Noteworthy Guests
Fountain Street Church has hosted a wide variety of speakers and performers. From the distinguished guests of Rev. Alfred W. Wishart to the concerts sponsored by Fountain Club, to the Duncan Littlefair Great Speakers series, to the comedians of LaughFest... the list is long.
This list is incomplete. Do you remember seeing a noteworthy visitor or group that is not listed here? Please email Melissa: office@fountainstreet.org
Gerald R. Ford
Matthew Fox
Virgil Fox
Frank Zappa and the
Mothers of Invention
Eric Fromm
Robert Frost
Dr. Reed Gain
Dr. Ralph W. Gerard
Stan Getz
Glenn Miller Orchestra
Harry Golden
Dr. Paul Goodman
Amy Goodman
Grand Duchess Maria of Russia
Grand Duke Alexander of Russia
Grand Rapids Symphony
Dick Gregory
Arlo Guthrie
Tiffany Haddish
Sidney J. Harris
Thom Hartmann
Richie Havens
Dr. S.I. Hayakawa
Eustice A. Hayden
George Heartwell
Heath Brothers
Michael Hedges
Jim Hightower
Anita Hill
Christopher Hitchens
Pete Holmes
Francis Hsu
Humble Pie
Ivan Illich
Iron Butterfly
Molly Ivins
Bob James
Joffrey Ballet
David Starr Jordan
Helen Keller
Robert F. Kennedy
Stan Kenton
King Crimson
Dr. George Kish
Bert Kreischer
Robed M. LaFollette
Richard Leakey
Louis Leakey
Dr. Dorothy Lee
Phillip Aaberg
Lyman Abbott
Adam Ant
Ballet Africans
Susan B. Anthony
BB King
Charlie Berens
Jerry Bergonzi
Wendell Berry
E. Power Biggs
Mike Birbiglia
Paul Blanchard
Robert Bly
John Nichols Booth
Brewer and Shipley
Brownsville Station
Dave Brubeck
William Jennings Bryan
Ralph Bunche
Avraham Burg
Bill Burr
Claire Caci
Joseph Campbell
Alan Canty
Stokley Carmichael
Dale Carnegie
Forrest Church
Winston Churchill
Rev. Sloan Coffin
Cuban All Stars
Carlo Curley
Mel Dalton
Clarence Darrow
Angela Davis
Joshua Davis
Dr. Richard Dawkins
Morris Dees
Paul Desmond
Dr. Wilma Donahue
Alden Dow
Dr. Rudolph Dreikurs
Amelia Earhart
Dr. William Ebenstein
Duke Ellington
Paul Erlich
Dr. Barry Farrel
Fortune Feimster
Ella Fitzgerald
Jane Fonda
Senator Carl Levin
Ramsey Lewis
Malcom X
Manfred Mann
Marc Maron
John Mayall
George McGovern
Margaret Mead
Dr. Ernest Melby
Enver Memedov
Pat Metheny
Modern Jazz Quartet
Ashley Montagu
Thomas Moore
Michael Moore
Dr. Henry Morganau
Hans Morganthau
Dr. Herbert Muller
Gerry Mulligan
My Pro Musica
Holly Near
William H. Ness
New World Quartet
Michele Norris
Tig Notaro
Sherwin Nuland
Eugene O'NeiII
Patton Oswalt
Linus Pauling
Norman Vincent Peale
Fritz Perls
Phlegethon
Bishop James Pike
Jean Loc Ponty
Charles F. Potter
Prince William of Sweden
Procol Harum
J. Herman Randall, Sr.
Walter Rauschenbusch
Lou Reed
Dr. Timothy Rhee
Dr. J.B. Rhine
Paul Robeson
John Elder Robison
Eleanor Roosevelt
Bayard Ruskin
Margaret Sanger
Alexander Schreiner
Second City
Harlow Shapley
Robed Shaw
Robed Shaw
George Shearing
Iliza Shleshinger
Sinbad
Willie Singleton
Miranda Sings!
Dr. Edmont Sinnot
Shakti Spirit
Dr. Benjamin Spock
Gloria Steinem
Steppenwolf
Liz Story
Sweet Honey in the Rock
Charles P. Taff
Matt Taibbi
Livingston Taylor
Billy Taylor
The Amazing Kreskin
The Byrds
The Dufaflex
The Mamas and the Paps
The Moody Blues
Theatre of the Deaf
Norman Thomas
Helen Thomas
Lowell Thomas
Paul Tillich
Todd Rungren & Utopia
Francis Townsend
Arnold Toynbee
Arnold Toynbee
Mary Travers
Mel Trotter
U2
Arthur Vandenberg
Vienna Boys Choir
Alan Watts
Henry Nelson Wieman
Rabbi Sherwin Wine
George Winston
Edgar Winter
Paul Winter
B.D. Wong
Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Led Zeppelin
William Zinsser
Alexander Zonjic