I mostly created this article for my own curiousity. You may also find it interesting. Also someone told me wikipedia is not a directory. Which begs the question: shouldn't there be a wiki that is a directory of minutiae?

Notable Geek Icons Who Are Prolific Users of Usenet:

Bruce Perens

(bp@nyit.UUCP) NYIT Computer Graphics Laboratory 1985-1987

Bruce Perens (bp@pixar.uucp) 1987-1990

(bruce@k6bp.hams.com) usenet 1999

(bruce@pixar.com) usenet 1991-1999

(bruce@perens.com) usenet 1999-2008

2008 google groups (non-usenet) profile? Not verified.

Richard Stallman

(rms@gnu.org) 1998-2008

(rms@santafe.edu) 1997-2000

(gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu) 1992-2004

RMS@MIT-OZ@mit-eddie.UUCP RMS@MIT-MC.ARPA and RMS@!mit-vax!RMS@OZ

Guido van Rossum, guido@mcvax.UUCP, 1984

more to follow? Feel free to add your own.