Wikipedia:Notable people who have edited Wikipedia

This listing may contain errors and should not be used as a source for any page in Wikipedia or publication outside of Wikipedia without doing some independent checking.

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.

To be included on this list, the following requirements must be met:

• The user has acknowledged being the person in question (see WP:OUTING)
• There is no reasonable question as to the authenticity of that claim
• The user has made at least ten edits to mainspace that were not about themself

Mark Adler – Dradler (talk · contribs) American mathematician, physicist, and computer scientist best known for work in data compression Johnny Alegre – Buszmail (talk · contribs) Filipino musician Carmen Alcázar – Wotancito (talk · contribs) Wotancito (talk · global contribs) Mexican political scientist and Wikipedian (mostly active on Commons) Harald Tveit Alvestrand – Alvestrand (talk · contribs) Norwegian computer scientist Evan Amos – Evan-Amos (talk · contribs) American video gaming photographer[1] Marco Arment – Marco.org (talk · contribs) American developer, podcaster, and technology writer Raymond Arritt – Shock Brigade Harvester Boris (talk · contribs) American agronomist; died in 2018 Debito Arudou – Arudoudebito (talk · contribs) Japanese author and activist Jerry Avenaim – Jerry Avenaim (talk · contribs) American photographer known for images of celebrities Amin Azzam – AminMDMA (talk · contribs) American clinical professor[2] John C. Baez – John Baez (talk · contribs) Mathematical physicist Nicholson Baker – Wageless (talk · contribs) Novelist and critic[1] 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; died in 2012 Grant Barrett – GrantBarrett (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 Jeffrey Beall – Jeffrey Beall (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 Chip Berlet – Cberlet (talk · contribs) American investigative journalist and author Tim Berners-Lee – Timbl (talk · contribs) The inventor of the World Wide Web Mark Bernstein – Pessimist2006 (talk · contribs) Belarusian blogger and political prisoner[1] Emma Best (journalist) – Unown Glitch (talk · contribs) American journalist and whistleblower Volodymyr Biletskyy – Білецький В.С. (talk · contribs) Ukrainian scientist, politician, activist C. George Boeree – Cgboeree (talk · contribs) Creator of the constructed language Lingua Franca Nova Jonathan Bowen – Jpbowen (talk · contribs) Computer Science professor at London South Bank University Joshua Boyle – Sherurcij (talk · contribs) Canadian hostage held in Afghanistan from 2012 to 2017[3] Tim Bray – TimBray (talk · contribs) One of the creators of XML and employee of Sun Microsystems Jim Breen – Jimbreen (talk · contribs) Japanese-language researcher Fredrick Brennan – Psiĥedelisto (talk · contribs) (formerly used 8chan.co (talk · contribs), FredrickBrennan (talk · contribs) and Fredrick R. Brennan (talk · contribs)) American software developer, creator of 8chan Ed Brubaker – Ed Brubaker (talk · contribs) American comic book writer Mark Burgess (children's author) – Marcus civis (talk · contribs) Children's author Daniel Burton – Danpburton (talk · contribs) Polar explorer Sharon Dahlonega Bush – 37Celcius (talk · contribs) American television newscaster and print journalist Patrick M. Byrne – PatrickByrne (talk · contribs) Overstock.com founder & CEO Rogers Cadenhead – Rcade (talk · contribs) Technology author Paxus Calta – Paxuscalta (talk · contribs) Anti-nuclear activist Ramsey Campbell – Ramsey Campbell (talk · contribs) English horror fiction author, editor and critic[4] James Cantor – James Cantor (talk · contribs) Professional sex researcher Bryce Case – Ytcracker (talk · contribs) Former computer hacker turned Nerdcore hip hop performer Hampton Lintorn-Catlin – Hcatlin (talk · contribs) American computer programmer and former WMF employee Christopher Cerf (producer) – ChrisCerf (talk · contribs) Author, composer-lyricist, and record and television producer CGP Grey – CGPGrey (talk · contribs) Creator of educational YouTube videos Aimee Challenor – AimeeSunflower (talk · contribs) British politician and transgender activist 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 Atul Chitnis – Achitnis (talk · contribs) Consulting technologist, organizer of FOSS.IN; died in 2013 Faizul Latif Chowdhury – Faizul Latif Chowdhury (talk · contribs) Bengali civil servant, mostly active on Bengali Wikipedia Ward Christensen – WardXmodem (talk · contribs) Founder of CBBS, the first bulletin board system (died in 2024) John Clark (English actor) – JohnClarknew (talk · contribs) Actor/director and ex-husband and manager of Lynn Redgrave (died 2023) Noam Cohen – Chomsky1 (talk · contribs) American journalist and author Loren Coleman – Cryptozoo (talk · contribs) Cryptozoologist and author Steve Coleman – Mbase1235 (talk · contribs) Jazz musician William Connolley – William M. Connolley (talk · contribs) Climate modeller and scientist[1] Adam Conover – Adam Conover (talk · contribs) American actor, writer and comedian David Conway (music historian) – Smerus (talk · contribs) Music historian Maryann Corbett – Maryannz (talk · contribs) Poet Athel Cornish-Bowden – Athel cb (talk · contribs) Biochemist and textbook author Alan Cox (computer programmer) – 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 occasional lecturer Kathryn Cramer – Pleasantville (talk · contribs) Science fiction editor Lee Daniel Crocker – Lee Daniel Crocker (talk · contribs) Computer programmer, known for rewriting the software upon which Wikipedia runs[1] Constance Cumbey – Cumbey (talk · contribs) Former national officer for the National Association of Women Lawyers, New Age Christian author; died in 2025 Richard Cytowic – Cytowic (talk · contribs) Neurologist and author noted for rediscovering synesthesia Anthony Czarnik – AWCzarnik (talk · contribs) Chemist and inventor Andrew Dalby – Andrew Dalby (talk · contribs) Writer on language history and food history 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 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 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 Gareth Dennis – Garethdennis (talk · contribs) Rail engineer and writer 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 Luis Carlos Díaz – Periodismodepaz (talk · contribs) Venezuelan journalist and cyberactivist Mike Dickison – Giantflightlessbirds (talk · contribs) Entomologist and museum curator, New Zealand Wikipedian at Large from 2018 to 2019 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 (died 2015) 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 Axel Downard-Wilke – Schwede66 (talk · contribs) New Zealand transport planner 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 East Bay Ray – supposedly Dead-kennedys (talk · contribs) and RobertW (talk · contribs) Guitarist and sometime composer and producer with Dead Kennedys 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 Wesley R. Elsberry – Wesley R. Elsberry (talk · contribs) Marine biologist Paul Enck – PaulEnck (talk · contribs) Professor of Medical Psychology 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 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 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 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 Michael Flood – Michael Flood (talk · contribs) Pro-feminist researcher Liz Fong-Jones – Lizthegrey (talk · contribs) American activist and software developer David Fox (game designer) – DavidBFox (talk · contribs) American game designer 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 Eric Gallager – Cooljeanius (talk · contribs) New Hampshire state legislator Tomasz Ganicz – Polimerek (talk · contribs) Polish chemist, former president of Wikimedia Polska (mostly active on Polish Wikipedia) 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 Timothy Garden, Baron Garden – Tgarden (talk · contribs) British air marshal, university professor and Liberal Democrat peer; died in 2007 Sue Gardner – Sue Gardner (talk · contribs) Former Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation 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 in 2020 David Gauntlett – Davidgauntlett (talk · contribs) Social scientist Richard Gerard – David Gerard (talk · contribs) Author and Wikipedia admin[1] Susan Gerbic – Sgerbic (talk · contribs) Anti-pseudoscience activist Nat Gertler – NatGertler (talk · contribs) Founder of About Comics Peter Giles – Petermgiles (talk · contribs) Canadian sprint kayaker 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 Mike Godwin – MGodwin (talk · contribs) American attorney, director of Public Knowledge, former general counsel for Wikimedia Foundation 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) Alexander Goldscheider – AGRR (talk · contribs) Czech-born British composer, music producer, writer and computer specialist Timothy Gonsalves – Tagooty (talk · contribs) Academician, Founding Director, IIT Mandi (2010-20), entrepreneur Al Gordon (comics) – Albabe (talk · contribs) Comic book creator, inker, and writer Gennady Gorelik – Ggorelik (talk · contribs) Russian physicist and philosopher Bill Gosper – Bill Gosper (talk · contribs) American mathematician, programmer, and hacker Antony Green – AntonyGreen (talk · contribs) Australian Broadcasting Corporation election analyst Jack Greenberg (lawyer) – Jack Greenbergx (talk · contribs) Law professor, NAACP counsel, and dean of Columbia College, died in 2016 Andriy Grechylo – Herald63 (talk · contribs) Ukrainian historian, heraldist and vexillologist Virgil Griffith – Romanpoet (talk · contribs) American programmer and creator of WikiScanner Reginald Gray (artist) – Reginald gray (talk · contribs) Portrait artist; died in 2013 Sasha Grey – Madjabuds (talk · contribs) Pornography star Patrick Guinness – PatrickGuinness (talk · contribs) Historian and lecturer Ciaran Gultnieks – CiaranG (talk · contribs) Computer games programmer from Yorkshire Martin Haase – Maha (talk · contribs) German linguist, former member of Wikimedia Germany's advisory board (mostly active on German Wikipedia) Bernard Haisch – Haisch (talk · contribs) Fringe physicist and paranormal researcher Justin Hall – JustinHall (talk · contribs) Early weblogger Johann Hari – David r from meth productions (talk · contribs) British-Swiss journalist 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 Owen Hatherley – Owenhatherley (talk · contribs) British architecture journalist Brian Harvey (lecturer) – Briankharvey (talk · contribs) American computer scientist 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 Phil Hendrie – Phil Hendrie (talk · contribs) Radio talk show host Keith Henson – Hkhenson (talk · contribs) American engineer and writer Carl Hewitt – Prof. Carl Hewitt (talk · contribs) Computer scientist and professor Hugo Heyrman – Dr. Hugo (talk · contribs) Belgian artist Peter Hitchens – Clockback (talk · contribs) Conservative British author, journalist and broadcaster Miran Hladnik – Hladnikm (talk · contribs) Slovene historian (mostly active on Slovene projects and Commons) Sam Hocevar – Sam Hocevar (talk · contribs) Programmer, Debian Project Leader and former Wikimedia France board member Ron Holloway – Ronsax (talk · contribs) American saxophonist 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 (died 2021) John Humphreys (economist) – John humphreys (talk · contribs) Australian economist and libertarian activist Peter L. Hurd – Pete.Hurd (talk · contribs) Canadian professor of psychology Netha Hussain – Netha Hussain (talk · contribs) Indian physician and Wikipedian[1] 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? Joi Ito – Joi (talk · contribs) Activist, entrepreneur, and venture capitalist 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 Ian Jackson – Ijackson (talk · contribs) Software developer Jim Jagielski – Jimjag (talk · contribs) Software engineer Andrea James – Jokestress (talk · contribs) American actress and transgender activist[1] 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 J. Hunter Johnson – JHunterJ (talk · contribs) American author and game designer Daniel Jolliffe – Possibly (talk · contribs) Canadian media artist and art professor; died in 2021 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[1] Brian Josephson – Brian Josephson (talk · contribs) Nobel Prize winner in physics, and paranormalist Brewster Kahle – Brewsterkahle (talk · contribs) American computer engineer, Internet entrepreneur, internet activist, advocate of universal access to all knowledge, and digital librarian 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 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 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 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 Osama Khalid – OsamaK (talk · contribs) Saudi Arabian Wikipedia administrator and political prisoner 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[1] Holly Knight – Holly Knight (talk · contribs) American songwriter and musician (Device et al.) Nadim Kobeissi – Kaepora~enwiki (talk · contribs) Computer programmer and security researcher Jerome Kohl – Jerome Kohl (talk · contribs) American music theorist, authority on the music of Karlheinz Stockhausen; died in 2020 Vladimir Korepin – Korepin (talk · contribs) Russian-American physicist Alex Konanykhin – AKonanykhin (talk · contribs) Russian entrepreneur 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 Valery Kovalyov – NoFrost (talk · contribs) Russian entrepreneur and Wikipedian Stanislav Kozlovsky – Ctac (talk · contribs) Russian psychologist and Wikipedian Marc Kuchner – Mkuchner (talk · contribs) American astrophysicist Markus Kuhn (computer scientist) – Markus Kuhn (talk · contribs) German computer scientist Greg Kuperberg – Greg Kuperberg (talk · contribs) American mathematician 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 David Langford - DeafMan (talk · contribs) Physicist; critic and author of science fiction; holds record for most Hugo awards Deena Larsen – LoveElectronicLiterature (talk · contribs) electronic literature author and curator Daniel Lazard – D.Lazard (talk · contribs) French mathematician Siobhan Leachman – Ambrosia10 (talk · contribs) New Zealand citizen scientist Jennifer 8. Lee – Jenny8lee (talk · contribs) Former New York Times journalist 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 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 Lsjbot – Lsjbot (talk · contribs) Wikimedia bot[1] Paul Lucas (playwright) – Pklucas (talk · contribs) American playwright and producer Travis Lupick – Tlupick (talk · contribs) Canadian journalist and author 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 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[1] 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 Laurence D. Marks - Ldm1954 (talk · contribs) American academic[2] Geoff Marshall – Geofftech (talk · contribs) Author and YouTuber, specialising in rail transport 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 Waye Mason – WayeMason (talk · contribs) Canadian politician 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 Jonathan McDowell – JonathanMcDowell (talk · contribs) American astrophysicist Roger McGuinn – Mcguinn713 (talk · contribs) American musician, frontman of the Byrds 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 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 Erik Mona – Iquander (talk · contribs) Roleplaying game author and publisher Jason Moore (Wikipedia editor) – Another Believer (talk · contribs) American Wikipedia editor David Morgan-Mar – Dmmaus (talk · contribs) Physicist, webcomic creator Howard Morland – HowardMorland (talk · contribs) American journalist, author, and activist David J. 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