Cryonics has its share of celebrity supporters and other high-profile cases. The following list mostly excludes people primarily known as futurists.

Urban legends

Probably not here just yet...

Walt Disney was never suspended.[1] This is even despite a modern urban theory that says:

Disney's Frozen is only titled like that so when you Google "Disney Frozen" the movie comes up instead of conspiracy theories[2]

Disneyonice.com is also not evidence.

Uncertainties

Paris Hilton and her pets were reportedly signed up with the Cryonics Institute since 2007 [4] [5] However according to Maria Konovalenko this appears to be a media hoax. [6] She may have been influenced by her magician partner Curtis Eugene Lovell II [7]

However according to Maria Konovalenko this appears to be a media hoax. She may have been influenced by her magician partner Curtis Eugene Lovell II Gore Vidal (died 2012) - author, was a supporter [8] but it's unclear if he was ever suspended.

but it's unclear if he was ever suspended. Muhammed Ali (died 2016) - Boxer and activist. Visited a facility in 1992. [9] Unclear whether he was suspended after his death. [10]

Unclear whether he was suspended after his death. Lucy Liu - actress, once quoted as saying "When I die, I wish to be cryogenically frozen in Nan Kempner's closet".[11] Not to be confused with her Futurama appearance in 'I Dated a Robot'[12]

Deceased

Dick Clair [13] (died 1988) - Actor - Died amidst legal dramas [14]

(died 1988) - Actor - Died amidst legal dramas Ted Williams (died 2002) - Baseball player, suspended at Alcor in 2002 [15]

Arthur C Clarke - science fiction author and cryonics supporter. However he was buried rather than vitrified in 2008. [16]

Kim Suozzi (died 2013) - Young American woman who had a high media profile and kept a video diary around her terminal illness and crowd funded [17] suspension at Alcor [18] [19] [20] [21]

suspension at Alcor JS (died 2016) - 14 year old British girl who won a right to be cryopreserved against the wishes of one parent, sparking calls for a stronger regulatory framework[22]

Living

Larry Flynt - Publisher and pornographer - Enrolled with Alcor since 1986. [23] Referenced in an episode of Castle in this context [24]

Referenced in an episode of Castle in this context Peter Thiel - Silicon Valley venture capitalist signed up for many years [25]

Simon Cowell - British TV presenter, since 2009 [26]

Britney Spears - Singer, revealed in 2010 [27] [28]

Seth MacFarlane - Family guy writer and voice actor supported some time before 2011 [29]

Larry King - TV and Radio host, emerged 2011[30][31]

See also