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The forehead guessing game with no sticky notes. Hold the phone up, let the room give the clues or ask yes/no questions yourself — free in your browser.
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Who Am I? — the forehead guessing game, free online
The party classic with none of the setup: a name you cannot see, and a room full of people who can. No sticky notes, no pen, no app and no sign-up. Hold the phone to your forehead, pick a deck of names and start. 434 names are ready to play above, and they are all listed below if you would rather use paper.
Two ways to play — agree on one first
Almost every argument about the rules comes from the fact that two different games share this name. In the question version you hold the name to your forehead and you do the talking: "Am I real?", "Am I alive?", "Am I an actor?" — and the room may only answer yes or no. It is slower, more strategic and perfect for a small group around a table, usually capped at twenty questions.
In the clue version you stay quiet and the room describes, acts out or hums until you get it, then you move on to the next name against a timer. This is the version most party apps use and it is the one that keeps a big group involved, because everybody is shouting at once.
upheads plays both. Hold the phone up so everyone else can see the screen, then either start asking questions or let them give the clues. Tilt the phone down when you get it, tilt up to skip, or just tap the screen if you would rather not tilt.
Why a phone beats sticky notes
Traditionally you need sticky notes, a pen and someone with neat handwriting. In practice the notes fall off, half the table can see what is being written, and the first ten minutes go on thinking of names. A phone removes all three problems: the names are already there, nobody has to look away while they are chosen, and one phone is enough for the whole group — just pass it around so everyone gets a turn in the hot seat.
Good questions to ask
If you are playing the question version and the room goes quiet, this order narrows it down fastest: Am I a real person or fictional? Am I alive today? Am I a man? Would my face be recognised in this room? Am I known for sport, music or film? Am I from this country? Am I over 50? Have I been in the news this year?
House rule worth adopting: if the honest answer is "sort of", the room still has to pick yes or no. It keeps the game moving and produces much better arguments afterwards.
434 Who Am I? names, by category
These are the name decks in the game above. Tap a deck to play it, or read the list and use it with paper. For the question version famous people work best — the room can answer "am I alive?" without arguing about it.
⭐ Celebrities play →
Michael Jackson, Beyoncé, Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Elon Musk, Albert Einstein, Leonardo DiCaprio, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, Rihanna, Eminem, Adele, Shakira, Johnny Depp, Will Smith, Morgan Freeman, Keanu Reeves, Dwayne Johnson, Mr. Bean, Charlie Chaplin, Steve Jobs, Nikola Tesla, Oprah Winfrey, Lady Gaga, Ed Sheeran, Bruno Mars, Tom Cruise, Robert Downey Jr., Billie Eilish, Snoop Dogg, David Beckham, Serena Williams, Usain Bolt, Kanye West, Drake, The Weeknd, Selena Gomez, Kim Kardashian, Justin Bieber, LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Neymar, Emma Watson, Scarlett Johansson, Chris Hemsworth, Ryan Reynolds, Zendaya, Timothée Chalamet, Margot Robbie, Tom Holland, Gal Gadot, Henry Cavill, Post Malone, Harry Styles, Zlatan Ibrahimović, Roger Federer, Adam Sandler, Jennifer Lawrence, Natalie Portman, Chris Evans, Emma Stone
🏛️ Historical Figures play →
Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, Leonardo da Vinci, Napoleon, Cleopatra, Julius Caesar, Alexander the Great, Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Winston Churchill, Christopher Columbus, Marco Polo, Charles Darwin, Galileo, Nikola Tesla, Thomas Edison, Marie Curie, William Shakespeare, Beethoven, Mozart, Van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Aristotle, Plato, Socrates, Genghis Khan, Joan of Arc, Queen Elizabeth I, Mother Teresa, Che Guevara, Benjamin Franklin, Michelangelo, Confucius, Karl Marx, Sigmund Freud, Neil Armstrong, Amelia Earhart, Tutankhamun, Wright Brothers, Attila the Hun, Tamerlane, Saladin, Ramses II, Hannibal, Leonidas, Copernicus
🦸 Superheroes play →
Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Wonder Woman, Flash, Aquaman, Black Panther, Wolverine, Deadpool, Doctor Strange, Ant-Man, Black Widow, Green Lantern, Joker, Harley Quinn, Loki, Venom, Catwoman, Robin, Nightwing, Cyclops, Storm, Professor X, Magneto, Ghost Rider, Daredevil, Punisher, Vision, Scarlet Witch, Falcon, Winter Soldier, Gamora, Groot, Star-Lord, Thanos, Captain Marvel, Hawkeye, Batgirl, Green Goblin, Nightcrawler, Shazam, Green Arrow, Cyborg, Silver Surfer, Mystique, Rocket Raccoon, Bane, Two-Face
📺 Cartoons play →
SpongeBob, Patrick Star, Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Tom and Jerry, Scooby-Doo, Bugs Bunny, Tweety, Pink Panther, Popeye, The Smurfs, Pikachu, Garfield, Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote, Fred Flintstone, Homer Simpson, Bart Simpson, Peter Griffin, Rick and Morty, Squidward, Mr. Krabs, Shrek, Donkey, Woody, Buzz Lightyear, Elsa, Olaf, Simba, Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Dora, Peppa Pig, Ben 10, Gumball, Finn and Jake, Powerpuff Girls, Dexter, Johnny Bravo, Tom, Jerry, Sylvester, Goofy, Minnie Mouse, Naruto, Dragon Ball, Pinocchio, Aladdin, Tarzan, Bambi, Dumbo, Sailor Moon
🖋️ Writers & Artists play →
Ernest Hemingway, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Franz Kafka, Charles Dickens, Victor Hugo, Goethe, Cervantes, Dante, Edgar Allan Poe, Oscar Wilde, Jane Austen, Mark Twain, George Orwell, Anton Chekhov, Alexander Pushkin, Chopin, Vivaldi, Bach, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dali, Claude Monet, Rembrandt, Friedrich Nietzsche, Jean-Paul Sartre, René Descartes, Voltaire, Homer, Virginia Woolf, J.R.R. Tolkien, Agatha Christie, Gabriel García Márquez, Pablo Neruda, Wassily Kandinsky, Vincent van Gogh, Emily Dickinson, Herman Melville, Marcel Proust, James Joyce, Henri Matisse
🏀 NBA Players play →
LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O'Neal, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell, Hakeem Olajuwon, Allen Iverson, Dwyane Wade, Dirk Nowitzki, Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett, Charles Barkley, Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman, Steve Nash, Tracy McGrady, Vince Carter, Ray Allen, Paul Pierce, Chris Paul, Russell Westbrook, James Harden, Kevin Durant, Kawhi Leonard, Paul George, Damian Lillard, Kyrie Irving, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Nikola Jokić, Joel Embiid, Luka Dončić, Jayson Tatum, Jimmy Butler, Anthony Davis, Devin Booker, Donovan Mitchell, Trae Young, Zion Williamson, Ja Morant, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Anthony Edwards, Victor Wembanyama, Tyrese Haliburton, Caitlin Clark, A'ja Wilson
🏈 NFL Players play →
Tom Brady, Patrick Mahomes, Peyton Manning, Eli Manning, Aaron Rodgers, Brett Favre, Joe Montana, John Elway, Dan Marino, Drew Brees, Ben Roethlisberger, Russell Wilson, Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson, Joe Burrow, Jalen Hurts, Justin Herbert, Dak Prescott, Travis Kelce, Rob Gronkowski, Jerry Rice, Randy Moss, Terrell Owens, Calvin Johnson, Justin Jefferson, Tyreek Hill, Ja'Marr Chase, Davante Adams, Cooper Kupp, Christian McCaffrey, Derrick Henry, Saquon Barkley, Adrian Peterson, Emmitt Smith, Barry Sanders, Walter Payton, Marshawn Lynch, Ray Lewis, Lawrence Taylor, Reggie White, J.J. Watt, Aaron Donald, Micah Parsons, Von Miller, Deion Sanders, Richard Sherman
⚾ MLB Players play →
Babe Ruth, Jackie Robinson, Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Ted Williams, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Sandy Koufax, Nolan Ryan, Cal Ripken Jr., Ken Griffey Jr., Barry Bonds, Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, Ichiro Suzuki, Pedro Martinez, Randy Johnson, Albert Pujols, David Ortiz, Alex Rodriguez, Chipper Jones, Mike Trout, Shohei Ohtani, Aaron Judge, Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman, Bryce Harper, Juan Soto, Ronald Acuña Jr., José Altuve, Max Scherzer, Clayton Kershaw, Jacob deGrom, Justin Verlander, Gerrit Cole, Corey Seager, Francisco Lindor, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Yordan Alvarez, Paul Skenes, Bobby Witt Jr.
🏒 NHL Players play →
Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, Bobby Orr, Gordie Howe, Maurice Richard, Patrick Roy, Martin Brodeur, Dominik Hasek, Jaromir Jagr, Steve Yzerman, Nicklas Lidström, Mark Messier, Ray Bourque, Joe Sakic, Teemu Selänne, Peter Forsberg, Eric Lindros, Pavel Bure, Jarome Iginla, Sidney Crosby, Alexander Ovechkin, Evgeni Malkin, Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl, Nathan MacKinnon, Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner, Nikita Kucherov, Cale Makar, Quinn Hughes, Jack Eichel, David Pastrnak, Matthew Tkachuk, Brad Marchand, Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews, Anze Kopitar, Connor Bedard
The same game under other names
You will hear this called a lot of things depending on where you grew up: Celebrity Heads in Australia and New Zealand, Headbands or Hedbanz if you played the boxed version as a child, the post-it game or sticky note game almost everywhere, forehead game or name on forehead game when nobody remembers what it is called, Wer bin ich? in Germany and Qui suis-je ? in France. Same idea every time: a name you cannot see, and a room that can.
How many people do you need?
Two works — one guesses, one answers — but it is thin. Four to eight is the sweet spot for the question version, because the answers come faster and the wrong guesses are funnier. Above eight, switch to the clue version with a timer or split into teams so nobody waits fifteen minutes for a turn. Playing with children? Use the cartoon or kids decks instead of famous people — a six-year-old can answer "do I have four legs?" far more confidently than "am I a politician?".
Frequently asked questions
How do you play the Who Am I? game?
Each player gets a name they cannot see, stuck to their forehead or shown on a phone held up to it. In the classic version you ask the room yes/no questions until you work out who you are. In the faster version the room describes or acts out the name while you guess against a timer. upheads plays both ways on a single phone.
Can I play Who Am I? online for free?
Yes. upheads runs in your browser with no app, no sign-up and no cost. Pick a deck of names such as celebrities or historical figures, hold the phone to your forehead and play.
What names should I use for Who Am I?
Famous people the whole room would recognise: actors, musicians, athletes, historical figures, cartoon characters and superheroes. Avoid anyone only one person at the table has heard of, because the game stalls. There are 434 ready-made names on this page.
What questions can you ask in Who Am I?
Only questions the room can answer with yes or no. Start broad - real or fictional, alive or dead, man or woman - then narrow down by field, country and era. Most groups cap it at twenty questions per turn.
Do I need sticky notes to play?
No. A phone held to your forehead does the same job and saves the writing, the arguing and the notes falling off. One phone is enough for the whole group.
Is Who Am I? the same as Heads Up or charades?
They share the same mechanic: a name you cannot see while everyone else can. Who Am I? traditionally has the guesser asking questions, Heads Up-style games have the room giving clues, and charades is silent miming. upheads supports the first two on the same decks.
How many players do you need?
Two at a minimum, four to eight for the best question rounds. With a bigger crowd use the clue version with a timer, or split into teams so turns stay short.
More ways to play
Same game, other angles: the main upheads game with all 30 decks, charades word lists, games like Heads Up, party games for large groups, family game night, road trip games and classroom games.