the listenerd

Famous and semi-famous people who twitter.

(I just have to point this out: Honestly, in many cases, you’d probably be better off to follow a regular human being who is extraordinarily good at Twitter. Especially if you are interested in music, sports, entertainment, technology, awesome things or life. Celebrities are frequently boring twitterers.)

• Oprah Winfrey>
• Lily Allen
• Lance Armstrong. (Doesn’t twitter his clubby Mary-Kate shenanigans, though.)
• Erykah Badu
• Sara Bareilles
• Mischa Barton
• Rachel Bilson
• Michael Ian Black
• Russell Brand
• Richard Branson
• Joe Budden
• Lavar Burton
• John Cleese.
• Jonathan Coulton
• Diablo Cody
• Common
• Anderson Cooper
• <a href="http://www.twitter.com/Danny_DeVito
• P. Diddy
• Diplo
• Snoop Dogg. Fo shizzle.
• Fred Durst
• Jimmy Fallon.
• Tina Fey
• David Gregory
• Sasha Frere-Jones (He watches American Idol.)
• MC Frontalot (Does he count?)
• Stephen Fry
• Neil Gaiman
• Penn Gillette.
• Robby Gordon (of Nascar fame)
• Al Gore.
• Natalie Gulbis
• MC Hammer.
• Imogen Heap
• John Hodgman (Lots of caps.)
• Vanessa Hudgens
• Ashton Kutcher
• David Lynch (David Lynch!)
• Seth MacFarlane
• Eli Manning (One of the worst.)
• Mates of State
• Matisyahu
• Dave Matthews. (Of DMB.)
• John McCain
• Demi Moore
• John Mayer
• Noreaga
• Barack Obama
• Shaquille O’Neal
• Sarah Palin
• Tyler Perry.
• Michael Phelps
• QTip
• Questo from the Roots.
• Henry Rollins (Amusing to me that said person follows: Laughing Squid. – Update: This link is dead now…)
• Karl Rove
• Arnold Schwarzenegger
• Ryan Seacrest
• Sarah Silverman
• Ashlee Simpson
• Mike Skinner
• Kevin Smith
• Soulja Boy
• Britney Spears. (Hey, y’all.)
• Brent Spiner
• John Tesh
• Wale
• Pete Wentz
• Wil Wheaton
• Shaun White
• Luke Wilson.
• Rainn Wilson

ALSO: Here is a (I guess somewhat obvious) list of people who are not famous, but are actually very amusing and successful Twitterers. You should really think about clicking through, checking out their style, and following them.

@ed_x (Ahem.)
@Fireland
@Aedison
@Mike_FTW
@Moltz
@SeoulBrother
@Remiel
@BadBanana
@Nostrich
@ScottSimpson
@lonelysandwich
@delfie
@smartasshat
@gordonshumway

• Article: The New York Times takes on the Celebrity Twitter Ecosystem.
• Guide: Technologizer has a guide to famous Twitter people.
• Article: The Guardian on Twitter celebrities.
• Directory: Check the Celebrity category at WeFollow, a new user-generated Twitter directory thing from Digg’s Kevin Rose.
• Comedy: A list, compiled Comedy Central, of comedians or other amusing people who Twitter. (Even though it was published recently, it includes a lot of OLD stuff; for instance, Jim Gaffigan makes the list, though he has not updated Twitter since 2007.)
• Business: ExecTweets.
• Celebs: SarahCPR
• Curated: A List of Top Celebrity Tweets. Also, this from Mashable.
• UK: Here.org.uk has a celeb twit list that’s VERY U.K. heavy.
• Music: A short list of musicians who Twitter that’s also on the listenerd (this list and the musician one may not be in perfect sync).
• More music: Drowned in Sound Guide to Musicians on Twitter.
• Photos: A gallery of some famous Twitterers.
• Pornography: Pornstartweet