Below is a list of some notable futurologists.
| Name | Birth | Death | Field | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adrian Berry | 1937 | living | writer, journalist | Adrian Berry |
| Alvin Toffler | 1928 | living | technological singularity | alvin + heidi toffler {futurists} |
| Andrey Korotayev | 1961 | living | mathematical modeling of global future | Macromodels of the World System Growth |
| Anne Lise Kjaer | 1962 | living | Future Trends, Consumer Mindsets and Mobile Technologies | |
| Archibald Low | 1888 | 1956 | space | |
| Arthur C. Clarke | 1917 | 2008 | writer | The Arthur C. Clarke Foundation |
| Arthur Harkins | living | innovation studies | Arthur Harkins | |
| Bertrand de Jouvenel | 1903 | 1987 | economist | Nature 0f Future |
| Bill Joy | 1954 | living | technology dangers | |
| Buckminster Fuller | 1895 | 1983 | architect, cosmologist | Who is Buckminster Fuller? |
| Carl Sagan | 1934 | 1996 | astronomer | |
| Clem Bezold | living | healthcare | Institute for Alternative Futures | |
| Danila Medvedev | 1980 | living | transhumanist | Danila Medvedev |
| Gerald Celente | 1946 | living | trend forecaster | Gerald Celente's Trends Research Institute |
| Dandridge M. Cole | 1921 | 1965 | space colonisation | Dandridge M. Cole (my grand-hero-pa) |
| Darla Jane Gilroy | living | futurist, trendspotting | Darla Jane Gilroy | |
| Walter Greiling | 1900 | 1986 | chemist, sociologist | |
| David H. Holtzman | living | technology | David H. Holtzman | |
| Deane Hutton | living | communicator | Deane Hutton | |
| Dennis Gabor | 1900 | 1979 | holography | Dennis Gabor - Autobiography |
| Donald Prell | 1924 | living | venture capital, Datamation magazine | |
| Douglas Engelbart | 1925 | living | hypertext, mouse | Douglas Engelbart |
| Dirk HR Spennemann | living | space heritage | Cultural Heritage Management | |
| Faith Popcorn | 1948 | living | popcorn report | Faith Popcorn's BrainReserve |
| FM-2030 | 1930 | 2000 | transhumanist | |
| Freeman Dyson | 1923 | living | nuclear engineering, disarmament | Freeman J. Dyson's Homepage |
| Fred Polak | 1907 | 1985 | social studies | |
| Gaston Berger | 1896 | 1960 | cognitive science | |
| Gene Roddenberry | 1921 | 1991 | Creator of the Star Trek franchise. | |
| George Dvorsky | living | transhumanist | Sentient Developments | |
| George Gilder | 1939 | living | society | Gilder Telecosm Forum |
| George Orwell | 1903 | 1950 | writer | George Orwell - Complete works |
| Gerard K. O'Neill | 1927 | 1992 | space colonization | Life of Gerard K. O’Neill |
| Grace Hopper | 1906 | 1992 | women in computing | We Build a Better World |
| Hans Moravec | 1948 | living | robotics, AI | Hans Moravec home page |
| Harlan Cleveland | 1918 | 2008 | diplomacy | The Late Harlan Cleveland on Leadership |
| Herman Kahn | 1922 | 1983 | military strategist | Hudson Institute > Herman Kahn |
| Hugo de Garis | 1947 | living | AI | Prof. Dr. Hugo de Garis |
| Jacque Fresco | 1916 | living | architect, resource economics | The Venus Project Future by Design |
| Jamais Cascio | living | ethics | Open the Future | |
| James Hughes | living | ethics | Dr. J. Hughes | |
| James Lovelock | 1919 | living | environmentalist | James LOVELOCK's web site |
| Jennifer M. Gidley | living | psychologist, educator | President, World Futures Studies Federation | |
| Jeremy Rifkin | 1945 | living | economist, Science & Tech. | wikipedia site |
| Jerry Fishenden | living | Microsoft future | Jerry Fishenden | |
| Jean Fourastié | 1907 | 1990 | economist | Site Jean Fourastie |
| Jerome C. Glenn | living | futures wheel | ||
| Jim Dator | living | politics | Papers by Jim Dator | |
| Jim Carroll (author) | living | futurist and trends and innovation expert | [1] | |
| Joanne Pransky | living | robotics | World's First Robotic Psychiatrist | |
| Joël de Rosnay | 1937 | living | molecular biology | |
| John Naisbitt | 1929 | living | megatrends | John Naisbitt |
| John Smart | 1960 | living | acceleration | John Smart Bio |
| John J. Xenakis | living | Generational Dynamics | Generational Dynamics Home Page | |
| Jules Verne | 1828 | 1905 | aviation, spaceflight, submarine travel | |
| Kevin Warwick | 1954 | living | robotics | Kevin Warwick - Home Page |
| Krafft Arnold Ehricke | 1917 | 1984 | space colonization | NASA |
| Lidewij Edelkoort | 1950 | living | fashion | Edelkoort |
| Magda Cordell McHale | 1921 | 2008 | painter, educator | |
| Mark Pesce | 1962 | living | inventor, writer, engineer | Mark Pesce's Website |
| Marsha Rhea | living | boomers | Institute for Alternative Futures | |
| Mahdi ElMandjra | 1933 | living | economist, sociologist | Site mahdi elmandjra |
| Marshall Brain | 1961 | living | robotics, transhumanism | MarshallBrain.com |
| Marcel Bullinga | living | Futurist & keynote speaker about the future & innovation | [2] | |
| Marshall McLuhan | 1911 | 1980 | communications | The Official Site of Marshall McLuhan |
| Matthew Simmons | living | peak oil | Simmons & Company International | |
| Meredith Thring | 1915 | 2006 | inventor | |
| M. G. Gordon | 1915 | 1969 | social studies | |
| Michael Crichton | 1942 | 2008 | writer; implications of progress in science | MichaelCrichton.com |
| Michael E. Arth | 1953 | living | urban design | Michael E. Arth |
| Michael Rogers | living | New York Times Futurist; MSNBC commentator | [3] | |
| Michell Zappa | 1982 | living | Emerging technology forecaster | Envisioning Technology |
| Michio Kaku | 1947 | living | string field theory | Explorations in Science |
| Nayef Al-Rodhan | living | transhumanist, sustainable history, singularity dignity, future geopolitics | Sustainable History, St. Antony’s College, Oxford University | |
| Nicholas Negroponte | 1943 | living | OLPC | Nicholas Negroponte |
| Orrin H. Pilkey | living | crique of environmentalists | Nicholas School Faculty | |
| Patricia Aburdene | living | conscious capitalism | Patricia Aburdene - Mega Trends | |
| Peter Schwartz | 1946 | living | China, Climate Change, Business, Technology | Global Business Network at the Wayback Machine (archived September 27, 2007) |
| Renzo Provinciali | living | sustainability | ||
| Patrick Dixon | 1957 | living | business | Global Change |
| Peter C. Bishop | 1944 | living | Educator - Strategic Foresight | University of Houston |
| Peter Cochrane | 1946 | living | engineering | Peter Cochrane |
| Peter Newman | living | sustainability | ||
| Peter Russell | 1946 | living | consciousness | Spirit of Now |
| Ray Kurzweil | 1948 | living | AI, transhumanism, technological singularity | Kurzweil Technologies KurzweilAI.net |
| Raymond Spencer Rodgers | 1935 | 2007 | telesphere, food-chain | |
| Renzo Provinciali | 1895 | 1981 | anarchist | |
| Richard C. Duncan | living | peak oil | Minnesotans For Sustainability | |
| Richard Feynman | 1918 | 1988 | physicist and inventor of nanotechnology | |
| Richard Moran | 1950 | living | social scientist | |
| Richard Neville | 1941 | living | author, reporter | |
| Richard Slaughter | living | sociologist | Foresight International | |
| Richard Watson | living | Trends expert, scenario planner and author of Future Files | [4] | |
| Robert A. Heinlein | 1907 | 1988 | writer | Heinlein Society |
| Robert Anton Wilson | 1932 | 2007 | psychonaut | Who "is" Robert Anton Wilson? |
| Robert Jastrow | 1925 | 2008 | NASA scientist, author, spaceflight | |
| Robert Jungk | 1913 | 1994 | journalist | |
| Robin Hanson | 1959 | living | prediction markets, singularity, transhumanism | Cato Institute, Future of Humanity Institute |
| Ross Dawson | living | leading futurist, speaker, author | [5] | |
| Sohail Inayatullah | 1958 | living | political scientist | Metafuture.org |
| Stanisław Lem | 1921 | 2006 | writer | Official site for the author Stanislaw Lem |
| Stephen Euin Cobb | 1955 | living | transhumanist | Stephen Euin Cobb's |
| Stewart Brand | 1938 | living | cognitive science | Stewart Brand |
| Sydney Jay Mead | 1933 | living | visual futurist | Syd Mead |
| Terence McKenna | 1946 | 2000 | philosopher, psychonaut, speaker | |
| Theodore Modis | 1943 | living | business, physics | |
| Thomas Frey | 1954 | living | business, innovation, education, libraries | DaVinci Institute |
| Vannevar Bush | 1890 | 1974 | analog computing | Vannevar Bush |
| W. Warren Wagar | 1932 | 2004 | historian | Futurist W. Warren Wagar Dies |
| Warren Ellis | 1968 | living | writer | Warren Ellis webpage |
| Warren Evans | 1953 | living | Future Trends, Leadership, & Strategic Planning | [6] |
| Wayne Horkan | 1970 | living | transhumanist | Wayne Horkan's weblog: eclectic |
| William Gilpin | 1813 | 1894 | politician | William Gilpin |
| William Rowley | living | healthcare | Institute for Alternative Futures | |
| Jason Ling | 1975 | living | Social Networking, New Media Technologies and Mobile Technologies | |
| Phil Salin | 1949 | 1991 | cyberspace and the Internet | Salon.com |