List of Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign endorsements explained

This is a list of notable persons and groups who formally endorsed or voiced support for Senator Barack Obama's presidential campaign during the Democratic Party primaries and the general election.

U.S. senators

Former

U.S. representatives

Former

Governors

Former

State, local and territory officials

See main article: List of Barack Obama presidential campaign endorsements from state, local and territory officials.

Publications

See also: Newspaper endorsements in the 2008 United States presidential primaries and Newspaper endorsements in the 2008 United States presidential election.

Magazines

• Condé Nast Portfolio^[1]
• Esquire^[2]
• The New Yorker – New York City, New York^[3]
• VIBE^[4]

Academics

Scientists

• Stanley Cohen (Nobel Laureate Medicine 1986)
• Leon Cooper (Nobel Laureate Physics 1972)
• James W. Cronin (Nobel Laureate Physics 1980)
• Robert F. Curl (Nobel Laureate Chemistry 1996)
• Johann Deisenhofer (Nobel Laureate Chemistry 1988)
• John B. Fenn (Nobel Laureate Chemistry 2002)
• Edmond H. Fischer (Nobel Laureate Medicine 1992)
• Val Fitch (Nobel Laureate Physics 1980)
• Jerome I. Friedman (Nobel Laureate Physics 1990)
• Riccardo Giacconi (Nobel Laureate Physics 2002)
• Walter Gilbert (Nobel Laureate Chemistry 1980)
• Alfred G. Gilman (Nobel Laureate Medicine 1994)
• Donald A. Glaser (Nobel Laureate Physics 1960)
• Sheldon Glashow (Nobel Laureate Physics 1979)
• Joseph Goldstein (Nobel Laureate Medicine 1985)
• Paul Greengard (Nobel Laureate Medicine 2000)
• David Gross (Nobel Laureate Physics 2004)
• Robert H. Grubbs (Nobel Laureate Chemistry 2005)
• Roger Guillemin (Nobel Laureate Medicine 1977)
• John L. Hall (Nobel Laureate Physics 2005)
• Leland H. Hartwell (Nobel Laureate Medicine 2001)
• Dudley Herschbach (Nobel Laureate Chemistry 1986)
• Roald Hoffmann (Nobel Laureate Chemistry 1981)
• H. Robert Horvitz (Nobel Laureate Medicine 2002)
• Louis Ignarro (Nobel Laureate Medicine 1998)
• Eric R. Kandel (Nobel Laureate Medicine 2000)
• Walter Kohn (Nobel Laureate Chemistry 1998)
• Roger Kornberg (Nobel Laureate Chemistry 2006)
• Leon M. Lederman (Nobel Laureate Physics 1988)
• Sharon Long, former dean of Stanford University's School of Humanities & Science
• Craig C. Mello (Nobel Laureate Medicine 2006)
• Marshall Nirenberg (Nobel Laureate Medicine 1968)^[5]
• Peter Norvig (Director of Research, Google)^[6]
• Gilbert Omenn, professor of internal medicine, human genetics and public health at the University of Michigan
• Douglas D. Osheroff (Nobel Laureate Physics 1996)
• Stanley B. Prusiner (Nobel Laureate Medicine 1997)
• Norman F. Ramsey (Nobel Laureate Physics 1989)
• Robert Coleman Richardson (Nobel Laureate Physics 1996)
• Burton Richter (Nobel Laureate Physics 1976)
• Sally Ride, physicist, former NASA astronaut, first American woman in space^[7]
• Sherwood Rowland (Nobel Laureate Chemistry 1995)
• Richard Schrock (Nobel Laureate Chemistry 2005)
• Oliver Smithies (Nobel Laureate Medicine 2007)
• Joseph H. Taylor Jr. (Nobel Laureate Physics 1993)
• E. Donnall Thomas (Nobel Laureate Medicine 1990)
• Charles H. Townes (Nobel Laureate Physics 1964)
• Daniel C. Tsui (Nobel Laureate Physics 1998)
• Harold Varmus, Nobel Prize-winning scientist (Medicine 1989)
• James D. Watson (Nobel Laureate Medicine1962)
• Eric Wieschaus (Nobel Laureate Medicine 1995)
• Frank Wilczek (Nobel Laureate Physics 2004)
• Robert W. Wilson (Nobel Laureate Physics 1978)

Other academics

Organizations

Other organizations

Native American tribes

• Crow Nation^[8]
• Fort Peck Indian Reservation^[8]
• Navajo Nation^[8]

Entertainers and artists

Models

• Cindy Crawford^[9]
• Adrianne Curry^[10]
• Heidi Klum

Television and radio personalities

Athletes and sports

Others

Notes and References

1. Web site: portfolio.com.
2. News: David Granger Why After 75 Years, Esquire Endorsed a Presidential Candidate . October 9, 2008 . October 13, 2008 . The Huffington Post.
3. The Choice Comment . October 13, 2008 . October 2, 2008 . The New Yorker.
4. Web site: The Endorsement . October 8, 2008 . October 14, 2008 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081012112726/http://www.vibe.com/magazine/editors_letter/2008/10/the_endorsement_vibe_magazine/ . October 12, 2008.
5. http://www.dailytarheel.com/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/nobel_laureate_endorses_obama_s_research_priorities www.dailytarheel.com
6. Web site: Presidential Election 2008 FAQ . Norvig.com . January 19, 2013.
7. Web site: Sally Ride endorses Obama . June 27, 2010 . 2008.
8. http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/caitlinharvey/gGBdx9 Obama Endorsed by Crow Nation and Fort Peck Tribes
9. News: Obama corners the market in Hollywood . June 23, 2008 . June 25, 2008 . USA Today.
10. Web site: Hollywood's Team Obama – Photo Gallery – E! Online (Christopher Knight & Adrianne Curry) . August 16, 2008 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080816231149/http://ca.eonline.com/photos/gallery.jsp?galleryUUID=903ef232-91c0-4d13-ad8f-a6984d674e3c#7de0d54d-a843-476a-ae35-25fd0708dd85 . August 16, 2008 .