List of Wikipedia people

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Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales, then-Wikimedia Foundation executive director Katherine Maher, and other Wikipedians at Wikimania 2017

This list of Wikipedians includes notable editors of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia.

By surname[edit]

A[edit]

B[edit]

C[edit]

Faizul Latif Chowdhury
Danese Cooper

D[edit]

E[edit]

Siân Evans, McKensie Mack, Michael Mandiberg, and Jacqueline Mabey (left to right) of Art+Feminism

F[edit]

G[edit]

  • Tomasz Ganicz, former president of Wikimedia Polska (2007–2018)
  • Sue Gardner, former executive director, Wikimedia Foundation (2007–2014)
  • David Gerard, author about cryptocurrencies
  • Susan Gerbic, founder and leader of the Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia (GSoW) project
  • Mike Godwin, former general counsel for the Wikimedia Foundation (2007–2010)

H[edit]

James Heilman

I[edit]

Maryana Iskander, chief executive officer of the Wikimedia Foundation
  • Maryana Iskander, chief executive officer of the Wikimedia Foundation (2022–present)

J[edit]

K[edit]

Justin Knapp

L[edit]

Andrew Lih

M[edit]

Emna Mizouni

N[edit]

Felix Nartey

O[edit]

P[edit]

Steven Pruitt

R[edit]

S[edit]

T[edit]

Former Wikimedia Foundation executive director Lila Tretikov

V[edit]

  • Volodymyr Vakulenko (1972–2022), Ukrainian literary figure who was murdered during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Oscar van Dillen, first chairperson of the Dutch chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation
  • Luis Villa, an American attorney and programmer who worked for the Wikimedia Foundation

W[edit]

Adrianne Wadewitz

Y[edit]

  • Taha Yasseri, associate professor of sociology at University College Dublin, Ireland

See also[edit]

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