96 Years Old Males

The list of famous 96 year old males includes Jiang Zemin, Leon M. Lederman, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Lyndon LaRouche, Werner Arber. Famous males featured on this list, include political leaders, actors, physicists and composers and from other domains of life. This list of 96 Year Old includes people from United States, England, Germany & France and many more countries.
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Buzz Aldrin
(American Astronaut, Fighter Pilot and the Second Person to Set Foot on the Moon)
Buzz Aldrin
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 20, 1930
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Glen Ridge, New Jersey, United States
Buzz Aldrin became the second person to set foot on the Moon, as the pilot of NASA’s Apollo 11 mission, 19 minutes after Neil Armstrong stepped on the Moon, on July 21, 1969. Aldrin has also been a U.S. Air Force officer and flew fighter jets in the Korean War.
 2 
James Hong
(Actor)
James Hong
8
Birthdate: February 22, 1929
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 3 
Berry Gordy
(Record Executive)
Berry Gordy
25
Birthdate: November 28, 1929
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Detroit, MichiganDetroit, Michigan, United States
 4 
Frank Gehry
(Architect and Designer Whose Works are Considered Among the Most Important of Contemporary Architecture)
Frank Gehry
9
Listed In: Architects
Birthdate: February 28, 1929
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Toronto, Canada
Canadian-born American architect and designer Frank Gehry is best known for designing the Guggenheim Museum in Spain, the Louis Vuitton Foundation in France, and the Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, U.S. He has won countless awards, such as the Pritzker Architecture Prize and the Praemium Imperiale.
 5 
Alejandro Jodorowsky
(Chilean-Born French Film Director and Screenwriter)
Alejandro Jodorowsky
12
Birthdate: February 17, 1929
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Tocopilla, Chile

Chilean-French filmmaker and artist, Alejandro Jodorowsky, is best known for his avant-garde films. A multifaceted personality, he is also a novelist, poet, musician, composer, and spiritual guru. His films are filled with surreal images and mysticism. A much-revered figure in international cinema, he is the recipient of the Jack Smith Lifetime Achievement Award from the Chicago Underground Film Festival (CUFF).

 6 
Jürgen Habermas
(German Philosopher and Sociologist Best Known for His Theory of ‘Communicative Action')
Jürgen Habermas
2
Birthdate: June 18, 1929
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Düsseldorf, Rhine Province, Prussia, Germany

German philosopher and sociologist Jürgen Habermas is counted among the most influential philosophers across the world and is identified with the tradition of critical theory and pragmatism. He influenced many disciplines through his work which addresses communicative rationality and the public sphere, and includes topics starting from social-political theory to aesthetics, language to philosophy of religion, and epistemology.

 7 
Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar
(King)
Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar
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Birthdate: September 16, 1929
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Unguja, Tanzania
 8 
Len Deighton
(British Author Best Known for His Espionage Fiction Novels)
Len Deighton
2
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 18, 1929
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Marylebone, London, England

Len Deighton is an author whose works have inspired several movies and TV shows. Many of his novels, such as Funeral in Berlin, The Ipcress File, Spy Story, and Billion Dollar Brain, have been adapted into films. His works have influenced other popular personalities like Aung San Suu Kyi. Anthony Burgess mentioned Deighton's novel Bomber in his work Ninety-nine Novels.

 9 
John Julius Norwich
(Television presenter, Politician, Historian, Diplomat, Writer)
John Julius Norwich
2
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 15, 1929
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Oldham

Born to a popular politician father and a socialite mother, John Julius Norwich was educated at Eton and later served the navy. A diplomat, historian, and traveler, he is known for his books such as Absolute Monarchs and for hosting documentaries such as Maestro and the BBC radio show My Word!

 10 
Werner Arber
(Microbiologist & Geneticist)
Werner Arber
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: June 3, 1929
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Gränichen, Aarau, Aargau, Switzerland

Werner Arber is a Swiss geneticist and microbiologist whose discovery of restriction endonucleases earned him the prestigious Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1978; he shared the award with Daniel Nathans and Hamilton Smith. Arber's work alongside Nathans and Smith led to the progression of recombinant DNA technology. Werner Arber is also credited with co-founding the World Cultural Council.

 11 
Mochtar Riady
(Indonesian Financial Magnate and the Founder of 'Lippo Group')
Mochtar Riady
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Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: May 12, 1929
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Malang, Indonesia

Mochtar Riady is an Indonesian financial magnate. He is best known as the founder of Lippo Group where he is currently serving as Chairman Emeritus. Lippo Group, a multinational conglomerate company, was founded by Mochtar Riady in 1950. The company has a collective presence across North America and Asia. 

 12 
Eric Kandel
(Neurologist, Psychiatrist, Neuroscientist, Psychologist, Biochemist)
Eric Kandel
1
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: November 7, 1929
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Vienna

Nobel Prize-winning neurobiologist Eric Kandel is known for his research on the role of synapses in memory and learning. An Austrian Jew, he left his country with his family and moved to the U.S. in the wake of anti-Semitism. A doctor, specializing in psychiatry, he later taught at Columbia University.

 13 
Richard Lynn
(psychologist, university teacher)
Richard Lynn
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Birthdate: 1930 AD
Birthplace: Bristol
 14 
Milton Glaser
(Designer, Illustrator, Graphic designer, Typographer)
Milton Glaser
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: June 26, 1929
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: New York City
 15 
Ivar Giaever
(Physicist)
Ivar Giaever
1
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: April 5, 1929
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Bergen, Norway

Ivar Giaever is a Norwegian-American physicist and engineer whose discovery of the tunnelling phenomena in solids earned him the prestigious Nobel Prize in Physics in 1973. Over the course of his illustrious career, Ivar Giaever has also received several other awards, such as the Oliver E. Buckley Prize, Golden Plate Award, and Zworykin Award. 

 16 
Richard F. Gordon, Jr.
(Astronaut)
Richard F. Gordon, Jr.
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: October 5, 1929
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Seattle
 17 
Jerry Adler
(Known for his role in the series The Sopranos)
Jerry Adler
2
Birthdate: February 4, 1929
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 18 
George Crumb
(Composer)
George Crumb
2
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: October 24, 1929
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Charleston, West Virginia, United States
 19 
Dee Hock
Dee Hock
0
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: March 21, 1929
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Utah, United States
 20 
Prithvi Raj Singh Oberoi
(Chief executive officer)
Prithvi Raj Singh Oberoi
0
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: February 3, 1929
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Delhi, India
 21 
Jim Whittaker
(US Mountaineer Who Became the First American to Reach the Mt. Everest Summit)
Jim Whittaker
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: February 10, 1929
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Seattle

Jim Whittaker was a US mountaineer and mountain guide who is known for his legendary 1963 Mount Everest expedition, which was led by Norman Dyhrenfurth. He scripted history as the first American to reach the Mount Everest summit. He was later bestowed with the Hubbard Medal by John F. Kennedy.

 22 
Pandit Jasraj
Pandit Jasraj
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Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: January 28, 1930
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Hisar
 23 
Stanley Drucker
(Clarinetist)
Stanley Drucker
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Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: February 4, 1929
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
 24 
Jerome Kagan
(psychologist)
Jerome Kagan
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Birthdate: February 25, 1929
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Newark
 25 
Hans Magnus Enzensberger
(Author)
Hans Magnus Enzensberger
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 11, 1929
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Kaufbeuren, Germany
 26 
Albert Azaryan
(Soviet-Armenian Artistic Gymnast and the First One to Win Two Olympic Gold Medals on the Still Rings)
Albert Azaryan
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Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: February 11, 1929
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Gharakilisa, Transcaucasian SFSR, Soviet Union

Albert Azaryan is a Soviet Armenian former artistic gymnast best known for winning two gold medals at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, Australia. In the next Olympic Games in Rome, Azaryan won a gold medal and a silver medal. Albert Azaryan is the first gymnast to win two Olympic gold medals on the still rings.

 27 
Alfred Moisiu
(Fourth President of Albania)
Alfred Moisiu
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: December 1, 1929
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Shkodër

Alfred Moisiu is a former Albanian military general turned diplomat and politician.  The oldest son of Albanian Army general, Spiro Moisiu, he was ambitious from the beginning and received a Ph.D. in military science. After a successful military career, he entered politics and went on to serve as the president of Albania from 2002 to 2007. 

 28 
Frederick D. Reese
(Activist)
Frederick D. Reese
2
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: November 28, 1929
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Albama
 29 
Hugues Aufray
(Singer-songwriter)
Hugues Aufray
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: August 18, 1929
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Neuilly-sur-Seine, Île-de-France, France
 30 
Bernard Marcus
(Entrepreneur)
Bernard Marcus
1
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: May 12, 1929
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
 31 
Christoph von Dohnanyi
(Conductor)
Christoph von Dohnanyi
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: September 8, 1929
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
 32 
Barry Harris
(Pianist)
Barry Harris
4
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: December 15, 1929
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, United States
 33 
Giddess Chalamanda
(Musician)
Giddess Chalamanda
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: 1930 AD
Birthplace: Chiradzulu, Malawi.
 34 
Victor de Waal
(Dean of Canterbury from 1976 to 1986)
Victor de Waal
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: February 2, 1929
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Amsterdam, Netherlands
 35 
Maurice Tempelsman
(Businessman)
Maurice Tempelsman
2
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: August 26, 1929
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Antwerp, Belgium
 36 
Charles Dumont
(Singer)
Charles Dumont
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: March 26, 1929
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Cahors, France
 37 
Francesco Alberoni
(Italian Journalist and Sociologist)
Francesco Alberoni
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: December 31, 1929
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Borgonovo Val Tidone, Italy
 38 
Ben Helfgott
(British Holocaust Survivor, Olympian and Former Champion Weightlifter)
Ben Helfgott
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: November 22, 1929
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
 39 
Charles Wadsworth
(American Classical Pianist and Musical Promoter)
Charles Wadsworth
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: May 21, 1929
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Newnan, Georgia, United States
 40 
Abune Antonios
(Third Patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church)
Abune Antonios
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: July 12, 1929
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Hembrti, Hamasien, Eritrea
 41 
Valentin Prokopov
(Water polo player)
Valentin Prokopov
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: June 10, 1929
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Moscow, Soviet Union
 42 
Werner Thomas
(Musician)
Werner Thomas
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: 1929
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Davos, Switzerland

Swiss accordionist Werner Thomas soared to fame with a tune called Chip Chip, which he had composed while working at a restaurant, and which was later released in a number of countries, such as the Netherlands, Belgium, and France. The tune later came to be known as Chicken Dance, or the Birdie Song.

 43 
Yang Ti-liang
(Chief Justice of Hong Kong from 1988–1996)
Yang Ti-liang
0
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: June 30, 1929
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Shanghai, China
 44 
José León Sánchez
(Novelist)
José León Sánchez
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: April 19, 1929
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Grecia, Costa Rica
 45 
Sam Nujoma
(1st President of Namibia)
Sam Nujoma
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: May 12, 1929
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Ongandjera, Namibia
 46 
Peter Angelos
(lawyer)
Peter Angelos
1
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: July 4, 1929
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Pittsburgh
 47 
Frederick Wiseman
(Filmmaker)
Frederick Wiseman
2
Birthdate: January 1, 1930
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
 48 
Hal Lindsey
(Preacher)
Hal Lindsey
5
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: November 23, 1929
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Houston

Hal Lindsey is an evangelist and Christian writer. He graduated from Dallas Theological Seminary, following which he worked with Campus Crusade for Christ. He was also a Sunday school teacher. He has authored many books, including The Late, Great Planet Earth and Apocalypse Code. He serves on the executive board of Christian Voice and has hosted many Christian TV shows. 

 49 
Jeremy Bernstein
(Physicist)
Jeremy Bernstein
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: December 31, 1929
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Rochester, New York, United States
 50 
Richard Howard
(Poet)
Richard Howard
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: October 13, 1929
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio, United States