Notable puzzlers
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This is a list of puzzlers who have been considered notable outside of puzzlehunts. This list is currently restricted to people with a Wikipedia article who also have participated in, or worked on a puzzlehunt.
- Julian Assange is a noted activist who founded WikiLeaks. He wrote for MUMS Puzzle Hunt 2004.
- Denis Auroux is a mathematician and professor at Harvard. He wrote for Mystery Hunt 2018.[1]
- Sam Bankman-Fried is a controversial former billionaire. He is known to have hosted a puzzlehunt event in Stanford University. [2]
- Reid Barton is a mathematician. He has written for Mystery Hunt 2006 and Mystery Hunt 2011.
- Evan Chen is a mathematician and active in mathematical competitions. He has written for Mystery Hunt 2021 and Mystery Hunt 2023.
- Skaff Elias is a game designer. He wrote for Mystery Hunt 1996.
- Noam Elkies is a mathematician and professor at Harvard. He wrote for Mystery Hunt 2015.
- Richard Garfield is a game designer who created Magic: The Gathering. He wrote for Mystery Hunt 1996.
- Catherine Havasi is an AI researcher at MIT. She wrote for Mystery Hunt 2013 and was co-captain for the running team.[3]
- Andrew He is a competitive programmer. He wrote for Teammate Hunt 2021 and Mystery Hunt 2023.
- Francis Heaney is a crossword constructor and editor. He wrote for Mystery Hunt 2001, Mystery Hunt 2003, Mystery Hunt 2007, Mystery Hunt 2009, and Mystery Hunt 2012.
- Benjamin Mako Hill is a free software activist and professor at the University of Washington. He wrote for Mystery Hunt 2012.[4]
- Tyler Hinman is a crossword solver and constructor, winning seven American Crossword Puzzle Tournaments.[5] He has written puzzles in Mystery Hunt 2008, Mystery Hunt 2010 and Mystery Hunt 2016.
- Wei-Hwa Huang is a logic-puzzler and game designer. He has written puzzles in Mystery Hunt 2012 and Mystery Hunt 2020.
- Jofish Kaye is a scientist specializing in human-computer interaction and artificial intelligence. He wrote for Mystery Hunt 2003.[6]
- Kiran Kedlaya is a mathematician and professor at University of California, San Diego. He wrote for Mystery Hunt 2000, Mystery Hunt 2002, Mystery Hunt 2005, Mystery Hunt 2017, and Mystery Hunt 2019.
- Tanya Khovanova is a mathematician who teaches at MIT. She wrote for Mystery Hunt 2013 and Mystery Hunt 2018.
- Gennady Korotkevich is a competitive programmer. He has participated in MIT Mystery Hunt[7] and other puzzle hunts.
- David Kwong is a magician and puzzle constructor. He has participated in MIT Mystery Hunt[8][9] and Galactic Puzzle Hunt.[10]
- Craig Mazin is a screenwriter and film director who created the miniseries Chernobyl. He has participated in Galactic Puzzle Hunt[10] and MIT Mystery Hunt, and helped testsolve puzzles for Mystery Hunt 2022.[11]
- Alison Miller is a mathematician. She wrote for Mystery Hunt 2013.
- Victoria Coren Mitchell is a British TV personality and host for the Only Connect BBC quiz show. She wrote for Mystery Hunt 2019.
- David Morgan-Mar is a cartoonist, author, and engineer. He wrote for CiSRA/mezzacotta Puzzle Competition.
- Randall Munroe is a cartoonist and author who created the webcomic xkcd. He participates in MIT Mystery Hunt.[12][13]
- Trip Payne is a crossword solver and constructor, winning three American Crossword Puzzle Tournaments.[5] He wrote for Mystery Hunt 2008, Mystery Hunt 2017, and Mystery Hunt 2019.
- Brad Schaefer is a professor of astronomy. He started MIT Mystery Hunt and wrote Mystery Hunt 1981, Mystery Hunt 1982 and Mystery Hunt 1983.
- Seth Schoen is an activist and computing researcher. He wrote for Mystery Hunt 2012.
- Mike Selinker is a game designer. He wrote for Mystery Hunt 2007 and Mystery Hunt 2009.
- Scott Seiver is a professional poker player. He has solved multiple MIT Mystery Hunts[14] and assisted with Mystery Hunt 2022.
- Oliver R. Smoot was the chairman of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and president of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). He contributed to a puzzle for Mystery Hunt 2020.
- Thomas Snyder is a puzzle and sudoku constructor. He wrote for Mystery Hunt 2007 and Mystery Hunt 2009.
- Aaron Swartz was a computer programmer and hacktivist who co-founded Reddit. He helped write a puzzle for Mystery Hunt 2012.
- Teeuwynn Woodruff was a game designer and writer. She wrote for Mystery Hunt 2007.
Guest Appearances[edit | edit source]
- Michael E. Brown is an astronomer who discovered the dwarf planet Eris. He was a part of the Mystery Hunt 2024 opening skit.
- "Weird Al" Yankovic is a comedy musician. He contributed to an interaction in Mystery Hunt 2022.
- Neil Patrick Harris is an American actor. He contributed to an interaction in World Henchmen Organization Game 2011 [15]
- Steve Burns is an actor, best known for being the host of Blue's Clues. Alongside other hosts, he did some video messages in Brown Puzzlehunt 2024. [16]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Denis Auroux - Other interests
- ↑ Fort En Forge's Mystery Hunt 2022 recap
- ↑ "Manic Sages prepare 2013 MIT Mystery Hunt puzzles", The Tech
- ↑ "Mystery Hunt" on Hill's blog
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 American Crossword Puzzle Tournament
- ↑ Jofish Kaye, Ph.D
- ↑ MIT Mystery Hunt - Codeforces
- ↑ Twitter posts mentioning MH
- ↑ Comment on Reddit AMA
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Snickerdoodles
- ↑ Scriptnotes, Episode 533: We See and We Hear, Transcript
- ↑ Twitter thread by xkcdbracket, 20 Jan 2016
- ↑ MIT Mystery Hunt 2014, part 1 (pre-Hunt and the MIT round)
- ↑ "MIT Mystery Hunt sends Scott Seiver searching for a solution", World Poker Tour
- ↑ https://lahosken.san-francisco.ca.us/anecdotal/hunt/42/part5.html
- ↑ https://www.browndailyherald.com/post-magazine/article/2024/04/puzzle-liu
