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A
- Robert Abbott – Robert Abbott (talk · contribs)
- American game inventor; died in 2018
- Isaac Abella – Idabella123 (talk · contribs)
- Professor of Physics at The University of Chicago
- Brian Acton – Brianacton (talk · contribs)
- American social media entrepreneur/programmer
- Scott Adams – Dilguy (talk · contribs)
- American cartoonist of Dilbert and writer
- Mark Adler – Dradler (talk · contribs)
- American mathematician, physicist, and computer scientist best known for work in data compression
- Gerry Alanguilan – Komikero~enwiki (talk · contribs)
- Filipino comic book artist and writer
- Johnny Alegre – Buszmail (talk · contribs)
- Filipino musician
- Amir Alexander – Amiralexander (talk · contribs)
- Israeli historian
- Lexi Alexander – Lexi Alexander (talk · contribs)
- German film and television director
- Jim Al-Khalili – Phs1ja (talk · contribs)
- Iraqi British theoretical physicist author and broadcaster
- Ted Allen – Tedrallen (talk · contribs)
- Queer Eye for the Straight Guy star and journalist
- Harald Tveit Alvestrand – Alvestrand (talk · contribs)
- Norwegian computer scientist
- Evan Amos – Evan-Amos (talk · contribs)
- American video gaming photographer
- Kurt Andersen – Kbandersen (talk · contribs)
- Magazine editor and radio producer/host
- Steffan Andrews – LapinJ (talk · contribs)
- Television composer
- Ashkanov Apollon – Ashkaninho (talk · contribs)
- American soccer player
- Marty Appel – Martyappel (talk · contribs)
- Baseball writer
- Kwame Anthony Appiah – KAAppiah (talk · contribs)
- Philosopher and author
- Marco Arment – Marco.org (talk · contribs)
- American developer, podcaster, and technology writer
- Arnold Arre – Arncyn (talk · contribs)
- Filipino comic book writer and artist
- Raymond Arritt – Shock Brigade Harvester Boris (talk · contribs)
- American agronomist; died in November 2018
- Debito Arudou – Arudoudebito (talk · contribs)
- Japanese author and activist
- Pete Ashdown – Pashdown (talk · contribs)
- Internet entrepreneur, ran for U.S. Senate in Utah in 2006
- Erik Ian Asphaug – Erik Asphaug (talk · contribs)
- Astronomer
- Loyd Auerbach – Loyd Auerbach (talk · contribs)
- Parapsychologist, stage performer of magic, author
- Jerry Avenaim – Jerry Avenaim (talk · contribs)
- American photographer known for images of celebrities
- Dionysia-Theodora Avgerinopoulou – Avgerinopoulou Dionysia-Theodora (talk · contribs) and Avgerinopoulou (talk · contribs)
- Greek politician
B
- John C. Baez – John Baez (talk · contribs)
- Mathematical physicist
- Alice Bag – Alicebag (talk · contribs)
- American punk rocker
- Nicholson Baker – Wageless (talk · contribs)
- Novelist and critic
- Ann Bannon – Ann Bannon (talk · contribs)
- Writer, academic
- Paul Barbeau – Paul Barbeau (talk · contribs)
- Canadian film maker
- Jorn Barger – Robotwisdom (talk · contribs)
- Blogging pioneer, coined the term "weblog"
- Michael P. Barnett – Michael P. Barnett (talk · contribs)
- British theoretical chemist and computer scientist
- Grant Barrett – Michael P. Barnett (talk · contribs)
- American lexicographer, host of public radio's syndicated A Way with Words
- Stephen Barrett – Sbinfo (talk · contribs)
- Webmaster of Quackwatch, American physician critical of alternative medicine
- Jason Barry-Smith – Jason Barry-Smith (talk · contribs)
- Opera singer
- Leo Baxendale – Leo Baxendale (talk · contribs)
- Comics artist at DC Thomson and Fleetway
- Jeffrey Beall – Denverjeffrey (talk · contribs)
- Librarian at Auraria Library and associate professor at University of Colorado, Denver
- Jon-Erik Beckjord – Beckjord (talk · contribs)
- Paranormal investigator and photographer; died in 2008
- Carl Bell (physician) – Carlcbellmd (talk · contribs)
- American psychiatrist
- Gordon Bell – Cgordonbell (talk · contribs)
- Computer scientist, Turing award winner
- Aaron Ben-Ze'ev – Aaronbz (talk · contribs)
- Israeli philosopher
- Medea Benjamin – medeabenjamin (talk · contribs)
- U.S. political activist, founder of Code Pink and Global Exchange
- Natalie Bennett – Natalieben (talk · contribs)
- Australian–British politician and former leader of the Green Party of England and Wales
- Chip Berlet – Cberlet (talk · contribs)
- American investigative journalist and author
- Tim Berners-Lee – Timbl (talk · contribs)
- The inventor of the World Wide Web
- Justin Berry – JustinBerry (talk · contribs)
- American teenage webcam pornographer, subject of a New York Times article
- Theodore C. Bestor – Ted Bestor (talk · contribs) and Tedsushi (talk · contribs)
- American anthropologist
- Kristen Bicknell – Kristenbicknell (talk · contribs)
- Professional poker player
- Volodymyr Biletskyy – Білецький В.С. (talk · contribs)
- Ukrainian scientist, politician, activist
- Stanley Bing – Lazenby (talk · contribs)
- Columnist for Fortune magazine
- Cindy Blackstock – Cblackst (talk · contribs)
- Canadian activist for child welfare
- Yaroslav Blanter – Ymblanter (talk · contribs)
- Russian physicist, highly active prolific contributor on several WMF projects
- Andy Bloch – AndyBloch (talk · contribs)
- American professional poker player
- Mitchell Block – Mwblock (talk · contribs)
- American filmmaker
- C. George Boeree – Cgboeree (talk · contribs)
- Creator of the constructed language Lingua Franca Nova
- Igor Bogdanov (Bogdanov affair) – Igor B. (talk · contribs)
- Co-creator of published but controversial study on the Big Bang
- Matilde Borromeo – Matilde borromeo (talk · contribs)
- Italian noblewoman and equestrian
- Derrick Bostrom – Dbostrom (talk · contribs)
- Drummer and founding member of Meat Puppets
- Patrice Bouchet – Pbouchet (talk · contribs)
- French astrophysicist best known for his discovery of the Rings of Neptune
- Jonathan Bowen – Jpbowen (talk · contribs)
- Computer Science professor at London South Bank University
- Jason Box – Jasonebox (talk · contribs)
- Glaciologist and expert on Greenland
- Joshua Boyle – Sherurcij (talk · contribs)
- Canadian hostage held in Afghanistan from 2012 to 2017[1]
- Walter J. Boyne – Wboyne (talk · contribs)
- Pilot, author, National Aviation Hall of Famer
- Tim Bray – TimBray (talk · contribs)
- One of the creators of XML and employee of Sun Microsystems
- Jim Breen – Jimbreen (talk · contribs)
- Japanese-language researcher
- Anders Behring Breivik – Conservatism (talk · contribs)
- Norwegian terrorist – currently in prison
- Fredrick Brennan – FredrickBrennan (talk · contribs), Fredrick R. Brennan (talk · contribs) and Psiĥedelisto (talk · contribs)
- American software developer, creator of 8chan
- Shane Briant – Shane Briant (talk · contribs)
- British-Australian actor and novelist
- Poppy Z. Brite – Pzbrite (talk · contribs)
- American author
- Adam Bromley – Adamjamesbromley (talk · contribs)
- British radio producer, edits articles related to shows he works on
- Aaron Brown (financial author) – AaCBrown (talk · contribs)
- American Finance Professor and author
- Sheldon Brown (bicycle mechanic) – Sheldon Brown (talk · contribs)
- Bicycle mechanic; died February 4, 2008
- Ed Brubaker – Ed Brubaker (talk · contribs)
- American comic book writer
- Kevin Burdette – Burdettekevin (talk · contribs)
- Bass opera singer
- Mark Burgess (children's author) – Marcus civis (talk · contribs)
- Children's author
- Daniel Burton – Danpburton (talk · contribs)
- Polar explorer
- Sharon Dahlonega Raiford Bush – 37Celcius (talk · contribs)
- American television newscaster and print journalist
- Patrick M. Byrne – PatrickByrne (talk · contribs)
- Overstock.com founder & CEO
- Osman Khalid Butt – Osmankbutt (talk · contribs)
- Pakistani actor
- Tim Butcher – Timbobutcher (talk · contribs)
- English journalist, broadcaster, and author
C
- Rogers Cadenhead – Rcade (talk · contribs)
- Technology author
- Joseph A. Cafasso – Peppetters (talk · contribs)
- Former Fox News Counterterrorism & Military Editor
- Paxus Calta – Paxuscalta (talk · contribs)
- Anti-nuclear activist
- Ramsey Campbell – Ramsey Campbell (talk · contribs)
- English horror fiction author, editor and critic
- T. Colin Campbell – tcc1 (talk · contribs)
- Nutritionist and author
- David Campiti – Davidcampiti (talk · contribs)
- Writer and publisher
- James Cantor – James Cantor (talk · contribs)
- Professional sex researcher
- Maximum Capacity – Maxcapacity (talk · contribs)
- Professional wrestler, died in 2014
- Edward Caraballo – Honest1too (talk · contribs)
- Photojournalist released from an Afghan prison
- Manuel Cardona – CardonaUSA (talk · contribs)
- Physicist
- Andrew Carnie – AndrewCarnie (talk · contribs)
- Linguist
- Lee Carroll – Lcarroll (talk · contribs)
- New Age channeller, speaker and author of Indigo children books
- Bryce Case – Ytcracker (talk · contribs)
- Former computer hacker turned Nerdcore hip hop performer
- Ian Castles – Ian Castles (talk · contribs)
- Economic commentator and former Australian Statistician
- Charles Cecil – Charcecil (talk · contribs)
- Game designer and co-founder of Revolution Software
- Christopher Cerf (musician and television producer) – ChrisCerf (talk · contribs)
- Author, composer-lyricist, and record and television producer
- CGP Grey – CGPGrey (talk · contribs)
- Creator of educational YouTube videos
- Aimee Challenor – aimeec110 (talk · contribs)
- British politician and transgender activist
- Paul "ReDeYe" Chaloner – Redeye27 (talk · contribs)
- eSports commentator, caster, and program host, created own page
- Caleb Chan – Cc21002 (talk · contribs)
- Television series composer
- Ken Chant – Kdchant (talk · contribs)
- Australian Pentecostal pastor, author and educator
- Kyle Chapman (New Zealand activist) – NZTrooper (talk · contribs)
- New Zealand fascist
- Suw Charman-Anderson – Minxette (talk · contribs)
- Journalist, writer, consultant, campaigner
- Rimi B. Chatterjee – Rimibchatterjee (talk · contribs)
- Indian novelist and academic
- Noel Chiappa – Jnc (talk · contribs)
- Internet pioneer, an early and very active Wikipedian who gave up on the project after a dispute involving his area of expertise
- Anvar Chingizoglu – Enver62 (talk · contribs)
- Azerbaijani historian
- Atul Chitnis – Achitnis (talk · contribs)
- Consulting technologist, organizer of FOSS.IN; died in 2013
- Ward Christensen – WardXmodem (talk · contribs)
- Founder of CBBS, the first bulletin board system
- Neil Cicierega – Trapezzoid (talk · contribs)
- Internet personality, comedian, filmmaker, and musician
- John Clark (actor) – JohnClarknew (talk · contribs)
- Actor/director and ex-husband and manager of Lynn Redgrave
- Keith Code – Keith code (talk · contribs)
- Motorcycle racer, instructor, and author
- Noam Cohen – Chomsky1 (talk · contribs)
- American journalist and author
- Steve Cohen (magician) – Chambermagic (talk · contribs)
- Magician
- Loren Coleman – Cryptozoo (talk · contribs)
- Cryptozoologist and author
- Steve Coleman – Mbase1235 (talk · contribs)
- Jazz musician
- Finghin Collins – Finghin (talk · contribs)
- Irish pianist
- William Connolley – William M. Connolley (talk · contribs)
- Climate modeller and scientist
- David Conway (music historian) – Smerus (talk · contribs)
- Music historian
- Maryann Corbett – Maryannz (talk · contribs)
- Poet
- Piers Corbyn – PiersCorbyn (talk · contribs)
- Conspiracy theorist, brother of Jeremy Corbyn
- Tina Cornely – Tinacornely (talk · contribs)
- American philanthropist
- Manu Cornet – Manu.Cornet (talk · contribs)
- French programmer, cartoonist, writer and musician
- Kimberley Cornish – Kimberley Cornish (talk · contribs)
- Author of the The Jew of Linz, and speaker at Holocaust denial conference
- Alan Cox – AlanCox (talk · contribs)
- Programmer heavily involved in the development of the Linux kernel since its early days in 1991
- Alex Cox – Alexcox (talk · contribs)
- Film director and writer
- Nikki Craft – Nikkicraft (talk · contribs)
- Naturist activist turned feminist blogger and occasional lecturer
- Kathryn Cramer – Pleasantville (talk · contribs)
- Science fiction editor
- Jan Cremers – JMB Cremers (talk · contribs)
- Sociologist and former politician
- Lee Daniel Crocker – Lee Daniel Crocker (talk · contribs)
- Computer programmer, known for rewriting the software upon which Wikipedia runs
- Mark Cuban – Mcuban (talk · contribs)
- Entrepreneur and owner of the Dallas Mavericks
- Ward Cunningham – WardCunningham (talk · contribs)
- Computer programmer, developer of the first wiki
- Constance Cumbey – Cumbey (talk · contribs)
- Former national officer for the National Association of Women Lawyers, New Age Christian author
- Richard Cytowic – Cytowic (talk · contribs)
- Neuroscientist and author noted for rediscovering synesthesia
- Anthony Czarnik – AWCzarnik (talk · contribs)
- Chemist and inventor
D
- Luis Da Silva – Luisdasilvajr (talk · contribs)
- American basketball player and actor
- Mark Dacascos – Hapaohana7 (talk · contribs)
- American actor and martial artist
- Andrew Dalby – Andrew Dalby (talk · contribs)
- Writer on language history and food history
- Lisa Daniels (TV presenter) – LisaDaniels (talk · contribs)
- NBC journalist
- Mike Dash – Mikedash (talk · contribs)
- Welsh writer, journalist, researcher, and editor and publisher of the journal Fortean Times
- Joseph Davidovits – JDavidovits (talk · contribs)
- Materials scientist, inventor of geopolymer chemistry
- Richard Dawkins – RichardDawkins (talk · contribs)
- Biologist and author
- Felicia Day – Watchtheguild (talk · contribs)
- American actress and creator of The Guild
- Walter Day – Walter_Day (talk · contribs)
- Founder of the US National Video Game team and Twin Galaxies, a video game high score record keeping organization
- Daniel DeBourg – Danieldb13 (talk · contribs)
- English pop singer, songwriter, former dancer and model
- Bernie De Koven – Majorfun (talk · contribs)
- American game designer, author, and lecturer
- Erik Demaine – Edemaine (talk · contribs)
- Associate Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, possibly the youngest professor in the history of MIT
- Paweł Dembowski – Ausir (talk · contribs)
- Founder of the Fallout Wiki
- Christian de Quincey – Christian de Quincey (talk · contribs)
- Philosopher and New Age author
- Hossein Derakhshan – Hoder (talk · contribs) Derakhshan (talk · contribs)
- Iranian-Canadian journalist and weblogger
- Betsy Devine – Betsythedevine (talk · contribs)
- Journalist, author, and blogger
- Florence Devouard – Anthere (talk · contribs)
- Member of Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
- John Dickerson (journalist) – Jfdickerson (talk · contribs)
- Journalist, CIA leak recipient
- Thomas Dickey – Tedickey (talk · contribs)
- Free software developer
- Mike Dickison – Giantflightlessbirds (talk · contribs)
- Entomologist and museum curator, New Zealand Wikipedian at Large from 2018 to 2019
- Jonas Diego – Jonasdiego (talk · contribs)
- Filipino comic book artist and writer
- Oscar van Dillen – Oscar (talk · contribs)
- Dutch musician, composer, and member of Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
- Cory Doctorow – Doctorow (talk · contribs)
- Author in favor of liberalizing copyright laws
- Hootan Dolati – Hootandolati (talk · contribs)
- Iranian politician and political prisoner
- Piotr Domaradzki – Belissarius (talk · contribs)
- Polish-American journalist, essayist and historian
- Mark Jason Dominus – Dominus (talk · contribs)
- Co-founder of Kibology, acclaimed Perl programmer
- Elsa Dorfman - Elsad (talk · contribs)
- Photographer
- Mike Doughty – Mikeydough (talk · contribs)
- Singer/songwriter, poet
- K. Eric Drexler – Eric Drexler (talk · contribs)
- Nanotechnologist
- Elonka Dunin – Elonka (talk · contribs)
- Professional game developer, amateur cryptographer, and an expert on the Kryptos sculpture
- Brian Dunning (author) – Briandunning (talk · contribs)
- American writer and producer
- George Dvorsky – Gdvorsky (talk · contribs)
- Transhumanist writer and speaker
E
- East Bay Ray – supposedly Dead-kennedys (talk · contribs) and RobertW (talk · contribs)
- Guitarist and sometime composer and producer with Dead Kennedys
- John C. Eastman - Jeastman (talk · contribs)
- American legal scholar; drew controversy for statements made during the presidency of Donald Trump
- Richard Ebeling – Richard Ebeling (talk · contribs)
- Libertarian author
- Roger Ebert – Rebert (talk · contribs)
- Film critic and writer; died in 2013
- Andrew Edge – Andreasegde (talk · contribs)
- English musician
- Nick Egan – Nick Egan (talk · contribs)
- British visual design artist, and director of music videos, commercials and film
- Ian Eisenberg – Ian Eisenberg (talk · contribs)
- Seattle businessperson
- Rebecca Eisenberg – Rleise (talk · contribs)
- American lawyer and writer
- Elizabeth Elliott – Lcrippes (talk · contribs)
- American novelist
- Wesley R. Elsberry – Wesley R. Elsberry (talk · contribs)
- Marine biologist
- Peter Entwisle – Peter Entwisle (talk · contribs)
- Historian, art curator; died in 2018
- David Eppstein – David Eppstein (talk · contribs)
- Computer science professor
- Kelley Eskridge – Kelleyeskridge (talk · contribs)
- Science fiction and slipstream writer
- Chris Espinosa – Cdespinosa (talk · contribs)
- Longest–serving employee of Apple
- Vyvyan Evans – Vyvevans (talk · contribs)
- Linguist
- Daniel Everett – Piraha1 (talk · contribs)
- Linguist who worked extensively on the Pirahã language
- Michael Everson – Evertype (talk · contribs)
- Linguist, typesetter, and font designer, one of the co-authors of the Unicode standard
- Mikhail Evstafiev – Evstafiev (talk · contribs)
- Russian artist, photographer, writer
- Gunther Eysenbach – Eysen (talk · contribs)
- Health researcher, academic, and initiator of WebCite
F
- Muriel Fahrion – MurielOK (talk · contribs)
- American illustrator, creator of Strawberry Shortcake and Popples
- Jonah Falcon – JAF1970 (talk · contribs)
- Actor and television host
- Rickard Falkvinge – Falkvinge (talk · contribs)
- Founder of the Pirate Party (Sweden)
- Paul S. Farmer – Paul Stephen Farmer (talk · contribs)
- Retired British teacher who developed the use of pop music in school music education
- David Farrar (blogger) – Dpf (talk · contribs)
- New Zealand political activist, blogger, and pollster
- Farhad Fatkullin – Frhdkazan (talk · contribs)
- Russian social activist from Tatarstan, 2018 Wikimedian of the Year
- Joe Felsenstein – Felsenst (talk · contribs)
- Population biologist and quantitative geneticist
- Edward Felten – Ewfelten (talk · contribs)
- Professor of computer science and public affairs at Princeton University
- David Ferriero – Dferriero (talk · contribs)
- Archivist of the United States
- Steven Feuerstein – Stevenfeuerstein (talk · contribs)
- PL/SQL expert and author of various books on this subject
- Charles Firth (comedian) – Charlesfirth (talk · contribs)
- Member of Australian political satire team The Chaser
- Amy Fisher – Amy Fisher (talk · contribs)
- "Long Island Lolita", porn actor, writer
- Leonard Everett Fisher – Leonardeverett (talk · contribs)
- Children's book author and illustrator
- Brad Fitzpatrick – Bradfitz (talk · contribs)
- American programmer, creator of LiveJournal, PicPix, and FreeVote
- Tom Van Flandern – Tomvf (talk · contribs)
- American physicist with nonstandard views on various topics; died on January 9, 2009
- Thea Flaum – Theaflaum (talk · contribs)
- American television producer
- Brian Flemming – BrianFlemming (talk · contribs)
- Film director and playwright (Bat Boy: The Musical)
- Michael Flood – Michael Flood (talk · contribs)
- Pro-feminist researcher
- Alan Ford (architect) – Mjhalliburton (talk · contribs)
- American architect
- David Fox (game designer) – DavidBFox (talk · contribs)
- American game designer
- Vanessa Fox – Vanessafox (talk · contribs)
- Google product manager and spokeswoman
- Brian D. Foy – Scarpia (talk · contribs)
- Publisher and editor of The Perl Review and co-author of Perl books
- Ted Frank – THF (talk · contribs)
- Lawyer, writer, and activist; retired from editing
- Jimmy Fricke – Gobboboy (talk · contribs)
- Professional poker player
G
- John Gaeta – John gaeta (talk · contribs)
- Visual effects designer and director (The Matrix trilogy)
- Mordechai Gafni – Aengus66 (talk · contribs)
- Former Jewish renewal rabbi
- Richa Gangopadhyay – Richa320 (talk · contribs)
- Indian actress, model and beauty queen
- Kyle Gann – Kylegann (talk · contribs)
- Composer, music critic for Village Voice
- David Gans (musician) – Dgans (talk · contribs)
- Musician, photographer, radio host of a program about The Grateful Dead and other notable musicians
- Megan Ganz – Quotesunquotes (talk · contribs)
- Television comedy writer on Community and Important Things with Demetri Martin
- Timothy Garden, Baron Garden – Tgarden (talk · contribs)
- British air marshal, university professor and a Liberal Democrat peer; died in 2007
- Sue Gardner – Sue Gardner (talk · contribs)
- Former Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation
- Richard Garfield – Angryangrymouse (talk · contribs)
- Mathematician and creator of Magic: The Gathering
- Simson Garfinkel – Simsong (talk · contribs)
- Researcher and journalist specializing in computer security and privacy
- Bamber Gascoigne – Bamber Gascoigne (talk · contribs)
- British television presenter and author; died in 2022
- Shad Gaspard – Bkbeast13 (talk · contribs)
- Professional wrestler, former member of World Wrestling Entertainment; died on May 17, 2020
- Rick Gates – Gatesrick (talk · contribs)
- Internet pioneer
- David Gauntlett – Davidgauntlett (talk · contribs)
- Social scientist
- Susan Gerbic – sgerbic (talk · contribs)
- Anti-pseudoscience activist
- Nat Gertler – NatGertler (talk · contribs)
- Founder of About Comics
- Charlie Gillingham – CharlesGillingham (talk · contribs)
- Keyboardist for the band Counting Crows
- Hannes Hólmsteinn Gissurarson – Hannes H. Gissurarson~enwiki (talk · contribs)
- Icelandic political theorist and author
- Russell Glasser – kazim27 (talk · contribs)
- Co-host of The Atheist Experience
- Louise Glover – Louiseglover (talk · contribs)
- British glamour model
- Mike Godwin – MGodwin (talk · contribs)
- American attorney, director of Public Knowledge, former general counsel for Wikimedia Foundation
- Bernard Goldberg – Bernardgoldberg (talk · contribs)
- American writer, journalist, and political commentator
- Marv Goldberg – Marvy42 (talk · contribs)
- Writer and music historian in the field of rhythm & blues (R&B)
- Scott Goldblatt – Sgoldblatt (talk · contribs)
- U.S. Olympic gold medalist in swimming (2004)
- Scott Goodson – Scottgoodson (talk · contribs)
- Canadian advertising agent
- Anton Goosen – Antongoosen (talk · contribs)
- South African musician and songwriter
- Al Gordon (comics) – Albabe (talk · contribs)
- Comic book creator, inker, and writer
- Stephen P. Gordon – StephenGordon (talk · contribs)
- Campaign consultant and former Libertarian Party activist
- Gennady Gorelik – Ggorelik (talk · contribs)
- Russian physicist and philosopher
- Alain Goriely – Alain Goriely (talk · contribs)
- Belgian mathematician
- Bill Gosper – Bill Gosper (talk · contribs)
- American mathematician, programmer, and hacker
- Tiffany Grant – TifGrant (talk · contribs)
- American voice actress
- Richard Grayson (academic) – Rsgrayson (talk · contribs)
- Professor of Twentieth Century History at Goldsmiths, University of London
- Antony Green – AntonyGreen (talk · contribs)
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation election analyst
- Jack Greenberg (lawyer) – Jack Greenbergx (talk · contribs)
- Law professor, former NAACP counsel, and dean of Columbia College, died October 12, 2016
- Andriy Grechylo – Herald63 (talk · contribs)
- Ukrainian historian, heraldist and vexillologist
- Reginald Gray (artist) - Reginald gray (talk · contribs)
- Portrait artist; died in 2013
- Sasha Grey – Madjabuds (talk · contribs)
- Pornography star
- John Gruber – Johngruber (talk · contribs)
- Technology writer
- Patrick Guinness – PatrickGuinness (talk · contribs)
- Historian and lecturer
- Ciaran Gultnieks – CiaranG (talk · contribs)
- Computer games programmer from Yorkshire
- Devon Gummersall – Devgum (talk · contribs)
- American actor, writer, and television and film director
- Mark Guzdial – Guzdial (talk · contribs)
- Interactive computing Professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology
H
- Paul Hackett (politician) – PaulHackett (talk · contribs)
- Activist against the Iraq war, former U.S. congressional candidate
- Bernard Haisch – Haisch (talk · contribs)
- Fringe physicist and paranormal researcher
- Justin Hall – JustinHall (talk · contribs)
- Early weblogger
- Sarah Hampson – SarahAnneHampson (talk · contribs)
- Canadian writer
- Chuck Hardwick – Hardwc (talk · contribs)
- Former Speaker of New Jersey General Assembly, former Vice President of Pfizer
- Henry Hardy – Henry Hardy (talk · contribs)
- British editor noted for his work on Isaiah Berlin
- Stevan Harnad – Harnad (talk · contribs)
- Cognitive scientist and activist for animal rights and open access
- Paul Hartal – Paul Hartal (talk · contribs)
- Canadian painter and poet
- Martin Haspelmath – Haspelmath (talk · contribs)
- German linguist
- Hamid Hassani – Hamidhassani1 (talk · contribs)
- Iranian scholar, lexicographer, and editor
- Owen Hatherley – Owenhatherley (talk · contribs)
- British architecture journalist
- John Haughm – Jhaughm (talk · contribs)
- Musician best known as the frontman of Agalloch
- Tilman Hausherr – Tilman (talk · contribs)
- Software developer, critic of Scientology
- Patrick Nielsen Hayden – Pnh (talk · contribs)
- Science fiction editor
- James Heilman – Doc James (talk · contribs)
- Emergency medicine doctor
- Jack Herrick – JackHerrick (talk · contribs)
- Founder of WikiHow
- Tony Hendra – Anthonyhendra (talk · contribs)
- British satirist, actor and writer
- Phil Hendrie – Phil Hendrie (talk · contribs)
- Radio talk show host
- Keith Henson – Hkhenson (talk · contribs)
- American engineer and writer
- Victoria "Little Boots" Hesketh – Littlebootsofficial (talk · contribs)
- English singer-songwriter
- Carl Hewitt – Prof. Carl Hewitt (talk · contribs)
- Computer scientist and professor
- Martin Hewitt (actor) – MartinHewitt (talk · contribs)
- American actor
- Hugo Heyrman – Dr. Hugo (talk · contribs)
- Belgian artist
- Peter Hitchens – Clockback (talk · contribs)
- Conservative British author, journalist and broadcaster
- Sam Hocevar – Sam Hocevar (talk · contribs)
- Programmer, Debian Project Leader and former WikiMedia France board member
- John Hodgman – Hodgman (talk · contribs)
- Author and television personality
- Ron Holloway – Ronsax (talk · contribs)
- American saxophonist
- Alex Honnold - ActuallyAlexHonnold (talk · contribs)[2]
- American rock climber
- Carl F. Hostetter – Aelfwine (talk · contribs)
- American Tolkienian linguist and computer scientist
- Kenny Hotz – Kennyhotz (talk · contribs)
- Canadian actor, director, producer, and creator and co-star of television show Kenny vs. Spenny
- James G. Howes – JGHowes (talk · contribs)
- American business executive and radio personality
- John Humphreys (economist) – John humphreys (talk · contribs)
- Australian economist and libertarian activist
- Peter L. Hurd – Pete.Hurd (talk · contribs)
- Canadian professor of psychology
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- Miguel de Icaza – Miguel.de.Icaza (talk · contribs)
- Software developer known for starting GNOME and Mono
- Mansoor Ijaz – Mansoor Ijaz (talk · contribs)
- Pakistani-American venture financier, hedge-fund manager and freelance diplomat
- Grant Imahara – Grantimahara (talk · contribs)
- Electrical engineer and cast member on Mythbusters. Died in 2020.
- Charles Ingram – Threaders (talk · contribs)
- Contestant convicted of cheating on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
- Kylie Ireland – Kylieireland (talk · contribs)
- Adult film producer and actress
- Joi Ito – Joi (talk · contribs)
- Activist, entrepreneur, and venture capitalist
- Vasyl Ivanchuk – Ivanchukvasyl (talk · contribs)
- Ukrainian chess grandmaster
- Lyubomir Ivanov (explorer) – Apcbg (talk · contribs)
- Bulgarian scientist, non-governmental activist, and Antarctic explorer
- Bruce Edward Ivins – Jimmyflathead (talk · contribs)
- Senior biodefense researcher at the USAMRIID, and suspected perpetrator of the 2001 anthrax attacks
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- Ian Jackson – Ijackson (talk · contribs)
- Software developer
- Alex Jacobowitz – Alexjacobowitz (talk · contribs)
- Klezmer musician
- Jim Jagielski – Jimjag (talk · contribs)
- Software engineer
- Andrea James – Jokestress (talk · contribs)
- American actress and transgender activist
- Xeni Jardin – Xenijardin (talk · contribs)
- Weblogger (Boing Boing) and journalist
- Nikki Jean - NikkiJean92 (talk · contribs)
- American singer-songwriter and actress
- William H. Jefferys – Billjefferys (talk · contribs)
- American astronomer
- Rick Jelliffe – Rick Jelliffe (talk · contribs)
- Australian programmer and standards activist
- Tom Jennings – Tom.jennings (talk · contribs)
- Creator of FidoNet
- Richard J. Jensen – Rjensen (talk · contribs)
- Historian, creator of H-Net
- Mary Lou Jepsen – Mljmlj (talk · contribs)
- Chief Technology Officer of One Laptop per Child
- Janna Jihad – Janna Jihad (talk · contribs)
- Palestinian youth journalist and activist
- Cory Johnson – Coryjohn (talk · contribs)
- American journalist
- J. Hunter Johnson – JHunterJ (talk · contribs)
- American author and game designer
- Daniel Jolliffe - Possibly (talk · contribs)
- Canadian media artist and art professor
- Jonathan A. Jones – Jonathan A Jones (talk · contribs)
- Oxford University physicist
- Ryan Jordan – Essjay (talk · contribs)
- Gained media attention for identity fraud and giving false credentials on Wikipedia
- Brian David Josephson – Brian Josephson (talk · contribs)
- Nobel Prize winner in physics, and paranormalist
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- Brewster Kahle – Brewsterkahle (talk · contribs)
- American computer engineer, Internet entrepreneur, internet activist, advocate of universal access to all knowledge, and digital librarian
- Michio Kaku – Michiokaku (talk · contribs)
- String theorist and science popularizer
- Candye Kane – Candyekane (talk · contribs)
- Blues musician and former porn star; died in 2016
- Mitch Kapor – Mkapor (talk · contribs)
- Software entrepreneur, designer of Lotus 1–2–3
- Michael Howard Kay – Mhkay (talk · contribs)
- Software engineer, editor of XSLT language specification
- Bogdan Karaičić – BHoops2016 (talk · contribs)
- Serbian professional basketball coach
- Ryan Karben – Rkarben (talk · contribs)
- New York State politician and lawyer
- Jawed Karim – Jawed (talk · contribs)
- Co-founder of YouTube
- Phil Karn – Karn (talk · contribs)
- Electrical engineer
- Karun – Misskarun (talk · contribs)
- Kenyan singer, lead vocalist of alternative hip hop group Camp Mulla
- Ana Kasparian – AnaKasparian (talk · contribs)
- Armenian American co-host and producer for the online news show The Young Turks
- Brendan Kavanagh – Bwoogie (talk · contribs)
- British pianist, YouTuber and public piano performer
- Janice Kawaye – Jenkawaye (talk · contribs)
- American voice actress
- Martin Kean – Cargill208 (talk · contribs)
- New Zealand bass guitarist
- Rauan Kenzhekhanuly – Rauank (talk · contribs)
- Kazakh entrepreneur and politician, inaugural Wikipedian of the Year in 2011
- Carrie Keranen – CareBearFinn (talk · contribs)
- American voice actress
- Glynn Kerr – Glynnk (talk · contribs)
- Motorcycle designer and columnist
- Lawrence Kestenbaum – Kestenbaum (talk · contribs)
- Lawyer, county official, creator of Political Graveyard web site
- Zaynab Khadr – Zaynab Khadr (talk · contribs)
- Member of the Khadr family associated with Osama bin Laden
- Philip S. Khoury – Khoury (talk · contribs)
- Professor of Middle Eastern studies
- Uwe Kils – Kils (talk · contribs)
- Marine biologist specializing in planktology
- Alan R. King – A R King (talk · contribs)
- British linguist notable for his work on Basque and Nawat (Pipil language)
- David Thomas King – David King (talk · contribs)
- Executive Director of the Public School Boards' Association of Alberta, former Alberta Minister of Education
- Michael King – Mhking (talk · contribs)
- Commentator, columnist and television producer
- Stephan Kinsella – Nskinsella (talk · contribs)
- Intellectual property lawyer and legal theorist
- Justin Knapp – Koavf (talk · contribs)
- Primarily known for Wikipedia
- Holly Knight – Holly Knight (talk · contribs)
- American songwriter and musician (Device et al.)
- Alex Ko – Ckalex1996 (talk · contribs)
- American actor who starred in Billy Elliot the Musical
- Nadim Kobeissi – Kaepora~enwiki (talk · contribs)
- Computer programmer and security researcher
- Christina Koch – Astro Christina (talk · contribs)
- American engineer and NASA astronaut
- Jerome Kohl – Jerome Kohl (talk · contribs)
- American music theorist, authority on the music of Karlheinz Stockhausen
- Vladimir Korepin – Korepin (talk · contribs)
- Russian-American physicist
- Alex Konanykhin – AKonanykhin (talk · contribs)
- Russian entrepreneur
- Kai A. Konrad – Unikat55 (talk · contribs)
- German economist
- Phil Konstantin – Philkon (talk · contribs)
- American/Cherokee writer and TV reporter
- Ihor Kostenko – Ig2000 (talk · contribs)
- Ukrainian political activist and journalist, killed during Euromaidan, posthumously awarded the title Hero of Ukraine and named the 2014 Wikipedian of the Year
- Jeff Kostoff – Jkostoff (talk · contribs)
- Swimmer
- Stanley Krippner – Skrippner (talk · contribs)
- American parapsychologist
- Marc Kuchner – Mkuchner (talk · contribs)
- American astrophysicist
- Markus Kuhn (computer scientist) – Markus Kuhn (talk · contribs)
- German computer scientist
- Madura Kulatunga – Madura Kulatunga (talk · contribs)
- Developer of Madura English-Sinhala Dictionary
- Greg Kuperberg – Greg Kuperberg (talk · contribs)
- American mathematician
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- Ryan Lackey – Rdl (talk · contribs)
- Entrepreneur and computer security professional
- Geoffrey A. Landis – Geoffrey.landis (talk · contribs)
- Physicist, space scientist, and science fiction writer
- W. Patrick Lang – Ismoot (talk · contribs)
- Military, intelligence, and security expert
- Christopher Langan – Christopher Langan (talk · contribs)
- American autodidact measured as one of the smartest people alive in the late 20th early 21st centuries
- Siobhan Leachman – Ambrosia10 (talk · contribs)
- New Zealand citizen scientist
- Adrian Lee – Adrian54321 (talk · contribs)
- Rock musician with Mike + the Mechanics
- Eric Lerner – Elerner (talk · contribs)
- Physicist and plasma cosmology advocate
- Lawrence Lessig – lessig (talk · contribs)
- American academic and political activist
- Paul Levine – Solomonandlord (talk · contribs)
- American lawyer and novelist
- Benny Lewis – Irishpolyglot (talk · contribs)
- Irish author and blogger
- A. David Lewis – Adlewis (talk · contribs)
- Comic book writer
- Blake Leyh – Blakeleyh (talk · contribs)
- Composer of film and TV music
- Lei Liang – Leiliang (talk · contribs)
- Chinese-American composer
- Andrew Lih – Fuzheado (talk · contribs)
- Journalism professor, wrote a book on Wikipedia
- Peter van der Linden – Pvdl (talk · contribs)
- Dutch technologist and author of books on Java, C, Linux, and practical jokes
- Chris Lintott – Chrislintott (talk · contribs)
- Astrophysicist and co-presenter of the BBC series The Sky at Night
- Hugh Loebner – Loebner (talk · contribs)
- Loebner Prize sponsor, inventor, and social activist; died in 2016
- Jean-Marc Lofficier – JMLofficier (talk · contribs)
- French-American journalist, comics writer and author of books on film and television
- Tristan Louis – TNLNYC (talk · contribs)
- French author, entrepreneur and blogger
- Yuri Lowenthal – Elyurio (talk · contribs)
- Anime and video game voice actor
- Paul Lucas (playwright/producer) – Pklucas (talk · contribs)
- American playwright and producer
- Andres Luure – Andres (talk · contribs)
- Estonian philosopher and translator
- Patrick J. Lynch – Patrick.lynch (talk · contribs)
- American author, artist, biomedical illustrator, and photographer
- Richard F. Lyon – Dicklyon (talk · contribs)
- American inventor, scientist, and engineer
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- Emma Mackey – Emmatmackey (talk · contribs)
- French-British actress
- Marion Maddox – Maddoxma (talk · contribs)
- Australian author, academic, and political commentator
- Ben Maller – benmaller (talk · contribs)
- Sports radio personality
- Michael Mandiberg – Theredproject (talk · contribs)
- Internet artist and college instructor
- Magnus Manske – Magnus Manske (talk · contribs)
- German biochemist, programmer, and developer of one of the first versions of the Wikipedia platform
- Steve Mann (inventor) – Glogger (talk · contribs)
- Computer science professor and innovator in the field of wearable computing
- J.P. Manoux – Jpmanoux (talk · contribs)
- American voice actor
- Jean-Luc Margot – JeanLucMargot (talk · contribs)
- Belgian astronomer
- Paul Marino – ILLRobinson (talk · contribs)
- Executive director of the Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences
- Jean-Pol Martin – Jeanpol (talk · contribs)
- Foreign language educator
- Shelly Martinez – ShellyMartinez (talk · contribs)
- Mexican American professional wrestler, model, and actress
- John Mashey – JohnMashey (talk · contribs)
- American computer scientist
- Rémi Mathis – Remi Mathis (talk · contribs)
- French historian, library curator, and free-culture advocate, president of Wikimedia France, 2013 Wikipedian of the Year
- Yaron Matras – Madaares (talk · contribs)
- Linguist specializing in Romani and related languages
- Polly Matzinger – Polly matzinger (talk · contribs)
- American immunologist
- Jay Maynard – Jmaynard (talk · contribs)
- Internet celebrity, software developer, and system administrator
- DeBarra Mayo – KarateLady (talk · contribs)
- Trainer and writer on health and fitness
- Adrienne Mayor – Afmayor (talk · contribs)
- American historian and folklorist
- Johnathan McClain - Nipsyrusel (talk · contribs)
- American actor
- Laura McCullough – Lmccullough (talk · contribs)
- American poet
- Jonathan McDowell – JonathanMcDowell (talk · contribs)
- American astrophysicist
- David A. McIntee – David A McIntee (talk · contribs)
- Science-fiction author
- Alastair McIntosh – Alastair McIntosh (talk · contribs)
- Scottish writer, academic and activist
- Warwick McKibbin – Wmckibbin (talk · contribs)
- Australian economist
- Phil McMullen – Ptolemyphil (talk · contribs)
- Magazine editor, music festival organizer
- Lambert Meertens – Lambert Meertens (talk · contribs)
- Editor of the Revised ALGOL 68 Report, designer of the ABC programming language
- David Megginson – Dpm64 (talk · contribs)
- Software consultant and developer
- Pedro Pedrosa Mendes – Gepasi (talk · contribs)
- Computational Biologist developer of the Gepasi and COPASI software
- Bertrand Meyer – Bertrand Meyer (talk · contribs)
- Developer of the Eiffel programming language
- Tyler Menezes – Tylermenezes (talk · contribs)
- Canadian-American technology entrepreneur, founder of CodeDay
- Tsvi Misinai – Tsvi Misinai (talk · contribs)
- Computer scientist, historian and author
- Brian C. Mitchell – Brian c mitchell (talk · contribs)
- Education consultant, former president of Bucknell University and Washington & Jefferson College
- John Cameron Mitchell – FELIXARD (talk · contribs)
- Film actor and director
- Emna Mizouni – Emnamizouni (talk · contribs)
- Tunisian civil-society activist, 2019 Wikimedian of the Year
- Susanna Mkrtchyan – WikiTatik (talk · contribs)
- Professor of database and system research, board member of Wikimedia Armenia
- Stefan Molyneux – Stefan molyneux (talk · contribs)
- Libertarian blogger
- Erik Mona – Iquander (talk · contribs)
- Roleplaying game author and publisher
- Chris Montgomery – Xiphmont (talk · contribs)
- Founder of the Xiph.Org Foundation, multimedia programmer, and open source advocate
- Patsy Moore – PatsyMoore (talk · contribs)
- Singer, songwriter, educator
- Howard Morland – HowardMorland (talk · contribs)
- American journalist, author, and activist
- David J. Morrow – Daveymorrow (talk · contribs)
- Journalist
- Walter Mossberg – Wmossberg (talk · contribs)
- Principal technology columnist for the Wall Street Journal
- Luboš Motl – Lumidek (talk · contribs)
- Theoretical physicist working on string theory and quantum gravity
- Markos Moulitsas – Dailykos (talk · contribs)
- Blogger and founder of Daily Kos
- Lord Ivar Mountbatten – IvarMount (talk · contribs)
- English nobleman and member of the extended British royal family
- Prithwindra Mukherjee – BobClive (talk · contribs)
- French Indian academic
- Derek Muller – 1veritasium (talk · contribs)
- Creator of the YouTube channel Veritasium
- Randall Munroe – Xkcd (talk · contribs)
- xkcd webcomic author
- Chuck Munson – Chuck0 (talk · contribs)
- Anarchist activist in charge of Infoshop.org
- Ian Murdock – Ianmurdock (talk · contribs)
- Founder of Debian
- Alan Myers (translator) – Bandalore (talk · contribs)
- English translator from Russian
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- Felix Nartey – Flixtey (talk · contribs) and FNartey (WMF) (talk · contribs)
- Ghanaian social entrepreneur, 2017 Wikimedian of the Year
- Michael Netzer – MichaelNetzer (talk · contribs)
- Comic book artist
- Jess Nevins – Jessnevins (talk · contribs)
- Author and librarian
- Annalee Newitz – AnnaleeNewitz (talk · contribs)
- American journalist and op-ed writer
- Craig Newmark – Cnewmark (talk · contribs)
- Founder of Craigslist
- Amanda Newton – Miss77Newton (talk · contribs)
- English netball player
- Farnell Newton – Farnellnewton (talk · contribs)
- American composer and jazz trumpeter
- Tom Newton Dunn – Tnewtondunn (talk · contribs)
- British journalist
- Jakob Nielsen (usability consultant) – Jakobnielsen (talk · contribs)
- Web usability pundit
- Michael Nielsen – Nielsen (talk · contribs)
- Writer and academic
- Ronald Noble – RKN888 (talk · contribs)
- Former head of Interpol
- Sandro Nocentini – Pikkio66 (talk · contribs)
- Italian-born artist, living and working in Australia
- Frederick Noronha – Fredericknoronha (talk · contribs)
- Freelance journalist based in India
- Dan Norris – Dan Norris MP (talk · contribs)
- UK former Member of Parliament and incumbent Mayor of West England
- Ryan North – Ryan North (talk · contribs)
- Webcomic author and programmer
- Taslima Nasrin – TNasreen (talk · contribs)
- Bangladeshi feminist writer
- Wendy Northcutt – Wendy Wendy (talk · contribs)
- Overseer of the Darwin Awards
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- Charles O'Byrne – Obyrne1 (talk · contribs)
- Past Secretary to the Governor of New York
- Maryscott O'Connor – MaryscottOConnor (talk · contribs)
- Blogger, creator of myleftwing.com website
- David O'List – Davy O'List (talk · contribs)
- Musician, founder member of The Nice
- John Mark Ockerbloom – JohnMarkOckerbloom (talk · contribs)
- Digital library architect and planner at the University of Pennsylvania
- Sten Odenwald – Odenwald (talk · contribs)
- American astronomer, author and NASA scientist-educator
- Ian Ogilvy – Ianogilvy (talk · contribs)
- English actor
- Chris Oliver (surgeon) – Olivercw (talk · contribs)
- British surgeon and University of Edinburgh professor
- Tommy Oliver (producer) – Thomaseoliver (talk · contribs)
- American filmmaker, photographer and entrepreneur
- Jonathan Orozco – JonathanOrozco1 (talk · contribs)
- Mexican footballer
- Rodney Orpheus – Rodneyorpheus (talk · contribs)
- Northern Irish musician, record producer, author and lecturer
- Marc Ostrofsky – Marcostrofsky (talk · contribs)
- Dot-com millionaire
- Kate Osamor – Kateosamor (talk · contribs) and Midnights1 (talk · contribs)
- British Labour-Cooperative politician, member of parliament for Edmonton
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- Nenad Pagonis – Nenadpagonis (talk · contribs)
- Greek-Serbian world champion Muay Thai kickboxer
- Stephanie Pakrul aka StephTheGeek – Stephthegeek (talk · contribs)
- Canadian blogger who has become a minor television personality
- Tommy Pallotta – Ub4k (talk · contribs)
- American film director and producer
- Kamran Pasha – Kpasha72 (talk · contribs)
- Screen writer and director
- Hayford Peirce – Hayford Peirce (talk · contribs)
- Science fiction and mystery writer; died in 2020
- David J. Peterson – DavidJPeterson (talk · contribs)
- American conlanger
- Christian Picciolini – Cpicciolini (talk · contribs)
- Musician and author
- Sam Pitroda – Sam.pitroda (talk · contribs)
- Indian telecommunications executive
- Philip Plait – TheBadAstronomer (talk · contribs)
- Astronomer and writer
- Ihor Podolchak – Ihorp (talk · contribs)
- Ukrainian filmmaker and visual artist
- Marshall Poe – Marshallpoe (talk · contribs)
- American historian
- Mike Pollock – Itsamike (talk · contribs)
- American voice actor
- Tim Pope – timtree (talk · contribs)
- Music video director (most notably for The Cure)
- Barry Popik – Barry Popik (talk · contribs)
- American etymologist
- Shelley Powers – Shelleyp (talk · contribs)
- Technology author
- Vaughan Pratt – Vaughan Pratt (talk · contribs)
- Computer scientist
- Doug Pruden – Doug Pruden (talk · contribs)
- World record holder for most push ups
- Jory Prum – Jory (talk · contribs)
- American audio engineer, best known for his work in film and video games; died in 2016
- Steven Pruitt – Ser Amantio di Nicolao (talk · contribs)
- Wikipedia editor who has made more edits on the English Wikipedia than any other editor
- Simon Pulsifer – SimonP (talk · contribs)
- English Wikipedia contributor and minor internet celebrity
- Harold E. Puthoff – Puthoff (talk · contribs)
- Physicist
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- Manuel L. Quezon III – Gareon (talk · contribs)
- Filipino writer and television host, former Undersecretary of the Presidential Communications Group of the Philippines
- John Quiggin – John Quiggin (talk · contribs)
- Australian economist and professor
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- RaD Man aka Christian Wirth – Radman1 (talk · contribs)
- Computer artist and historian
- Venkatraman Ramakrishnan – Riboman (talk · contribs)
- Indian-born American-British structural biologist, 2009 Nobel laureate in chemistry
- Sheldon Rampton – Sheldon Rampton (talk · contribs)
- Editor of public relations-related columns and websites (PR Watch)
- Denis Rancourt – Denis.g.rancourt (talk · contribs)
- Dissident Canadian professor of physics
- Coolie Ranx – Coolie Ranx (talk · contribs)
- British reggae singer and actor
- Stuart C. Ray – soupvector (talk · contribs)
- American physician-scientist
- Eric S. Raymond – Eric S. Raymond (talk · contribs)
- Important figure in the open source movement
- James F. Reilly – JreillyII (talk · contribs)
- NASA astronaut
- Jane S. Richardson – Dcrjsr (talk · contribs) Also on Commons
- American biophysicist
- Monica Rial – Hellomonichan (talk · contribs)
- American voice actress
- Michael Rießler – Rießler (talk · contribs)
- Linguist
- Mike Riggs – Scum Lord (talk · contribs)
- Heavy metal guitarist
- Mike Riley (cartoonist) – Mikeriley23 (talk · contribs)
- American web comic author
- Peter Roach (phonetician) – RoachPeter (talk · contribs)
- British phonetician
- John Elder Robison – JohnElderRobison (talk · contribs)
- American author and autism rights activist
- Eddie Robson – Eddie Robson (talk · contribs)
- British writer of Doctor Who spin-offs and books on film
- Howard A. Rodman – Howard Rodman (talk · contribs)
- American screenwriter, director and educator
- Robert Rohde – Dragons flight (talk · contribs)
- Physicist, member of Berkeley Earth climate research
- John Romero – Romero (talk · contribs)
- Video game developer
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt, III – FrankRoosevelt (talk · contribs)
- American economist, grandson of FDR
- Michael Rosen – RosenMichael (talk · contribs)
- English children's novelist and poet
- Mark Rosenfelder – Zompist (talk · contribs)
- Language creator and blogger
- Nicholas Roth – Naroth (talk · contribs)
- American classical pianist and music professor
- Steven Rubenstein – Slrubenstein (talk · contribs)
- American anthropologist; died in 2012
- Arthur Rubin – Arthur Rubin (talk · contribs)
- American mathematician
- Martin Ruhe – Martinruhe (talk · contribs)
- German cinematographer
- Martin Rundkvist – Mrund (talk · contribs)
- Swedish archaeologist
- J. Philippe Rushton – Rushton2012 (talk · contribs)
- Canadian psychologist; died in 2012
- Kevin Ryder – Kryder1 (talk · contribs)
- American radio personality
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- Renato M. E. Sabbatini – Rsabbatini (talk · contribs)
- Biomedical and computer scientist and writer
- Jason Scott Sadofsky – Jscott (talk · contribs)
- Creator and maintainer of textfiles.com
- Guy Stair Sainty – GuyStairSainty (talk · contribs)
- Heraldist, art dealer and royal genealogist
- Timo Salminen – Salminentimo (talk · contribs)
- Finnish cinematographer
- Lea Salonga – MsLeaSalonga (talk · contribs)
- Filipina singer and Broadway actress
- Mark Saltveit – Msalt (talk · contribs)
- Palindromist
- J. G. Sandom – Sandom (talk · contribs)
- Businessman and author
- Larry Sanger – Larry Sanger (talk · contribs)
- Co-founder of Wikipedia, founder of Citizendium
- Tony Santiago – Marine 69-71 (talk · contribs)
- Puerto Rican historian
- Jack Sarfatti – JackSarfatti (talk · contribs) and his sockpuppet accounts (including suspects)
- Controversial physicist
- Steven Saylor – Stevensaylor (talk · contribs)
- American author of historical novels
- John Scalzi – Scalzi (talk · contribs)
- Science fiction author and former president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
- The Scary Guy – Thescary1 (talk · contribs)
- United States based motivational speaker
- Paul Schenck – Pchaim (talk · contribs)
- Christian political lobbyist
- Andrew Schlafly – Andysch (talk · contribs)
- American lawyer, teacher, and founder of Conservapedia
- Michael Q. Schmidt – MichaelQSchmidt (talk · contribs)
- American film and television actor and fine arts model
- Seth Schoen – Schoen (talk · contribs)
- Electronic Frontier Foundation technologist
- Oded Schramm – OdedSchramm (talk · contribs)
- Israeli mathematician; died in 2008
- Randal L. Schwartz – RandalSchwartz (talk · contribs)
- Computer author and programming consultant
- Mike Scott (Scottish musician) – Archieman (talk · contribs)
- Founder of the band The Waterboys
- Seedfeeder – Seedfeeder (talk · contribs)
- Notable editor who provided illustrations for numerous sex acts
- Mike Selinker – Mike Selinker (talk · contribs)
- Game designer
- Martin Selmayr – Martin Selmayr (talk · contribs)
- Former secretary-general of the European Commission and chief of staff to EU president Jean-Claude Juncker
- Daniel J. Shanefield – Daniel Shanefield (talk · contribs)
- Ceramics engineer
- Alex Shapiro – Alexshap (talk · contribs)
- Musician and composer
- Jonathon Sharkey – Jonathon The Impaler (talk · contribs)
- Professional Wrestler and Perennial Candidate
- Vipin Sharma – Vipin K Sharma (talk · contribs)
- Actor
- Phil Shaw – Steam one (talk · contribs)
- British creator of "extreme ironing"
- Jimmy Shea – Jimsheajr (talk · contribs)
- American Olympic gold medalist in skeleton
- Tim Shell – TimShell (talk · contribs)
- American internet entrepreneur, member of Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
- Joel Sherman – Icenine378 (talk · contribs)
- Expert and champion Scrabble player
- Nigel Short – Nigel Short (talk · contribs)
- Chess Grand Master and World Championship challenger
- Michael Shrimpton – Michael Shrimpton (talk · contribs)
- Conspiracy theorist
- Karl Shuker – Czbiker (talk · contribs)
- Cryptozoologist and author
- William Shunn – Shunn (talk · contribs)
- Science fiction writer and computer programmer
- Ann Simonton – Simonton (talk · contribs)
- Founder of Media Watch, feminist
- D. C. Simpson – Dcsimpson (talk · contribs)
- Online cartoonist
- Sofya Skya – Sofyaskya (talk · contribs)
- Russian ballerina and actress
- Cameron Slater – Jc press sec (talk · contribs)
- New Zealand-based blogger
- Sam Sloan – Sam Sloan (talk · contribs)
- Chess player and amateur lawyer (orally argued a case in front of the U.S. Supreme Court and won, 9–0)
- R. C. Slocum – RSlocum (talk · contribs)
- American football coach
- Smile (actress) – Smilemaung (talk · contribs)
- Burmese actress
- Dmitry Nikolayevich Smirnov (composer) – Dmitrismirnov (talk · contribs)
- Russian and British composer; died in 2020
- Normal Bob Smith – Normalbobsmith (talk · contribs)
- Freelance graphic artist and writer
- Jason Snell – Jsnell (talk · contribs)
- Writer and editor specializing in Apple Computer products
- Dave Snowden – Snowded (talk · contribs)
- Lecturer, consultant and researcher in the field of knowledge management
- Rebecca Soler – Rsgraves1 (talk · contribs)
- Voice actress
- Anton Solomoukha – Solomoukha (talk · contribs)
- Artist and photographer; died in 2015
- David A. Sonnenfeld – DASonnenfeld (talk · contribs)
- American sociologist and professor of sociology
- Tony Soper – Tonysoper (talk · contribs)
- Ornithologist, author and co-founder of the BBC Natural History Unit
- Soulja Boy – Soulja-Boy (talk · contribs)
- American rapper, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur
- Michael Soussan – Michael Soussan (talk · contribs)
- Danish whistleblower and author
- Benjamin K. Sovacool – Bksovacool (talk · contribs)
- Energy policy researcher
- E. Lee Spence – HunleyFinder (talk · contribs)
- Pioneer in underwater archaeology
- Cole Sprouse – ActuallyColeSprouse (talk · contribs)
- American actor
- Diomidis Spinellis – Diomidis Spinellis (talk · contribs)
- Computer scientist
- Richard Stallman – Rmstallman (talk · contribs)
- Founder of the Free Software Foundation and author of the General Public License
- Jan van Steenbergen – IJzeren Jan (talk · contribs)
- Linguist, translator, author of constructed languages
- Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight – Rosiestep (talk · contribs) and Rosiestep2 (talk · contribs)
- American business administrator, joint 2016 Wikipedian of the Year
- Richard H. Stern – PraeceptorIP (talk · contribs)
- Attorney and law professor, former U.S. Supreme Court law clerk
- Eric A. Stillwell – EStillwell (talk · contribs)
- Star Trek author, producer, actor
- John Stockwell (CIA officer) – Goodpaddle (talk · contribs)
- Highest-ranking CIA officer to ever go public, today runs a boating excursion
- Billy Marshall Stoneking – BillyM (talk · contribs)
- Playwright, filmmaker and teacher; died in 2016
- Galen Strawson – Gstrawson (talk · contribs)
- British philosopher
- Stephen Streater – Stephen B Streater (talk · contribs)
- Co-founder of Eidos Interactive
- Richard Stromback – Rstromback (talk · contribs)
- Minor-league hockey player, venture capitalist
- Kev F Sutherland – Kevfsutherland (talk · contribs)
- Comedian and comic strip creator
- Paul Swadel – Thewilberforces (talk · contribs)
- Film producer; died in 2016
- Aaron Swartz – AaronSw (talk · contribs)
- Writer, hacker, activist, and co-author of the RSS 1.0 specification; died in 2013
T
- Audrey Tang – Autrijus (talk · contribs)
- Taiwanese free software programmer, leader of the Pugs project to implement the Perl 6 language
- Tom Tango – Tangotiger (talk · contribs)
- Ice hockey statistical analyst and sabermetrician
- Terence Tao – Teorth (talk · contribs)
- Australian mathematician
- Brian Tarquin – Jungleboy65 (talk · contribs)
- American guitarist, composer and producer
- Sandister Tei – Sandiooses (talk · contribs)
- Ghanaian journalist, 2020 Wikimedian of the Year
- Emily Temple-Wood – Keilana (talk · contribs), Emily Temple-Wood (NIOSH) (talk · contribs)
- Medical student, past Wikipedian in Residence at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, joint 2016 Wikipedian of the Year
- Larry Tesler – Tesler (talk · contribs)
- Computer scientist working in the field of human-computer interaction; died in 2020
- Steven L. Thompson – Ttrider87 (talk · contribs)
- Author and journalist
- William Irwin Thompson – William Irwin Thompson (talk · contribs); also apparently, it seems, Withompson (talk · contribs)
- Writer, poet, mystic, cultural critic
- Rachel Thorn – Rachel_Thorn (talk · contribs)
- American anthropologist and manga translator
- Sammy thrashLife – CrJz (talk · contribs)
- American painter and writer
- Andrew Tite – Andrewtite (talk · contribs)
- Canadian actor
- Carles Torrens – Carles Torrens (talk · contribs)
- Spanish film and television director, screenwriter, editor, and producer
- David S. Touretzky – Touretzky (talk · contribs)
- Research professor in the Computer Science Department and the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition at CMU
- Leonard H. Tower, Jr. – Lentower (talk · contribs)
- Free software activist
- Lila Tretikov – LilaTretikov (WMF) (talk · contribs)
- Former executive director of Wikimedia Foundation
- Boris Tsirelson – Tsirel (talk · contribs)
- Russian–Israeli mathematician; died in 2020
- Theodore Ts'o – Tytso (talk · contribs)
- Software developer, contributor to the Linux kernel
- Patrick Tufts – Zippy (talk · contribs)
- Computer scientist and inventor, created Alexa Internet
- Jonathan Tweet – Jonathan Tweet (talk · contribs)
- Role-playing game designer
- Tyga – TygaCashMoney (talk · contribs)
- American hip hop recording artist
U
- Ilkka Uimonen – Kuorinka (talk · contribs)
- Finnish photographer and photojournalist
V
- Jessica Valenti – JessicaValenti (talk · contribs)
- Feminist author and activist
- Pranayraj Vangari – Pranayraj1985 (talk · contribs)
- Telugu theatre research scholar
- Misha Verbitsky – Tiphareth (talk · contribs)
- Mathematician and political activist
- Larry Van Kriedt – Jazzbacks (talk · contribs)
- Jazz musician
- Brenda Venus – Brendavenus (talk · contribs) and Bvenus (talk · contribs)
- American actress, model, and author
- Jesse Vint – Pagan wulff (talk · contribs)
- American actor and filmmaker
- Natasha Vita-More – Natasha Vita-More (talk · contribs)
- Artist and transhumanist
- Claire Voisin – Voisinclaire (talk · contribs)
- Mathematician
- James von Brunn – James von Brunn (talk · contribs)
- American advertising executive, producer, author, and perpetrator of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum shooting; died in 2010
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- Jess Wade – Jesswade88 (talk · contribs)
- Physicist and science communicator
- Adrianne Wadewitz – Wadewitz (talk · contribs)
- Feminist scholar; died in April 2014
- Bernt Wahl – berkeley@gmail.com (talk · contribs)
- Entrepreneur
- Jimmy Wales – Jimbo Wales (talk · contribs)
- Founder of Wikimedia Foundation and online entrepreneur
- Brad Wardell – Draginol (talk · contribs)
- Founder of Stardock, a leader in the software skinning and customization technology for computer games
- Allan Warren – Allan warren (talk · contribs)
- British society photographer
- Tony Warriner – Tonywarriner (talk · contribs)
- Game designer, programmer and co-founder of Revolution Software
- David Weinberger – Dweinberger (talk · contribs)
- Technologist and commentator
- Maia Weinstock – Girona7 (talk · contribs)
- Science journalist and noted Wikipedian
- Andrew West – BabelStone (talk · contribs)
- Linguist
- Jessamyn West (librarian) – Jessamyn (talk · contribs)
- Librarian, author and blogger
- Michael Whelan – MichaelWhelan0629 (talk · contribs)
- American fantasy and science fiction artist
- Glenn Wichman – Capmango (talk · contribs)
- Edutainment software developer
- Molly White – GorillaWarfare (talk · contribs)
- Arbitration Committee member, cryptoskeptic
- Geoffrey Wickham – Geoffrey Wickham (talk · contribs)
- Contributor to artificial pacemaker development and cofounder of Telectronics
- John Wicks (drummer) – Wicksjm (talk · contribs)
- Drummer, producer, and songwriter
- John Wilcock – Johnwilcock (talk · contribs)
- British journalist; died in 2018
- David Wilde – David Wilde (talk · contribs)
- Concert pianist, writer, composer, and teacher
- Alexander Williams (cartoonist) – Asteuartw (talk · contribs)
- English film animator and cartoonist
- Amanda Kyle Williams – AKYLEWILLIAMS (talk · contribs)
- American crime writer; died in 2018
- Guy Williams (comedian) – Williaguy1 (talk · contribs)
- New Zealand comedian and TV/radio personality
- Michael Z. Williamson – Mzmadmike (talk · contribs)
- Science-fiction writer
- David Willis (cartoonist) – ItsWalky (talk · contribs)
- Webcomic creator, moderator of Teletraan-1 – theTransformers Wikia
- Dean Wilkinson – Dean Wilkinson (talk · contribs)
- British writer for television and video games
- Emily Willoughby – Ferahgo the Assassin (talk · contribs)
- American paleoartist
- Richard Winger – Richardwinger (talk · contribs)
- Libertarian activist and founder of Ballot Access News
- Michael Witzel – Witzel (talk · contribs)
- Professor of Sanskrit at Harvard
- Brian Wood – Brianwood (talk · contribs)
- Comic book writer, illustrator and graphic designer
- Douglas Wood – Doughwood (talk · contribs), Douglaswood (talk · contribs)
- Executive producer
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- Matthew Yglesias – Myglesias (talk · contribs)
- Politics and economics journalist
- Robert Clark Young – Qworty (talk · contribs)
- American novelist; currently banned
- Toby Young – Tyoung8 (talk · contribs)
- British journalist and charity director
- Eric Youngstrom – Eyoungstrom (talk · contribs)
- American psychologist and academic
- Catherine Yronwode – Catherineyronwode (talk · contribs)
- Author, graphic designer, publisher
- Eliezer Yudkowsky – EliezerYudkowsky (talk · contribs)
- Artificial intelligence researcher
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- Michał Zalewski – Lcamtuf (talk · contribs)
- "White hat" hacker and computer security expert
- Jamie Zawinski – Jwz (talk · contribs)
- Computer programmer (XEmacs, Netscape, Mozilla), DNA Lounge proprietor
- Doron Zeilberger – DoronZeilberger (talk · contribs)
- Mathematician
- Dave Zeltserman – DaveZeltserman (talk · contribs)
- Author
- Natalia Zemna – Nataliazemna (talk · contribs)
- Ukrainian herbalist
- Howard Zimmerman – Hezimmerman (talk · contribs)
- American chemist; died in 2012
- Phil Zimmermann – Prz (talk · contribs)
- Cryptographer and computer programmer, creator of the Pretty Good Privacy encryption software
- Diana Zuckerman – Drzuckerman (talk · contribs)
- U.S. expert on federal health policy, especially women's health, and President of the National Research Center for Women & Families
See also
- Category:Articles with connected contributors – lists contributors who are covered by, or significantly related to, an article on Wikipedia
- Wikipedia:Editing of Wikipedia by the media
- Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons
- Wikipedia:Congressional staffer edits
References
- ^ The many winding paths of Joshua Boyle. National Post. 2018.
- ^ GQ Sports (1 Jan 2020). "Alex Honnold Goes Undercover on the Internet". Youtube.
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