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This is a list of futurists who are well-known for writing or consulting about future trends, and published scholars who do research and education in futures studies or closely related fields such as forecasting.

It is NOT a list of artists or others related to 20th century art movement futurism (which has its own wikipedia space)

Name Birth Death Profession Futures topics Reference
Patricia Aburdene living - conscious capitalism Patricia Aburdene - Mega Trends
Michael E. Arth 1953 living - urban design Michael E. Arth
Roy Amara 1925 2007 scholar philosopher -
Wendell Bell - living scholar society Foundations of Futures Studies
Gaston Berger 1896 1960 scholar philsopher -
Adrian Berry 1937 living writer, journalist - Adrian Berry
Clem Bezold living research healthcare Institute for Alternative Futures
Peter C. Bishop 1944 living scholar education, Strategic Foresight University of Houston
Marshall Brain 1961 living scholar robotics, transhumanism MarshallBrain.com
Stewart Brand 1938 living author cognitive science Stewart Brand
Walter De Brouwer 1957 living OLPC education Walter de Brouwer Biography
Vannevar Bush 1890 1974 academic hypertext, computing Vannevar Bush
Ernest Callenbach living author sustainability ecotopia
James Canton living author - -
Jamais Cascio living author ethics Open the Future
Gerald Celente living forecaster trend forecaster Gerald Celente's Trends Research Institute
Arthur C. Clarke 1917 2008 writer science fiction The Arthur C. Clarke Foundation
Harlan Cleveland 1918 2008 scholar, author, diplomat education The Late Harlan Cleveland on Leadership
Stephen Euin Cobb 1955 living author transhumanist Web Site
Peter Cochrane 1946 living engineering - Peter Cochrane
Dandridge M. Cole 1921 1965 engineer space colonization Dandridge M. Cole (my grand-hero-pa)
Michael Crichton 1942 2008 writer, producer implications of progress in science MichaelCrichton.com
Jim Dator living scholar, professor politics Papers by Jim Dator
Patrick Dixon 1957 living business - Global Change
Richard C. Duncan living systems engineer peak oil. Olduvai theory Minnesotans For Sustainability
George Dvorsky living marketing executive transhumanist Sentient Developments
Freeman Dyson 1923 living physicist nuclear engineering, disarmament Freeman J. Dyson's Homepage
Lidewij Edelkoort 1950 living designer fashion trends, forecasting Edelkoort
Mahdi ElMandjra 1933 living scholar economist, sociologist Site mahdi elmandjra
Douglas Engelbart 1925 living engineer learning Douglas Engelbart
Jerry Fishenden living strategy advisor technological futures Jerry Fishenden
Jean Fourastié 1907 1990 scholar economist Site Jean Fourastie
Jacque Fresco 1916 living architect resource economics The Venus Project Future by Design
Buckminster Fuller 1895 1983 inventor architect, cosmologist Who is Buckminster Fuller?
Thomas Frey 1954 living -- business, innovation, education, libraries DaVinci Institute
Dennis Gabor 1900 1979 scholar holography Dennis Gabor - Autobiography
Hugo de Garis 1947 living scholar, computer scientist AI Prof. Dr. Hugo de Garis
Jennifer M. Gidley living scholar, psychologist educator President, World Futures Studies Federation
George Gilder 1939 living author, investor technology, society Gilder Telecosm Forum
William Gilpin 1813 1894 politician manifest destiny, forecasting western expansion William Gilpin
Jerome C. Glenn living consultant methodology innovations, futures wheel methodology Millennium Project
M. G. Gordon 1915 1969 businessman social innovations, forecasting -
Arthur Harkins living scholar innovation studies Arthur Harkins
David H. Holtzman living - technology David H. Holtzman
James Hughes living scholar ethics Dr. J. Hughes
Robert A. Heinlein 1907 1988 writer science fiction Heinlein Society
Wayne Horkan 1970 living - transhumanist Wayne Horkan's weblog: eclectic
Deane Hutton living communicator - Deane Hutton
Sohail Inayatullah 1958 living scholar, political scientist - Metafuture.org
Bob Johansen living scholar forecasting Johansen IFTF page
Bertrand de Jouvenel 1903 1987 scholar economist Nature 0f Future
Bill Joy 1954 living entrepreneur, computer scientist existential threat "Why the future doesn't need us" (essay)
Robert Jungk 1913 1994 journalist future workshop methodology -
Herman Kahn 1922 1983 military strategist simulation, game theory Hudson Institute > Herman Kahn
Michio Kaku 1947 living physicist technologies Explorations in Science
Raymond Kurzweil 1948 living author, entrepreneur AI, transhumanism, technological singularity Kurzweil Technologies KurzweilAI.net
Stanisław Lem 1921 2006 writer - Official site for the author Stanislaw Lem
Jason Ling 1975 living entrepreneur Social Networking, New Media Technologies and Mobile Technologies
Archibald Low 1888 1956 inventor, author technological forecasting -
James Lovelock 1919 living scholar, author environment James LOVELOCK's web site
Jane McGonigal living scholar, author serious games, alternate reality game, scenarios Jane's IFTF page
John McHale (artist) 1922 1978 scholar, artist, author technology, culture -
Magda Cordell McHale 1921 2008 painter, educator - -
Marshall McLuhan 1911 1980 scholar communications The Official Site of Marshall McLuhan
Danila Medvedev 1980 living scientists transhumanist, future of Russia Danila Medvedev
Theodore Modis 1943 living physicist business, physics -
Richard Moran 1950 living author social scientist
Hans Moravec 1948 living scholar robotics, AI Hans Moravec home page
John Naisbitt 1929 living author trends John Naisbitt
Nicholas Negroponte 1943 living author, scholar education, media Nicholas Negroponte
Peter Newman living academic, author sustainability -
Richard Neville 1941 living author promoting "futures thinking" Australian Futures Foundation
George Orwell 1903 1950 writer politics George Orwell - Complete works
Gerard K. O'Neill 1927 1992 engineer space colonization Life of Gerard K. O’Neill
Fred Polak 1907 1985 scholar social studies
Faith Popcorn 1948 living author, consultant popcorn report Faith Popcorn's BrainReserve
Joanne Pransky living robotics engineer robotics World's First Robotic Psychiatrist
Donald Prell 1924 living futurologist banking and infomation technology
Orrin H. Pilkey living scholar critique of environmentalists Nicholas School Faculty
Marsha Rhea living author education Institute for Alternative Futures blog
Jeremy Rifkin living author trends in work & society www.foet.org
Raymond Spencer Rodgers 1935 2007 academic telesphere, food-chain -
Joël de Rosnay 1937 living scholar molecular biology -
Peter Russell 1946 living author consciousness Spirit of Now
Ziauddin Sardar - living scholar, editor, author future of religion -
Peter Schwartz 1946 living business China, Climate Change, Business, Technology Global Business Network
Matthew Simmons living petroleum analyst peak oil Simmons & Company International
Richard Slaughter living scholar education, critical futures Foresight International
John Smart 1960 living acceleration John Smart Bio
Dirk HR Spennemann living scholar space heritage Cultural Heritage Management
Meredith Thring 1915 2006 scholar, author inventor -
Alvin Toffler 1928 living author, scholar technological singularity alvin + heidi toffler {futurists}
Natasha Vita-More 1943 living artist, author transhumanism -
Kevin Warwick 1954 living - robotics Kevin Warwick - Home Page
FM-2030 1930 2000 - transhumanist

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