Who has cryogenically frozen themselves?
The following is a list of individuals who have publicly been
preserved through cryonics. Many others have been cryogenically
frozen; however, medical privacy concerns keep most of their names
private.
• James Bedford, the first person to be cryogenically
preserved.
• Dick Clair, a TV producer/writer/actor diagnosed with AIDS in
1986. He was involved in Roe v. Michell, which established the
right of persons to be cryogenically preserved in California.
• Thomas K. Donaldson, founder of the Cryonics Association of
Australia and the Institute for Neural Cryobiology.
• FM-2030 (Fereidoun M. Esfandiary), an Iranian writer who died
of pancreatic cancer in 2000. He was the first person to be
preserved using vitrification rather than traditional methods.
• Curtis Henderson, a prominent member of several cyronics
societies.
• Dora Kent, mother of Saul Kent, a board member of Alcor Life
Extension Foundation. Her head was removed and preserved after her
death in 1987. She was also the center of a legal battle regarding
the circumstances of her death.
• Jeff Leaf, Vice President of Alcor Life Extension Foundation
and President of Cryovita. He was preserved after a heart attack in
1991.
• Ted Williams, left fielder for the Boston Red Sox. Williams
was frozen after his death in accordance with a "family pact"
between two of his children. This sparked a legal battle with his
oldest daughter, who believed it was her father's wish to be
cremated (as stated in his will).
• John Henry Williams, son of Ted Williams. He was frozen in
2003 following his sudden death from leukemia, fulfilling the pact
with his father.