Jack Kevorkian

Jack Kevorkian

male, 81 years old
euthanasia, Dr. Death, right to die, voluntary euthanasia, Pathologist, American
Jack Kevorkian, M.D. (born May 20, some sources say May 26, 1928) is a controversial American pathologist. He was born in Pontiac, Michigan to...
Philip Nitschke

Philip Nitschke

male, 62 years old
Doctor, Government of Australia, Office of Film and Literature Classification, Federal Government, The Peaceful Pill Handbook, euthanasia
Philip Nitschke (born 1947) is an Australian medical doctor, Humanist and founder of the pro-euthanasia group "Exit". He successfully campaigned to...
Robert Latimer

Robert Latimer

female, 56 years old
Disability rights, Tracy, section 10, R. v. Latimer, Robert William "Bob" Latimer, Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms…euthanasia
Robert William "Bob" Latimer (born March 13, 1953), a Canadian canola and wheat farmer, was convicted of murder for the killing of his daughter...
Diane Pretty

Diane Pretty

female, deceased (2002)
British, euthanasia, Death from motor neurone disease, motor neurone disease, European Court of Human Rights, Director of Public Prosecutions
Diane Pretty (November 15, 1958 - May 11, 2002) was a British woman from Luton, Bedfordshire, who became the focus of a debate about assisted dying...
Piergiorgio Welby

Piergiorgio Welby

male, deceased (2006)
Death from muscular dystrophy, Death by euthanasia, muscular dystrophy, activist, euthanasia, Italian
Piergiorgio Welby (Rome, 26 December 1945 - 20 December 2006) was an Italian poet, painter and activist whose three-month-long battle for a right...
Nancy Cruzan

Nancy Cruzan

female, deceased (1990)
supreme court of the united states, Nancy Beth Cruzan, Death by euthanasia, feeding tube, severe brain damage, U.S. Supreme Court…euthanasia
Nancy Beth Cruzan (July 20, 1957-December 26, 1990) was a figure in the right-to-die movement. After an auto accident left her in a persistent...
Karen Ann Quinlan

Karen Ann Quinlan

female, deceased (1985)
Catholic, living will, Civil Rights, from the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area, moral theology, New Jersey Supreme Court…euthanasia, Death by euthanasia
Karen Ann Quinlan (March 29 1954 - June 11 1985) was an important figure in the history of the right to die debate in United States. When she was...
Kevin Andrews

Kevin Andrews

male, 54 years old
University of Melbourne alumni, Rights of the Terminally Ill Act 1995, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Newman College, Melbourne University, Sale, Victoria…Euthanasia Laws Bill 1996, euthanasia
Kevin James Andrews (born 9 November 1955), is an Australian politician and is currently the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship. He was...

Karl Brandt

male, deceased (1948)
Murdering doctor, from Mulhouse, executed by hanging, Nazi Party, German native of Alsace, nuremberg…euthanasia, T-4 Euthanasia Program
Karl Brandt was selected the personal physician of Adolf Hitler in August 1944 and headed the administration of the Nazi euthanasia program from...
Joseph Fletcher

Joseph Fletcher

male, deceased (1991)
Episcopal, University of Virginia, eugenics, atheist, Academic, euthanasia…Euthanasia Society of America
Joseph Fletcher (1905-1991) was an American professor who founded the theory of situational ethics in the 1960s, and was a pioneer in the field of...