List of people who arranged for cryonics explained

List of people who plan to be or have been cryopreserved after legal death.

Living people who plan to be cryopreserved

• Steve Aoki
• Nick Bostrom^[1]
• Maria Entraigues-Abramson^[2]
• Aubrey de Grey^[1]
• Robin Hanson^[3]
• Ray Kurzweil^[4]
• Seth MacFarlane^[5]
• Ralph Merkle^[6]
• Max More^[7]
• David Pearce^[8]
• Martine Rothblatt^[9]
• Anders Sandberg^[10]
• Peter Thiel^[1]
• Edward O. Thorp^[11]
• Natasha Vita-More^[12]
• Eliezer Yudkowsky^[13]

Deceased people who have been cryopreserved

• James Bedford, 1967^[14]
• Dora Kent, 1987^[15]
• Dick Clair, 1988^{[16] [17]}
• Bredo Morstøl, 1989
• FM-2030, 2000
• Ted Williams, 2002^[18]
• John Henry Williams, 2004
• Robert Ettinger, 2011
• Hal Finney, 2014^[19]
• L. Stephen Coles, 2014^[20]
• Peter Eckersley, 2022^[21]
• Don Laughlin, 2023^[22]

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Eternal Promise. The Verge. 2015. 2021-01-22. 2023-03-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20230326052814/https://www.theverge.com/a/transhumanism-2015/cryogenics-human-research. live.
2. Web site: Inside the weird world of cryonics. Weaver. Courtney. September 11, 2023. September 8, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160908025414/http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/d634e198-a435-11e5-873f-68411a84f346.html. live.
3. News: Howley . Kerry . Until Cryonics Do Us Part . 21 May 2022 . The New York Times Magazine . 7 July 2010 . 16 May 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160516053504/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/11/magazine/11cryonics-t.html . live .
4. Web site: Ray Kurzweil's Plan: Never Die . Philipkoski . Kristen . . 2002-11-18 . January 11, 2021 . 2023-02-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230202225729/https://www.wired.com/2002/11/ray-kurzweils-plan-never-die/ . live .
5. Web site: Seth MacFarlane On Cryonics . . 2012-07-12 . January 11, 2021 . 2021-01-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210123195319/http://www.ora.tv/embed/0_3mor3r0p . live .
6. Web site: Cryonics . Merkle . Ralph . January 12, 2021 . August 16, 2005 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050816193141/http://www.merkle.com/cryo/ . dead .
7. News: Goodwin . John . Cryonics: Putting your future plans for life on ice . 21 May 2022 . CBS Sunday Morning . CBS News . 28 November 2021 . 15 November 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221115000305/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cryonics-putting-your-future-plans-for-life-on-ice/ . live .
8. Web site: Pearce. David. Quora Answers 2015 - 2022 by David Pearce. https://web.archive.org/web/20220116063509/https://www.hedweb.com/quora/2015.html. January 16, 2022. The Hedonistic Imperative.
9. Web site: Martine Rothblatt: My daughter, my wife, our robot, and the quest for immortality. September 11, 2023. October 19, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231019092926/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTJpJlVkRTA. live.
10. Web site: V&A · Project focus Cryonics: who wants to live forever?. Victoria and Albert Museum. en. 2020-05-11. 2022-12-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20221206115912/https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/project-focus-cryonics-who-wants-to-live-forever. live.
11. News: A Cold Calculus Leads Cryonauts To Put Assets on Ice With Bodies Frozen, They Hope to Return Richer; Dr. Thorp Is Buying Long . Antonio Regalado . The Wall Street Journal . January 21, 2006 . January 22, 2021 . November 12, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221112091901/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB113780314900652582 . live .
12. Web site: Don't Die, Stay Pretty.. Alexander. Brian. September 11, 2023. December 15, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141215010942/http://archive.wired.com/wired/archive/8.01/forever_pr.html. live.
13. Yudkowsky . Eliezer . You Only Live Twice . LessWrong . 21 May 2022 . 23 March 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230323081901/https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/yKXKcyoBzWtECzXrE/you-only-live-twice . live .
14. Web site: Leukemia claims son of Hall of Famer . Darwin . Mike . . August 1991 . January 12, 2021 . February 4, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230204221330/https://www.alcor.org/library/bedford-condition/ . live .
15. Web site: Perry . Michael . OUR FINEST HOURS: Notes On the Dora Kent Crisis . September 11, 2023.
16. Web site: Dick Jones Enters Biostasis. Darwin. Mike. Alcor Life Extension Foundation. 2021-01-23. January 1989. 2022-11-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20221112091912/https://www.alcor.org/library/complete-list-of-alcor-cryopreservations/case-report-a-1036/. live.
17. Web site: Appel . Ted . Body Frozen at a Cryonics Laboratory... . Prevention News Update . United Press International . December 12, 1988 . 2021-01-23 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110525203129/http://www.aegis.com/news/ads/1988/AD880345.html . May 25, 2011 . mdy .
18. Web site: 2004-03-07 . L. Stephen Coles dies at 73; studied extreme aging in humans . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160105223704/http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=1753358 . 2016-01-05 . January 11, 2021 . ESPN.
19. Popper, Nathaniel, "Hal Finney, Cryptographer and Bitcoin Pioneer, Dies at 58", The New York Times, August 30, 2014
20. Web site: Evaluation of the Condition of Dr. James H. Bedford After 24 Years of Cryonic Suspension . Chawkins . Steve . . 2014-12-04 . January 12, 2021 . 2017-12-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171227213836/http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-stephen-coles-20141205-story.html . live .
21. News: Hagerty . James R. . McMillan . Robert . 9 September 2022 . Peter Eckersley Helped Encrypt Internet Traffic to Foil Snoops . en-US . . 10 September 2022 . 0099-9660 . 20 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220920090919/https://www.wsj.com/articles/peter-eckersley-helped-encrypt-internet-traffic-to-foil-snoops-11662732014 . live .
22. Web site: Complete List of Non-Confidential Cryopreserved Alcor Patients . October 29, 2023 .