List of LiveJournal users
Some users of LiveJournal, or the journals themselves have become famous throughout the years for their especially interesting content, including political commentary and anecdotal advice on subjects ranging from household care to aquariums, or because they belong to otherwise famous or accomplished people, including many well-known writers, graphic artists, mass media personalities, and programmers.
Notable LiveJournal users
- Christopher Abad, username aempirei, hacker and gallery operator.
- Neil Cicierega, username trapezzoid, Internet personality, musician and artist
- Lucia Cifarelli, username luciacifarelli, an American singer and musician, currently a member of KMFDM.
- Bram Cohen, username bramcohen, creator of BitTorrent.
- Charlotte Cooper, username charlottecooper, writer, fat acceptance and gay rights activist.
- Billy Corgan, username billycorgan, founder of the band The Smashing Pumpkins.
- Kimya Dawson, username kimya_dawson_, musician and member of the band The Moldy Peaches.
- David Eppstein, username 11011110, computer scientist, Wikipedia admin.
- Caitlin Glass, username kiristokyoto, popular anime voice actress.
- Tom Hull, username tomster0, mathematician and mathematical origami expert.
- Wei-Hwa Huang, username onigame, four-time world puzzle championship winner.
- Audrey Kawasaki, username i-seldom-do, painter and erotic artist
- Antony Garrett Lisi, username mauitian, physicist, the creator of "An Exceptionally Simple Theory of Everything".
- Rhodri Marsden, username rhodri, musician and journalist.
- Vic Mignogna, username vivhingolino, popular anime voice actor and musician.
- Jeff Minter, username stinkygoat, veteran game programmer, creator of Space Giraffe.
- Momus, username imomus, British avant-garde musician and performance artist in the 2006 Whitney Biennial.
- Michael Muhney, username thewizrd, actor on the television series Veronica Mars.
- Ashot Nadanian, username nadanian, chess player, theoretician and coach.
- Paramore, username paramoreband, Tennessee based pop punk group
- Big Poppa E, username poetryslam, poetry slam performer.
- Elyse Sewell, username elysesewell, American fashion model
- Dan Schneider, username Danwarp, TV producer
- Jeffree Star, username surgeryscars, American fashion and alternative model, musician, and internet personality.
- Ben Templesmith, username ben_templesmith, comics artist.
- John Tronolone, username wwecoowner, first-ever HERO Campaign "HERO of the Year" winner
- James Urbaniak, username urbaniak, movie actor
- Jamie Zawinski, username jwz, programmer of xscreensaver and founder of mozilla.org.
- Chris Crocker, username formerlyknownas, internet celebrity and singer
Professional wrestlers
- CM Punk, username cmpunk, professional wrestler.
- Steve Corino, username corino, professional wrestler.
- Allison Danger, username allisondanger, professional wrestler.
- Chris Hero, username chrishero, professional wrestler.
- Jimmy Jacobs, username jimmyjacobs, professional wrestler.
- Sterling James Keenan, username sterlingjk, professional wrestler.
- Jimmy Rave, username xxxjimmyravexxx, professional wrestler.
- Samoa Joe, username xsweatpeax, professional wrestler.
- Alex Shelley, username alexshelley, professional wrestler.
Writers
- Laurie Halse Anderson, username halseanderson, author of Speak and other young adult novels.
- Elizabeth Bear, username matociquala, author of The Jenny Casey Trilogy, Carnival, Undertow and other books and short stories.
- Marty Beckerman, username martybeckerman, young adult author.
- Bill Bradley, username senbillbradley, ex-NBA player, ex-US Senator, one-time presidential candidate, author. Journal maintained for short period during a book promotion, then abandoned.
- Gary Braunbeck, username haceldama, award-winning American science fiction, fantasy, mystery and horror author. Journal established 2002 and still maintained as of June 2009.
- Libba Bray, username libba-bray, author of A Great and Terrible Beauty and Rebel Angels.
- Poppy Z. Brite, username docbrite, New Orleans-based author of novels and short stories including "Lost Souls", "Exquisite Corpse", "The Value of X", "Liquor", and "Prime".
- Steven Brust, username skzbrust, author of fantasy and science fiction, including the Vlad Taltos series of novels.
- Emma Bull, username coffeeem, fantasy writer.
- Svetlana Chmakova, username svetlania, artist and writer, author of Dramacon, The Adventures of CG, and other sequential arts works.
- Joey Comeau, username untoward, one of the creators of the webcomic A Softer World and author of the novella Lockpick Pornography as well as many published short stories.
- Cassandra Clare, username cassandraclare and thegraybook, science fiction and fantasy writer, creator of young adult urban fantasy trilogy called The Mortal Instruments.
- John Crowley, username crowley crow, fantasy writer.
- Pamela Dean, username pameladean, fantasy and young adult fiction writer.
- Sarah Dessen, username writergrl, fiction writer.
- Paul Dini, username kingofbreakfast, Hollywood producer, co-creator of the DC Animated Universe, which includes seven television series, and is now a writer on Lost.
- Roman Dirge, username taxidermied, creator of the comic book Lenore, the Cute Little Dead Girl.
- Thomas Disch (1940-2008) username tomsdisch, science fiction writer and poet. Deceased, journal no longer updated.
- Cory Doctorow, username doctorow, science fiction writer.
- Diane Duane, username dduane, fantasy, science fiction, television series, and young adult fiction writer.
- Doris Egan, a.k.a. Jane Emerson, username tightropegirl, fantasy novelist and television writer (House, NUMB3RS, Smallville, others).
- Suzette Haden Elgin, username ozarque, science fiction writer and linguist.
- Warren Ellis, username warren_ellis, British author of comics, novels, and television, including Transmetropolitan and Planetary. Has temporarily suspended posting, in response to recent mass account deletions.
- Sheila Finch, username lingster1, science fiction writer.
- Lynn Flewelling, username otterdance, fantasy writer.
- K. Sandra Fuhr, username saunteringdown, creator of webcomics including Boy Meets Boy and Friendly Hostility.
- Javier Grillo-Marxuach, username chaodai, television writer and producer.
- Jim C. Hines, username jimhines, fantasy writer.
- Robin Hobb, username robin-hobb, fantasy writer.
- Emily Horne, username thisisfurious, one of the creators of the webcomic A Softer World and a photographer.
- Tanya Huff, username andpuff, fantasy author, most notably the Blood Books on which the television series Blood Ties is based.
- Cleolinda Jones, username cleolinda, writer and creator of the m15m film parodies.
- Caitlin R. Kiernan, username greygirlbeast, author of science fiction and dark fantasy.
- Ellen Kushner username ellenkushner, fantasy writer and radio personality.
- Hope Larson, username hopelarson, author of graphic novels.
- Megan Lindholm, username meganlindholm, fantasy writer.
- Scott Lynch, username scott-lynch, fantasy writer.
- George R. R. Martin, username grrm, fantasy, science fiction and television writer, creator of the popular A Song of Ice and Fire fantasy series and Wild Cards shared world book series.
- Christopher McCulloch, username jacksonpublick, creator of the adventure/comedy cartoon television series The Venture Bros..
- Ian McDonald username ianmcdonald, science fiction writer.
- Geoffrey McSkimming username geoffreyofcairo, author of The Cairo Jim Chronicles.
- R. K. Milholland, username kobold, creator of the webcomic strips Something Positive [1], S*P 1937 [2], Midnight Macabre [3], and New Gold Dreams [4].
- Sarah Monette, username truepenny, fantasy writer.
- Marshall Moore, username msminpdx, fiction writer.
- Josh Neufeld, username 4-eyez, graphic novel writer/artist.
- Naomi Novik, username naominovik, fantasy writer.
- Tamora Pierce, username tammy212, best-selling author of young adult fantasy novels.
- Cherie Priest, username cmpriest, author of the horror/fantasy novels Four and Twenty Blackbirds, Wings to the Kingdom, and Dreadful Skin.
- Teresa Strasser, username teresa-strasser, Daytime Emmy Award winning journalist and news girl on The Adam Carolla Show.
- Peter Straub, username p-straub55, author of Shadowland, Ghost Story and The Blue Rose series.
- Karen Traviss, username karentraviss, science fiction writer.
- Emma Maree Urquhart, username srsbizniz, Scottish fantasy author whose first book was published at 13.
- Jhonen Vasquez, username chancrescolex creator of such comic books as Johnny The Homicidal Maniac, as well as the Nickelodeon television show Invader Zim.
- Ursula Vernon, username ursulav professional artist and writer of the Digger (webcomic).
- Ned Vizzini username ned_vizzini author of three young adult books.
- Jo Walton username papersky, science fiction and fantasy writer.
- Liz Williams, username mevennen, science fiction and fantasy writer.
- David Willis, username shortpacked, creator of the webcomic Shortpacked!.
- John C. Wright, username johncwright, science fiction and fantasy writer.
A comprehensive list can be found in Russian Wikipedia: ru:Список известных пользователей Живого журнала
Politicians
- Garry Kasparov, username garry_kasparov, a Russian former World Chess Champion, writer, and political activist.
- Boris Berezovsky, username platon-elenin, a.k.a. Platon Elenin, exiled Russian-Jewish billionaire.
- Alexander Lebedev, username alex-lebedev, a Russian billionaire, member of the State Duma, former KGB agent, owner of a third of Aeroflot and part owner of Novaya Gazeta.
- Valeria Novodvorskaya, username vnovodvorskaia [1], prominent dissident and critic of both the Soviet and succeeding Russian governments.
Writers
- ryzhachok, famous Ukrainian critic and publicist.
- vyahotka, famous Ukrainian journalist and copywriter.
Infamous LiveJournals
Other LiveJournals have instead gained notoriety for the infamy of their owners. These include:
- Taylor Behl, username tiabliaj, a seventeen-year-old Virginia college student found murdered
- Ben Fawley, username skulz67, Behl's killer. On August 9, 2006, Fawley was convicted by a judge of second degree murder and sentenced to thirty years in prison, after Fawley entered an Alford plea.
- Jason Fortuny, username rfjason, a Seattle-area graphic designer responsible for "The Craigslist Experiment".
- Jeff Weise, username weise, a high school student in Red Lake, Minnesota responsible for the Red Lake High School massacre.
See also
References
- ^ Democratic Union official site
External links