- Michael Cera
Michael Austin Cera (pronounced) (born June 7, 1988) is a Canadian television and film actor, known for playing George Michael Bluth in the Fox comedy "Arrested Development". He guest-starred in an episode of teen noir drama "Veronica Mars", and also in the Adult Swim series "Tom Goes to the Mayor" and "Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!" Cera was born in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. - Chad Hurley
Chad Meredith Hurley (born 1977) is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of the popular San Bruno, California-based video sharing website YouTube, one of the biggest providers of videos on the Internet. In June 2006, he was voted 28th on Business 2.0's "50 people who matter" list. In October 2006 he sold YouTube for $1.65 billion to Google. According to an October 10 2006 "Wall Street Journal" article, … - Smosh
Smosh is a video-creating duo that has established fame on YouTube; friends, Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox. Smosh is the most subscribed channel of all time on YouTube (as of July 2007), with 135,000+ subscribers, 40,000+ more than any other channel. Smosh's videos have been viewed by millions of people and have appeared on mainstream television. Padilla and Hecox both attend American River College and live in Carmichael, California, … - Steve Chen
Steve Shih Chen (born August 1978 in Taiwan) is the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of the popular video sharing website YouTube. Chen grew up in Taiwan until the age of 8, when his family emigrated to the United States. He attended high school at John Hersey High School as well as the Illinois Math and Science Academy and college from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He was an early employee at PayPal, where he met Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim. - Free Hugs Campaign
The Free Hugs Campaign is an Internet-spread phenomenon that appears to have begun in June, 2004, and was widely publicized in 2006 by a music video on YouTube. The phenomenon involves individuals who offer hugs to strangers in public settings. The campaign is an example of a random act of kindness, a selfless act performed by a person for the sole reason of making others feel better. The original organizer has stated in interviews that the purpose is not to get names, … - Andy McKee
Andy McKee (1979, in Topeka, Kansas) is an American acoustic guitarist currently signed to CANdYRAT Records. His rarely-seen style of playing and compositional talent has earned him a large fanbase; in late 2006, a live performance of his flagship song, "Drifting" became a Featured Video on YouTube, achieving nearly 5,000,000 views and peaking as the highest rated music clip on the site. In April of '07, another of McKee's songs, "Rylynn", … - James Kotecki
James Kotecki (born October 23, 1985 in Syracuse, New York), known on YouTube as EmergencyCheese, is a political video blogger in Washington DC. His videos currently focus primarily on the 2008 presidential election, and especially on how YouTube could impact it. He believes that YouTube can change the way campaigns are run by allowing a "two-way" conversation between politicians and active voters. - William Sledd
William L. Sledd (born October 11, 1983 in Paducah, Kentucky) is a video blogger who came to international attention via YouTube, a popular video sharing site. William rapidly gained notoriety with his "Ask A Gay Man" series. Each of his videos regularly achieves in excess of 50,000 views and as of 30 January 2007, his most popular video "Ask A Gay Man: Denim Edition" had attracted over 1,500,000 views), as result of having been a featured video by YouTube. - Kevjumba
Kevin Wu (born June 12 1990), better known as Kevjumba, is a Chinese-American Internet video blogger. As of July 2007, he is the #1 most-subscribed comedian on YouTube, with over 40,000 subscribers. - Lasse Gjertsen
Lasse Gjertsen (born July 19th, 1984) is a Norwegian animator, musician, and videographer known on YouTube as "lassegg". He is best known for his short pieces "Hyperactive" and "Amateur", which string together short clips of video to create a unique form of video akin to stop-motion animation. His "Hyperactive" video has over 10 million views. - Judson Laipply
Judson (Jud) Laipply is an American motivational speaker and comedian from Cleveland, Ohio. He is best known for his performance in the Evolution of Dance clip, which, as of 2007-07-07, is the #1 Most Viewed All Time Video, and #6 Most Discussed Video on YouTube.com. "Evolution of Dance" is the finale to Laipply's show called "Inspirational Comedy". His website describes the show as "combining his thoughts about life and change with humor". - Jawed Karim
Jawed Karim (born 1979) is the co-founder of the popular video sharing website YouTube. Karim was born in Merseburg, East Germany in 1979 and moved to West Germany in 1982. His father, Naimul Karim, is a Bangladeshi researcher at 3M. His mother, Christine Karim, is a research assistant professor of biochemistry at the University of Minnesota. Karim grew up in Germany, and his family moved to the United States in 1992. He graduated from Central High School (Saint Paul, … - Mia Rose
Mia Rose (born January 26, 1988 in Wimbledon Village, London) is the stage name of Maria Antonia Sampaio Rosa, a singer-songwriter who rose to fame through the popular video sharing website YouTube, on which she uses the username Miaarose. With over 65,000 subscribers as of July 2007, Mia Rose is the most subscribed musician of all time on YouTube, and the third most subscribed channel of all time, behind only Smosh and Lonelygirl15. - Terra Naomi
Terra Naomi is an Alternative, rock, and pop, artist, who rose to fame through a performance of her song "Say It's Possible" on the video sharing site YouTube. Originally from New York State, but currently based in the United Kingdom, she writes and performs her own songs, and plays the guitar and piano. - Madv
MadV birthdate unknown, is an anonymous YouTube video director and illusionist, active since April 11, 2006. His video persona or character wears a replica Guy Fawkes mask, popularised by Alan Moore's graphic novel V for Vendetta, also the source of his character name 'V'. His style is that of a silent illusionist, displaying various tricks or miracles without saying a word. It is alleged that he 'quit' YouTube to pursue a career in television. - Erik Mongrain
Erik Mongrain is a Canadian composer and guitarist, best known for his unique acoustic style, and his use of a two-handed lap tapping technique on the acoustic guitar. - Gary Brolsma
Gary Brolsma (The Numa Numa Guy) (born January 14, 1986 in Saddle Brook, New Jersey). He graduated from Bergen County Technical High School in Teterboro, New Jersey in June 2004. Gary gained worldwide attention after posting onto the Internet, near the end of 2004, a webcam video of himself miming to the song "Dragostea din tei" by Moldovan pop band O-Zone. It was known as "Numa Numa", after a phrase in the song, … - Miles Beckett
Miles Beckett is an American medical student turned filmmaker who is best known for his role in the creation of the lonelygirl15 video series. The "Los Angeles Times" identified Beckett as a "Web-obsessed 28-year-old medical school drop-out." The "New York Times" identified Beckett as a doctor turned filmmaker. Miles had attended medical school at UC-San Diego and was in a surgical program when he decided to leave. - Antoine Dufour
Antoine Dufour is a French-Canadian acoustic guitarist currently signed to CANdYRAT Records. Dufour started playing guitar at the age of 15. He went on to study at the CEGEP in Joliette, where he listened to the music of Leo Kottke, Don Ross, and Michael Hedges at the behest of his teacher. Since then, he has gone on to place second at the 2005 Canadian Guitar Festival's Fingerstyle Guitar Championship and first place in the 2006 competition. - Lisa Donovan
Lisa Donovan is an American actress and writer. Her self-produced comedic short films, published under the username "LisaNova", are among the most viewed videos on YouTube. Donovan was a student at the University of Colorado at Boulder before moving to Los Angeles, California in hopes of becoming an actress. There she founded Zappin Productions, a production company specializing in viral videos. - El Koala
Jesús Manuel Rodríguez, also known as El Koala, is a Spanish musician. He started in the music world in 1986, creating a punk-rock group called "Santos Putos". Later he got involved in several projects, including "Los Ducati" music group. In 2006 he released his first music disc as El Koala, titled "Rock Rústico de Lomo Ancho" ("Wide loin rustic rock"). Its first single video clip, "Opá, yo viazé un corrá", … - Esmée Denters
Esmée Denters is a Dutch singer. A poster child for the webcam generation, Denters was first noticed on YouTube in August of 2006 for amateur videos of her singing cover versions of popular songs. By early June of 2007, the then 18 year old had been signed as the first artist on the new Tennman Records label headed by singer Justin Timberlake. At the same time, Tennman Records announced that she would be opening for Timberlake at six venues during his 2007 European tour, … - Stu Stone
Stuart "Stu" Stone (born as Stuart Eisenstein and affectionately known as "Stu the Jew") is a Canadian film, television, and voice-over actor as well as a music producer and rapper. He has guest-starred in many TV series such as "Goosebumps" and "Boston Public". He starred in animated features such as "Babar: The Movie" and "The Magic School Bus" as a voice-over actor. He has also done voice-over work for Care Bears, … - Jessica Lee Rose
Jessica Lee Rose (born April 26 1987) is an American-born actress from New Zealand who rose to popularity after playing the role of lonelygirl15, a fictional teenage homeschooled character named Bree who appeared in many vlogs on the popular website YouTube. Such videos continue to appear regularly, as the series remains active. - Hu Ge
Hu Ge (Chinese: 胡戈; Pinyin: "Hú Gē") is an amateur movie director in the People's Republic of China who rose to fame through social satire and the Internet. His works, which are videos which can be downloaded from video-sharing sites such as Youtube, and freely distributed by his permission, are viewed by millions. - Michael Moritz
Michael Moritz (born Cardiff, Wales, 1954) is a venture capitalist with Sequoia Capital in Menlo Park, California in the Silicon Valley, and a former member of the board of directors of Google inc. He was educated at Howardian High School, Cardiff before moving on to Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated as a Master of Arts in history. In 1978, he received a Master of Business Administration degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. - Stevie Ryan
Stevie Ryan, born 1985, is an American actress who grew up in Victorville, California, moving to Los Angeles in 2005. She is probably most well known for her presence on the World Wide Web via her videos on sites such as YouTube and Live Video, especially the videos featuring her fictional character "Little Loca". - Bertrand Serlet
Bertrand Serlet is senior vice president of software engineering at Apple Inc. He succeeded Avie Tevanian to the position in July 2003. In this position he has been primarily responsible for the release of the 10.4 versions of Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server and the upcoming 10.5 versions. Before Apple he worked at Xerox and NeXT. He spoke at WWDC 2006 on the similarities between Mac OS X Tiger and Windows Vista, … - Dee
Dee (born Martin Granger) is an electro-pop dance-rock Canadian singer, songwriter, disc jockey, producer, multi-instrumentalist, and remixer. Dee was born in Montreal and raised in Niagara Falls and Ottawa. He moved back to Montreal at the age of eighteen. In 1998, he became the leader of The Urbanauts; they released the album "Stereotonic" in 1999. The Urbanauts were nominated for Best Pop Artist at the Montreal Independent Music Awards (MIMI's), … - Matt Sloan
Matt Sloan is an American special effects and animatronics technician. He also played Jedi Master Plo Koon in the Star Wars movies "Attack of the Clones" and "Revenge of the Sith". He shouldn't be confused with another Matt Sloan who directs the popular Youtube series "Chad Vader". - Charles Leadbeater
Charles Leadbeater (formerly known as Charlie Leadbeater) is a British author and former advisor to Tony Blair. He first came to widespread notice in the 1980s as a regular contributor to the magazine "Marxism Today". Later he was Industrial Editor and Tokyo Bureau Chief at the "Financial Times". While working at "The Independent" in the 1990s, he devised "Bridget Jones's Diary" (originally a column) with Helen Fielding. - Noah Kalina
Noah Kalina (b. 1980) is a New York City photographer who gained Internet fame for his viral video entitled "everyday". Kalina began taking a photo of himself everyday beginning on January 11, 2000, at age 19. The video, "everyday", shows the photos chronologically, in rapid succession, with an original piano score by musician Carly Comando. Throughout the compilation, Kalina's face, which is always in the center of the video, remains emotionless. - Vic Mignogna
Victor Joseph Mignogna (born August 27, in Greensburg, Pennsylvania) (Italian Name: Vittorio Giuseppe Mignogna) is a prolific voice actor who has done voice work for dozens of anime series, movies, and video games. Mignogna is best known for his dub role of Edward Elric in Fullmetal Alchemist. Vic has also had the honor of receiving an award for his work in anime. - Graham Webb
Born in Birmingham, UK, to L. Webb a battle of El Alamein war widow, I was the youngest of 5 children. Started cycling at the age of 8 and was many times British National cycling champion and National record holder at 10 miles, 25 miles and 1 hour. Moved to the Netherlands in 1967 where I became world cycling road champion, signed a professional contract with the French Mercier team in 1968 and moved to Belgium, where I still live with my family. http://crazyaboutbelgium.co.uk/blogs/webb.htm - Jill Johnson
Jill Johnson, born 1973 in Ängelholm, Sweden is a Swedish pop and country singer and songwriter. She won the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1998 and represented Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 with the song "Kärleken är", finishing tenth with 53 points. She tried to represent Sweden again in 2003 with 'Crazy in Love', but finished fourth in the Swedish Melodifestivalen 2003 competition. She hosted the final of Melodifestivalen 2005. - Roelof Botha
Roelof Botha is a venture capitalist. He began his career as an actuary. He was the CFO of PayPal. Now he works for Sequoia Capital and sat on the board of directors of YouTube before its acquisition by Google. Botha sits on the board of Insider Pages, Meebo, and Xoom. Botha graduated from Stanford Business School in 2000. He also attended the University of Cape Town where he did a BSc in Actuarial Science, Economics, and Statistics. - The Scary Guy
At 6ft tall, 18 stone and tattooed from head to toe ... The Scary Guy is quite possibly the most powerful Agent For Change on the planet today! The Power to Create World Peace Lives Within Each and Everyone of Us. - The Scary Guy 2000 - Norman Frederick Jewison
Receiving his undergraduate education at Malvern Collegiate Institute, Victoria College and University of Toronto, Ontario-born director and producer Norman Jewison also studied piano and music theory at the Royal Conservatory. Following service in the... Receiving his undergraduate education at Malvern Collegiate Institute, Victoria College and University of Toronto, Ontario-born director and producer Norman Jewison also studied piano and music theory at the Royal Conservatory. - Brian Atene
Brian Atene (b?. August 16, 1963) is a part-fictional former student at the Juilliard School of performing arts. His spoof video became an Internet phenomenon in 2006 when an audition tape he had made, purporting to be from, 1984 for the film "Full Metal Jacket" was posted on YouTube. The video attracted considerable attention because of the apparent hubris ("You will find in me the finest actor of the lot, the most beautifully trained, the most capable"), … - El Chombo
El Chombo, real name Rodney Clark, is an American-born Panamanian Reggaeton producer and artist. His major local hits under his own name include "Kung Fu" and "El Gato Volador". As a producer, he's best known for Lorna's 2003 worldwide hit "Papi Chulo (Te Traigo El Mmmm)", which served as an introduction to reggaeton for many Europeans, reaching number one in the French charts with top ten appearances in Greece, Italy, Pakistan, Turkey and The Netherlands.
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