We know that roughly half of the people reading this list will have rolled their eyes at seeing this name. Ellen DeGeneres is one of those people who can split a crowd right down the middle. The public tends to either love or hate her, with very little space in between. What nobody can deny, though, is that DeGeneres has been a passionate and committed campaigner for both women's rights and gay rights for her entire time in the public eye.
DeGeneres is now in her early 60s - about the right time to consider a run for office if she's ever going to do it. She's already demonstrated that she knows how to run a campaign and persuade people to see things from her point of view; she was a major driving force behind the legalization of same-sex marriage. She's still an activist for many humanitarian and animal rights causes; how better to support those causes than by legislating from the top?