diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 96775e3f519..d153ca3d653 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -147,65 +147,108 @@ Spoon is Free and Open Source, double-licensed under the ([CeCILL-C license](htt
 
 ## Github Contributors
 
-Alphabetical order of last names
+This list is generated by `chore/generate-contributor-list.py`. If you're not listed or you'd like to have your full name, please post to https://github.com/INRIA/spoon/issues/3909.
 
-    git log --pretty="%an" | sed -e '/Spoon Bot/d' | sort -u | awk 'NF>=2 {print "* " $0}' | sort -k3
-
-* David Bernard
+* adamjryan
+* Alcides Fonseca
+* Alexander Shopov
+* André Cruz
+* andrewbwogi
+* Antoine Mottier
+* argius
+* Arnaud Blouin
+* Artamm
 * Artur Bosch
-* Egor Bredikhin
-* Maxime CLEMENT
+* aryan
+* Ashutosh Kumar Verma
+* aveuiller
 * Benoit Cornu
-* Andre Cruz
 * Benjamin DANGLOT
-* Scott Dickerson
-* Yann Diorcet
-* Thomas Durieux
-* Sergey Fedorov
-* Alcides Fonseca
-* Clement Fournier
-* Jan Galinski
-* Nicolas Harrand
-* Mickael Istria
-* Mehdi Kaytoue
-* Urs Keller
-* Filip Krakowski
-* Lukas Krejci
-* Ashutosh Kumar Verma
-* Roman Leventov
+* César Soto Valero
+* Charm
+* ChrisSquare
+* Christopher Stokes
+* Clemens Bartz
+* Clément Fournier
+* Darius Sas
+* Diorcet Yann
+* dufaux
+* dwayneb
+* dya-tel
+* Eddie T
+* Egor Bredikhin
+* Fabien DUMINY
+* fangzhen
 * Fan Long
+* fav
+* Fernanda Madeiral
+* Filip Krakowski
+* Gérard Paligot
+* gibahjoe
+* GluckZhang
+* Gregor Zeitlinger
+* Haris Adzemovic
+* HectorSM
+* Horia Constantin
+* jakobbraun
+* Jan Galinski
+* jon
 * Kai Luo
-* Matias Martinez
+* Lakshya A Agrawal
+* leventov
+* Lionel Seinturier
+* lodart
+* Lukas Krejci
 * Luke Merrick
+* Marcel Manseer
+* Marcel Steinbeck
 * Martin Monperrus
-* Vincenzo Musco
-* Carlos Noguera
-* Gerard Paligot
-* Renaud Pawlak
+* MartinWitt
+* Matias Martinez
+* Maxime CLEMENT
+* Maxim Stefanov
+* Mehdi Kaytoue
+* Michael Täge
+* Mickael Istria
+* Miguel Sozinho Ramalho
+* Mikael Forsberg
+* Muhammet Ali AKBAY
+* Nicolas Harrand
 * Nicolas Petitprez
+* Noah Santschi-Cooney
+* Carlos Noguera
+* Ondřej Šebek
+* Pavel Vojtechovsky
+* peroksid90
 * Phillip Schichtel
-* Lionel Seinturier
-* Miguel Sozinho Ramalho
-* Marcel Steinbeck
-* Christopher Stokes
-* Eddie T
+* Quentin LE DILAVREC
+* raymogg
+* Renaud Pawlak
+* Rhys Compton
+* Rick Kellogg
+* Rijnard van Tonder
+* Rohitesh Kumar Jain
+* Roman Leventov
+* santos-samuel
+* scootafew
+* Scott Dickerson
+* Scott Pinwell
+* Sébastien Bertrand
+* Sergey Fedorov
+* Shantanu
+* Simon Larsén
 * Simon Urli
-* Pavel Vojtechovsky
+* srlm
+* ST0NEWALL
 * Stefan Wolf
-* Diorcet Yann
-* Gregor Zeitlinger
-* Tomasz Zielinski
-
-Early contributors:
-
-* Olivier Barais
-* David Bernard
-* Benoit Cornu
-* Favio DeMarco
-* Didier Donsez
-* Christophe Dufour
-* Sebastian Lamelas Marcote
-* Matias Martinez
-* Carlos Noguera
-* Renaud Pawlak
-* Nicolas Pessemier
+* Thomas Durieux
+* tiagodrcarvalho
+* Tomasz Zieliński
+* Urs Keller
+* Vincenzo Musco
+* Wolfgang Schmiesing
+* Wouter Smeenk
+* Wreulicke
+* Yann Diorcet
+* Zhang Xindong
+* Дмитрий
diff --git a/chore/generate-contributor-list.py b/chore/generate-contributor-list.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..7d140d7f7c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chore/generate-contributor-list.py
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+"""
+Generate the contributor list for the readme of Spoon at https://github.com/INRIA/spoon/
+"""
+
+import subprocess
+
+def get_raw_contributors():
+  # git log --pretty="%an" | sort -u
+  result = subprocess.run(['sh', '-c', 'git log --pretty="%an" | sort -u'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+  return result.stdout.decode('utf-8').split("\n")
+
+
+def clean(raw_contributors):
+  cleaned = []
+  for i in raw_contributors:
+    name = i
+    if len(i) == 0: continue
+    # full name for pre-Git era commits
+    if i == 'noguera': name = "Carlos Noguera" # Spoon co-founder
+    if i == 'renaud': name = "Renaud Pawlak" # Spoon co-founder
+    if i == 'martin': continue # will be Martin Monperrus
+    if i == 'matiasmartinez': name = "Matias Martinez"
+    if i == "martinezmatias": continue
+    if i == "petitpre": continue # will be Nicolas Petitprez
+    if i == "seinturier": continue # will be Lionel Seinturier
+
+    # deduplication
+    if i == 'GerardPaligot': continue # will be "Gérard Paligot" 
+    if i == 'Gerard Paligot': continue # will be "Gérard Paligot" 
+    if i == 'gerard': continue # will be "Gérard Paligot" 
+    if i == 'Gerard': continue # will be "Gérard Paligot" 
+    if i == 'Tomasz Zielinski': continue # will be Tomasz Zielinski
+    if i == 'tdurieux': continue # will be "Thomas Durieux" 
+    if i == 'bdanglot': continue # will be "Benjamin Danglot" 
+    if i == 'danglotb': continue # will be "Benjamin Danglot" 
+    if i == 'maxcleme': continue # will be "Maxime Clément" 
+    if i == 'Marcel': continue # will be "Marcel Manseer/Steinbeck" 
+    if i == 'Egor18': continue # will be  Egor Bredikhin
+    if i == 'arno': continue # will be "Arnaud Blouin" 
+    if i == 'arno_b': name = "Arnaud Blouin" 
+    if i == 'bcornu': name = "Benoit Cornu" 
+
+    # we don't keep bots
+    if i == 'anonsvn': continue
+    if i == 'Spoon Bot': continue
+    if i == 'renovate[bot]': continue
+  
+    cleaned.append(name)
+  return cleaned
+def format_to_md(contributors):
+  return '\n'.join(["* "+x for x in contributors])
+
+print(format_to_md(clean(get_raw_contributors())))