My list is just that – my list.  I has nothing to do with who are the gurus and who are not.  The alphabetical order is just my way of keeping a modicum of organization.   I VERY much want other people to introduce me to other Sudoku people and good Sudoku WEB sites.

I have to give credit to Robert Woodhead  (Sudoku Susser) and my more frequent use now days of the Hoduko player/solver.    The key inspirations as of this date are the following people; who you can ‘Google’ yourself:

  • John Welch – Systematic Sudoku site
  • Denis Berthier – “The Hidden Logic of Sudoku”

Shalom!   More to come …….

  • Armstrong,    Simon
  • Barker,       Chad
  • Bethier,      Denis
  • Blott,        Steve
  • Bowman,       Douglas
  • Brouwer,      Anddries E.
  • Bumgardner,   Jim
  • Chakravarthy, Deepan
  • Chermaz,      Stefano
  • Cook,         JF
  • Davis,        Tom
  • Eppstein,     David
  • Dillion,      Brandon
  • Euler,        Leonhard
  • Fowler,       Glenn
  • Garns,        Howard
  • Gould,        Wayne
  • Gunawan,      Danny
  • Hanson,       Bob
  • Hanssen,      Vegard
  • Hayes,        Brian
  • Inkala,       Arto
  • Johnson,      Angus
  • Juillerat,    Nicolas
  • Kahii,        Maki
  • Kanai,        Yoshimitsu
  • Keow          Jeff H.S.
  • Koller,       Jurgen
  • Lantz,        Charles
  • Lenz,         Moritz
  • Longo,     Frank
  • Malet,        Caroline de
  • Malvern,      Jack
  • McCollum,     Phil
  • McGuire,      Gary
  • Mepham,       Michael
  • Percival,     Martin
  • Rice,   Dan
  • Rosenthouse,  Jason
  • Royle,        Gordon
  • Rubylips
  • Rucinski,     Christopher
  • Scherphuis,   Jaap
  • Snyder,       Thomas
  • Sopitan,      Gabriel A.
  • Stephens,     Paul
  • Stone,        Kevin
  • StrmCkr – claims many contributions, but wishes to remain anonymous
  • Stuart,       Andrew C.
  • Tallman,      Laura
  • Tandart,      Vincent
  • Van der Werf, Ruud
  • Vanhegan,     Gaby
  • Vousden,      John
  • Wake,         Peter
  • Walker,  Roger
  • Welch,        John
  • Wei-Hwa-Huang
  • Woodhead,     Robert

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Armstrong, Simon
SadMan Software
http://www.sadmansoftware.com/sudoku/solvingtechniques.htm

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Barker, Chad
SudokuProfessor, http://sudokuprofessor.com/

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Bethier, Denis
“The Hidden Logic of Sudoku”
http://denis.berthier.pagesperso-orange.fr/index_anglais.htm

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Blott, Steve ?
http://www.dcu.ie/info/staff_member.php?id_no=140
Computer Science Prof.  Dr., Univ of Glascow

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Bowman, Douglas
“Bowman’s Bingo”
acquaintance of Robert Woodhead

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Brouwer, Andries E.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andries_Brouwer
Dutch mathematician, programmer, professor
http://homepages.cwi.nl/~aeb/games/sudoku/  via Phil Mc

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Bumgardner, Jim
Krazydad.com
jbum.com
Los Angeles hacker ,jack-of-some-trades, programmer

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Chakravarthy, Deepan ?
http://www.codeshepherd.com
Indian programmer

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Chermaz, Stefano ?
http://www.naymz.com/stefanochermaz1746594
Italian programmer

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Crook, J.F
Winthrop Univ. in Rock Hill, S.C.
“A Pencil-and-Paper Algorithm for Solving Sudoku Puzzles”

Click to access tx090400460p.pdf

Notices of the AMS  Volume 56, Number 4  April 2009
Prof. emeritus Wintrhop Univ. Rock Hill, S.C.
crookj@winthrop.edu

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Davis, Tom
tomdavis@earthlink.net  http://www.geometer.org/mathcircles
The Mathematics of Sudoku

Click to access math-of-sudoku.pdf

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Dillion, Brandon
Author, http://ezinearticles.com/?The-History-of-Sudoku&id=918094
http://www.sudoku-strategy.blogspot.com/
http://pisonmedia.com/

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Eppstein, David Arthur
b. 1963 Prof of Computer Science at Univ of Calif. Irvine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Eppstein
http://11011110.livejournal.com/335.html

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Euler, Leonhard
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonhard_Euler
1707-1783  Latin Squares

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Fowler, Glenn
http://www2.research.att.com/~gsf/
http://www2.research.att.com/~gsf/sudoku/

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Garns, Howard
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Garns
– retired architect (1905-1989)
– Inventor of Number Place -> Sudoku

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Gould, Wayne
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Gould
b. 1945.07.03  retired Hong Kong judge – popularized Sudoku

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Gunawan, Danny
http://www.dgunawan.com/
programmer. b.1972.06.16 at Cirebon, Indonesia

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Hanson, Bob
Professor, Dept of Chemistry, St. Olaf College,
Northfiels, MN 55057
Sudoku Assistant
http://www.stolaf.edu/people/hansonr/sudoku/
http://www.stolaf.edu/people/hansonr/sudoku/explain.htm

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Hanssen, Vegard
http://www.menneske.no/sudoku/eng/

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Hayes, Brian
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Hayes_(scientist)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudoku  ref to
Brian Hayes (2006), Unwed Number 94. American Scientist
http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/unwed-numbers

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Inkala, Arto
http://www.sudokuwiki.org/Arto_Inkala_Sudoku
mathematician created world’s hardest sudoku
http://www.aisudoku.com

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Johnson, Angus
Simple Sudoku
http://www.angusj.com/
http://www.angusj.com/sudoku/

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Juillerat, Nicolas
Sudoku Explainer
http://diuf.unifr.ch/people/juillera/Sudoku/Sudoku.html
http://diuf.unifr.ch/people/juillera/

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Kaji, Maki
The Godfather of Sudoku  Nikoli Company
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maki_Kaji  b.1951
http://www.japanfocus.org/site/view/2415  college dropout
Nikoli company
http://www.nikoli.co.jp/en/puzzles/sudoku.html

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Kanai, Yoshimitsu
Professor. http://www.sudoku-tips.com/about_sudoku.php

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Keow, Jeff H.S.
http://extremesudokusolving.com/
downloaded his PDF – two part on solving in DropBox
author of “Think out of the Block with Sudoku”

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Koller, Jurgen ?
http://mathspig.wordpress.com/category/year-12-mathspig/

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Lantz, Charles – Rational Sudoku
http://www.rationalsudoku.com/
http://books.blogs.starnewsonline.com/13044/eating-oysters-with-sudoku-sam/

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Lenz, Moritz
http://moritz.faui2k3.org/
Sudoku Garden
http://sudokugarden.de/

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Longo,  Frank  – freelance puzzle creator

http://www.alibris.com/search/books/author/Frank-Longo/aid/3027889

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Malet, Caroline de
http://www.multimagie.com/English/SudokuAncestors.htm
http://www.lefigaro.fr/sciences/20060626.FIG000000137_les_francais_premiers_joueurs_de_sudoku.html

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Malvern, Jack
journalist.  http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/public/profile/Jack-Malvern

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McCollum, Phil
Sudoku for Everyone, Long Beach, CA
http://www.830pm.com/sudoku/

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McGuire, Gary,  Professor
proves no 16-clue “proper” Sudoku Puzzle
http://www.math.ie/checker.html

Cornell Univ.

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Mepham, Michael
British Journalist popularized it in England
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1536940/Michael-Mepham.html

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Norvig, Peter
Google’s Director of Research.    Python programmer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Norvig

I used his Python solver, coded it up and it worked which impressed me with both Python and Peter Norvig!

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Percival, Martin
http://www.scribnia.com/writers/martinp

Beginners – Start Here

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Rice,  Dan

http://sudokublog.typepad.com/

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Rosenthouse, Jason
http://educ.jmu.edu/~rosenhjd/
book = Taking Sudoku Seriously
co-author is Laura Taalman
Associate Professor of Mathematics at James Madison Univ

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Royle, Gordon F.  colletcion of min-17 puzzles
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Royle
Professor at School of Mathematics and Statistics
The University of Western Australia
“Minimum Sudoku”
http://school.maths.uwa.edu.au/~gordon/sudokumin.php

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Rubylips ?
moniker on several sudoku forums

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Rucinski, Christopher
http://www.freewebs.com/experiencesudoku/
via Phil McCollum

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Scherphuis, Jaap
http://www.jaapsch.net/sudoku.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk%3ASudoku/Archive02
http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/showthread.php?19772-
Interview-with-Jaap-Scherphuis

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Snyder, Thomas
Dr. Sudoku
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Snyder
“The Art of Puzzles”
http://motris.livejournal.com/
world and USA multiple time Sudoku champions

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Sopitan, Gabriel A.
Beyond Sudoku PDF
http://free-doc-lib.com/book/sudoku-and-mathematics-
gabriel-a-sopitan-courant-institute-for.pdf
downloaded GS_Sudoku.pdf on Dell Studio

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Stephens, Paul
British Journalist, Suoku Addicts Workbook
http://www.surfnetkids.com/sudoku_tips.htm
http://www.paulspages.co.uk/
http://www.paulspages.co.uk/sudoku/howtosolve/

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Stone, Kevin
BrainBashers – Daily Sudoku
http://www.brainbashers.com/sudoku.asp
http://www.puzzlemonster.com/interviews/stone.asp
BrainBashers
book: Brainiac’s Sudoku co-author Robert Woodhead

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Stuart, Andrew C.
Sudoku Solver
http://www.sudokuwiki.org/sudoku.htm
book “The Logic of Sudoku”
andrew@scanraid.com

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Tallman, Laura
co-author of “Taking Sudoku Seriously” see Rosenthous, Jason
http://educ.jmu.edu/~taalmala/

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Tandart, Vincent
http://sudoku.awardspace.biz/solving_sudoku_basic.
php?strategy=single%20position
French?

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Van der Werf, Ruud
SudoCure http://www.sudocue.net

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Vanhegan, Gaby
http://vanhegan.net/
http://vanhegan.net/games.sudoku.php
this Gaby died May 19, 2011 – same?
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/forstaff/news/article/2032
/gabriel_gaby_vanhegan
born Jan 24, 1979 (cancer?)
http://www.playr.co.uk/sudoku/index.php

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Vousden, John Vousden – YouTube  Sudoku Expert

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Wake, Peter         Sudoku Solver by Logic sold?

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Walker,  Roger

http://www.simetric.co.uk/sudoku/

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Welch, John
http://sysudoku.com/

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Wei-Hwa-Huang
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wei-Hwa_Huang

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Woodhead, Robert   (susoku susser)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Woodhead

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