List of people who have been quoted as having used Wikipedia

This is a list of people who have been quoted as having used the online encyclopedia .
Famous people quoted as having read
; Stephen Colbert — American comedian, host of The Colbert Report
:*On the March 1, 2006, episode of The Colbert Report (Comedy Central), Arianna Huffington challenged Stephen Colbert on his claim that he had invented the word truthiness. During the interview, Colbert declared, "I'm not a truthiness fanatic; I'm truthiness's father." Huffington corrected him, citing , that he had merely "popularized" the term. Of her source, Colbert responded: "Fuck them." This suggests he has at least visited to the extent that he is familiar with it.
:*On May 9, 2006, The Colbert Report implicitly criticized the veracity of during his segment, The Wørd, in which Colbert's nightly monologue is accompanied by humorous bullet points on-screen.
:: Colbert: "Who the hell does Sigmund Freud think he is?!" (bullet point: Carl Jung?)
:: Colbert: "I, for one, had no idea who he is, so I did a thorough study. Read the entire entry." (bullet point: Even the Accurate Parts.)
:*He also coined the term 'wikiality' to refer to something that is true and part of reality because it is posted on a article, and encouraged fans to vandalize pages such as elephant to spread misinformation. He also edited George Washington live, on-air, but it was quickly reverted.
; Roger Ebert — Acclaimed American movie reviewer and film festival organizer.
: Ebert has used as a reference in his reviews.
; Bill Gates — Founder of Microsoft
: In PRWeek, Jimmy Wales commented "I saw Bill Gates at a party the other night, and we both laughed about how much of a big deal the media's making out of something that's really nothing." (in regards to a Microsoft employee proposing to pay a blogger to edit on their behalf.)
; Arianna Huffington — American Liberal blogger and personality
: On the March 1, 2006, episode of The Colbert Report (Comedy Central), Arianna Huffington challenged Stephen Colbert on his claim that he had invented the word truthiness. During the interview, Colbert declared, "I'm not a truthiness fanatic; I'm truthiness's father." Huffington corrected him, citing , that he had merely "popularized" the term. Of her source, Colbert responded: "Fuck them."
; Greg Hunt - Australian politician
: In 2013, as Environment Minister, Hunt dismissed claims that climate change was increasing the risk of bush fires by saying "he had looked up what said and it was clear that bushfires in Australia were frequent events that had occurred during hotter months since before European settlement".
; Nick Holmes — singer of Paradise Lost
: "I found this song title whilst scouring for album titles." - on the song Praise Lamented Shade
; Brian Lamb — Founder of the C-SPAN television network.
: Lamb mentioned his usage in an interview on Q&A with Jimmy Wales.
; Leo Laporte — American tech writer and television personality.
: Laporte discussed his usage on Call for Help episode 282, before interviewing contributor Nicholas Moreau. Also has talked about it on the This Week in Tech podcast.
; Mike Lazazzera — Call for Help and commandN on-screen personality.
: He said he has "issues" with , in a podcast of commandN.
; Amber MacArthur — Canadian tech writer and television personality.
: MacArthur discussed her usage on Call for Help episode 282, before an interview with contributor Nicholas Moreau.
; Robert Scoble — American blogger, technical evangelist, and author.
: Recommended to an interviewer that readers visit his bio in for a background on him.
; Grant Shapps - British politician.
: In 2012 The Guardian reported that Shapps' article had been edited from his office to remove embarrassing information and correct an error. Shapps stated that he had not touched his biography for years and that he only edited to make it more accurate.
; Neil deGrasse Tyson — Science populist
:On numerous occasions, has mentioned editing his own biography to change the nomenclature of his religious views from atheist to agnostic.
; Jana Wendt — Australian television journalist
:Referred to when speaking against the use of botox: "It's an age-old pursuit of humankind to look for the elixir of youth but on even a cursory reading of on the side effects of Botox, it doesn't hold much appeal."

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