G+ Notable Names Database
The G+ Notable Names Database (G+NNDB) is an attempt to list notable and well-known Google+ users, and their present or future online locations.
As with much else here, we're working out just how to do this, so bear with, and contributions welcomed.
This list is incomplete. Please help expand it.
PUBLISH WELL-KNOWN SOCIAL MEDIA OR BLOG ADDRESSES ONLY, NOT EMAIL OR OTHER PERSONAL CONTACT INFORMATION, OR CLOSELY-HELD ONLINE IDENTITIES OR PSEUDONYMS.
Contents
- 1 Criteria
- 2 Format
- 3 Categories
- 3.1 Academics & Educators
- 3.2 Acting and Entertainment
- 3.3 Art
- 3.4 Business
- 3.5 Crime
- 3.6 Film & Video
- 3.7 Humanitarianism & Rights
- 3.8 Journalism & Media
- 3.9 Locally Notable
- 3.10 Military
- 3.11 Music
- 3.12 Photography
- 3.13 Politics
- 3.14 Religion
- 3.15 Royalty
- 3.16 Science
- 3.17 Sport & Athletics
- 3.18 Technology
- 3.19 Writing & Poetry
- 3.20 Other
- 4 Uncategorised & Misc References
Criteria[edit]
Entries should consist of individual (not organisations) who are notable, had a Google+ presence, and engaged significantly there.
Simply being famous or having many followers should not generally be a factor. Example, Mark Zuckerberg has 674,000 followers, but no activity. This of itself is not notable, though Zuckerberg's relationship to Google+ might be argued.
In general: someone of general reputation who you'd followed on Google+, had the option to interact with, and would want to do so in future, outside of your immediate personal social circles would be a fair basis. And yes, that's squishy, we can talk about contended cases.
Format[edit]
Please list:
- Name. (May link G+ profile.)
- Brief description.
- Known primary blog, microblog, social media, and/or feeds (RSS/Atom).
Note: only one link for each.
In the form:
* <Full name>, <description>. [<blog url> blog] [<microblog url> microblog] [<social url> social] [<feed url> feed]
Categories[edit]
Academics & Educators[edit]
- John Baez, Mathematician. Blog Microblog Social Feed
- Timothy Gowers, Mathematician. [Blog] [Microblog] [Social] [Feed]
Acting and Entertainment[edit]
Art[edit]
Business[edit]
Crime[edit]
Film & Video[edit]
- Nina Paley, Animator. Blog [Microblog] [Social] Feed
Humanitarianism & Rights[edit]
Journalism & Media[edit]
- David Amerland, Business journalist, author, international speaker. Blog Microblog Social Feed
Technology Journalism[edit]
Locally Notable[edit]
- John R. Ellis Bayesian Scientific Skeptic and prolific moderator. [blog] microblog social [feed]
Military[edit]
Music[edit]
Photography[edit]
Politics[edit]
Religion[edit]
Royalty[edit]
Science[edit]
Sport & Athletics[edit]
Technology[edit]
- Jonathan Corbet, Linux developer, LWN editor. Blog [Microblog] [Social] [Feed]
- Eric Martindale, Entrepreneur. Blog Microblog Social
- Guy Kawasaki, technological evangelist at Apple and elsewhere. Blog Microblog Social Feed
- Greg Kroah-Hartman, Linux developer. Blog Microblog [Social] Feed
- Chris Messina, Inventor of the hashtag. Blog Microblog Facebook Feed
- Linus Torvalds, Linux developer. Blog Microblog [Social] Feed
- Moshe Vardi, Professor in Computational Engineering, Rice University. Blog [Microblog] [Social] [Feed]
- Yonatan Zunger, Google+ architect. Blog Microblog [Social] Feed
Writing & Poetry[edit]
- David Brin, science fiction author. Blog Microblog Social Feed
- Daniel Estrada, science fiction author. Blog Microblog Social [Feed]
- Daniel Suarez Near science fiction author Blog Microblog Social Feed
- John Scalzi Science Fiction author Blog Microblog Social Feed
Other[edit]
Uncategorised & Misc References[edit]
For possible inclusion above.
- CircleCount: Google+ Pages with the most Plus-Ones (Archive) (Feb 13, 2014) Pretty much a popularity fest though a few entries: Guy Kawasaki, TIME, Barack Obama.
- Timothy Coxon: Google Plus Communities and PageRank (Archive) (Apr 8 2013) A listing of major pages / communities as assessed by Google Web Search's PageRank algorithm.
General[edit]
- Woozle Hypertwin, ecclectic blogger, maintainer of the WoozlePlex sites. blog microblog [social] [feed]
Bryan Ruby's Blogroll[edit]
Source, MediaWiki conversion by User:Dredmorbius. Also available in OPML format.
Should be integrated above. Would be nice to add descriptions / brief bios.
Influenced me via Google+[edit]
- Mike Allton, Content MarketingPractitioner, author, dad. blog microblog social feed
- John Battelle, Chair at Federated Media, founder, author, interlocutor. blog microblog social feed
- Chris Brogan, Business advisor, author, and keynote speaker. blog microblog [social] feed
- Marques Brownlee, YouTube Video Producer, tech enthusiast, geek. blog microblog social feed
- Jason Coward, Software Architect, drummer, photographer. blog microblog [social] [feed]
- Matt Cutts, Acting Administrator of the US Digital Service, former Search Lead at Google. blog microblog [social] feed
- Felicia Day, Actor, Web series creator, gamer, slight misanthrope. blog microblog social feed
- Mike Elgan, Tech journalist . blog microblog social feed
- Eli Fennell. blog [microblog] social feed
- Seth Godin, Former VP Marketing Yahoo, Author. blog microblog [social] feed
- Sammy Hagar, Rock star, really. blog microblog social feed
- Natsumi Hayashi, Japanese photographer. blog microblog social feed
- Alexander Howard, Open government advocate. blog microblog [social] feed
- Jeff Jarvis, Journalism Professor. blog microblog social feed
- Guy Kawasaki. blog microblog [social] feed dupe
- Leo Laporte, Podcaster, broadcaster, This Week in Tech, Screen Savers. blog [microblog] [social] feed
- Casey McKinnon, Actor/producer. blog microblog social feed
- Matt Mullenweg, Co-founder Wordpress, founder, Automattic. blog microblog social feed
- Tim O'Reilly, CEO, Publisher, O'Reilly Media. blog microblog [social] feed
- Phil Nickinson, AndroidCentral. blog microblog [social] feed
- JR Raphael, writer, Android Intelligence. blog microblog [social] feed
- Kevin Rose, technology investor & entrepreneur. blog microblog social feed
- Darren Rouse, Blogger, author. blog microblog social feed
- Liz Strauss, brand strategist & community builder. blog microblog [social] feed
- Danny Sullivan, Public liason for Search at Google. blog microblog social feed
- Kas Thomas, Humanist & free-thinker. blog microblog [social] feed
- Steven Vaughan-Nichols, tech journalist. blog microblog [social] feed
- Sarah Rhea Werner, content strategist. blog microblog [social] feed
- Wil Wheaton, actor. blog [microblog] social feed
- Jason and Nikki Wynn, Gone with the Wynns. blog microblog social feed
Content Management / Web Design / Content Strategy[edit]
- Joe Audette, Founder & developer of mojoPortal. blog microblog social [feed]
- Jared Bitner. blog microblog [social] feed
- Steve Burge, CEO at OSTraining. blog microblog [social] feed
- Tony Byrne, Founder, Real Story Group. blog microblog [social] feed
- Brian Clark, Entreproducer. Neologist. Raconteur. blog microblog [social] feed
- Patrick Coombe, Organic Search. blog microblog social feed
- Kristy Dalton, GovGirl.com / Government.social. blog microblog social feed
- Dries Buytaert, Creator of Drupal. blog microblog [social] feed
- Brice Dunwoodie, . blog microblog [social] feed
- Andrew Eddie, PHP & Joomla. blog microblog [social] feed
- Loz James, Copywriter & Blogger. blog microblog social feed
- Liz Jostes, Social Media Strategist. Small Business Consultant. blog [microblog] [social] feed
- Jen Lampton, Drupal Developer. blog microblog [social] feed
- Reinis Fischer. blog microblog [social] feed
- Lisa Frame, Writer, Digital Strategy. blog microblog [social] feed
- Yoav Givati, Code Ninja, Webflow. blog microblog [social] feed
- Ruud Hein. blog microblog social feed
- Mike Johnston. blog microblog social feed
- Greg Knaddison, Drupal. blog microblog [social] feed
- Boris Kraft. blog microblog social feed
- Ivo Lukač, Co-founder, Netgen. blog microblog [social] feed
- Stacey MacNaught, SEO and marketing consultant. blog microblog [social] feed
- Scott Meyer, Consultant, teacher, travel guide. blog microblog [social] feed
- Ron Miller, Freelance technology journalist. blog microblog social feed
- Alexei Raiu, Drupal PHP Web developer. blog microblog [social] feed
- Alan Rosenblatt, Digital & social media strategist. blog microblog social feed
- Jason Siegel, Website designer and developer. blog microblog [social] feed
- Jen Simmons, Web designer. blog microblog [social] feed
- Ileane Smith, . blog microblog ocial feed
- Thomas Svenson, Drupal. blog microblog [social] feed
- Ryan Szrama, Drupal. blog microblog [social] feed
- Seth Gottlieb, Intrapreneur. blog microblog [social] feed
- Brian Teeman, Co-founder, Joomla. blog microblog [social] feed
- Thomas Tenkely, Future Intergalactic President. blog microblog [social] feed
- Robert Vining, Web Design, Joomla. blog microblog social feed
- Luke Wroblewski, former G+ product manager. blog microblog [social] feed
Digital Marketing / Customer Experience / Social Strategy[edit]
- Susan Beebe. blog [microblog] [social] feed
- Christine DeGraff. blog microblog [social] feed
- Rand Fishkin. blog microblog [social] feed
- Peg Fitzpatrick. blog microblog [social] feed
- Jay Gilmore. blog microblog [social] feed
- Robert Headley. blog microblog [social] feed
- Michelle G Held. blog [microblog] [social] feed
- Pauliina Jamsa. blog microblog [social] feed
- John Jantsch. blog microblog [social] feed
- Kristina Johnson. blog microblog [social] feed
- Tina Reed Johnson. blog microblog [social] feed
- Craig Kanalley. blog microblog [social] feed
- Leo Laporte. blog [microblog] [social] feed
- Mary Mangold. blog microblog [social] feed
- Matt McGee. blog microblog [social] feed
- John T. Meyer. blog microblog [social] feed
- Jessica Obermayer. blog microblog [social] feed
- Petr Passinger. blog microblog [social] feed
- Lubor Ptacek. blog [microblog] [social] feed
- Rebekah Radice. blog microblog [social] feed
- Rick Ramos. blog microblog [social] feed
- Jeff Sauer. blog microblog [social] feed
- Larry Sheckell. blog microblog [social] feed
- Craig Smith. blog microblog [social] feed
- Mark Traphagen. blog microblog [social] feed
IT, Information System, and Software[edit]
- Chris DiBona. blog microblog [social] feed
- Wayne Dyck. blog microblog [social] feed
- Anthony Ferrara. blog microblog [social] feed
- Matt Farina. blog microblog [social] feed
- Tyler Harms. blog microblog [social] feed
- Chris Heald. blog microblog [social] feed
- Ben Lloyd. blog microblog [social] feed
- Greg Lloyd. blog microblog [social] feed
- Troy May. blog microblog [social] feed
- John Mancini. blog microblog [social] feed
- Rastin Mehr. blog microblog [social] feed
- Matthew Weier O'Phinney. blog microblog [social] feed
- Will Oremus. blog microblog [social] feed
- Tim Ottinger. blog microblog [social] feed
- Brian Proffitt. blog microblog [social] feed
- Gideon Rosenblatt. blog microblog [social] feed
- Bryan Ruby. blog microblog [social] feed
- Patrick J. Santry. blog microblog [social] feed
- Jared Smith. blog microblog [social] feed
- Kimberly Unger. blog microblog [social] feed
- Dave Veffer. blog [microblog] [social] feed
- Will Vincent. blog microblog [social] feed
- Jan Wildeboer. blog microblog [social] feed
Technology[edit]
- Veronica Belmont. blog microblog [social] feed
- Amanda Blain. blog microblog [social] feed
- https://twitter.com/danablankenhorn. blog microblog [social] feed
- Roger Cheng. blog microblog [social] feed
- Jonathan Feist. blog [microblog] [social] feed
- David Gewirtz. blog [microblog] [social] feed
- Louis Gray. blog microblog [social] feed
- Jason Hiner. blog microblog [social] feed
- Jason Howell. blog microblog [social] feed
- Sven-Erik Knoff. blog [microblog] [social] feed
- Amanda Kooser. blog microblog [social] feed
- Selena Larson. blog microblog [social] feed
- Richard MacManus. blog microblog [social] feed
- Rick Manelius. blog microblog [social] feed
- Natali Morris. blog microblog [social] feed
- Nixie Pixel. blog microblog [social] feed
- Wayne Rash. blog microblog [social] feed
- Susan Scrupski. blog microblog [social] feed
- Paul Sikkema. blog [microblog] [social] feed
- Wayne Sutton. blog microblog [social] feed
- Ed Tittel. blog [microblog] [social] feed
- Lance Ulanoff. blog microblog [social] [feed]
Lifestyle / Living / Spiritual / Fine Art / Writings[edit]
- Paul Allen. blog microblog [social] feed
- Rod Azlan. blog microblog [social] feed
- Lisa Bettany. blog microblog [social] feed
- Guido Bibra. blog microblog [social] feed
- Colby Brown. blog microblog [social] feed
- David John Butler. blog microblog [social] feed
- David M. Cheney. blog [microblog] [social] feed
- Ric Dragon. blog microblog [social] feed
- Ron Chusid. blog microblog [social] feed
- Amira Elgan. blog microblog [social] feed
- Heidi Fowler. blog microblog [social] feed
- Alex Galiano. blog microblog [social] feed
- Nick Gondoras. blog microblog [social] feed
- Kate Imbach. blog microblog [social] feed
- Heidi Kruse. blog microblog [social] feed
- Andrea Kuszewski. blog microblog [social] feed
- LLoyd Lemons. blog microblog [social] feed
- Michelle Li. blog microblog [social] [/mliblog feed]
- JC Little. blog microblog [social] feed
- Erik Minter. blog microblog [social] feed
- Michael Mixon. blog [microblog] [social] feed
- Tim Mulcahy. blog [microblog] [social] feed
- Larry Pollock. blog microblog [social] feed
- John Pozadzides. blog microblog [social] feed
- Nathan Schock. blog microblog [social] feed
- Laura Scott. blog microblog [social] feed
- Lou Smith. blog [microblog] [social] feed
- Jeff Sullivan. blog microblog [social] feed
- Thomas Umstattd. blog microblog [social] feed
- Nicole Wakelin. blog microblog [social] feed
Weather[edit]
- Spencer Adkins. blog microblog [social] feed
- Shawn Cable. blog microblog [social] feed
- Brandon Heberton. blog microblog [social] feed
- Ted Keller. blog microblog [social] feed
- Jeff Lutz. blog microblog [social] feed
- Brad Panovich. blog microblog [social] feed
- Jennifer Rukavina. blog microblog [social] feed
- James Spann. blog microblog [social] feed
- Amy Sweezey. blog microblog [social] feed
- Ryan Vaughan. blog microblog [social] feed
URL to UUID conversions[edit]
If you find a G+ username in the format of "+FirstnameLastname" or similar, you'll need the Google+ UUID, a 20-digit numeric ststring. Several of those, thanks to Filip "FiXato" Slagter.
Links should point to Internet Archive Wayback Machine content, if any.
- +AlanCoxLinux 111104121194250082892
- +ChrisBrogan 118320665823821681206
- +CircleCount 111487545374003509241
- +DanielEstrada 117828903900236363024
- +davidbrin1 116665417191671711571
- +gonewiththewynns 109432110025319847616
- +gregkroahhartman 111049168280159033135
- +GuyKawasaki 112374836634096795698
- +JasonCoward 102472607606670837261
- +johncbaez999 117663015413546257905
- +JohnREllis 114568189531621796011
- +JonathanCorbet 104175436979387006170
- +LinusTorvalds 102150693225130002912
- +MarquesBrownlee 105555694224602845621
- +MikeAllton 107499215004519214139
- +NinaPaleyHerself 108742242108606058128
- +TimothyCoxon 117813201840208779548
- +TimothyGowers0 103703080789076472131