"Author and HBO host Bill Maher is scheduled to be the commencement speaker at University of California, Berkeley in December 2014. <a href=""https://www.change.org/p/university-of-california-berkeley-stop-bill-maher-from-speaking-at-uc-berkeley-s-december-graduation"" target=""_blank"">A petition on Change.org</a> urges the school to cancel Maher's speech, calling Maher ""a blatant bigot and racist."" Here, Maher attends the Summer TCA Tour in 2011. Click through to see more of 2014's big-name commencement speakers."