page_title: ACCENT Speakers Bureau
section_title: Past speakers
hierarchical_section_title: ACCENT Speakers Bureau / Speakers / Past speakers
caption_attribution_description: English: The Mythbusters speak at the University of Florida during an ACCENT event.
context_page_description: ACCENT Speakers Bureau is the student government-run speakers' bureau of the University of Florida. It claims to be the largest student-run speakers' bureau in the United States.
  The organization is a student government agency.
  ACCENT was created in 1967 and its speakers' series was created originally as a symposium, with the first featuring author Ralph Nader and then Vice President Richard Nixon as the headline speakers. The next year, the symposium featured a "liberal versus conservative" debate featuring Harry Goldin and James J. Kilpatrick. The symposium was accompanied by a politically charged magazine which featured writing from political science students and professors at the University of Florida. Over time, ACCENT broke away from the symposium format and turned into a year-long speaker series.
context_section_description: Aaron Karo
  Adam Carolla
  Adam Sandler
  Adam Savage
  Afeni Shakur
  Alan Dershowitz
  Alberto Gonzales
  Amir Sulaiman
  Andrew Card
  Andy Richter
  Andy Samberg
  Ann Coulter
  Anthony Rapp
  Ari Fleischer
  Ben Cohen
  Ben Shapiro
  Bill Clinton
  Bill Nye
  Blair Witch
  Bob Barr
  Bob Dole
  Bob Saget
  Bob Woodward
  Bobby Knight
  Brett Ratner
  Carl Hiaasen
  Chelsea Handler
  Chris Rock
  Christopher Reeve
  Coretta Scott King
  Dan Quayle
  Dan Senor
  Daniel Tosh
  Danny Coulson
  Danny Glover
  Dave Thomas
  Demetri Martin
  Dennis Kucinich
  Diablo Cody
  Dick Vitale
  Don King
  Don Shula
  Elie Wiesel
  Ellen DeGeneres
  Gary Hart
  Gene Simmons
  George Carlin
  George H.W. Bush
  George Pataki
  George Stephanopoulos
  Gerald Ford
  Greg Louganis
  Helen Prejean
  Howard Zinn
  Jack Kevorkian
  Jack Ong
  Jaleel White
  James Franco
  Jamie Hyneman
  Jane Goodall
  Janet Reno
  Jasmine Guy
  Jeremy Piven
  Jerry Greenfield
  Jesse Jackson
  Jimmy Carter
  Jim Wright
  Joe Wilson
  Joel Siegel
  John Kerry
  John Singleton
  Jose Canseco
  Josh Malina
  Kenan Thompson
  Kerri Strug
  Kevin Nealon
  Kurt Vonnegut
  Kweisi Mfume
  Kyle Maynard
  Laurie David
  Lewis Black
  Liz Murray
  Lou Ferrigno
  Loveline
  Magic Johnson
  Marcia Clark
  Margaret Cho
  Mark Sterner
  Martin Luther King III
  Matisyahu
  Max Weinberg
  Maya Angelou
  Mia Farrow
  Michael Che
  Michael Moore
  Michelle Kwan
  Mike Reiss
  Mikhail Gorbachev
  Mo Rocca
  Noam Chomsky
  Oliver North
  Oliver Stone
  Omar Al Issawi
  Pat Buchanan
  Patch Adams
  Paul Rudd
  Penn & Teller
  Queen Latifah
  Ralph Nader
  Randy Haveson
  Ray McGovern
  Real World New Orleans Cast
  Richard Spencer
  Riki Wilchins
  Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
  Ron Jeremy
  Ronald Takaki
  Ross Perot
  Roy Firestone
  Ruth Westheimer
  Rupert Vanderpool
  Ruth Westheimer
  Sandra Bernhard
  Sarah Silverman
  Sarah Weington
  Scott Kelly
  Seth Meyers
  Sheryl Crow
  Sheryl Swoopes
  Sinbad
  Spike Lee
  Spitfire Tour
  Steve Forbes
  Steve Wozniak
  Susan Cole
  The Amazing Kreskin
  Terry Crews
  Tom Green
  Tom Wolfe
  Trevor Noah
  Valerie Plame Wilson
  Vladimir Posner
  Wesley Clark
  William Davis
  William Shatner
  Yitzak Rabin
  Zach Braff
caption: Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage, together known as the MythBusters, speak in April 2008
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