Wikipedia: List of celebrity guest stars on Sesame Street

List of celebrity guest stars on Sesame Street
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An asterisk (*) indicates those celebrities who are known to have recited or sung the alphabet.

Actors

Kenny Baker as R2-D2
Jim Carrey
Bill Cosby*
Anthony Daniels as C-3PO
Ellen DeGeneres*
Robert De Niro
Danny DeVito
Fran Drescher
Jodie Foster
Mel Gibson
Whoopi Goldberg
John Goodman
Arte Johnson (portraying his Nazi character from Laugh-In)
James Earl Jones*
Burt Lancaster*
Shari Lewis and Lambchop*
Liam Neeson
Rosie O'Donnell
Mandy Patinkin
Natalie Portman (dressed as an elephant)
Julia Roberts
Fred Rogers
Susan Sarandon*
Patrick Stewart*
Ben Stiller
Robin Williams
Noah Wyle

Celebrities

Kofi Annan
Maya Angelou
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Phil Donahue
Jesse Jackson (who recited I Am - Somebody)
Ralph Nader
The Simpsons, including Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie.
Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert
Barbara Walters

Musicians

James Galway
Dizzy Gillespie
Herbie Hancock
Kronos Quartet
Yo-Yo Ma
Branford Marsalis
Wynton Marsalis
Seiji Ozawa
Itzhak Perlman
Joshua Redman, possibly in the 12th season, playing his violin in the episode where Telly debuts, and plays his tuba.
Max Roach
Isaac Stern

Singers

Backstreet Boys
Tony Bennett
Harry Belafonte*
Rubén Blades
Garth Brooks
Cab Calloway
Mary Chapin Carpenter*
Aaron and Nick Carter, two-headed monster skit, aired with Baby Bear's little sibling's birth, second episode.
Johnny Cash
Tracy Chapman
Ray Charles*
Chubby Checker
The Dixie Chicks
Judy Collins
Bo Diddley
Plácido Domingo
Gloria Estefan
Melissa Etheridge
José Feliciano
14 Karat Soul
The Four Tops
Crystal Gayle
Lena Horne
Mahalia Jackson
Waylon Jennings
Billy Joel*
Eddie Kendricks (of The Temptations)
Kid 'N Play
Gladys Knight and the Pips
Patti LaBelle
Queen Latifah
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Ziggy Marley
Don McClean
Bobby McFerrin
Menudo
Holly Near
N'Sync
The Pointer Sisters
Lou Rawls
Helen Reddy
R.E.M, singing Furry Happy Monsters
Little Richard
Smokey Robinson
Linda Ronstadt
Diana Ross
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Pete Seeger
Carly Simon
Paul Simon
Take 6
James Taylor
Randy Travis
Stevie Wonder
Joe Williams

Sports Figures

Pre-Celebrities

The following persons were not celebrities at the time they appeared on Sesame Street, but later became well-known:

Actor Alan Arkin
Actor Paul Benedict (as The Number Painter)
Dancer Savion Glover
Actor Raúl Juliá
Actor Charlotte Rae
Singer Luther VandrossFirst season 1969

	Wikipedia: List of celebrity guest stars on Sesame Street