Wikipedia:Notable people who have edited Wikipedia

This page lists Wikipedia editors who are the subject of a Wikipedia article. Descriptions of editors below should be brief and without wikilinks. The list is sorted by surname unless there is no surname.

Editors are strongly discouraged from creating or editing articles about themselves; see the conflict of interest guideline for more information.

A

 * Robert Abbott – : American game inventor; died in 2018
 * Isaac Abella – : Professor of Physics at The University of Chicago; died in 2016
 * Brian Acton – : American social media entrepreneur/programmer
 * Scott Adams – : American cartoonist of Dilbert and writer
 * Mark Adler – : American mathematician, physicist, and computer scientist best known for work in data compression
 * Gerry Alanguilan – : Filipino comic book artist and writer; died in 2019
 * Johnny Alegre – : Filipino musician
 * Amir Alexander – : Israeli historian
 * Lexi Alexander – : German film and television director
 * Prince Charles Alexander – : American record producer and audio engineer
 * Jim Al-Khalili – : Iraqi British theoretical physicist author and broadcaster
 * Jacinta Allan – : Premier of Victoria, Australia
 * Ted Allen – : Queer Eye for the Straight Guy star and journalist
 * Harald Tveit Alvestrand – : Norwegian computer scientist
 * Evan Amos – : American video gaming photographer
 * Kurt Andersen – : Magazine editor and radio producer/host
 * Steffan Andrews – : Television composer
 * Ashkanov Apollon – : American soccer player
 * Marty Appel – : Baseball writer
 * Kwame Anthony Appiah – : Philosopher and author
 * Dan Ariely – : Israeli-American professor and author
 * Marco Arment – : American developer, podcaster, and technology writer
 * Arnold Arre – : Filipino comic book writer and artist
 * Raymond Arritt – : American agronomist; died in November 2018
 * Debito Arudou – : Japanese author and activist
 * Pete Ashdown – : Internet entrepreneur, ran for U.S. Senate in Utah in 2006
 * Erik Ian Asphaug – : Astronomer
 * Loyd Auerbach – : Parapsychologist, stage performer of magic, author
 * Jerry Avenaim – : American photographer known for images of celebrities
 * Dionysia-Theodora Avgerinopoulou – and  : Greek politician

B

 * Adam Back – : Cryptographer, inventor of Hashcash
 * John C. Baez – : Mathematical physicist
 * Alice Bag – : American punk rocker
 * Nicholson Baker – : Novelist and critic
 * Shane Balkowitsch – : Wet plate photographer
 * Ann Bannon – : Writer, academic
 * Paul Barbeau – : Canadian film maker
 * Jorn Barger – : Blogging pioneer, coined the term "weblog"
 * Michael P. Barnett – : British theoretical chemist and computer scientist
 * Grant Barrett – : American lexicographer, host of public radio's syndicated A Way with Words
 * Stephen Barrett – : Webmaster of Quackwatch, American physician critical of alternative medicine
 * Jason Barry-Smith – : Opera singer
 * Leo Baxendale – : Comics artist at DC Thomson and Fleetway
 * Jeffrey Beall – : Librarian at Auraria Library and associate professor at University of Colorado, Denver
 * Jon-Erik Beckjord – : Paranormal investigator and photographer; died in 2008
 * Carl Bell (physician) – : American psychiatrist
 * Gordon Bell – : Computer scientist, Turing award winner
 * Aaron Ben-Ze'ev – : Israeli philosopher
 * Medea Benjamin – : U.S. political activist, founder of Code Pink and Global Exchange
 * Natalie Bennett – : Australian–British politician and former leader of the Green Party of England and Wales
 * Chip Berlet – : American investigative journalist and author
 * Tim Berners-Lee – : The inventor of the World Wide Web
 * Justin Berry – : American teenage webcam pornographer, subject of a New York Times article
 * Theodore C. Bestor – and  : American anthropologist
 * Kristen Bicknell – : Professional poker player
 * Volodymyr Biletskyy – : Ukrainian scientist, politician, activist
 * Stanley Bing – : Columnist for Fortune magazine
 * Cindy Blackstock – : Canadian activist for child welfare
 * Yaroslav Blanter – : Russian physicist, highly active prolific contributor on several WMF projects
 * Andy Bloch – : American professional poker player
 * Mitchell Block – : American filmmaker
 * C. George Boeree – : Creator of the constructed language Lingua Franca Nova
 * Igor Bogdanov (Bogdanov affair) – : Co-creator of published but controversial study on the Big Bang
 * Matilde Borromeo – : Italian noblewoman and equestrian
 * Derrick Bostrom – : Drummer and founding member of Meat Puppets
 * Patrice Bouchet – : French astrophysicist best known for his discovery of the Rings of Neptune
 * Jonathan Bowen – : Computer Science professor at London South Bank University
 * Jason Box – : Glaciologist and expert on Greenland
 * Keith Boykin – : Writer and political commentator
 * Joshua Boyle – : Canadian hostage held in Afghanistan from 2012 to 2017
 * Walter J. Boyne – : Pilot, author, National Aviation Hall of Famer
 * Tim Bray – : One of the creators of XML and employee of Sun Microsystems
 * Jim Breen – : Japanese-language researcher
 * Anders Behring Breivik – : Norwegian terrorist – currently in prison
 * Fredrick Brennan –, and  : American software developer, creator of 8chan
 * Shane Briant – : British-Australian actor and novelist
 * Poppy Z. Brite – : American author
 * Adam Bromley – : British radio producer, edits articles related to shows he works on
 * Aaron Brown (financial author) – : American Finance Professor and author
 * Sheldon Brown (bicycle mechanic) – : Bicycle mechanic; died February 4, 2008
 * Ed Brubaker – : American comic book writer
 * Kevin Burdette – : Bass opera singer
 * Mark Burgess (children's author) – : Children's author
 * Daniel Burton – : Polar explorer
 * Sharon Dahlonega Raiford Bush – : American television newscaster and print journalist
 * Patrick M. Byrne – : Overstock.com founder & CEO
 * Osman Khalid Butt – : Pakistani actor
 * Tim Butcher – : English journalist, broadcaster, and author

C

 * Rogers Cadenhead – : Technology author
 * Joseph A. Cafasso – : Former Fox News Counterterrorism & Military Editor
 * Paxus Calta – : Anti-nuclear activist
 * Ramsey Campbell – : English horror fiction author, editor and critic
 * T. Colin Campbell – : Nutritionist and author
 * David Campiti – : Writer and publisher
 * James Cantor – : Professional sex researcher
 * Maximum Capacity – : Professional wrestler; died in 2014
 * Edward Caraballo – : Photojournalist released from an Afghan prison
 * Manuel Cardona – : Physicist
 * Andrew Carnie – : Linguist
 * Lee Carroll – : New Age channeller, speaker and author of Indigo children books
 * Bryce Case – : Former computer hacker turned Nerdcore hip hop performer
 * Ian Castles – : Economic commentator and former Australian Statistician
 * Charles Cecil – : Game designer and co-founder of Revolution Software
 * Christopher Cerf (musician and television producer) – : Author, composer-lyricist, and record and television producer
 * CGP Grey – : Creator of educational YouTube videos
 * Aimee Challenor – : British politician and transgender activist


 * Paul "ReDeYe" Chaloner – : Esports commentator, caster, and program host, created own page
 * Caleb Chan – : Television series composer
 * Ken Chant – : Australian Pentecostal pastor, author and educator
 * Kyle Chapman (New Zealand activist) – : New Zealand fascist
 * Suw Charman-Anderson – : Journalist, writer, consultant, campaigner
 * Rimi B. Chatterjee – : Indian novelist and academic
 * Noel Chiappa – : Internet pioneer, an early and very active Wikipedian who gave up on the project after a dispute involving his area of expertise
 * Anvar Chingizoglu – : Azerbaijani historian
 * Atul Chitnis – : Consulting technologist, organizer of FOSS.IN; died in 2013
 * Ward Christensen – : Founder of CBBS, the first bulletin board system
 * Neil Cicierega – : Internet personality, comedian, filmmaker, and musician
 * John Clark (English actor) – : Actor/director and ex-husband and manager of Lynn Redgrave
 * Keith Code – : Motorcycle racer, instructor, and author
 * Noam Cohen – : American journalist and author
 * Steve Cohen (magician) – : Magician
 * Loren Coleman – : Cryptozoologist and author
 * Steve Coleman – : Jazz musician
 * Finghin Collins – : Irish pianist
 * William Connolley – : Climate modeller and scientist
 * Adam Conover – : American actor, writer and comedian
 * David Conway (music historian) – : Music historian
 * Maryann Corbett – : Poet
 * Piers Corbyn – : Conspiracy theorist, brother of Jeremy Corbyn
 * Tina Cornely – : American philanthropist
 * Manu Cornet – : French programmer, cartoonist, writer and musician
 * Kimberley Cornish – : Author of the The Jew of Linz, and speaker at Holocaust denial conference
 * Athel Cornish-Bowden – : Biochemist and textbook author
 * Alan Cox (computer programmer) – : Programmer heavily involved in the development of the Linux kernel since its early days in 1991
 * Alex Cox – : Film director and writer
 * Nikki Craft – : Naturist activist turned feminist blogger and occasional lecturer
 * Kathryn Cramer – : Science fiction editor
 * Jan Cremers – : Sociologist and former politician
 * Lee Daniel Crocker – : Computer programmer, known for rewriting the software upon which Wikipedia runs
 * Mark Cuban – : Entrepreneur and owner of the Dallas Mavericks
 * Ward Cunningham – : Computer programmer, developer of the first wiki
 * Constance Cumbey – : Former national officer for the National Association of Women Lawyers, New Age Christian author
 * Richard Cytowic – : Neuroscientist and author noted for rediscovering synesthesia
 * Anthony Czarnik – : Chemist and inventor

D

 * Luis Da Silva – : American basketball player and actor
 * Mark Dacascos – : American actor and martial artist
 * Andrew Dalby – : Writer on language history and food history
 * Mike Dash – : Welsh writer, journalist, researcher, and editor and publisher of the journal Fortean Times
 * Joseph Davidovits – : Materials scientist, inventor of geopolymer chemistry
 * Richard Dawkins – : Biologist and author
 * Felicia Day – : American actress and creator of The Guild
 * Walter Day – : Founder of the US National Video Game team and Twin Galaxies, a video game high score record keeping organization
 * Daniel DeBourg – : English pop singer, songwriter, former dancer and model
 * Bernie De Koven – : American game designer, author, and lecturer
 * Erik Demaine – : Associate Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, possibly the youngest professor in the history of MIT
 * Paweł Dembowski – : Founder of the Fallout Wiki
 * Christian de Quincey – : Philosopher and New Age author
 * Hossein Derakhshan –  : Iranian-Canadian journalist and weblogger
 * Betsy Devine – : Journalist, author, and blogger
 * Barry De Vorzon – : American film and TV composer; co-writer of "Nadia's Theme" (The Young and the Restless)
 * Florence Devouard – : Member of Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
 * Luis Carlos Díaz – : Venezuelan journalist and cyberactivist
 * John Dickerson (journalist) – : Journalist, CIA leak recipient
 * Mike Dickison – : Entomologist and museum curator, New Zealand Wikipedian at Large from 2018 to 2019
 * Jonas Diego – : Filipino comic book artist and writer
 * Oscar van Dillen – : Dutch musician, composer, and member of Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
 * Cory Doctorow – : Author in favor of liberalizing copyright laws
 * Hootan Dolati – : Iranian politician and political prisoner
 * Piotr Domaradzki – : Polish-American journalist, essayist and historian
 * Mark Jason Dominus – : Co-founder of Kibology, acclaimed Perl programmer
 * Elsa Dorfman – : Photographer
 * Mike Doughty – : Singer/songwriter, poet
 * Axel Downard-Wilke – : New Zealand transport planner
 * K. Eric Drexler – : Nanotechnologist
 * Elonka Dunin – : Professional game developer, amateur cryptographer, and an expert on the Kryptos sculpture
 * Brian Dunning (author) – : American writer and producer
 * George Dvorsky – : Transhumanist writer and speaker

E

 * East Bay Ray – supposedly and  : Guitarist and sometime composer and producer with Dead Kennedys
 * John C. Eastman – : American legal scholar; drew controversy for statements made during the presidency of Donald Trump
 * Richard Ebeling – : Libertarian author
 * Roger Ebert – : Film critic and writer; died in 2013
 * Andrew Edge – : English musician
 * Nick Egan – : British visual design artist, and director of music videos, commercials and film
 * Ian Eisenberg – : Seattle businessperson
 * Rebecca Eisenberg – : American lawyer and writer
 * Elizabeth Elliott – : American novelist
 * Wesley R. Elsberry – : Marine biologist
 * Paul Enck – : Professor of Medical Psychology
 * Peter Entwisle – : Historian, art curator; died in 2018
 * David Eppstein – : Computer science professor
 * Kelley Eskridge – : Science fiction and slipstream writer
 * Chris Espinosa – : Longest–serving employee of Apple
 * James H. Evans – : Photographer
 * Vyvyan Evans – : Linguist
 * Daniel Everett – : Linguist who worked extensively on the Pirahã language
 * Michael Everson – : Linguist, typesetter, and font designer, one of the co-authors of the Unicode standard
 * Mikhail Evstafiev – : Russian artist, photographer, writer
 * Gunther Eysenbach – : Health researcher, academic, and initiator of WebCite

F

 * Muriel Fahrion – : American illustrator, creator of Strawberry Shortcake and Popples
 * Jonah Falcon – : Actor and television host
 * Rickard Falkvinge – : Founder of the Pirate Party (Sweden)
 * Paul S. Farmer – : Retired British teacher who developed the use of pop music in school music education
 * David Farrar (blogger) – : New Zealand political activist, blogger, and pollster
 * Farhad Fatkullin – : Russian social activist from Tatarstan, 2018 Wikimedian of the Year
 * Joe Felsenstein – : Population biologist and quantitative geneticist
 * Edward Felten – : Professor of computer science and public affairs at Princeton University
 * David Ferriero – : Archivist of the United States
 * Steven Feuerstein – : PL/SQL expert and author of various books on this subject
 * Charles Firth (comedian) – : Member of Australian political satire team The Chaser
 * Amy Fisher – : "Long Island Lolita", porn actor, writer
 * Leonard Everett Fisher – : Children's book author and illustrator
 * Brad Fitzpatrick – : American programmer, creator of LiveJournal, PicPix, and FreeVote
 * Tom Van Flandern – : American physicist with nonstandard views on various topics; died on January 9, 2009
 * Thea Flaum – : American television producer
 * Brian Flemming – : Film director and playwright (Bat Boy: The Musical)
 * Michael Flood – : Pro-feminist researcher
 * Liz Fong-Jones – : American activist and software developer
 * Alan Ford (architect) – : American architect
 * David Fox (game designer) – : American game designer
 * Brian D. Foy – : Publisher and editor of The Perl Review and co-author of Perl books
 * Ted Frank – : Lawyer, writer, and activist; retired from editing
 * Jimmy Fricke – : Professional poker player

G

 * John Gaeta – : Visual effects designer and director (The Matrix trilogy)
 * Mordechai Gafni – : Former Jewish renewal rabbi
 * Richa Gangopadhyay – : Indian actress, model and beauty queen
 * Kyle Gann – : Composer, music critic for Village Voice
 * David Gans (musician) – : Musician, photographer, radio host of a program about The Grateful Dead and other notable musicians
 * Megan Ganz – : Television comedy writer on Community and Important Things with Demetri Martin
 * Timothy Garden, Baron Garden – : British air marshal, university professor and a Liberal Democrat peer; died in 2007
 * Sue Gardner – : Former Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation
 * Richard Garfield – : Mathematician and creator of Magic: The Gathering
 * Simson Garfinkel – : Researcher and journalist specializing in computer security and privacy
 * Bamber Gascoigne – : British television presenter and author; died in 2022
 * Shad Gaspard – : Professional wrestler, former member of World Wrestling Entertainment; died on May 17, 2020
 * Rick Gates – : Internet pioneer
 * David Gauntlett – : Social scientist
 * Susan Gerbic – : Anti-pseudoscience activist
 * Nat Gertler – : Founder of About Comics
 * Charlie Gillingham – : Keyboardist for the band Counting Crows
 * Hannes Hólmsteinn Gissurarson – : Icelandic political theorist and author
 * Russell Glasser – : Co-host of The Atheist Experience
 * Louise Glover – : British glamour model
 * Mike Godwin – : American attorney, director of Public Knowledge, former general counsel for Wikimedia Foundation
 * Bernard Goldberg – : American writer, journalist, and political commentator
 * Marv Goldberg – : Writer and music historian in the field of rhythm & blues (R&B)
 * Scott Goldblatt – : U.S. Olympic gold medalist in swimming (2004)
 * Alexander Goldscheider – : Czech-born British composer, music producer, writer and computer specialist
 * Timothy Gonsalves – : Academician, Founding Director, IIT Mandi (2010-20), entrepreneur
 * Anton Goosen – : South African musician and songwriter
 * Al Gordon (comics) – : Comic book creator, inker, and writer
 * Gennady Gorelik – : Russian physicist and philosopher
 * Alain Goriely – : Belgian mathematician
 * Bill Gosper – : American mathematician, programmer, and hacker
 * Ama Governor – : Ghanaian YouTuber
 * Tiffany Grant – : American voice actress
 * Richard Grayson (academic) – : Professor of Twentieth Century History at Goldsmiths, University of London
 * Antony Green – : Australian Broadcasting Corporation election analyst
 * Jack Greenberg (lawyer) – : Law professor, former NAACP counsel, and dean of Columbia College, died October 12, 2016
 * Andriy Grechylo – : Ukrainian historian, heraldist and vexillologist
 * Reginald Gray (artist) – : Portrait artist; died in 2013
 * Sasha Grey – : Pornography star
 * John Gruber – : Technology writer
 * Patrick Guinness – : Historian and lecturer
 * Ciaran Gultnieks – : Computer games programmer from Yorkshire
 * Devon Gummersall – : American actor, writer, and television and film director
 * Mark Guzdial – : Interactive computing Professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology

H

 * Paul Hackett (politician) – : Activist against the Iraq war, former U.S. congressional candidate
 * Bernard Haisch – : Fringe physicist and paranormal researcher
 * Justin Hall – : Early weblogger
 * Sarah Hampson – : Canadian writer
 * Chuck Hardwick – : Former Speaker of New Jersey General Assembly, former Vice President of Pfizer
 * Henry Hardy – : British editor noted for his work on Isaiah Berlin
 * Johann Hari – : British-Swiss journalist; currently banned
 * Stevan Harnad – : Cognitive scientist and activist for animal rights and open access
 * Paul Hartal – : Canadian painter and poet
 * Martin Haspelmath – : German linguist
 * Hamid Hassani – : Iranian scholar, lexicographer, and editor
 * Owen Hatherley – : British architecture journalist
 * John Haughm – : Musician best known as the frontman of Agalloch
 * Tilman Hausherr – : Software developer, critic of Scientology
 * Patrick Nielsen Hayden – : Science fiction editor
 * Jamie Hector – : American actor
 * James Heilman – : Emergency medicine doctor
 * Jack Herrick – : Founder of WikiHow
 * Tony Hendra – : British satirist, actor and writer
 * Phil Hendrie – : Radio talk show host
 * Keith Henson – : American engineer and writer
 * Victoria "Little Boots" Hesketh – : English singer-songwriter
 * Carl Hewitt – : Computer scientist and professor
 * Martin Hewitt (actor) – : American actor
 * Hugo Heyrman – : Belgian artist
 * Peter Hitchens – : Conservative British author, journalist and broadcaster
 * Sam Hocevar – : Programmer, Debian Project Leader and former WikiMedia France board member
 * John Hodgman – : Author and television personality
 * Ron Holloway – : American saxophonist
 * Alex Honnold – : American rock climber
 * Carl F. Hostetter – : American Tolkienian linguist and computer scientist
 * Kenny Hotz – : Canadian actor, director, producer, and creator and co-star of television show Kenny vs. Spenny
 * James G. Howes – : American business executive and radio personality
 * John Humphreys (economist) – : Australian economist and libertarian activist
 * Peter L. Hurd – : Canadian professor of psychology

I

 * Miguel de Icaza – : Software developer known for starting GNOME and Mono
 * Mansoor Ijaz – : Pakistani-American venture financier, hedge-fund manager and freelance diplomat
 * Grant Imahara – : Electrical engineer and cast member on Mythbusters; died in 2020
 * Charles Ingram – : Contestant convicted of cheating on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
 * Kylie Ireland – : Adult film producer and actress
 * Joi Ito – : Activist, entrepreneur, and venture capitalist
 * Vasyl Ivanchuk – : Ukrainian chess grandmaster
 * Lyubomir Ivanov (explorer) – : Bulgarian scientist, non-governmental activist, and Antarctic explorer
 * Bruce Edward Ivins – : Senior biodefense researcher at the USAMRIID, and suspected perpetrator of the 2001 anthrax attacks

J

 * Ian Jackson – : Software developer
 * Alex Jacobowitz – : Klezmer musician
 * Jim Jagielski – : Software engineer
 * Andrea James – : American actress and transgender activist
 * Xeni Jardin – : Weblogger (Boing Boing) and journalist
 * Nikki Jean – : American singer-songwriter and actress
 * William H. Jefferys – : American astronomer
 * Rick Jelliffe – : Australian programmer and standards activist
 * Tom Jennings – : Creator of FidoNet
 * Richard J. Jensen – : Historian, creator of H-Net
 * Mary Lou Jepsen – : Chief Technology Officer of One Laptop per Child
 * Janna Jihad – : Palestinian youth journalist and activist
 * Cory Johnson – : American journalist
 * J. Hunter Johnson – : American author and game designer
 * Daniel Jolliffe – : Canadian media artist and art professor
 * Jonathan A. Jones – : Oxford University physicist
 * Ryan Jordan – : Gained media attention for identity fraud and giving false credentials on Wikipedia
 * Brian David Josephson – : Nobel Prize winner in physics, and paranormalist

K

 * Brewster Kahle – : American computer engineer, Internet entrepreneur, internet activist, advocate of universal access to all knowledge, and digital librarian
 * Michio Kaku – : String theorist and science popularizer
 * Candye Kane – : Blues musician and former porn star; died in 2016
 * Mitch Kapor – : Software entrepreneur, designer of Lotus 1–2–3
 * Michael Howard Kay – : Software engineer, editor of XSLT language specification
 * Bogdan Karaičić – : Serbian professional basketball coach
 * Ryan Karben – : New York State politician and lawyer
 * Jawed Karim – : Co-founder of YouTube
 * Phil Karn – : Electrical engineer
 * Karun – : Kenyan singer, lead vocalist of alternative hip hop group Camp Mulla
 * Ana Kasparian – : Armenian American co-host and producer for the online news show The Young Turks
 * Brendan Kavanagh – : British pianist, YouTuber and public piano performer
 * Janice Kawaye – : American voice actress
 * Martin Kean – : New Zealand bass guitarist
 * Rauan Kenzhekhanuly – : Kazakh entrepreneur and politician, inaugural Wikipedian of the Year in 2011
 * Carrie Keranen – : American voice actress
 * Glynn Kerr – : Motorcycle designer and columnist
 * Lawrence Kestenbaum – : Lawyer, county official, creator of Political Graveyard web site
 * Zaynab Khadr – : Member of the Khadr family associated with Osama bin Laden
 * Philip S. Khoury – : Professor of Middle Eastern studies
 * Uwe Kils – : Marine biologist specializing in planktology
 * Alan R. King – : British linguist notable for his work on Basque and Nawat (Pipil language)
 * David Thomas King – : Executive Director of the Public School Boards' Association of Alberta, former Alberta Minister of Education
 * Michael King – : Commentator, columnist and television producer
 * Stephan Kinsella – : Intellectual property lawyer and legal theorist
 * Justin Knapp – : Primarily known for Wikipedia
 * Holly Knight – : American songwriter and musician (Device et al.)
 * Alex Ko – : American actor who starred in Billy Elliot the Musical
 * Nadim Kobeissi – : Computer programmer and security researcher
 * Christina Koch – : American engineer and NASA astronaut
 * Jerome Kohl – : American music theorist, authority on the music of Karlheinz Stockhausen
 * Vladimir Korepin – : Russian-American physicist
 * Alex Konanykhin – : Russian entrepreneur
 * Kai A. Konrad – : German economist
 * Phil Konstantin – : American/Cherokee writer and TV reporter
 * Ihor Kostenko – : 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 – : Swimmer
 * Stanley Krippner – : American parapsychologist
 * Marc Kuchner – : American astrophysicist
 * Markus Kuhn (computer scientist) – : German computer scientist
 * Greg Kuperberg – : American mathematician

L

 * Ryan Lackey – : Entrepreneur and computer security professional
 * Geoffrey A. Landis – : Physicist, space scientist, and science fiction writer
 * W. Patrick Lang – : Military, intelligence, and security expert
 * Christopher Langan – : American autodidact measured as one of the smartest people alive in the late 20th early 21st centuries
 * Deena Larsen – : electronic literature author and curator
 * Daniel Lazard – : French mathematician
 * Siobhan Leachman – : New Zealand citizen scientist
 * Adrian Lee – : Rock musician with Mike + the Mechanics
 * Eric Lerner – : Physicist and plasma cosmology advocate
 * Lawrence Lessig – : American academic and political activist
 * Paul Levine – : American lawyer and novelist
 * Benny Lewis – : Irish author and blogger
 * A. David Lewis – : Comic book writer
 * Blake Leyh – : Composer of film and TV music
 * Lei Liang – : Chinese-American composer
 * Andrew Lih – : Journalism professor, wrote a book on Wikipedia
 * Peter van der Linden – : Dutch technologist and author of books on Java, C, Linux, and practical jokes
 * Chris Lintott – : Astrophysicist and co-presenter of the BBC series The Sky at Night
 * Hugh Loebner – : Loebner Prize sponsor, inventor, and social activist; died in 2016
 * Jean-Marc Lofficier – : French-American journalist, comics writer and author of books on film and television
 * Tristan Louis – : French author, entrepreneur and blogger
 * Yuri Lowenthal – : Anime and video game voice actor
 * Paul Lucas (playwright) – : American playwright and producer
 * Andres Luure – : Estonian philosopher and translator
 * Patrick J. Lynch – : American author, artist, biomedical illustrator, and photographer
 * Richard F. Lyon – : American inventor, scientist, and engineer

M

 * Emma Mackey – : French-British actress
 * Marion Maddox – : Australian author, academic, and political commentator
 * Ben Maller – : Sports radio personality
 * Michael Mandiberg – : Internet artist and college instructor
 * Magnus Manske – : German biochemist, programmer, and developer of one of the first versions of the Wikipedia platform
 * Steve Mann (inventor) – : Computer science professor and innovator in the field of wearable computing
 * J.P. Manoux – : American voice actor
 * Jean-Luc Margot – : Belgian astronomer
 * Paul Marino – : Executive director of the Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences
 * Geoff Marshall – : Author and YouTuber, specialising in rail transport
 * Jean-Pol Martin – : Foreign language educator
 * Shelly Martinez – : Mexican American professional wrestler, model, and actress
 * John Mashey – : American computer scientist
 * Rémi Mathis – : French historian, library curator, and free-culture advocate, president of Wikimedia France, 2013 Wikipedian of the Year
 * Yaron Matras – : Linguist specializing in Romani and related languages
 * Polly Matzinger – : American immunologist
 * Jay Maynard – : Internet celebrity, software developer, and system administrator
 * DeBarra Mayo – : Trainer and writer on health and fitness
 * Adrienne Mayor – : American historian and folklorist
 * Johnathan McClain – : American actor
 * Laura McCullough – : American poet
 * Jonathan McDowell – : American astrophysicist
 * Roger McGuinn – : American musician, frontman of the Byrds
 * David A. McIntee – : Science-fiction author
 * Alastair McIntosh – : Scottish writer, academic and activist
 * Warwick McKibbin – : Australian economist
 * Phil McMullen – : Magazine editor, music festival organizer
 * Lambert Meertens – : Editor of the Revised ALGOL 68 Report, designer of the ABC programming language
 * David Megginson – : Software consultant and developer
 * Pedro Pedrosa Mendes – : Computational Biologist developer of the Gepasi and COPASI software
 * Bertrand Meyer – : Developer of the Eiffel programming language
 * Tyler Menezes – : Canadian-American technology entrepreneur, founder of CodeDay
 * Stefano Miceli – : Italian classical conductor and pianist
 * Tsvi Misinai – : Computer scientist, historian and author
 * Brian C. Mitchell – : Education consultant, former president of Bucknell University and Washington & Jefferson College
 * John Cameron Mitchell – : Film actor and director
 * Emna Mizouni – : Tunisian civil-society activist, 2019 Wikimedian of the Year
 * Susanna Mkrtchyan – : Professor of database and system research, board member of Wikimedia Armenia
 * Stefan Molyneux – : Far-right blogger
 * Erik Mona – : Roleplaying game author and publisher
 * Chris Montgomery – : Founder of the Xiph.Org Foundation, multimedia programmer, and open source advocate
 * Rose Montoya – : American model, internet celebrity, and transgender activist
 * Jason Moore (Wikipedia editor) – : American Wikipedia editor
 * Patsy Moore – : Singer, songwriter, educator
 * David Morgan-Mar – : Physicist, webcomic creator
 * Howard Morland – : American journalist, author, and activist
 * David J. Morrow – : Journalist
 * Walter Mossberg – : Principal technology columnist for the Wall Street Journal
 * Luboš Motl – : Theoretical physicist working on string theory and quantum gravity
 * Markos Moulitsas – : Blogger and founder of Daily Kos
 * Lord Ivar Mountbatten – : English nobleman and member of the extended British royal family
 * Prithwindra Mukherjee – : French Indian academic
 * Derek Muller – : Creator of the YouTube channel Veritasium
 * Randall Munroe – : xkcd webcomic author
 * Chuck Munson – : Anarchist activist in charge of Infoshop.org
 * Ian Murdock – : Founder of Debian
 * Alan Myers (translator) – : English translator from Russian

N

 * Felix Nartey – and  : Ghanaian social entrepreneur, 2017 Wikimedian of the Year
 * Michael Netzer – : Comic book artist
 * Jess Nevins – : Author and librarian
 * Annalee Newitz – : American journalist and op-ed writer
 * Craig Newmark – : Founder of Craigslist
 * Amanda Newton – : English netball player
 * Farnell Newton – : American composer and jazz trumpeter
 * Tom Newton Dunn – : British journalist
 * Jakob Nielsen (usability consultant) – : Web usability pundit
 * Michael Nielsen – : Writer and academic
 * Ronald Noble – : Former head of Interpol
 * Sandro Nocentini – : Italian-born artist, living and working in Australia
 * Frederick Noronha – : Freelance journalist based in India
 * Dan Norris – : UK former Member of Parliament and incumbent Mayor of West England
 * Ryan North – : Webcomic author and programmer
 * Taslima Nasrin – : Bangladeshi feminist writer
 * Wendy Northcutt – : Overseer of the Darwin Awards

O

 * Charles O'Byrne – : Past Secretary to the Governor of New York
 * Maryscott O'Connor – : Blogger, creator of myleftwing.com website
 * Sean O'Connor (producer) –, : English television producer, writer, director
 * David O'List – : Musician, founder member of The Nice
 * John Mark Ockerbloom – : Digital library architect and planner at the University of Pennsylvania
 * Sten Odenwald – : American astronomer, author and NASA scientist-educator
 * Ian Ogilvy – : English actor
 * Chris Oliver (surgeon) – : British surgeon and University of Edinburgh professor
 * Tommy Oliver (producer) – : American filmmaker, photographer and entrepreneur
 * Jonathan Orozco – : Mexican footballer
 * Rodney Orpheus – : Northern Irish musician, record producer, author and lecturer
 * Marc Ostrofsky – : Dot-com millionaire
 * Kate Osamor – and  : British Labour-Cooperative politician, member of parliament for Edmonton

P

 * Nenad Pagonis – : Greek-Serbian world champion Muay Thai kickboxer
 * Stephanie Pakrul aka StephTheGeek – : Canadian blogger who has become a minor television personality
 * Tommy Pallotta – : American film director and producer
 * Kamran Pasha – : Screenwriter and director
 * Hayford Peirce – : Science fiction and mystery writer; died in 2020
 * John Pesutto – : Leader of the opposition in the Australian state of Victoria
 * David J. Peterson – : American conlanger
 * Christian Picciolini – : Musician and author
 * Sam Pitroda – : Indian telecommunications executive
 * Phil Plait – : Astronomer and writer
 * Brandon Plewe – : American historical geographer
 * Ihor Podolchak – : Ukrainian filmmaker and visual artist
 * Marshall Poe – : American historian
 * Mike Pollock – : American voice actor
 * Tim Pope – : Music video director (most notably for The Cure)
 * Barry Popik – : American etymologist
 * Shelley Powers – : Technology author
 * Vaughan Pratt – : Computer scientist
 * Doug Pruden – : World record holder for most push-ups
 * Jory Prum – : American audio engineer best known for his work in film and video games; died in 2016
 * Steven Pruitt – : Wikipedia editor who has made more edits on the English Wikipedia than any other editor
 * Simon Pulsifer – : English Wikipedia contributor and minor internet celebrity
 * Harold E. Puthoff – : Physicist

Q

 * Manuel L. Quezon III – : Filipino writer and television host, former Undersecretary of the Presidential Communications Group of the Philippines
 * John Quiggin – : Australian economist and professor

R

 * RaD Man aka Christian Wirth – : Computer artist and historian
 * Gajendra Pal Singh Raghava – : computational biologist
 * Venkatraman Ramakrishnan – : Indian-born American-British structural biologist, 2009 Nobel laureate in chemistry
 * Sheldon Rampton – : Editor of public relations-related columns and websites (PR Watch)
 * Denis Rancourt – : Dissident Canadian professor of physics
 * Coolie Ranx – : British reggae singer and actor
 * Stuart C. Ray – : American physician-scientist
 * Eric S. Raymond – : Important figure in the open source movement
 * James F. Reilly – : NASA astronaut
 * Jane S. Richardson – Also on Commons : American biophysicist
 * Monica Rial – : American voice actress
 * Michael Rießler – : Linguist
 * Mike Riggs – : Heavy metal guitarist
 * Mike Riley (cartoonist) – : American web comic author
 * Peter Roach (phonetician) – : British phonetician
 * John Elder Robison – : American author and autism rights activist
 * Eddie Robson – : British writer of Doctor Who spin-offs and books on film
 * Howard A. Rodman – : American screenwriter, director and educator
 * Robert Rohde – : Physicist, member of Berkeley Earth climate research
 * Franklin Delano Roosevelt, III – : American economist, grandson of FDR
 * Michael Rosen – : English children's novelist and poet
 * Mark Rosenfelder – : Language creator and blogger
 * Nicholas Roth – : American classical pianist and music professor
 * Steven Rubenstein – : American anthropologist; died in 2012
 * Arthur Rubin – : American mathematician
 * Martin Ruhe – : German cinematographer
 * Martin Rundkvist – : Swedish archaeologist
 * J. Philippe Rushton – : Canadian psychologist; died in 2012
 * Kevin Ryder – : American radio personality

S

 * Renato M. E. Sabbatini – : Biomedical and computer scientist and writer
 * Jason Scott Sadofsky – : Creator and maintainer of textfiles.com
 * Guy Stair Sainty – : Heraldist, art dealer and royal genealogist
 * Timo Salminen – : Finnish cinematographer
 * Lea Salonga – : Filipina singer and Broadway actress
 * Mark Saltveit – : Palindromist
 * J. G. Sandom – : Businessman and author
 * Larry Sanger – : Co-founder of Wikipedia, founder of Citizendium
 * Tony Santiago – : Puerto Rican historian
 * George Santos – : American politician
 * Jack Sarfatti – and his sockpuppet accounts (including suspects) : Controversial physicist
 * Steven Saylor – : American author of historical novels
 * John Scalzi – : Science fiction author and former president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
 * The Scary Guy – : United States based motivational speaker
 * Paul Schenck – : Christian political lobbyist
 * Andrew Schlafly – : American lawyer, teacher, and founder of Conservapedia
 * Michael Q. Schmidt – : American film and television actor and fine arts model
 * Seth Schoen – : Electronic Frontier Foundation technologist
 * Oded Schramm – : Israeli mathematician; died in 2008
 * Randal L. Schwartz – : Computer author and programming consultant
 * Mike Scott (Scottish musician) – : Founder of the band The Waterboys
 * Seedfeeder – : Notable editor who provided illustrations for numerous sex acts
 * Mike Selinker – : Game designer
 * Martin Selmayr – : Former secretary-general of the European Commission and chief of staff to EU president Jean-Claude Juncker
 * Daniel J. Shanefield – : Ceramics engineer
 * Alex Shapiro – : Musician and composer
 * Jonathon Sharkey – : Professional Wrestler and Perennial Candidate
 * Vipin Sharma – : Actor
 * Phil Shaw – : British creator of "extreme ironing"
 * Jimmy Shea – : American Olympic gold medalist in skeleton
 * Tim Shell – : American internet entrepreneur, member of Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
 * Joel Sherman – : Expert and champion Scrabble player
 * Chris Sherwin – : English ethologist; died in 2017
 * Nigel Short – : Chess Grand Master and World Championship challenger
 * Michael Shrimpton – : Conspiracy theorist
 * Karl Shuker – : Cryptozoologist and author
 * William Shunn – : Science fiction writer and computer programmer
 * Matilda Simon, 3rd Baroness Simon of Wythenshawe – : first transgender British peer
 * Ann Simonton – : Founder of Media Watch, feminist
 * Dana Simpson – : Online cartoonist
 * William E. Skaggs – : American neuroscientist; died c. 2020
 * Sofya Skya – : Russian ballerina and actress
 * Cameron Slater – : New Zealand-based blogger
 * Sam Sloan – : Chess player and amateur lawyer (orally argued a case in front of the U.S. Supreme Court and won, 9–0)
 * R. C. Slocum – : American football coach
 * Smile (actress) – : Burmese actress
 * Dmitry Nikolayevich Smirnov (composer) – : Russian and British composer; died in 2020
 * Normal Bob Smith – : Freelance graphic artist and writer
 * Jason Snell – : Writer and editor specializing in Apple Computer products
 * Dave Snowden – : Lecturer, consultant and researcher in the field of knowledge management
 * Rebecca Soler – : Voice actress
 * Anton Solomoukha – : Artist and photographer; died in 2015
 * David A. Sonnenfeld – : American sociologist and professor of sociology
 * Tony Soper – : Ornithologist, author and co-founder of the BBC Natural History Unit
 * Soulja Boy – : American rapper, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur
 * Michael Soussan – : Danish whistleblower and author
 * Benjamin K. Sovacool – : Energy policy researcher
 * E. Lee Spence – : Pioneer in underwater archaeology
 * Laura Spinney – : British science journalist
 * Cole Sprouse – : American actor
 * Diomidis Spinellis – : Computer scientist
 * Richard Stallman – : Founder of the Free Software Foundation and author of the General Public License
 * Jan van Steenbergen – : Linguist, translator, author of constructed languages
 * Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight – and : American business administrator, joint 2016 Wikipedian of the Year
 * Richard H. Stern – : Attorney and law professor, former U.S. Supreme Court law clerk
 * Eric A. Stillwell – : Star Trek author, producer, actor
 * John Stockwell (CIA officer) – : Highest-ranking CIA officer to ever go public, today runs a boating excursion
 * John Stossel – : American television presenter, author, consumer journalist, and pundit
 * Billy Marshall Stoneking – : Playwright, filmmaker and teacher; died in 2016
 * Galen Strawson – : British philosopher
 * Stephen Streater – : Co-founder of Eidos Interactive
 * Richard Stromback – : Minor-league hockey player, venture capitalist
 * Kev F Sutherland – : Comedian and comic strip creator
 * Paul Swadel – : Film producer; died in 2016
 * Arvind Swamy – : Indian actor and television presenter
 * Aaron Swartz – : Writer, hacker, activist, and co-author of the RSS 1.0 specification; died in 2013

T

 * Audrey Tang – : Taiwanese free software programmer, leader of the Pugs project to implement the Perl 6 language
 * Tom Tango – : Ice hockey statistical analyst and sabermetrician
 * Terence Tao – : Australian mathematician
 * Brian Tarquin – : American guitarist, composer and producer
 * Sandister Tei – : Ghanaian journalist, 2020 Wikimedian of the Year
 * Emily Temple-Wood –, : Medical student, past Wikipedian in Residence at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, joint 2016 Wikipedian of the Year
 * Larry Tesler – : Computer scientist working in the field of human-computer interaction; died in 2020
 * Steven L. Thompson – : Author and journalist
 * William Irwin Thompson – ; also apparently, it seems, : Writer, poet, mystic, cultural critic
 * Rachel Thorn – : American anthropologist and manga translator
 * Sammy thrashLife – : American painter and writer
 * Carles Torrens – : Spanish film and television director, screenwriter, editor, and producer
 * David S. Touretzky – : Research professor in the Computer Science Department and the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition at CMU
 * Leonard H. Tower, Jr. – : Free software activist
 * Lila Tretikov – : Former executive director of Wikimedia Foundation
 * Boris Tsirelson – : Russian–Israeli mathematician; died in 2020
 * Theodore Ts'o – : Software developer, contributor to the Linux kernel
 * Patrick Tufts – : Computer scientist and inventor, created Alexa Internet
 * Jonathan Tweet – : Role-playing game designer

U

 * Ilkka Uimonen – : Finnish photographer and photojournalist

V

 * Volodymyr Vakulenko – : Ukrainian poet and children's writer; died in 2022
 * Jessica Valenti – : Feminist author and activist
 * Pranayraj Vangari – : Telugu theatre research scholar
 * James Veitch (comedian) – : English comedian
 * Misha Verbitsky – : Mathematician and political activist
 * Larry Van Kriedt – : Jazz musician
 * Brenda Venus – and  : American actress, model, and author
 * Jesse Vint – : American actor and filmmaker
 * Natasha Vita-More – : Artist and transhumanist
 * Claire Voisin – : Mathematician
 * James von Brunn – : American advertising executive, producer, author, and perpetrator of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum shooting; died in 2010

W

 * Jess Wade – : Physicist and science communicator
 * Adrianne Wadewitz – : Feminist scholar; died in April 2014
 * Bernt Wahl – : Entrepreneur
 * Jimmy Wales – : Founder of Wikimedia Foundation and online entrepreneur
 * Brad Wardell – : Founder of Stardock, a leader in the software skinning and customization technology for computer games
 * Allan Warren – : British society photographer
 * Tony Warriner – : Game designer, programmer and co-founder of Revolution Software
 * David Weinberger – : Technologist and commentator
 * Maia Weinstock – : Science journalist and noted Wikipedian
 * Andrew West – : Linguist
 * Jessamyn West (librarian) – : Librarian, author and blogger
 * Joe West (umpire) – : Former baseball umpire
 * Michael Whelan – : American fantasy and science fiction artist
 * Glenn Wichman – : Edutainment software developer
 * Molly White – : Former Arbitration Committee member, cryptoskeptic
 * Geoffrey Wickham – : Contributor to artificial pacemaker development and cofounder of Telectronics
 * John Wicks (drummer) – : Drummer, producer, and songwriter
 * John Wilcock – : British journalist; died in 2018
 * David Wilde – : Concert pianist, writer, composer, and teacher
 * Alexander Williams (cartoonist) – : English film animator and cartoonist
 * Amanda Kyle Williams – : American crime writer; died in 2018
 * Guy Williams (comedian) – : New Zealand comedian and TV/radio personality
 * Michael Z. Williamson – : Science-fiction writer
 * David Willis (cartoonist) – : Webcomic creator, moderator of Teletraan-1 – theTransformers Wikia
 * Dean Wilkinson – : British writer for television and video games
 * Richard Winger – : Libertarian activist and founder of Ballot Access News
 * Michael Witzel – : Professor of Sanskrit at Harvard
 * Brian Wood – : Comic book writer, illustrator and graphic designer
 * Douglas Wood –, : Executive producer
 * Piotr Woźniak (researcher) – : Polish memory researcher

Y

 * Matthew Yglesias – : Politics and economics journalist
 * Robert Clark Young – : American novelist; currently banned
 * Toby Young – : British journalist and charity director
 * Eric Youngstrom – : American psychologist and academic
 * Catherine Yronwode – : Author, graphic designer, publisher
 * Eliezer Yudkowsky – : Artificial intelligence researcher

Z

 * Michał Zalewski – : "White hat" hacker and computer security expert
 * Jamie Zawinski – : Computer programmer (XEmacs, Netscape, Mozilla), DNA Lounge proprietor
 * Doron Zeilberger – : Mathematician
 * Dave Zeltserman – : Author
 * Natalia Zemna – : Ukrainian herbalist
 * Zendaya – : American celebrity
 * Howard Zimmerman – : American chemist; died in 2012
 * Phil Zimmermann – : Cryptographer and computer programmer, creator of the Pretty Good Privacy encryption software
 * Diana Zuckerman – : U.S. expert on federal health policy, especially women's health, and President of the National Research Center for Women & Families