Jan06

Celebrities and famous people on Twitter

OK we’re already a few days into 2009 and just as I predicted, Twitter is going nuts at the moment and making the headlines all over the place. First the Daily Mail (sorry can’t bring myself to link to them) did an article about celebs that Twitter. Then over the last couple of days we’ve had the “scandal” whereby Britney Spears, Barack Obama and other high profile people’s Twitter accounts were hacked.

Then just this morning Jonathan Ross (@Wossy) outed Jack Dee (@jackdee) as being a fake too. He then went on to see if Jeremy Clarkson (@Jeremy_Clarkson) was real, I doubt very much he is but time will tell. See Twitter grabs below:

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So I thought it would be useful to build a resource of real celebs that use Twitter. A couple of disclaimers first; to the best of my knowledge all of the celebs listed below ARE the real deal, but if you know better please let me know and I’ll remove them from the list. Secondly, some celebs (like Jonathan Ross and Stephen Fry for example) use Twitter for a bit of  laugh like the rest of us and update their Tweets personally. Then on the other hand you have people like Britney Spears who’s Twitter account is used by her “people” as a PR machine and is therefore quite dull. Richard Branson’s Twitter account is much of the same, boring.

Finally I have only listed celebs that I have “heard of”. There are quite a few American minor celebs that have Twitter accounts, you know the type, the c-list TV personalities. I haven’t listed them as I didn’t think anybody would be interested.

Alan Carr
Andi Peters - joined 26th January 2009
Andy Murray
Britney Spears
Chris Moyles - joined 4th February 2009
Coldplay
Common
Erykah Badu
Fearne Cotton - joined January 31st 2009
Imogen Heap
John Cleese
Jonathan Ross
Kanye West
Kieron Donoghue - before anyone says it, yes I know I’m not a celeb, it’s just a bit of fun!
Lance Armstrong
MC Hammer
Phillip Schofield
Q-Tip
Reggie Yates - joined January 31st 2009
Richard Branson
Robert Llewellyn
Russell Brand - joined 26th January 2009, picture
Shaquille O’Neal
Snoop Dogg
Stephen Fry
Tina Fey
Will Carling

If anybody knows of any more celeb Twitterer’s then please let me know in the comments and I will update this page. Let me know your Twitter name too and I’ll credit you.

What I’m listening to right now: Cassie - “Summer Charm”

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  1. Mel Carson (2 comments.) says:

    Oh but you are a celeb Kieron - standing room only at A4U Expo!

    Is http://twitter.com/ruskin147 not a celeb? The Peston of the tech world?

  2. Pete (5 comments.) says:

    Cool list Kieron. Stephen Fry is a total legend, he’s even nice enough to follow most of the people who follow him!

  3. Kieron (474 comments.) says:

    Mel - you’re too kind! Rory is well worth folowing on Twitter but I’m trying to keep the list down to people you may see in Heat mag ;)

    Pete - agreed, he’s very interactive on Twitter with people.

    Rammi - MC Hammer is already on my list. I’m afraid I haven’t heard of any of the others, thanks for the tips though.

  4. Matt Sawyer (1 comments.) says:

    http://twitter.com/willcarling

    Thought it was fake to start with, but after following him I’m convinced

  5. Kieron (474 comments.) says:

    Matt thanks, yes have already added Will as you’re the second person to vouch for him.

  6. Hobbsy (2 comments.) says:

    There’s two fake Ricky Gervais Twitter profiles:

    http://www.twitter.com/rickygervais
    http://www.twitter.com/ricky_gervais

    If you go on Ricky’s official site he says he doesn’t have a Twitter account:
    http://rickygervais.com/

  7. Ciaran (1 comments.) says:

    There’s some bloke called Barack Obama
    http://twitter.com/BarackObama
    Not suggesting he does it himself, but then I’m not convinced that Britney does either.
    Oh, and Andy Murray’s brother Jamie is on there too http://twitter.com/jamie_murray

  8. Kieron (474 comments.) says:

    Ciaran - cheers for that, I have linked to Barack Obama in my original story but I didn’t put him in the list. The reason being that “his” tweets stopped on Nov 5th so it seems Twitter was used in this instance as part of his presidential campaign and has now stopped. I agree, the Britney page is just a bit of PR from her management company.

  9. Jim Banks (2 comments.) says:

    Interesting that Wossy actually posted pictures of himself with his twitter profile behind him as if to validate that it really truly is him.

    He was saying that Gervais (who incidentally is exactly one day younger than me, I got that from reading his book), wasn’t on as he was in the US at the Golden Globes but would be getting online soon.

    I really chuckled when I saw that the Obama account had been hijacked and they were promoting a $500 gift card, through an affiliate link. I am sure the Secret Service would want to go and personally hand deliver the cheque to the affiliate.

    I follow Richard Branson and Stephen Fry and obviously Jonathan Ross, I’m hoping he’ll invite me to do security when he goes back on the TV, although the watered down version, if that’s what we get will be bad, his show, the swaering and innuendo etc. is what makes it all worthwhile and Andrew Sachs and his grand-daughter have done very nicely out of the PR this has brought them. Wossy if you read this you can invite me, send me a DM (or a D as it should be) to http://www.twitter.com/jimbanks

  10. evo (1 comments.) says:

    @PennJillette
    @EddieIzzard
    @SoupySales
    @JimmyFallon (to promote his new show mostly)

    Good comedy on Twitter!

  11. ipod accessories (12 comments.) says:

    Twitter really has been in the headlines for quite sometime now. Twitter itself has gained celebrity like craze!!!

  12. Goodwin999 says:

    Erm… The whole of My Chemical Romance. Noel Fielding, Julian Barret, Russel Brand. Usually from them you can get tons of celeb friends.

  13. bipolartink (2 comments.) says:

    @jimmycarr - though its mainly advertising where he is and what he’s doing.
    @wilw - wil wheaton - yes! he of Star Trek: TNG & ‘Stand By Me’ Fame - actually he’s quite amusing and updates regularly and is very chatty with his followers - highly recommended
    @robert_smith - the cure front man - not 100% sure of this one

  14. Jim Banks (2 comments.) says:

    And now Coldplay @coldplay have gone from 36 in their first three days to close to 5000 followers after a messenger post. With over 1.3 million fans on Facebook I expect their account to rival Obama’s in a few months.

  15. bipolartink (2 comments.) says:

    @BrentSpiner - (Data Star Trek TNG (are you sensing a theme?)) He’s just started tweeting and its quite a hoot watching him getting to grips with it.
    @Will_Ferrell - a tentative confirmation for this but I think it could be the real deal
    @RealDMitchell - David Mitchell from Peep Show - confirmed by @Wossy

  16. bipolartink says:

    @Will_Ferrell not the real deal - my bad!

  17. Hannah says:

    Joe Jonas has one :]

  18. Lee Lennon says:

    Just confirmed today that Duncan Bannatyne is a fake (he outed himself!). Wouldn’t b surprised if he also set up Peter Jones & Theo Pathetis, as they have messaged him n don’t seem real. I’ve read good things about James Caan however; and he is not following the other (potentially fake) dragons, but no confirmation he is the real deal. Anyone know?!

  19. Steve Harper says:

    Jamie oliver and nigel mansel are also on Twitter

  20. Andrew (1 comments.) says:

    Thanks for the list.

    Nicely updated too with Chris Moyles who only joined yesterday

  21. moonset says:

    @charltonbrooker - Charlie Brooker, @richardpbacon - Richard Bacon. Dunno if you’d class them as famous enough, but I follow ‘em anyway! :P

  22. Rachael says:

    I’ve spotted a minor uk celeb from the Dragons Den…. look at me go. @JamieT_newmusic sold the band to Peter Jones.

  23. Rachael says:

    Thanks HeRb - Searched Jamie Turner.

    Apparently @DragonPJones is fake.

  24. Jo says:

    Also on Twitter (not fakes that i kno of!)

    James Blunt
    Donny Osmond
    Dawn French
    Boris Johnson
    Alan Davies
    Ian Hislop

  25. Sean Berger (1 comments.) says:

    Rainn Wilson (THE OFFICE) has twitter. So does Kelly.

  26. Kieron (474 comments.) says:

    Guys its great that you’re leaving suggestions but we really need to know the Twitter ID of people. I.e. Jonathan Ross is @Wossy.

  27. Shannon says:

    @taylorswift13 -Taylor swift
    @lilyroseallen- lily Allen
    @aplusk- ashton kutcher
    @mrskutcher- demi Moore
    @sophiabush- Sophia bush from one tree hill
    @gavindegraw- Gavin degraw
    @hilarieburton- hilarie burton from one tree hill also
    @therue- rumer willis
    @johncmayer- john Mayer
    @michael_phelps- michael phelps
    I’m Not sure if you consider some of those people “celebrities” because they’re athletes or singers but that’s what I got. Sorry if I put any repeats that you already have because I’m posting from my iPod and it’s a hassle to scroll up and check.
    My twitter account is @ShanL.
    @the_real_shaq- shaquille o’neal

  28. Geno Prussakov (1 comments.) says:

    Excellent list! Just told my wife that Jamie Oliver is on Twitter. It made her day! :)

  29. Chelly (1 comments.) says:

    my Twitter ID is: chellmabelle

    John_Krasinski - Jim Halpert from “The Office”
    Jenna_Fischer - Pam Beesly from “The Office”
    amber_benson - actress from Buffy the Vampire Slayer
    joshwhedon - creator of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Firefly,” “Dr. Horrible,” and “Dollhouse.”
    DougBenson - comedian, made the movie “Super High Me.”
    JohnCleese - actor in “Monty Python”
    ThatKevinSmith - creator of “Clerks,” “Mallrats,” and “Zack and Miri Make Porno.”
    adambusch - actor from “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”

  30. Arjun U (1 comments.) says:

    Al Gore’s there- http://twitter.com/algore I’m not a celebrity, but here’s mine http://twitter.com/arjunu

  31. davey_lad (1 comments.) says:

    http://twitter.com/levarburton - AKA Commander La Forge (Star trek TNG), Kunte Kinte (Roots)

  32. Denise (2 comments.) says:

    http://twitter.com/roadrider57 Actor and Comedian Robin Williams

  33. Danielle (1 comments.) says:

    http://www.twitter.com/greggrunberg Matt Parkman from Heroes
    http://www.twitter.com/breagrant Daphne Millbrook from Heroes/ Jean Binnel from Friday Night Lights
    http://www.twitter.com/chuckpalahniuk famous Writer (best known for Fight Club)
    http://www.twitter.com/masioka Hiro Nakamura from Heroes
    http://www.twitter.com/dividepictures Milo Ventimiligia who plays Peter Pertrelli from Heroes production company
    http://www.twitter.com/williamshatner Willam Shatner
    www,twitter.com/leonardnimoy Leonard Nimoy
    http://www.twitter.com/chelseahandler comedienne Chelsea Handler
    http://www.twitter.com/georgetakei George Takei
    http://www.twitter.com/jameskysonlee Ando from Heroes
    http://www.twitter.com/Shaantastic Shaant from Cute is What We Aim For

  34. Money Academy (13 comments.) says:

    thanks for the list but some names can write in several ways . specially if you talk about 2 words .
    if you have more for sports celebs post a reply .

  35. Tenielle (1 comments.) says:

    Lilley Allen is also in twitter and i know tha hers is real :)

  36. Maya (1 comments.) says:

    All of My Chemical Romance is on Twitter, too. You can follow them on their website.

  37. Ericka (1 comments.) says:

    I am-@stormywaters
    P. Diddy-@iamdiddy
    He is a tweet freak, be prepared for him to fill your timeline up!

  38. Megan (1 comments.) says:

    Sean Diddy Combs… @iamdiddy.
    He was talking about it on Ellen, so of course it’s him! :)

  39. LRA (1 comments.) says:

    @ladygaga — Lady GaGa

  40. miri (1 comments.) says:

    ellen’s on twitter!!

    http://twitter.com/TheEllenShow

  41. Kevin De Souza (1 comments.) says:

    Jimmy Carr on tweeter - http://twitter.com/jimmycarr

    View mine while you at it: http://twitter.com/DeSouzaMedia
    or <a href=”http://www.desouzamedia.com/”http://www.desouzamedia.com/

  42. Andrew Cole (1 comments.) says:

    I thought it was JOSS Whedon, not Josh?

  43. lukas (1 comments.) says:

    hi just wondering is there any rugby stars on twitter?and can you actually speak to those cellebrities?

  44. Curtis Hines (1 comments.) says:

    Cant forget Mark Hoppus, from the band Blink-182

    http://twitter.com/markhoppus

  45. Nikki Sapsford (1 comments.) says:

    Demi Moore (mrskutcher), Ashton Kutcher (aplusk) and Ellen DeGeneres (EllenDeG).

  46. KMidd (1 comments.) says:

    Dane Cook: http://twitter.com/danecook

    definitely real, and hilarious :)

  47. Enchanted (1 comments.) says:

    Tony Hawk
    Carey Hart
    Jason Ellis
    Trent Reznor - NIN
    Shawn White

  48. Sarah (1 comments.) says:

    John Mayer! His are the best!

  49. Janette (1 comments.) says:

    gerard way
    jenette mccurdy
    ray toro
    bob bryar
    frank iero
    serena williams
    mikey way
    they have a twitter too.

  50. beth (1 comments.) says:

    theres also katie price peter andre and lewis hamilton

  51. Sam (1 comments.) says:

    Matthew Perry (talked about Twitter on Ellen)

  52. Katie (1 comments.) says:

    @mileycyrus .. ;) its official!

  53. Maggie (1 comments.) says:

    These are real ones:

    Hugh Jackman - @RealHughJackman
    Oprah Winfrey - @Oprah

  54. DemonChook (1 comments.) says:

    I don’t know if you care or not, but here are a few that i am following at the moment:
    http://twitter.com/HoffmanRobert - Robert Hoffman from Step Up 2.
    http://twitter.com/stephenofficial - Stephen Gately from Boyzone (only New)
    http://twitter.com/PhilKeoghan - Phil Keoghan from the Amazing Race
    http://twitter.com/Rove1974 - Rove McManus, Aussie Comedian/tv presenter.
    http://twitter.com/Wil_Anderson - Wil Anderson, Aussie Comedian.
    http://twitter.com/sean_mac - Sean Mac, singer.
    http://twitter.com/nhoustonreed - Official Nikki Reed, Twilight’s Rosalie.
    http://twitter.com/kristenstewart9 - Official Kristen Stewart. Bella from Tiwlight.
    http://twitter.com/OfficialTL - Official Taylor Lautner, Jacob from Twilight.
    http://twitter.com/Jrathbne - Jackson Rathbone - Jasper in Twilight.
    http://twitter.com/greeneash - Ashley Green, Alice Cullen from Twilight.
    http://twitter.com/jason_mraz - Singer Jason Mraz.
    http://twitter.com/TheMandyMoore - Mandy Moore, actress.
    http://twitter.com/KevinSpacey - Kevin Spacey.
    http://twitter.com/BarbaraJWalters - Barbara Walters.
    http://twitter.com/penndbad - Penn Badgley from Gossip Girl.
    http://twitter.com/megcabot - Author Meg Cabot.

    And my favourite one of all is:
    http://twitter.com/Mike_Dougherty - Mike Dougherty, screen writer of Superman Returns and director of Trick R’ Treat…This is 100% the Man, and a wonderful man he is.

  55. Emo (1 comments.) says:

    @emophillips

  56. wayfea (1 comments.) says:

    Eliza Dushku is on twitter, as @ElizaPatricia , confirmed by @thatkevinsmith. He was talking to her one night and suddenly realized she could be fake.

    This is what he said: F***! How do I know that’s really @ElizaPatricia ? Could’ve just read stuff in “My Boring-Ass Life” and hit me with enough plausible info.

    This is her reply: @ThatKevinSmith F***, I dunno! I could meet you in Times Sq. under the Giant Corona bottle if I walk outta my hotel, or I’ll txt Mewes 4 ur#

    His reply: They can breathe easier in Worcester: @ElizaPatricia confirmed via phone as real-deal Dushku. Commence “Marry me, Faith!” tweet-fall.

    I’d say that’s genuine!

  57. David (1 comments.) says:

    Kevin Durant is on twitter

  58. used tires (20 comments.) says:

    I follow the twitter account of Bobby Labonte, who is a NASCAR sprint cup series driver =D http://twitter.com/bobby_labonte

    Till then,

    Jean

  59. Bcks (1 comments.) says:

    Russel Brand is by far my favourite - makes me laugh every time I read his feed… http://twitter.com/BallbagBrand

  60. Laura (1 comments.) says:

    Hi,

    These May be of interest too. For anyone who likes Mythbusters on Discovery, Adam Savage and Grant Imahara are on Twitter and they’re real:

    http://twitter.com/donttrythis - Adam Savage
    http://twitter.com/grantimahara - Grant Imahara

    The author Anne Rice is there too:

    http://twitter.com/AnneRiceAuthor

    Great list by the way :-)

  61. Laura S (1 comments.) says:

    Hi,

    For anyone who likes Mythbusters, Adam Savage and Grant Imahara are on Twitter:

    http://twitter.com/donttrythis - Adam Savage
    http://twitter.com/grantimahara - Grant Imahara

    Both genuine.

    Great list by the way :-)

  62. Alana (1 comments.) says:

    Amanda Palmer (Dresden Dolls)
    Emmy Rossum (Phantom of Opera)
    Emma Roberts (Actress neice of julia Roberts)
    Samantha Ronson
    Perez Hilton
    Tegan and Sara

  63. Chris Bennett (1 comments.) says:

    just come across Darren Gough (@dgoughie), the guys a legend!

  64. jeffry (1 comments.) says:

    Don’t know if they are mentioned yet:

    twitter.com: TJ_Black (Jack Black) GeneSimmons and Ace_Frehley

  65. Kimberly (1 comments.) says:

    jensen ackles, jared padaleckii, jim beaver, misha collins, christina applegate, ashley tisdale, felicia day, summer glau, nathan fillion, michael seater, ashley leggat, michael muheny, taylor momsen, matthew perry, Jason segel, johan hill, justin timberlake, zachary quinto.

  66. Rachel (1 comments.) says:

    hey there is lady gaga and beyonce knowles and katie price and peter andre guys x

  67. Kieron (474 comments.) says:

    Guys, it’s great that you’re all contributing to this blog post but please remember to leave the Twitter name of any celebrities you spot. I.e. what comes after the “@” in their onscreen Tweets.

  68. kelbie (1 comments.) says:

    Adam Lambert’s is called theadamlambert

  69. Henk Mulder (1 comments.) says:

    Don Felder…..Former Eagles guitarist, Legendary Musician

    http://twitter.com/donfelder

  70. Katie (1 comments.) says:

    I searched Dev Patel and I added the first one on the list. I think he is the real Dev Patel, but I’m not sure. Does anyone have him?

  71. stacy (1 comments.) says:

    uuhh. miley ofcourse!!!!
    http://twitter.com/mileycyrus

  72. RealHappyHenry (1 comments.) says:

    ICE-T has twitter!
    he updates regularly and even provides film reviews.
    his twitter is @FINALLEVEL
    this is legit

  73. Eric (1 comments.) says:

    Rob Thomas is on Twitter as well.

    http://twitter.com/ThisisRobThomas

  74. IRA (1 comments.) says:

    do you know if any of the kristen stewart or robert pattinson twitter sites are real?

  75. Steve Browne (1 comments.) says:

    We have just started off the Twit Parade at http://www.twitparade.co.uk , which provide realtime updates of UK celebrity Tweets. Any suggestions for people to add are really appreciated. We have quite a few already, but we’re sure there are many many more!

  76. stef (1 comments.) says:

    Muse are on twitter!!
    http://twitter.com/musewire

  77. emily (1 comments.) says:

    the saturdays and mcfly all have twitter accounts- which are real! they have individual ones and then band ones..
    the saturdays- http://twitter.com/TheSats
    frankie(the sats)- http://twitter.com/FrankieTheSats
    una(the sats)-http://twitter.com/unahealy
    vanessa(the sats)- http://twitter.com/vanessawhite
    rochelle-http://twitter.com/RochelleTheSats
    mollie-http://twitter.com/MollieTheSats

    mcfly
    dougie-http://twitter.com/dougiemcfly
    danny-http://twitter.com/Dannymcfly
    tom-http://twitter.com/Dannymcfly

    i dont htink that harry has one

  78. India says:

    dolly parton: Dolly_Parton
    rob pattinson: ThePattinson
    raven symone: MissRavenSymone
    russel brand: rustyrockets
    miley cyrus: mileycyrus
    jackson rathbone: jayrathbone_
    amber benson: amber_benson
    stephanie meyer: twilightsmeyer
    and here is mine plz follow me : india_julie

    xxxxx

  79. Bram (1 comments.) says:

    Anders Fogh Rasmussen - Secretary General of NATO http://twitter.com/AndersFoghR

  80. mike (1 comments.) says:

    Great list. I like reading what they are up to.

  81. John Walters (1 comments.) says:

    Richard Bach who wrote Jonathan Livingston Seagull and a bunch of other books.

    http://twitter.com/Richard_D_Bach

  82. bob (1 comments.) says:

    is anyone from mock the week on twitter?

  83. sofia (1 comments.) says:

    tyra banks is also on twitter u should add her to your list :D

  84. Hannah (1 comments.) says:

    You might not know him but - http://twitter.com/justinbieber
    he’s a singer from canada :)
    x

  85. sky (1 comments.) says:

    Hayley Williams (paramore) twitter acccout is http://twitter.com/yelyahwilliams one of her tweets said she sent in an application for a vertified account

  86. Janet (1 comments.) says:

    Found Nolan Robert celebrity make-up artist and the winner of the reality show “Blush” that was on Lifetime. That was a great show, I just loved him. http://twitter.com/MakeupByNolanR

  87. Laila (1 comments.) says:

    Tom Felton is also on twitter: http://twitter.com/TomFelton

  88. jeprit69 (2 comments.) says:

    If you’re interested in formula 1

    http://twitter.com/The_Real_JB - Jenson Button, from the Brawn GP website so should be official, he tweets from the track and also about Triathons

    http://twitter.com/rubarrichello - Rubens Barrichello, also from Brawn GP (but you’ll need to hablo espanol)

    http://twitter.com/real_Vettel - New to twitter, seems the real Vettel (JB checked him out on twitter)

  89. jeprit69 (2 comments.) says:

    real Vettel is a fake he outed himself this evening - my bad

  90. Scott (1 comments.) says:

    Jay Cutler, the Chicago Bears Quarterback:

    http://twitter.com/jcutler6

    And his Facebook Page:

    http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jay-Cutler/165179854224?ref=ts

  91. erica shaw (1 comments.) says:

    tom felton and matthew lewis are on twitter

  92. db (1 comments.) says:

    Danny Devito - twitter.com/Danny_DeVito

    Account verified, joined Sept 2009

  93. Sinead (1 comments.) says:

    Miley Cyrus has a twitter http://www.twitter.com /mileycyrus.

  94. Jonathan (1 comments.) says:

    http://www.twitter.com/LPchester is chester bennington (leadsinger of Linkin Park)

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