Celebrities on Twitter -- plus a few MPs and porn stars (updated)

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