Famous people on Twitter
(*Updated July 6)
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 semi-normal human being who is decent at Twitter. Celebrities can be boring twitterers. Just saying.)
- 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
- 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
- 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
Warren Adler (Author or such books as War of the Roses and Random Hearts) is also on Twitter!
Lucas
December 21, 2008 at 11:23 pm
[...] into this sort of thing. (If you would rather just follow people who are smart and/or hilarious, go here and scroll to the bottom.) Lil Wayne and Chris Brown and some others did some Twittering for the [...]
Musicians who Twitter « the listenerd
December 29, 2008 at 8:13 pm
What about @matisyaho, @borat, @barackobama and @breagrant?
snowcaps
January 9, 2009 at 8:48 pm
Also: Neil Gaiman (@neilhimself), John Scalzi (@scalzi), Warren Ellis (@warrenellis), MC Frontalot (@mc_frontalot), Felicia Day (@feliciaday) and Adam Savage (@donttrythis)
Christie
January 26, 2009 at 6:31 pm
here are some people you should put on your list:
My Chemical Romance members
~ Gerard Way http://twitter.com/gerardway
~ Mikey Way http://twitter.com/michaeljamesway
~ Ray Toro http://twitter.com/raytoro
~ Frank Iero http://twitter.com/franklero
~ Bob Bryar http://twitter.com/bobbryar
William Beckett from the band “the Academy Is…”
http://twitter.com/billbeckett
2 of the members of the band “All Time Low”
~ Jack Barakat http://twitter.com/JackAllTimeLow
~ Alex Gaskarth http://twitter.com/AlexAllTimeLow
just thought you might want to add this to your list.
Alison
March 7, 2009 at 3:07 pm
also Ryan Seacrest http://twitter.com/RyanSeacrest
Alison
March 7, 2009 at 3:10 pm
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{los amigos famosos del pajarito} famosos en twitter « raspberry magazine
March 15, 2009 at 9:51 pm
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Twitter Secrets You’ll Love | Ernie Bryden.com
March 18, 2009 at 8:39 am
Just come across Darren Gough (dgoughie), the guy’s a legend!
Chris Bennett
June 2, 2009 at 4:07 am
You missed @Wossy
Murray Newlands
June 8, 2009 at 1:55 am
I love this post! thanks!
anima9
June 8, 2009 at 9:14 pm
Hey guys. Skyland Lautner here on the set of New Moon. We have a little more work to do for the movie but were all VERY excited about New Moon. If you didn’t notice Taylor is my cousin and I have all the very exciting things on Twitter for you to enjoy. Just ass Skyland Lautner and I will be happy to answer all questions.
Skyland Lautner
June 19, 2009 at 10:43 am
When I reread what I wrote to you guys I see that I didn’t use the message I would like to have posted. jusy ADD Me Skyland Lautner. Sorry for the misscommunication. I will try to be an update on this website as well as my twitter.
Skyland Lautner
June 19, 2009 at 10:46 am