List of celebrity guest stars on Sesame Street
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
- Kofi Annan
- Maya Angelou
- Hillary Rodham Clinton
- Phil Donahue
- Jesse Jackson
- Ralph Nader
- The Simpsons, including Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie.
- Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert
- Barbara Walters
- 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
- 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
- Arthur Ashe
- Michael Chang
- Julius Erving
- Peggy Fleming
- The Harlem Globetrotters
- Rosie Grier
- Bo Jackson
- Joe Namath
- Martina Navratilova
- New York Giants
- New York Knicks
- New York Mets
- David Robinson
- Isiah Thomas
- Dave Winfield
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
