0Top Commencement SpeakersAs big names address millions of cap-and-gown-clad graduates this month, The Daily Beast figures out which speakers—from Maya Angelou to Al Gore—have graced the podium the most through the years.Updated Jul. 13, 2017 5:39PM EDT / Published May 17, 2011 9:28AM EDT Matt Rourke / AP Photo 1, Bill CosbyMatt Rourke / AP Photo 2, Bill ClintonDale Sparks / AP Photo 3, Marian Wright EdelmanAP Photo 4, Madeleine AlbrightAP Photo 5, Elizabeth DoleJoe Raymond / AP Photo 5, Tom BrokawAP Photo 7, Maya AngelouAP Photo 8, George H. W. BushMatthew Healey / Landov 9, Bill BradleyCharlie Neibergall / AP Photo 9, Hillary ClintonAP Photo 9, Ted KoppelMichael Okoniewski / AP Photo 12, Garry TrudeauNewscom 13, Kofi AnnanMichael Smith / Getty Images 13, Albert GoreAP Photo 15, Daniel Patrick MoynihanMike Mergen / AP Photo 15, George W. BushLarry Downing / Reuters 15, Cokie RobertsBrendan Hoffman / Getty Images 18, John McCainFrank Franklin II / AP Photo 18, Andrew YoungPeter Schumacher / AP Photo 18, Barack ObamaCharles Dharapak / AP Photo 18, Robert GatesDean Hare / AP Photo 22, Mario CuomoAlan Solomon / AP Photo 22, David McCulloughAP Photo 24, Desmond TutuChris Hondros / Getty Images 24, Gloria SteinemNewscom 24, Johnnetta ColeEvan Agostini / Getty Images 24, Michael BloombergMatt Rourke / AP Photo 28, Sol LinowitzAP Photo 28, Paul VolckerBrian Snyder / Reuters 28, Oscar AriasYuri Cortez, AFP / Getty Images 28, Edward KennedyCarlos Rene Perez / AP Photo 28, George WillChristopher Ruppel / Getty Images 28, Jane AlexanderAlberto E. Rodriguez / Getty Images 28, Colin PowellAP Photo 35, Rudy GuilianiDavid Holston / AP Photo
1, Bill CosbyMatt Rourke / AP Photo 2, Bill ClintonDale Sparks / AP Photo 3, Marian Wright EdelmanAP Photo 4, Madeleine AlbrightAP Photo 5, Elizabeth DoleJoe Raymond / AP Photo 5, Tom BrokawAP Photo 7, Maya AngelouAP Photo 8, George H. W. BushMatthew Healey / Landov 9, Bill BradleyCharlie Neibergall / AP Photo 9, Hillary ClintonAP Photo 9, Ted KoppelMichael Okoniewski / AP Photo 12, Garry TrudeauNewscom 13, Kofi AnnanMichael Smith / Getty Images 13, Albert GoreAP Photo 15, Daniel Patrick MoynihanMike Mergen / AP Photo 15, George W. BushLarry Downing / Reuters 15, Cokie RobertsBrendan Hoffman / Getty Images 18, John McCainFrank Franklin II / AP Photo 18, Andrew YoungPeter Schumacher / AP Photo 18, Barack ObamaCharles Dharapak / AP Photo 18, Robert GatesDean Hare / AP Photo 22, Mario CuomoAlan Solomon / AP Photo 22, David McCulloughAP Photo 24, Desmond TutuChris Hondros / Getty Images 24, Gloria SteinemNewscom 24, Johnnetta ColeEvan Agostini / Getty Images 24, Michael BloombergMatt Rourke / AP Photo 28, Sol LinowitzAP Photo 28, Paul VolckerBrian Snyder / Reuters 28, Oscar AriasYuri Cortez, AFP / Getty Images 28, Edward KennedyCarlos Rene Perez / AP Photo 28, George WillChristopher Ruppel / Getty Images 28, Jane AlexanderAlberto E. Rodriguez / Getty Images 28, Colin PowellAP Photo 35, Rudy GuilianiDavid Holston / AP Photo