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@@ -42,18 +42,22 @@ was acquired by Google, Inc. in July 2010 and the product was renamed Google Ref
 In October 2012, it was renamed OpenRefine as it transitioned to a 
 community-supported product.
 
-EMERITUS CONTRIBUTORS (no longer current but honored here for their previous contributions)
+EMERITUS CREATORS (no longer active but honored for bringing OpenRefine to life)
 ---------------------
 
  - David Huynh <dfhuynh@google.com>
  - Stefano Mazzocchi <stefanom@google.com>
+ 
+EMERITUS CONTRIBUTORS (no longer active but honored here for their previous contributions)
+---------------------
+
  - Vishal Talwar <vtalwar@google.com> 
  - Jeff Fry <jfry@google.com>
  - Will Moffat <wdm@google.com>
  - James Home <jameshome@google.com>
  - Heather Campbell <campbellh@google.com>
  
-CURRENT CONTRIBUTORS
+CURRENT CONTRIBUTORS 
 --------------------
 
  - Iain Sproat <iainsproat@gmail.com>
@@ -68,3 +72,45 @@ CURRENT CONTRIBUTORS
  - Qi <jackyq2015@gmail.com>
  - Antonin Delpeuch <antonin@delpeuch.eu>
  - Owen Stephens <owen@ostephens.com>
+ - Ettore Rizza <ettorerizza@gmail.com>
+ - Fabio Tacchelli <fabio.tacchelli@gmail.com>
+ - noamoss
+ - ROMitat
+ - Jesus M. Castagnetto
+ - Pablo Moyano <ultraklon@gmail.com>
+ - David Leoni
+ - Cora Johnson-Roberson
+ - Pei Long Hui
+ - Rudy Alvarez <rudygt@gmail.com>
+ - Mateja Verlic Bruncic
+ - nestorjal <nbeltran@humboldt.org.co>
+ - Alexey Medvetsky <am@opendata.by>
+ - Remi Rampin <remirampin@gmail.com>
+ - lispc <mycinbrin@gmail.com>
+ - Bob Harper
+ - Felix Lohmeier <mail@felixlohmeier.de>
+ - Shixiong Zhu
+ - Ankit Sardesai
+ - Scott Wiedemann
+ - Ryo Yamazaki
+ - Ralf Claussnitzer
+ - Charles Pritchard
+ - Maxim Galushka
+ - Evelyn Mitchell
+ - Andreas Kohn
+ - Honza
+ - Ram Ezrach <ram.ezrach@gmail.com>
+ - Daniel Berthereau <daniel.on.github-no-spam@berthereau.net>
+ - Gideon Thomas <gideon@mozillafoundation.org>
+ - José Vitor Hisse
+ - Vitor Baptista <vitor@vitorbaptista.com>
+ - Joe Wicentowski <joewiz@gmail.com>
+ - mpc9000
+ - Dan Michael O. <d.m.heggo@ub.uio.no>
+ - Adi Eyal
+ - Shrubhra Sharma
+ - Fadi Maali <fadi.maali@zalando.ie>
+ - Aubrey Mcfato <aubreymcfato@gmail.com>
+ - Matthias Findeisen
+ - Mathieu Saby
+ - Allan Nordhøy <epost@anotheragency.no>