This list contains notable people who plan to be or have been cryopreserved after legal death.
Living people who plan to be cryopreserved
edit- Steve Aoki[1]
- Nick Bostrom[2]
- Maria Entraigues-Abramson[3]
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.[4]
- Aubrey de Grey[2]
- Robin Hanson[5]
- Ray Kurzweil[6]
- Seth MacFarlane[7]
- Ralph Merkle[8]
- Max More[9]
- David Pearce[10]
- Martine Rothblatt[11]
- Anders Sandberg[12]
- Peter Thiel[2]
- Edward O. Thorp[13]
- Natasha Vita-More[14]
- Eliezer Yudkowsky[15]
Deceased people who have been cryopreserved
edit- James Bedford, 1967[16]
- Dora Kent, 1987[17]
- Dick Clair, 1988[18][19]
- Bredo Morstøl, 1989
- FM-2030, 2000[2]
- Ted Williams, 2002[20]
- John Henry Williams, 2004[20]
- Robert Ettinger, 2011[21]
- Hal Finney, 2014[22]
- L. Stephen Coles, 2014[23]
- Peter Eckersley, 2022[24]
- Don Laughlin, 2023[25]
References
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- ^ a b c d "The Eternal Promise". The Verge. 2015. Archived from the original on 2023-03-26. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
- ^ Weaver, Courtney. "Inside the weird world of cryonics". Archived from the original on September 8, 2016. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
- ^ "Alcor Member Profile: Robert A. Freitas Jr". alcor.org. Retrieved 2024-11-06.
- ^ Howley, Kerry (7 July 2010). "Until Cryonics Do Us Part". The New York Times Magazine. Archived from the original on 16 May 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
- ^ Philipkoski, Kristen (2002-11-18). "Ray Kurzweil's Plan: Never Die". Wired. Archived from the original on 2023-02-02. Retrieved January 11, 2021.
- ^ "Seth MacFarlane On Cryonics". Ora TV. 2012-07-12. Archived from the original on 2021-01-23. Retrieved January 11, 2021.
- ^ Merkle, Ralph. "Cryonics". Archived from the original on August 16, 2005. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
- ^ Goodwin, John (28 November 2021). "Cryonics: Putting your future plans for life on ice". CBS Sunday Morning. CBS News. Archived from the original on 15 November 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
- ^ Pearce, David. "Quora Answers 2015 - 2022 by David Pearce". The Hedonistic Imperative. Archived from the original on January 16, 2022.
- ^ "Martine Rothblatt: My daughter, my wife, our robot, and the quest for immortality". Archived from the original on October 19, 2023. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
- ^ "V&A · Project focus | Cryonics: who wants to live forever?". Victoria and Albert Museum. Archived from the original on 2022-12-06. Retrieved 2020-05-11.
- ^ Antonio Regalado (January 21, 2006). "A Cold Calculus Leads Cryonauts To Put Assets on Ice With Bodies Frozen, They Hope to Return Richer; Dr. Thorp Is Buying Long". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on November 12, 2022. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
- ^ Alexander, Brian. "Don't Die, Stay Pretty". Archived from the original on December 15, 2014. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
- ^ Yudkowsky, Eliezer. "You Only Live Twice". LessWrong. Archived from the original on 23 March 2023. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
- ^ Darwin, Mike (August 1991). "Leukemia claims son of Hall of Famer". Alcor Life Extension Foundation. Archived from the original on February 4, 2023. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
- ^ Perry, Michael. "OUR FINEST HOURS: Notes On the Dora Kent Crisis". Retrieved September 11, 2023.
- ^ Darwin, Mike (January 1989). "Dick Jones Enters Biostasis". Alcor Life Extension Foundation. Archived from the original on 2022-11-12. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
- ^ Appel, Ted (December 12, 1988). "Body Frozen at a Cryonics Laboratory..." Prevention News Update. United Press International. Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
- ^ a b "L. Stephen Coles dies at 73; studied extreme aging in humans". ESPN. 2004-03-07. Archived from the original on 2016-01-05. Retrieved January 11, 2021.
- ^ Ettinger, David (2011-07-24), The Cryonics Institute's 106th patient is Robert Ettinger, archived from the original on 2022-08-15, retrieved June 25, 2014,
Robert Ettinger deanimated today at around 4 p.m. Eastern Time.
- ^ Popper, Nathaniel, "Hal Finney, Cryptographer and Bitcoin Pioneer, Dies at 58" Archived 2017-09-15 at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, August 30, 2014
- ^ Chawkins, Steve (2014-12-04). "Evaluation of the Condition of Dr. James H. Bedford After 24 Years of Cryonic Suspension". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2017-12-27. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
- ^ Hagerty, James R.; McMillan, Robert (9 September 2022). "Peter Eckersley Helped Encrypt Internet Traffic to Foil Snoops". The Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
- ^ "Complete List of Non-Confidential Cryopreserved Alcor Patients". Retrieved October 29, 2023.