Wikipedia:Notable people who have edited Wikipedia

This internal listing highlights the notable people who contribute to the project.

Another reason for this page is to notify the community that these Wikipedians are potential autobiographers, with the risks that entails for NPOV in articles relating to them and their work.

This article lists people who have a Wikipedia article about themselves and also made one or more edits to Wikipedia, even if only relating to the article about themself or their work or even simply to create a user page. Links to notable edits made by a listed wikipedian, or to a discussion about such edits, may be included on this page at the end of the wikipedian's entry. More general links, such as to the wikipedian's talk page, are included on the line of the wikipedian's name.

IMPORTANT NOTE: It's impossible to guarantee a person is who they claim to be (or are claimed to be), so this list likely contains errors. Please do not rely on this list for any purpose outside of Wikipedia. Nothing in a user account's edit history should be held against the reputation of the real person, in real life, as one can not be certain of such connections. Regardless of whether a user is on this list, assume good faith.

See also

• Category:Notable Wikipedians — similar but not identical to this project page, and alphabetized by first name.
• Wikipedia:Celebrities who have been quoted as having used Wikipedia
• Category:Wikipedian autobiography

The list

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Mark Abene — Phiberoptik (talk · contribs)

High-profile computer hacker. Not active.

Michael Aquino — MAquino (talk · contribs)

Founder of the Satanic Temple of Set.

James Arey — JamesArey (talk · contribs)

New Orleans radio personality.

Pete Ashdown — Pashdown (talk · contribs)

Internet entrepreneur, running for U.S. Senator from Utah.

Lindsay Ashford — Zanthalon (talk · contribs)

Pedophilia advocate.

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John C. Baez — John Baez (talk · contribs)

Renowned mathematical physicist

Jorn Barger — Robotwisdom (talk · contribs)

Early blogger, coined the term "weblog."

Jerry Beck - Jbeck6540 (talk · contribs)

Animation historian and author. Not active.

Erik Beckjord — Beckjord (talk · contribs)

Paranormal investigator and photographer.

Angela Beesley — Angela (talk · contribs)

Member of Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees.

Chip Berlet — Cberlet (talk · contribs)

American investigative journalist and author.

Igor Bogdanov — Igor B. (talk · contribs)

Co-creator of published but controversial study on the Big Bang. Not active.

David Boothroyd — Dbiv (talk · contribs)

British political researcher, author, and local councillor.

Richard Borcherds — R.e.b. (talk · contribs)

Mathematician and recipient of the Fields Medal.

Derrick Bostrom — Dbostrom (talk · contribs)

Drummer and founding member of Meat Puppets.

Jonathan Bowen — Jpbowen (talk · contribs)

Computer Science professor at London South Bank University.

Edith Bowman — 81.178.109.239 (talk · contribs)

BBC Radio 1 presenter who edited her article while on the radio (?) See [1]

Daniel Brandt — Daniel Brandt (talk · contribs)

Political activist and privacy advocate.

Tim Bray — TimBray (talk · contribs)

One of the creators of XML and employee of Sun Microsystems.

Jim Breen — Jimbreen (talk · contribs)

Japanese-language researcher.

Kevin Burdette — Burdettekevin (talk · contribs)

Bass opera singer. Not active.

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Rogers Cadenhead — Rcade (talk · contribs)

Technology author.

T. Colin Campbell — tcc1 (talk · contribs)

Nutritionist and author.

Silvia Helena Cardoso — Silviacardoso (talk · contribs)

A Brazilian psychobiologist, author in IT and health sciences. Not active.

Bryce Case — Ytcracker (talk · contribs)

Former computer hacker

Christopher Cerf — ChrisCerf (talk · contribs)

Author, composer-lyricist, and record and television producer.

David Chalmers — DavidChalmers (talk · contribs)

dualist philosopher who studies consciousness. Not active.

Tom Coates — Tecoates (talk · contribs)

Notable blogger, computer technician and journalist.

William Connolley — William M. Connolley (talk · contribs)

Climate modeller and scientist.

Alan Cox — AlanCox (talk · contribs)

Programmer heavily involved in the development of the Linux kernel since its early days in 1991.

Nikki Craft — Nikkicraft (talk · contribs)

Naturist activist turned feminist blogger and sometime lecturer.

Constance Cumbey — Cumbey (talk · contribs)

Former national officer for the National Association of Women Lawyers, New Age Christian author

Adam Curry — anon

Former MTV veejay, podcasting pioneer. Has edited W's "Podcasting" page with controversy.

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Mike Dash — Mikedash (talk · contribs)

Welsh writer, journalist and researcher; editor and publisher of the journal Fortean Times.

Christian de Quincey — Christian de Quincey (talk · contribs)

philosopher and New Age author. Not active.

Betsy Devine — Betsythedevine (talk · contribs)

Journalist, author and blogger.

Cory Doctorow — Doctorow (talk · contribs)

Author in favor of liberalizing copyright laws.

Jenn Dolari — Jenn Dolari (talk · contribs)

Creator of the webcomics A Wish for Wings and Closetspace. Announced as not active.

Mark Jason Dominus — Dominus (talk · contribs)

Co-founder of Kibology, acclaimed Perl programmer.

Mike Doughty — Mikeydough (talk · contribs)

singer/songwriter, poet.

Pierre Ducasse — 24.203.104.224 (talk · contribs)

Canadian politician. Not active.

Jessie Jane Duff — Jessie Jane Duff (talk · contribs)

American political consultant.

Elonka Dunin — Elonka (talk · contribs)

Professional game developer, amateur cryptographer, and an expert on the Kryptos sculpture

George Dvorsky — Gdvorsky (talk · contribs)

Transhumanist writer and speaker.

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Roger Ebert — Rebert (talk · contribs)

Celebrity film critic, founder of a film festival. Not active.

East Bay Ray - supposedly Dead-kennedys (talk · contribs)

Guitarist and sometime composer and producer with Dead Kennedys.

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. Not active.

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Cyrus Farivar — Cfarivar (talk · contribs)

Assistant editor at Macworld magazine and freelance technology journalist.

Jim Farris — Xaa (talk · contribs)

Science-fiction author, composer. Not active.

Seth Finkelstein — Seth Finkelstein (talk · contribs)

Computer programmer and activist, was one of the founders of the Censorware Project (CWP)

Brad Fitzpatrick — Bradfitz (talk · contribs)

American programmer, creator of LiveJournal, PicPix, and FreeVote. Not active.

Tom Van Flandern — Tomvf (talk · contribs)

Physicist with nonstandard views of relativity.

Brian Flemming — BrianFlemming (talk · contribs)

Film director and playwright (Bat Boy: The Musical). Not active.

brian d foy — Scarpia (talk · contribs)

Publisher and editor of The Perl Review and co-author of Perl books.

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John Gaeta — John gaeta (talk · contribs)

Visual effects designer and director (The Matrix trilogy) Not active.

Kyle Gann — Kylegann (talk · contribs)

Composer, music critic for Village Voice

David Gauntlett — Davidgauntlett (talk · contribs)

Social scientist.

Hannes Hólmsteinn Gissurarson — Hannes H. Gissurarson (talk · contribs)

Icelandic political theorist and author.

Mike Godwin — Mikegodwin (talk · contribs)

American attorney, the creator of "Godwin's Law", director of Public Knowledge.

Marv Goldberg — Marvy42 (talk · contribs)

Writer and music historian in the field of rhythm & blues (R&B).

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Justin Hall — JustinHall (talk · contribs)

Early weblogger.

Tilman Hausherr — Tilman (talk · contribs)

Software developer, critic of Scientology.

Carl Hewitt — CarlHewitt (talk · contribs)

Associate Professor (Emeritus) in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department at MIT.

Phil Hendrie — Phil Hendrie (talk · contribs)

Radio talk show host. Not active.

Hugo Heyrman — Dr. Hugo (talk · contribs)

Belgian artist. (NB: this user wrote a significant portion of his article)

Sean Howard — SeanHoward (talk · contribs), 68.35.229.38 (talk · contribs)

Webcomic author. Only activities involve articles involving him.

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Joi Ito — Joi (talk · contribs)

Activist, entrepreneur, and venture capitalist.

J

Xeni Jardin — Xenijardin (talk · contribs)

Weblogger (Boing Boing) and journalist. Not active.

William H. Jefferys — Billjefferys (talk · contribs)

Astronomer.

Cory Johnson — Coryjohn (talk · contribs)

Journalist

Brian David Josephson — Brian Josephson (talk · contribs)

Nobel prize winner in physics, and paranormalist.

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Mitch Kapor — Mkapor (talk · contribs)

Software entrepreneur, designer of keystone business application Lotus 1-2-3.

M. Alan Kazlev — M Alan Kazlev (talk · contribs)

Esotericist and virtual community builder.

Ronald Kessler — 69.138.210.69 (talk · contribs) KesslerRonald (talk · contribs) (?)

Claims to be the well-known author; left copy of bio from his web site.

Uwe Kils — Kils (talk · contribs)

Marine biologist specializing in planktology.

Ashida Kim — Ashida Kim (talk · contribs)

Controversial martial arts teacher. Not active.

David Thomas King — David King (talk · contribs)

Executive Director of the Public School Boards' Association of Alberta, former Alberta Minister of Education

Stephan Kinsella — Nskinsella (talk · contribs)

Intellectual property lawyer and legal theorist.

Markus Kuhn — Markus Kuhn (talk · contribs)

Computer scientist.

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Ryan Lackey — Rdl (talk · contribs)

Entrepreneur and computer security professional.

Sophia Lamar — 68.174.112.125 (talk · contribs)

New York model, actress, and nightlife personality. Not active.

Tim Lambert — TimLambert (talk · contribs)

Lecturer in computer science.

Adrian Lamo — Adrian (talk · contribs)

High-profile hacker turned journalist.

Sarah Lane — 66.243.44.2 (talk · contribs)

G4 TechTV personality. Not active.

W. Patrick Lang — Ismoot (talk · contribs)

Military, intelligence, and security expert

Leo Laporte — unknown, but he has mentioned on air that he has corrected one matter in his bio

Technology journalist and broadcaster

Eric Lerner — Elerner (talk · contribs)

Physicist and plasma cosmology advocate

Jesse Liberty — Jliberty (talk · contribs)

Author and expert on Microsoft.NET

David Wayne Lloyd — djpretzel (talk · contribs)

Founder of music website OverClocked ReMix.

M

Kevin B. MacDonald — 68.5.18.103 (talk · contribs)

Controversial professor of psychology. Not active.

Marion Maddox — Maddoxma (talk · contribs)

Australian author, academic, and political commentator.

Magnus Manske — Magnus Manske (talk · contribs)

Implemented first version of MediaWiki, which is what Wikipedia runs on.

Steve Mann — Glogger (talk · contribs)

Computer science professor and innovator in the field of wearable computing.

Jean-Pol Martin — Jeanpol (talk · contribs)

Foreign language educator.

Nicki McFarlane — Nuniestar (talk · contribs)

Film actress.

Matthew McLauchlin — Montrealais (talk · contribs)

Translator and activist; ran in the 2006 Canadian parliamentary election as a NDP candidate

Phil McMullen — Ptolemyphil (talk · contribs)

Magazine editor, music festival organizer.

David Megginson — Dpm64 (talk · contribs)

Software consultant and developer.

Jeffrey Vernon Merkey — Gadugi (talk · contribs) and Waya sahoni (talk · contribs)

Cherokee activist and software developer. Not active.

David Mertz — Lulu of the Lotus-Eaters (talk · contribs)

Computer author and columnist.

Marvin Minsky — 146.115.65.120 (talk · contribs)

Computer scientist and artificial intelligence researcher has edited his own article

Jeffrey Mishlove — 208.13.131.55 (talk · contribs)

Author and parapsychology professor.

Don P. Mitchell — DonPMitchell (talk · contribs)

Scientific researcher.

David Morgan-Mar — Dmmaus (talk · contribs)

Webcomic author and creator of humorous esoteric programming languages.

Stephen Morse — Smorsepluggy (talk · contribs)

Poet

Walter Mossberg — Wmossberg (talk · contribs)

Principal technology columnist for the Wall Street Journal. Not active.

Luboš Motl — Lumidek (talk · contribs)

Theoretical physicist working on string theory and quantum gravity.

Chuck Munson — 24.94.181.211 (talk · contribs), Chuck0 (talk · contribs)

American anarchist and blogger.

N

James Thomas Neill — Jtneill (talk · contribs)

Psychologist and researcher in outdoor education.

Grant Neufeld — GrantNeufeld (talk · contribs)

Social justice and media activist.

Florence Nibart-Devouard — Anthere (talk · contribs)

Member of Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees.

Frederick Noronha — Fredericknoronha (talk · contribs)

Freelance journalist based in India.

Wendy Northcutt — Wendy Wendy (talk · contribs)

Overseer of the Darwin Awards.

P

Stephanie Pakrul aka StephTheGeek — Stephthegeek (talk · contribs)

Canadian blogger who has become a minor television personality. Not active.

paniq aka Leonard Ritter — Paniq (talk · contribs)

German demoscene figure.

Hayford Peirce — Hayford Peirce (talk · contribs)

Science fiction and mystery writer.

Arnold Perey — Samivel (talk · contribs)

Anthropologist and writer.

Philip Plait — TheBadAstronomer (talk · contribs)

Astronomer and website owner. Not active.

Shelley Powers — Shelleyp (talk · contribs)

Technology author.

Harold E. Puthoff — Puthoff (talk · contribs)

physicist, user only edited article, made more conventional; identity is only supposition

Q

John Quiggin — John Quiggin (talk · contribs)

Australian economist and professor.

R

RaD Man aka Christian Wirth — Radman1 (talk · contribs)

Computer artist and historian.

Sheldon Rampton — Sheldon Rampton (talk · contribs)

Editor of public relations-related columns and websites (PR Watch).

Eric S. Raymond — Eric S. Raymond (talk · contribs)

Important figure in the open source movement. Not active.

Charlie Richmond — Charlierichmond (talk · contribs)

Entrepreneur, designer and inventor in theatre sound design.

John Romero — Romero (talk · contribs)

Famous video game developer.

Arthur Rubin - Arthur Rubin (talk · contribs)

American mathematician

S

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.

Larry Sanger — Larry Sanger (talk · contribs)

Co-founder of Wikipedia.

Jack Sarfatti — JackSarfatti (talk · contribs) See also Category:Wikipedia:Suspected_sockpuppets_of_JackSarfatti

Controversial physicist.

Randal L. Schwartz — RandalSchwartz (talk · contribs)

Computer author and programming consultant.

Seth Schoen — Schoen (talk · contribs)

Electronic Frontier Foundation technologist.

Mike Selinker — Mike Selinker (talk · contribs)

Game designer.

Daniel J. Shanefield — Daniel Shanefield (talk · contribs)

Ceramics engineer

Alex Shapiro — Alexshap (talk · contribs)

musician and composer

Phil Shaw — Steam one (talk · contribs)

British creator of "extreme ironing".

Tim Shell — TimShell (talk · contribs)

American internet entrepreneur, member of Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees.

William Shunn — Shunn (talk · contribs)

Science fiction writer and computer programmer.

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).

Jason Snell — Jsnell (talk · contribs)

Writer and editor specializing in Apple Computer products.

Bjornar Simonsen — Bjornar (talk · contribs)

International Counselor of the Korean Friendship Association, advocat of North Korea.

Ann Simonton — Simonton (talk · contribs)

Founder of Media Watch, feminist.

Richard Stallman — Rmstallman (talk · contribs)

Founder of the Free Software Foundation and author of the General Public License. Not active.

John Stockwell — Goodpaddle (talk · contribs)

Highest-ranking CIA officer to ever go public, today runs a boating excursion. Not active.

Stephen Streater — Stephen B Streater (talk · contribs)

Co-founder of Eidos plc.

Charles Stross — 82.41.201.19 (talk · contribs)

Scottish writer, with works ranging from science fiction and Lovecraftian horror to fantasy. Not active.

Kev F Sutherland — Kevfsutherland (talk · contribs)

Comedian and comic strip creator.

Aaron Swartz — AaronSw (talk · contribs)

Teenage writer, hacker, and activist, co-author of the RSS 1.0 specification.

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Audrey Tang — Autrijus (talk · contribs)

Taiwanese free software programmer, leader of the Pugs project to implement the Perl 6 language.

Larry Tesler — Tesler (talk · contribs)

Computer scientist working in the field of human-computer interaction.

David S. Touretzky — Touretzky (talk · contribs)

Research professor in the Computer Science Department and the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition at CMU.

Theodore Ts'o — Tytso (talk · contribs)

Software developer, contributor to the Linux kernel. Not active.

Patrick Tufts — Zippy (talk · contribs)

Computer scientist and inventor. Created Alexa Internet.

W

Jimmy Wales — Jimbo Wales (talk · contribs)

Founder of Wikipedia, online entrepreneur.

Brad Wardell — Draginol (talk · contribs)

Founder of Stardock, a leader in the software skinning and customization technology for computer games. Not active.

David Weinberger - Dweinberger (talk · contribs)

Technologist and commentator, writing book related to Wikipedia

Geoffrey Wickham — Geoffrey Wickham (talk · contribs)

Contributer to artificial pacemaker development and cofounder of Telectronics.

Alison Wheeler — AlisonW (talk · contribs)

British political activist, organiser of the London Lesbian and Gay Pride march and festival from 1983 to 1991. Not active.

David A. Wheeler — Dwheeler (talk · contribs)

Developer of high-risk software systems, particularly large software systems and computer security.

Jin Wicked — Jinwicked (talk · contribs)

Web comic creator. Not active.

David Wilde — David Wilde (talk · contribs)

Concert pianist, writer, composer, and teacher.

White Dawg — BrowardPlaya (talk · contribs)

Caucasian rapper.

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Eliezer Yudkowsky — EliezerYudkowsky (talk · contribs)

Artificial intelligence researcher. Not active.

catherine yronwode — Catherineyronwode (talk · contribs)

Author, graphic designer, publisher.

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Lee Zalben — Zalben (talk · contribs)

Peanut butter cookbook author and founder of a peanut butter sandwich shop in Greenwich Village, NYC

Individuals suggesting corrections to their pages

Note: Many other people, especially in academia, have been contacted about their Wikipedia pages and provided corrections.

• Madeleine Albright [2]
• Noam Chomsky
• Mike Watt (also provided GFDL for Petra Haden picture via email to other Wikipedians)