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John Michael Green was born on the August 24th, 1977 to Mike and Sydney Green in Indianapolis. He attended Indian Springs School for boarding school and he attended Kenyon College. He is married to Sarah Urist Green, with whom he has two children, Henry and Alice Green. John is one half of the Vlogbrothers. He and his younger brother, Hank Green, are responsible for the creation of the Nerdfighter community with their Vlogbrothers channel. He host(ed) Crash Course World History, Crash Course Literature, Crash Course US History, Mental Floss.

He is the author of several young adult fiction novels.

List of published works:
Looking for Alaska
An Abundance of Katherines
Paper Towns
Will Grayson, Will Grayson
The Fault in Our Stars
Turtles All The Way Down
The Anthropocene Reviewed (upcoming)

Short stories appearing in:
Twice Told: Original Stories Inspired by Original Artwork
21 Proms
Let It Snow
Geektastic
What You Wish For

Significant quotations:

  • "It hurt because it mattered."
  • "Some infinities are bigger than other infinities."
  • "Context is everything"
  • "You don't get to choose if you get hurt in this world, but you do have some say in who hurts you."
  • "You can't not like the Great Gatsby. It's got the best sentences in like, ever."
  • "Books belong to their readers"
  • "Good morning Hank, it's _______"
  • "Life is full of hardships and disappointment"
  • "You must suffer"
  • "And then I took off my bra"

Green is also a self-described "semi-professional FIFA player". He was manager of the Swindon Town Swoodilypoopers up until late 2013, when he was fired and instead became the manager of the AFC Wimbledon Wimbly Womblys. Since then John has not been a semi-professional FIFA player as all of the proceeds of Wimbly Wombly videos goes to the real life AFC Wimbledon. As a result of the big support of Nerdfighteria as a sponsor of the club, AFC Wimbledon players now have the Nerdfighteria emblem emblazoned on their shorts.

External Links: DFTBA Records | John's Channel Sparksflyup | Tumblr | Twitter | Wikipedia

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2022-11-23 A Little Pre-Thanksgiving Stream! 00:00 6,039
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2022-11-15 3 Years In: What Happened, Why, and What's Next 07:22 219,632
2022-11-08 Dr Pepper Enthusiast John Green Taste Tests Dr Pepper and Its Misbegotten Pretenders 06:21 1,851,016
2022-11-01 Is This Painting Upside Down? 03:42 313,338
2022-09-13 A Million Things at Once 03:56 169,201
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2022-01-04 After 15 Years on YouTube, THIS IS THE MOST AMAZING THING 09:32 297,632
2021-12-10 What Was Early YouTube Like? (with Hank and John) 03:59 266,713
2021-11-30 Vlogbrothers REUNITED AT LAST 04:00 294,720
2021-08-03 I L*** Hank 03:53 171,526
2021-07-27 Savoring: The Sunset Series Returns 03:55 89,006
2021-07-20 Reviewing Reviews of My Reviews 04:01 198,058
2021-07-13 The Vlogbrothers Videos I Didn't Make 04:01 178,316
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2021-06-29 Sneezing is not normal. 04:01 506,194
2021-06-22 Mindblowers with Hank and John 04:01 428,769
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2021-06-01 My Two Favorite Books of the Year 04:00 155,675
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2021-05-18 Saying What I've Needed to Say to Hank for a While 03:57 303,989
2021-05-11 I am a small boat. It's Question Tuesday. 03:50 198,651
2021-05-04 What the Most-Viewed Vlogbrothers Videos Say about YouTube (and about us) 03:59 264,803
2021-04-29 Penguins Of Madagascar and the Smallpox Vaccine 26:50 1
2021-04-27 What is my new book about? 03:34 228,297
2021-04-20 Breaking Ground!!! 03:51 154,085
2021-04-13 My Truly Mortifying Self-Talk 03:41 308,542
2021-03-30 I did it! 03:52 214,200
2021-03-29 THIS IS IT 1:03:42 40,294
2021-03-16 How a Book Cover Gets Designed 03:44 226,544
2020-09-24 Plague 26:01 2
2020-08-28 What History Was, Is, and Will Be: Crash Course European History #50 15:07 297,835
2020-08-27 The Anthropocene Reviewed, Reviewed 24:42 1
2020-08-18 what's wrong with taking the back streets? 03:55 185,791
2020-08-05 Mortification and Civilization 27:35 453
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2019-10-02 Why Are Poor Countries Poor? 08:18 585,573
2019-09-24 I, Too, Dislike It 04:01 300,526
2019-09-17 "end the stigma" 04:01 255,863
2019-09-10 Another Contender in the Room 03:39 231,624
2019-09-03 Death, Love, and John's Religion: The Big Questions Take Over Question Tuesday 03:47 310,310
2019-09-02 Hot Dog Eating Contest and Chemotherapy 25:21 3,571
2019-08-27 Are Viruses Necessary? 03:36 199,198
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2019-08-13 How I (barely) Passed 11th Grade English 03:35 285,676
2019-08-06 Uncertain and Afraid 03:53 255,258
2019-07-30 The Mexican Repatriation 04:00 214,965
2019-07-23 What to Love and How 03:58 254,476
2019-07-16 star struck 03:35 223,036
2019-07-14 Scientific Revolution: Crash Course European History #12 15:08 1,744,225
2019-07-12 Why Are We Still Doing This? - Reunion Video! 04:00 350,747
2019-07-09 Life Hacks My Wife Taught Me 03:25 575,131
2019-07-02 On Sunlight 03:55 160,177
2019-06-25 Seemed Like a Good Idea: Eugene Schieffelin and the European Starlings 04:00 152,726
2019-06-18 Question Tuesday with Miles and the Colonel: Manolo! 03:57 263,378
2019-06-11 Why I Haven't Written a New Book 03:40 336,575
2019-06-07 Catholic Counter-Reformation: Crash Course European History #9 13:44 1,111,072
2019-06-04 On Sharing the Walk 03:40 199,496
2019-05-28 3 Minutes and 58 Seconds of Darkness 03:59 226,512
2019-05-21 Keanu Reeves: A Love Letter 03:50 418,042
2019-05-14 An Open Letter to Professional YouTubers 03:49 427,687
2019-05-07 How I Read and Why 03:43 390,377
2019-04-23 untitled 03:46 238,491
2019-04-16 Doing Somethings 03:32 206,978
2019-04-09 The Only Psychiatric Hospital in Sierra Leone 06:22 229,830
2019-03-29 Crash Course European History Preview 06:36 1,705,979
2019-03-26 Optimism and Spider People: Question Tuesday from the Looking for Alaska Set 02:47 150,394
2019-03-19 Writing and Marriage Advice from Michelle Obama 03:51 311,224
2019-03-12 Social Media: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #10 16:51 320,239
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2019-03-05 Click Restraint: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #9 12:47 213,981
2019-03-05 Way, Way Down the Rabbit Hole 03:54 222,770
2019-02-28 Episode 13: Velociraptors and Harvey 20:37 7,061
2019-02-26 Data & Infographics: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #8 13:02 222,691
2019-02-19 Evaluating Photos & Videos: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #7 13:19 244,150
2019-02-19 Battling Apathy and Searching for Meaning on Question Tuesday 04:00 249,065
2019-02-12 Evaluating Evidence: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #6 13:21 417,547
2019-02-12 Are Textbooks Obsolete? 04:01 238,906
2019-02-05 Using Wikipedia: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #5 14:16 448,688
2019-02-05 Deepfake: A Brief History of Unreliable Images 04:00 337,111
2019-01-29 Who Can You Trust? Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #4 14:46 664,736
2019-01-29 Do You Believe in Miracles? 04:01 91,151
2019-01-23 Check Yourself with Lateral Reading: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #3 13:52 944,214
2019-01-22 Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle's Let It Snow 03:39 133,527
2019-01-15 The Facts about Fact Checking: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #2 13:55 689,544
2019-01-15 On Burning Resentment 03:43 248,168
2019-01-08 Introduction to Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #1 13:34 789,085
2019-01-08 I Quit Social Media. Here's How It's Going 03:48 388,119
2019-01-04 Bid Daddy Likes Pork Rinds - P4A Recap 2018! 03:57 88,334
2019-01-01 How to Make Goals, Not Resolutions 03:57 210,963
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2018-12-07 BABIES! The 2018 Project for Awesome is here.... 04:01 60,401
2018-06-12 Your 4-Minute Guide to ALL 32 TEAMS at the 2018 World Cup 03:59 519,883
2018-04-11 Coffee Facts and Life Hacks! - Mental Floss Scatterbrained 13:22 137,084
2018-03-06 The Broccoli Tree: A Parable 03:55 623,017
2018-02-17 Still Some Glitches to Work Out: P4A 2017 Recap 04:00 24,929
2018-02-13 Liberals, Conservatives, and Pride and Prejudice, Part 2: Crash Course Literature 412 11:12 491,615
2018-02-07 Pride and Prejudice, Part 1: Crash Course Literature 411 11:44 966,503
2018-01-30 Gender, Guilt, and Fate - Macbeth, Part 2: Crash Course Literature 410 12:07 560,524
2018-01-24 Introducing: Scatterbrained! 01:40 62,047
2018-01-24 Free Will, Witches, Murder, and Macbeth, Part 1: Crash Course Literature 409 12:56 975,907
2018-01-16 To the Lighthouse: Crash Course Literature 408 12:22 421,354
2018-01-10 The Yellow Wallpaper: Crash Course Literature 407 13:35 992,153
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2017-11-07 1984 by George Orwell, Part 1: Crash Course Literature 401 14:28 2,604,295
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2017-08-29 40 03:14 342,601
2017-08-22 The Causes of Cholera 03:58 216,157
2017-08-21 104 - Dove Quivering 45:56 134,691
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2017-08-08 What You Make of It: Thoughts from Venice, Italy 03:20 308,251
2017-08-07 102 - The Friend Bucket 46:36 136,495
2017-08-03 HAPPY ESTHER DAY!!! 02:12 203,097
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2017-08-01 Death and How to Avoid It (...for a while) 03:50 286,481
2017-07-31 101 - Knit like a Mofo 44:14 138,366
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2017-07-24 100 - 100th Episode Extravaganza Spectacular!!! 1:03:00 146,908
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2017-07-11 Signing 200,000 Autographs 03:35 355,247
2017-07-05 34 Historical Fashion Facts - mental_floss List Show Ep. 513 09:30 208,720
2017-07-04 Civil Twilight 03:02 250,913
2017-07-03 099 - A Fusing of the Hair 49:31 156,084
2017-07-03 Cousin Marriage: FIFA 17 Wimbly Womblys #44 17:03 12,141
2017-06-28 Consciousness: FIFA 17 Wimbly Womblys #43 17:13 8,033
2017-06-27 UNBOXING 03:44 396,874
2017-06-26 Cowards!: FIFA 17 Wimbly Womblys #42 16:03 7,348
2017-06-22 My New Book 01:16 436,111
2017-06-21 29 States with Weird Nicknames for their Residents - mental_floss List Show Ep. 512 08:36 179,368
2017-06-21 The Most Amazing News!: FIFA 17 Wimbly Womblys #41 07:46 6,661
2017-06-20 FIRST! Green Brothers Reunited Again 03:45 605,394
2017-06-20 Running My First Half Marathon | 100 Days 05:14 65,455
2017-06-19 097 - Lemon Salty Whales 49:54 145,600
2017-06-19 Compromise: FIFA 17 Wimbly Womblys #40 14:18 6,463
2017-06-14 Huddersfield Town: FIFA 17 Wimbly Womblys #39 14:09 6,216
2017-06-13 Cheyenne, Wyoming 03:23 275,728
2017-06-12 096 - Next Level Laziness 49:08 144,871
2017-06-12 How to Find Books: FIFA 17 Wimbly Womblys #38 13:31 7,229
2017-06-07 39 Facts about Poets - mental_floss List Show Ep. 511 08:12 97,287
2017-06-06 My Favorite Subreddits: Joy, Wonder, Knowledge, and Birds with Arms 04:00 405,282
2017-06-05 095 - Lawn Care Vigilantism 56:41 145,801
2017-05-30 What Should We Keep? 03:40 367,336
2017-05-24 41 Facts about Unique Architecture - mental_floss List Show Ep. 510 08:34 157,684
2017-05-23 Boxes, Butterflies, and Regular Aunts: Live from the Past, It's Question Tuesday 03:38 280,981
2017-05-22 093 - Nothing Fits on a Bumper Sticker 42:08 142,968
2017-05-17 We’re Back!: FIFA 17 Wimbly Womblys #37 10:59 7,087
2017-05-16 The Introducer, My Childhood Dream Job 03:58 388,802
2017-05-15 092 - Cewebrity 49:03 144,512
2017-05-10 30 Interesting Facts about the Ocean - mental_floss List Show Ep. 509 06:39 176,710
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2017-05-09 Your Neighborhood, Your Life Expectancy 03:37 291,744
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2017-05-03 Desperate Times: FIFA 17 Wimbly Womblys #36 14:43 7,102
2017-05-02 090 - Glitter Soul 50:35 147,321
2017-05-02 The Life Changing Magic of Thumbs Up 02:47 302,023
2017-05-02 Fitness For Nerds - NerdCon: Nerdfighteria | 100 Days 05:38 43,282
2017-05-01 Good News and Great News: FIFA 17 Wimbly Womblys #35 12:41 7,198
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2017-04-25 More Outtakes! | 100 Days 05:27 50,460
2017-04-24 089 - A Rich Guy with an Affinity for Bats 1:02:54 156,124
2017-04-24 Anxiety at Work: FIFA 17 Wimbly Womblys #33 12:50 7,097
2017-04-19 Reading Non-Fiction: FIFA 17 Wimbly Womblys #32 12:54 7,329
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2017-03-27 086 - This Week in Ryans 48:56 147,233
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2017-03-21 Chris Breaks the Treadmill: Days 77-80 | 100 Days 05:16 64,722
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