11 Celebrities Who Should Run for President

1. Bill Nye — 5.5 points

For Americans of a certain age, Bill Nye — “The Science Guy” — is our Mr. Wizard, building his career on making challenging ideas both graspable and interesting to children and adults alike. With a degree in mechanical engineering and a background in comedy, Nye now serves as a worldwide advocate for science, progress, and reason in general as a response to the rising movements of creationists, climate change deniers, and more. Nye is Executive Director of the Planetary Society and promotes space exploration, often hosting Star Talk with his friend and science communication colleague Neil deGrasse Tyson, who also just missed making the list of 11 celebrities who should run for President. Nye would be the second U.S. President to hold a patent — the other is Abraham Lincoln, whom Nye could pass for in a pinch, given a good fake beard and some spirit gum.