The construction of this puzzle is such that each pair of names overlaps, with the last name of one person becoming the first name of the next. Additionally, the diagram is presented in such a way that each pair of white names overlaps into a gray name. Those same gray names are then linked into a yellow name. Likewise, two yellow names meet to make a green name, and two greens give the cyan.
While some of the clues definitively signify a single person, others are more general, forcing solvers to look for overlapping pairs of names to proceed. To make this easier, the names are given in alphabetical order. The full list of people is as follows:
Former Surgeon General = Regina Benjamin
James Bond actor = Pierce Brosnan
Conservative political host = Tucker Carlson
Former Secretary of State = Warren Christopher
Former British Prime Minister = Benjamin Disraeli
Former US President = Gerald Ford
Star Wars actor = Harrison Ford
19th-century American economist = Henry George
Los Angeles Clippers player = Paul George
Co-founder of Lyft = Logan Green
Former US President = Benjamin Harrison
One of the Beatles = George Harrison
US founding father = Patrick Henry
British sports presenter = Gabby Logan
TV lawyer = Perry Mason
Now We Are Sixty author = Christopher Matthew
“Dinosaur” coiner = Richard Owen
Theory-crafting YouTuber = Matthew Patrick
Controversial YouTuber = Logan Paul
Friends actor = Matthew Perry
Madea creator = Tyler Perry
Former US President = Franklin Pierce
Former Boston Celtic = Paul Pierce
Galactic Hitchhiker = Ford Prefect
Former Supreme Court Justice = Owen Roberts
Country Singer = Tanya Tucker
Coiner of the term “space opera” = Wilson Tucker
Character actor = Christopher Walken
Marley & Me = Owen Wilson
Weezer drummer = Patrick Wilson
These names may be placed into the diagram like this:
The name at the end of the puzzle, located in the cyan box, is the final answer HENRY.