"Futurology" as a term was coined in the twentieth century. What counts under that term has changed over time, as such this list is a jumble, and is intended to be suggestive, not definitive. Notable futurologists include: {, class="wikitable sortable" , - ! Name , , Birth , , Death , , Field or notable accomplishment , - , Abishur Prakash , , 1991 , , living , , geopolitical futurist, author , - , - David Bell , , 2000 , , Predicting magic 8 balls ,

Adrian Berry Adrian Michael Berry, 4th Viscount Camrose (15 June 1937 – 19 April 2016) was a British hereditary peer, journalist, and global warming denier. Biography Berry was born in 1937, the elder son of Michael Berry, who was later created Lord H ...

, , 1937 , , 2016 , , writer, journalist , - , Alan Marshall , , 1969 , , living , , academic, environmentalist, social scientist, writer , - , Aldous Huxley , , 1894 , , 1963 , , writer of '' Brave New World'', psychedelic prophet , - , Alvin & Heidi Toffler , , 1928/1929 , , 2016/2019 , , wrote '' Future Shock'', and sequels, technological singularity , - ,

Anders Sandberg Anders Sandberg (born 11 July 1972) is a Swedish researcher, futurist and transhumanist. He holds a PhD in computational neuroscience from Stockholm University, and is currently a senior research fellow at the Future of Humanity Institute at the ...

, 1972 , living , human enhancement , - , Andrey Korotayev , , 1961 , , living , , mathematical modeling of global future , - , Anne Lise Kjaer , , 1962 , , living , , future trends, consumer mindsets and mobile technologies , - ,

Archibald Low Archibald Montgomery Low (17 October 1888 – 13 September 1956) developed the first powered drone aircraft. He was an English consulting engineer, research physicist and inventor, and author of more than 40 books. Low has been called the "fa ...

, , 1888 , , 1956 , , space , - ,

Arthur C. Clarke Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (16 December 191719 March 2008) was an English science-fiction writer, science writer, futurist, inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host. He co-wrote the screenplay for the 1968 film '' 2001: A Spac ...

, , 1917 , , 2008 , , writer , - ,

Ash Koosha Ashkan Kooshanejad (Persian: اشکان کوشانژاد; born 13 August 1985), also known as Ash Koosha, is a British-Iranian technology entrepreneur, multidisciplinary artist, futurist and innovator. He is known to use computer software suc ...

, 1985 , living , Futurist Composer and Producer , - ,

Ashis Nandy Ashis Nandy ( bn, আশিস নন্দী; born 13 May 1937) is an Indian political psychologist, social theorist, and critic. A trained clinical psychologist, Nandy has provided theoretical critiques of European colonialism, development ...

, 1937 , living , writer on colonialism , - , Ben Goertzel , 1966 , living , artificial general intelligence researcher,

OpenCog OpenCog is a project that aims to build an open source software, open source artificial intelligence framework. OpenCog Prime is an architecture for robot and virtual embodied cognition that defines a set of interacting components designed to giv ...

, - , - , Bertrand de Jouvenel , , 1903 , , 1987 , , economist , - , Bill Joy , , 1954 , , living , , UNIX,

technology danger The ethics of technology is a sub-field of ethics addressing the ethical questions specific to the Technology Age, the transitional shift in society wherein personal computers and subsequent devices provide for the quick and easy transfer of info ...

s , - ,

Bruce Sterling Michael Bruce Sterling (born April 14, 1954) is an American science fiction author known for his novels and short fiction and editorship of the ''Mirrorshades'' anthology. In particular, he is linked to the cyberpunk subgenre. Sterling's first ...

, , 1954 , , living , , living design, information technology , - , Buckminster Fuller , , 1895 , , 1983 , , architect, cosmologist, whole-systems thinker, designer/inventor , - ,

Carl Sagan Carl Edward Sagan (; ; November 9, 1934December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer, planetary scientist, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, author, and science communicator. His best known scientific contribution is research on ext ...

, , 1934 , , 1996 , , astronomer , - ,

Clement Bezold Clement Bezold is a political scientist, author, futurist and a founder of the Institute for Alternative Futures (IAF) as well as its for-profit subsidiary Alternative Futures Associates. Bezold received a Ph.D. in political science from the Univ ...

, , 1948 , , living , , healthcare , - ,

Dandridge M. Cole Dandridge MacFarlan Cole (February 19, 1921 – October 29, 1965) was an American aerospace engineer, futurist, lecturer, and author. Biography Parents, education, and military service Cole was born February 19, 1921 in Sandusky, Ohio to Robert ...

, , 1921 , , 1965 , , space colonization , - , Daniel Bell , , 1919 , 2011 , "''Post-Industrial Society"'' , - ,

Daniel Burrus Daniel Burrus is an American technology futurist, business adviser, author, and public speaker in the areas of business strategy, global trends, and disruptive innovation. He has written on the topics of business transformation and technology-d ...

, , 1947 , , living , , fururist, business advisor, author , - ,

Danila Medvedev Danila Andreyevich Medvedev (russian: Данила Медведев) (born March 21, 1980 in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg)) is a Russian futurologist and politician. Specialising in the science and future of Russia, Medvedev serves as a memb ...

, , 1980 , , living , , transhumanist , - ,

Darla Jane Gilroy Darla Jane Gilroy is a British academic and former fashion designer. She was also one of the four "Blitz kids" featured in David Mallet's music video for David Bowie's 1980 number 1 hit " Ashes to Ashes". Career After graduating from Saint Mar ...

, , , , living , , futurist, trendspotting , - ,

David Passig David Passig (born 1957) is an Israeli futurist. He specializes in technological futures, as well as social and educational futures. He is an associate professor at the Bar-Ilan University in Israel. He heads the Graduate Program in Information ...

, , 1957 , , living , , anticipatory anthropology , - ,

Deane Hutton Deane Winston Hutton (born 30 April 1941) is an Australian television presenter and futurist. His work on television has included 18 years as a co-writer-presenter with Rob Morrison of the ''Curiosity Show'', and as science presenter on '' Hey ...

, , 1941 , , living , , communicator , - , Dennis Gabor , , 1900 , , 1979 , , holography , - ,

Dirk HR Spennemann Dr. Dirk Spennemann, an Australian cultural heritage academic, is an Associate Professor in Cultural Heritage Management at the School of Environmental Sciences, Charles Sturt University in Albury, New South Wales, Australia. His main research ...

, , , , living , ,

space heritage In archaeology, space archaeology is the research-based study of various human-made items found in space, their interpretation as clues to the adventures humanity has experienced in space, and their preservation as cultural heritage. It includes ...

, - , Donald Prell , , 1924 , , 2020 , , venture capital, strategic foresight, technological singularity , - ,

Donella Meadows Donella Hager "Dana" Meadows (March 13, 1941 – February 20, 2001) was an American environmental scientist, educator, and writer. She is best known as lead author of the books ''The Limits to Growth'' and '' Thinking In Systems: A Primer''. E ...

, , 1941 , , 2001 , ,

systems thinking Systems thinking is a way of making sense of the complexity of the world by looking at it in terms of wholes and relationships rather than by splitting it down into its parts. It has been used as a way of exploring and developing effective actio ...

, leverage points,

sustainability Specific definitions of sustainability are difficult to agree on and have varied in the literature and over time. The concept of sustainability can be used to guide decisions at the global, national, and individual levels (e.g. sustainable livi ...

, - ,

Douglas Engelbart Douglas Carl Engelbart (January 30, 1925 – July 2, 2013) was an American engineer and inventor, and an early computer and Internet pioneer. He is best known for his work on founding the field of human–computer interaction, particularly ...

, , 1925 , , 2013 , , hypertext, mouse, interactive computing , - ,

Douglas Rushkoff Douglas Mark Rushkoff (born February 18, 1961) is an American media theorist, writer, columnist, lecturer, graphic novelist, and documentarian. He is best known for his association with the early cyberpunk culture and his advocacy of open sourc ...

, , 1961 , , living , , media theorist, writer, columnist, lecturer, graphic novelist, and documentarian, early cyberpunk culture, open source , - , Edward Bellamy , , 1850 , , 1898 , , wrote '' Looking Backward: 2000–1887 '', a utopia about the future year 2000, economic reorganization , - , Eliezer Yudkowsky , 1979 , living ,

friendly artificial intelligence Friendly artificial intelligence (also friendly AI or FAI) refers to hypothetical artificial general intelligence (AGI) that would have a positive (benign) effect on humanity or at least align with human interests or contribute to foster the impro ...

, - ,

Erich Jantsch Erich Jantsch (8 January 1929 12 December 1980) was an Austrian-born American astrophysicist, engineer, educator, author,Emilio Ambasz al. "Erich Jantsch (1929-1980)," in: ''The Universitas Project: Solutions for a Post-technological Society,' ...

, , 1929 , , 1980 , , book '' The Self-Organizing Universe: Scientific and Human Implications of the Emerging Paradigm of Evolution'' , - ,

Faith Popcorn Faith Popcorn (born Faith Plotkin, May 11, 1943) is a futurist, author, and founder and CEO of marketing consulting firm BrainReserve. She has written three best selling books:''The Popcorn Report'' (1991), ''Clicking'' (1996), and ''EVEolution'' (2 ...

, , 1948 , , living , , popcorn report , - ,

FM-2030 FM-2030 (originally born as Fereidoun M. Esfandiary; fa, فریدون اسفندیاری; October 15, 1930 – July 8, 2000) was a Belgian-born Iranian-American author, teacher, transhumanist philosopher, futurist, consultant, and Olympic athlet ...

, , 1930 , , 2000 , , transhumanist, essayist , - ,

Fred Polak Frederik Lodewijk Polak (21 May 1907, in Amsterdam – 17 September 1985, in Wassenaar) was one of the Dutch founding fathers of futures studies, perhaps best known in the field for theorising the central role of imagined alternative futures in h ...

, , 1907 , , 1985 , , social studies, wrote The Image of the Future , - , Freeman Dyson , , 1923 , , 2020, , nuclear engineering, disarmament advocate, ideas of Dyson sphere, nuclear space-flight , - ,

Gaston Berger Gaston Berger (; 1 October 1896 – 13 November 1960) was a French futurist but also an industrialist, a philosopher and a state manager. He is mainly known for his remarkably lucid analysis of Edmund Husserl's phenomenology and for his studies on ...

, , 1896 , , 1960 , , cognitive science , - ,

Gene Roddenberry Eugene Wesley Roddenberry Sr. (August 19, 1921 – October 24, 1991) was an American television screenwriter, producer, and creator of ''Star Trek: The Original Series'', its sequel spin-off series ''Star Trek: The Animated Series,'' and ''Sta ...

, , 1921 , , 1991 , , creator of the

Star Trek ''Star Trek'' is an American science fiction media franchise created by Gene Roddenberry, which began with the eponymous 1960s television series and quickly became a worldwide pop-culture phenomenon. The franchise has expanded into vari ...

franchise. , - ,

Genevieve Bell Genevieve Bell is an Australian cultural anthropologist best known for her work at the intersection of cultural practice research and technological development (including as a pioneer in the field of futurist research), and for being an industry ...

, 1968 , living , cultural anthropologist and technologist , - , George Dvorsky , , 1970 , , living , , transhumanist , - , George Friedman , , 1949 , , living , , geopolitics , - , George Gilder , , 1939 , , living , , society , - ,

George Orwell Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950), better known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist, and critic. His work is characterised by lucid prose, social criticism, opposition to totalitar ...

, , 1903 , , 1950 , , writer (wrote ''

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...

'') , - , Gerald Celente , , 1946 , , living , , trend forecaster , - ,

Gerard K. O'Neill Gerard Kitchen O'Neill (February 6, 1927 – April 27, 1992) was an American physicist and space activist. As a faculty member of Princeton University, he invented a device called the particle storage ring for high-energy physics experiments. L ...

, , 1927 , , 1992 , , envisioned space colonization , - , Gianroberto Casaleggio , , 1954 , , 2016 , , politics, internet , - , Grace Hopper , , 1906 , , 1992 , , women in computing,

COBOL COBOL (; an acronym for "common business-oriented language") is a compiled English-like computer programming language designed for business use. It is an imperative, procedural and, since 2002, object-oriented language. COBOL is primarily us ...

, - ,

Graeme Codrington Graeme Codrington is a South African author, researcher and strategy consultant, and director of strategic insights firm, TomorrowToday. Career Codrington has a degree in Commerce from the University of Witwatersrand, Honours in Theology an ...

, , 1970 , , living , , Generational theory, megatrends , - , Hackl Cathy , , living , Metaverse, business, cyberspace and the Internet , - , H. G. Wells , , 1866 , , 1946 , , writer, historian, among the first to think of himself as a futurist , - ,

Hans Moravec Hans Peter Moravec (born November 30, 1948, Kautzen, Austria) is an adjunct faculty member at the Robotics Institute of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, USA. He is known for his work on robotics, artificial intelligence, and writings on ...

, , 1948 , , living , , robotics, AI , - , Harlan Cleveland , , 1918 , , 2008 , , diplomacy , - ,

Hazel Henderson Jean Hazel Henderson ( Mustard; 27 March 1933 – 22 May 2022) was a British American futurist and environmental activist. She authored several books including ''Building a Win-Win World'', ''Beyond Globalization'', ''Planetary Citizenship'' (w ...

, , 1933 , , living , , cooperative economics , - ,

Herman Kahn Herman Kahn (February 15, 1922 – July 7, 1983) was a founder of the Hudson Institute and one of the preeminent futurists of the latter part of the twentieth century. He originally came to prominence as a military strategist and systems theori ...

, , 1922 , , 1983 , , military strategist, econo-technical predictions , - ,

Hugo de Garis Hugo de Garis (born 1947, Sydney, Australia) is a retired researcher in the sub-field of artificial intelligence (AI) known as evolvable hardware. He became known in the 1990s for his research on the use of genetic algorithms to evolve artifici ...

, , 1947 , , living , , AI , - , Hugo Gernsback , , 1884 , , 1967 , , invented the term " science fiction", wrote the novel ''Ralph 124C 41+'', started science fiction magazines. After him the Hugo Awards are named. , - , Isaac Arthur , , 1980 , , living , , Long term future of the space industry and

colonization Colonization, or colonisation, constitutes large-scale population movements wherein migrants maintain strong links with their, or their ancestors', former country – by such links, gain advantage over other inhabitants of the territory. When ...

, physicist, YouTube personality , - ,

Isaac Asimov yi, יצחק אזימאװ , birth_date = , birth_place = Petrovichi, Russian SFSR , spouse = , relatives = , children = 2 , death_date = , death_place = Manhattan, New York City, U.S. , nationality = Russian (1920–1922)Soviet (192 ...

, , 1920 , , 1992 , , writer of science and science fiction, created the Three Laws of Robotics. , - , Jacque Fresco , , 1916 , , 2017 , , architect, resource economics, model maker, envisioner of cornucopian world , - , James Hughes , , 1961 , , living , , ethics , - ,

James Lovelock James Ephraim Lovelock (26 July 1919 – 26 July 2022) was an English independent scientist, environmentalist and futurist. He is best known for proposing the Gaia hypothesis, which postulates that the Earth functions as a self-regulating sys ...

, , 1919 , , 2022 , , environmentalist, Gaia hypothesis, Global warming theorist , - , Jason Ling , , 1975 , , living , , social networking, new media technologies and mobile technologies , - , Jean Fourastié , , 1907 , , 1990 , , economist , - , John McHale , , 1922 , , 1978 , , artist, sociologist , - , Jeremy Rifkin , , 1945 , , living , , economist, science and tech. critic of various sorts, writer , - , Jerry Fishenden , , , , living , , Microsoft future , - , Jim Dator , , , , living , , politics , - ,

Joanne Pransky Joanne Pransky (1959 - 4 May 2023) was an American robotics enthusiast and futurist who provided professional advice on using and marketing robotics devices. Her professional focus was on issues concerning human–robot interaction. Educati ...

, , , , living , , robotics , - , Jody Turner , , , , living , , brand anthropology , - , Joël de Rosnay , , 1937 , , living , , molecular biology , - , John Naisbitt , , 1929 , , 2021 , , wrote ''Megatrends'' , - , José Luis Cordeiro , , 1962 , , living , , engineer, economist, and author of ''La Muerte de la Muerte'' , - ,

Jules Verne Jules Gabriel Verne (;''Longman Pronunciation Dictionary''. ; 8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright. His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the ''Voyages extraor ...

, , 1828 , , 1905 , , previsioned aviation, spaceflight,

submarine A submarine (or sub) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater. It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability. The term is also sometimes used historically or colloquially to refer to remotely op ...

travel , - , Karel Čapek , , 1890 , , 1938 , , fiction writer who invented the word robot , - , Karl Marx , , 1818 , , 1883 , , predicted societal and economic development on the basis of

dialectical materialism Dialectical materialism is a philosophy of science, history, and nature developed in Europe and based on the writings of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Marxist dialectics, as a materialist philosophy, emphasizes the importance of real-world con ...

, - , Kevin Kelly , , 1952 , , living , , founding executive editor of '' Wired'' magazine and author of multiple futurology books , - , Kevin Warwick , , 1954 , , living , , robotics , - , Kim Stanley Robinson , , 1952 , , living , , novelist known for Mars Trilogy,

2312 (novel) ''2312'' is a hard science fiction novel by American writer Kim Stanley Robinson, published in 2012. It is set in the year 2312 when society has spread out across the Solar System. The novel won the 2013 Nebula Award for Best Novel.

Aurora (novel) ''Aurora'' is a 2015 novel by American science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson. The novel concerns a generation ship built in the style of a Stanford torus traveling to Tau Ceti in order to begin a human colony. The novel's primary narrating v ...

, and the forthcoming 'New York, 2140' , - , Krafft Arnold Ehricke , , 1917 , , 1984 , , space colonization , - , Leonardo da Vinci , , 1452 , , 1519 , , engineer, inventor, scientist , - , Lidewij Edelkoort , , 1950 , , living , , fashion , - ,

M. G. Gordon M.G. Gordon (August 10, 1915 – February 16, 1969) was a Chicago businessman, inventor, and social theorist. Gordon also was a futurist and an advocate for privacy rights, a cause that he advocated through his writings and public speaking durin ...

, , 1915 , , 1969 , , social studies , - , Magda Cordell McHale , , 1921 , , 2008, , painter, educator , - , Mahdi Elmandjra , , 1933 , , 2014 , , economist, sociologist , - , Manmohan Yadav , , 1985 , , living , , Professor, Social Researcher, Futurist, Speaker , - , Mark Pesce , , 1962 , , living , , inventor, writer, engineer , - ,

Mark Satin Mark Ivor Satin (born November 16, 1946) is an American political theorist, author, and newsletter publisher. He is best known for contributing to the development and dissemination of three political perspectives – neopacifism in the 196 ...

, , 1946 , , living , , political theory , - ,

Mark Stevenson Mark Stevenson (born 1971) is a London-based British writer, businessman, public speaker and 'reluctant' futurologist, as well as a semi-professional musician and former comedian. Stevenson's first book, '' An Optimist's Tour of the Future'', wa ...

, , 1971 , , living , , author, entrepreneur, geo-technology , - , Marshall Brain , , 1961 , , living , , robotics, transhumanism , - ,

Marshall McLuhan Herbert Marshall McLuhan (July 21, 1911 – December 31, 1980) was a Canadian philosopher whose work is among the cornerstones of the study of media theory. He studied at the University of Manitoba and the University of Cambridge. He began his ...

, , 1911 , , 1980 , , communications , - , Martin Ford , , 1963 , , living , , artificial intelligence, robotics, author of ''New York Times'' bestseller ''Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future'' , - , Mateus Matos , , 1977 , , Living , , education, economy, smartcities, technologies ; writes to ''Think! Move! Make!'', ''Educture'' and ''Thinkonomics'' , - , Matthew Simmons , , 1943 , , 2010 , , peak oil, oil reserves , - ,

Max More Max More (born Max T. O'Connor, January 1964, with name legally changed in 1990) is a philosopher and futurist who writes, speaks, and consults on advanced decision-making about emerging technologies. He is the current Ambassador and President Eme ...

, 1964 , living , Extropy Institute , - ,

Meredith Thring Meredith Wooldridge Thring (17 December 1915 – 15 September 2006) was a British inventor, engineer, futurologist, professor and author. Education and career Thring was born in Melbourne, Australia, but moved to England when he was four years o ...

, , 1915 , , 2006 , , inventor , - ,

Michael Crichton John Michael Crichton (; October 23, 1942 – November 4, 2008) was an American author and filmmaker. His books have sold over 200 million copies worldwide, and over a dozen have been adapted into films. His literary works heavily feature tech ...

, , 1942 , , 2008 , , writer; implications of progress in science , - , Michael Rogers , , , , living , , ''New York Times'' futurist; MSNBC commentator , - , Michel Saloff Coste , 1955 , living , art,

Club of Budapest Ervin László founded international organization the Club of Budapest in 1993 to expand beyond the scientific purpose of the General Evolution Research Group to try to mobilize the resources of humanity to meet future challenges. The Club of Buda ...

, - , Michio Kaku , , 1947 , , living , , string field theory, expositor , - ,

Mitchell Joachim Mitchell Joachim (pronounced /jo-ak-um/; born February 3, 1972) is an architect and urban designer. He is the Co-Founder of Terreform ONE, and an Associate Professor of Practice at NYU. Previously he was the Frank Gehry Chair at University of ...

, 1972 , living , ecological design Michel de Nostredame , - , Natasha Vita-More , 1950 , living , Humanity+ , - , Nayef Al-Rodhan , , 1959 , , living , , transhumanist, sustainable history, singularity dignity, future geopolitics , - ,

Neal Stephenson Neal Town Stephenson (born October 31, 1959) is an American writer known for his works of speculative fiction. His novels have been categorized as science fiction, historical fiction, cyberpunk, postcyberpunk, and baroque. Stephenson's work exp ...

, , 1959 , , living , , novelist known for '' Snow Crash'', '' Anathem'', and '' Seveneves'' , - , Nicholas Negroponte , , 1943 , , living , , OLPC, new technological media , - ,

Nick Bostrom Nick Bostrom ( ; sv, Niklas Boström ; born 10 March 1973) is a Swedish-born philosopher at the University of Oxford known for his work on existential risk, the anthropic principle, human enhancement ethics, superintelligence risks, and the rev ...

, , 1973 , , living , ,

philosopher A philosopher is a person who practices or investigates philosophy. The term ''philosopher'' comes from the grc, φιλόσοφος, , translit=philosophos, meaning 'lover of wisdom'. The coining of the term has been attributed to the Greek th ...

at the University of Oxford known for his work on existential risk, the

anthropic principle The anthropic principle, also known as the "observation selection effect", is the hypothesis, first proposed in 1957 by Robert Dicke, that there is a restrictive lower bound on how statistically probable our observations of the universe are, beca ...

, human enhancement ethics, superintelligence risks, the reversal test, and consequentialism , - , Nicolas De Santis , 1966 , living , Corporate Visioning, author, tech entrepreneur, founder Opodo , - , Nikola Tesla , , 1856 , , 1943 , , energy, inventor , - ,

Orrin H. Pilkey Orrin H. Pilkey (born September 19, 1934) is an American Professor Emeritus of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment, at Duke University, and founder and director emeritus of the Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines ...

, , 1934 , , living , , critic of environmentalists , coastline erosion , - ,

Ossip K. Flechtheim Ossip Kurt Flechtheim (March 5, 1909 – March 4, 1998) was a German jurist, political scientist, author, futurist, and a humanist. He is credited with coining of the term "Futurology". Early life Flechtheim was born in Nikolaev (then Russian Emp ...

, , 1909 , , 1998 , , political scientist , - , Patrick Dixon , , 1957 , , living , , business , - ,

Peter C. Bishop Peter C. Bishop is a professional futurist (futurologist), a retired Associate Professor of Strategic Foresight, and the former Director of the graduate program in Futures Studies at the University of Houston. Early career In 1968, Bishop re ...

, , 1944 , , living , , educator - strategic foresight , - ,

Peter Diamandis Peter H. Diamandis (; born May 20, 1961) is a Greek Americans, Greek-American engineer, physician, and entrepreneur best known for being founder and chairman of the X Prize Foundation, cofounder and executive chairman of Singularity University a ...

, 1961 , living ,

Singularity University Singularity Education Group (using the public names Singularity Group, Singularity University or SingularityU) is an American company that offers executive educational programs, a business incubator, and business consultancy services. Although ...

, - , Peter Newman , , 1945, , living , , sustainability, transport systems, cars and cities , - , Peter Schwartz , , 1946 , , living , , China, climate change, business, technology , - , Phil Salin , , 1949 , , 1991 , , cyberspace and the Internet , - ,

Philip K. Dick Philip Kindred Dick (December 16, 1928March 2, 1982), often referred to by his initials PKD, was an American science fiction writer. He wrote 44 novels and about 121 short stories, most of which appeared in science fiction magazines during his l ...

, , 1928 , , 1982, , writer who produced the novels behind '' Blade Runner'' and ''

Minority Report Minority Report may refer to: * Minority report (Poor Law), published by the UK Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress 1905–09 * "Minority Report", a 1949 science fiction short story by Theodore Sturgeon * "The Minority Report ...

'' , - , Ray Kurzweil , , 1948 , , living , , AI, transhumanism, technological singularity, life extension , - , Raymond Spencer Rodgers , , 1935 , , 2007 , ,

telesphere Telesphere is a nationwide Unified Communications as a Service provider for businesses. In 2003 Telesphere began providing highly secure cloud-based voice and data services over a private IP MPLS network to mid and large enterprises throughout the U ...

, food-chain , - ,

Renzo Provinciali Renzo Provinciali (born Parma, Italy, 14 March 1895; died Rome, 2 October 1981), a lawyer by profession, was a notable Italian anarchist, Futurist and journalist. He is perhaps best known for his opposition to Marinetti’s ''Futurist Manifesto'' ...

, , 1895 , , 1981 , , anarchist , - , Richard Feynman , , 1918 , , 1988 , , physicist, originator of concept of

nanotechnology Nanotechnology, also shortened to nanotech, is the use of matter on an atomic, molecular, and supramolecular scale for industrial purposes. The earliest, widespread description of nanotechnology referred to the particular technological goal o ...

, - , Richard Moran , , 1950 , , living , , social scientist , - ,

Richard Neville Richard Neville may refer to: *Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick (1428–1471), "Warwick the Kingmaker", English noble, fought in the Wars of the Roses *Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury (1400–1460), Yorkist leader during the Wars of the ...

, , 1941 , , 2016 , , author, reporter , - , Richard Slaughter , , 1940 , , living , , sociologist , - , Robert A. Heinlein , , 1907 , , 1988 , , novelist , - , Robert Anton Wilson , , 1932 , , 2007 , ,

psychonaut Psychonautics (from the Ancient Greek ' 'soul, spirit, mind' and ' 'sailor, navigator') refers both to a methodology for describing and explaining the subjective effects of altered states of consciousness, including those induced by meditatio ...

, novelist, essayist , - ,

Robert Jastrow Robert Jastrow (September 7, 1925 – February 8, 2008) was an American astronomer and planetary physicist. He was a NASA scientist, populist author and futurist. Education Jastrow attended Townsend Harris High School. He also attended the ...

, , 1925 , , 2008 , , NASA scientist, author, spaceflight , - , Robert Jungk , , 1913 , , 1994 , , journalist , - ,

Robert Theobald Robert Theobald (June 11, 1929 – November 27, 1999) was an American private consulting economist and futurist author. In economics, he was best known for his writings on the economics of abundance and his advocacy of a Basic Income Guarantee ...

, , 1929 , , 1999 , , economics , - , Robin Hanson , , 1959 , , living , , prediction markets, singularity, transhumanism , - ,

Roger Bacon Roger Bacon (; la, Rogerus or ', also '' Rogerus''; ), also known by the scholastic accolade ''Doctor Mirabilis'', was a medieval English philosopher and Franciscan friar who placed considerable emphasis on the study of nature through empiri ...

, , 1220 , , 1292 , , Franciscan Friar, Natural Philosopher , - , Ross Dawson , , 1962 , , living , , futurist, speaker, author , - ,

Scott Smith (futurist) Scott Smith (born 1967) is a futurist, strategist, and writer known for coining the phrase "flatpack futures." Flatpack futures refers to "future technological systems which are imagined as readymade products that people will choose to adopt, rathe ...

, , 1967 , , living , , "flatpack futures" , - , Shane Seymour (inventor) , , 1986 , , living , , "VCMD internal thrust propulsion systems" inventor, engineer, scientist. , - , Sohail Inayatullah , , 1958 , , living , , political scientist , - , Stanisław Lem , , 1921 , , 2006 , , novelist , - , Stephen Hawking , 1942 , 2018 , astrophysics, cosmology , - ,

Stewart Brand Stewart Brand (born December 14, 1938) is an American writer, best known as editor of the ''Whole Earth Catalog''. He founded a number of organizations, including The WELL, the Global Business Network, and the Long Now Foundation. He is the auth ...

, , 1938 , , living , , cognitive science, environmental philosophy, whole systems , - , Sydney Jay Mead , , 1933 , , 2019 , , visual futurist , - , Terence McKenna , , 1946 , , 2000 , , philosopher, psychonaut, speaker, ethnobotanist , - , Ted Nelson , , 1937 , , living , , writer, philosopher, creator of hypertext concept and Xanadu project , - ,

Theodore Modis Theodore Modis (born August 11, 1943) is a strategic business analyst, futurist, physicist, and international consultant. He specializes in applying fundamental scientific concepts to predicting social phenomena. In particular, he uses the law of ...

, , 1943 , , living , , business, physics , - ,

Thomas Frey Thomas Frey is an American futurist and celebrity speaker. Frey is based at the DaVinci Institute in Westminster, Colorado The City of Westminster is a home rule municipality located in Adams and Jefferson counties, Colorado, United States. ...

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Tim Cannon Tim Cannon is an American software developer, entrepreneur, and biohacker based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is best known as Chief Information Officer of Grindhouse Wetware, a biotechnology startup company that creates technology to augment ...

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W. Warren Wagar Walter Warren Wagar (June 5, 1932, Baltimore, Maryland – November 16, 2004, Vestal, New York), better known as W. Warren Wagar, was an American historian and futures studies scholar. Life A specialist in alternative society futures and ...

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Willis Harman Willis W. Harman (August 16, 1918 – January 30, 1997) was an American engineer, futurist, and author associated with the human potential movement. He was convinced that late industrial civilization faced a period of major cultural crisis which ...

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Futurologists Futurists (also known as futurologists, prospectivists, foresight practitioners and horizon scanners) are people whose specialty or interest is futurology or the attempt to systematically explore predictions and possibilities abou ...

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