When The Sun followed the Daily Mail, The Telegraph and other papers in writing about Twitter, I thought the headline was just a touch misleading: Fancy a Twitter with Britney?

Sure, they wanted to use a pic of Britney, but Ms Spears doesn't Twitter: she has people to do that for her. (Wanna job?)

By recounting the twittering of Jonathan Ross, Stephen Fry, John Cleese and others, the article might have given readers the impression that they could chat with a galaxy of stars. That's not really the case. On the other hand, I have to admit there are more than I thought, and a brief list follows. (Special thanks to @girlonetrack and @mi for contributing the largest number of names, and anon for the porn stars.) I'll expand it if there are any more.

There are, of course, large numbers of "celebrity fakers" and fictional characters on Twitter as well. As far as I know, the IDs below are operated by the people named, or by their staff. (Barack Obama doesn't do his own tweeting either.) However, the list comes with no guarantees, and some of the following may also be fakes:



Celebrity Tweeters

Alan Carr -- @AlanCarr -- Comedian

Arnold Schwarzenegger -- @schwarzenegger -- Actor/politician

Brea Grant -- @breagrant -- American actress, Heroes

David Mitchell -- @RealDMitchell -- British comedy actor (updated)

Elijah Wood -- @elijahwood -- Hollywood actor

Felicia Day -- @feliciaday -- American actress, Web video maven

Graham Linehan -- @glinner -- TV director (Father Ted, IT Crowd etc)

Greg Grunberg -- @greggrunberg -- Matt in Heroes

James Kyson Lee -- @jameskysonlee -- Korean American actor, Heroes

Jimmy Carr -- @jimmycarr -- Comedian

Jimmy Fallon -- @jimmyfallon -- American comedian, actor etc, SNL

John Cleese -- @johncleese -- Python etc

John Hodgman -- @hodgman -- Actor etc; PC in TV ads

Jonathon Ross -- @wossy -- Broadcaster

Kevin Smith -- @ThatKevinSmith -- Movie maker etc

LeVar Burton -- @levarburton -- Star Trek actor

Luke Wilson -- @LukeWilson -- American actor

Maria Kochetkova -- @balletsuperstar -- Russian ballet dancer

Neil Gaiman -- @neilhimself -- English author

Penn Jillette -- @pennjillette -- Magician

Peter Serafinowicz -- @serafinowicz -- British actor, etc

Phillip Schofield -- @Schofe -- British TV personality

Richard Branson -- @richardbranson -- Virgin founder

Robert Llewellyn -- @bobbyllew -- English actor, Red Dwarf etc

Seth MacFarlane -- @SethMacFarlane -- Family Guy creator

Stephen Fry -- @stephenfry -- British actor and geek

Wil Wheaton -- @wilw -- Writer, Star Trek actor etc

Yoko Ono -- @yokoono -- Japanese artist

Popular music

Britney Spears -- @britneyspears -- Pop singer

Dave Rowntree -- @davefromlondon -- Drummer from Blur, etc

MC Hammer -- @MCHammer -- Rapper

Sara Bareilles -- @SaraBareilles -- Pop singer

Snoop Dogg -- @snoopdogg -- Rapper etc

Sport

Andy Murray -- @andy_murray -- Tennis player

Eli Manning -- @elimanning -- NFL quarterback

Jerry Rice -- @jerryrice -- NFL (retired)

Kerry Rhodes -- @kerryrhodes -- NFL defenceman

Lance Armstrong -- @lancearmstrong -- cyclist

Michael Phelps -- @ Michael_Phelps -- Swimmer

Natalie Gulbis -- @natalie_gulbis -- Golfer

Shaquille O'Neal -- @THE_REAL_SHAQ -- basketball player, rapper

Shaun White -- @ Shaun_White -- Snowboarder

Will Carling -- @willcarling -- Rugby player

UK Politics

Andy Reed -- @andyreedmp

David Lammy -- @DavidLammyMP

George Foulkes -- @GeorgeFoulkes

Grant Shapps -- @grantshapps

Jo Swinson -- @joswinson

Lynne Featherstone -- @lfeatherstone

Tom Harris -- @tomharris1964

Tom Watson -- @tom_watson

10 Downing Street -- @DowningStreet

Boris Johnson -- @MayorOfLondon

US politics

Al Gore -- @algore

Barack Obama -- @barackobama

Joe Biden -- @joebiden

Joe Trippi -- @JoeTrippi

Karl Rove -- @KarlRoveChannel

Porn stars

Belladonna -- @enterbelladonna

Jenna Haze -- @jenxstudios

Jesse Jane -- @jessejanerocks

Jessica Drake -- @thejessicadrake

Jules Jordan -- @JulesJordan

Marie Luv -- @MarieLuv

Michelle Maylene -- @michellemaylene

Sasha Gray -- @sashagray

Stoya -- @stoya

You can read anyone's tweets by going to the Twitter site for their ID, eg http://twitter.com/britneyspears or, of course, http://twitter.com/jackschofield

There are many other names in lists compiled separately at the Twitter Fan Wiki

