I was browsing through the line-ups of some upcoming skeptical conferences today, and noticed how they regularly get a few ‘notables’ at their meetings who support the cause (for example, magicians Penn & Teller and their support of the James Randi Educational Foundation). Which got me thinking: who are the well-known people out there with a predilection for the weird stuff? Who do you think would enjoy reading The Daily Grail? Let’s crowd-source this and see who we can come up with – add anybody you can think of in the comments, and if a worthy contender I’ll add them to the list below (generally have to show prolonged interest in a topic, rather than just mentioning it off-hand). I’ll start with a few and y’all can bombard me with new additions:
- Dan Aykroyd (Actor/Comedian) – UFOs, The Paranormal
- Arj Barker (Comedian) – UFOs
- Danny Carey (Musician) – Esoterica
- John Cleese (Actor) – Noetic Science, Afterlife
- Storm Constantine (Author) – Esoterica
- Rhys Darby (Actor/Comedian) – Cryptozoology
- William Gibson (Author) – Forteana
- Michio Kaku (Scientist) – UFOs
- Sammy Hagar (Musician) – Alien Abductions
- David Lynch (Director) – Esoterica
- Shirley MacClaine (Actor) – The Paranormal
- Edgar Mitchell (Apollo Astronaut) – UFOs, Noetic Science
- Alan Moore (Author) – Esoterica
- Grant Morrison (Author) – Esoterica
- Kary Mullis (Scientist) – Alien Abductions
- Jimmy Page (Musician) – Esoterica
- Katy Perry (Musician) – UFOs, Hidden History
- Clifford Pickover (Scientist) – Shamanism
- Josh Radnor (Actor) – Shamanism
- Joe Rogan (Comedian) – Hidden History, Shamanism
- Rudy Rucker (Author) – UFOs
- Ridley Scott (Director) – Aliens, Hidden History
- Steven Spielberg (Director) – UFOs
- Guillermo del Toro (Director) – The Paranormal
- Robbie Williams (Musician) – UFOs, The Paranormal
Who else you got?
Updated (21/5/2012): Added crowd suggestions, and re-organised into alphabetical order by surname.