# Do you know anyone IRL with a Wikipedia page **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 2, 2011, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-anyone-irl-with-a-wikipedia-page/566125 "2011-01-02T07:54:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-anyone-irl-with-a-wikipedia-page/566125/1 "2011-01-02T07:54:49Z")
Unless my brother’s band has one, I don’t. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-anyone-irl-with-a-wikipedia-page/566125/2 "2011-01-02T08:29:21Z")
A good number of people. I don’t particularly feel like naming them but several people I know from college have Wikipedia pages on them, including my roommate of three years. Heck, I’m even mentioned on a Hungarian Wikipedia page for my involvement with a band there (although that’s under the band name, not mine). If you count Hungarian Wikipedia and English Wikipedia, there’s at least a couple dozen people I know who have pages. ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-anyone-irl-with-a-wikipedia-page/566125/3 "2011-01-02T08:29:55Z")
Yes. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-anyone-irl-with-a-wikipedia-page/566125/4 "2011-01-02T08:35:01Z")
I’ve known several people in the past who now have Wiki pages, but nobody I’m currently in touch with. ---
**Author:** ![torie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@torie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/torie)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-anyone-irl-with-a-wikipedia-page/566125/5 "2011-01-02T08:41:29Z")
I lost my virginity to a guy who has his own Wikipedia page. ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_Next\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@Girl\_Next\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_Next_Door)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-anyone-irl-with-a-wikipedia-page/566125/6 "2011-01-02T08:43:19Z")
Yep. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-anyone-irl-with-a-wikipedia-page/566125/7 "2011-01-02T09:28:58Z")
Not a person, as such, but where I used to work. Those who know me on here can guess which I mean. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-anyone-irl-with-a-wikipedia-page/566125/8 "2011-01-02T12:35:08Z")
Yes. My current Head of Chambers. My former boss. Lots of people. Who knows maybe one day I will have my own. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-anyone-irl-with-a-wikipedia-page/566125/9 "2011-01-02T13:03:13Z")
Yes - many singers, directors, writers and poets with whom I’ve worked have their own Wiki pages. I don’t have one yet, though. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-anyone-irl-with-a-wikipedia-page/566125/10 "2011-01-02T13:16:20Z")
Yes, all prominent enough in their particular industry for someone to have decided they warranted such a page. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-anyone-irl-with-a-wikipedia-page/566125/11 "2011-01-02T13:49:00Z")
One ex-girlfriend who went on to become well-known in her field of academia. Several friends who are or were MPs in Australia. ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-anyone-irl-with-a-wikipedia-page/566125/12 "2011-01-02T14:03:35Z")
Two off the top of my head. Both are relatives, one a playwright (now deceased) and one a screenplay writer(elderly but still pluggin’ along). Oh, and a third - a family friend who is a retired Navy admiral & was Director of National Intelligence. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-anyone-irl-with-a-wikipedia-page/566125/13 "2011-01-02T14:28:07Z")
Yes. I wrote them. One is still up but with a relevance challenge (ha!), another is still up and unchallenged three years later. ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-anyone-irl-with-a-wikipedia-page/566125/14 "2011-01-02T14:43:42Z")
A handful of professors I took classes with have their own wiki page. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-anyone-irl-with-a-wikipedia-page/566125/15 "2011-01-02T14:49:00Z")
Quite a few. The **[Atlanta Nights](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_Nights)** page gives links to a lot of them. There are also dozens of other SF writers who I’m friends with and who are listed in Wikipedia. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-anyone-irl-with-a-wikipedia-page/566125/16 "2011-01-02T15:49:37Z")
Yep, a future brother-in-law is a folk musician, well-known in very esoteric circles. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-anyone-irl-with-a-wikipedia-page/566125/17 "2011-01-02T15:53:08Z")
Two people I went to high school with have pages that I know of. One is a semi famous internet celebrity and the other is a music producer. I think the music producer made his own page but I guess it counts. ---
**Author:** ![Ibanez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a4c791/32.png) [@Ibanez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibanez)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-anyone-irl-with-a-wikipedia-page/566125/18 "2011-01-02T16:46:37Z")
One a Hollywood director/artist. Old high school chum. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-anyone-irl-with-a-wikipedia-page/566125/19 "2011-01-02T16:58:49Z")
A few off the top of my head. It doesn’t take a whole lot of fame to have a Wikipedia page. One of the ones I know is actually quite famous in general. Some of the others are well known in their professions. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-anyone-irl-with-a-wikipedia-page/566125/20 "2011-01-02T17:34:09Z")
A few. My husband’s grandfather (although he was long dead when we married, so I guess I don’t “know” him - but my kids are descended from him - and a number of wiki entries) . A number of SF writers. Some folks in the gaming industry. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-anyone-irl-with-a-wikipedia-page/566125.md?page=2)