Find where your name exists elsewhere.

Elsewhere is a lightweight discovery experience that turns one simple input, your name, into a journey through people who share it across different places, eras, and fields.

Enter a name like Margaret, and discover other Margarets: scientists, artists, athletes, writers, activists, and more.

A little input should unlock a lot of discovery.

Enter your name
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Find people who share it
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Curate a diverse set
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Explore their stories
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Shuffle and discover more

Same name. Very different lives.

This version focuses on one complete journey:

Name → people elsewhere

• Search by first name
• Discover a diverse set of people across fields, regions, and eras
• View concise, source-backed facts
• Shuffle for new discoveries
• Share your Elsewhere
• No login required

Place-based discovery may come later.

Elsewhere is designed as a lightweight static web app:

• GitHub Pages for hosting
• HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
• Wikidata and Wikimedia for open knowledge
• Client-side filtering and ranking
• No dedicated backend
• No paid AI API required at runtime

Results are selected for variety rather than returned as a raw database list.

The standalone logo and the logo + slogan both share Elsewhere's radial e motif.

Colour theme: #003f5c, #58508d, #bc5090, #ff6361, #ffa600

Elsewhere is being created using Codex with GPT-5.6 as a development collaborator for implementation, architecture, debugging, data queries, testing, and UX iteration.

Tiny input, rich return. Give a little. Discover a lot.

Discovery over directory. Curated results, not a database dump.

Grounded, not invented. Displayed facts should be traceable to reliable sources.

Diversity by design. Surface different fields, places, eras, and stories.

🚧 MVP in development

Current goal:

Build one polished journey from a first name to a diverse, source-backed collection of people.

MIT