Republican National Convention speakers list unveiled

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- With just four days to spare, GOP officials on Thursday morning unveiled a list of "veterans, political outsiders, faith leaders" and Donald Trump who will speak at next week's Republican National Convention.

The GOP convention's theme is "Make America Great Again," Trump's campaign slogan, and will focus on national security, immigration, trade and jobs, convention officials said in a news release.

Among the group are plenty of former and current Republican elected officials, including a few of the presumptive nominee's vanquished opponents from the GOP primary.

Also included in the list released Thursday are four of Trump's children  -- Donald Jr., Eric, Ivanka and Tiffany -- and Trump's wife, Melania.

Despite Trump having indicated that he would seek to choose sports stars as his convention speakers, the list contains only a couple of athletic figures. The most notable is Dana White, the president of UFC, the professional mixed-martial arts organization. Also appearing will be Natalie Gulbis, the professional golfer. The New York Times reported overnight that former NFL quarterback Tim Tebow would be a convention speaker, but his name did not appear on the list released Thursday by convention officials.

Notably absent is Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, who is said to be among the finalists to be Trump's pick for vice-presidential nominee. Unsurprisingly Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who has refused to endorse Trump, will not be speaking despite being the Republican governor of the state where the convention is taking place.

Five sitting Republican governors did make the cut -- Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, Florida Gov. Rick Scott, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker.

Convention officials still have not announced a schedule for the four-day event, which begins Monday at Quicken Loans Arena. Thursday's release of names is much later than in previous conventions -- for example, in 2012, officials planning that year's GOP convention in Tampa, Florida, released a list of speakers three weeks before the event began.

Here is the list of names released Thursday:

Members of Trump family / Trump-related entities

Lynne Patton

Donald J. Trump Jr.

Eric Trump

Ivanka Trump

Melania Trump

Tiffany Trump

Kerry Woolard

Current and former elected officials / political figures

Rep. Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, West Virginia

Dr. Ben Carson

Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke

Rep. Chris Collins, New York

Sen. Tom Cotton, Arkansas

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie

Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas

Rep. Sean Duffy, Wisconsin

Sen. Joni Ernst, Iowa

Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin

Newt Gingrich, former U.S. speaker

Rudy Giuliani, former New York City mayor

El Paso County (Colorado Springs) Commissioner Darryl Glenn

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson

Rep. Kevin McCarthy, California

Rep. Michael McCaul, Texas

Former U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey

Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell

Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge

U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan

Florida Gov. Rick Scott

Sen. Jeff Sessions, Alabama

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker

Rep. Ryan Zinke, of Montana

Republican Party officials

RNC Co-Chair Sharon Day

RNC Chairman Reince Priebus

Alex Smith (College Republicans)

Sports / Entertainment figures

Kimberlin Brown

Natalie Gulbis

Antonio Sabato, Jr.

Dana White

Religious figures

Pastor Mark Burns

Rabbi Haskel Lookstein

Jerry Falwell Jr.

Rev. Darrell Scott

Business figures

Tom Barrack

Harold Hamm

Phil Ruffin

Peter Thiel

Military figures and others

Eileen Collins

Chris Cox

Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn

Mark Geist

Marcus Luttrell

Brock Mealer

Lisa Shin

Kathryn Gates-Skipper

Pat Smith

John Tiegen

Michelle Van Etten

Karen Vaughn

Andy Wist

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