Celebrity guest stars on Sesame Street
An asterisk (*) indicates those celebrities who are known to have recited or sung the alphabet.
Actors
- Paul Benedict (The Number Painter from 1969-74)
- Yul Brynner
- Carol Burnett, in an extremely brief appearance in the first episode
- Jim Carrey, in a skit about "Happy Feet", written for Steve Martin.
- Imogene Coca, in the low budget special A Special Sesame Street Christmas, her primary function in the special was to be called an idiot by Ethel Merman
- Bill Cosby*
- Ellen DeGeneres*
- Robert De Niro
- Danny DeVito
- Fran Drescher
- Henry Fonda, in the low budget special A Special Sesame Street Christmas
- Jodie Foster
- James Gandolfini
- Mel Gibson, playing Hamlet to Elmo's Claudius
- Seth Green, season 35
- Whoopi Goldberg
- John Goodman
- David Alan Grier
- James Earl Jones*
- Burt Lancaster*
- Shari Lewis and Lambchop*
- Ethel Merman, in the low budget special A Special Sesame Street Christmas, her primary function in the special was to call Imogene Coca an idiot
- Julianne Moore, season 35
- Joe Namath
- Liam Neeson
- Rosie O'Donnell
- Mandy Patinkin
- Natalie Portman (dressed as an elephant)
- Julia Roberts
- Fred Rogers
- Lea Salonga
- Susan Sarandon*
- Dick Smothers, one half of The Smothers Brothers, in the low budget special A Special Sesame Street Christmas
- Patrick Stewart*
- Ben Stiller
- Marisa Tomei
- Leslie Uggams, in the low budget special A Special Sesame Street Christmas, Uggams thinks lemonade is hot cocoa
- Robin Williams
- Noah Wyle
Celebrities
Political figures
Musicians
Singers
- 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
- Destiny's Child, singing New Way to Walk
- 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
- Michael Jackson, in the low budget special A Special Sesame Street Christmas
- Waylon Jennings
- Billy Joel*
- Norah Jones, season 35
- Wynonna Judd
- Eddie Kendricks (of The Temptations)
- Kid 'N Play
- B.B. King
- Gladys Knight and the Pips
- Patti LaBelle
- Queen Latifah
- Ladysmith Black Mambazo
- Little Richard, singing Rubber Duckie
- Ziggy Marley
- Martina McBride, season 35
- Don McLean
- Bobby McFerrin
- Menudo
- Anne Murray, in the low budget special A Special Sesame Street Christmas, Murray's segment featured a magic egg nog container
- Holly Near
- Aaron Neville, singing No, I Don't Want to Live on the Moon
- *NSYNC
- 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, who became a regular cast member
- Jill Scott, singing Pete Seeger
- Carly Simon
- Paul Simon
- Ruben Studdard, from American Idol
- Take 6
- James Taylor
- Randy Travis
- Stevie Wonder
- Joe Williams
Who didn't sing on the show
- Percy Sledge, in his 1970s segment, he greets the viewer, says that "we're going to count" from one to ten, and then does so multiple times.
Sports Figures
Pre-Celebrities
The following persons were not celebrities at the time they appeared on Sesame Street, but later became well-known:
Celebrities who only lent their voices to the show
Celebrities as characters
Fictional characters
Characters based on celebrities
- Bruce Springbean
- Dr. Feel, based on Dr. Phil
- Placido Flamingo
- Babwa Wawa
