Mstyslav Chernov, Ukrainian journalist and DW Freedom of Speech Award laureate (2022)
Maria Ressa - Nobel Peace Prize laureate 2021, co-founder and CEO of the news website Rappler, Philippines (2022)
Annalena Baerbock - German Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs (2022)
Timothy Snyder - Historian, Yale University, USA (2021)
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya - Belarusian opposition leader (2021)
Armin Laschet - Minister-President of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (2021)
Leymah Gbowee - Activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Liberia (2021)
Angela Merkel - Federal Chancellor of Germany (2021)
Steven Pinker - Cognitive psychologist, Harvard University, USA (2021)
Masih Alinejad - Journalist and women's rights activist, Iran/USA (2020)
Can Dündar - Former editor-in-chief of "Cumhuriyet", Turkey (2019)
Anne Applebaum - Pulitzer Prize winner, USA (2020)
Jaron Lanier - Computer scientist and author, USA (2019)
Juliana Rotich - Tech entrepreneur, Kenya (2019)
Hamid Karzai - Former President of Afghanistan (2018)
Tom Buhrow - Director General of Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), Germany (2018)
Sarah Harrison - British journalist and WikiLeaks section editor, UK (2014)
Frank-Walter Steinmeier - Federal President of Germany (2014)
Noam Chomsky - Linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, social critic and political activist, USA (2013)
Shirin Ebadi - Lawyer, former judge and human rights activists, founder of the Defenders of Human Rights Center, Iran (2008)