diff --git a/api/src/main/java/com/exelaration/abstractmemery/controllers/UserController.java b/api/src/main/java/com/exelaration/abstractmemery/controllers/UserController.java
index 1fe6458..e2c5d14 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/com/exelaration/abstractmemery/controllers/UserController.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/com/exelaration/abstractmemery/controllers/UserController.java
@@ -1,18 +1,23 @@
 package com.exelaration.abstractmemery.controllers;
 
 import com.exelaration.abstractmemery.domains.ApplicationUser;
+import com.exelaration.abstractmemery.services.UserService;
 import com.exelaration.abstractmemery.services.implementations.UserDetailsServiceImpl;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PostMapping;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PutMapping;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestBody;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestParam;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
 
 @RestController
 @RequestMapping("/users")
 public class UserController {
 
+  @Autowired private UserService userService;
   @Autowired private UserDetailsServiceImpl userDetailsService;
 
   @PostMapping("/sign-up")
@@ -32,4 +37,9 @@ public String updateSettings(@RequestBody ApplicationUser user) {
     }
     return "User already exists";
   }
+
+  @GetMapping(value = "/", params = "text")
+  public ArrayList<String> getUsersForSearch(@RequestParam String text) throws Exception {
+    return userService.getUsersWithText(text);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/com/exelaration/abstractmemery/projections/UserProjection.java b/api/src/main/java/com/exelaration/abstractmemery/projections/UserProjection.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b8595d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/main/java/com/exelaration/abstractmemery/projections/UserProjection.java
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package com.exelaration.abstractmemery.projections;
+
+public interface UserProjection {
+  String getUsername();
+
+  void setUsername(String username);
+}
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/com/exelaration/abstractmemery/repositories/UserRepository.java b/api/src/main/java/com/exelaration/abstractmemery/repositories/UserRepository.java
index 496f597..df60f70 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/com/exelaration/abstractmemery/repositories/UserRepository.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/com/exelaration/abstractmemery/repositories/UserRepository.java
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 package com.exelaration.abstractmemery.repositories;
 
 import com.exelaration.abstractmemery.domains.ApplicationUser;
+import com.exelaration.abstractmemery.projections.UserProjection;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.JpaRepository;
 
 public interface UserRepository extends JpaRepository<ApplicationUser, Integer> {
   ApplicationUser findByUsername(String username);
+
+  ArrayList<UserProjection> findByUsernameIgnoreCaseContains(String username);
 }
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/com/exelaration/abstractmemery/services/UserService.java b/api/src/main/java/com/exelaration/abstractmemery/services/UserService.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce47c18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/main/java/com/exelaration/abstractmemery/services/UserService.java
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package com.exelaration.abstractmemery.services;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import javax.transaction.Transactional;
+
+@Transactional
+public interface UserService {
+
+  public ArrayList<String> getUsersWithText(String text);
+}
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/com/exelaration/abstractmemery/services/implementations/UserServiceImpl.java b/api/src/main/java/com/exelaration/abstractmemery/services/implementations/UserServiceImpl.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d7a1f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/main/java/com/exelaration/abstractmemery/services/implementations/UserServiceImpl.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package com.exelaration.abstractmemery.services.implementations;
+
+import com.exelaration.abstractmemery.projections.UserProjection;
+import com.exelaration.abstractmemery.repositories.UserRepository;
+import com.exelaration.abstractmemery.services.UserService;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
+
+@Service("userService")
+public class UserServiceImpl implements UserService {
+
+  @Autowired private UserRepository userRepository;
+
+  public ArrayList<String> getUsersWithText(String username) {
+    ArrayList<UserProjection> usernamesProjections =
+        userRepository.findByUsernameIgnoreCaseContains(username);
+    ArrayList<String> usernames = new ArrayList<String>();
+    for (UserProjection name : usernamesProjections) {
+      usernames.add(name.getUsername());
+    }
+    return usernames;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/api/src/test/java/com/exelaration/abstractmemery/controllers/UserControllerTest.java b/api/src/test/java/com/exelaration/abstractmemery/controllers/UserControllerTest.java
index 8db0a99..7d2073d 100644
--- a/api/src/test/java/com/exelaration/abstractmemery/controllers/UserControllerTest.java
+++ b/api/src/test/java/com/exelaration/abstractmemery/controllers/UserControllerTest.java
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 package com.exelaration.abstractmemery.controllers;
 
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.*;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.MockMvcResultMatchers.jsonPath;
 
 import com.exelaration.abstractmemery.domains.ApplicationUser;
+import com.exelaration.abstractmemery.services.UserService;
 import com.exelaration.abstractmemery.services.implementations.UserDetailsServiceImpl;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
@@ -27,6 +31,7 @@ public class UserControllerTest {
   private MockMvc mockMvc;
   @Autowired private UserController userController;
   @MockBean private UserDetailsServiceImpl userDetailsService;
+  @MockBean private UserService userService;
 
   @BeforeEach
   public void setUp() {
@@ -93,4 +98,36 @@ public void UserControllerTest_WhenRegisterFails_ExpectStatus400() throws Except
                 .content(new ObjectMapper().writeValueAsString(testUser)))
         .andExpect(badRequest);
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void getUsersForSearch_WhenUsersExist_Expect200andArray() throws Exception {
+    ResultMatcher ok = MockMvcResultMatchers.status().isOk();
+    String url = "/users/?text=test";
+
+    ArrayList<String> expectedUsernames = new ArrayList<String>();
+    expectedUsernames.add("test@gmail.com");
+    when(userService.getUsersWithText(any())).thenReturn(expectedUsernames);
+
+    mockMvc
+        .perform(MockMvcRequestBuilders.get(url))
+        .andExpect(ok)
+        .andExpect(MockMvcResultMatchers.content().contentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE))
+        .andExpect(jsonPath("$", hasSize(1)))
+        .andExpect(jsonPath("$[0]", is("test@gmail.com")));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void getUsersForSearch_WhenUsersDoesNotExist_Expect200andEmptyArray() throws Exception {
+    ResultMatcher ok = MockMvcResultMatchers.status().isOk();
+    String url = "/users/?text=test";
+
+    ArrayList<String> expectedUsernames = new ArrayList<String>();
+    when(userService.getUsersWithText(any())).thenReturn(expectedUsernames);
+
+    mockMvc
+        .perform(MockMvcRequestBuilders.get(url))
+        .andExpect(ok)
+        .andExpect(MockMvcResultMatchers.content().contentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE))
+        .andExpect(jsonPath("$", hasSize(0)));
+  }
 }
diff --git a/api/src/test/java/com/exelaration/abstractmemery/services/UserServiceTest.java b/api/src/test/java/com/exelaration/abstractmemery/services/UserServiceTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b40a5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/test/java/com/exelaration/abstractmemery/services/UserServiceTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+package com.exelaration.abstractmemery.services;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+
+import com.exelaration.abstractmemery.projections.UserProjection;
+import com.exelaration.abstractmemery.repositories.UserRepository;
+import com.exelaration.abstractmemery.services.implementations.UserServiceImpl;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
+import org.mockito.InjectMocks;
+import org.mockito.Mock;
+import org.mockito.Mockito;
+import org.mockito.MockitoAnnotations;
+import org.springframework.data.projection.ProjectionFactory;
+import org.springframework.data.projection.SpelAwareProxyProjectionFactory;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit.jupiter.SpringExtension;
+
+@ExtendWith(SpringExtension.class)
+public class UserServiceTest {
+  @Mock private UserRepository userRepository;
+  @InjectMocks private UserServiceImpl userService;
+
+  @BeforeEach
+  public void init() {
+    MockitoAnnotations.initMocks(this);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void getUsersWithText_WhenUsersExist_ExpectArray() {
+    ProjectionFactory factory = new SpelAwareProxyProjectionFactory();
+    UserProjection userProjection = factory.createProjection(UserProjection.class);
+    userProjection.setUsername("test@gmail.com");
+    ArrayList<UserProjection> returnedUsernames = new ArrayList<UserProjection>();
+    returnedUsernames.add(userProjection);
+    Mockito.when(userRepository.findByUsernameIgnoreCaseContains("test"))
+        .thenReturn(returnedUsernames);
+
+    ArrayList<String> expectedUsernames = new ArrayList<String>();
+    expectedUsernames.add("test@gmail.com");
+    assertEquals(expectedUsernames, userService.getUsersWithText("test"));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void getUsersWithText_WhenUsersDoesNotExist_ExpectArray() {
+    ArrayList<UserProjection> returnedUsernames = new ArrayList<UserProjection>();
+    Mockito.when(userRepository.findByUsernameIgnoreCaseContains("test"))
+        .thenReturn(returnedUsernames);
+    ArrayList<String> expectedUsernames = new ArrayList<String>();
+    assertEquals(expectedUsernames, userService.getUsersWithText("test"));
+  }
+}
diff --git a/ui/src/SearchResults.tsx b/ui/src/SearchResults.tsx
index 93ad25d..7dbeab3 100644
--- a/ui/src/SearchResults.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/SearchResults.tsx
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ function SearchPage(props: any) {
   const [memeResponses, setMemeResponses] = useState([]);
   const [displayMessage, setDisplayMessage] = useState("");
   const [isValid, setIsValid] = useState(true);
+  const [usernamesResponse, setUsernames] = useState([]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     function getSearchURLs() {
@@ -29,6 +30,22 @@ function SearchPage(props: any) {
     getSearchURLs();
   }, [props.match.params.text]);
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    function getUsernames() {
+      const response = axios
+        .get("http://localhost:8080/users/?text=" + props.match.params.text)
+        .then((response) => {
+          const usernamesResponse = response.data;
+          setUsernames(usernamesResponse);
+        })
+        .catch((error) => {
+          setDisplayMessage("There are no Users with this search criteria");
+        });
+      return response;
+    }
+    getUsernames();
+  }, [props.match.params.text]);
+
   if (!isValid) {
     return (
       <div className="search">
@@ -39,18 +56,12 @@ function SearchPage(props: any) {
         </header>
       </div>
     );
-  } else if (memeResponses.length === 0) {
-    return (
-      <div className="search">
-        <NavBar></NavBar>
-        <header className="searchHeader">
-          <h1>Search Results</h1>
-          <div>There are no images with this search criteria</div>
-        </header>
-      </div>
-    );
+  }
+  let memes;
+  if (memeResponses.length === 0) {
+    memes = <div>No image exists with this search criteria</div>;
   } else {
-    const memes = memeResponses.map(function (meme) {
+    memes = memeResponses.map(function (meme) {
       return (
         <div key={meme["id"]}>
           {" "}
@@ -63,16 +74,33 @@ function SearchPage(props: any) {
         </div>
       );
     });
+  }
 
-    return (
-      <div className="search">
-        <NavBar></NavBar>
-        <header className="searchHeader">
-          <h1>Search Results</h1>
-          <ul>{memes}</ul>
-        </header>
-      </div>
-    );
+  let usernames;
+  if (usernamesResponse.length === 0) {
+    usernames = <div>No users exist with this search criteria</div>;
+  } else {
+    usernames = usernamesResponse.map(function (username) {
+      return (
+        <div>
+          {" "}
+          <div>{username}</div>
+        </div>
+      );
+    });
   }
+
+  return (
+    <div className="search">
+      <NavBar></NavBar>
+      <header className="searchHeader">
+        <h1>Search Results</h1>
+        <h2>Users</h2>
+        <ul>{usernames}</ul>
+        <h2>Memes</h2>
+        <ul>{memes}</ul>
+      </header>
+    </div>
+  );
 }
 export default SearchPage;