John Perry Barlow (October 3, 1947 - February 8, 2018) was born in Sublette County, Wyoming, United States of America. He was an American poet, lyricist, essayist, cyberlibertarian and political activist. He was also a founding member of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Freedom of the Press Foundation. In 1996, he wrote the "Declaration of Independence of Cyberspace", a creed for the internet.