make a list of contributors (#4508)

* make a list of contributors

* make all links websites

* alphebetize and remove extra file

* remove ref to contributors

* add one more!

* sort using linux sort command

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+Authors
+=======
+
+* [Aaron Zirbes](https://github.com/aaronzirbes)
+* Aaron Zuehlke
+* Ada Lovelace
+* [Adam Woodbeck](https://github.com/awoodbeck)
+* [Aidin Gharibnavaz](https://github.com/aidin36)
+* [AJ ONeal](https://github.com/coolaj86)
+* [Alcaro](https://github.com/Alcaro)
+* [Alexander Mankuta](https://github.com/pointlessone)
+* [Alex Bowers](https://github.com/alexbowers)
+* [Alex Conlin](https://github.com/alexconlin)
+* [Alex Gaynor](https://github.com/alex)
+* [Alex Halderman](https://github.com/jhalderm)
+* [Alex Jordan](https://github.com/strugee)
+* [Amjad Mashaal](https://github.com/TheNavigat)
+* [Andrew Murray](https://github.com/radarhere)
+* [Anselm Levskaya](https://github.com/levskaya)
+* [Antoine Jacoutot](https://github.com/ajacoutot)
+* [asaph](https://github.com/asaph)
+* [Axel Beckert](https://github.com/xtaran)
+* [Bas](https://github.com/Mechazawa)
+* [benbankes](https://github.com/benbankes)
+* [Ben Irving](https://github.com/benileo)
+* [Benjamin Kerensa](https://github.com/bkerensa)
+* [Benjamin Neff](https://github.com/SuperTux88)
+* [Benjamin Piouffle](https://github.com/Betree)
+* [Ben Ubois](https://github.com/benubois)
+* [Ben Wolfe](https://github.com/bwolfe)
+* [Bigfish](https://github.com/bwolfe)
+* [Blake Griffith](https://github.com/cowlicks)
+* [Brad Warren](https://github.com/bmw)
+* [Brandon Kraft](https://github.com/kraftbj)
+* [Brandon Kreisel](https://github.com/kraftbj)
+* [Ceesjan Luiten](https://github.com/quinox)
+* [Chad Whitacre](https://github.com/whit537)
+* [Chhatoi Pritam Baral](https://github.com/pritambaral)
+* [Chris Johns](https://github.com/ter0)
+* [Chris Lamb](https://github.com/lamby)
+* [chrismarget](https://github.com/chrismarget)
+* [Christian Gärtner](https://github.com/ChristianGaertner)
+* [Christian Rosentreter](https://github.com/the-real-tokai)
+* [Christopher Brown](https://github.com/chbrown)
+* [Christopher Manning](https://github.com/christophermanning)
+* [Christoph Kisfeld](https://github.com/chk1)
+* [Clif Houck](https://github.com/ClifHouck)
+* [Cooper Quintin](https://github.com/cooperq)
+* [Corey Farwell](https://github.com/frewsxcv)
+* [Craig Smith](https://github.com/dashaxiong)
+* [Damian Poddebniak](https://github.com/duesee)
+* [Damien Nozay](https://github.com/dnozay)
+* [Damien Tournoud](https://github.com/damz)
+* [DanCld](https://github.com/DanCld)
+* [Daniel Albers](https://github.com/AID)
+* [Daniel Aleksandersen](https://github.com/da2x)
+* [Daniel Convissor](https://github.com/convissor)
+* [Daniel Huang](https://github.com/dhuang)
+* [Dave Guarino](https://github.com/daguar)
+* [David cz](https://github.com/dave-cz)
+* [David Dworken](https://github.com/ddworken)
+* [David Kreitschmann](https://kreitschmann.de)
+* [David Xia](https://github.com/davidxia)
+* [Devin Howard](https://github.com/devvmh)
+* [dokazaki](https://github.com/dokazaki)
+* [Dominic Cleal](https://github.com/domcleal)
+* [Dominic Lüchinger](https://github.com/dol)
+* [Douglas José](https://github.com/douglasjose)
+* [Erica Portnoy](https://github.com/ohemorange)
+* [Eric Engestrom](https://github.com/1ace)
+* [Eric Rescorla](https://github.com/ekr)
+* [Eric Wustrow](https://github.com/ewust)
+* [Erik Rose](https://github.com/erikrose)
+* [Eugene Kazakov](https://github.com/xgin)
+* [Fabian](https://github.com/faerbit)
+* [Faidon Liambotis](https://github.com/paravoid)
+* [Fan Jiang](https://github.com/tcz001)
+* [Felix Schwarz](https://github.com/FelixSchwarz)
+* [Felix Yan](https://github.com/felixonmars)
+* [Filip Ochnik](https://github.com/filipochnik)
+* [Francois Marier](https://github.com/fmarier)
+* [Frank](https://github.com/Frankkkkk)
+* [Frederic BLANC](https://github.com/fblanc)
+* [Garrett Robinson](https://github.com/garrettr)
+* [Gene Wood](https://github.com/gene1wood)
+* [Geoffroy Doucet](https://www.geoffroydoucet.com)
+* [Gian Carlo Pace](https://github.com/gicappa)
+* [Gilles Pietri](https://github.com/gilou)
+* [Giovanni Pellerano](https://github.com/evilaliv3)
+* [Giovanni Toraldo](https://github.com/gionn)
+* [Gordin](https://github.com/Gordin)
+* [Gregor Dschung](https://github.com/chkpnt)
+* [Gregory L. Dietsche](https://github.com/farmergreg)
+* [Greg Osuri](https://github.com/gosuri)
+* [Guillaume Boudreau](https://github.com/gboudreau)
+* [Harlan Lieberman-Berg](https://github.com/hlieberman)
+* [Henri Salo](https://github.com/fgeek)
+* [Henry Chen](https://github.com/henrychen95)
+* [Ingolf Becker](https://github.com/watercrossing)
+* [Jaap Eldering](https://github.com/eldering)
+* [Jacob Hoffman-Andrews](https://github.com/jsha)
+* [Jacob Sachs](https://github.com/jsachs)
+* [Jairo Llopis](https://github.com/Yajo)
+* [Jakub Warmuz](https://github.com/kuba)
+* [James Kasten](https://github.com/jdkasten)
+* [Jason Grinblat](https://github.com/ptychomancer)
+* [Jay Faulkner](https://github.com/jayofdoom)
+* [J.C. Jones](https://github.com/jcjones)
+* [Jeff Hodges](https://github.com/jmhodges)
+* [Jeremy Gillula](https://github.com/jgillula)
+* [Jeroen Ketelaar](https://github.com/JKetelaar)
+* [Jeroen Pluimers](https://github.com/jpluimers)
+* [j](https://github.com/bit)
+* [Jim Tittsler](https://github.com/jimt)
+* [Joe Ranweiler](https://github.com/ranweiler)
+* [Joerg Sonnenberger](https://github.com/jsonn)
+* [John Leach](https://github.com/johnl)
+* [John Reed](https://github.com/leerspace)
+* [Jonas Berlin](https://github.com/xkr47)
+* [Jonathan Herlin](https://github.com/Jonher937)
+* [Jon Walsh](https://github.com/code-tree)
+* [Joona Hoikkala](https://github.com/joohoi)
+* [Josh Soref](https://github.com/jsoref)
+* [Joubin Jabbari](https://github.com/joubin)
+* [Juho Juopperi](https://github.com/jkjuopperi)
+* [Kane York](https://github.com/riking)
+* [Kenneth Skovhede](https://github.com/kenkendk)
+* [Kevin Burke](https://github.com/kevinburke)
+* [Kevin London](https://github.com/kevinlondon)
+* [Kubilay Kocak](https://github.com/koobs)
+* [LeCoyote](https://github.com/LeCoyote)
+* [Lee Watson](https://github.com/TheReverend403)
+* [Leo Famulari](https://github.com/lfam)
+* [lf](https://github.com/lf-)
+* [Liam Marshall](https://github.com/liamim)
+* [Lior Sabag](https://github.com/liorsbg)
+* [Lipis](https://github.com/lipis)
+* [lord63](https://github.com/lord63)
+* [Luca Beltrame](https://github.com/lbeltrame)
+* [Luca Ebach](https://github.com/lucebac)
+* [Luca Olivetti](https://github.com/olivluca)
+* [Luke Rogers](https://github.com/lukeroge)
+* [Maarten](https://github.com/mrtndwrd)
+* [Maikel Martens](https://github.com/krukas)
+* [Malte Janduda](https://github.com/MalteJ)
+* [Mantas Mikulėnas](https://github.com/grawity)
+* [Marcel Krüger](https://github.com/zauguin)
+* [Marcos Caceres](https://github.com/marcoscaceres)
+* [Marek Viger](https://github.com/freezy-sk)
+* [Mario Villaplana](https://github.com/supermari0)
+* [Marius Gedminas](https://github.com/mgedmin)
+* [Martey Dodoo](https://github.com/martey)
+* [Martijn Bastiaan](https://github.com/martijnbastiaan)
+* [Martijn Braam](https://github.com/MartijnBraam)
+* [Martin Brugger](https://github.com/mbrugger)
+* [Mathieu Leduc-Hamel](https://github.com/mlhamel)
+* [Matt Bostock](https://github.com/mattbostock)
+* [Matthew Ames](https://github.com/SuperMatt)
+* [Michael Schumacher](https://github.com/schumaml)
+* [Michael Strache](https://github.com/Jarodiv)
+* [Michael Sverdlin](https://github.com/sveder)
+* [Michal Moravec](https://github.com/https://github.com/Majkl578)
+* [Michal Papis](https://github.com/mpapis)
+* [Minn Soe](https://github.com/MinnSoe)
+* [Min RK](https://github.com/minrk)
+* [Miquel Ruiz](https://github.com/miquelruiz)
+* [Môshe van der Sterre](https://github.com/moshevds)
+* [mrstanwell](https://github.com/mrstanwell)
+* [Nav Aulakh](https://github.com/Nav)
+* [Nelson Elhage](https://github.com/nelhage)
+* [Nick Fong](https://github.com/nickfong)
+* [Nick Le Mouton](https://github.com/NoodlesNZ)
+* [Nikos Roussos](https://github.com/comzeradd)
+* [Noah Swartz](https://github.com/swartzcr)
+* [Ola Bini](https://github.com/olabini)
+* [Ondřej Súkup](https://github.com/mimi1vx)
+* [Ondřej Surý](https://github.com/oerdnj)
+* [osirisinferi](https://github.com/osirisinferi)
+* Patrick Figel
+* [Patrick Heppler](https://github.com/PatrickHeppler)
+* [Paul Feitzinger](https://github.com/pfeyz)
+* [Pavan Gupta](https://github.com/pavgup)
+* [Pavel Pavlov](https://github.com/ghost355)
+* [Peter Conrad](https://github.com/pconrad-fb)
+* [Peter Eckersley](https://github.com/pde)
+* [Peter Mosmans](https://github.com/PeterMosmans)
+* [Philippe Langlois](https://github.com/langloisjp)
+* [Philipp Spitzer](https://github.com/spitza)
+* [Piero Steinger](https://github.com/Jadaw1n)
+* [Pierre Jaury](https://github.com/kaiyou)
+* [Piotr Kasprzyk](https://github.com/kwadrat)
+* [Prayag Verma](https://github.com/pra85)
+* [Reinaldo de Souza Jr](https://github.com/juniorz)
+* [Remi Rampin](https://github.com/remram44)
+* [Rémy HUBSCHER](https://github.com/Natim)
+* [Rémy Léone](https://github.com/sieben)
+* [Richard Barnes](https://github.com/r-barnes)
+* [Richard Panek](https://github.com/kernelpanek)
+* [Robert Buchholz](https://github.com/rbu)
+* [Robert Habermann](https://github.com/frennkie)
+* [Robert Xiao](https://github.com/nneonneo)
+* [Roland Shoemaker](https://github.com/rolandshoemaker)
+* [Roy Wellington Ⅳ](https://github.com/thanatos)
+* [rugk](https://github.com/rugk)
+* [Sachi King](https://github.com/nakato)
+* [Sagi Kedmi](https://github.com/sagi)
+* [Sam Lanning](https://github.com/samlanning)
+* [sapics](https://github.com/sapics)
+* [Scott Barr](https://github.com/scottjbarr)
+* [Scott Merrill](https://github.com/skpy)
+* [Sebastian Bögl](https://github.com/TheBoegl)
+* [Sebastian Wagner](https://github.com/sebix)
+* [sedrubal](https://github.com/sedrubal)
+* [Seppe Stas](https://github.com/seppestas)
+* [Sergey Nuzdhin](https://github.com/lwolf)
+* [Seth Schoen](https://github.com/schoen)
+* [Sharif Nassar](https://github.com/mrwacky42)
+* [Shaun Cummiskey](https://github.com/ampersign)
+* [Shiloh Heurich](https://github.com/sheurich)
+* [silverwind](https://github.com/silverwind)
+* [Sorvani](https://github.com/sorvani)
+* [Spencer Bliven](https://github.com/sbliven)
+* [Stacey Sheldon](https://github.com/solidgoldbomb)
+* [Stavros Korokithakis](https://github.com/skorokithakis)
+* [Stefan Weil](https://github.com/stweil)
+* [Steve Desmond](https://github.com/stevedesmond-ca)
+* [Tan Jay Jun](https://github.com/jayjun)
+* [Tapple Gao](https://github.com/tapple)
+* [Telepenin Nikolay](https://github.com/telepenin)
+* [Thomas Cottier](https://github.com/tcottier-enalean)
+* [Thomas Mayer](https://github.com/thomaszbz)
+* [Thomas Waldmann](https://github.com/ThomasWaldmann)
+* [Thom Wiggers](https://github.com/thomwiggers)
+* [Till Maas](https://github.com/tyll)
+* [Timothy Guan-tin Chien](https://github.com/timdream)
+* [Torsten Bögershausen](https://github.com/tboegi)
+* [Travis Raines](https://github.com/rainest)
+* [Trung Ngo](https://github.com/Ngo-The-Trung)
+* [Valentin](https://github.com/e00E)
+* [venyii](https://github.com/venyii)
+* [Viktor Szakats](https://github.com/vszakats)
+* [Ville Skyttä](https://github.com/scop)
+* [Vinney Cavallo](https://github.com/vcavallo)
+* [Vladimir Rutsky](https://github.com/rutsky)
+* [Wang Yu](https://github.com/wyhitcs)
+* [Ward Vandewege](https://github.com/cure)
+* [Whyfoo](https://github.com/whyfoo)
+* [Wilfried Teiken](https://github.com/wteiken)
+* [Willem Fibbe](https://github.com/fibbers)
+* [William Budington](https://github.com/Hainish)
+* [Will Newby](https://github.com/willnewby)
+* [Will Oller](https://github.com/willoller)
+* [Yan](https://github.com/diracdeltas)
+* [Yen Chi Hsuan](https://github.com/yan12125)
+* [Yomna](https://github.com/ynasser)
+* [Yoni Jah](https://github.com/yonjah)
+* [YourDaddyIsHere](https://github.com/YourDaddyIsHere)
+* [Zach Shepherd](https://github.com/zjs)
+* [陈三](https://github.com/chenxsan)