--- title: Trump Inauguration: Your Guide to Who Was There description: Donald Trump took the oath of office at his inauguration, surrounded by politicians, dignitaries and celebrities. Here's who was there canonical: https://time.com/4640609/donald-trump-inauguration-people-guide/ author: Chris Wilson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-20T21:06:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-30T12:19:34.293Z article:section: Politics og:title: Your Guide to Who Was At Donald Trump's Inauguration og:description: They had a front-row seat to history og:url: https://time.com/4640609/donald-trump-inauguration-people-guide/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Your Guide to Who Was At Donald Trump's Inauguration twitter:description: They had a front-row seat to history twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Your Guide to Who Attended Donald Trump's Inauguration by [Chris Wilson](https://time.com/author/chris-wilson/) and [David Johnson](https://time.com/author/dave-johnson/) Jan 20, 2017 9:06 PM UTC by [Chris Wilson](https://time.com/author/chris-wilson/) and [David Johnson](https://time.com/author/dave-johnson/) Jan 20, 2017 9:06 PM UTC [Donald Trump ](http://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-2016-donald-trump/)took the [oath of office ](http://time.com/president-donald-trump-inauguration-day-photos/)on Friday to become the [45th president of the United States](http://time.com/4636990/donald-trump-inauguration-president-quiz/), surrounded by politicians, dignitaries and celebrities. Chief Justice John Roberts administered the oath at Trump’s inauguration, which was also attended by outgoing [President Obama](http://time.com/4639338/obama-photos-we-loved/) and Michelle Obama, outgoing Vice President Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden, and Trump’s family members. The following interactive photo lets you zoom in on any of the circled faces to see who’s who. Select a name or click a circle to zoom in. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4640609/donald-trump-inauguration-people-guide/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4640609/donald-trump-inauguration-people-guide/"},"headline":"Your Guide to Who Attended Donald Trump's Inauguration","datePublished":"2017-01-20T21:06:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-30T12:19:34.293Z","description":"They had a front-row seat to history","url":"https://time.com/4640609/donald-trump-inauguration-people-guide/","keywords":["Donald Trump","interactive","inauguration"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Chris Wilson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/chris-wilson/"},{"@type":"Person","name":"David Johnson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/dave-johnson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4640609/donald-trump-inauguration-people-guide/","name":"Your Guide to Who Attended Donald Trump's Inauguration"}}]}] ```