This year, high-profile personalities worldwide, which include prominent individuals from different walks of life such as actor Steve Carell, media man Mike Greenberg, humanitarian Chelsea Clinton, singer-songwriter Neil Young, soccer legend Pelé, PSY and Pope Benedict XVI, joined micro-blogging site Twitter.

We listed down some of their names and attached links to their Twitter accounts below. All are verified accounts unless stated otherwise.

TV

• Steve Carell @SteveCarell
• Betty White @BettyMWhite
• Patrick Stewart @SirPatStew
• Terry O’Quinn @OQuinnTerry
• Ewan McGregor @mcgregor_ewan
• Jeremy Clarkson @jcrclarksonesq (unverified)
• Damian Lewis @lewis_damian
• Jessica Biel @JessicaBiel
• Courteney Cox @CourteneyCox
• Julie Bowen @itsJulieBowen
• Debra Messing @DebraMessing
• Tim Gunn @TimGunn
• Adam Goldberg @TheAdamGoldberg
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus @OfficialJLD
• America Ferrera @AmericaFerrera
• Rashida Jones @iamrashidajones
• Mark Feuerstein @markfeuerstein
• Gillian Anderson @GillianA
• Ryan Murphy @MrRPMurphy
• Alexis Bledel @alexisbledel
• Jordana Spiro @JordanaSpiro
• Nat Faxon @NatFaxon
• Dakota Johnson @ohdakotajohnson
• Bruno Tonioli @BrunoTonioli
• Karen Gillan @KarenGillan2
• Reynaldo Gianecchini @RGianecchiniJR
• Isis Valverde @Myrealisis (unverified)
• Fernanda Lima @FernandaLimaBah (unverified)
• Susana Vieira @eususanavieira (unverified)
• Flávia Alessandra @EuFlaviaAle (unverified)
• Camila Morgado @camilamorgado (unverified)
• Barefoot Films @TilSchweiger
• Wetten, dass..? @wettendass
• Otto Waalkes @OTTOausE
• Antoine de Caunes @antoinedecaune1 (unverified)
• Gad Elmaleh @gadelmaleh
• Clovis Cornillac @CornillacOff (unverified)
• Bérénice Bejo @BereniceBejo (unverified)
• Franck Gastambide @FGastambide (unverified)
• tahar rahim @taharrahim1
• Jonathan Lambert @levrailambert (unverified)

News

• Mike Greenberg @Espngreeny
• Matt Lauer @MLauer
• Jeffrey Toobin @JeffreyToobin
• Nathalie Iannetta @nathiannetta
• Joe Kernen @JoeSquawk
• Ross Douthat @DouthatNYT
• melissa stark @melissastark
• Fatima Bernardes @fbbreal (unverified)

Music

• Neil Young @neilyoung
• Gwen Stefani @gwenstefani
• Merle Haggard @merlehaggard
• Adele @OfficialAdele
• Ringo Starr @ringostarrmusic
• PSY @psy_oppa
• Sarah Harding @SarahNHarding
• ADROCK @adrock
• John Densmore @JohnDensmore
• Stewart Copeland @copelandmusic
• Kim Gordon @KimletGordon
• Martie Maguire @martiemaguire
• Tom Dumont @TomDumontND
• Tony Kanal @TonyKanal
• Adrian Young @AdrianYoungND
• gary lightbody @garysnowpatrol
• GWAR @gwar (unverified)
• Girls Aloud @GirlsAloud
• Alison Moyet @AlisonMoyet1
• Danny O’Donoghue @TheScript_Danny
• Kimberley Walsh @KimberleyJWalsh
• Caetano Veloso @falacaetano (unverified)
• SEEED @SEEED
• Matthieu Chedid -M- @M_Chedid (unverified)
• Jean-Louis Aubert @Aubertofficiel (unverified)
• BB Brunes @BBBrunes
• Christophe Maé @Mae_Officiel (unverified)
• Louis Delort @LouisDelortOff
• Florent Pagny @florentpagny
• MAI LAN @MAILANmusic 

Doing good

• Chelsea Clinton @ChelseaClinton
• Melinda Gates @melindagates
• America Ferrera @AmericaFerrera
• Alexis Bledel @alexisbledel
• Ben Affleck @BenAffleck
• Sally Osberg @SallyOsberg 

Sports

• Pelé @Pele
• Denise Lewis @RealDeniseLewis
• Gary Lineker @GaryLineker
• FC Bayern München @FCBayern
• Martina Navratilova @Martina
• Brett Favre @Favre4Official
• Derrick Rose @drose
• Ryan Howard @ryanhoward
• Robert Griffin III @RGIII
• Matt Ryan @M_Ryan02
• Andy Dalton @andydalton14
• Osi Umenyiora @OsiUmenyiora
• Josh Hamilton @thejoshhamilton
• George Karl @CoachKarl22
• Joe Vitale @JoeVitale46
• Darren Sproles @DarrenSproles
• adam dunn @adamdunn_32
• George McPhee @GMmcphee
• Ivan Rodriguez @Pudge_Rodriguez
• Jim McMahon @JimMcMahon
• Franz Beckenbauer @beckenbauer
• Danny Amendola @DannyAmendola
• Daniel Agger @DanielAgger
• Chris waddle @chriswaddle93
• Gareth Bale @GarethBale11
• jose enrique sanchez @jose3enrique3
• Ashley Cole @TheRealAC3
• Jonjo Shelvey @shelveyJ
• David Silva @21LVA
• Sir Clive Woodward @CliveWoodward
• John Barnes @officialbarnesy
• Felipe1Massa @Felipe1Massa
• Jerome Boateng @JB17Official
• Lavillenie Renaud @airlavillenie (unverified)
• Florent Manaudou @FlorentManaudou (unverified)
• Laure Manaudou @Manaudou (unverified)
• Yannick Agnel @YannickAgnel (unverified)
• Anne Caroline Graffe @AnneCaroGraffe (unverified)
• Teddy Riner @Teddy_RinerOff (unverified)

Human interest / religion

• Benedict XVI @Pontifex
• Cardinal Dolan @CardinalDolan
• ANNE LAMOTT @ANNELAMOTT
• Rich Stearns@RichStearns (unverified)
• Roma Downey @RealRomaDowney
• Princess Khaliya @PrincessKhaliya

Politics

• Sen Dianne Feinstein @SenFeinstein
• David Cameron @David_Cameron
• Paul Ryan @PaulRyanVP
• Nicolas Sarkozy @NicolasSarkozy
• Ed Rendell @GovEdRendell
• StateDeptPRM @StatePRM
• Project MyGov @ProjectMyGov
• Justine Greening @JustineGreening
• RomneyResponse @RomneyResponse
• Students for Obama @Students4Obama
• Vicepresidencia @M_Presidencia
• UN Political Affairs @UN_DPA
• Howard Dean @GovHowardDean
• Scott Garrett @RepGarrett (unverified)
• Embassy of Jordan @JoEmbassyUS
• Justice Anderson @JusticeAnderson
• Antonio Villaraigosa @villaraigosa
• François Fillon @FrancoisFillon
• Premier Ministre @Matignon
• Nicole Bricq @NicoleBricq (unverified)
• François Lamy @lamy_f
• Bob Kerslake @SirBobKerslake
• Jürgen Trittin @JTrittin
• Sigmar Gabriel @sigmargabriel

Image: Rosaura Ochoa via Flickr (CC)

About Francis Rey Balolong

A coffee junkie who spends most of his time writing about the latest news on social media and mobile technology. I would definitely consider myself a nerd (in the coolest most hipster way possible). That being said, I love technology, music, writing, and all things mobile. Follow me: Google+ Twitter

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