Birthers from A to Z

Here is a reference index to the birthers. These are 370 folks who don’t think Obama is really eligible to be President of the United States, that he doesn’t have a valid birth certificate or that other details of his official biography aren’t true, and went public with it. They are linked to articles on this site where available, and occasionally to other sources. Birther litigants not linked can be found on the Birther Scorecard. See also the Wikipedia list of  Obama Citizenship Conspiracy Theories Campaigners and Proponents.

A

  • Accornero, Harry – New Hampshire legislator and eligibility challenger
  • Adachi, Ken – Says Obama is a human/reptilian hybrid
  • Adams, Linda Joy – Claims Obama was born in Kansas
  • Adams, Tim – Clerk for the Honolulu Elections Division, says Obama has no birth certificate in Hawaii.
  • Allen, Kenneth L. – Birther plaintiff. Testified for Orly Taitz.
  • Anderson, Daniel G. – Birther litigant
  • Ankeny, Steve – Birther litigant produced important precedent in the dismissal of later birther lawsuits
  • Apuzzo, Mario * – Birther attorney and blogger
  • Archibald, George H. – Birther litigant
  • Arnold, Tom – Birther FBI informant
  • Arpaio, Joseph – Maricopa County Arizona sheriff, believes Obama’s birth certificate is a forgery.
  • AXJ (pseudonym) * – Birther blogger

B

  • Bailey, Larry – Former Navy Seal and birther—Video: “Dishonorable Disclosures”
  • Baldasaro, Al – New Hampshire legislator and eligibility challenger
  • Basiago, Andrew D. – Claims Obama teleported from Mars
  • Bancroft, James (AKA “Race Bannon”) – Marine claimed to have met Obama as a teenager in Hawaii.
  • Barnett, Pamela  – Birther litigant (military)
  • Bayne, Brooks – Birther blogger, offered $10,000 for Obama’s college transcripts
  • Beckman, Red – Birther Internet radio host
  • Beckwith (pseudonym) – Birther behind The Obama File web site.
  • Begay, Arnold James – Birther litigant
  • Belcher, Linda Sue – Birther blogger
  • Benjamin, Judah (pseudonym) – Early birther, contributor to the Texas Darlin Blog
  • Bentley, Linda – Birther writer at Sonoran News and “Birther Summit” promoter
  • Berg, Philip J. – Philadelphia attorney and litigant, believes Barack Obama was born in Kenya
  • Beverly, Arnold Dewalt – Birther litigant
  • Bickel, Nathan M. * – Pastor and birther blogger
  • Black, Greg – Birther attorney and associate of Orly Taitz
  • Blake, Henry Wayland (deceased) – Birther image analyst, appears in court filings
  • Boone, Pat – Birther singer and Tea Party celebrity
  • Booth, Miki * – Birther from Hawaii
  • Boulton, Stephen – Birther litigant
  • Boyles, Peter – Birther talk show host in Denver
  • Bowhall, William E.  – Birther litigant
  • Brockhausen, Jody A. – Birther litigant
  • Broe, James – Birther litigant

C

  • Campbell, Robert J. – Birther litigant
  • Cao, Theresa – arrested for disrupting Congress during reading of Constitution
  • Cashill, Jack – Birther yellow journalist for WND and author
  • Charlton, John (pseudonym) – Birther writer at the Post & Email
  • Chickering, Sharon – Birther litigant/ballot challenger
  • Citizen Wells (pseudonym) – Birther blogger
  • Ciavolino, Marco – Trustee of the Terry Lakin Action Fund
  • Cleveland, Chris – Birther litigant
  • Coach Semanko (real name?) – Claims not to be a birther, but says Obama’s birth certificate is an “obvious fake.”
    Cobb, Gina – Internet writer, thinks Obama was born in Kenya
  • Coffman, Stephen – Selective service registration challenger
  • Cohen, L. Charles – Birther litigant
  • Colby, James – Birth certificate image analyst for WorldNetDaily
  • Collette, Jerry * – Birther litigant
  • Colliton, William – Birther litigant
  • Connerat III, W. Spencer – Filed a lawsuit in Florida challenging Barack Obama’s eligibility in 2008, and an amicus brief in the McInnish case before the Alabama Supreme Court.
  • Cook, Stefan – Birther litigant (military) (deceased)
  • Corbett, Joan – Birther litigant
  • Corsi, Jerome – Birther author
  • Cotter, Diana – Birther writer for Pravda.ru and Examiner.com
  • Craig, Steven Lee – Birther litigant
  • Crosby, Dan – Birther blogger at The Daily Pen
  • Cruz, John Carlos – Birther litigant

D

  • Dame, Frederick William – Birther essayist at The Obama Timeline
  • Daneman, Leonard – Blogger and birther paralegal
  • Daniels, Susan – Private attorney, witness for Orly Taitz and Birther litigant
  • Daniels, Theresa – Birther blogger and commenter
  • Davis, Jeff (possible pseudonym) – Birther article writer at DavidDuke.com
  • Davis, Rudy (AKA LoneStar1776) – Prolific birther YouTube broadcaster visited by the Secret Service.
  • Dawson, Kenneth D. – Birther litigant
  • Dean, Bradlee – Heavy metal Christian evangelist birther
  • Dean, Thomas – Birther litigant
  • Debeaux, Robert – Birther litigant
  • Delaney, Richard P. – Birther litigant
  • DeLemus, Susan – New Hampshire legislator and birther
  • Denninger, Karl – Birther imaging “expert” for WorldNetDaily
  • Dolz, Tony – Birther litigant, provided affidavit for Taitz
  • Donofrio, Leo C. – Birther litigant, attorney and inventor of the “two citizen parent” theory of presidential eligibility
  • Dr. Eowyn (pseudonym) – Birther blogger at Fellowship of the Minds
  • Drake, Wiley – Pastor, birther litigant and radio host
  • Dummett, John  – Birther litigant
  • Dunbar, Ken * – Two-citizen parent advocate, debated me at at Plains Radio

E

  • Ealey, James E. – Birther litigant
  • Easterling, Scott – Military Birther litigant
  • Elgin, Laurence – Greg Hollister appellate attorney and founder of the Constitutional Rule of Law Fund based on Hollister case.
  • Ellis, Mack H. – Birther litigant
  • Epperly, Gordon Warren – Birther litigant
  • Ericson, Cris * – Birther blogger
  • Erlandson, Scott – Internet commenter and RC Radio no-show.
  • Essek, Daniel John – Birther litigant

F

G

  • Gaffney, Frank – Birther and anti-Muslim activist
  • Galasso, Patrick – Birther litigant
  • Gallups, Carl – Birther talk radio host and Mike Zullo BFF
  • Gard, Bob * – Two-citizen parent author
  • Garoutte, Richard – Article II Super PAC board member
  • Garvey, Christopher – Birther litigant
  • Geller, Pam – Birther blogger at Atlas Shrugged
  • Gibbs, Douglas V. – Birther radio host and blogger at Political Pistachio
  • Gilbert, Joel – Filmmaker claims Obama’s father is Frank Marshall Davis
  • Gillar, Mark Edward * – Birther Internet radio host and Cold Case Posse video producer
  • Glasco, Shawn – Wrote widely reprinted article on Obama’s newspaper birth announcements
  • Gonzalez, Servando – Birther writer at News with Views
  • Greenberg, Carol L. – Birther litigant
  • Grinols, James – Birther litigant represented by Orly Taitz
  • Guthrie, Paul A. – Birther litigant

H

  • Hackney, Patrick D.  – Birther litigant
  • Hagmann, Douglas J. and Joe – Birther radio hosts
  • Halbert, Al * – Birther writer at the Western Center for Journalism
  • Hale, Ed – Plains Radio and web site operator had detectives working in Hawaii
  • Hamblin, Clark – Birther litigant
  • Hamner, Suzanne – Birther blogger
  • Hamrick, Don – Birther litigant
  • Hanukoglu, Israel – Israeli birther science web site publisher
  • Harrison, Jeff – Birther yard signage
  • Harrison, Tom – Birther imaging “expert”
  • Haskins, Dean – Birther Summit organizer
  • Hatfield, Mark – Birther attorney and Georgia legislator
  • Hathaway, Laurie – Claims Obama obtained student aid as a foreign student in New York
  • Hayes, Reed – Handwriting experts, thinks Obama’s birth certificate is a fake
  • Hayes, Richard Davis — Birther litigant in Louisiana.
  • Hemenway, John D. – Birther attorney, sanctioned by Judge Robertson
  • Hemenway, Margaret – Birther blogger
  • Hendershot, Albert E.  – Birther litigant and skip tracer
  • Herbert, Susan – Birther litigant
  • Hooben, Norman – Birther blogger at the Storm’n Norm’n blog.
  • Hollister, Gregory S.  – Birther litigant, and SSNVS checker
  • Houston Jr., Don – Early birther Internet radio show host at Patriot’s Heart Network, who also debunked some birther claims
  • House, Todd – Birther litigant
  • Houston, Gil – Birther litigant
  • Hudson, Richard – North Carolina birther candidate
  • Huff, Darren Wesley – Convicted of federal firearms charge in connection with a protest. (Numerous news stories say Huff is a birther, although I haven’t found any primary source.)
  • Hulton, Allen – Postman claims Obama told him he was a foreign student.
  • Hyatt, Rick * – Birther blogger–claims to be Obama’s half brother.

I

  • Irey, Paul – commercial printer claims Obama’s long form birth certificate is a composite of multiple documents
  • Irion, Van R.  – Birther litigant, attorney associated with the Liberty Legal Fund

J

  • Jackson, Gregg – Birther blogger, author and former radio host
  • Jackson, Michael  – Birther litigant
  • Jackson, Victoria – Celebrity birther, sings “Yes, I’m a birther and I’m really, really proud.”
  • jbjd (pseudonym) – Birther blogger
  • Jensen, Paul Rolf – Terry Lakin’s attorney
  • Johannson, Penbrook – Birther blogger at The Daily Pen
  • Johnson, Allen – Black Mormon birther and 2008 RNC delegate
  • Johnson, Milo L. – Birther litigant
  • Jones, Alan – Published article on Obama’s selective service registration
  • Jones, Alex – Conspiracy theorist and radio host of InfoWars
  • Jones, Ruth – Birther litigant
  • Jones, Timothy – Birther litigant and majority leader of the Missouri House of of Representatives
  • Jordan, Linda – Birther litigant
  • Judy, Cody Robert * – Presidential candidate and birther litigant
  • Justice, Robert V. – Birther litigant

K

L

M

  • Maathi, Wangari Muta (probably false name)  – Birther litigant
  • Mack, Richard – former sheriff
  • Mackay Jr., Donald Francis – Birther litigant
  • MacLeran, Thomas – Birther litigant
  • Madison, P. A. (pseudonym) – Federalist Blog owner and writer on citizenship
  • Madsen, Wayne – Birther web publisher
  • Malaren, Thomas – Birther litigant
  • Maloney, Creg – Birther litigant
  • Manning, James David – Pastor, YouTube broadcaster
  • Marconin, Lorenzo – Birther litigant
  • Marquis, Steven – Birther litigant
  • Martin-Trigona, Andy – Birther litigant and self-proclaimed “King of the Birthers”
  • Martin, Amanda – Birther litigant
  • McCann III, T. J. – Two-citizen eligibility writer for Birther Report
  • McDougal, Donald – Birther litigant
  • McFarlin, Mark – Birther candidate for governor of Michigan
  • McGrew, Mark – Birther Internet radio host
  • McInnish, Hugh  – Birther litigant
  • McLanahan, Tim – Birther litigant
  • McMillan, Craige – Writer at WND
  • McRae, Ron – Street preacher and creator of the “grandmother tape” publicized by Phil Berg
  • Meroni, Sharon (AKA Chalice Jackson) – Birther litigant and Internet radio host
  • Miller, George – Birther litigant and partner in ObamaBallotChallenge.com (site no longer active)
  • Miss Tickly (Pseudonym) * – Birther blogger at Obama’s Garden
  • Mitchell, Paul Andrew – Birther litigant
  • Mitlenberger, Mary C. – Birther litigant
  • Molinari, Gaetano – Birther litigant
  • Monckton, Christopher – Published crank birther statistical analysis
  • Montgomery, Joe – Birther ballot challenger
  • Moran, Daryn J. – Airman who went AWOL over Obama’s eligibility
  • Moore Jr. Albert W. L. * – Birther attorney filed amicus brief in Alabama case
  • Moore, Roy – Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, writer for WorldNetDaily, and birther
  • Moran, Theodore T.  – Birther litigant
  • Morrow, Susan A.  – Birther litigant
  • Mustaine, Dave – Aging rocker, false flag enthusiast and birther

N

  • Nance, Gerry (AKA Borderraven) – Anti-immigrant activist and birther.
  • Nash, Adrien * – Birther blogger
  • Neal, David M. – Birther litigant
  • Neely, Gerald Lee – Birther litigant
  • Newcomer, Joseph M. – Birth Certificate analyst for WorldNetDaily
  • Newkirk, Linda – Writer who prophesied that Obama is the antichrist who came out of Africa
  • Nickoff, Don – Talk show host and early birther
  • Nicks, Victoria – Birth Certificate analyst for WorldNetDaily
  • Nicoloff, Don – Writer says birth certificate a forgery and Obama’s official biography isn’t true.
  • Nikolakakis, Robert – Artist and Obama family photo doubter
  • Noonan, Edward – Birther litigant and presidential candidate

O

  • Odden, Robert – Birther litigant
  • Olsen, Kenneth * – Internet commenter and blogger
  • Ostella, Lisa M. – Former webmaster of Orly Taitz web site
  • Ott, Joe – Birther litigant
  • Owens, Nancy Ruth * – Claims to have personally forged Obama’s birth certificate.

P

  • Page, Don – Birther policeman in Missouri
  • Pahlavan, Ali (Deceased) – Credited with starting the birther movement in 2008
  • Paglia, Camille – Intellectual feminist birther
  • Paige, H. Brooke * – Birther litigant
  • Paladino, Carl — Donald Trump campaign chair in New York
  • Papa, Felicito – gave imaging testimony for Orly Taitz that Obama’s birth certificate is a forgery
  • Papit, Garrett * – claims Obama’s long form birth certificate is a forgery.
  • Pendergraph, Jim – North Carolina political candidate birther
  • Phil – Birther blogger at “The Right Side of Life”
  • Judson Phillips – former Shelby County Tennessee assistant district attorney, founder of the ‘Tea Party Nation’ & author of their ‘Birther Manifesto’.
  • Pidgeon, Steven – Birther attorney
  • Pinkstaff, Robert D. – Birther litigant
  • Poland, Ronald * – claims that Obama’s birth certificates are forgeries and Hawaiian officials are criminals
  • Pope, Mia Marie – Says Obama was a “foreign student”
  • Porter, Janet Folger – Purveyor of the fake travel ban to Pakistan
  • Poyssick, Gary – Birth Certificate analyst for WorldNetDaily
  • Powell, Kevin Richard  – Birther litigant
  • Purpura, Nicholas E.  – Birther litigant

Q

R

  • Rapacki, Lyle J. – Wrote birther White Paper on Obama eligibility
  • Rappaport, Larry – New Hampshire legislator and eligibility challenger
  • Reade, William F.  – Birther litigant
  • Rense, Jeff – Birther blogger
  • Renshaw, Albert – Birther YouTube video producer and image “expert”
  • Rhodes, Connie – Birther litigant (military)
  • Rice, Charles E. – Birther law professor
  • Robinson, Markham – Birther litigant
  • Riethmiller, Annamarie – Birther litigant
  • Ripley, Valeria I.  – Birther litigant
  • Ristvedt, Nellie – blogger testified to Nebraska State Senate Committee hearing
  • Ronan, James – Birther litigant
  • Rondeau, Sharon – Prolific birther writer, and owner of the Post & Email blog.
  • Roy, Kamal K. – Birther litigant
  • Roth, Laurie – Birther litigant and host of the Dr. Laurie Roth Show
  • Rudy, Christopher John – Birther litigant.
  • Rush, Erik – Black birther author and Internet radio host.

S

  • Sampson, John – Witness for Orly Taitz
  • Sankey, Neil – Private investigator and birther
  • Santilli, Pete – Birther radio host
  • Scheveck, Thomas  – Birther litigant
  • Schell, Douglas (AKA Captain Moroni) – Birther blogger
  • Schlussel, Debbie – Birther blogger and commentator on selective service registration
  • Schneller, James D. – Birther litigant
  • Schultz, Bob – Birther event sponsor
  • Schweighart, Jerry – Birther mayor in Illinois
  • Selaty, Tim – Founder Tea Party Tribune, amateur birth certificate analyst
  • Sellin, Lawrence – Birther editorialist
  • Sewell, Sam – Birther author and blogger (The Steady Drip)
  • Scott, Luke – Pro baseball birther
  • Shellhorn, Richard Carl – Web site is The National Society of Natural-Born Citizens of the United States
  • Sheridan, Edward – Birther litigant
  • Shoebat, Walid – Self-proclaimed terrorism expert
  • Shrimpton, Michael – British barrister and conspiracy theorist.
  • Sibley, Montgomery Blair – Birther litigant and disbarred attorney
  • Skidmore, Richard D. – Birther college professor at Pierce College.
  • Smith, Geir  * – Birther writer AKA King of Shambhala
  • Smith, Lucas Daniel * – Presented an alleged Kenyan Birth certificate for Obama
  • Soma, Edward – Birther litigant
  • Stamper, Gordon Allen – Birther litigant
  • Steadman, Bruce – Birther author
  • Strunk, Christopher Earl * – Birther litigant
  • Stumpo, Joseph – Birther litigant
  • Stuter, Lynn – Internet writer and birth certificate critic
  • Sullivan, Donald  – Birther litigant (military)
  • Sunahara, Duncan – Birther litigant
  • Sorenson, Harold – Birther litigant
  • Swensson, Carl  * – Birther litigant
  • Swihart, Karl – Birther litigant

T

  • Taitz, Orly * – California attorney and birther litigant. Known as the “Queen of the Birthers.”
  • Tansey, Helen – Supporter of Hillary Clinton and Article II Super PAC board member
  • Tapp, Arnold Carl – Birther bulk emailer
  • TechDude (pseudonym) – Birther image “expert”
  • Terry, Brian Thomas  – Birther litigant
  • Texas Darlin (pseudonym) – Blogger and Hillary Clinton supporter
  • Thomas, Daniel Scott – Birther litigant
  • Thompson, Tommy – Birther litigant
  • Thompson, Julianne – Birther litigant
  • Tisdale, Charles – Birther litigant
  • Titus, Herb – Law professor says Obama is a foreigner
  • Tonchen, Stephen – Author of “Presidential Eligibility Tutorial”
  • Tremblay, Stella – New Hampshire legislator and eligibility challenger
  • Trowbridge, Martha – Birther blogger at The Terrible Truth
  • Trump, Donald – Says birth certificate is dubious
  • Turner, Hal – White supremacist birther, radio “shock jock” and FBI informant.
  • Turner, Janine – Actress, talk show host and Obama birth story doubter
  • Turner, Neil B. – Birther litigant

U

  • Unruh, Bob – Frequent writer on birther issues for WorldNetDaily
  • Uscinski, Ronald – Birther litigant

V

  • Vallely, Paul – Birther commentator for Fox News, ex military
  • Van Allen, H. William – Birther litigant
  • Vandemoer, Kate (Dr. Kate) – Birther blogger
  • Vita, Lucien – New Hampshire legislator and eligibility challenger
  • Vita, Carol – New Hampshire legislator and eligibility challenger
  • Vivano, Bettina – Hollywood producer said Obama blackmailed the Clintons not to pursue the birther issue
  • Voeltz, Michael C.  – Birther litigant
  • Vogt, Douglas * – Filed a lawsuit to force a grand jury to investigate Obama’s birth certificate.
  • Voldarsky, Leonard  – Birther litigant
  • Volin, Mike – Internet radio host and producer of the Sheriff’s Kit.
  • Von Brunn, James W. – Holocaust Museum shooter and birther.
  • Vouto, Grace – Writer and executive director of the Edmund Burke Institute for American Renewal

W

  • Walters, Roger – Birther litigant
  • Wells, Rick – Conservative writer and birther
  • Weyl, Frank – Birther litigant
  • Welden, David P.  – Birther litigant
  • Wenzel, Fritz – Birther Pollster
  • West, Diana – Birther blogger ad DianaWest.net
  • Whitley, John – North Carolina birther political candidate
  • Wilhelmsen, Everest – Birther blogger and militia leader
  • Williams, JB – Birther writer
  • Wilmott, Gary  – Birther litigant and Article II Super PAC board member
  • Wolf, William – Birther litigant and Zullo financial supporter
  • Wolverton II, Joe – Writer at The New American
  • Wrotnowski, Cort  * – Birther litigant

Y

  • Youngblood, James – Internet commenter

Z

  • Zebest, Mara – Created a report saying that Obama’s long form birth certificate is a forgery.
  • Zolna, Gabe – Birther video blogger
  • Zullo, Mike – Commander of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Cold Case Posse. Says Obama’s birth certificate and selective service registration are fakes.

By reference, I am also including the 3,055 signers of a 2010 complaint to the FBI that includes:

Obama’s refusal to release his long form birth certificate which would show conclusively that he is a dual citizen and therefore not constitutionally eligible to serve as President. Obama’s college records, which have also not been released, would also contain information regarding his dual citizenship status.

* Starred persons are believed to have left comments at the Obama Conspiracy Theories blog under the name listed. A number of persons on the list have commented under pseudonyms, but these are not marked.

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