Heh heh, this is cool!
var names = ['Stephen Boyd','Fred Von Brown'] $("body").each( function(){ var html = $(this).html() $(names).each( function(i, e){ var rx = new RegExp(e, 'gi') html = html.replace(rx, '<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="alert(this.innerHTML)">' +e+ '</a>') } ) $(this).html(html) } )