Buckley

Jean Havlish

Jerry Casale

Jerry Kramer

Jim Calhoun

Jim Dickson

Jim Otto

Jim Taylor

Jim Willoughby

Jimmy Orr

Joe Biscaha

Joe Grzenda

Joe Kapp

Joe Morgan

John Chaney

Johnny Grubb

Johnny James

Johnny Miller

Juan Pizarro

Karin Lindberg

Ken Sanders

Ken Singleton

Lefty Driesell

Leroy Kelly

Lou Marcon

Martin Lauer

Max Falkenstien

Mel Renfro

Michael May

Mike Falls

Mouse Davis

Orlando Cepeda

Oscar Lofton

Paul Hinrichs

Paul Meger

Pete Brewster

Phil Martelli

Ralph Terry

Ray Ripplemeyer

Raymond Berry

Raymond Poulidor

Rex Baxter

Richard (Dick) Beyer

Rick Barry

Rocky Bleier

Rocky Krsnich

Roger Lee Craig

Ron Hall

Sammy Taylor

Scotty W. Bowman

Shirley Muldowney

Sonny Siebert

Stan Williams

Stephen Negoesco

Steve Spurrier

Terry Funk

Tom Marshall

Tommy Aaron

Vernon Law

Vida Blue

Vince Papale

Wayne Causey

Wes Stock

William A. 'Dub' Jones


Writing


Alasdair Gray

Alix Kates Shulman

Anne Bernays

Ben Bova

Carmen Callil

Charles Juliet

Darrell Schweitzer

Darryl Ponicsan

David Helwig

David Kherdian

Diane di Prima

Edward Lucie-Smith

Elizabeth Inness-Brown

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

Georgie Anne Geyer

Hugh Brogan

Isabel Colegate

Joan Howard Maurer

John Carey

John Julius Norwich

John R. Colombo

Joy Kogawa

Joyce Lebra

Judith Rodriguez

Lensey Namioka

Martin Walser

Mary Ann Caws

Michael Kurland

Mort Walker

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Piers Anthony

Roy Clarke

Rudy Wiebe

Schubert Ogden

Tom Robbins

Tomi Ungerer

Virginia Ramey Mollenkott

Walter Robert McDonald

William Joseph Kennedy

William Vernon Harris

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