Notable puzzlers

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 has written puzzles in MUMS Puzzle Hunt 2004.

• Sam Bankman-Fried is a controversial former billionaire. He is known to have hosted a puzzlehunt event in Stanford University.

• Evan Chen is a mathematician and active in mathematical competitions. He has written puzzles in MIT Mystery Hunt 2021 and MIT Mystery Hunt 2023.

• Skaff Elias is a game designer. He wrote for MIT Mystery Hunt 1996.

• Richard Garfield is a game designer who created Magic: The Gathering. He wrote for MIT Mystery Hunt 1996.

• Andrew He is a competitive programmer. He has written puzzles in Teammate Hunt 2021 and MIT Mystery Hunt 2023.

• Tyler Hinman is a Crossword solver and constructor and has participated in multiple tournaments. He has written puzzles in MIT Mystery Hunt 2008, MIT Mystery Hunt 2010 and MIT Mystery Hunt 2016.

• Wei-Hwa Huang is a logic-puzzler and game designer. He has written puzzles in MIT Mystery Hunt 2012 and MIT Mystery Hunt 2020.

• Brad Schaefer is a professor of astronomy. He started MIT Mystery Hunt and wrote MIT Mystery Hunt 1981, MIT Mystery Hunt 1982 and MIT Mystery Hunt 1983.

• Thomas Snyder is a puzzle and sudoku constructor. He has written puzzles for MIT Mystery Hunt 2007 and MIT Mystery Hunt 2009.