| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Jane Root | Crew | Production | Producer | 0 |
Marion Milne | Crew | Directing | Director | 12 |
Ben Goold | Crew | Production | Producer | 12 |
Michael Jackson | Crew | Production | Executive Producer | 12 |
 Aaron Sorkin | Cast | Actor | Aaron Sorkin | 1 |
 Al Sharpton | Cast | Actor | Al Sharpton | 1 |
 Aubrey Shelton | Cast | Actor | Albigence Waldo | 1 |
 Bill Maher | Cast | Actor | Bill Maher | 3 |
 Buzz Aldrin | Cast | Actor | Buzz Aldrin | 3 |
 Caitlyn Jenner | Cast | Actress | Caitlyn Jenner | 1 |
 Colin Powell | Cast | Actor | Colin Powell | 7 |
 Danny Webb | Cast | Actor | Self - Narrator | 12 |
 David Baldacci | Cast | Actor | David Baldacci | 4 |
David M. Kennedy | Cast | Actor | David M. Kennedy | 3 |
 Donald Trump | Cast | Actor | Donald Trump | 4 |
 I.M. Pei | Cast | Actor | I.M. Pei | 2 |
 John Lasseter | Cast | Actor | John Lasseter | 5 |
 Kevin Otto | Cast | Actor | Paul Revere | 1 |
 Liev Schreiber | Cast | Actor | Self - Narrator | 10 |
 Margaret Cho | Cast | Actress | Margaret Cho | 1 |
 Martha Stewart | Cast | Actress | Martha Stewart | 3 |
 Melissa Etheridge | Cast | Actress | Melissa Etheridge | 1 |
 Meryl Streep | Cast | Actress | Meryl Streep | 2 |
 Michael Bloomberg | Cast | Actor | Michael Bloomberg | 3 |
 Michael Douglas | Cast | Actor | Michael Douglas | 7 |
Richard Slotkin | Cast | Richard Slotkin | 3 | |
 Rudolph Giuliani | Cast | Actor | Rudolph W. Giuliani | 4 |
 Sean Combs | Cast | Actor | Sean ‘P.Diddy’ Combs | 1 |
 Sean Cameron Michael | Cast | Actor | Thomas Edison | 1 |
 Sheryl Crow | Cast | Actress | Sheryl Crow | 3 |
 Steven Johnson | Cast | Actor | Steven Johnson | 2 |
 Tom Brokaw | Cast | Actor | Tom Brokaw | 9 |
 Brian Williams | Cast | Actor | Brian Williams | 7 |
 Dan Hirst | Cast | Actor | Customs Officer | 1 |
 Henry Louis Gates, Jr. | Cast | Actor | Henry Louis Gates | 5 |
 John Legend | Cast | Actor | John Legend | 2 |
 Leon Clingman | Cast | Actor | Lewis Keseberg | 1 |
 Matthew Dylan Roberts | Cast | Actor | James Howden | 1 |
 Michael Strahan | Cast | Actor | Michael Strahan | 5 |
 Newt Gingrich | Cast | Actor | Newt Gingrich | 3 |
 Tessa Jubber | Cast | Actress | Susanna White | 1 |
 Tim Gunn | Cast | Actor | Tim Gunn | 1 |
 Darron Meyer | Cast | Actor | Lt. Tyler | 1 |
 Paul Hampshire | Cast | John Rolfe | 1 | |
 Greg Kriek | Cast | Actor | Sgt. Jeremiah Cage | 1 |
 Dylan Skews | Cast | Actor | Plum Martin | 1 |
 Morné du Toit | Cast | Bob Barnett | 2 | |
Imogen Vinden-North | Cast | Emeline Larcom | 1 | |
 Jimmy Wales | Cast | Actor | Jimmy Wales | 4 |
Jeannette Walls | Cast | Jeannette Walls | 4 | |
 H.W. Brands | Cast | Actor | Self | 12 |
Gunnery Sergeant William Bodette | Cast | William Bodette | 4 | |
 David Petraeus | Cast | Actor | Gen. David Petraeus | 1 |
 Richard Machowicz | Cast | Actor | Richard Machowicz | 6 |
 Gary Green | Cast | Actor | Killer | 1 |
 Annette Gordon-Reed | Cast | Actress | Annette Gordon-Reed | 8 |
 Jim Meigs | Cast | Actor | James Meigs | 8 |
Beverly Gage | Cast | Actress | Beverly Gage | 3 |
 Daniel Walker Howe | Cast | Daniel Walker Howe | 1 | |
Aoife Lennon-Ritchie | Cast | Louise Walton | 1 | |
 Bill Richardson | Cast | Actor | Gov. Bill Richardson | 1 |
| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) | Episodes |
