Kamal Haasan is the latest in a long line of celebrities to finally join Twitter. In less than 20 hours, his first tweet has already been retweeted over 3,000 times. So, we decided to take a look back at how other famous people made their foray into social media with their first tweets.
Here's a collection of the first tweets of famous people.
Kamal Haasan stepped in with patriotism on Republic Day
India's freedom struggle remains unique even today. Respecting it is d only way to keep it & set new world standardshttps://t.co/sj0vQC4RaL
— Kamal Haasan (@ikamalhaasan) January 26, 2016
I'm 01100110 01100101 01100101 01101100 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01101100 01110101 01100011 01101011 01111001 00001010
— Google (@google) February 26, 2009
just setting up my twttr
— Jack (@jack) March 21, 2006
"Hello World." Hard at work on my foundation letter - publishing on 1/25.
— Bill Gates (@BillGates) January 19, 2010
@ooontz I knew you'd be under ditka
— Mark Zuckerberg (@finkd) February 13, 2009
Finally the original SRT is on twitter n the first thing I'd like to do is wish my colleagues the best in the windies,
— sachin tendulkar (@sachin_rt) May 4, 2010
1. I am married to Mr. Shoaib Malik, who is from Pakistan. I am an Indian, who will remain an Indian until the end of my life.
— Sania Mirza (@MirzaSania) July 24, 2014
Ab main finally Twitter par hoon. Yahan khoob saari baatein karengay aur aap se samay samay par information share karunga.
— Kapil Dev (@therealkapildev) April 25, 2015
The politicians obviously highlighted their constituency
2nd Feb, I will be in Dahod for Gujarat Swarnim Jayanti Yatra
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) February 1, 2009
Thinking we're only one signature away from ending the war in Iraq. Learn more at http://www.barackobama.com
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) April 29, 2007
Edward Snowden sure did enter with some style. And so did the CIA.
Can you hear me now?
— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) September 29, 2015
We can neither confirm nor deny that this is our first tweet.
— CIA (@CIA) June 6, 2014
Salutation to the Lord. Vaṇakkam aṉaivarukkum !! A big thank you to all my fans. Excited on this digital journey http://t.co/79ea6MrDe3
— Rajinikanth (@superstarrajini) May 5, 2014
hi everyone. being extremely shy i never thought i would be here. but my friend @kjohar25 insisted that i should learn to share my life.
— Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) January 2, 2010
Testing... 123...
— PRIYANKA (@priyankachopra) June 18, 2009
Testing... testing... Is this thing on??
— Tom Hanks (@tomhanks) January 11, 2010
You asked for it! My first tweet from the set of Avengers: Age of Ultron with exec producer @jlatcham. pic.twitter.com/ThwoLueMyT
— Robert Downey Jr (@RobertDowneyJr) April 22, 2014
Just got into Berlin... feeling better thank you, have my vicks inhaler by my bedside... and P.S. I TWITTTTER! GAH. Such a follower!
— KATY PERRY (@katyperry) February 21, 2009
tweet tweet!!its 5 am and all my tweetmates must be fast asleep...so i welcome myself to twitterverse...:-)
— Deepika Padukone (@deepikapadukone) January 5, 2010
And a writer shows the way to the rest of the world
My first tweet. No longer a virgin. Be gentle!
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) December 6, 2013