List of notable LiveJournal users

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Some users of LiveJournal, or the journals themselves have become famous throughout the years for their especially interesting content, including political commentary and anecdotal advice on subjects ranging from household care to aquariums, or because they belong to otherwise famous or accomplished people, including many well-known writers, graphic artists, mass media personalities, and programmers.

Contents 1 Livejournals of notable individuals 2 Notable people in Russian Livejournal community 2.1 Politicians 2.2 Writers 3 Infamous Livejournals 4 Livejournals that impacted the offline world 5 See also

[edit] Livejournals of notable individuals

• the LiveJournal of Emilie Autumn, username bonnytymepyrate, singer and violinist in the victoriandustrial musical genre
• the LiveJournal of Poppy Z. Brite, username docbrite, author of gothic and horror novels and short stories.
• the LiveJournal of Steven Brust, username skzbrust, author of fantasy and science fiction, including the Vlad Taltos series of novels
• the LiveJournal of Svetlana Chmakova, username svetlania, artist and writer, author of Dramacon, The Adventures of CG, and other sequential arts works
• the LiveJournal of Lucia Cifarelli, username luciacifarelli, an American singer and musician, currently a member of KMFDM
• the LiveJournal of Bram Cohen, username bramcohen, creator of BitTorrent
• the LiveJournal of Billy Corgan, username billycorgan, Founder of the band The Smashing Pumpkins
• the LiveJournal of John Crowley, username crowley crow, fantasy writer
• the LiveJournal of Kimya Dawson, username kimya_dawson_, member of the band The Moldy Peaches
• the LiveJournal of Sarah Dessen, username writergrl, fiction writer
• the LiveJournal of Paul Dini, username kingofbreakfast, Hollywood producer, co-creator of the DC Animated Universe, which includes seven television series, and is now a writer on Lost.
• the LiveJournal of Roman Dirge, username taxidermied, creator of the comic book Lenore, the Cute Little Dead Girl
• the LiveJournal of Diane Duane, username dduane, fantasy, science fiction, television series, and young adult fiction writer.
• the LiveJournal of Big Poppa E, username poetryslam, poetry slam performer.
• the LiveJournal of Caitlin R. Kiernan, username greygirlbeast, author of science fiction and dark fantasy
• the LiveJournal of George R. R. Martin, username grrm, science fiction and television writer, creator of the Wild Cards shared world book series
• the LiveJournal of Christopher McCulloch, username jacksonpublick, creator of the adventure/comedy cartoon television series The Venture Bros.
• the LiveJournal of R. K. Milholland, username kobold, creator of the webcomic strips Midnight Macabre [1], New Gold Dreams [2], and his best-known, Something Positive [3]
• the LiveJournal of Momus, username imomus, British avant-garde musician and performance artist in the 2006 Whitney Biennial
• the LiveJournal of Michael Muhney, username thewizrd, actor on the television series Veronica Mars
• the LiveJournal of Elyse Sewell, username elysesewell, American fashion model, placed third in America's Next Top Model Cycle 1
• the LiveJournal of Ben Templesmith, username ben_templesmith, comics artist
• the LiveJournal of Karen Traviss, username karentraviss, science fiction writer
• the LiveJournal of James Urbaniak, username urbaniak, actor known for his performances in American Splendor, Henry Fool, and Thom Pain (based on nothing)
• the LiveJournal of Jhonen Vasquez, username chancrescolex creator of such comic books as Johnny The Homicidal Maniac. He also created the Nickelodeon television show Invader Zim
• the LiveJournal of Ursula Vernon, username ursulav professional artist and writer of the popular Digger (webcomic)
• the LiveJournal of Liz Williams, username mevennen, acclaimed science fiction and fantasy writer
• the LiveJournal of Jamie Zawinski, username jwz, programmer of xscreensaver and founder of mozilla.org

[edit] Notable people in Russian Livejournal community

[edit] Politicians

• Boris Berezovsky, a.k.a. Platon Elenin, exiled Russian-Jewish billionare [4]
• Valeria Novodvorskaya [5]
• Konstantin Borovoy, [6]
• Leonid Roizman, member of State Duma, known most for his struggle against illegal drug trade [7]

[edit] Writers

• Sergey Lukyanenko, prominent sci-fi writer. [8]

[edit] Infamous Livejournals

Other LiveJournals have instead gained notoriety for the infamy of their owners. These include:

• the LiveJournal of Taylor Behl, username tiabliaj, a seventeen-year-old Virginia college student found murdered in September of 2005.
• the LiveJournal of Ben Fawley, username skulz67, the alleged murderer of Behl, who claims he killed her accidentally.
• the LiveJournal of Jason Fortuny, username rfjason, a Seattle-area graphic designer responsible for "The Craigslist Experiment".
• the LiveJournal of John Dallas Lockhart, username ohbutyouwillpet, a 38-year-old Akron lawyer who was found to possess pictures of himself raping a four-month-old infant on his computer. He was subsequently detained by Venice Beach police and sentenced to a lifetime in prison.
• the LiveJournal of Esmie Tseng, username rockonlittleone, charged with murdering her mother. (She subsequently pleaded guilty to manslaughter in her mother's death.) Apparently she posted on her journal from prison via letters mailed to her friends. Her journal has limited public posts now, but previously public posts are available elsewhere on the internet.
• the LiveJournal of Rachelle Waterman, username smchyrocky, an Alaska teen who was arrested on November 19, 2004 for the alleged murder of her mother; her journal's final entry mentions the murder of her mother. (Her trial ended in a mistrial, and charges have been dismissed, although the state is appealing the dismissal.) The journal has since been deleted.
• the LiveJournal of Jeff Weise, username weise, a high school student in Red Lake, Minnesota responsible for the Red Lake High School massacre.

[edit] Livejournals that impacted the offline world

Some instances of LiveJournal having a wider impact on the outside world. These include:

• homeless_at_nyu. In 2004, the LiveJournal of homeless New York University (NYU) student Steve Stanzak gained nationwide attention. Stanzak had lived in the NYU library for eight months, being unable to afford the expensive cost of housing, and chronicled his plight in his LiveJournal. His weblog ultimately caught the attention of the media and school board, who provided him with temporary free housing and increased his financial aid.^[1]
• interdictor. Michael Barnett, an internet company's crisis manager who witnessed Hurricane Katrina firsthand from a datacenter in the Central Business District of New Orleans and documented it in his blog, becoming famous virtually overnight.
• ea-spouse. In 2004, the spouse of an employee who worked at Electronic Arts wrote an article entitled "EA: The Human Story" revealed the terrible working conditions at EA. It sparked a lawsuit which the employees won for $15.6 million for unpaid overtime.

[edit] See also

• List of Internet phenomena