Internet celebrities Internet celebrities Andrew M. Milonakis (born January 30, 1976 in Queens, New York), better known as Andy, is a comedian who plays the role of a teenage kid and has become an Internet phenomenon, rising to fame when he released home webcam recordings of freestyle raps, silly and funny videos, and short films on the Internet (previously credited to angrynakedpat.com, but his videos aren't hosted there any longer). Some of these include the "Crispy New Freestyle" and "The Superbowl Is Gay", and various other videos which can be found hosted elsewhere. He has been compared to the Star Wars Kid and has since built a following, including comedian Jimmy Kimmel who recruited him for regular appearances on Jimmy Kimmel Live on television from 2003- 2004. He was also featured in a 2005 film called Waiting..., also starring Ryan Reynolds, Dane Cook, Justin Long and Anna Faris. He has been a frequent co-host on syndicated radio show " Loveline" with Dr. Drew Pinsky ever since former co-host Adam Carolla left in November 2005. ...more on Wikipedia about "Andy Milonakis"
Bruce Pinchbeck, Jr better known as B.J. or Beege (born March 16 1987 in Pennsylvania) is a webmaster who founded the originally non-profit website B.J. Pinchbeck's Homework Help for Kids during the early stages of the Internet, before Google and Wikipedia happened. He started the website with his father when he was eight years old for other children to quickly find websites to help them with school. ...more on Wikipedia about "B.J. Pinchbeck"
Brian Peppers (born November 1, 1968) is a resident of Whitehouse, Ohio (a suburb of Toledo), who became the subject of an Internet meme that originated in 2005 concerning the circulation of his photograph, obtained from the Ohio Electronic Sex Offenders Registry . ...more on Wikipedia about "Brian Peppers"
Carl Steadman is co-founder of suck.com, creator of several pieces of early web-savvy literature and current operator of plastic.com. He was also production director for HotWired. ...more on Wikipedia about "Carl Steadman"
Cindy Margolis (born Cynthia D. Margolis on October 1, 1965) is an American model. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cindy Margolis"
Ellen Feiss (born 1987) is an American high school student who became an Internet phenomenon after her 2002 Errol Morris-directed television commercial for Apple Computer's Switch campaign grew into a cult hit. In the commercial, the then-15-year-old Feiss complains that her father's Windows PC "was like, bleep bleepbeepbeep" and then "devoured" her school paper, which she then had to rewrite quickly, which was a "bummer." ...more on Wikipedia about "Ellen Feiss"
Esmie Tseng, aka rockonlittleone, (born April 7 1989) is a Kansas teenager charged with stabbing her mother to death at the age of 16. While matricides are rare in the United States, the case also gained visibility due to her active online presence. Tseng maintained blogs on Xanga, LiveJournal and MySpace. ...more on Wikipedia about "Esmie Tseng"
Ferenc Cakó is a Hungarian sand animation artist, notable for his fluidity and economy. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ferenc Cakó"
After many years of obscurity, Slovene singer Fredy Milar became a fad sensation in 2004 when his video for Vedno si sanjala njega (Slovene You always dreamt him) spread across the internet. Besides his enthusiastic but deficient singing, Fredy is recognized for his bright green vest and his monobrow. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fredy Miler"
Gord Martineau (born 1948 in Montreal) is a Canadian television journalist. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gord Martineau"
Henry Earl, born October 24, 1949, is a homeless African-American man from Kentucky who is famous primarily because of his extensive police record, mostly for non-violent alcohol-related offenses. Henry's rise to fame was in large part due to the fact that the Fayette County Jail had a public web site which listed a person's arrest record and mug shots. Henry Earl had an extensive record, and a wide range of emotions expressed in the mug shots, from despondent to happy. This page was linked to regularly by Internet news blogs - in particular, Fark.com . The web site eventually had to be shut down due to the strain that was placed upon it. Henry has made numerous talk show appearances and has been featured in national and international media venues, including MSNBC, the UK Sunday Mail, and Jimmy Kimmel Live. ...more on Wikipedia about "Henry Earl"
Hollywood Undead is a 7 member band based from Los Angeles, California with music self-described as hip hop, screamo, and hardcore. In November, 2005, they became the first band to sign to the MySpace Records label. Much like 1970s avant garde musical group The Residents, Hollywood Undead members wear masks to hide their true identities, in order to maintain an air of mystery. Although they wear masks, this is not a direct comparison to their music, their message, or their style, only the fact that they also wear masks, much like Link in Majora's Mask. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hollywood Undead"
Jared Smith is an American amateur singer specializing in Spanish. His singing career achieved some notoriety in the mid- 1990s when his brothers Colin and Ian of Freeverse Software combined a recording of his singing with an animated smiley face. The resulting program was intended to be their mother's birthday gift. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jaaarod smith"
John Daker is the unfortunate victim of an Internet phenomenon similar to that of the " Star Wars kid". A video of his vocal performance originally aired on a Peoria, Illinois public-access channel in 1990. ...more on Wikipedia about "John Daker"
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Leeroy Jenkins, sometimes misspelled Leroy Jenkins, and often elongated with ...more on Wikipedia about "Leeroy Jenkins"
Elizabeth Margaret Hoeller (born September 18, 1982), also known as Libby Hoeller, Libby Hoeler and Libby Heller, became an Internet celebrity when her former boyfriend released several webcam videos she made for him to the Internet. Allegedly there are ten videos in all, but most are edited versions of the five known to exist. ...more on Wikipedia about "Libby Hoeller"
Elizabeth Joan (Liz) Shaw (born December 3 1985, Wellington), created a presence in the mainstream media to make her well known in New Zealand, gradually spreading to overseas Internet users via forums such as Something Awful. ...more on Wikipedia about "Liz Shaw (New Zealand)"
Mahir Çağrı ( IPA pron.: ), a resident of İzmir, Turkey, became an Internet celebrity in 1999. His picture-laden personal homepage, which exclaimed in broken English his love of the accordion and travel, was visited by millions and spawned numerous fansites and parodies, one featured on Fox's MadTV (season 4, episode 20). Mahir was ranked #2 in CNET's Top 10 Web fads ( July 15, 2005). ** ...more on Wikipedia about "Mahir Çağrı"
Matt Harding (born September 27 1976) began a world journey after working in the video game industry in Brisbane, Australia. While on his travels, he asked others to record him "dancing"(this consisted of a few unco-ordinated steps), in front of iconic buildings and street scenes and set to music from "Sweet Lullaby", by Deep Forest (Written by Eric Mouquet and Michel Sanchez), the compilation can be found on wherethehellismatt.com . ...more on Wikipedia about "Matt Harding"
Rachelle Ann Monica Waterman, aka smchyrocky, (born August 26, 1988) is a teenage girl from Craig, Alaska who has been charged with the first degree murder of her mother. The case received a wide following on the Internet, partly because Waterman kept a public record of her thoughts and activities on LiveJournal, a popular blogging site. Apart from the online diary Waterman kept, the case is also unusual because matricide is rare; far fewer murders are committed by women than by men; and fewer still are committed by minors. ...more on Wikipedia about "Rachelle Waterman"
Randy Constan (b. 21 November 1953 in Staten Island, New York) is a Peter Pan impersonator who rose to fame when he posted his cosplay pictures on an Internet website in 2001 in an attempt to find a girlfriend. The photos of the middle-aged computer programmer leaping through air in a Peter Pan costume quickly became Photoshop parody favorites on sites like Something Awful. In fact, the site became so popular it became an unitentional Google bomb. As of 2005, it was in the #1 spot for a search of "peter pan" beating out Peter Pan Bus Lines, the Internet Movie Database, and even Disney and Universal Studios. ...more on Wikipedia about "Randy Constan" http://www.shortopedia.com - Go in quickly.
Ghyslain Raza (born circa 1988), from Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada, became known throughout the Internet in May 2003 as the "Star Wars Kid" as a result of a video that was leaked online. ...more on Wikipedia about "Star Wars kid"
William Hung (born January 13, 1983) is a Chinese American college student who gained fame and notoriety in early 2004 as a result of his audition performance of Ricky Martin's hit song " She Bangs" on the television series American Idol, Season 3. ...more on Wikipedia about "William Hung"
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